Brooklyn, NY’s Liturgy (not to be confused with a Chicago death metal band of the same name) deal in a style of indie black metal steeped in the genre’s most basic foundations of buzzing, dissonant guitars and whirlwind percussion, and yet they demonstrate an acute ability to make the sound firmly their own, both modern and ancient. Liturgy’s unique take on the genre only slightly recalls their NYC friends Krallice and the earlier works of the Norwegian wolves Ulver (particularly their 3rd LP masterwork Nattens Madrigal). In some sense Liturgy represents the seeping of black metal into the consciousness of the indie music world at large. The band claim influences ranging from cult black metal figures Vlad Tepes to Angelo Badalamenti to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, all of whom can be distantly identified in Liturgy’s approach.
Renihilation is the band’s debut LP, following two demo tapes and a 12 inch, Immortal Life. The album weaves intricate waves of dissonant dual guitar riffing and complex blackened harmonics between main songwriter Hunter Hunt-Hendrix and second guitarist Bernard Gann. The strange tonalities they seamlessly create providing layers of eerie dimension over which Hendrix’s tortured howls battle to be heard. The ultra-chaotic yet superbly minimalist drumming of Greg Fox (also of Dan Deacon and Teeth Mountain), utilizing only a kick, snare and crash symbols, adds a dose of old, raw punk/grind to the mix. Several intros and interludes consisting of vocal pieces and drones break the album up into distinct sections.
Renihilation was recorded and mastered at the Thousands Caves Of Menegroth with Colin Marston of Krallice at the helm. The purposely low-res minimalist artwork recalls the work of German photographer Thomas Ruff in both aesthetic and intent. A photograph of a total eclipse, a massive celestial event, its aura being subdued and defeated by the void the low resolution of the image leaves in its wake – an apt analogy for Liturgy’s ecstatic sonic experiments.
Renihlation will be released worldwide on August 25, 2009.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Echo Us releases Notebook for The Tide Decides
Now available through www.echous.net is the Notebook for Echo Us' second album, The Tide Decides. The notebook comes as an online e-book and also includes full lyrics from the album.
The cd-album will be available through www.echous.net 7-6-2009 and also through many of Musea's partners on 7-8-2009. A digital release will follow through all major digital distributors.
" The Tide Decides brings forth a life, living as if it moved in tandem and perfectly parallel with the entirety of human existence. From birth through evolution, to perish or reincarnate The Tide Decides concept is of a fantastic nature, and loosely ties to philosophical ideas and ideals of a new (meta) physics, new age, and the falling away of chronological human consciousness. "
The cd-album will be available through www.echous.net 7-6-2009 and also through many of Musea's partners on 7-8-2009. A digital release will follow through all major digital distributors.
" The Tide Decides brings forth a life, living as if it moved in tandem and perfectly parallel with the entirety of human existence. From birth through evolution, to perish or reincarnate The Tide Decides concept is of a fantastic nature, and loosely ties to philosophical ideas and ideals of a new (meta) physics, new age, and the falling away of chronological human consciousness. "
THE BLACK CROWES ANNOUNCE SECOND AND THIRD LEG OF THEIR “STUCK INSIDE UTOPIA” TOUR 2009
'Stuck Inside Utopia’ begins August 25, 2009 at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia and concludes in the US with a five night run of shows at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco on December 6, 2009.
On September 1, 2009, THE BLACK CROWES will release their new studio CD, Before the Frost... and celebrate with a live performance on the “Late Show with David Letterman.”
A second album, titled …Until The Freeze, will be given away for free exclusively through a unique download code which is included in Before The Frost… as a “thank you” to their fans for two decades of continued support.
The Black Crowes set will feature over two hours of music culled from the forthcoming new release and the band’s deep catalogue. Widely known for varying their nightly set lists performing new material, album cuts, rarities and covers in addition to their hits, THE BLACK CROWES, consistently deliver a fresh and unpredictable live show.
Tickets for the second and third legs go on sale as listed below and are available at the box offices and through www.livenation.com or www.ticketmaster.com
Go To WWW.BLACKCROWES.COM For More Info
Go To WWW.TRUTHANDSALVAGECO.COM For More Info
Stuck Inside Utopia” Tour 2009
DATE CITY/ST VENUE ON SALE DATES OPENING ACT
Tue-Aug-25 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap Center for the Arts On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Aug-26 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Thu-Aug-27 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion On Sale Now On Sale Now Levon Helm Band / Truth & Salvage
Sat-Aug-29 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Event Center On Sale Now On Sale Now Levon Helm Band
Sun-Aug-30 Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live On Sale Now On Sale Now "An Evening With"
Mon-Aug-31 Lancaster, PA American Music Theatre On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Sep-02 New York, NY Central Park Summerstage On Sale Now On Sale Now Levon Helm Band / Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Sep-04 Westbury, NY Theatre at Westbury On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Sep-05 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summerstage On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Sun-Sep-06 Virginia Beach, VA American Music Festival On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Sep-08 Bridgeport, CT The Klein On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Sep-09 Jim Thorpe, PA Penn's Peak On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Sep-11 Utica, NY Saranac Brewery On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Sep-12 Rama, Ontario Casino Rama On Sale Now On Sale Now "An Evening With"
Sun-Sep-13 London, Ontario Centennial Hall On Sale Now On Sale Now TBD
Wed-Sep-16 Providence, RI Lupo's On Sale Now On Sale Now "An Evening With"
Thu-Sep-17 Burlington, VT Higher Ground On Sale Now On Sale Now "An Evening With"
Fri-Sep-18 Kingston, NY UPAC On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Thu-Sep-24 Oklahoma City, OK OK State Fair - Norick State Fair Arena Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Sep-25 Huntsville, AL Big Spring Jam On Sale Now On Sale Now Festival/Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Sep-26 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Mon-Sep-28 Oxford, MS The Lyric On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Sep-29 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Sep-30 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Oct-02 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Oct-03 Atlanta, GA Chastian Park Amphitheater On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Sun-Oct-04 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues Fri-Jul-10 10AM "An Evening With"
Tue-Oct-06 Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheatre Sat-Jul-18 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Oct-07 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall Fri-Jul-24 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Oct-09 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues Fri-Jul-10 10AM "An Evening With"
Sat-Oct-10 New Orleans, LA House of Blues Fri-Jul-10 10AM "An Evening With"
Sun-Oct-11 Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Oct-13 Austin, TX Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheatre Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Oct-14 Houston, TX House of Blues Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Oct-16 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Oct-17 Bossier City, LA Horseshoe Bossier City - Riverdome Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sun-Oct-18 Beaumont, TX Ford Pavilion - Dog Jam tba tba tba
Tue-Oct-20 TBD
Wed-Oct-21 TBD
Thu-Oct-22 Phoenix, AZ Arizona State Fair Sat-Sep-12 tba "An Evening With"
Thu-Nov-05 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Nov-06 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Nov-07 Milwaukee, WI The Riverside Theatre Fri-Jul-10 Noon Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Nov-10 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room @ Murat Centre Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Nov-11 St. Louis, MO The Pageant Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Nov-13 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Nov-14 TBD
Sun-Nov-15 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Nov-17 Seattle, WA The Showbox SODO Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Nov-20 Portland, OR Roseland Ballroom Fri-Jul-10 9AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Nov-21 TBD
Sun-Nov-22 San Diego, CA House of Blues Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Nov-28 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia @ LA Live Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sun-Nov-29 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Dec-01 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore Sun-Sep-13 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Dec-02 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore Sun-Sep-13 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Dec-04 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore Sun-Sep-13 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Dec-05 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore Sun-Sep-13 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sun-Dec-06 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore Sun-Sep-13 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
On September 1, 2009, THE BLACK CROWES will release their new studio CD, Before the Frost... and celebrate with a live performance on the “Late Show with David Letterman.”
A second album, titled …Until The Freeze, will be given away for free exclusively through a unique download code which is included in Before The Frost… as a “thank you” to their fans for two decades of continued support.
The Black Crowes set will feature over two hours of music culled from the forthcoming new release and the band’s deep catalogue. Widely known for varying their nightly set lists performing new material, album cuts, rarities and covers in addition to their hits, THE BLACK CROWES, consistently deliver a fresh and unpredictable live show.
Tickets for the second and third legs go on sale as listed below and are available at the box offices and through www.livenation.com or www.ticketmaster.com
Go To WWW.BLACKCROWES.COM For More Info
Go To WWW.TRUTHANDSALVAGECO.COM For More Info
Stuck Inside Utopia” Tour 2009
DATE CITY/ST VENUE ON SALE DATES OPENING ACT
Tue-Aug-25 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap Center for the Arts On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Aug-26 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Thu-Aug-27 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion On Sale Now On Sale Now Levon Helm Band / Truth & Salvage
Sat-Aug-29 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Event Center On Sale Now On Sale Now Levon Helm Band
Sun-Aug-30 Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live On Sale Now On Sale Now "An Evening With"
Mon-Aug-31 Lancaster, PA American Music Theatre On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Sep-02 New York, NY Central Park Summerstage On Sale Now On Sale Now Levon Helm Band / Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Sep-04 Westbury, NY Theatre at Westbury On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Sep-05 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summerstage On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Sun-Sep-06 Virginia Beach, VA American Music Festival On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Sep-08 Bridgeport, CT The Klein On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Sep-09 Jim Thorpe, PA Penn's Peak On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Sep-11 Utica, NY Saranac Brewery On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Sep-12 Rama, Ontario Casino Rama On Sale Now On Sale Now "An Evening With"
Sun-Sep-13 London, Ontario Centennial Hall On Sale Now On Sale Now TBD
Wed-Sep-16 Providence, RI Lupo's On Sale Now On Sale Now "An Evening With"
Thu-Sep-17 Burlington, VT Higher Ground On Sale Now On Sale Now "An Evening With"
Fri-Sep-18 Kingston, NY UPAC On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Thu-Sep-24 Oklahoma City, OK OK State Fair - Norick State Fair Arena Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Sep-25 Huntsville, AL Big Spring Jam On Sale Now On Sale Now Festival/Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Sep-26 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Mon-Sep-28 Oxford, MS The Lyric On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Sep-29 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Sep-30 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Oct-02 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Oct-03 Atlanta, GA Chastian Park Amphitheater On Sale Now On Sale Now Truth & Salvage Co.
Sun-Oct-04 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues Fri-Jul-10 10AM "An Evening With"
Tue-Oct-06 Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheatre Sat-Jul-18 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Oct-07 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall Fri-Jul-24 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Oct-09 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues Fri-Jul-10 10AM "An Evening With"
Sat-Oct-10 New Orleans, LA House of Blues Fri-Jul-10 10AM "An Evening With"
Sun-Oct-11 Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Oct-13 Austin, TX Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheatre Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Oct-14 Houston, TX House of Blues Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Oct-16 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Oct-17 Bossier City, LA Horseshoe Bossier City - Riverdome Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sun-Oct-18 Beaumont, TX Ford Pavilion - Dog Jam tba tba tba
Tue-Oct-20 TBD
Wed-Oct-21 TBD
Thu-Oct-22 Phoenix, AZ Arizona State Fair Sat-Sep-12 tba "An Evening With"
Thu-Nov-05 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Nov-06 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Nov-07 Milwaukee, WI The Riverside Theatre Fri-Jul-10 Noon Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Nov-10 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room @ Murat Centre Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Nov-11 St. Louis, MO The Pageant Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Nov-13 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Nov-14 TBD
Sun-Nov-15 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Nov-17 Seattle, WA The Showbox SODO Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Nov-20 Portland, OR Roseland Ballroom Fri-Jul-10 9AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Nov-21 TBD
Sun-Nov-22 San Diego, CA House of Blues Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Nov-28 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia @ LA Live Fri-Jul-10 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sun-Nov-29 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues Sat-Jul-11 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Tue-Dec-01 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore Sun-Sep-13 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Wed-Dec-02 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore Sun-Sep-13 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Fri-Dec-04 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore Sun-Sep-13 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sat-Dec-05 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore Sun-Sep-13 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Sun-Dec-06 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore Sun-Sep-13 10AM Truth & Salvage Co.
Keelhaul Announces New Album, "Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity," Out August 18th on Hydra Head!
Complex, chaotic, heavy, and never dull - Punknews
A band you've ignored for far too long. - Scenepointblank
Keelhaul have written an album that not only moves the band to the next level but the whole genre that they represent. - Apeshit.org
Keelhaul is like the one friend that you're actually looking forward to seeing when you fly home for the holidays... Still smoking weed in the parent's basement, but, try as you might, you can't fault him for doing it because ultimately you're fucking convinced he's got some shit figured out that you're still years away from. Basically, this guy Keelhaul is a solid dude and maybe part of you wants to be him, no shame in it... most people are susceptible to societal pressures... you wanted to be an adult and you thought you knew what that meant... trips to the wine store... you should kick your own ass.
Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity, is not just a clever name for an album title marking a band's return from obscurity, it's an album title for a band's release marking that same band's return from obscurity. init? Chris Smith, Aaron Dallison, Dana Embrose, and Will Scharf have been at it as Keelhaul for over ten years and it shows. This record picks up on the band's progression as if they were steadily releasing records throughout their six year hiatus. The pace is precise, the instrumentation is masterful and the guitar tones are absolutely appropriate. Look, your old pal Keelhaul knows what he's doing and he has no clue what a Williamsburg is, so he feels no need to overcompensate by adding strings, vibes, horns, boners (well maybe boners), harps and/or electric flutes... to his compositions... which is a damn good breath of fresh air if you ask us.
Keelhaul Live!
Aug 2 2009 Public Assembly Brooklyn, NY part of the Show No Mercy series w/ Minsk, STATS, + Special Guests
Aug 3 2009 Great Scott Boston, Massachusetts w/ Doomriders
Sep 12 2009 Melody Inn Indianapolis, Indiana
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/mykeelhaul
A band you've ignored for far too long. - Scenepointblank
Keelhaul have written an album that not only moves the band to the next level but the whole genre that they represent. - Apeshit.org
Keelhaul is like the one friend that you're actually looking forward to seeing when you fly home for the holidays... Still smoking weed in the parent's basement, but, try as you might, you can't fault him for doing it because ultimately you're fucking convinced he's got some shit figured out that you're still years away from. Basically, this guy Keelhaul is a solid dude and maybe part of you wants to be him, no shame in it... most people are susceptible to societal pressures... you wanted to be an adult and you thought you knew what that meant... trips to the wine store... you should kick your own ass.
Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity, is not just a clever name for an album title marking a band's return from obscurity, it's an album title for a band's release marking that same band's return from obscurity. init? Chris Smith, Aaron Dallison, Dana Embrose, and Will Scharf have been at it as Keelhaul for over ten years and it shows. This record picks up on the band's progression as if they were steadily releasing records throughout their six year hiatus. The pace is precise, the instrumentation is masterful and the guitar tones are absolutely appropriate. Look, your old pal Keelhaul knows what he's doing and he has no clue what a Williamsburg is, so he feels no need to overcompensate by adding strings, vibes, horns, boners (well maybe boners), harps and/or electric flutes... to his compositions... which is a damn good breath of fresh air if you ask us.
Keelhaul Live!
Aug 2 2009 Public Assembly Brooklyn, NY part of the Show No Mercy series w/ Minsk, STATS, + Special Guests
Aug 3 2009 Great Scott Boston, Massachusetts w/ Doomriders
Sep 12 2009 Melody Inn Indianapolis, Indiana
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/mykeelhaul
Clutch Announce US Fall Tour w/ Wino * New July 14th Release Date for "Strange Cousins From The West" * Summer Tour w/ Baroness and More!
The Maryland based band has amassed a substantial catalog that includes nine studio albums, five live releases, and a handful of EPs. What's more, throughout the 90's, Clutch's hardcore-influenced, groove-heavy riff rock, helped define that decade's stoner sound, while in the new millennium, their persistent hunger to expand their style brought them into the realms of traditional down-home blues and far-out psychedelic jams. While Clutch's recorded sound may be most prominently colored by Sult's mammoth riffs and Fallon's gravelly, booming vocals and surreal, pseudo-social lyrical critiques, the true strength of the band is revealed at Clutch's live show. Anyone who's witnessed one knows that when all four players lock into a brutal, funky groove - to use a title from one of their own songs - the mob goes wild. - Revolver Magazine
Veteran Maryland rock quartet CLUTCH have just put the finishing touches on their ninth studio album, titled Strange Cousins From the West. Produced by Clutch and J. Robbins at Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore, the effort is the first Clutch original to be released on the band's own Weathermaker Music, through RED Distribution. Label manager Jon Nardachone reports "Strange Cousins..." will now be available both physically and digitally through retail on July 14th, and fans who purchase the new album via iTunes will receive a free bonus track! An iTunes exclusive 10 minute Clutch "up close & personal" video documentary, produced by Agent Ogden!
In celebration, the band is prepping their massive US Summer tour with the mighty Baroness, kicking off w/ a special July 3rd appearance at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, NJ w/ friends Shadows Fall, and have also just announced a Fall US tour w/ Wino and Revolution Mother, bringing the band to New York City's Irving Plaza for two-nights of back to back shows, and their first dates in the city in support of the band's new album.
Scroll below for the complete list of Clutch dates, as well as a glimpse at the amazing retrospective piece in the latest edition of Revolver Magazine. Listen to three new songs off "Strange Cousins..." streaming NOW on the Weathermaker Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/weathermakermusic
Clutch Live!
* A December North American tour will be added to the following confirmed dates shortly:
US w/ Baroness and Lionize!
July 3rd Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues w/ Shadows Fall and Wino (* no Baroness or Lionize)
July 9 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
July 10 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
July 11 Chicago, IL @ Kuma's
July 12 Sauget, IL @ Pop's
July 14 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
July 15 Houston, TX @ House of Blues
July 17 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
July 18 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
July 19 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues Las Vegas
July 20 San Diego, CA @ Cane's Bar & Grill
July 21 Los Angeles, CA @ House Of Blues
July 22 San Francisco, CA @ Regency Center
July 23 Seattle, WA @ King Cat Theater
July 25 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
July 26 Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
July 27 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
July 28 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
July 29 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
July 31 Calgary, AB @ Flames Center
August 1 Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Center
August 2 Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon Event Center
August 3 Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Center
August 5 Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
August 6 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
August 7 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
August 8 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
US Tour w/ Wino and Revolution Mother!
September 9 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Smalls
September 10 Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom
September 11 Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory
September 12 Hartford, CT @ The Webster Theater
September 13 Montreal, QC @ Lee Saints
September 15 London, ON @ London Music Hall
September 16 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
September 18 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
September 19 Jackson, MS @ Club Fire
September 20 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
September 22 Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen
September 23 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
September 24 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
September 25 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room
September 26 Chicago, IL @ The Metro
September 27 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
September 29 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
September 30 Denver, CO @ The Fillmore
October 1 Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont Club
October 2 Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theatre
October 3 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
October 4 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
October 6 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
October 7 Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
October 8 Richmond, VA @ The National
October 9 New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
October 10 New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
Onstage and on-record, when Fallon parts his mighty beard to open his mouth, the voice that emerges is so arresting, it puts your ass on lockdown before you have a chance to pull your finger out of your nose. - Decibel Magazine
www.myspace.com/clutchband
Veteran Maryland rock quartet CLUTCH have just put the finishing touches on their ninth studio album, titled Strange Cousins From the West. Produced by Clutch and J. Robbins at Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore, the effort is the first Clutch original to be released on the band's own Weathermaker Music, through RED Distribution. Label manager Jon Nardachone reports "Strange Cousins..." will now be available both physically and digitally through retail on July 14th, and fans who purchase the new album via iTunes will receive a free bonus track! An iTunes exclusive 10 minute Clutch "up close & personal" video documentary, produced by Agent Ogden!
In celebration, the band is prepping their massive US Summer tour with the mighty Baroness, kicking off w/ a special July 3rd appearance at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, NJ w/ friends Shadows Fall, and have also just announced a Fall US tour w/ Wino and Revolution Mother, bringing the band to New York City's Irving Plaza for two-nights of back to back shows, and their first dates in the city in support of the band's new album.
Scroll below for the complete list of Clutch dates, as well as a glimpse at the amazing retrospective piece in the latest edition of Revolver Magazine. Listen to three new songs off "Strange Cousins..." streaming NOW on the Weathermaker Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/weathermakermusic
Clutch Live!
* A December North American tour will be added to the following confirmed dates shortly:
US w/ Baroness and Lionize!
July 3rd Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues w/ Shadows Fall and Wino (* no Baroness or Lionize)
July 9 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
July 10 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
July 11 Chicago, IL @ Kuma's
July 12 Sauget, IL @ Pop's
July 14 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
July 15 Houston, TX @ House of Blues
July 17 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
July 18 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
July 19 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues Las Vegas
July 20 San Diego, CA @ Cane's Bar & Grill
July 21 Los Angeles, CA @ House Of Blues
July 22 San Francisco, CA @ Regency Center
July 23 Seattle, WA @ King Cat Theater
July 25 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
July 26 Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
July 27 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
July 28 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
July 29 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
July 31 Calgary, AB @ Flames Center
August 1 Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Center
August 2 Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon Event Center
August 3 Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Center
August 5 Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
August 6 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
August 7 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
August 8 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
US Tour w/ Wino and Revolution Mother!
September 9 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Smalls
September 10 Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom
September 11 Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory
September 12 Hartford, CT @ The Webster Theater
September 13 Montreal, QC @ Lee Saints
September 15 London, ON @ London Music Hall
September 16 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
September 18 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
September 19 Jackson, MS @ Club Fire
September 20 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
September 22 Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen
September 23 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
September 24 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
September 25 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room
September 26 Chicago, IL @ The Metro
September 27 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
September 29 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
September 30 Denver, CO @ The Fillmore
October 1 Kansas City, MO @ The Beaumont Club
October 2 Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theatre
October 3 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
October 4 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
October 6 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
October 7 Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
October 8 Richmond, VA @ The National
October 9 New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
October 10 New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
Onstage and on-record, when Fallon parts his mighty beard to open his mouth, the voice that emerges is so arresting, it puts your ass on lockdown before you have a chance to pull your finger out of your nose. - Decibel Magazine
www.myspace.com/clutchband
Kayo Dot Begin Recording New Album for Hydra Head!
Fresh off of a US tour opening for Trey Spruance's amazing SECRET CHIEFS 3, KAYO DOT has arrived in Seattle to begin recording their second full length release for Hydra Head Industries.
Throughout the tour, they performed and refined the new compositions, bringing them to new audiences and honing them for the upcoming recording, with Toby Driver also picking up bass duties for SECRET CHIEFS 3 each night. The new music features another sonic shift in the ever-evolving sonic lexicon of KAYO DOT. Expect a more visceral rhythmic sound with overdriven chorus basses, cave-echoed horns, vocals and strings, tuned struck metal, and a purveying melodic darkness threaded delicately throughout the sound of the music. Once again, the record will be recorded by Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, Six Organs Of Admittance) who also recorded KAYO DOT'S critically acclaimed Hydra Head release from 2008, BLUE LAMBENCY DOWNWARD. Expect the release of the new music on Hydra Head in Fall of 2009, with a September / October European tour and US tour to follow the album release! - Toby Driver / Kayo Dot
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/kayodot
Throughout the tour, they performed and refined the new compositions, bringing them to new audiences and honing them for the upcoming recording, with Toby Driver also picking up bass duties for SECRET CHIEFS 3 each night. The new music features another sonic shift in the ever-evolving sonic lexicon of KAYO DOT. Expect a more visceral rhythmic sound with overdriven chorus basses, cave-echoed horns, vocals and strings, tuned struck metal, and a purveying melodic darkness threaded delicately throughout the sound of the music. Once again, the record will be recorded by Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, Six Organs Of Admittance) who also recorded KAYO DOT'S critically acclaimed Hydra Head release from 2008, BLUE LAMBENCY DOWNWARD. Expect the release of the new music on Hydra Head in Fall of 2009, with a September / October European tour and US tour to follow the album release! - Toby Driver / Kayo Dot
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/kayodot
The Black Hollies Announce Summer US Tour * New October 6th Release Date for "Softly Towards The Light!"
Reflecting on that fateful day when four incredibly individualistic forces combined their hidden powers and combusted inside a small attic, it's pretty unbelievable to see just how far they've come. Recording their first 45rpm single under the watchful eye of long time best friend / sound engineer extraordinaire, Mike Olear, inside that very attic, nobody in attendance that weekend would have ever predicted that "Tell Me What You Want," would receive national and international attention, and end up on television sets across America.
Their debut LP, 'Crimson Reflections,' followed shortly after, and in March of 2008, the group's second LP, 'Casting Shadows' was released. The departure of one of the group's founding members, drummer Scott Thomas Bolasci, was an extremely sad but understanding one. Shortly afterwards, percussionist Nick Ferrante filled the drum throne and the band set off on two tours of North America. Upon returning back from their second tour, Justin Angelo Morey heard a song called, "If It's All The Same To You Babe" by the Luther Ingram Orchestra. This particular song would serve as the catalyst for the upcoming writing sessions that would immediately follow their return home. It's nearing the end of May 2009, and as we speak, the world is anxiously awaiting the arrival of their third LP, "Softly Towards The Light," scheduled for release shortly after the album's first single, "Gloomy Monday Morning," becomes this Summer's floor filler anthem.
The Black Hollies Live!
July 9 Memphis, TN Bucaneer w/ Bullet Proof Vests
July 10 Ft. Worth, TX Lola's Sixth
July 11 San Antonio, TX The Mix w/ Ugly Beats
July 12 Austin, TX Beerland w/ Ugly Beats
July 14 Tuscon, AZ Club Congress
July 15 Phoenix, AZ The Lost Leaf Gallery
July 16 Prescott, AZ Raven Café
July 17 Las Vegas, NV Beauty Bar
July 18 Sand Diego, CA Beauty Bar
July 21 Los Angeles, CA Echo Curio w/ Papillon
July 22 Los Angeles, CA Echo
July 23 Goleta, CA Mercury Lounge
July 24 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
July 25 Healdsburg, CA
July 26 Healdsburg, CA
July 29 Eugene, OR Luckey's
July 30 Portland, OR East End
July 31 Seattle, WA Comet Tavern
Aug 2 Spokane, WA The Boulevard
Aug 3 Missoula, MT The Badlander
Aug 4 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
Aug 5 Denver, CO Three Kings Tavern
Aug 6 Lawrence, KS Jackpot/Replay
Aug 7 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
Aug 8 Madison, WI The Frequency w/ Awesome Snakes
Aug 10 Detroit, MI Lager House
Aug 28 Baltimore, MD Ottobar Scooter Rally
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/theblackhollies
Their debut LP, 'Crimson Reflections,' followed shortly after, and in March of 2008, the group's second LP, 'Casting Shadows' was released. The departure of one of the group's founding members, drummer Scott Thomas Bolasci, was an extremely sad but understanding one. Shortly afterwards, percussionist Nick Ferrante filled the drum throne and the band set off on two tours of North America. Upon returning back from their second tour, Justin Angelo Morey heard a song called, "If It's All The Same To You Babe" by the Luther Ingram Orchestra. This particular song would serve as the catalyst for the upcoming writing sessions that would immediately follow their return home. It's nearing the end of May 2009, and as we speak, the world is anxiously awaiting the arrival of their third LP, "Softly Towards The Light," scheduled for release shortly after the album's first single, "Gloomy Monday Morning," becomes this Summer's floor filler anthem.
The Black Hollies Live!
July 9 Memphis, TN Bucaneer w/ Bullet Proof Vests
July 10 Ft. Worth, TX Lola's Sixth
July 11 San Antonio, TX The Mix w/ Ugly Beats
July 12 Austin, TX Beerland w/ Ugly Beats
July 14 Tuscon, AZ Club Congress
July 15 Phoenix, AZ The Lost Leaf Gallery
July 16 Prescott, AZ Raven Café
July 17 Las Vegas, NV Beauty Bar
July 18 Sand Diego, CA Beauty Bar
July 21 Los Angeles, CA Echo Curio w/ Papillon
July 22 Los Angeles, CA Echo
July 23 Goleta, CA Mercury Lounge
July 24 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
July 25 Healdsburg, CA
July 26 Healdsburg, CA
July 29 Eugene, OR Luckey's
July 30 Portland, OR East End
July 31 Seattle, WA Comet Tavern
Aug 2 Spokane, WA The Boulevard
Aug 3 Missoula, MT The Badlander
Aug 4 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
Aug 5 Denver, CO Three Kings Tavern
Aug 6 Lawrence, KS Jackpot/Replay
Aug 7 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
Aug 8 Madison, WI The Frequency w/ Awesome Snakes
Aug 10 Detroit, MI Lager House
Aug 28 Baltimore, MD Ottobar Scooter Rally
For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/theblackhollies
Kickoff US Tour w/ MeWithoutYou and The Dear Hunter * Announce Bumbershoot Performance * Stream Reissued Debut Full Length on Suburban Home Records!
The album is a complex, meandering pop cantata that's meant to be digested as a whole, rather than as a series of tracks, and is a testament to indie creativity. - Alternative Press Magazine
Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground is alternative pop with avant-garde cuts and old-fashioned lacings. The band's self-titled debut album brings the theater to rock arenas and revamps ‘60s psychedelic pop to a modern pitch. - Absolute Punk
Seattle-based Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground is the lovechild of Kirk Huffman and Kyle O'Quin, and there's plenty of love to be had. Formed shortly after the announcement of Gatsby's American Dream's hiatus, Kay Kay was putting out good vibrations before the year was up, releasing a handful of tracks on cassette, and an intermediate live show compiled onto a two-disc, live DVD (shot in a fashion boutique) with accompanying CD, and they hadn't even made it out of Washington yet. Still, a copy of the DVD landed in the hands of Carson Daly, and after only a few shows outside their home state, Kay Kay performed an abbreviated version of their song, “Hey Momma,” on national television. Not bad for a band without a full-length!
If a cassette release is too retro for you, the band's eponymous debut was released strictly on vinyl, and in true Kay Kay fashion, 1,000 copies of the double LP, and the release party in Seattle, sold out before doors ever opened. It isn't just their production method that evokes the 1960s, though: Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground shimmers and soars like the greatest pop of that decade, with enough melody to lull songbirds into silence, and reverb to make your teeth chatter. Phil Peterson (cello, backing vocals), the third of the consistent members, lends his skills on strings to weave depth and darkness through the sunshine, and a revolving set of studio and live musicians (15 or so when all is said and done) round out the whole experience into an enormous orchestral affair.
The band is currently in the process of recording their second LP, and preparing the re-release of their debut, self-titled album to be released on CD for the first time ever on May 26th courtesy of Suburban Home. Look forward to new packaging for the vinyl, complete with new collages and a tri-fold design. At the end of 2008, Kay Kay hit the road with Rx Bandits and Portugal the Man for a jaunt down the West Coast, and this June they'll be out again for a handful of weeks, touring the U.S. with MeWithoutYou and The Dear Hunter.
Rain or shine, Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground promise you “moon men conspiracies, giant rodents, hallucinations... true happiness and love... baffled love, hope, wild possibilities, and dreams.”
Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground Live!
w/ MeWithoutYou and The Dear Hunter!
Jun 25 2009 The Hawthorne Theatre Portland, Oregon
Jun 26 2009 Neumo's Seattle, Washington
Jun 27 2009 The Venue Boise, Idaho
Jun 28 2009 The Avalon Theatre Salt Lake City, Utah
Jun 29 2009 The Marquis Theatre Denver, Colorado
Jun 30 2009 Angelo's Record Store (in-store, 2pm) Aurora, Colorado
Jul 1 2009 The Granada Theatre Lawrence, Kansas
Jul 2 2009 Station 4 St. Paul, Minnesota
Jul 4 2009 The Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
Jul 5 2009 The Metro Chicago, Illinois
Jul 6 2009 The Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
Jul 7 2009 Mr. Smalls Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jul 9 2009 The Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York
Jul 10 2009 The Bowery Ballroom New York City, New York
Jul 11 2009 The Middle East Downstairs Boston, Massachusetts
At Bumbershoot Music Festival
Sep 5 2009 Bumbershoot Arts Festival - The Seattle Center Seattle, WA., Washington w/ Akimbo, All American Rejects, De La Soul, Eugene Mirman, Gang Gang Dance, Katy Perry, Matt & Kim, Os Mutantes, Past Lives, Sheryl Crow, and more!
Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground is alternative pop with avant-garde cuts and old-fashioned lacings. The band's self-titled debut album brings the theater to rock arenas and revamps ‘60s psychedelic pop to a modern pitch. - Absolute Punk
Seattle-based Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground is the lovechild of Kirk Huffman and Kyle O'Quin, and there's plenty of love to be had. Formed shortly after the announcement of Gatsby's American Dream's hiatus, Kay Kay was putting out good vibrations before the year was up, releasing a handful of tracks on cassette, and an intermediate live show compiled onto a two-disc, live DVD (shot in a fashion boutique) with accompanying CD, and they hadn't even made it out of Washington yet. Still, a copy of the DVD landed in the hands of Carson Daly, and after only a few shows outside their home state, Kay Kay performed an abbreviated version of their song, “Hey Momma,” on national television. Not bad for a band without a full-length!
If a cassette release is too retro for you, the band's eponymous debut was released strictly on vinyl, and in true Kay Kay fashion, 1,000 copies of the double LP, and the release party in Seattle, sold out before doors ever opened. It isn't just their production method that evokes the 1960s, though: Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground shimmers and soars like the greatest pop of that decade, with enough melody to lull songbirds into silence, and reverb to make your teeth chatter. Phil Peterson (cello, backing vocals), the third of the consistent members, lends his skills on strings to weave depth and darkness through the sunshine, and a revolving set of studio and live musicians (15 or so when all is said and done) round out the whole experience into an enormous orchestral affair.
The band is currently in the process of recording their second LP, and preparing the re-release of their debut, self-titled album to be released on CD for the first time ever on May 26th courtesy of Suburban Home. Look forward to new packaging for the vinyl, complete with new collages and a tri-fold design. At the end of 2008, Kay Kay hit the road with Rx Bandits and Portugal the Man for a jaunt down the West Coast, and this June they'll be out again for a handful of weeks, touring the U.S. with MeWithoutYou and The Dear Hunter.
Rain or shine, Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground promise you “moon men conspiracies, giant rodents, hallucinations... true happiness and love... baffled love, hope, wild possibilities, and dreams.”
Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground Live!
w/ MeWithoutYou and The Dear Hunter!
Jun 25 2009 The Hawthorne Theatre Portland, Oregon
Jun 26 2009 Neumo's Seattle, Washington
Jun 27 2009 The Venue Boise, Idaho
Jun 28 2009 The Avalon Theatre Salt Lake City, Utah
Jun 29 2009 The Marquis Theatre Denver, Colorado
Jun 30 2009 Angelo's Record Store (in-store, 2pm) Aurora, Colorado
Jul 1 2009 The Granada Theatre Lawrence, Kansas
Jul 2 2009 Station 4 St. Paul, Minnesota
Jul 4 2009 The Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
Jul 5 2009 The Metro Chicago, Illinois
Jul 6 2009 The Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
Jul 7 2009 Mr. Smalls Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jul 9 2009 The Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York
Jul 10 2009 The Bowery Ballroom New York City, New York
Jul 11 2009 The Middle East Downstairs Boston, Massachusetts
At Bumbershoot Music Festival
Sep 5 2009 Bumbershoot Arts Festival - The Seattle Center Seattle, WA., Washington w/ Akimbo, All American Rejects, De La Soul, Eugene Mirman, Gang Gang Dance, Katy Perry, Matt & Kim, Os Mutantes, Past Lives, Sheryl Crow, and more!
Bergraven Streams New Album, "Till Makabert Väsen," Out This Week on Hydra Head!
Sweden's Bergraven fit under the black metal umbrella just at the edge, enough to keep part of its shoulder dry while the rest is soaked with outside influence. And while 2007's Dödsvisioner fooled around with the genre enough to warrant attention (and not to mention make a great, complex, dense metal record), the band's followup – Till Makabert Väsen – features only fragments of black metal, and even those are diluted by mainmanonlyman Pär Gustavsson bottomless pot of strangeness. But while Väsen is even more dense and bizarre than Dödsvisioner, it pays off just as big when given the time, because much like its predecessor, it's a record that requires your time and attention. It's not an album about beauty or Vikings, but instead obsessed with its own ugliness, dropping a major chord or big chorus in just when things are on the verge of being too displeasing for too long. This is hardly a conventional metal record, and you'll be hard pressed to find another one that sounds like it; with Till Makabert Väsen, Bergraven continue their journey to the strange, unexplored parts of the psyche. - Metal Sucks
Till Makabert Väsen, Par Gustafsson's third full length as Bergraven, is like raising a kid and then having to be big enough to recognize when that same kid is better than you at running, shooting, rafting, gathering, football americano, sleding, oki noodling, and chicks... The entire one man metal band genealogy should be hitching their hiking thumbs to this one, if you catch my drift. Till Makabert Väsen, well encapsulates the mood/progressive nature of Dödsvisioner, Bergraven's previous full-length, and takes it one step further.
This time with a more diverse range of vocal treatments and a masterful approach to overall song structure, on Till Makabert Väsen, Par perfected his already unique rendering of Nordic chants and vehement growls. The real genius, though, is in Par's ability to give you just enough room to breath before elegantly knocking the wind right out of you... Only someone like Par, someone wholly proficient in all the necessary instruments, could do so in such a way that you know you can't be mad at the guy after the fact. We heart Bergraven and if you possess anything in the way of good taste so will you.
For more information, visit:
www.hydrahead.com
www.myspace.com/bergraven
Till Makabert Väsen, Par Gustafsson's third full length as Bergraven, is like raising a kid and then having to be big enough to recognize when that same kid is better than you at running, shooting, rafting, gathering, football americano, sleding, oki noodling, and chicks... The entire one man metal band genealogy should be hitching their hiking thumbs to this one, if you catch my drift. Till Makabert Väsen, well encapsulates the mood/progressive nature of Dödsvisioner, Bergraven's previous full-length, and takes it one step further.
This time with a more diverse range of vocal treatments and a masterful approach to overall song structure, on Till Makabert Väsen, Par perfected his already unique rendering of Nordic chants and vehement growls. The real genius, though, is in Par's ability to give you just enough room to breath before elegantly knocking the wind right out of you... Only someone like Par, someone wholly proficient in all the necessary instruments, could do so in such a way that you know you can't be mad at the guy after the fact. We heart Bergraven and if you possess anything in the way of good taste so will you.
For more information, visit:
www.hydrahead.com
www.myspace.com/bergraven
Hopewell Announce July 16th New York City Appearance w/ The Morning After Girls!
On the heels of the band's wildly successful, month-long headlining US tour in support of their new album, "Good Good Desperation" (Tee Pee Records), New York psyche-rock-mainstays Hopewell have returned home for a quick moment of relaxation. Wasting no time however, the band has immediately announced an upcoming, one-off New York City date supporting their friends from down under, The Morning After Girls, taking place July 16th at The Mercury Lounge.
Purveyors of the new psych-rock scene, Hopewell, featuring ex-Mercury Rev member Jason Russo, has been blending vintage fuzz pedal jams with their early space rock and shoegaze roots for over a decade, their 2001 full-length, The Curved Glass being the perfect, noisy bridge between the epic psychedelia of ‘90s acts like Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev and a newer generation of bands that include Dungen, Dead Meadow and Serena-Maneesh. Now back with their fifth album, Good Good Desperation effortlessly slips from cacophonous dueling piano passages, à la Stravinsky, to the Hammond-driven roots rock of The Basement Tapes, while creating something uniquely its own. From the opening vocal harmonies of "Preamble," which takes cues from the classical compositions of Bach and Debussy, to the CAN-inspired two-drummer tribal attack of "Island," listeners are confronted with expansive sonic images of a band's travels and conflicts. Good Good Desperation inhabits a world where “The Album” is not a lost art, and invites listeners on a journey from dirty downtown New York City scenes to blissful Californian deserts.
Good Good Desperation could easily be considered Hopewell's Meddle or Tago Mago chapter in a lengthy history that includes countless singles and compilations, and opening for My Bloody Valentine on their recent reunion tour, working in the past with producer Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah), recording a Peel Session live at Abbey Road Studio, and playing Reading and Leeds Festivals. With Good Good Desperation, Hopewell's journey continues in a grassroots, homespun sort of way -- down their own noisy path.
Listen to Hopewell on NPR - http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=105107290&m=105100359
Purveyors of the new psych-rock scene, Hopewell, featuring ex-Mercury Rev member Jason Russo, has been blending vintage fuzz pedal jams with their early space rock and shoegaze roots for over a decade, their 2001 full-length, The Curved Glass being the perfect, noisy bridge between the epic psychedelia of ‘90s acts like Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev and a newer generation of bands that include Dungen, Dead Meadow and Serena-Maneesh. Now back with their fifth album, Good Good Desperation effortlessly slips from cacophonous dueling piano passages, à la Stravinsky, to the Hammond-driven roots rock of The Basement Tapes, while creating something uniquely its own. From the opening vocal harmonies of "Preamble," which takes cues from the classical compositions of Bach and Debussy, to the CAN-inspired two-drummer tribal attack of "Island," listeners are confronted with expansive sonic images of a band's travels and conflicts. Good Good Desperation inhabits a world where “The Album” is not a lost art, and invites listeners on a journey from dirty downtown New York City scenes to blissful Californian deserts.
Good Good Desperation could easily be considered Hopewell's Meddle or Tago Mago chapter in a lengthy history that includes countless singles and compilations, and opening for My Bloody Valentine on their recent reunion tour, working in the past with producer Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah), recording a Peel Session live at Abbey Road Studio, and playing Reading and Leeds Festivals. With Good Good Desperation, Hopewell's journey continues in a grassroots, homespun sort of way -- down their own noisy path.
Listen to Hopewell on NPR - http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=105107290&m=105100359
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