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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...

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What’s going on Saturday? (The Who, DJ Bjork, Death, D.R.I., NYC Popfest, The Gotobeds, Lloyd Cole, Yvette, more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Who, Joan Jett @ Forest Hills Stadium The Who are currently on the road celebrating their 50th anniversary...

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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...

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Ex-Breathers made a new video, touring, playing CMJ shows; Two Inch Astronaut releasing a new LP

Florida hardcore band Ex-Breathers put out their new EP Exbx today (10/7) via Texas Is Funny, and to coincide with the release date they've got a video for its track "Auto-Correct" (by Barrett White and David J...

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Young Statues releasing an LP, playing Brixton CMJ w/ Teen Death, Creepoid, Ex-Breathers & more (dates, stream)

Philly indie rockers Young Statues are set to release their new album, The Flatlands Are Your Friend, on October 21 via Run for Cover, which follows their 2011 self-titled debut and a 2013 EP...

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Krill streaming “Peanut Butter,” touring, playing CMJ; ex-Krill drummer’s band Brunch released an EP & touring too

Quirky indie rockers Krill released their newest EP Steve Hears Pile In Malden And Bursts Into Tears earlier this year via Exploding In Sound, and now they're teaming up with two of their labelmates, Ovlov and LVL UP, plus the great Radiator Hospital for a 4-way split due October 14 via Double Double Whammy/Exploding In Sound...

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Woozy on a split w/ Ex-Breathers, Ovlov, Gnarwhal, touring; Native America releasing an LP, playing CMJ (dates, streams)

New Orleans' Woozy are releasing a four-way split with Ex-Breathers, Ovlov and Gnarwhal on November 4 via Community Records (pre-order). Woozy contribute two songs, "The Other Half Lives" and "Magma Stoddard," the latter of which premieres in this post...

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Ex-Breathers releasing an EP (stream new track, “JC”)

Ex-Breathers are a no-frills hardcore band from Tallahasse, Florida. It's not unusual for one of their songs to clock in under a minute, eschewing intros, outros, bridges and really anything else that isn't full-throttle attack...

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Sneeze touring, playing DbA w/ Vulture Shit, Ex-Breathers and Deism (dates)

This past June, Massachusetts band Sneeze put out their sophomore LP, Wilt, a crunchy love letter to '90s alternative rock. Around that time they said a tour was coming, and those dates have now been boo...

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The Fest adds even more bands (Paint It Black, Iron Chic, The City on Film, Treasure Fleet, Sundials, State Faults, PUP, more)

Paint It Black in Philly in 2013 (more by Alyssa Tanchajja) We mentioned earlier today that the reunited Mineral would be playing Gainesville, FL multi-venue punk festival The Fest (10/31 - 11/2), and since then even more artists have been announced...

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