The good people at Bone Soup have announced the debut Australian tour of California lo-fi slacker pop punk queen Colleen Green. I’ve been a fan of hers since I caught her at a show in Los Angeles a few years ago. Think tape-saturated noise-pop with equal nods to Descendents and Devo. Her debut full-length Milo Goes to Comptonis a great entry point, but her best moments shine on her albums Sock it to Me and I Want To Grow Up, plus her self-titled cassette EP. Catch Colleen Green at The Curtin on Thursday August 31 with Harlem and Bleeding Knees Club, plus her own show at The Grace Darling on Thursday September 7.
Florida garage punks Jacuzzi Boys have announced their debut national tour. Garnering attention for their fuzz laden garage punk hooks and punk godfather Iggy Pop raving that, “There’s a band here in Miami called the Jacuzzi Boys. It’s a stupid name, but they’ve got a good spirit.” For newcomers to the band check out their 2015 EP Happy Damage, it’s non-stop fuzz-punk bangers. Catch Jacuzzi Boys at The Tote on Friday September 8 with locals Private Function and Würst Nürse.
Closed Casket Records has announced the debut 12” EP from new hardcore punk supergroup Fireburn. Featuring scene staples Todd Jones (Nails/Terror), Israel Joseph I (Bad Brains) and Todd Youth (Danzig/Warzone/Murphy’s Law). The band’s self-titled debut 12” EP will be released early September on Closed Casket Activities. The entire EP is currently available for streaming online now.
Baltimore metallic hardcore lords Pulling Teeth have announced a ten-year re-issue of their landmark LP Martyr Immortal. A precursor to the metallic hardcore revival of the early 2010s, the record is a manic burst of death metal influenced riffs and dive-bomb insanity, all within the shell of a fast and energised hardcore framework. Remixed and remastered, the record will also feature brand new revised artwork in a gatefold sleeve. With a stream available now, the reissue will be available in September via A389 Records.
Melbourne post-punks The Peep Tempel have announced their final tour before entering an indefinite hiatus. After nine years as a band and three critically acclaimed albums, the band has decided to call it quits after an upcoming short run with the recently reformed Perth punk rockers The Victims, culminating at a final Melbourne show at The Forum on Friday November 3. Tickets are on sale now via Wing Ding.
Melbourne punk rockers Clowns have announced yet another national tour for this September and October with fellow Melbourne blackened metal-punks Pagan. Currently touring Europe on the back of this year’s release of third full length Lucid Again, Clowns and Pagan will play The Reverence Hotel on Saturday October 28 with a rare all ages show at The Camberwell Civic Centre on Saturday October 7.
