Russian Circles new album 'Memorial' out today

"Their strongest offering yet, an evolutionary leap for the entirety of post-metal.10/10" -- Crave Online

"Unquestioningly one of 2013's true artistic masterpieces. 10/10" -- PopMatters

"Vital and nourishing food for the imagination." -- The Guardian (UK)

Chicago trio Russian Circles release their acclaimed fifth album, Memorial today. The full album is available for physical order HERE and digital HERE. Stream/share Memorial in full HERE.

Pitchfork recently premiered the epic tune "1777" is available to listen/share on Pitchfork or Soundcloud. Rolling Stone also recently debuted the album's title track, featuring guest vocals by label (and tour) mate Chelsea Wolfe. Listen to "Memorial" HERE. Russian Circles previously shared the first track from the album via Pitchfork. Listen to the song "Deficit" HERE. (Soundcloud link HERE.) Check out cover art and track listing below.

Russian Circles are currently on the road in the EU and UK with Chelsea Wolfe. Both bands are playing full headlining sets, with Wolfe joining Russian Circles to sing the album title track every night. Russian Circles will also tour the US in early 2014. Please see complete dates below.

Perhaps the most immediately apparent characteristic of the fifth Russian Circles album, Memorial is its wide range of emotion. Vacillating from somber-yet-soaring melodies on one track to pummeling metal heft on the next, Memorial sounds like an album with split personalities.

Where one song showcases guitarist Mike Sullivan, drummer Dave Turncrantz and bassist/keyboardist Brian Cook's mastery of lush melancholic melody, the next exhibits their most abrasive underground metal leaning sound, with washed-out 16th-note riffs and crushing rhythms. The band's penchant for endless hooks remains a constant, but Memorial embodies their most dramatic ranges in tone.

"We've always tried to balance our metal-influenced sounds with more nuanced, pretty, orchestral elements," Cook says. "But this time, it's far more polarized in that the heavy parts are much more blown out and exaggerated while the pretty moments are far more restrained, delicate, and atmospheric." In the two years since Russian Circles released their landmark fourth album Empros, the Chicago trio toured worldwide nearly incessantly, encountering many heavy acts whose music seemed needlessly complicated. "We set out to make a straightforward, intense, heavy record," Cook explains. "We subconsciously gravitated toward darker and more somber sounds. We wanted to get away from the overtly flashy."

In search of such a streamlined sound, the trio focused on each individual song having its own emotional and musical characteristics. As such, Memorial almost feels like stages of grief. That notion might be aided by 1) the album's clever structuring, in which it ends in the same place as it starts, and 2) special guest vocalist Chelsea Wolfe lending her hauntingly somber vocals to the album closing title track.

Memorial was recorded at the Electrical Audio studio in Chicago with the band's longtime producer Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines and Interpol who also helmed the band's two previous albums, Empros and Geneva.

Memorial is available on LP, CD and download via Sargent House on October 29th, 2013.

RUSSIAN CIRCLES + CHELSEA WOLFE // EUROPE 2013 

Oct 29, 2013 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
Oct 30, 2013 - Gent, BE @ Vooruit
Oct 31, 2013 - Karlsruhe, DE @ Jubez
Nov 1, 2013 - Utrecht, NI @ Tivoli de Helling
Nov 2, 2013 - Koln, DE @ Stollwerck
Nov 3, 2013 - Hamburg, DE @ Club Logo
Nov 6, 2013 - Helsinki, FIN @ Tavastia
Nov 7, 2013 - Oslo, NO @ Bla
Nov 8, 2013 - Gothenburg, SE @ Truckstop Alaska
Nov 9, 2013 - Copenhagen, DK @ KB18
Nov 10, 2013 - Berlin, DE @ C- Club

RUSSIAN CIRCLES // EUROPE 2013

Nov 11, 2013 - Dresden, DE @ Beatpol
Nov 13, 2013 - Vienna, AT @ Szene
Nov 14, 2013 - Budapest, HU @ Durer Kert
Nov 15, 2013 - Belgrade, SR @ Bozidarac
Nov 16, 2013 - Zagreb, HR @ Mochvara Club
Nov 17, 2013 - Munich, DE @ Feierwerk
Nov 19, 2013 - Moscow, RU @ B2
Nov 20, 2013 - St. Petersburg, RU @ Club Zal

Artist: Russian Circles

Album: Memorial (STREAM)

Label: Sargent House

Release date: October 29th, 2013

Track list:

01. Memoriam

02. Deficit (STREAM)

03. 1777 (STREAM)

04. Cheyenne

05. Burial

06. Ethel

07. Lebaron

08. Memorial (STREAM)

On the Web:

www.russiancirclesband.com 

facebook.com/russiancirclesmusic 

twitter.com/russiancircband 

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

sargenthouse.com/russiancircles_assets.html

Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos releases Halloween themed album, streaming via Noisey

Nick Reinhart, guitarist and vocalist in Tera Melos releases a special Halloween-themed album, Scary Sounds today while streaming all 14 spine-tingling tracks via Noisey. The painstakingly composed album was created entirely on guitar, making other-worldly noises befitting the holiday tradition. Listen to Scary Sounds HERE. Full album Bandcamp link HERE.  About Scary Sounds, Reinhart explains: "I've wanted to do a Halloween themed, guitar-based ambient record for a long time now. Halloween is really special for me. I worked the seasonal shift at Party City for years -- into my late twenties --surrounded by clueless 16-year-old first-jobbers, just to be inundated with the spirit of the holiday. I'd heard lots of 'Halloween sounds' recordings over the years, and it was important to make this recording a conscious and focused effort. In other words, it's not just me hitting record and then farting around on my pedals. there was a lot of thought put into every sound created. "Every single sound on the recording came from a guitar -- albeit a very processed guitar, but 100% guitar. My dream would be for people to play this on their porch to scare the shit out of trick or treaters, or at haunted houses or parties. Anything Halloween related. Not everyone is into noisy, ambient records, but ALMOST everyone is into Halloween!" Tera Melos is currently headlining the Sargent House tour with label mates Zorch, joined by Fang Island for East Coast dates now underway. Please see remaining dates below. TERA MELOS // ZORCH Tour: Oct 28  - Hamden, CT @ The Space * Oct 29 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street * Oct 30 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom * Oct 31 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall * Nov 01 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church * Nov 02 - Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel * Nov 03 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter Nov 04 - Greenville, NC @ Tipsy Teapot Nov 05 - Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre Nov 06 - Asheville, NC @ Isis Music Hall Nov 07 - Athens, GA @ New Earth Music Hall Nov 08 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Nov 09 - Broussard, LA @ The Station Nov 12 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad Nov 13 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress Nov 14 - La Jolla, CA @ Che Cafe Collective ^^ Nov 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour ^^ Nov 16 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop ^^ Nov 17 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place ^ Nov 20 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown Nov 21 - Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett Nov 22 - Eugene, OR @ Cozmic Pizza Nov 23 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project Space * w/ Fang Island ^^ w/ Sister Crayon, Creepers ^ w/ Sister Crayon Artist: Nick Reinhart Album: Scary Sounds Label: Nick Reinhart Release Date: October 28th, 2013 01. Descent (STREAM) 02. Your Abyss 03. Psychological Warfare 04. Demon's Dream 05. You're Fucked 06. Graveyard (STREAM) 07. Pre-Slaughter 08. You're Fucked II 09. Alone In Space 10. They All Must Die (STREAM) 11. Looking Through Your Window 12. Keep It Dark 13. Didn't Survive 14. Hell Artist: Tera Melos Album: X'ed Out Remixes EP Label: Sargent House Release Date: October 8th, 2013 01. Weird Circles (Nick Reinhart remix) 02. No Phase (Zorch/Shmu remix) 03. Snake Lake (Busdriver feat. Milo remix) (STREAM) 04. Weird Circles (Fang Island/Jason Bartell remix) (STREAM) 05. Turn Every Color Dangerous (Zorch/Zac Traeger remix)

Artist: Tera Melos Album: X'ed Out Label: Sargent House Release Date: April 16, 2013 01. Weird Circles (VIDEO) 02. New Chlorine 03. Bite (MP3) (VIDEO) 04. Snake Lake 05. Sunburn (MP3) 06. Melody Nine 07. No Phase 08. Tropic Lame (MP3) (STREAM) 09. Slimed 10. Until Lufthansa 11. Surf Nazis 12. X'ed Out and Tired On the Web: teramelos.tumblr.com sargenthouse.com/Tera_Melos teramelos.bandcamp.com teramelos1.tumblr.com Hi-res photos, cover art, bio and more: www.sargenthouse.com/tm_assets.html

Russian Circles stream entire forthcoming album via Pitchfork Advance

Chicago trio Russian Circles are streaming their forthcoming fifth album, Memorial in its entirety today via Pitchfork Advance. The full album stream comes a week ahead of the album's October 29th release date, and is available for physical pre-order HERE and digital HERE. The Pitchfork Advance package features several breathtaking landscape images taken by photographer Ryan Russell, who also snapped all of the album packaging's frozen scenery. Stream Memorial HERE.

Pitchfork recently premiered the epic tune "1777" is available to listen/share on Pitchfork or Soundcloud. Rolling Stone also recently debuted the album's title track, featuring guest vocals by label (and tour) mate Chelsea Wolfe. Listen to "Memorial" HERE. Russian Circles previously shared the first track from the album via Pitchfork. Listen to the song "Deficit" HERE. (Soundcloud link HERE.) Check out cover art and track listing below.

Russian Circles are currently on the road in the EU and UK with Chelsea Wolfe. Both bands are playing full headlining sets, with Wolfe joining Russian Circles to sing the album title track every night. Russian Circles will also tour the US in early 2014. Please see complete dates below.

Perhaps the most immediately apparent characteristic of the fifth Russian Circles album, Memorial is its wide range of emotion. Vacillating from somber-yet-soaring melodies on one track to pummeling metal heft on the next, Memorial sounds like an album with split personalities.

Where one song showcases guitarist Mike Sullivan, drummer Dave Turncrantz and bassist/keyboardist Brian Cook's mastery of lush melancholic melody, the next exhibits their most abrasive underground metal leaning sound, with washed-out 16th-note riffs and crushing rhythms. The band's penchant for endless hooks remains a constant, but Memorial embodies their most dramatic ranges in tone.

"We've always tried to balance our metal-influenced sounds with more nuanced, pretty, orchestral elements," Cook says. "But this time, it's far more polarized in that the heavy parts are much more blown out and exaggerated while the pretty moments are far more restrained, delicate, and atmospheric." In the two years since Russian Circles released their landmark fourth album Empros, the Chicago trio toured worldwide nearly incessantly, encountering many heavy acts whose music seemed needlessly complicated. "We set out to make a straightforward, intense, heavy record," Cook explains. "We subconsciously gravitated toward darker and more somber sounds. We wanted to get away from the overtly flashy."

In search of such a streamlined sound, the trio focused on each individual song having its own emotional and musical characteristics. As such, Memorial almost feels like stages of grief. That notion might be aided by 1) the album's clever structuring, in which it ends in the same place as it starts, and 2) special guest vocalist Chelsea Wolfe lending her hauntingly somber vocals to the album closing title track.

Memorial was recorded at the Electrical Audio studio in Chicago with the band's longtime producer Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines & Interpol who also helmed the band's two previous albums, Empros and Geneva.

Memorial will be available on LP, CD and download via Sargent House on October 29th, 2013.

RUSSIAN CIRCLES & CHELSEA WOLFE // EUROPE 2013 

Oct 21, 2013 - Bilbao, ES @ Kafe Antzokia
Oct 23, 2013 - Paris, FR @ Divan Du Monde (SOLD OUT)
Oct 24, 2013 - Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
Oct 25, 2013 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Oct 26, 2013 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
Oct 27, 2013 - Dublin, IRE @ Button Factory
Oct 29, 2013 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
Oct 30, 2013 - Gent, BE @ Vooruit
Oct 31, 2013 - Karlsruhe, DE @ Jubez
Nov 1, 2013 - Utrecht, NI @ Tivoli de Helling
Nov 2, 2013 - Koln, DE @ Stollwerck
Nov 3, 2013 - Hamburg, DE @ Club Logo
Nov 6, 2013 - Helsinki, FIN @ Tavastia
Nov 7, 2013 - Oslo, NO @ Bla
Nov 8, 2013 - Gothenburg, SE @ Truckstop Alaska
Nov 9, 2013 - Copenhagen, DK @ KB18
Nov 10, 2013 - Berlin, DE @ C- Club

RUSSIAN CIRCLES // EUROPE 2013

Nov 11, 2013 - Dresden, DE @ Beatpol
Nov 13, 2013 - Vienna, AT @ Szene
Nov 14, 2013 - Budapest, HU @ Durer Kert
Nov 15, 2013 - Belgrade, SR @ Bozidarac
Nov 16, 2013 - Zagreb, HR @ Mochvara Club
Nov 17, 2013 - Munich, DE @ Feierwerk
Nov 19, 2013 - Moscow, RU @ B2
Nov 20, 2013 - St. Petersburg, RU @ Club Zal

Artist: Russian Circles

Album: Memorial (STREAM)

Label: Sargent House

Release date: October 29th, 2013

Track list:

01. Memoriam

02. Deficit (STREAM)

03. 1777 (STREAM)

04. Cheyenne

05. Burial

06. Ethel

07. Lebaron

08. Memorial (STREAM)

On the Web:

www.russiancirclesband.com 

facebook.com/russiancirclesmusic 

twitter.com/russiancircband 

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

sargenthouse.com/russiancircles_assets.html

Cut Yourself In Half debut first song from forthcoming debut via Invisible Oranges

Britain's young new heavy riff merchants Cut Yourself In Half premiere the first track from their forthcoming debut today via Invisible Oranges. The formidably titled tune "The End" is taken from their upcoming album, Mekkanizm and is available to stream/share HERE. (Direct Soundcloud link.) Hailing from Bradford in the north of England, they’ve been honing their chops for the last year, since releasing their download-only debut for New Heavy Sounds, Say Goodbye ToThe World. Said single managed to get some heavy U.K. airplay and glowing reviews from the cognoscenti. Since then, the band have ventured from the dark satanic mills for the odd live sortie and recording session, now they’ve fully emerged from the studio with one hell of an album. Cut Yourself In Half’s sound is a hellish amalgam of the hook laden grooves of QOTSA and Red Fang, mashed with a mighty thump of Mastodon-esque heaviness and hard rock, all put through a psychedelic mangle. The music is huge, with thunderous riffs followed by thunderous rhythm changes and grooves that take in hardcore, doom and acid-rock, all executed with top class playing. This band effortlessly combine the rich heritage of British rock and the American mutations of that sound, to create something that’s totally their own, uniquely British, remarkably refreshing and indisputably heavy. With sonic necromancer and producer Dave Sanderson (the engineer behind Black Moth’s killer Killing Jar debut) at the helm, the 10 tracks that make up Mekkanizm are a pounding, take no prisoners, heavy stoner metal machine music ride through hell and back, and as thrillingly intense a listen as Pulled Apart By Horses' Tough Love. Opening with the fat psychotic riffing of "Little Misadventure" through the classic rock re-invention of "The Song Remains Unnamed" to the unholy trinity of "The End" a revamped "Say Goodbye To The World" and "Comatosed", you know this is a monster. By the time you’ve got through the madness of "Viracocha" and its tale of Aztec demons, the twisted Hammer Horror of "Spider Legs" and the psych tinged cyclical madness of album closer "LGRD" you’ll be damn near exhausted. The album is an exhilarating witches brew of mayhem and melody, CYIH together with Mr Sanderson, have nailed a sound that’s tightly controlled yet simultaneously hovering on the edge of chaos. Also, as with all NHS albums, the vinyl release will be a special thing indeed: 180g heavyweight white and red splatter vinyl, housed in a gatefold jacket, with detailed, doomy and downright sinister sleeve art by hot new illustrator Adrian Baxter. Complete with a lyric sheet and full download of the whole album. There will be only 300 of these, alongside the CD and download versions of course.  Cut Yourself In Half are George Quinn guitar and vocals, Mikey Feather guitar, Jonny Newell on drums and Stefan Wilton on bass. Mekkanizm will be available in North America on CD, download and limited edition vinyl on October 29th via New Heavy Sounds.  Artist: Cut Yourself In Half Album:  Mekkanizm Label: New Heavy Sounds Release Date: October 29th, 2013 01. Little Misadventure 02. The Song Remains Unnamed 03. The End (STREAM) 04. Say Goodbye To The World 05. Comatosed 06. Viracocha 07. You Carry The Curse 08. Do It Or Die 09. Spider Legs 10. LGRD On The Web: http://www.cutyourselfinhalf.co.uk facebook.com/CutYourselfInHalf www.newheavysounds.com

Pink Frost debut first video from Sundowning album via Brooklyn Vegan

Click image to watch video

"An increasingly commanding quartet that embraces the power of guitar drone, tribal drum and the deep, shoegaze-era swoon." -- Chicago Tribune 

"Off-kilter, yearning rock music that strives for a populism that's considered a bit declassé by most of their peers and, as such, badly missed." -- Pitchfork

Chicago quartet Pink Frost premiere the first video from their new album Sundowning today via Brooklyn Vegan. The clip for the song "The Difference" is available to watch/share HERE.

SPIN recently shared the blistering album in full, which is available to stream HERE. Pitchfork debuted the first track from the album, "Ruins" available for streaming/download HERE. Or, Soundcloud HERE.

Pink Frost is the new moniker of the critically-praised band formerly known as APTEKA. The album, Sundowning was recorded at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio and is released in partnership between BLVD Records and Notes and Bolts Records & Tapes as of September 3rd.

Their debut LP (as APTEKA) Gargoyle Days, made Best of 2011 lists at outlets from Time Out Chicago to the Dumbing of America and this past February saw the release of their first 7" single withe the band's new name. Awash in captivating reverb, swirling melodies and soaring, anthemic refrains, Pink Frost has already generated considerable praise from local press namedropping everything from Ride to Smashing Pumpkins to Dinosaur Jr. to The Men and beyond.

PINK FROST LIVE:

10/31  Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen (w/ Sleepy Sun)

Artist: Pink Frost Album: Sundowning  Label: BLVD Records / Notes + Bolts Records + Tapes Release Date: Sept 3rd, 2013 01) Western Child 02) Ruins (MP3) (STREAM) 03) Orange Sky Suicide 04) The Difference (VIDEO) 05) Dead Cities 06) Who I Belong To 07) Maybe It's You 08) Occupy Within 09) Blue Light On The Web: thepinkfrost.com facebook.com/thepinkfrost twitter.com/thepinkfrost

Russian Circles premiere new track from forthcoming album via Pitchfork, tour with Chelsea Wolfe starts next week

Chicago trio Russian Circles premiere another new track from their forthcoming fifth album, Memorial today via Pitchfork. The epic tune "1777" is available to listen/share on Pitchfork or Soundcloud.

Rolling Stone also recently debuted the album's title track, featuring guest vocals by label (and tour) mate Chelsea Wolfe. Listen to "Memorial" HERE. Russian Circles previously shared the first track from the album via Pitchfork. Listen to the song "Deficit" HERE. (Soundcloud link HERE.) Check out cover art and track listing below.

Russian Circles hit the road in the EU and UK with Chelsea Wolfe next week. Both bands will play full headlining sets. Russian Circles will tour the US in early 2014. Please see complete dates below.

Perhaps the most immediately apparent characteristic of the fifth Russian Circles album, Memorial is its wide range of emotion. Vacillating from somber-yet-soaring melodies on one track to pummeling metal heft on the next, Memorial sounds like an album with split personalities.

Where one song showcases guitarist Mike Sullivan, drummer Dave Turncrantz and bassist/keyboardist Brian Cook's mastery of lush melancholic melody, the next exhibits their most abrasive underground metal leaning sound, with washed-out 16th-note riffs and crushing rhythms. The band's penchant for endless hooks remains a constant, but Memorial embodies their most dramatic ranges in tone.

"We've always tried to balance our metal-influenced sounds with more nuanced, pretty, orchestral elements," Cook says. "But this time, it's far more polarized in that the heavy parts are much more blown out and exaggerated while the pretty moments are far more restrained, delicate, and atmospheric." In the two years since Russian Circles released their landmark fourth album Empros, the Chicago trio toured worldwide nearly incessantly, encountering many heavy acts whose music seemed needlessly complicated. "We set out to make a straightforward, intense, heavy record," Cook explains. "We subconsciously gravitated toward darker and more somber sounds. We wanted to get away from the overtly flashy."

In search of such a streamlined sound, the trio focused on each individual song having its own emotional and musical characteristics. As such, Memorial almost feels like stages of grief. That notion might be aided by 1) the album's clever structuring, in which it ends in the same place as it starts, and 2) special guest vocalist Chelsea Wolfe lending her hauntingly somber vocals to the album closing title track.

Memorial was recorded at the illustrious Electrical Audio studio in Chicago with the band's longtime producer Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines & Interpol who also helmed the band's two previous albums, Empros and Geneva.

Memorial will be available on LP, CD and download via Sargent House on October 29th, 2013.

RUSSIAN CIRCLES + CHELSEA WOLFE // EUROPE 2013 

Oct 12, 2013 - Prague, CZ @ Meet Factory
Oct 13, 2013 - Linz, AT @ Posthof
Oct 14, 2013 - Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv Club
Oct 15, 2013 - Zurich, CH @ Rote Fabrik
Oct 16, 2013 - Fribourg, CH @ Fri-son
Oct 18, 2013 - Barcelona, ES @ Apolo
Oct 19, 2013 - Madrid, ES @ Shoko Live
Oct 20, 2013 - Porto, PT @ Amplifest
Oct 21, 2013 - Bilbao, ES @ Kafe Antzokia
Oct 23, 2013 - Paris, FR @ Divan Du Monde
Oct 24, 2013 - Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
Oct 25, 2013 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Oct 26, 2013 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
Oct 27, 2013 - Dublin, IRE @ Button Factory
Oct 29, 2013 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
Oct 30, 2013 - Gent, BE @ Vooruit
Oct 31, 2013 - Karlsruhe, DE @ Jubez
Nov 1, 2013 - Utrecht, NI @ Tivoli de Helling
Nov 2, 2013 - Koln, DE @ Stollwerck
Nov 3, 2013 - Hamburg, DE @ Club Logo
Nov 5, 2013 - Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strand
Nov 6, 2013 - Helsinki, FIN @ Tavastia
Nov 7, 2013 - Oslo, NO @ Bla
Nov 8, 2013 - Gothenburg, SE @ Truckstop Alaska
Nov 9, 2013 - Copenhagen, DK @ KB18
Nov 10, 2013 - Berlin, DE @ C- Club

RUSSIAN CIRCLES // EUROPE 2013

Nov 11, 2013 - Dresden, DE @ Beatpol
Nov 13, 2013 - Vienna, AT @ Szene
Nov 14, 2013 - Budapest, HU @ Durer Kert
Nov 15, 2013 - Belgrade, SR @ Bozidarac
Nov 16, 2013 - Zagreb, HR @ Mochvara Club
Nov 17, 2013 - Munich, DE @ Feierwerk
Nov 19, 2013 - Moscow, RU @ B2
Nov 20, 2013 - St. Petersburg, RU @ Club Zal

Artist: Russian Circles

Album: Memorial

Label: Sargent House

Release date: October 29th, 2013

Track list:

01. Memoriam

02. Deficit (STREAM)

03. 1777 (STREAM)

04. Cheyenne

05. Burial

06. Ethel

07. Lebaron

08. Memorial (STREAM)

On the Web:

www.russiancirclesband.com 

facebook.com/russiancirclesmusic 

twitter.com/russiancircband 

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

sargenthouse.com/russiancircles_assets.html

Tera Melos debut Busdriver feat. Milo remix from forthcoming EP via Noisey, headline Sargent House tour with Zorch and Fang Island

Photo by Jordan Fischels "Tera Melos' most accessible work by a large margin" -- Pitchfork "X'ed Out is chock-full of great ideas and impressive executions -- an interlocking pile of barbs and briars and jigsaw pieces that all manage to vibrate at just the right frequency." -- SPIN Tera Melos debut another track from their forthcoming X'ed Out Remixes EP today via Noisey. The song is an overhaul of "Snake Lake" by Busdriver, featuring guest rapper Milo. Listen/share via Noisey.com and Soundcloud. The trio recently shared a reworking of "Weird Circles" by Jason Bartell of Sargent House label mates and upcoming tour mates Fang Island. Listen/share via SPIN and Soundcloud. Tera Melos launch Fall tour dates this month with Sargent House label mates Zorch on all shows and Fang Island joining the bill on the East Coast leg. This extensive U.S. trek follows shortly after Tera Melos' recent run with Minus the Bear. Please see complete dates below and specific details (tickets, times, etc) HERE. Tera Melos also recently premiered a new video from their latest album, X'ed Out via SPIN.com. Watch the clip for "Weird Circles" HERE (YouTube HERE), directed by Behn Fannin.  X'ed Out Remixes EP will be available on limited edition rainbow-sparkle 10" vinyl at shows beginning in October and pre-order via the band's merch store HERE. The EP will also be available for digital download on October 8th. X'ed Out was released April 16th, 2013 on LP, CD and download via Sargent House. TERA MELOS // ZORCH Tour: Oct 15 - Boise, ID @ The Crux Oct 17 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge Oct 19 - Columbia, MO @ MOJO Oct 20 - St. Louis, MO @ The Demo Oct 22 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement Oct 23 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean Oct 24 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig Oct 25 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop Oct 26 - Buffalo, NY @ Tralf * Oct 27 - Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt * Oct 28  - Hamden, CT @ The Space * Oct 29 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street * Oct 30 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom * Oct 31 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall * Nov 01 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church * Nov 02 - Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel * Nov 03 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter Nov 04 - Greenville, NC @ Tipsy Teapot Nov 05 - Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre Nov 06 - Asheville, NC @ Isis Music Hall Nov 07 - Athens, GA @ New Earth Music Hall Nov 08 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Nov 09 - Broussard, LA @ The Station Nov 12 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad Nov 13 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress Nov 14 - La Jolla, CA @ Che Cafe Collective Nov 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour Nov 16 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop Nov 17 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place Nov 20 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown Nov 21 - Spokane, WA @ The Center Nov 22 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall Nov 23 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project Space * w/ Fang Island Artist: Tera Melos Album: X'ed Out Remixes EP Label: Sargent House Release Date: October 8th, 2013 01. Weird Circles (Nick Reinhart remix) 02. No Phase (Zorch/Shmu remix) 03. Snake Lake (Busdriver feat. Milo remix) (STREAM) 04. Weird Circles (Fang Island/Jason Bartell remix) (STREAM) 05. Turn Every Color Dangerous (Zorch/Zac Traeger remix)

Artist: Tera Melos Album: X'ed Out Label: Sargent House Release Date: April 16, 2013 01. Weird Circles (VIDEO) 02. New Chlorine 03. Bite (MP3) (VIDEO) 04. Snake Lake 05. Sunburn (MP3) 06. Melody Nine 07. No Phase 08. Tropic Lame (MP3) (STREAM) 09. Slimed 10. Until Lufthansa 11. Surf Nazis 12. X'ed Out and Tired On the Web: teramelos.tumblr.com sargenthouse.com/Tera_Melos teramelos.bandcamp.com teramelos1.tumblr.com Hi-res photos, cover art, bio and more: www.sargenthouse.com/tm_assets.html

Native announce new North American tour dates in November, Audiotree live video session

Click image to watch video Northwest Indiana's Native announce new North American tour dates starting in November following the recent release of their sophomore album Orthodox. Having finished an extensive U.S. tour in late September, Native get back on the road, this time with support from Solids on select dates. See complete tour dates below. Native's entire sophomore album is currently available to stream/share HERE. Check out the band's live in-studio video session for Audiotree HERE. Also, Native are scheduled for a Daytrotter session on November 1st. Be on the lookout for that to post in the fall. In just a handful of years, Native have quietly built themselves a large word-of-mouth following in the underground as an incendiary live act. The iconoclast group's impeccable musicianship, ominous chords, apocalyptic vocals and innovative rhythms hit with an intensity that can only be described as akin to a white-knuckle thrill ride. There's as much suffocating darkness as there is thoughtful focus to Native's intricate song structures and pensive lyrics. There's a dark foreboding in the guitar lines simultaneously pushing and pulling, the whole band embracing and tearing apart musical convention with the unpredictability of a protest gone awry. Orthodox was recorded by Greg Norman (Russian Circles, Pelican) in Tolono, IL and in Chicago throughout 2012 and 2013. The album's taut 8 songs were eventually chosen out of nearly 20 tracks written over a grueling couple of years of writing and reworking ideas in near seclusion. Native's critically-acclaimed 2010 debut full length Wrestling Moves was also issued by Sargent House. The band's self-released EP We Delete: Erase in 2008 got the attention of Sargent House, who then signed the band to management and label. Orthodox is available everywhere on LP, CD and download via Sargent House as of August 20th, 2013. NATIVE - LIVE 2013 Nov 06th Marquette, MI@ Northern Michigan University Nov 07th Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar Nov 08th Toronto, ON, CANADA @ Parts & Labour Nov 09th Montreal, QC, CANADA @ Turbo Haus Nov 10th Quebec, QC, CANADA @ Le Knock Out Nov 11th Boston, MA @ Great Scott * Nov 12th Providence, RI @ McNeil's Tavern * Nov 13th New York, NY @ Saint Vitus * Nov 14th Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary * Nov 15th Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery * Nov 16th Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe *w/ Solids

Artist: Native
Album: Orthodox
Label: Sargent House
Release Date: August 20, 2013

01. Word City
02. Monday Night
03. Brass
04. Fundraiser
05. Coin Toss (STREAM)
06. Books On Tape
07. Kissing Bridge (STREAM)
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Artpop duo M+A release second album, share new track and album teaser

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"No matter the tempo, atmosphere, or style, the duo has the musical abilities, bright ideas, and ear for a lovely melody to make everything sound good." -- All Music Guide

"Nimble and inventive, the pair’s naivety makes for a refreshing take on pop." -- RCRD LBL

Italian artpop duo M+A release the followup to their critically praised debut today, sharing the second single along with a video teaser. The track, "B Song" is available as a free download/stream via Soundcloud HERE. M+A also offer song snippets from the entire hook-laden album in this video teaser.

M+A previously released the lead track, "When" which is available to stream/download HERE.

The playful, sophisticated dance pop of M+A's second album These Days is so seamlessly hooky and compelling that upon listening it's hard to imagine a world without it. It's a perfect distillation of a yearning for endless summer.

M+A's 2011 debut Things.Yes was an inventive and spirited exploration of an organic, heartfelt variety of genre-hopping electro-acoustic pop that promised many good things to come from the young artists. But, perhaps nothing could've prepared us for These Days.

M+A is Michele Ducci, 22, (vocals, instruments) and Alessandro Degli Angioli, 25, (instruments) of Forli, Italy. Much like their French neighbors to the northwest, M+A explore dance music as a medium for emotional expression much more than a conduit for cold, cut 'n' pasted samples and beats. M+A's euphoric electronic pop is clever, but not for cleverness' sake. Ducci's earnest and delicate vocals, which hearken to the warmth of Phoenix's Thomas Mars, pair the bittersweet edge found in the best classic pop songs with the buttoned-up retro dance grooves of Beck and Daft Punk's Random Access Memories.

These Days is the result of meticulous collaboration begun in spring 2012, often from great distances with both members frequently on the go. "In this album we tried to experiment mainly with the song form, freeing ourselves of any bias towards any genre," the pair explain. "We haven't tried to remain faithful to anything." Rather than relying on samples, M+A played all of the instruments, apart from the impressive acoustic drumming of Marco Frattini.

From the very first seconds of These Days, the album is off and running with lush hooks driven by the propulsive beats, pizzicato strings and syncopated electric piano of dancefloor-filler "When." The hooks never stop throughout the 11-song, 42-minute album. "B Song" evokes the blue-eyed retro-funk of late 90's era Beck. "Down The West Side" is a masterful slice of sun-drenched pop perfection sure to soundtrack many a summer BBQ or banish those rainy day blues, while songs like "New York There", "Game", "Practical Friday" and "Midnight Radio" easily pair up alongside recent 80s-reminiscent efforts by artists like Daft Punk, The Strokes and Phoenix. With These Days, M+A effectively prove themselves worthy of a place among their more celebrated contemporaries.

The album is available on CD, download and deluxe 180-gram vinyl (300 copies on white vinyl with color printed inner sleeve and a free album CD included inside) via Monotreme Records. Orders of all physical albums from the Monotreme web shop will include free M+A pins and stickers while supplies last, plus one free previously unreleased bonus track download. Digital-only orders will also receive the bonus track.

Artist: M+A
Album: These Days
Label: Monotreme Records
Release Date: September 30, 2013

01. When (MP3)
02. B-Song (MP3)
03. Down The West Side
04. Freetown Solo
05. Game
06. New York There
07. L.E.M.O.N.
08. Practical Friday
09. De-Light
10. Slow
11. Midnight Radio

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