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7 Seconds Sign with Rise Records
Rise Records keeps signing some great bands and have signed another, legendary hardcore punk band 7 Seconds. 7 Seconds will go into the studio this Summer and release a new 7″ and new album sometime soon! Plus there’s talk of re-releasing their older albums and a bunch of tours as well. I’m stoked!
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Alpha Blondy’s Mystic Power out on July 30th
West African Reggae singer Alpha Blondy has over 15 albums, so why not add another one. He will be releasing Mystic Power on July 30 via VP Records. In support of the new album, he will be playing select cities in North America. One of those stops will be at BB Kings in NYC on July 2nd.
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Kepi Ghoulie touring with Dog Party in June & July
Kepi Ghoulie of the Groovie Ghoulies will be hitting the road with Dog Party. Kepi is always a good time but don’t you want to check out Dog Party, which consist of a 17 year old and 14 year old rocking out on the guitar and drums!? For this area, the tour will be playing in Long Branch, NJ and Ridgewood, NJ on June 23rd and 24th.
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CBGB Announces the 2013 CBGB Music & Film Festival For Oct. 9-13 In NYC
Believe it or not, out of all the shows I’ve been to, I never saw a show at CBGBs. I don’t know why that is but just never did. Oh well. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the famous club, they have expanded to a music & film festival happening in NYC on October 9th-13th. I’m not really into these type of festivals (too pricey), but others might be. The info about it is below.
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Social Distortion, Face to Face playing The Hootenanny on July 6th
Southern Cali’s music and car festival The Hootenanny is back again on July 6th and it will feature music from Social Distortion, Face To Face, Wheeler Brothers, Nashville Pussy, Murder By Death, and more! The festival details are down a yonder.
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Version City Hits The Road
One of the most innovative and accomplished musicians of our generation, King Django, is going to be hitting the road this summer for the 2nd part of King Django’s Version City Tour. The tour starts on May 24th in Washington, DC and will cover 25 shows in only 23 days.
Apple Stomp Pre-Show & After-Show Party Info
Is Everybody ready for Apple Stomp in 10 days? Apple Stomp will be happening at Irving Plaza May 31st and June 1st and tickets are really low so be sure to get them before this sells out! If you can’t make it to Apple Stomp OR want more ska in your life, there will be plenty of pre-show and after show parties on both days. All the info is below.
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Drunken idiot throws bottle at Toots Hibbert’s head
Toots and the Maytals played a festival in Richmond, VA on Saturday night and some drunken asshat threw a glass Vodka bottle at Toots Hibbert. Toots had to go to the hospital and get a bunch of stitches in his head. The drunken fool was arrested for aggravated assault. Toots and the Maytals pressed on the next day and played in Westhampton, NY last night. Thankfully Toots wasn’t hurt further from this incident but ouch, 7 stitches still hurts!
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Beres Hammond and Luciano playing The Hammerstein Ballroom on August 2nd
Who wants to see two reggae icons playing the same show in New York City!? This guy! This year’s much anticipated “Singers In Action – Part II” (Presented By Jammins Entertainment,CCB International & Gcity Entertainment ) is schedule for two days at two venues across two states. The concert will feature Beres Hammond along with Luciano at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC on Friday, August 2nd. Doors open at 8pm with Showtime at 9pm.
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Dropkick Murphys releases Rose Tattoo: For Boston Charity EP featuring Bruce Springsteen
Dropkick Murphys are making leaps and bounds to support the Boston Marathon victims. Their latest charitable thing is releasing Rose Tattoo: For Boston Charity EP featuring The Boss (Bruce Springsteen). It’s available through iTunes. Learn more down below.
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Less Than Jake Begin Recording New Music
Less Than Jake have started to record their new album at The Moathouse, the recording studio of vocalist / bassist Roger Lima. Their 10th full-length release will be out this fall via Fat Wreck Chords. LTJ released a studio video last week, which you can watch below as well.
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Riot Fest & Carnival 2013 Announces Initial Line-Up
Riot Fest & Carnival has announced its initial line-up for 2013! Riot Fest will be happening this year on September 13-15 at Humboldt Park in Chicago. Tickets are already on sale (since last night) and you can see the 3 dates starting at $69.98. The lineup is quite impressive despite some bands I could care less about. Fall Out Boy seems to be headlining but bands I actually like playing include: Motorhead, Rancid, Public Enemy, Flag, Bad Religion, DeVotchka, Screeching Weasel, Pennywise, The Lillingtons, Against Me!, GWAR, X, Bad Brains, Quicksand, The Selecter, Toots and the Maytals, Chuck Ragan, Mephiskapheles, Masked Intruder, Deal’s Gone Bad and more to be announced later! I wish I was going to this but who knows if I’ll be on vacation or not. See the entire lineup and details below!
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