Belgium punk rock festival Groezrock has finalized the 2015 line-up, with the addition of Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Loved Ones, Nasty, and Brutus, in addition to previously announced headliners such as Refused and Social Distortion.
Groezrock will take place on May 1-2.
The Loved Ones' popularity took off quite a bit last year with the release of Build & Burn. This had the band taking a more basic rock-n-roll approach than their debut Keep Your Heart, which is one of the best pop-punk records to be released in recent years. The band's latest EP, Distractions shows the band going in the same … Read more
Build & Burn begins with what ostensibly sounds like an unsure Loved Ones. The first three tracks are throwbacks of three very different styles of punk rock. The first song "Pretty Good Year," a b-side from Keep Your Heart, finds the band treading ground already heard on previous releases, adding more of a pop element to the more rock than … Read more
The Loved Ones entered my radar with their first EP for Jade Tree, which converted me with "100K," a staccato blast that sounded like Hot Water Music after a handful of amphetamines. Any doubts I may have had vanished with the release of 2006's Keep Your Heart, an unassuming bucket of anthems that sounds almost like Shock Troops updated for … Read more
Scene Point Blank: First off, I just wanted to know what the inspiration was behind releasing all of these different EPs on different labels? Dave: I just simply wanted to get the songs onto tape the way they sound when I do them live. So Pete and I went back … Read more
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