Chris Wrenn returns to the New York Hardcore Chronicles with Drew Stone this Sunday 2/22

What do AMERICAN NIGHTMARE, TERROR, HAVE HEART, SICK OF IT ALL, DEFEATER, AGNOSTIC FRONT, DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR, H2O, and dozens of other bands have in common?

Find out this Sunday! Originally featured on episode #67, Chris Wrenn is headed back for episode #417 to chat with Drew Stone on his New York Hardcore Chronicles show to talk about the release of his book Fenway Punk, and how his sale of rivalry-fueling swag after Red Sox games helped fund an entire generation of hardcore punk bands.

Tune in at 3 PM on Sunday, February 22nd HERE.

Defeater / European Tour: October 2025

DEFEATER is headed back to Europe this October! Check out the dates HERE, it includes a few club shows with CRIME IN STEREO!

PRE-ORDER: Love Letter (ex-Defeater, Verse): New LP on Iodine, exclusive variant via B9

New England has always served as a breeding ground for some of the most passionate and heartfelt voices in hardcore. Featuring members of Verse and Defeater, Love Letter are the latest powerhouse to join this esteemed lineage.
 
Everyone Wants Something Beautiful is an open window into insecurity and self-awareness. It is a deep-dive into generational trauma, its different forms, and the ways it can be projected onto others. We share a commitment to crafting music that is honest and powerful–that reflects our friendships, views, and shared musical journey over two decades. We believe every note and word must carry meaning and purpose. The musical vision for this record was to create a compelling backdrop for captivating and emotional storytelling. It’s honest, mature, and carries deep personal meaning for each member.
 
Guitarist Jay Maas (Defeater) has also produced countless records for other bands at Getaway Recordings in Massachusetts, including Bane, Counterparts, Title Fight and more. After being behind the scenes on so many quintessential records, Maas is back at the helm. “Having produced records for two decades now I've had the chance to work with thousands of artists, I’m grateful that this was my opportunity to pull together some of my favorite people who also happen to be extremely talented musicians.”  
 
Maas tapped fellow founding member of Defeater, Andrew Reitz, to play drums along with guitarist Matthew Spence and fellow engineer and bassist Dave Alcan. The result is high-octane instrumentation paired with the poignant yet biting lyrics and vocals of Quinn Murphy (VERSE). 

The debut LP’s first single “Misanthropic Holiday or Vacation” sounds like both warning and indictment, exploring ways we are expected to deal with the human condition in modern society. It seems to blur the lines of perseverance and begrudged surrender, crescendoing into a cathartic release that makes one feel both possessed and furious. It’s hard to stay sitting by the end of it. 

There’s a notable freedom in the band’s songwriting, and their desire to push the limits of where heartfelt, emotive and heavy music can go is apparent with every note and word. Matched by a charged live show, Love Letter is sure to turn heads of fans of hardcore, post-hardcore, screamo and beyond. Everyone Wants Something Beautiful is available for pre-order now HERE!


TRACK LISTING:

1. New Anthemic

2. Wellness Checks and Dead Friends

3. Misanthropic Holiday or Vacation

4. Popular Memes

5. Unhousing Projects

6. Settlements

7. Meds & Taxes

8. Debilitating Self Doubt And The Will To Use It 

9. Late Stage Harm Reduction

10. Panic Disordinary 

Catch Jake Woodruff (Defeater, Dreamtigers) on Tour This Month with Aisha Burns

Jake Woodruff (Defeater, Dreamtigers) will be playing guitar for Aisha Burns (Balmorhea, Dreamtigers) from January 14-27th, as part of the Torres tour.

You can also hear Jake playing guitar on Aisha’s recent single, a cover of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game”, along with Ricardo Lagomasino (Lucy Dacus) on drums, and Lindsey Verril (Little Mazarn) on bass. The artists recorded at home and it was mixed by Jon Low (The Menzingers, The National, Taylor Swift), and is a great take on a classic tune. It’s out now via Western Vinyl, so stream it or check it out on YouTube here:

DEFEATER to Play Two Shows for The 10 Year Anniversary of 'Letters Home'

DEFEATER will be playing a Boston and a New York show supported by Caspian, Stand Still, Rough Francis, Stay Inside, and Only Sibling to commemorate their album 'Letters Home', released a decade ago. Tickets will be available HERE starting 10AM EST on Friday 3/24.

Defeater, H2O & Terror to Play Germany's Full Force Festival

Germany’s popular Full Force Festival has announced their lineup for June 23-25 this year and Defeater, H2O, and Terror will all be playing! European friends - check out the full lineup and grab tickets here!

FURNACE FEST 2023 - Full Lineup Announced!

Some B9-affiliated bands (Alcoa, Defeater & Terror) are in the 2023 Furnace Fest lineup, and a ton of friends! September 22nd through the 24th in Birmingham, Alabama. Get info and grab tickets HERE!

Derek Archambault (Defeater, Alcoa) Opens 'Maxwell's Barbershop' in New Hampshire

Derek Archambault, of both Defeater and Alcoa, has opened his own barber shop in Manchester, NH on Stark Street, called Maxwell’s. Named after Derek’s son, the shop is an awesome spot with classic barber chairs and Red Sox and New England memorabilia on the walls. Services include haircuts, beard trims, and straight razor face or head shaves. Congratulations on the opening, Derek!

Defeater and Dead Swans announce European Tour

Defeater will be hitting Europe next month with Dead Swans in celebration of their new ‘S/T’ album, coming May 10th via Epitaph Records. The tour kicks off April 19th in Berlin, Germany.

Have Heart, Defeater, SSD, Agnostic Front and Slapshot enamel pins now available

We just put up new enamel pins up at B9Store.com, each mounted with a double post with rubber backings on a hand numbered card. SSD, Defeater, Slapshot, Have Heart, and Agnostic Front designs, all limited to 200 each. Get 'em while you still can!

Amazon specials for November and December

We've got a ton of digital download specials happening at Amazon Music this month. Check them out:

CLASSICS & ESSENTIALS [until 12/31]:
Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
Have Heart - Songs to Scream at the Sun
Agnostic Front - Victim in Pain
Ceremony - Rohnert Park
Crime in Stereo - Is Dead
Champion - Promises Kept
Carry On - A Life Less Plagued
Expire - Pretty Low

$6.99 RECENT HITS [until 11/16]:
Hierophant - Peste

$5 ALBUMS [until 11/26]:
Defeater - Travels

$3.99 ALBUMS [until 11/26]:
Test of Time - The Price EP

Defeater streaming 'Abandoned'

Defeater are now streaming their upcoming album, Abandoned, in full. Check it out at their official website. The album is out this Friday, August 28 on Epitaph.

B9Store.com still has a few LP and CD copies with online-exclusive red and blue vinyl variants available for pre-order.

Defeater premiere "Unanswered" video

Defeater have premiered a music video for "Unanswered" via Noisey. It's the second single from their forthcoming album, Abandoned. Watch that below, or stream the audio on Spotify.

Abandoned is out August 28 on Epitaph, with pre-orders available here.

Defeater announce new album, 'Abandoned', premiere new single/video

Defeater have announced their new album, Abandoned, coming out on Epitaph on August 28. That's the artwork above, and track listing below. They've also premiered a new song, "Spared in Hell", via a music video. Check that out below. Pre-orders from the label are available here, with an iTunes pre-order for the deluxe version containing two bonus tracks and a digital booklet here.

The band recorded it earlier this year with guitarist and longtime in-house producer Jay Maas. The label says that "Abandoned is the most relentlessly raw and uncompromising chapter so far, powered by a renewed sense of artistic ambition and a plot twist no one expected.

Abandoned was written and recorded in a welcome period of relief in Archambault's life, after he'd finally received a life-changing surgery that repaired severe hip damage he suffered in an injury. Archambault's surgery, he says, allowed him to redouble his connection with his own writing, leaving him clear to truly inhabit what he calls his own Glass family--after the famous J.D. Salinger characters. The new album chronicles the story of a lapsed Catholic priest, whose battles in Europe during the war drag him first toward faith and then his own poisonous faithlessness.

Archambault states:

'One of the threads running through this record is how people sometimes look for the answers to their problems in the darkest places.'"

ABANDONED TRACK LIST:

1. Contrition 
2. Unanswered
3. December 1943
4. Spared In Hell
5. Divination 
6. Borrowed & Blue 
7. Penance 
8. Remorse 
9. Pillar Of Salt 
10. Atonement
11. Vice & Regret

DEFEATER U.S. TOUR DATES w/ Four Year Strong, Expire [9/1-9/23], Superheaven [9/25-10/11], Speak Low If You Speak Love (full band) [9/1-9/12], My Iron Lung [9/14-9/23], Elder Brother (acoustic) [9/25-10/11]

09-01 Grog Shop - Cleveland Heights, OH 
09-02 Shelter - Detroit, MI 
09-03 The Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL 
09-04 Triple Rock Social Club - Minneapolis, MN 
09-05 The Firebird - St. Louis, MO 
09-06 The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE 
09-08 Marquis Theater - Denver, CO 
09-09 The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT 
09-11 The Crocodile - Seattle, WA 
09-12 Hawthorne Theater- Portland, OR 
09-14 The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA 
09-15 Epicentre - San Diego, CA 
09-16 Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA 
09-17 Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA 
09-18 Club Red - Tempe, AZ 
09-19 The Works - Albuquerque, NM 
09-21 Gas Monkey - Dallas, TX 
09-22 Red 7 - Austin, TX 
09-23 Warehouse Live - Houston, TX 
09-25 The Social - Orlando, FL 
09-26 O'Malley's - Margate, FL 
09-27 Local 662 - St. Petersburg, FL 
09-28 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA 
09-29 Exit/In - Nashville, TN 
09-30 Headliners - Louisville, KY 
10-01 The Altar Bar - Pittsburgh, PA 
10-02 Rock & Roll Hotel - Washington, DC 
10-03 Shakas Live - Virginia Beach, VA 
10-04 Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA 
10-06 Gramercy Theater - New York, NY 
10-07 The Chance Theatre - Poughkeepsie, NY 
10-10 The Waiting Room - Buffalo, NY 
10-11 The Middle East - Cambridge, MA

Expire to support Four Year Strong / Defeater tour

Expire have been tapped to support the first half of Four Year Strong's fall headlining tour, which also features B9 alumni Defeater on the whole thing. While Expire are on the bill, which includes the Midwest and west coast regions, openers on respective legs include Speak Low If You Speak Love (full band) or My Iron Lung. (Superheaven will take Expire's place for the second half of the tour, which visits the southeast and east coast, and Elder Brother [acoustic] get the fourth slot then.) If this is all a little confusing, check out details below.

Expire continue to hit it hard in support of last year's Pretty Low.

Four Year Strong, DEFEATER, EXPIRE, Speak Low If You Speak Love (full band):
Sept 1 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
Sept 2 - Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
Sept 3 - Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
Sept 4 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
Sept 5 - St. Louis, MO @ Firebird*
Sept 6 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Sept 8 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
Sept 9 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Sept 11 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Sept 12 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
*no Expire
Four Year Strong, DEFEATER, EXPIRE, My Iron Lung:
Sept 14 - Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
Sept 15 - San Diego, CA @ The Epicentre
Sept 16 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Sept 17 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Sept 18 - Tempe, AZ @ Club Red
Sept 19 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Works
Sept 21 - Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
Sept 22 - Austin, TX @ Red 7
Sept 23 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Studio
Four Year Strong, DEFEATER, Superheaven, Elder Brother (acoustic):
Sept 25 - Orlando, FL @ The Social
Sept 26 - Margate, FL @ O'Malley's
Sept 27 - St. Petersburg, FL @ Local 662
Sept 28 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade - Hell
Sept 29 - Nashville, TN @ Exit / In
Sept 30 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall
Oct 1 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
Oct 2 - Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Oct 3 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Shakas Live
Oct 4- Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Oct 6 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
Oct 7 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
Oct 8 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Rialto
Oct 9 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
Oct 10 - Buffalo, NY @ The Waiting Room
Oct 11 - Boston, MA @ The Middle East Downstairs