2/29/2012

OFF! release first album

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OFF! ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF FIRST PROPER FULL LENGTH IN MAY


SIXTEEN SONG SELF-TITLED ALBUM COMING FROM VICE RECORDS ACCOMPANIED BY SXSW APPEARANCE AND RECORD RELEASE SHOWS IN SELECT CITIES


In a creative pace to match the breathless vehemence of their music, punk/hardcore luminaries OFF! have announced the follow up to their much heralded debut First Four EPs will arrive in the form of a self-titled full length May 8th, 2012 from Vice Records. Barrelling through sixteen high intensity tracks in as many minutes, the album demonstrates the LA quartet had still further to ratchet up their visceral sonic maelstrom, delivering a "dark party" soundtrack of unleashed exasperation and bitterness executed with a rigorous precision that more than lives up to the cavalcade of accolades heaped upon them so far by the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, LA Times, among many others. Full tracklist and album art below.


In conjunction with the impending release the band have announced a string of live dates in support of the album including a trio of appearances at next month's SXSW Festival and select record release shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and San Diego. The Los Angeles show, which serves as the album's proper record release, is booked at the legendary Whiskey a Go Go, former host to many of the most important punk/hardcore bands of the early 80's including The Germs, The Ramones, The Misfits, and countless others.


SELECT PRESS QUOTES

"This music is built for a climate of frustration and powerlessness, and its bare-knuckled punch-in-the-face is a long-needed wake-up call to nostalgic escapism." -Best New Music review on PITCHFORK


"This band is shooting to kill, and, like any great punk group, is a model for sustained intensity and streamlined might." - NPR


UPCOMING LIVE DATES

Mar 16 - Power of the Riff @ Scoot Inn - SXSW

Mar 17 - Dickies House @ Lustre Pearl - SXSW

Mar 17 - NXNE Showcase @ Club Deville - SXSW

Mar 18 - Bro Fest @ Club Dada - Dallas, TX

Mar 24 - Burger Records Fest @ The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA

May 8 - Whiskey a Go Go - Los Angeles, CA

May 11 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA

May 14 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA

May 29 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY


FULL TRACKLISTING

1. WIPED OUT

2. I GOT NEWS FOR YOU

3. ELIMINATION

4. CRACKED

5. WRONG

6. BORROW AND BOMB

7. TOXIC BOX

8. MAN FROM NOWHERE

9. JET BLACK GIRLS

10. KING KONG BRIGADE

11. HARBOR FREEWAY BLUES

12. FEELINGS ARE MEANT TO BE HURT

13. VAPORIZED

14. 503

15. ZERO FOR CONDUCT

16. I NEED ONE (I WANT ONE)


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2/28/2012

Bands appearing at SXSW 2012



ZOLA JESUS



SCREAMING FEMALES



NEON INDIAN



UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA



BEACH FOSSILS



THE OCTOPUS PROJECT



ETERNAL SUMMERS



HEARTLESS BASTARDS



EXITMUSIC



MAPS & ATLASES



CROCODILES



LOWER DENS



MAGNETIC FIELDS



THE HOUNDS BELOW



EMILY JANE WHITE



THE GROWLERS



MIIKE SNOW



CHAIRLIFT



THE FRESH & ONLYS



SEAPONY



LIVING THINGS



THE LOVE LANGUAGE



ANIKA



BAND OF SKULLS


GLISS


CLOUD NOTHINGS


CAVEMAN


PRINCE RAMA


CRAFT SPELLS


FOXYGEN


RINGO DEATHSTARR


THE BLACK ANGELS



THE BLACK RYDER


THE WEDDING PRESENT



PSYCHIC ILLS


TRAIL OF THE DEAD




All photos by Angel Ceballos
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2/27/2012

Battles "Dross Glop"

BATTLES
Dross Glop album - out April 17 in the US
New Stream and Remixer Playlist



Dross Glop will be released April 17 in the US on CD & MP3 download.
The album will include a remix of every song on Battles’ 2011 LP Gloss Drop, each from a different artist selected personally by the band. Remixers include Shabazz Palaces, The Field, Gang Gang Dance, Hudson Mohawke, Pat Mahoney & Dennis McNany and seven more of the world’s finest production minds.

You can read below a note from Battles on why they picked each remixer. And they have created a YouTube playlist of favorite songs from each for you to enjoy.

Battles’ Dross Glop Remixer Playlist :
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2418975377B1EB39

New Stream: Listen to "Africastle (Kode9 Remix)" Here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD0sktHu-NQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD0sktHu-NQ

This album also appears on vinyl in a four-part 12” series, uniquely artworked by the band’s Dave Konopka. Dross Glop 1 (Gui Boratto, The Field) and Dross Glop 2 (The Alchemist, Shabazz Palaces, Kode9) are out now.
Dross Glop 3 & Dross Glop 4 are coming soon.
"Sundome (EYE Remix)" is exclusive to the album CD and MP3 formats.

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Cate Le Bon @ KCRW


photo: Angel Ceballos

CATE LE BON is on KCRW today at 11am. She plays Bardot tonight and Amoeba tomorrow.

02/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bardot Hollywood (School Night)

02/28 - Hollywood @ Amoeba
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2/25/2012

San Francisco


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2/24/2012

The Growlers @ SF State Feb 24th


photo: Angel Ceballos

TODAY! The Growlers and Fidlar play the student union at SFSU. This
happens in the early evening, starting at 6pm and to 9pm.
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Cate Le Bon: West Coast Tour


photo: Angel Ceballos

02/25 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent

02/26 - Santa Monica, CA @ McCabe's Guitar Shop

02/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bardot Hollywood (School Night)

02/28 - Hollywood @ Amoeba
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2/23/2012

A Place To Bury Strangers remix

A Place To Bury Strangers' "So Far Away" Remixed by School of Seven Bells
More Tour Dates & Details Announced
A Place To Bury Strangers have released a remix of their song "So Far Away" put together by School of Seven Bells. The track is available exclusively at SPIN.com today. The new version lifts Strangers' dark sound towards hazy bliss with gentle vocals from Alejandra Deheza and subtle electro beats.

Listen to "So Far Away - SVIIB Remix"

The band will be touring in support of their recent EP Onwards To The Wall, across North America. Several new headlining dates have been announced as well as a full European tour that runs through mid-May. To cap things off, APTBS will join Metallica at their Orion Music Festival in Atlantic City on June 24th. Joining lead singer & guitarist Oliver Ackermann and bassist Dion Lunadon for the dates will be Robi Gonzalez on drums. The band sent a message to fans, saying:

As some of you may know, Jay Space is no longer playing drums in A Place To Bury Strangers. We salute Jay as having been such an important part of the band and continues to be very much loved friend and brother. We wish him all the best for the future. For the upcoming US/European tour dates we are super excited to be bringing on Robi Gonzalez (Jubilee, Trouble Andrew) as our drummer. We are chomping at the bit to get back on the road and can't wait to see all of our awesome fans again!

The trio will join The Joy Formidable and Exitmusic for most of their North American shows. A full list of tour dates is below.

PRAISE FOR ONWARDS TO THE WALL

"APTBS deliver the noisiest, most jagged fuzz in the catchiest packages..." -ALTERNATIVE PRESS

"Onward to the Wall opens with "I Lost You"...a pummeling onslaught of banshee-wail guitar stacked on top of a chugging motorik bass riff, plus some gnarly, rancid feedback." -PITCHFORK

"APTBS re-arrange the basic elements of Noise-Pop by destroying whatever preconceived notion you had towards the genre. Instruments are merely tools used to test the limits and knowledge of what sonic exploration really means, and Onwards to the Wall resembles the Home Depot at times." -AQUARIUM DRUNKARD

"Onwards to the Wall is, by all accounts, punishing, brutal, bloody, visceral, damning and torturous while retaining a knack for melody and sugar-coated pop songsmithery." -POPMATTERS

03/07/12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Shadow Lounge w/ Saint Motel, Slingshot Genius
03/08/12 - Toledo, OH - Frankies w/ Dead Sun, Words After
03/09/12 - Iowa City, IA - Gabes w/ Surgery, Alex Body
03/11/12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
03/12/12 - San Francisco, CA - Independent *
03/13/12 - San Francisco, CA - Independent *
03/14/12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Music Box *
03/17/12 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater *
03/18/12 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theatre w/ Battle Ship Gray
03/19/12 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe *^
03/20/12 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre *^
03/21/12 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle w/ Apteka, The Big Sleep, DJ Brady
03/22/12 - Bloomington, IN - The Bluebird *^
03/23/12 - Cincinnati, OH - 20th Century Theatre *^
03/24/12 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade *^
03/25/12 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel *^
03/26/12 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *^
03/28/12 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 *^
03/29/12 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *^
03/30/12 - Boston, MA - Paradise - SOLD OUT *^
03/31/12 - Montreal , QC - SAT *^
04/02/12 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace *^
04/05/12 - Bologna, IT - Locomotiv
04/06/12 - Moncalieri, IT - Audiodrome
04/07/12 - Milan, IT - Mezzago
04/08/12 - Saint Jean De Vedas, FR - Secret Police
04/09/12 - La Rochelle, FR - La Sirene
04/10/12 - Bordeaux, FR - Le Krakatoa
04/12/12 - Lyon, FR - Le Ninkasi
04/13/12 - Chelle, FR - Les Cuiines
04/14/12 - Reims, FR - La Cartonneire
04/15/12 - Paris, FR - La Boule Noire
04/16/12 - Cologne, DE - Gebaude 9
04/18/12 - Copenhagen, DK - Loppen
04/19/12 - Oslo, NO - Blaa
04/20/12 - Stockholm, SE - Strand
04/21/12 - Malmo, SE - Debaser
04/23/12 - Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang
04/24/12 - Berlin, DE - C-Club
04/25/12 - Weinheim, DE - Cafe Central
04/26/12 - Lausanne, SUI - Impetus Festival
04/27/12 - Barcelona, SP - Sidecar
04/28/12 - Murcia, SP - 12 & Medio
04/29/12 - Madrid, SP - El Sol
05/01/12 - Utrecht, NL - Tivoli De Helling
05/02/12 - Nijmegen, NL - Doornroosje
05/04/12 - Antwerp, BE - Trix Club
05/05/12 - Courtrai, BE - De Kreun
05/06/12 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
05/08/12 - London, UK - Cargo
05/09/12 - Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds
05/10/12 - Manchester, UK - Sound Control
05/11/12 - Glasgow, UK - King Tuts
05/12/12 - Newcastle, UK - Cluny
05/13/12 - Leeds, UK - Cockpit
06/24/12 - Atlantic City, NJ - Metallica's Orion Festival, Bader Field
* = w/The Joy Formidable
^ = w/Exit Music

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Nosaj Thing @ Skybar


photo: Angel Ceballos

NOSAJ THING is playing at SKYBAR in LA tonight, Thursday, February 23rd.
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Squarepusher "UFABULUM"

SQUAREPUSHER ANNOUNCES 'UFABULUM'
New album and live show




“I’ve started thinking about pure electronic music again.
Something very melodic, very aggressive”

- Squarepusher

Watch 'Ufabulum' trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYDlsy8eJmc

The new album Ufabulum is released May 15, 2012 in the US

Squarepusher is performing 'Ufabulum' live at:


March 15 – New York, NY (Webster Hall), USA
http://www.bowerypresents.com/event/92335/
April 21 – Sonar Tokyo, Japan
May 3 – Donau Festival, Austria
May 12 – Sonar Sao Paolo, Brazil
June 15 – Sonar Barcelona, Spain
July 6/7 – Bloc Festival London, UK
July 12 – Dour Festival, Belgium
*Further dates to be announced*

Sign up for more info: http://squarepusher.net
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2/19/2012

Noise Pop 2012



BANDS playing this week in San Francisco


EMILY JANE WHITE @ Swedish Hall


THE GROWLERS @ SF STATE


THE SOFT PACK @ Cafe du Nord


SURFER BLOOD @ the Independent


UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA @ Clift Hotel

All band photos by ANGEL CEBALLOS
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