About me:
An internationally distributed indie / punk rock magazine currently in its eighth year. We cover things that rock, disregard things that are trendy, enjoy a dark sense of humor and drink like sailors. Available on stands worlwide via PDG, Ubiquity, Ingram and many more. Expanded into a record label in the spring of 2006, home to the next wave of amazing art / punk / metal bands including Born To Lose, Casket Architects, PBR, Designer Drugs, The Altercation Punk Comedy Tour and Blase Debris.
Check us out at www.AltercationRecords.com for tour dates, zine info and album ordering. Buy albums NOW at Interpunk.com, Amazon.com, Itunes.com, CDBaby.com and stores everywhere!
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Here's The Designer Drugs' new video for 'Coke in the Bathroom'!
Check out the new video for Blase Debris single 'Collecting Stares' below!
Here's the Blase Debris video for 'Cold Like Me' also:
Check out the new Casket Architects video for 'Electrical Skeletal', spinning on IFC now!
Who I'd like to meet: Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Tom Waits and PJ Harvey. We've already met the rest.
LISTEN IN TO 90.1 KSYM SAN ANTONIO FOR FREE TICKET GIVEAWAYS
TUESDAY NIGHTS , BETWEEN 9-11 PM, LISTEN TO PRATER'S PUNK SHOW ON 90.1 KSYM TO WIN FREE TICKETS!! WILL BE GIVING OUT 1-2 PAIRS A NIGHT RANDOMLY!! WWW.KSYM.ORG
This is gonna be one of the bigger events in Texas! No one is booking punk/hardcore shows in Austin the same weekend. Everyone is coming to SA!!!
Remember: NO backpacks/bags, purses allowed. NO weapons allowed. Everyone will be searched and anything considered a weapon will be siezed. If caught fighting , you will be arrested on site. This is an ALL AGES event. We have to secure the safety of everyone.
New Slackers CD! New MP3! The Slackers' CD, "Lost & Found: Redos, Remixes, and Rarities 1998-2007" is gonna be out in mid-october on special potato records. See blog and sample mp3s at www.myspace.com/theslackers Available as of Oct 15 via www.interpunk.com, www.phonocaster.com, soon to be available in japan on Disk Union
New Downloads! The Slackers 2009 booze cruise available on www.whatevski.org 25 songs for $5 bucks! Favorites! Rarities! Special Versions! Soon to come, the Slackers at Slackfest 2009!
Oct 8 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place Oct 9/10 - Toronto, Ont - Lees Palace - 2 nights! Oct 11 - Montreal, Que - Club Soda
Oct 15 - Berlin - So36 Oct 16 - Jena - Kassablanca Oct 17 - Stuttgart - Universum Oct 18 - Schaffhausen - Kammgarn Oct 19 - Barcelona - Razzmatazz Oct 20 - Valencia - Black Note Oct 21 - Madrid - Caracol Oct 22 - Rome - Forte Prenestino Oct 23 - Athens - AN club Oct 24 - Istanbul - Jolly Roger Balans Oct 25 - Milano - Magnolia Club Oct 26 - Slovenia - Bala Hala Oct 27 - Zagreb - Kset Oct 28 - Graz - PPC oct 29 - Vienna- Arena Oct 30 - Wiener Neustadt - Treibwerk Oct 31 - Regensburg - Alte Malzerei
Dec 3 - San Antonio - White Rabbit Dec 4/5 - Austin - Flamingo Dec 6 - Houston - Meridian Dec 8 - New Orleans - one eyed jacks Dec 9 - Tallahasee - Engine Room Dec 10 - Tampa - Crowbar Dec 11 - Mia
THE BEST PUNK ROCK HALLOWEEN SHOW/COSTUME PARTY AROUND IS @POPEYES PUB IN PEEKSKILL,NY 10/24!!!
THATS RIGHT YOU PUNK MUTHA FUCKAZZZ!!!! THE CASUALTIES LOVED THE LAST SHOW SO MUCH (THANX TO ALL THE PUNX WHO SUPPORT MY SHOWS) THAT THEY ARE RETURNING ON OCTOBER 24TH TO TEAR DOWN THE WALLS @ POPEYES ONCE AGAIN!! THIS TIME WITH OLD SCHOOL NYC PUNK HEROS...."THE KRAYS" & MARK UNSEEN's (VOCALIST FOR PUNK GIANTS "THE UNSEEN") OTHER BAND "ASHERS"!!! FUCKING AMAZING!!! THIS SHOW IS GONNA BE HUGE!!! DONT MISS IT! ONLY 50 MIN FROM NYC, 35 FROM POUGHKEEPSIE,NY or DANBURY, CT!
ONE TIME in AUSTIN ONLY! Pay one extra dollar at the door, and get a copy of our new record, "Pose & Posture". You're invited! Come have a beer with us!
Friday, May 22nd! @ Flamingo Cantina on 6th St. in Austin. Doors @ 9pm
We're playin with Ryan Scroggins & The Trenchtown Texans and Informant (Dallas).
We're celebrating the release of our new album "Pose & Posture" Go here to see a review:
http://amusicfan.blogspot.com
"These guys have the chops to hang with the heavy hitters in US ska scene but also have a fresh and accessible enough sound to cross over to new listeners..."
or here:
www.phillyska.com (scroll down)
"It is something a little different, yet also familiar. In short time the album rose to become one of my favorite releases so far this year with a secure position on my playlist..."
or here: http://www.musicaloccupation.com/
"If there’s one album that stands out as different this year, it’s Channel One’s Pose & Posture..."
thanks!