Mission of Burma
15 Record Store Day 2016 releases we would actually want to own
Releases from David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, J Dilla, Lush, METZ, Miracle Legion, Ramones and more.
METZ releasing split single with Mission of Burma and collaborative single with John Reis for #RSD2016 (listen)
Toronto ear-bleeders METZ have not one but two collaborative 7″s coming out for Record Store Day this year.
Rolling Stone lists the 40 greatest punk albums of all time
Last month, Rolling Stone ranked the 40 best emo albums of all time, and today they’re back with the 40 best punk albums of all time. Now, this is the same magazine that told you John Cougar Mellencamp, Sting and Jackson Browne all had some of the 100 best albums of the 1980s and Black Flag and Minor Threat did not, so it’d be understandable if you don’t care what they think the best punk albums of all time are, but this list is actually rock solid…
Hot Snakes, Wire, Diamanda Galas & more added to Drive Like Jehu-curated All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0 lineup
We already mentioned that Drive Like Jehu were playing and curating curating the second weekend of a two-weekend, Wales-set edition of All Tomorrow’s Parties 2…
The Gories, King Khan, The Monkeywrench, Soulside, Mission of Burma & more playing Drive Like Jehu-curated ATP
Drive Like Jehu are back in a pretty serious way these days, playing the just-announced Noise Pop Fest and curating and playing ATP in Wa…
an interview w/ Bitch Magnet's Jon Fine about memoir 'YOUR BAND SUCKS'; book tour starts in NYC (Ted Leo included!)
(of Violent Bullshit, Orchid, etc)
Unlike most rock memoirs, Jon Fine‘s YOUR BAND SUCKS: What I Saw At Indie Rock’s Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear) is not a tale of triumph…
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones touring before Fenway Park show w/ Foo Fighters & Mission of Burma (dates)
Boston ska-core vets The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have a huge hometown show coming up, opening the Fenway Park stop of the Foo Fighters tour (also with Mission of Burma), and they’ll go on a headlining tour right before t…
Mission of Burma playing NYC, Philly and DC in June before opening for Foo Fighters in Boston (dates)
Boston punk/indie rock vets Mission of Burma will be playing a few East Coast shows this summer, including Philadelphia, Washington, as well as NYC at The Bell House on June 26 with “special guests…
Foo Fighters announce stadium tour, playing Citi Field (and don't tell Dave Grohl, but Extreme is playing Long Island)
Foo Fighters in Chicago in October (more by James Richards IV)
Foo Fighters put out their stadium rock album, Sonic Highways, earlier this month, and now they’ve announced a tour where they’ll appropriately be playing stadiums…
Greys covered Mission of Burma, touring w/ The Dirty Nil
Greys have never been shy about their ’80s/’90s punk/post-hardcore influences. There’s a song called “Guy Picciotto” on their Carpark debut, If Anything, and the band have now paid more respects to their influences by covering Mission of Burma‘s “That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate” in a new Daytrotter session…
