When the new album for New Yorker Jesse Malin came through the mail (email that is) I have to be honest the name didn’t ring any bells. I say that with no disrespect to Jesse but while he was playing in bands in his teens I was in diapers and had yet to be introduced…
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Islington Academy
London, UK
Thursday 4th March 2010
Having enjoyed a phoner interview with Joey (Lagwagon) and Tony (No Use For A Name) about six weeks prior to their European tour kicking off, I was pretty damn excited and keen to see the guys accompanied by Jon Snodgrass on this tour . Tagging along with the guys…
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Pioneering So-Cal Punk Band Offer Fans Free Limited Live Album On May 18
2010 marks the 30th anniversary of quintessential Los Angeles punk rock pioneers Bad Religion and the band will kick off their European celebration at Groezrock in Belgium on April 24th, followed by a big list of festival and headlining club shows throughout…
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Smog Veil Records today announced the SXSW debut concert and debut recording by punk rock supergroup “Batusis” featuring the seminal punk icons Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls) and Cheetah Chrome (Rocket From The Tombs/Dead Boys).
Batusis, whose name is derived from when Adam West danced a version of the watusi on the popular Batman…
Flogging Molly are a band that I have seen play across different sized venues and in different countries, for me personally they have never failed to impress as a live band. I have seen them endure some horrible sound problems at festivals and tackle smaller venues in support slots but their gradual rise in prominence…
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Dropkick Murphys have announced opening acts for their run of seven shows in six days at Boston’s House of Blues the week of St. Patrick’s Day (March 12-17). Among the openers are NYC hardcore legends Sick Of It All, Bay Area punks Swingin’ Utters and their folk/punk alter-ego Filthy Thieving Bastards (featuring three of…
Underworld
London, UK
Friday 26th February 2010
Having seen all of the bands on the bill (and I could be wrong but I think it’s the same UK based support acts as the last time Jaya came to The Underworld?) I was slightly disappointed that Clay Pigeon pulled out last minute due to unforeseen circumstances as it…
Live On Lansdowne, Boston MA
Dropkick Murphy’s
Cooking Vinyl
This live album (the bands second) aims to provide a glimpse into the craziness that is the St Patrick’s set of hometown shows the Murphy’s play annually in Boston, and hence on Lansdwone Road, opposite Fenway Park- home of their beloved Red Sox.
I was fortunate enough to make…
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New York’s eclectic sextet The Slackers will make their triumphant return to usher in the next chapter of ska with the release of The Great Rocksteady Swindle on April 19 via Hellcat Records. The band’s first single, ‘Anastasia’, can be heard now.
Featuring cuts like “Cheated,” “How It Feels” and “Thank You,” The Great…
Read the full story »The first song “Set The Pace” from Riot Brigade’s upcoming album “Go On!” is now on the bands MySpace site (the record is due April 1st 2010).
Concrete Jungle Records have also recently signed both LA based punk veterans Total Chaos and Seattle’s The Hollowpoints.
The Hollowpoints new album “Old Haunts In The Horizon” will be released…
Following up on Taron Cochrane’s third column for Distorted focussing on D.O.A and Joe Shithead Keithley, news has come in that Aggronautix is releasing a throbblehead figure in the limited capacity of 1000 numbered units of Joe Shithead Kiethley. It stands at 7 inches tall, and is made of a lightweight polyresin, displayed in a…
Read the full story »Press Release:
Pioneering So-Cal Punk Band Offer Fans Free Limited Live Album On May 18
2010 marks the 30th anniversary of quintessential Los Angeles punk rock pioneers Bad Religion and the band will kick off their European celebration at Groezrock in Belgium on April 24th, followed by a big list of festival and headlining club shows throughout…
Press Release:
Smog Veil Records today announced the SXSW debut concert and debut recording by punk rock supergroup “Batusis” featuring the seminal punk icons Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls) and Cheetah Chrome (Rocket From The Tombs/Dead Boys).
Batusis, whose name is derived from when Adam West danced a version of the watusi on the popular Batman…
Press Release:
Dropkick Murphys have announced opening acts for their run of seven shows in six days at Boston’s House of Blues the week of St. Patrick’s Day (March 12-17). Among the openers are NYC hardcore legends Sick Of It All, Bay Area punks Swingin’ Utters and their folk/punk alter-ego Filthy Thieving Bastards (featuring three of…
Press Release:
New York’s eclectic sextet The Slackers will make their triumphant return to usher in the next chapter of ska with the release of The Great Rocksteady Swindle on April 19 via Hellcat Records. The band’s first single, ‘Anastasia’, can be heard now.
Featuring cuts like “Cheated,” “How It Feels” and “Thank You,” The Great…
Read the full story »
Islington Academy
London, UK
Thursday 4th March 2010
Having enjoyed a phoner interview with Joey (Lagwagon) and Tony (No Use For A Name) about six weeks prior to their European tour kicking off, I was pretty damn excited and keen to see the guys accompanied by Jon Snodgrass on this tour . Tagging along with the guys…
Flogging Molly are a band that I have seen play across different sized venues and in different countries, for me personally they have never failed to impress as a live band. I have seen them endure some horrible sound problems at festivals and tackle smaller venues in support slots but their gradual rise in prominence…
Read the full story »
Underworld
London, UK
Friday 26th February 2010
Having seen all of the bands on the bill (and I could be wrong but I think it’s the same UK based support acts as the last time Jaya came to The Underworld?) I was slightly disappointed that Clay Pigeon pulled out last minute due to unforeseen circumstances as it…
Live On Lansdowne, Boston MA
Dropkick Murphy’s
Cooking Vinyl
This live album (the bands second) aims to provide a glimpse into the craziness that is the St Patrick’s set of hometown shows the Murphy’s play annually in Boston, and hence on Lansdwone Road, opposite Fenway Park- home of their beloved Red Sox.
I was fortunate enough to make…
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