Hits & Pits 2.0

Hits & Pits 2.0. It's here. It's real. It's happening with Bad Astronaut, Boysetsfire, The Ataris, Snuff, No Fun At All, Jughead's Revenge, Off With Their Heads & Black Flag. For the first time, in a long and legendary history, Black Flag will visit Australian shores as part of Hits & Pits 2.0 this November. No other band stands as iconic as the band from Hermosa Beach, California. Formed in 1976 at a time when, in the US, there was no path laid by any band before them, Black Flag carved their own story, their own scene and inevitably lead the way for the multitudes of bands that would come after them. But with none matching the level of attitude and influence Black Flag would leave behind. Boysetsfire. Enough Said. Though, if 100 words about this band from Newark is what you must read then you can have it. Boysetsfire made a namefor themselves in the early 1990s and their particular brand of post-hardcore has been grabbing the ears of young and old ever since. The band may have taken some time off to pursue other exploits but they are just as furious and face-melting as ever. “While A Nation Sleeps” is slated for a June 11th release through Bridge 9 Records and if the album trailer is anything to go by, there will be no disappointment here. Never have more privileged words be written than these. These words that are about to tell you that Bad Astronaut will be touring Australia as part of the Hits & Pits 2.0 Festival in November 2013. A person can almost count on one hand the amount of times that Bad Astronaut have hit the stage since 2005 and it’s an absolute honour that they will be doing so as part of this tour. It's likely to be the band’s first and last jaunt around this country and is not to be missed. Not to mention announcing that the quintessential pop-punk band of the 1990s, The Ataris will also be in tow. The Ataris have been writing songs about love and girls before there was money in it and are often cited as an influence on many of the pop-punk bands that are around today. Originally hailing from America’s mid-west the band, in its many incarnations,has been there and done that and, with their hearts still on their sleeves, intend on doing it again, this November. In the red corner, representing the United Kingdom is the band with the drummer / singer combo...Snuff. At the start of this year these lovely larrikins release their first studio album in 10 years, suitably titled “5-4-3-2-1 Perhaps?” Perhaps they’ll play the new and old songs, perhaps they won’t. We’ll just need to be there to find out.