The Smile will play their first shows in North America later this year when they embark on a fall tour of the United States and Canada. Featuring Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, The Smile will kick off the tour on November 14 in Providence, RI and will perform in …
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Here at the cutNscratch office, we’re always happy to hear about new releases from old musician friends. The American Aquarium is one of them. BJ Barham’s North Carolina-based Americana/rock band has been playing around these parts for over a decade, despite the COVID-19 era. Meanwhile, Barham’s creativity has garnered an …
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Florence Dore: Highways and Rockets exit show Saturday, June 11, 8 p.m., $15 | Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carboro Florence Dore, who teaches contemporary fiction, American novel and songwriting at UNC-Chapel Hill, will release his second album, Highways and Rocketsvia Propeller Sound Recordings on June 10. A demure and tender …
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But as despotic as Pinochet was, even he embodied some of Chile’s institutionalist tendencies. After seven years in power, he sought to legitimize his tenure by drafting a new constitution. In Santiago, Pinochet explained to me one day that the old constitution had weighed on his power. “You have to …
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MAGGIE CARSON (SPIRIT FAMILY REUNION) FREES “YOUR GHOST”,THE FIRST SINGLE FROM HIS FIRST SOLO RECORDING, THE BLACK WAS SHINY Brooklyn, NY. – After spending a decade on the road with Spirit Family Reunion, banjo player and singer Maggie Carson announces her first solo album, The darkness was glowing, and the …
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Irish rock band U2 are one of the biggest names in rock ‘n’ roll and were originally known for their post-punk appeal. The band’s sound has grown over the nearly 50 years they have existed, but their ability to produce meaningful anthems and ballads remains. The type that fills the …
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Gary Gibula for the south Regular readers of this column know well that your humble narrator is a rocker. I have the pleasure this week to tell you about an incredible multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who is also a rocker – in fact, an “American rocker”. That guy is none other …
Read More »Jimmy Eat World Plot headlining North American tour
Jimmy Eat World has announced a new set of North American tour dates for the fall. Following their journey with Dashboard Confessional earlier this year, the North American leg of the band’s ‘Something Loud’ tour kicks off September 8 at Rock Hall Live in Cleveland and continues over the next …
Read More »“Green Day’s American Idiot” at Gainesville Community Playhouse
Life is hard. Relationships are more difficult. War is hell. I thought I’d eliminate that thematic cheat sheet before I talk about the truly exceptional things about “Green Day’s American Idiot,” playing at the Gainesville Community Playhouse until June 12th. It’s a post-9/11 punk opera, which is to say, it’s …
Read More »AMERICAN TERROR Releases New Song “End Of America”, Announces New Album, Where We Are
American Terror, the Atlanta, Georgia-based heavy punk/metal band, has released a new single, “End Of America,” out now. The track, an extremely fierce dismantling of the current state of American politics, is available on all major digital platforms, and its accompanying video can be seen below. American Terror’s second album, …
Read More »Review: Historic concert finds the Rolling Stones rocking with resolution
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Read More »Modern English comes to Raue Center as part of North American tour
Raue Center For The Arts welcomes legendary British band Modern English to Crystal Lake on June 26, 2022 at 8 p.m., as part of their long-awaited 2022 North American tour. Performing their classic 1982 album, After the Snow, in its complete with classics from its vast catalog. The tour was …
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CoS-Gorillaz have announced their first North American tour in four years. The 21-date arena tour will see Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn joined on stage by a 14-piece band, as well as “a varied cast of guest artists”. Kicking off Sept. 11 in Vancouver, the tour also includes stops in cities …
Read More »Devil Master Announces 2022 North American Tour: See Dates
Devil Master will embark on the “Hungry Jaws of Hell” Summer 2022 North American Tour in support of their recently released new album, Ecstasies of endless night. The Philadelphia outfit, which combines black metal with punk sensibilities, will hit the road starting July 8 with an appearance at Necro Fest …
Read More »Seattle garage-rockers team up with country-punk pioneers at Great American
By Dave Pehling SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Arguably the most enduring and cohesive of the Seattle bands that rose to fame during the grunge explosion of the early ’90s, Mudhoney helped put Sub Pop and the burgeoning North- West on the map when the label unleashed the sleazy punk …
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Lyrics by Joseph Carbone While researching for my interview with Running Touch (Matthew Victor Kopp), the local dance and electronic powerhouse, I give a peek at his latest Insta posts. I already know he’s in Los Angeles — our Zoom call is at 7 a.m. for me and 2 p.m. …
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Happy birthday to Billy Duffy from The Cult. When the Cult’s debut album in 1984, Dream timewas released in England, the band sparked interest with their goth-tinged sound and Duffy’s trippy guitar textures. However, that was in 1985 Loveand the track “She Sells Sanctuary,” which really put the cult on …
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How Wolf Bradley met Andrew Macatrao feels like the beginnings of a teen soap opera. They were 14 years old, studying at the San Pedro City Ballet School and competing for the same roles. The ballet school was owned by the former’s parents, making dance academy rivals Bradley and Mactrao. …
Read More »Ni/Co to Perform at NBC’s “American Song Contest” Grand Finals
“American Song Contest” airs Monday at 7 p.m. on NBC Voting for Monday’s big finale will open on Sunday. Dani Brillhart and Colton Jones are living their singer/songwriter dream, performing original music live on national television and representing Alabama in the process. “People may not look at us and assume …
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It’s been a hot second since we heard about pop-punk-core band A Day To Remember. Now the band have announced a long list of North American tour dates with all sorts of openings leading up to their When We Were Young appearance. As reported by The PRP, bands playing with …
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The drummer of the rock band Blink-182, Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American. Additionally, he is a member of the rap rock group Transplants, created +44 and Box Car Racer, and later joined Antemasque and Goldfinger. He often collaborated with hip-hop musicians. Barker and the late …
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Read More »Camp Cope Announces 2022 North American Tour
Camp Cope has announced that they will be embarking on a North American tour later this year in support of the latest album “Running With the Hurricane”. The Melbourne trio will begin the race in Boston on July 8, then continue to Toronto, Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, Portland, San …
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Longtime self-proclaimed “gypsy punk” band Gogol Bordello had just finished recording their first new album in five years in February. A few days later, Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, where band leader Eugene Hütz was born and raised. “We realized that we needed to involve more Ukrainian voices,” …
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The B-52s have announced details for a North American farewell tour – buy your tickets here and see the full list of dates below. The group, best known for their hits “Love Shack” and “Rock Lobster”, formed in October 1976 over a fiery volcanic cocktail shared at Chinese restaurant Hunan. …
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the american idol The Top 11 will become a Top 9 in tonight’s episode. This is the first LIVE COAST TO COAST broadcast on a Monday night. This means that the show will be simulcast in ET/CT/MT/CT time zones. VOTING begins at 8 p.m. ET and ends after the last …
Read More »The Who Kick Off North American Tour
The Who launched their The Who Hits Back! North American tour at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida last night. Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend were again joined by a full-scale orchestra for two of the three separate sections of the 24-song set. The middle section …
Read More »The Great American Music Hall hosting Ukraine benefits from the feat. Dan Lebowitz, Reed Mathis, Sonny Smith and more
This Saturday (23/04) the legendary Great American Music Hall in San Francisco is hosting a benefit show for the current crisis in Ukraine. They work with a wonderful organizer in SF (she’s Russian) and 10 local artists, with 100% of ticket sales and donations going to the largest children’s hospital …
Read More »American Thrills releases “Ivy League Swing”
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L Last month, American Horror Story fans were heartbroken when they learned that every season of the show was being pulled from Netflix. But now they can breathe a sigh of relief because the entire back catalog of Ryan Murphy’s show will arrive on Disney+ on April 27, with the …
Read More »Circle Jerks’ Keith Morris contracts COVID-19, band postpones North American tour
Most of the Canadian dates have already taken place, but a new date in Vancouver has been booked Posted on April 13, 2022 Legendary punk troupe Circle Jerks have had to postpone several upcoming 40th anniversary tour dates due to frontman Keith Morris contracting COVID-19. As a result, the trek …
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Musician and Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee Kathy Valentine has traveled the country performing on tours with The Go-Go’s and other bands. But next week will be the first time she comes to Odessa for an event. Valentine, along with fellow Go-Go members including Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, …
Read More »American Stage looks to the future with 2022-23 season • St Pete Catalyst
With the dust still hanging in the air since the abrupt departure of artistic and executive director Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj earlier in the week, American Stage held its annual fundraising gala Friday night at Demens Landing Park, followed by the premiere of Free from all tiesthe company’s first outdoor musical …
Read More »West Virginian will participate in the American Song Contest
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The American Song Contest is a song battle of the states, and the representative from West Virginia is expected to participate Monday. On the NBC broadcast, singers from each of the 50 states and five territories compete with their own music to win the county vote for …
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Lawrence Livermorethe founder of To look for! Folders, green dayclaims that when he first invited the band to do the EP that would become 1989’s 1000 hours, Billie Joe Armstrong was so young, he did not recognize the opportunity as being of great importance. More than three decades later, chances …
Read More »How much does an American singer earn?
After taking inflation into account Johnny Cash, an American singer and songwriter, had an estimated net worth of $60 million at the time of his death. Throughout his career, Cash has sold over 90 million records worldwide, making him one of the most successful performers of all time. A diverse …
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Bon Jovi kicked off its Spring 2022 North American tour with a performance last night at the Chi Health Center in Omaha, Neb. The band kicked off their set with “Limitless”, the opening track from their 2020 album. 2020. From there, they moved on to “The Radio Saved My Life …
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Hollis Brown/Following/Fresh Green Records 3.5 out of five stars Over the years, the Rolling Stones have provided a musical catalog primed with cover candidates for other artists, a wealth of material that has been gleaned from a number of outfits that have since come and gone. That said, it’s unusual …
Read More »Joe Satriani books 44-date North American tour for late 2022
In support of his 19th full album, the March Elephantsguitar sensation Joe Satriani has booked a 44-date tour across the United States and Canada, which will begin in late September. During this run, which runs from September 21 to November 19 with just one stop across the northern border in …
Read More »Bob Mold Reveals Supporting Acts For North American Tour
tour poster Bob Mold has revealed the artists who will be opening for him on his upcoming North American tour promoting his recently released EP The Ocean which features three solo acoustic live performances. HC McEntire will perform in California and the South, Vic Bondi in the Pacific Northwest and …
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Southern mud legends Eyehategod have just announced a handful of springtime headline dates across North America. Following their current tour with Clutch, the band will hit the road with support from IV and the Strange Band beginning April 11 in Milwaukee and ending April 17 in Tulsa. Next, Eyehategod will …
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A group from Minneapolis, Minnesota started out as a daily YouTube vlog but quickly sold out shows in the Midwest. And now this group, yam housetraveled to Hollywood to represent Minnesota in NBS American Song Contest, from March 21, 2022 (it’s Monday!). Yam Haus was formed in 2017 in Minneapolis …
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It’s 2020. The coronavirus has hit, and Bodega is isolated and enters the world of philosophy together at a book club. There, endless hours of conversations between members of the Brooklyn, NY-based punk band helped formulate the songs of broken equipment and the “ambience” around the group. “Our book club …
Read More »Duran Duran Announces 2022 North American Tour
Duran Duran has announced a North American tour beginning August 19 in Welch, Minnesota, and ending with a three-night adventure (September 9, 10, and 11) at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Nile Rodgers and Chic will open eight of the 14 announced shows, which support Duran Duran’s 2021 LP, …
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Just a year after breaking up with his punk band Generation X, Billy Idol was working on his first solo album and penned a song about unrequited love that turns into a hellish marriage. Produced by Keith Forsey, the former Rooney guitarist who also co-wrote “Flashdance…What a Feeling” with composer …
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After about two years, Pearl Jam announced their rescheduled North American tour dates and added a few new shows to their itinerary. The tour was originally scheduled to take place in the spring of 2020 in support of their latest album gigatonne, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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Districts great american painting big opossum March 14, 2022 Web-exclusive By Paul Veracka Like a dark take on The Killers, The Districts return, ditching their grungy ballads for mostly pop-produced incisions on everything from gun violence to America’s violent, racist existence. Coming from a sincere heart, much of the message’s …
Read More »American punk pioneers – Chicago Reader
Pinball Sex bomb babe (Infinite Zero / American) Effigies Remains invisible (Touch and go) It’s a bit ironic that punk rock is now as American as apple pie and produces millions of sellers like Green Day and Offspring, given that it started out as a boring but negligible force on …
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In February 1994, Brett Gurewitz was on his way home in Studio City, Calif., To his 1984 Volvo station wagon, listening to the final mixes of Smash, The Offspring‘s next third album. With the tape recorder thrown as loud as possible, he circled the block “may be 20 times “to …
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Dexter: “I remember having a big discussion with Jim [Guerinot], our manager, and he said, ‘You know, this is very new to you guys. I’ve seen how the industry can really chew up people. Look at Kurt Cobain⦠‘I felt there was a change where people wanted to back down …
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CREDIT: Facebook Murcia ready to be recharged with American punk rock. OVER five hours of nostalgic American punk rock hits are set to hit Murcia’s Beat Club Garage on Friday, June 11, as incredible tribute groups perform some of the ultimate classics. Tribute bands Nirvana, Green Day, Pearl Jam, The …
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An American punk group called Converge took to Facebook over the weekend to dodge complaints from Filipinos who mistakenly believed they were the ISP. Thin. Do your research first, Pinoys. In a post on their official account, the band said they were still a “hardcore band”. âCovid has not yet …
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An American punk band called Converge took to Facebook over the weekend to avoid complaints from Filipinos who mistakenly thought they were the internet service provider. Slim. Do some research first, Pinoys. In a post on their official account, the band said they are still a “hardcore band”. “Covid hasn’t …
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Unlike heavy metal, punk is devoid of any mystique. With punk rock, what you see is what you get: the musicians on stage are traditionally the same after the show ends and the hall doors close. Thus, the emblematic groups of punk and hardcore had a very direct influence on …
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I had never heard of this wild card before, and neither have most of you: Daniel Dart, who would have made a name for himself as the founder and frontman of the punk band Time Again. Judging by this lie-riddled Facebook post, he appears to be trying a new career …
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The high Californian desert is steeped in rock history. This is where country-rock icon Gram Parsons had his corpse cremated by friends; where an Irish band came up with a name and cover image for a great LP; where Jim Morrison dropped acid and made a movie. Now the Mekons …
Read More »Only one week left to discover Lydia Breckenbridge: African-American punk rock quilts at the 30 South – Los Angeles Sentinel gallery | Los Angeles Sentry
Only one week left to discover Lydia Breckenbridge: African-American punk rock quilts at the 30 South gallery Rare exhibit to experience the work of an incredible late-career vernacular artist who celebrates music through textiles and has spent time with artists from Billy Idol to Michael Jackson Show ends September 30, …
Read More »Dead Boys Resurrected – 1970s American Punk Rockers Are On Tour
One guess: The Dead Boys were the American Sex Pistols. And very few people knew about it. The Dead Boys came from New York via Cleveland; the Sex Pistols were from London. Both groups lifted dirt around the same time, roughly 1976-1978, spat and smoked spectacularly, and collapsed. Both played …
Read More »YallaPunk, Philly’s premier Arab-American punk rock festival, takes over Fishtown this weekend
Miriam Hakim lives in Houston. Lucky enough to be in an enclave isolated by flooding but not sinking, she has spent the last week running a whirlwind of volunteer activities, buying supplies, bringing them to shelters and helping with cleanup after Hurricane Harvey. But even with everything going on at …
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Just in time for the 40th anniversary of the founding punk album “Loud and Arrogant Young”, the first photographs of DEAD BOYS, one of America’s most important punk bands, will be released in a book titled “Dead Boys 1977: The Lost Photographs of Dave Treat”. Edited and designed by Ron …
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Green Day will bring Revolution Radio Tour to Sheffield Arena on Monday July 3, 2017. Photo: Frank Maddocks The chart-topping group – which has sold over 75 million records worldwide – has had three UK number one albums, including 2004 rock opera American Idiot, 2009 21st Century Breakdown and the …
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THE BEAUTIFUL AT SLEEP Not shown: diarrhea, hot pockets, vomit. Chuchi Elam “IT BEGINNED as a way not to die, âsays Hart Gledhill of Portland’s Sleeping Beauties. âIt started out as a way to kill time with diarrhea, hot pockets and not to throw up. Although poetic in its disgusting …
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Ethan 103, Navajo / Oneida punk rockers, released his official music video Punk rock fashion font on April 18 and kicks off their 5th annual ON THE GRIND Southwest Skate Tour in New Mexico. Here’s what the band had to say about the track: âPunk Rock Fashion Police turns out …
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X today (left to right): DJ Bonebrake,John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom(Photo by Gary Léonard) In America’s punk rock pantheon, the Ramones are rightly portrayed as standard bearers with the rest of the quickly following CBGB crowd. (The fact that New York’s dolls, dictators and Stooges are often overlooked is …
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Every now and then a soundtrack arrives that freezes a historic musical moment in amber for a new generation. In 1983, The big thrill the soundtrack helped the yuppies discover Motown. Frank Ocean surely remembers the years 1994 Forrest Gump soundtrack and its Baby Boomer nostalgia. Depending on the success …
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Posted by: Jay Curd on August 21, 2012 12:55 PM Veteran American punk band Green Day are set to return with not one but Three new albums from September – and to celebrate a brand new Billy Joe song, Mike and Tre Cool have teamed up with Rovio to become …
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Members of an American punk rock band and their team are recovering in hospital after their tour bus plunged onto an overpass in the pouring rain. The group, Baroness, from Savannah, Georgia, were on tour in Britain and Europe when their coach crashed through a security barrier and fell 30 …
Read More »Nine injured as coach carrying US punk rock band Baroness falls from overpass in A36 crash | The Independent
The members of an American punk rock band and their crew recover in hospital after their tour bus plunged over an overpass in the pouring rain. The band, Baroness, from Savannah, Georgia, were touring Britain and Europe when their coach crashed through a crash barrier and fell 30ft (9m). Emergency …
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Kim Badaoui Omar Waqar feeds the enchilada Shahjehan Khan of the Kominas during aperformance at La Casa Maladita. First there was fiction, then there was a scene, now there is another book: âThe Taqwacores: Muslim Punk in the USAâ, by New York photographer and journalist Kim Badawi. The book, published …
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