The Victoria BC Ska Society have announced the lineup for the 14th annual Victoria Ska Fest, which features the likes of Mad Caddies, The Planet Smashers, The Resignators, Suburban Legends, and many other awesome bands.
The festival will take place from July 9th through the 10th at Ship Point in Victoria, BC. You can check out the full lineup here, and pick up your tickets here (no ska-related pun intended).
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Montreal ska outfit, The Planet Smashers, have posted the music video for their song “Death Threats.”
The video was shot by Music 4 Cancer and you can watch it here.
The song appears on their latest album, “Descent Into The Valley,” which was released last July on Stomp Records.
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Not that long ago Brisbane got together for the very first show Montreal’s Planet Smashers would ever play in Australia and it was a party that didn’t stop until well after Ska Nation. Joining the “Smashers” on this particular evening were Brisbane locals Kingston Stompers, the recently reformed Funaddicts and Australian staples, The Resignators.
Each band stepped up on the evening in question, giving everyone something to remember them by, which was in many cases, a good time. However it was the Planet Smashers with their vast experience, professionalism, smiling faces and dancing hippopotamus who took the “best in show award” of the evening. Honorary DS Editor, Stephen Goodwin battled poor lighting and a skanking crowd to take some amazing photo’s of the evening for us. Check them out here.
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If you aren’t up to speed on the Visa Application series that has been running over the past few weeks, check out all applications here. I can also confirm that with an overwhelming 87% of the readers vote, The Resignators have also been approved for entry into the Nation. Congratulations!
Over the past few weeks we’ve harassed the bands, run them over the hot coals and broken through bureaucratic red tape to ensure that all bands have the necessary documentation required to enter our borders. It is our pleasure to give Dying Scene’s highest seal of approval to Ska Nation for 2011 and the many good times that will be had over the course of this weekend.
For all the details on Ska Nation head here and be sure not to miss it! You might never get this chance again!
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Things either work or they don’t. It’s really as simple as that when you get down to it. After touring heavily off “Unstoppable” Montreal ska outfit, The Planet Smashers set out to record the follow-up and it just didn’t work. The band took some much need time out and have come back stronger than ever with their follow-up album “Descent Into The Valley Of The Planet Smashers.”
There is a video in the works, new material for the Ska’s Dead series but most importantly their first ever Australian tour kicks off tomorrow night. We recently spoke to one of the Smashers masterminds, Matt Collyer about the band, the pending Australian tour, the new album and keeping up with a changing music industry. Read the full interview here.
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Don’t you hate being too young to go to gigs? I don’t, I’m old and jaded but if you are one of those cool kids who love Ska but are under 18 years of age you must! Don’t worry though, Ska Nation has your back! An all ages show has been added so you can join in on the fun and be amazed by the likes of The Planet Smashers! Also on the line-up for the afternoon are Area-7, The Resignators, The Bennies, The Kujo Kings, Loonee Tunes & The Funnaddicts. Lucky! Details below and you can check out the poster for the event in the picture to the story. Gaze at the full size here.
Saturday October 29th – 1pm – Fairbank Cafe (70 Faibank Rd, Clayton Sth, VIC)
Tickets are available from usual outlets and you can check out all the details about Ska Nation – Skalloween Spectactular here. If you don’t live in Victoria don’t sweat it! The Planet Smashers will be taking in the East Coast of Australia and you can get all the info you need right here.
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Montreal’s ska group The Planet Smashers have posted the music video for their song “The Hippopotamus.”
Check out the video here.
The song appears on their latest album “Descent Into The Valley” which was released last July on Stomp Records.
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Music 4 Cancer started as a result of the diagnosis of a loved one and hasn’t slowed down since. When founder, Jay Epinat’s mother was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer he decided to do something. That something was collecting money for cancer research, a cause which the punk rock community has jumped behind. With support for the foundation coming from around the globe it has gone from strength-to-strength since it’s inception collecting donations through the release of an amazing compilation album, shows, the soon to be release Music 4 Cancer DVD and in the works is a Music 4 Cancer Festival in the Montreal area. All the funds raised by the Music 4 Cancer project are donated straight to the Canadian Cancer Society to further their research for a cure.
Through Jay’s love of punk the community has thrown their support to the project donating tracks, including unreleased material, their time at Music 4 Cancer shows amongst other things. Tony Sly is the American Ambassador of the project while Matt Collyer from The Planet Smashers takes care of Ambassador duties on the foundations home ground, Canada. In addition to this bands including Nofx, Strung Out and Millencolin to name a few who endorse the foundation. DS spoke to Jay Epinat who founded the organisation and continues to run it with the help of many who volunteer their time and talent to help build awareness of the Music 4 Cancer project. We discuss how Music 4 Cancer came about, the work that’s been done and the foundations plans for the future along with how punk rock can inspire people to do better things. The foundation is always looking for help and if you want to get involved check out the details of how to get in touch with Jay in the interview. Read the full interview here.
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Montreal’s The Planet Smashers are an institution across the world having released 7 full length albums, played on the world renowned “Vans Warped Tour” across North America five times, toured across Europe, Japan and the Americas and shared the stage with AFI, GOB, Satanic Surfers, Sick of it All, Death By Stereo, Mustard Plug, Samiam, The Aquabats, Rancid, Guttermouth, Catch 22, and countless others.
Now in their 16th year and having sold over 250,000 copies worldwide they are about to release their latest album “Descent Into The Valley Of…” in September through the fine crew at Care Factor Records. This followed by a much anticipated and long awaited visit to Australia to send audiences in to a frenzy with their infectious pop infused melodies, rippin’ horn licks and killer live show.
Don’t miss the Planet Smashers and label mates The Resignators at dates across Australia this October Tickets on sale at the usual outlets.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH – STEP INN- FORTITUDE VALLEY (BRISBANE) (QLD) +18
FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH - ANNANDALE HOTEL – ANNANDALE (SYDNEY) (NSW) +18
SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH - SKA NATION – CORNER HOTEL – RICHMOND (MELBOURNE) (VIC) + 18
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2ND – ENIGMA BAR – ADELAIDE (SA) +18
Stay tuned to DS as we get busy with The Planet Smashers and Ska Nation!
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Prepare to get your skank on. Montreal’s ska legends, The Planet Smashers, are streaming a never heard before song called “Hippopotamus” on their MySpace page.
The track appears on the “All-Skanadian Club vol. 5” compilation recently released on Stomp Records.
The Planet Smashers are releasing a new album titled “Descent Into the Valley of the Planet Smashers” July 12th on Stomp.
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Ska Nation continues to drip feed the line-up to the ska community with the most recent addition, Australian ska legends, The Porkers. The festival which takes place in Melbourne on Halloween have already announced The Planet Smashers will be making the trek to Australia to head line the show and do a couple of side shows on the countries east coast. These are two names in ska that will be hard to top! No more information is available but we’ll be watching this one closely so stay tuned as more bands are added to the line-up.
Montreal ska band The Planet Smashers have posted a teaser for their upcoming, and highly anticipated album, “Descent Into the Valley of the Planet Smashers.” The album is due out on July 12th on Stomp Records, and you can check out the trailer here.
The Planet Smashers last released “Unstoppable” in 2005.
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In hardly believable news, it has been announced that Canadian Ska legends, The Planet Smashers will be playing this years Ska Nation 2011 – A Halloween Ska Spectacular which is held annually in Melbourne on October 31. The band will also stop in Brisbane and Sydney as part of their trek down under. No further details but we’ll keep you updated as they come to hand. Stoked!
Montreal ska act The Planet Smashers have announced that they are currently working on a new album.
“Currently in the studio RECORDING THE NEW ALBUM…YES it’s true, it’s really happening! More details to come…”
The latest release was 2005′s “Unstoppable” on Stomp Records.
Much The Same bassist Franky Tsoukalas and guitarist Dan O'Gorman, both primary songwriters in their former band, have started a new punk band with Franky taking the lead vocal role as well. They're called Burn Rebuild and you can stream the band's first demo song, "My Therapy Is Failing" right here.
