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Melvins’ Dale Crover to Release 12-Sided Record
Drummer extraordinaire and Melvins’ member Dale Crover has partnered with Joyful Noise Recordings to release a 12-sided record titled Skins. Crover wrote the songs specifically for the innovative format, which each one lasting less than 30 seconds. The tracks became inspiration for a new solo album that he will release in 2017. No word yet…
Check out Westword’s “Broke Music Fan’s Guide to Denver”
Live music can be a costly habit. If you’re saving your pennies for Riot Fest & Rodeo next weekend and want to feed your live music cravings between now and then without breaking your budget, our friends at Denver’s Westword have the perfect solution for you with their guide to music channels on the web. While writer…
10 Questions with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Few punk fans out there in the world are unfamiliar with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the all cover song “supergroup” consisting of vocalist Spike Slawson, Fat Mike of NOFX on bass and vocals, Lagwagon vocalist Joey Cape (on guitar) and drummer Dave Raun , and Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters on lead…
Sleigh Bells Announce New Album
Sleigh Bells have announced a release date for their following up album to 2013’s Bitter Rivals. Jessica Rabbit is set for release on November 11 and will include the song “Hyper Dark” which was released last month. Listen to “Hyper Dark”, check out the full tracklist, and make sure to see them at Riot Fest…
Lemmy Statue Unveiled At Rainbow Bar & Grill
A statute of the one and only Lemmy was unveiled last night at Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood. Fans of the late Motörhead frontman Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister raised over $22,000 for a life-size statue at his favorite bar. It wasn’t unusual to see him sitting at the end of the bar playing his favorite…
Denver “Name Your Stage” Contest Winner Announced
Are you ready to rage at the Nicole Hoffman Stage?Congratulations to Nicole Hoffman of Boston, who has been selected as the winner of our “Name Your Stage” contest with Denver’s Westword to have a stage at Riot Fest & Rodeo named in her honor. Nicole is a lifelong punk fan with a passion for what she describes as “geriatric” but what we might instead refer…
Would You Drink Punk Wheatgrass?
DC exhibition “Permacounterculture” will cultivate wheatgrass with music.Plants and animals kingdom have complex relationships that are often quite reciprocal with one another. Think flowers and bees, trees and birds, wheatgrass and punks… Wait, what? That’s what we thought too, when we first heard about artist Naoko Wowsugi’s new exhibition, “Permacounterculture.” The project, which will take place at the Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington,…
The Secret To A Long Life Is Beer
According to this 102-year-old you should drink a beer every day.Ask 102-year-old Millie Bowers what the secret to a long life is and she’ll tell you “have a beer, doctor’s orders”. Mildred Bowers, Millie to her friends, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, has lived through the Great Depression and two world wars, and credits a daily beer with living to over 100 years. Every day…
