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News 13/12/11

News — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:59:04 +0000

There has been some talk recently of a Flight of The Conchords film, and it’s looking very much like that could happen in the not-too-distant future. The Streets is officially finished. The group went their separate ways after their final gig at the end of November. Streetlight Manifesto have claimed that they are about 90% [...]

News 16/07/2011

News — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:04:25 +0000

On August 26th, The Movielife will play their last ever gig. The gig will take place in New York City, and tickets are going on sale in the next few days. Looks like Lit are back in the studio after a seven year break. If you want to check out a demo, then you can [...]

News 28/12/2010

News — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:02:48 +0000

Dave Grohl has been recording in his garage and has seven songs for the new Foo Fighters album. Krist Novoselic, Nirvana’s bassist, and Butch Vig, producer of Nevermind are working with him. Mogwai will release Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will on Valentine’s Day (14th February). A legal notice has appeared on LimeWire’s homepage [...]

News 22/10/10

News — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:58:38 +0000

Check out an interview with Greg Graffin (of Bad Religion) on Chuck Pahalniuk (the guy who wrote Fight Club)‘s website. It’s here. Streetlight Manifesto will be spending the next few months recording, and are in the middle of planning a 2011 international tour. If you’re interested in keeping track of blink-182’s progress, then you can [...]

News 29/09/10

News — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:19:34 +0000

Fat Wreck have announced that they are planning to release a split 7″ by NOFX and The Spits on November 23rd, with two songs from each band. Against Me! have cancelled a host of Oceania gigs “due to unforeseen circumstances”. However, their UK dates are still going ahead. According to Jack’s Mannequin’s website, Dr. J [...]

Bad Religion — Sziget 2010

Joe Innes — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:39:18 +0000

One of the bands I was most excited about seeing at Sziget this year was Bad Religion. The band is, of course, absolutely key to the entire punk music scene that inspired me to get involved with MoonMusic, and later, to set up Joe’s Big Toe. There’s not a punk band recording today who wouldn’t [...]

News 31/08/2010

News — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:34:11 +0000

Propagandhi have announced that they will be releasing a split 7″ with Sacrifice. The two bands will each put forward one cover, Propagandhi’s will be Technocracy, by Corrosion of Conformity, and Sacrifice’s will be Rush’s Anthem. Thrice have announced via twitter that they will be releasing a new record in 2011. If you check out [...]

News 03/08/10

News — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:21:53 +0000

Please note: for the next two weeks, I will be in Hungary covering the Sziget festival. I will do my best to update the site, but there may be some issues with updates, and posts may disappear. Please bear with us, we will return normal service as soon as is humanly possible. In the meantime, [...]

News 06/07/2010

News — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:00:36 +0000

Apologies for last week’s lack of news… here’s twice as much this week to make up for it! The Academy Is…‘s William Beckett has started work on writing for their fourth album. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco has told the world that the guitar and bass tracks for the new album are now [...]

Bad Religion — “Punk’s not dead, it’s just taking a nap”

Joe Innes — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:00:23 +0000

Welcome to the third part of our “Spotlight On: Sziget 2010″ series. In this part, we will be looking at the legendary punk rock band, Bad Religion. The band were founded in LA in 1979, and since then have released on average one record every two years. The original members were all still in high [...]