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(news – gig alert) Kalikamo album promotion in Prostor

If you are into dub, but also love, anger and so much more, make sure to be at Prostor in Čakovec this coming Saturday. Kalikamo promote their new album called ‘Jedinstvo'(meaning ‘Unity’ in Croatian). Support are DJs Belly Full and Aji Selecta. Kalikamo’s album sounds very powerful, also politically engaged, so support this one and possibly discover your new musical favorite. This is the last gig of this clubbing season before festival madness begins, so make sure to be there!

Prostor

Welsh post-hardcore legends Casey announce European 2024 tour

Welsh post-hardcore legends Casey have announced European/UK headline dates, alongside what will be a huge series of appearances at Impericon Festival.

The band comments on the trek: “We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be returning to mainland Europe, along with some shows in the UK, to celebrate our upcoming album. You’ll hear more about that very soon! Thank you for your patience; we’re aware it’s been a long time since our last headline shows in January, and we’re excited to be able to play some additional cities this time out. Along with our headline shows, we’re thrilled to be joining the Impericon festivals this year. We can’t wait to celebrate the upcoming album with you at these shows!

The dates, which follow Casey‘s highly successful first ever US headline tour and new single ‘Puncture Wounds to Heaven’ (Hassle Records) are as follows:

Mar 26 UK London Islington Academy

Mar 28 DE Hamburg Sporthalle *

Mar 30 DE Leipzig Messe *

Mar 31 DE Oberhausen Turbinenhalle *

Apr 02 NL Utrecht TivoliVredenburg

Apr 03 BE Antwerp Trix

Apr 05 CH Zürich X-Tra *

Apr 06 DE München Zenith *

Apr 07 AT Wien Arena *

Apr 09 FR Paris Petit Bain

Apr 11 UK Nottingham Rescue Rooms

Apr 12 UK Bristol SWX

Apr 13 UK Manchester Academy 2

Apr 14 UK Glasgow Garage

* Impericon Festival

General tickets on sale from Monday 16th October.

Stream ‘Puncture Wounds to Heaven’ here: https://casey.ffm.to/puncture-wounds-to-heaven

Vocalist Tom Weaver comments:

‘Puncture Wounds to Heaven’ centres around the themes of apathy and the guilt that can arise as a result. The “coming up for air” sensation as you briefly snap out of a depressive episode, and survey how life has progressed around you. This is a core theme that carries throughout the new record, and musically the dichotomy between the smooth verses and the chaotic middle 8 really demonstrated that in a visceral way for us.

The new single is the first glimpse of the band’s third album, in the words of Tom: “vocally (and musically) the most ambitious we’ve ever been, but still feels quintessentially Casey.”

The new single follows a joyous return for the quintet in 2023, including seven huge shows in the UK and Germany, and the limited release of their 7” Atone/Great Grief (Hassle Records).

Casey, at its core, was grounded in the notion that music is a labour of love. Without expectation of success, without desire to attain stardom, just a shared yearning to create music – and when this no longer rang true Casey stayed true to themselves, and stepped away.

In late 2018, when Casey announced they were bringing the band to a close, it felt like a premature demise. Their first two LPs – 2016’s Love Is Not Enough and 2018’s Where I Go When I Am Sleeping – had firmly established the Welsh five-piece as one of the most exciting bands in Britain’s alternative scene.

Now, years later, the band have returned – bigger and better than ever before. Casey don’t just replicate the feelings that inspire them – they embody them.

For more information:

https://www.facebook.com/Caseytheband

https://www.instagram.com/caseytheband

Casey are:

Tom Weaver

Liam Torrance

Toby Evans

Adam Smith

Max Nicolai

(gig report) The Interrupters(USA) + Pigs Parlament(Slo) – 19.6. Cvetličarna Ljubljana, Slovenia

Postoje koncerti koji su ti bili toliko dobri da ćeš ih se sjećati cijeli život, ovo je jedan od njih. Tijekom svoje europske turneje Sloveniju su posjetili The Interrupters iz Los Angelesa, perjanice ska punk rocka s puno melodije i energije. Iako se radi o relativno mladom bendu koji ne postoji dugo vremena, svojom zaraznom energijom pune dvorane i festivale diljem svijeta predvođeni odličnom pjevačicom Aimee Interrupter. Ostatak benda čine tri brata Bivona – Kevin na gitari, Jesse na bubnjevima i Justin na bassu. U Ljubljanu se naša četveročlana ekspedicija uputila u relativno kasnim popodnevnim satima, pa je oko dva i pol sata puta proteklo ugodno u dobrom društvu i zajebanciji. Kada smo stigli pred Cvetličarnu, skontali smo da će koncert biti u staroj, manjoj Cvetličarni, a ne velikom prostoru gdje je nedavno svirao Rancid. Koncert je rasprodan tjednima unaprijed, pa je bio full house. Mnogi su već bili unutra uživajući u slovenskoj predgrupi Pigs Parlament koju smo mi propustili, jer smo relativno kasno stigli, a morali smo malo proćaskati vani prije ulaska unutra. Pošto sam ih gledao više puta, vjerujem da su i ovaj put imali odličan nastup i nisu razočarali, upravo suprotno.

Ulazimo unutra taman oko pola 10, a Interruptersi su bili po satnici najavljeni za 21.45. Našli smo si mjesto u gužvi koje nam se činilo zgodnim za vidjeti i čuti gig i točno u 21.45, kao prema satnici The Interrupters izlijeću na binu pred prepunu Cvetličarnu koja ih je pozdravila oduševljenim urlikom i kreće pjevanje svih stihova svih pjesama od početka do kraja koncerta. Počeli su sa provjerenim hitovima ‘Take Back The Power’ i ‘Title Holder’ tijekom kojih u publici nastupa prava ludnica i nije bilo osobe u klubu koja nije plesala, đuskala i pjevala s bendom. Aimee Interrupter je entertainer u pravom smislu riječi. Energična, pjeva kao na ploči, ima je posvuda po bini lijevo i desno, rukuje se sa fanovima i leti po bini kao i basist Justin i gitarist Kevin. Nastavljaju sa ‘White Noise’ i ‘Judge Not’ da bi nakon obraćanja publici ponovo ludnica nastala kada su odsvirali ‘On A Turntable’. Tada se stvari malo umiruju reggae stvari ‘Kiss The Ground’ kao uvodom bloka stvari s aktualnog albuma ‘In The Wild’ kojeg bend promovira ovom turnejom. Moj osobni favorit s novog ‘In The Mirror’ primljen je furiozno kao i ‘Raised By Wolves’, te ‘Anything Was Better’ koje su odsvirali sa novog aktualnog albuma. Zadnju trećinu koncerta kreće prava ludnica jer slijedi hit do hita ‘She Got Arrested’ i ‘By My Side’ pune dvoranu pozitivnom energijom i dugo već nisam bio na koncertu s toliko pozitivne energije koju dijele bend i publika i vraćaju je jedni drugima i pune zapravo jedni druge. Bend je naprosto bio oduševljen, a publika ništa manje. ‘A Friend Like Me’ je još jedna himna koja je dobrano protresla Cvetličarnu gromovitim pjevanjem, kao i ‘Got Each Other’, te eksplozija ludila sa ‘Gave You Everything’, te nije bilo osobe koja nije pjevala svaki stih i refren od početka do kraja. Iz seta su izbacili na ovom gigu ‘Easy On You’ i ‘Alien’, malo skratili set iz nekog razloga.

Svemu što je lijepo dođe kraj, pa smo stigli do zadnje dvije stvari, a bend se zahvalio publici toplim riječima na supportu i hranjenju pozitivnom energijomi i ljubavlju prije nego su otprašili furiozne ‘Family’ i ‘She’s Kerosene’ koja je doslovno digla krov dvorane od energije koja je skoro opipljivo prštala zrakom po dvorani. Nakon cirka sat i dvadeset minuta bend se oprostio od publike dijeleći trzalice, bubnjarske palice i rukujući se i dajući fist bumpove ljudima, a mi smo se lagano pokupili iz vruće dvorane na svježi zrak. Na parkingu kod auta smo se osvježili vodom i neki od nas energy drinkom, te krenuli na dug put doma, a relativno smo brzo stigli i oko 2 ujutro bili u svojim kućama. Sve u svemu, odličan gig. The Interrupters su mi jedan od rijetkih kalifornijskih bendova koje nisam prije gledao, pa sam se jako veselio ovom koncertu i nisu me razočarali, upravo suprotno.