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RX Bandits stream their new album ‘Gemini, Her Majesty’

Penny Bennett — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:53:10 +0000

RX Bandits are streaming their new album, in anticipation of its release this week, check it out in full below.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/07/stream-rx-bandits-new-album-gemini-her-majesty/

Rx Bandits Post Cover Of New Album

Mike Scott — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:07:39 +0000

Rx Bandits’ continued PledgeMusic campaign to fund their new, as yet untitled album is now a fair few months in – with a month to go. And they have just unveiled the, shall we say, ‘different’ artwork for it. Which to this PT news editor looks like a long lost Dio album cover. Anyway, new music as and when we get it.

You can still get involved with a multitude of packages.

https://www.facebook.com/rxbanditsofficial

Rx Bandits launch PledgeMusic campaign for new album

Tom Aylott — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:13:14 +0000

Rx Bandits have announced that they’re going to record a new album, and the band have called on fans to help them fund the release via PledgeMusic. They’ve already hit 91% of the goal (in less than 36 hours), and any pledges have 5% donated to charity

Prices start at $10 for a digial album (w/instant access to a new song in demo form), and go up to the usual silly not-particularly-feasible top end of $10k private show.

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/rxbandits

Get yourself the song by pledging now, and then make sure you’re heading down to one of their celebratory ‘The Resignation’ shows that start on Wednesday!

JANUARY
29 BRISTOL Fleece
30 NOTTINGHAM Rock City
31 MANCHESTER Academy 3

FEBRUARY
01 LEEDS Cockpit
04 BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds
05 PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
06 LONDON Scala

Friday @ Reading Festival 2013

Penny Bennett — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:47:30 +0000

Our Friday roundup gallery from Reading 2013 shows off our favourite bits from the first day of the festival. All photos taken by Penny Bennett.

RX Bandits @ The Barfly

Maryam Hassan — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:02:03 +0000

RX Bandits @ The Barfly, Camden, 22/08/13

Rx Bandits to play ‘The Resignation’ anniversary shows in the UK next January/February

Tom Aylott — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:31:37 +0000

Rx Bandits at The Barfly

Carrying on the “bands on Reading/Leeds doing UK tours soon (ish)” trend of this week, Rx Bandits will return to the UK in January/February 2014, with the dates coming as part of their celebration of the anniversary of ‘The Resignation’ (according to the Kili Live website). We LOVED their Barfly show and their set at Reading, so we’re looking forward to seeing lots of people at one of the following dates, which go on sale Friday.

JANUARY
29 BRISTOL Fleece
30 NOTTINGHAM Rock City
31 MANCHESTER Academy 3

FEBRUARY
01 LEEDS Cockpit
02 GLASGOW King Tuts
04 BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds
05 PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
06 LONDON Scala

http://www.facebook.com/rxbanditsofficial

RX Bandits post Blonde Redhead cover online

Tom Aylott — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:14:32 +0000

Rx Bandits are set to release a covers EP over the course of the next month (with songs going out free to fans gradually), and PUrevolume have premiered the band’s cover of ‘Falling Man’ by Blonde Redhead. Check it out below and expect a cover of Weezer’s ‘Surf Wax America’ in the next week or so.

The band play The Barfly in London on August 22 and Reading/Leeds right after.

http://www.facebook.com/rxbanditsofficial

Rx Bandits to headline The Barfly in London on August 22

Tom Aylott — Thu, 30 May 2013 17:09:48 +0000

The Rx Bandits will play a warm up show before Reading/Leeds at the Barfly in London on August 22.

Tickets are on sale at 9am tomorrow through http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/PUA2208

http://www.facebook.com/rxbanditsofficial

RIP Rx Bandits

Maryam Hassan — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:36:41 +0000

Some photos of the now-departed Rx Bandits from summer 2010 at Slam Dunk South and their headline show shortly after. They will be very sorely missed by the PT crew.

Rx Bandits – Camden Underworld

Tom Aylott — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:41:01 +0000

Southern trains are responsible for me missing many support acts, and tonight LaFaro were their latest victim – I only managed to get into the Underworld as they were packing away their equipment, which is a shame, as they sound great from what I’ve heard.

I’m fairly late to the Moneen bandwagon, and after seeing them at Slam Dunk, I was looking forward to seeing them take on a smaller stage. Tonight’s set was more subdued than the previous I’d seen due to injuries sustained by singer/guitarist Kenny over the weekend, but the effort the band put into adapting songs accordingly was admirable.

Tonight further cemented my regret at not checking Moneen out earlier – and though I’ve really not been listening long enough to do anything but eschew from naming a favourite song, I enjoyed it as much as I did as the injury inducing set of the weekend, and they were almost worth the asking price alone. [4/5]

I’m never quite sure about the Underworld – it tends to be a little hit or miss soundwise, and only the fact that I’m clocking in at around six feet means I get to see anything at all when it’s busy. To give full credit to the sound staff, tonight was spot on and I could just about see above the crowd that had grown substancially between Moneen and the headliners.

Apart from two occasions, Rx Bandits spend tonight dipping no further than three albums back – it’s not really a surprise, and I think that anyone coming to see them expecting a ska-punk show has been woefully neglecful of the bands progress since the album of the same name. A major difference between tonight and their recent Slam Dunk appearance is that the vast majority of audience have been paying attention, and there’s big singalongs for even the newest output.

Rx Bandits are stunningly talented at their instruments, and every time I’ve seen them I’ve been blown away – tonight is no different, and I could have watched for another 45 minutes with ease.

They are a band that go from strength to strength and it’s criminal they don’t get more recognition in the UK – but it’s not like anyone here really cares about that tonight, and as the sweaty bodies emerge from the Underworld and the band leaves the stage, everyone’s had a brilliant evening. [5/5]

See more photos from the show by clicking here.