News from the Punk Rock music scene.
Big Eyes, which features members of Cheeky, Seasick, and Used Kids, have posted their demo for free download. The band is described as “big riffs” for fans of The Ramones, The Muffs and The Vicious. They will be performing at The Fest 9 this month.
Grab the download here.
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In a continuing exercise in proaction, synergy and cross promotional branding Punknews is pleased to bring you the the latest in a series of Fest based interviews. In this session interviewer Matt Walker interviews Gared O’Donnell about Planes Mistaken For Stars and Hawks and Doves. Walker explains:
Planes rode hard for about a decade but they got rode out a couple of years ago. Now that they’ve had some time to recuperate, they’re coming back around for Fest 9. They’re one of those bands that lays it all on the line on their albums and on stage (or floor, or basement). Their live shows are studies in intense, sweaty, all-out rock and roll in the most sincere way possible. Planes are in your face but giving you a high five at the same time. This time around original guitarist Matt Bellinger is back; which means there will be three guitars on stage. What more could you ask for? Should be fun…
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Our stream today comes from Montreal, QC-based The Sainte Catherines. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Fire Works.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Rancid have posted the previously unreleased video for the title track from their 2003 major label album, Indestructible.
Social Distortion have announced their first tour of 2011. The band will be hitting the road just days after the release of their new album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, on January 18, 2011. All dates will feature support from Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music and shows will include both Lucero and The Aggrolites on various stops.
In related news, frontman Mike Ness recently spoke to Northern Ohio’s News Herald about the new album. Check out the interview here.
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As promised, here’s our next Fest-related gift to you: A free compilation!
We’ve teamed up with several of the labels and bands associated with The Fest 9 to release the appropriately named Punknews.org Presents The Fest 9: A Free Compilation. This is actually the first of two volumes that will span a whopping 46 tracks from bands performing at The Fest this weekend in Gainesville, FL. And what a lineup it is! This volume boasts previously unreleased tracks from The Future Now, One Win Choice, Captain We’re Sinking, Senders, Big Soda, and Annabel, as well as recently released jams from Make Do and Mend, Carpenter and City of Ships, among other soon-to-be favorites.
Each track comes tagged with the corresponding band’s Fest performance schedule (day, venue and time) as well as the cover art created by the wonderfully talented Liana Kangas.
You can stream it right here and download it fo’ free here. Come back Wednesday, when we’ll be unveiling the second volume of the compilation.
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Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 sat down with Wavves vocalist and guitarist Nathan Williams for an interview. The article focuses on how cheap DIY technology like Garage Band and the Internet allowed bands like Wavves, Best Coast and others to gain international attention:
I think that the Internet is such an easy tool to launch your band. That’s probably why. It’s more about the technology. Ithink that the advantages are the same as the challenges. Everything is at your fingertips basically, so if you have a bad show it’s immediately uploaded to YouTube because someone was in the crowd filming it that night. Stories can get skewed and passed over the Internet so quickly. I think the advantages far outweigh that so it really doesn’t matter.
Check out the interview here.
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The Methadones final album has been set for a November 16, 2010 via Solidarity Recordings and Asian Man Records. As originally announced, the album will feature five new studio tracks and out of print tracks. The vinyl pressing via Solidarity will include black, clear red, clear, white and clear green versions.
The Methadones split up in June after 17 years together. Over the years The Methadones released material through A-F Records, Thick Records, It’s Alive Records and Red Scare, with the latter label issuing the band’s last full-length, 2007’s This Won’t Hurt… Meanwhile, Vapid continues to stay busy with both Screeching Weasel and Riverdales
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My Chemical Romance have announced a replacement for drummer Bob Bryar who left the band in March. The band has enlisted Mike Pedicone, formerly of The Bled. Mike announced the pairing via his Twitter:
I am thrilled to be drumming in MCR exclusively and to be a part of the [family].
The band’s upcoming record is titled Danger Days: True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys and is due out November 23, 2010
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Weezer have announced that Best Coast and Free Energy will be supporting their upcoming Memories tour. The run will feature consecutive nights in each city where the band will perform Pinkerton and The Blue Album in their entirety.
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The Beastie Boys sent out an email detailing their upcoming album, Hot Sauce Committee, Part 2 and explaining why the second part will precede the first:
I know it’s weird and confusing, but at least we can say unequivocally that Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 is coming out on time, which is more than I can say about Part 1, and really is all that matters in the end. We just kept working and working on various sequences for part 2, and after a year and half of spending days on end in the sequencing room trying out every possible combination, it finally became clear that this was the only way to make it work. Strange but true, the final sequence for Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 works best with all its songs replaced by the 16 tracks we originally had lined up in pretty much the same order we had them in for Hot Sauce Committee Part 1.
As reported last week, the album is expected in Spring 2011.
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Make Do and Mend have posted another new song from their imminent Paper and Plastick/Panic Records album, End Measured Mile. It is due out October 26, 2010.
Check out the song here.
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The soundtrack has been announced for Tony Hawk: Shred, the second game to use the skateboard controller bundled with last year’s Tony Hawk: Ride. Unlike Ride, the game is apparently aimed at a younger audience and includes snowboarding as well as more arcade-style tricks. The soundtrack includes selections from A Day To Remember, Anberlin, Appleseed Cast, At The Drive-In, Bad Religion, Biffy Clyro, Braid, Burning Brides, Circa Survive, Coheed and Cambria, Deftones, Devo, Far, GBH, Guttermouth, Hot Hot Heat, Jimmy Eat World, Living Things, Moving Units, OK Go, Rise Against, Rival Schools, Social Distortion, Story Of The Year, Surfer Blood, Ted Leo, Texas Is The Reason, The Comas, The Soft Pack, The Stooges, The Swellers, Vampire Weekend and Yellowcard.