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January 22, 2026 | Featuring: Joyce Manor

LA Times | How South Bay’s contradictions shaped Joyce Manor’s enduring pop-punk sound

Joyce Manor releases their seventh album “I Used to Go to This Bar” this month, produced by Bad Religion’s Brett Gurewitz. The South Bay pop-punk legends explore economic anxiety and suburban alienation, themes rooted in their Torrance and Long Beach upbringing. After nearly two decades and recent tours with Weezer, the longtime Epitaph Records act performs Coachella this spring.