To mark 25 years and 50 issues in the punk ‘zine industry, Southampton’s Suspect Device have teemed up with Brighton’s ZONkED! for a split issue.
This 64 page A4 extravaganza includes interviews with Career Suicide, Mike McKee, Higher Giant, The Disrupters, Ralf Vergeldt, Union Town and No Choice, travelogues, columns, photos, plus those oh-so important music reviews.
You can pick one of these up in Brighton’s Punker Bunker if you are near or send the dough to the address on the flyer. DO IT!
Innerpartysystem will be playing the Apple Store on London’s Regent Street on February 6th.
The new single Don’t Stop is out on February 9th and you can check out the video below:
Gojira have announced some UK dates.
The French metal group will be hitting the following places in March:
10th – Leeds – Cockpit
11th – Birmingham -Barfly
12th – Glasgow – Classic Grand
13th – Sheffield – Corperation
14th – Dublin – Academy
15th – Belfast – Lime Light
17th – Stoke – Sugarmill
18th – Norwich – Waterfront
19th – Portsmouth – Wedgewood Rooms
20th – Oxford – Zodiac
21st – Bristol – Academy 2
22nd – London – Underworld
24th – Colchester – Arts Centre
Check out their new video for All The Tears below:
Outcry Collective are to hit the road with Blackhole.
The dates are below and will no doubt showcase material from their upcoming debut album, expected in May on Visibiel Noise.
February
16th – Peterborough, InFest
17th – Weston Super Mare, Hobbits
18th – Newport, Le Pub
19th – Shrewsbury, The Buttermarket
21st) – Leytonstone, The Dog and Duck
22nd – Bournemouth, The Gander
23rd – Guilford, The Boileroom
24th – Brighton, The Engine Rooms
25th – Kingston, The Fighting Cocks
27th – Leeds, The Fenton 28th (Sat) – Wrexham, The Talbot
March
1st – Edinburgh, Studio 24
2nd – Dundee, Dog House
3rd – Aberdeen, Cafe Drummonds
4th – Glasgow, Ivory Blacks
Peep an old tune to get you in the mood:
Motorhead will return to the UK for their traditional annual tour in the Autumn of 2009.
The band led by legendary frontman Lemmy Kilmister featuring Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee are supporting their critically acclaimed 2008 release ‘Motorizer‘. 2009 also marks guitarist Phil Campbell’s 25th anniversary with Motorhead.
Get your ticket now bitch. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 30th January 2009 and are priced at £25 regional/£30 London.
NOVEMBER 2009 UK TOUR DATES:
Wednesday 11th Plymouth Pavillion
Thursday 12th Bristol Colston Hall
Friday 13th Newport Centre
Sunday 15th Swindon Oasis
Monday 16th Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Tuesday 17th Newcastle City Hall
Thursday 19th O2 Academy Glasgow
Friday 20th O2 Academy Leeds
Saturday 21st Manchester Apollo
Monday 23rd Cambridge Corn Exchange
Tuesday 24th Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Wednesday 25th Portsmouth Guildhall
Friday 27th Bournemouth Solent Hall
Saturday 28th HMV Apollo Hammersmith
Sunday 29th Wolverhampton Civic Hall
News fresh from Rior Records last night revealed that there’s a brand new documentary on Bad Brains being made in the US right now with interviews from various hardcore heads that you can see in the trailer below. There’s no doubt that Bad Brains were one of the most explosive punk bands to ever grace our ears so this should be a great journey back in time to when they literally blew the scene a new a-hole. Shepard Fairey has also collaborated with Glen E. Friedman and Bad Brains on a limited edition print that will be released in the next few weeks at the OBEYGIANT web site so look out for it.
Colin Macintyre (aka Mull Historical Society) is back with a new single out this Monday 2nd February. The video for it is directed by Balazs Bolygo (Life on Mars) & ‘Trainspotting’ author Irvine Welsh. Nice afro you got there Colin!
Gallows have announced today that they will be making a a 30 minute short film with director Adam Powell [Architects, Johnny Truant, Bring Me The Horizon] to accompany the release of new album ‘Grey Britain‘. 5 people can win their way into this film so if you want in, click here. Entries must be in before Friday 30th Jan and winners will be picked at random.
Poison The Well have a new track ‘Bowie’ for stream today on their MySpace page.
Grab their ltd edition 7″‘s now featuring unreleased material that will not appear anywhere else except on vinyl via www.ferretstyle.com
Atlanta’s Black Lips are back with a brand new album scheduled for release on Vice Records on Feb 23rd.
The highly anticipated new album titled 200 Million Thousand will contain 14 snotty garage punk tracks and also see the band on tour throughout Europe so go to their Myspace page for tickets quickly before they sell out.
February 2009
3rd Nijmegen Doornroosje
4th Rotterdam Watt
5th Munich 59:1
6th Berlin Festsaal Kreuzberg
7th Hamburg Molotow
8th Cologne Gebäude 9
11th Lille Club Aeronef
12th Dijon Generiq Festival at La Vapeur
13th Brussels Botanique
14th Paris Super Mon Amour Festival at Maroq
15th London Islington Academy (NME show)
16th Bristol Fleece & Firkin
17th Glasgow ABC 2
18th Manchester Institute
19th Brighton Audio