The Fest 12 extends to six days, announces initial lineup
The Fest 12 will be happening Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Gainesville, FL and will feature performances from The Bouncing Souls, Braid, Boy Sets Fire, A Wilhelm Scream, The Dopamines,…
April 20, 2013

Riot Fest 2013 announced
The organizers have not yet confirmed a lineup or many details at all, but Riot Fest 2013 has been announced for September 13-15, 2013 in Humboldt Park. Discounted ickets are already on-sale with the caveat of an unconfirmed lineup. However, given past years, which have included ALL,…
November 20, 2012

Exclusive Videos: Banner Pilot: Live at Fest 11
In the first of many videos from this year's Fest 11 in Gainesville, FL we're pleased to bring you two songs from Banner Pilot's performance at 8 Seconds. Included are the songs…
November 09, 2012

Videos: Check the 'Best of Fest' video collection on our Vimeo page
It's Friday night, and holy crap The Fest 11 is two weeks away. Punknews.org is once again a title sponsor of the event, and as such we'll have a whole bunch of video available after the event as we have in years past. With that in mind, we thought it prudent to take a quick look back at some of our videos from past Fests…
October 12, 2012

Videos: Banner Pilot begin demoing for next album
Minneapolis, MN-based Banner Pilot have begun recording demos for what will eventually become their next album. Nate Gangelhoff posted this on their…
June 05, 2012

Tours: Banner Pilot (Europe)
Banner Pilot are planning pretty far ahead, posting European tour dates for early fall of this year. The band released Heart Beats Pacific last year, which was ranked…
February 27, 2012

Tours: Punknews.org 2011 Wrap Up
Here's a recap for those of you who may have missed all the retrospective crazyness this week on the ol' Org. We saw Bomb The Music Industry! and Banner Pilot top the Reader's List…
December 31, 2011

Best of The Year: Scotty Sandwich (The Sandwiches), Nate Gangelhoff (Banner Pilot), Paul Koehler (Silverstein)
We here at Punknews consider the War on Christmas to be a 365 day a year undertaking. To further distract you from, "The reason for the season," we have best of lists from Scotty Sandwich (The Sandwiches, Death To False Hope…
December 27, 2011

Best of The Year: Ryan McHale (Night Birds), Scott Vogel (Terror), Todd Friend (H2O), Nick Johnson (Banner Pilot)
Did you wake up this morning and ask yourself, "Gee, I really am quite curious about what Ryan McHale (Night Birds), Scott Vogel (Terror), Todd Friend (H2O), and Nick Johnson (Banner Pilot) favorite…
December 20, 2011

Interviews: Nate Gangelhoff (Banner Pilot)
It didn't take long for Banner Pilot to disrupt the groundswell within the punk community from the likes of acts like the Gaslight Anthem and Off With Their Heads. Of course, if you were following the latter, then you were most definitely affixed to…
November 29, 2011