This sums up the raddest way that kids can play cops and robbers. Portland based filmmaker and father James Winters summoned up a scene by scene reenactment of Beastie Boy’s Sabotage music video, starring his kids and nephew, as a touching tribute to the late Adam Yauch. It’ll be the most adorable thing you’ll see all week.
Here’s to you, Nathaniel Hornblower.
So, this is happening.
Chicago’s definitely got it going on this September. Riot Fest & Carnival just announced the first wave of bands for their 2012 September shindig. With Rise Against, Iggy and The Stooges, A Day To Remember, and Dropkick Murphys on the lineup, we’re pretty sure that someone’s been rooting through our record collections.
This is the first time that Riot Fest is expanding to an all-day, outdoor music event and carnival, and it’s all taking place on the grounds of Chicago’s beautiful Humboldt Park.
The event runs September 14th-16th, and with prices starting at $18 a day, this sounds like a definite road trip in the making.
Europe: Well aren’t you in for a ripping good time. Black Lips just announced their latest tour, and they’ll be spending the first half of the summer with all your lovely faces. So slip on your best stage diving shoes, dust off your beach balls and grab your raincoats, because you never know exactly what’ll happen at a Black Lips show (and we aren’t talking about the weather).
Whether they’re donning their birthday suits while backwashing beer on the crowd, or sporting dress ties and dedicating their songs to all the good dads in world, what’s guaranteed amongst all the unpredictability is high energy and an insanely good time. Got a scar on my right knee to prove it.
Black Lips European Tour Dates:
May 22 - TURIN, ITALY - Astoria Club
May 24 - ROME, ITALY - Circolo degli Artisti
May 25 - RAVENA, ITALY - Bronson
May 26 - BASSANO-CITTADELLA, ITALY - Vinile Celebration
May 27 - BRESCIA, ITALY - Vinile 45
May 28 - MARSEILLE, FRANCE - Cabaret Aleatoire
May 29 - MONTPELIER, FRANCE - Rockstore
May 30 - BARCELONA, SPAIN - Primavera Sound
June 3 - BARCELONA, SPAIN - Primavera Sound
June 5 - MADRID, SPAIN - The Old Theatre
June 8 - PORTO, PORTUGAL - Primavera Porto
Even Christofer Drew sheds the smile for some more serious material sometimes.
The Never Shout Never frontman stopped by our Santa Monica store for a secret performance, in celebration of the release of the Vans Warped Tour documentary No Room For Rockstars. We were there to put together this little video of the title track from the album What Is Love?.
You can download No Room For Rockstars now on iTunes, or pick up a hard copy this coming week. The DVD is coming on May 15th!
Pennywise tore it apart at the Ventura Theater in California last night. The live set is just as fast and invigorating as the band’s new album All Or Nothing, and they refuse to let the crowd stand still throughout a single moment. New vocalist Zoli Téglás sets the stage ablaze as he bounds from one end of the stage to the other, calling for an endless circle pit and reinvigorating the punk rock attitude that Pennywise’s roots have always been cemented in. The California locals are back, and they’re making sure that everybody knows it.
More photos on our Flickr.
The band are just a few dates into their mini-tour. You can still catch them at the following shows:
5/17 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
5/18 - Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
5/19 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
5/23 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
5/24 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
5/28 - Las Vegas, NV @ Punk Rock Bowling
6/1 - Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory Concert Hous
6/10 - Long Beach, CA @ Ink N Iron
You may know him from System of a Down, but Serj Tankian has been crafting tracks as part of a solo career for quite the while. For his upcoming third CD, he even used an iPad to help assemble a few of the tracks. Needless to say, Serj has his talent on lockdown.
The release date for his newest CD, Harakiri, is finally on the horizon. You can pre-order the CD or a killer limited edition bundle to be delivered right to your doorstep just in time for the July 10th release. Plus, $2 from the sale of each album/bundle will be donated to a non-profit to fight world hunger.
In this video teaser for the album’s first single “Figure It Out”, two thugs kidnap and torture an innocent mailbox. Now how is the mailman ever going to get those copies of Harakiri delivered?
LA punks The Bronx venture to Gothenburg, Sweden for a doubleheader with their alter-ego Mariachi El Bronx in the newest episode of No Sleep Til’. We follow the guys to a seaside sauna for some spiritual cleansing and a whole lot of reminiscing of the band’s early days, as well as the explanation behind their Mariachi offshoot. The show may be a drunken, discordant mess, but it’s a bloodbath fueled by passion, movement, and some guy stage diving in his Sunday’s best.
This week, we checked out Youth Lagoon at The Echo (Los Angeles). If you already daydream about jumping cargo trains to leave the small town life with the LP The Year of Hibernation (via Fat Possum) as your soundtrack, then you’ll find the live show all too familiar. Youth Lagoon’s 22-year-old mastermind Trevor Powers presents his album exactly as you’ll remember it on the record. With an addition of one touring guitarist, the show is intimate but pronounced, with so much reverb, we had a hard time keeping the empty beer cans from falling off the edge of the stage. This is the kind of show where you grab your best friend by the shoulders to reminisce the days of yore and contemplate how the hell you got to where you are now.
And you’ll have a chance to do just that in one of the 17 added dates for the last leg of Youth Lagoon’s summer tour:
7/05 Denver, CO Bluebird #
7/06 Omaha, NE Slowdown #
7/07 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon #
7/09 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop #
7/10 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom #
7/11 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Bluesfest
7/12 Toronto, ON Opera House #
7/13 Pontiac, MI Crofoot #
7/14 Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival
7/15 Minneapolis, MN Varsity #
7/18 Missoula, MT Top Hat #
7/20 Seattle, WA Capitol Hill Block Party
7/21 Vancouver, BC Venue #
7/22 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom #
7/27 Byron Bay, Australia Splendour in the Grass
7/28 Sydney, Australia Sydney’s Factory Theatre
7/29 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne’s Corner Hotel
# w/ Father John Misty
Sometimes you just need a good ol’ metal shredding to kick your life back into gear. Original Killswitch Engage vocalist, Jesse Leach, must have thought the same, because he’s back in the band and charged up to take on the stage all over again. KsE will be joining Five Finger Death Punch on the Trespass America Festival this summer. Apologies in advance if you find a bunch of metal dudes tearing through your backyard BBQs.
7/13 - Broomfield, CO @ 1st Bank Center
7/15 - Billings, MT @ MetraPark Arena
7/16 - Bismarck, ND @ Bismarck Civic Center
7/17 - Sioux Falls, SD @ Sioux Falls Arena
7/19 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
7/21 - Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County Expo Center
7/24 - Lubbock, TX @ Lonestar Amphitheatre
7/25 - Belton, TX @ Bell County Expo Center
7/27 - San Antonio, TX @ Freeman Coliseum
7/28 - Beaumont, TX @ Ford Pavilion
7/30 - Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
7/31 - Evansville, IN @ Ford Center
8/3 - Battle Creek, MI @ Kellogg Arena
8/7 - Syracuse, NY @ SRC Arena and Events Center/Onondaga Community Center
8/8 - Glens Falls, NY @ Glens Falls Civic Center
8/10 - Scarborough, ME @ Scarborough Downs
8/14 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
8/15 - Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre
8/17 - Worchester, MA @ DCU Center
8/18 - Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
8/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Penn’s Landing – Festival Pier
8/22 - Knoxville, TN @ Knoxville Civic Coliseum
8/25 - Rio Rancho, NM @ Santa Ana Star Center
8/26 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comercia Theatre
8/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
No matter what generation you’re from, if sounds of The Ramones, The Cramps, The Misfits, Beastie Boys, or Bad Brains (to name a few) have ever graced your speakers, then you’re most likely familiar with the name CBGB. In 2006, the doors of the legendary punk club and birthplace of the American punk movement officially closed, and for 6 years, the name continued only on re-printed Ramones posters and the tshirts of young punks, becoming little more than a reminder of an awesome scene that was known by many but experienced by few.
Well, there’s no excuses now. This year, the scene will be resurrected in the first annual CBGB Festival. The music portion is set for July 5-6th with over 300 acts, old and new, hitting venues all across New York City. A few acts on the lineup have been officially announced, including a free show on July 7th with Guided By Voices and Cloud Nothings.
In the calming words of The Ramones, hey, ho … let’s go.
Check out more info on the official CBGB site.
