One year after playing Black & Blue Bowl and issuing their 20th anniversary boxset, Rancid will return for dates in NYC and beyond! The Bay Area punk band will embark on a string of dates with related band Transplants and Crown of Thornz for a string of dates that will include two stops at Terminal 5 on June 20 & 21. Tickets go on sale at 10AM on Saturday (4/6).

Still no sign of new Rancid material, as the band havent released anything since dropping the "Fuck You" single last year. Meanwhile, check out Rancid's classic And Out Come The Wolves, along with their full tour schedule and the tour flyer.

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Today is John Lennon's birthday, and so Yoko Ono is giving Lady Gaga an award, in Iceland. John would've been 72. Check out a gallery of the former Beatle's drawings (like the one above) over at the Huffington Post. Yahoo Canada takes a look at some of his letters.

Joe's Pub is celebrating John's birthday tomorrow. Symphony Space honors the man in November. Glasslands gets down in December.

Speaking of Lennons, Martha Wainwright's new album Come Home to Mama, which is also streaming at NPR, was recorded "mostly at" Sean Lennon's home studio in New York City. We're giving away tickets to see Martha at Le Poisson Rouge on Thursday (10/11) via our Facebook.

We are also giving away tickets to The Walkmen's 10/18 show at Terminal 5 with Dum Dum Girls; and Doveman: The Burgundy Stain Sessions featuring Owen Pallett, Dawn Landes, and Steve Salett at Le Poisson Rouge on 10/12.

Speaking of Doveman shows and Wainwrights, help support marriage equality later this month at the Beacon.

In other milestones, Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut turns 20 this year. To commemorate, the band are reissuing it as a box set, with "never-before seen early concert footage and full 2010 Finsbury Park Victory Concert along with remastered debut album, original demos and treasure trove of videos and music." Yours for only $136.

Likewise, Rancid are celebrating their 20th anniversary by releasing their entire discography as a huge box of 7"s. Pre-orders began today.

To quote Merge Records, "You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr., the groundbreaking album from the masters of alt-guitar rock, turns 25 this fall. To celebrate, Merge Records is releasing Chocomel Daze, a rare live show (featuring the classic, original line-up of J, Lou, and Murph) recorded in 1987 at Dorrnroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Limited edition on 150-gram vinyl for the first time, this release follows their recent I Bet on Sky." Listen to one of the tracks at the bottom of this post.

Other new Merge releases include the Mountain Goats, Mark Eitzel, Mount Moriah and The Music Tapes.

Mark Eitzel is going on tour later this year.

Rick Ross dropped a new mixtape called The Black Bar Mitzvah. Give it a listen over at bvChicago.

The downside of Louis CK's massive, self-ticked tour: his Emmy-winning FX show Louie won't be back until 2014.

Bummer All Tomorrow's Parties news: ATP Japan has gone from postponed to canceled.

AND more stuff below...

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Rancid were added to the May 19th Black & Blue Bowl at Webster Hall. Advanced online tickets are sold out, but the event is not. You can still get them at shops and at the door (they always leave some for walk-ups). Rancid also play Northern Lights in Clifton Park one day earlier. Tickets are still on sale for that. More Racid tour dates at their site.

Tickets for the Bouncing Souls' June Webster Hall show go on sale at noon.

Agnostic Front is playing the Ethical Humanist Society in Garden City, NY (in Long Island) on April 1, 2012 as part of a three show run that also includes Asbury Park and where they'll be performing the classic 'Live At CBGBs' set list in order. NY show flyer and dates below...

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by BBG

Highly influential streetpunk band Sham 69 will reunite their 'classic' 1977-1979 lineup (or at least most of it) to play a pair of US shows including Punk Rock Bowling in Vegas and Chaos in Tejas Austin. The 1977-1979 lineup is:

Jimmy Pursey: vocals
Dave Parsons: guitar
Dave Tregunna: bass
Mark Cain: drums

This lineup, also known as the Pursey/Parsons lineup (which may or may not have Mark Cain on drums this time around), is not to be confused with the version of the band led by Tim V (otherwise known as the Tim V lineup) (that's Tim V, Neil Harris, Ian Whitewood, Tony Feedback, and Al Campbell). The Tim V lineup operates out of Sham69.com, and both versions are currently playing live.

Sham 69 (Pursey/Parsons lineup) joins names like Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise, The Adicts, Youth of Today, Street Dogs, Toys That Kill, and many more for Punk Rock Bowling 2012 in Las Vegas, NV on May 25-28, 2012. The fest also features pool parties, a bowling tournament, late-night club and much more in addition to the outdoor festival appearances. Tickets go on sale soon.

Rancid also have some anniversary shows coming up with Cock Sparrer.

Youth of Today are also playing the Black N Blue Bowl this year in NYC with many other hardcore bands incluiding The Mob who also play Chaos in Tejas this year (May 31-June 3).

Sham 69 (Pursey/Parsons lineup) is one of many new additions to Chaos in Tejas which also added No Age, pygmylush, Screaming Females, Secret Prostitutes, Slug Guts (Australia), S U R V I V E, and Tenement. These additions are not to be confused with the set of bands that were announced earlier this week. Latest Chaos in Tejas lineup listed in full below.

Lineups and videos below...

Continue reading "initial Punk Rock Bowling 2012 lineup; Sham 69 ('77-'79 lineup) dates; MORE Chaos in Tejas additions"

by BBG

Cock Sparrer in Venice on May 29th, 2010 (photo by Samantha Bruce)

Street punk legends Cock Sparrer are venturing back to the US, with four US shows scheduled including two on the East Coast at Starlight Ballroom in Philadelphia on May 18th and at Club Lido in Revere, MA on May 19th. As you can see in the poster below, both shows go on sale Friday. So far no word on additional dates, but we'll keep you informed.

The other two shows go down on the West Coast, and will feature the return of Rancid. The pair, who are celebrating their 40th and 20th anniversaries respectively, take over The Warfield in San Francisco on March 23rd and 24th. Tickets for the 23rd are sold out, but tickets for 24th are still available.

Cock Sparrer have released their MEGA vinyl boxset via Pirates Press. The set, entitled Essentials, is currently available for purchase and includes

•"Shock Troops" - Casewrapped 12" 180gram Claret Vinyl
•"England Belongs To Me" - 7" Claret Vinyl
•"Running Riot 84" - Casewrapped 12" - 180gram Blue Vinyl
•"Live-N-Loud" 12" - 180gram Splattered Vinyl
+ Bonus Double Sided Tour Poster!!
•"True Grit Outtakes" - Foil Stamped Casewrapped 12" - 180gram Silver Vinyl
•"Guilty as Charged" - Casewrapped 12" - 180gram White Vinyl
•"Run Away" Silkscreened Red 10" in Printed PVC Sleeve
•"Two Monkeys" - Casewrapped 12" - 180gram Gold Vinyl
•"Back Home" - Double LP - 180gram Splattered Vinyl
•"Runnin' Riot USA" - Double LP in Gatefold - 180gram Splattered Vinyl
•"SF2000" Rectangular Picture Disc in PVC Sleeve
•"Here We Stand" Casewrapped 12" - 180gram Army Green Vinyl
•"Spirit of '76" - Laser Etched 7" Single
•"Back In SF" - Double LP in Gatefold with DVD & Limited Edition Screenprint - 180gram Splattered Vinyl - Includes a HUGE poster with all the band and fans' photobooth pictures taken at the show!!
•Steve Bruce's "Best Seat In The House" Paperback Book
•Limited Edition CockSParrer Pirate Skull Metal Lapel Pin (1/250)

Get it while you can (if you can afford it), it is limited to a scant 250 pieces. The band is also offering the box set in pieces as well.

All tour dates, some video and the tour flyer are below.

Continue reading "Cock Sparrer adds East Coast dates (though no NYC so far)"

photos by Jason House

Agnostic Front @ Santos Party House

Agnostic Front are currently out on tour with Mongoloids in support of a somewhat new record...

"My Life My Way was released on March 22, 2011. The album features 13 new powerful and anthemic songs laid down by Erik Rutan (MADBALL, GOATWHORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, etc.) at his Mana Recording Studio in Tampa, FL under the watchful guide of producer Freddy Cricien of MADBALL. The record was mastered by Alan Douches (NILE, MASTODON, etc.)."

The tour hit Santos Party House in NYC on 11/4. Some pictures are in this post. More them with all remaining dates below.

Fellow DMS crew band H2O also has a new record coming out, but not of their own songs. As their own press release reads...

"H2O has been a mainstay in hardcore and punk since their inception back in 1995 and have had many influences along the way. The band is thrilled to pay homage to those influential artists by covering their songs on the forthcoming album, Don't Forget Your Roots, which will be available November 15th from Bridge Nine Records.

Additionally, H2O will be playing the Gramercy Theater on November 19th [with Killing Time], with a special set consisting of cover songs and originals- both new and old. This show will be a celebration of H2O's covers album available just three days prior, as well as a re-release of their self-titled album, available on LP also on November 15th. Vocalist Toby Morse had this to say: "NYC is H2O's roots - where we started - and couldn't think of a more perfect place to release our covers album and the re-issue of our first record. We'll be playing old songs, new songs and cover songs for our fans there! They'll also be able to pick up copies of our self-titled album on vinyl - Bridge Nine is re-pressing that and we couldn't be more excited. It was originally released back in 1996 and has been out of print for a long, long time. Also Don't Forget Your Roots will be available as well!" He continued, "Our covers album is a big personal accomplishment for us - being able to pay homage to the bands that have influenced us so much since we got into punk rock and helped get us where we are today is an amazing thing. We think we've done them justice!"

No Agnostic Front on the tribute album, but there is Madball, Descendents, Bad Brains and many more. The full tracklist, all tour dates, and more Agnostic Front show pictures, below...

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by BBG

Yes, that is Rancid's Lars Fredriksen

Rancid's Tim Armstrong is putting on a musical theatre series, complete with dance numbers, singing and more costumes than a Lady Gaga concert... Tim Timebomb's RockNRoll Theater rivals anything currently showing on Broadway. Paying homage to classic American musicals, the series finds Rancid's main man leading a variety of actors and musicians through a string of suspenseful story lines. Each segment features extensive song and dance numbers, with frenzied tunes and rousing moves that are wrapped in a dark, sexy edge. Armstrong acts as host, guiding the audience through the shows; yes, Twilight Zone fans, our hero has been deemed a "punk rock Rod Serling"...

"Dante," the first episode of Tim Timebomb's RockNRoll Theater, brings the 14th Century epic poem Dante's Inferno up to 21st Century speed with a new take on greed and corporate corruption. Starring AFI frontman Davey Havok, Rancid guitarist and vocalist Lars Frederiksen and CSI star Robert David Hall, this one provides a glimpse at just how fun this series is going to get. -[VEVO]

Look for it on VEVO on 10/21. Or don't. Trailer is below.

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Matt & Kim @ ACL 2010 (more by Tim Griffin)

Who would have thought back in 2006 when Matt & Kim were rising through the ranks of the Todd P Brooklyn DIY scene that one day they'd be third on a three-band tour with Blink 182 and My Chemical Romance?

As you may have heard in a commercial playing in the backseat of a cab or elsewhere, Blink 182 are going on the "Honda Civic Tour" with My Chemical Romance. Openers for that tour, which vary by date, include Manchester Orchestra, Rancid, and.... Matt & Kim. Manchester is supporting the first leg of the tour which hits NJ's PNC Bank Arts Center on August 5 and Long Island's Nikon at Jones Beach Theater on August 6 and 7, though Manchester won't open the August 7 show, as they will be at Lollapalooza. A different opener is to be announced. Pre-sale tickets are on sale now, with a general sale starting Saturday (6/11) at 10 AM. Matt & Kim open most of the dates in September and October, as you can see below.

Maybe Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino, who covered "Dammit" (video below), will come out to one of the shows (thinking from her seat during the Brooklyn duo's opening set, "that should be me!"). Mark Hoppus loves Best Coast and also interviewed her boyfriend Wavves.

For now Bethany will have to be satisfied with her contributions to pop punk band New Found Glory. According to the band's website, "Today our friend Bethany from the band Best Coast came into the studio and sang vocals on one of our new songs! We are totally pumped to have her guest on our record."

Best Coast play a Planned Parenthood Benefit w/ Those Darlins at Le Poisson Rouge on June 16, two days after opening the sold out Decemberists show at Prospect Park (6/14). Tickets for the LPR show are still on sale.

Wavves open for Guided by Voices in McCarren Park on June 18th and has other dates scheduled too.

Meanwhile, Matt & Kim are on tour with The Thermals (Who ever thought the Thermals would go on tour with a band that would go on tour with Blink 182?) (though it is consistent with The Thermals' thing about always touring with bands that include at least one female member). Their Terminal 5 show together is sold out, but tickets are still on sale for the show The Thermals are headlining (without Matt & Kim) at The Bell House on July 1 with Big Troubles and (the female-fronted) EULA.

Honda Civic dates & Best Coast 182 video below...

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Bloodclot @ Studio B, April 5, 2008 (Destroy Babylon)

Tickets for the five NYC Rancid shows go on sale Saturday @ 10am....

Rancid
AUGUST 13th with Sick Of It All & Bloodclot
AUGUST 14th with Theo and the Skyscrapers & Westbound Train
AUGUST 15th with Capital Radio And Big D & The Kids Table
AUGUST 16th with Murphy's Law & Shiragirl
AUGUST 17th with Madball & Bomb the Music Industry

Some of the same bands played last week's Superbowl of Hardcore in Brooklyn. Videos from that below....

Continue reading "RANCID - openers & TICKETS +++ Black n Blue Bowl footage"

by Black Bubblegum

DOWNLOAD: Rancid - "Salvation" (MP3) from Let's Go
DOWNLOAD: Rancid - "The 11th Hour" (MP3) from ...And Out Come The Wolves
DOWNLOAD: Rancid - "Whirlwind" (MP3) from Rancid (1993)

Rancid w/ Vinnie Stigma (Agnostic Front) @ BB Kings in 2006 (Hardcore Shutterbug)

Odd charges on my credit card bills. Unexplainable website visits. I must admit, I do have a secret love.

They are Rancid, punk godfathers to Hot Topic'ers and old faves to old school Op. Ivy fans like me. Tim, Matt, Lars and Brandon (Steineckert, original drummer Brett Reed departed the band in 2006) are currently working on a new album with Brett Gurewitz (of Bad Religion/Pres of Epitaph Records fame) that will come out later in the year. Their first in five years since 2003's Indestructible, it also marks the return of Brett Gurewitz to the boards for Rancid, previously producing Rancid (2000) and their near classic Let's Go.

Presumably to road test some of that new material, Rancid has scheduled a few shows, including a 5 night stay at the Fillmore @ Irving Plaza from 8/13 - 8/17. Ticket info currently unavailable.

Tour dates below, but keep it on the down-low.

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