Smoke Or Fire - Prehistoric Knife Fight

After releasing two full length albums on Fat Wreck Chords, Smoke Or Fire is coming back with their third LP. To make fans happy they just released a seven inch with two new songs, that show the direction the band is taking.

Just like on their debut album “Above The City”, the new songs are very influenced by the melody of pop punk, but they still have a twist of fast and packed gruff punk, as a cross between old Against Me! and new Dear Landlord, but with less harmonic parts yet harder. A song like “Speak Easy” shows how the guitar riffs and the punk attitude are still there to make people move, yet “Modesty” is more intimate with its lyrics that deal about serious issues about life and work.

Smoke Or Fire is surely one of the punk rock bands we will wait for in 2010, with a full album that will show how punk rock is still alive and kicking in 2010.

Dirty Tactics stream new album “It Is What It Is” and finalize European tour

Philadelphia’s Dirty Tactics have just launched a sneak stream of their debut album for Say-10 Records. You can check out the stream of their new album, It Is What It Is, on the band’s Punknews.org profile page. The album starts on track 6. The first 5 tracks are from the band’s previous EP, Gangster Stamina.

It Is What It Is will be officially released on May 25^th.

To celebrate their upcoming European tour, Dirty Tactics is also releasing a split 7” with UK’s Bangers on All In Vinyl and another 7” on Flix Records. Both 7”s will be out to help support the band’s 30+ day European tour that starts later this month.

Before that, the band is playing a few shows on their way down to Rad Fest in Wilmington, NC.

Alternative Press recently featured Dirty Tactics in their “100 Bands You Need to Know for 2010” issue.

Dirty Tactics European Tour Dates

5/24 – Cambridge, UK@ Portland Arms

5/25 – London, UK @ The Purple Turtle

5/26 – Leamington, UK @ Spayce

5/27 – Exeter, UK @ Cavern Club

5/29 – Southampton, UK @ Goblets

5/30 – Norwich, UK @ The Marquee

5/31 – Kingston, UK @ Fighting Cocks

6/1 – Brighton, UK @ The Prince Albert

6/2 – Liege, Belgium @ The Carlo Levi

6/3 – Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Onderbroek

6/4 – Kamen, Germany @ JKC Kamen

6/5 – Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera

6/6 – Herself, Belgium @ De Choke

6/8 – Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang

6/9 – Malmo, Sweden @ Bodoni

6/10 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Henricksberg

6/11 – Rendsburg, Germany @ T-Stube

6/13 – Chemnitz, Germany @ Subway to Peter

6/14 – Giessen, Germany @ AK44

6/15 – Gottingen, Germany @ Juz

6/16 – Koln, Germany @ Ex-Club Scheisse

6/17 – Steenwijk, Netherlands @ Trashfest

6/18 – Berlin, Germany @ KvU

6/19 – Torun, Poland @ NRD Club

6/21 – Karkow, Poland @ Kawiarnia Kaukowa

6/22 – Wienna, Austria @ Tüwi

6/23 – Budapest, Hungary @ Mappa Club

6/25 – Belgrad, Serbia @ KC Grad

6/26 – Szentes, Hungary @ Youth House

6/27 – Zagreb, Croatia @ AKC Medika

6/28 – Kranj, Slovenia @ AKD Izbruh

6/30 – Timisoara, Romania @ Life

7/1 – Sibiu, Romania @ Propaganda

7/2 – Bistrita, Romania @ Amantes Cafe

7/3 – Cluj-Napoca, Romania @ Booha Bar

7/4 – Kosice, Slovakia @ Collosseum/Upstairs Club

7/6 – Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Tovarna Rog

7/7 – Regensburg, Germany @ Kalkwerk Proberaum

7/8 – Herrenberg, Germany @ JuHa Herrenberg

7/9 – Ostfildern, Germany @ Zentrum Zinsholz

7/10 – Muchen, Germany @ Kafe Marat

Green Day invites acclaimed German punkrockers DONOTS to support 3 tourdates

March 2010 saw the release of the highly acclaimed, brand new studio album „The Long Way Home“ by legendary German Punkrockers DONOTS. The album combines catchy punkrock songwriting, melancholic 80s wave influences and folk elements in singles such as „Calling“ or „Forever Ends Today“.

The band released the album on their DIY indie label SOLITARY MAN RECORDS and has just finished the first headlining club tour in support of the record which hit the German Album Charts at #24 as highest new entry.

Last week GREEN DAY invited the DONOTS to join them on their 3 stadium dates in Germany alongside RISE AGAINST and JOAN JETT AND THE BLACK HEARTS.

Says the band: „What gives? We are super stoked that Green Day have invited us to be their support on all 3 upcoming shows in Germany! We got confirmed for Hannover, Munich and Mainz the other day and are more than grateful for the opportunity to open up for a band that has been an inspiration for us especially in our early days. We used to work at a youth club in our hometown Ibbenbüren back in the 90s where Green Day played a post-Kerplunk show. Barely more than 140 people attended that very intimate show. The Donots were completely blown away by the energy, the songs and the attitude. It’s safe to say that night had a huge impact on our sound and songwriting. 16 years later we get to play stadiums with Green Day and once again we are absolutely thrilled!“

The relentless touring machine will release their all new album „The Long Way Home“ in Japan this month and are set to license the record to other international territories later this year.