Pink Frost returns with stunning video "Until the Summer Comes" via Brooklyn Vegan, new album out Fall 2022

"Crunchy alt rock and just a bit of shoegaze." -- Brooklyn Vegan

"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 band Pink Frost announce their first new album in 5 years today, sharing the video for the title track from their forthcoming album Until The Summer Comes via Brooklyn Vegan. Watch and share the high production value video directed by Chris Hershman (Alabama Shakes, Wynonna Judd) for "Until The Summer Comes" HERE. (Direct YouTube.) Pre-order, pre-save Linktree.

“It was a new torture, the waiting,” says Pink Frost vocalist/guitarist Adam Lukas. 

When life suddenly froze for all of us, it wasn’t the downtime that was unbearable, it was the growing uncertainty as time dragged on that all of our loose threads would ever be connected. 

The Chicago band had just completed recording their fourth album — splitting the studio time with sister band Touched By Ghoul (whose 2020 Cancel The World album title proved prophetic) — when plans to reconvene in France with longtime engineer Gregoire Yeche to mix in April 2020 became impossible. 

When Gregoire eventually returned to Chicago in 2021, life in limbo seemed the new normal. Yet, the band felt somehow liberated. “We were like ‘F**k it, let's make our dream record,’” Lukas says. “We went in depth in a way we never have before. There are no compromises on this album. No cringeworthy oversights. We almost lost our minds doing it, but I'm happy we did.”

Indeed, the 9-song album is a feast of hooks and subtle transformations that shows both a slight return to the band’s previous indie-punk take on Smashing Pumpkins style oversized alt-rock, and their ever-growing palette of shoegaze, drone and anthemic rock. There’s even an almost peak NIN, Wax Trax industrial vibe to some tracks that underscores how the band continues to wield new ideas. 

“We lost (guitarist) Paige Sandlin during the pandemic,” Lukas says. “But gained Angela from Touched By Ghoul, who now plays guitar and contributed some vocals on the LP, and brings a whole new excitement to the live show.” 

Until The Summer Comes was recorded in Chicago at Steve Albini’s legendary Electrical Audio with longtime engineer Gregoire Yeche, just as the band has done on New Minds (2017), Sundowning (2013) and the Traitors EP (2014). “Electrical Audio is almost like another member of the band at this point,” Lukas says. “There is a purity to their method that captures the essence of the performance and preserves it in this magical 3-D way.”

The album opens with the title track’s thumping toms in a marching rhythm, soon joined by buzzing fuzz guitars before the whole song erupts in a huge chorus with chunky guitars reminiscent of peak Downward Spiral era NIN. “Two Faces” is an explosive diatribe driven home by bassist Alex Shumard’s lunging 4-string. “On A Clear Day (You Can See The End of The World)” sets a Beatles-esque acoustic guitar led melody atop psychedelic haze and rollicking drums. “Halo” serves up a lush shoegaze ballad in which drummer Nate Furstenau nods to My Bloody Valentine’s hybrid of drum machines and live drums for powerful effect. “Feed The Hungry Bee” closes the album with a repetitively building tension that leads into a dramatic finish that’s certain to be a live favorite. 

Pink Frost’s previous albums received an onslaught of praise from such revered outlets as Pitchfork, SPIN, Noisey, Brooklyn Vegan, Magnet Magazine and Chicago Reader, as well as song placements in a feature film ("The Lookalike"), TV's Shameless, The Rookie, The Vampire Diaries, CSI: Miami and more. In December 2015, Pink Frost released a completely remixed, rethought and remastered version of their debut album Gargoyle Days, originally issued under the band’s former name Apteka. 

Until The Summer Comes will be available on LP, CD and download on September 16th, 2022 via Under Road Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.

Artist: Pink Frost

Album: Until The Summer Comes

Record Label: Under Road Records

Release date: September 16th, 2022

01. Until The Summer Comes

02. Two Faces

03. Halo

04. On The Way Down

05. The Skink

06. Ask The Dust

07. Detroit Mercy

08. On A Clear Day (You Can See The End of The World)

09. Feed The Hungry Bee

On The Web:

pinkfrost.bandcamp.com

underroad.com

instagram.com/thepinkfrost

Light Creates Shadow streaming album ahead of release today, Portland post-metal FFO: Emma Ruth Rundle, Deftones, Tool

"Light Creates Shadow goes full prog... Like a lighter version of Tool." -- Metal Injection

"A deeply powerful and intellectually moving album." -- Big Takeover

'Has me hearing metal in a new way. An inspired and transformative album… Serious contender for Album of The Year. 10/10.” -- Musipedia of Metal

Portland, OR post-metal trio Light Creates Shadow are streaming their forthcoming album today in its entirety via Big Takeover Magazine. Hear and share Ghosts pass through, running from the body album HERE. (Direct Bandcamp.)

It’s Psychedelic Baby! Magazine recently posted an in-depth interview with the band, filled with their particular insights about music. 

Metal Injection previous hosted the first single "Sensed Presence" HERE. New Noise Magazine launched "Causal Horizon" HERE.

Artistic post-metal band Light Creates Shadow release their 3rd full length, Ghosts pass through, running from the body on 07/01/2022. Recorded at Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard’s Studio Litho in Seattle WA, it was produced, engineered, and mixed by Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Russian Circles, Deftones). Mastered by Ed Brooks (Mastodon, Caspian, Isis).

Ghosts… is an album borne from the organic and intuitive connection between guitarist/vocalist Marc Changnon, bassist Jered Johnson and drummer Adam Young. After releasing a lo-fi acoustic album, 2 Windows in 2011 and 2015’s post rock/shoegaze leaning Emerge From The Illusion, LCS reformed with a new lineup and progressed into an artistic and stylistic rebirth with Ghosts… Combining progressive dynamics, uniquely delivered vocals, channeled lyrics, intricately woven passages that power through unorthodox arrangements culminating into epic walls of sound. This leads to the construction of a profound emotional and psychological journey. The alchemy was enough to catch the attention of famed producer Matt Bayles. Completed in 10 intensely focused 12-hour days in May of 2021, the rigor pushed everyone involved to exhaustion, but the belief that they were creating something special was the intrinsic motivation needed to complete the record.

Light Creates Shadow utilize conceptual frameworks to take the listener on an interior journey into the creative process, psyche, and a confrontation with the Shadow, buried deep in the unconscious mind. This alchemical mixture offers the audience a blank canvas to paint their own rendering of interpretation upon. LCS have positioned themselves to have breakthrough potential with an innovative concept, genre defining sound, and enigmatic live performance that engages the audience in a new way. 

“We believe music that explores the depths of what is possible between audience and artist, should be transparent about its intentions,” explains Changnon. “To provide context, I’m inferring that if a band are conduits for channeled meaning, healing and collective synchronicity, then that same transference is innately present in the connection with the listener. We are going to explore this synchronistic relationship through a companion interactive web experience that will intrigue even the most hardened skeptics.”

Light Creates Shadow draw influences from artists such as; TOOL, Pink Floyd, Mastodon, Isis, Emma Ruth Rundle, The Smashing Pumpkins and Sunny Day Real Estate to name a few. But LCS believe they are establishing their own path and feel their sound is authentically their own. “We are looking to create a following predicated on re-introducing heavy music to the depths of intellect, emotion, and soul, as an experiential necessity. I believe that art is at its peak when you are forced to be an active participant in the exchange.”

Ghosts pass through, running from the body will be available on LP, CD and download on July 1st, 2022.

Artist: Light Creates Shadow

Album: Ghosts pass through, running from the body

Record Label:  self-released 

Release Date: July 1, 2022

01. Sensed Presence

02. Post Truth

03. Dark Triad

04. Causal Horizon

05. Outlier

On The Web:

lightcreatesshadow.com

lightcreatesshadow.bandcamp.com

Pineid (Zappa Band, Dethklok, Dr. John members) share first single from upcoming debut via Metal Injection, produced by Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Tool)

 

"The talent in this band is off the charts.” -- Metal Injection

Los Angeles band Pineid announce their forthcoming debut album Blue Doom today, sharing the first single via Metal Injection. Hear and share "The Tick" HERE. (And direct via Bandcamp.)

Prog-rock. Concept album. Two terms that punk rock obliterated from the annals of cool. And yet, here it is 2022 and new L.A. venture Pineid has thrown down the gauntlet to prove that progressive leaning heavy rock can be powerful and challenging, concept albums can convey existential angst and fury. 

But as musicianship goes, this is no ordinary band. It features guitarist Jamie Kime (The Zappa Band, Dr. John, Grammy winner with Zappa Plays Zappa), bassist Pete Griffin (Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, Dethklok, Dr. John, Grammy winner with Zappa Plays Zappa), drummer James Pope (Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra, The Gentlemen of Leisure) and vocalist/guitarist Jeff Sites (Butcher) making perfectly and cleverly executed post-metal punk rock. 

Pineid’s 9-song debut album Blue Doom was produced by Toshi Kasai, known for his work with Melvins, Tool, Robert Fripp, Keiji Haino and many more. Blue Doom is the fledgling release from a new label started by Kasai and Sites called Sympatry Records. Some sonic touchstones include Voivod, Melvins, Tool, King Crimson, U.S. Maple, et al. 

“I say this with some trepidation, but Blue Doom is a concept album,” explains Sites. “It is about the things that cause us to make drastic changes in our lives. Some of it is prescriptive, some of it personal, some is paleoanthropology. Lyrically, I try to examine setting out, false destinations, trials, anxiety, forgiveness and plunging into certain death. The music oscillates between supporting this narrative, and serving as a reminder that all stories are simplifications and vulnerable to destruction at the hands of reality.”

“The band members have been friends for a long time,” Sites continues. “Careers, families, life and other musical endeavors conspired to make the writing process a challenge. We did nearly all of the compositions in pairs. This meant that I drove around town with a USB stick full of session files for over a year. As it happened, the world ground to a halt right as we began to record. Getting into the studio for even a day or two took weeks to plan. We were not immune to the feelings of uncertainty and rebalancing of priorities with which most everyone dealt. In a way, the difficulties we faced in the process mirrored the story we wanted to tell. Much of the credit goes to Toshi for holding it together. He did a lot to keep the process organic and adaptive when so much else had gone virtual and synthetic.”

Blue Doom will be available on CD and download on August 26th, 2022 via Sympatry Records. Vinyl LP release date TBD. Pre-orders are available at www.sympatryrecords.com

Artist: Pineid

Album: Blue Doom

Label: Sympatry Records

Release Date: August 26th, 2022

01. Origins

02. The Tick

03. Vultures Over White Oak

04. Everything To Now

05. The Gift

06. The Means

07. Open

08. Gros Venture

09. Blue Doom

Light Creates Shadow issue "Post Truth" from upcoming album, Portland post-metal produced by Matt Bayles (Isis, Mastodon)

"Light Creates Shadow goes full prog... Like a lighter version of Tool." -- Metal Injection

'LCS has developed a distinct style that bends genres and creates a reinterpretation of the loud-quiet-loud dynamic. Combined with ethereal vocal melodies and progressive arrangements, a psychical alchemy births resonance." -- Echoes & Dust

Portland, OR post-metal trio Light Creates Shadow share a new track from their forthcoming album today via Echoes & Dust. Hear and share "Post Truth" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp.)

Metal Injection previous hosted the first single "Sensed Presence" HERE. New Noise Magazine launched "Causal Horizon" HERE.

Artistic post-metal band Light Creates Shadow release their 3rd full length, Ghosts pass through, running from the body on 07/01/2022. Recorded at Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard’s Studio Litho in Seattle WA, it was produced, engineered, and mixed by Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Russian Circles, Deftones). Mastered by Ed Brooks (Mastodon, Caspian, Isis).

Ghosts… is an album borne from the organic and intuitive connection between guitarist/vocalist Marc Changnon, bassist Jered Johnson and drummer Adam Young. After releasing a lo-fi acoustic album, 2 Windows in 2011 and 2015’s post rock/shoegaze leaning Emerge From The Illusion, LCS reformed with a new lineup and progressed into an artistic and stylistic rebirth with Ghosts… Combining progressive dynamics, uniquely delivered vocals, channeled lyrics, intricately woven passages that power through unorthodox arrangements culminating into epic walls of sound. This leads to the construction of a profound emotional and psychological journey. The alchemy was enough to catch the attention of famed producer Matt Bayles. Completed in 10 intensely focused 12-hour days in May of 2021, the rigor pushed everyone involved to exhaustion, but the belief that they were creating something special was the intrinsic motivation needed to complete the record.

Light Creates Shadow utilize conceptual frameworks to take the listener on an interior journey into the creative process, psyche, and a confrontation with the Shadow, buried deep in the unconscious mind. This alchemical mixture offers the audience a blank canvas to paint their own rendering of interpretation upon. LCS have positioned themselves to have breakthrough potential with an innovative concept, genre defining sound, and enigmatic live performance that engages the audience in a new way. 

“We believe music that explores the depths of what is possible between audience and artist, should be transparent about its intentions,” explains Changnon. “To provide context, I’m inferring that if a band are conduits for channeled meaning, healing and collective synchronicity, then that same transference is innately present in the connection with the listener. We are going to explore this synchronistic relationship through a companion interactive web experience that will intrigue even the most hardened skeptics.”

Light Creates Shadow draw influences from artists such as; TOOL, Pink Floyd, Mastodon, Isis, Emma Ruth Rundle, The Smashing Pumpkins and Sunny Day Real Estate to name a few. But LCS believe they are establishing their own path and feel their sound is authentically their own. “We are looking to create a following predicated on re-introducing heavy music to the depths of intellect, emotion, and soul, as an experiential necessity. I believe that art is at its peak when you are forced to be an active participant in the exchange.”

Ghosts pass through, running from the body will be available on LP, CD and download on July 1st, 2022.

Artist: Light Creates Shadow

Album: Ghosts pass through, running from the body

Record Label:  self-released 

Release Date: July 1, 2022

01. Sensed Presence

02. Post Truth

03. Dark Triad

04. Causal Horizon

05. Outlier

On The Web:

lightcreatesshadow.com

lightcreatesshadow.bandcamp.com

The Schizophonics share first single from forthcoming album Hoof It, explosive live band on tour now

 

"The wildest band in America." -- Spotify For Artists

"Makers of high octane, soulful garage punk." -- Brooklyn Vegan

San Diego trio The Schizophonics share the first single from their forthcoming fourth album today. Hear and share "Desert Girl" via YouTube, Spotify and all other DSPs.

The band is currently tearing it up live on tour in Europe, and will be very busy for the next year with extensive tour dates around the world. Please see current dates below. 

Over the last few years, The Schizophonics have built up a formidable reputation around the world as an explosive live act. Tapping into the same unstoppable combination of rock 'n' roll energy and showmanship that fueled The MC5 in the heyday of the Grande Ballroom, their wild live show is heavily influenced by artists like James Brown, Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Little Richard, and The Sonics. 

Singer/guitarist Pat Beers and drummer Lety Beers formed the band in San Diego in 2009 and have worked tirelessly since then, playing hundreds of shows around the globe. In 2013 they were recruited as the backing/opening band for El Vez, which helped the band make a name for itself in Europe. Since then, they've played in numerous countries, and supported tours by like-minded acts like Rocket From The Crypt, Little Barrie, The Woggles and have opened for the Damned, DEVO, The Hives and Cage The Elephant. Shindig Magazine described their live show "Like watching some insane hybrid of WAYNE KRAMER, JAMES BROWN, and the Tasmanian Devil.” 

The band is more than just a live act; they're also committed to writing great memorable songs. Their new album Hoof It on Pig Baby Records due in Fall 2022 was recorded by Dean Reis at Singing Serpent studio (Plosivs, RFTC) and mixed by Steve Kaye at Sun King Studios. 

Hoof It will be available on LP, CD and download on September 2nd, 2022 via Pig Baby Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.

THE SCHIZOPHONICS LIVE 2022:

06/09 St Germain-en-Laye, FR - LaClef Stgermain

06/10 Vannes, FR - L'ECHONOVA

06/11 Tours Aucard, FR - De Tours

06/12 Saint-Quentin, FR - La Manufacture -02

06/15 Berlin, DE - Wild At Heart

06/17 Aalborg, DK - 1000Fryd

06/18 Gladsaxe Richter, DK - Gladsaxe

06/21 Nantes, FR - Le Chien Stupide

06/23 Paris, FR - La Maroquinerie

06/25 Haarlem, NL - Kliko Fest 2022 - Patronaat Haarlem

07/22 & 23 Saint Paul, Quebec, CA - Le Festif! De Baie Saint Paul

09/07 - Boise, ID - Neurolux

09/08 - Yakima, WA - Punks Bar

09/09 - Seattle, WA - Substation

09/10 - Portland, OR - Dante’s

09/11 - Eugene, OR - Old Nick’s

09/13 - Albany, CA - Ivy Room

09/14 - San Jose, CA - The Ritz

09/15 - Santa Cruz, CA - Moe’s Alley

09/17 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon

09/23 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah



November 2022 - extensive East Coast & Midwest tour

Artist: The Schizophonics

Album: Hoof It

Label: Pig Baby Records

Release date: September 2nd, 2022

01. Desert Girl

02. Creature

03. Hoof It

04. Won Your Love

05. Pendulum

06. The Alchemist Twist

07. Turns To Glass

08. Underneath The Moonlight

09. Rain Down

10. Ready

11. Dance at The End of Time

On the Web:

schizophonics.com

facebook.com/TheSchizophonics

instagram.com/theschizophonics

pigbabyrecords.com

Watch/share clip about 1977 Sex Pistols album release party from 'It Came from Aquarius Records' documentary

"An in-depth look at the heartbreak of shuttering the beloved store amid the Mission District's wave of gentrification and traces its long history of influencing music and culture in the city." -- CBS News SF

"It Came From Aquarius Records" the feature length documentary about the beloved, esoteric San Francisco record store shares a new excerpt from the film today via New Noise Magazine. Watch/share the "Bittersweet Sex Pistols extravaganza" clip HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Watch the film trailer on YouTube.

Film available to stream worldwide from June 1st - 12th (tickets).

"It Came From Aquarius Records" is a feature-length documentary about the SF-based independent record store, Aquarius Records. Having closed in 2016 after 47 years, this small apartment-sized store championed local, underground, independent, and challenging music to the masses - most memorably with their infamous bi-weekly, college essay-length, new-release lists.

This doc has interviews with the aQ owners dating back to 1970, other record store owners from around the world, musicians, label heads, music journalists, and INTENSE music collectors. Interviewees include Matt Groening (The Simpsons), Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips), Bruce Ackley, John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats), Ty Segall, and Liz Harris (Grouper). About 65 (!!) total!

Aquarius Records influenced and enriched countless peoples’ musical tastes with their curated selections - but this film also shows the realities of an indie record store trying to survive in an increasingly difficult market of brick-and-mortar music shops, especially in the ever-changing and price-gouging Mission District of SF.

Six years in the making, the film has a very personal angle, with lots of behind-the-scenes footage (and drama) that shows both the joy and excruciating stress that comes with running — and closing — a store like this.

LINKS:

Website: thescourge.com

FB: facebook.com/aqdoc

IG: instagram.com/aquariusdoc