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From Wednesday 07 September 2016

LIVE: Coheed & Cambria / La Dispute / Mewithoutyou @ O2 Forum, London

In this rare spot of good weather Britain is enjoying in late August, it becomes immediately apparent that the O2 Forum is poorly equipped to deal with the temperatures. As Punktastic takes its seat in the Kentish Town sauna, we quickly realise that we won’t just be hot with

Monday 16 May 2016

Coheed & Cambria bringing La Dispute and mewithoutYou to the UK in August

Well, this is something. Coheed & Cambria will be headlining three UK shows around their appearance at Reading and Leeds Festival in August. They will be joined by La Dispute and mewithoutYou, neither of which have been confirmed for the festival at the time of writing. Taking to Glasgow, Manchester

Thursday 17 March 2016

La Dispute to release ‘Tiny Dots’ soundtrack on Record Store Day

The soundtrack to last year’s ‘Tiny Dots’ documentary will be available on a limited vinyl release from the 16th April 2016. The record will feature a side of original compositions and another of tracks recorded at All Saints Church in Kingston (UK) on the 24th May 2014. To celebrate the

Friday 26 February 2016

ArcTanGent looks even more incredible with new announcement

ArcTanGent had us excited the moment they announced, with American Football, SikTh and Toe leading the charge. With their latest additions they have further upped the ante, confirming La Dispute and an UK festival exclusive by the recently reformed Meet Me In St Louis. Atmospheric powerhouse Yndi Halda are set

Tuesday 19 January 2016

Thrice are well and truly back with US tour

Having teased with hints of new material in 2016, Thrice have started proceedings with their first tour in four years, taking La Dispute and Gates across the US. Thrice crossed the pond into the UK to headline last year’s Hevy Festival. Since then, the band have been working on something,

Saturday 17 May 2014

Watch La Dispute smash the hell out of the Back 2 Basics stage at Groezrock

Continuing our Groezrock live video series today, we bring you La Dispute, who were one of our favourite bands of the bands of the weekend! Check out the video below, and then head over here to see videos from The Wonder Years, H2O

Wednesday 16 April 2014

Kevin Whittemore splits from La Dispute

Reports are circulating that Kevin Whittemore, guitarist and founding member of Grand Rapids trailblazers La Dispute, has announced his departure from the band. The news comes as La Dispute finish their US run with Mansions and Pianos Become The Teeth. The departure of Whittemore, confirmed by the band’s publicist

Monday 10 March 2014

La Dispute streaming new album in full

La Dispute are streaming the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2011’s excellent ‘Wildlife’ in full over at Noisey. The record sees the band move further away from their “wave” roots – a label they share with prior contemporaries and regular comparison point Touche Amore. While they continue their spoken-word

Thursday 13 February 2014

La Dispute unveil video for new track ‘For Mayor Of Splitsville’ on A.V. Club

Last month Michigan’s La Dispute gave us their first insight to their third album ‘Rooms Of The House’ with the great track ‘Stay Happy There’. This month more is revealed with a video to accompany ‘For Mayor Of Splitsville’, a track that takes the band in an interesting

Wednesday 15 January 2014

La Dispute stream new song (‘Stay Happy There’), upgrade / add UK shows, put preorders live

La Dispute are streaming a new song, ‘Stay Happy There’, taken from their forthcoming Big Scary Monsters album ‘Rooms Of The House’ – out March 17. The band’s May 2014 UK shows have had a few changes as well. A third date at London’s Bush Hall has been added after