Swiss Celtic Folk ‘n’ Roll brawlers The Green Goblins just lobbed their second pre-album single into the streaming pits. “Turn It Around” — out now with a video — is the latest teaser for their self-titled debut, landing 2 October via Metalville.
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Liptons Orphan: Pain Management
Frankie McLaughlin — the brilliant ex-Rumjack bootboy behind Liptons Orphan — has released a stark new single on Bandcamp. Pain Management, out September 18, started life as a personal scrap Frankie kept in the drawer. Friends pushed him to let it into the light, and he timed the first socials blast around World Suicide Prevention Day 2026.
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Radiators From Space: Anarchy Guests at the 3Arena
Ireland’s first punk band just got the call for the big room. The Radiators From Space are special guests when Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter hit Dublin’s 3Arena on Monday, December 7, 2026 — the Irish date on the Anarchy In The U.K. and Ireland tour marking fifty years of punk. From Television Screen through Ghostown, the late Phil Chevron’s old crew still carry the Dublin DNA that made Celtic punk possible.
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Flatfoot 56: Lafayette Parking-Lot Skirmish
Chicago Celtic punk lifers Flatfoot 56 are rolling into Indiana this Saturday — September 26 — for an all-ages, open-air bash at People’s Brewing Co. in Lafayette. Doors 6pm. Local melodic hardcore wreckers Criminal Record and Boilermaker ska crew Third Wheeling open the gates. Mom&Pop Productions is running the parking-lot shindig rain or shine; tickets about $18 at the brewery, ~$21 online, or $25 day of. Bagpipes, boots, and beer for the people — get there early before the pipes melt the patio.
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The Rumjacks: Balkans to Baltics Curtain Call
Sydney’s Celtic punk road dogs The Rumjacks are slamming the boot on their Balkans-to-Baltics European club run this week. Vilnius hits Mello tonight (23 September), Riga’s Melnā Piektdiena tomorrow, then first-time Estonia on Friday at Tallinn’s Paavli Kultuurivabrik with local openers Tabloited.
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The Scratch: Galway Weekend, Still Pulling Like a Dog
Dublin’s The Scratch — folk-metal strummers with a cajón where the kick should be — hit Galway for two nights at Monroe’s Live this week. Thursday 24 and Friday 25 September, doors at 8pm. DUG opens Thursday. Standing show, 18+, about thirty quid via the venue.
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Boiled in Lead: Halloween Curtain Call in Minneapolis
Minneapolis Celtic-punk lifers Boiled in Lead just dropped the pint-glass bombshell: after 43-odd years of fiddles, power chords, and world-folk chaos, they’re going on an indefinite hiatus. One last dance left — Halloween night, Saturday October 31, 2026, Dunsmore Room at Crooners in Fridley.
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Young Dubliners: New England Weekend Pint Run
The Young Dubliners are stacking New England weekends like pints on a sticky bar. Friday, September 25, they hit Rochester Opera House in Rochester, New Hampshire (doors 7, show 8), with Sean Fell of Erin’s Guild opening the night. Saturday, September 26, it’s the Spire Center in Plymouth, Massachusetts — same clock, same racket.
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Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners: Halfway to St Paddy’s in Southie
If your idea of a good Saturday involves an accordion, and a few pints then, Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners have a date for you. They’ll be at Castle Island Brewing in South Boston on Saturday, October 3, from 6–9pm, for the brewery’s Halfway to St Paddy’s Day Festival at 10 Old Colony Ave.
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Street Dogs: Paradise Homecoming
Boston’s own Street Dogs just punched a hometown date into the calendar — Friday, December 18 at the Paradise Rock Club on Comm Ave. Mike McColgan’s Irish-tinged street-punk crew (ex-Dropkick Murphys frontman, firefighter, forever Savin Hill) land back where the boots slam hardest, with Gang Green and Liberty And Justice on the bill. Doors 6:30.
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