12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Glitoris vs Bigstereo
82 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Inside:
5pm WhoMadeWho
www.whomadewho.dk
3:45pm RAC DJs
www.remixartistcollective.com
2:45pm Database
www.databasetrax.com
2pm T.E.E.D.
www.myspace.com/totallyenormousextinctdinosaurs
1:15pm The Golden Ghosts
http://www.reverbnation.com/thegoldenghosts
12:30pm James Yuill
www.myspace.com/jamesyuill
Outside
5pm: SURPRISE GUEST
4:15pm Wolf Gang
www.myspace.com/thisiswolfgang
3:30pm Young Empires
www.myspace.com/youngempires
2:45pm The Good Natured
www.myspace.com/thegoodnatured
2pm Young Legionnaire
www.younglegionnaire.com
1:15pm Xylos
www.xylosmusic.net
12:30pm Clock Opera
www.clockopera.com
event::about
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM
Clock Opera
35 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Outside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM
James Yuill
29 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Inside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
1:15 PM
to 2:15 PM
The Golden Ghosts
3 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Inside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
1:15 PM
to 2:15 PM
Xylos
6 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Outside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
2:00 PM
to 3:00 PM
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
27 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Inside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
2:00 PM
to 3:00 PM
Young Legionnaire
5 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Outside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
2:45 PM
to 3:45 PM
Database
14 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Inside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
2:45 PM
to 3:45 PM
The Good Natured
18 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Outside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
3:30 PM
to 4:30 PM
Young Empires
27 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Outside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
3:45 PM
to 4:45 PM
Remix Artist Collective (RAC)
32 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Inside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
4:15 PM
to 5:15 PM
Wolf Gang
50 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Outside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Surprise Guest
13 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Outside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
WhoMadeWho
36 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Inside Stage.
GLITORIS VS BIGSTEREO with videos from Pomp & Clout http://vimeo.com/20588663
Free Booze while supplies lasts. +21 up only. NO BADGE OR WRISTBAND REQUIRED.
event::tags free booze, swag, glitoris, bigstereo
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Matthew and the Arrogant Sea
29 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Matthew and the Arrogant Sea
event::about Matthew Gray began his young career as a solo performer playing locally while fine tuning his craft for songwriting. Before long it became apparent that his musical vision included more orchestration and hands; enter The Arrogant Sea. The band's sound continues to grow and grow as they strive to achieve everything they desire. The chances of seeing them play the same set twice are very slim. Matthew and the Arrogant Sea create something new for themselves and the audience each and every time they play live.With the release of "Family Family Family Meets The Magic Christian" the band saw new heights.The record was named one of the best releases of 2008 by the Dallas Observer. Since then the band has toured with Midlake and received great reviews from Paste magazine, Pop Matters, Absolute Punk and Prefix Magazine as well as local nominations for best band, best record, best live act and best song. They've played with Akron Family, Dungen, Loney Dear, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Asobi Seksu, Great Lake Swimmers, The Paper Chase, Woods, Centro-matic, Warpaint, Clem Snide, The Middle East, Women, The Spinto Band, Bettie Severett, The Starlight Mints and many other great bands. 2011 is looking to be a very successful year with the release of their second effort " You Can't Tame A Wild Rabbit " being hailed as one of the most anticipated records by the Dallas Observer.
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Pink Nasty
32 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
TV Torso
36 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists TV Torso
event::about TV Torso is a musical band of friendly Texans with an affinity for skewed pop, repetition, skeletal guitar music, minimalism, tuning drum sets, and recording guitar direct. The band is comprised of singer/guitarist Matt Oliver, drummer Jordan Johns, bassist James Rhea, and guitarist Ben Maddox.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
O Emperor
13 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists O Emperor
event::about O Emperor released their debut album ÂHither Thither in October 2010and wowed the critics ÂHither Thither has been nominated for the Choice Music Prize 2011. O Emperor are delighted with the nomination for what is considered one of the most prestigious music accolades in Ireland. What the Critics have said Brian Boyd - Irish Times You probably thought that you were safe in the conviction that this year's best Irish debut album was by Villagers. Prepare for a real challenge, though, that emanates from the rock'n'roll killing fields of Dunmore East. The Co Waterford five piece O Emperor have been going quietly about their post-rock/retro-rock business for a few years now, but the release of Hither Thither, ranging from spooky electronic and pop psychedelia to a blissed out West Coast FM sound, shows there's a huge sense of ambition here. As debut albums go, this is fantastically assured and accomplished. As Irish debut albums go, it's in a league of its own. There are moments on Hither Thither so musically resplendent, so lush and layered, that you'll be put in mind of a Kid A, a Dark Side of the Moon or a Gideon Gaye. Given O Emperor's neophyte status, there's a remarkable grasp of instrumentation and arrangement on show, along with the sort of eclectically shimmering sound that, historically, Irish bands have always made a hames of. From Waterford, O Emperor have, despite a major label deal, crept up quietly over the last while. While a previous EP promised much, Hither Thither surpasses all expectations. From the snarly menace of the opener, Don Quixote , to the blissed-out Spaceman 3-like closer, Fat Lady Sings , O Emperor have taken the scenic route and found some very incredible new vistas. Sunday Business Post Even in a particularly strong year for Irish albums, O Emperor's debut is a work of such monumental maturity, it leaves most more experienced bands standing. For 'mature', don't read 'dull', though. Take track three, Sedalia; a luxurious combination of delicious chords, exquisite piano, perfectly pitched guitars, tender lyricism and heavenly harmonies ' it's practically the perfect pop song. Having seemingly learned from every great songwriter there ever was, the prodigious young Waterford band's attention to musical detail is often staggering, without masking their innate talent for melody. Exclusive management and representation: Martin Nolan, John Dunford and Mick Lennox (NDL) All enquiries to Mick Lennox at NDL - Tel: 00353 1 6684017 Email: info@mpibands.com TV and Radio: Josephine Nestor josephinenestor@hotmail.com : http://www.myspace.com/oemperorofficial
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Love Inks
15 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Love Inks
event::about Love Inks' debut album 'E.S.P.' (due May 10, 2011) was conceived and recorded with strict, direct motives. No frills, tears through extravagant side roads, indulgent solos, certainly no jamming, and no extra instrumentation. The combined sound is minimalist dream-pop; imbued with raw emotion, sexuality and splashes of electronic color. Focus is placed primarily on the voice, which is direct and honest and real. Self-recorded in their own homes, Austin, Texas, and mixed by a friend; the idea was to get the purest signals from all instruments and feed them through an 8 track reel-to-reel, immediately warming the sounds and weaving it all together. This process was drawn out on a piece of paper in schematics before recording with the concept being: the less digitized the better. In March of 2010, Love Inks started the process with fifteen or more songs, and by June they were down to a solid ten. The songs featured on 'E.S.P' were written to showcase the essence of emotion behind each instrument. It started as an exercise and became the only way to do it, forever. With the guitar and bass, Love Inks found there is a way to drop it perfectly into the song, in between everything, so that the vocal can exist in its own world, floating independently above the song. For the lyrics, Sherry channels the intensity and love between Yoko Ono and John Lennon. Sherry is also a firm believer in positivity. Her lyrics are never abusive or cynical.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Tigers That Talked
15 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Tigers That Talked
event::about From assorted corners of the UK and Europe, but currently making their beautiful and original music in Leeds after gravitating towards the city’s current artistic and creative renaissance, Tigers That Talked are bassist Owain Kelly, half-Norwegian violinist Glenna Larsen, drummer Chris Verney and guitarist & singer Jamie Williams. By twisting Glenna's effect-adorned strings and Jamie's haunting vocals around a pulsing rhythm section, the band strike a subtle balance between the anthemic and the experimental. Creating a multi-layered, intensely beautiful music that can be in turns euphoric, rousing and haunting, and coupled with the band’s frenzied live energy, Tigers That Talked create an explosive & dynamic sound that has lead NME to describe them as 'Masters of the slow brood, ebbing and flowing with filmic elegance, swaying between maudlin melodrama and frenzied, multi-layered crescendos”. Since releasing their debut single '23 Fears (Summer '10) and debut album 'The Merchant', Tigers That Talked have received plaudits from all corners of UK press & radio such as NME, The Fly, Q, The Times & This is Fake DIY through to BBC Radio 1, 2 and 6 's Lauren Laverne, Zane Lowe, Dermot O'Leary, Tom Robinson, XFM's Jon Kennedy and were recently hailed as 'my new favourite band' by BBC's influential Steve Lamacq.
event::tags 21+
7:00 PM
to 8:00 PM
The Might Could
2 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists The Might Could
event::about When a star burns as brightly as it did for Virginia's Alabama Thunderpussy, it's not surprising that it might take a while for the ashes to cool enough to get close. That probably explains why it's taken Erik Larson so long to put together a proper new band. Two solo albums, countless side projects and a whole lot of patient waiting from fans finds a whole new beast ready to rise from the ashes. Emerging from the cloud of black soot and flames left by Alabama Thunderpussy and Face Down In Shit, respectively, is the Might Could. Just a couple of good old southern boys who set out to "follow the riff" and they take us all along for the ride. Formed in early 2009 by Ryan Wolfe (drums) and Erik Larson (Vocals/Guitar), the Might Could easily filled the void left by the implosion of their respective bands and quickly established themselves as local favorites in their new home of Richmond Va. Rounded out by the thundering bass of "The Rob" Gouldman and the ever-so-tastefully blazing guitar of TJ Childers, the quartet have set out upon the task of bringing their unique brand of southern styled, metal-tinged rock to the masses ever since. On their debut, self- titled album for Small Stone Records, the band showcases their ability to bring the listener into the world of the Might Could. A world of front porch moonshine, crazy southern women and back alley scrapping. All the while providing a soundtrack to the madness that keeps you wanting more. No pretense, no bullshit, this is just the Might Could.
event::tags 21+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Lo-Pan
10 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Lo Pan
event::about There is a hidden world where ancient evil weaves a modern mystery. A world filled with the darkest magic's where all movement is caused by tensions between positive and negative furies. A world in which the furies, when out of balance, turn into demon and live forever. A creature of fast dark destructive power. Repulsive and evil existing only to plague the living as they do with LO-PAN, who is cursed. Cursed with rock and roll genius. Born out of a combination of dirty rock and roll, stale beer and an unhealthy obsession with "Big Trouble In Little China," Columbus's Lo-Pan have been tearing up the club circuit since 2005. Lo-Pan burst onto the local scene with their locally released self-titled album back in 2006. The local buzz gave way to more national attention as bands told bands and Lo-Pan began gracing venues big and small with names like Red Giant, Devil To Pay, Juicifer, & the Atomic Bitchwax (just to name a few). Fast forward five years and there's hardly a band worth playing with that they haven't shared a stage with. Enter the sophomore release, "Sasquannaut." Initial pressings on local indie Nice Life Records sold out quickly and as before the best praise is when one band on the road tells another "Hey, man you've got to check this out." Which brought them, album masters in hand to us here at Small Stone. "Sasquannaut" had all the makings of a classic, thunderous low ends, pummeling drums, riffs to die for and a voice that soars but for all the genius that shone through it was still rough around the edges (don't get us wrong we love rough around the edges). So we checked them in to a proper studio and left them in the capable hands of Benny Grotto for a little remixing, a little re-mastering and just ever so much re-recording. Enter Sasquannaut, mark 2: "Sasquanaut (Remixed & Re-mastered)." Heavier, more dynamic, louder and just that tiny bit more polished, this is the album that bands and fans new they could make. Mere words just can't do justice to the effect that a little more time and the proper equipment have had on these eight raging tracks. Maybe a quote from the bands namesake might sum it up. "When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." The boys heads back into the studio for a proper follow-up this fall and look for the band on tour this winter and remember IT'S ALL IN THE REFLEXES!
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
House of Broken Promises
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
event::about If we were to compile a list of all that's useless in modern rock music, we'd be here for days. In fact, it'd probably be easier - and quicker - to rattle off the few undeniably great things roaring up from the underground. Take Indio, California's HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES. With their Small Stone debut "Using the Useless" this trio is leading the charge against mediocrity and watered down tepidness. Formed from the ashes of the late, great, and woefully underappreciated UNIDA (which also featured John Garcia of KYUSS fame), HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES is a no-holds-barred double shot of classic hard rock. You can't write riffs like the ones found on "Blister" and "Highway Grit" without them being part of your DNA. You can't lay down grooves like those on "Walk on By" and "Obey the Snake" by accident. You have to feel 'em in your bones. And that's exactly what you get with HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES. Guitarist Arthur Seay, bassist/vocalist Eddie Plascencia, and drummer Mike Cancino are so in tune with what makes a rock song rock harder and better, it'd be scary if it wasn't so awesome. When these three get together and play, they lay waste to the has beens, wanna bes, and hipsters, and they say in no uncertain terms, "This is how it's gonna be." Small Stone Records is proud to present HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISE's full-length debut, "Using the Useless." You're going to get your rock's worth. That's a promise this house won't break.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Sasquatch
13 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
event::about Wreaking havoc with their third Small Stone release, Sasquatch lead the way with their fiery brand of rock n' roll. You'll hear 70's hard rock mixed with a dash of metal carried by an unmistakable undercurrent of psychedelic sounds that permeate their songs. The hook is the focus and that's exactly what they do - hook you in and hold you hostage. The band was formed in Los Angeles in 2001 by Philadelphia transplant Keith Gibbs (guitar, vox) and Detroit natives Rick Ferrante (drums) and Clayton Charles (bass). Upon Clayton’s departure in 2007, the guys recruited Chicagoan Jason Casanova (ex-Tummler, Volume) to join the fold. Drawing on influences from 70's metal, rock, and psychedelia, the band falls somewhere between an amalgamation of Black Sabbath, old Soundgarden, Deliverance-era Corrosion of Conformity, Mountain, and a bastardized version of Grand Funk Railroad. Their songwriting approach is clear; keep the focus on the hook. The band’s newest album “III” was released on Small Stone Records in March 2010 and marked the beginning of a new chapter for the band. While this record continues to showcase their signature sound and technique, the production is bigger and the songwriting is more refined. Combining the simplicity of their Small Stone debut, “I” (released in 2004), with the melodic undercurrent of “II” (2006), they still manage to capture the raw essence that won them their moniker. The record also features a special guest appearance from Monster Magnet’s own Ed Mundell. The band’s music has been featured on a variety of movies and television shows including the reissue of Clerks, Jersey Girl, FX’s original hit series Sons of Anarchy, CW’s The Supernatural, and MTV’s Viva La Bam, Bam’s Unholy Union, and Rob and Big. They can also be heard on a number of video games including NHL 2005, American Chopper, and Monster Garage. Over the years, Sasquatch has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Blue Cheer, Fireball Ministry, Nebula, Unida, Solace, Roadsaw, Fatso Jetson, and Yawning Man among many other heavy hitters in the genre. Playing in such good company and performing at many of the larger annual rock festivals stateside (including SxSW, CMJ, and SHoD), the band has grown from a local heavy favorite in Southern California to garnering interest and praise from audiences overseas.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Roadsaw
5 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Roadsaw
event::about As they ready for the release of their newly minted self titled record on the Small Stone label , ROADSAW make one thing perfectly clear. Their sound is as searing and sleazy today as it was when they rose from the blue blood streets of Boston 18 years ago. For the unfamiliar, ROADSAW, delivers its listeners an audio map thru the amplified analog landscape of 70's FM rock radio. From the shores of British electric blues, through the Southern Rock swamps and into heart of California's psychedelic desert , ROADSAW's long strange trip is a virtual history of heavy riffs. With every tour, every new record, ROADSAW's fans and freinds kept coming back for more. On the road, they've shared stages big and small on both sides of the Atlantic with comrades like Orange Goblin, Fu Manchu, Queens Of The Stone Age, Nebula, Scissorfight, Karma To Burn, Black Label Society and many others. ROADSAW have also been regular guests at CMJ and SXSW events and played every "Metal" or "Stoner" festival that would have them. Over the years ROADSAW continued to add to their impressive resume which included five full lengths, a dozen of singles and a slew of covers and one-offs for numerous compilations. Their third album, 1998's epic double disc "Rawk N Roll" is considered by many to be their most popular and well crafted offering to date. 2010's version of the band is built around the core of ROADSAW's classic "Rawk N Roll" line up. Still leading the charge is veteran guitarist Ian Ross, and original members Tim Catz and Craig Riggs on bass and vocals. Newest member drummer Jeremy Hemond provides the heavy hand required to propel this smoking engine forward. This spring ROADSAW will be releasing a new collection of heavy gems. For their sixth full length release ( their second on the Small Stone imprint ) the band called upon long time associate and legendary producer Sean Slade. Known mostly for his work with Indie stars The Pixies, Radiohead and Dinosaur Jr., Slade also possesses a record collectors mind and love for all things loud. When he asked if he could dust off the 24 track Studer tape deck in the corner of the studio and record the new tracks to two inch analog tape, ROADSAW knew they had their man. With Mad Oak Studio wiz-kid Benny Grotto twisting the knobs and Slade's sagely guidance, ROADSAW laid down their most potent record to date. Songs like " Dead And Buried", " So Low Down" and "Weight In Gold" bear the red-hot ROADSAW brand with a new found urgency and conviction. Next on the calendar is a record release party scheduled in March at Austin's SXSW and US / European tours to follow. Looks like 2011 could be one of ROADSAW's best years yet.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Suplecs
3 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
event::about As all real New Orleans chef's know, the secret to Creole cooking lies in the recipe. The same can be said of New Orleans Rock and Roll. It's all about the ratio's and proportions, the painstaking methods and of course the down home ingredients. Take one part Metal, two parts Heavy Rock, a dash of Cayenne and then slow cook it all in the sights and sounds of New Orleans. Do it right and maybe, just maybe, you get something like Suplecs. Formed in the Big Easy back in 1996, Suplecs has been grinding out heavy on the heavy Rawk New Orleans style for crowds of all shapes and sizes. Born and bred in the Cresent City Danny Nick and Durel Yates had been fixtures on the local scene for years before hooking up with Andrew Preen to complete the line up which proved to be a magical combination. The blend of the New Orleans sounds with their own unique style of metal caught the attention of renowned artist, Frank Kozik, whose Man's Ruin Records released both the debut album ("Wrestlin' with My Lady Friend") as well as 2001's "Sad Songs... Better Days" before imploding. Undeterred by the loss of their label Durel and Co. released a third album "Powtin' on the Outside, Pawty on the Inside" with Nocturnal Records. All seemed well again until nature intervened. Hurricane Katrina damn near wiped the band off the map but it seems that it'll take more than catastrophic property loss to deter the men of Suplecs. It took five long years to climb out of the hole that hurricane left but it left a stronger band in it's wake. No longer the simple good old boys that like to make a stellar racket the men of Suplecs finally have recorded an album befit their pedigree. The resulting "Mad Oak Redoux" is a mature work from a band that's learned when to pull it's punches. Ten tracks of steady-as-she-goes rock that can swing and groove just as much as it can blow a house down. Look for a tour in Spring 2011 with Dixie Witch. Like etouffee, beignets and Po boy's, Suplecs is one New Orleans delicacy that simply must be experienced to be fuller appreciated.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Dixie Witch
17 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Dixie Witch
event::about Ten years in the running, Austin Texas's own Dixie Witch has established themselves as one of the seminal Texas Power Trios. Led by the thunderous rhythm and vocal section of Trinidad Leal and Curt Christenson aka "CC", Dixie Witch has experienced both success and hardship on the road. The road can either break a band or make a band and in the case of Dixie Witch it has defined them and made them who they are today. Dixie Witch brings a solid foundation and a united front that only a decade of touring can create. In true, "Family Style", these band mates have formed a brotherhood that has given way to songwriting with nods from greats such as Lynyrd Skynrd, Mountain, Black Sabbath, and Waylon Jennings. In the spring of 2009, Dixie Witch introduced new guitarist Joshua "JT" Todd Smith to the fold. This addition has brought a new energy to the band, creating a springboard into the next chapter of Dixie Witch history. 2011 brings new energy, new songs and new life for Dixie Witch. DW will be recording their long awaited 4th album at Mad Oak Studios in Allston, MA. With a powerful modern heavy rock sound, ten years of a brotherhood gives way to a new horizon. And the band plays on...
event::tags 21+
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
BrooklynVegan, Partisan Records & KF Records Free Day Party
440 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
STAGE 1 (SWAN DIVE)
12:00 PM JBM
12:30 PM Bobby
01:15 PM Holy Sons
02:00 PM Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
03:00 PM John Grant featuring Midlake
04:00 PM Wye Oak
05:00 PM J Mascis
STAGE 2 (Barbarella Patio)
12:00 PM David Wax Museum
01:00 PM Dolorean
02:00 PM Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
03:00 PM Deer Tick featuring Jonny Corndawg
04:00 PM Old 97's
05:00 PM Middle Brother
STAGE 3 (Barbarella Inside)
12:15 PM AgesandAges
01:00 PM Paleo
01:45 PM Warm Ghost
02:30 PM Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers
03:15 PM Vetiver
04:00 PM Oberhofer
05:00 PM The Dodos
event::about
BrooklynVegan, Partisan Records & KF Records are excited to announce a FREE Day Party in Austin on Friday, March 18th from noon-6pm. The party will feature an exclusive Austin day party set by Middle Brother (aka Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, John McCauley of Deer Tick, and Matthew Vasquez of Delta Spirit). If you want to catch them though, you better get there early because the entire lineup is ridiculous and 100% free!
We will a...lso have FREE Blublocker sunglasses for the first 50 people in the door! there will be FREE vegan Izzoz breakfast tacos & loads of FREE snacks courtesy of Sensible Portions! we'll keep you hydrated with FREE Honest Tea! more FREE food & DRINK details TBA! there will be awesome giveaways from Partisan & KF Records throughout the day too! T
event::tags free, party, music, free food, free booze
12:15 PM
to 12:45 PM
AgesAndAges
63 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Co-presented by KF Records (Knitting Factory) and Partisan Records.
1:00 PM
to 1:30 PM
Paleo
10 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Co-presented by KF Records (Knitting Factory) and Partisan Records.
1:45 PM
to 2:15 PM
Warm Ghost
25 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Co-presented by KF Records (Knitting Factory) and Partisan Records.
2:30 PM
to 3:00 PM
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers
43 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Co-presented by KF Records (Knitting Factory) and Partisan Records.
3:15 PM
to 3:45 PM
Vetiver
113 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Co-presented by KF Records (Knitting Factory) and Partisan Records.
4:00 PM
to 4:45 PM
Oberhofer
62 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Co-presented by KF Records (Knitting Factory) and Partisan Records.
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
The Dodos
258 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Co-presented by KF Records (Knitting Factory) and Partisan Records.
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Amen Dunes
6 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Amen Dunes
event::about Amen Dunes is Damon McMahon at times joined by friends. He used to live in China now he is living in New York. He sleeps a lot and has nothing else to say about his biography.
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
el-g
2 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists el-g
event::about Since 6 years él-g has splitted his brain in different micro organisms including firstly his solo works, invitations in pop tunnels and electronic hallucinations ( "Tout ploie" LP on Kraak and SS Records ) and a bunch of cd-r's and tapes ( on labels such as "Memoirs of an Aesthete" or "Taped sounds" ), and secondly his half asleep anxiogen/comic spoken words collages (The five episodes of Capitaine Présent serial, last Lp on egyptian's Nashazphone label). In 2008 he started the band "Reines d'Angleterre" with Ghédalia Tazartès and Jo, they toured in europe and released a first album on Bo Weavil recordings. Their music oscillates between preys from other worlds and melted opera scenes. Extracted from reines d'angleterre, él-g and Jo has formed a sub band called "Opera mort", totally devoted to electronic damage beat music, industrial processions and screamings as hells. They released their music on Jo's label, Tanzprocesz. On this first USA solo tour él-g will try to make a crossroad between electronic trance, beats, minimal synthetic world, songs and spoken word. Or maybe the opposite.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Sun Araw
45 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Sun Araw
event::about SUN ARAW Cameron Stallones began his musical career as a founding member of the experimental psychedelic rock collective Magic Lantern. Soon after, demos originally intended to light the Lantern became the first Sun Araw LP: The Phynx. Sun Araw blossomed as a solo project in attempted geosynchronous orbit with the Eternal Now: oblique six-dimensional transmissions from changeless environs. Structural and spiritual inspiration for Sun Araw comes primarily from Cameron’s first artistic love: film and filmmakers, especially those invested in the long-take (Tarkovsky, Altman, Bela Tarr, Greenaway). Devoted to long-form mantric music, the ethos is similar: straight lampin’ in deep focus, angle after angle on the melodic object, gaining strength from the subsequent breakdown of the illusion of fixed perspective. Since 2007, 4 full-length LPs, 3 EPs, and 5 cassettes have walked the mind-planes from psychedelic drone to melted afrobeat, from warped dub to minimal composition. These releases have been praised in Wire Magazine (who selected Heavy Deeds as one of the top 50 records of 2008, and On Patrol in the top 50 of 2010), The New Yorker, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Uncut Magazine, Mojo, Pitchfork, and beyond. Sun Araw has performed in the US, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand with hundreds of artists including luminaries like Christian Fennesz and Konono No. 1. Spiraling outwards along mandalic patterns, Sun Araw has become a total vehicle for artistic expression as Cameron creates the extensive artwork for each release, writes detailed liner notes, and has directed the music video for the single “Deep Cover.” By day, Cameron is the Acquisitions Coordinator at the Academy Film Archive, and his interest in film and directing continues to infiltrate the Sun Araw project. Currently, he is preparing to collaborate with his wife (artist Erica Ryan Stallones) on a short film shot on 35mm that will accompany the new Sun Araw record, Ancient Romans. Discography: as Sun Araw- The Phynx [NNF112 CD-R (2007) and LP (2009)] Boat Trip [STUNNED04 3" CD (2008) and WOODSIST018 LP(2008)] Beach Head [NNF140 LP (2008)] Hey Mandala! [NNF147 PREDATOR VISION SPLIT LP (2009)] Leaves Like These [NNF112A c20 (2009)] Heavy Deeds [NNF169 LP (2009)] In Orbit [STUNNED51 c30 (2009)] Geneva Hits [MGSA001 c40 (2009)] Sun Ark [NNF183 7" (2010)] On Patrol [NNF187 2xLP (2010)] Off Duty [WOODSIST045 12" EP (2010)] Major Grotto [HUSTLE MUSCLE03 c20 (2010)] Livephreaxxx! ! ! ! [LEAVING010 c30 (2010)] in Magic Lantern- At the Mountains of Madness [NNF103 c30 (2007)] High Beams [NNF137 LP (2008)] Magic Lantern [WOODSIST019 LP (2008)] Underwater Dynasty [URCK2025 HOP FROG KOLLECTIV SPLIT LP (2009)] Platoon [NNF190 LP (2010)] Showstopper [NNF190a 7” (2010)] Magic Lantern/Ben Nash [BLACKEST RAINBOW split LP (2010)] in Pocahaunted- Passage [TMU202 LP (2009)] Make it Real [NNF188 LP (2010)] in Vibes- You God It [NNF148 c20 (2009)] Psychic [NNF159 7” (2009)] in Sohni Chambers- Sohni Chambers presents Yaw-Mah-Ha [Goaty Tapes c40 (2010)]
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Endtables
8 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Endtables
event::about Louisville is a place where you have to make your own fun. I moved there in 1981 and the first memory of it I treasure is sighting the words NO FUN from the passenger window of my mother’s car, spray-painted across the orange and blue panels of a grimy downtown sex arcade called the Camera’s Eye. By then I knew "No Fun" was the name of a Stooges song because the Sex Pistols did a cover of it, but I had yet to hear the Stooges and yet to learn it was also the name of Louisville’s first punk band, already ancient history in those years of fire. .. .. Steve Rigot is a flamboyant giant from the foreign shore of southern Indiana who reinvented himself as a Warhol Factory star. He formed the Endtables in 1978 after witnessing an early Louisville punk show. Originally an unwieldy coalition of eight or more performers (reports vary), the band soon contracted to the rock-hard core of Rigot and Alex Durig, a master of the guitar freakout. Later Steven Jan Humphrey was selected to play drums and Alex’s fifteen-year-old brother Albert was recruited to play bass. .. .. In September 1979, the Endtables recorded six songs at Real to Reel studio in Louisville. Four of the songs -- "Process of Elimination," "The Defectors," "They’re Guilty," and "Circumcision" -- were released as an EP on the band’s own Tuesday Records. It has become one of the most sought after records of the punk era, for good reason. The two remaining songs, "White Glove Test" and "Trick or Treat," were finally released as a 7-inch by Louisville label Self Destruct in 1991. This too is in great demand. .. .. On April 20, 2010, Drag City released ..The Endtables.. on CD, LP, and MP3. The retrospective features all six studio recordings from 1979 -- remastered from the recently recovered original tape reel -- plus previously unreleased live recordings and videos and extensive liner notes. .. .. The Endtables lasted no more than two years. They held a single reunion show in 1984. I have a vivid memory from it of Rigot onstage, struggling to keep the strap of his dress up as he sang. Someone brought napalm and was throwing burning hunks of it into the roadway out front. .. .. After the Endtables, Rigot and Humphrey formed the Monsters and Alex and Albert Durig started Melusian. The Monsters and a later Rigot project, Skull of Glee, can be heard on ..Bold Beginnings: An Incomplete Collection of Louisville Punk 1978-1983.. available from Noise Pollution. Later Rigot moved to New York City for awhile, where he sang for In the Vines, and Albert Durig formed the Uninvited. .. .. This page was created with the ambivalent permission of founding Endtable Steve Rigot. It is not maintained by the band. It is a place for Endtables fans to enjoy the band’s catalog and for new fans to be made. Anyone with something to contribute is invited to do so. .. .. .. .. Thanks to Bill Carner for permission to use his excellent photographs. .. .. .. You can see the complete track list for the retrospective ..here.. .. .. .. For additional information on the Bold Beginnings CD go ..here.. .. .. .. For a wealth of material on the early Louisville punk scene check out ..louisvillepunk.awardspace.com
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Special Guest
32 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Whitehorse
5 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Whitehorse
event::about For the past seven years Whitehorse has gathered together members of Melbourne's underground music community to create crushingly heavy, sludge-metal layered with electronics. Drafting members from the punk, grindcore, experimental, and noise scenes Whitehorse often garner comparisons to the likes of Corrupted and Khanate. Having toured Japan, the USA and Australia, plus having released 6 audio documents on Australian, Belgian, German and US labels (Sweatlung / Sabbatical / Conspiracy / Blind Date / 20 Buck Spin), Whitehorse hit their most productive point in 2010, performing in support of several international visitors to Australia including Birushanah, Zeni Geva, Om, Lichens, Wolves In The Throne Room, Monarch and Coffins. The troupe is presently recording new material for a new full-length album plus split records with The Body (Providence, RI) and Extortion (Australia), all due for release in early 2011. Whitehorse members have performed acts including: Grey Daturas, Occult Blood, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, Ivens, 731, Black Jesus, Breathing Shrine, Fallout, Pisschrist, and Encirlcing Sea, amongst many more.
event::tags 21+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Laura Stevenson & the Cans
19 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Laura Stevenson & the Cans
event::about Laura Stevenson was schooled in the traditional music of her grandfather and grandmother (composer of "The Little Drummer Boy" and vocalist for the Benny Goodman Orchestra respectively) from an early age. It wasn't until she started performing with Bomb The Music Industry in her teens, that she began writing on her own. Privately crafting songs on the softer side of indie rock and traditional folk, Stevenson was soon tapped as band's opener and, with the addition of Mike Campbell and Alex Billig in 2007, Laura Stevenson and the Cans solidified. The following debut LP, A Record, won them fans far and wide having been downloaded over 25,000 time since it's 2008 release. Sit Resist, an album centered around never sitting stagnant, sees a matured band that has been continuously at work writing, arranging and touring for the past three years . Lyrically, Stevenson's pen has a sharp, poetic tone, making it impossible not to be taken in by her stories. Where A Record crackled with Stevenson's intimate voice alongside gentle acoustics, begging the listener nearer, Sit Resist commands the attention of all within earshot with its rich instrumentation and melodies. Over the course of the album's thirteen songs, you'll hear the band weld a variety of musical styles that dreamily caress and nurture one another into a wholly unique rendering of Americana. "Master of Art" with its Phil Spector-esque, girl-group tease of an intro, explodes with the energy of Stevenson's voice - an instrument that is as strong as it is lovely. "Caretaker" conjures up ghosts and memories of homes inevitably / regrettably left behind. You'll find major-key resolution in the juxtaposed tale that is "The Healthy One," and "I See Dark" waltzes you, dear listener, into the lonely night, hand-in-hand. The overall effect achieved by Laura Stevenson & the Cans is an album that's as invigorating and life-affirming as it is quietly emotional and delicate. This is an intelligent, literate album crafted of fragments of fleeting memories of time and place, yet it manages to convey volumes. Sit Resist is a true piece of art! Out April 26th via Don Giovanni Records. - Nathan Walker, Riot Act Media
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Cheap Girls
22 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Cheap Girls
event::about Cheap Girls were formed in early 2007 in Lansing, MI. They've toured the U.S., Canada, and UK since forming and average nearly 200 shows per year. Their first release, 2008's "Find Me A Drink Home" self released with help from friends before later being picked up by Vinnie Fiorello's (Less Than Jake/Fueled By Ramen Records) Paper and Plastick Records. Shortly after, they recorded and released their 2nd LP for the label, 2009's "My Roaring 20's" They've also released several singles and seven inch records. The band is currently working on their 3rd LP between tours.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Weinland
14 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Weinland
event::about “Beneath Portland, Ore.’s nationally-recognized layer of musical talent lies a bedrock of more than one thousand working bands throughout the metropolitan area. Among these up-and-coming acts, Weinland stands out as one of the most promising.” — PASTE MAGAZINE WEINLAND, a soon to be well known quintet from Portland, Oregon, has spent the last few years filling rooms and winning fans throughout the pacific northwest. WEINLAND has received accolades from Paste Magazine, USA Today, iTunes, Entertainment Weekly, and NPR. Below is the album bio for the band's most recent record, Breaks in The Sun (Badman Recording Co 2009): It’s uncommon for a contemporary artist to create a timeless album, an album that is both surprising and comforting. Yet after only a few listens to the new record from WEINLAND, a soon to be well known quintet from Portland, Oregon, you’ll know it’s still possible. Their achievement is celebrated on Breaks In The Sun, the follow up to 2008’s critically acclaimed La Lamentor (Badman Recording Co.), and the manner in which they wrote and recorded this collective work. Principal songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Adam Shearer explains: “We recognized the ‘70s-ness of our choice to book and arrive for studio time without a single completed song… and we embraced it.“ Working with close friend Adam Selzer (M. Ward, Norfolk & Western) and Badman label head Dylan Magierek at Type Foundry Studios for two weeks without a break, sometimes as many as 16 hours a day, Breaks In The Sun was committed to 2” tape amidst sleep deprivation, whiskey consumption, and trust. The result is a collection of songs full of intimacy and excitement. “There’s something magical about the way a new song sounds the first time you play it. That’s a feeling we’re always trying to recreate,” says Shearer, “and in this case we got it to tape as it happened, at conception.” The characters in Shearer’s lush songs are often tense, morose and struggling, but they’re informed by a wry, celebratory hope and surrounded by a measured calm that runs through the entire album. It’s this calm sense of knowing which foils the emotional complexity in Shearer’s lyrics, that and the gorgeously subdued vocal harmonies, atmospheric finger picking, dobro, cellos, violins, brushed drums, melodica, mandolin, honeyed pedal steel, piano, melodic low end, and subtle percussive minutiae. The subjects’ tribulations find them navigating broken trust, love, lust, poverty, and addiction, but they’re safe, warm, introspective, and respectful of the experience. As such, Breaks In The Sun is the most optimistic batch of songs Shearer has written to date. Also to note, this record showcases an even higher realm of collaboration for WEINLAND; pianist Paul Christensen wrote the music for “Piano Hymn” and co-wrote the music for “Piano Interlude” and the title track “Breaks in the Sun.” In the current economic climate independent musicians around the country are struggling to make ends meet and keep the proverbial wheels turning, WEINLAND included… The band, all having quit or lost their jobs after 2008’s touring season, faced difficult choices in the decision to release this record. After much thought and careful consideration, the band cashed out their 401(k)’s, emptied their bank accounts, and put everything they had into making sure Breaks In The Sun would see the light in 2009. WEINLAND will tour relentlessly, in support of Breaks In The Sun, throughout the year. Breaks In The Sun is coming May 5th on CD and digital from Badman Recording Co. (My Morning Jacket, Hayden, The Innocence Mission, Mark Kozelek) and on Vinyl from Jealous Butcher Records (M.Ward, The Decemberists, Laura Veirs).
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Joey Cape
21 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Joey Cape
event::about JOEY CAPE On Joey Cape’s debut full-length solo album Bridge, he cuts the sonic flowers that potentially would have come to fruition as his band Lagwagon’s punk anthems and presents them in a more subtle state; as bold and vibrant as they are fragile and clinging to life. Written, performed, and recorded by Cape himself at his home studio (The Crank Lab), Bridge is the glorious outcome of two years of false starts, fatal hard drives, and possibly a lost mind. Equal parts solo record and labor of love in the truest sense. Cape on his solo experience, “Sitting alone in a room for hours on end brings out true expression; either that or insanity!” Drawing inspiration from the candle lit emotion of Kill Rock Stars era Elliott Smith and an upbringing steeped in acoustic acts such as Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens; Cape’s acoustic efforts stand up on their own and finally introduce him as a promising addition to the pantheon of great American singer-songwriters. Pulling up his roots from the tried and true genre he helped establish and nurture over the past 20 years as front man for influential modern punk pioneers Lagwagon; Cape’s work is apparently not even close to being finished. As he digs into this new landscape a fresh sensibility is revealed that’s been covered in loud fast and stunted by preconceived notions for far too long. Cape says, “Both (punk and acoustic music) share certain intensity and integrity. Dynamically, they are very different…but they are similar in that they are both very honest approaches.” Joey Cape has always been drawn to diversity. His compulsion to try new things is evident in the side-projects he’s done along the way: the experimental indie-rock of Bad Astronaut, all-star party/cover band Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, power-pop combo The Playing Favorites and his work as a producer for bands such as The Ataris and Nerf Herder. “I am a musician, I don’t have that gang-mentality. I make music and life is short. I want to create as much as possible before I lose my muse”, says Cape. While he remains dedicated to each of his projects, Cape is that rare artist who seems to be able to move with diplomatic immunity between contrasting genres. His sheer refusal to be held captive by regulation and expectation is, after all, punk at its most basic premise. Bridge may simultaneously be the most AND least punk record of his career. Cape finishes, “You definitely get a different insight into the songwriter on an acoustic recording… I think most people who enjoy what I have done will appreciate my acoustic recordings.” Bio written by: Marko DeSantis, July 2008 *Note: quotes taken from a Joey Cape interview for Paradigm Magazine
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Drag The River
32 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Drag The River
event::about During the early days of the Blasting Room there were many open hours for learning how to make records. Jon & Chad recorded around 20 some songs in late '96 & early '97. Whoever was in the studio that day could play. They just basically had to learn the songs in the time it took to play them. Over the next couple years those recordings were bootlegged alot. So they finally released "Hobo's Demos" and did some touring around the turn of the millennium. In March 2002 the band released "Closed" which was also on Upland/O&O records. That label is owned & operated by the All-Descendents family & co run by Joe Carducci of the legendary SST label. They put out all your favorite 80's punk records like Black Flag, the Minutemen, DESCENDENTS, Meat Puppets, FIREHOSE, Husker Du.....all those and too many more to mention. At that time Karl Alvarez left & J.J. from the NOBODYS joined and they started traveling more seriously. Later that Oct. 2002 they put out "Live at the Starlight" on Mars Motors (Jon, Flash and Chris Irwin's label) & produced their live, vinyl only release. That was a bar room idea that had little chance but actually happened. The companion to "Live at the Starlight" is "At the GREEN DOOR O.K.C." a humbling & totally different show recorded five days later in front of a less than excited crowd. The "Chicken Demos" is the sister release of "Hobo's Demos" and came out May 2004, also on Upland/O&O. "Hey Buddies" e.p. was released in Nov. '04. 6 songs co-released by the fine people at Red Sand. It was super limited to begin with and more limited when more than half of them were stolen at a show in Green Bay. Two months later a more widely available version with different art & packaging was released by Mars Motors & distro'd by suburban home records....beginning that relationship. At this point Zach went back to school and the band kept on as a four piece....but not without infrequent visits from Chad Rex who easily stepped in when available. Casey Prestwood picked up the steel & lead duties for a year and a half from Feb. 2005 thru Oct. 2006. In October 2005 Paul entered his silver years surfing in California. He was in the band a full decade. He later joined the Street Dogs Dogs from Boston & has sat in with DTR on several occasions since. Dave Barker played drums for a year and a half from the end of 2005 to the beginning or 2007. In Dec. '05 the band mixed songs for 3 different 7inches. Chris Peirce of ''technical ecstasy studio" in N.J. mixed & recorded two songs for a "THIRD WORLD INDUSTRIES" 7in. & the others were mixed at Jon's where they were recorded. the first release is from our friend Darick's label "wallride" in MD. In January '06 the band recorded a new record at the Hideaway in Sedalia Co. with Marc Benning. An all analog studio totally lost in the Colorado mountains. There is also a split with the DENTS from Boston where the bands cover each others songs. & Roger De Rok released ''gabba gabba HEY BUDDIES'' on vinyl w/ bonus songs. "It's Crazy" from Suburban Home Records came out June 6th 2006. 10 years of music for the band. January 2008 "you can't live this way." was released. Summer '08 more songs have been tracked & mixed in the garage and at the Blasting Room. Shows happened and continue to happen. Some are Jon & Chad duo shows & as many are with J.J., Zach & Chris Pierce of N.J. on drums. ....it never ends.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Valient Thorr
57 schedule::attendees
Location
Barbarella
eventtype Music
Artists Valient Thorr
event::about A quest for knowledge, quest to see / all these things inside of me / looking in, there’s something wrong / I must set out on my own If there is any hope that Rock N Roll can change the world, as Valient Thorr believe it can, people are going to have to start to get their own personal shit together first. In what could be viewed as a single handed, spur of the moment effort to wrestle the phrase “personal responsibility” back from the Right, Stranger, the new album from intergalactic Rock N Roll saviors, Valient Thorr eschews direct frontal attacks on politicians and their wars and instead focuses inward on personal decisions and ethical living in the world economy. Taking lessons from legions of like minded musicians and following the musical path Valient Thorr have traveled, Stranger broadens the boundaries of what is hard and heavy, aggressive and fierce, extending an invitation to a party to be enjoyed by the heshers, head bangers, stoner rockers, thrashers, skate punks, old schoolers and the truly hardcore. If one were to imagine hearing a palpable buzz so engaging that is has its own gravitational pull, something so strong that as one is pulled closer, the buzz becomes a throb that seemingly doubles over on itself into infinity. This is the furious sound of Valient Thorr, a band whose entire being is founded and powered on the force of one huge, mass, communal headbang that has the power to deliver a unifying moment of clarity. This may sound mystical, but in this case it is real, because as any dyed in the wool Thorrior will tell you, it is the energy of sweat soaked revelry, rather than electricity, that powers the amplifiers and drums that produce this hearty onslaught of all things future-past in the pantheon of high energy, heavy metal, ROCK n ROLL! Screeching guitar leads, low end rumble, breakneck paces and feel good shout along hooks are made to exist together, often in a single song, proving that this is the only sound possible to deliver Valient Thorr’s powerful message of positive change and transformation. Anyone that has ever sweated and headbanged can get with this. Touring relentlessly since 2001 after crash landing in the North Carolina Triangle area, a place they now call home, Valient Thorr have this year already criss-crossed the U.S. on the Volcom Tour with Mastodon, Between The Buried and Me, Baroness and are currently in the midst of a European tour that will keep them abroad through the end of July and includes festival appearances at Hellfest, Roskilde, Serengeti and Rock Im Ring, before returning stateside for a massive U.S. headline tour set to kick off in September. Produced, recorded and mixed by Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Dwarves, High On Fire, Toxic Holocaust), Stranger, set for release on September 14, 2010 is Valient Thorr’s fifth album in seven years. A considerable feat since they have been averaging close to 250 shows a year for most of this time with acts as varied as Motörhead, Joan Jett and the Black Hearts, Eagles of Death Metal, Gogol Bordello, Fu Manchu, Early Man and Skeleton Witch. To get right down to it, Stranger fuses together the roots-rock, no-bullshit beginnings of Stranded on Earth and Total Universe Man with the laser guided immediacy of Legend Of The World and the total metal shredding of Immortalizer, into one supernova burst.
event::tags 21+
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