It’s always good to be an oddball--especially in the rough-and-tumble DIY world of punk. Take it from Brian Gorsegner—frontman of the rowdy Jersey punk outfit, Night Birds. The scrappy quartet has given the world over small doses of its punchy brand of hardcore/punk with a California surf flair, a la Adolescence and Nerve Agents. Gorsegner and company find solace in weirdness—opting to be the oddball on mixed bills from basement shows in their own Jersey, to Sound and Fury and Punk Rock Bowling 2016. ...

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Like a punk rock Sacagawea, we wanted to help you navigate through the, at last count, 7.4 million bands playing this weekend. So before we go dark for a bit, team PIV compiled this list of our favorites, displayed here in fabulous alphabetical order. ...

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