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Montreal's Varning Fest returning; many bands playing NYC first (Hank Wood & the Hammerheads, La Misma & more)

Montreal punk/hardcore festival Varning is returning for its seventh year from November 7-9 at MTL venue Katacombes. A bunch of NYC bands will be there, like Hank Wood & the Hammerheads, Nuclear Spring, La Misma and more, plus Sweden’s Institution, Portland’s Criminal Damage, San Francisco’s Ruleta Rusa (ex-Born/Dead and Peligro Social whose last show was Varning VI), Boston bands Bloodkrow Butcher and Koward, and many m…

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…