Summer People Debut "Cry" Music Video [EIS Premiere]

In case you didn't know, Binghamton/NYC's Summer People have been one of our favorite bands over the past few years. Their music is punk, but any genre comparisons simply fall short. Summer People are a beast of another nature. Witness them live and it's immediately apparent that a reckless abandonment and soulful energy radiate deep within their music. On Burn The Germs, the quintet's recently released third album, the guys have stripped down their sound, veering from the Americana flourishes and beauty of past records in favor of raw, simplistic, straight ahead punk. The band sound hungry and restless. Every song twists and convulses with a sense of urgency as frontman Alex Craver croons and howls over the crashing rhythms and waves of guitar. Summer People have found strength in depravity.

We're honored to premiere "Cry," the first video from the record. Directed by Ashley Connor and starring Zia Anger and Elizabeth Gray, the biting anthem to emotional excess finds the two actresses... well, crying. Their emotions take them to different locations, levels of physical anger, and when all hope is lost... there's ice cream. An ever present sense of being truly unhinged seems to be the theme of the video and song, so don't be afraid to cry... or just eat some ice cream. Whatever works. Check out the video and the band's upcoming tour dates below (including a not to be missed show at Shea Stadium with Porches., Lost Boy ?, and Heeney).



Summer People Tour Dates:

June 07th - Shea Stadium (Brooklyn, NY) w/ Porches., Lost Boy ?, and Heeney
June 21st - Ottawa Tavern (Toledo, OH) w/ Goldmines
June 22nd - Now That’s Class (Cleveland, OH) w/ Goldmines and Megachurch
July 12th - The Bug Jar (Rochester, NY) w/ Batista
July 13th - The Chapter House (Ithaca, NY) w/ Kingsize Pegasus

Zorch Ready Full Length Debut "Zzoorrcchh" For July

[press release] These days, our lives seem like a creative work in progress on public display, scattered in bits and pieces across multiple social media. What if you were to compile the past several years' worth of your posts into one? Would it make any sense at all? Not likely.

The debut full length by Austin duo Zorch, however, is the end result of nearly 5-years worth of material similarly collected, then shredded, condensed and completely remolded into a solid whole. It sounds like two hyperactively creative minds finding ways to cleverly merge together effervescent synth blips, blue-eyed soul vocals, gang-chant backups, blurting EDM bass lines, frenetic drums, hazy psych-drone and even the proverbial kitchen sink taking leads here and there. Each song sounds like it could've been crafted out of samples from several different decades of pop culture history, though it's entirely the work of two exceptional musicians.

If Zzoorrcchh sounds like a photomosaic looks, it's because there is similarly a meticulously organized logic to it all. When Zac Traeger (keyboards, omnichord, vocals) and Shmu (drums, omnichord, vocals) first started playing together in 2008 while studying music in college in Boston, the pair would improvise and record many hours worth of ideas. Some of these songs are direct descendants of those jams; the duo picking out pieces of those recordings, re-organizing and reworking them multiple times and in various studio settings while also adding on and creating new ideas. Demo versions of some of the songs on this album were previously released, only to again be redone a couple of times over for the album. And, Zorch even previously offered up all of the basic audio tracks from early EPs for fans to remix their own versions. Not quite like George Lucas endlessly tinkering with Star Wars, but there's a similar conviction that the work of art is never necessarily finished.

"Every song is different, there are no rules," Shmu explains. "We are very involved in not just writing parts for our own instruments but writing for each other's instruments as well. It's a boundary-less approach." Likewise, Zac elaborates, "the whole process was very time consuming and intense, there are lots of things on this record that I'm sure only .01% of the world will notice, but Sam and I would get into very heated debates about." The band is also just as intensive about its live shows, often playing upwards of 20 shows during the 4 days of SXSW. They're also known for writing unsolicited personalized jingles for music biz luminaries and local businesses as well as myriad high-concept side projects.

Zzoorrcchh kicks off fittingly by easing listeners into their world with a slow fade-in to whirling synths, a stately piano loop and countless layers of sounds comprising "My Joy is Explosion." The minute-long tune immediately segues into the blissfully hyper celebration of life, "We All Die Young." Here, Shmu's rollicking drum pattern that might make Neil Pert's head spin drives Zac's frantic synth arpeggios while several layers of voices sing, "what a day, let's celebrate it/ I want to feel elated." Elsewhere, on "This Is The Way It Goes" neo-rave staccato chords sounding like computer error tones, marimbas and pounding toms meet cheerful vocals singing the song title's seeming lament. "Inopportune Sailing" starts off like a repetitive, perky chiptune from an imaginary 80s video game that morphs into a full-fledged living pop-soul jam. It sounds like Zorch actually beat Daft Punk to the punch at making their own organic recordings sound like vintage song samples. "Zut Alors", a longtime fan live favorite lyrically pokes fun at conspiracy theories of reptilian overlords with the refrain, "giant surprise/ We are lizards disguised/ And we're controlling your lives/ With trilateral spies." The album is a wild auditory amusement park that gets more and more exciting with each visit.

In July of 2009, Zorch recorded their self-titled 4-track EP at Cacophony Studios in Austin, TX. It was the duo's first attempt to capture their sound and demonstrate their wide palette of musical colors, ranging from tribal to pop. Choosing to self-release the EP and offering it up as a free download through their website, Zorch also gave fans the opportunity to design and create their own CD cases at live shows. The "Cosmic Gloss" / "E.M.F." single followed in 2011.

Zzoorrcchh will be available everywhere on CD, LP and download via Sargent House on July 23rd, 2013.

Tracklisting:

1. My Joy is Explosion
2. We All Die Young
3. Its Kind of a Deal Where…
4. This is the Way it Goes
5. Mutwa
6. Zut Alors
7. Inopportune Sailing
8. Cosmic Gloss
9. Oceans Dawn

"Zorch demonstrate how good 'weird' can be." - SPIN

Ovlov Debut "Blue Baby" via Impose + Tour Dates

as seen on ImposeMagazine.com...

"It is possible to attribute the success of grunge careerist David Grohl's Foo Fighters empire in his keeping the sound of '92 alive. By bottling, branding and retailing the ersatz Nirvana Seattle grit pop, today's audiences can take a museum tour aboard radio friendly trams while singing along to "Monkey Wrench" or "My Hero". Somewhere in the mix we hear the underlying traces of Bleach, In Utero, and Nevermind in the crashing drums and remnants of that grunge guitar but only through the precautions of production harnessed by safety buckles.

With the safety belts and nets unbuckled, Ovlov premieres the track "Blue Baby" with a skronk that chases away the azure depths of any summer sky. Finding a home with Fat History Month, Speedy Ortiz, Pile, and more at Exploding In Sound Records; the Connecticut brothers of Steve, Theo and Jon Hartlett bring back the 90s grunge sound that never sold out with an attitude as if 1994 never happened.

The Hartlett brothers start it with a classic instrumental chord and percussion build up that marks the beginning of any epic headbanger. Frontman singer and songwriter Steve brings the sleepy delivery that carries on beneath the weight of the overhead guitar storm. The singing resounds like a live action letter being read aloud as written to a friend, where memories and thoughts float through a harmony hinged on the wings of thunderous, amplified distortion.



Like the song's front step introduction, the guitar and drum builds continue their move-up in both gain and volume, layering electric guitars like brick work blocks. Ascending through these levels, the master tumult of electric rain never ceases but encourages an interplay of whining guitar shreds and solos. In this blue heaven, everything is guided by the omnipresence of blaring chords in tones that combine all the Marshall stacks from Lollapalooza '92 into one towering inferno.

Ovlov's album Am comes out July 2 from Exploding in Sound Records (Pre-order HERE).

Their tour kicks off tonight in Hamden, CT. See the following dates for details.

May:

16 Hamden, CT - The Space with Anamanguchi, Infinity Shred
17 Boston, MA with Sneeze, Nice Guys, and more
18 Lowell, MA - Wilder Genecraft with Big Mess
19 Ithaca, NY - The Chapter House with Bombtree
20 Cleveland, OH - The Locker Room with The Rats Are Coming...
21 Kalamazoo, MI - The Corner Record Shop with radiator hospital and boring people
22 Chicago, IL - Neverland with my dad and the moses gun
23 Saint Paul, MN - The Elephant Graveyard with cantharone
24 Minneapolis, MN - Hexagon Bar with citroen and central division
25 Milwaukee, WI - Quarter's Roll n' Roll Palace with saturday night duets
26 Chesterton, IN - Sound Cellar with wounded knee
27 Columbus, OH
28 Lafayette, IN - A.N.T. Pharm with Derailer and White Reaper
29 Pittsburgh, PA - The Shit Brick with Oklahoma Car Crash & more
30 Philadelphia, PA - Hausu
31 New Brunswick, NJ - The Alamo

June:

01 Brooklyn, NY - Big Snow with appomattox and miniboone

Quick Notes: Nine Inch Nails, Chelsea Light Moving, Krill, Mikal Cronin, Beck, Indian Handcrafts, Dead Stars

*[theprp.com] Nine Inch Nails have been focused on cleaning out the vault as of late. This time they have posted footage which was originally compiled to serve as an exclusive bonus on the planned DVD re-release of their 1997 live set, “Closure“. Sadly, the expanded DVD re-release was scrapped due to issues with their then label home of Interscope Records.

Below you can watch the footage that was set to appear on the DVD. Meanwhile, more footage from the set can be seen HERE.



*[consequenceofsound.net] Thurston Moore dropped the first video for Chelsea Light Moving. It’s a political-leaning clip for “The Lip” featuring a myriad of footage and allusions to the Occupy Wall Street movie. Catch it below.



*A message from Krill...

"Alright yall, big news:::: we got vinyl. You can still order the cheese for a cool Franklin but if all you got is a tenner, then yer gettin a barfy colored 12" vinyl LP!!!!!! pre-order now if ya wanna & you’ll get a free download when the thang’s released on 6/24 & an LP in the us postal service (or whatever country you live in of the far-flung krill diaspora). Also some killer liner notes. if ya already pre-orded the digitalis, we'll hook you up w/ a spicy discount.

also available: : : cd in LP packagin’ for those of you who want lotsa cardboard but a smaller disc of music &/or enjoy sight gags.

Also if you’re into IRL culture, come hang at our 2 release shows: 1 in NYC at our beloved Big Snow on Friday June 28th & 1 in sweet home alaBoston, Saturday June 29th at Great Scott. more info to come on those quite soon, but they're gonna be big fun things."



*[consequenceofsound.net] Fresh off the release of his fantastic, Top Star-earning sophomore album MCII, the prince of garage pop Mikal Cronin drops the new video for the slap-happy jam “Change”.

Cronin reunites with director Claire Marie Vogel (“Teen Boppers”) to put onto film what so many of us wallflowers feel like at a party. Well, I don’t know if we all feel like Kevin Bacon in Hallow Man, but the kid without a face learns that just a little bit goes a long way if you want to have a good time. Doesn’t hurt that Mikal Cronin and his band are playing “Change” in the living room because that would perk up anyone’s spirits, even a ghost bro. Check out story of the garage rock California house party below (via SPIN).



*[consequenceofsound.net] It’s been almost a year since Beck released an album of non-recorded sheet music. On the Fourth of July, he’ll perform the material live for the first time during a star-studded concert at London’s Barbican, which promises appearances from Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand, Beth Orton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and more, according to SPIN.

Meanwhile, Beck has a number of upcoming U.S. tour dates scheduled for this summer, where he’ll be previewing material from an upcoming acoustic record.

Beck 2013 Tour Dates:
05/19 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
07/02 – Paris, FR @ Days Off Festival
07/04 – London, UK @ Barbican (Song Reader performance)
07/27 – Wantagh, NY @ Americanarama Festival w/ Bob Dylan, Wilco, Ryan Bingham
07/28 – Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival
07/30 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre #
08/02 – Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion #
08/03 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
08/04 – Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn) #

# = w/ full band/electric show

*[noisey.vice.com] Here's a sweet exclusive: the gritty new video for Indian Handcrafts' latest single, "Bruce Lee." As an homage to their late hero's sick Kung Fu skills, the Canadian duo pretty much kicks the crap out of each other with high kicks, uppercuts, and nunchucks, plus that ultimate display of testosterone-fuelled masculinity, the staring contest. All of this is set to a soundtrack of gnarly, drive-faster riffs and stomach-socking beats. It will make you want to roll around and get raw and then watch Kill Bill.

Indian Handcrafts' album, Civil Disobedience For Losers, is out now on Sargent House.



*[undertheradarmag.com] The early 90s are back — and they’ve never rocked more. Check out “Fractured” a track from guitar-loving Brooklyn trio Dead Stars. Flannels and long hair not required. Their new album High Gain streets June 4 via Uninhabitable Mansions.

Nine Inch Nails Welcome Robin Finck Back Into The Band

[consequenceofsound.net] Earlier this week, bassist Eric Avery announced his departure from Nine Inch Nails. Even though the band’s first show isn’t scheduled until late July, Trent Reznor wasted no time finding a replacement. As announced on the band’s Facebook page, longtime Nine Inch Nails collaborator Robin Finck has rejoined the band, and is already involved in rehearsals.

Fink has toured off and on with Nine Inch Nails since the mid-90s, and appears on five studio album. For this latest tour, he’ll perform alongside Reznor, Adrian Belew (King Crimson), and Josh Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv), along with previous NIN collaborators Alessandro Cortini and Ilan Rubin.

Nine Inch Nails 2013 Tour Dates:

07/26 – Niigata Prefecture, JP @ Fuji Rock Festival
07/28 – Ansan, KR @ Ansan Valley Festival
08/02 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/09-11 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
08/15 – Kiewit, BE @ Pukkelpop
08/16 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
08/18 – Hockenheim, DE @ Rock ‘n’ Heim
08/23 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
08/23-25 – Saint-Cloud, FR @ Rock en Seine
08/25 – Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
08/26 – Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum *
08/31-09/01 – Philadelphia, PA @ Made in America
10/25-27 – Asheville, NC @ Mountain Oasis Electronic Summit
11/01-03 – New Orleans, LA @ Voodoo Experience

* = w/ Tomahawk

Watch Queens of the Stone Age Videos 'Til Your Eyes Hurt

[consequenceofsound.net] Queens of the Stone Age were guests on the latest edition of UK-based music program Later… with Jools Holland. The band tore through two cuts off their new album …Like Clockwork: “My God Is The Sun” and “I Sat By The Ocean”. Replay both performances below.

Like Clockwork features Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor, Elton John, Alex Turner, Mark Lanegan, and more, and is due out June 4th through Matador Records.




Queens of the Stone Age were back on Later… with Jools Holland on Friday night. The band teased another cut from …Like Clockwork in the form of “If I Had A Tail”. The guy in the mask? UK artist Boneface, who’s behind the band’s recent saga of music videos.



All this week Queens of the Stone Age have been sharing creepy, nightmarish visuals in support of their new album …Like Clockwork, all of which have been animated by UK artist Boneface. Already we’ve seen videos for “I Appear Missing”, “Kalopsia”, “Keep Your Eyes Peeled”, and “If I Had A Tail”, and now the epic conclusion with “My God Is The Sun”. And what an ending it is: as it turns out, the characters featured in the previous four videos are all from the same town. Rather, they were from the same town. If this is what The Rapture looks like, we’re A-OK being left behind with the blood rain and the locusts.

On a side note: yesterday was Josh Homme’s 40th birthday. Nothing like ending civilization on the day of your birth.

FIDLAR Announce Fall Tour Dates

[consequenceofsound.net] L.A’s rambunctious punk upstarts FIDLAR have announced a new string of inter-coastal behind this year’s debut self-titled effort. After playing every festival from Detroit’s Orion Music + More to Australia’s Splendour in the Grass, the boys will kick off the 26-stop trek in San Francisco at the end of August. Fellow young punks The Orwells will join the band as openers.

FIDLAR 2013 Tour Dates:

05/30-06/02 – Porto, PT @ Optimus Primavera Sound
06/08-09 – Detroit, MI @ Orion Music + More
06/14-16 - Leicestershire, UK @ Download Festival
06/14-16 - Nickelsdorf, AT @ Nova Rock
06/22-24 - Scheeßel & Neuhausen ob Eck, DE @ Hurricane & Southside Festivals
07/04-07 – Malsaucy, FR @ Les Eurockéennes
07/12-14 – Kinross, UK @ T in the Park
07/26-28 – Byron Bay, AU @ Splendour in the Grass
08/10-11 - Osaka & Tokyo, JP @ Summer Sonic Festival
08/23-25 – Reading & Leeds, UK @ Reading and Leeds Music Festivals
08/29 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
09/01 – Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Festival
09/02 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
09/19 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
09/20 – Santa Barbara @ CA @ Velvet Jones *
09/23 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress *
09/24 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom *
09/26 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
09/27 – Kansas City, MO @ Czar Bar *
09/29 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
09/30 – Columbia, MO @ Mojo’s *
10/02 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn *
10/04-06 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/07 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks *
10/08 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon *
10/11-13 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/14 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In *
10/18 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck *
10/19 – Montreal, QC @ Il Motore *
10/23 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair *
10/24 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
10/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
10/26 – Washington, D.C. @ Rock and Roll Hotel *
10/28 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Smiling Moose Upstairs *
10/29 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *
10/31 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
11/01 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *
11/02 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *

* = w/ The Orwells

Cedric Bixlar-Zavala Forms New Band Zavalaz

[consequenceofsound.net] Cedric Bixler-Zavala, formerly of The Mars Volta and At The Drive-In, has launched a brand new project. Zavalaz — which is just Zavala with an extra z — also features guitarist Dan Elkan (Them Hills, Broken Bells), drummer Gregory Rogove (Megapuss), and bassist Juan Alderete de la Peña (The Mars Volta, Racer X).

They’ll hit the road together next month for a series of shows along the West Coast. There are also plans for an album, which Zavala described as featuring “lots of desert ballad space jams, lots of harmonies, lots of lap steel and piano. Lots of AM radio love songs. Short bitter sweet love songs. Be warned I’m not making a rock record. It might lightly rock but not like I’m known for.”

Meanwhile, Zavala’s ex-bandmate, Omar Rodríguez-López, also has a new project. He’s teamed with Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes to form Bosnian Rainbows and will release their self-titled debut on June 25th.

Zavalaz 2013 Tour Dates:

06/15 – Las Vegas, NV @ Artifice *
06/16 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriets *
06/19 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho Club *
06/20 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Slow Brewing Company ^
06/21 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Dunord ^
06/22 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades *
06/24 – San Jose, CA @ The Blank Club *
06/25 – Fresno, CA @ The New Starline *
06/26 – Bakersfield, CA @ Elements Venue *
06/28 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory *
06/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *
06/30 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah *

* = w/ Dot Hacker
^ = w/ Ev Kain

Liars Debut New Songs, Video + Tour Dates

[press release] Before LIARS embark on their European tour next week, they will be playing two very special shows in New York this weekend. They will perform at The MET in the Temple of Dendur on Saturday, May 18th and Le Poisson Rouge on Sunday, May 19th. The MET show is sold out, but tickets are still available for Le Poisson Rouge show – grab them while you can!

As they get ready to head out on the road, they are also sharing a special surprise: a free download two brand new tracks – “I Saw You From The Lifeboat” and “Perfume Tear.” They have also created a unique film, documenting the past few years, offering a rare insight to the life Liars. Check out the video now to sign up for your free downloads [below]!

Everyone that receives the download will be entered into a draw to win a piece of original artwork created by Liars.

The two tracks are solitary from any album, simply a freedom of the bands creativity. Explains Angus, “After releasing WIXIW and returning home from touring there was a palpable sense of creative relief and release. We relished in the opportunity to make stuff under no real directive and began almost immediately to produce all kinds of unrelated works. It’s a great position to be in creatively so we decided to share a small portion of the results with you today. Both of these songs happened almost instantly, and, in sharp contrast to the music we produced for WIXIW, were not labored over or scrutinized. It’s been great for us to recall the immediacy and excitement of creating music on the fly - unrestricted by subject matter and void of preoccupations about how it should 'work' in the greater context of things.”

Following their New York shows, the trio heads over seas for a two week European tour, including stops at Primavera, Sonar, Manchester Parklife & Brighton Festivals.

Summer Tour Dates:

5/18--The Temple of Dendur at The Met-New York, NY **SOLD OUT**
5/19--Le Poisson Rouge – New York, NY
5/23--La Cartonerrie-Reims, France
5/24--Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival-Dudingen, Switzerland
5/25--Primavera Sound-Barcelona, Spain
5/27–-Circolo Artisti—Rome, Italy
5/28—-Interzona-Verona, Italy
5/29--Musica 90 Molodiciotto-Torino, Italy
5/30--Cabaret Aleatoire-Marseille, France
6/01--Optimus Primavera-Porto, Portugal
6/05—-Sterelux-Nantes, France
6/06--Trabendo-Paris, France
6/09--Parklife Festival-Manchester, England
6/13--Sonar Festival-Barcelona, Spain
6/15—-Barby-Tel Aviv, Israel

Windhand Complete New Album + Announce Tour Dates

[press release] In 2012, backwoods psychedelic doom band Windhand released their self-titled LP & it was met with critical acclaim. The band is putting the finishing touches on their second LP for Relapse, due out this fall, which was recorded & mixed by the band's own Garrett Morris at The Darkroom & mastered by James Plotkin, in their hometown of Richmond, VA. The band will trek across North America this summer ushering their audiences into their menacing grooves & showcasing songs from their upcoming album.

Formed in 2009, Richmond, VA's Windhand (Asechiah Bogdan - Guitar, Parker Chandler - Bass, Dorthia Cottrell - Vocals, Garrett Morris - Guitar, and Ryan Wolfe - Drums) play what has been described as a tinnitus inducing mix of eerie psychedelia and haunting ambient doom. 2012 saw the release of their critically acclaimed, self-titled debut LP via Forcefield Records. A subsequent heavy dose of East Coast touring followed, culminating with a four week U.S. tour in August of that year.

The response from the press and fans alike has been immense. Cvlt Nation's review insists, "Windhand are way more than a band that you should be on the look out for, they are group of humans that will change the way your hear doom." While Decibel Magazine said, "For the most part, Sabbathian doom bands stand out by only writing great songs because sonically it's damn near impossible to separate yourself from the overcrowded genre. But there is something about Richmond's Windhand that makes them even more drugged-out and exceptional... It's massive, addictive destruction. Yeah, these fuckers are gonna be huge."

TOUR:

06/5 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
06/06 - Philadelphia, PA - Golden Tea House
06/07 - Brooklyn, NY - St. Vitus Bar
06/08 - Providence, RI - AS220 !
06/09 - Boston, MA - O'Brien's
06/10 - Cherry Valley, NY - Steve's Koi Pond
06/11 - Buffalo, NY - Vault Art Space
06/12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Gooski's
06/13 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups
06/14 - Chicago, IL - Ultra Lounge
06/15 - St. Paul, MN - The Turf Club
06/16 - Milwaukee, WI - Quarter's Rock n Roll
06/17 - Indianapolis, IN - The Sinking Ship #
06/18 - Newport, KY - South Gate Revival House
06/19 -Nashville, TN - The End %
06/20 - Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light %
6/21 - Raleigh, NC - Slim's $
6/22 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter $

! = w/ Elder and Morne
# = w/ Skeletonwitch
% = w/ Generation of Vipers
$ = w/ Inter Arma

Destruction Unit Debut New Single + Sign to Sacred Bones

[press release] Newly reborn out of the Ascetic House art collective, Destruction Unit emerges with “Two Strong Hits", a 7" single that will stick in your head for weeks, more and more echoed until you no longer hear it -- you LIVE it. It is organized, driving chaos, determined to break everything loose and free everybody from their imaginary prisons and phony leaders. In just under eight minutes, Destruction Unit's sonic repetition, feedback experimentation and pummeling drums make for two songs that go off like a machine gun in the trenches of your psyche, all without a note feeling out of place. They will drive you crazy out of your head and into your body. Both tracks are loud, noisy and organic, no flashy solos or technical pandering. In fact, don't expect to find music at all. Destruction Unit is a direct message from the American underground - and the message is FREEDOM! Turn everything over to the freaks and BE FREE!

This August the band will release a brand new full length record on Sacred Bones Records (details forthcoming) but first they have this 7" being released on Suicide Squeeze Records as part of their singles series. The record is super limited to a mere 750 copies (250 on glow in the dark vinyl, 500 on black) with a free download code and is also available digitally worldwide. You can stream the a-side from the record entitled "Sonic Pearl" below.

7" PRE-ORDER HERE.

The Ascetic House would also like to announce their Prisoner Outreach Service in which they will be offering all available Ascetic House titles free of charge to incarcerated persons. You can read more about the program here www.ascetism.com. Upcoming releases include new cassette titles by: Marshstepper, Destruction Unit, Jock Club, Body of Light, Mallevs, Soren, Dealing, William Cody Watson, Lust For Youth, Love Interest, Psychic Blood, Boys Of Paradise, Milk Music and more.

Destruction Unit have a wild touring schedule coming up with fellow comrades Milk Music and Merchandise starting in Austin for Chaos in Tejas. Check out the tour dates, 7" artwork and details!

TOUR DATES:

05-18 Tempe, AZ - Yucca Tap Room
05-30 Austin, TX - Chaos in Tejas *
05-31 Austin,TX - Chaos in Tejas *
06-01 Austin, TX - Chaos in Tejas *
06-02 Austin, TX - Chaos in Tejas *
06-04 Dallas, TX - Club Dada *
06-05 Nashville, TN @ Stone Fox *
06-06 Louisville, KY - The Workhouse Ballroom *
06-07 Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups *
06-08 Pittsburgh, PA - The 6119 *
06-09 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bears *
06-10 Winooski, VT - The Monkey House *
06-11 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore *
06-12 Toronto, ON - Izakaya Sushi House
06-13 Toronto, ON - The Garrison w/ Milk Music & Roomrunner
06-14 Taylor, PA - Underwood Skatepark
06-15 Brooklyn, NY - 285 Kent *
06-16 Brooklyn, NY - Shea Stadium w/ Nu Sensae, Big Ups & Psychic Blood
06-17 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
06-18 Washington, DC - DC9 *
06-19 Richmond, VA - Strange Matter *
06-20 Charlotte, NC - The Milestone *
06-21 Atlanta, GA - 529 Club *
06-22 Gainesville, FL - The Atlantic *
06-23 Miami, FL - Churchill's *
06-24 Tallahassee, FL - Office Lounge Gallery %
06-25 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone %
06-26 New Orleans, LA - Siberia %
06-27 Houston, TX - Mangos %
06-28 Mcallen, TX - Thirsty Monkey %
06-29 Austin, TX - Beerland %
07-01 El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace %
07-05 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo *

* with Merchandise, Milk Music
% with Milk Music

DESTRUCTION UNIT - TWO STRONG HITS (SUICIDE SQUEEZE RECORDS)
JULY 16TH, 2013

A. Sonic Pearl
B. Nightfall

DESTRUCTION UNIT (SACRED BONES RECORDS)
AUGUST 20TH, 2013
(Album title, track listing, and artwork forthcoming)

Kylesa Streaming "Ultraviolet" + Tour Dates

[press release] Kylesa's Ultraviolet (May 28, Season of Mist) is now streaming in its entirety via Pitchfork Advance HERE.

Tour dates:

May 16 Houston, TX Walters
May 17 Dallas, TX Trees
May 18 Austin, TX Mohawk
May 20 Albuquerque, NM Blackwater
May 21 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
May 22 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
May 23 Las Vegas, NV Backstage Bar & Billiards
May 24 Santa Cruz, CA Catalyst
May 25 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
May 27 Portland, OR Star Theater
May 28 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
May 29 Vancouver, BC Electric Owl
May 31 Calgary, AB Dickens
June 1 Regina, SK The Exchange
June 2 Winnipeg, MB The Pyramid
June 3 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
June 4 Iowa City, IA Gabe’s Oasis
June 5 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
June 6 Grand Rapids, MI Pyramid Scheme
June 7 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
June 8 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
June 9 Lexington, KY Cosmic Charlies
June 11 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
June 12 Ottawa, ON Maverick’s
June 13 Montreal, QC Il Motore
June 14 Brooklyn NY Northside Fest (Music Hall of Williamsburg)
June 15 Albany, NY Bogie’s
June 16 Boston, MA Middle East Downstairs
June 18 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
June 19 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel
June 20 Asheville, NC Asheville Music Hall
June 21 Atlanta, GA The Earl
June 22 Savannah, GA The Jinx

Pixies Photo Book "Pixies: A Visual History" Launches Kickstarter

A message from the Pixies...

"We would like to tell you about a special project that a very good friend of ours Sean Rayburn is working on:

Dear Fans,

It's called 'PIXIES: A Visual History' and I think it is something you will want to check out! People who "Like" the Pixies on Facebook may know this already, but just to recap, a few years ago, we started posting photos of the early days of the band. Some photos even predated the Pixies, like the one of Charles and Joey jamming in their dorm room at U-Mass Amherst! With all the photos we were sharing, we had such a fantastic response, to the point that even the music press was contacting us for details and the story behind the photos, which got us to thinking...

What if we raided the archives and released a book of the early days, featuring rare and never-before seen photos? What if we reached out to photographers who've worked with the band, and had them develop some photos they haven't looked at in 25 years? What if we took all this and put it in a quality hardcover edition, and made it exclusive to the online fans? Speaking for myself, it sounded like something as a fan of the Pixies I would really be in to!

With that in mind, I along with my good friend Aaron Tanner started working on this project, as fans, for the fans. I approached the band and their manager, and got their blessing to put it all together. I started production of volume 1 of this project. I shopped the book around, and while there was amazing response to the project, I was unsatisfied with where the publishers wanted to take this project.

Instead of releasing this book through traditional means, we decided to do it ourselves. But WOW! is publishing a book expensive! So we need your help.

We started a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds to put it all together. We have about three weeks left to raise the money we need to get the project funded. Check out the Kickstarter project by going HERE. You will find a great video put together by our friends at Exit 73 Studios, with narration by none other than Reid Paley himself. We go in to even more detail about the project, and we've got a few early Pixies recordings for you to listen to while perusing the page!

Thanks for your time, Pixies fans!" - Sean T. Rayburn

Boyfrndz Debut "Water Weight" + Announce New EP

[press release] Austin trio Boyfrndz announce their forthcoming new EP today and premiere the first song via PrefixMag.com. The Natures EP was co-produced by the band and keyboardist Ikey Owens (Jack White, Mars Volta), who also once again lends his skills on organ for a few tracks. Listen to/download "Water Weight" HERE.

Natures is a dark and powerful culmination of the band's uniquely soaring sound that traverses everything from Drive Like Jehu's wiry guitars, Sigur Ros' ethereal beauty, early Jane's Addiction's outer-space hard rock and myriad others.

Boyfrndz began in 2010, shortly after the collapse of We The Granada, a band in which guitarist/vocalist Scott Martin and bassist/vocalist Joseph Raines had cut their teeth. Martin's roommate and sought-after drummer/vocalist Aaron Perez (at the time already playing in three other bands) signed on and Boyfrndz quickly became a priority. The lineup expanded to a four piece with guitarist Kelvin Baron for their self-titled full length debut in 2011. The group enlisted Grammy award winning keyboardist Ikey Owens to co-produce and he also played keys on a couple of tracks. Boyfrndz pared down to a three piece following a summer tour in 2011 and soon thereafter recorded their expansive 2012 album, All Day Pass (Spora Records/Boyfrndz Records).

Natures was engineered and mixed by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders in Austin, with Grammy-nominee Dan Millice mastering at Engine Room Audio in NYC (A$AP Rocky, Hella's Tripper, et al).

Natures will be available July 16th via Boyfrndz Records.

Natures EP Tracklist:

01. All Get Out
02. Moving Parts
03. Daughter
04. Take The Arm
05. Water Weight

"All Day Pass was recorded mostly live over the course of three days. Impressive, considering how intricate their vocals sound." -- Pitchfork

"Reminiscent of early Jane's Addiction with a spacey twist, Martin's chugging guitars break into swirling solos while Perez keeps the percussion energetic and unpredictable." -- Consequence of Sound

Palms (ISIS/Deftones) Reveal Album Details

[press release] Palms, the Los-Angeles based band featuring members of ISIS and Chino Moreno of Deftones, have unveiled the album art for their June 25 self-titled debut album as well as the six-song (47 minute) track list.

Palms track list:

1. Future Warrior
2. Patagonia
3. Mission Sunset
4. Shortwave Radio
5. Tropics
6. Antarctic Handshake

A special iTunes pre-order gives purchasers an immediate download of "Tropics" (available HERE). Physical pre-order packages will be available later this month.

The band recently premiered “Patagonia,” a song from the upcoming album, via Pitchfork HERE [or below].

The quartet have also announced their first tour dates: a four-date west coast run this July with stops in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and San Francisco:

July 10 San Diego, CA Belly Up Tavern
July 11 Santa Ana CA The Observatory
July 12 Los Angeles, CA The Troubadour SOLD OUT
July 13 San Francisco, CA Slim’s

Palms came together following the demise of ISIS, with Jeff Caxide (bass), Aaron Harris, (drums) and Clifford Meyer (keyboards/guitar) electing to continue playing music together. “After a little time Jeff, Cliff, and I decided that it was insane that we all still lived here in Los Angeles and weren't playing together,” Harris says. “It just sort of happened naturally, probably because we have been playing together for so long, and things started to come together. But we didn't want to be instrumental: We wanted vocals. We just weren't exactly sure who that would be at first.” The band, knowing that Chino Moreno (Deftones) had been a fan of ISIS, thought he would be a great fit and he agreed. “A chance to work with the guys from ISIS sounded like a lot of fun,” Moreno says, “I've always been into the atmospheric sounds they had created with that project and felt my sense of melody would meld well with theirs."