remember: dias de destruccion fest starts this thursday!

hey guys, just a reminder that the dias de destruccion fest kicks off in just a couple of days! it's all going to be great, but a couple things of note:

thursday: get to beerland early - the altars play first and are debuting their new lineup (v3.0).

friday: xyx unfortunately won't be playing, but they've been replaced by the newly revived kegcharge. they're a spectacle in and of themselves and it's probably worth coming out just for the texas james mayhem that will surely go down.

saturday: the brat!


tickets for the beerland show aren't available in advance, but you can (and should) get tickets for the emo's shows.

two shows with one stone (things happening downtown tonight)

something for everyone on red river tonight:



11/12: Thursday at Red 7 (all ages)
Municipal Waste
Goatwhore
Phobia
Cauldron



11/12: Thursday at Beerland (21+)
Chinese Stars
Sensitive Hearts
Ghost Knife
Dated

two shows with one stone (things happening downtown tonight)

something for everyone on red river tonight:



11/12: Thursday at Red 7 (all ages)
Municipal Waste
Goatwhore
Phobia
Cauldron



11/12: Thursday at Beerland (21+)
Chinese Stars
Sensitive Hearts
Ghost Knife
Dated

we love robert collins

gentleman, scholar, and all around stand-up dude robert collins has an incredible blog up with rips of notable tapes that he's collected. the tapes run the gamut: from the 80s on, mixtapes, demos, noise, hardcore, etc etc. it's a pretty impressive collection with classic collins writeups for each entry.

oh man, this is so cool. check it out: terminal escape

embroidered gloom patches

timmy made these sweet embroidered official gloom patches. if you'd like one, send him $6 to timmythetexasturd@gmail.com!

after after after fun fun fun

if you're down to party on saturday night after fun fun fun and want a taste of danzig before the real deal on sunday, come to the broken neck. added bonus: it will (most likely) not be as dusty as waterloo park.

11/7: Saturday at Broken Neck
the Axemen (from new zealand on siltbreeze records)
Dannzig (yes, they are a danzig cover band)
Woven Bones
the Young

eyehategod and the return of KEGCHARGE

obvious remarks about EHG aside, texas james will be in the house friday night. get ready!


11/6: Friday at Emo's (inside) (all ages) ($15)
Eyehategod
Kegcharge
Mammoth Grinder
Curse the Heavens

get into the reverb with surfer blood at beerland

hot off their appearances at CMJ and resulting new york times feature, surfer blood will be stopping by beerland wednesday night. as hyped as they may be at the moment, it's well deserved - they're a hardworking group and you can't deny that the music is great. they describe themselves as "anthemic, bombastic, life-affirming indie pop," and while i don't know if "bombastic" is necessarily the word i'd choose, "hook-laden," "catchy as hell," and "lovely and occasionally triumphant melodies" hit a little closer to the mark. it should be a good one.

it's also max from beerland's birthday, which is a good excuse in its own right to come out. buy the man a beer!

11/4: Wednesday at Beerland (21+)
Surfer Blood
Cowabunga Babes
Shitty Beach Boys (not just a clever name?)
The Zoltars

dias de destruccion fest - november 19-21st

this shit is going to be great. eddie and dru have put together a fucking amazing fest with latino and mexican bands from all across the united states and mexico. it's going to be on the inside stage at emo's, so buying tickets in advance is strongly recommended - doubly so for the brat on saturday. tickets won't be sold in advance for the beerland show, so get there early. ¡te veremos allí!


11/19: Thursday at Beerland (21+) ($5) (9pm)
Mundo Muerto
Porkeria
Vaaska
Night Siege
The Altars

11/20: Friday at Emo's (inside) (all ages) ($8)
Pinata Protest
XYX
Ultratumbados
Poliskitzo
Porkeria
The Young

11/21: Saturday at Emo's (inside) (all ages) ($10)
THE BRAT
No Slogan
Ratas Del Vaticano
Mundo Muerto
Los Margaritos
Deskonocidos

west coast: the black time is finishing up their tour, go say hi!

london's black time have just a few days left on this side of the pond and you should go see them!


Tue 27 Oct Long Beach, Unity Church w/ Audacity + Neon Maniacs + Cat Party + That's Incredible
Wed 28 Oct Burro Rayado, Tijuana w/ San Pedro El Cortez + Los Sweepers + El Monstro
Thur 29 Oct San Diego, Kensington Club w/ The Beatles + Metallica
Fri 30 Oct Los Angeles, Five Star Bar w/ Cheap Time + Le Face + Audacity
Sat 31 Oct Oakland, Stork Club w/ Nobunny + Shannon & The Clams + East Bay Grease + Tuetonics

ian from the riverboat gamblers is all roughed up, help him if you can

ian mcdougall from the riverboat gamblers was hit by a car while on his bike last week. he's going to be okay eventually, but is in bad shape at the moment. as if the multiple broken bones and scrapes weren't bad enough, he's also got a mountain of medical bills piling up. some friends of his have set up a site with a paypal link for donations and updates on his status. help him out if you can, he will appreciate it greatly!

donation info here

and spread the word!

strike anywhere monday night!

10/26: Monday at Emo's (inside) (all ages) ($12)
Strike Anywhere
Polar Bear Club
Crime in Stereo
Ruiner

tomorrow night: varukers / doomsday hour & more

10/24: Saturday at Red 7 (outside) (all ages)
The Varukers
Doomsday Hour
Porkeria
Exile

seiichi from blowback is in a coma and needs your help

sad news from japan... seiichi from blowback is seriously ill. he and his family are facing huge medical bills and need your support. please help him if you're able! tadashi satoh from HG fact explains:

hello everyone.
i'm sending this message to all my forign friends.
coz i wanna ask you some help. world wide firendship support really needed.

seiichi, our brother, guitar player from BLOWBACK/​​niigata,​​ japan.
on 30th/august, right after paintbox/world burns to death/blowback tour
finnished,
he felt in heavy sickness. and still in unconscious critical condition.

he's been had major liver problem for long time, his liver has malignant
virus in it,
on this last tour, he was over tired, exhausted & stressed out. and finally
his body/health situation turned to very weak condition. then... suddenly,
virus in the liver start working hard inside of his body, liver & some other
internal organs stop working & lots of poison in blood running through all
over his body, he was almost dead that time.

amubulance car took him to hospital & he went to intensive care unit
straight.
doctor said seiichi already escaped most danger. but still, totally no
talk, no action, he's still in 100% unconcious conditions on the bed.

this medical treatment he gets are already costs him & his family huge
amount of money.and doctor said that, even if he gets any better, but he
must cure his liver super carefully, this means he must stay in hospital
until new year.... or same liver problem will attack him very soon....

and no one can be sure about that when seichi can be back on his job. even
if he could get out of hospital....

we his friends really wish that he'll recover good soon... anyway, most
serious problem right now is that
he & his family facing serious financial difficulties. already this
situation costs huge & same high costs continues untill he get out of
hospital, and can't know when he can start working...

i decided that ask all my friends for donation money for help seiichi & his
family,
i think this is the best i can do now. and he needs your help!

can you please send me money for seiichi help through paypal??
my paypal account is same this e-mail. if you like to send money, please
never forget to mention that
"MONEY FOR HELP SEIICHI" on paypal payment message. please.

ofcourse amount of money never matters. whatever you would like to.
that will very much apprecited, anything from you will help him out &
courages him, his family, and all his brothers in japanese punk scene!

hope you understand this, sorry for my broken english!
thank you for your kindness friendship. please help our best brother out!

MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT
hgfact[at]​​japan.​​interq.​​or.​​jp

Please help him

Thanks!
TADASHI / HG fact

bill daniel, texas punk photography legend, has a new site...

if you've ever seen a collection of photographs of texas punk bands from the early 80s, chances are you've seen bill daniel's work. from 1980 through 1984, he photographed every local and touring punk band he could see... to the tune of about 12,000 photos. in addition to punk shows, his portfolio contains shots of the skating and graffiti worlds and the abandoned rust belt casualty of braddock, pennsylvania.

original multiples gallery has been working with bill to make prints of his photographs available. and not just available - available affordably. original multiples is supporting his new site, www.tri-x-noise.com. check it if you have a chance. all prints are 8x10", $25, and hand printed from film. they are all signed, but not numbered. this is a great chance to get a hold of some texas punk history and support texas art!

bill daniel at tri-x-noise.com

west coast friends! go see logan + timmy + dillinger four

hey west coast, have i got a deal for you! for one week only, you can see TWO (2) of my favorite dudes plus ONE (1) of my favorite pop-punk bands for one low price! logan, timmy, and dillinger four are setting out across the american west starting september 19. go see them and pet logan's pretty red beard.

DILLINGER FOUR with THE RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS

9/18 - Seattle, WA at El Corazon (all ages) w/ the Riverboat
Gamblers,the Arrivals and Little Cuts (ex Scared of Chaka)
9/19 - Portland, OR The Hawthorne Theater (all ages)
MusicFestNorthWest w/ the Riverboat Gamblers, the Arrivals and Defect
Defect
9/22 - Santa Cruz, CA at the Blue Lagoon (21 and up) w/ the
Riverboat Gamblers, the Arrivals and Sourpatch
9/23 - San Francisco, CA at Bottom Of The Hill (all ages) w/ the
Riverboat Gamblers, the Arrivals and the Young Offenders
9/24 - Hollywood, CA at the Knitting Factory (all ages) w/ the
Riverboat Gamblers,the Arrivals and Toys That Kill
9/25 - San Diego, CA at the Casbah (21 and up) w/ the Riverboat
Gamblers, the Arrivals and Tiltwheel
9/26 - Tempe, AZ at the Sets (all ages) w/ the Riverboat
Gamblers and the Arrivals




consolation prize for friends on the east coast: i will be in new york for roughly the same time period!

off with their heads

8/29: Saturday at Emo's (inside) (all ages)
Off With Their Heads
The Young
The Altars

come celebrate the fact that august is almost fucking over with us at emo's next saturday night. rowdy pop punk from minneapolis plus two local favorites from austin!

thrash your heart out: HIRAX @ red 7

8/29: Saturday at Red 7 (outside) (all ages)
HIRAX
Kill the Client
PLF
Mammoth Grinder
Streetcleaner

crossover legends hirax are coming to town! come check them out at red 7, along with supporting acts from all over texas (dallas, austin and houston all representing).

shitty limits & logic problem this tuesday

8/11: Tuesday at Club 1808
shitty limits
logic problem
cruddy

shitty limits = garagey punk from the uk (and oh man, so good!), logic problems = 80s hardcore, cruddy = local punk pals

something for everyone!

gun outfit and some of texas's finest at beerland next week

8/6: Thursday at Beerland (21+)
gun outfit
deskonocidos
ghost knife
teenage cool kids

now this is a show! here we have four viciously catchy bands, but all varied enough that you won't get bored. teenage cool kids (who we've talked up on this blog before) are coming down from denton with jangly built to spill style pop and hopefully copies of their new lp, "foreign lands." between ghost knife and deskonocidos, we have members of practically every worthwhile functional punk band in austin and songs guaranteed to get stuck in your head for days. stopping in from olympia, gun outfit are constantly compared to dinosaur jr and the meat puppets, which i suppose is fair given that they're angular and driven and catchy all at the same time. it's familiar without being derivative and really just pretty fucking solid. if you haven't heard their lp, "dim light," yet, it would probably be worth stopping by the show just to pick it up.

and if all that doesn't sell you, beerland is very well air-conditioned. and they have cold beer. lots of it.