Monday, June 25, 2012

Fang Island release new single with Anamanaguchi remix, add U.S. headlining tour dates with Adebisi Shank, Zechs Marquise

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"Honest, life-affirming and infectious, and it's that rare concentration of directness and simplicity that makes Fang Island so uniquely and wonderfully inclusive." Best New Music -- Pitchfork

"Fang Island are simply killer fun, a proper gang who sing collectively and pummel their guitars without recourse to errant soloing." Four Stars -- MOJO




Brooklyn's beloved guitar-anthem optimists Fang Island have released the first retail single from their forthcoming sophomore album, Major. The digital single for album track "Sisterly" comes paired with a remix version by Anamanaguchi and is available everywhere now. Listen to a stream of the remix HERE. 

Fang Island has also added new dates to their upcoming summer headlining tour, with support on partially overlapping stretches from Irish genre-benders Adebisi Shank and The Mars Volta sibling heavy groove outfit Zechs Marquise. Please see complete dates below. 

Pitchfork recently premiered MP3s for the tracks "Asunder" (HERE) and "Sisterly" (HERE).

Fang Island announce their return with an album befitting its title: Major. In anticipation of the album's summer release, the band has posted teaser videos #1 HERE and #2 HERE. 

Like the painstakingly chiseled marble of the album artwork, Major is hefty, solid, monolithic and regal. Whereas Fang Island described their celebrated 2010 self-titled Sargent House debut as, "everyone high-fiving everyone," Major is evermore confident, triumphant and brimming with infectious enthusiasm. Its warm harmonies are given proper berth with more expansive dynamics and focused pop song craft. 

"One of our core ideas has always been that our songs would be all of your favorite parts of the song that other bands make you wait 8 minutes to get to," explains guitarist/vocalist Jason Bartell. "We wanted to be the band that's nothing but your favorite hooks back to back." Major shows Fang Island deftly achieving that aim. 

Throughout, Major highlights the band's endeavor to elevate positivity as an art form. "It's kind of similar to writing songs about being sad," Bartell says. "It can come across as simplistic, or easy. Positive songs often run the risk of sounding shallow, but we feel there are a lot of shades and depths to positivity that can be explored." That exploration becomes clear from the first notes of Major. 

However, Georges sums up the album's bold steps best in this short sampling of the band's nearly 1,000 bullet point explanation of the album title:

"Some reasons we called the album Major: 
- Major key (the first song is minor though!)
- Valley girl colloquialism 
- Because we are on an independent label
- Because the rank under Sargent (House) is major
- It sounds like a constellation
- Steely Dan's "Any Major Dude" was in rotation a lot during the sessions
- The record is packaged to look like stone because it's ROCK. I really wanted people to hold a piece of rock when they picked up the record."

Major will be available everywhere on LP, CD and download via Sargent House on July 24th, 2012.


FANG ISLAND Summer 2012 Tour:

07/19 Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Arts Theatre (w/ The Hold Steady)
07/20 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
07/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Morgan's Pier 
07/22 Washington DC @ U Street Music Hall 
07/23 Columbus, OH @ The Basement 
07/25 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop 
07/26 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot - Pike Room 
07/27 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
07/28 Chicago, IL @ Wicker Park Music Festival
07/29 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway 
07/30 Kansas City, MO @ Czar Bar *
08/01 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
08/02 Salt Lake City, UT @ Vertigo *
08/03 Boise, ID @ Neurolux *
08/04 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre *
08/05 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile *
08/07 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
08/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *!
08/11 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar !
08/12 Phoenix, AZ @ The Rhythm Room *!
08/13 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress *!
08/14 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad *!
08/16 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada !
08/17 Austin, TX @ Mohawk !
08/18 Volente, TX @ Beachfront Boat Studios 
08/19 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live - Studio !
08/20 New Orleans, LA @ Parish at House of Blues !
08/21 Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree !
08/22 Gainesville, FL @ Double Down Live !
08/23 St. Petersburg, FL @ The Local 662 !
08/24 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits !
08/25 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade !
08/26 Asheville, NC @ Asheville Music Hall !
08/28 Raleigh, NC @ Kings !
08/29 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter !
08/30 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg !

* w/ Zechs Marquise
! w/ Adebisi Shank



Artist: Fang Island 
Album: Sisterly (digital single) 
Label: Sargent House
Release date: June 19th, 2012

01. Sisterly 
02. Sisterly (Anamanaguchi remix) (STREAM)


Artist: Fang Island 
Album: Major
Label: Sargent House
Release date: July 24th, 2012

Track list:
01. Kindergarten
02. Sisterly (MP3)
03. Seek it Out
04. Make Me
05. Never Understand
06. Asunder (MP3)
07. Dooney Rock
08. Regalia
09. Chompers
10. Chime Out
11. Victorinian









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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Crypts announce Sargent House album debut, dates with Russian Circles, Chelsea Wolfe 

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Seattle dark electronic trio Crypts announce details of their forthcoming self-titled Sargent House debut album today, also posting an eerie mind-warping video for album track "Fancy" to watch HERE (check out MP3 HERE). The clip was directed and edited by Crypts member and visual artist Nick Bartoletti. 

Additionally, Crypts upcoming shows include a night supporting Russian Circles and a run in September with Chelsea Wolfe -- dates to come. The also play their hometown at Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party on July 20th. 

The long, slow demise of rock music has endured endless death throes, but the self-titled debut album by Crypts seems to clearly seal its fate while heralding the arrival of something far more vibrant and downright dangerous. The trio blends thick, hazy drone and synth noise with chopped-up hip hop rhythms, forsaking guitars in favor of more unique and sinister sounds. 

Vocalist Steve Snere, former frontman of chaotic punk revisionists These Arms Are Snakes, brings a snarling urgency to the songs, while programmer Bryce Brown blasts out an aural assault of horror show noise, subsonic bass and skittering rhythms. Meanwhile, visual artist Nick Bartoletti creates a total environment of light and video projections for the band's live experience as well as its decidedly nihilistic aesthetic. It's an all-out attack on the senses that comes across as fresh and invigorating as the early days of punk. 

"I needed a change of pace, to take myself out of the guitar-based rock world," says vocalist Steve Snere. "And the three of us wanted to experiment to find a sound that we wanted to hear." The result is the intense, occasionally bleak, yet endlessly enthralling debut album. Comparisons range from Wolf Eyes meets Christian Death to Skinny Puppy playing Dizzee Rascal. But these touch points seem to only scratch the surface of the snarling beast within Crypts. 

The album was engineered with Erik Blood (Shabazz Palaces), building upon basics recorded by Brown on Pro-Tools to which the band added live instruments. Most of the sounds were generated on home-built and modified equipment. Live, the band uses a homemade sound-reactive video device for its startling visuals. "We play everything live, there's no loops," Brown explains. "It's not a lot of button-pushing. Nick runs visuals live, while also playing synths. It's more like a rock band in a live setting." 

Crypts opens with the fittingly titled "Completely Fucked", awash with slithering John Carpenter soundtrack synths oozing over galloping drum machine beats and synthetic handclaps. Nearly buried beneath the din, Snere moans and wails, building to a screaming crescendo like a maniac. And, with a choked growl, the song ends just barely over 2-minutes, launching into the hip-hop beat and almost bubbly-sounding keyboards of "Daft." Elsewhere, the trio lean into The Cure's Pornography-era gloom-pop ("Territories") and dark, anthemic hooks ("Bloods"). Throughout, it's a vastly energetic, albeit downright depraved sounding album thanks to Snere's effectively dramatic and versatile vocals and the band's innovative collision of musical aesthetics. 

Crypts will be released on LP, CD and download via Sargent House on September 4th, 2012. 

CRYPTS LIVE:
06/25  Portland, OR @ Doug Fir w/ Russian Circles & And So I Watch You From Afar 
07/20  Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party


Artist: Crypts
Album: Crypts
Label: Sargent House
Release Date: September 4th, 2012

Track list: 
01. Completely Fucked 
02. Daft
03. Territories
04. Breathe
05. Fancy (MP3) (VIDEO: YouTube / Vimeo)
06. Smut
07. Bloods
08. Sleazy 



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Friday, June 15, 2012

British group Maybeshewill announce upcoming album and US tour

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"A daring artistic shift, moving from the linear esoterica of Mogwai towards their more kaleidoscopic contemporaries 65daysofstatic. By the final brilliant closer 'To The Skies From A Hillside', not only is their wellspring of underlying grandeur being tapped, it's also clear that there's even greeter things to come, too." 4/5 -- Kerrang

"Epic guitars, crashing drums and intense keys -- it's a dramatic record that will shake your bones." -- NME


 Leicestershire, UK's Maybeshewill announce the forthcoming North American release of their third album, I Was Here For A Moment, Then I Was Gone. The disc hits shelves September 11th via British label Function Records. The quintet will tour stateside in support of the album this Fall. 

Check out official videos for album tracks "To The Skies From A Hillside" HERE and "Critical Distance" HERE.

Maybeshewill is James Collins (drums), Matt Daly (keyboards) John Helps (guitar), Robin Southby (guitar) and Jamie Ward (bass). They’ve worked tirelessly over the past five years through endless touring and three full-length albums to build a loyal and enthusiastic following across the world. Sticking to steadfastly DIY ethics, the band have self-recorded all their material to date and aspire to be as self sufficient as possible.

The band released their debut four-track EP entitled Japanese Spy Transcript on their own label, Robot Needs Home Records in early 2006 which was later picked up by Japan’s XTAL Recordings (Caspian, Yndi Halda) and released in an extended form in August of the same year. Nottingham’s Field Records released the band's self-recorded debut album Not For Want Of Trying in May 2008. The record was Huw Stephen’s album of the week on his BBC Radio 1 show in its week of release and received glowing reviews from RockSound (8/10), Kerrang (4/5) and Drowned In Sound (8/10), amongst many others. After touring the release extensively around the UK with friends Fight Fire With Water, Worriedaboutsatan and And So I Watch You From Afar, they quickly began working on their second fell-length.

A year later, in June 2009, Sing The Word Hope In Four-Part Harmony was released, once again through Field Records. After much touring worldwide, the band joined the Function Records roster in 2011, releasing I Was Here For A Moment, Then I Was Gone in the UK, Europe and Japan in June. The album was once again self-recorded with Jamie at the board, though this time the band worked in more traditional recording studios.

The album received wide-spread critical acclaim across the board, including Kerrang (4/5), RockSound (8/10), Big Cheese (4/5), NME (7/10) and Artrocker (4/5). In an unprecedented move, the album was played back to back in its entirety on Kerrang Radio in its week of release and gained the band "Band of the Week" accolade on RockSound’s website for two weeks running.

I Was Here For A Moment, Then I Was Gone will be available on LP, CD and download on September 11th, 2012 via Function Records.

MAYBESHEWILL on tour:
06/21  Orfu, Hungary @ Fishing In Orfu Festival
07/13  Gloucestershire, UK @ 2000Trees Festival
08/04  Cerna V Psumavi, Czech Republic @ Lipno Festival
08/19  Leicester, UK @ Summer Sundae Weekender
09/22  Thessaloniki, Greece @ Eightball Live Stage
09/23  Istanbul, Turkey @ Peyote
09/24  Sofia, Bulgaria @ The Box
09/25  Bucharest, Romania @ B52
09/26  Belgrade, Serbia @ Fest
09/27  Osijek, Croatia @ Klub Mini Theatre
09/28  Zagreb, Croatia @ AKC Attack
09/29  Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Channel Zero


Artist: Maybeshewill
Album: I Was Here For A Moment, Then I Was Gone
Label: Function Records
Release Date: September 11th, 2012

01. Opening
02. Take This To Heart
03. Red Paper Lanterns (VIDEO)
04. Critical Distance (VIDEO)
05. Accolades
06. An End To Camaraderie
07. Words For Arabella
08. Farewell Sarajevo
09. Relative Minors
10. To The Skies From A Hillside (VIDEO)


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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Indian Handcrafts post in-studio video for Sargent House album debut, plus tour dates

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Canadian power-duo Indian Handcrafts have posted an in-studio video -- featuring cameos from some heavy friends -- announcing their forthcoming Sargent House album debut. The Toronto band's sophomore release, Civil Disobedience For Losers was recorded in Los Angeles back in March with engineer Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Big Business, Red Sparowes). The album will be released in Fall 2012. The clip features the album track "Terminal Horse". Watch teaser video HERE. 

Indian Handcrafts also take to the road this month with Russian Circles and And So I Watch You From Afar, in addition to playing several Canadian festival appearances throughout the summer. Please see current dates below. 

For more Indian Handcrafts, check out a free MP3 for "Red Action" (download/stream HERE) from the band's self-titled 2011 self-released debut (stream the full album via Bandcamp). Watch the official video for "Red Action" HERE and a blistering live performance of "Starcraft" HERE. 

Indian Handcrafts' well honed, massive melodic heft seems to belie the simplicity of instrumentation between drummer/vocalist Brandyn James Aikins and guitarist/vocalist Daniel Brandon Allen. While their songs feature hints of heavy, technically skilled bands like Big Business and Hella, there are also strong melodies and a vocal intensity inviting comparisons to bands ranging from Trail of Dead to Death From Above 1979 to Big Black. 
Civil Disobedience For Losers will be available on LP, CD and download Fall 2012 via Sargent House. 

INDIAN HANDCRAFTS LIVE:
06/18  Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre **
06/19  Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos Cantina ** 
06/20  Calgary, AB @ Dicken's Pub - Sled Island Music Festival ** 
06/21  Calgary, AB @ Ship & Anchor Pub - Sled Island Music Festival 
07/14  Toronto, ON @ Downsview Park - EdgeFest 2012  
07/19  Barrie, ON @ Kenzington MADY New Music Fest
08/05  Barrie, ON @ Kempenfest 
09/13-09/16 Victoria, BC @ Rifflandia Festival 2012

** w/ Russian Circles & And So I Watch You From Afar


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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Russian Circles announce North American and Australian/New Zealand headlining tour dates


"Empros is one of the most viscerally exciting and completely entertaining albums I've heard in a long time. There is perfection in the air and the battle for album of the year just heated up again." 10/10 rating -- Iann Robinson, Crave Online

"It's not a stretch to say it's the band's best album yet." -- Rock-A-Rolla



Chicago trio Russian Circles announce North American and Australian/New Zealand headlining dates beginning this month and running well into Fall. The band will be supported by a plethora of Sargent House family bands along the way, including And So I Watch You From Afar, Chelsea Wolfe, Marriages, Indian Handcrafts, Deafheaven and Crypts. Please see complete dates below.

This continues Russian Circles' already lengthy treks in support of their critically praised new album Empros. SPIN Magazine recently featured a full album stream of Empros. The band also recently premiered an MP3 from the album via RollingStone.com. The song, "Mladek" is available to listen/download HERE.

Russian Circles return with not only their fourth and heaviest album to date -- but also with Empros they're poised to take the crown as innovators reinvigorating the staid trappings of genre. Empros picks up where the anthemic riffs and melodies of 2009's Geneva left off and injects evermore slithering rhythms amid skull-crushing heft with all the visceral intensity of Godflesh, Swans and Neurosis. Put simply, Empros is Russian Circles' Master of Reality: a radical revision of both heavy and melody that is monolithic in its clarity and perfection. Or, like a lone surviving wooly beast emerging from a brutal winter's frost, Empros is the sound of a band shaking the ages from its shoulders with all the brutal force of a behemoth awakened. 

Empros is Russian Circles' first full-length to be released worldwide exclusively via Sargent House, the band's longtime management company and record label that had previously released only the vinyl editions of its three prior albums. It was released worldwide on LP, CD and Download on October 25th, 2011. 




RUSSIAN CIRCLES / AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR

06/18  Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre  w/ Indian Handcrafts
06/19  Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos Cantina w/ Indian Handcrafts
06/20  Calgary, AB @ Sled Island Festival w/ Indian Handcrafts  & a secret guest
06/22  Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
06/24  Seattle, WA @ Neumos  w/ Sandrider
06/25  Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge w/ Crypts
06/27  Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's w/ Deafheaven
06/28  San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall w/ Deafheaven
06/29  Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre w/ Chelsea Wolfe & Deafheaven
07/02  Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater 
07/03  Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room

RUSSIAN CIRCLES / CHELSEA WOLFE / MARRIAGES 
07/06  Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
07/07  St Louis, MO @ The Firebird
08/08  Louisville, KY @ Vernon Club
08/09  Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree
08/10  Tallahassee, FL @ Retrofit Records
08/11  Orlando, FL @ Wills Pub
08/12  St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theater
08/13  Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
08/14  Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
08/15  Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
08/16  Washington, DC @ Rock N Roll Hotel
08/17  Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
08/18  New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
08/19  Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East (Downstairs)
08/20  Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
08/21  Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
08/22  Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
08/23  Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
08/24  Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club

RUSSIAN CIRCLES / EAGLE TWIN / NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIAN TOUR 
09/26  Newton, AUC, NZ @ Kings Arms Tavern
09/27  Wellington, NZ @ San Francisco Bathhouse
09/28  Melbourne, VIC @ Corner Hotel
09/29  Adelaide, SA @ Fowler's Live
09/30  Perth, WA @ The Bakery  w/ Drowning Horse
10/04  Canberra, ACT @ ANU Bar
10/05  Brisbane, AU @ The Zoo
10/06  Sydney, AU @ The Hi Fi



Artist: Russian Circles
Album: Empros  (Full album stream)
Label: Sargent House
Release date: October 25th, 2011

Track list:
01. 309
02. Mladek (MP3)
03. Schipol
04. Atackla
05. Batu
06. Praise Be Man












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Fang Island premiere another song from forthcoming new album at Pitchfork, announce U.S. headlining tour

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"Honest, life-affirming and infectious, and it's that rare concentration of directness and simplicity that makes Fang Island so uniquely and wonderfully inclusive." Best New Music -- Pitchfork

"Fang Island are simply killer fun, a proper gang who sing collectively and pummel their guitars without recourse to errant soloing." Four Stars -- MOJO



Brooklyn's beloved guitar-anthem optimists Fang Island premiere a second track from their forthcoming sophomore album today at Pitchfork. The song, "Sisterly" is available to stream HERE. Fang Island take to the road in July with headlining U.S. shows to celebrate their new album release (Zechs Marquise join for several dates). Please see complete dates below.

Pitchfork also recently hosted the first track released, "Asunder" which is available to stream HERE.

Fang Island announce their return with an album befitting its title: Major. In anticipation of the album's summer release, the band has posted teaser videos #1 HERE and #2 HERE. 

Like the painstakingly chiseled marble of the album artwork, Major is hefty, solid, monolithic and regal. Whereas Fang Island described their celebrated 2010 self-titled Sargent House debut as, "everyone high-fiving everyone," Major is evermore confident, triumphant and brimming with infectious enthusiasm. Its warm harmonies are given proper berth with more expansive dynamics and focused pop song craft. 

"One of our core ideas has always been that our songs would be all of your favorite parts of the song that other bands make you wait 8 minutes to get to," explains guitarist/vocalist Jason Bartell. "We wanted to be the band that's nothing but your favorite hooks back to back." Major shows Fang Island deftly achieving that aim. 

Throughout, Major highlights the band's endeavor to elevate positivity as an art form. "It's kind of similar to writing songs about being sad," Bartell says. "It can come across as simplistic, or easy. Positive songs often run the risk of sounding shallow, but we feel there are a lot of shades and depths to positivity that can be explored." That exploration becomes clear from the first notes of Major. 

However, Georges sums up the album's bold steps best in this short sampling of the band's nearly 1,000 bullet point explanation of the album title:

"Some reasons we called the album Major: 
- Major key (the first song is minor though!)
- Valley girl colloquialism 
- Because we are on an independent label
- Because the rank under Sargent (House) is major
- It sounds like a constellation
- Steely Dan's "Any Major Dude" was in rotation a lot during the sessions
- The record is packaged to look like stone because it's ROCK. I really wanted people to hold a piece of rock when they picked up the record."

Major will be available everywhere on LP, CD and download via Sargent House on July 24th, 2012.


FANG ISLAND Summer 2012 Tour:
07/19 Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Arts Theatre
07/20 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
07/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Morgan's Pier
07/22 Washington DC @ U Street Music Hall
07/23 Columbus, OH @ The Basement
07/25 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
07/26 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot - Pike Room
07/27 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
07/28 Chicago, IL @ Wicker Park Music Festival
07/29 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
07/30 Kansas City, MO @ Czar Bar *
08/01 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
08/02 Salt Lake City @ Vertigo *
08/03 Boise, ID @ Neurolux *
08/04 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre *
08/05 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile *
08/07 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
08/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *
08/11 San Diego, CA @ TBA *
08/12 Phoenix, AZ @ The Rhythm Room *
08/13 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress *
08/14 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad *
08/16 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
08/17 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
08/18 Volente, TX @ Beach Front Boat Rentals 
08/19 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live - Studio
08/20 New Orleans, LA @ Parish at House of Blues
08/21 Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree
08/22 Gainesville, FL @ Double Down Live
08/23 St. Petersburg, FL @ The Local 662
08/24 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
08/25 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
08/26 Asheville, NC @ Asheville Music Hall
08/28 Raleigh, NC @ Kings
08/29 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
08/30 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

* w/ Zechs Marquise


Artist: Fang Island 
Album: Major
Label: Sargent House
Release date: July 24th, 2012

Track list:
01. Kindergarten
02. Sisterly (MP3)
03. Seek it Out
04. Make Me
05. Never Understand
06. Asunder (MP3)
07. Dooney Rock
08. Regalia
09. Chompers
10. Chime Out
11. Victorinian









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Friday, June 8, 2012

Le Butcherettes announce EU dates supporting The Mars Volta


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Fresh off of festival dates in Chicago and El Paso, beloved garage-punk trio Le Butcherettes announce European shows supporting The Mars Volta beginning next week. Please see complete dates below.

Le Butcherettes are currently at work on a followup to last year's breakout debut, Sin Sin Sin. However, that hasn't kept Teri Gender Bender out of the public eye. The group's charismatic singer/guitarist/keyboardist won over crowds at this year's Coachella Festival with rousing performances, including throwing her keyboard out into the audience. Omar Rodriguez Lopez -- who is also reprising his role as producer and bass player for the band's sophomore album -- will be pulling double duty for these shows, as the permanent bassist for Le Butcherettes in addition to his role as co-founder and guitarist in The Mars Volta. 

Le Butcherettes' critically-praised debut album Sin Sin Sin is available to STREAM HERE. Check out MP3s for other album tracks, "Henry Don't Got Love" HERE and "New York" HERE.

Le Butcherettes' full length debut, Sin Sin Sin was produced by Omar Rodriguez Lopez and issued on May 10th, 2011 on Rodriguez Lopez Productions via Sargent House. 

THE MARS VOLTA With Special Guests LE BUTCHERETTES:
June 11 - Tel Aviv, Israel @ Hangar 11 
June 14 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseu dos Recreios
June 17 - Toulouse, France @ Le Bikini 
June 20 - Milan, Italy @ Magazzini Generali 
June 24 - Cologne, Germany @ E-Werk 
June 26 - Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique 
June 27 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso 
July 04 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Rockhal 
July 05 - Berlin, Germany @ Huxleys 
July 15 - London, UK @ HMV Forum



Artist: Le Butcherettes
Album: Sin Sin Sin
Label: Rodriguez Lopez Productions
Release Date: May 10th, 2011

01. Tonight
02. New York (MP3) (VIDEO)
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 (MP3)
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


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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Redgrave premiere powerful new song in Consequence of Sound interview



"(Redgrave) bring the heavy back to the blues -- but not in some obvious, Jack White kind of way.These blues are the scary kind... Angie Mead's powerful wail is enough to bristle the hairs on the back of your neck." ­-- Alternative Press
"Sultry dirges"  -- Time Out Chicago 

"The Chicago duo takes Sleep’s Holy Mountain, PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me, and The Dead Weather’s Sea Of Cowards and melts them all down into a five song EP that just incinerates everything in its path. " -- Consequence of Sound


Chicago duo Redgrave premiere another track from their forthcoming debut today in a featured interview with Consequence of Sound. The powerfully stomping and gracefully shimmering song "Taunt" is available to stream/download HERE. 

In celebration of their Lovitt Records 5-song debut, National Act the band plays a series of Midwestern shows this month. Please see complete dates below. 

Watch a live in-studio performance video HERE shot at the band's first ever live show. Also, check out the barnstorming first single from National Act, "Dick Moves" streaming HERE. 

Vocalist/guitarist Angie Mead and drummer Stephen Howard generate a massive sound thanks to Mead's powerful, soaring voice and sludgy open tunings backed by Howard's refined rhythmic stomp. Redgrave's songs have the sort of smoldering intensity shared by PJ Harvey and Led Zeppelin alike that is hard to categorize, but immediately easy to feel. The duo's forthcoming EP, National Act was recorded by revered engineer Greg Norman (Russian Circles, Pelican) and will be available in June via Lovitt Records. 

Mead started writing and recording Redgrave songs in marathon stretches beginning August 2010 from her home in Chicago after furniture was moved into storage and replaced with recording equipment, drums and guitars. She sent these demos to Chicago musician Stephen Howard, whose work she'd admired as guitarist and drummer in Pinebender. A working musician since the age of 13, Howard had grown up playing local Chicago blues clubs; his teachers included Willie Smith, John Primer and Eddie Clearwater, his classrooms in music included stages across the U.S., Europe and Africa. Mead has always played a right-handed guitar upside down -- ­ a backwards model mimicking Albert King that roughens up her playing. But through playing with Howard, she discovered a way of singing that made her voice crest above his gale-storm drumming. They've been playing together as Redgrave since January 2011.

Redgrave released a 2-song 7" in Fall 2011 on Lovitt Records. Tim Rutili of Califone/Red Red Meat fame lends his guitar prowess to the track "Gone To Wither" on the single, with art design by David Yow of The Jesus Lizard. It was produced by Stephen Howard, recorded and mixed by Greg Norman at his studio in Chicago. Lovitt will issue National Act on 12" vinyl and download on June 12th, 2012. 

REDGRAVE LIVE:
June 09    Chicago, IL @ Martyrs
June 13    Chicago, IL @ The Whistler (record release show)
June 22    Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's
June 23    Clive, IA @ Bombay Bicycle Club
June 29    Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall (w/ Pelican, Anatomy of Habit)



Artist: Redgrave
Album: National Act
Label: Lovitt Records
Release Date: June 12th, 2012

01. Dick Moves (MP3)
02. Custom A (VIDEO)
03. Assault Song
04. Lik-M-Aid
05. Taunt (MP3)

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