Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The Lawrence Arms have posted some footage from their October 24th, 2009 anniversary performance in Chicago, IL. The event took place earlier this week, and the trio filmed the entire performance for a DVD, of which this recording will likely be a part.
AOVM TV (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The Lawrence Arms - Buttsweat and Tears (Fat Wreck 2009) - Released October 26th It’s been three years since The Lawrence Arms last fave us some fresh material and after 10 years as a band rumours/fears began to emerge that “Oh! Calcutta!” may well be the bands last release. Thankfully we we’re wrong. Recorded in three says, limited to vinyl and digital...
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
A free bonus track from The Lawrence Arms' new EP 'Buttsweat and Tears' called 'Demons' can be downloaded here .
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
SPIN is hosting the bonus track from The Lawrence Arms' freshly released 7", Buttsweat and Tears for stream and/or download. Bassist/vocalist Brendan Kelly commented on the move via his blog : "We figured that we shouldn't penalize the people who were cool enough to buy the 7" [vinyl version] by giving them one less song. Everyone should be able to have the five songs...
Miami New Times | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
A cross between the melodic punk of Lawrence Arms and the churning hardcore of Rise Against, A Wilhelm Scream combines a high quotient of both heft and hooks. Original drummer Nicholas Pasquale Angelini is the beast's backbone, driving tempo like Jeff Gordon, and keying a thick bottom end worthy of ...
Miami New Times | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
A cross between the melodic punk of Lawrence Arms and the churning hardcore of Rise Against, AWS combines a high quotient of both heft and hooks. Original drummer Nicholas Pasquale Angelini is the beast's backbone, driving tempo like Jeff Gordon and keying a thick bottom end worthy of J.Lo. Atop ...
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
2 new songs from The Lawrence Arms' new EP 'Buttsweat and Tears' can be heard here . Buttsweat and Tears' is released on October 27th on Fat Wreck Chords
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
The Lawrence Arms will be filming their imminent 10th anniversary show. According to co-vocalist Brendan Kelly had this to say as the date approaches: We're doing hand screened limited edition posters (hand numbered, only 200 made), we're filming the whole thing, we're doing radical new shirts and hoodies (and we're reprising the very first suicide king shirt we ever did and haven't...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Amazon has posted 30-second clips of all five tracks from The Lawrence Arms highly anticipated new 7-inch, Buttsweat and Tears , including the digital-only track, "Demons." Those songs can be streamed here . If you're more interested in hearing an entire song, the band debuted a track on BBC's Radio 1 Punk Show with Mike Davies. The song "Spit Shining Shit" can be...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... cameo appearances from Matt Skiba , Tim McIlrath of Rise Against and Brendan Kelly of the Lawrence Arms . Seattle-based hardcore outfit Furious Styles stoked controversy with a new shirt honoring the alleged killer of a police officer as a hero. The band's former members spoke out against the shirt , blaming vocalist Mike Torres for the its creation. Former Ten Foot Pole and current...
Can You See the Sunset from the Southside? (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
... that comes from (well) coming from the Midwest. Even the acoustic song at the end is cool in a Lawrence Arms/Falcon sort of way. The vocals are scratchy and Crimpshriney (yeah, that’s now a word) and sound (at times) crazily like my friend Joey Housewrecker (of Montgomery Burns, The Risers, and No On 15 fame). This was originally self-released by Like Bats but was recently re-released...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
NOFX has posted the video for "Cokie the Clown" from their 7-inch of the same name due out November 24, 2009 . It features "inadvertent" cameos from Matt Skiba , Tim McIlrath of Rise Against and Brendan Kelly of The Lawrence Arms among others.
Spinning Platters (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
More things to do in the Bay Area. All of them good. The greatest band ever is playing the Warfield on Friday, but here are better things to do. Wednesday, November 11th The Lawrence Arms, Teenage Bottlerocket, Cobra Skulls, Druglords Of The Avenues at Bottom Of The Hill, 8:30 PM The great Illinois left-wing punk band, The Lawrence [...]
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
We've posted some new reviews. You can check them out below: The Lawrence Arms - Buttsweat and Tears [7 inch] Bouncing Souls/Bayside/Broadway Calls - live in Chicago Dead to Me - African Elephants A Wilhelm Scream / Living with Lions - live in Brooklyn The Ghost of a Thousand - New Hopes, New Demonstrations Comadre - A Wolf Ticket Shot Baker / Serf Combat - Chicago vs. London [7 inch]...
SFist (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
... we - and just about everyone else - are simply in love with their sophomore effort, Tarot Sport . Armed with an array of drum machines and synths generally associated with electro, the duo has inexplicably managed to create a post-rock masterpiece in the spirit of Mogwai, God Speed You Black Emperor! and Explosions in the Sky. If the live show lives up to the album they may just surpass...
