I rocked the hell out of these jams in January. Stellar songs! A bunch of them I heard from other DJs on Turntable.FM and just fell in love with. Anyway, each song is in the youtube playlist I embedded above. Give a listen, and if you’re interested, I linked the artists’ facebook pages. Rock on!  3 - “Only Child” - The Ghost You Gave To Me (2011) K.Flay - “Less Than Zero” - I Stopped Caring in ‘96 mixtape (2011) Jawbreaker - “Accident Prone” - Dear You (1995) Alkaline Trio - “Clavicle” acoustic - Damnesia (2011) Archives with Tilian Pearson - Demo (2011) Saves The Day ...

Fightstar man lines up 12 dates for next spring

Fightstar frontman takes his solo record on the road!

Never Shout Never are a group with humble beginnings, true children of the MySpace age and one of the few remaining relics of the social network’s success (besides such gems of the internet as Tom Anderson’s Facebook page). The success of Never Shout Never may earn a snide look from the cynics if only for the fact that vocalist Christofer Drew’s first name is spelled with an ‘f’ rather than a ‘ph’; however, it’s hard to deny that a comeback following tragedy is an impressive feat. On May 22nd, 2011 a tornado wreaked havoc on the ...

Featuring contributions from The Gaslight Anthem, Fightstar and more...

Charlie Simpson really needs no introduction, from his humble beginnings in pop sensation Busted, at an age where most of us were in school/college to embracing musical maturity in post-hardcore band and altogether tight ensemble Fightstar; this is a man who is no stranger to the music industry. And why should he be? His voice is one of the most adaptable of modern times, and in contrast to the fun, angry and sincere outings of his previous endeavors, in 'Young Pilgrim' Charlie Simpson turns his hand to a more acoustic world and finds himself not only soothing but a ...

Having just toured the UK with Charlie Simpson (Fightstar) performing a special stripped back acoustic set and taking the stage by storm at T in the Park, Hevy and Belladrum festivals **THE XCERTS** are now ready to announce that they will also be taking to the road with anthemia Brits **Young...

Stream the former Fightstar/Busted man's debut solo LP

First Charlie Simpson sold shed loads of records with Busted. Next he realised his dreams in post-hardcore outfit Fightstar. And now he has decided that the next step in his musical evolution is, surprise, surprise… a solo record. What everyone is doing it these days. Simpson will always be remembered for those days when he jumped around singing about the ‘Year 3000,’ the Air Hostess’ and of course the fact that he was the one... Continue reading Album Review: Charlie Simpson – Young Pilgrim

Brisbane alternative rock band Burning Brooklyn (pictured) draw on influences from bands such as Taking Back Sunday, Saosin, Anberlin, The Starting Line and Fightstar. Sound like your thing? Catch ‘em at Cub 299 on Thursday Aug 4 and The Globe on Friday Aug 5 (alongside Rawr Vanity ) before they support Broadway Mile later in the month.

Deep Elm Records: 99 FREE SONGS! : The Appleseed Cast • Athletics  •  Benton Falls  •  Brandtson  •  Burns Out Bright  •  Camber  •  Cari Clara  •  Carly Comando  •  The Cast Before The Break  •  Clair De Lune  •  Coma Recovery  •  Cross My Heart  •  Dartz!  •  Dead Red Sea  •  Desert City Soundtrack  •  Desoto Jones  •  Dorena  •  Down To Earth  •  Drive Til Morning  •  Eleven Minutes Away  •  Fightstar  •  Fire Divine  •  Five Eight  •  Ethienne  •  500 Miles To Memphis  •  Flanders  •  Free Diamonds  •  Ghost Of Otis   •  Goonies Never Say Die  •  Hundred Hands  •  I Am Sonic Rain  •  Imbroco  •  Last Lungs  •  Late Night Condition  •  Latterman  •  Les Sages  •  Lewis  •  The Lions Rampant  •  Lock And Key  •  Moonlit Sailor  •  Moving Mountains  •  Muckafurgason ...

The Fightstar frontman goes solo for a Brit headline run in October...

Aberdeen’s The Xcerts have confirmed they will be rejoining US rock favourites Taking Back Sunday on their August/September tour of the the UK. The tour follows on from the bands Rock Sound Exposure tour, support of Fightstar’s (and yes Busted’s) Charlie Simpson’s stripped back tour and a grand performance at T In The Park. We expect big things from these rockers. Taking Back Sunday Tour 23/08/2011 - 02 ABC, Glasgow 24/08/2011 - Academy 1, Manchester 29/08/2011 - Pavilion, Bath 30/08/2011 - UEA, Norwich 01/09/2011 - Institute, Birmingham 02/09/2011 ...

Parachute is the second single to be taken from the former Busted and Fightstar front man’s debut solo album, ‘Young Pilgrims’. In the same vein as its predecessor, ‘Down, Down, Down’, ‘Parachutes’ showcases Charlie’s beautiful signature vocals in... Read more..

*Charlie Simpson (http://absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?l=45071)* (*Fightstar (http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l;=4097)*) has announced the release of the Parachutes EP. You can now pre-order it via iTunes...