The Knottie Boys, a rising punk rock band from New York, are scheduled to perform their EP A Face Fulla Dirt twice in New York this spring. Their first performance will be at Club Odyssey in Oneonta on April 9 at 7 p.m. This will be followed on April 11 at 6 p.m. with a performance at Amityville Music Hall in Long Island, part of Makes My Blood Dance’s tour.
A Face Fulla Dirt, The Knottie Boys’ EP
A Face Fulla Dirt compiles five punk rock tracks from The Knottie Boys. The entire EP can be enjoyed in less than a half hour (for those in a rush, at least.) Otherwise, it’s safe to say the crowd will be demanding an encore at their Oneonta and Long Island shows. There’s enough variety in their music for everyone to enjoy, but there’s still more than enough energy in their tracks to sustain an action-packed live performance. If you’re looking for a fun night out with live music, The Knottie Boys are a band you can’t miss.
New York natives, The Knottie Boys formed in 2018 after high school. At the time, they were working at Hot Topic. The band is known for its theatrical playing style and story-driven songs. Their entire EP can now be listened to on Spotify. For more information, check out their official website.
The Knottie Boys’ Tour Schedule:
Sun, Apr 9, 7:00 P.M:Odyssey, 80 Water Street, Oneonta
Tue, Apr 11, 6:00 P.M:Amityville Music Hall, 198 Broadway, Amityville
Rock trio Le Tigre (Kathleen Hanna, JD Samson, and Johanna Fateman) have announced they will bring their joyous, experimental post-riot girl antics and conceptual multimedia performance to stages across the globe this summer.
For the first time in 18 years, the trio have reunited and will kick off their North American leg at the Mosswood Meltdown Festival followed by appearances in Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, NYC, Chicago, Boston and more. Tickets are now on sale.
Bringing Y2K Back
Forming in New York City in 1999, the band abandoned traditional punk instrumentation, pairing drum-machine beats and looped 8-bit samples with the simplest, serrated guitar riffs and call-and-response vocals. The members of Le Tigre shared a vision for multimedia performance, touring with a slide projector in their early days with video later becoming a key component of their live show which fans can still look forward to on the upcoming tour.
The band’s final show—until their reunion performance for the This Ain’t No Picnic festival at the Rose Bowl in August 2022—was on September 24, 2005, at the Operation Ceasefire concert at Washington Monument in Washington DC, where they joined a coalition of artists calling for an end to the U.S. war in Iraq.
Recently, Kathleen has been touring with Bikini Kill, running Tees 4 Togo (which sells artist-designed T-shirts to fund the non-profit organization Peace Sisters), and writing a book. JD has a full-time teaching position as Assistant Arts Professor and Area Head of Performance at The Clive Davis Institute at NYU/Tisch , performs with CRICKETS, and tours with the original live score for the film 32 Sounds, directed by Sam Green. Johanna is an author and art critic who writes regularly for the “Goings on About Town” section of the New Yorker and for 4Columns; she is a contributing editor of Artforum.
5/27: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer 6/1: Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound Barcelona 2023 6/3: London, UK @ Troxy 6/5: Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall 6/6: Glasgow, Scotland @ Barrowland Ballroom 6/8: Madrid, Spain @ Primavera Sound Madrid 2023 6/9: Porto, Portugal @ Nos Primavera Sound Porto 2023 6/11: Paris, France @ Le Trianon 6/14: Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso 6/16: Berlin, Germany @ Huxleys Neue Welt 6/17: Hamburg, Germany @ Markthalle 7/1: Oakland, CA @ Mosswood Meltdown Festival 7/3: Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom 7/6: Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre 7/7: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater 7/9: Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre 7/15: Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed 7/17: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre 7/18: Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre 7/19: Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage 7/21: Toronto, ON @ History 7/22: Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia 7/24: Boston, MA @ Royale 7/28: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Trivium and Beartooth have announced they are co-headlining a tour stopping at 29 cities, among them Buffalo Riverworks on May 9 and the following day in Huntington at The Paramount on Wednesday, May 10. Malevolence and Archetypes Collide will join the bands on all dates across the upcoming tour.
The Paramount in Huntington
Trivium has expressed excitement for this tour, saying “Trivitooth! We are elated to announce our co-headlining monster of a tour with the incredible Beartooth. We have been fans of what they do, and pals with them for ages — so it’s great we’re finally doing something so massive together. Trivium and Beartooth are both bands supported by each of our wonderful fan-bases — so we know these shows are going to go off.”
On collaboring with Malevolence and Achetypes Collide, Trivium added, “Add in Malevolence, one of our favorite bands on the planet, and Archetypes Collide, one of Beartooth’s favorites, and we have a hell of a bill.” “I’m so excited to go out on this amazing tour with metal legends Trivium,” said Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo.
Additionally, Pollister named The Paramount in Huntington the #1 worldwide club back in December. First opening in 2014, Buffalo Riverworks has been named the city’s top waterfront entertainment destination.
Declared by Forbes as “inching towards a tipping point of becoming the latest arena headliner,” Beartooth released their latest hit Riptide in 2022. The song sees frontman Caleb Shomo put the pain of the past in the rearview mirror as he takes the steering wheel from fate to command his own destiny, and focuses on the struggles of self-acceptance and mental health, two themes that have defined the band since their inception.
The upcoming tour supports In the Court of the Dragon released in 2021 through Roadrunner Records. Performing for more than two decades, the band has continued to receive International acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, Forbes, Billboard, and more. Through the years, Trivium performed alongside Metallica, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and many others and graced the main stages of Download, Bloodstock, KNOTFEST, and more.
Tickets can be purchased starting Friday, Feb. 3 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. Ticketless VIP upgrades are being offered to fans as a joint package, allowing fans to meet both bands.
2023 TRIVIUM AND BEARTOOTH TOUR DATES:
4/21: Tampa, FL – 98RockFest*
4/22: Orlando, FL – Earth Day Birthday*
4/23: St. Augustine, FL – Planet Band Camp*
4/28: Newark, NJ – Rock The Rock Fest*
4.29: Worcester, MA – The Big Gig*
5/1: Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater
5/3: Green Bay, WI – EPIC Event Center
5/4: Milwaukee, WI – Hog Fest*
5/6: St. Paul, MN – Twin City Takeover*
5/8: Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe
5/9: Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Riverworks
5/10: Huntington, NY – The Paramount
5/12: Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
5/13: New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
5/14: Portland, ME – State Theatre
5/16: Richmond, VA – The National
5/17: Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
5/18: Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville (Trivium Only)
5/20: Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
5/21: Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
5/23: Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
5/24: Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
5/25: Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Festival (Beartooth Only)
5/26: Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
5/27: Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Festival (Trivium Only)
5/28: Corbin, KY – Corbin Arena
5/30: Omaha, NE – The Admiral
5/31: Clive, IA – Horizon Event Center
6/2: East Moline, IL – The Rust Belt
6/3: Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
6/4: Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Theater
6/6: Austin, TX – Emo’s
6/7: Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum
6/9: Tempe, AZ – Marquee
6/10: Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
6/11: Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Long Island‘s Gone Stereo is premiering a new video for the track “Don’t Think I Forgot About You” on BlankTV. Singer Matty Lupinacci says “Getting dumped sucks, but sometimes you move onto better things and you don’t look back. When your ex hits the dating pool, realizes you’re great and wants you back…it may be too late.”
Long Island has a long and storied history as a hub of underground punk and with their debut single, Gone Stereo, has added the first page to their chapter. “Don’t Think I Forgot About You” is an early 2000s pop-punk flashback reminiscent of MxPx, Autopilot Off, The Ataris or Allister to name a few.
With its catchy hooks, driving melodies, and memorable choruses, this song make it impossible to not sing-a-long and listen on repeat. B-side “Taste of This” has a pounding mid-tempo beat and soaring harmonies perfect for blasting the stereo with the windows down on a drive into the city for the pop-punk show.
The band has announced a string of shows in Jan/Feb including supporting stints for Boys Of Fall on Jan 28 in Williamsburg and Hidden In Plain View in NYC on Jan 29.
Upcoming Show Dates:
Jan 28 at The Meadows, (Williamsburg) Brooklyn, NY with Boys of Fall
Jan 29 at Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY with Hidden In Plain View
Feb 25 at Mr. Beery’s, Bethpage, NY with Skappository (live album recording)
To listen to more of Gone Stereo, click the link here to check out their Spotify.
Fall Out Boy are GRAMMY award-nominated multi-platinum selling rockers. They have announced a 2023 headlining tour, coming to Forest Hills and Darien Center.
Fall Out Boy.
Fall Out Boy is one of the biggest-selling rock bands. The group is comprised of vocalist Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, and drummer Andy Hurley. Joe Trohman, the group’s guitarist, announced he would be stepping away from the group due to mental health reasons, and won’t be involved in this headline tour.
Their seventh studio album MANIA debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in January 2018 and garnered a GRAMMY nomination for Best Rock Album. Other records that have done well on Billboard charts include 2015’s AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO and 2013’s Save Rock and Roll, whose song “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)” went multi-platinum.
Formed in Chicago in 2001, the band ties the city into everything they do. Last week they performed a surprise show at the 1,000-capacity venue Metro, with an immediate sell-out. It is down the street from Wrigley Field, which will be the venue for the opening date of the tour, and was last performed in 2002 by the group. Stump joked with the crowd saying “Twenty years ago, I told my mom I was going to take a semester off [college] because we were headlining Metro and I wanted to see how that would work out.” The night was hailed by Variety as a “triumphant hometown show,” noting that “there are concerts, and there are events, and a hometown show in Chicago from [Fall Out Boy] is definitely in the latter category.”
The band will be releasing a new record So Much (For) Stardust on March 24. Two singles have been released thus far, “Love From The Other Side” and “Heartbreak Feels So Good,” and bring the band back to their rock roots, and is described by the Chicago Sun-Times as “tak[ing] all they’ve learned and accomplished the past 20 years and combine it with their unflinching roots for an ultimate glow-up.”
The So Much For (Tour) Dust headline will feature Bring Me The Horizon on most dates, as well as Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory, Four Years Strong, The Academy Is…, Royal & The Serpent, Games We Play, Daisy Grenade and Carr on select shows throughout the tour’s run. They will be hitting Forest Hills Stadium on Aug. 1 and Darien Lake Amphitheater on Aug. 4. Fall Out Boy’s mailing list pre-sale will begin Thursday, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. local. The general on sale will be Friday, Feb. 3 at 10 a.m. local, and can be purchased here.
Fall Out Boy – So Much For (Tour) Dust | 2023 North American Dates
≠ Non-Live Nation date
*Alkaline Trio as direct
support; all other dates feature Bring Me The Horizon as direct support
DateCityVenue
Wednesday, June 21* Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
Friday, June 23* Maryland Heights, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Saturday, June 24≠* Bonner Springs, KS Azura Amphitheater
Tuesday, June 27 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Wednesday, June 28 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
Friday, June 30 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Saturday, July 1 Chula Vista, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sunday, July 2 Los Angeles, CA BMO Stadium
Wednesday, July 5 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Friday, July 7 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Sunday, July 9≠ Englewood, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 11 Rogers, AR Walmart AMP
Thursday, July 13 Somerset, WI Somerset Amphitheater
Saturday, July 15 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Sunday, July 16 Noblesville, IN Ruoff Music Center
Tuesday, July 18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
Wednesday, July 19 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Friday, July 21 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
Saturday, July 22 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Monday, July 24 West Palm Beach, FL iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 25 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Wednesday, July 26 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
Saturday, July 29 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre
Sunday, July 30 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
Tuesday, August 1 Forest Hills, NY Forest Hills Stadium
Wednesday, August 2 Boston, MA Fenway Park
Friday, August 4 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Amphitheater
Saturday, August 5 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sunday, August 6 Camden, NJ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Songwriter, singer and guitarist Tom Verlaine embodied the ideals of punk in more ways than one. From turning down a record deal from Clive Davis to inspiring the Ramones themselves, the famed frontman of the band Television left an indelible mark on the punk/alternative music scene of the 70’s.
Verlaine died on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the age of 73. The musician passed away from an unspecified “brief illness,” according to Jesse Paris Smith, daughter of Patti Smith.
Tom Verlaine was the frontman and guitarist for the band Television. He died Jan. 28 at the age of 73. Photo via Getty Images
Before he was a punk icon, Tom Verlaine was simply Tom Miller, a young boy from New Jersey. When he first heard the Rolling Stones as a teen, he traded in his saxophone for a guitar and embarked down the path of rock n’ roll.
Still, his earlier jazz influences, listening to the likes of John Coltrane and Stan Getz, would contribute to his unique style of playing long after he picked up the six-string. In favor of punk’s typical style of gritty power chords, Verlain’s sound was often characterized by comparatively clean and improvisational guitar work.
Together with his school friend Richard Meyers (stage name Richard Hell), Verlaine would form the band Neon Boys, which after a few member rotations, would become Television.
CBGB played an important role nurturing early punk bands like Television and the Ramones | photo via Getty Images
Television became a fixture of the emerging punk scene in New York in the 1970’s. The band frequently played at the music club CBGB, a venue now famous for its role in nurturing early punk bands like the Ramones and Blondie.
While Television never quite became a mainstream success, their debut album Marquee Moon, released in 1977, is widely regarded as the quintessential punk album of the decade. Its unique approach to the genre would inspire waves of bands – from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Joy Division – in the years to come.
Although only 8 tracks, Marquee Moon was a complex body of work. Its title track alone is over 10 minutes long. Matt LeMay of Pitchfork, described Veraine’s guitar playing on Marquee Moon in a retrospective review of the album: “Taken out of context, the guitar solos on Marquee Moon aren’t just unimpressive; they’re downright illogical. Everyone who plays guitar will, at some point, learn the solo from “Stairway to Heaven,” but it’s practically impossible to sit down and actually play anything from Marquee Moon.”
Television’s debut album Marquee Moon released 1977. Verlaine pictured second from left.
Initially Marquee Moon ranked on the Billboard 200 albums chart, although it actually performed better in Europe. Decades later the album would be recognized for its truth worth, listed on both Rolling Stone‘s 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and as number 3 on Pitchfork’s list of the best albums of the 1970s.
Television broke up only a year after in 1978, shortly after the release of their second album Adventure. However, in the 90’s they would reunite and release their self-titled third and final album.
Verlaine was not deterred by the band’s initial breakup, starting his solo career in 1979. Over the decades he put out a mixture of LPs and albums and collaborated with music icons the likes of David Bowie and the Violent Femmes. His last two solo albums, Songs and Other Things and Around, came out in 2006.
Tom Verlaine of Television playing a modified Jazzmaster | Photo via Reddit
Verlaine led a relatively quiet life in the last decade, rarely touring and releasing no new music. He was modest about both his work and career telling the Irish Times in a 2013 interview, that he himself was tired of the hype around Marquee Moon.
I don’t want to really talk about that record any more. I don’t know why people have such an interest in it. I just don’t get it. So much has been mentioned about that album there’s probably not much more that can be said.
Tom Verlaine
He would then add regarding the production, “It’s basically a live record with the mistakes patched up and with some editing here and there. I never think of it in any context in particular. It seems to get rediscovered by a new generation every 10 years or so, which is kinda cool.”
While Verlaine’s death is tragic, it’s possible even more generations will now discover his iconic work. Those that were already fans of his work now mourn his sudden passing.
Michale Stipe, formerly of R.E.M said on Instagram, “Bless you Tom Verlaine and thank you for the songs, the lyrics, the voice! And later the laughs, the inspiration, the stories, and the rigorous belief that music and art can alter and change matter, lives, experience. You introduced me to a world that flipped my life upside down. I am forever grateful.”
Appears to be true: Tom Verlaine has passed over to the beyond that his guitar playing always hinted at. He was the best rock and roll guitarist of all time, and like Hendrix could dance from the spheres of the cosmos to garage rock. That takes a special greatness. #TomVerlainehttps://t.co/e62cTZyYLF
Mike Scott of The Waterboys tweeted: “Tom Verlaine has passed over to the beyond that his guitar playing always hinted at. He was the best rock and roll guitarist of all time, and like Hendrix could dance from the spheres of the cosmos to garage rock. That takes a special greatness.”
For the first time in 25 years, New York City based The Van Pelt have announced their upcoming fourth studio album, Artisans & Merchants, which will be released March 17th. The album will join a series of shows, including stops at Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus Bar.
The album was recorded and mixed in Summer / Fall 2021 by Jeff Zeigler at Uniform Recording in Philadelphia, PA, and features guest appearances by Nate Kinsella and Ted Leo among others. The Van Pelt has returned to explore what was left behind with Artisans & Merchants.
This is not a reunion album. This is vindication. For lovers of The Van Pelt, listening to Artisans & Merchants is like hearing the voice of a dear friend you haven’t seen in years — a friend you used to share countless beers with over banter that went nowhere other than delivering a solid night. Your friend is older, they’ve changed. In some ways you’re worried for them. In other ways, it’s the same old them, a soul too unique to ever be altered.
The Van Pelt frontman Chris Leo
The first single “Punk House” is out everywhere now along with a brand new music video. The video features digitized archive footage from The Van Pelts US tours of the mid-90s.
When a bunch of old VHS tapes were unearthed, we had them digitized and they turned out to be from tours of the mid-90s. The footage is mainly of daily banalities: random purchases at rest stops, packing and unpacking the van, highway views that could be on the outskirts of Any Town USA. Yet there is a nostalgia to it that’s compelling to everyone
Esteemed punk band Bayside has announced they are hitting the road next month for their “Just Like Home Tour.” Joining them will be I Am The Avalanche and Koyo, making a stop at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge on March 8th and 9th.
In addition to the new EP, Bayside have announced that they will be hitting the road this winter for the Just Like Home Tour. The lineup pays homage to the band’s local scene, with fellow New Yorkers I Am The Avalanche and Koyo providing support on the month long run. The Just Like Home Tour kicks off on February 10th in Houston, with stops to follow in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York City, and more.
Last year Bayside shocked their fans with The Red EP, as well as their cover of Kacey Musgraves’”Rainbow.” They then closed out 2022 with their latest single “Go To Hell”. With The Red EP, fans see Bayside refining their unique brand of punk rock even further. The EP’s three songs offer powerful, hard-hitting melodies that draw upon the band’s heavier influences. You can be sure that they are just getting started, with more music to come soon.
“We wanted to go out and do some places that are a little smaller than what we’ve been doing the last few years. We really cut our teeth in a lot of these venues and we can’t wait to get back to some of them for the first time in ages,” shares the band.
Bayside has deep roots in New York (they are named after the Queens neighborhood where they formed), so it is not out of place that they wrote a song dedicated to one of the state’s most famous vacation getaways. When most people think of Montauk they often have wonderful memories of their time on the beach, eating lobster with their families, or visiting the Montauk lighthouse. However, when Bayside wrote “Montauk,” they made a conscious decision to avoid all of the pleasant memories they might have had and took a more negative, yet humbling, approach to writing about the seaside town. They wanted to remind people that unfortunate circumstances can occur in amazing places, and sometimes saying goodbye is the hardest part of life.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
2/10 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
2/11 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
2/12 – Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room & Garage
2/14 – Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater
2/15 – Garden Grove, CA @ Garden AMP
2/16 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
2/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
2/18 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
2/20 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
2/21 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
2/23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
2/24 – Denver, CO @ The Gothic Theatre
2/25 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre
2/26 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
2/28 – Milwaukee, WI @ Th Rave
3/1 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
3/3 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall
3/4 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
3/5 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
3/7 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
3/8 + 3/9 – New York, NY @ LPR
3/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
3/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
3/12 – Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
To check out more by Bayside and to purchase tickets for their upcoming shows, click the link here.
