Off with Their Heads have detailed two new releases in the pipeline. First will be a split 6″ record with hardcore supergroup and labelmates No Friends; OWTH will be covering “Field of Darkness”, originally by Pegboy, while No Friends will be offering their take on the Dag Nasty classic ”Another Wrong” on their side.

The second release will be a split 7″ with Detournement; each band will contribute one original acoustic track and one cover song. For this release, OWTH will cover “Princess”, originally by Panthro UK United 13, while Detournement will put their spin on Tracy Chapman’s “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution.” Both records will be released by No Idea Records.

The band has also announced even more tour dates alongside The Slow Death (formerly Pretty Boy Thorson and the Falling Angels), The Queers, Dear Landlord and Cobra Skulls.
Source Continue reading Off With Their Heads announce two new releases, more tour dates →

Piebald have announced plans to reissue their out-of-print catalogue through Rise Records. Piebald: First Ten Years will be a three volume set, each volume containing two discs; the set will compile the band’s first three full-lengths, all of their EPs, b-sides and live tracks. Volume I is expected in April, while Volumes II and III will be released in May and June respectively.

The band also announced that they’ll be playing their 2002 full-length We Are The Only Friends We Have from start to finish at their upcoming reunion performance at Bamboozle on May 2.
Source Continue reading Piebald reissuing back catalog through Rise →

The second annual Harvest of Hope Fest has officially announced its first round of bands. Confirmed to appear at the festival are Billy Bragg, Dr Dog, The Mountain Goats, Leatherface, Rogue Wave, Delta Spirit, Senses Fail, Anti-Flag, Dead Prez, Kimya Dawson, Samiam, Torche, Strike Anywhere, High on Fire, Anvil, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dr. Octagon AKA Kool Keith, Small Brown Bike, Portugal. the Man, Black Sheep, Danielson, Coalesce, Man Man, forgetters, Dead Confederate, A Wilhelm Scream, Dead to Me, Fruit Bats, Bear in Heaven, Freelance Whales, Cobra Skulls, Glint, Stars of Track and Field, Twin Tigers, Black Sheep, Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band, James Husband (of Of Montreal), Signals (ex-The Mae Shi), Ortolan, Mercury Program, Off With Their Heads, The Loved Ones, Past Lives, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Assholeparade, Defiance Ohio, Chris Wollard & the Ship Thieves, Bomb the Music Industry!, Dear Landlord, Young Livers, David Rovics, The Riot Before, This Bike is a Pipebomb, Des Ark, Ben Davis & The Jett$, Shellshag, Weatherbox, Holopaw, Hawks & Doves, Angelo Spencer, The Blacklist Royals, Lemuria, The Measure [sa], Paul Baribeau, Algernon Cadwallader, Your Heart Breaks, Fin Fang Foom, Yula Beeri, The Future Virgins, Good Luck, The Mezingers, Capsule, Ben + Vesper, Jon Snodgrass, Austin Lucas, Mike Hale, Street Eaters, O Pioneers!!!, Army of Ponch, Virgins, Gatorface, Protagonist, American Cheeseburger, Savage Brewtality, Brainworms, New Bruises, Tubers, Cory Branan, Look Mexico, Whiskey & Co., Worn in Red, Ninja Gun, Grabass Charlestons, FIYA, Spanish Gamble, Anchor Arms, How Dare You, Slow Claw, Heads Held High, The Casting Out, Low Red Land, The Itchy Hearts, Yardwork, Panthro UK United 13, Mumpsy, The Beauvilles, The Tim Version, Tiltwheel, Dan Padilla, The Future Now, D.P., City of Ships, Only Thunder, Sloane Peterson, Too Many Daves, Pretty Boy Thorson, Lost Hands Found Fingers, Nut Nut, Ornate Escape, and Mike Bernos.

The festival will be happening at the St. John’s County Fairgrounds near St. Augustine, FL from March 12-14, and serves to raise funds and awareness for the Harvest of Hope Foundation, a charity organization that assists migrant farmworkers all over the country.

Ticket information is available here.
Source Continue reading Harvest of Hope Fest to feature Billy Bragg, forgetters, Leatherface, more →

Weiden + Kennedy have posted a new installment of an ongoing project they’re producing entitled DIY America. The third installment in the ‘Skate and Create’ portion of the series is online, and it has interviews about skateboarding from Ian Mackaye of Fugazi and Minor Threat, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and others.

Check out the video here.
Source Continue reading Thurston Moore, Ian MacKaye talk skateboarding →

Propagandhi has completed work on, and posted three songs from their How To Clean Everything/Less Talk, More Rock recording sessions. Guitarist Chris Hannah explained:

I recently completed work on three previously unreleased/unfinished/unmixed recordings recovered from our How to Clean Everything and Less Talk, More Rock master tapes, About the same time we were mulling potential beneficiaries over, news began rolling in about a natural disaster unfolding in Haiti. There’s no good place for a 7.0 magnitude earthquake to hit, but Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest (and most interfered with) nation, is definitely one of the worst. As a small but sincere gesture of solidarity — and in the spirit in which the songs were originally recorded — we’ll release these three vintage tracks as a digital download in late March and donate any profits to Partners in Health to help them continue their mission in the aftermath.

Some more information should be posted on the band’s official website soon.
Source Continue reading Propagandhi to post ‘How to Clean Everything/Less Talk More Rock’-era b-sides for charity →