News from the Punk Rock music scene.
Jeff Rowe was recently featured on Switchboard Sessions. Rowe phoned in to offer raw takes on “An Island’s Point of View” from his recent full-length Barstool Conversations as well as a cover of the Descendents‘ classic “Bikeage” which unfortunately appears to be currently unavailable.
Check out the article here. If you’ve yet to hear Barstool Conversations, we’re streaming it at Rowe’s Punknews.org page.
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This week on the Punknews Podcast our round table gets a little more square as news editors Bryne Yancey and first time host Adam White take apart the week’s news. We discuss stories such as Fearless’ new Punk Goes Pop record, Bad Religion‘s decade shows, Say Anything‘s big announcement, Further Seems Forever‘s reunion with Chris Carrabba, and Solidarity’s new Plea For Peace comp. Plus we react to the controversy last week’s show stirred up among the My Chemical Romance faithful.
On top of that we spin some great music from Autistic Youth, Great Friend of Mine and Bird’s Mile Home.
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Social Distortion have announced a rare acoustic performance on September 11, 2010 for Animal Acres, a animal sanctuary and compassionate living center just north of Los Angeles in Acton. The organization helps rescued cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, sheep, goats, and other “country critters and the event itself will be chaired by political humourist Bill Maher and also feature a number of famous faces. All proceeds from the Gala will benefit the organization’s emergency rescue and shelter programs to provide feed, housing, and veterinary care for suffering farmed animals.
All the details are here.
The band most recently completed their long-awaited new album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, which is expected on Epitaph Records in November.
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Our stream today comes from Providence, RI’s This is a Movement. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new EP, Walk Away.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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We’ve been sent the unfortunate news that there will be no Harvest of Hope Fest in 2011. Here’s an excerpt from the statement from the festival’s organizers:
“Sadly, we are announcing that the 2011 Harvest of Hope Fest in St. Augustine, Florida has been officially canceled. Organizing the 2009 and 2010 Fests were enormous undertakings and at this time the Harvest of Hope Foundation and St. Johns County do not have the resources and time to put together a 2011 Fest.
On the positive side, as a result of the 2009 and 2010 Fests, the Foundation and other promoters have organized and continue to organize smaller musical benefits to raise needed funds for migrant farmworkers and their families. To all of you, our deep appreciation for sticking by the Harvest of Hope Foundation, attending our events, dedicating your musical craftmanship and talent, and staying true to those who harvest and produce our food.
Thank you for recognizing that Migrant Farmworkers earn our support!”
The festival, which was held near St. Augustine, FL in 2009 and 2010, was organized to raise funds and awareness for migrant farmworkers via the Harvest of Hope Foundation.
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Brian Fallon of Gaslight Anthem has posted a new FAQ answering some of the many and frequent questions people ask about The Gaslight Anthem. For example, he explains where the name came from:
There was a club in New York City from 1958-1971 called The Gaslight, where Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Odetta, and other great folk artists got their starts. To us, it seemed cool to refer back to when people who became legendary were just starting out, everybody starts from somewhere. It also was a collective, each person learning from watching others, honing their craft. The “Anthem” came from the central song, or idea of this place, which reminded us of our basement collectives we had growing up, throwing and playing shows.
He addresses the issue of a “solo” or acoustic album, something hinted at by past solo performances Fallon has done:
I doubt I’d do an acoustic album or a “solo” album, but I would like to make a record people can listen to in the night time. I think I’d like to do that with a band name and some friends where we can dress like the Bad Seeds, in suits. Seriously.
Check out the first part here. He promises a second FAQ soon.
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Built to Spill have posted the new video for “Hindsight.” The video was directed by actor Bob Odenkirk of Mr.Show, Arrested Development and Breaking Bad.
Tom Scharpling , the director of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists‘s new Bottled in Cork video talked to Pitchfork about why they choose to make fun of Green Day‘s American Idiot musical and how it all came together. He explained:
I paid $125 for a Saturday matinee. You know, it’s hard for me to stick it to the musical. I will say, the performers in the musical are some of the most super-talented people I’ve ever seen. They’re dancing like crazy; they’re singing; they’re on wires 30 feet above the stage, doing aerial ballet. It’s the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen! But the whole time I was like, “Why is all of this awesome effort and talent being used for Green Day?” It had barely any connection to Green Day. This might sound harsh: it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever seen, but it was one of the more pointless things I’ve seen. I just didn’t know why it existed.
t’s $125 to get into the punk musical, first of all. I will admit that for some reason I bought like a seventh-row seat. That’s on me. I could’ve probably gotten in for $75. But still, it’s on Broadway, and it’s punk, and you get handed a thing in crazy punk lettering– as if you’re getting handed fliers at a rock show– saying, “No photos! No video! No cell phones!” It’s like, “Hey, this is all edgy! This whole thing’s punk and outrageous! This is not Les Mis across the street, guys! But seriously, don’t film it with your cell phone. It’s our intellectual property.” It’s a funny experience. We had the idea for the video, and then I want and saw it, and it was like, “OK, we have to do this.
Check out the rest of the interview here.
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In a new interview with Rock Radio, Blink 182‘s Tom Delonge discussed what people can expect from the trio’s comeback record:
I feel like a little kid full of wonder. I can’t comprehend the size of these shows. We’re getting on better than we ever have, and there’s a confidence there now. We love what we do and we know we do it pretty well. “The record will be very modern, relevant, fast and fun. It’ll be a mixture of drum’n’bass, indie rock and stadium rock. I can’t say we’ve done that before, but you can see the tip of the iceberg on the last record. Anyone who listens to my band Angels and Airwaves will know where I sit musically. If you imagine that, mixed in with what the other guys do in their spare time, you get it. It’s going to be a really great collaboration of the best of three different genres of music.
The band last released Blink 182 in 2003.
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Laura Stevenson and the Cans have booked a full US tour set to begin this month. In related news, Laura was the subject of an indepth profile in the New York Press, written by sometimes Punknews.org interviewer Jon Reiss.
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Glen Matlock and the Philistines, the eponymous project from the bassist of the legendary Sex Pistols, have posted their new video for “Born Running.” The track appears on the band’s upcoming album of the same name, Born Running, due out September 28, 2010. The album features the last recordings of guitarist Steve New, one of Matlock’s oldest friends and fellow founder-member of The Rich Kids, who died in 2010. Also in the band’s line up is drummer Javier Weyler, the current drumming incumbent with The Stereophonics, as well as guitarist James Stevenson.
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No Age have announced a run of tour dates over the next few months supporting their imminent new Sub Pop Records album, Everything in Between which is due out September 28, 2010. The band will be spending some time opening for Pavement as well as headlining some dates of their own with support from fellow LA band, Lucky Dragons.
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Worn in Red recently visited DIY radio show, People Who Hate People to record an interview and performance. The set was capture at the Stairway East Recording Studio and features live performances of tracks from In the Offing and one song from their recently announced split.
Check it out here.
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