Bridge & Tunnel and Young Livers UK Tour!

So these two great bands are hitting the UK very very soon, make sure you get out and see them at a show, they are also making a stop at Wrongwayround in Southampton at Goblets Bar on Tuesday April 20th! check out the promo video below..


Thats not all! punknews is also streaming bridge and tunnels new EP right here

For Young Livers you can check a stream of their brand new full lenght via Rock Sound right here and check their brand new music video below...


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NO IDEA RECORDS! More free music! yessss?

No Idea Records and Distro have released the second installment of their Pretend Record series. The absolutely free downloadable comp features some sneak peaks on future No Idea Records releases from the likes of Gatorface, Assholeparade, FIYA, Tubers, and Worn in Red as well as some of the new and upcoming releases from various labels that No Idea Records exclusively distributes.

No Idea Overlord Var had this to say about Pretend Record #2:

“Welcome away from Volume Two of our SUMMERTIME WATERMELON festival of DOWNLOAD MANIA!! Limited edition and first-come, first served (shoes and shirt optional)... Nothing to trade, nothing to sell, in fact it's all a big PRETEND RECORD!! You can't watch it spin, you can't hand number it, you can't auction it. "Well, heck, what CAN you do with it?" You may LISTEN to it. With your ear bones!”

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD!

V/A - Pretend Record #2 Track Listing:

GATORFACE "The Cleaner" (From "Wasted Monuments" on NO IDEA)
ASSHOLEPARADE "Big Death" (From "Welcome Fucking Home" on NO IDEA)
THE DOPAMINES "October 24th" (From THE COPYRIGHTS split on IT'S ALIVE)
WORN IN RED "Piled Like Bricks" (From "In the Offing" on NO IDEA)
FIYA "King" (From "Magic Words" on NO IDEA)
THE BANANAS "Radio Action" (From "New Animals" on RECESS)
PSYCHED TO DIE "Conditioned to Fail" (From "Year One" on DIRTNAP)
DEAR LANDLORD "Heartbroken Handshakes" (From "Dream Homes" first-press LP on NO IDEA)
TUBERS "Pale Sunbather" (From "Anachronous" on NO IDEA / BAKERY OUTLET / ECHO CANYON)
HELLO SHITTY PEOPLE "The Doppelganger of Chris Elliott" (From "Hello Shitty People" on 1-2-3-4 GO!)
SHANG-A-LANG "Best Intentions" (From "Sad Magic" on FAST CROWD)
WHISKEY TRENCH "Break Me Down" (From "Television" on KISS OF DEATH)
CITY OF SHIPS "March of the Slaves" (From "Look What God Did to Us" on SOUND STUDY)
STREET EATERS "Useless Eyes" (From "We See Monsters" on BAKERY OUTLET)
P.S. ELIOT "Augustus" (From "Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds" on SALINAS)

Crucial Links:
http://www.noidearecords.com
http://www.noidearecords.com/bands/releases/va-pretendrecord2/

FEST 8! The ball is on the roll..

The folks at No Idea Records and Southern Lovin’ PR have announced the confirmation of Snuff for an exclusive U.S. performance during THE FEST 8, October 30th-November 1st in Gainesville, Florida. Singer/Drummer Duncan Redmonds will also be performing acoustic at some point that weekend.

The current line-up of the band is that of the 1997 'Tweet Tweet My Lovely' era - Duncan Redmonds on drums/vocals, Loz Wong on guitar, Lee Erinmez on bass, Dave Redmonds on trombone and Lee 'The Mod' Murphy on hammond.

THE FEST 8 have also confirmed a few more bands alongside Snuff. Solo performaces from Jon Snodgrass and Chad Price of Drag the River, Ben Lovett (Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves/ Heavens, Laura Stevenson and the Cans, Lauris Vidal, Damion Suomi, Ready the Jet, and Ghost Knife. The latter features Ben Snakepit and Chris Pfeffer from J Church with Mike Wiebe of The Riverboar Gamblers/High Tension Wires.

THE FEST 8 previously announced a diverse lineup of 200+ confirmed bands featuring the likes of 7 Seconds, Less Than Jake, Dillinger Four, Youth Brigade, Samiam, Dead to Me, Strike Anywhere, Fleshies, Torche, Radon, Kylesa, Tim Barry, Bomb the Music Industry, A Wilhelm Scream, Drag the River, Lemuria, Off With Their Heads, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, The Methadones, Iron Lung, Coalesce, Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves, Bridge & Tunnel, and special reunions from Gunmoll, King Friday, The Thumbs, The Ghost, Clairmel, and Hair Beard Combo.

THE FEST 8 promises more confirmations in the weeks to come as they finish up going through band applications.
THE FEST 8 have also posted the promotional poster for THE FEST 8 designed by Horsebites/The Black Axe.
FEST 8 weekend passes are $60 in advance and $80 weekend of. Passes get you into all the official showcases (9 stages) over the Halloween Weekend (October 30th, October 31st, and November 1st) in Gainesville, Fl.

You can purchase FEST 8 passes on the official FEST 8 website.

You can also steal a web banner to help spread the word of THE FEST 8 here.

Crucial links:
http://www.thefestfl.com
http://www.noidearecords.com
http://www.southernlovin.com
http://www.myspace.com/snuffbanduk
http://www.thefestfl.com/fest8banner/

Look Kids! Free Music from No Idea Records!

In a practically unfathomable maneuver of selfless generosity and technological wizardry, the No Idea Distro has launched the first in a series of downloadable compilations called the Pretend Record Series. The compilation was launched at approximately 5:07 PM on Friday, June 5, with word spreading faster than a cheetah fleeing from a blazing Kentucky wildfire. By 5:23 PM, the onslaught of bandwidth traffic on the No Idea server forced the entire office to abandon futile attempts at answering emails and proceed directly to Common Grounds’ 2-4-1 Happy Hour.

The compilation features a smorgasbord-sized sampling of new titles distributed proudly and exclusively by the No Idea Distro. Pretend Record features tracks from forthcoming No Idea Records releases such as Dear Landlord’s Dream Homes, No Friends’ S/T, and Speed Is Everything by The Bomb (who count former Naked Raygun singer Jeff Pezzati amongst their ranks), not to mention a handful of formerly vinyl-exclusive tracks from the likes of North Lincoln, Ringers, and Averkiou. The 15-song compilation is rounded out by close friends and closer fiends in the form of Dead Friends, Wormburner, Paul Baribeau & Ginger Alford, Screaming Females, and more, all of whom have piping hot new releases in consumable form available from the No Idea Conglomerate Corporation Empire.

No Idea Distro’s Kaiser Jennifer issued the following dispatch:

“Welcome back to Volume One of our SUMMERTIME WATER MOSH festival of DOWNLOAD MADNESS!! Limited edition and first-come, first served (shoes and shirt optional)... Nothing to trade, nothing to sell, in fact it's all a big PRETEND RECORD!! You can't watch it spin, you can't hand number it, you can't auction it. "Well, heck, what CAN you do with it?" You may LISTEN to it. With your ear bones!”

Track Listing:
1. DEAR LANDLORD "I Live in Hell" (NO IDEA)

2. THE BOMB "Spaceman" (NO IDEA)

3. SOMETHING FIERCE "Teenage Ruins" (DIRTNAP)

4. NORTH LINCOLN "This is Gonna Hurt" (NO IDEA)

5. PINK RAZORS "Geometric Park" (HOUSEPLANT / NO IDEA)

6. RINGERS "Canned Laughter" (1-2-3-4 GO!)

7. AVERKIOU "Wasted and High" (SOUND STUDY)

8. DEAD FRIENDS "Guh Guh" (PLAN-IT-X)

9. WORMBURNER "If Life is a Highway, Then I'm Totally Fucked" (SALINAS)

10. NO FRIENDS "Never Ending Fight" (NO IDEA)

11. HOT NEW MEXICANS "Self Loathing Fool" (FAST CROWD)

12. THE ARRIVALS "I'm Sorry For Saying I'm Sorry" (RECESS)

13. PAUL BARIBEAU and GINGER ALFORD "Thunder Road" (SELF-RELEASE)

14. LANDLORD "Skate Jam" (BAKERY OUTLET / HOUSEPLANT)

15. SCREAMING FEMALES "Buried In The Nude" (DON GIOVANNI)

DOWNLOAD IT HERE!!:
http://www.noidearecords.com/bands/releases/va-pretendrecord.php

PunkRockFriday - Virgins & The Cut Ups

So we had our 1st PRF this friday just gone..it went off with a bang and fun times were had all round!

I'd like to send a huge thanks to everyone that came and the bands that played and also the labels who have supported us by sending us some great stuff to giveaway to people..( sideonedummy, adeline & no idea/ Kiss of death records..)



The next one is june 12th also at UNIT Club in southampton with Dave House , Lemuria & A Broken Robot playing.... this is sure to try top the 1st one so get down there!

Heres Some photos from the night..

cheers

NEW BRUISES UK TOUR!

If you dont know these guys i suggest you hit them up now and start learning some songs they are over for a rare UK tour in a few weeks!

Tampa, FL’s coffee-punk trolls New Bruises have emerged from hibernation and are preparing for the first steps in what they hope to be a very active year. Next week they’ll hit the fair shores of Europe for a three-week adventure throughout Germany, France, Netherlands, and the UK.

5/21 - Berlin, Germany @ Lokal
5/22 - Freiberg, Germany @ EAC
5/23 - Giessen, Germany @ AK44
5/24 - Wurzburg, Germany @ Immerhin
5/25 - Arezzo, Italy @ The Factory
5/26 - Vicenza, Italy @ Sabotagebar w/ Off With Their Heads
5/27 - Tubingen, Germany @ Epple Haus
5/28 - Heilbronn, Germany @ Mobilat
5/29 - Mannheim, Germany @ Juz
5/30 - Paris, France @ Le Pixe
5/31 - Kingston, England @ The Peel (K FEST 09!)
6/1 - Portsmouth, England @ The Fawcett Inn
6/2 - Exeter, England @ The Cavern
6/3 - Swansea, Wales @ Bar Sigma
6/4 - Birmingham, England @ The Island Bar
6/5 - Sheffield, England @ The Stockroom
6/6 - Leeds, England @ The Packhorse (afternoon show!)
6/6 - Manchester, England @ The Retro Bar (evening show!)
6/7 - Sunderland, England @ The White Room (afternoon BBQ show!)
6/8 - Dundee, Scotland @ Drouthy Neebors
6/9 - Hull, England @ The Lamp
6/10 - Cambridge, England @ The Portland Arms
6/11 - Southampton, England @ The King Alfred
6/12 - Arnhem, Netherlands @ Willemeen

To coincide with the European tour, they’ll be releasing a split 7” with Offshore Radio (Sunderland, UK, featuring members of The Dauntless Elite and The Mercury League). They split comes care of Germany’s Yo-Yo Records and features the artistic stylings of Richard Minino, better known as Horsebites Design.

New Bruises are also proud to announce the addition of Chris Murray on bass, formerly of The Gray AM.

Future plans include appearances at San Diego’s Awesome Fast 2 and Gainesville’s The Fest 8, as well as a soon-to-be-released split 7” with Houston’s O Pioneers as part of Vinyl Collective’s “Under The Influence” series, with New Bruises covering “Nu Bruises” by Superchunk and O Pioneers covering “American Hearts” by Piebald.

CRUCIAL LINKS:
http://www.myspace.com/newbruises
http://www.yoyorecords.de/
http://www.horsebitesdesign.com/
http://northparkawesomefast.com/
http://www.thefestfl.com
http://www.southernlovin.com
http://www.kissofdeathrecords.com

LOOK OUT! its THE FALCON

So because im nice im putting up more stuff ive captured over the years, this being more unseen footage from the FEST 6, ladies and gentlemen be prepared to be offended.


AOVMTV -UN-released : The Falcon from ricky bates on Vimeo.

AOVMTV -UN-released : Chuck Ragan

So i didnt have time to upload more unrealeased stuff over the festive season so im doing it now. So this is come Chuck ragan Footage from a while ago, the reason it wasnt uploaded before is it may be shaky since i tend to hold a beer as well as my camera or i had focus problems. anyways just watch em you'l know what i mean. but enjoy, somehow.

cheers rick.

BROKEN EARS


AOVMTV - UN-released : Chuck ragan from ricky bates on Vimeo.


BLOODY SHELLS AND GOD DECIDING


AOVMTV - UN-released : Chuck ragan from ricky bates on Vimeo.

Off With Their Heads - Live video

So recently i saw off with their heads from no idea records at the hobbit in southampton. heres a video to watch and or enjoy.
cheers.




off with their heads - live in southampton from ricky bates on Vimeo.