DEAD BY WEDNESDAY Announces "Headbangers for Hatewear" Showcase - September 5, 2014 in Queens, NY

DEAD BY WEDNESDAY Announces “Headbangers for Hatewear” Showcase – September 5, 2014 in Queens, NY

“Headbangers for Hatewear”, Sponsored by Hatewear Inc. @ The BLACKTHORN 51

Also Featuring Doomsday Mourning, Johnny Booth, Imminent Periil, The Machinist, O.N.E. and More!

CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS – Take the Canni-Bus! Details Below

Connecticut’s DEAD BY WEDNESDAY is pleased to announce their upcoming performance as part of the “Headbangers for Hatewear” showcase, sponsored by Hatewear Inc. The showcase will take place on Friday, September 5m 2014 at The Blackthorn 51 in Elmhurst, Queens, NY (80-12 51^st Ave). In addition to DEAD BY WEDNESDAY, other bands on the showcase include Doomsday Mourning, Johnny Booth, Imminent Peril, The Machinist, O.N.E. and more! You can buy tickets here: LINK

Doors open at 6:30PM with a 7:00PM start time, with admission set at only $13 with advance purchased ticket (available via the venue and the bands performing), and $15 at the door. The show is 18+ with valid ID. Plus, every person receives a Hatewear Inc. "For the Headbanger's Brutal New Music Vol. #5" sampler CD with entry!

Fans from Connecticut wanting to attend can hop on the Canni-Bus – an old school-style party bus trip leaving from the back parking lot at Long Wharf exit off 95 in New Haven, CT. $30 TOTAL gets you a safe ride there and back, to and from NY! This includes the bus ride AND entry into the club, as well! Bus is BYOB! 

**Please note there are ONLY 40 seats available on the bus, so act now! E-Mail DEAD BY WEDNESDAY for more details at: OMindsnap@aol.com or inbox them on Facebook.

DEAD BY WEDNESDAY’s new EP Death Of A Rockstar is out now via Ear One Productions. The album, produced by Nicholas T. Rage of Toxic Holocaust (Hatebreed, Kingdom of Sorrow, Jasta), can be purchased as a limited edition digipack or hard copy NOW here: http://earoneproductions.bigcartel.com/. Death Of A Rockstar is the band’s fourth release.

Formed in 2005, DEAD BY WEDNESDAY made their mark by releasing their debut CD Democracy is Dead on Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed's Stillborn Records. In 2008, the band released their highly anticipated sophomore full length The Killing Project on Eclipse Records. The Killing Project, considered a crossover release by many, was an aggressive demonstration of New Haven, CT's signature hybrid of metal, punk, and real hardcore. The album featured the single ‘Pawns’, which spawned a music video directed by Grammy nominated producer David Brodsky of My Good Eye, NYC, and went into rotation on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball, Music Choice and Havok TV on demand, Liquid Metal, Rock Band, and UFC.

In 2011, the band released their third record, The Last Parade. Produced by Enoch Jensen at East Lake Recording Studio's in MA, this release was considered by the band as their “Master of Puppets”. The release ofThe Last Parade was followed by a full U.S. tour with Straight Line Stitch and Defiler, sponsored by the clothing line Hatewear, Inc. DEAD BY WEDNESDAY went on to snag the “Best Metal” award two years in a row at the Connecticut Music Awards.

Learn more about DEAD BY WEDNESDAY at these locations:

www.DBWMusic.com

www.Facebook.com/DeadByWednesday

www.Twitter.com/DeadByWednesday

www.YouTube.com/DBWtv

www.Soundcloud.com/DeadByWednesday

www.Reverbnation.com/DeadByWednesday

http://deadbywednesday.bandcamp.com

DEAD BY WEDNESDAY is proudly sponsored by:

Sabian Cymbals

Vic Firth Drumsticks

HM Drums

Hatewear Inc.

Randall

DEAD BY WEDNESDAY is:

Joseph Lee Morbidelli - Vocals

Opus - Drums

Mike Modeste - Bass

Joey Concepcion - Guitar

SUNFLOWER DEAD: Available Now via iTunes - New Eddie Wohl (Fuel, Anthrax, Ill Nino) Remix of "Wasted"

SUNFLOWER DEAD: New Eddie Wohl (Fuel, Anthrax, Ill Nino) Remix of “Wasted” - Available Now via iTunes

Watch the “Wasted” Music Video via Blank TV - http://youtu.be/HAFmGVgK2c0

Check Out SUNFLOWER DEAD’s Video Tour Diary via PureGrainAudio.com

Long Beach, CA hard rockers SUNFLOWER DEAD have just released their brand new Eddie Wohl (Fuel, Anthrax, Ill Nino) re-mixed single ‘Wasted’ via iTunes! Go ahead and buy it here. SUNFLOWER DEAD’s self-titled album with the original version of ‘Wasted’ is available to buy here at Amazon.

Make sure to watch the new music video for ‘Wasted’ via Blank TV here: http://youtu.be/HAFmGVgK2c0. ‘Wasted’ was mastered by Maor Applebaum.

SUNFLOWER DEAD are currently on tour with headliners Powerman 5000 and (Hed) PE! Watch the band’s official video tour diary now via PureGrainAudio.com! Part 6 and Part 7 were just made available for viewing, so check out all videos now at PureGrainAudio.com. 

Tickets are available now – see below for a list of remaining tour dates.

Remaining SUNFLOWER DEAD tour dates

W/ POWERMAN 5000 & (HED) PE

8/28 - Hickory, NC @ The Wizard Saloon

8/29 - Newport, KY @ Thompson House

8/30 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Stache @ The Intersection

SUNFLOWER DEAD hail from Long Beach, CA and are no strangers to hard rock and metal scene, as the band is a rebirth of sorts. Three-fifths of the band rise from the ashes of former nationally recognized touring actsDROID and Two Hit Creeper. They are rounded out by additional band members who have toured internationally with Buckethead, In This Moment and Memento. Their former bands have earned national recognition by touring alongside Korn, Linkin Park, HELLYEAH, Five Finger Death Punch, The Family Values Tour & the Vans Warped Tour.

SUNFLOWER DEAD is:

Michael - vocals, piano, accordion

Jaboo - lead guitar

Jamie Teissiere - guitar

Leighton "Lats" Kearns - bass

Jimmy Schultz - drums

To learn more about SUNFLOWER DEAD, please visit:

www.sunflowerdead.com

www.facebook.com/sunflowerdead

https://twitter.com/SUNFLOWERDEAD

Literature shares video for "Kites," extends fall tour

Philadelphia indie-pop outfit Literature recently released their sophomore album'Chorus' via Slumberland Records. Today the band shares the kaleidoscopic music video for album standout "Kites." Stream the video over at Stereogum. 

'Chorus' is now available for purchase on CD/LP via Slumberland and digitally on iTunes.

Tour Dates: 

09/05 Bethlehem, PA - Nancy Run Fire Company w/Slow Warm Death

09/06 Baltimore, MD - Holy Underground w/Expert Alterations

09/07 Washington DC - George Washington University

09/08 Marietta, OH  - Project Active Media

09/09 Cleveland, OH - Dag House w/Heart Attack Man, Sunmouth, Two Hand Fools

09/10 Dayton, OH - South Park Tavern

09/11 Nashville, TN - Betty's

09/12 Athens, GA - Hi Lo Lounge w/Gold-Bears & Deep State

09/13 Savannah, GA - The Bomb Shelter w/Gold-Bears

09/14 Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor (early show)

09/15 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts w/The Drums & Beverly

09/16 New Brunswick, NJ - Paradise Lost

09/17 Brooklyn, NY - Death by Audio w/Expert Alterations, Gingerlys, Kissing Is A Crime

09/18 New York, NY - Cake Shop w/Grand Resort, Crazy Pills, Big Quiet

09/20 NYC, NY - Bowery Ballroom w/The Drums & Beverly

09/21 Albany, NY - Low Beat w/Neighborhood of Make Believe, Drgn King

09/22 Cleveland, OH - Happy Dog w/Cheap Clone

09/24 Grand Rapids, MI - Mulligan's Pub

09/25 Chicago, IL - Quenchers

09/26 Milwaukee, WI - Quarters w/ROM, Soul Low, Lost Spirit

09/28 Omaha, NE - Sweatshop Gallery w/Nathan Ma & The Rosettes

09/30 Boise, ID - The Crux

10/01 Spokane, WA - The Bartlett w/Sebadoh

10/02 Portland, OR - Foggy Notion

10/03 Sacramento, CA - Witch Room w/Soft Science

10/04 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern

10/05 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo w/ The Shivas

10/06 San Diego, CA - The Hideout

  

Bio:

Philadelphia, PA's Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who'd written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold.

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy's "Casual Victim Pile II" compilation they released their debut album, Arab Spring, which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7", "Tie Dye" and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year's NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. Arab Spring was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, Chorus, with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. Chorus is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

  

Literature

Chorus

(Slumberland Records)

Street Date: August 19, 2014 

Pre-order CD/LP - iTunes

1. The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything

2. The English Softhearts

3. Blasé

4. Tie-Dye (Your Life)

5. Court/Date

6. New Jacket

7. Chime Hours

8. Chorus

9. Jimmy

10. Dance Shoes

11. Kites

LITERATURE LINKS:

  

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/literatureband 

  

Twitter - https://twitter.com/literatureband

Bandcamp - http://literature.bandcamp.com

Israel Nash's "Rain Plans" featured on NPR's "Heavy Rotation"

“Rain Plans,” the title track off Israel Nash’s new album, is being featured on NPR’s “Heavy Rotation—10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing” (http://n.pr/1AXBpgI) and continues to receive spins on Austin’s KUTX, Seattle’s KEXP and Minneapolis’ The Current.

 

Rain Plans, which recently streamed in its entirety at The A.V. Club (http://avc.lu/1unsvsb), was released to widespread critical praise both stateside and abroad:

 

 “A glorious neo-psychedelic masterpiece.”—KEXP

 

“There is a vivid sense of imagery permeating through Rain Plans. Simple, textured instrumentation compliments songs about traveling through life to find whatever it is you’re looking for.”—Glide Magazine

 

“It’s a career worth following.”—The Independent

“Nash paints a sonic picture using bright strokes of grunge,

‘60s folk-pop and crying pedal steel.”—CMT   

 

 “…compelling.”—Paste

 

“The most phenomenal Americana record of the year.”—Rolling Stone Germany

 “…music soaked in rural American lore.”—Uncut

“…likely going to make several year-end lists when all is said and done—both here and abroad.”—Stereo Subversion

 

The album was produced by Nash, recorded and mixed by Grammy Award-winning engineer Ted Young (Sonic Youth, Kurt Vile) and inspired by Nash’s new home of Dripping Springs, TX which helped evolve the tone of his songwriting. Of the new music Nash notes, “I wanted to make an album that sounded like what I saw and somehow spread the peace that this place brings to me. These songs are all about moving from New York to the reaches of the Hill Country and what those hills represent to me, which is greater than just nature. It’s about my life and home. I really wanted to go new places and abandon any rules that had made me cautious before. It’s about creating an environment that is so much bigger than any individual.”

 

To celebrate the release, Nash will set out on a worldwide tour including an Americana Music Festival Official Showcase performance at The High Watt in Nashville. See below for full tour routing.

 

As a native of Missouri, Nash grew up in the heartland of America. Ever restless, Nash relocated to New York City. In 2011 he released Barn Doors and Concrete Floors, which was recorded live in an old barn in upstate New York. Extensive touring in Europe helped Nash gain greater exposure overseas and the Euro Americana Charts chose Barn Doors and Concrete Floors as the top album of 2011.

 

RAIN PLANS TRACKLIST

1. Woman at the Well

2. Through the Door

3. Just Like Water

4. Who In Time

5. Myer Canyon

6. Rain Plans

7. Iron of the Mountain

8. Mansions

9. Rexanimarum

 

ISRAEL NASH TOUR DATES

August 28                                                   Brighton, UK                                            The Prince Albert

August 29                                                     Dorset, UK                                   End of the Road Festival
August 31                                                 Manchester, UK                                           The Castle Hotel
September 2                                                London, UK                                                        Borderline
September 4                                                 Belfast, UK                                                        McHugh’s

September 5                                                Kilkenny, IE                                                       Set Theatre

September 6                                                  Dublin, IE                                          Whelan’s (Upstairs)
September 9                                               Hamburg, DE                                                         Prinzebar

September 10                                                Zurich, CH                                                            Bogen F
September 11                                                 Paris, FR                                                     La Boule Noir

September 12                                              Haarlem, NL                                                          Patronaat

September 13                                            Groningen, NL                                         Take Root Festival

September 18                                              Nashville, TN                                                The High Watt

September 20                                              Nashville, TN                                                     The Groove

September 21                                             Lexington, KY                                 Willie’s Locally Known

September 22                                             Knoxville, TN                                                The Standard†

September 23                                            Whitesburg, KY                                                  Summit City

September 25                                          Rocky Mount, VA                                                   Harvester*

September 26                                             Richmond, VA                                                   Broadberry*                        September 27                                          Charlottesville, VA                                            The Jefferson*

September 28                                               Raleigh, NC                                       Southland Ballroom*

September 30                                           Wilmington, NC                                             Bourgie Nights

October 1                                                    Asheville, NC                                              New Mountain*

October 3                                                 Washington, DC                                                    Hamilton*

October 4                                                   New York, NY                                          Mercury Lounge*

October 5                                                 Philadelphia, PA                                         World Café Live*

October 7                                                     Boston, MA                                                     Great Scott*

October 9                                                   Pittsburgh, PA                                                     Club Café*

October 10                                                Columbus, OH                                              The Basement*

October 11                                                   Chicago, IL                                                          Schubas*

October 12                                                   Goshen, IN                                              Ignition Garage*

October 13                                                 St. Louis, MO                                                  Duck Room*

October 15                                                   Denton, TX                                                Dan’s Silverleaf

*with Sons of Bill

†with The Felice Brothers

Megafortress announces debut full-length on Driftless Recordings

"The singer must have known love in his own experience and recognized it as good absolutely. He must also have known the presence of Satan, in the world and in his own heart." - Sirius, Olaf Stapledon   

Believer, the debut full-length from Megafortress, is not a meditation on faith or devotion. It is a search, constantly twisting into darkness, where the identities of every object and intentions of every figure are unclear. The tracks seem to follow a sole searcher, a lost person, for whom faith is not a source of light amidst the obscurity but a delusion that only makes the ambiguities more terrifying.

Megafortress is the solo work of Brooklyn artist Bill Gillim. In 2012, Software released his debut s/t EP, a collection of gorgeous vocal meditations and ambient soundscapes. Believer boasts a bolder, naked vocal approach, telling a hauntingly intimate story. The ten songs give shape to a world that on the surface seems sweet and welcoming, but, in time, slowly unravels into a place of disorder, sickness, and disappearance. That ambiguity is written into the album at all levels.

Aurally, the record is at once lush and spare. Layered synthesizers and saxophone, occasional bass, sampled bells and natural sounds, tweaked voices, and Gillim's warm, unaffected vocals create a honeyed sonic backdrop. However each track adheres to a kind of patient minimalism of its own logic. The songs persistently resist climax, instead corkscrewing or turning into the unexpected: minor and discordant notes, interrupted thoughts, always toward an eerie stillness. 

That balance of melody and discord, hope and haunting, is reiterated in the overall arc of the record, which takes us over a route of happier melody into darker, more anxious, more echoing and spacious zones, until we are left, lying on our backs, hearing ourselves breathe. All the while, the story we are being told in words is revealed to be one of self-deception, devious and obscure figures, and wishful thinking.

  

   

  

Megafortress

Believer

(Driftless Recordings)

Street Date: Nov. 4, 2014

Formats: LP / Digital    

1) Beginning

2) Live In Grace 

3) Fear

4) Never Becomer 

5) Believer

6) Pilot

7) Murderer

8) Bogota

9) Leroy In Tongues 

10) Long Hair 

 

MEGAFORTRESS LINKS:

  

Twitter 

Facebook

Soundcloud

Listen To ODESZA's In Return Megamix; New Album Out Sept. 9th On Counter Records

With just under two weeks until the release of In Return (out Sept. 9th on Counter Records (a Ninja Tune imprint)), ODESZA is offering a preview of the new album with theIn Return Megamix. Premiered via Thump, it's an expertly blended sampling of all 13 album tracks. In Return more than just delivers on the promise of ODESZA's previous work. A record with a precocious maturity and coherence, it's a start-to-finish stunner of pop-infused, electronic wonder, littered with infectious hooks and potent atmosphere. Vocal performances from Zyra, Py, Shy Girls and Madelyn Grant are worked into ODESZA's trademark, mood-altering uplift. Three of the album tracks, "Sun Models feat. Madelyn Grant," "Memories That You Call feat. Monsoonsiren" and "Say My Name feat. Zyra,"have already topped the Hype Machine popular chart.  "Say My Name" is also currently #1 on the US Spotify Viral Chart and #2 on the Worldwide Chart. In Return is currently available for pre-order on vinyl, CD and WAV at odesza.com and digitally via iTunes.

Next month, ODESZA will kick off the In Return tour across North America. Tickets are currently available via odesza.com and going fast. Shows continue to sell out across the country including two nights at the Mezzanine in San Francisco, The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, Belly Up Tavern in San Diego, U Street Music Hall in DC, Bowery Ballroom in New York, Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn and The Sinclair in Boston. Stay tuned for more updates as more shows will be announced soon!

LISTEN TO ODESZA'S IN RETURN MEGAMIX:

http://bit.ly/1ny6xLq

ODESZA IN RETURN NORTH AMERICAN TOUR (new dates in bold):

Fri. Sept. 13 - Jackson Hole, WY @ Mangy Moose (Teton Gravity Research Film Premiere After Party)

Thu. Sept. 18 - San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine* (SOLD OUT)

Fri. Sept. 19 - San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine* (SOLD OUT)

Sat. Sept. 20 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre* (SOLD OUT)

Sun. Sept. 21 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern* (SOLD OUT)

Tue. Sept. 23 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom*

Thu. Sept. 25 - Austin, TX @ Vulcan Gas Company*

Fri. Sept. 26 - Dallas, TX @ Trees (Index Festival)*

Sat. Sept. 27 - New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks*

Tue. Sept. 30 - Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall* (SOLD OUT)

Wed. Oct. 1 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's*

Thu. Oct. 2 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom* (SOLD OUT)

Fri. Oct. 3 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg* (SOLD OUT)

Sat. Oct. 4 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair* (SOLD OUT)

Sun. Oct. 5 - Montreal, QC @ Le Belmont*

Mon. Oct. 6 - Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club Theater*

Wed. Oct. 8 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig*

Thu. Oct. 9 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement*

Fri. Oct 10 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge*

Sat. Oct. 11 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater*

Sun. Oct. 12 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club*

Wed. Oct. 15 - St. Louis, MO @ Firebird*

Thu. Oct. 16 - Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck*

Fri. Oct. 17 - Lincoln, NE @ Vega*

Sat. Oct. 18 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre* (VENUE CHANGE)

Sun. Oct. 19 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge*

Tue. Oct. 21 - Vancouver, BC @ Venue*

Wed. Oct. 22 - Vancouver, BC @ Venue*

Fri. Oct. 24 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market*

Sat. Oct. 25 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom*

Sat. Nov. 1 - Los Angeles, CA @ HARD's Day of the Dead Festival

Sat. Jan. 1-6, 2014 - Miami, FL @ Holy Ship

*w/ Ambassadeurs, Hayden James

SET IT OFF UK/EUROPEAN TOUR:

Fri. Nov. 7 - Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen

Sat. Nov. 8 - Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Medis

Sun. Nov. 9 - Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik

Thu. Nov. 13 - Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat

Fri. Nov. 14 - Brussels, Be @ Ancienne Belgique

Sat. Nov. 15 - Birmingham, UK @ Library Institute

Sun. Nov. 16 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom

Mon. Nov. 17 - Glasgow, UK @ Garage

Tue. Nov. 18 - Manchester, UK @ Club Academy

Wed. Nov. 19 - Paris, FR @ La Bellevilloise

Thu. Nov. 20 - Winterthur, CH @ Salzhaus

Fri. Nov. 21 - Milan, IT @ Circolo Magnolia
Sat. Nov. 22 - Rome, IT @ Lanificio 159

Tue. Nov. 25 - Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv Club

Thu. Nov. 27 - Prague, CZ @ Podnik

Fri. Nov. 28 - Berlin, DE @ Gretchen

Sat. Nov. 29 - Stavanger, NO @ Tou Scene

Sun. Nov. 30 - Vilnius, LT @ Loftas

WATCH & LISTEN:

In Return Megamix stream - http://bit.ly/1qJN2k4

"Say My Name" stream - http://bit.ly/YpxJq4

"Memories That You Call (Henry Krinkle Remix)" stream - http://bit.ly/UDsaSs

"Memories That You Call (feat. Monsoonsiren)" stream - http://bit.ly/1zum7jS

"Sun Models (feat. Madelyn Grant)" stream - http://bit.ly/1bKpO6X

NO.SLEEP Mix.06 stream - http://bit.ly/1kEIsa7

In Return tour trailer - http://bit.ly/1pc8K3a

  

ODESZA online:

http://odesza.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Odesza

https://twitter.com/odesza

http://instagram.com/odesza

https://soundcloud.com/odesza