The Chats announce 2022 North American tour w/ Mean Jeans & Thick
Aussie garage punks The Chats are finally going to get to tour for their 2020 debut album ‘High Risk Behavior.‘
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What’s going on Saturday?
Tonight's NYC-area shows include Lauryn Hill, Refused, Opeth, The Wonder Years, Screaming Females, Laura Gibson, Live From Here w/ Chris Thile, Strike Anywhere, Longwave, and more.
tours announced: Snail Mail, The Chats, Hannah Cohen, Young Guv & more
Plus: The 1975, Open City / Soul Glo, Ether Coven / Barishi, Harakiri the Sky and more tour news.
stream Mean Jeans’ “Stuck In A Head” off upcoming album
Mean Jeans are also joining their Fat Wreck Chords labelmates Teenage Bottlerocket, Clowns, and Jen Pop for the 2019 Fat Tour.
Mean Jeans releasing ‘Gigantic Sike’ (stream “Party Line”)
”Selling out to Mountain Dew wasn't all it's cracked up to be, so Mean Jeans are back with a straight-up stripped-down party punk record,” explains Billy Jeans.
Punk In Drublic updates: NOFX playing ‘The Decline’ w/ an orchestra, Mean Jeans added
Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman is also now helping run the fest.
CJ Ramone releasing new LP, touring with Mean Jeans (stream “Stand Up”)
”Stand Up” is catchy, punchy punk in the Ramones tradition.
Mean Jeans write punky, unsolicited commercial jingles for new LP (stream it)
The songs on this album are original, unsolicited commercial jingles for Mountain Dew, Coors Light, Dunkaroos, Pop Rocks, Wendy's, Appleebees, Hot Pockets, Capri Sun, Taco Bell, and much more, all written in Mean Jeans' Ramones-worshipping style.
The Movielife playing The Fest with Superchunk, NJ/LI in Dec (BV presale)
The Long Island and New Jersey shows include local support from The Backup Plan and The Scandals, respectively.
Fat Wreck Chords bands list their top LPs of 2016 ++ other related news
Night Birds, Mean Jeans and Western Addiction (who also announced a new album) offer up best-of-2016 lists.