Le Butcherettes release iTunes Live: SXSW EP, announce more U.S. dates surrounding May album release

"The best act I saw:  Le Butcherettes singer Teri Gender Bender is something of a stunner. She can howl, she can yell, she can growl the letter "R" into multi-syllables, and she needs little more than one ferocious drum beat to have her way with a song. And just in case you're not paying attention when Teri sings that she's sick of you, she'll do a backward stage dive."-- LA Times

"Le Butcherettes was the best band I saw on Thursday night, and also one of the best bands I've seen anywhere in a very long time." -- Jim DeRogatis, WBEZ

"Any band who rocks this hard and leaves the crowd looking this limp and sweaty - some even splattered with a little fake blood - deserves some sort of honorary prize." -- LA Weekly

The rampantly raved-about garage-punk trio Le Butcherettes have released an iTunes exclusive live recording captured during SXSW. The 6-song live recording iTunes Live: SXSW features 3 tracks not available on Le Butcherettes forthcoming debut full-length, Sin Sin Sin available in May. 

Today, Consequence of Sound premieres one new non-album track, "The Devil Lived" HERE, while iTunes PING is streaming a second non-LP song, "Gold Notebook" HERE. 

Surrounding the release of the trio's album debut, Le Butcherettes will continue to floor audiences (as they have many writers like those quoted above) this spring, playing shows with Deftones and The Dillinger Escape Plan as well as headlining an L.A. album release party on May 10th. See complete dates below. 

Led by 21-year-old vocalist/guitarist/pianist Teri Gender Bender (a recent transplant to L.A. from Guadalajara, Mexico) Le Butcherettes bring a brazen intensity and playful, hook-laden simplicity that hacks to pieces all forms of pretension and excess. Upon relocating to Los Angeles in late 2010, Teri recruited renowned drummer Gabe Serbian (The Locust) and bassist Jonathan Hischke (Hella, Broken Bells) round out the lineup.

Check out MP3s for the first tracks from the album, "Henry Don't Got Love" HERE and "New York" HERE.

The band's songs and wildly cathartic live shows often draw comparisons to Karen O, Patti Smith Bikini Kill and other female-fronted rock groups. But, there's a theatricality to Le Butcherettes that brings a further reaching sense of mystery and imagery to the band. For more on the band's impressive back story, see the complete bio HERE. 

Le Butcherettes' full length debut, Sin Sin Sin was produced by Omar Rodriguez Lopez, who also plays bass on all of the album's tracks, and will issue the album May 10th, 2011 on Rodriguez Lopez Productions via Sargent House. 

LE BUTCHERETTES LIVE:

05/11  Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater (album release show)
05/19  Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *

05/20  Jacksonville, FL @ Plush *

05/21  Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Cafe *

05/22  Boca Raton, FL @ Sunset Cove Amphitheater *

05/24  St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing *

05/26  Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Ampitheater *

05/28  Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle * 

05/29  Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall * 

05/30  New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues * (no Dillinger Escape Plan)

06/01  Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom * 

06/03  San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center *

06/04  Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall * 

06/05  Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheatre * 

06/06  Grand Prairie, TX @ Verizon Theatre * 

06/08  El Paso, TX @ El Paso County Colliseum *

06/09  Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Ampitheater * 

06/10  Hollywood, CA @ The Hollywood Palladium * (SOLD OUT)

06/11  Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel * 

06/13  San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield Theatre * (SOLD OUT)

06/15  Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater *

* w/ Deftones and The Dillinger Escape Plan

Artist: Le Butcherettes

Album: Sin Sin Sin

Label: Rodriguez Lopez Productions

Release Date: May 10th, 2011

01. Tonight

02. New York (MP3)

03. Henry Don't Got Love (MP3)

04. Leibniz Language

05. Bang!

06. All You See in Me is Death

07. I'm Getting Sick Of You

08. Riko's Smooth Talking Mother

09. The Actress That Ate Rousseau

10. Tainted in Sin

11. Dress Off

12. Empty Dimes

13. Mr. Tolstoi

Artist: Le Butcherettes

Album: iTunes Live: SXSW 

Label: Rodriguez Lopez Productions

Release Date: March 18th, 2011

01. The Devil Lived (STREAM)

02. New York

03. The Leibniz Language

04. Dress Off

05. Breathe You In

06. Gold Notebook (STREAM)

Hi-Res photos, cover art and bio:

sargenthouse.com/lebutcherettes_assets.html

On the Web:

lebutcherettes.tumblr.com

facebook.com/LeButcherettes

lebutcherettes.bandcamp.com

L.A. indie-pop faves ROBOTANISTS premiere new video via Consequence of Sound

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"Robotanists root around in the electro-noir explored by Mazzy Star and Portishead, with Ellquist's sultry voice narrating the way through forays into the dark both metaphorical and literal. Their penchant for the atmospheric never becomes an overbearing aesthetic, though - you can take the title of one of their songs, 'Subtlety Is Underrated,' seriously." -- Kevin Bronson, Buzz Bands 

"Female-fronted indie at its finest, a soulful voice cast over booming guitar and downright pretty production quality. As sincere as it is dancy, adjectives that normally take effort to pair together." -- RCRDLBL.com

Los Angeles' glamorous indie-pop group ROBOTANISTS premiere the first video from their new album today courtesy of Consequence of Sound. The clip for "On/Off The Ledge" -- culled from the band's third album, Plans In Progress -- depicts a trippy, surreal party scene directed by Tom Kenney. Watch the video HERE. 

ROBOTANISTS recently released their third full length album, Plans In Progress, which was produced by Danny Kalb (Beck, Karen O, Feist). RCRD LBL posted the premiere of the song, "On/Off The Ledge", which is available HERE. Check out the complete Plans In Progress album HERE.  

And, ROBOTANISTS recently made headlines worldwide for reinterpreting, recording and releasing their own version of Radiohead's new album The King of Limbs in its entirety, just 24 hours after its release. Their version of the album can be streamed HERE.  

The quartet, often compared to Florence + The Machine, Jenny Lewis,The Xx, et al., quickly gained attention for its packed L.A. residency in February as well as strong Top 20 debut on alternative specialty and college radio with Plans In Progress. Comprised of songwriters Sarah Ellquist (vocals & keys) and Daniel DeBlanke (guitar, keys) and rhythm section Keith Boyarsky (bass) and Preston Scott Phillips (drums), ROBOTANISTS have spent the past couple of years spreading their big choruses and delicate prose across North America on tour and on the radio. Their breakthrough single "Wait a Minute Here" (from the band's 2008 debut, Close Down The Woods) topped charts in Los Angeles (KCRW, KROQ) and other major cities across the US. "Subtlety is Underrated" was recently featured in a particularly provocative striptease scene on the 2011 season premiere of The Jersey Shore.

ROBOTANISTS live:

04/13  Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite (w/ Duniven, Telegram)

Artist: ROBOTANISTS

Album: Plans In Progress

Label: Overhead Records

Release Date: February 15th, 2011

Track List:

1. Have We Met Before?

2. Luggage vs. Baggage

3. ON/OFF The Ledge (MP3) (VIDEO)

4. The Ghost You're Haunting

5. The Lack Thereof

6. Plans in Progress

7. Terminal A

8. Neighbors

Artist: ROBOTANISTS

Album: The King of Limbs (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Label: Overhead Records
Release Date: February 21st, 2011

Track List:
1. Bloom
2. Morning Mr. Magpie
3. Little By Little
4. Feral
5. Lotus Flower
6. Codex
7. Give Up The Ghost

8. Separator

On the Web:

robotanists.com

facebook.com/robotanists

myspace.com/robotanists

http://robotanists.bandcamp.com

overheadrecords.com

Robotanists are available for interviews. For more information, please contact Dave Clifford at dave@usthemgroup.com

Boris releases first song from forthcoming album Heavy Rocks, one of two new Boris albums out on Sargent House in May

Iconoclast Japanese trio Boris have released the first single from the all-new Heavy Rocks -- one of TWO new full length Boris albums to be released on the same day via Sargent House this spring. The song, "Riot Sugar" premiered today via Pitchfork and is available HERE.

Due to circumstances beyond the control of both Boris and Sargent House, the release date and track listings for the band's two new albums, Attention Please and the all-new Heavy Rocks have been pushed back to May 24th, 2011. See complete details below.

Boris has earned its rabid cult following for their ability to expertly harness music as power. Be it psychedelic metal, colossal drone, blistering punk or distortion-ravaged shoegaze, a Boris song is an exploration of sound as physical mass. The Japanese trio's classic 2002 album, Heavy Rocks is a landmark of their mastery. So, it's fitting that the group's new album sharing the same title and very similar artwork to that disc, this year's Heavy Rocks seeks to redefine "heavy" music in a culmination of the band's tireless efforts over the past two decades. Heavy Rocks (2011) is beyond heavy, it firmly establishes Boris as the pillar of innovation and integrity in guitar-based music. 

Heavy Rocks opens with fitting aplomb as a driving drum beat catapults a thunderous drop-tuned guitar riff headlong into the Sabbath meets Eddie Hazel pummeling of "Riot Sugar" (featuring guest backup vocals by Ian Astbury). Elsewhere, bristling thrash meets ethereal psychedelia ("GALAXIANS", "Window Shopping") and lush, languorous nearly 13-minute songs "Missing Pieces" and "Aileron" navigate explosive quiet/loud dynamics with inventive use of song structure and emotionally-wrenching melody. Heavy Rocks is at once both a reinvention of Boris' magical ability to combine elements of myriad genres as much as it is a return to form, expanding and developing on the ideas explored on the original 2002 Heavy Rocks album. 

Boris invited some very, uh, heavy friends to contribute to songs the album, including longtime collaborator and Boris' touring second guitarist Michio Kurihara (Ghost), Ian Astbury (The Cult, BXI), Faith Coloccia (Mamiffer) and Aaron Turner (Isis, Mamiffer, et al.) It's worth noting that all guests tracked their parts in Tokyo, not via file transfer. 

Some of Heavy Rocks (2011) originated following Boris touring the world in 2008 in support of their previous album, Smile. The trio set about recording new material and an album was completed, then abandoned. The band sought to challenge themselves further, and the end results are two new albums of dramatic growth and the most powerful extension to Boris' unparalleled creativity, the all new Heavy Rocks (not to be mistaken for their earlier 2002 release, Heavy Rocks) and Attention Please. 

Boris formed in the early 90s as a four piece just-for-fun endeavor with the sonic template of influences like Melvins and Earth. By the time of its 1996 debut as a trio Absolutego (later released in the US via Southern Lord in 2000), Boris had already hit its stride in creating unique ground-rattling heavy, melodic music. The group, bassist/vocalist Takeshi, guitarist/vocalist Wata and drummer/vocalist Atsuo went on to release nearly 20 studio albums, as well as numerous collaborative albums -- including projects with Merzbow, Sunn0))), Ian Astbury and Michio Kurihara of Ghost (who also currently tours with the band as second guitarist) -- EPs and singles on various labels throughout the world. For a further in-depth discography, please see HERE. 

Heavy Rocks and its counterpart, Attention Please will be available worldwide (excluding Japan) on LP, CD and digital download via Sargent House on May 24th, 2011. The vinyl version of Heavy Rocks will feature extended versions of "Missing Pieces" and "Czechoslovakia". 

Artist: Boris Album: Attention Please Label: Sargent House Release Date: May 24th, 2011 01. Attention Please 02. Hope   (MP3) 03. Party Boy 04. See You Next Week  05. Tokyo Wonder Land  06. You 07. Aileron 08. Les Paul Custom '86  09. Spoon  10. Hand in Hand

Artist: Boris Album: Heavy Rocks   Label: Sargent House Release Date: May 24th, 2011 01. Riot Sugar (MP3) 02. Leak -Truth, yesnoyesnoyes- 03. GALAXIANS 04. Jackson Head  05. Missing Pieces 06. Key 07. Window Shopping 08. Tu, la la 09. Aileron 10. Czechoslovakia

On the Web: www.borisheavyrocks.com  www.myspace.com/borisdronevil  www.facebook.com/Borisheavyrocks  www.twitter.com/borisheavyrocks  Hi-res photos, cover art, bio and more: sargenthouse.com/boris_heavy_assets.html sargenthouse.com/boris_attention_assets.html Members of Boris are available for interviews. For more information, please contact Dave Clifford at dave@usthemgroup.com

Boris issues statement regarding tragedy in Japan, album delays

Iconoclast Japanese trio Boris have released a statement regarding the tragic events in Japan over the past several days. The full statement is as follows:

"Boris expresses our condolences to everyone who passed away because of current unexpected earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, and also our deepest sympathies for all of the people who have a hard time. Our thoughts and prayers are with them.

"All Boris members, our families and staff are safe now. Thank you very much for kind words and thoughtful messages.

Hope,

Boris"

Additionally, due to circumstances beyond the control of both Boris and Sargent House, the release date for the band's two new full length albums, Attention Please and the all-new Heavy Rocks have been pushed back to May 24th, 2011. 

Both albums will be released on the same day worldwide (excluding Japan) via Sargent House. Further details to come.

Donations to aid the disaster relief efforts in Japan are being taken by the American Red Cross HERE, or by texting REDCROSS to 90999 for a $10 donation. 

Artist: Boris Album: Attention Please Label: Sargent House Release Date: May 24th, 2011

Artist: Boris Album: Heavy Rocks   Label: Sargent House Release Date: May 24th, 2011

On the Web: www.borisheavyrocks.com  www.myspace.com/borisdronevil  www.facebook.com/Borisheavyrocks  www.twitter.com/borisheavyrocks  For more information, please contact Dave Clifford at dave@usthemgroup.com

Irish trio Adebisi Shank releases award-winning album worldwide, makes U.S. live debut this week at SXSW

"Easily one of the best records of the year. 10/10" -- The 405  

"This is a raucous, fun ride which you'll want to be a part of. 9/10" -- Rock Sound  

"Baffling, terrifying and utterly riveting." -- NME  

"Top 5 Best New Irish Bands" -- The Daily Telegraph

This week, Ireland's multiple award-nominated breakout trio Adebisi Shank sees the worldwide release of its critically-acclaimed recent album, This Is The Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank via Sargent House. The band also makes its U.S. live debut this week during the South By Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. See below for details on all of their U.S. shows.  

RCRD LBL launches a free MP3 download/stream for the song "Genki Shank" today (get it HERE). AOL Spinner will also offer a full album stream all week long, listen to full album HERE.

An additional album MP3 "International Dreambeat" is available HERE. Watch live videos for "International Dreambeat" HERE and "Masa" HERE.   

Adebisi Shank has signed to Sargent House for worldwide management and release of its sophomore album, to be released on March 15th, 2011. The Wexford, Ireland trio deftly merges the triumphant guitar harmonies of Fang Island with the mathematic precision of Battles, the genre-surfing playfulness of Daft Punk and churning intensity of HEALTH. But it's much more than the sum of those parts, it's a sound befitting of the retrofuturism we've come to love about old films where archaic technology collide with far more further-reaching ideas. To wit, the album cover depicting two zebras galloping across a Tron-style neon landscape perfectly embodies the transcendent intersection of triumphant guitars and rollicking drums with vintage synthesizers, marimbas, horns, vocoder, synthesizers, ensemble percussion and musical instruments we're not sure have even been invented yet.

Adebisi Shank has been doted on by Irish, European and UK press since its 2007 debut EP, 2008 full length and the 2010 Irish release of This Is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank -- which topped countless Year-End Best of 2010 lists, was nominated for the coveted Choice Music Prize (Ireland's equivalent of the Mercury Prize) and named by Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper one of the Top Five Best New Irish Bands. The album was previously issued in Ireland/UK by equally likeminded and groundbreaking DIY Irish label Richter Collective (co-founded and co-operated by Adebisi Shank drummer, Mick Roe) in 2010. 

This is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank features contributions from Mercury Prize nominated Villagers frontman Conor J O'Brien and Ireland's Choice Prize winner Richie "Jape" Egan among others. The album was recorded and produced by the band and Stephen J. Caffrey in various locations around Ireland and mixed and mastered by TJ Lipple at his home in Washington DC. The trio's debut full length, This is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank was produced by legendary musician (Jawbox, Government Issue) and producer (Jawbreaker, Dismemberment Plan) J. Robbins. 

"On the first album, our mission was get in, tear it up, get out," explains bassist Vin. "The whole thing is over in about 24 minutes, which is really cool, but this time we wanted to make something that you could really spend a bit of time with, get a bit lost in. This one's 40 minutes, which might not sound a lot, but to us that is almost like a double album. There's a real sense of geography to the songs, you can really feel the places we've been and to an extent, the people we've met as we've travelled around. It seemed to make sense to bring in as many of our friends as we could to give the album the party vibe we felt it deserved." He continues, "It's a big glorious mess."

ADEBISI SHANK LIVE:

3/17 Giant Steps Productions' notSXSW @ Plush (617 Red River Street) - 4:10pm

3/18 The Full Irish Breakfast @ BD Riley's (204 East 6th St) - 5:00pm

3/19 Sargent House/RLP Showcase @ Emo's Annex (600 Red River St) - 10:30pm

Artist: Adebisi Shank

Album: This Is The Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank

Label: Sargent House

Release Date: March 15th, 2011

01. International Dreambeat (MP3) (VIDEO live)

02. Masa (VIDEO live)

03. Genki Shank (MP3)

04. Micromachines

05. (-_-)

06. Logdrum

07. Bones

08. Frunk

09. Europa

10. Century City

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

www.sargenthouse.com/adebisi_assets.html

On The Web:

www.adebisishank.tumblr.com

facebook.com/adebisishank

adebisishank.bandcamp.com

Members of Adebisi Shank are available for interviews. For more information, please contact Dave Clifford at dave@usthemgroup.com

L.A. indie-pop faves ROBOTANISTS announce multiple SXSW shows, new album Plans In Progress out now

"Robotanists root around in the electro-noir explored by Mazzy Star and Portishead, with Ellquist's sultry voice narrating the way through forays into the dark both metaphorical and literal. Their penchant for the atmospheric never becomes an overbearing aesthetic, though - you can take the title of one of their songs, 'Subtlety Is Underrated,' seriously." -- Kevin Bronson, Buzz Bands “Female-fronted indie at its finest, a soulful voice cast over booming guitar and downright pretty production quality… as sincere as it is dancy, adjectives that normally take effort to pair together." -- RCRDLBL.com Los Angeles' glamorous indie-pop group ROBOTANISTS have announced multiple performances during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX next week. For complete details, including RSVP info and directions, check out SXSW.robotanists.com.   Meanwhile, this weekend in L.A., the quartet plays the Project Ethos event for L.A. Fashion Week at the Avalon on Saturday night, where several designers debut their new lines along with live music. See all upcoming ROBOTANISTS live dates below.    ROBOTANISTS recently released their third full length album, Plans In Progress, which was produced by Danny Kalb (Beck, Karen O, Feist). RCRD LBL posted the premiere of the song, "On/Off The Ledge", which is available HERE. Check out the complete Plans In Progress album HERE.   And, ROBOTANISTS recently made headlines worldwide for reinterpreting, recording and releasing their own version of Radiohead's new album The King of Limbs in its entirety, just 24 hours after its release. Their version of the album can be streamed HERE.   The quartet, often compared to Florence + The Machine, Jenny Lewis,The Xx, et al., has quickly gained attention for its packed L.A. residency in February as well as strong debut on alternative specialty and college radio with Plans In Progress. Comprised of songwriters Sarah Ellquist (vocals & keys) and Daniel DeBlanke (guitar, keys) and rhythm section Keith Boyarsky (bass) and Preston Scott Phillips (drums), ROBOTANISTS have spent the past couple of years spreading their big choruses and delicate prose across North America on tour and on the radio. Their breakthrough single "Wait a Minute Here" (from the band's 2008 debut, Close Down The Woods) topped charts in Los Angeles (KCRW, KROQ) and other major cities across the US. "Subtlety is Underrated" was recently featured in a particularly provocative striptease scene on the 2011 season premiere of The Jersey Shore. ROBOTANISTS live: 03/12    Los Angeles, CA @ The Avalon (Project Ethos - LA Fashion Week)  03/15    Austin, TX @ Music Tech Mashup Party (12:45 pm) 03/15    Austin, TX @ The Safe House - Easley Management show (acoustic - 8:15 pm)  03/17    Austin, TX @ Lipstick24 - All Rights Reserved show (2:15 pm)  03/18    Austin, TX @ The Blind Pig - Balcony TV (10:30 am) 03/18    Austin, TX @ The Factory - The Sessions show (1:00 pm)  03/18    Austin, TX @ Bar 96 - SXSW showcase (5:00 pm) 03/20    Austin, TX @ Cherrywood - Sweet Relief / IPGB Day Party (2:15 pm)  Artist: ROBOTANISTS Album: Plans In Progress Label: Overhead Records Release Date: February 15th, 2011 Track List: 1. Have We Met Before? 2. Luggage vs. Baggage 3. ON/OFF The Ledge (MP3) 4. The Ghost You're Haunting 5. The Lack Thereof 6. Plans in Progress 7. Terminal A 8. Neighbors Artist: ROBOTANISTS Album: The King of Limbs (FREE DOWNLOAD) Label: Overhead Records Release Date: February 21st, 2011 Track List: 1. Bloom 2. Morning Mr. Magpie 3. Little By Little 4. Feral 5. Lotus Flower 6. Codex 7. Give Up The Ghost 8. Separator Artist: ROBOTANISTS Album: Shapes and Variations Label: Overhead Records Release Date: March 30th, 2010 Track List: 1. Exiled State of Mind (reworking of Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind") (MP3) (VIDEO) 2. Dance, Dance, Dance (Lykke Li) 3. Are You Really Going Out With Her? (reworking of Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him?") 4. All You Ever Wanted (The Black Keys) 5. Heaven (Bryan Adams) 6. Never Tear Us Apart (INXS) 7. Glass In Your Headlights (reworking of Phillip Glass' "Glassworks, Outro") On the Web: robotanists.com facebook.com/robotanists myspace.com/robotanists robotanists.bandcamp.com overheadrecords.com

Omar Rodriguez Lopez announces North American tour dates, including Coachella & SXSW; Extensive anthology out in April

Immensely prolific Grammy Award winning recording artist Omar Rodriguez Lopez (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In) announces spring 2011 North American headlining tour dates with his Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, bookended by performances at next week's SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX and the Coachella Festival in Indio, CA in April. Sibling band, Zechs Marquise will support on most shows. Please see complete dates below.

In April, Omar will also release a quadruple LP / double CD collection culled from his multiple solo and collaborative albums. The extensive 37-song (38 on the vinyl version) compilation of the guitarist's work, titled Telesterion showcases the variety and breadth of explorative artistry spread across his 25 (and counting) solo albums harvested for this release.

For those unsure where to begin discovering Omar's vast catalog, this is a fitting introduction. Telesterion includes a 20-page booklet of artwork and text outlining the scope of his work, with liner notes by longtime friend and Rodriguez Lopez Productions art director Sonny Kay. See Sonny's recollection of their first meeting through to their current collaborations HERE. 

Check out sample tracks "Locomocion Capillar" HERE and "Shake is for 8th Graders" HERE. Stream/download all of Omar's solo releases HERE. 

Omar Rodriguez Lopez's genre-defying sixteen-year career has resulted in more than 40 albums, a Grammy Award and being deemed among Rolling Stone's "Greatest Guitarists Of All Time." His seminal and critically acclaimed band, At the Drive-In, redefined popular rock music at the end of the last decade. Since that time, in addition to being both a solo artist and leader/composer/producer of the The Mars Volta, Rodriguez Lopez has produced groundbreaking recordings for the likes of Juliette Lewis, Le Butcherettes and collaborated with Hans Zimmer, John Frusciante, and Erykah Badu, to name a few. In the early years of the new millennium, Rodriguez Lopez began filmmaking, familiarizing himself with the process by way of producing two unreleased films (2001’s A Manual Dexterity and 2003’s Letters from Dystopia) in lieu of any formal training. His third film, The Sentimental Engine Slayer, is the director’s debut feature release. Despite a virtually continuous commitment to the process of recording and touring with his various bands, Rodriguez Lopez has managed to complete two more films since principal production on The Sentimental Engine Slayer wrapped in 2007; El Divino Influjo De Los Secretos and Boiling Death Request are both currently in post-production.

For more information on Omar Rodriguez Lopez's multitude of endeavors, please CLICK HERE.

Telesterion will be available everywhere on Record Store Day, April 16th, 2011 via Rodriguez Lopez Productions / Sargent House. 

Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group Live:

3/19    Austin, TX @ Emo's Annex (Sargent House / RLProductions showcase) **

3/21    Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's **

3/22    New Orleans, LA @ HOB Parish **

3/24    Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theater **

3/25    Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse **

3/26    Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel **

3/27    Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club **

3/28    Philadelphia, PA @ TLA **

3/29    New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom **

3/30    Cambridge, MA @ Middle East **

3/31    Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom **

4/1      Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop **

4/2      Newport, KY @ Southgate House **

4/3      Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge **

4/10    Mexico City, MX @ Vive Latino

4/12    San Francisco @ Great American Music Hall

4/15    Indio, CA @ Coachella Festival

4/28    Dallas, TX @ Southside Music Hall **

4/29    Austin, TX @ Austin Psychfest **

4/30    El Paso, TX @ Neon Desert Festival **

** with Zechs Marquise

Artist: Omar Rodriguez Lopez Album: Telesterion Label: Rodriguez Lopez Productions Release Date: April 16th, 2011 CD 1 01. Locomocion Capillar (Solar Gambling) (MP3) 02. Population Council's Wet Dream (Old Money) 03. Amanita Virosa (Xenophanes) 04. Coma Pony (The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange) 05. El Monte T'ai (Calibration) 06. Sex, Consolation for Misery (Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus) 07. Deus Ex Machina (A Manual Dexterity, Soundtrack Vol. 1) 08. Rapid Fire Tollbooth (Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo) 09. Un Buitre Amable Me Pico (Solar Gambling) 10. Half Kleptos (Cryptomnesia) 11. No Hay Mas Respuestas (Cizaña De Los Amores) 12. Solenoid Mosque (Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead) 13. Melting Chariots (The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange) 14. Dead Hisses to Match Our Own (Megaritual) 15. How to Bill the Bilderberg Group (Old Money) 16. Polaridad (Tychozorente) (VIDEO) 17. La Tirania De La Tradicion (Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo) 18. An Ancient Shrewdness in the Veins (Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus) 19. Noir (Cryptomnesia) CD2 20. Calibration (Calibration) 21. Viernes (Ciencia De Los Inutiles) 22. Spookrijden Op Het Fietspad (Omar Rodriguez) 23. Boiling Death Request a Body to Rest Its Head On (Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo) 24. Victimas Del Cielo (Cizaña De Los Amores) 25. Las Flores Con Limon (Solar Gambling) 26. At the Push of a Button (Megaritual) 27. Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erogenos (Xenophanes) (VIDEO) 28. The Power of Myth (Old Money) 29. El Todo (Tychozorente) 30. The Palpitations Form a Limit (A Manual Dexterity, Soundtrack Vol. 1) 31. Agua Dulce De Pulpo (Un Escorpion Perfumado) (VIDEO) 32. Poincare (Solar Gambling) 33. Shake is for 8th Graders (Cryptomnesia) (MP3) 34. Atrotecism Fenleon (Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead) 35. Casate Colmillo (The Somnambulists) 36. Desarraigo (Xenophanes) 37. Lunes (Ciencia De Los Inutiles) Hi-res photos, cover art, bio and more: sargenthouse.com/omar_assets.html On the Web:

rodriguezlopezproductions.com

omardigital.rodriguezlopezproductions.com

For more information, please contact Dave Clifford at dave@usthemgroup.com