THE WONDER YEARS+HANDGUNS+4TH N GOAL live @ Tunnel Milan 26 Nov.2013

by marcs77

Tuesday night doesn't look like a good one to party and go see a band play live. Well, unluckly that's

perhaps something THE WONDER YEARS may have thought while up on stage staring at a half deserted Tunnel club.

But despite this, likely and embraceable thought, the six-piece pop punk outfit from Philadelphia didn't spare themselves a bit and delivered a passionate, sweat-socked and intense show for an intimate audience mostly made up by young kids who knew their songs and sung along (like during the mellow and rockish “The Devil In My Bloodstream”) and jumped around to higher a notch up the temperature of this bone-freezing night.
I spotted a young dyed-red-hair girl coming out the crowd with a glowing face and wearing a t-shirt stating “Pop Punk Is Not Dead”.

IRON TO GOLD "In The Zone" 7" EP up for name your price/free download on bandcamp

Formed in 2011 and with one demo and three 7" EPs under their belt Warsawa, Poland's hardcore straightedge IRON TO GOLD are working their asses off to have their say among their country scene.
"In The Zone", the follow-up to 2012's "The Power of One", released last October, is up now, as all other stuff the quintet recorded thus far, for a name your price/free download on their bandcamp profile.

A few physical copies are actually left therefore if you don't like the digital shit you better move your ass and make the 7" yours before the last one is served.

Listen here to "In The Zone"

PUNK IT UP compilation Vol.1 2-night release party on Nov.30th and Dec.7th 2013

High Voltage records, Torino, Italy based DIY record label around since 2005 annouces the release of the
Vol. #1 of "Punk It Up", a compilation featuring 28 hardcore-punk and punk rock bands all of them hailing from Italy but three ensembles based in Russia.

On November the 30th and December the 7th the label put up a release party that will see on stage L'Interno (Bologna), Protection Zero (Piacenza), The Change (Lodi), Slut Machine (Lodi), Lobello (Michelazza), The Enrthused (Lodi) and Bad Frog (Codogno).

Here the link to the event for the latest

CRISIS ALERT debut LP out on December the 6th 2013

Following the the release of their 7" in 2012, Adelaide's CRISIS ALERT return with their debut LP "Urban Decay".
Featuring 16 fast, short and raw 80's style hardcore tracks in the vein of bands like Minor Threat, Void, SOA and Jerry's Kids, "Urban Decay" the new record will be released on December 6th 2013 on Resist records.

Listen here to the song clip of  "Get Away"

Straightedgers TRUE LOVE joins REACT! records family

REACT! records instroduces their latest signing: Michigan's TRUE LOVE. Don't get the name and floral
cover artwork of their first record trick you... 

TRUE LOVE Bottom Line: When we heard the True Love demo, we knew right away that this was a band we wanted to make records with. It didn't hurt that the band claims members of Face Reality (a band we LOVE), and is Straight Edge (it's what we do best), but what really struck us was the intensity, passion and great songwriting in the music which is often hard to find in a demo, especially with such a young band. If another label hadn't beaten us to it (True Love demo coming soon on Mayfly Records), we would have put it out ourselves. True Love wears their hearts and influences on their sleeves, drawing HEAVY influence from the early 00's hardcore scene. Equal parts American Nightmare and Carry On, with a little bit of Count Me Out sprinkled on top, True Love fucking nails it. And while we loved the demo, we're more excited to see what they come up with next as they grow and develop. Keep an eye out for news on their upcoming REACT! Records debut 7" sometime in early 2014. In the meantime, listen to the demo and see for yourself what we've been so excited about.

Listen to their debut here : http://truelovehc.bandcamp.com/

NO CONFIDENCE preview three tracks off debut 12"

Following up to a cassette tape released last year Roma's oldschool hardcore punk ensemble NO CONFIDENCE recorded three brand new tracks that will be included, together two songs off the tape, in their debut 12" record titled "Keep Going Nowhere".
They're still looking for labels to release their effort on but meanwhile the foursome made all the tracks available for free download on their bandcamp profile.

Stream and download "Keep Going Nowhere" here http://noconfidence.bandcamp.com/ 

NOFX just don't quit!

Some NOFX's news off Fat Wrech headquarter...

Relentless touring, filming, and wrapping production of Backstage Passport 2 (due out next year), a brew being made (you heard us right, they'll have their own beer!), and a December tour  booked with the mighty Dillinger Four. You would think these gents would take a break but they are just getting started.

We can't even begin to leak what NOFX has planned next year but trust us when we say that even we were surprised.

CROWBAR - New album due in 2014

New Orleans heaviest metal outfit, CROWBAR have officially entered the studio to begin working on their
tenth studio album. The new material will be the band's first since the release of "Sever the Wicked Hand" that was released in 2010. Founder and frontman Kirk Windstein recently announced his departure from DOWN after spending more than 20 years as their lead riff-master. "After 22 wonderful years we are parting ways. They will always be my brothers and I wish the best to all of them. We have created some bad ass music together that we can all look back on and be proud of. All of our great times will never be forgotten."