King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard @ Observatory 5/30

All photos taken in Santa Ana by Martin Worster

Black Moth Super Rainbow launches US tour tonight in DC, TOBACCO touring with Nine Inch Nails this Fall

Black Moth Super Rainbow launches US tour tonight in DC, making first ever trip to Europe w/ Nine Inch Nails

BMSR'S TOBACCO will also join Nine Inch Nails & JAMC for select Fall dates in the US

VIDEO: "Backwash" (Dir. by Allen Cordell)-
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If you haven’t panicked lately, you’re either blissfully ignorant or have gone completely clear. For the rest of us attempting to navigate the political, economical, and cultural carnage, Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” succinctly captures the statue of psychic dislocation. Or N.W.A.’s “The Panic Zone.” Or Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Panic Blooms, the latest disorienting dystopian masterpiece from the experimental pop arsonists that haunt the black-leaved Pennsylvania woods.

For the last decade, BMSR and frontman TOBACCO have explored the periphery of evil and extreme color, alternating between absurdly bright beauty and the slashed throat sinister. A sound impossible to replicate, as though it burst fully formed from a paisley-painted fire hydrant stationed in hell. They combine the aesthetically gorgeous with the hideously ugly to create a psychedelic uneasiness usually only seen in old oil paintings. What if Goya or Bosch made ravaged vocoder pop? Or a neo-impressionist painter committed himself to creating slow woozy earworms so iridian and vivid you’d think he sliced off an ear in the process.

We know scarcely anything personal about BMSR frontman TOBACCO. There’s his government name, Tom Fec. A few photos if you want to Google, most of them in a mask. He’s done enough interviews where he patiently breaks down the creative process and the ideas espoused, but has mostly resisted the soul-snuffing admissions expected from contemporary musicians. In that vein, he’s closer to a Boards of Canada, DOOM, or Aphex Twin—periodically visible but opaque—emotional but unwilling to exploit the self-mythology and cult that cropped up around him.

So maybe this is why Panic Blooms is slightly startling. Never before has TOBACCO been so raw or direct in his lyrics. It’s a f-ed up and bleeding account of depression and the shadow side of human frailty, full of gorgeous warped melodies that exist as their own genre, somewhere between late 90s Warp Records, dub, and chopped and screwed codeine drip. It’s not drug music, it’s dragged music, oozing through the muck of the present moment, past mutating the present, demon melodies filtered through the vain search for light.

This is why Pitchfork claimed BMSR mastered the balance between the grotesque and beautiful. Spin hailed their “consistently great records of mind-altering, sugar-coated, vocoder- heavy psychedelic pop.” Stereogum saluted their “excellent haze.” Encoded in a syrupy fog, TOBACCO’s lines stab with more ferocity than ever before. From the first track, the knives are out and slashing with chimerical violent imagery: mouths bleeding from razor blades stashed in tangerines and the ominous sensation of feeling haunted. There are sunset curses and diseased plants, sunburn fevers and doomsday downgrades, pink apocalyptic suns and sinister omens. It’s reminiscent of the phrase used to describe surrealism: as beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table.

Here we are in 2018, inhabiting a tumorous wasteland with singed nerves and synapses fried from scrolling for far too long. This is what the fear sounds like in its most pristine form. The floral bloom and the toxic wilt, the sound of dreams and nightmares reaching détente, a ride through the void, where the fumes offer all the anesthetic you need.

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW TOUR DATES

THU 5/31 WASHINGTON, DC Black Cat
FRI 6/1 PHILADELPHIA, PA Union Transfer
SAT 6/2 NEW YORK, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
SUN 6/3 BOSTON, MA Brighton Music Hall
THU 6/14 CINCINNATI, OH Urban Artifact
FRI 6/15 DETROIT, MI El Club
SAT 6/16 CHICAGO, IL Metro
SUN 6/17 COLUMBUS, OH Skully's Music Diner
6/22 - LONDON, UK, Royal Festival Hall - Meltdown Festival*
6/24 - LONDON, UK Royal Albert Hall*
6/25 - PARIS, FR Olympia*
6/27 - AMSTERDAM, NL AFAS Live*
FRI 8/10 PITTSBURGH, PA Mr. Smalls
SAT 8/11 LOUISVILLE, KY Headliners
SUN 8/12 ASHEVILLE, NC Orange Peel
TUE 8/14 AUSTIN, TX Mohawk
WED 8/15 HOUSTON, TX White Oak Music Hall
FRI 8/17 ATLANTA, GA Masquerade (Hell)
SAT 8/18 NASHVILLE, TN Mercy Lounge

TOBACCO TOUR DATES

09/13/2018 Comerica Theatre / Phoenix, AZ *#
09/14/2018 Comerica Theatre / Phoenix, AZ *#
09/18/2018 Red Rocks / Morrison, CO *#
09/19/2018 Red Rocks / Morrison, CO *#
09/24/2018 Orpheum Theater / Memphis, TN *#
09/26/2018 Fox Theatre / Atlanta, GA *#
09/27/2018 Fox Theatre / Atlanta, GA *#
09/29/2018 Ascend Amphitheater / Nashville, TN *#

* = with Nine Inch Nails
# = with The Jesus and Mary Chain

Beanpole (Primus Mem.) Announce Unreleased LP + Share Track On Rolling Stone | 'All My Kin' Out 8/31 On Chimera Music

Beanpole Announce Unreleased LP + Share Track On Rolling Stone All My Kin Out 8/31 On Sean Lennon’s Chimera Music Mysterious Lost 1980s Recording Includes Members Of Primus

LISTEN & SHARE: Beanpole - "Farmer Loved An Onion"   Rolling Stone has announced Beanpole's unreleased LP and shared the single "Farmer Loved An Onion". The LP, 'All My Kin', which features members of Primus and Spent Poets, will be out 8/31 on Chimera Music. When speaking about the song, guitarist Larry LaLonde says, "To get the vibe of recording a Beanpole song, you have to place yourself in a secluded farm valley full of mutant hillbillies trying to recreate melodies that were found on a broken record of Disneyland ride music." As for the album, Chimera Music's Sean Lennon states, "It's a concept album for post-modern America.  It chronicles the epic tale of Chicken Boy and his dangerously interrelated family. Years of isolation have resulted in the birth of a child who is part man and part poultry.  Despite obvious adoration for their uniquely feathered offspring, having fallen upon hard times they consider the unthinkable: will Chicken Boy be sacrificed to feed his hungry family?"  Bassist Les Claypool adds, "If Fellini, Dali, and Captain Kangaroo got together in their teens and ate peyote, this is the album they would have recorded."    All My Kin is the strange and somewhat unbelievable album collecting the music of an artist by the name of Beanpole. “Starving artist” must have been their mode of recording as stories of farming, eating, and disfigured animal-human hybrids course throughout the record. Very little is known about Beanpole, but it is widely recognized by collectors that most of the music originated from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Some sources maintain Beanpole is still active, although evidence remains unsubstantiated. Primus’ Les Claypool claims he attempted to release a decade’s worth of Beanpole recordings on his Prawn Song label in the ‘90s. We’re told that the tracks were delivered to the mastering studio on worn-out cassette tapes and dusty DATs. As legend has it, when Claypool played the mastered tracks to his distributor, the response from company executives was poor. As a result, Claypool was summarily dismissed from his business relationship with the distribution company, effectively ending his label. For nearly 20 years thereafter, the tracks were to remain forgotten. Fast forward to 2016 when Claypool was touring with Sean Lennon as The Claypool Lennon Delirium. Les played the old, neglected recordings to Sean, who decided that the world was finally ready for Beanpole!        Tracklisting - All My Kin His Name Is Beanpole  Chicken Boy  Cousins  Supper Time!  Farmer Loved An Onion  Lunch Time!  Pumpkin Pickin' Time  Grandma  Sponge Boy  Midnight Snack!  Embryo  Judge Wapner  Monkey Boy  Children In Your Garden  Dinner Time!

Amyl and The Sniffers @ Observatory 5/30

                                     All photos taken in Santa Ana by Martin Worster

Arroyo Seco Weekend reveals food lineup, installations + more!

JUNE 23 & 24, 2018

BROOKSIDE AT ROSE BOWL // PASADENA, CA Arroyo Seco Weekend Reveals Kidspace Programmed Stage, Huntington Gardens Installation, Jet Propulsion Lab’s Intergalactic Travel Lounge + Return of Little Libraries by Vroman’s + more! Plus Additional Food & Drink Vendors: Burritos La Palma, Chilola’s Filipino Tacos & Freedman’s

Pasadena, CA – May 31, 2018 - Following a hugely successful, sold out inaugural year in 2017, Goldenvoice’s Arroyo Seco Weekend Festival has revealed more details on this year’s festival. Arroyo Seco Weekend is a world class cultural affair, with a stellar music line up that includes Saturday headliners Neil Young + The Promise Of The Real and Jack White with Sunday headliners Kings Of Leon and Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, as well as a food lovers’ paradise. Festival goers can find an array of sought-after dishes and award-winning restaurants from Los Angeles and Pasadena’s impressive culinary communities. The selection offers a wide range of cuisine, from classic Italian dishes; authentic Mexican; Korean BBQ; to gluten-free and vegan options celebrating Los Angeles’ melting pot of a food scene. Newest additions to the food and beverage program include Los Angeles staples Wexler’s Deli and Barrel & Ashes, along with the beloved Burritos La Palma, and the new and exciting Chilola's Fine Filipino Tacos by Chef Michael Hung, and Chef Michael Mina’s Cal Mare, and more. Pasadena’s acclaimed Kidspace Museum returns to the festival with a tent of activities to keep children entertained. This year make your own box guitar, jam with the interactive drum circle lead by Rhythm Child, add to the collaborative art project and create your own crafts and concert buttons at the Kidspace Family Jam. And, for the first time, Arroyo Seco Weekend welcomes Pasadena’s The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens with an interactive installation of plant and flower biology and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be on site with an exclusive Intergalactic Travel Lounge. This year also sees the return of Vroman’s Bookstore-curated Little Libraries, scattered around the festival site. Attendees will be able to peruse books relating to Pasadena’s long history as a cultural center. Children 10 and under are free with a ticketed adult. The festival will include performances by (in ABC order by day):

SATURDAY JUNE 23: Belle & Sebastian Dwight Twilley Gomez Hurray for the Riff Raff Jack White Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra Kamasi Washington Margo Price Maxim Ludwig Neil Young + Promise Of The Real North Mississippi Allstars Pharoah Sanders Pretenders Seu Jorge Shakey Graves The Milk Carton Kids The Specials Typhoon

SUNDAY JUNE 24: Aaron Neville Alanis Morrissette Allen Stone Capital Cities Dorothy Fantastic Negrito Gary Clark Jr. Irma Thomas Kings Of Leon Los Lobos Margaret Glaspy Robert Plant & the Sensational Shape Shifters The Bangles The Revolution Third Eye Blind Tracksuit Wedding Trampled By Turtles Violent Femmes

RESTAURANTS:

Freedman's Jon & Vinny's Donna Jean STRFSH The Ponte Bourbon Steak Hatchet Hall La Esquina House of Machines Playa Provisions Burritos La Palma Ms Chi Wexler's Deli

Fritzi Coop Cena Vegan Yoga-Urt Sage Plant Based Bistro Cassell's Hamburgers Hanjip Korean BBQ Top Round The Spare Room Block Party Cal Mare Chilola's Fine Filipino Tacos Kogi Barrel & Ashes

Pass Prices Single day GA: $149 + fees Weekend GA: $249 + fees Single day VIP: $349 + fees Weekend VIP: $449 + fees Weekend Clubhouse VIP: $999 + fees Weekend Preferred parking: $65

Free day parking will be available at the festival, plus easy access from surrounding areas by Metro Gold Line, or rideshare/taxi to a pick-up and drop-off lot. Festival venue is accessible to pedestrians, and a Bike Valet will be offered. Festival amenities include plenty of shade, water filling stations, lockers, bicycle parking and phone charging stations. Arroyo Seco Weekend is truly Pasadena taking its name from The Arroyo Seco stream, meaning “dry stream” in Spanish, that passes through Brookside Golf Course and Pasadena from the San Gabriel Mountains.

Live Nation presents Johnny Marr @ The ACE October 4

Live Nation presents Johnny Marr October 4 8pm, $25–$49.50 The legendary, darkly transcendent guitarist Johnny Marr embarks on a North American tour this fall following the release of his third solo album Call the Comet. In October, he’ll brings his divine talents to The Theatre for a post-punk, synth-streaked night. Buy tickets at 10am with the presale codeCOMET. Buy Tickets

LUMP (Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay) in The Masonic Lodge at HOLLYWOOD FOREVER

LUMP (Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay) in The Masonic Lodge at HOLLYWOOD FOREVER Friday July 27th 2018 Tickets are $25 ON SALE at hollywoodforever.ticketfly.com PARKING IS FREE ON SITE more info: lump.world

Thom Fekete (Surfer Blood) Shares "Moulding Over" Track On COS | Posthumous LP 'Grow' Out 6/8 Via Joyful Noise Recordings

THOM FEKETE (SURFER BLOOD) SHARES "MOULDING OVER" TRACK ON CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND POSTHUMOUS LP GROW OUT 6/8 VIA JOYFUL NOISE RECORDINGS

LISTEN & SHARE: Thom Fekete - "Moulding Over" YouTube | Spotify "The track ("Moulding Over") is a dreamy rumination on mortality,.."  - Consequence Of Sound Consequence Of Sound has shared late Surfer Blood guitarist Thom Fekete's single "Moulding Over". It will be featured on his posthumous LP Grow out 6/8 via Joyful Noise Recordings. Along with the track premiere, Thom's wife Jessica did an "Origins" piece explaining who influenced the song.     Thom Fekete, former lead guitarist of Surfer Blood. Thom was raised by a family of musicians, his parents moved to the US from Hungary in the 70’s to pursue their career as touring musicians and eventually toured much of the world as entertainers on cruise ships. Growing up with passions divided between skateboarding (potentially slated to go pro) and music, music ultimately pulled Thomas in it’s direction with the offer to join Surfer Blood in 2009. Thom wrote, recorded and toured with Surfer Blood until his diagnosis with cancer in late 2014. He was diagnosed in December 2014, after experiencing strange and debilitating pain while on a hike during his honeymoon. Thom was very open about his illness and every method of treatment that he underwent, detailing almost everything on the gofundme page set up by his wife - which due to an unbelievable outpouring of support, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and allowed Thom access multiple experimental treatments and the ability to fly to doctors outside of the US for alternative options. While undergoing the rigorous treatment, Thom put out his first solo album, Burner, through Joyful Noise. Overwhelmed by its reception, he quickly began work on a second album. Thom passed away in Delray Beach, Florida on May 30, 2016. He dreamed of continuing his solo music career with the goal of moving to Asheville, NC to open his own recording studio there     Thom began work on his second album in January 2016. He and his wife built bedside rigs and set up travel studios out of suitcases to give him the ability to work regardless of where treatment took him, and despite becoming bound to wheelchairs and walkers. Thom was unable to see his work to its completion, as he became too weak from his illness in April and passed away in May of 2016. Later that year, Thom’s wife, Jessica Fekete, aware of his work on this next set of songs, went through his computer and pulled every file that seemed a part of this project. She discovered a notebook that included notes for it’s title and some hints of a tracklisting. With a stroke of pure luck, she was even able to acquire stems from a live performance of the last track “When Death Comes Searching” which Thom had not had the chance to record. She brought these files to Daniel Good (Thom’s dear friend who mastered Burner) at his home in Joshua Tree, and together they pieced together what seemed to be a cohesive and complete record that best reflected Thom’s beautiful, wildly charged spirit. Believing that Thom lives on through the music he was so passionate about, Jessica was eager to share what he excitedly worked on during the last few months of his life. The music drove him forward, made him forget about the suffering he so bravely faced each day. The music was his life force. There is no greater honor than being able to share the last remaining pieces of Thom with his fans and loved ones who supported him so fiercely in his battle and shared in the amazing life he lived. GROW - TRACKLISTING 01. Clean Mind 02. Stones 03. Pavement 04. Moulding Over 05. Frame 06. Crap / Mess 07. DWAB 08. I Die Pt 1 09. I Die Pt 2 10. Waiting For My Bell to Ring 11. Who Speaks Last 12. When Death Comes Searching LINKS Bandcamp Instagram

TWO TIME GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEE LEON BRIDGES RELEASES “BEYOND” MUSIC VIDEO; LEON’S BAD BAD NEWS #1 AT TRIPLE A

TWO TIME GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEE LEON BRIDGES RELEASES “BEYOND” MUSIC VIDEO LEON’S BAD BAD NEWS #1 AT TRIPLE A LEON TO PERFORM ON CMT’S CROSSROADS ON JUNE 28TH

Photo credit: Rambo

Grammy Award nominated R&B recording artist and songwriter Leon Bridges has released the official music video for his track “Beyond” from sophomore album Good Thing. Directed by Josh Goleman and creative directed and developed by Preacher, the golden hued video finds Leon, enchanted by a woman (Aeriél Miranda), with whom he is deeply falling in love, developing a relationship and solidifying their bond. Filmed in El Paso, TX and featuring Bridges real life friends, the video is set amongst iconic area locations including Rosa’s Cantina and H&H Carwash.  Watch the “Beyond” video here: http://leonbridg.es/beyondvideo Written by Leon Bridges, Justin Tranter, Ricky Reed, Nate Mercereau and Niles City Sound (Austin Jenkins and Josh Block), “Beyond” finds Leon marveling about a new love and how much she transfixes him and wondering if she might be the one, and might “just be my everything and beyond…”. “Beyond” is proving to be a favorite song for summer nuptials, with many couples getting engaged to and walking down the aisle to the loving tune. “Beyond’ can be heard on Leon’s sophomore album, Good Thing, which was released globally on May 4th by Columbia Records. Available both digitally and physically, Good Thing is available for purchase here. The follow up to Leon’s critically acclaimed, award winning, Certified Gold debut album Coming Home, Good Thing was executive produced by Ricky Reed and Niles City Sound and produced by Ricky Reed. Summer is proving to be a busy time for Leon. In addition to the success of “Beyond”, his previous track “Bad Bad News” is now #1 at Triple A radio. Leon has also announced that he is teaming up with global breakthrough Country singer-songwriter Luke Combs for a special outdoor CMT Crossroads event premiering Thursday, June 28 at 10pm ET/PT. The one-hour show will feature chart-topping hits as well as new songs from both critically-acclaimed artists. Fans are invited to attend the Crossroads taping on Tuesday, June 5, on the corner of 5th and Demonbreun in downtown Nashville. The taping begins at 8:30pm CT and fans should arrive early as the event is standing room only, first-come, first-served. Those wishing to hear “Beyond” live but cannot make it to Nashville for CMT Crossroads are in luck, as Leon heads out on tour starting on June 9th in Irving, Texas. Leon, a trained choreographer, has long been celebrated for his live show, which couples both his and his full scale band’s musicianship with his use of dance and motion. The tour includes two sold out nights at Radio City Music Hall anda sold out night at the Greek Theatre. For tickets, timing and additional details please visit Leon’s website. LEON BRIDGES 2018 TOUR DATES 6/9/18         Irving, TX                              The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory* 8/9/18         Morrison, CO                         Red Rock Amphitheatre ++ 8/27/18       Raleigh, NC                           Red Hat Amphitheater + 8/28/18       Atlanta, GA                            Chastain Park Amphitheatre + 8/29/18       Nashville, TN                         Ascend Amphitheater + 8/31/18       New Braunfels, TX                 Whitewater Amphitheatre + 9/1/18         Austin, TX                             ACL Live at The Moody Theater + 9/2/18         Austin, TX                             ACL Live at The Moody Theater + 9/4/18         Phoenix, AZ                          Comerica Theatre + 9/5/18         San Diego, CA                      Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre + 9/7/18         Berkeley, CA                        Greek Theatre + 9/8/18         Las Vegas, NV                     The Pearl Concert Theater + 9/11/18       Los Angeles, CA                   Greek Theatre # 9/12/18       Santa Barbara, CA                Santa Barbara Bowl # 9/14/18       Seattle, WA                          WaMu Theater # 9/15/18       Troutdale, OR                       Edgefield # 9/16/18       British Columbia, CND           PNE Amphitheater # 9/18/18       Missoula, MT                         Big Sky Brewing Company # 9/20/18       St. Paul, MN                          Palace Theatre # 9/23/18       Milwaukee, WI                       BMO Harris Pavilion # 9/24/18       Chicago, IL                           Aragon Ballroom # 9/25/18       Detroit, MI                             Fox Theatre # 9/27/18       Toronto, Ontario                    RBC Echo Beach # 9/28/18       Montreal, Quebec                  Place des Arts # 9/30/18       Philadelphia, PA                    The Fillmore # 10/3/18       Washington, DC                    The Anthem # 10/4/18       Boston, MA                           Agganis Arena # 10/5/18       New York, NY                       Radio City Music Hall # 10/6/18       New York, NY                       Radio City Music Hall # *with Jon Batiste and Stay Human ++ with Masego and Khruangbin + with Masego only # with Khruangbin only