The infamous Punk Rock Bowling festival has just dropped a book in celebration of their 20 year anniversary! For $35 on pre order you can relive years worth of memories, good times, and the festival that started out with a couple of friends. With cover art by Shepard Fairey, and stories, art, and antecdotes from icons like Cock Sparrer, NOFX, and The Buzzcocks.
You can pre order a copy here, or pick one up at the Golden Nugget PRB Booth at the festival over May 25th to 28th.
Liam and Mark of Booze & Glory have just released a special edition vinyl of a reggae take on their songs, “London Skinhead Crew,” “Only Fools Get Caught,” and “Leave The Kids Alone.” You can purchase a copy here. At Volume 1, there’s more of these fun tracks to come, so make sure to check them out!
Minneapolis Oi! band Empire Down are streaming their new song “Bastards For The Butcher,” which features guest vocals from Matt Henson of NOi!SE.
You can give the song a listen below.
“Bastards For The Butcher” comes from the bands’ debut self-titled 7″ that was released on March 2nd via Oi! The Boat Records. You can order that here.
London street punk band Booze & Glory have just released “Back On Track”, a video for a tune taken from their album, Chapter IV, which is available via Burning Heart Records.
Shot in the UK’s capital by the band’s own Frank Pellegrino (with some assistance), the video guest stars local actress Peyvand Sadeghian.
As well as the video, Booze & Glory will also be hitting the road towards the end of the year. They head out to Brazil as guests of Dropkick Murphy’s and they’ll also be headlining their own shows as part of a busy touring schedule.
Check out the video below, as well as all the tour dates.
Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards have announced they will be releasing a new live album. Titled Live and Loud!!, it comes out on November 25th through Hellcat and Pirates Press Records.
The band’s last studio album Viking was released in 2004.
European punk outfit This Means War has released a new video for their song “Sailing Anarchy”.
The song comes off the band’s new self titled album, you can check out the video below.
The new album is the first from the band, and doesn’t disappoint. If your into Booze and Glory or Cock Sparrer you’ll dig these guys without a doubt.
Lars Frederiksen’s side project The Old Firm Casuals just released a music video for their song “Never Say Die”, which is the official anthem of Major League Soccer’s San Jose Earthquakes.
The video was recorded inside the team’s home stadium. Check it out below.
“Never Say Day” was released in 2014 to celebrate the Quakes’ 40th anniversary. The track features backup vocals from former and current players for the MLS club.
Tokyo, Japan based Oi! punk-rock act SA (Samurai Attack) has premiered a music video for their new track “MY ONLY LONELY WAR.” You can watch it below.
The song is the title track of the band’s upcoming single release set for release on September 6 via Imperial Records in Japan. You can find the cover art and tracklist below the video.
Nottingham punks Los Fatso Libres are streaming a new song “The Mask” off their debut EP “No Holds Barred” set to be released in September. If your a fan of Booze and Glory or The Old Firm Casuals you will dig these guys.
You can check out the new song below.
UK Subs have announced a PledgeMusic campaign for two upcoming 7″s. The two double A-side 7″s, “Predator” and “The Beast”, are to be released on blue and red vinyl respectively. You can buy tickets to a 40th anniversary/release party show while you’re at it too.
All pre-order bundles – including various t-shirt deals – are up now.
One of the less covered genre’s in the punk world is Oi! Whether it be because of stigma or misinformation oi! punk remains one of the truest forms of punk rock expression. London’s Booze and Glory are fresh off their latest masterpiece released in March on Burning Heart Records, “Chapter IV” is the most complete Booze and Glory album yet. “Chapter IV” is packed with fast paced old school punk rock anthems and ageless wisdom. With the recent release of “Chapter IV” we had a chance to catch up with the legends of oi!
Check out the full interview below.
Pull out your combat boots and throw on your old suspenders, get ready to bust some heads and drink some pints. London’s oi! punk legends Booze and Glory are back with a brand new album that will have you singing along and thrashing about the living room like you’re in an East London pub at last call. After a battle with cancer and a few lineup changes, Booze and Glory are back with their most intriguing, anthemic album yet.
“Chapter IV” is an album that shows a band’s true growth, the songs on the new album carry a certain message of carrying on, unity, and life passing you by. It’s a more introspective album, an album that makes you think while still keeping your head moving. While the lovely simplicity of oi! punk is still there in the guitars and drums, the lyrics carry a certain maturity that many modern oi! punk bands are lacking. The anthemic lyrics and bass heavy guitar riffs lend comparison to Rancid, but with a more real feel. The album starts out with “Days, Months, Years,” a song that starts with a superbly un-oi piano solo before carrying us off to the very best in anthemic London oi. “Carry On” gives us a full on assault on anthemic lyrics, “but, look at me I still carry on” sounds like something just waiting to be shouted at the top of your lungs. The songs from start to finish carry meaning, and it’s a true jewel in the library of any punk fan, let alone a fan of oi!
The new album is simply that for Booze and Glory, “Chapter IV” is the fourth full length release from the London natives, and truly the next chapter of growth for a band that already boasts a pretty loyal following. New listeners and old of Booze and Glory will find “Chapter IV” to be a great example of what Oi! Punk truly can be. Simple yet mature. From “Days, Months, Years” to “Start Believing,” Booze and Glory has knocked it out of the park.
Booze and Glory gave us everything we expected and more. This isn’t the early rough recordings of Booze and Glory we’ve gotten used to, “Chapter IV” released through Burning Heart Records is Booze and Glory at its finest, and leaves us just salivating for more.
4.5/5 stars
LA based Oi! band Booze & Glory is heading out for a year long, worldwide tour in support of its newly released fourth studio album. Chapter IV, which was released via Burning Heart Records, is out now and available here.
The excursion will kick off in a few short days in Germany and will carry the band to the U.S. and Mexico and on to Europe and Japan. Full tour dates can be found here. Head down below for the first set of U.S. dates.
Cock Sparrer are now streaming new song, “Contender” off the full length album “Forever,” out April 21st via Pirates Press Records. You can listen to the song below, and buy a physical copy on the label webstore.
“Forever” is the first album since 2007 release, “Here We Stand,” making it the sixth career album in 45 years from the UK punk legends.
UK punk legends Cock Sparrer have premiered another song from their upcoming album Forever. The track’s titled “Every Step of the Way”, and you can give it a listen below.
Set to release on April 21st through Pirates Press Records, Forever will be the band’s first album since 2007’s Here We Stand. Pre-orders are available on the label’s webstore.
Hailing from Lincoln, UK Nieviem is a newer skate punk band that has been tearing it up for a little over a year. Steadily releasing new songs, live recordings, and EPs, the band continues the trend with their second EP The Hope Is There. The EP is fast and heavy, borrowing from hardcore but still strongly entrenched in 90's skate punk. If that sounds up your alley, then give it a listen here.
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