The Brains: upcoming Euro tour dates

The Brains are coming to Europe this summer. The Canadian psychobilly-horrorpunk outfit will be playing six intimate shows in the UK (including one at The Underworld, Camden) between a run of shows in Belgium and Germany.

All confirmed shows are listed below. The Brains release their new LP ‘The Horror Within’ on April 15th.

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JOHNNY CAKES & THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSO – Curse Of The Unsinkable Ship

1096916288-1In 2010, Real Gone received a sampler of punk and ska bands from the US.  As always with compilation discs, it was a mixed bag, but a few bands really stuck out.  One of those was Johnny Cakes & The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypso, a band mixing ska, punk and calypso sounds.  After hearing a few more tracks via their Bandcamp page, JC seemed to be a particularly accomplished band whom, crude humour aside, had the potential to stand proudly alongside Reel Big Fish and a couple of the other better known bands from ska’s third wave.

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