The streets of East London in the late 70’s were filled with hooliganism, football rivalries and the Cockney Rejects, who were no stranger to any of the above. Anchored around brothers Jeff and Micky Geggus who boxed at the national level and grew up loyal supporters of West Ham United the Rejects let their street-wise lifestyle dictate their punk rock demeanor, openly mocking the British Movement of the far-right as the “German Movement” in their first major interview and even ripping off a Sham 69 song just for the fun of it. Single-handedly responsible for the Oi! movement with their song “Oi, Oi, Oi,” Chaos In Tejas never fails to bring the most influential punk and hardcore bands to Austin in early June. On May 31st East London meets East Austin, join the Rejects and get your tickets now.

After reuniting back in 2010 for Matador Record’s 21st Anniversary celebration Guided By Voices are about to release their eighteenth studio album Class Clown Spots A UFO in June, returning to Austin this September at Emo’s East. Having already released an album earlier this year Guided By Voices continue to keep pace with their prolific output of records, with yet another release in 2012 already scheduled for later this year. Check out our Spotify playlist for the show and pick up your tickets before you’re left under the bushes.

It was only a few weeks ago that their Dig! counterparts headlined Austin Psych Fest over here on the east side, now The Dandy Warhols are set to tear through Austin Tuesday, May 22nd at Emo’s East. Check out our Spotify playlist for the show that includes a cut from the Warhols’ newest release This Machine which close friends of the band consider their ”gothiest record,” though Taylor-Taylor himself considers ittheir “grungiest” (CoS). Wanna be as cool as Kim Deal? Snag your tickets now. 

Lil Kim’s Return Of The Queen Tour has been officially postponed and her Austin date has been pushed back to June 19th at Emo’s East. All previously purchased tickets will be valid. Refunds will be available upon request through Ticketfly.com only until May 14th. Excuse any inconvenience this may cause and take it as further incentive to catch the queen when she returns to Austin next month.

Best Coast’s new record doesn’t drop for another week but you can stream The Only Place in its entirety thanks to the generous folks over at NPR. Lemuria joins Best Coast at Emo’s East June 3rd as part of Chaos In Tejas, get your tickets now by clicking the show flyer below.

Doors at 6:30 PM | $10 adv/$24 | with Incite, Lody King

For almost thirty years Max Cavalera has single-handedly been at the forefront of metal and hardcore. As a teenager Cavalera founded Sepultura, experimenting with death and thrash metal in the mid 80’s long before those genres were household names. After multiple gold and platinum records Cavalera left Sepultura in the mid 90’s and formed Soulfly, incorporating even more of his Brazilian heritage into Soulfly’s debut self-titled album with an onslaught of tribal drums and spiritual overtones. Originally inspired by the gang-related death of Cavalera’s stepson, Soulfly went on to cover themes surrounding war, violence, aggression and anger en route to all six of their albums breaking into the Billboard 200. There’s a reason Cavalera has been around for decades, enjoying commercial success while retaining the same fan base he’s had since he was a teenager, and your chance to witness that reason is next Tuesday when Soulfly celebrates fifteen years of keeping it brutal at Emo’s East. Don’t miss it.