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Bad Religion interview at Reading Festival and a couple of live tracks

An interview recently conducted at UK’s Reading Festival on 28 Aug with Bad Religion members Jay Bentley and Brian Baker was aired yesterday morning (31 Aug) on the UK’s “Punk Show with Mike Davies”.  In the interview, Davies asks the pair about their opinion of the festival, playing with England’s hip-hopper, Dizzee Rascal, touring with [...]

Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem and his FAQ blog

Today, The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon launched his first FAQ blog post in which he answers/will answer questions that fans ask via his Twitter.  In the inaugural post, Brian tackles questions such as the origin of the name “Gaslight Anthem” (named after a NYC club), putting music to his lyrics, his song-writing inspiration, and several other [...]

Worn In Red perform in-studio “People Who Hate People Radio”

Richmond, VA, hardcore act, Worn In Red, stopped by the studios of “People Who Hate People Radio” for some interview action as well as a little live performance for the fans.  Click on over to the PWHP site to hear the 42-minute-long interview, peep some photographs, and watch a video of the band play As [...]

Tom DeLonge talks about upcoming Blink 182 release

In a recent interview with UK’s Rock Radio, Tom DeLonge explained exactly how the San Diego, CA’s, Blink 182, upcoming release will sound.  According to the trio’s guitarist, it can be expressed by a simple equation: Angels & Airwaves + +44 + Transplants/Expen$ive Taste = new Blink.  Additionally, DeLonge said that “the record will be [...]

2011 Harvest Of Hope Fest canceled

Organizers for the St. Augustine, Florida, music festival, Harvest Of Hope Fest, have announced that there will be no 2011 spectacular.  The coordinators cited simply a lack of time and resources as the reason for the abandonment.  Read the original statement here.
The Harvest Of Hope Fest is a three-day, multiple stage alternative music festival that, [...]

Watch Every Time I Die’s “Shit Happens: The Series?” Episodes 5 (last week) and 6 (this week)

Check out webisodes 5 and 6 of Every Time I Die/Vans’ series, Shit Happens: The Series? here.  Episode 5, entitled “Shitcanery,” (sorry for the delay in posting) has our friends tattooing their fans and each other while on Warped Tour while episode 6, entitled “Shoveling Shit,” features Drew Stafford of the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, techniques [...]

New Devil’s Brigade (members of Rancid) album now available to stream

Fans of Rancid can rejoice as the new Devil’s Brigade album (artwork to the left) is up for your listening pleasure on the band’s Facebook page.  For those that are uninformed, Devil’s Brigade consists of Rancid bassist Matt Freeman on vocals, and frontman Tim Armstrong doing the guitar work.  Drumming is left up to band [...]

New music from Friends With The Enemy

Female-fronted Ozzie speed punkers, Friends With The Enemy, have delighted us with a couple of new tracks from their upcoming EP, New World disOrder (cover art featured to the left).  Available 1 September, the disc can be obtained either by checking them out on their tour that kicks off 2 Sept in San Diego, CA, [...]

Bad Religion plans to play three full-album shows in New York this October

New York, you lucky bastards… It has been reported that LA veteran punkers, Bad Religion, will be performing a series of three shows at New York’s Irving Plaza, backed by Off With Their Heads and reggaeists, The Aggrolites.  What’s unique about these shows is that each will have a different set-list, each featuring multiple full-album [...]

Dance Gavin Dance track, “Robot With Human Hair, Pt. 1,” sampled by rapper, Game

DJ Skee (ex-Aftermath and Dr. Dre collaborator, Game (formerly The Game)) has sampled the Dance Gavin Dance track, Robot With Human Hair, Pt. 1, for Game’s latest mixtape, Brake Lights, available for download here.  Listen to the track here.
The DGD track is off of the Rise Records band’s 2006 debut, Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean.  The [...]

Video slide show of No Use For A Name and Lagwagon’s 2010 European tour

Check out this video of everyone’s two favorite Fat Wreck bands as members from No Use For A Name and Lagwagon provide commentary for a three-ish-minute-long slide show covering their entire 2010 European tour together.  Plenty of eating, drinking, being merry, and diving into near-freezing pools of water.  These dudes definitely know how to have [...]

Off With Their Heads discuss their bestiality obsession in the third “In Desolation” webisode

Check out the latest webisode update from Epitaph punkers, Off With Their Heads.  Not a whole lot of substance, but it’s apparent that they’re in one of 20 US states that has no law against bestiality!  Find out why here.
Off With Their Heads will be touring soon in support of their upcoming 8 June 2010 [...]

Free download: Rafael Vigilantics’ acoustic versions of songs “Roll The Dice” and “Shot You Down”

Portland hip-hop punker, Rafael Vigilantics, has recorded a couple of acoustic tunes and offered them as a free download.  Hit up his site at SoundCloud to download Roll The Dice along with Shot You Down.
RV’s latest LP, Bury Me Standing, came out last May on Horns Up Records.

Underoath hits the studio with Norma Jean drummer, Daniel Davison

It was announced a couple of weeks ago that Florida dudes, Underoath, had found ex-Norma Jean drummer, Daniel Davison, as the replacement for original drummer, Aaron Gillespie (who was, actually, the band’s only remaining original member).  Well, yesterday, the band informed us via Twitter that they have begun recording with Daniel for the first Underoath [...]

Video: The Gaslight Anthem – The making of “American Slang,” part four

New Jersey folk-punkers, The Gaslight Anthem, have released part four of their studio updates for their upcoming release American Slang.  In this update, GA bassist, Alex Levine, tells us about the care that the band put into making this album, making it their “most complete work… to date.”  Check it out here.
Watch the previous updates: [...]