Thursday, March 14, 2024

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol share "Peanut Butter Snack Sticks" single from Big Dumb Riffs, launch cassette pre-orders & Big Dumb Tour


"I guarantee you, their to-the-point new single will be jammed firmly in your head for days on end." -- Metal Injection


“Fuzzed-out, speaker-exploding groove that's both sonically excruciating and intoxicatingly alluring. They find a weird sweet spot of harshness and catchiness that goes down like a greasy, gut-busting bad decision.” — Invisible Oranges


"Epically catchy... Imagine the ear-wormy fuzz-rock riffage of Dinosaur Jr. if it was played on an eight-string guitar with super heavy low-end." -- Revolver Magazine



Austin trio Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol share a new single today from their forthcoming album Big Dumb Riffs. The track premieres via Metal Sucks HERE. (All DSPs). Pre-orders for the Big Dumb Riffs cassette are available now via Bandcamp HERE. Vinyl pre-orders will be announced soon. 


Metal Injection recently premiered the video for second single "Whip It Around", directed by Katie McDowell, HERE. (Direct YouTube HERE.)


Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol also launch their Big Dumb Tour 2024 next week. Please see all dates below. Ticket links HERE.


“Our catalog has never been short on big dumb riffs, but the idea on this record was to really turn the screw,” says RBBP bassist Aaron Metzdorf. On Big Dumb Riffs, that screw is cranked incredibly tight. 


“We just wanted ‘the part’: The opening of Pantera’s ‘Primal Concrete Sledge’, the breakdown in Primus' ‘Pudding Time’ — the shit that makes you move and lose your mind. Just that part the whole time.”


Across 11 concise, taut songs — most clocking in around 2 minutes or less — Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol demonstrates their skillful ability to blend the merciless low end of Leo Lydon’s 8-string guitar, Aaron Metzdorf’s masterful chordwork on the bass, and Sean St.Germain’s driving drumming. 


Hot on the heels of their breakout 5th studio release Doom Wop (2023), Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol returns with Big Dumb Riffs: A whole new variant of the fuzzed out, overdriven, melodic, groovy music they have been making since 2016. While Big Dumb Riffs is decidedly more aggressive and rhythmic, it still retains the overtly melodic feel of Doom Wop. But Leo Lydon’s vocals are considerably more angry and negative (song titles like “1-800-EAT-SHIT” and “Body Bag” should be a clue.) 


“The whole writing process was, ‘what if we just played two notes the whole song’,” Metzdorf says. “‘What if we tuned down to almost unusable string tension?’, ‘what if we write a record that will make everyone say 'wow that is dumb’? Leo and I really move around on stage a lot. Being a dingus is crucial to the groove. All these riffs were designed to allow us to act bigger and dumber on stage.”


Big Dumb Riffs will be available for streaming and download on March 22, 2024. LP to follow in late Spring. 



RICKSHAW BILLIE'S BURGER PATROL LIVE 2024:

03/21 Austin, TX - Waterloo Records (in-store, 5pm)

03/22 Austin, TX - St Elmo Brewing - album release show - SOLD OUT

03/23 Dallas, TX - Double Wide

03/27 Phoenix, AZ - Linger Longer Lounge

03/28 Los Angeles, CA - Resident

03/29 San Francisco, CA - Kilowatt

03/30 Sacramento, CA - Cafe Colonial

04/02 Seattle, WA - The Funhouse

04/03 Portland, OR - Mano Oculta

04/05 Salt Lake City, UT - Quarters DLC

04/06 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive

04/19 Nashville, TN - The Basement

04/20 Atlanta, GA - The Earl

04/22 Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor

04/23 Silver Spring, MD - Quarry House Tavern

04/24 Millersville, PA - Phantom Planet

04/25 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs 

04/26 Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool

04/27 Philadelphia, PA - King Fu Necktie 

04/28 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe

04/30 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern

05/01 Detroit, MI - Lager House

05/02 Chicago, IL - The Hideout

05/03 St. Louis, MO - The Sinkhole

05/04 Kansas City, MO - miniBar

05/10 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger 







Artist: Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol

Album: Big Dumb Riffs

Label: Permanent Teeth

Release Date: March 22nd, 2024


01. Clowntown

02. 1-800-EAT-SHIT

03. Papa Pop It

04. Peanut Butter Snack Sticks

05. Whip It Around

06. Body Bag

07. Brat

08. El Sapo

09. Bastard Initiated

10. Blue Collar Man

11. In a Jar








www.rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol.com

rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol.bandcamp.com























Tuesday, March 12, 2024

MoonKill shares first single from forthcoming debut album via New Noise, announces SXSW schedule

 


“Moonkill live somewhere in the world of darkened punk realms where all things Danzig are held sacred…There's something in the band that feels very much like you're driving West on I-10 in an old Cadillac with your hair blowing from beneath your cowboy hat...basically Danzig fronting Clutch.” — Austin Town Hall


"Everything you could possibly want from the darker side of punk." -- New Noise Magazine



Austin band MoonKill share the lead single from their forthcoming debut album today via New Noise Magazine. Hear/share "Ranger Danger, Pt. 2" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp.)


MoonKill plays untethered Texas Punk. Inserting ambient spacey sounds & new-wave tension into a punk world that is difficult to pin down. 


MoonKill materialized in a T-shirt factory, which doubled as an after-hours practice space, in Austin, TX. The quartet all connected for a random jam session in May 2022. The drummer was the lynchpin in a network of friends, which included a guitarist who lived in a trailer in his driveway at the time. The first session produced their initial song “Long Line to Hell'' and they have been growing their queue of Texas Punk songs ever since. 


The band self-produced a 3 song EP, The Kong Sessions, in the loft of their friend’s screen-printing shop. After presenting it to producer/engineer Roky Moon (of American Sharks), he offered to produce their debut album, which was completed in February 2024. They played their first live show in Sept. 2023, to a packed house, and began a relentless live show schedule.


Since then, others have taken notice, including their growing fan base in and around Austin. Their EP gained notice from music critics, including Greg Kot, (Chicago Tribune) who featured “Dead Holiday” on his syndicated show, Sound Opinions.


MoonKill will be available to stream & download on May 3rd. Pre-order/pre-save HERE.  


MOONKILL LIVE 2024:

03/13 Austin, TX - Liberty Bar (12am)

03/14 Austin, TX - BLK Vinyl (2:15pm)

03/15 Austin, TX - Valhalla (2pm)

03/16 Austin, TX - Sunny’s Backyard (7:30pm)






Artist: MoonKill

Album: MoonKill

Label: self-released 

Release Date: May 3rd, 2024


01. Dead Holiday

02. Ranger Danger, Pt. 1

03. Ranger Danger, Pt. 2

04. Chainsaw Bathroom Sex

05. Murderhouse

06. Full Stop

07. Ghost Town

08. Long Line to Hell

09. Rabbit’s Foot

10. Friend or Foe



On The Web:

linktr.ee/moonkillband

moonkill.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/moonkillband