Spitalfield hit the road with Plain White T‘s, City On Film, more
Victory Records band Spitalfield will be on the road from the beginning of November through Christmas. First up, the band are doing a two-week headlining run alongside the City On Film, Down To Earth Approach, Somerset and labelmates theAUDITION. Following that, the band will head out on a co-headlining tour with fellow Chicagoans Plain White...
A Static Lullaby announce fall/winter tour; Phil Pirrone health update
A Static Lullaby have announced their tour plans for the rest of the year. Following a pair of one-off shows in California and Mexico, the band will spend a good chunk of November with Haste The Day, Halifax, Scary Kids Scaring Kids and BEDlight For BlueEYES. The second leg of their tour is in December,...
Rioting, the unbeatable high
Chicago will be decimated the weekend of Nov. 4-5 due to Riot Fest 2005. The fest promises "Chicago‘s largest punk festival ever" and says that it will "feature the best national punk acts, while simultaneously displaying what Chicago Punk Rock has to offer." Old-school headliners include Dead Kennedys, Misfits, the Germs and the Dickies, and...
Friends of P rejoice: The Rentals are back!
On Oct. 24, the 10th anniversary of Return Of The Rentals, Moog-pop group the Rentals, featuring former Weezer bassist Matt Sharp, announced their reformation. The Los Angeles-based group–who, at one time, contained current Saturday Night Live cast member Maya Rudolph–are hard at work on their third album, the follow-up to 1999‘s Seven More Minutes. No...
Captain Piebald, they‘re our heroes...
SideOneDummy act Piebald are just about to take to the road on their co-headlining tour with Hot Rod Circuit (beginning tonight in Rochester, NY), but in an effort to help the environment (and lighten the load on their credit cards), the band have converted their 12-person van into a well-oiled machine: It now runs on...
RARE! OOP! 1ST PRESSING! RIDICULOUS!
John McKay, editor of Stand Up Jack zine, got wasted and decided to sell his autographed wallet on eBay. Featured are autographs of the Get Up Kids (Matt Pryor), Reggie and the Full Effect (James Dewees), The Movielife (Vinnie Caruana)The Starting Line (Kenny Vasoli), Moneen (Kenny Bridges) and several others. He‘s really broke right now...