This lineup for the this year’s Poison City Weekender has been announced and as always, it’s a cracker. Headlined by Melbourne’s The Bennies and The Nation Blue, the weekend also sees international visitors Pity Sex, Cayetana, Roswell Kid and Creative Adult, plus an all-star supporting local lineup including High Tension, Camp Cope, Batpiss, Fear Like Us, The Sugarcanes, Flour, Totally Unicorn and many more. Taking place over September 9, 10 and 11, there’ll be one show at Max Watt’s, a daytime underage show on the 10th at the Corner with an overage show that night, and finishing off on Sunday at The Reverence Hotel. Tickets are available now via Ticketscout and the Poison City e-store.
Melbourne’s The Nation Blue have released a new album of unreleased early recordings and demos. Entitled We Found Everything: Rarities Vol. 1, the album includes eight demo recordings for songs that would feature on their 2000 debut, A Blueprint For Modern Noise, plus a four song live recording from 2002. The album is available now on the band’s Bandcamp page.
Texan metallic hardcore heavyweights Power Trip have announced a split LP with long running scene forefathers Integrity. Comprising remixes of previously released material from both bands, the record also includes tracks from Integrity’s 2010 7” We Are The End, while Power Trip’s side includes material from their 2011 self-titled 7”. The split will be released on Friday June 17 via Magic Bullet Records.
Long running melodic punk rockers The Bouncing Souls have announced the release of their tenth studio album, Simplicity. Their first with new drummer George Rebelo, formerly of Hot Water Music, the album follows up 2012’s Comet. In a Facebook statement, the band has explained they, “set out to recapture the spirit of our earlier songs, not over-thought or over-produced. In the studio our goal was to keep it raw and real, the feeling of a band playing live.” Simplicity will be released on Friday July 29 via Rise Records.
Adelaide reggae-punks Hightime have announced a national tour playing two shows in Sydney, Melbourne and their hometown of Adelaide. The band will perform their usual set one night and a Sublime tribute set on the other. Hightime will play The Old Bar on July 15 and 16, with the first night covering Sublime and the second in support of their latest single Splitside.
Having already sold out their headline show at The Rev, melodic tech-punks A Wilhelm Scream have announced a second show at the same venue on Sunday May 29. National supports The Decline will be on the bill, plus locals The Ramshackle Army and The Playbook. Tickets are available now via Oztix.
