Tear it Up

Planet On A Chain prep debut LP for Revelation (stream "The Keeper and the Kept")

”I wrote the lyrics about the gentrification I see all around me,“ says vocalist Dave Ackerman (ex-Tear It Up, Dead Nation). ” I couldn’t begin to count the number of houses I’ve seen bulldozed and turned into condos or fancy duplexes.”

Modern Life Is War playing a NJ benefit & Vitus before opening for Descendents

Melodic hardcore greats Modern Life Is War returned from a hiatus with 2013’s Fever Hunting, and last year they reissued and toured their best album Witness for its 10th anniversary. They’ve now got a few shows coming up…

Pagan Rituals (featuring members of Friends and Tear it Up) releasing debut 7" and playing shows (dates, streams)

For an outsider, Tear it Up and Friends don’t exactly seem like the best match for bandmates. Yet here’s Pagan Rituals to prove them wrong…

Chaos in Tejas 2012 expands again; tickets on sale today

Saint Vitus @ Irving Plaza in 2011 (more by BBG) Chaos in Tejas (May 31-June 3 in Austin) have announced ANOTHER batch of bands to add to their ridiculous lineup including Saint Vitus, Church of Misery, No Statik, Toys That Kill, Pegasus, Martial Canterel, Anasazi, Bloodwing (mems of The Spits, who are on tour soon), Harm’s Way, Hatred Surge, the Hex Dispensers, John Wesley Coleman, Joyce Manor, and many many others…

Night Birds list Ten Cool Things in 2011, play a show tonight

Night Birds at Cake Shop (more by Keith Marlowe) Brian of Night Birds has given us his ten coolest things in 2011, which includes shouts to Omegas, Career Suicide (mems of Fucked Up), Weird Al, and much more…

Chaos in Tejas 2012 (initial lineup)

Volume 8 of the incredible Chaos in Tejas will go down on May 31st through June 3rd in Austin, Texas, and this year and much like last, its chock full of incredible rare appearances from across the punk, crust, indie, and metal world…

Tear it Up reunited, played Brooklyn & NJ (pics & video)

There was a packed house Friday night (3/27) at Europa. People were hungry to see Tear It Up at one of the two reunion shows they were playing (the Irish in Kearney was the next night, with Night Birds)…

Government Warning, 108, Tear it Up, Most Precious Blood, Rev Horton Heat & other punk & hardcore shows & tours

Tons of great hardcore and punk shows in the coming months! Richmond hardcore rippers Government Warning will hit the road for a string of dates with Night Birds in late February, hitting NYC for a pair of shows on Feb 19th…