Beasts of No Nation have posted another new track, “Allegiance.” The band is a new punk/hardcore outfit which features Mike Schleibaum of Darkest Hour, Jason Yawn of Trial By Fire, Kevin Lamiell of Majority Rule and Trial By Fire, and Andrew Black of The Explosion. They band will play their inaugural show Thursday: August 26th, 2010 at DC9 in Washington DC with Domino Team and SEAS.
Panic Records has added upstate New York’s Casting Curses to their roster. The label will release a new EP from the group entitled Cold All Over Again; a release date along with a pre-order is expected soon. Once out, it’ll follow up the band’s 2009 EP, Heartificial.
A trailer has been posted for Fested: A Journey to Fest 7. The film is a documentary about the annual punk festival in Gainesville, Florida and promises a film “in the spirit of Decline Of Western Civilization” and was filmed over 2 weeks in 2008 and featuring interviews and performances from many performers. A DVD of the film is due out September 15, 2010. You can find more information on the official website.
The producers have also released a donation-suggested soundtrack from the film which you can find here.
Dutch political punk trio Antillectual have posted a new song from their upcoming full-length. “Every Crisis is a Moral Crisis” will appear on the band’s next LP, Start From Scratch, and the band will be premiering the album one track at a time over the next twelve weeks before physically releasing it sometime in the fall. You can check out the song here or by clicking Read More.
Edmonton’s Wednesday Night Heroes have posted an update on the band’s current status. Their members are at work on various projects, none of which however will see the street punk act recording or hitting the stage in the immediate future:
Luke “the manimal” MacKinnon, bassman extrodinaire is moving out to Ontario to learn how to make wine, we’re all super stoked for him as he has managed to find a way to make partying a career. He will be missed, but when he returns I’m sure we’ll find a way to get his ass on the stage to rage.
While Graeme is doing No Problem, Jay and Konrad as well as long time roadie and bro-t’ill-death Banzai Bri have decided to do a really great project called Fever Island. It’s a Naked Raygun tribute band and if you are a fan of the seminal Chicago beast than you should check’em out when you can. They do bad ass verisons of classic Raygun tunes like Treason, Entrapment, I don’t know, knock me down, Rat Patrol and Vanilla Blue as well as every hit you can think of. Seeing Kon and Jay shred is a treat so make sure you can catch them.
PJ Bond has announced a month-long run of dates in September. Most of the shows will be happening along the east coast with a few in the midwest toward the end of the run.