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8 min ago | Hebdenbridge Today

Punk poet to headline arts festival

People queued into the street to buy tickets for punk poet John Cooper Clarke and folk musician June Tabor as Hebden Bridge Festival announced its 20th programme.

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Related Topix: John Cooper Clarke, Folk, June Tabor, Arts, Poetry

2 hrs ago | The Austin Chronicle

Rock & Roll Weekend

Even after witnessing accordion legends Celso PiA a and Flaco JimA©nez earlier this month at Pachanga , I was still impressed by the furious squeezebox stylings of Pinata Protest 's Alvaro Del Norte .

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Related Topix: Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, Music, Entertainment

3 hrs ago | LiveDaily News

Alkaline Trio set out behind "My Shame Is True"

Punk-rockers Alkaline Trio have begun an extensive spring and summer outing in support of their just-released eighth studio effort, "My Shame Is True." Thetrio continues the in-progress run Tuesday in New York City, and treks across the nation for three weeks.

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Related Topix: Alkaline Trio, New Orleans, LA, Eastlake (Seattle, WA)

6 hrs ago | The Northern Scot

The Cribs will play Inverness in August.

Together for 11 years, the Jarman brothers from Wakefield twin brothers Gary and Ryan and younger sibling Ross were also joined for three years from 2008 by ex Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.

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Related Topix: The Cribs, The Smiths, Pop/Rock, Edwyn Collins

10 hrs ago | Preston Citizen

Punk legends Stiff Little Fingers head to Preston

GROWLING out the raw-edged lyrics to Wasted Life, Gotta Getaway and Alternative Ulster, Jake Burns engineered one of punk's landmark offerings with Stiff Little Fingers' first album, Inflammable Material.

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Related Topix: Stiff Little Fingers, The Getaway, The Sex Pistols, The Damned, The Clash

Sun May 19, 2013

South China Morning Post

Covet punk

Thanks to the Met Ball and the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Punk: Chaos to Couture" exhibition, punk is officially back on the fashion radar.

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Related Topix: The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Jean Paul Gaultier, Designers, Versace

Spin

See Bill Hader's 'SNL' Send-off With Ian Rubbish, Kim...

In addition to hosting the First Coming of Yeezus , May 19's Saturday Night Live was the season closer and the final episode to feature Bill Hader, and - what's this? - maybe Fred Armisen.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Bill Hader, Portlandia, Fred Armisen, The Sex Pistols

Celebrity Dirty Laundry

Miley Cyrus Beats January Jones in Face to Face Battle Over Liam Hemsworth

So many celebs and their fans were anticipating the 2013 Met Gala that it's easy to lose track of who was there and what was going on.

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Related Topix: Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, Face to Face

WOZZ-FM Appleton

Punk Veterans to Help Celebrate the Late Joey Ramone's Birthday in NYC on Sunday

The 13th annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will be held Sunday night at New York City's Bowery Electric club , just up the block from where CBGB was located.

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Related Topix: The Ramones

KLZZ-FM Saint Cloud

Metal After Midnight: Tank 'Turn Your Head Around'

Great Britain's "Tank" was part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal in the early 80's and another band that influence some big named bands.

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Related Topix: The 80'S, Pop/Rock, The Damned

Sat May 18, 2013

WAAF-FM Brighton

Ken Casey on why Bruce Springsteen did a song for Boston

Because I have the phone contact list of a major media mogel, I was able to get Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphy's on the phone today to talk about their new benefit EP for Marathon victims.

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Related Topix: Dropkick Murphys

The Hudson Reporter

Ramones Unplugged

Beneath those tough boy looks and that wall of punk sound The Ramones had songs that at times were surprisingly tender and even edged on pop.

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Related Topix: The Ramones

The Stranger

Big Eyes Are All Heartbreak, Babes, Breakups, and Rock

Named for the Cheap Trick song, NYC transplants Big Eyes are fronted by guitarist/powerhouse Kate Eldridge, who wears her influences on her sleeve .

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Related Topix: The Descendents

Fri May 17, 2013

WIGM-AM Medford

Feature: "Punk Rock Bowling" with Shawn Stern

"There's so much to do no one can see everything...Punk rock in general needs kids to be inspired, start bands and keep punk rock alive," exclaims Shawn Stern.

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Related Topix: Youth Brigade, Entertainment

The Jersey Journal

Coming home: Saves the Day frontman returns to N.J. for Skate and Surf

Princeton-based Saves the Day will play the Skate and Surf Festival at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Saves the Day, Princeton, NJ, Agriculture, Science, Flemington, NJ, Music, Entertainment

BroadwayWorld.com

Fun., MGMT, She & Him to Headline Kanrocksas Music Fest; Full Lineup Announced

The daily band lineup for the second annual Kanrocksas Music & Arts Festival has been announced.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, KS, Pit, Hip-Hop, Zeros, The Descendents, Dropkick Murphys, Alternative, John

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Bay Days music lineup will include Mike Aiken, Bria Kelly and Snuff reunion

An official announcement is still a few days away, but Bay Days organizers say they are looking at a musical lineup filled with a variety of accomplished local and regional players, from Norfolk's Mike Aiken Band to Smithfield's Bria Kelly .

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Related Topix: Snuff, Virginia, Michael Johnson, Country, Music, Entertainment

Austinist

25-Piece Minor Mishap Marching Band at Spider House Ballroom Saturday

This Saturday night the Minor Mishap Marching Band takes over the Spider House Ballroom .

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Related Topix: Gogol Bordello

Examiner.com

The Stooges' Ron Asheton saluted on DVD concert

When Kathleen Asheton wrote Henry Rollins in 2009 asking if he'd emcee a tribute concert for her recently departed brother, the former Black Flag vocalist didn't flinch.

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Related Topix: The Stooges, Pop/Rock, Black Flag, Raw Power, Iggy and the Stooges, Theater, Arts

Nottingham Evening Post

Haunting songs of Norway

I started developing a serious interest in music when I was about 14 years old. I listened to a lot of punk and rock, and was seriously obsessed with Dave Grohl.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Foo Fighters, Millencolin, R-N-B, Lauryn Hill, Black Entertainment, The Orchids, Indie

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