From August 8th through August 10th, you can stand to learn a thing or two. Coming to New York for three days during the balmy months of summer, Latino Punk Fest will have its inaugral event, sharing with East Coast listeners a host of punk bands that don't often get the outfront attention of other punk bands. In an impressive list and lineup announcement this weekend, Latino Punk Fest seems like the place to be this August. Though no venues have yet to be announced, it's hard to imagine a place that could contain the following:
ALIMAÑAS (Houston, Texas US)
ATRUTH (New York City)
ALL SYSTEMS FAIL (Salt Lake City, US)
ANASAZI (New York City)
COJOBA (Puerto Rico/ New York City)
CRIMEN (Distrito Federal, Mexico)
ESKE (South-Chicago, US)
EUTANASIA (Lima, Peru)
GENERACION SUICIDA (South LA, US)
GUSANO (Paterson, NJ US)
INFESTO (Medellin, Colombia)
KANTUTA (New Jersey)
KONORREA (South Korea)
JUVENTUD PODRIDA (Cuidad de Panama, Panama)
LA MISMA (New York City )
PESADILLA DISTOPIKA (Califronia)
PORKERIA (McAllen , Texas)
PURA MANIA (Vancouver, Canada)
R.A.T.A.S ( Quito, Ecuador)
RAYOS X (Los Angeles, US)
RUIDOSA INMUNDICIA (Austria/Chile)
SIN ORDEN (Chicago, Illinois US)
SUICIDAS (Barcelona, Països Catalans)
More details for the fest can be found at the Latino Punk Fest site here, as well as at the Facebook event page here.
