IRON REAGAN - "Miserable Failure" (Official Music Video) + Album + gigs

Welcome to the phenomenon of flash mosh!

Ha ha I've always loved that Metal understands, and celebrates, it's own futility. Guests there included Red Fang, Toxic Holocaust, and Mudhoney as well which seriously raises the cool bar!

The album came out on Relapse late last year, and just check out this T Shirt

They're on tour all over the place but Canada/US dates for Sept/Oct are here

http://www.relapse.com/iron-reagan/

Time to bounce into your pit pants folks.

Windhand - Orchard + USA Australia New Zealand tour dates

I can't believe I haven't written about these Psych-Doom merchants before! Very nice found footage compilation by Jordan Vance accompanies one of the highlights from their brilliant 'Soma' album -

Grooves, Tunes and Heaviosity - what more could you ask for...

The album is still available on Relapse Records

Yummy.

Loads of tour dates coming up as well -

Aug 24        Richmond, VA        Strange Matter w/ All Them Witches
Aug 26        Philadelphia PA        Union Transfer w/ Sleep SOLD OUT
Aug 27        Washington DC         Black Cat w/ Disciples of Christ & The Citadel (members of Ilsa)

***All dates with All Them Witches***

Sep 04         Baltimore, MD        The Ottobar
Sep 05         Pittsburgh, PA        31st Pub
Sep 06        Akron, OH        Musica
Sep 07        Columbus, OH         The Basement
Sep 08        Indianapolis, IN        Melody Inn (Windhand Only)
Sep 09        Iowa City, IA        Gabe's
Sep 10        Chicago, IL        Cobra w/ Jex Thoth
Sep 11         Minneapolis, MN    Triple Rock w/ Jex Thoth
Sep 12         Milwaukee, WI        Metal Grill w/ Jex Thoth
Sep 13         Ferndale, MI        Loving Touch
Sep 14         Toronto, ON        Coda
Sep 16         Ottawa, ON        Cafe Dekcuf
Sep 17         Montreal, QC        Petit Campus
Sep 18         Cambridge, MA        Middle East (upstairs) w/ Ilsa
Sep 19         Providence, RI        AS220 w/ Ilsa
Sep 20         Brooklyn, NY        Saint Vitus w/ Elder & Ilsa
Sep 26        Austin, TX        Red 7 (Outdoors) w/ Dead Meadow, Harsh Toke

***Australian Tour w/ Beastwars ***

Oct 02        Brisbane, AU        Crowbar
Oct 03        Sydney, AU        Hermann’s Bar
Oct 04        Melbourne, AU        Yah Yah’s
Oct 05        Melbourne, AU        The Tote

***New Zealand Tour w/ Beastwars***

Oct 08        Christchurch, NZ    Dux Live w/ The Hex Waves
Oct 09        Dunedin, NZ        Chick’s Hotel w/ Space Bats, Attack!
Oct 10        Wellington, NZ        San Fran w/ Mermaidens
Oct 11        Auckland, NZ        King’s Arms w/ Greenfog

Nov 01        Santa Ana, CA        Day of the Shred @ The Observator

Their sound does tend to inspire some great posters

Stop Press - The third pressing includes 300 ltd edition male order only of this green/ orange splatter vinyl (700 more in Bone Colour)

Myrkur

More of a heads-up this one, because I think Relapse may have a big hit on their hands when this is released in September -

Stunning isn't it? and ticks a lot of boxes. There will be 400 copies of 12" vinyl like this (exclusively from Relapse themselves - pre-orders have started so be quick)

Right, how about a full track

Ultramantis Black - Biomonster DNA + new EP deets

The wrestler Ultramantis Black backed by Pissed Jeans!

The EP is rather eye-catching and good old Relapse Records have done a little trailer so you can see :-)

I do like that sleeve, anyway it's out now!

Blockheads - All These Dreams + live dates

edit-mungous mosh-fest from these French grinders

4 gigs spliced together brilliantly by Quentin Klein

and if that has enticed you into seeing them live -

Friday 20th June - HELLFEST, Clisson, France
Saturday 13th September - MOMIGNIES EXTREME FEST,  Momignies, Belgium
Saturday 18th October - ROCK YOUR BRAIN FEST, Selestat, France.

Primitive Man - Antietam + US and European tour dates

This one is really horrible. Intentionally so. The no-jaw image is particularly powerful. Def NSFW though!

I told you. This is from last years album re-released by Relapse Records (note ltd edition beer-coloured vinyl)

Anyway they are taking this blackened filth on the road (the UK dates include the excellent Opium Lord as well)

PRIMITIVE MAN:

6/06/2014 Maloka Festival @ Autogere Espace Des Tanneries - Dijon FR

6/07/2014 Kulturfabrik - Wetzikon CH

6/09/2014 Arena Wien - Wien, AU

6/11/2014 Gerberstrasse - Weimar, DE

6/12/2014 Koma F - Berlin, DE

6/13/2014 KB18 - Copenhagen, DK

6/14/2014 Trojborg Beboerhus - Aarhus, DK  

6/15/2014 Jaz (Matinee) - Rostock, DE w/ Weekend Nachos

6/16/2014 Secret Show - Kassel, DE

6/17/2014 Dynamo - Eindhoven, NL w/ Weekend Nachos

6/18/2014 Kavka - Antwerp, BE w. Weekend Nachos, Ekzeem A, Nervous mothers

6/19/2014 Stumpf - Hannover, DE w/ ◯

6/20/2014 Grind The Nazi Scum Fest @ Brückenkopf - Torgau DE

6/21/2014 Kiel Explode Festival @ Alte Meierei - Kiel, DE w/ ◯, Svffer, In The Hearts Of Emperors, Afterlife Kids

6/22/2014 AZ - Köln, DE

w/ Opium Lord:

6/24/2014 Green Door Store - Brighton, UK

6/25/2014 The Unicorn - London, UK

6/26/2014 John The Baptist Crypt - Bristol, UK

6/27/2014 Stuck On A Name Studios - Nottingham, UK

6/28/2014 Bannermans - Edinburgh, UK

6/29/2014 The Redhouse - Sheffield, UK   

w/ Hexis:  7/19/2014 Hi-Dive - Denver, CO7/20/2014 West Wing - Omaha, NE
7/21/2014 Davey's Uptown - Kansas City, MO
7/22/2014 Rail 2 - Peoria, IL
7/23/2014 The Melody Inn - Indianapolis, IN
7/24/2014 Corktown Tavern - Detroit, MI
7/25/2014 Cobra Lounge - Chicago, IL
7/26/2014 SurfinBird Skateshop - Appleton, WI (early show)
7/26/2014 Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI
7/27/2014 The Triple Rock - Saint Paul, MN
7/28/2014 Zoo Cabaret - Winnipeg, MB
7/29/2014 Local 510 - Calgary, AB
7/30/2014 Biltmore - Vancouver, BC
7/31/2014 Highline - Seattle, WA
8/02/2014 Tonic Lounge - Portland, OR
8/03/2014 Starlite Lounge - Sacramento, CA
8/04/2014 Sub Mission - San Francisco, CA
8/05/2014 First Church Of The Buzzard - Oakland, CA
8/06/2014 Witch House - Santa Cruz, CA
8/07/2014 5 Star Bar - Los Angeles, CA
8/08/2014 Holland Project - Reno, NV
8/09/2014 The Sugar Space - Salt Lake City, UT
8/10/2014 Triple Nickel - Colorado Springs, CO

Locrian - Return to Annihilation

The title track of their current album on Relapse Records. I still can't find the Prog-Rock influences but I really like this new vid because, little by little, it starts to look like early 70's pulp sci-fi paperback covers (which is a very good thing here at Toby Towers)

good work Francesca Marongiu!

Lord Dying - Dreams of Mercy

Bit of an odd post this one because it starts out funny and then just gets really awful!

<shudders>

Anyway that was from their current release

and one date (but what a festival line-up!)

Serpentine Path - Disfigured Colossus

The vid tells you everything you need to know - so no need to read any drivel from me...

Can't really see the point of a single - although it would be a hoot to hype this into the charts :-)

Their debut album was a cavernous rotten weed-draped belch from hell, so I can't wait to hear the new one.

Oh for those not in the know - Serpentine Path feature Tim Bagshaw of mark 1 Electric Wizard and Ramesses fame = DOOM Royalty!

Nothing - Bent Nail

A reverse psychology video from these excellent heavy shoegazers!

Two excellent singles in a row, and the album is a belter as well - out on Relapse now.

 They're playing Roadburn but it's a sellout of course.
UPDATE - they are sharing a lovely cover of Low's 'In Metal' on their bandcamp page at the moment

UPDATE - we have European tour dates now -
Nov 4        Bologna, IT        Freakout Club
Nov 5        Rome, IT        Circolo Degli Artisti
Nov 6        Milan, IT        Ohibo
Nov 7        Linz, AT            Ahoi! Pop Festival
Nov 8        Zagreb, HR        Mochvara
Nov 9        Vienna, AT        Arena
Nov 10        Prague, CZ        Podnik
Nov 11        Berlin, DE        Cassiopeia
Nov 12        Hamburg, DE        Hafenklang
Nov 13        Copenhagen, DK    Loppen
Nov 18        Eindhoven, NL        Dynamo
Nov 19        Stuttgart, DE        Jugendhaus West
Nov 20        Kortrijk, BE        De Kreun
Nov 21        Brighton, UK        Green Door Store
Nov 22        Birmingham, UK        The Oobleck
Nov 23        Glasgow, UK        Broadcast
Nov 24        Leeds, UK        Brudenell Social Club
Nov 25        London, UK        Birthdays
Nov 26        Antwerp, BE        Het Bos
Nov 27        Amsterdam, NL        OCCII

Brutal Truth - The Stroy + Euro Tour deets

A lot of people hated this album. They are wrong!

The Axiom of Post Inhumanity is one of the best noise albums I've heard in years. Anyway final tour scraps have been leaking out...

2 May / Temples Festival, Bristol - Last ever UK show
3 May / Neurotic Deathfest, Tilburg - Last ever Netherlands show
21 June / Hellfest, Clisson - Last ever France show

Locrian - A Visitation From the Wrath of Heaven + live dates

Another inscrutable video from Locrian

This was supposed to be inspired in part by their love of Genesis, Yes & King Crimson, but I've yet to fathom that. However the vinyl release on Relapse is a beauty- 

Here's another vid from the latest opus - works very well on full screen- 

Live dates-

Apr 10 Tilburg, NL Roadburn Festival
Apr 11 Brussels BE IBM @ AB club
Apr 12 Karlsruhe DE Dude Fest

 

Primitive Man - Tour

Black Sludge hittin' the road in March

As I have yet to play them in the show, and in case you're wondering what Black Sludge sounds like...



The album is out on Relapse Records...

ASG & Anciients - Euro Tour Dates

Mastodon - Call of the Mastodon

Relapse Records are doing a ltd edition vinyl re-issue including a digital download of the full album but being pressed on three color variations including red, clear with gold and blue splatter, and blue and gold merge. Check them OUT!

out Feb 14th 

 

Rosamaria Montalbano - Locrian - Two Moons

Just a gorgeous video. Put on full screen for a total bliss-out

 

directed by Rosamaria Montalbano. So I had a hunt around and lo and behold-

Well that was beautiful!

Revocation - Fracked

Revocation make their position, on this contentious subject, absolutely clear in this excellent video

Saluteage to the director Madeline Quinn.

The album (as heard on the show) is a belter as well

out on Relapse Records

 

Toxic Holocaust - Acid Fuzz (and Exhumed)

Now THIS is a vid, from the band who opened my, er, dance mix in this mondays show!

Chemistry Of Consciousness is out now on Relapse Records

North America tour with the incredible Exhumed on a Relapse double-header

TOXIC HOLOCAUST/EXHUMED North American Live Assaults 2014
w/ Ramming Speed, Mammoth Grinder
1/22/2014 The Studio - Seattle, WA
1/23/2014 The Biltmore - Vancouver, BC *
1/24/2014 Branx - Portland, OR
1/25/2014 Oakland Metro - Oakland, CA
1/26/2014 The Joint - Los Angeles, CA
1/27/2014 The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA
1/28/2014 Club Red - Tempe, AZ
1/29/2014 Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
1/30/2014 Tricky Falls - El Paso, TX
1/31/2014 Mohawk - Austin, TX
2/01/2014 The Limelight - San Antonio, TX
2/02/2014 Fitzgerald's (downstairs) - Houston, TX
2/03/2014 Three Links - Dallas, TX
2/04/2014 Chameleon Room - OK City, OK
2/05/2014 Marquis - Denver, CO
2/06/2014 Ernie November - Cheyenne, WY
2/07/2014 Club Manhattan - Salt Lake City, UT
2/08/2014 The Alley - Sparks, NV
2/09/2014 Midtown Barfly - Sacramento, CA
*No EXHUMED

but then-

TOXIC HOLOCAUST/EXHUMED European Invasion 2014:

2/22/2014 East Club - Bischofswerda, DE
2/23/2014 Underground - Köln, DE
2/24/2014 Merleyn - Nijmegen, NL
2/25/2014 Underworld - London, UK
2/26/2014 Queens Hall - Warwickshire, UK
2/27/2014 Ivory Blacks - Glasgow, UK
2/28/2014 Hobos - Bridgend, UK
3/01/2014 Ieper Winter Fest - Ieper, BE
3/02/2014 Glazart - Paris, FR
3/03/2014 Le Saint des Seins - Toulouse, FR
3/04/2014 Sala Sonora - Bilbao, ES
3/05/2014 Hard Club - Oporto, PT
3/06/2014 Sala Lemon - Madrid, ES
3/07/2014 Sala Estraperlo - Barcelona, ES
3/08/2014 Secret Place - Montpellier, FR
3/09/2014 Schlachthaus - Dornbirn, AT
3/10/2014 Freakout - Bologna, IT
3/11/2014 Kiff - Aarau, CH
3/12/2014 Feierwerk - München, DE
3/13/2014 Arena - Wien, AT
3/14/2014 Conne Island - Leipzig, DE
3/15/2014 Firlej - Wroclaw, PL
3/16/2014 Magnet - Berlin, DE
3/17/2014 Pumpehuset - Copenhagen, DK
3/19/2014 Nosturi - Helsinki, FI
3/21/2014 Püssy a Go Go / The Liffey - Stockholm, SE
3/22/2014 Revolver - Oslo, NO
3/23/2014 Truckstop - Gothenburg, SE
3/24/2014 Hafenklang - Hamburg, DE
3/25/2014 Schlachthof - Wiesbaden, DE

 

 

Brutal Truth/Bastard Noise - The Axiom of Post Inhumanity

This album has been a highlight of the year for me. This is the long track I mentioned on the Radio Show. It won't work on radio (23.55 mins) but fire this baby up while you're surfing and it will gradually fill the space you are in. Kosmische and Krushing.

It's out on Relapse Records and be aware "Both the CD and LP formats of the release contain entirely different sets of music from both bands while the digital version collects all of the tracks onto one compilation." Trust me, you want the whole lot!

 

 



Nothing - new single 'Dig'

Here it is live a few days ago and here's the studio version - out on Relapse Records. Shoegaze! U.S. Tour Dates with Whirr: 8/9/13 @ Snug Harbor - Charlotte, NC 8/10/13 @ AKA Records & Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA 8/11/13 @ DC9 - Washington, DC 8/13/13 @ Saint Vitus - New York City, NY 8/14/13 @ Lipgloss Crisis - New Haven, CT 8/15/13 @ Great Scott - Boston, MA 8/16/13 @ Casa Del Popolo - Montreal, QC 8/17/13 @ Silver Dollar Room - Toronto, ON 8/18/13 @ Cleveland Public Theater - Cleveland, OH 8/19/13 @ Columbus, OH 8/20/13 @ Garden Bowl at The Magic 8/21/13 @ Quenchers Saloon - Chicago, IL 8/22/13 @ Minneapolis, MN 8/23/13 @ Marquis Theatre - Denver, CO 8/24/13 @ Shred Shed - Salt Lake City, UT 8/25/13 @ Boise, ID 8/26/13 @ Vera Project - Seattle, WA 8/27/13 @ Bunk Bar - Portland, OR 8/28/13 @ Bottom of the Hill w/ Lycus - San Francisco, CA 8/29/13 @ Tigers & Daggers - Merced, CA 8/30/13 @ Part Time Punks w/ Sisu 8/31/13 @ The Underground - Mesa, AZ 9/1/13 @ Club Dada w/ Majical Cloudz - Dallas, TX* 9/2/13 @ Haymarket Whiskey Bar - Louisville, KY* *Without Whirr