This weekend (May 20-21), the first annual TREASURE FEST will take place in Charlotte, NC showcasing over 60 independent bands from all over the East Coast. A weekend pass for Friday and Saturday is now available for just $25. Grab your tickets here and support a strictly DIY festival, free from corporate sponsorship and where all profit goes directly to the amazing bands involved. Treasure Fest will feature a ton of amazing up-and-coming and established indie / punk artists from different DIY backgrounds, including Algernon Cadwallader, Daytrader, Restorations, Snowing, 1994!, Everyone Everywhere, [...]
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The second annual Harvest of Hope Music Festival will return to St. Augustine, FL this March 12-14, and one thing is becoming quite clear: music's most underrated music festival is quickly becoming one of music's most stellar music festivals. This year's lineup once again again showcases a diverse roster of national and international acts, including alt-rock legend Billy Bragg, acclaimed folk-rock outfit The Mountain Goats, psychedelic rockers Dr. Dog, indie sensations Rogue Wave, UK punk band Leatherface, and the hardcore group Senses Fail. And that's just getting started. Man Man, Delta Spirit, Anti-Flag, The [...]
No Idea has announced the signing of Charlottesville/Richmond, VA quartet Worn in Red . The band's as-yet-untitled debut for their new label is tentatively scheduled for a fall release. A song from the debut, "When People Have Something To Say" can be streamed at the band's myspace page , and downloaded from No Idea here . The band last released a split 7" with Benard on Alaska/No Breaks Records in 2008.
Here's another split 7" review for y'all (complete with awesome bird-themed artwork). It makes me miss the days when I got really excited for new splits knowing that two is always better than one. Anyhow, Atlanta, Georgia's Benard serves up two songs on their side and doesn't disappoint. Both "Medieval Knievel" and "A Prostitute That Caters Exclusively To Clowns" are noisy balls-to-the-wall post-hardcore songs that remind me of spastic early Frodus meets Gravity Records screamo kinda stuff maybe? Either way, these two tracks are causticly delicious with vocals that sound desperate in their brevity. [...]
I managed to dredge up my memories of news, shows, and records that happened this past year. It wasn't easy. I've fried a lot of brain cells with black coffee and fumes from the subway, so remembering what I had for dinner the night before is sometimes a chore. Not to mention that a lot of albums have come across my desk, I spent a lot of time listening to music, almost to an obsessive level sometimes. So to highlight my favorite stuff of the year, never mind remembering what exactly came [...]
I got this tasty piece of vinyl in the mail a few days ago; a thoroughly solid 7-inch split by two fantastic bands, Benard and Worn In Red . Both bands succeed at being pure unadulterated fury in musical form. It's spastic, frantic, raw, and for lack of a better term, very "old school." Revelation and Dischord Records comparisons come to mind, but that comparison doesn't do this split justice. The two songs by Atlanta, Georgia's Benard are just fast, hard and hella aggro, while Virginia's [...]
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