Torche Leak New Song and Announce Cover Art for Meanderthal * Headline Hydra Head SXSW Showcase!

Leaks Another Song off and Reveals Cover Art fo "Meanderthal" (April 8th on Hydra Head) * Headline Hydra Head SXSW Showcase!

Torche has leaked another track off their forthcoming Meanderthal album. The song is called "Grenades" and you can check it out by clicking here, or by clicking the song-title in the tracklisting below (by the way, check out the wicked cover art courtesy of Isis' Aaron Turner and Torche guitarist Juan Montoya. Well done!)



Meanderthal Tracklist
1. Triumph of Venus
2. Grenades
3. Piranha
4. Sandstorm
5. Speed of the Nail
6. Healer
7. Across the Shields
8. Sundown
9. Little Champion
10. Without A Sound
11. Fat Waves
12. Amnesian
13. Meanderthal



Torche Live!
Mar 10 2008 The Jinx Savannah, Georgia
Mar 11 2008 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, Georgia w/HARVEY MILK
Mar 12 2008 Downtown Music Little Rock, Arkansas w/HARVEY MILK
Mar 13 2008 Andy’s Bar Denton, Texas w/HARVEY MILK
Mar 14 2008 SXSW "Vice Saves Texas" Austin, Texas
Mar 14 2008 Red7 "Hydra Head Industries Showcase" Austin, Texas
Mar 15 2008 Thundertown Austin, Texas w/MONOTONIX, HARVEY MILK, SEX VID & PISSED JEANS
Mar 16 2008 Double Wide Dallas, Texas
Mar 17 2008 The Dragon’s Den New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana w/ HAARP and THOU
Mar 18 2008 The Beta Bar Tallahassee, Florida
Mar 19 2008 State Theater St Petersburg, Florida w/MUNICIPAL WASTE & IRON LUNG!!!




For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/torche
www.hydrahead.com

Kaiju Big Battel in Providence!

do not miss this Providence!

CMJ Reviews The Black Hollies' "Casting Shadows!"

huge thanks to Eric Davidson and the entire CMJ staff!



BLACK HOLLIES: Casting Shadows
By Eric Davidson



On their second CD, this New Jersey-based band continues to ardently ignore any assumptions that new musical invention is central to making guitar rock. Sure, it helps if you think you're adding to the genre heap with some tweaks. But if that just means throwing a synthesizer onto Pavement, Pixies or Talking Heads rewrites, as seems often the case these days, then maybe sometimes it's best to just stick with an expert enunciation of a sound—for the Black Hollies, it's paisley-shirt psych-rock circa-1968. Hey, there's a slot for everyone on the indie rock shelf. And actually, compared to their often bar band-like live show, the Black Hollies have taken some major steps forward on Casting Shadows. They drift farther afield from the basic garage rock stomp, and increasingly crib from the psych-end of the Nuggets box set with a swirlier mood and production than their 2006 debut. Requisite wah-wah and fuzz pedals, reverb harmony vocals and talk of tangerines and sprightly, mysterious girls fit as comfortably as a smart purple corduroy jacket worn at a summer bonfire, where, incidentally, this disc would work just fine.

Tracklist For Casting Shadows:
01. Whispers Beneath The Willows
02. Paisley Pattern Ground
03. Under A Winter's Spell
04. The Autumn Chateau
05. Hamilton Park Ballerina
06. Bruised Tangerines
07. That Little Girl
08. If You Won't Let Go
09. Running Through My Mind
10. Patient Sparrow

www.myspace.com/theblackhollies

Solid PR SXSW Showcase!

* This show is free and open to the public!

click to read a great interview w/ Unsane on Revolver Magazine's sweet new website!



full event details:

“Solid PR, Sailor Jerry, and Obey Your Brain Presents, A Barnburner”
Friday, March 14th, 8 P.M. (Free show, open to the public)
The Scoot Inn (1308 East 4th Street Austin, TX)

OUTSIDE STAGE:
Unsane 1:10 A.M.
Man Man 12:10 A.M.
World/Inferno Friendship Society 11:20 P.M.
Fucked Up 10:30 P.M.
Paint it Black 9:40 P.M.
Fatal Flying Guilloteens 8:50 pm
Foxy Shazam 8:00 P.M.

INDOOR STAGE:
An Albatross 1:30 A.M.
Team Robespierre 12:30 P.M.
Pit Er Pat 11:30 P.M.
Icy Demons 10:30 P.M.
The Chandeliers 9:30 P.M.
Buffalo Stance 8:30 P.M.

Giveaways and surprises courtesy of Revolver Magazine, Burning Angel, DivisionEast.com, Heroine Clothing, IssueOriented.com, Hole In The Sky Tattoos, and Seraphicus Publishing. Shout-out to Eyeball Records.

PaperThinWalls Talks to Ocrilim's Mick Barr!

huge thanks to Aaron Burgess, Chris Weingarten, and the entire PTW staff!



www.myspace.com/ocrilim

Matt & Kim Announce SXSW Appearances and Trip to Alaska!

MATT AND KIM
Announce SXSW Appearances * Alaskan Adventure!



Matt and Kim's live show is where the magic really happens - The Village Voice

Recently home from their trek of the Australian outback, Brooklyn's hottest dance-punk duo, Matt & Kim, have announced just some of the exciting news they have in store for us in 2008.

Starting things off will be a short trip to Austin's SXSW Music Conference, where they will perform to packed houses on some of the hippest bills in town (ie Mess With Texas, IHEARTCOMIX, the Vice Party, the Todd P Party, and more), see dates and details below.

Following the industry madness, the two will make a not-so-common stop in, wait for it, ALASKA! That's right, the beautiful state that neighbors the North Pole will be visited by one of our generations most up and coming talents, for what is sure to melt the glaciers and have the grizzlies dancing in their caves.

And this is just some of the fun Matt & Kim want to tell you about, but be patient, as we'll have to wait and watch eagerly as they spend their downtime recording their next full-length album due out later this year.

Matt & Kim Live!

Mar 14 2008 SXSW Vice Saves Texas @ Victory Grill 7pm Austin, Texas w/ The Mae Shi, The Death Set, Fuck Buttons, and more!

Mar 14 2008 SXSW IHEARTCOMIX VS Mad Decent blowout! 11pm Austin, Texas w/ Diplo, Flosstradamus, Cut Copy, Simian Mobile Disco and more!

Mar 15 2008 SXSW Mess With Texas - Waterloo Park 7:30pm Austin, Texas w/ Fucked Up, Lucero, Black Mountain, NOFX, The Breeders, and more!

Mar 15 2008 SXSW Todd P / Silent Barn Party Mohawk - all ages 11:30pm Austin, Texas w/ High Places, Ponytail, Team Robespierre and more!

Mar 27 2008 Lo-Fi Social Club Baltimore, Maryland

Mar 28 2008 Bikelot - cycleslaughterama Richmond, Virginia

Mar 29 2008 The Bobby Fisher Memorial Building Washington DC

Apr 11 2008 MTS Gallery - earlier all ages show Anchorage, Alaska!

Apr 12 2008 Kodiak Bar Anchorage, Alaska!

For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/mattandkim
www.mattandkimmusic.com

CMJ Reviews Shellshag w/ The Slits @ The Mercury Lounge in New York!

huge thanks to Jason Glastetter and the entire CMJ staff!



Shellshag | Mercury Lounge | March 5, 2008
click to be taken to the full review!



Kicking off their tour opening for The Slits last night, Shellshag proved that punk rock is still kicking and screaming. The Brooklyn duo’s take on punk is, to put it mildly, quite a spectacle.