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Prepare for another journey into Middle Earth . That's right folks, Peter Jackson 's upcoming epic The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be hitting theaters just in time for Christmas... 2012. A prequel to Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit has been split into two feature films so the director can flesh out the story without so much of a time constraint ruining his creative flow. Much of the original cast have returned, as well [...]
Montreal, Canada's Pouzza Fest has relaunched their website for the 2012 edition of the festival, which will take place May 18th - 20th, 2012. In addition, they unveiled a few of the bands that will be playing including Hot Water Music , The Dwarves , Classics of Love , Kepi Ghoulie , Joe McMahon , and more. The organizers have also announced a sale for discounted passes, lasting until Christmas. You can see the full list of announced bands here .
Asian Man Records has announced they will be releasing a pair of split 7"s from Ottawa's The Riptides . The first, Stillborn in the USA , is a split with garage punks The Dwarves , and the second, Buy It You Scum , is a split with The Queers . Both will be limited to 500 copies. There's no specific release date currently, but they are tentatively set for a December release.
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Riot Style Records announced a cool release today- a glow-in-the-dark 73 from The Dwarves ! The two track single contains the songs "We Only Came To Get High" from their recent album The Dwarves Are Born Again on the a-side and "I'm Not Dead" on the b-side. This 73 will be pressed in an edition of 1000 copies. Preorders are available now for $6 direct from the label . Watch the band play "We Only Came To Get High" live in the video below!
Our trip down to Portland in early September for Music Fest Northwest was admittedly just as much a trip for the record stores as it was for the live music. They are all over. Mississippi Records in North Portland's Mississippi district was probably the most interesting place to us with a varied selection that doesn't [...]
And it's time for a record round up. All of the following are heartily recommended, and if you can't trust your old pal Nazz, then all hope is lost! The New Rochelles: "It's New" - The second or third or fifteenth coming of the Ramones. Not that there's anything wrong with that. 12 songs in 14 minutes. They cop every important aspect of Duh Brudders (same surnames, snappy toonage, whacked out song subjects) without the annoying stuff (oh wait a minute, there is no annoying stuff when it comes to The Ramones [...]
If you've been to the Double Wide in the past week or so, you've probably seen a much bigger version of this above image hanging in a couple different spots throughout the bar and venue. It's an... Continue reading "Poster of the Week: The Dwarves at The Double Wide" >
" It is all fun and games until somebody gets hurt " - Unknown The show last Friday at the Knitting Factory started off fairly quiet but crowd really filled in prior to The Dwarves taking the stage. The Dwarves were more fired up than I've seen them in recent years and Blag was in and out of the crowd while beer was flying through the air. The band played as a four-piece - too many members have come and gone over [...]
photos by Harriet Roberts The Dwarves The Dwarves played the misanthropic and high-octane punk shows in NYC onver the weekend, part of a larger 25th anniversary tour for the miscreants . The first was on Friday (7/15) at Knitting Factory with The Stalkers and Lugosi . Dwarves then packed up their snotty attitudes and fun riffs to play The Studio at Webster Hall the next night (7/16) with The [...]
Friday's show at the Knitting Factory started out with a great set by Lugosi and ended with The Dwarves set getting cut short and an ambulance in front of the club. From Lugosi - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY 7-16-11 I hadn't seen (or heard) Lugosi prior to the show so, for anyone who is also new to the band, their bio describes them as follows: " Lugosi [...]
The Many Faces of Casey Anthony Did you hear? Casey Anthony got off! As much as we'd like to discuss the n ear-obvious bullshittedness of the trial and the pitfalls of the American judicial system, you probably got enough of that in the form of Facebook statuses. Undeniable and most repelling, however, is the nature of the crime for which Ms. Anthony was acquitted. What kind of sick world is this that a tragedy of this stature is even a possibility let alone a sensation ? As [...]
The Dwarves will be playing some select US dates this summer in support of their latest full-length, The Dwarves Are Born Again . Click below for the details.
The Dwarves 25th Anniversary Tour The Dwarves 25th Anniversary Tour: A celebration of the most bizarre and misunderstood punk rock band of all time New release 'The Dwarves Are Born Again' in deluxe CD or vinyl package (with bonus DVD) getting rave reviews from critics and fans alike The Dwarves are currently touring Europe, but will soon be back in the states to celebrate 25 years of pure punk rock insanity. There remains a great [...]
Just killer rock n roll - oh, and a masked wrestler chick showing off the goods. Killer.
The Dwarves Are Born Again by The Dwarves " I am the Jesus Christ of Sin and Vice " – Blag Dhalia Can anyone honestly say that they expected The Dwarves to last twenty-five years? The Dwarves' latest release Born Again is the band's first new studio disc since 2004's The Dwarves Must Die and the band has come a long way from their speedball punk, violence-inducing (fifteen minute) sets from twenty years ago. Continuing in the style [...]
The Circle of Life: The Dwarves The Dwarves always seem to be a little late or a little early for the party. When they released the self destructive Blood Guts & Pussy , a savage 12 track album that had about a 13 minute running time, punk had died out, replaced by grunge. While Blood, Guts, and Pussy was certainly influenced by earlier hardcore, it was singular in its dedication to annihilation and its gruesomely comedic take on what Kurt Cobain took so seriously. The album was also notable in its incorporation [...]
Spinner has launched a stream of the newly released album from The Dwarves , The Dwarves Are Born Again . Check it out here .
Dwarves - The Dwarves Are Born Again Deluxe Edition Release date: May 3, 2011 We've covered up the bare female breasts on this album cover with the next best thing to bare female breasts: miniature photos of Dave Mustaine. We did, however, leave the most offensive thing on there uncovered, and we're sorry we made you look at a little person.
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