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Ten Foot Pole, Sloppy Seconds, D.I., Antidote, Slaughter & the Dogs, Joey Cape and more punk tours hitting Grand Victory

Punk veterans Ten Foot Pole, who formed as the hardcore band Scared Straight in the early ’80s but changed their name before 1993’s more melodic punk-styled Swill, have announced that they’ll release their first new album since 2004’s Subliminable Messages in 2015 via Cyber Tracks (El Hehe of NOFX’s label)…

punk & ska roundup: Banner Pilot, Masked Intruder, Direct Hit, Flatliners, Captain We're Sinking, Pietasters, Slackers, more

Minneapolis punks Banner Pilot recently put out their new album, Souvenir, via Fat Wreck Chords. In their own words, “We sound a little like Jawbreaker, Lawrence Arms, Dillinger Four, and other bands like that,” so one’s trying to reinvent the wheel here, but if you’re looking for more stuff like that Banner Pilot’s got it…

Pouzza Fest 2014 lineup (Hold Steady, Dillinger Four, Menzingers, more) +++ more rare Lillingtons Northeast shows

Montreal punk festival Pouzza Fest is returning to multiple venues in downtown Montreal from May 16-18 to this year. The lineup includes The Hold Steady (who play NYC tonight ), Dillinger Four, Chixdiggit, The Lillingtons, The Menzingers, The Front Bottoms, Placeholder, Reagan Youth, The Holy Mess, The So So Glos, Gates, Night Birds, SNFU, Tim Barry, Amanda X, Russ Rankin (of Good Riddance), and many m…

Sainthood Reps announce new LP, 'Headswell' (stream a track)

Long Island post-hardcore band Sainthood Reps have announced that they’ll release a new album, Headswell, the follow-up to their 2011 debut, on October 22 via their new label home, No Sleep Records (Braid, La Dispute)…

Candy Hearts working on LP, playing Sandy benefit at Grand Victory

We’ve seen lots of bands lately that cross over between punk (or pop punk) and indie scenes, and Brooklyn’s Candy Hearts is one of those with a crossover audience…

Arcade Fire venues & The High Line Festival lineup (finally)

Win Butler isn’t doing so well, but assuming he gets better soon, this is what (where) NYC has to look forward to: Arcade Fire in NYC, May 2007 7 – United Palace Theatre (175th St) 8 – United Palace Theatre (175th St) 9 – Radio City Music Hall (Inaugural High Line Festival Event) Yep, even David Bowie seems to know that this announcement didn’t live up to the hype…