Iron Reagan
The Fest adds Ergs reunion, Dillinger Four, Torche, Floor, Boysetsfire, Digger, FYP & more; Mikey Erg announces solo LP
The Fest also added Lemuria, Mean Jeans, Somos, Vacation, Iron Chic, Slingshot Dakota, PUP, RVIVR, Timeshares, Frameworks, Lifted Bells, Antarctigo Vespucci, Ian Graham, Katie Ellen, Roger Harvey, Museum Mouth, Hiccup, Amanda X, Die Choking, Sonic Avenues, Mac Sabbath, Creepoid, Sports and mannnnnny more.
The Fest 2016 initial lineup (Planes Mistaken For Stars, Propagandhi, Latterman, Small Brown Bike, Samiam, Knapsack, Braid, United Nations, more)
It includes Planes Mistaken For Stars, Propagandhi, Small Brown Bike, Samiam, Dead To Me, Strike Anywhere, Knapsack, Tim Barry, Braid, Latterman (who are reunited again), The Menzingers, AJJ, War On Women, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Toys That Kill, United Nations, Iron Reagan, Jeff Rosenstock, Night Birds, and many more.
GWAR-B-Q sets 2016 date; Iron Reagan touring before This is Hardcore fest
The date for this year’s Gwar-B-Q has been set, so you can drop a pin in Richmond and circle August 20th on your calendars while we wait to hear who (aside from GWAR) will be performing. Meanwhile, Richmond buddies Iron Reagan, who share a similarly warped sense of humor with the GWAR boys, are hitting the road for a quick run of dates in the southeast.
This Is Hardcore 2016 lineup (Youth of Today, Turning Point, Gorilla Biscuits, Integrity, Burn & more)
Philly’s This Is Hardcore fesival returns from August 4-7 with Youth of Today and Turning Point (!) reunions (with guest vocalists paying tribute to the late Frank “Skip” Candelori), Gorilla Biscuits, Integrity, Burn, Floorpunch, Strife…
Discharge touring with Eyehategod, Toxic Holocaust, Ringworm, releasing 'End of Days' in April (dates, stream)
UK hardcore legends Discharge have announced a tour. They’ll be joined by a loaded bill of Eyehategod and Toxic Holocaust for the whole thing, and Ringworm and Iron Reagan will be with them for a few dates.
upcoming heavy shows in NYC: The Ocean/Intronaut, Abbath, Between the Buried & Me, Iron Reagan, Pyrrhon, and more
As always, there’s a ton of metal, hardcore, and more heavy music happening in NYC. We don’t get a chance to post about all of it, so here’s a roundup of some recently announced stuff we haven’t tackled yet:
German prog-metal band The Ocean are coming over the US for some shows with prog-doom band Intronaut, and No…
Poison Idea touring, including shows w/ Iron Reagan & Child Bite (who play w/ Negative Approach & Night Birds first)
As we pointed out in a Housecore Horror update in June, Portland punk stalwarts Poison Idea cancelled a tour and announced a hiatus this year but quickly came back…
The Black Dahlia Murder touring w/ Goatwhore, Iron Reagan, Entheos & Artificial Brain (dates)
The Black Dahlia Murder, whose sophomore album Miasma turned 10 this year (read about it), announced a run of dates with some pretty cool openers: Goatwhore, Iron Reagan, Entheos and Artific…
Government Issue, The Beltones, Andrew WK, Mean Jeans, Radon & more added to The Fest (updated lineup)
Gainesville punk bonanza The Fest has added more bands to its 2015 lineup. There’s reunited hardcore legends Government Issue (who also play NYC this month), party animal Andrew WK, Ramonesy punks Mean Jeans, Gainesville vets Radon, one of Mikey Erg’s many bands Hatrabbits, a solo set from KJ of Chixdiggit, emo revivalists Foot…
The Fest 14 adds bands (Title Fight, The Progress, Modern Life Is War, As Friends Rust, Smoke or Fire, PBTT, Bigwig, more)
Gainesville punk festival The Fest returns for its 14th year from October 30 – November 1, and today they added a bunch of more bands to their lin…
