What a bloody delight to witness Propagandhi live again this weekend, lest we forget that they’re one of the most perfectly succinct, talented, no-shit bands of our generation. Giving the required zero fucks about looking cool or sounding shmick, the Canucks promptly marched on stage in cut-off sleeves and basketball shorts, hoisted their guitars high up onto their stomachs where they could play as proficiently as possible and blasted out perfect rendition of some of their most musically ambitious and lyrically life-affirming hits. Chris Hannah has to be one of the most on-point live vocalists in punk rock. The dude doesn’t miss a beat, and alongside Todd “The Rod” Kowalski, who routinely fist pumped the air after nailing each of his marvellous punk rock renditions, presented to us lucky souls one of the best gigs of the year.
Bodyjar have added an extra show to their upcoming tour with Samiam. The first show sold out but you’ll be pleased to know a second Corner gig has been locked in for Sunday August 10 with Blueline Medic and Clowns. This time, however, they’ll play their classic album Rimshot in full. Get stuck in.
Parting Shots, The Last Nights Of The Arthouse In Mugshots is now available for pre-order. The pics which were taken at the final shows at The Arty have been collated into a 304 page, full colour book by photographer Anna Brown. They’ll ship in July but you can order now at partingshots.bigcartel.com.
Dead Letter Circus so enjoyed their acoustic appearance on triple j last week (they covered Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name Of, in case you haven’t seen it) that they’ve announced some full band acoustic shows. Check it out at The Toff In Town on Saturday September 6. Tickets are available now.
Metal lords High On Fire are returning to our shores next month and they’ve revealed support bands in the form of High Tension and Horsehunter. Tickets to the show at The Hi-Fi on Saturday July 19 are still available. Go grab ‘em.
The Used and Taking Back Sunday have let us know that Western Sydney duo Corpus will be at their 170 Russell show on Tuesday August 26 and Breakaway will step in to warm up the crowd on the sold out show on Monday August 25.
If you like your meedly meedly live and loud then go suss out Canada’s Protest The Hero this September. It’ll be the first time they’ve come to visit since Soundwave in 2011. Go see tunes of the new album Violation on Saturday September 6 at The Hi-Fi.
Hand Of Mercy have announced they’ve found a new vocalist after the singer Scott Bird left the band in March. Nick Bellringer from Take Us To Vegas will now front the band and they’ll release new music soon. Meantime, go see them with Deez Nuts and Confession this month.
Sublime With Rome (eugh worst band name, it still feels awkward as hell) have called out Linkin Park for calling the cops on them during a festival and getting their weed confiscated. “They said they were allergic to pot…Bitch shit,” they tweeted. Linkin Park have since denied the serious allegations.
