The Well share remix track, play Austin Psych Fest, Psycho California Fest and SW shows

Austin heavy power trio The Well premiere a special dub-tinged remix of the track "Mortal Bones" -- here renamed "Crawling Mist" -- today via Brooklyn Vegan. The song is available to hear and share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud + FREE download HERE.) 

The Well kick off a set of shows this weekend with a performance at this year's highly anticipated Austin Psych Fest - Levitation (featuring 13th Floor Elevators, Tame Impala, Chelsea Wolfe and more). The band then heads west on headlining dates leading to the L.A. area's 3-day blowout Psycho California festival. Please see all shows below. 

 The Well's full length debut, Samsara was produced by Mark Deutrom [Melvins, Sunn0)))] and released September 23rd, 2014 via RidingEasy Records. 

THE WELL LIVE:

05/09  Austin, TX @ Austin Psych Fest - Levitation

05/13  El Paso, TX @ Monarch

05/14  Phoenix, AZ @ Rips Bar

05/15  San Diego, CA @ Tower Bar

05/17  Santa Ana, CA @ Psycho California Festival 

Artist: The Well Album: Samsara Label: RidingEasy Records Release Date: September 23rd, 2014 01. Mortal Bones 02. Trespass 03. 1000 Lies 04. Lucifer Sam 05. Refuge 06. Eternal Well 07. Dragon Snort On The Web: thewellband.com facebook.com/thewellband instagram.com/thewellband/

Elephant Rifle premiere new song from forthcoming album, tour starts later this month

Reno, NV aggro noisecore band Elephant Rifle premiere a new track from their forthcoming album, Ivory today via Brooklyn Vegan. The song "Red Shirts" is available to hear and share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud HERE.)

Elephant Rifle launch a string of dates surrounding the album release later this month, to be followed by more extensive shows to be announced soon. Please see current shows below. 

Noisey previously premiered the first single, "Bone Voyage," available to hear and share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud HERE.) A second track, "Rasputin" was launched via Metal Injection recently, available HERE. 

Ivory is an illicit substance. Elephants and other animals have been hunted to near extinction to support the market for ivory, the beautiful material stolen from the tusks and teeth of large mammals. Ivory is often associated with music, since it was historically used for the white keys on pianos. Carved ivory is art made from skeletal material, from dead or maimed animals.

Ivory is also the title of Elephant Rifle's new full-length album. The album title resonates with the band name in obvious ways: Ivory is the material an elephant rifle is usually aimed to obtain. There's very little actual piano on the album, however. It mostly consists of the raw materials of rock: electric guitar, bass and drums, along with a vocalist who, in live performances anyway, seems to channel John Belushi's impersonation of Joe Cocker. Elephant Rifle's music draws from '80s and '90s-style noise rock, like The Jesus Lizard, Shellac and Swans, with a bit of old-school hardcore and post-punk in the mix, along with a loving spoonful of the lascivious, cocksure swagger of '70s hard rock.

Elephant Rifle formed five years ago in Reno, Nevada, a hometown that might explain the band's underdog attitude. On Ivory, the band members sound like they might be struggling with the complex relationship implied by the band name and album title: beauty wrought by violence. They seem to be struggling against something anyway. The music is knotted, thorny, dissonant, noisy and often ugly-although cohesive songwriting is never sacrificed, and there are even occasional moments of humor: “Gold Standard,” for example, is a pop ditty about buying a boat. But most of the songs reference the album's strange theme: Death among animals. The instrumental opener, for example, is called “Hoof & Mouth.” “Dogs, Wolves, Wolverines” is a hardcore blaster about the resentment that wild animals might harbor toward their domesticated counterparts. The album closer is a stoner epic called “Horses,” which begins: “They say you die twice. First, when the breathe leaves from out your body and in the air. And then again when your final name's said the very last time, and then forgot.”

Ivory will be available May 19th on LP and download as a joint release via Humaniterrorist Record Collective and Gentlemen Friends. Pre-order HERE.

ELEPHANT RIFLE LIVE:

05/21 Chico, CA @ 1078 Gallery w/ Chiefs

05/22 Santa Cruz, CA  @ The Blue Lagoon

05/23 San Francisco, CA @ Benders

05/24 Reno, NV @ The Loving Cup 
06/23 Reno, NV @ Monolith

Artist: Elephant Rifle

Album: Ivory

Label: Humaniterrorist Record Collective/Gentlemen Friends

Release Date: May 19th, 2015

01. Hoof & Mouth

02. Bone Voyage (STREAM)

03. Red Shirts (STREAM)

04. Rasputin (STREAM)

05. Frank, Black

06. Gold Standard

07. Dogs, Wolves, Wolverines

08. Clones & Clones

09. Skeleton Keys

10. Horses

On The Web:

facebook.com/ElephantRifle

elephantrifle.bandcamp.com

humaniterrorist.tumblr.com

Mondo Drag stream entire forthcoming album a week ahead of release, announce U.S. tour dates with Electric Citizen & Slow Season

Bay Area heavy-Krautrock-psych band Mondo Drag are streaming their entire forthcoming self-titled album a week ahead of release starting today via PopMatters. Hear and share the full album HERE. (Direct Soundcloud HERE.)

Along with the album stream the band also announces U.S. tour dates in July with RidingEasy Records labelmates Electric Citizen and Slow Season. Please see current dates below. Additional details and admat here. 

Brooklyn Vegan recently premiered album track "The Dawn" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud HERE.)

The creatures known as Mondo Drag originally hailed from deep along the banks of the wild Mississippi River where they created ominous, spiritual, savage psychedelic revival sounds. Under the spiritual guidance of the forefathers of heavy psych, prog, and proto-metal, Mondo Drag has created an amalgamation of sounds the likes of which have not been heard for decades. The band’s unique sound, and rare cohesion probably stems from the fact that core members John Gamino (keyboards, vocals), Nolan Girard, (guitar, synth) and Jake Sheley (guitar) grew up together and have been playing music with each other for 15 years.

Now settled in Oakland, CA the ensemble continues to create cosmically proportioned, churning jams evocative of a rainbow of inspirations such as Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Can, Atomic Rooster, Hawkwind, Budgie, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Italian prog, Krautrock in general, and heavy space-outs.

Their debut, New Rituals was released by Alive Records in 2010 and for the next fourteen months the band hit the road hard, headlining a half a dozen tours in the US and appearing at numerous psych fests along the way. The band’s stellar live performances soon became a thing of wonder and saw them share stages with contemporary artists such as Sleepy Sun, Dead Meadow, Witchcraft, Pentagram, Black Mountain, Wooden Shjips, and Naam to name a few.

In the Winter of 2011-2012, the band returned to the studio with new rhythm section, Zack Anderson and Cory Berry, also intermittently involved with popular Swedish band Blues Pills. Shortly after the album's completion, the pair left to pursue Blues Pills, which was taking off in Europe. Mondo Drag soon replaced them with current drummer Ventura Garcia and bassist Andrew O'Neil upon relocating to Oakland.

Mondo Drag will be available on LP, CD and download via RidingEasy Records on May 12th, 2015.

MONDO DRAG LIVE:

07/04 San Francisco, CA @ Amnesia
07/05 Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar
07/07 Denver, CO @ The Moon Room
07/08 Kansas, MO @ Riot Room
07/09 Rock Island, IL @ RIBCO
08/01 Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
08/02 San Diego, CA @ Tower Bar
08/03 Fullerton, CA @ Continental Room

08/07 Oakland, CA @ Leo’s Music Club

ELECTRIC CITIZEN / MONDO DRAG / SLOW SEASON TOUR:

07/10 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Side Room
07/11 Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch
07/12 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
07/13 Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar
07/14 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
07/15 Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
07/17 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts Black Box
07/18 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
07/19 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
07/20 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
07/22 Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
07/23 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Purgatory
07/24 Orlando, FL @ Back Booth
07/26 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
07/28 Houston, TX @ Rudyards
07/29 Austin, TX @ Red 7
07/30 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada

Artist: Mondo Drag Album: Mondo Drag Label: RidingEasy Records Release Date: May 12th, 2015 01. Zephyr 02. Crystal Visions Open Eyes 03. The Dawn (STREAM) 04. Plumajilla 05. Shifting Sands 06. Pillars of the Sky 07. Snakeskin On The Web: www.mondodrag.com facebook.com/mondodrag mondodrag.bandcamp.com twitter.com/mondodrag

A Troop of Echoes premiere new track from forthcoming album, talk with HuffPo, tour East Coast in May

"The saxophone-led, Pixies-channeling instrumental number Small Fires' is an ideal song to spin as the sunny rays of spring kick in." -- PopMatters

“It's jazz-leaning post-rock that's much more muscular than some of the subgenre's weepier participants.” — Exclaim

Providence, R.I. quartet A Troop of Echoes premiere a new track from their forthcoming album today via Heavy Blog is Heavy. The dramatic album centerpiece "Arecibo" is available to hear and share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud HERE.)

The Huffington Post features the band this week in an interview discussing why bands make great food bloggers, saxophone in rock and soldering wires in a moving vehicle. Read it HERE. 

A Troop of Echoes launch East Coast tour dates in support of the album in May, followed by more extensive shows later this summer. Please see current dates below. 

A Troop of Echoes has a stunning ability to encompass multiple moods within a single song - at times simultaneously sounding both soothing and unsettling; other times both wistful and hopeful. In that, their sound is truly cinematic. Not "cinematic" in the banal manner used to describe expansive music that's ultimately sonic wallpaper, but in that A Troop of Echoes uses unique characteristics of each instrument - guitar, saxophone, bass and drums - the same way that a masterful director uses angles, lighting, editing, etc., to convey complex details of story and emotion. 

The evocative melodic work of Troop saxophonist Peter Gilli often interweaves with the chiming and textural feel to guitarist Nick Cooper's parts as the two often create a swirling tug and sway driven by bassist Harrison Hartley's chordal riffs and drummer Dan Moriarty's symphonic approach to the rhythms. The quartet's emphasis is on the journey and the impact, their deft musicianship never upstages the song's emotional weight.

Writing for The Longest Year on Record, Troop began working with a wider palate of instrumentation, including strings, horns, vibraphone, vocals, and a drum team. The Longest Year on Record was tracked almost exclusively in the band's practice space by longtime friend Graham Mellor, mixed by Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Pelican) at The Seaside Lounge in Brooklyn. Like Troop's beautifully honed songs, the album production is impeccable in its use of space and blending or contrasting elements. 

The Longest Year on Record will be available on LP, CD and download May 19th, 2015. 

A TROOP OF ECHOES LIVE:

05/13 Boston, MA @ Out of the Blue Gallery
05/14 Providence, RI @ AS220
05/15 Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero 
05/16 Washington, DC @ The Velvet Lounge 
05/17 Brooklyn, NY @ King's County Saloon

Artist: A Troop of Echoes Album: The Longest Year on Record Label: A Troop of Echoes Release Date: May 19th, 2015 01. Manifest and Legion (STREAM) 02. Small Fires (STREAM) 03. Arecibo (STREAM) 04. Kerosene 05. Severna 06. Constellation 07. Broadway Ghost 08. The Longest Year on Record 09. Pure Alexia (Is It Silent In This Room?) On The Web: atroopofechoes.com atroopofechoes.bandcamp.com facebook.com/atroopofechoes

Monolord album out today via RidingEasy Records, streaming in full

Photo credit: Hank Oscarsson

Swedish trio Monolord, who Decibel Magazine describe as “doom, stoner and sludge, all mixed up and not entirely devoted to any genre,” release their sophomore album Vænir today, April 28 via Los Angeles label RidingEasy Records.  The album is streaming in full via Soundcloud and Bandcamp. All tracks/full album cleared for posting.  Noisey calls it, "a sludge-doom offering with guitars like chainsaws, bringing to mind Matt Pike’s epic tone on The Art of Self-Defense. The massive, ten-ton brick of a record relies on a blues groove though, and not long-stroke, droning nonsense. Heavily treated melodic vocals bring to mind Ozzy during 'Planet Caravan,' and add to the mysticism and darkness surrounding the release. This is one massive record." "Typical of Monolord," says Consequence of Sound, "the vocals are dreamy and ethereal, only here they’re placed up front, with the chorus even touting a catchy melodic hook. It’s a truly modern sound: recognizably doom, but with the glistening production values of Sigur Ros and adventurous songcraft of Rush." Several limited edition vinyl versions of Vænir are available as well as a variety of colored vinyl and CD packages from RidingEasy HERE. Digital orders are available at iTunes.  Monolord's debut full length Empress Rising was released Spring 2014 via RisingEasy Records.  MONOLORD LIVE: 07/10 Milan, IT @ Lo Fi 07/11 Nikolsdorf, AT @ Stock and Stone Fest 08/14 Leper, BE @ Leper Hardcore Fest Artist: Monolord Album: Vænir Label: RidingEasy Records Release Date: April 28th, 2015 01. Cursing The One 02. We Will Burn 03. Nuclear Death 04. Died a Million Times 05. The Cosmic Silence 06. Vaenir On The Web: facebook.com/MonolordSweden twitter.com/MonolordSweden www.ridingeasyrecords.com For more information, contact: Dave Clifford at US/THEM or Monica Seide at SpeakEasyPR

And So I Watch You From Afar stream entire album a week ahead of release via The Fader

Photo credit: Ciara McMullan

Northern Ireland's And So I Watch You From Afar are streaming their forthcoming album Heirs a week before release starting today via The Fader. Hear and share the full album HERE. 

ASIWYFA kick off an extensive UK & EU tour with label mate Mylets tomorrow. Please see complete tour dates below. 

And So I Watch You From Afar have applied to their fourth album the same rigorous work ethic that has seen them touring nearly non-stop all over the world in recent years -- including less common tour stops like China, Russia, India and Africa. Heirs is both the band's most painstakingly created album as well as its most personal and meaningful. "Its central theme is about the inheritance of ideas," the band says. "In that we're all heirs to other peoples' passion, which in turn inspires ourselves."

Many new lives, new imperatives and invigorated perspectives helped shape the 10-song album borne of over 30 tracks written in prolific isolation spanning over 6 months in the band's Belfast, Northern Ireland home. It's a work of intense focus and adventurous abandon that reaches to the heart of artistic expression. 

Heirs will be available everywhere on LP, CD and download on May 4th, 2015 via Sargent House. Pre-orders are available for LP, CD and bundles HERE and digital at iTunes HERE. 

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR TOUR 2015:

04/28  Glasgow, UK @ King Tut's Wah Wah Hut *
04/29  Manchester, UK @ Gorilla *
04/30  Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory *
05/01  London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall *
05/02  Dunkerque, FR @ Les 4 Ecluses *
05/03  Luxembourg, LUX @ Den Atelier *
05/04  Paris, FR @ La Fleche D'or *
05/06  Molenbeek Saint Jean, BE @ Vk *
05/07  Rotterdam, NE @ Rotown *
05/08  Eindhoven, NE @ Effenaar, Small Hall *
05/09  Deventer, NE @ Burgerweeshuis *
05/10  Nantes, FR @ Le Ferrailleur *
05/11  Clermont Ferrand, FR @ La Cooperative De Mai Club *
05/12  Zurich, CH @ Dynamo *
05/13  Bern, CH @ Dachstock @ Reitschule *
05/14  Geneva, CH @ Usine *
05/15  Milan, IT @ Leoncavallo *
05/16  Rome, IT @ Traffic Club *
05/17  Modena, IT @ La Tenda *
05/19  Ljubljana, SLO @ Kino Siska *
05/20  Zagreb, CR @ Zedno Uho Festival *
05/21  Budapest, HU @ Durer Kert *
05/22  Vienna, AT @ Arena *
05/23  Munich, DE @ Ampere *
05/25  Prague, CZ @ NoD Teatro *
05/26  Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof *
05/27  Leipzig, DE @ Taubchental *
05/28  Berlin, DE @ Bi Nuu *
05/29  Hamburg, DE @ Logo *
05/30  Essen, DE @ Zeche Carl *
05/31  Cologne, DE @ Underground *
06/01  Amsterdam, NE @ Paradiso *
06/19  Dublin, IE @ Olympia
06/20  Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall
07/09 - 07/11  Cheltenham, UK @ 2000 Trees Festival
07/24  Beelen, DE @ Krach am Bach
07/25  Sheffield, UK @ Tramlines Festival
07/26  Chester, UK @ The Live Rooms
08/29  Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
08/30  Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival


* w/ Mylets

Artist: And So I Watch You From Afar Album: Heirs Label: Sargent House Release date: May 4th, 2015 Track list: 01. Run Home (STREAM) 02. These Secret Kings I Know 03. Wasps (STREAM) 04. Redesigned a Million Times (STREAM) 05. People Not Sleeping 06. Fucking Lifer 07. A Beacon, A Compass, An Anchor 08. Animal Ghosts 09. Heirs 10. Tryer, You  On the Web: asiwyfa.com sargenthouse.com facebook.com/AndSoIWatchYouFromAfar twitter.com/ASIWYFA_band asiwyfa.bandcamp.com Hi-res photos, cover art, bio and more: http://asiwyfa.com/asiwyfa-assets

Sons of Huns premiere track featuring Scott "Wino" Weinrich on guest vocals from forthcoming second album

Portland trio Sons of Huns premiere the first track from their forthcoming album today via Noisey. The song "An Evil Unseen" features special guest Scott 'Wino" Weinrich (St. Vitus) singing duet with Sons of Huns vocalist/guitarist Pete Hughes (also of Danava). Hear and share "An Evil Unseen" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)

Sons of Huns also join an impressive list of renown heavy hitters playing Portland's annual Stumpfest this week, including Danava, Yob and Big Business. Please see the band's complete list of upcoming shows below.

While Sleeping Stay Awake, the sophomore album by Sons of Huns was recorded in Los Angeles by engineer Toshi Kasai (Tool, Melvins) and features guest performances by Weinrich as well as Melvins drummer Dale Crover on the track "Philosopher's Stone." 

The quest for truth can lead to many different places. One door shuts, another door opens. One path dead ends, while another path widens. Life can often be akin to that proverbial rabbit hole, spiraling through options only to be left asking, “Why?” Sons of Huns explore some of the universe’s biggest questions on their second full-length album for RidingEasy Records. This journey commenced for singer and guitarist Pete Hughes under the most unpleasant of circumstances-to say the least.

“I got bit by a damned bacteria-ridden tick in the Virginia woods when I was a teen,” he sighs. “I got Lyme Disease, among other things, leaving me now 16 years later with chronic pain and illness and searching for answers to questions that no one seems to have answers for. That’s at the heart of While Sleeping Stay Awake. Its themes include Raja Yoga, meditation, Egyptian magic, occult and Hermetic philosophy, our connection with the stars and cycles of life, death, and rebirth.”

The trio rounded out by Ryan Northrop [drums] and Aaron Powell [bass, vocals] retreated to Kasai's Sound of Sirens Studio for a week in January 2015. During that time, the group honed its robust rock sound with the right flourishes of spacey elegance and artful bombast. "We’re a heavy rock band, no frills, we turn up and let it rip,” he adds. “Playing this music is cathartic, and we hope this album captured that.”

In 2013, Banishment Ritual announced the arrival of Sons of Huns. They shared the stage with everybody from Kadavar and Pentagram to the mighty St. Vitus, while earning acclaim from tastemakers like CVLT Nation, The Sludgelord, and Decibel Magazine who described them as, “Rampaging garage rock with plenty of stoner/psychedelic inclinations.”

While Sleeping Stay Awake will be available on LP, CD and download via RidingEasy Records on July 21st, 2015. Pre-orders for LP/CD (HERE) and download (HERE).

SONS OF HUNS LIVE:

04/23 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios - Stumpfest w/ Danava, Big Business, Yob, Intronaut

05/14 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar

05/22 Portland, OR @ The Know - RidingEasy Presents w/ Slow Season, Blackout

05/23 Salem, OR @ Christo’s - RidingEasy Presents w/ Slow Season, Blackout

05/30 Spokane, WA @ Volume Fest

07/23 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios - Album Release Party

Artist: Sons of Huns

Album: While Sleeping Stay Awake

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: July 21st, 2015

01. Osiris Slain

02. Ad Astra

03. An Evil Unseen (STREAM)

04. Eye in The Sky

05. Philosopher's Stone

06. Alchemist Part I

07. Alchemist Part II

08. While Sleeping Stay Awake

09. The Reaper is Waiting For You 

On The Web:

www.sonsofhuns.com

facebook.com/SonsofHuns

www.ridingeasyrecords.com

Black Moth premiere loony NSFW video for "Looner" single

Click image above to watch video "Punishing, pummeling riff-rock that splits the difference between Queens of the Stone Age and Black Sabbath. Better yet, singer Harriet Bevan can growl and howl with the best of 'em, but she also packs a wicked riot-grrrl shout." -- SPIN Britain's young new heavy rock heroes Black Moth premiere their wild, loony NSFW video for new single "Looner" via Metal Hammer. Watch/share the video via YouTube HERE.  The clip for "Looner" coincides with the release of a limited edition clear flexi-disc featuring artwork by Black Moth vocalist Harriet Bevan. The flexi is available by mail-order and in very limited quantities on the band's current UK tour with Amplifier.  Black Moth released their sophomore album Condemned To Hope worldwide in September 2014 via New Heavy Sounds. The album is available to stream HERE. Condemned To Hope was produced by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Grinderman drummer Jim Sclavunos, who also helmed the band's 2013 debut, The Killing Jar.  BLACK MOTH LIVE: 04/22- Bristol, The Exchange * 04/23 - Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms * 04/24 - Manchester, Gorilla * 04/26 - Southampton, Talking Heads * 04/27 - Brighton, The Haunt * * w/ Amplifier

Artist: Black Moth Album: Condemned To Hope Label: New Heavy Sounds Release Date: Sept. 15th, 2014 01) Tumbleweave (STREAM) 02) Set Yourself Alight 03) Looner (VIDEO) 04) The Undead King of Rock 'n' Roll 05) The Last Maze 06) White Lies (STREAM) 07) Red Ink 08) Stinkhorn 09) Room 13 (VIDEO) 10) Slumber With The Worm 11) Condemned To Hope On The Web: www.themothpit.co.uk facebook.com/themothpit twitter.com/blackmothmusic www.newheavysounds.com

Elephant Rifle premiere aggressive new track from forthcoming album

Reno, NV aggro noisecore band Elephant Rifle premiere a new track from their forthcoming album, Ivory today via Metal Injection. The track "Rasputin" is available to hear and share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud HERE.)

Elephant Rifle launch a string of dates surrounding the album release in May, to be followed by more extensive shows to be announced soon. Please see current shows below. 

Noisey previously premiered the song "Bone Voyage," available to hear and share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud HERE.)

Ivory is an illicit substance. Elephants and other animals have been hunted to near extinction to support the market for ivory, the beautiful material stolen from the tusks and teeth of large mammals. Ivory is often associated with music, since it was historically used for the white keys on pianos. Carved ivory is art made from skeletal material, from dead or maimed animals.

Ivory is also the title of Elephant Rifle's new full-length album. The album title resonates with the band name in obvious ways: Ivory is the material an elephant rifle is usually aimed to obtain. There's very little actual piano on the album, however. It mostly consists of the raw materials of rock: electric guitar, bass and drums, along with a vocalist who, in live performances anyway, seems to channel John Belushi's impersonation of Joe Cocker. Elephant Rifle's music draws from '80s and '90s-style noise rock, like The Jesus Lizard, Shellac and Swans, with a bit of old-school hardcore and post-punk in the mix, along with a loving spoonful of the lascivious, cocksure swagger of '70s hard rock.

Elephant Rifle formed five years ago in Reno, Nevada, a hometown that might explain the band's underdog attitude. On Ivory, the band members sound like they might be struggling with the complex relationship implied by the band name and album title: beauty wrought by violence. They seem to be struggling against something anyway. The music is knotted, thorny, dissonant, noisy and often ugly-although cohesive songwriting is never sacrificed, and there are even occasional moments of humor: “Gold Standard,” for example, is a pop ditty about buying a boat. But most of the songs reference the album's strange theme: Death among animals. The instrumental opener, for example, is called “Hoof & Mouth.” “Dogs, Wolves, Wolverines” is a hardcore blaster about the resentment that wild animals might harbor toward their domesticated counterparts. The album closer is a stoner epic called “Horses,” which begins: “They say you die twice. First, when the breathe leaves from out your body and in the air. And then again when your final name's said the very last time, and then forgot.”

Ivory will be available May 19th on LP and download as a joint release via Humaniterrorist Record Collective and Gentlemen Friends. Pre-order HERE.

ELEPHANT RIFLE LIVE:

05/21 Chico, CA @ 1078 Gallery w/ Chiefs

05/22 Santa Cruz, CA  @ The Blue Lagoon

05/23 San Francisco, CA @ Benders

05/24 Reno, NV @ The Loving Cup 
06/23 Reno, NV @ Monolith

Artist: Elephant Rifle

Album: Ivory

Label: Humaniterrorist Record Collective/Gentlemen Friends

Release Date: May 19th, 2015

01. Hoof & Mouth

02. Bone Voyage (STREAM)

03. Red Shirts

04. Rasputin (STREAM)

05. Frank, Black

06. Gold Standard

07. Dogs, Wolves, Wolverines

08. Clones & Clones

09. Skeleton Keys

10. Horses

On The Web:

facebook.com/ElephantRifle

elephantrifle.bandcamp.com

humaniterrorist.tumblr.com

Mylets debut album out today, early reviews praise "wunderkind" Henry Kohen

Mylets debut full length Arizona is officially released today. Hear and share the full album HERE. A short film detailing Henry Kohen's time writing the album is available to watch/share HERE. 

Early reviews unanimously praise the album:

"Mylets builds up layer upon layer of complex instrumentation to create his experimental loop-rock. The results are mesmerizing, hypnotic soundscapes that can be odd, loud and beautiful. " -- NME

"Ambitious debut... using pedals and drum machines to build creations hopping from noise rock to indie to metal." -- The New York Times 

"Like guitarist Adrian Belew, Kohen is tactful with his atmosphere." -- NPR

"A staggeringly intricate work that still manages to remain catchy and full of hooks." -- Noisey

"An utter genius and extremely talented young musician." -- Echoes and Dust

"The plethora of unique and mesmerizing sounds coming out of Kohen and his pickups is simply extraordinary. 9/10." -- Northern Transmissions

"Mylets' Henry Kohen is a man of the pedal, with NIN-level '90s crunch rippling through modern tech along the way to kicking your ass through righteously good music." -- Crave Online

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Mylets kicks off an extensive tour next week with label mates And So I Watch You From Afar. Please see complete dates below. 

Arizona is available everywhere on LP, CD and download via Sargent House as of April 21st, 2015. On digital from iTunes and LP/CD orders HERE.

MYLETS TOUR: 04/28  Glasgow, UK @ King Tut's Wah Wah Hut * 04/29  Manchester, UK @ Gorilla * 04/30  Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory * 05/01  London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall * 05/02  Dunkerque, FR @ Les 4 Ecluses * 05/03  Luxembourg, LUX @ Den Atelier * 05/04  Paris, FR @ La Fleche D'or * 05/06  Molenbeek Saint Jean, BE @ Vk * 05/07  Rotterdam, NE @ Rotown * 05/08  Eindhoven, NE @ Effenaar, Small Hall * 05/09  Deventer, NE @ Burgerweeshuis * 05/10  Nantes, FR @ Le Ferrailleur * 05/11  Clermont Ferrand, FR @ La Cooperative De Mai Club * 05/12  Zurich, CH @ Dynamo * 05/13  Bern, CH @ Dachstock @ Reitschule * 05/14  Geneva, CH @ Usine * 05/15  Milan, IT @ Leoncavallo * 05/16  Rome, IT @ Traffic Club * 05/17  Modena, IT @ La Tenda * 05/19  Ljubljana, SLO @ Kino Siska * 05/20  Zagreb, CR @ Zedno Uho Festival * 05/21  Budapest, HU @ Durer Kert * 05/22  Vienna, AT @ Arena * 05/23  Munich, DE @ Ampere * 05/25  Prague, CZ @ NoD Teatro * 05/26  Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof * 05/27  Leipzig, DE @ Taubchental * 05/28  Berlin, DE @ Bi Nuu * 05/29  Hamburg, DE @ Logo * 05/30  Essen, DE @ Zeche Carl * 05/31  Cologne, DE @ Underground * 06/01  Amsterdam, NE @ Paradiso * * w/ And So I Watch You From Afar

Artist: Mylets

Album: Arizona

Label: Sargent House

Release date: April 21, 2015

Track list:

01. Trembling Hands (STREAM)

02. Arizona (STREAM)

03. Honeypot (STREAM)

04. King Sleep

05. Seven Seals

06. Retcon

07. Ampersand

08. Homes

09. Shark

On the Web:

myletsmusic.com

facebook.com/mylets

twitter.com/myletsband

mylets.bandcamp.com

Hi-res photos, cover art, bio and more:

myletsmusic.com/mylets-assets