Distorted had recently talked to Joey Cape and Tony Sly pre-European tour and we heard about their expectations and how much they were looking forward to the adventure as well as discussing their respective new material as solo artists. Joining them on the road was Jon Snodgrass and a friend of Joey’s, a skilled musician…
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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…
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Random Thoughts straight from a Friendly Canadian’s Punk Rock Journal.
Growing up, I had this Uncle whom everybody loved. He was the life of the party 24/7. There was always a smile on his face and he was always a great conversationalist. I firmly believe that the best quality he possessed was giving people crazy…
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The Last Supper- Crass Songs 1977-1982
(Plus a few shocks, surprises, perhaps some slogans, but no tantrums and a bit of a laugh)
In 2007, Steve Ignorant gathered some friends together and put on two shows at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London. Called The Feeding Of 5000, the show was a celebration of the Crass…
A fundraising gig for the Strummerville charity will be taking place in London on April 16th with bands including Shag Nasty, UK VOMIT, Viki Vortex & The Cumshots, Baptist and Criminal Brainstorm all due to play.
Strummerville is also putting a pack of goodies together for a raffle to raise funds; prizes including some signed lyric…
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The Famous Class are on a mission to bring a little bounce, a little cheer back to the masses. From the insanely catchy first single ‘Emily’ to the driving groove of ‘Losing The Game’, each of the five tracks on their imminently released debut EP are paeans to positivity.
“Lots of bands shy-away from making…
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After years of speculation, groundbreaking English hardcore band GBH has announced plans to release their eleventh studio album, Perfume and Piss, via Hellcat Records on April 5.
There isn’t a self-respecting gutter punk, hardcore kid or subcultural miscreant alive who hasn’t seen the GBH logo emblazoned on the back of a leather jacket, a…
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After debuting on Century Media Records in 2006 with the critically acclaimed ‘Death To Tyrants’ album and celebrating their 20th anniversary in the same year, SICK OF IT ALL certainly deserve being labelled a “living legend”, and still prove that classic New York hardcore is alive and kicking! With a career spanning 20 years…
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The personal assistant to former Ramones manager Linda Stein has been convicted in a New York court of bludgeoning her boss to death.
Prosecutors said Natavia Lowery, 28, stole more than $30,000 (£19,500) from Stein, then clubbed her with a piece of exercise equipment to try and hide it.
Jurors spent less than…
Europe’s mega-punkfest, Groezrock returns to Gestel, a suburb of Meerhout, in Belgium for the 19th year on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th April 2010.
Groezrock started out as a small festival with a few hundred people attending, but has evolved into a large punk rock festival, with attendances now exceeding 30000 (2009 being the biggest to…
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LA reggae five piece The Aggrolites show no signs of slowing down. After extensively touring throughout Europe, North America and Japan last year in support of their fourth and latest album “IV”, the band will return to Europe in April for a run of festival and headlining dates. Kicking of the tour in…
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Australia’s biggest hardcore-metal band Parkway Drive has announced plans to return to the studio to record their third studio album, which is expected to be released later this summer via Epitaph Records. The long-awaited follow-up to 2007’s “Horizons” was written in the band’s hometown of Byron Bay over the past six months and…
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Florida punk band Against Me! have announced the track-listing and release date for their upcoming new album “White Crosses”. The album, the bands second for Sire Records, will be released on June 7th, 2010.
White Crosses was produced by veteran producer Butch Vig (Green Day, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins) who also produced Against Me!’s 2007…
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Alkaline Trio will be auctioning an electric guitar used in recording their latest album to raise money for the defence fund of three Arkansas men. Damien Echols (who is on death row), Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.—also known as the West Memphis Three (www.wm3.org) —were convicted for murdering three elementary school children…
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…
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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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