LINK | Posted by Chris on Thursday, March 23, 2017
It's pretty killer.
GWAR will be there.
GWAR, PEOPLE!
So will The Dickies, CKY, Sick Of It All, The Adolescents, T.S.O.L, and Anti-Flag. Bowling For Soup, Hawthorne Heights, Goldfinger, Save Ferris, American Authors, and tons more will also be there.
LANY will release their self-titled debut album on June 30th. LANY will be opening for John Mayer for a few dates in April before launching their own headline tour.
Moogfest, North Carolina's premier music and technology festival, will be held May 18-21 in Durham. Today, the festival announced its main performers: Flying Lotus, Animal Collective, Gotye, Suzanne Ciani, Derrick May, 808 State, Jessy Lanza, Simian Mobile Disco, Moor Mother, Syrinx, Visible Cloaks, Princess Nokia, and Function.
You can hit the Moogfest's website for to purchase passes and get more information.
LINK | Posted by Chris on Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Today, we're spending Seven Questions In Heaven with the Dune Rats' Brett Jansch:
Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
STONER POP
Who are your musical influences and idols?
BC MET FRED DURST ONCE, HE FIST BUMPED HIM IT WAS EPPPIC.
DANNY ASKED THE DALAI LAMA A QUESTION
I PUMPED GAS NEXT TO FRED AND TOODY COLE OF DEAD MOON AT A TRUCKSTOP NEAR VEGAS ON VALENTINES DAY ONCE, FUCKIN WEIRD AS. NICE PEOPLE.
What was the first album, cassette, or CD you bought with your own money?
I GOT AN ICE CREAM MAKER FOR CHRISTMAS ONE YEAR AND HATED IT, ACTED LIKE A LITTLE JERK AND MY MUM TOOK IT BACK AND THEN INSTEAD I ORDERED ALL THIS WWF GEAR FROM A MAIL CATALOG.
What was the strangest gig you've ever played?
WE PLAYED AT A KARAOKE BAR AT A STADIUM IN CHINA AND THIS CHICK GOT ON THE MIC WHILE WE WERE PLAYING AND JUST STARTED SCREAMING INTO IT
What's the first thing you look for when you hit a new town?
A PALATICAL PORCELAIN BOWL, NO LINE. JUST EPIC SCROLLING IN THERE.
What is your current favorite guilty pleasure?
PICKING MY NOSE, I GOT THIS NEW SICK LAYBACK GET RIGHT UP THERE STANCE.
Final question: You're the opening act of a music festival. You can get any five artists, living or dead, to perform on the bill with you. Which five do you choose and what song do you all perform as the final jam?
THE ENTIRE THING IS A DRUM COVER OF LIKE A STONE BY AUDIOSLAVE AND THEN JACK JOHNSTONE COMES OUT TO THE STAGE TO DMX WRITING HIM OFF AND EVERYONE VOMITS INTO THEIR SHIRTS. THEN THEY BUY EACH OTHERS' T-SHIRTS AND GO HOME.
LINK | Posted by Chris on Wednesday, February 01, 2017
Check it out! New music from Blondie!
"Fun" is the first single from their upcoming album Pollinator, which found them collaborating with Johnny Marr, Charli XCX, Joan Jett, Laurie Anderson, Sia, and others. Pollinator, Blondie's 11th album, will be released on May 5th.
LINK | Posted by Chris on Thursday, January 12, 2017
It's two covers in one!
BETS will be releasing her version of the Violent Femmes classic self-titled 1983 debut on January 27th. Until then, here's her cover of "Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want To Make Love To You."
LINK | Posted by Chris on Wednesday, December 07, 2016
Check out Dee Snider's brand-new video for the song "So What," in which he shows his support for the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and their Dakota Access Pipeline protest:
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It's pretty killer.
Moogfest, North Carolina's premier music and technology festival, will be held May 18-21 in Durham. Today, the festival announced its main performers: Flying Lotus, Animal Collective, Gotye, Suzanne Ciani, Derrick May, 808 State, Jessy Lanza, Simian Mobile Disco, Moor Mother, Syrinx, Visible Cloaks, Princess Nokia, and Function.
