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Beautiful Days 2010 initial lineup announced!
The first acts for The Levellers’ excellent festival Beautiful Days have been announced! The festival will take place between August 20th – 22nd 2010 at Escot Park, Devon, England. Some of the notable bands playing this year include: James, Newton Faulkner, The Wailers, Levellers, Fairport Acoustic Convention, Billy Bragg, Slackers, Easy Star All-Stars, Citizen Fish, New Model Army, Aggrolites, The Alarm, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and 3 Daft Monkeys. One of these years, I’d like to venture over to England for this festival, but who knows if I’ll ever make the plunge to do so. More bands and other news will be announced shortly. Read the press release below:
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Tony Sly – “12 Song Program”
Record Label: Fat Wreck Chords
Genre: Acoustic
Band Link: www.myspace.com/tonyslymusic
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Many punk rock musicians and singers (i.e. Tony, Joey Cape, Nikola Sarcevic) strip things down and do a bare bones solo album. Many of them do it acoustically, which I don’t mind since I like that music as well. Tony Sly has been the frontman for No Use For A Name for about 20 years now and shows no signs of slowing down. To break up the norm, he does acoustic folk albums like this one, “12 Song Program.”
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NOFX – “Cokie the Clown”
Record Label: Fat Wreck Chords
Genre: Punk Rock
Band Link: www.nofxofficialwebsite.com
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Cokie the Clown is the latest EP from NOFX. Well I guess I shouldn’t call this “latest” since this was released back in November 2009. Hey, I’m a busy guy ok! Anyway, Cokie the Clown’s album cover features Fat Mike looking like a clown, with Alice Cooper eyes. The music video is amusing because Fat Mike squirts all his friends with exploding powdered dust. I know I’d be pissed if that happened to me but what are you gonna do, its Fat Mike.
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The Yum Yums – “Sweetest Candy”
Record Label: Kid Tested Records
Genre: Pop Punk
Band Link: www.myspace.com/ilovetheyumyums
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The Yum Yums play powerpop/punk rock and hail from Norway. I never heard of the Yum Yums before but I definitely will remember them from now on! The Yum Yums have been around since 1993, and this album contains 25 tracks of their best stuff to date. If you ever liked pop punk, I highly recommend checking out the Yum Yums!
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Piebald announce 6-disc re-release of their extensive back catalog via Rise Records
Piebald was perhaps one of the most beloved bands in the hardcore/ indie rock crossover genre. Starting out in 1994, the band released a ton of songs throughout their decorated career. Some of these songs are hard to find because most of the releases they appeared on are out of print now. Well, not anymore. Rise Records is pleased to announce the re-release of Piebald’s extensive back catalog.
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Fishbone – “Live (In Bordeaux)”
Record Label: Ter A Terre
Genre: Ska Funk
Band Link: www.fishbone.net
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Fishbone have never released an official live album until 2009. That’s crazy considering they have been known as a premier live band for years! The band released this CD/DVD back in February in the States, but I believe it was released earlier overseas? Fishbone played a show in Bordeaux, France on April 23, 2008 and it was recorded and filmed for this release. This is a must-have for Fishbone fans!
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Gogol Bordello – The Fillmore at Irving Plaza, NYC
Date: March 9th 2010
Opening Band: Jesse Malin
Band Link: gogolbordello.com
To see all the photos from the show, please visit Prefixmag.com’s gallery here.
Gogol Bordello played a special show in New York City last night at Irving Plaza, err I mean The Fillmore AT Irving Plaza. They haven’t played Irving Plaza for a few years it seems; lately they have been playing Webster Hall. The reason why the show was special because it was a Haiti benefit show, with proceeds going to support the aid down there. If you’ve ever been to a Gogol Bordello show, you know they never call in a performance. They give it their all every time and it’s just a blast to witness! That certainly was the case with this benefit show!
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Zoli Teglas and Sea Shepherd organize protest tomorrow at Hump Restaurant
Conservation group Sea Shepherd today announced that Zoli Teglas, Pennywise front man and Volunteer Music & Outreach Coordinator for Sea Shepherd; Kurt Lieber, Sea Shepherd board member; and Grace Ko, director of operations for Pelican Rescue Team, are organizing the Friday, March 12 protest during the lunchtime rush to educate patrons in Santa Monica that endangered whale species are being consumed at The Hump restaurant.
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Real McKenzies newest album “Shine not Burn” out this Summer!
The Real McKenzies will release Shine not Burn, their highly anticipated, intimate, bare bones, full acoustic album this summer, sometime in June I believe! The album again will be on Fat Wreck Chords and I’m looking forward to it. It’s a live album, but done acoustically which I like when bands strip away the loudness and just play a bare bones show. See what the band had to say after the break:
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Fat Mike gets mugged in South America
NOFX are currently on tour in South America with a few dates left but the other night someone stole Fat Mike’s iPhone right out of his hands while texting! Of course, the mugging didn’t really phase him. See what Fat Mike had to say about it:
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