KANN ICH MIT LEBEN (wicked south German street punk band) + OIZ II MEN (oi!punk east London stylee) + more @ Urban Bar, shitechapel – 3rd April 2010… http://www.myspace.com/oiziimen / http://www.myspace.com/kannichmitleben
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Bombsite 15 Now Free
Published on 6th March 2010 at 15:48
Bombsite 15 eZine
New Zealand punk rockers The Rabble, this issue soundtrack Blood & Whiskey by The Rabble , Reviews and commentaries from Freedom Faction, from Chicago The Fizzy Pops, Blitzkrieg Celebrating 30 years, Germany’s Jake and the Blades, Animal train, Mark Jordan’s Eric’s Finale
"First Four Issues Almost 1,000,000 Reads"
Rebellion Festival 2010 News !!
Published on 4th March 2010 at 16:54
To the extreme excitement of the Rebellion people, Rebellion Festival have just announced New York Dolls has been added to the line up on Saturday 7 August
& Peter Murphy legendary Bauhaus frontman confirmed for Bizarre Bazaar Saturday 7th August the full line up will be SPECIAL!!!!! Day tix £35
Rebellion year in year out gives the alternative scene, punks and co value for money with many great bands and the best atmosphere – forget glastonbury and pop shite like that – Rebellion Festival is probably alot more like Glastonbury Festival in its cool days than Glastonbury itself is today.
HURRY & GET YOUR TICKETS !!! For full information click here :
REBELLION FESTIVALS
Rebellion 2009
TV WORK & BED – The Tights – COMING SOON!!
Published on 4th March 2010 at 12:14
By Alison – Bubblegum Slut Zine
Issue 36
Though they have a heck of a punk story to tell (signed as teens in ’77, resulting in the first release on the now legendary Cherry Red label and a glut of good press)
The Tights have somehow fallen between the cracks of the endless retrospectives now issued on punk’s beginnings. It’s a mystery (and a travesty, to any who have heard those early recordings) but one we won’t dwell on here, since as the title reading like an itinerary for modern life ought to imply, this new album lives firmly in the here and now.
Sure, the roots shine through like three weeks mousey brown growth on a green Mohican, but there’s a freshness and spirit to this release that many an overly nostalgic reunion is lacking.
Some new tricks have been learned; while remaining hooky and immediate the guitarlines swoop and weave well outside the three chord box and opener ‘Blood And Flowers’ gothic intonation by Malcolm Orgee, and melancholy twang sets the subtly sombre mood for the piece. But it is perhaps taking the Ramones’ ‘Poison Heart’ to dark depths of their own that is The Tights’ most impressive trick. Recommended.
CHECK OUT THIER MYSPACE :
The Tights
http://www.myspace.com/thetights
The Tights TV WORK & BED LAUNCH PARTY BERLIN 2010
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Greatest Hits
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Shane Macgowan & some cool friends
Published on 2nd March 2010 at 02:40
Shane Macgowan and some cool friends have got off their arse and made this great rendition of the track ‘I Put A Spell On You’ originally written by the unique ageless talent that was Screamin Jay Hawkins.
Now interpreted by the named below – to help the charity CONCERN worldwide, who will no doubt have their hands to the full as they deal with Haiti atrocities and others that are unfortunately happening today in our world.
Do your bit to help and buy this tune, which i have to say sounds abit of a classic in its own right.
Released on 8 March 2010.
Pre-order the song now (euro): http://bit.ly/cLa3Hj
Pre-order the song now (sterling): http://bit.ly/bj2ieH
Or text SPELL (all in capitals) to 78789 (the text costs £1.50).
Shane MacGowan has gathered together a group of his musician friends to record I Put a Spell on You in aid of Concern Worldwide’s work in Haiti.
The stellar cast featured vocals from Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave and Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie, the Sex Pistols Glen Matlock, The Pretenders Chrissie Hynde and Paloma Faith and finally Eliza Doolittle. On guitars were Tony James, James Walbourne, The Clashs Mick Jones and Johnny Depp, who recorded his parts in LA.
Long-time Pogues collaborator Cait ORiordan played bass, and Carwyn Ellis played Hammond organ and piano. Drums were courtesy of Rob Walbourne and the fire hydrant was played by Mick Jones.
Zillah Minx & Nettie Baker at We Love 77
Published on 26th February 2010 at 09:13
WW Gallery invites you to attend the We Love 77 TimeOut First Thursdays event on 4th March 6-9pm with Zillah Minx talking about her film ‘She’s a Punk Rocker’ & Ginette Baker reading from her new book ‘It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Memoirs of a Rockstar’s Daughter 1974 – 1987. See our website for more information:
http://www.wilsonwilliamsgallery.com/77.htm
The exhibition is OPEN DAILY from Sat 20 Feb – Sun 21st March and is
being held at WW Gallery’s pop-up venue:
The Merchant’s Hall, 46 Essex Road, London
N1 8LN (entrance on Packington Street)
North London Punks Picnic !
Published on 26th February 2010 at 06:49
NORTH LONDON PUNX PICNIC!!!
21st to 23rd OF MAY
3 NIGHTS OF BENEFIT PUNK ROCK GIGS AND A PUNX PICNIC IN THE PARK. GIGS A BENEFIT FOR POLITICAL PRISONER SUPPORT.
NO EGOS, NO RIP OFFS, NO ROCK STARS – JUST PUNK ROCK HOW IT’S MEANT TO BE….. DIY TILL YOU DIE!
FRIDAY 21ST MAY
AT THE GAFF, 382 HOLLOWAY ROAD N7
730PM TILL LATE
£6 ON THE DOOR
DREAD MESSIAH (London legends)
THE EXTINGUISHERS (South coast Ska/Punk)
EASTFIELD (Midlands fun political punks)
OIZ II MEN (London Oi)
CONDITION DEAD (London Punx)
SATURDAY 22ND MAY
AT THE GAFF, 382 HOLLOWAY ROAD N7
730PM TILL LATE
£6 ON THE DOOR
POLICE BASTARD (Midlands Legends)
VIRUS (South West Anarcho Punk)
ACTIVE SLAUGHTER (London Anarchos last gig for quite a while)
SOCIAL PARASITES (Southampton Anarcho)
UP AGAINST THE WALL MOTHER FUCKER (Donny Punx)
SUNDAY 23RD MAY
AT MANNIONS PRINCE ARTHUR
158 BROAD LANE N15
6PM TILL 1030PM
!!!!!FREE GIG!!!!!!! (and only around 2.50p a pint)
CALICO CITY RIOTS (Kent folk Punk)
REFUSE/ALL (London Anarcho)
MEINHOFF (London Political HC)
SOCIAL SCHISM (Essex Political Punk)
CHESTER (London crazy pop punkers)
AND THE PUNX PICNIC IT SELF SHALL TAKE PLACE ON SAT 22ND MAY IN FINSBURY PARK N4 FROM 2PM TILL 730PM.
ITS ONLY A SHORT 10 MIN WALK TO THE GIG ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE GAFF THEN.
COME AND HOOK UP WITH OTHER PUNX FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. BRING YOUR OWN DRINKS AND FOOD, BUT NO ACOUSTIC GUITARS!!! IT’S NOT THAT KIND OF PICNIC!
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DIRECTIONS:
THE GAFF 382 HOLLOWAY ROAD N7
NEAREST TUBES FINSBURY PARK AND HOLLOWAY ROAD.
FROM FINSBURY PARK TUBE JUST WALK FOR 10 MISN DOWN SEVEN SISTERS ROAD. THE GAFF WILL BE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. FROM HOLLOWAY ROAD TUBE COME OUT OF TUBE TURN LEFT AND CROSS THE ROAD, KEEP WALKING UP HOLLOWAY RD FOR 5 MINS. THE GAFF YOU WILL SEE THEN
MANNIONS PRINCE ARTHUR.
158 BROAD LANE N15.
COME OUT OF SEVEN SISTERS TUBE. CROSS THE ROAD TILL YOU ARE AT THE SIDE OF TESCO. WALK DOWN BROAD LANE WHICH IS AT THE SIDE OF TESCO. KEEP WALKING FOR 5-10 MINS AND MANNIONS YOU WILL NOT MISS. BIG YELLOW PUB
Pressure Drop
Published on 18th February 2010 at 07:30
Part play, part gig & part art installation, is brought to you by Mick Gordon & Billy Bragg from 19 April to 12 May at Wellcome Collection.
Check out the trailer, this play raises the issues that is in the back of most peoples heads, and its refreshing to see artists tackling issues that you would expect political leaders to be tackling. Timingly comes out before the UK general election.
Pressure Drop asks a central question: What makes me who I am? It explores the individual, familial, social and political reference points which make a person definable and recognisable to themselves and others here in the UK. ‘Pressure Drop’ takes us to the heart of one family’s struggle to ‘define home’.
This passionate drama written by acclaimed writer and theatre director Mick Gordon was inspired from singer-songwriter Billy Bragg and his book ‘The Progressive Patriot’, Bragg explores what it means to be English in contemporary Britain. Reflecting on his family, their history and revisiting the music that originally inspired him, Bragg challenges versions of patriotism proposed by the far right. For the production he will write and perform new work.
“I have never done anything like this before, mixing songs with theatre is a totally new experience for me,” said Bragg.
Billy Bragg recently threatened to withhold his tax payments unless the government stops banks using taxpayers’ money to pay their employees big bonuses. Good to see someone who can, make a stand !!
TICKET INFO GO HERE
Hole Play First Concert in a Decade!
Published on 15th February 2010 at 11:14
NEWS SOURCE: http://www.spin.com
By Nick Duerden
Hole's Courtney Love / Photo by Ian West/PA Photos /Landov
Courtney Love strides onto the stage at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire Wednesday night dressed like a dishevelled prom queen, and launches her band Hole straight into a raucous version of the Rolling Stones’ Sympathy For The Devil.
It’s the first show for one of rock’s leading female lights, who has formed a new version of her band and is preparing to release a record, Nobody’s Daughter, in late April.
Love, now 45, is the only original Hole member left, and though the new recruits — all guys — have names and ages and idiosyncrasies of their own, it’s difficult to remember them, and you are not entirely convinced you even have to bother. With Love at the microphone, it’s hard to look anywhere else.
Much of Hole’s 60-minute set focuses on songs from the upcoming release, a daring move since none of the 2,000 rapt fans at the sold-out venue have heard them.
“Skinny Little Bitch” is as provocative as the title suggests, Love’s voice a bag of rusty nails over a melody that shows off its sweet hook.
And “Letter To God” is a highly wrought ballad that she delivers at the very moment her heavy eye makeup starts to run, turning both cheeks into Rorschach inkblots.
You can tell Love is out of practice, but this serves only to endear her to the partisan crowd all the more. “This song is a bitch to remember,” she says several times during the set, before referring to a teleprompter to remind her of the words.
At one point, she holds her hand up to show that all this guitar playing has made her fingers bleed.
But it’s when Love falls back on career highlights that things really heat up.
“Doll Parts” is as dispassionately thrilling as it was 16 years ago. Likewise “Malibu,” while “Celebrity Skin” reminds that, once, she was known for music, not just soap opera. At its climax, the crowd chants: “Courtney! Courtney! Courtney!”
“Say Hole,” she chides. “We are a real band, you know.”
But then she plays a climactic “Never Go Hungry” — by herself on an acoustic guitar — that sounds as vulnerable as the woman herself. At this point, it’s hard to remember much of anything about the rest of Hole.
It’s all Courtney up there, just as it ever was.
SETLIST:
Pretty On The Inside/Sympathy For The Devil
Skinny Little Bitch
Miss World
Honey
Violet
Letter To God
Pacific Coast Highway
Reasons To Be Beautiful
Nobody’s Daughter
How Dirty Girls Get Clean
Malibu
Celebrity Skin
Samantha
Encore
Doll Parts
Northern Star
Never Go Hungry
