Royal Headache
Title Fight and Pianos Become the Teeth list their favorite music (and more) of 2015
Title Fight and Pianos Become the Teeth are both forward-thinking post-hardcore bands who share a big portion of each other’s fanbases, toured together as recently as last year, and are sort of labelmates (PBTT is on Epitaph and TF is on Epitaph’s sister label …
SPIN's Top Albums and Songs of 2015
Happy December! SPIN are celebrating the first day of the last month of the year by putting out their Top 50 Albums of 2015 list. It’s a diverse list, with the top 10 ranging from DIY-indie (Alex G) to mainstream country (Kacey Musgraves) to leftfield major label rap (Vince Staples and Kendrick …
Rough Trade Shops list their Top 100 LPs of 2015
It’s that time of year again when folks start publishing their End of Year Best-Of lists. Almost always first out of the gates is UK-based Rough Trade Shops who dropped their 100 Best Albums of 2015 list today…
Pop punk's complicated relationship with indie rock, and the great new Wonder Years album
“Pop punk” was once widely considered a dirty term in most indie rock circles, but over the past few years it’s been sneaking into indie rock vernacular…
Royal Headache and Sheer Mag wrapped up their three-show Brooklyn Run at Saint Vitus with The Gotobeds (pics, review)
Watching Australian band Royal Headache is kinda like being courtside at a tennis match, with frontman Shogun being the ball. The guy is a constant blur, and was bouncing from one side of the stage to the other at Saint Vitus on Sunday night (8/30)…
watch Royal Headache play Beserktown II; The Gotobeds added to Saint Vitus show
The Gotobeds are wrapping up work on their second album, which will be their first for Sub Pop, hopefully dropping early 2016. In the meantime, the Pittsburgh band will be taking a quick trip to NYC next weekend to open for Royal Headache and Sheer Mag at their just-added show at Saint Vitus on August 30 which is sold out (like RH’s other two shows)…
Royal Headache made a video for "Carolina," on tour with Sheer Mag, add 3rd NYC show (updated dates)
Australian punks Royal Headache and the very well-matched Sheer Mag are on tour now, hitting NYC for shows on August 25 at Rough Trade with Home Blitz (tickets) and August 29 at Palisades with Flowers …
listen to Royal Headache's new album, 'High'
We’re still a couple weeks away from the release of the new Royal Headache album, High, but you can stream it right now via NPR. The Australian band make the kind of poppy punk in the Undertones/Buzzcocks/Jam style, with a dash of soul as well, bashing out 10 sing-a-long nuggets in less than half an hour…
Royal Headache share "Another World" from new LP
Royal Headache have shared a second song from their upcoming album, High. “Another World” is a little more typical of the new album (and Royal Headache) than “High,” a ripper that recalls the poppier side of UK punk…
Royal Headache get 'High' on new LP (listen to a song), touring with Sheer Mag including two NYC dates
As mentioned, after a three-year hiatus, Australia’s Royal Headache are back, and scheduled to play LA fest Berserktown II in August. We were hoping that wasn’t going to be a one-off and it’s not — there’s a full tour, much of it with Sheer Mag (that’s an exciting double-bill)…
