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Slam Dunk Festival to be Bigger and Better than Ever in 2011

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Slam Dunk Festival’s 10th anniversary looks like it’s going to be a big one, and with a number of top US acts already confirmed including Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, 3OH!3, and Goldfinger; you can be sure that Slam Dunk 2011 is going to be one to remember.

As well as a wide range of talent from across the pond, there’ll also be no shortage of UK talent, with We Are The Ocean, Deaf Havana, and The Skints already amongst those confirmed for the festival.

If it’s pop punk that you’re after, then the news of The Starting Line’s first UK show for over 5 years is sure to excite, as well as the news that Mayday Parade and A Rocket to the Moon will also be over.

The line-up is far from complete at the moment, if you’re anything like me then the confirmed talent will already have you salivating however, and as more acts are confirmed the festival is sure to get all the more awesome.

The King Blues – We Are Fucking Angry

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Having hit the top 100 UK singles chart in 2010 with ‘Headbutt‘, The King Blues is a band all set to release its third studio album ‘Punk and Poetry‘ on April 18th, and in preparation for the release has made the track ‘We Are Fucking Angry‘ available for free download from BandCamp.

With a fast and furious vocal attack that reminds me a lot of Capdown in the chorus, ‘We Are Fucking Angry‘ is an extremely strong effort from The King Blues, and along with ‘Headbutt‘ and ‘Holiday‘ suggests that we can most definitely prepare to be impressed with ‘Punk and Poetry‘. ‘We Are Fucking Angry‘ is by far the most furious of the three, as you’d expect from the title of the track, and looking at these three tracks together demonstrates the great versatility that The King Blues is capable of; the band shows supreme strength in its ability to tackle and pull off a number of different styles.

‘We Are Fucking Angry‘ is a hugely impressive effort from The King Blues, an incredible sense of passion comes through in the sound here, and this is something that is always excellent to hear. It’s the vocals that hit hardest here, instrumentally the track is impressive also however, and everything about this track comes together well to provide for the overall excellence that is the ‘We Are Fucking Angry‘ single as a whole.

‘We Are Fucking Angry‘ is most definitely a single you should be listening to, and given that the track is available for free download, what real excuse do you have not to?

Label: Transmission Recordings
Release Date: January 27th 2011

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The Sword May UK Tour Dates

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Texan metallers The Sword will be hitting the UK in May and can be caught between May 8th and May 12th as the band play shows in both England and Scotland.

The following are the details for the band’s May 2011 tour:

Sun 8-May-11 ENGLAND SOUTHAMPTON JOINERS
Mon 9-May-11 ENGLAND BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY 3
Tue 10-May-11 SCOTLAND GLASGOW CATHOUSE
Wed 11-May-11 ENGLAND MANCHESTERACADEMY 3
Thu 12-May-11 ENGLAND LONDON GARAGE

Yellowcard – For You, And Your Denial Video

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Official video for the Yellowcard single ‘For You, And Your Denial‘. ‘For You, And Your Denial‘ is taken from the band’s ‘When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes‘ album, due for UK release on March 21st.

Futures – Oxygen Video

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Official video for the Futures single ‘Oxygen‘. Futures will be heading out on a headline tour of the UK in June.

Dinosaur Pile-Up – My Rock N Roll Video

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Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Growing Pains’ last year, Dinosaur Pile-Up will release new single ‘My Rock N Roll’ on 14th March, following their run on the Rock Sound Exposure tour which kicks off on February 17th.