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From Tuesday 14 July 2015

Alcopop! Records buy a toilet cubicle in Wales

Perhaps Alcopop! Records should be calling themselves Alcopoop! for the foreseeable future. Not content with just being home to some of the most exciting music in the UK, nor sticking it to UKIP in the run-up to the recent general election, the label have now purchased a

Watch Great Cynics perform Live at Lab

Great Cynics have revealed two performances recorded at Soundlab Studios ahead of their July EU tour with Sundials and Haters. Having performed at 2000trees this weekend, the band will also hit the UK roads in August alongside Tigers Jaw. “We love Soundlab Studios,” says frontman Giles Bidder. “Without their help

Wednesday 08 July 2015

Baby Godzilla forced to change name to HECK

Baby Godzilla have been legally required to change their name, following a dispute with the Japanese cinema giant. “This may seem abrupt but following some fairly conclusive and forceful instructions it is time we instigated a change,” the band announced in their statement. “We; the collective of Matt Reynolds,

Tom Delonge Is Releasing A Trilogy Of Novels, Because Of Course He Is

Back in March, Angels & Airwaves frontman and erstwhile Blink-182 guitarist Tom Delonge threatened to release 15 novels. The first of those novels, ‘Poet Anderson…Of Nightmares’ is coming later this year. The first in a Poet Anderson Trilogy, all of which have been co-written with Actual Proper Author

Love vinyl? So does Fat Mike…and Forbes

Business website Forbes, perhaps better known for being the go-to news source for and about Wall Street banker types, have posted a video on the resurgence of vinyl featuring several Punktastic types including NOFX’s ‘Fat’ Mike Burkett. Focussed around the ‘vinyl revival’ and the resilience of the format (from a business

Saturday 27 June 2015

Close To Home Records offer back-catalogue for free

Close To Home Records are offering all of their back-catalogue hosted on BandCamp for free. The offer, available until 11PM on Sunday 28th June 2015, features releases by the likes of Forrest, Walleater, Great Sale Day and Faux. Head over to Close To Home’s BandCamp page for

Friday 26 June 2015

American Nightmare launch pre-orders for long-awaited documentary

Iconic Boston hardcore band American Nightmare have launched pre-orders for their long-awaited Reunion documentary. It will look back at the events leading up to the band reuniting in 2011 after a 7 year hiatus, and features footage of their first shows back in Boston and Los Angeles respectively,

‘Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington DC’ screenings currently happening in the UK

The recently released documentary ‘Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington DC’ is currently showing in various venues around the UK. The documentary looks back at the period rise of hardcore punk in Washington DC between 1980 and 1989, and covers early punk icons Minor Threat and

Saturday 20 June 2015

UK’s leading music venue owner purchases the Brighton Hippodrome

Academy Music Group, the owners of numerous UK music venues including, O2 Academy Brixton and Shepherd’s Bush Empire have purchased the Grade II listed Victorian building in Brighton to return it to it’s former glory of being an entertainment venue. The building was initially going to be a

Tuesday 16 June 2015

Foo Fighters cancel current EU touring plans

Foo Fighters have been forced to cancel their remaining European shows, including their headline Glastonbury appearance. In a lengthy statement posted on their official website, frontman Dave Grohl offered his sincere apologies following a well documented incident in Sweden last week. The band have said they will do everything in