Brooklyn Vegan — Riot Fest is happening in Toronto, Chicago and Denver again this year, and the lineup for Toronto was just announced. It happens on September 6 & 7 and features The National, Flaming Lips, Social Distortion, Death Cab for Cutie,... more info

Topix — Tuesday: With its high-revving garage-rock sound and Southern Californian low-rider aesthetic, Social Distortion is the rare First Avenue mainstay that's also well-suited to the biker clientele frequently seen hanging out in the lot used for Cabooze ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Day three acts at Coachella include Vampire Weekend, Wu-Tang Clan, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Social Distortion, and of course, fest closers Red Hot Chili Peppers. more info

Kings of A&R — Buzz Track: Be Your Own Machine The Bourgeois, a Kings favorite released a new EP.  The EP was produced by Steven Haigler who has worked with The Pixies, Brand New, and Local H. This 3 piece alt rock band falls between Cage The Elephant and Social D... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Squarepusher @ Moogfest 2012 (via @ListenDickhead and @cjasonclark ) As mentioned, the Squarepusher, Bonobo (DJ), Holy Fuck, and Mount Kimbie show at Terminal 5 isstill on, and for what it's worth, there will be drink specials before Squarepu... more info

Kings of A&R — Buzz Track: Oh Yeah Atlanta’s garage/punk/rock act Biters are buzzing. Bill Joey of Green Day recently gave them shout out during an MTV interview. The band cites Cheap Trick and Alice Cooper as influences and the band will embark on tour with Soci... more info

Guardian Music — Every summer, those with a yearning to revisit the halcyon days of punk go to Blackpool for the Rebellion festival. Just don't expect the pogoing to be all that energeticEvery August, for one weekend, the arcade punters, ice-cream eaters and donkey r... more info

Prefix — Some names immediately sound punk. Slug Guts is one of them. The name showed up randomly in my inbox, but ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/features/slug-guts-social-distortion-the-stooges-townes-van-zandt/slug-guts-are-punk-as-h... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets to the Grizzly Bear show at Radio City go on sale today at 11 AM. Tickets for the Social Distortion show at Roseland go on sale today at 11 AM. Tickets to M83's 2nd Hammerstein show go on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Social Distortion at MSG (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Social Distortion are still riding high off of their last LP and first in seven years, 2011's Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes. Mike Ness and crew will take some of those... more info