Photos by Alexander Laurence
5/31/2022
SUDAN ARCHIVES ANNOUNCES HER HOMECOMING TOUR
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SERVICE (Russell Simins) New Video / Tour Starts June 1st / Debut Album Out Now
SERVICE (RUSSELL SIMINS OF JSBX) SHARE VIDEO FOR WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY?
TOUR STARTS JUNE 1ST
DEBUT ALBUM DRAG ME OUT NOW VIA LET'S PRETEND RECORDS
Today, on the eve of their June tour, SERVICE share the brand new video for WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY? taken from their debut album, DRAG ME, released earlier this month via Let’s Pretend Records.
SERVICE describe themselves as "post punk then punk again," but this raucous new band isn't afraid to blow through multiple genres in a song. In the video for their second single "WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY?", they somehow keep it heavy and hooky - no small feat! The band finds freedom in performing a straight, old school punk rock verse-chorus with power, pleasure, and total abandon. Discordant synth samples keep it just off kilter enough against the powerhouse drumming of band captain Russell Simins (best known for his tenure in the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion). And if this punk structure seems familiar for a minute, SERVICE quickly leaves that comfort zone with the absolute heaviest, doom break that's more Sleep than Birthday Party. Wild child front person Jilly Weiss (We Are Hex) sings "we're both subtle as a building coming down” as Mitch Geisinger winds his way into the mix with some riotous guitar. The band rips back into the catchy chorus before ending with a shredding outro: Jilly screaming “not subtle, not subtle.” Indeed. The video, shot in the band's industrial garage practice space in downtown Indianapolis, was directed by Simins and videographer Marshall Baumgartner. Get on board now so you can tell everyone you knew ‘em first!
The album is very much a guitar record, a two-guitar assault, but the hard-grooving beats keep it almost danceably post-punk. DRAG ME is certainly unorthodox, but has choruses that will have you yelling along - an audacious, swaggering rock and roll record that is putting SERVICE on the map.
The band previously shared a video for HEY, directed by filmmaker, Steve Hanft.
Their angsty brand of riffy alt-rock, equal parts blood and fire, is distinctly mid-'90s and would fit right in on the Yellowjackets soundtrack.” BrooklynVegan
“A beautiful cacophony of noise, melody, and punk ethos.” Psychedelic Baby
“A monstrously great set of darkly intense post-punk, propelled by Russell’s groovy beats, laced with his multi-layered production, and topped with Jilly’s otherworldy vocals.” Tinnitist (watch interview)
“A monstrously great set of darkly intense post-punk, propelled by Russell’s groovy beats, laced with his multi-layered production, and topped with Jilly’s otherworldy vocals.” Tinnitist (watch interview)
Drag Me LISTEN
1. It's You
2. Hey
4. Blooded
5. Two Gurus in Drag
6. Pusher
7. Won't Stop Coming
8. Find Me Alive
9. June and Johnny
10. Drag Me
Tour dates:
06-01 Northside Tavern, Cincinnati, OH
06-02 Happy Dog, Cleveland, OH
06-03 Buzzbin, Canton, OH
06-05 Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY
06-06 The Crown, Baltimore, MD
06-07 Public Option, Washington, D.C.
06/08 The Pourhouse, Raleigh, NC
06/09 Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
06/10 Green Lantern, Lexington, KY
06/11 Whirling Tiger, Louisville, KY
06/23 State Street Pub, Indianapolis, IN
06/24 Portal at fifteenTWELVE, Louisville, KY
06/25 East Room, Nashville, TN
06/26 Boggs, Atlanta, GA
More dates to be announced
The Inflorescence shares new single "Board Game," debut LP on Kill Rock Stars is out June 10
The Inflorescence shares new track, "Board Game" ahead of debut LP on Kill Rock Stars, out June 10
Pre-order Remember What I Look Like here
STREAM: "Board Game" -
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Thank San Diego for giving us Iron Butterfly, Blink-182 & Stone Temple Pilots but it’s got another distinction now. In 2019, a group of wise-beyond-their-years SD teens, singer/guitarist Tuesday Denekas (they/them), drummer Milla Merlini (she/her) and bassist Sasha A'Hearn (she/her), rose like punk-pop phoenix's from the ashes of their previous band to corral guitarist/singer Charlee Berlin (who owned but didn't know how to play her instrument at first) to resurrect Denekas' songs of heartbreak and determination, starting out as the Fluorescents with 2020's noteworthy 'self-titled' EP. Proudly christening themselves The Inflorescence, the band found the right home with Kill Rock Stars to unleash their debut LP Remember What I Look Like (due Summer of 2022). The group faces challenges like juggling high school and college classes, finding all-age venues in town to play and rejecting gender labels as they explain: “in a largely male-dominated industry, we see how undermined we are for being a no-man band, and we see how being on stage empowers alternative girls and non-binary people.”
THE ALBUM
The stunning debut LP Remember What I Look Like, out June 10 on Kill Rock Stars, was conceived during quarantine and draws on the band's inspirations, including indie, punk, emo, grunge and alternative. Tuesday Denekas's songs of shattered, disappointed romance sound triumphant in these infectious songs that are propelled by Milla Merlini's thunderous drums, Sasha A'Hearn's steady, anchoring bass and Charlee Berlin's stinging guitar leads. The confident nine-song album has zero dull spots or wasted songs. Starting with the sinuous, fast-paced “Phantom Feelings” and the resilient, stomping “So Much of Nothing” to the start/stop drama of “Are You Sorry” and the deceptively sweet, bouncy “Last Week” and the hair-pin turns and resilient defiance of “The Truth” to the brief respite from the title track which launches into the epic, gripping “Tomorrow Night” and the desperate grunge power of “The Button,” finishing off with the roaring climax of “Board Game,” it’s a rollercoaster ride of thrills and anguish to strap in for.
About "Board Game"
"Board Game" is probably the most desperate song on the album. At this time in my life I felt very manipulated, like I wasn’t being myself anymore and that the people I surrounded myself with didn’t really care about me at all. I felt like I was just a piece of someone else's puzzle, not my own. Instrumentally and structurally I took a lot of inspiration from the song “Your Best American Girl” by Mitski because of how powerful the instruments sounded. The final line, “I don’t know why but I can’t recognize you anymore.” feels like the perfect way to end this album and ties with the album name, Remember What I Look Like.
press photos by Alex Tchoukhrova
TOUR DATES:
06/02 San Diego, CA - Free Show, location TBA
06/11 San Diego, CA - Vinyl Junkies In-Store 5pm
Beth Orton Announces First Album In Six Years And Debut For Partisan Records, Weather Alive Out September 23rd
Beth Orton Announces First Album In Six Years And Debut For Partisan Records, Weather Alive Out September 23rd
TITLE TRACK “WEATHER ALIVE” AVAILABLE HERE
JOINS ALANIS MORISSETTE ON EU/UK ARENA TOUR THIS SUMMER, ANNOUNCES UK HEADLINING FALL DATES
English singer/songwriter Beth Orton today announces the September 23 release of her first album in six years and debut for Partisan Records, Weather Alive. For the first time in her career, Orton self-produced the entirety of Weather Alive from her home studio in London. Across eight tracks, Weather Alive hosts an incredible group of collaborators, including jazz poet Alabaster dePlume, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner, multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily and Mercury Prize nominated bassist Tom Herbert of The Invisible. The musicians locked naturally into Orton’s sensibilities, expanding the new sonic world she created with vulnerability and adding nuanced emotional color to the music.
Following its soulful, hushed opening with Orton intoning over floating piano, lead single “Weather Alive” blooms with steadied percussion. As Orton’s crystalline vocals drift into spoken word, the song swells into an elegant and glassy groove.
Listen to title track/album opener “Weather Alive” and watch the new video directed by Eliot Lee Hazel HERE
“Through the writing of these songs and the making of this music, I found my way back to the world around me,” says Orton, “a way to reach nature and the people I love and care about.”
She continues: “This record is a sensory exploration that allowed for a connection to a consciousness that I was searching for. Through the resonance of sound and a beaten up old piano I bought in Camden Market while living in a city I had no intention of staying in, I found acceptance and a way of healing.”
Weather Alive has no precedent in Beth's previous work. The record conjures a deeply meditative atmosphere which is sustained long after the final note has evaporated. Her voice is held in dreamlike musical suspension as she delivers rich bursts of imagery: steps down to the water's edge, a Welsh choir on the wind, New York's summer streets.
Even when the lyrics lean into stream of consciousness, Orton’s signature storytelling is on frequent display, from the warm, Proust-referencing “Friday Night” (“Though we never do get too close, I still hold you now and then,” Orton sings) and the bittersweet recollections of “Arms Around a Memory” (“Didn’t we make a beautiful life in your eighth-floor walkup that night?”) to the shimmering ambivalence of the seven-minute closer “Unwritten” (“I was sure we made a promise, but you never know”).
Orton has long been regarded as possessing one of the most unique and expressive voices in music – a voice that has grown evermore rich and wise over time. Celebrated for her solo output and collaborations - with everyone from The Chemical Brothers to Bert Jansch, Andrew Weatherall and Jim O'Rourke - Orton has called the new album "a collaboration with time," adding “This old piano really spoke to me and held an emotional resonance I could explore in a way I wasn’t able to on guitar — a depth, or a voice, I’d never worked to before,” she enthuses. “For me, the mood and atmosphere were another instrument. They were always consistent.”
This Summer, Orton will join Alanis Morissette for her European and UK arena tour and play a handful of UK and EU festivals before a headline UK tour through October including a KOKO Camden show on October 9th. See the full list of tour dates below and more info here: https://bethortonofficial.com/tour
Stay tuned for more to come on Orton and Weather Alive soon.
PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE WEATHER ALIVE
WEATHER ALIVE TRACKLIST
1. Weather Alive
2. Friday Night
3. Fractals
4. Haunted Satellite
5. Forever Young
6. Lonely
7. Arms Around A Memory
8. Unwritten
BETH ORTON TOUR DATES
09 JUN 2022 / DK / Copenhagen / Royal Arena (with Alanis Morissette)
12 JUN 2022 / NL / Amsterdam / Ziggo (with Alanis Morissette)
14 JUN 2022 / DE / Hamburg / Barclaycard Arena (with Alanis Morissette)
16 JUN 2022 / FR / Paris / Accor Arena (with Alanis Morissette)
19 JUN 2022 / UK / Glasgow / SSE Arena (with Alanis Morissette)
21 JUN 2022 / IE / Dublin / 3Arena (with Alanis Morissette)
23 JUN 2022 / UK / Birmingham / Utilita Arena (with Alanis Morissette)
24 JUN 2022 / UK / Leeds / AO Arena (with Alanis Morissette)
25 JUN 2022 / UK / Manchester / Arena (with Alanis Morissette)
28 JUN 2022 / UK / London / The O2 (with Alanis Morissette)
29 JUN 2022 / UK / London / The O2 (with Alanis Morissette)
02 JUL 2022 / ES / Madrid / Noches del Botanico
21 JUL 2022 / IT / Umbria / Passignano sul Trasimeno - Moon in June
23 JUL 2022 / UK / Suffolk / Latitude Festival
19 AUG 2022 / UK / Devon / Beautiful Days Festival
21 AUG 2022 / IE / Bangor County Down / Open House Festival
OCT 7 2022 / UK / Birmingham / Academy 2
OCT 8 2022 / UK / Brighton / St. Bartholomew's Church
OCT 9 2022 / UK / London / Koko
OCT 10 2022 / UK / Norwich / Arts Centre
OCT 12 2022 / UK / Bristol / St George's
OCT 13 2022 / UK / Glasgow / Classic Grand
OCT 15 2022 / UK / Manchester / RCMN Concert Hall
OCT 16 2022 / UK / Leeds / Brudenell Social Club
The Melvins Announce "The Five Legged Tour"
THE MELVINS ANNOUNCE “THE FIVE LEGGED TOUR” NEW LEG OF EXTENSIVE U.S. TREK OFFERS AN ADDITIONAL 43 OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE THE MELVINS THIS YEAR | ||
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May 31, 2022, LOS ANGELES – The Melvins, who set sail for “The Electric Roach Tour” on June 14, have announced the next wave of dates in what’s proving to be a gargantuan slate of 2022 shows, with “The Five Legged Tour” offering U.S. fans an additional 43 opportunities to take in one of the seminal band’s live performances. Buzz Osborne says: “Nationwide once again! Nothing like touring the USA in the fall. Everyone’s a winner!” Not to be confused with the band’s recent acoustic collection of a similar name (Five Legged Dog), the electrified trek kicks off Sept. 5 in San Francisco and wraps up with a special outing at The Halloween Freakout, a one-off, Los Angeles based festival (more details to be announced soon). Tickets for the seven-plus week tour are on-sale this Friday at 10 am local time. We Are The Asteroid open on all dates. “The Five Legged Tour” dates: September 5 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall September 6 San Jose, CA The Ritz September 7 Bakersfield, CA Temblor Brewing Company September 8 Petaluma, CA Mystic Theatre September 9 Felton, CA Felton Music Hall September 10 Fresno, CA Strummer’s September 12 Las Vegas, NV Backstage Bar & Billiards September 13 Flagstaff, AZ Yucca North September 14 Santa Fe, NM The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company September 16 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre September 17 Ft. Collins, CO Aggie Theatre September 19 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room September 20 Kansas City, KS recordBar September 21 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House September 22 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall September 23 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue Theatre September 24 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme September 26 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar September 27 Lancaster, PA Tellus360 September 29 New York, NY Irving Plaza September 30 Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony October 1 Washington, DC Black Cat October 3 Raleigh, NC The Pour House Music Hall October 4 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theatre October 5 Greenville, SC The Radio Room October 6 Savannah, GA District Live October 7 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club October 9 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits October 10 Gainesville, FL High Dive October 11 Orlando, FL The Social October 12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room October 13 Tampa, FL Orpheum Theater October 15 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall October 16 Baton Rouge, LA Chelsea’s Live October 17 Jackson, MS Duling Hall October 18 Memphis, TN Growlers October 19 Little Rock, AR Revolution! Music Room October 21 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom October 22 Oklahoma City, OK Beer City Music Hall October 23 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves October 25 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace October 28 Palm Springs, CA The Alibi October 29 Los Angeles, CA The Halloween Freakout “The Electric Roach Tour” dates: June 14 San Diego, CA Casbah June 15 Long Beach, CA Alex’s Bar June 16 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s June 18 Tucson, AZ Club Congress June 21 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack’s June 22 Birmingham, AL Saturn June 23 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre June 24 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle June 25 Richmond, VA The Broadberry June 27 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom June 28 Providence, RI Fete Music Hall June 29 Syracuse, NY The Westcott Theatre July 1 Bethlehem, PA Musikfest Café at the ArtsQuest Center July 2 Huntington, WV The Loud July 3 Detroit, MI El Club July 5 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon July 6 Davenport, IA Racoon Motel July 7 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s July 8 Minneapolis, MN Grumpy’s July 9 Fargo, ND The Hall at Fargo Brewing Company July 10 Sioux Falls, SD Icon Lounge July 12 Salt Lake City, UT The Metro Music Hall July 14 Bozeman, MT The ELM July 15 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory July 16 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre July 17 Eugene, OR Sessions Music Hall July 19 Roseville, CA Goldfield Trading Post July 20 Berkeley, CA Cornerstone Berkeley The Melvins released two albums in 2021: Working With God, a newly recorded album featuring the band’s 1983 iteration (Osborne, Dale Crover and original drummer Mike Dillard), as well as the a 36-song acoustic collection, Five Legged Dog, which features a career-spanning collection of songs, from 1987’s Gluey Porch Treatments to 2017’s A Walk With Love & Death. | ||
 Photo credit: Chris Casella |
About The Melvins The Melvins are one of modern music’s most influential bands. Having formed in 1983 Montesano, Washington, the group founded by singer/guitar player Buzz Osborne (with stalwart drummer Dale Crover joining the following year), has been credited with merging the worlds of punk rock and heavy music, forming a new subgenre all its own. Over the band’s nearly 40-year history, they’ve released over 30 original albums, numerous live full-lengths and far too many to count singles and rarities. Most recently they released the 36-track acoustic collection Five Legged Dog, featuring reinterpretations of some of their heaviest songs as well as covers from their favorite artists. In the course of their discography, they've partnered with Jello Biafra, Mudhoney, and Fantômas for individual releases and toured the world many times over. In fact, the band had the misfortune to be in both Christchurch and Tokyo for their 2011 earthquakes. In 2012, the Melvins completed the “51 States in 51 Days” (50 states +DC) tour, which was chronicled in the film “Across The USA in 51 Days.” The current incarnation of the band is Osborne, Crover, and Steven McDonald (Redd Kross/OFF!). Previous line-ups include a pairing of Osborne and Crover with Big Business band members Jared Warren and Coady Willis, a four-piece featuring the current trio plus Butthole Surfers’ Jeff Pinkus, as well as Melvins Lite, which partners Osborne and Crover with Mr. Bungle’s Trevor Dunn. Sometimes, if you’re extra lucky, one version of the Melvins will open for the Melvins. # # # | ||
WHAT SO NOT "MR. REGULAR” FT. OLIVER TREE & KILLER MIKE + NEW ALBUM ANOMALY ANNOUNCED FOR 9.16 VIA COUNTER RECORDS / SWEAT IT OUT
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