THE DREADNOUGHTS - SAD NEWS

(Taken from the band's blog) "Sunday, August 28, 201 Dreadnought Hiatus Dearest friends, fans, and assorted dirty rotten little bastards all over the world, Since forming in 2007, this band has made 5 recordings, played close to 400 shows, toured to 22 wonderful countries and Belgium, and even...

FREE DOWNLOAD - LA CAGE AU FOLK

La Cage au Folk is a band from Nancy (Lorraine, France) that blends folk, Celtic music, rock and "chanson française". Line-up: Loïc - Keyboards Adrien - Vocals, bombarde, harmonica, fiddle Jérémy - Acoustic and electric guitars Simon - Bass Guillaume - Keyboards, fiddle, guitar Martin - Vocals, pipes,...

FREE DOWNLOAD - LA CORTE DEI FOLLI

La Corte dei Folli is a folk rock band from the Venice region (Italy). Some of the tracks are available at Jamendo and another tracks come from their website. Line-up: Loris Concato - Bass Aronne Consolaro - Mandolin Andrea Corato - Vocals and guitar Enrico Verlato - Drums Giovanni Ziggiotti - Ac...

REVIEW - HOIST THE COLORS "Second City" Self-released

Hoist the Colors “Second City” Self-released Release date: 15 July 2011 Running time: 44:34, 12 tracks Hoist the Colors is the latest band from the burgeoning Californian scene to release an album in 2011. The 7 piece band from El Segundo has shared the stage with the likes of The Young Dubliners,...

REVIEW - CRAIC "It's Still New Enough That It's Forgivable!" Self-released

Craic "It's Still New Enough That It's Forgivable!" Release date: 9th July 2011 Running Time: 21:15, 6 tracks Last year was an excellent year for Paddypunk. And it seems that 2011 is going to be as good as 2010: excellent albums by old bands and amazing recordings by new bands. And one of those amazing...

THE RUMJACKS AND RAMSHACKLE ARMY OPENING FOR DROPKICK MURPHYS

DROPKICK MURPHYS With Special Guests LUCERO OCTOBER 2011 – Tickets on sale now Wed 19th October – Tivoli Theatre, Brisbane With – PLAN OF ATTACK Tickets available online [Here] or via telephone 132 849 Thu 20th October – Enmore Theatre, Sydney With – THE CORPS Tickets available online [Here] or via...

SAMPLER AUGUST 2011

01 - THE SUNDAY PUNCHERS - Guinness (from "Sampler EP") 3:2102 - THE SUNDAY PUNCHERS - Whale Fishers (from "Sampler EP") 3:0103 - SIGELPA - L'atac dels ultrapirates pecadors (from "L'atac dels ultrapirates pecadors") 3:3704 - SIGELPA - Molly Malone (from "L'atac dels ultrapirates pecadors")2:0905 -...

REVIEW - THE PAUKI "Ship Won't Go to Port" BSR-005 CD

The Pauki "Ship Won't Go to Port" Bruised Knuckles / Butch and Suzy Release date: May 2011 Running time: 44:54, 15 tracks “Ship Won’t Go To Port” is the latest album released by the Russian band The Pauki (St.Petersburg, 1996). The Pauki is Sasha Tankovich (Lead vocals, flute, pipes), Miguel Deviakovich...

BETWEEN THE WARS LAUNCH THEIR NEW EP THE RATS

(from the band's Facebook page) "Between The Wars are releasing their brand spanking new record "The Rats" and to celebrate, we're putting on one fucking hell of a party. Joining us on the night are our very best friends in The Ramshackle Army, the best nautical folk band out there in Dapplegrim...

REVIEW - THE BAND FROM COUNTY HELL - "Shifts & Changes" Self-released 2010

The Band from County Hell "Shifts & Changes" Release date: April 2010 Running time: 40:09, 10 tracks The Band from County Hell (BFCH) is a band hailing from Lincolnshire (England). The band is fronted by Glasgow-born Jock McLelland, who plays guitar, composes the music and shares vocal duties...

FREE DOWNLOAD - BELTAINE'S FIRE "Liberty"

This is Beltaine's Fire second album. It can be downloaded for free from Jamendo. Remember that their debut album is also available at Jamendo."Beltaine's Fire is one of a very small number of Celtic Hip Hop bands on the planet. They seamlessly blend radical politics and deeply personal human lyrics...

MR. IRISH BASTARD - NEWS AUGUST 2011

"Hi there, We have uploaded three songs from our upcoming album "Never Mind The Bastards - Here is Mr. Irish Bollocks" onto our Facebook profile. Just go go to https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Irish-Bastard/40524367120?ref=ts and let us knwo what you think. The album will be released on September,...

CEANN - NEWS AUGUST 2011

"Hi Ceann fans, First, I just wanted to thank everyone again for making the fundraiser for Pat's tribute album a huge success. I'll have more updates soon on the progress of the album and the artists involved. I'm excited and happy to announce that starting on August 18th-20th, I'll be making regular...

BLEEDING HEARTS - NEWS AUGUST 2011

"1) NEW ALBUM - Folk 'n' Glory - Now Released! If you wanna hear a sample, visit our 'NOIZE' page, then if you wanna buy it, visit our 'DOSHSWAP' page. On our 'DOSHSWAP' page you can pay by cheque, cash or paypal/debit/credit card - just scroll down the page to find it. For the trendier kids amongst...

THE STANFIELDS - NEWS AUGUST 2011

"Since I’m finally taking a minute to have a cold one and look back on the amazing tour we just had...so many times..a nice Ontario run with Gentleman Husbands was just what we needed to get our grits in gear for the long drives and plentiful shows we had lined up for the month. Those guys are some...

FIDDLER'S GREEN - NEWS AUGUST 2011

"Dear fans & friends! "Wall of Folk" - in stores September 9th 2011! Our new album "Wall of Folk"is going to be released on September 9th. There will be two versions: 1) Standard Edition: One Audio-CD, 14 tracks 2) Deluxe Edition: Besides the Standard Edition CD this package will contain...

BELTAINE'S FIRE - NEWS AUGUST 2011

"Fan, The subject line basically says it all. After almost 3 years of work "Anarchitecture" is finally finished and ready. This is our third album and the first to be recorded in our own studio and the first to be professionally mixed and mastered. Not to say that 'Weapon of the Future' and 'Liberty'...

BOOTLEG - THE DREADNOUGHTS Live in Europe

(From Wikipedia) "The Dreadnoughts are a 5-piece folk-punk band from Vancouver. The band combines a wide range of European folk music with modern street punk. The Dreadnoughts formed in 2007 in the Downtown Eastside area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Noticeable influences in their sound...

FREE DOWNLOAD - WHOLE PEELED

Whole Peeled was a band from Dunedin (New Zealand), which was active from 1992 to 1997. "Whole Peeled first drew media attention as the junkyard band from the Green Island Rubbish tip. Their ingenious use of bicycles, washing machines and old crockery to create new and beautiful music was hailed...

FREE DOWNLOAD - VISIBI

ViSiBi is an Italian band from La Spezia. They play Italian folk rock - patchanka - combat - gypsy. Alessandro Artino Innaria - Drums Massimo Artino Innaria - Bass Riccardo D'Ambra - Guitar, vocals Gianmaria Simon - Accordion, vocals and guitar http://myspace.com/visibi http://www.reverbnation.c...

BAND OF THE MONTH - STRAMASH

The band of the month is from Glasgow (Scotland): Stramash. The Reverbnation widget will be placed at the left "Stramash in essence are a Celtic/Folk Rock Band who originally formed in 2008 as a tribal pipe and drum band. After 2 years of extensive touring they opted for a bigger, more electrified...