Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have been confirmed for the Swiss edition of the Sonisphere festival, set to take place on Friday, June 18, 2010 at Degenaupark in Wil/Jonschwil, Switzerland.
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, OVERKILL, MASTODON, OBITUARY Confirmed For Finland’s TUSKA
MEGADETH, MASTODON, OBITUARY, OVERKILL and TESTAMENT are among the confirmed bands for the thirteenth annual Tuska festival, set to take place July 2-4, 2010 in Helsinki, Finland.
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Former owners of Ferret start Good Fight Entertainment
Former Ferret Music owners Paul Conroy and Carl Severson have launched a new record label/management/sports firm dubbed Good Fight Entertainment.
The label, appropriately named Good Fight Music, has already signed seven bands; new albums from Cancer Bats, Madball, Conditions, Rosaline, I Am Abominations, Disembodied and Sons of Aureilius will all be released through the label in the near future. Cancer Bats’ new record, Bears, Mayors, Scraps And Bones, will be available in Canada on April 13th.
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New clip from ‘One Nine Nine Four’ posted
A clip from One Nine Nine Four has been uploaded to YouTube. The documentary, expected to be released later this year, will primarily focus on the birth, growth and explosion of punk rock in the 90’s. It features interviews with Green Day, Bad Religion, Pennywise, NOFX, Lagwagon, The Offspring, Blink 182, No Use For A Name, Unwritten Law, Rancid, Goldfinger, The Vandals and is narrated by Tony Hawk.
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Rosetta and Restorations plan split LP
Rosetta and Restorations will be releasing a split LP this spring through Cavity Records. Each band will be contributing one song to the release; initial reports stated Restorations would be contributing two new songs, but the band confirmed through their Facebook page that they’ll only be doing one song.
The two bands will also play three shows together this weekend.
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New Communipaw record up for free download
Sound As Language has launched a media section of its blog that will be hosting authorized free downloads, the first of which is the self-titled debut from New Brunswick, NJ’s Communipaw.
Check it out here.
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Matt Pryor releases ‘Confidence Man’ on vinyl
Confidence Man, the 2008 solo debut from Get Up Kids frontman Matt Pryor, has been self-released on vinyl. Slated for release in March, the pressing will be limited to 500 copies on Coke bottle green vinyl. Pryor has also noted that he is sitting on another full-length that he will eventually self-release.
More information is available at Vinyl Collective.
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Nothington records at the BBC
Today, Nothington recorded four songs at the BBC in London. No word on when or if these songs will be released, but we’ll keep you posted.
The band is currently touring Europe in support of their 2009 full-length, Roads, Bridges and Ruins, which is streaming at their Punknews.org page.
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Small Brown Bike to be ‘twitterviewed’ tonight
Tonight at 7:30 PM EST, National Underground will be conuducting a “twitterview” with Small Brown Bike. Topics of discussion may include the band’s upcoming 7″, tour dates, or what they ate for breakfast.
Those wishing to participate can find the band’s and National Underground’s twitter feeds here and here, respectively.
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Har Mar Superstar on Dirty Laundry TV
Laundromat-centric web series Dirty Laundry has posted a new episode, this one featuring Har Mar Superstar. The singer/songwriter talks about high school, songwriting camp and writing for Britney Spears, among other things.
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LAZARUS A.D.: More Behind-The-Scenes Footage From ‘Absolute Power’ Video Shoot
This winter, Kenosha, Wisconsin-based thrashers LAZARUS A.D.
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Unwelcome Guests: ‘Don’t Go Swimming’
Our stream today comes from Buffalo, NY-based Unwelcome Guests. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Don’t Go Swimming.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org Page.
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MEGADETH Members Break Down ‘Head Crusher’, Discuss Making Of ‘Endgame’
DiMarzio, Inc., the Staten Island, New York-based company that manufactures magnetic pickups for electric guitars, has posted a six-minute video clip (see below) of MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick and then-bassist James Lomenzo talking about the making of the band’s new album, “Endgame”, and their DiMarzio pickups.
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