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From Wednesday 28 January 2004

I heart Howards Alias

From the Good Clean Fun mailout: “HOWARDS ALIAS have a few live shows at the end of this month, some with ex-Sublime members’ new band Long Beach Short Bus, before going into the studio to lay down their second full-length album.

Breaking news (ahem)

A quick word from Andy of My Awesome Compilation: “Basically, Darius has broken his hand. Don’t worry though we’ll still be going on tour with THE HOLIDAY PLAN. Our good friend is going to fill in and Darius will still be pounding out some vocals

BUY BRITISH!

“Buy British Records are please to announce their first release. ‘Music For the Working Class’ has a date pencilled in for the 28th of April 2004. Buy British is dedicated to helping out the unsigned and diy bands of this fare isle who work hard to juggle their band

Angels with dirty wings

Lost City Angels fucking rock. Wanna hear a new song? Here it is, it’s called ‘Liberation’ and a version of this song will be on their upcoming album on Nitro Records.

This is side one, flip me over, I know I’m not your favourite record

Submitted: Chicago-based punksters Fallout Boy hit the UK in March for a stint supporting Mest. The quartet also have their debut album, ‘Take This To Your Grave’ released on Sorepoint Records (home to Further Seems Forever, Brandnew, The Beautiful Mistake etc) on

Kebab

Submitted: Barnsley based swing-core ska/punk band are going in the studio next month to record their debut album skanking sausages available on do the dog music on april 1st ’04. They are also filming a split dvd with welsh 2-toners smoke like a fish to be released

Tuesday 27 January 2004

NOFX (again)

Updated NOFX dates for May, tickets are on sale now: 08 – London Brixton Academy 09 – Birmingham Carling Academy 13 – Northumberland Uni, Newcastle 14 – Newport 16 – Manchester Uni

Don’t let the sunfactor go down on me

Sunfactor have one last show before Nic moves to Denver. the gig is on Friday at the Metro club down on Oxford Street, London, about 60 yards out of Tottenham Court Rd tube. It is £3 in and K-Line and Pylon – support.

Rawk

While I’m on the subject of liking bands, I got the new Break the Silence record, out on Hopeless Records on February 10, through the mail last week and it’s stunning. Imagine Strung Out and Thrice in a knife fight – it’s

I like this band

The new Halifax EP ‘A Writers Reference’ is out today and if you don’t have the MP3 for the track ‘Sydney’ yet, you can download it here.