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From Tuesday 24 August 2010

Weakerthans man writes solo EP

‘Provincial Road 222’ is a 3-track EP by Weakerthans main man John K. Samson and it will be released on limited edition 7-inch vinyl and through digital download on September 21, 2010 by Epitaph/ANTI-Records in North America.

Good band, awful name

The Front Bottoms are streaming their new EP ‘Slow Dance To Soft Rock’ via http://www.purevolume.com/thefrontbottoms

Birmingham Zine Festival

Get A Grip are putting on a screen printing workshop as part of Birmingham Zine Festival in September. Punktastic thread here – https://www.punktastic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=90846&p=1986527#p1986527 – more information here – http://getagripstudio.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/screen-printing-workshop-with-birmingham-zine-festival/ and probably most importantly here – www.birminghamzinefestival.com

Hit The Switch – Observing Infinities

Hit The Switch sound like NOFX would if they played technical skate punk. Last.fm suggests similar artists include Down By Fire, Much The Same and Counterpunch – I’d agree with all those, but take out the more progressive breakdowns and technical

Seven Songs

Submitted: Seven Songs is a new EP from Scottish punk-rock political folk singer Dave Hughes. Originally recorded as a set of demos for a forthcoming, but delayed, studio album with his band, The Renegade Folk Punk Band, this is a lo-fi solo acoustic effort. The EP contains,

Monday 23 August 2010

Can you name a band after a football team?

Fiorentina have just uploaded their new single ‘Eleanor’ for free download on their Last.fm page at http://bit.ly/9N2TgP

We Are The UK Crowd

We Are The In Crowd plan to release ‘Guaranteed To Disagree’ in the UK on October 25 on Hopeless.

Febside

Bayside plan to release a new album in February 2011.

Sometimenever – Father Hope

There’s a certain Refused-esque quality about Sometimenever; not so much in the level of the din the band make, but the way in which they seem to be able to switch intensity at will, leaping from the spoken word to something altogether more

Evarose – Creation Divide

When I was sent this EP I was told “it’s your new favourite band”. Sadly for Evarose with a billing like that you’re always, always on to a downer unless you literally are the best new band on the planet. There’s creating hype