The Atomic Bitchwax Announce European & UK Tour
From Germany’s Rock im Wald and Blue Moon Festival through SonicBlast Fest in Portugal and Down the Hill in Belgium, plus a UK stretch where they’ll meet up to support King Buffalo, New Jersey’s favored sons The Atomic Bitchwax are making the most of their upcoming summer European/UK touring stretch. The trio just released a vinyl edition of a new version of 2011’s instrumental piece, The Local Fuzz (review here), with newly-recorded drums from Bob Pantella and an artwork refresh. Honestly, I didn’t even know that was happening. I can’t find it streaming anywhere, but if you can cop one off the merch table, it goes without saying that’s a worthy endeavour.
The Atomic Bitchwax were out Stateside this past Fall with Royal Thunder, and they previously hit Europe pretty hard in 2022-2023 as they set out supporting 2020’s Scorpio (review here), which remains their latest full-length. I’m hardly impartial, but they’re a no-brainer to see live if you can in my mind. By which I mean I shouldn’t need to sell it. They never fail to deliver a scorching groove and they’re fun on stage besides. If that’s not enough, their show posters are Star Trek. To frickin’ wit this Pike-y masterpiece:
The Atomic Bitchwax – Summer Europe/UK tour dates!!!
24 7 GER MICHELAU ROCK IM WALD
25 7 GER COTTBUS BLUE MOON
26 7 AT LINZ KAPU
27 7 GER MUNCHEN BACKSTAGE
29 7 SLO LJUBJANA GALA HALA
30 7 CROATIA ZAGREB VINTAGE CLUB
31 7 AT SALZBURG ROCKHOUSE BAR
1 8 ITL UDINE PIETRA SONICA
2 8 ITL MILAN MAGNOLIA STONE
3 8 CH EMMENBRUCKE CLUB SEDEL
5 8 GER KARLSRUHE ALTE HACKEREI
6 8 GER WEINHEIM CAFE CENTRAL
7 8 GER MAGDEBURG FLOWERPOWER
8 8 GER BERLIN WILD AT HEART
9 8 POR ANCORA SONIC BLAST FESTIVAL
11 8 UK NOTTINCHAM RESCUE ROOMS
12 8 UK GLASGOW CLASSIC GRAND
8 13 UK MANCHESTER GORILLA
14 8 UK BRISTOL THEKLA
15 8 UK LONDON THE GARAGE
16 8 GER PLAIDT PELLENZER OPEN AIR
17 8 GER DUSSELDORF PITCHER
19 8 GER HAMBURG HAFENKLANG
20 8 GER MUNSTER RARE GUITAR
21 8 NL ROTTERDAM ROODKAPJE
22 8 BEL RILLAAR BELGIUM DOWN THE HILL FESTIVAL
The Atomic Bitchwax are:
Chris Kosnik – Bass
Bob Pantella – Drums
Garrett Sweeny – Guitar
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Great band. I really hope for a fresh set list. It is about time. I think the last 10 years besides a few of the new songs it is exactly the same every time I see them. They rock and deliver the goods but they have many more great songs….. give a lot of these a rest, please..