Morrison Graves streaming entire album early via CvltNation: "If The Doors played Doom"

"A very late in the year find, but quite a good one. If you love Jim Morrison and his vocals with The Doors, you will also enjoy Morrison Graves." #2 ranking (December '22) -- Doom Charts

“Bridging all ends of the psychedelic, surf, and indie rock spectrum for one multi-faceted composition.” — Heaviest of Art

"Get bummed... Should you feel the need to get your young Jim Morrison and/or early Mark Lanegan on." -- Metal Injection

"Creates an atmosphere of opulent psych rock and mesmerizing melodies... Sonically captivating." -- CvltNation

Portland, OR band Morrison Graves are streaming their forthcoming debut album Division Rising in full today via CvltNation. Hear & share Division Rising HERE. (Four singles via Bandcamp and Spotify.)

Morrison Graves is a psychedelic rock project from Oregon, USA. Their moody, fuzzed-out, sound draws influences from late 60’s fuzz and garage, surf, psychedelia, and indie rock. But they infuse these atavistic leanings with heavy saturated guitars and metalgaze drone reminiscent of Black Angels and Dead Meadow. Meanwhile, vocalist Ryan Brown croons over the proceedings like a young Jim Morrison or early Mark Lanegan’s tuneful wail in Screaming Trees.

The group features multi-instrumentalist and founder Gary Jimmerson (Small Sails, This is a Process of a Still Life), bassist Rob Bartleson (Slackjaw, Haywire Recording), and vocalist Ryan Brown.

The bands debut album Division Rising is a 12-track concept album about gentrification, homelessness, displacement, and socio-economic gaps — issues that currently plague Portland and many other cities across the world. Made during the height of the pandemic, these 3 friends churned out a well-recorded and focused debut. With songs about falling out of love with a city on fire, being lost to the seams of space, and corporate greed, this psych-surf landscape has drawn comparisons to The Doors, Black Angels, Queens of the Stone Age, and dark spaghetti western music. 

Division Rising will be available on LP, CD and digital on March 31, 2023. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Morrison Graves

Album: Division Rising

Record Label: Self-released 

Release Date: March 31, 2023

01. Crane Song

02. Demolition Man

03. Invincible

04. The Tunnel

05. A Puppet Dance

06. Cardboard Frames

07. Bent Beyond the Break

08. Occupation

09. Ghost Town

10. Cut By the Same Cloth

11. And If Your Car Alarm Keeps Going Off, I’ll Smash Out Your Fucking Window

12. Wartime Song

On The Web:

morrisongraves.com

morrisongraves.bandcamp.com

soundcloud.com/morrisongraves

facebook.com/morrisongravesband

Pines of Rome (High Aura'd, Songs: Ohia members) share first new music in 20 years, announce album on Solid Brass Records

Providence, RI band The Pines of Rome announce their first new album in over 20 years today, sharing the first single "Slick Enhancer" on all DSPs. The album, The Unstruck Bell will be released on L.A. label Solid Brass Records on May 26th. Hear/share "Slick Enhancer" via Bandcamp or Spotify. 

The Pines of Rome (John Kolodij, Matthew Derby, and Rick Prior) have been exploring the frontiers of Cosmic American Music on and off for the past 25 years, dialing down the tempo and turning up the volume to create tidal walls of sound that surge and break like the turbulent Atlantic waves that batter the shores of the smallest state in the Union.

The band originally formed in 1997, when the small-but-mighty Providence music scene was reaching an eclectic creative peak, where fuzz pop, psych rock, and noise bands would share the same stage at hallowed venues such as Fort Thunder, AS220, and The Living Room, sanding off the hard genre distinctions that kept music scenes in other cities silo'd.

Over 20 years had passed since their final show, and then, while shuttered inside during the pandemic, Derby was inspired to contact his former Pines bandmate, Kolodij (also of High Aura'd) and start writing new music. In addition to new music, the band welcomed new member Steven Kimura on bass and the trio became a 4-piece. 

Over the years The Pines Of Rome have shared the stage with great bands like Songs:Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co., Richard Buckner, Bonnie Prince Billy, June of '44, Shipping News, Lullaby for the Working Class, the Promise Ring, Jets To Brazil, Rainer Maria, Joan of Arc, Silkworm, Bright Eyes, and more.

The Unstruck Bell will be available on LP and download on May 26th, 2023 via Solid Brass Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.

THE PINES OF ROME LIVE 2023:

03/31 Pawtucket, RI - Machines With Magnets

07/22 Providence, RI - Columbus Theatre

Artist: The Pines of Rome

Album: The Unstruck Bell

Label: Solid Brass Records 

Release Date: May 26, 2023

01. I Am a Road

02. Slick Enhancer

03. White Ships

04. REDACTED

05. Beavertail Spoils

06. Siren

07. The By & By

On The Web:

solidbrassrecords.com

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs

thepinesofrome.bandcamp.com

"If The Doors played Doom": Morrison Graves drop last single from upcoming album Division Rising

"A very late in the year find, but quite a good one. If you love Jim Morrison and his vocals with The Doors, you will also enjoy Morrison Graves." #2 ranking (December '22) -- Doom Charts

“Bridging all ends of the psychedelic, surf, and indie rock spectrum for one multi-faceted composition.” — Heaviest of Art

"Get bummed... Should you feel the need to get your young Jim Morrison and/or early Mark Lanegan on." -- Metal Injection

Portland, OR band Morrison Graves share the third and final single from their forthcoming debut album Division Rising today via It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine. Hear & share "Bent Beyond The Break" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp) (Spotify)

Metal Injection recently shared "Demolition Man" single HERE. Heaviest of Art also launched "Crane Song" HERE.

Morrison Graves is a psychedelic rock project from Oregon, USA. Their moody, fuzzed-out, sound draws influences from late 60’s fuzz and garage, surf, psychedelia, and indie rock. But they infuse these atavistic leanings with heavy saturated guitars and metalgaze drone reminiscent of Black Angels and Dead Meadow. Meanwhile, vocalist Ryan Brown croons over the proceedings like a young Jim Morrison or early Mark Lanegan’s tuneful wail in Screaming Trees.

The group features multi-instrumentalist and founder Gary Jimmerson (Small Sails, This is a Process of a Still Life), bassist Rob Bartleson (Slackjaw, Haywire Recording), and vocalist Ryan Brown.

The bands debut album Division Rising is a 12-track concept album about gentrification, homelessness, displacement, and socio-economic gaps — issues that currently plague Portland and many other cities across the world. Made during the height of the pandemic, these 3 friends churned out a well-recorded and focused debut. With songs about falling out of love with a city on fire, being lost to the seams of space, and corporate greed, this psych-surf landscape has drawn comparisons to The Doors, Black Angels, Queens of the Stone Age, and dark spaghetti western music. 

Division Rising will be available on LP, CD and digital on March 31, 2023. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Morrison Graves

Album: Division Rising

Record Label: Self-released 

Release Date: March 31, 2023

01. Crane Song

02. Demolition Man

03. Invincible

04. The Tunnel

05. A Puppet Dance

06. Cardboard Frames

07. Bent Beyond the Break

08. Occupation

09. Ghost Town

10. Cut By the Same Cloth

11. And If Your Car Alarm Keeps Going Off, I’ll Smash Out Your Fucking Window

12. Wartime Song

On The Web:

morrisongraves.com

morrisongraves.bandcamp.com

soundcloud.com/morrisongraves

facebook.com/morrisongravesband

Texas transgender punks TRANSY WARHOL share new single from forthcoming album via Punk News

 

Austin, TX band Transy Warhol share a new single from their forthcoming debut album, Control today via Punk News. Hear and share "Kaleidoscope" HERE. Direct Bandcamp and Spotify.

Control is Transy Warhol’s debut album. The band explores their queer attractions and identities, struggles with mental health, and desire to establish queer community in the midst of living in a liberal part of conservative and transphobic Texas.

Control will be available for streaming and download on April 28th, 2023.

TRANSY WARHOL LIVE 2023:

03/24 Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas

04/08 Austin, TX - HitW

04/22 Austin, TX - Chess Club

05/11 Austin, TX - Ballroom

05/13 San Antonio, TX - Pink Zeppelin

06/07 Austin, TX - 13th Floor

06/14 Austin, TX - 13th Floor

06/21 Austin, TX - 13th Floor

06/28 Austin, TX - 13th Floor

Artist: Transy Warhol

Album: Control

Record Label: Self-released 

Release Date: April 28, 2023

01. Ooh Sha La La

02. Deceiver, Baby

03. Boy Toy

04. Disassociation

05. Flytrap

06. Kaleidoscope

07. Afterglow

08. Fade

09. Maintain

10. Deadname

11. No More Trying

On The Web:

transywarhol.com

transywarhol.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/transywarhol

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol announce US headlining tour for Spring/Summer

“Fuzzed-out, speaker-exploding groove that's both sonically excruciating and intoxicatingly alluring. Rock'n'roll to the core, the Austin-based band has clearly taken notes from noise rock and doom on how to achieve this kind of duality, and then dialed up the formula to new absurd levels… They find a weird sweet spot of harshness and catchiness that goes down like a greasy, gut-busting bad decision.” — Invisible Oranges

“Very little pretense but a whole dollop of kick, conjuring the sounds of early Red Fang or Dead Quiet.” — Heavy Blog Is Heavy

“Oozes originality from their vocal delivery to their sleazy brand of stoner, doom and rock n roll and Doom Wop is no exception. You can put on this album and get absolutely crushed by fuzz, but all the while with a big smile on your face.” – Doom Charts 

"Epically catchy... Imagine the ear-wormy fuzz-rock riffage of Dinosaur Jr. if it was played on an eight-string guitar with super heavy low-end." -- Revolver Magazine

Austin trio Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol announce Spring/Summer U.S. tour dates, including Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta and Thin Line Festival in Denton. Please see all dates below. Ticket links HERE.

RBBP released their new album Doom Wop in September 2022. Hear Doom Wop on your favorite streaming service HERE. Revolver Magazine recently premiered the official video for "Heel" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

With their 5th studio release, Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol is putting a name to the style of fuzzed out, overdriven, melodic, groovy music they have been making since 2016. In 9 concise, no bullshit songs, RBBP demonstrates their ability to blend the merciless low end of Leo Lydon’s 8-String guitar, Aaron Metzdorf’s masterful chordwork on the bass, and Sean St.Germain’s driving drumwork. Lydon and Metzdorf’s vocal melodies cut through the high frequencies to deliver fresh layers to the hooks that RBBP fans have come to love.

As the name implies, Doom Wop is a heavy, melody-driven, party metal album. With riffs as big and dumb as ever, and lyrics that stab at the worst members of society and ourselves (while keeping tongue firmly in cheek), listeners will find all the elements that make up the soul of RBBP on this record. 

Doom Wop is available on CD and download, released on September 23rd, 2022. Vinyl LP coming in late Spring 2023. 

RBBP LIVE 2023:

04/21 Houston, TX - Black Magic Social Club

04/22 San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger

04/29 Denton, TX - Thin Line Fest 

05/06 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival 

05/07 Nashville, TN - The 5 Spot 

05/09 Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor 

05/10 Washington, DC - Quarry House Tavern

05/11 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs

05/12 Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus 

05/13 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie

05/14 Pittsburgh, PA - The Funhouse at Mr. Small’s

05/15 Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle 

05/17 Oklahoma City, OK - The Blue Note 

06/09 Los Angeles, CA - Permanent Records Roadhouse

06/10 San Francisco, CA - The Kilowatt 

06/13 Seattle, WA - Substation 

06/14 Portland, OR - High Water Mark

06/16 Salt Lake City, UT - Aces High Saloon

06/17 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive

Artist: Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol

Album: Doom Wop

Label: Self-released 

Release Date: September 23rd, 2022

www.rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol.com

rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol.bandcamp.com

LOVE ETHIC share video single for "Que Lastima" from forthcoming album, 90s-influenced post-hardcore

 "There’s a definitive 90s indie-punk vein running through their songs (think Shellac, Girls Against Boys) but it’s swirled up in classic pop hooks and propulsive modern production and musicianship." -- Spill Magazine

Pittsburgh trio Love Ethic share the first official video single form their forthcoming debut album The Thinking Man's Redux, today via The Spill Magazine. Watch/share the video HERE. (Direct YouTube) Hear/share the song on Bandcamp. 

The band recently launched first single "Let Me Count The Ways" via Punk News HERE.

The influence of punk history on Love Ethic’s music is no secret. The band wields angular texture, guitar eruptions, non-sequitur genre-bending, and an arresting holler from frontman/guitarist The Inevitable Mr. Chris that would fit seamlessly next to their predecessors (e.g. Minutemen, Nomeansno, The Birthday Party, Fugazi, Melvins, etc.)

The ferocity, however, is punctuated by exhalations of pop sensibility, delta moans, and a crooning allure that have attracted a broad mix of listeners to this dynamic music.

The band revived its musical enterprise just over a year ago in its birthplace of Pittsburgh, PA with a young, hungry rhythm section comprised of Anthony Capozzi’s searing drum battery and complex counterpoints provided by bass virtuoso Ethan Zajac-Woodie. Since then, they have quickly garnered glowing attention performing alongside a variety of established groups including Jon Spencer + The Hitmakers, Ed fROMOHIO (of fIREHOSE), Sponge, The Schizophonics, and Beechwood.

Love Ethic has recently completed a reworked album of their early oeuvre engineered/produced by Spotlights (Ipecac) helmsman extraordinaire Mario Quintero and mastered by Seth Manchester of Machines with Magnets studio (METZ/IDLES, Mdou Moctar, Full of Hell), intent on expanding their territory in audiences’ hearts and record collections both domestically and abroad.

The Thinking Man's Redux will be available on LP, CD and download on April 28th, 2023. 

LOVE ETHIC LIVE 2023:

04/21 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe 

07/15 Toronto, ON - Bovine Sex Club

Artist: Love Ethic

Album: The Thinking Man's Redux

Record Label: Self-released 

Release Date: April 28th, 2023

01. The End of an Era 

02. Let Me Count the Ways 

03. Que Lastima 

04. The Problem at Hand 

05. Stephen Hawking: Astronaut! 

06. Loneliness 

07. I Love You, Taylor Duncan 

08. Self-Censorship 

On The Web:

loveethic.net

loveethic.bandcamp.com

Morrison Graves share new single from forthcoming album, Portland, OR heavy psych meets Mark Lanegan, The Doors

"A very late in the year find, but quite a good one. If you love Jim Morrison and his vocals with The Doors, you will also enjoy Morrison Graves." #2 ranking (December '22) -- Doom Charts

“Bridging all ends of the psychedelic, surf, and indie rock spectrum for one multi-faceted composition.” — Heaviest of Art

Portland, OR band Morrison Graves share a new single from their forthcoming debut album, Division Rising. today via Metal Injection. Hear and share "Demolition Man" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp) (Spotify)

Morrison Graves is a psychedelic rock project from Oregon, USA. Their moody, fuzzed-out, sound draws influences from late 60’s fuzz and garage, surf, psychedelia, and indie rock. But they infuse these atavistic leanings with heavy saturated guitars and metalgaze drone reminiscent of Black Angels and Dead Meadow. Meanwhile, vocalist Ryan Brown croons over the proceedings like a young Jim Morrison or early Mark Lanegan’s tuneful wail in Screaming Trees.

The group features multi-instrumentalist and founder Gary Jimmerson (Small Sails, This is a Process of a Still Life), bassist Rob Bartleson (Slackjaw, Haywire Recording), and vocalist Ryan Brown.

The bands debut album Division Rising is a 12-track concept album about gentrification, homelessness, displacement, and socio-economic gaps — issues that currently plague Portland and many other cities across the world. Made during the height of the pandemic, these 3 friends churned out a well-recorded and focused debut. With songs about falling out of love with a city on fire, being lost to the seams of space, and corporate greed, this psych-surf landscape has drawn comparisons to The Doors, Black Angels, Queens of the Stone Age, and dark spaghetti western music. 

Division Rising will be available on LP, CD and digital on March 31, 2023. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Morrison Graves

Album: Division Rising

Record Label: Self-released 

Release Date: March 31, 2023

01. Crane Song

02. Demolition Man

03. Invincible

04. The Tunnel

05. A Puppet Dance

06. Cardboard Frames

07. Bent Beyond the Break

08. Occupation

09. Ghost Town

10. Cut By the Same Cloth

11. And If Your Car Alarm Keeps Going Off, I’ll Smash Out Your Fucking Window

12. Wartime Song

On The Web:

morrisongraves.com

morrisongraves.bandcamp.com

soundcloud.com/morrisongraves

facebook.com/morrisongravesband