On September 23rd, Backstage Entertainment conducted an interview with Ill Nino frontman Cristian Machado. You can view the chat below.
The interview took place in Nebraska when Ill Nino visited Omaha as part of the ‘Noise Revolution’ tour, where the band are now appearing alongside Emmure and Static-X.
Ill Nino’s sixth studio album ‘Epidemia’ is released via AFM Records on October 29th.
Posies founder Ken Stringfellow is to play a run of live shows in Spain this coming December.
Promoting his 2012 solo album ‘Danzig In The Moonlight’, Ken will be appearing at the following venues:
05.12 @ TBC. Irún
06.12 @ Patio de la Favorita. Gijón
07.12 @ Teatro Circo. Murcia
08.12 @ Teatro Caja Granada Isidoro Maiquez. Granada
09.12 @ Four Seasons. Castellón
10.12 @ Café España. Valladolid
11.12 @ BeCool. Barcelona
12.12 @ La Lata de Bombillas. Zaragoza
13.12 @ Siroco. Madrid
14.12 @ Café Pop Torgal. Ourense
15.12 @ La Iguana Club. Vigo
‘Danzig In The Moonlight’ is released on Lojinx Records on October 1st. You can stream a track from the album here.
Florida ska-punks Less Than Jake will play a short run of UK shows this coming November.
No strangers to the UK, the band have already played various UK dates throughout 2012, but this final set of dates finds them co-headlining with New Found Glory, who are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their breakthrough record ‘Sticks & Stones’.
Less Than Jake’s new studio album ‘Greetings & Salutations’ is released on 15th October.
The dates:
November 4, 2012 Nottingham Rock City
November 5, 2012 Manchester Academy
November 6, 2012 Leeds University
November 7, 2012 Glasgow Barrowland
November 8, 2012 Norwich UEA
November 9, 2012 Cardiff University Great Hall
November 10, 2012 London Alexandra Palace (Warped Tour UK)
US metalcore band Killswitch Engage have been confirmed to appear at next year’s Soundwave Festival in Australia.
They are among the most recent crop of bands added to the ever growing bill, which also includes Orange Goblin and veteran punk band The Vandals.
Also set to appear are: The Chariot, Sharks, The Sword, Chelsea Grin, O’Brother, Northlane, Dr.Acula and Milestones.
A list of the rest of the bands appearing can be found at this location.
Mike Watt is about to embark on a massive tour of the US.
With his current band The Missingmen, the former Minutemen/fIREHOSE bassist will be playing over forty shows between the end of Septmember and the middle of November 2012.
The confirmed dates are as follows:
Friday, Sep 28 Tractor Ballard, WA
Saturday, Sep 29 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
Sunday, Sep 30 A Club Spokane, WA
Monday, Oct 1 Zoo City Apparel Missoula, MT
Tuesday, Oct 2 Neurolux Boise, ID
Wednesday, Oct 3 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
Thursday, Oct 4 Laramir Lounge Denver, CO
Friday, Oct 5 The Waiting Room Lounge Omaha, NE
Saturday, Oct 6 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, IA
Sunday, Oct 7 Turf Club St. Paul, MN
Monday, Oct 8 Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL
Tuesday, Oct 9 Mickey Finn’s Pub Toledo, OH
Wednesday, Oct 10 The Basement Columbus, OH
Thursday, Oct 11 North Star Bar Philadelphia, PA
Friday, Oct 12 Bell House Brooklyn, NY
Monday, Oct 15 Black Cat Washington Dc
Tuesday, Oct 16 Dogfish Head Rehoboth Beach, DE
Wednesday, Oct 17 Brighton Music Hall Allston, MA
Thursday, Oct 18 Valentine’s Albany, NY
Friday, Oct 19 The Mohawk Place Buffalo, NY
Saturday, Oct 20 Club Cafe Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday, Oct 21 Motr Pub Cincinnati, OH
Monday, Oct 22 Union Bar And Grill Athens, OH
Tuesday, Oct 23 Zanzabar Louisville, KY
Wednesday, Oct 24 The End Nashville, TN
Thursday, Oct 25 The Earl Atlanta, GA
Friday, Oct 26 The Bottletree Cafe Birmingham, AL
Saturday, Oct 27 Hi Tone Cafe Memphis, TN
Sunday, Oct 28 George’s Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, AR
Monday, Oct 29 Fitzgerald’s Downstairs Houston, TX
Tuesday, Oct 30 Red 7 Austin, TX
Wednesday, Oct 31 The Conservatory Oklahoma City, OK
Thursday, Nov 1 Santa Fe Brewing Company Santa Fe, NM
Friday, Nov 2 Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
Saturday, Nov 3 Vinyl Las Vegas, NV
Monday, Nov 5 The Casbah San Diego, CA
Tuesday, Nov 6 Slo Brew San Luis Obispo, CA
Wednesday, Nov 7 Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco, CA
Thursday, Nov 8 The New Parish Oakland, CA
Friday, Nov 9 Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA
Saturday, Nov 10 Alex’s Bar Long Beach, CA
You can read a piece on Minutemen’s ‘Buzz or Howl…’ here.