Artist: la dispute

Io non so Trondheim come sia ma la Norvegia mi è sempre piaciuta, sai tutte quelle storie sui finnici che rompevano il culo a tutto e tutti, mettevano a fuoco e fiamme e poi ci hanno fatto il film Dragon Trainer no? Ecco, io dei norvegesi ho grandissima stima. I Dominic hanno un nome un po' della minchia ma non è questo il punto perché alla fine chiamare un disco Persona LP (e il precedente NORD, ma che me stai a prende per culo?)  non è anch'essa una cosa di cui vantarsi, il fatto è che abbiamo parlato la settimana [...]

Hot Water Music - the O.G. Gainesville, Florida punk band - brought their reunion tour to The Electric Factory on Saturday night. Opening the show was Michigan five-piece La Dispute and Philly's own The Menzingers. Check out a recap of the night in the photo gallery above. Continue reading �

Words, Photos, and Video by Ricky Everyone’s already told you … Austin, TX remains a kickass, music-obsessive city despite it being surrounded by a dirt-filled desert of conservatism. The massive SXSW and Austin City Limits Festivals flood the town with traveling music dorks each year, but a younger, cozier, and (dare I say) FUN festival crept into the scene seven years ago. The Fun Fun Fun Fest! The name says it all … organizers strive for a festival devoid of pricey, overcrowded Coachella or Lollapalooza vibes. Their gift for assembling lineups [...]

by Andrew Sacher Hot Water Music Post-hardcore/punk mainstays Hot Water Music have been revealing some dates they'll play this January, which will likely be part of a full tour. Those dates include a NYC show which happens on January 24 at Music Hall of Williamsburg . That show, and others on the tour, will have some pretty solid support from La Dispute and The Menzingers [...]

• The Menzingers - Gates
• The Menzingers - Good Things
• The Menzingers - The Obituaries

Recomposition by La Bella La Bella is a California based hardcore band that has put together 7 enthralling tracks filled with emotion and original progressions. The most common issue that I have always had with the hardcore genre is the general lack of creativity that seems to be put it in; most just stick to a certain formula that gets audiences head banging and what is pretty much the equivalent to flailing in dance form. However, there a select few bands who do manage to breakaway from that tired formula and use the genre for some great intentions, which is [...]

La Dispute did a three song session with Violitionist recently, featuring two tracks off of Wildlife and my absolute favorite track from the Here, Hear sessions in "Nine" . Nine by Violitionist Sessions Grab a free download of the whole session here

A$AP Rocky, Refused, La Dispute and Joyce Manor are amongst the few who have been confirmed to play this year's Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX on November 2-4. The full line-up can be found here .

If you weren't all that excited by the free streams of Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival or Coachella, maybe this will be more up your alley. This weekend, Germany's Rockpalast will be live streaming the entirety of the upcoming Dortmund date of Hot Water Music 's tour with La Dispute and Red Tape Parade . The show kicks off on Saturday, June 23rd at 07:10pm CEST which is 1:10pm EST and 10:10 PST. When launched, the stream will be visible here .

We know that photo makes it look like Jordan Dreyer from La Dispute's head is exploding, but it's just a trick of the light. We high-five'd him earlier and can confirm his head is still all in one piece. La Dispute @ Download Festival - 10 June 2012 c/o Ben Gibson � Back [...]

If you missed out on picking up La Dispute's limited tour only release Conversations on their recent run of dates, the band have made it available for stream. This comes highly recommended, read more about the release here Conversations by La Dispute

Grand Rapids, Michigan-based La Dispute sometimes gets described as "post hardcore," which means it sounds like At the Drive-In . These guys definitely have something to say. The almost 7-minute song, King Park , on last year's Wildlife , screams about the senselessness of a drive-by shooting. It would be emo if that genre didn't have such a bad name, and screamo is just a lame term. La Dispute headlines an all-ages show at Metro Sunday.

Charleston, SC rockers All Get Out released one of my personal favorite albums of 2011, "The Season" (too bad I didn't discover it until this year), but it's quickly becoming an album in constant rotation. The band is in the middle of their North American tour and will be joining La Dispute, Balance & Composure and Sainthood Reps at Kingdom on Wednesday, April 25.

Photos of La Dispute , Balance and Composure , All Get Out , Sainthood Reps and Tir Asleen performing at the Masquerade on April 18, 2012. All photos by Brandon Funk. Click on a photo to enlarge. [...]

The Menzingers, La Dispute, Titus Andronicus and The Front Bottoms are amongst the few who have been added to Fest 11 on October 26th – 28th in Gainesville, Florida. Check out the full line-up below. 1994! A Wilhelm Scream After the Fall Algernon Cadwallader All Dinosaurs All Eyes West Anchors Andrew Jackson Jihad Anti-Flag [...]

THIS WEEK'S BEST BET: La Dispute w/ Balance and Composure, All Get Out, Sainthood Reps Wednesday, April 18 The Masquerade - 695 North Avenue in Atlanta 30308 Admission $10 / Purchase Tickets I wasn't aware of the void left by mewithoutYou's metamorphosis from a scathing post-hardcore act into an eclectic indie rock unit until I heard La Dispute's Wildlife . Not that mewithoutYou had some sort of patent on a yelling/spoken word approach to melodic post-hardcore, mind you. It's been [...]

Watch La Dispute's entire set on Audiotree Live in Chicago! (go to 25:44 for "all our bruised bodies and the whole heart shrinks"!) All the songs performed were from Wildlife —my #1 record of 2011 and an absolutely must-have in anyone's collection! Stream the entire album here .

La Dispute : Audiotree Live : Complete from Audiotree Live on Vimeo . These Audiotree sessions are a treat. La Dispute got in on the action last week and the dudes over there have been kind enough to stream the whole thing. Watch the band tear through a 30 minute set of Wildlife jams along with interview cuts in between. After that go check out all the other slick sessions AudioTree has going on at their site

I've always been a hardcore kid at heart. That's where my true love for music lies - in sweaty basement shows, packed to the rafters, supporting your mate's band at a random show in an industrial unit somewhere, getting drunk, falling in love, slamdancing, fists punching the air, ripping that riff right off the fucking guitar, screaming like I meant it. And I mean it. Band I really love, to this day, are bands like Saetia. Orchid. La Quiete. Raein. Amanda Woodward. Circle Takes The Square. Chaotic, screamo bands. Explosions, a method of expression through genuine, sometimes political, sometimes heartfelt [...]

La Dispute will be putting out a special tour exclusive release called Conversations . Here's what the band had to say summarizing the project: Here’s something new we will have with us for the upcoming tour. It’s been in the works for awhile now (as I recall, the idea for this was conceived before the Wildlife sessions were completed). I’m glad it’s seeing the light of day. A brief overview: Our engineer and friend Joe Pedulla interviewed/conversed with Jordan about the stories and themes presented in Wildlife. We’ve also coupled this interview [...]

The notoriously hard to google band, Foxes from Australia. I have been meaning to write about this young screamo band from Perth since their free ep somehow got through to me via the grapevine last year. If you, like me, have never really gotten over the greatness of Level Plane Records when it was still around and bands like Bright Calm Blue, You & I, Envy were bands that you hold dear, bands you sing along to with your friends when you was all kids and grew up with a history of pain and loneliess and all we ever did [...]