Against Me interview + new tour dates (with Silversun Pickups)

June 27--Boston, MA--WFNX Clam Bake
June 28--Philadelphia, PA--Great Plaza at Penn's Landing *
June 29--Toronto, ON--Sound Academy *
July 1--Lansing, MI--The Loft
July 2--Detroit, MI--The Fillmore *
July 3--Chicago, IL--Aragon Ballroom *
July 4--Milwaukee, WI--Summerfest
July 11--Louisville, KY--Forecastle Festival
July 12--Columbia, MO--The Blue Note
July 13--Tulsa,OK--The Marquee
July 15--Flagstaff, AZ--Orpheum Theatre
July 16--Las Vegas, NV--The Joint *
July 17--Tempe, AZ--Marquee Theatre *
July 19--Austin, TX--Stubb’s Waller Creek *
July 20--Houston, TX--Warehouse Live *
July 21--Dallas, TX--Palladium Ballroom *
July 23--Kansas City, MO--City Market *
July 24--St. Louis, MO--Fair Saint Louis*
July 26--Denver, CO--The Fillmore Auditorium *
July 27--Salt Lake City, UT--The Rail *
July 29--Portland, OR--Crystal Ballroom *
July 31--Seattle, WA--The Paramount Theatre *
August 2--Reno, NV--Grand Sierra Resort & Casino
August 3--Oakland, CA--Fox Theatre
August 6--Greek Theater--Los Angeles, CA
August 12--Oslo, Norway--Oya Festival
August 14--Eschwege, Germany--Open Flair 2010
August 15--Ankkarock, Finland--Ankkarock Festival
August 17--Vienna, Austria--Open Air Festival
August 18--Zurich, Switzerland--Rote Fabrik
August 20--Gampel, Switzerland--Gampel Openair Festival
August 21--Hasselt, Belgium--Pukkelpop
August 22--Biddinghuizen, Holland--Lowlands Festival
August 24--Malmo, Sweden--The Malmo Festival
August 27--Reading, UK--Reading Festival
August 29--Leeds, UK--Leeds Festival
October 1--Wellington, New Zealand--San Francisco Bathhouse
October 2--Newton, Auckland, New Zealand--Kings Arm
October 5--Adelaide, Australia--Fowlers
October 6--Perth, Australia--Capitol
October 7--West End, Australia--Hi Fi Brisbane
October 8--Melbourne, Australia--Hi Fi Melbourne
October 9--Sydney, Australia--Metro
October 10--Newcastle, Australia--Cambridge

Against Me!- White Crosses (daytrotter) [mp3]

photos: BFD 2010

The Soft Pack:













The Temper Trap:





The Gaslight Anthem:







Spoon:

the following photos are courtesy of my good friend Anita Wagner, who took over the digital memory making whilst I was busy dancing/crowd surfing/nursing my ankle (incurred while I was moshing in the Against Me! pit...yep that was me in the red dress amongst all the boys)

The Soft Pack:

Against Me!




The Gaslight Anthem:






Spoon:

hope everyone had fun!

Against Me! record a daytrotter session

"Lead singer Tom Gabel may be older and wiser (read: worn out on attacking the white pillars and sacred cows with a vengeance like he used to), but he still pisses on everything and it's as electric as it's ever been."

Against Me! - White Crosses (daytrotter) [mp3]

read more and download the whole session HERE!

band of the week + record review: Against Me!

I’ve always had a soft spot for Against Me!-a punk rock outfit from Florida that has the blazing fury of seven bands. While their previous releases have always managed to slip from my attention, their fifth album, White Crosses, has really done me in. Staying true to the we-wanna-move-past-our-past strategy outlined in “I Was a Teenage Anarchist”, Against Me! embrace melodic hooks and finally break free from their earlier, anger-for-anger’s-sake sound. The music is still as powerful as ever; White Crosses’ title track kicks off the album with Dropkick Murphian vigour, and “Spanish Moss” proves that they haven’t lost their incendiary punk roots. But the songs are more purposeful, and Against Me! manage to draw inspiration from Springsteen (“Because of the Shame”) and Dylan (“Ache With Me”) without coming off as insincere. The short (10 song) album stands as the long delayed musical evolution of a band overflowing with creative potential. Thank goodness for small favours, it’d be a damn shame to see them stuck in a rut.
4/5



White Crosses drops on 7 June

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