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I've never been a particularly big fan of the Astoria, least of all when it hosts supposed 'punk' bands.»
A challenging time in any band’s career: the compulsion to diversify wanes, familiar successes and time-honoured formulae rear their head. Unpredictability loses its appeal, both to fans and band members; we grow old and we stick to what we know. We don’t fear the new, but nor do we view it with the same esteem our »
Hot Water Music to support Alkaline Trio. Having released a split EP on Jade Tree Records with the Alkaline Trio last year, post-hardcore pioneers Hot Water Music are accompanying their close buddies on a hefty UK stint this September. Already well respected in the States for»
Foo Fighters members Dave Grohl & Chris Shiflett keep themselves busy with side project type diversions... In keeping with a well-established fondness for expanding his bands-I’ve-worked-with CV – Dave Grohl has been collaborating with former sludge doomsters turned dance punks Killing Joke o»
Atom and his Package to split. In what should come as sad news for anyone who appreciates the quirky escapades of punks that don't just fall in line behind the stale three-chorded likes of just about every pop punk band you'll ever see on TV, legendary eccentric Atom has announced deta»
Badly Drawn Boy is to play an acoustic set at London's 93 Feet East on 5 September. Damon will be headlining a lineup also consisting of Misty Dixon, Dot and Supreme Vagabond Craftsman. Ticket's are priced £12 and can be »
Hardcore heroes Biohazard have cancelled their headline European tour after one of the band members allegedly underwent emergency surgery. Details are sketchy at the moment, however the London Garage & Oxford Zodiac shows are both definitely off. Lead vocalist Evan Seinfeld hasn't wasted any time reschedul»
Screwed-up punk metal freaks Amen make a welcome return to London's live music stage next month, with a one-off gig immediately following their Reading Festival appearance. The date is 26 August, the venue Camden's cosy Underworld, and the tickets in distinctly short supply, so get 'em while »
Former Pixies frontman Frank Black has just announced a headlining show at the London Garage on August 4. Black has already played solo gigs at London's Underworld & Barfly clubs this year, but this will be his first low-key show in the capital with backing band The Catholics. Advance »
New Found Glory, in case you haven’t heard, are the latest in a long line of bands being heralded as 'the new Blink 182'. They're a five-piece pop punk outfit hailing from Coral Springs, Florida, and, much like the Tom, Mark & Travis show, they are particularly fond of singing about relationships. Rath»
In addition to the previously reported headliners, the following new acts have been confirmed for this year's Carling Weekend festivals, due to take place on 24 - 26 August:
AMEN
Moldy Peaches
The Strokes
King Adora
My Vitriol
Lowgold
Mark B & Blade
Blink 1»
Casey Chaos and crew hit the UK this June for a short tour to promote their next single - The Waiting 18. The punk revolutionaries will be ripping apart, setting alight to, and possibly bleeding on the following venues:
14 June - Bristol University
15 June - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
16 J»
Corby sludge-thrashers Raging Speedhorn will release new single The Gush in the UK on 4 June. The title track was produced by Billy Graziadei and Danny Schuler of Biohazard, and will be released in two formats, one of which will be limited edition. The band are about to embark on a t»
Air will play the London Shepherds Bush Empire on April 25. The one-off gig marks their first live appearance in the UK for two years, and precedes the release of their third full-length studio album, 10,000 Hz Legend, on 28 May. The ambient electronica outfit will also release a single, R»
Sonic Youth-esque art rockers Blonde Redhead have just announced a one-off UK date at The Barbican Centre in London on the 6 May. The band will be supporting Arto Lindsay as part of a New York Urban Beats night. More acts are expected to be confirmed shortly. Tickets are priced £14 - £17.5»
Deconstruction - The Compilation CD is to be released on 21 May and will feature almost all the bands to have graced the European punk tour since it started three years ago. The track listing runs as follows:
NOFX - Electricity
Good Riddance - One For the Braves
Pennywise - Mig»
Stoke-On-Trent demons Charger have just announced a UK tour in support of their superb new album, The Foul Year Of Our Lord. They've been referred to as 'the new Raging Speedhorn', and with Casey Chaos on their side breaking out of the underground shouldn't prove too difficult a task. Catch them on one of the»
'Heavy riffage, fuzztone explosions' and 'loose cannon guitars' dominate this album, says the press report accompanying Everclear's follow-up to last year's disappointing Volume One: Learning How to Smile. The report notably neglects to mention, however, Art Alexakis' decision to spit on his past and churn ou»
For the Monkey Boy virgins amongst you, here's a quick low-down on the trio: two bassists, no guitars, one vocalist drummer. They combine blues, punk, jazz and something else entirely, have a tendency shout a lot, and sound a bit like an army of chainsaws on heat. As well as having every song introd»
Last year Shelter frontman Ray Cappo announced his self-acclaimed Krishnacore outfit were disbanding, and he was to take up a new career in stand-up comedy. Quite how successful his attempts at humour were we cannot be sure, but the Hindu spirtualists have reformed and, in addition to releasing their new a»
Strings For Satellites is the follow-up to Fiver's debut album, Eventually Something Cool Will Happen. Take a little peek at the DiS archives and you'll see that last year's offering earned itself a resounding 5/5, despite being described as ultimately 'quirky'. Now scroll down quickly and check my rat»
The lineup for the Vans Warped 2001 US tour has been confirmed, with Less Than Jake, The Ataris, Midtown, H20, Rancid, Kill Your Idols, The Vandals, Pennywise, AFI, Big Wig, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes (Fat Mike's side-project), Fenix TX and Guttermouth making up the bulk of this year's punk offerings. A»
eX-Girl are weird. Kirilo (bass), Fuzuki (drums) and Chihiro (guitar) make up what can only be described as the world's first alternative Japanese cartoon pop band. As well as defining this altjapcarpop-core, eX-Girl go on to foster one of the most bizarre band-related obsessions fathomable – they're not politically»
Two of Australia's biggest punk outfits are set to tour the UK this summer. Frenzal Rhomb, dubbed the 'punkest band in the world', and with a tour diary encompassing the likes of Reel Big Fish, NOFX, The Offspring and Rocket From the Crypt, are hitting our shores this April in support of ska-legends»
The bass-heavy London trio Monkey Boy will be doing a nationwide Rock Sound sponsored tour this summer to coincide with the release of their debut album Tales of a Travelling Circus. You can catch the stop-start blues / punk / jazz fusion loonies on the following dates:
13 June - Harlow Square
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First off I just want to say how much I hate this venue. The staff are rude, the (hot, flickering) lights are kept on during the whole gig, and the walls are a hospital ward-type mix of sickly yellow and drab brown. On top of that Atom isn't even headlining, some hardcore band called Good Clean Fun are, hence»
