Dale Crover of The Melvins wants to drum for your band. Redd Kross, one of the bands in which Crover drums, is wrapping up their massive tour this month. Late sumemr and early fall finds Melvins' Buzz Osborne on tour with Trevor Dunn as King Dunn. So, that leaves room for Crover to add even more onto your plate- Crover is available for remote session work in August and September. You can reach him at dalecroverdrums [ a t ] gmail.com.
The Dwarves recently appeared on an episode of the vinyl guide podcast. In the episode, Blag Dahlia talks about the new Dwarves Keep It Reel record, the Dwarves The Dwarves Concept Album in 2023, and other records. Blag also talked about his dealings with former record labels, the Ralph Champagne record, and a bunch of other stuff. You can hear the record here.
Eugene S. Robinson of the recently disbanded Oxbow has announced a book tour for A Walk Across Dirty Water. The short tour kicks off on August 21 in Eugene's hometown of Washington, DC and runs up the east coast. Tickets are on sale now. Meanwhile, Eugene has a few recording projects in the works including a new Bunuel record. We will keep you updated.
Kingston NY's Nightmares For A Week is back with new music. The band recently released a new single called "Grateful Alive", see below. The band last released Celebrations in 2018.
Flores y Fuego and Slaughterhouse have released a split EP. It has two tunes from each band and it's out via Pirate's Press. You can hear some of the new songs below.
Snail Mail and Glitterer have announced a show in Kingston, PA on September 2nd to support Planned Parenthood. Giant's Despair, and OK Buddy will be opening this event. Ticekts are on sale now, click here to grab a ticket.
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Jr.Juggernaut have released a new track. It's called "Take Alone." You can check it out below. Another Big Explosion is out August 9 on Mindpower Records.
Mike Park's Bruce Lee Band has announced their first shows in about five years. They will play two shows at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on October 18 and 19. A tour of Japan is likely to follow as Park stated, "I got invited to tour Japan and those who know me well, understand my love for Japan. This might be my last chance to visit so I'm sucking it up, meeting my therapist w/ regularity, taking my meds, and getting my mind/body/soul ready to play some SKA!" The Bruce Lee Band will include Park, Kevin Higuchi (Death Rosenstock), Dan Potthast (MU330), Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb The Music Industry), Jeremy Hunter (Skatune Network), AJ Marquez (Slow Gherkin), Emily Williams (Jer Band), and Brian Lockrem (Monkey).
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