Dave Smalley and the Bandoleros LRR Release + Mikey Erg/Slow Death Show Announcement

Dave Smalley & the Bandoleros + Mikey Erg & the Slow Death Show Announcement

Dag Nasty Frontman Teams Up With International Outfit

Dave Smalley & the Bandoleros Set to Release New LP

Join the Outsiders

The latest news out of the Little Rocket offices is the release of Dave Smalley & the Bandoleros’ new record Join the Outsiders in late 2018.

Dave Smalley, whose earlier projects include DYS, ALL, Dag Nasty and Down By Law, has partnered with a trio of Spaniards called the Bandoleros, and a rogue Argentinian. After playing together in 2017, they recognized the need to work together as a new band, and formed Dave Smalley & the Bandoleros.
The five-piece completed one tour of Spain and did some collaborative songwriting before recording the brilliant Join the Outsiders LP. This transnational crew hurdled past any barriers thrown up by borders and wide oceans to pull together 11 hard-hitting punk rock tracks. Rather than dwelling on the challenges of geography, Smalley and the boys drew on the strength of their cultural differences and compared their similar experiences of playing music, touring the world, and encountering nice people everywhere. The result is a bellowing, blasting punk rock record rooted in the shared understandings of the world of a group of united friends making demands for change on this crazy planet.

Little Rocket Records will continue to provide information about the album and its release date as it becomes available.

Dave Smalley & The Bandoleros

Mr. Dave Smalley: Vocals

Marcelo Pesoa (El Diablo): Guitar / Vocals

Pablo Magallanes (The Master of Disaster): Guitar / Vocals

Javi Pérez (Dr. Legs): Bass / Vocals

Rafa Camison (The Thunder): Drums

Presented by Little Rocket Records and The Doll at the Black Bull

Mikey Erg / The Slow Death /
Epic Problem / Rowdy Cocks

Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 7:30 PM – 11 PM UTC

Little Rocket Records is thrilled to announce that Mikey Erg and The Slow Death, two of our favorite stateside acts, are scheduled to land on the banks of the River Tyne for a show at The Doll at the Black Bull in Gateshead on November 10th.

Mikey Erg is one of the busiest men in punk rock these days. Well known for his band The Ergs, he also plays with Worriers, Star Fucking Hipsters, The Dopamines, The Unlovables, Dirtbike Annie, Parasites and more. In 2016, he released his first solo album, Tentative Decisions, produced by Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb the Music Industry).
Erg’s songs are melodic and energetic, laying bare the experiences of growing older, working a job and struggling through relationships. But don’t be mistaken – this is no pity party. Mikey Erg’s music is pure, powerful, unbridled fun.
Erg shares the bill with Minneapolis, Minnesota’s bitterest sons, The Slow Death – a band that draws heavily from the working class themes of Cock Sparrer, the melancholy weight of the Lemonheads and the rowdy, gruff energy of Tiltwheel.
The Slow Death’s frontman, Jesse Thorson (Pretty Boy Thorson, the Petty Larcentists), is a lyrical master churning out sharp insightful songs with dark wit and acute observations about daily life and matters of the heart, writing across the board about dirty jokes, whiskey and romantic remorse. Here at Little Rocket we refer to him as the greatest songwriter of our time, and have dubbed him “The Shane MacGowan of the Midwest.”
Also on the bill: Epic Problem and Rowdy Cocks.
If you’re kicking yourself for not traveling stateside for The Fest in Gainesville, this show will offer a balm for your broken punk rock heart.
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Mikey Erg –  Faulty Metaphor

The Slow Death – Opposite of Jesse’s Girl