Central Coast hardcore band Staunch have announced their break up. After five years as a band, Staunch have announced that their final run of shows in September will be their last for the foreseeable future. “We will play a couple of shows to round off the year but then this band will go on an indefinite hiatus,” says lead singer Mitch. “Thanks to anyone who supported this band in one way or another. It’s been real and without y’all, this whole journey wouldn’t have been as fun as it was.” Staunch’s last shows will be supporting Justice for the Damned on their upcoming national tour, with support from Hindsight and Honest Crooks. Catch ‘em all at their all ages show at Phoenix Youth Centre on Sunday September 24.
Long-running Los Angeles skate punks Pennywise have announced a national tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their seminal 1997 album Full Circle. Performing the album in its entirety for the first time, the band will be joined by fellow LA punk rockers and crowd favourites The Bronx, who’ll be touring their fifth album V. The bands will play at The Forum on Friday October 27. Tickets are on sale now.
Arizona cowpunks Supersuckers have announced their return to Australian shores. Embarking on a national tour this November, including the already sold out River Rocks Festival in Geelong, the band will bring their high octane rock ‘n roll show to The Evelyn on Saturday November 4. Tickets are on sale now via The Drunk Promoter.
Founding Sex Pistols bassist and songwriter Glen Matlock has announced a national solo tour. Known for writing Pistols classics such as God Save the Queen and Anarchy in the UK, Matlock was kicked out of the band prior to the release of their debut album allegedly because he admitted that he liked The Beatles. Glen Matlock and his band will play The Yarraville Club on Saturday November 18. Tickets are on sale now.
Long-named emo heavyweights The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die have announced the upcoming release of their third full-length album, Always Foreign, following up 2015’s Harmlessness.“When we started writing we were fresh off Trump being elected, so there’s an anger to the album that’s different from what we’ve done in the past,” says vocalist David F Bello of the writing process behind the new album. “There’s a lot more resistance thinking throughout the songs—not in a way that’s strictly anti-Trump, but also addressing things like white supremacy and controlling elements of the state.” Always Foreign is due for release Friday September 29 on Epitaph.
Long-running New York hardcore legends Agnostic Front have announced the release of a live album, recorded in 1985 in their home of New York. Entitled NYC Stompin’ Crew: Live in ‘85, the record is available now in Australia from Resist Records.
