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.
Cult melodic rock band Crown of Thorns will be releasing an EP of new material before the end of 2012.
Frontman Jean Beauvoir has started a campaign with Pledge Music to fund the release. For those who wish to donate to the project, there are a whole bunch of extras up for grabs, including remastered Crown of Thorns CDs, tour shirts and also signed copies of Ramones ‘Animal Boy’ and Kiss ‘Asylum’, both of which were originally produced by Jean back in the 80s.
What are you waiting for? Get involved!
Full details of Jean Beauvoirs Crown of Thorns EP campaign can be found here: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jeanbeauvoir
A few thoughts regarding Crown of Thorns’ classic debut CD can be found here: https://www.realgonerocks.com/2011/12/crown-of-thorns-crown-of-thorns-2/
In support of their long awaited album ‘Music From Another Dimension’, Aerosmith have announced more dates for their ‘Global Warming’ tour, as follows:
Nov. 08 – Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Energy Arena
Nov. 11 – Wichita, KS – Intrust Bank Arena
Nov. 14 – Kansas City, MO – Spring Center
Nov. 16 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center
Nov. 20 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Nov. 23 – Atlantic City, NJ – Revel Resorts – Ovation Hall
Nov. 25 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
Nov. 27 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Dec. 01 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
Dec. 03 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
Dec. 06 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Arena
Dec. 09 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – BB&T Center
Dec. 11 – Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Times Forum
Dec. 13 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
The first leg of the tour ended in August. Support from all shows on this second leg comes from Cheap Trick.
So far, no more UK dates have been scheduled.
‘Music From Another Dimension’ is released on November 5th in the UK and one day later in the US. The release marks the first Aerosmith release to feature all new, self-penned material since 2001’s ‘Just Push Play’.
OFF! have confirmed three club shows in addition to their appearance at Australia’s Big Day Out in January 2013.
The hardcore punk band, which features ex-Black Flag/Circle Jerks frontman and Redd Kross bassist Steve McDonald, will also be appearing here:
Thu 17 Jan
Annandale Hotel
Sydney
Mon 21 Jan
The Zoo
Brisbane
Wed 23 Jan
The Corner Hotel
Melbourne
The band’s self-titled full length release (full length being entirely relative at 16 songs in approximately as many minutes) was released in June 2012. [Review here]