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From Monday 17 September 2012

Yellowcard 2013 Feb/March UK dates starting to be announced

Yellowcard will tour the UK in February / March 2013, with support coming from Set It Off / Like Torches according to a poster from one of the venues. Dates are being announced today, and you can see what we know so far below (we’ll keep this updated). Tickets go

Sunday 16 September 2012

Slow News Day #1

Well, Sundays are a bit boring aren’t they? Why not take up your afternoon by reading some select content from across the site? We’ve had a very busy week for posting content this week, so there’s plenty to get your teeth stuck into! Firstly, our summer festival content is now

Saturday 15 September 2012

Hardside – ‘Time is Punishment’

On Hardside’s ‘Time Is Punishment’, apocalyptic rolling drums and pinch harmonics blend with low, distorted guitars to rip the listener’s ears off from the word go. On first listen, the crisp and eloquent production of Paul Miner (Trapped under Ice and Terror) is clear, but the mood is set

Release of Punk Goes Pop 5 detailed by Fearless Records

Fearless Records’ always controversial (not least for not really featuring any punk bands per se) compilation “Punk Goes Pop” will hit its fifth incarnation this year. It’ll be released on November 5th, and you can check out a cover of the ever-infectious Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Call Me Maybe’ by Upon

My Chemical Romance to release “lost album” ‘Conventional Weapons’ over the next year

My Chemical Romance are set to release their “scrapped” album ‘Conventional Weapons’. In a post on the band’s blog, Frank Lero talks about how the decision to release the songs came about, and what the plans are for releasing them: “Recently we had a band meeting, we ended up talking about

Friday 14 September 2012

Divided By Friday post new live music video on YouTube

Fans of The Wonder Years and Fall Out Boy will be into Hopeless Records’ Divided By Friday, and you can check out the band’s new Live video for ‘Forget and Follow’ over on the label’s YouTube. http://www.facebook.com/dividedbyfriday

JELLO BIAFRA AND THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE announce ‘Shock-U-Py!’

Jello Biafra’s colourfully titled ‘JELLO BIAFRA AND THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE’ project are set to release a new EP called ‘Shock-U-Py!’ next month. It’ll be released through Alternative Tentacles in the US, and you’ll probably have to pre-order it from them to get a copy over here. It contains

Title Fight launch stream of ‘Floral Green’ with SPIN

Title Fight have launched a full album stream of ‘Floral Green’ with SPIN.com. You can read a track by track with the band and listen to the album in full over at the SPIN website. ‘Floral Green’ is released on Monday through Side One Dummy. http://www.facebook.com/titlefight

LIVE: Merthyr Rock 2012

SATURDAY SONIC BOOM SIX If you’ve ever been to Merthyr Tydfil, you’ll know exactly why it’s important that events like Merthyr Rock are taking place. It’s not exactly the centre of the universe, and there’s little doubt that it could do with plenty of investment when you look around the town

Marmozets to premiere new single with Daniel P Carter on Monday

Marmozets will stream their new single ‘Good Days’ with Daniel P Carter on the Radio One Rock Show on Money. It’s the first new material that the band have aired since their latest EP ‘Vexed’. A statement from the band about the airing read as follows: “MASSIVE NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT: You can hear