The Poison Arrows (ex-Don Caballero, Thumbnail) share title track from forthcoming album on Solid Brass Records

Chicago trio The Poison Arrows share the title track from their forthcoming fifth album today via all platforms. The album Crime and Soda will be available June 16th via Solid Brass Records. The new single, "Crime and Soda" is available to hear and share via Linktree HERE.

Pre-order/pre-save via the DSP of your choice HERE. 

The Poison Arrows formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 2006 with Adam Reach on drums, Patrick Morris on bass (ex-Don Caballero), and Justin Sinkovich (ex-Thumbnail, Atombombpocketknife) on guitar, keyboards, and vocals.

On the heels of 2022’s War Regards and after fifteen years of musical telepathy, Crime and Soda, is arguably the most balanced offering from The Poison Arrows. Their 5th LP showcases the band’s keen ability to balance softer, more contemplative periods held together by a dark and driving rhythm section with their signature moody-math intensity and complexity.

“Mercurial Moments Erased”, the first single, is about absorbing unpredictable changes in a loved one’s temperament and finding solace in deleting it from one’s memory bank. It features one of the Chicago trio’s quintessential obtuse lock groove constructions.

The signature Patrick Morris bass intro of “Joy Amber Scam” escalates into a math rock frenzy as the use some of their most intricate musical trickery to fuse together a frenetic sound reminiscent of June of 44, King Crimson, and Protomartyr, while Sinkovich tells a true story of how he got scammed in Mexico, an episode which started by shooting tequila in a jewelry story, and ended with Justin turning tables on his antagonists by having their entire business’s bank account shut down.

The third single and title track, “Crime and Soda”, deviates from the band’s mathier, post-rock tendencies and starts with a dark, slow piano piece recalling bands like Arab Strap or The Black Heart Procession. “Crime and Soda” is about giving up on someone who has become consumed by their consumption of “crime and sodas,”; a fictitious drink fabricated for this track.

The Poison Arrows have deep roots in the Chicago independent music scene and have played with countless bands that orbit their unique sound, including: Battles, Boris, Drahla, Drive Like Jehu, Film School, Girls Against Boys, June of 44, Man or Astroman?, Mudhoney, Polvo, and many more. Previous albums have included guest appearances from Brian Case of 90 Day Men and FACS, Scott McCloud from Girls Against Boys, Mia Clarke from Electrelane, Pall Jenkins from The Black Heart Procession, and numerous others.

Crime and Soda was recorded in Electrical Audio’s Studio A with Greg Norman, mixed by Brian Deck at Narwhal Studios, and mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service. The album will be available on LP and download on June 16th, 2023 via Solid Brass Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

POISON ARROWS LIVE 2023:

June 09 Dubuque IA @ The Lift w/ Products Band (Solid Brass Records labelmates!)

June 10 Chicago IL @ The Empty Bottle w/ Products Band (Solid Brass Records labelmates!)

Artist: The Poison Arrows

Album: Crime And Soda

Label: Solid Brass Records

Release Date: June 16, 2023

01. Mercurial Moments Erased

02. The Joy Amber Scam

03. Consequences of Memory

04. Glassed By The Gilded Age

05. Crime and Soda

06. All These Kids

07. Imminently Accompanied By Dragonflies

08. Asynchronous Empire Of Isotopes

09. Sharp Young Teeth

On The Web:

solidbrassrecords.com

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs

thepoisonarrows.com

thepoisonarrows.bandcamp.com

Pines of Rome (High Aura'd, Songs: Ohia members) release first new album in 20 years via Solid Brass Records today

“Pines of Rome quietly took the underground by storm in the '90s and early '00s with their signature brand of downtrodden, folk rock-inflected slow rock. Now back after two decades with what could very well be their best album… They've obviously matured over this lengthy period of time, become fiercer musicians, and even stronger songwriters in the band's absence.” — Brooklyn Vegan

Providence, RI band The Pines of Rome release their first new album in over 20 years today via Solid Brass Records. The album, The Unstruck Bell is available to hear/share and purchase HERE. 

Brooklyn Vegan previously premiered the official video for "REDACTED" HERE. (YouTube)

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 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 is available on LP and download on May 26th, 2023 via Solid Brass Records. Orders are available HERE.

THE PINES OF ROME LIVE 2023:

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

CLUB COMA (ex-Boyfrndz) share lead single from forthcoming debut album

 

Austin trio CLUB COMA share the lead single from their forthcoming debut full length today via New Noise Magazine. Hear and share "New Cruelty" (Bandcamp) (Spotify) (YouTube).

Club Coma is a new Austin experimental rock group comprised of guitarist/vocalist Scott Martin, drummer Aaron Perez (both previously of Boyfrndz) and keyboardist/bassist Geoff Earle (Stiletto Feels). Pulls together an exciting, genre-bending sound that lives somewhere between Rock, mid-aughts French touch, and early 1970’s R&B. Martin and Perez’s former band’s hazy, psychedelic and powerful rock takes on new melodic shades with layers of synths and more danceable rhythms with Club Coma. 

Club Coma formed in late 2022 after the indefinite hiatus of Boyfrndz, and after Geoff's solo endeavor Stiletto Feels slowed post-pandemic. Scott, seeking a new outlet as a vocalist after Boyfrndz hiatus, asked Aaron to keep an ear to the ground for groups -- realizing Geoff's group Aaron played drums for since 2017 may be interested. Scott and Geoff happened to run into each other a couple days later, quickly falling into weekly work sessions. Club Coma came out swinging, selling out their first headline show at Mohawk in April 2023 before any music had been released.

The band's self-titled debut album recorded with Jim Eno at Public Hi-Fi will be out this summer. More details to come. 

Artist: Club Coma

Album: Club Coma

Record Label: self-released

Release Date: Summer 2023

On The Web:

linktr.ee/clubcoma

instagram.com/clubcomaband

clubcoma.myshopify.com

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol announce July tour with Crobot, headlining Western US dates start June 4th

“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 just completed the first leg of their summer U.S. tour dates and today added July shows with Crobot. Before that, the band headlines the West Coast in June following the first-ever RBBP Big Dumb Fest event in their hometown on June 4th. Please see all dates below. Ticket links HERE.

Rickshaw Billie's Big Dumb Fest features 7 bands and 4 food vendors for the ultimate meeting of the ears, eyes and taste buds! Sunday, June 4th, 2023 - at Mohawk Austin - 4pm

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol 

w/ Eagle Claw, Tia Carrera, Billy Glitter, Gus Baldwin & The Sketch, Buzz Electro, Pinko

Eats by: Chilly's Philly's, Bad Larry Burger Club, Jim Jam's Biscuits, Chef's Kiss

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 June. Orders are available HERE.

RBBP LIVE 2023:

06/04 Austin, TX - Mohawk Austin - BIG DUMB FEST

06/05 Marfa, TX - Bad Larry

06/06 El Paso, TX - 101

06/08 Tempe, AZ - The Beast

06/09 Los Angeles, CA - Permanent Records Roadhouse

06/10 San Francisco, CA - The Kilowatt 

06/11 Sacramento, CA - Old Ironsides

06/13 Seattle, WA - Substation 

06/14 Portland, OR - High Water Mark

06/15 Boise, ID - CRLB

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

06/17 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive

06/19 Tulsa, OK - Soundpony

07/22 Lititz, PA - Micket’s Black Box *

07/25 Greensboro, NC - Hangar 1819 *

07/26 Greenville, SC - Radio Room *

07/27 Summerville, SC - Trolly Pub *

07/28 Ft Myers, FL - Buddha Live *

07/29 Orlando, FL - Conduit *

07/30 Tampa, FL - Orpheum *

08/01 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade *

08/03 Corpus Christi, TX - Mesquite Street South *

08/04 Houston, TX - Scout Bar *

* w/ Crobot

Artist: Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol

Album: Doom Wop

Label: Doom Wop Records / Permanent Teeth Records 

Release Date: September 23rd, 2022

www.rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol.com

rickshawbilliesburgerpatrol.bandcamp.com