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Videos: Catholic Guilt: "Talking Fake"


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Catholic Guilt have released a video for their new song "Talking Fake". The video was directed by Dia Taylor. The song is a standalone single and is available digitally via Wiretap Records. Catholic Guilt released This is What Honesty Sounds Like in 2020. Check out the video below.

Blessed announce new album, release "Anything" video


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Vancouver based Blessed have announced that they will be releasing their second album Circuitous. The album will be out October 28 via Flemish Eye Records. The band have also released a video for their first single "Anything". The video was directed by Nathan Donovan and Jacob Dutton. Blessed released their EP iii in 2021. Check out the video and tracklist below.

No Fun At All cancel tour dates, postpone new album following assault allegations (UPDATE: Festival organizers release statement)

Swedish skate punk band No Fun At All has cancelled all of their upcoming tour dates, and postponed the release of their new album Seventh Wave. The news comes after Sick of it All guitarist Pete Koller alleged that his wife was physically assaulted by NFAA frontman Ingemar Jansson backstage at the Brakrock festival this […]

Swedish skate punk band No Fun At All has cancelled all of their upcoming tour dates, and postponed the release of their new album Seventh Wave. The news comes after Sick of it All guitarist Pete Koller alleged that his wife was physically assaulted by NFAA frontman Ingemar Jansson backstage at the Brakrock festival this past weekend in Belgium.

Koller’s wife Mei-Ling who is a guitar tech for Sick of it All made an Instagram post, stating that the singer “came off stage looking for something during his set, claimed that all my stuff was his, he pushed me when I didn’t move, then he picked me up from behind and we started to fight”.

No Fun At All responded to the allegations with a statement of their own, in which they acknowledge the incident did occur, but that it was due to an “enormous misunderstanding” and that “there were altercations, but in no way as condemnable as those described by the other party”. The band also alleges that when Brakrock staff gave Jansson the opportunity to apologize to Mei-Ling Koller following their set, “she chose to hit him instead”.

One thing both sides agree on is that there were multiple witnesses present. However, no third parties – festival organizers included – have stepped forward to substantiate any of the claims made by either side. We will keep you posted if and when that changes.

No Fun At All was slated to release their seventh studio album through SBÄM Records at some point this year. The record label has stated they are keeping tabs on the situation, and will “make the appropriate decision” when they have all the facts straight.

Update: Organizers of the Brakrock festival have issued a statement regarding the incident on their Facebook page, which you can read below.

Mei-Ling Koller’s statement:

No Fun At All’s statement:

Brakrock festival organizers’ statament:

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Watch beabadoobee cover The Sundays’ ‘Here’s Where The Story Ends’


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<p>We tend to cover beabadoobee quite a bit around these parts, and after highlighting the alt-pop luminary’s upcoming North American tour last month, we figured we’d be all set for a while; at least until she rolls into town this December to play Roadrunner in Boston. But then the singer-songwriter swung by SiriusXM to show off her new album Beatopia and play a few songs for a live in-studio performance, and one of those was her rendition of The Sundays’ […]</p>
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DS Photo Gallery: Mercy Union “White Tiger” record release w/Lenny Lashley, Early Riser and Felons (Crossroads, Garwood NJ – 8/5/22)

If you read our review of Mercy Union‘s dynamite sophomore album, White Tiger, last week, it should probably come as no surprise that even though I live in Massachusetts and the official record release show occurred on a Friday in New Jersey, I was going to be there. And I was! My “forever-plus-one” and I […]

If you read our review of Mercy Union‘s dynamite sophomore album, White Tiger, last week, it should probably come as no surprise that even though I live in Massachusetts and the official record release show occurred on a Friday in New Jersey, I was going to be there. And I was! My “forever-plus-one” and I hopped in the car, dropped our teenager off at her grandparents’ house, and made our way to Crossroads in Garwood, NJ, a club that has become a sort of home-away-from-home for us the last half-dozen years or so. (Really, if you live in the greater NYC area, you should make it a point to go to Crossroads for dinner and a show. You won’t regret it.)

Felons were the first band out of the gate on this evening. Astute followers of the New Jersey music scene will no doubt remember Zak Ferentz from Ferentz and the Felons. The Hudson County street folker retooled his band during quarantine lockdown. Now known simply as Felons, the band still features Ferentz on acoustic guitar and vocals, but he’s backed by a bass player and, well, I don’t have nearly enough knowledge of electronic music to have even the foggiest idea to know what Plantcham was playing on stage right, but I know that it combined for a really cool and weird and interesting sound. Sort of acoustic folk punk meets drone synth with all sorts of samples in the mix. Ferentz at one point introduced a song as being “about doing too many psychadelics” and I’d say that sounds about right. Check the video for “Sheep’s Wool” here for a pretty accurate example.

Brooklyn’s Early Riser were next up, and I have to say, I’m really, really glad I finally got the chance to see them. For the uninitiated, it’s safe to say that Early Riser continue the evening’s theme of bands that are tough to confine to a specific genre box. The sound is centered around Kiri Oliver’s playful vocals and small body Martin acoustic with additional texture provided by Heidi Vanderlee on cello and Nicole Nussbaum on bass. Drums are handled by none other than Mikey Erg, and all members provide harmonies. It’s like posi folk punk power-pop and it inspired a random and unexpected dance break in the crowd!

Much like yours truly, Lenny Lashley made the trip down from Massachusetts. Accompanied by frequent collaborator, the multi-talented Cody Nilsen on pedal steel, Lenny occupied the night’s direct support slot. I think Lenny is the artist I’ve seen most since Covid started a couple years ago because I tend not to wander too far away from home now, so it was fun to actually see him play a road game. Lashley bounced between acoustic (a 1937 Martin reissue, I believe) and electric (a tele-style Nacho Guitar if you’re into that sort of thing) and, while he’s got a massive catalog, stuck to songs mostly from his solo repertoire, including a few tracks from his upcoming album Five Great Egrets (more on that later). Lashley and Mercy Union frontman Jared Hart go back to the days when the former welcomed the latter’s old band, The Scandals, to Boston many years ago, so it’s been fun to watch the connection continue across state lines well over a decade later.

Which brings us, of course, to the Mercy Union portion of the evening. Hart and the gang (Rocky Catanese on guitar and occasional lead vocals, Nick Jorgensen on bass and backing vocals, recent recruit byt familiar face Matt Olsson on drums) fired up the margarita machine and fired straight into “1988,” “The Void” and lead single “Prussian Blue,” the three tracks that open White Tiger and set its sonic tone. The new material was, naturally, pretty well received from the home crowd, most of whom had clearly been listening to the album on repeat for at least the duration of release day if not, in some special cases, considerably longer. The 16-song set was heavy on White Tiger, naturally, with a few songs from their debut album, The Quarry, a couple reworked Hart solo songs, and a completely on-brand singalong cover of Goo Goo Dolls classic “Black Balloon” for good measure.

It was apparent from the earliest notes of their set that the band wore not only loaded for bear, but were having fun in the process. It is obviously a bit of a daunting task to put out an album on your own label two-and-a-half years into a global pandemic, and then to host a record release show at a well-respected club in your backyard (a club that, coincidentally, yours truly traveled to for a Scandals record release show a bunch of years ago). The night was full of smiles and gratitude and shoutouts and guest appearances on gang vocals, proving that while the sound may have branched out from traditional punk rock, the vibe and the ethos once you’re inside the four walls of a sweaty club remains every bit the same.

Look below for photo slideshows from each set of the night. You can still order Mercy Union’s White Tiger here or get it wherever you buy your digital music!

MERCY UNION

LENNY LASHLEY (W/CODY NILSEN)

EARLY RISER

FELONS

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Regulate to release new LP, share "Why Can't We?" video


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New York based hardcore punks Regulate have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is self-titled and will be out September 30 via Flatspot Records. A video for their new song "Why Can't We?" that was directed by vocalist Sebastian Paba has also been released. Regulate released In the Promise of Another Tomorrow in 2018. Check out the video and tracklist below.

Go back to the Middle Ages with the trailer for Lena Dunham’s ‘Catherine Called Birdy’


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<p>Once upon a time, Lena Dunham was a lightning rod for all sorts of takes — good, bad, indifferent, angry, happy, whatever. But after a lengthy absence from screens small and large (remember, Girls went off the air almost half-a-decade ago), 2022 seems to be her year. She’s released two films, both of which have or will play at the largest festivals in the country, and her latest, Catherine Called Birdy, is a pretty significant departure from her previous work […]</p>
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Mei-Ling Koller, SOIA guitar tech, says No Fun at All singer assualted her, band responds and denies


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Mei-Ling Koller is the guitar tech for Sick Of It All. She is also married to Lou Koller of the band. Earlier today, she stated that while at Brackrock fest, when she was stringing guitars, she was assaulted by Ingemar Jansson of No Fun At All, who had just walked off stage. In short, the singer walked off stage and, according to Mei-Ling, pushed and picked up the guitar tech. Lou confirmed the story. You can see Lou's instagram post below, which copies-aand-pastes Mei-Ling's post, which is currently set to private. No fun At All have issued a response. They stated that while there was an altercation, the events did not transpire as described by the SOIA camp. You can also see the band's response below.