Insubordination Fest 2011 announced
Insubordination Records has posted the lineup for this year's Insubordination Fest. Now in its sixth year, the fest takes place August 11-13 at The Ottobar in Baltimore MD. Some of the band scheduled to appear include: Chixdiggit!, Danny Vapid and the Cheats (Vapid's all-star jam playing his songs wrtten for the Mopes, The Methadones,…
May 17, 2011

Interviews: Jon Ginoli (Pansy Division)
Having formed in 1991 in San Fransisco, Pansy Division were the pop-punk pioneer in the "homo-core" movement. The band was a Lookout! Records staple. Touring with Green Day at…
September 09, 2009

Interviews: Pansy Division profiled in Newsweek.
Newsweek has posted a full page profile of influential queercore act, Pansy Division, on the eve of the release of their new album, That's So Gay last month. The article notes: Pansy Division emerged as the best known of the gay punk bands that made up the queercore movement of the early '90s. A cadre of groups, Team Dresch and…
April 13, 2009

Interviews: Dead Milkmen added to Insubordination Fest
The reunited The Dead Milkmen have been added to the lineup of Insubordination Fest 2009. They join a lineup which includes Teenage Bottlerocket, Banner Pilot, Boris The Sprinkler, Dead Mechanical, Dear Landlord,…
April 08, 2009

Interviews: More additions to Insubordination Fest 2009
Teenage Bottlerocket and others have been added to Insubordination Fest 2009. They join a lineup which includes Banner Pilot, Boris The Sprinkler, Dead Mechanical, Dear Landlord, Deep Sleep, Dillinger Four,…
April 03, 2009

Interviews: The Methadones, Pansy Division, Full Of Fancy added to Insubordination Fest
The Methadones, Pansy Division and Full of Fancy have been added to the 2009…
March 27, 2009

Media: Pansy Division: "That's So Gay"
Long running San Francisco-based pop punk outfit Pansy Division have announced their next full length. The record is titled That's So Gay and is due out March 31, 2009. The album is their eight and first in six years. In the interim years, the group released The Essential Pansy Division [CD/DVD] and the new documentary, Life in a Gay Rock…
March 25, 2009

Media: Alternative Tentacles launches blog
Jello Biafra's record label Alternative Tentacles have launched a new blog where the label's staff will be posting about "happenings, highlights from our mailorder, and whatever else we feel like." Guest posts from AT band members have also been promised by the label, who's roster includes the likes of…
January 23, 2009

Media: Pansy Division announce new album due in March, plan 7-inch single
Pansy Division have announced a new 7-inch single to precede their forthcoming album, That's So Gay, which is due out in March of 2009. The single will feature "Average Men" and the b-side will be a cover of Green Day's "Coming Clean" and will include the b-side, "Average Men." As for the full length, the band is promising 14 songs running 38 minutes. The band is also working on a new…
October 04, 2008

Media: Pansy Division documentary screening in Philly on Friday
Seminal queercore band Pansy Division are the subject of a new film which takes a look at their formation, rise, and cultural relevance. Pansy Division: Life In A Gay Rock Band features…
July 17, 2008