The Cure to play 'Disintegration' in full in Australia

On May 24, 25, 27 and 28, The Cure is playing the Sydney Opera House. At the shows, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the seminal Disintegration album, they'll be playing the release in full, along with a few other songs, focusing on b-sides and deep cuts. Meanwhile, the band is recording a new album.

Porsche makes vinyl records out of Le Mans winner's tires

As reported by Motor 1, Porsche will no longer be racing in the Le Mans competition. Their last win was in 2017 with a 919 Hybrid and was their 19th win overall. The tires of that vehicle were shredded and pressed into a series of single sided records. The audio is 24 minutes long and recounts Porsche's Le Mans history. 200 copies will be pressed.

Chris Gethard, Connor Ratliff, Lorelei Ramirez, Martin Urbano release comedy cassette

Chris Gethard, Connor Ratliff, Lorelei Ramirez, and Martin Urbano are part of a live comedy cassette. It's part two of the Your Face, My Tomato series, put out by State Champion records. The show was recorded live on February 17th, 2018, at In the West, in New Brunswick, NJ, by Phil Connor. It's out on Friday.

Rancid to headline The Bash traveling craft beer festival

It looks like Craft Beer and music festivals are expanding. Rancid will headline The Bash, a traveling craft beer and music festival. Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, L7, H20, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sharp Shock, and more play various dates. There will be at least 100 different beers for sampling. See the dates below.

Ellen and the Degenerates stream new album

Ellen And The Degenerates are now streaming their new album. It's called Return of the Herb and it's out via War Fever recordings. Check it out below.

Lydia Loveless Accuses Partner of Bloodshot Records' Co-Founder of Sexual Misconduct

Lydia Loveless has accused Chicago musician Mark Panick, the domestic partner of Bloodshot Records co-founder Nan Warshaw, of repeatedly committing sexual harassment over a number of years. In an instagram post she detailed Panick's alleged misconduct, which began when Loveless was 19. She stated that Panick engaged in casual predation, which she said included groping, verbal sexual harassment, and Facebook comments “that would elicit texts from friends [saying], ‘Who is this person? Are you OK?’"

Panick responded by saying the he “I don’t want to invalidate anyones feelings by defending myself from these accusations. I have never set out to make anyone uncomfortable. I sincerely apologize if anything I did made anyone feel unsafe and or uncomfortable." According to Loveless, Bloodshot's other co-founder Rob Miller (not related to Rob Miller of Amebix), asked Warshaw about the allegations and Warshaw defended Panick. Subsequently, Warshaw issued a statement saying she was stepping away from Bloodshot for the time being.

Brooklyn Jawbreaker documentary showing will include band Q+A

Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg will be screening Don’t Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker on March 21. Jawbreaker’s Blake Schwarzenbach, Adam Pfahler and Chris Bauermeister will be in attendance, and will be taking questions from the audience. Jawbreaker has an upcoming tour with War on Women.

Foxing/Now, Now/Daddy Issues (US)

Foxing have announced a spring US tour with Now, Now and Daddy Issues. Tickets for this run of dates are on sale today. See below to view the tour dates.

Weatherbox: “Smelly” (Half Way Home Session)

San Diego rock band Weatherbox performed a new track over at Half Way Home Sessions, see below. The session was performed on January 13, 2019 and this is the first emergence of the band since their hiatus in 2016. The band has also announced one show in New York City. They will be playing on May 2nd at Brooklyn Bazaar.

Weatherbox last release was Flies In All Directions in 2014.

Trade Wind: “No King But Me”

Indie-rock side project Trade Wind have announced and released a new song. The track is called "No King But Me" and it will be released on their sophomore full-length album called Certain Freedoms. The album will be out on April 26th, 2019 through Other People Records and End Hits Records. Trade Wind contains members of Stick To Your Guns and Stray From The Path.

The band have also announced their 2019 tour dates, in Europe and select cities in the US and Canada. See below to view the tour dates and to check out the new track.

Get Dead and DFL to tour in April

Get Dead and DFL are running a short tour in April. Portland's Groundscore opens. Both Get Dead and DFL were in the studio last year anda re expected to release material this year. See the tour dates below.