Solid PR Bands on Tour

Solid PR bands are hitting the road like mad this coming month, many on and around the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. Here's a little of what's coming through YOUR town.

AEREOGRAMME
w/ A Northern Chorus and Twilight Sad
4/1 Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia PA
4/2 Knitting Factory New York NY
4/3 Luna Lounge Brooklyn NY
4/4 (u) The Middle East - Upstairs Cambridge MA
4/5 Main Hall Montreal QC
4/6 El Mocambo Toronto ON
4/7 Casbah Hamilton ON
4/9 Subterranean Chicago IL
4/10 7th Street Entry Minneapolis MN
4/13 Crocodile Cafe Seattle WA
4/14 Dante’s Portland OR
4/15 The Independent San Francisco CA
4/17 Casbah San Diego CA
4/18 Knitting Factory-LA Los Angeles CA
4/19 Modified Phoenix AZ
4/21 Emo’s Lounge Austin TX
4/22 Hailey’s Denton TX
4/25 THE EARL Atlanta GA

AN ALBATROSS / BLUE CHEER US TOUR
(Presented by Solid PR, Revolver Magazine, and Wonder Booking)
4/6/07 Philadelphia, PA Northstar
4/7/07 New York, NY Rebel
4/8/07 Boston, MA Great Scott
4/9/07 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
4/10/07 Toronto, ON Sneaky Dees
4/12/07 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
4/13/07 Lansing, MI Mac's Bar
4/14/07 Chicago, IL Schuba's
4/17/07 Washington, DC Black Cat
more dates tba

BIRDS OF AVALON
Sat, Mar 10, 2007 Village Tavern, Mt Pleasants SC
Sun, March 11, 2007 EARL, Atlanta GA
Mon, March 12, 2007 One eyed Jacks New Orleans, LA
Tue, March 13, 2007 Proletariat, Houston, TX
SXSW (Austin, TX)
Thu March 15th @ Jackalope (Volcom Ent party) - 2pm
Thu March 15th @ Habana Café (Leafy Green Showcase) - 12am
Fri March 16th @ Trophy’s (Whoopsy Magazine Party) - 6pm
Sat March 17th @ Lovejoy’s – 4pm
Sat March 17th @ Creekside Lounge
(Solid PR party w/ Daughters, Clockcleaner, Oxbow, Totimoshi, Ad Astra Per Aspera, and more) - 7:50pm
Tue, Mar 20, 2007 The Scene Bar Glendale CA
Wed, Mar 21, 2007 VIPER ROOM Hollywood, CA
Thu, Mar 22, 2007 Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, CA
Fri, Mar 23, 2007 Spaceland Los Angeles CA
Sat, Mar 24, 2007 Hemlock Tavern San Francisco CA
Sun, Mar 25, 2007 Knockout San Francisco CA
Mon, Mar 26, 2007 Satellite Lounge Reno NV
Tue, Mar 27, 2007 Monks House of Jazz Salt Lake City UT
Wed, Mar 28, 2007 Larimer Lounge Denver CO
Thu, Mar 29, 2007 Replay Lounge Lawrence, KS
Fri, Mar 30, 2007 Creepy Crawl St Louis MO
Sat, Mar 31, 2007 Keswick Democratic Club Louisville KY
w/The Fucking Champs, and Red Fang
Thu 5/24/07 E.A.R.L. Atlanta GA
Fri 5/25/07 BottleTree Birmingham AL
Sat 5/26/07 Hi Tone Memphis TN
Sun 5/27/07 Duck Room St Louis MO
Mon 5/28/07 The Picador Iowa City IO
Tue 5/29/07 Empty Bottle Chicago IL
Wed 5/30/07 Magic Stick Detroit MI
Thu 5/31/07 Sneeky Dees Toronto ON
Fri 6/1/07 La Sala Rossa Montreal QC
Sat 6/2/07 Wallingford American Legion Hall Wallingford CT
Sun 6/3/07 Great Scotts Allston MA
Mon 6/4/07 Mercury Lounge New York NY
Tue 6/5/07 Europa Brooklyn NY
Wed 6/6/07 Otto Bar Baltimore MD
Thu 6/7/07 Johnny Brendas Philadelphia PA
Fri 6/8/07 Satellite Ballroom Charlottesville VA
Sat 6/9/07 King’s Tavern Raleigh NC

CLOCKCLEANER
w/ Times New Viking
Mar 8 2007 the Tower w/ Homostupids + Sun God Cleveland, Ohio
Mar 9 2007 TBA- Chicago, Illinois
Mar 10 2007 Downtown Records Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 11 2007 The Ground Floor Belleville, Illinois
Mar 12 2007 Valhalla Gallery Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 13 2007 TBA OK City, Oklahoma
Mar 14 2007 J & J Pizza w/ Marked Men and a ton of others Denton, Texas
Mar 16 2007 Vice Kills Texas, Austin Texas
Mar 16 2007 Time Out NY SXSW showcase w/ TNV + PEACHES Austin, Texas
Mar 17 2007 Sound on Sound w/ TNV + Marked Men + Iron Age Austin, Texas
Mar 17 2007 Creekside Lounge w/ Daughters, Oxbow, Birds of Avalon, Totimoshi
Mar 18 2007 Circle Bar w/ Iron Age New Orleans, Louisiana
Mar 20 2007 Cellblock Mobile, Alabama
Mar 21 2007 Murphy's TNV + Evil Army Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 22 2007 The Funhouse Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 23 2007 Rudyard Kipling's Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 24 2007 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Apr 15 2007 Johnny Brenda's w/ Out with a Bang + Vicious Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DAUGHTERS
w/ Chinese Stars
3/5 Wallingford American Legion Wallingford CT
3/6 Knitting Factory New York NY
3/7 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia PA
3/8 Ottobar Baltimore MD
3/9 Rock And Roll Hotel Washington DC
3/10 Casbah at Tremont Music Hall Charlotte NC
w/ Pelican and Russian Circles
3/11 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta GA - w/ AIDS Wolf
3/12 Bottletree Lounge Birmingham AL - w/ Young Widows
3/13 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge LA - w/ Young Widows
3/14 Walters Houston TX - w/ Young Widows
3/15 Emo’s Annex Austin TX - HHR SXSW Showcase w/ Pelican, Oxbow, Jesu, Octave Museum,
3/17 Creekside Lounge Austin TX - Solid PR Party w/ Clockcleaner, Oxbow, Totimoshi, Birds of Avalon, and more
3/20 Launchpad Albuquerque NM
w/ The Locust and Cattle Decapitation
3/23 Epicentre San Diego CA
3/24 Chain Reaction Anaheim CA
3/26 The Boardwalk Orangevale CA
3/27 Jerry’s Pizza Bakersfield CA
3/28 Knitting Factory-LA Los Angeles CA
3/29 Slim’s San Francisco CA
3/30 924 Gilman St Berkeley CA
3/31 Hawthorne Theatre Portland OR
4/1 Neumo’s Crystal Ball Reading Room Seattle WA
4/2 The Venue Boise ID
4/3 Club Sound Salt Lake City UT
4/4 Marquis Theater Denver CO
4/5 The Rock Papillon(Omaha) NE
4/6 Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis MN
4/7 Logan Square Auditorium Chicago IL
4/8 Magic Stick Detroit MI
4/9 Grog Shop Cleveland OH
4/10 Club Stratus Pittsburgh PA
4/12 Roxy Underground Boston MA
4/13 Rebel NYC New York NY
4/14 Europa Brooklyn NY
4/18 New Brookland Tavern Columbia SC
4/19 The Masquerade Atlanta GA
4/21 Respectable Street West Palm Beach FL
4/22 The Social Orlando FL
4/27 House Of Rock And Roll El Paso TX
4/28 The Sets Tempe AZ

FUCKED UP
February 28, 2007 Toronto, ON Canada The Gladstone Hotel
March 2, 2007 Philadelphia, PA United States First Unitarian Church
March 3, 2007 New York, NY United States Mercury Lounge
March 12, 2007 Houston, TX United States Walter's on Washington
March 13, 2007 Fort Worth, TX United States Competition Music
March 14, 2007 Austin, TX United States Lamar Pedestrian Bridge
March 15, 2007 Austin, TX United States The Scoot Inn
March 15, 2007 Austin, TX United States Lambert's
March 16, 2007 Austin, TX United States The Vice Stage
March 16, 2007 Austin, TX United States The Trailor Space
March 17, 2007 Austin, TX United States Red 7
May 31, 2007 Toronto, ON Canada The Tranzac
June 1, 2007 Toronto, ON Canada The Tranzac
June 2, 2007 Toronto, ON Canada The Tranzac

JESU
w/ Isis
3/3 Bottletree Lounge Birmingham AL w/ Torche
3/5 The Social Orlando FL - w/ Torche
3/6 Common Grounds Gainesville FL - w/ Torche
3/7 DAY OFF DAY OFF - w/ Torche
3/8 40 Watt Club Athens GA - w/ Torche
3/9 Tremont Music Hall Charlotte NC - w/ Torche
3/10 Alley Katz Richmond VA - w/ Torche
3/11 930 Club Washington DC - w/ Torche
3/13 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia PA - w/ Torche
3/14 Irving Plaza New York NY - w/ Torche
3/15 Emo’s Annex Austin TX - w/ Pelican, Big Business, Oxbo
3/17 (d) The Middle East - Downstairs Cambridge MA - W/ Zozobra
3/18 Theatre National Montreal QC - w/ Zozobra
3/19 Barrymore’s Ottawa ON - w/ Zozobra
3/20 Opera House Toronto ON - w/ Zozobra
3/21 St Andrews Hall Detroit MI - w/ Zozobra
3/22 Metro Chicago IL - w/ Zozobra
3/25 Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis MN - w/ Zozobra
3/26 The Picador Iowa City IA - w/ Zozobra
3/27 Granada Theatre Lawrence KS - w/ Zozobra
3/28 Marquis Theater Denver CO - w/ Zozobra
3/30 In The Venue Salt Lake City UT - w/ Zozobra
4/1 The Big Easy Boise ID - w/ Zozobra
4/2 The Big Easy Spokane WA - w/ Zozobra
4/3 Neumo’s Crystal Ball Reading Room Seattle WA - W/ Zozobra
4/4 Hawthorne Theatre Portland OR - w/ Zozobra
4/6 Bimbo’s 365 Club San Francisco CA - w/ Zozobra
4/7 Downtown Brew San Luis Obispo CA - w/ Zozobra
4/8 Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles CA - w/ Zozobra

LESBIANS ON ECSTASY
March 17 @ Exodus w/ Junior Senior, Les Prototypes and more SXSW Showcase Austin, TX
March 18 GayBiGayGay in Hazy's backyard, yo Austin, TX myspace.com/gaybigaygay
March 31 Dirty Red Ball The Bloomsbury Ballroom London, England
April 5 Studio B w/ guests New York City
April 6 Sonar at Taxlo w/ Professor Murder Baltimore, MD
***We Know You Know****Album Launch!! April 13 Montreal, QC venue TBC - but guaranteed hot & sweaty
April 19 Rouje Quebec City
April 20 Black Sheep Inn Wakefield, ON
April 21 Barrymores Ottawa, ON part of Scène Québec
May 11 Montreal Biennale Contemporary Art Festival w/ Les Georges Leningrad and more
@ SAT

MAN MAN
02.24.07 St. Louis, MO Washington University - The Gargoyle
03.15.07 Bennington, VT Bennington College - Student Center w/ Icy Demons
03.16.07 Montreal, QC Club Lambi w/ Icy Demons, Dishwasher
03.17.07 Ottawa, ON (CA) Zaphod Beeblebrox w/ Icy Demons
03.18.07 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern w/ Icy Demons
03.19.07 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place w/ Icy Demons
03.20.07 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel w/ Icy Demons
03.21.07 Detroit, MI Magic Stick w/ Icy Demons
03.22.07 Grand Rapids, MI DAAC - Division Ave. Arts Cooperative w/ Icy Demons
03.23.07 Chicago, IL Abbey Pub w/ Icy Demons
03.24.07 Madison, WI Club 770 - Union South - Univ. of Wisconsin w/ Girl Talk
03.26.07 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
03.27.07 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
03.28.07 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
03.29.07 Boise, ID Neurolux
03.30.07 Portland, OR Berbati's Pan
03.31.07 Seattle, WA Neumos
04.01.07 Vancouver, BC (CA) Richard's on Richards
04.02.07 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
04.04.07 San Francisco, CA The Independent
04.05.07 West Hollywood, CA The Roxy Theatre
04.06.07 San Diego, CA Epicentre
04.09.07 Boulder, CO Club 156 - University Memorial Center - U of Colorado
04.10.07 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
04.11.07 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
04.12.07 Newport, KY Southgate House
04.13.07 Gambier, OH Horn Gallery - Kenyon College
04.14.07 Oberlin, OH Dionysus - Wilder Hall - Oberlin College
04.15.07 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel

PROFESSOR MURDER
3/9 Bowery Ballroom New York NY - w/ Matt & Kim
3/15 Paradise Boston MA - w/ Ratatat
3/16 Showplace Theatre Buffalo NY - w/ Ratatat
3/17 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland OH - w/ Ratatat
3/18 Kenyon College Gambier OH - w/ Ratatat
3/19 Southgate House Newport KY - w/ Ratatat
4/28 Canal Room New York NY - The Rub

TOTIMOSHI
Mar 7 2007 Bottom of the Hill w/ 2 Ton Boa, 31 Knotts San Francisco, California
Mar 8 2007 Detroit Bar w/ Big Business Costa Mesa, California
Mar 15 2007 SXSW MUSIC FEST/VOLCOM SHOWCASE @ the Jackalope AUSTIN, TX, Texas
Mar 16 2007 SXSW Volcom/No Idea Showcase @ Red 7 AUSTIN, Tennessee
Mar 17 2007 SXSW FXFU PARTY AUSTIN, Texas
Mar 17 2007 SOLID PR PARTY w/ Daughters, Clockcleaner, Oxbow, Birds of Avalon, etc, AUSTIN, Texas
Mar 27 2007 Uptown w/ Kylesa, Ghengis Tron Oakland
Mar 31 2007 Alex's Bar w/ Horns & Who Rides the Tiger Long Beach, California

WITCH'S HAT
Mar 1 2007 Eastside Tavern Columbia, Missouri
Mar 16 2007 Blue Fugue Columbia, Missouri
Mar 28 2007 Mojo's Columbia, Missouri
Mar 30 2007 Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, Kansas
Apr 1 2007 Goofy Foot Omaha, Nebraska
Apr 3 2007 O'Leaver's Omaha, Nebraska
Apr 4 2007 Hall Mall Iowa City, Iowa
Apr 6 2007 Riverwest Commons Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 7 2007 Klinic Bar Madison, Wisconsin
Apr 12 2007 Gojangle 1 Chicago, Illinois
Apr 14 2007 Caffeine Fest Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 19 2007 Arlene's Grocery New York, New York
Apr 22 2007 PA's Lounge Somerville, Massachusetts

Many other surprises coming soon, visit www.solidpr.com for more information.

Shout-out to CMJ

CMJ.com posted a very nice industry profile on Solid PR today, you can read it HERE

BIRDS OF AVALON Announce New Album on Volcom * US Tour w/ Fucking Champs!

Announce New Album "Bazaar, Bazaar" out May 22nd on Volcom * US Tour w/ Fucking Champs, Red Fang, and more!




“Led by a pair of guitarists who seem, by sheer force, to be powering their amplifiers rather than the other way around, Birds of Avalon make thunderous, precise rock with enough proggy smarts to keep you on your toes.” Steve Haruch for the Nashville Scene

"North Carolina's Birds of Avalon mine from decades-past ghosts. Psyche, arena, glam—it's all in there. But Birds of Avalon expertly traverse all this information, picking up what they like and adding it to a sound that's simultaneously familiar and new." The Portland Mercury

After a 7-year stint in a prison van with the double drum, frenetic rock n’ roll assault known as The Cherry Valence, guitarists Cheetie Kumar and Paul Siler, felt a growing desire to move on. In a final whirlwind year that saw The Cherry Valence touring Europe multiple times, the couple, Kumar and Siler, got married and made the difficult decision to divorce their band.

Returning home hitched and band-less, they began late night clandestine meetings with neighbor and local crooner Craig Tilley (The Weather), where they hatched a plan to form Birds of Avalon and laid the foundation for what was to become the first batch of Birds Of Avalon songs. Still needing to round out their line up they snared their favorite area drummer Scott Nurkin (Dynamite Brothers) and soon added multi-instrumentalist and fanatical 4 tracker, David Mueller on bass.

With the release of their debut full length, Bazaar, Bazaar, Birds Of Avalon have developed a unique psychedelic meets progressive sound that yields feelings that transcend the conventions of both. Skillfully channeling elements of a time in Rock since past, while maintaining their place in the lineage of North Carolinian independent rock heritage. Easily traversing an area between raw blues rock and atmospheric pysch-pop. Birds Of Avalon “can tear it up in a three-minute barn-burner or lure you into an extended psychedelic journey, wandering schizophrenically like a Brian May guitar solo,” so says Jens Lekman of Cincinnati City Beat.

Bazaar, Bazaar is set for release on May 22nd on Volcom Entertainment and was recorded and produced by Mitch Easter (R.E.M., Let’s Active, Wilco), Greg Elkins and Brian Quast.




Watch Birds of Avalon shred HERE

BIRDS OF AVALON US Tour Dates:
Sat, Mar 10, 2007 Village Tavern, Mt Pleasants SC
Sun, March 11, 2007 EARL, Atlanta GA
Mon, March 12, 2007 One eyed Jacks New Orleans, LA
Tue, March 13, 2007 Proletariat, Houston, TX

SXSW (Austin, TX)
Thu March 15th @ Jackalope (Volcom Ent party) - 2pm
Thu March 15th @ Habana Café (Leafy Green Showcase) - 12am
Fri March 16th @ Trophy’s (Whoopsy Magazine Party) - 6pm
Sat March 17th @ Lovejoy’s – 4pm
Sat March 17th @ Creekside Lounge
(Solid PR party w/ Daughters, Clockcleaner, Oxbow, Totimoshi, Ad Astra Per Aspera, and more) - 7:50pm

Tue, Mar 20, 2007 The Scene Bar Glendale CA
Wed, Mar 21, 2007 VIPER ROOM Hollywood, CA
Thu, Mar 22, 2007 Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, CA
Fri, Mar 23, 2007 Spaceland Los Angeles CA
Sat, Mar 24, 2007 Hemlock Tavern San Francisco CA
Sun, Mar 25, 2007 Knockout San Francisco CA
Mon, Mar 26, 2007 Satellite Lounge Reno NV
Tue, Mar 27, 2007 Monks House of Jazz Salt Lake City UT
Wed, Mar 28, 2007 Larimer Lounge Denver CO
Thu, Mar 29, 2007 Replay Lounge Lawrence, KS
Fri, Mar 30, 2007 Creepy Crawl St Louis MO
Sat, Mar 31, 2007 Keswick Democratic Club Louisville KY

w/The Fucking Champs, and Red Fang
Thu 5/24/07 E.A.R.L. Atlanta GA
Fri 5/25/07 BottleTree Birmingham AL
Sat 5/26/07 Hi Tone Memphis TN
Sun 5/27/07 Duck Room St Louis MO
Mon 5/28/07 The Picador Iowa City IO
Tue 5/29/07 Empty Bottle Chicago IL
Wed 5/30/07 Magic Stick Detroit MI
Thu 5/31/07 Sneeky Dees Toronto ON
Fri 6/1/07 La Sala Rossa Montreal Qc
Sat 6/2/07 Wallingford American Legion Hall Wallingford CT
Sun 6/3/07 Great Scotts Allston MA
Mon 6/4/07 Mercury Lounge New York NY
Tue 6/5/07 Europa Brooklyn NY
Wed 6/6/07 Otto Bar Baltimore MD
Thu 6/7/07 Johnny Brendas Philadelphia PA
Fri 6/8/07 Satellite Ballroom Charlottesville VA
Sat 6/9/07 King’s Tavern Raleigh NC



"Bazaar, Bazaar" Tracklist:
1. Bicentennial Baby
2. Horse Called Dust
3. Instant Coma
4. Set You Free
5. Wanderlust
6. Taking Trains
7. Superpower
8. Where's My Jetpack
9. Turn Gold
10. Think
11. Lost Pages From the Robot Repair Manual

For more information, visit:
www.birdsofavalon.com
www.myspace.com/birdsofavalon
www.volcoment.com

WITCH'S HAT Announces "Mastery of the Steel"

WITCH'S HAT Announce Debut Full Length "Mastery of the Steel"



"Mastery of the Steel takes an original approach to rock music, and it gives new meaning to the concept of a timeless album." - Vox Magazine

"Mastery of the Steel is Columbia, MO cult rockers Witch's Hat's first album. Overall, the album successfully tames the snarling hellbeast that is the band's live shows onto record." - Sno-Cone Magazine

Following the recent success of The Foundry Field Recordings' album "Prompts/Miscues," and a sweet national distribution deal with the famed Alternative Distribution Alliance, (ADA), Emergency Umbrella Records is proud to announce the national debut release from the Adventure Rock band Witch's Hat on April 10th 2007.

Undeniably epic, somewhere between Iron Maiden and dance punk, Witch’s Hat brings forth its own signature brand of mountainclimbing-alien-vampire-dragon-octopus-robot-induced Adventure Rock. Not unlike Andrew WK, Tenacious D, Dragonforce, or Journey, Witch's Hat's "Mastery of the Steel" creates intimate visions of ancient and future worlds and boldly slays the line between darkly menacing and delightfully playful - with only the slightest hint of irony.

For instance, “Huzzah,” is an invigorating tale of a young medieval hero determined to save the virgin princess, where as, “Glodyany 1972,” is a haunting narrative of a vampire hunted by angry torch wielding towns-people. Also included in the album are
a few straight-ahead dance floor gems like, “Supply and Demand.” This particular song utilizes a simple truth chorus by pointing out how, “the law of supply and demand holds true: You supply the love - I demand it from you.”



Such mythos and bravado are obviously atypical song fodder, and Witch’s Hat revel in their glorious over the top whimsy raid. [This cheeky character trait becomes even more apparent at the ultratheatrical live shows - which revive the much missed and lamented role of the front-man as entertainer first and foremost.

The record’s true strength lies in its clever lyrics and detailed compositions, which are expertly arranged and demand a serious listen far beyond the fantasy-laden subject matter. The characters are built with a narrator’s expertise so that one can’t help but feel the emotion in each story. Mastery of the Steel takes an original
approach to rock music, and it gives new meaning to the concept of a timeless album.
Dynamic and entertaining medieval meets modern artwork and signage.

To date, Witch's Hat have performed w/ the likes of Aqueduct, Vive Voce, The Paper Chase , Earl Greyhound, Bobby Conn, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, and more.



Watch "Huzzah" Live @ The Blue Note

"Mastery of the Steel" Track Listing:
01. Bomb Squad
02. WWVI
03. Octopus
04. Popsicles
05 . Mountain Climber
06. Space Baby
07. Supply and Demand
08. Huzzah
09. Dance Machine
10. Glodyany, 1972

Witch's Hat Live:
Mar 1 2007 Eastside Tavern Columbia, Missouri
Mar 16 2007 Blue Fugue Columbia, Missouri
Mar 28 2007 Mojo's Columbia, Missouri
Mar 30 2007 Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, Kansas
Apr 1 2007 Goofy Foot Omaha, Nebraska
Apr 4 2007 Hall Mall Iowa City, Iowa
Apr 5 2007 TBA Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 6 2007 Riverwest Commons Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 7 2007 Klinic Bar Madison, Wisconsin
Apr 12 2007 Gojangle 1 Chicago, Illinois
Apr 19 2007 Arlene's Grocery New York, New York
+ US Tour Coming Soon!

For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/witchshat
www.emergencyumbrella.com
www.myspace.com/emergencyumbrella

LEWIS & CLARKE Announce and Stream "Blasts of Holy Birth * Come to Brooklyn on Saturday!

LEWIS & CLARKE
Announces Details of new Album "Blasts of Holy Birth" * Streams Full Record * Comes to Brooklyn on Saturday




"Lewis & Clarke has carved out its own niche thanks to the lush arrangements of its debut, 2005's "Bare Bones and Branches." - Billboard Magazine

"A whisper of an album, lovely without being precious, moody without being beleaguering." - No Depression

"Lou Rogai, who records under the name Lewis & Clarke, artfully mixes his multi-layered vocal tracks with finger-picked acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, Rhodes piano, and lap steel." - Acoustic Guitar World

"A gifted newcomer" - Magnet

"An intelligent revelatory light into the heart of life and love" - Detroit Metro Times

The songs of Lewis & Clarke are medicinal, meditative, and trance-inducing. They wind along lengthy lines of chamber folk, full of bows and bells, aphorisms and dreamy dreams. Both literally and figuratively, Blasts of Holy Birth (out May 10th on La Société Expéditionnaire) is about being born and re-born.

Conducting the folds of nylon-string guitar, harp, keyboard, horns, strings, and drums, is Lou Rogai, the voice and vision, with arms of friends draped in the name Lewis & Clarke.

Rogai is a pastoralist, a rat-race expatriate, an old-soul musician who chose to live more deliberately with his family under the eaves of mountain trees in Pennsylvania’s Delaware Water Gap. It is a community distant to the big city’s pace, but close enough for gigs and recording sessions with his city-folk colleagues. Among them are Russell Higbee (harp, keys) of Man Man and Eve Miller of Rachel’s (cello) who, too, embrace the exploration of sinewy eastern melody and unaffected compassion called Lewis & Clarke.



In Delaware Water Gap, one can tune in to vibrations that only exist in certain areas. It is here that Rogai, with his wife, took to nest in an antiquated dwelling within earshot of an historic jazz landmark: tuned in, turned on, and just far enough away from the rattle of the rest of the world.

Blasts of Holy Birth was written not with the usual pen-in-hand love-lost scribbles that song scribes commonly sing; here are celebrations, hand-in-hand, of life’s travails and joys!

"A pure music experience that whispers half-remembered truths to the soul, as Rogai easily soars above so-called "acid folk"/"freak folk" conventions by exhibiting amazing clarity and a sense of spaciousness in his songs... striking in its authenticity and ability to convey empathy and even inspiration. It is gentle and wild, an abundant feast of simple fare that nourishes the heart." - The Morning Call

Lewis & Clarke songs are long and unhurried life lessons, believed and still unveiling truths, to himself and his son, who was months away from LIFE: Day One while this album was being composed. The only piece here not written by Rogai, “Comfort Inn”, is by his friend, Aaron Ross, the CA mountain dweller and singer of Hella. Ross was awaiting the birth of his daughter during same time that Rogai expected his son, and so it only fit that they share in each other’s song.

Over the last few years, Lewis & Clarke have toured and performed with Isobel Campbell (Belle & Sebastian), Blur, Robyn Hitchcock, Joan of Arc, Okkervil River, Mi & L'au, The Black Swans and other contemporaries.

And as is the case with good artists and smart adults, it is through big change and artistic redemption that we re-learn who we really are. And as the meat of life is inseparable from the weight of song, Lewis & Clarke’s heavy-duty beauty, Blasts of Holy Birth, is born.

See Lewis & Clarke live this Saturday @ Union Pool in Brooklyn!
(484 Union Ave @ Meeker)
Lewis & Clarke will perform as a duo this Saturday at Union Pool in Brooklyn, Lou Rogai on guitar/vocals and Eve Miller on cello. Missing from the fold will be regular contributor Russell Higbee, as he finishes up the new MAN MAN record in Chicago. In Rogai's words, both Higbee and Miller are key contributors to Blasts of Holy Birth, along with Dave Ulrich. "The exciting part about having such illustrious colleagues is that you never know which line-up of Lewis & Clarke you are going to witness". We can only assure you, the different incarnations are equally beautiful and elastic! Can we get a witness?





Stream "Blasts" HERE

"Blasts of Holy Birth" Tracklist:
1. Secret Of The Golden Flower
2. Blasts Of Holy Birth
3. Comfort Inn
4. Before It Breaks You
5. Black Doves
6. Crimson Carpets
7. We Think We Have Eyes
8. Be The Air We Breathe

For more information, visit:
www.lewisandclarkemusic.com
www.la-soc.com
www.myspace.com/lewisclarke
www.myspace.com/lasoc

MAN MAN Finish New Album * Announce US Tour!

MAN MAN Finish Recording New Album * Announce US Tour * Takes Icy Demons Along for the Ride!



“Man Man exhibits a varied flair for macabre theatrics that includes a veritable world's fair of chaos and creation.” - Billboard Magazine

"The soundtrack for a post-apocalyptic street carnival." - Magnet Magazine

"Man Man creates a slippery tapestry with the authentic bearing of sea shanties run through a complex funhouse of loopy distortions, secret passageways and mirrored corridors." - Harp Magazine

“[They cram] boozy Brecht-flavored shout-alongs into shaggy waltz and oompah rhythms, with plenty of jazzy, engaging instrumental colors.” –
Entertainment Weekly

“When Man Man tour, they tour hard.” - Pitchforkmedia.com

It's been a crazy and beautiful time for the Man Man folks since the release of the critically acclaimed "Six Demon Bag" (appropriately released one year ago today on the Ace Fu imprint), and on Monday, courtesy of Icy Demons member Griffin Rodriguez and Shape Shoppe Studios in Chicago, the band will emerge once again w/ something completely new, unique, and awe-inspiring.

After releasing an album that moved a generation of fans around the world by destroying crowds in the states on their, seemingly endless, US tours (taking brief stops to own your souls @ last year's Pitchfork, Siren, and SXSW Festivals), performing all the while w/ some of today's hottest bands, to bringing their live show over seas for the first time ever, and landing on the cover of hometown Philadelphia Weekly's year-end issue, Man Man has proven to be one of the most exciting bands of our time. Their brand of, what has been called, "gypsy-carnival-blues-punk," has inspired a rabid fanbase from coast to coast. Foaming for singer Honus Honus' every lyric and piano ridden, Jackson Pollock-esque masterpiece, speechless while watching drummer, Chris "Pow Pow" Powell's thundering, obliterating, sky rocketing performance, and marveling at members Sergei Sogay, Alejandro "Cougar" Bjorg, and Chang Wang, as they endlessly juggle instruments from guitars, bass, sax, xlyophones, didgeridoos, and children's toys, to create a spectacle of sheer brilliance, brought to us in a way only one band knows how.

Now, one year later, the group emerges from the studio, new songs in tow, to unleash sparkling new gems to an exclusive few.



MAN MAN US Tour Dates:
Sat 02.24.07 St. Louis, MO Washington University - The Gargoyle
Fri 03.16.07 Montreal, QC Club Lambi w/ Icy Demons
Sat 03.17.07 Ottawa, ON (CA) Zaphod Beeblebrox w/ Icy
Demons
Sun 03.18.07 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern w/ Icy Demons
Mon 03.19.07 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place w/ Icy Demons
Tue 03.20.07 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel w/ Icy Demons
Wed 03.21.07 Detroit, MI Magic Stick w/ Icy Demons
Thu 03.22.07 Grand Rapids, MI DAAC - Division Ave. Arts Cooperative w/ Icy Demons
Fri 03.23.07 Chicago, IL Abbey Pub w/ Icy Demons
Sat 03.24.07 Madison, WI Club 770 - Union South - Univ. of Wisconsin w/ Girl Talk, Icy Demons
Mon 03.26.07 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
Tue 03.27.07 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Wed 03.28.07 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
Fri 03.30.07 Portland, OR Berbati's Pan
Sat 03.31.07 Seattle, WA Neumos
Sun 04.01.07 Vancouver, BC (CA) Richard's on Richards
Wed 04.04.07 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Fri 04.06.07 San Diego, CA Epicentre
Mon 04.09.07 Boulder, CO Club 156 - University Memorial Center - U of Colorado
Tue 04.10.07 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
Wed 04.11.07 Urbana, IL Canopy Club
Thu 04.12.07 Newport, KY Southgate House
Fri 04.13.07 Gambier, OH Horn Gallery - Kenyon College
Sat 04.14.07 Oberlin, OH Dionysus - Wilder Hall - Oberlin College
Sun 04.15.07 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel

also prepare for the new Icy Demons record "Miami Ice" due out this summer on Free News Projects!



Watch the new Man Man video for “Banana Ghost” here!

also visit:
www.wearemanman.com
www.myspace.com/wearemanman
www.myspace.com/icydemons
www.acefu.com

JESU Releases "Conqueror" TODAY * Delay Launch of US Tour

JESU Releases "Conqueror" TODAY * Delay Launch Date of US Tour



"Conqueror casts 16-bpm doom through a psychedelic-pop lens, resulting in some of the most tuneful, heart wrenching, and - dare we say it - beautiful music of Broadrick's career." - Revolver Magazine

“4.5 out of 5- The First Essential Album of 2007” - Alternative Press

"Dripping heavy, cascading walls of sound, U.K. shoegazing trio Jesu -- helmed by Justin Broadrick, with Diarmuid Dalton and Ted Parsons in tow -- churn out static-edged mini-epics." - Spin.com

"As has come to be expected from Jesu, Conqueror obliterates everything in its path." - Pitchforkmedia.com

Upon the release of 'Conqueror', and for the first time ever, JESU will be coming to the US, touring the span of the country w/ the monsterous ISIS! However, due to work visa issues, the start of this tour has been slightly delayed by a handful of shows, read the statement from Justin Broadrick's blog below:

"We are sorry to report that Jesu are still stuck in England and will NOT be playing the Spaceland, L.A headline/release party ; work permits for Jesu have still not been cleared by U.S officials/customs and the band are not allowed into the U.S until the permits are officially cleared. The band are yet to receive a date of clearance and simply have to wait until they do so before entering the U.S, hence Jesu will not be appearing at any shows with ISIS until the permits are available and Jesu can leave England.

Please watch this space for further news ; once Jesu have their permits we will post confirmation of this and the first show that Jesu will play in the U.S.
Hopefully the band will not miss more than the first week of this tour, being the bands first tour of the U.S.

In related Jesu live line up news, Jesu bass player Diarmuid Dalton will not be playing any of the U.S dates due to being refused a work permit for the U.S for this tour. Diarmuid has been replaced for this tour by long time collaborator (and fellow Birmingham, England native) bass player Dave Cochrane (Justin and Dave played together in Head Of David, Sweet Tooth, Ice, God and now their new project together GREY MACHINE).

Drummer Ted Parsons has also been unable to make this first Jesu U.S tour due to family commitments and has been replaced by drummer Danny Walker, a Los Angeles native who plays for many bands including Intronaut.

Thank you"

We will be sure to keep you posted on the status of this situation.

More on Conqueror:
Justin K. Broadrick triumphantly returns with his second Jesu full-length (the follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed Silver EP), Conqueror. Out February 20th, courtesy of Hydra Head, and packed with eight gorgeously hypnotic tracks in just over an hour, Conqueror exhales a dreamlike mist of weighty celestial ambience, underwater phantasms and slow-rolling nebulae, fomenting the kind of kaleidoscopic rapture—brimming with lush electronics, dulcet guitar textures, massive riffs, and lavish atmospheric hues—that makes us swear we’re on drugs.


^ big mother-fuckin ups ^

In addition, and in recognition of Mr. Broadrick's surreal achievements in his musical career, he has been acklowdged w/ his first ever US magazine cover for Jesu, courtesy of Philadelphia-based extreme-metal publication, DECIBEL Magazine! Decibel, and writer Anthony Bartkewicz, bring us an in-depth retrospective on Broadrick's career, spanning from his time in hugely influential bands including Godflesh, Napalm Death, Techno Animal, Final, and others. Featuring interviews w/ those who have worked alongside Mr Broadrick, including the highly inspirational hip-hop MC EL-P (amongst others), the fantastic article highlights Broadrick's achievements and history in this stunning and groundbreaking biography.




ISIS Only:
2/22- Casbah San Diego CA
2/23- The Clubhouse Tempe AZ
2/24- Launchpad Albuquerque NM
2/26 - Conservatory Oklahoma City OK
2/27- Ridglea Theater Fort Worth TX
2/28- Emo’s Alternative Lounging Austin TX
3/1- Numbers Houston TX
3/2- Spanish Moon Baton Rouge LA
3/3- Bottletree Lounge Birmingham AL

JESU Tour w/ ISIS:
3/5- The Social Orlando FL
3/8- 40 Watt Club Athens GA
3/9- Tremont Music Hall Charlotte NC
3/10- Alley Katz Richmond VA
3/11- 930 Club Washington DC
3/13- Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia PA
3/14- Irving Plaza New York NY
3/15- Jesu at SXSW - Emos Austin, TX
3/16 - Jesu at SXSW
3/17- The Middle East - Downstairs Cambridge MA *
3/18- Theatre National Montreal QC *
3/19- Barrymore’s Ottawa ON *
3/20- Opera House Toronto ON *
3/21- St Andrews Hall Detroit MI *
3/22- Metro Chicago IL *
3/25- Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis MN *
3/26- The Picador Iowa City IA *
3/27- Granada Theatre Lawrence KS *
3/28- Marquis Theater Denver CO *
3/30- In The Venue Salt Lake City UT *
4/1- The Big Easy Boise ID *
4/2- The Big Easy Spokane WA *
4/3- Neumo’s Crystal Ball Reading Room Seattle WA *
4/4- Hawthorne Theatre Portland OR *
4/6- Bimbo’s 365 Club San Francisco CA *
4/8- Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles CA *
* = w/ Zozobra

Come take part in something truly rare and exceptional.

for more inspiration, visit:

www.avalancheinc.co.uk/jesu.html
www.hydrahead.com
www.hydraheadlines.blogspot.com

CLOCKCLEANER Announce US Tour * SXSW Appearance * New Record on Load!

Philadelphia's CLOCKCLEANER Announce U.S. Tour w/ Times New Viking * SXSW Appearance * Fall Album on Load!



"Clockcleaner plays relentless noise-rock dirges with no room for air and a chest-thumping dynamic, as dissonance splinters off of the heavy delay/reverb processing like broken glass from a shattered picture window." - Dustedmagazine.com

"Sharkey’s vocals are clearly from the mewling, ranting, staggering School of David Yow." - Decibel Magazine

"Clockcleaner's affront is equal parts Butthole Surferania irreverent punk and big-bore Rapeman noise delivered with in-the-red abandon." - Baltimore City Paper

Pummeling drums, drooling vocals and diamond-toothed chainsaw guitar all come together in an ugly display of volatile rock 'n' roll that equally brings to mind old Chicago noise-rock, highway construction work, brutal hangovers and, well, Flipper (remember them? They were sick!). - Erik Bader, Philadelphia Weekly

Introducing your new favorite punk rock band kiddies. Philadelphia's CLOCKCLEANER, who are, "basically not allowed to play in Philly," perform 70's inspired sci-fi punk not-unlike skull pummeling artists No Trend or Bauhaus.

Led by ex-Nine Shocks Terror member John Sharkey on guitar and vocals (who, after a bad car wreck had amnesia throughout the recording of their last record, "Nevermind"), Karen Horner (formerly of the band Green Apple Quickstep) on bass, who proclaims "Philadelphia is made of pussies," and drummer Richie Penetrator who, prior to the band, modeled footwear for Fila and various department stores to get a paycheck, CLOCKCLEANER'S live show is something like being awake during a Nightmare on Elm Street dream while simultaniously experiencing epileptic seizures as those blade-ridden gloves find themselves in various orafices (see also Birthday Party).



Watch the live video of "Missing Dick" HERE

CLOCKCLEANER'S albums are something of collectors items, and on Tuesday, the band will release their second single, "Frogrammer," followed by the band's second full length "Babylon Rules" this September on Load Records. Featuring the song "Vomiting Mirrors" which is currently streaming on the band's Myspace page, the album is a dark and twisted look into the human psyche.



See CLOCKCLEANER on tour w/ Times New Viking:
Feb 23 2007 Dorothy 6 Braddock, Pennsylvania
Feb 24 2007 Bourbon St. Times New Viking Record Release Gig Columbus, Ohio
Mar 8 2007 the Tower w/ TNV + Homostupids + Sun God Cleveland, Ohio
Mar 9 2007 TBA- w/ TNV Chicago, Idaho
Mar 10 2007 Downtown Records w/ TNV Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 11 2007 The Ground Floor w/ TNV Belleville, Illinois
Mar 12 2007 Valhalla Gallery w/ TNV Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 13 2007 TBA w/ TNV OK City, Oklahoma
Mar 14 2007 J & J Pizza w/ TNV + Marked Men and a ton of others Denton, Texas
Mar 16 2007 SXSW - Vice Kills Texas
Mar 16 2007 Time Out NY SXSW showcase w/ TNV + PEACHES Austin, Texas
Mar 17 2007 Sound on Sound w/ TNV + Marked Men + Iron Age Austin, Texas
Mar 18 2007 Circle Bar w/ TNV + Iron Age New Orleans, Louisiana
Mar 20 2007 Cellblock w/ TNV Mobile, Alabama
Mar 21 2007 Murphy's w/ TNV + Evil Army Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 22 2007 The Funhouse w/ TNV Nashville, Tennessee
Mar 23 2007 TBA w/ TNV Louiseville, Kentucky
Mar 24 2007 Carnegie Mellon University w/ TNV Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Apr 15 2007 Johnny Brenda's w/ Out with a Bang + Vicious Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

for more information, visit:
www.clockcleaner.net
www.myspace.com/clockcleaner
www.terminal-boredom.com/clockcleaner.html

FUCKED UP in NYC!

Saturday, March 3rd @ The Mercury Lounge in NYC

FUCKED UP
GOVERNMENT WARNING
ca-USE co-MOTION
BABY SHAKES

$8 in advance
$10 day of

www.lookingforgold.blogspot.com

JUSTIN BROADRICK on Spin.com * CLOUDS on Pitchfork

*************



also:

Syndicate Radio links Zozobra's "Soon to Follow" for download HERE (sick)

Decibel for President!

check out the newest issue of Decibel (online now)!



Cover story - Justin Broadrick of Godflesh and Jesu
Feature interviews w/ 7000 Dying Rats and Aereogramme
In The Studio report w/ Oxbow
Record Reviews of 7000 Dying Rats, Big Business, and Jesu

thank you for the support Decibel

NADJA Announces New Album "Touched"

Breaking News!

NADJA Announces New Album “Touched” out March 13th on Alien8 Recordings!



“An album that combines weight and beauty and omnipresent fuzz into a lovely package.” – Metalreview.com

“They take the old grinding sonic palette of indecipherable and ripping vocals over thundering guitars, rot it, and stick its head underwater.” – Pitchforkmedia.com

The music really speaks—and feels—for itself.” – Decibel Magazine

Combining dirge-like metal riffs and heavy, minimal percussion with ethereal melodicism and something of a shoegazer asthetic, Nadja attempts to create a swirling, amorphous wall of sound that is both obliterating and uplifting. Nadja’s sound has been compared to such groups as Godflesh/Jesu, Halo, Khanate/Sunn 0))), Boris, Esoteric, and Earth, among others.

Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker (guitars, vocals, strings, woodwinds, drum machines) and Leah Buckareff (bass, vocals) currently based in Toronto, Canada. Nadja came to life in 2003 as a solo project of experimental/ambient musician & writer Aidan Baker (Die Stadt, Mystery Sea, Drone Records) as something of a flipside to his solo material; a means of exploring the darker, noisier, and heavier side of atmospheric and experimental music. Nadja became a duo in late 2004.

Following a string of cdr releases, Nadja’s CD debut, Truth Becomes Death, was released in October 2005 on Montreal’s Alien8 Recordings and deals with themes of artificial life and intelligence, conflating the 15th Century legend of the Golem of Prague with contemporary ideas of computer-based artificial intelligences. Picking up where Truth leaves off, Touched is an epic masterpiece, a wall of sound like no other. Hypnotic, trance inducing, and pummeling, Touched is a poetic masterpiece of emotion and aggression.

Nadja is essentially drone-god Aidan Baker’s contribution to doom. The result is something akin to Godflesh covering Troum, all trance beats at the speed of crawl as a universe of dark ambient sound and melancholy riffs revolves around those narcoleptic beats. Elements of psychedelia, free jazz, drone, and experimental music all come into play with the ambient and melodic elements, but it’s the subterranean riffs of despair that make it so doomlike. The future of doom? The world should be so lucky… Bio courtesy of Dead Angel.



Tracklisting for "Touched"
1. Mutagen
2. Stays Demons
3. Incubation / Metamorphosis
4. Flowers of Flesh




For more information, visit:
www.alien8recordings.com
www.netrover.com/~amizen/nadja.htm

JESU'S "Conqueror" = Pitchfork's Lead Review TODAY!

^ click ^

WORLD/INFERNO Mini-Tour w/ Lifetime!

Breaking News!

Gotham City's punk-rock-cabaret-anarchist-carnival-troupe, better known as the WORLD/INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY, just back from a massive US tour w/ the Bouncing Souls, will be kicking off a small set of US dates w/ LIFETIME, in support of their latest full-length "Red-Eyed Soul" out now on Chunksaah!



World/Inferno Friendship Society w/ Lifetime!
Feb 9 2007 Black Cat Washington DC
Feb 10 2007 Bowery Ballroom ---SOLD OUT! New York City
Feb 11 2007 Axis Boston, Massachusetts

also
Mar 2 2007 Trocadero Theater Philadelphia w/ Leftover Crack and Citizen Fish!

“If you're looking for something different, important and fun (all at the same time), then I can think of no CD that fits the bill as well as Red-Eyed Soul.” – Punknews.org

"The word "unique" doesn't even describe half of the qualities that make the WORLD INFERNO / FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY a compelling recorded and live act. This compact of friends and roaring musicians is "disorderly conduct" in motion, enacted with a fervor that cannot be washed out." - Pastepunk.com

"Showtune-esque vocals, plenty of horns, and hooks that are impossible *not* to sing along to." - Alternative Press


"A raucous, nine-person cabaret act that introduced a welcome touch of anarchy to the cozy Caucus Patio" - Entertainment Weekly

*** Read Spin.com’s live review of the Hallowmas on the High Seas Halloween Boat Cruise around Manhattan HERE! ***



WATCH! (beautiful)

Punk rock? Swing? Cabaret? Whatever you choose to call them, the
collective known as World/Inferno Friendship Society has been an East Coast
staple for the past decade. Originally known for bringing their brand of
circus inspired anarchist-swing-punk to rooftops, basements, halls, churches
and anywhere their fire-breathing mayhem was accepted, the band created a
cult-following (especially in the New York City metropolitan area) that is
so magical, their live appearances are the most intense and eagerly
anticipated events of the weekend.

With a cast of characters so awe-inspiring, not only can’t the audience keep
itself from dancing uncontrollably, it also won’t keep its eyes off the
beauty, originality, and diversity that exists within the band itself.
Their live shows and music creates a feeling of unity and importance that is
incredibly necessary for every punk rock and music fan who are fortunate
enough to know of their existence.

Honest, stimulating, and incredibly gifted as musicians, World/Inferno
continue to craft some of the most energetic music around. Red-Eyed Soul (recorded by master-mind Don Fury) is a fifteen track powerhouse of driving and touching music, that proves the band not only stand atop most everything being produced today, they show a maturing that provides an album of unparalleled complexity and talent that will be sure to make new fans for the punk rock scene and (way) beyond.




The World/Inferno Friendship Society
Jack Terricloth - Vocals
Sandra Malak - Bass/Background Vocals
Lucky Strano - Guitar
Semra Ercin - Percussion/Background Vocals
Franz Nicolay - Keyboards/Accordion
Maura Corrigan - Alto Saxophone
Peter Hess - Tenor Saxophone
Ken Thomson - Baritone Saxophone
Ben Kotch - Drums

NYC's disturbingly cult-like, circus-related, Halloween-tent-revival orchestra The World/Inferno Friendship Society perform Red-Eyed Soul show tunes for the swarming punk rock masses. The World/Inferno Friendship Society is not a rock band with a horn section; it's a fully-integrated orchestra of young men and women writing for you songs of the wine, freedoms and foibles which make life more than waking up and going to work every day. Nine pieces - 2 drummers 4 horns 2 guitars way too many teeth a piano and an accordion. Sign the fuck up!

Fate, my friends, loves the Fearless. And We, in turn, love You. Don't turn away from love, friends--don't be chicken. THE WORLD/INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY is all the proof you need. With songs so sweet and a quicksilver beat, a lean 9-piece orchestra of girls and boys plays the cabaret-soul-punkety soundtrack to your romances and disasters. The vaudeville circus you always wished your life could be can be--just come and see!




Discography:
Red-Eyed Soul – CD (2006)
Me V. Angry Mob - CDEP/12" (2005)
Speak Of Brave Men - CDEP/7" (2004)
The Expatriate Act - Track on Rock Against Bush Vol.1 Compilation CD (2004)
Hallowmas - Live at North Six - CD (2003)
Just The Best Party - CD (2002)
International Smashism - Vinyl EP (2001)
East Coast Super Sound Punk Of Today! - The Singles CD (2000)
I Wouldn't Want To Live in a World without Grudges - 7" (2000)
Pumpkin Time - 7" (1999)
The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League - CD/LP (1997)
Our Candidate - 7" (1997)
The Models and The Mannequins - 7" (1996)
Tattoos Fade - 7" (1996)




For more information, visit:
www.worldinferno.com
www.myspace.com/worldinferno
www.thegoldtour.com
www.chunksaah.com

Today on The Web!

7000 DYING RATS Contest on Lambgoat.com
AEREOGRAMME on Amplifiermagazine.com
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED on Punknews.org
AN ALBATROSS on Jambase.com
DAUGHTERS on Tinymixtapes.com
KNUT on Punknews.org

Vote for DAUGHTERS as Spin.com's Artist of the Year!

The Locust * Cattle Decapitation * Daughters Tour Has a Myspace Page!

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JESU Announces LA Record Release Show * SXSW * US Tour w/ ISIS!

* JESU *
Announces LA Record Release Show * US Tour With ISIS * Decibel Magazine Cover Story
SXSW Performance * Love For America?(!)



"Conqueror casts 16-bpm doom through a psychedelic-pop lens, resulting in some of the most tuneful, heart wrenching, and - dare we say it - beautiful music of Broadrick's career." - Revolver Magazine

“4.5 out of 5- The First Essential Album of 2007” - Alternative Press

"As has come to be expected from Jesu, Conqueror obliterates everything in its path." - Pitchforkmedia.com

Upon the release of 'Conqueror', and for the first time ever, JESU will be coming to the US, touring the span of the country w/ the monsterous ISIS!

Kicking off the festivities will be a February 20th Record Release performance @ Spaceland in Los Angeles, marking the band's first ever US appearance, and will also feature a quick break, mid-tour, to grace the SXSW Music Conference in Austin, TX w/ their presence.

Justin K. Broadrick triumphantly returns with his second Jesu full-length (the follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed Silver EP), Conqueror. Out February 20th, courtesy of Hydra Head, and packed with eight gorgeously hypnotic tracks in just over an hour, Conqueror exhales a dreamlike mist of weighty celestial ambience, underwater phantasms and slow-rolling nebulae, fomenting the kind of kaleidoscopic rapture—brimming with lush electronics, dulcet guitar textures, massive riffs, and lavish atmospheric hues—that makes us swear we’re on drugs.



^ big mother-fuckin ups ^

In addition, and in recognition of Mr. Broadrick's surreal achievements in his musical career, he has been acklowdged w/ his first ever US magazine cover, courtesy of Philadelphia-based extreme-metal publication, DECIBEL Magazine! Decibel, and writer Anthony Bartkewicz, bring us an in-depth retrospective on Broadrick's career, spanning from his time in hugely influential bands including Godflesh, Napalm Death, Techno Animal, Final, and others. Featuring interviews w/ those who have worked alongside Mr Broadrick, including the highly inspirational hip-hop MC EL-P (amongst others), the fantastic article highlights Broadrick's achievements and history in this stunning and groundbreaking biography.



JESU US Tour w/ ISIS
2/20- Spaceland Los Angeles CA
2/22- Casbah San Diego CA
2/23- The Clubhouse Tempe AZ
2/24- Launchpad Albuquerque NM
2/26 - Conservatory Oklahoma City OK
2/27- Ridglea Theater Fort Worth TX
2/28- Emo’s Alternative Lounging Austin TX
3/1- Numbers Houston TX
3/2- Spanish Moon Baton Rouge LA
3/3- Bottletree Lounge Birmingham AL
3/5- The Social Orlando FL
3/8- 40 Watt Club Athens GA
3/9- Tremont Music Hall Charlotte NC
3/10- Alley Katz Richmond VA
3/11- 930 Club Washington DC
3/13- Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia PA
3/14- Irving Plaza New York NY
3/15- Jesu at SXSW - Emos Austin, TX
3/16 - Jesu at SXSW
3/17- The Middle East - Downstairs Cambridge MA *
3/18- Theatre National Montreal QC *
3/19- Barrymore’s Ottawa ON *
3/20- Opera House Toronto ON *
3/21- St Andrews Hall Detroit MI *
3/22- Metro Chicago IL *
3/25- Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis MN *
3/26- The Picador Iowa City IA *
3/27- Granada Theatre Lawrence KS *
3/28- Marquis Theater Denver CO *
3/30- In The Venue Salt Lake City UT *
4/1- The Big Easy Boise ID *
4/2- The Big Easy Spokane WA *
4/3- Neumo’s Crystal Ball Reading Room Seattle WA *
4/4- Hawthorne Theatre Portland OR *
4/6- Bimbo’s 365 Club San Francisco CA *
4/8- Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles CA *
* = w/ Zozobra


Come take part in something truly rare and exceptional.

for more inspiration, visit:
www.avalancheinc.co.uk/jesu.html
www.hydrahead.com
www.hydraheadlines.blogspot.com


^ click for "Conqueror" pre-order details! ^

AEREOGRAMME Releases "My Heart Has A Wish..." * Announces US Tourdates!

** AEREOGRAMME **
Releases "My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go" TODAY * New Video for "Barriers" * US Tourdates w/ A Northern Chorus!



"B's voice is as soft as Egyptian cotton sheets, sure, but it's also a perfect contrast to every guitar flare-up and whiplash drum roll. Not to mention a peanut-butter-to-jelly complement for the band's increasingly orchestral string arrangements. Every soaring passage, every climatic swan dive is beginning to sound as if it were recorded mid-concert by the Boston Pops." - Decibel Magazine


"My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go is the finest rainy-day driving music you’ll hear this year and the best soundtrack to a movie no studio has the balls to make." - Alarm Magazine

"9 out of 10" - Drowned In Sound

"Breathtaking." - Pastepunk.com




LISTEN to the AEREOGRAMME E-card HERE!

WATCH The New Video for "Barriers" HERE!

“At the door, the curator took the old man’s hand with an extra firmness. “My heart has a wish, Father: that you would not go.” THE EXORCIST by William Peter Blatty.

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND: After reemerging in North America with two releases in 2006 - the Seclusion mini-album and their In The Fishtank collaboration with ISIS - Scotland's AEREOGRAMME (Craig B., Iain Cook, Campbell McNeil and Martin Scott) return with their most accomplished studio effort to date and plans to tour the U.S. for the first time in four years.

Snappily entitled My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go, Aereogramme’s third full-length album is an ambitious, cinematic and beautiful beast. Produced by Aereogramme and Martin Doherty, the album was recorded in Glasgow at 4th Street Studios and will be released in North America on February 6, 2007. The album will be preceded in the UK by a 7" single featuring the song “Barriers” and B-Side “Dissolve.” There will be a video for “Barriers” by animator Hugo Cuellar.

Trading in the sludgy, metallic heaviness that filled half of Seclusion for a more serene, pensive feel, My Heart Has A Wish ... explores the quieter side of the group's musical landscape. If not borne out of adversity, My Heart Has A Wish… was certainly influenced by physical affliction: Following an endless run of touring and an over reliance on the products of Messrs. Jack Daniels and Phillip Morris, Craig B succumbed to a brutal throat infection in early 2005 which effectively rendered him mute for several weeks. Adjusting to his temporarily Trappist existence, Craig began writing songs for what would become My Heart Has A Wish… His condition would not only set the tone for his writing, it would fundamentally alter its style: previous use of quiet/loud formulas and cathartic screaming were jettisoned in favor of a more restrained -- though no less powerful -- approach.

The title is taken from William Peter Blatty’s book, The Exorcist: Craig B explains the choice: “It’s a really beautiful line from the book which never made it into the screenplay surprisingly. It’s from the first chapter as Father Merrin decides to return to America and says farewell to his friend. It’s simply loaded with foreboding, resignation and hope - which seemed to resonate with our outlook going into this album, so it worked on a number of different levels.”

From the exhilarating rush of album opener, “A Conscious Life For Coma Boy,” to the sun-dappled love song of “You’re Always Welcome,” My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go navigates a course through the human condition that’s both joyous and melancholy, often at the same time. The musical references along the way are eclectically bold and fearlessly varied: “Running Man” unapologetically recreates splashes of 80’s sci-fi electronica; the minimalist beauty of “Exits” recalls the work of Cliff Martinez; “Finding A Light” touches on the melodramatic epiphany of a Bob Fosse musical while the first single, “Barriers,” plunders Anne Rice’s imaginings to evoke the twisted, fucked-up regality of a vampire ball. When you add to this the elegiac exploration of wistful escapism during The Great War (“Trenches”) and the maddening reflections on forlorn brotherhood in the epic “Living Backwards,” you have a collection of songs shot through with the kind of singular ambition that puts many of Aereogramme’s peers to shame.



Aereogramme World Tour Dates:


Europe:
02-05 Manchester, England - Night & Day
02-06 London, England - 93 Feet East
02-07 Southampton, England - Joiner's
02-08 Oxford, England - Zodiac
02-10 Nottingham, England - Social
02-11 Birmingham, England - Bar Academy
02-12 Glasgow, Scotland - Classic Grand
02-14 Brussels, Belgium - VK Club
02-15 Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands - W2-concertzaal
02-16 Groningen, the Netherlands - Vera
02-17 Haarlem, the Netherlands - Patronaat
02-19 Munich, Germany - Backstage Werk
02-20 Nuernberg, Germany - Hirsch
02-21 Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
02-22 Bochum, Germany - Zeche
02-23 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
02-25 Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
02-26 Cologne, Germany - Buergerhaus
Stollwerck
02-27 Saarbruecken, Germany - Garage
02-28 Karlsruhe, Germany – Substage

US Dates w/ A Northern Chorus:
04-01 Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia, PA
04-02 Knitting Factory NYC
04-03 Luna Lounge, Brooklyn NY
04-04 The Middle East, Boston MA
04-09 Subterranean, Chicago IL
04-13 Crocodile Cafe, Seattle WA
04-16 The Independent, San Fracisco CA
+ more TBA!

For more information, visit:
http://www.aereogramme.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/aereogrammeofficial
http://www.sonicunyon.com


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CLOUDS Release "Legendary Demo" * Tour the UK w/ Stephen Brodsky's Octave Museum!

*** CLOUDS ***

Release "Legendary Demo" Today * Tour the UK w/ STEPHEN BRODSKY'S OCTAVE MUSEUM!

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"Imagine the sleaziest juke joint in America, the kind where prostitutes gamble on live cock fights. Fill it with smoke from all sorts of illicit substances, a couple big burly dudes riding their Harleys across the bar, then dump about two inches of the cheapest beer you could all over the floor. Clouds is about that rock." - Aversion.com

"These dudes can seriously shred." - Absolutepunk.net

They say you can take the kid out of the rock, but you can’t take the rock out
of the kid…or some shit like that. This is especially difficult when “the kid” in
question is Cave In’s Adam McGrath, fearless leader and vocalist/guitarist of
Clouds, an outfit that delivers unbridled action-rock harking back to the
mid/late-’90s Man’s Ruin garage onslaught—which, in turn, owes its
collective hearing loss to the likes of the Wipers, the Bad Brains, the Stooges,
and the MC5. So you can see what kind of lineage we’re talking about here.
But wait—that’s not all these Boston gents have to offer: From nasty psych
and Southern power grooves to (believe it or not) “Party Grunge” and
sax’d-out dub, Legendary Demo has it all. Unlike anything else in Hydra
Head’s vast back catalogue, this is truly a revelation.



Clouds defines band incest like no other! Their ranks feature current and/or
former members of Cave In, Kid Kilowatt, 27, Miltown, Suicide File, Hope
Conspiracy, The A-Team, Righteous Jams (for two shows), Panic, Green
Island (ska band), Permanent Damage, Piebald’s touring band, Zozobra’s
upcoming touring band, and even a former Cast Iron Hike roadie! How’s that
for a “selling point”?

Though they wear their influences on their sleeves proudly, Clouds stand
apart from their progenitors because the melting pot sounds unique. They
lock and stock their way through a full length’s worth of manic tracks that
meld (seriously, folks) ZZ Top, the Stooges, Karp, Sun Ra, and the Bad
Brains. Backed by in-the-pocket rhythm chops and fronted by dual vocals,
Legendary demo amalgamates tight riffs with moodier passages.

They’re hitting the UK in February with Stephen Brodsky, and if we pray
hard enough will follow up with a US tour this spring.

CLOUDS / STEPHEN BRODSKY's OCTAVE MUSEUM - UK Tour!

Feb 18 2007 Peel Kingston
Feb 19 2007 Fenton Leeds
Feb 20 2007 King Tuts Glasgow, Scotland
Feb 21 2007 Head Of Steam Newcstle
Feb 22 2007 Joiners Southhampton
Feb 23 2007 Barfly Cardiff, Wales
Feb 24 2007 Monsta London, London



Tracklist for "Legendary Demo"
1. New Amnesia
2. Pressure
3. Live It For Now
4. Party Grunge
5. Mountain Jim
6. Guardian's Eyes
7. Magic Hater
8. Quartulli Dub

other recent Cave In related releases from Hydra Head Records for the collector at heart:

HYH-116 STEPHEN BRODSKY’S OCTAVE MUSEUM “s/t” CD (out now!)
HYH-125 ZOZOBRA “Harmonic Tremors” CD (1.30.07 = out now!)

for more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/cloudsrock
www.hydrahead.com
www.hydraheadlines.blogspot.com