On October 15th Punknews caught up with The Bombpops at the London stop of their UK/EU tour. As a sort of follow-up to the Punknews interview of Jen Razavi and Poli van Dam last January, Editor Jeff Sorley focused his interview on the other half of the band, bassist Neil Wayne and drummer Josh Lewis. Check it out below.
Sometimes a joke can go completely out of control and have a very awesome result in the end. That is exactly what happened with Chicago’s The Eradicator — the band based totally on the Kids In The Hall Sketch of the same name. The band has been getting a lot of attention for their funny and unconventional… well… everything about them is unconventional. They released their great self-titled LP on October 13, 2017 through Stonewalled and not only are they going to be performing at FEST 16, but they will also be touring Hawaii and Australia with Bong Mountain starting later this month.
Editor Ricky Frankel caught up with vocalist Andy Slania and bassist Ryan Bollis to talk about the band’s new album, the music video for “I’m A Squash Man” and the music video for “Squash Queen,” their connection to Direct Hit!, how a screw up ended up helping the band in the long run and more. Listen to the interview below or on iTunes.
Note: It is recommended that you watch the original Kids In The Hall sketch before you listen to this interview if you haven’t seen it yet. You can find the video below as well.
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New Jersey’s Prawn have been one of the many bands attributed to the emo revival in the late 2000s. However, they’ve always transcended that genre and label, producing shimmery post-rock, indie anthems which up the ante on what ‘emo’ means. Their journey led to a tour with Jimmy Eat World earlier this year and now, they’re back again, following up 2014’s Kingfisher, with Topshelf Records once more providing a home for their new full-length. Prawn’s lead, Tony Clark, chatted with Punknews' Renaldo Mantadeen on the new release, Run, which is out now.
Welcome back to Live At It’s Not Dead Fest 2 -- a three-part, in-person interview series conducted by Punknews Editor Ricky at It’s Not Dead Fest 2 in San Bernardino, California on August 26, 2017. For the third and final episode Ricky interviewed Chris Cresswell and Scott Brigham of The Flatliners. The three of them discussed the band's new record Inviting Light , the music video for "Indoors," the famous South Park Canadian costumes that they wore during their performance at Fest 10, Chris joining Scorpios, Canadian comedy and more. Listen to the interview below or on iTunes. (Music from The Flatliners and A Wilhelm Scream is featured in this episode, Brian Pretus's DownWrite.com Profile).
If you missed the first installment with Trevor Reilly of A Wilhelm Scream you can check it out right here and if you missed the second installment with Spike Slawson of Me First And The Gimme Gimmes and Uke-Hunt you can check it out right here.
Photo taken by John Paul Allen at It's Not Dead Fest 2
Quite surprisingly, earlier this week, the lauded, but cult, New Jersey punk band Sticks & Stones announced a one-off reunion show. The band will be playing in their Theme Song for Nothing lineup because bassist Osamu Kawahara is moving back to Japan.
Kawahara's story is quite an adventure. He came to the states not knowing a word of English, but ended up being drafted into Sticks & Stones. Early on, before Kawahara was fluent in English, he would communicate with Sticks & Stones' Scott Hollingsworth and Jack Terricloth through music. From there, his story involves recording a troubled album, fighting with Nazis, and bring the two original members of World/Inferno Friendship Society back together. Check out the interview below.
Comeback Kid have just released their new album, Outsider, out now on Nuclear Blast. So, staff writer Gen Handley spoke to vocalist Andrew Neufeld about the new LP, livin' in Winnipeg, and how to take care of one's voice.
Welcome back to Live At It’s Not Dead Fest 2 -- a three-part, in-person interview series conducted by Punknews Editor Ricky at It’s Not Dead Fest 2 in San Bernardino, California on August 26, 2017. For the second episode Ricky interviewed Spike Slawson of Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, Uke-Hunt and The Re-Volts. They discussed Uke-Hunt's future plans, what he wants to do for the next Me First And The Gimme Gimmes live record, plus he gives an update on the next Re-Volts release and more. Listen to the interview below or on iTunes. (Music from Me First And The Gimme Gimmes and Uke-Hunt is featured in this episode, Brian Pretus's DownWrite.com Profile).
If you missed the first installment with Trevor Reilly of A Wilhelm Scream you can check it out right here.
Photo taken by John Paul Allen at It's Not Dead Fest 2
Welcome to the first installment of Live At It’s Not Dead Fest 2 -- a three-part, in-person interview series conducted by Punknews Editor Ricky at It’s Not Dead Fest 2 in San Bernardino, California on August 26, 2017. For this episode Ricky interviewed guitarist Trevor Reilly of A Wilhelm Scream. They discussed the studio that Trevor has been building in his house, the new songs that the band has been working on, what they have planned for Career Suicide ’s tenth anniversary, the music video for "Australias," the musical household that he was raised in and a bunch more. Listen to their conversation below or on iTunes. (Music from A Wilhelm Scream and The Flatliners is featured in this episode, Brian Pretus's DownWrite.com Profile).
Photo taken by John Paul Allen at It's Not Dead Fest 2
Today, we are continuing our Twenty Years Later series. Helmed by Staffer Michael Musilli, the series will look back at hardcore and harcore-ish records at their 20 year mark. Not only will the pieces include analysis of a record's importance, but Musilli also contacted a slew of hardcore musicians in order to get their perspective on landmark records. Today, Musilli takes an in-depth look a Sick Of It All's Built to Last album. Check it out below.
There's a common thread that connects Jello Biafra, CJ Ramone, Anti-Flag, the Adolescents, the Dwarves and countless other well known US punk acts, and it's that when they're in Europe there's a good chance they'll be sharing the stage with a five-piece from Rennes, France dubbed The Decline !. The group, currently supporting their third full length, is about to take the major step of crossing the Atlantic for the first time in their career with an appearance at Quebec's Festival de musique émergente en Abitibi-Témiscamingue on Labour Day weekend.
2017 marks the 15th year of the Quebec's Festival de musique émergente en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The Labour Day weekend event will bring together nearly 70 artists from a wide range of genres to Rouyn-Noranda, including Duchess Says, Les Dales Hawerchuk, The Decline !, It It Anita, Paul Jacobs, and A Tribe Called Red. Punknews editor Adam White took a look at the event and spoke with organizer Jenny Thibault in the first part of our ongoing coverage this year.