Leatherface has posted a song from their long awaited new full-length. The Stormy Petrel is slated for a February 23, 2010 release through No Idea Records in North America and on the band’s own Big Ugly Fish Recordings in their native UK. This will be the band’s first new studio album since 2004’s Dog Disco, and they’ve already planned a goodamountoftouring on this side of the pond.
Evergreen Terrace have announced a headlining tour set to start on March 16th. The run will feature support from Boston hardcore act Death Before Dishonor
Joan Jett recently spoke to Cinema Blend at the Runaways film premiere at the Sundance Festival. The legendary musician commented on the state of music, saying:
I think the whole concept of rock and roll– I’m wondering what it means anymore. The press has taken the word “rock” and destroyed it. Food rocks. Clothes rock. Pop stars rock. No, pop stars pop, rock stars rock. It means nothing, so you might as well just stop using it in context with music. I think there’s a lot of people out there who still have it, but they’re the ones doing it on the scene. They’re the ones in the basements, in the clubs, toiling the way you should be doing it. That stuff is face to face You can use the internet and the tech media to get the word out, but that shouldn’t be the main thing. You’ve got to get your ass out on the road, play all the clubs– yes, it’s hard work. That’s what it is, it’s work.
She also commented on what she felt was the legacy of the Runaways:
For women and girls especially, who are developing, trying to figure out who they are, being told you’re a cunt, you’re a dyke, you’re a slut, you’re a whore– because you’re playing a guitar? It’s ridiculous. I think that a lot of people, a lot of women might just say after a while, maybe getting spit on, yelled at doing shows, oeople saying things, giggling, laughing at you, bands not giving you sound checks because you’re a girl. They’ll go, I’m gonna do something else, it’s not worth it. For me, I threw in my lot at 16. This was what it was about until I was absolutely forced to take another course, and that never really happened.
Don Giovanni Records has signed New Brunswick, NJ’s Full of Fancy. The band will release their next full-length, Liquid Nature, in the spring through the label; recording will begin next month. The band had released much of their previous material through Whoa Oh Records.
The Attack have announced their next album as well as some touring and festival plans in the coming month. The punk band features vocalist Charlie Bender of The Spitvalves, guitarist Brad Palkevich, Tito Esquiaqui on drums and Mikey Cortes on bass. The record is titled Of Nostalgia and Rebellion and is due out February 16, 2010 Starting this February, the band has lined up East Coast dates with the likes of H20, Outbreak, Leatherface, The Business, and more, and will be performing at this year’s Harvest of Hope Festival
On January 8, WSCA 106.1 FM’s “Black Night Meditations” spoke with TÝR members Heri Joensen (vocals/guitar) and Kári Streymoy (drums) on their tour bus in Worcester, Massachusetts before the band’s performance as the support act for KORPIKLAANI. SourceContinue reading TÝR Interviewed On ‘Black Night Meditations’→
Leatherface has posted a song from their long awaited new full-length. The Stormy Petrel is slated for a February 23, 2010 release through No Idea Records in North America and on the band’s own Big Ugly Fish Recordings in their native UK. This will be the band’s first new studio album since 2004’s Dog Disco, and they’ve already planned a good amount of touring on this side of the pond. 
Joan Jett recently spoke to 