June 2005 News

FREE SHOW!
After Tsunami Bomb finishes off Warped Tour they'll be doing a free show in Citrus Heights, CA on July 2nd at the Sunrise Mall Parking Lot. They go on at 4pm. Details at www.zumiez.com/site/couchtour05/sac.htm.

MORE FROM THE BOMB
Tsunami Bomb's SHOW MUST GO OFF!!! live DVD (Kung Fu Records) hits stores June 21st.

NOT SO USELESS NEWS
Useless ID's new Website is at www.useless-id.com. Go there to check out some tracks off of their upcoming Kung Fu release, REDEMPTION, out July 12th.

BARELY LEGAL
Joe Escalante's new show "Barely Legal" airs 11am PST every Friday on Indie 103.1fm. Joe (Vandals/Kung Fu Records) will handle live calls from people trying to make it in show business that need legal and/or professional advice. Not from L.A.? Listen at www.indie1031.fm/listenlive.html. Need entertainment law advice in connection with your sad band, or your even sadder television/film career? E-mail specific questions to dreamcrusher@barelylegalradio.com or call 1-877-900-1031 Fridays between 11am-12pm and Joe may answer them on air. Send a MP3 file of your work so he can scrutinize it on air.

THE ONE THAT DIDN'T GETAWAY
Kung Fu recently signed Canada's The Getaway. Hear some songs at www.myspace.com.

THE BAND EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE!
Apokalypse Records recently welcomed sleazy punk rockers Tracy Gang Pussy to their roster. Their debut for the label entitled BLACK will be out in Digipack format late October 2005.

SO THEY SAY...
Fearless Records' SoTheySay's self-titled EP will be out June 14. After their June Warped Tour stint, they'll be on the road in July with The Receiving End of Sirens and then with A Change of Pace in August.

VIVA DICTATORS
Get a taste of history with The Dictators on July 12 when the legendary NYC proto-punks release VIVA DICTATORS (on Escapi Music). Recorded live at Maxwell's and The Bowery Ballroom, it features 15 classic compositions plus a bonus track recorded at sound check.

AT THE DRIVE-IN REVISITED
May 24 saw Fearless Records' release of THIS STATION IS NON-OPERATIONAL. In their first collaboration since the break-up, At the Drive-in members have handpicked a collection of their greatest hits, BBC Session, B-sides, re-mixes, and covers of The Smiths and Pink Floyd tunes which spans their entire career (1995-2001). Also included is a DVD/CD-rom with music videos and other features and a booklet packed with primo photos.

TODAY YOUR LOVE TOMORROW THE WORLD
Yesterdays Rising's debut LP LIGHTWORKER (Fearless) hits the streets July 12 and the band will be headlining the Warped Tour's SmartPunk Stage all summer long.

HERE'S TO 10 MORE
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Hairball8 will release 10 CDs in June(psychobilly from The Koffin Kats, G-String, The Rocketz, and Demon City Wreckers; and ska-punk from Captain Bringdown & the Buzzkillers and Uptown Creepers

GOGOL GYPSY PUNK
NYC Gypsy punks Gogol Bordello just signed to SideOneDummy. They're label debut, GYPSY PUNKS: UNDERDOG WORLD STRIKE will be out August 23, but in the meantime they'll play Warped Tour beginning July 3 in Ventura.

DANGER MAN
DEXTER DANGER will be embarking on another month-long national tour beginning June 17 that meets up with their dates on the Kevin Says Stage at the Warped Tour. Their album HELLAFORNIA is due nationwide in July on Orange Peal Records.

SHOCK THE SYSTEM
Make Believe recently completed work on their debut full-length with producer Steve Albini. SHOCK OF BEING is scheduled for a fall release on Flameshovel. The band will be on tour with mewithoutyou for much of June.

THE NARRATOR TRIUMPH
In celebration of SUCH TRIUMPH, Chicago's The Narrator are pulling up their shorts and prepping their guitars for a full-on Midwest to West Coast assault. The tour's initial leg finds them playing no less than five shows in Texas before heading home to Chicago for a July 4 shindig at the Empty Bottle. Check www.thenarrator.net for details.

FROM BRAZIL WITH LOVE
June marks Brazil's first headlining Midwest/East Coast tour with 3 and The Reason (as well as a few special guests along the way). The band is also writing their new album with plans to enter the studio later this summer to record the follow-up to A HOSTAGE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE.

GO BETTY GO GO MULTIMEDIA
If you don't want to wait for the release of a new Go Betty Go album, then download "Everywhere" at the iTunes store. It's the theme song for the Invisible Woman character in the upcoming Fantastic Four video game and movie coming out this summer.

IS THAT FISH IN YOUR POCKET OR ARE YOU JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME?
A 43-year-old Australian woman was found carrying 51 live tropical fish after custom officials at Melbourne airport heard "flipping" noises coming from beneath her skirt. Officers discovered she'd strapped on an apron of water-filled bags containing the fish. She could face charges for breaking quarantine and customs laws for bringing in the fish without giving a declaration.

NOT LOST IN TRANSLATION
Plain White T's have posted the track "Losing Myself", from their Japanese release, on http://myspace.com/plainwhitets. They'll be on Warped Tour from June 16-July 4 and then heading out with The Academy Is, Days Away, and June.

SPRECHEN SIE SKA?
Heidelberg/Darmstadt-based nine-piece ska band/crooks The Skaliners will be touring Europe in June and then later on throughout the year as well. Their latest album is STEAL THE MUSIC on Black Butcher Records. Find more at http://www.skaliners.de.

WELCOME ABOARD
Kung Fu has signed former Nitro and Revelation sales and marketing guru for the position of V.P. of sales, marketing, and distribution. According to the label, there's no one better for the job. Congrats!

NEW MEMBER VS. THE WORLD
Newly signed band Vs. the World (Mike Davenport of The Ataris' side-project) now also features Trevor from Antifreeze. The band will be soon recording their LP (which will be co-produced by Tom Flowers and Ataris guitarist John Collura) at Orange Whip Studios in Santa Barbara.

OH, IT'S ON!
Worldfolk is set to launch its seventh annual "B.O.B." Battle Of the Bands Festival, which will begin July 4 and continue until September 4 at various venues around the U.S. Shows are planned for Las Vegas, L.A., Hollywood, Agoura Hills, San Diego, Phoenix, Tijuana, San Jose, Sacramento, Portland, Fort Collins, Austin, San Antonio, San Francisco, Spokane, Denver, and Seattle. Registration is now underway. Interested in registering your band (all genres welcome(win cash and prizes!), being a venue, sponsor, volunteer, or judge? E-mail roddy_belford@yahoo.com or call 702-353-8178. www.worldfok.com.

DON'T PANIC...
In support of MXPX's latest opus, PANIC (out June 7 on SideOneDummy), they'll be on the Warped Tour all summer long, as well as playing the 2005 KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine and the Live 105 BFD festival in NoCal.

WARPED RECORD
The Official Warped Tour Compilation for 2005 is out June 7. The soundtrack for the summer is jam-packed with all your favorite bands (NUFAN, Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise...), as well as some great up-and-comers, who are on the bill for this year's event (The Matches, Go Betty Go, Hawthorne Heights).

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