News from the Punk Rock music scene.
Rorschach Records has made Field Day‘s demo available for free download. The band, who are scheduled to play their last show at Best Friends Day in Richmond, VA, notably released the Christian Television in 2009 via Rorschach.
Grab the demo here.
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It’s Alive Records has posted a label sampler entitled Show ’em the Hand Vol. I for free download. It includes tracks from The Copyrights, House Boat, The Dopamines, For Science, The Methadones and several others.
Check it out here.
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Our stream today comes from Ipswich, Suffolk-based The Adicts. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Life Goes On. The long-running punk band has maintained it’s original lineup since 1975 and will be touring on dates here.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Street Sweeper Social Club, the new project from Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine and Boots Riley of The Coup, have posted their cover of the LL Cool J classic, “Mama Said Knock You Out” The song comes from the duo’s upcoming EP, Ghetto Blaster, due out August 10, 2010.
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On September 25, Ruiner will be playing one of their final shows at the Party Xpo in Brooklyn, NY to raise money for the Jake Stults Foundation. Also scheduled to appear are Another Breath, Mayflower, Achilles and Such Gold.
Jake Stults played guitar for a number of NYC-area bands including De La Hoya, Dreams Forever Drowning, Rebel Alliance and In First Person before passing away in May at age 31 due to severe brain trauma sustained in a skateboarding accident. The benefit was set up to help his wife and family pay for the extensive medical bills and expenses as a result of his hospital stay prior to his death.
A raffle will also take place at the show to raise funds, which will include Polar Bear Club test presses and a Hex Records prize pack, among other things. More information is available here.
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Friction Recrds is sharing an MP3 from the upcoming Bars of Gold debut, Of Gold, due out August 24, 2010. You can download “The Hustle” right here.
The band, which notably features former Bear Vs Shark frontman Marc Paffi, has also booked a record release show at Founders in Grand Rapids, MI on September 11.
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At a show in Poughkeepsie NY, Social Distortion‘s Mike Ness revealed a title and projected release date for their upcoming Epitaph Records debut. First, Ness revealed the title as Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes and also promised a November release date.
This fall, the band will be hitting the road with Lucero and labelmate Frank Turner.
Stick around the video for a performance of the crowd favourite “Story of My Life.” The song comes from their 1990 album, Social Distortion.
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Fat Wreck Chords has announced that it plans to reissue Banner Pilot‘s 2008 full-length Resignation Day on September 14. The re-release will feature new artwork, a resequenced track listing with two bonus tracks, and the whole shebang has been remastered. Bassist Nate Gangelhoff had this to say about the release:
“When we originally recorded Resignation Day back in 2007, issues came up during the recording that left us with little time for mixing. As a result, the record didn’t sound too hot. This was kind of a drag ‘cuz we didn’t feel like we did the songs justice. But! Sometimes you get a second chance; sometimes you can take something that was subpar and make it right, like when that Jason Mraz guy covered Blitzkrieg Bop. In our case, we were able to get Jacques Wait (who we worked with on our last album Collapser) to take a look at the original tracks and take a stab at remixing them. What he came up with was awesome, sounding like a new album. Usually something billed as a ‘remix’ will cause you to say “Uh, I guess the guitars are…. warmer now?” or “Oh, that’s cool that the ride cymbal has more zing in that one part now. Glad I bought this again”, but in this case we’re talking about a dramatic difference. Plus we added two more songs that are out of print, re-did the layout, and even changed around the sequencing. It’s like a whole new experience, maaan. So if you checked out the album the first time around and didn’t dig it, give it another chance. We think you’ll like it. It’s like that one fairy tale where the first bowl of porridge kind of sucks but the second one is perfect.”
The band most recently released Collapser in 2009.
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Long-running rockabilly/psychobilly act Reverend Horton Heat have announced plans to celebrate their 25th anniversary with a newly recorded live DVD. The band will be filming their August 12 show at the Fillmore in San Fransisco with opening acts Splitlip Rayfield and Hillstomp.
The band previously released the live DVD, Reverend Horton Heat: LIVE! and In Color in 2003 and their previous album, Laughin’ and Cryin’ with the Reverend Horton Heat in September of 2009.
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Tin Horn Prayer, a new band consisting of ex-members of The Blackout Pact, Only Thunder, Ghost Buffalo and Love Me Destroyer has set a release date for its debut LP, Get Busy Dying. The Denver band will release the 10-song LP via Bermuda Mohawk Productions on Augst 24th, 2010. The band has posted three songs from the new album on its Myspace.
Check out the songs on their profile.
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On the grey Vancouver streets of East Hastings and Main, Punknews interviewer Gen Handley had the opportunity to have a curb-side chat with Strike Anywhere frontman Thomas Barnett. In the midst of a tour with Bane, Touché Amoré and Lowtalker, Thomas took some precious pre-performance time to talk about the overall reaction to the band’s most recent album, Iron Front, how his wife is as punk rock as he is and if the band is starting to slow down. Near the end of the interview, they also had an interesting conversation with one of locals and as always, Thomas was his friendly, thoughtful self.
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Just after the release of their debut full length album, Perch Patchwork, on Barsuk Records, Chicago’s Maps & Atlases have announced a string of North East and Canadian tour dates with friends and collaborators Laura Stevenson and the Cans. The tour kicks off next week in Ann Arbor, and will be the first dates for the Cans since the end of Laura’s European tour. Indie-pop Brooklyn duo, Cults joins on all dates.
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