Gus Baldwin & The Sketch share single "(She's Gone) Arigato" from forthcoming full length, play Levitation 2024 this weekend

 

“Noisy, fuzzy punk with a distinct pop sensibility… Full of energy and anger while also managing to be a lot of fun.” — New Noise Magazine

“Just goes to show you can still be catchy as hell while playing really fucking loud... I'm not entirely sure there's a single that can capture the live energy the drips from the stage when Gus Baldwin & The Sketch are up there, but this brand new single is pretty damn close.” — Austin Town Hall

"Kick ass to bombastic levels." -- Cosmic Clash

Austin power punks Gus Baldwin & The Sketch share the first single today from their forthcoming full length debut album The Sketch. Hear & share "(She's Gone) Arigato" via New Noise HERE. (Or, direct on DSPs and Bandcamp.)

 

About the song, Baldwin says:

"It's a song about our hometown going through its confusing adolescent phase as it tries to reinvent itself from a bohemian Mecca into a confused technological wasteland. For the younger generation of artists here, I think we’re scared of losing something we never got the chance to earn. So we’re starting over, and turning a fresh page."

Watch/share the official video for previous standalone single "Relief" via YouTube.

 

Gus Baldwin & The Sketch play Austin's fabled Levitation 2024 festival this Saturday at Mohawk Austin. West Coast tour dates for late Fall 2024 will be announced on November 4th. Please see current dates below. 

 

Gus Baldwin is a singer/songwriter/ex-hippie/part-time punk hailing from Austin, TX.

After a stint holding down drums for Dallas surf punk legends Sealion in high school, Baldwin

went on to form the Psych Pop combo Acid Carousel, which he led for 6 years and 20

something releases before departing the band on Halloween night 2021. 

 

Since leaving Carousel, Gus has made a name for himself as a solo artist in Austin, constantly performing as a singer/songwriter, one man garage band, or with his band The Sketch. Quickly releasing a string of titles on his own GetWithIt! Records imprint, including the EPs THRILLER II, and Live Bugs, as well as a slew of singles, Gus established himself firmly as the godson of Texas rock'n’ roll. Splitting his time as a frequent collaborator with The Black Angels, Baldwin also works with the likes of Christian Bland & The Revelators as well as The UFO Club with Night Beats frontman, Danny Lee Blackwell.

 

The Sketch is the full length debut of Gus' partnership with The Sketch. The album was recorded in one day at Studio 22 in Los Angeles by engineer Joey Oaxaca (White Reaper, Starcrawler). 

 

The Sketch will be available on LP, cassette and digital on January 31, 2025. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

GUS BALDWIN & THE SKETCH LIVE 2024:

11/02 Austin, TX - Mohawk Austin - Levitation 2024 (w/ Destroy Boys, Die Spitz, Teen Mortgage)

West Coast Tour Nov. 22 - December 14th (dates/tickets announced 11/04)

Artist: Gus Baldwin & The Sketch

Album: The Sketch

Label: Permanent Teeth Records

Release Date: January 31, 2025

01. Part I

02. Part II

03. Part III

04. Itch 

05. Steady on It

06. Luxury Television 

07. Slacker’s Prom

08. (She’s Gone) Arigato 

09. Beautiful Delilah 

10. What the Freaks Say

11. Sympathy for Sunday

On The Web:

linktr.ee/gusbaldwin

instagram.com/buddy_gus

gusbaldwin.bandcamp.com

permanentteethrecords.bandcamp.com

Gloomgaze band Babel Map share new single from forthcoming Kurt Ballou produced album: "remarkable step forward"

“Tick-tocking, searing post-rock anthems.” — Echoes & Dust

"Babel Map, a band we've commended for over four years, continues to evolve with bold ambition… A truly remarkable step forward." -- Destroy//Exist

Harrisburg, PA gloomgaze band Babel Map share the last single from their forthcoming album Teeth today via Destroy//Exist. Hear/share "Nosebleed" HERE, and on all DSPs HERE and Bandcamp. 

Side-Line recently launched the very Halloween/David Lynch appropriate official video for "Pazuzu" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Teeth: the structure of enamel coated bone used for survival and defense in life, yet left intact, telling identification in the afterlife. 

Teeth, Babel Map’s forthcoming 3rd album was recorded by Kurt Ballou (God City Studio, Converge) mastered by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna) in the spring of 2024. Prior to beginning the writing of Teeth, the group describes this chapter as an evolutionary time for them as a change in lineup allowed for a progressive increase in experimentation with song structure. 

Past albums were written and recorded mostly from playing songs in a live setting. Falling into a sound that they had never explored before, the quartet came together with blank ideas, pressed record and just built a song.

Once the album was complete, the band then began practicing live as a four piece to prepare for recording and now live performance. Babel Map explains the symbolism behind the title, as it is both about “showing your teeth,” but also “leaving a permanent piece of yourself behind for the world to reflect on.”

The band originally began in 2011 as a trip hop/electric solo project of Jessica Drummer based out of Philadelphia, PA. She then relocated to Harrisburg, PA and began playing live in 2015 where she was able to begin networking and playing with others. After a few changes in lineup, Steph Werner (guitarist since 2018 and Michael Stipe (bassist since 2019) quickly became a collaborative band where the sound changed into a Shoegaze/post-metal trance. 

They recorded their first album, Raw Tomato, My Heart (released 2020) with Ian Scheila at Headroom Studios Philadelphia while building their live show experiences until the shut down of Covid-19. During this time, CANCEL THIS! (Released 2022) was written, and quickly recorded right after the world rise from the pandemic. 

Due to change of lineup, the band began to write Teeth with electronic drums (produced by Michael Stipe) in 2023 as a trio. Brian Doherty later joined and began writing and producing percussion for the album and continues to play live today. 

Teeth will be available on LP, CD and streaming on November, 1st, 2024 via Lost Future Records. Pre-order HERE. 

BABEL MAP LIVE 2024:

11/08 Mechanicsburg, PA - LoveDrafts Brewing 

Artist: Babel Map

Album: Teeth

Record Label: Lost Future Records

Release Date: November 1st, 2024

01. Bubble Tape

02. Nosebleed

03. Pazuzu

04. Mister Man

05. Kevin’s Dead

06. How How Why

07. Teething

08. Idiot

09. Doctor

10. Not This Time

11. Anubis

babelmap.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/babelmapmusic

lostfuture.bandcamp.com

lostfuturerecords.com

NYC's dreampop/art-rock duo Manicburg stream LP with interview via Psychedelic Baby Magazine

“Finds the band imbuing a sense of drama as they lean into a sound that marries indie rock and prog. The song twists and turns in a way that pulls you into its mysterious nature while maintaining a melodic sensibility.” — Glide Magazine

"A deeply personal fusion of post-punk, dream pop and art rock. Lustig’s surreal compositional flair pairs seamlessly with Porto’s mesmerizing soundscapes, crafting intricately layered songs that pulse with depth and atmospheric richness." -- It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine

"Underground art-rock channeling Ron Mael (Sparks)." -- Echoes & Dust

NYC band MANICBURG share their self-titled album today alongside an in-depth interview with It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine. Hear/share Manicburg album HERE. (On all DSPs HERE.)

Glide Magazine previously shared the captivating animated video for lead single "One For You and One For Me" HERE (Direct YouTube.) 

MANICBURG is a new project born in northern Manhattan. It is the trait d’union of two sonic worlds: that of NYC native Ray Lustig and Italy’s Luigi Porto. 

The New York Times calls Lustig’s previous work, “surreally beautiful…ecstatic…rapturous,”  The Washington Post hails its “eerie prescience.” Likewise, Angelo Badalamenti praises Porto’s work as “abstract, hypnotizing, absolutely unique,” and Stuart Maconie highlights its “incredibly striking atmospheres.”

While the band’s stage performances hearken to antique and dramatic public rites, their forthcoming self-titled debut spans a vast sonic palette at times reminiscent of modern post-punk, dreampop and art-rock artists like Blonde Redhead, Bauhaus and Radiohead. The duo’s intricately crafted songs are testament to Lustig and Porto’s vast training and experience in the field. To wit:

Ray Lustig, as a composer/performer (SEMMELWEIS, Latency Canons, Figments) has created for the symphonic stage, theatre, and mixed media, and he teaches composition at The Juilliard School. His music is performed and recorded by numerous orchestras, ensembles, and soloists around the world, at venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Bartok Plusz Opera Festival, and Lincoln Center. 

Hailing from the Italian underground and experimental scene, Luigi Porto has released albums under several monikers (Appleyard College, Mond), and toured with bands (Maisie, Anima Virus), scored films (Uljhan, Arbëria), and composed for orchestra and stage. Besides performing solo and with ensembles, his music has been at Carnegie Hall, La Croisette, Stanislavsky Theatre and many international venues.  

Their self-titled debut album Manicburg is available on LP, CD and streaming/download via Respirano Records on October 25th, 2024. Order HERE. 

Artist: MANICBURG

Album: Manicburg

Label: Respirano Records

Release Date: October 25, 2024

01. One For You and One For Me

02. Silken Pavilion

03. Hoover In The Sky

04. Here’s Your Man

05. Your Balloon

06. Rodents

07. Monkey World

08. All Together Now

09. Harness

10. Daughters On Valentine’s Day

11. One Man Cult

Vinyl tracklist:

Side A:

01. One For You and One For Me

02. Silken Pavilion

03. Hoover In The Sky

04. Here’s Your Man

05. Your Balloon

Side B:

06. Rodents

07. Monkey World

08. All Together Now

09. Harness

10. Daughters On Valentine’s Day

Bonus 7" 45rpm:

A. One Man Cult