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)

Rings of Saturn - Senseless Massacre + album & tour deets

Absolutely insane playing from these lunatics, and a 3D video in tow as well (you have to switch it on in 'settings' and have 3D goggles)

The album 'Lugal Ki En' is out mid-October on Unique Leader Records. Stuff the formatting - we'll go large with the artwork

Gigs-

or if you're in Mexico

RINGS OF SATURN Mexico Tour w/ Lack Of Remorse, Victim Of Greed:

11/20/2014 Morfos Bar - Monterrey, MX

11/21/2014 Black Dog - Queretaro, MX

11/22/2014 Salon Bolivar - Mexico City, MX

11/23/2014 Bar Un Mundo Raro - Leon, MX

Honduran - Yawnmower + album & US tour deets

Wow! 

Deone Jennings!

Wow, anyway you may have noticed a band in there as well...Honduran, and their album 'Street Eagles is out on Eolian Empire now

Oh sorry, no that's Deone again...erm...here's the album

and they're touring the US with Drunk Dad so here are the dates and the inevitable formatting disaster-

DRUNK DAD & HONDURAN US Tour:

8/29/2014 Club 21 - Portland, OR w/ Same Sex Dictator

9/04/2014 The Colony - Sacramento, CA

9/05/2014 Hemlock - San Francisco, CA w/ Disastroid

9/06/2014 Oakland Metro - Oakland, CA w/ Godstomper, Sete Star Sept, Gods America

9/07/2014 MDM Studios - Los Angeles, CA w/ Stapled Shut, Actuary, Vulva Esser, Shitbrains, Putasos

9/08/2014 TBA - Flagstaff, AZ

9/09/2014 The Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM w/ Roñoso, Doomed to Exist, My Man Mike

9/10/2014 The Grynde - El Paso, TX w/ Communion of Thieves

9/11/2014 Holy Mountain - Austin, TX w/ The Unmothered, The Dead See

9/12/2014 Vino's Brew Pub - Little Rock, AR

9/13/2014 The East Room - Nashville, TN w/ Sheepshifter, Realeyes, One Beggar Sun

9/14/2014 Ten Pins Tavern - Athens, GA w/ Toxic Ass Implant

9/15/2014 Foxfield Bar and Grill - Columbia, SC

9/16/2014 Gallery 5 - Richmond, VA

9/17/2014 TBA - Baltimore, MD

9/18/2014 Motel Hell - Philadelphia, PA w/ Heavy Medical

9/19/2014 The Gutter - Brooklyn, NY w/ Heavy Medical, Law$Uits

9/20/2014 Obrien's - Boston, MA w/ The Proselyte, Jack Burton vs David Lopan

9/21/2014 Whitney House - Hartford, CT w/ Weald

9/22/2014 Certain Death - Pittsburgh, PA w/ Crappy Funeral

9/23/2014 TBA - Chicago, IL

9/24/2014 Vandals - Kansas City, MO

9/25/2014 TBA - Denver, CO

9/27/2014 TBA - Missoula, MT

9/28/2014 Underground 15 - Spokane, WA

9/29/2014 Rays Golden Lion - Richland, WA w/ The Drip

9/30/2014 The Know - Portland, OR w/ Rabbits

Or go see Buzzard which features some of their music and Detroit!

Numero Group UK tour deets

Anyone who has heard my shows knows that I love really good re-issues and compilations, and that there are certain labels who I absolutely worship in this regard. One of the greats has to be Numero. When they do re-issues you get everything: the records; the original sleeves; and every fact, story, myth, photo, bubblegum card that Numero can unearth about that particular passion. They re-issue not only the music but that feeling you used to get when you bought, not just a record, but an introduction to a new culture, a new way of looking at the world, new art, a set of values, protests, revolution and grooves. And characters! Hundreds and hundreds of characters. With digital stuff we all just become numbers....Anyway let's have some photos -

Hey let's just put out the compilation as all of the 7"ers-

How about a record case as well-

and

Beautiful aren't they? Well the people behind Numero are actually DJs and they're bringing the whole shebang to the UK in September! I'll just post their press release now-

"A decade into our journey to document lost and forgotten music from around the world, we're still figuring out how to convince the country that re-contextualized soul music that there's a decent archival record company out of America. Just like the best UK punk singles only showed up in the import bins, Numero has had a long love affair with the intelligentsia of British Isles record shops. And while the buyers at Piccadilly (Manchester), Rough Trade (London), Sounds of the Universe (London), Probe Records (Liverpool), Monorail (Glasgow), Rise (Bristol), Music Exchange (Nottingham), Honest Jons (London) and Drift (Devon) know us by catalog number, the northern soldiers have been too busy buying dodgy comps of mysterious European origin to notice that we've become the world's finest catalogue label. 

 

In September, all that changes. For ten days, Chicago's Numero Group will send shockwave after shockwave down the spines of UK dancers and record buyers. From Edinburgh to London, Manchester to Dublin, the M1 to the M4, Numero will be hosting a series of dance parties, in store events, films, and even a pop up shop. They will have a full line of LPs, CDs, games, 45s, and all the other miscellaneous debris you've come to love us for.  Not only that, we're even manufacturing a special UK ONLY limited edition compact disc, TINMINE SOUL SUPPLYwhich will be available from 20^th September in the UK’s best independent records shops only.

 

Embrace your inner Yankophile, we won't tell the punters waiting for Wigan to reopen. 

 

20-Sep      UK            Edinburgh                 Studio 24 (from 10.00pm)

21-Sep       UK            Manchester               Electrik Bar (from 8.00pm)

23-Sep      UK            London                      Rough Trade East [6.00pm, In-store event]

24-Sep      UK            London                      Servant Jazz Quarters (from 7.00pm)

25-Sep      IRE           Dublin                        Sugar Club (from 9.00pm)

26-Sep      IRE           Cork                           TBA

28-Sep      UK            London                      Strongroom

     (Numero Pop Up shop: 2.00-8.00pm / Numero to DJ: 8.00- 10.30pm)"

Goat - Hide From The Sun + album + tour deets

Goat's new album 'Commune' is out 22nd September on Rocket Recordings. It's another knockout so be aware that pre-orders have started already and Rocket also have some extremely ltd bundle offers where you can purchase an ultra ltd Gold Vinyl LP that comes with a 7" that contains a non album track plus 'exclusive to the Rocket release' - a remix of 'Hide from the Sun' by psych wizard Al Lover. Also available as part of the bundles are 5 colour print posters and ltd edition tshirts.

http://www.rocketrecordings.com/goatcommune/

and for their legendary live shows -

Goat’s Tour Dates:
Jul. 06 - Belfort, FR - Eurokeennes
Jul. 18 - Suffolk, UK- Latitude Festival
Jul. 20 - Ostrava, CZ - Colours of Ostrava
Aug. 03 - Stockholm, SE - Stockholm Music & Arts
Aug. 23 - Paredes de Coura, PT - Paredes de Coura Festival
Sep. 19 - Copenhagen, DK - Vega
Sep. 20 - Tilburg, NL - Incubate
Sep. 21 - Brussels, BE - Ancienne Belgique
Sep. 23 - Berlin, DE - Postbahnhof
Sep. 24 - Munich, DE- Ampere
Sep. 25 - Paris, FR - Trabendo
Sep. 27 - Liverpool, UK - Liverpool Psych Festival
Sep. 28 - Glasgow, UK - SWG3
Sep. 29 - Newcastle, UK - Northumbria University
Oct. 01- Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
Oct. 02- Bristol, UK - Trinity Centre
Oct. 03 - London, UK – Roundhouse

The Toby Mearing Radio Show 11th August 2014

Bowl Ethereal - The Last Minute + EP deets

Video Sorcery indeed

Art Metal!

Ltd edition 7" vinyl on Southern Lord Records out now, or digital doodadery here -

Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me + tour deets

I blogged about this lot 1st June so all the deets are there, except we didn't have a video of this...and now we do

Brilliant

and they're on tour, and in London right now!!!

08/05 - London, UK @ Birthdays (Presented by DIY Mag)

08/06 - London, UK @ Rough Trade East

08/09 - Kingston, ON @ Wolfe Island Festival

08/14 - Toronto, ON @ The Horseshoe Tavern

08/16 - Montreal, QC @ La Vitrola

09/19 - Saskatoon, SK @ Louis’ *

09/20 - Edmonton, AB @ Pawn Shop *

09/21 - Calgary, AB @ The Republik *

09/23 - Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cultural Center *

09/24 - Thunder Bay, ON @ Crocks *

09/27 - Toronto, ON @ The Horseshoe Tavern *

10/20 - Cambridge, UK @ Junction 2 ^

10/21 - Liverpool, UK @ Kazimier ^

10/22 - Dublin, Ireland @ O2 Academy ^

10/24 - Birmingham, UK @ The Institute ^

10/25 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club ^

10/26 - Newcastle, UK @ Riverside ^

10/28 - Brighton, UK @ Komedia ^

10/29 - London, UK @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire ^

11/08 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade

11/10 - Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle

11/11 - Washington, DC @ DC9

11/12 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter

11/13 - Durham, NC @ The Pinhook

11/14 - Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theater

11/16 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree

11/18 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa

11/19 - Dallas, TX @ City Tavern

11/21 - Austin, TX @ Red 7

11/23 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar

11/25 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

11/29 - San Francisco, CA @ Richshaw Stop

12/01 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge

* w/ Fucked Up

^ w/ Real Estate

Bitchin Bajas - Bueu + album & tour deets

This is like Terry Riley jamming with Dik Mik, Del Dettmar, Tim Blake and Tangerine Dream, in Giza, while the pyramids dance with UFOs!

see, I wasn't exaggerating!

Analog modular synths were used to create this amazing vid by Nick Ciontea.

The Bitchin' Bajas album is out 25th August on Drag City.

 However, there will be a special digital version with vids to all the tracks by Nick available exclusively from the label direct!

There are live dates and, as is customary here they will not format correctly -

8/25@ Magnetic South-Bloomington, IN

8/26 @ Dreamland-Louisville, KY

8/27 @ The Collective at Depot Street-Boone, NC

8/28 @ Transfigurations II Festival- Asheville, NC

10/2 @ Villa Manuela Festival- Madrid, Spain

10/3 @ CAAA-  Guimaraes, Portugal

10/4 @ ZdB- Lisbon, Portugal

10/5 @ Bar Labranza- Bueu, Spain

10/9 @ Le Petit Bain- Paris, France

10/10 @ Water Moulin- Tournai, Belgium

10/12 @ Zuiderpershuis- Antwerp, Belgium

10/14 @ FJT Les Oiseaux- Besancon, France

10/15 @ Klubi - Zurich, Switzerland

10/16 @ Le Bourg- Lausanne, Switzerland

10/19 @ Madame Mim- Valencia, Spain

Sultan Bathery tour deets

Are touring -

and in honour of this momentous occasion let's see this old video of these exotic Italian Freakbeat Swamis! and some clips from brilliant films that kinda carry the same vibes...

Ghostworld

The Hairdresser's Husband

See what I mean? Their self-titled album is out on Slovenly Records and was caned on my Radio Shows -

Nightmare Boyzzz - Problem Child

A fun one from these Huntsville AL power-poppin' punkers -

They have an excellent album out on Slovenly Recordings -

Lot's of rockin' and tons of hooks...so go get it!

http://slovenly.com/store/slovenly-releases/vinyl/nightmare-boyzzz-bad-patterns-lp.html

Departure Kids - Let me standing there + album deets + make you mine

Power Pop from Marseille? No it's really good, and I have no idea what this video is all about either!

They're well named because look how young they are -

and they do a song entitled 'Wanking Too Hard'!

There's a 7" (ha ha) out on Ratpop, and an album out on Howlin Banana Records/ Requiem pour un Twister records.

Just look at them rockin' it up live

Go here for the album -

The Toby Mearing Radio Show 28th July 2014

Cozy - Button By Button album + tour

Ooooooooooooooooooooh the new Cozy album has turned up on HoZac Records! I can't wait for a copy so hear it on Bandcamp - utter genius

If you want to see how brilliant they are I posted footage here Oct 2013...where WERE you!?

Anyway live dates (and note the heavy names who associate with 'em)-

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!

Mono - Legend: A Journey Through Iceland

Well this is one of the best I have posted. 12 mins of time-lapse filming of Iceland's WoW-ness is worth the price of admission alone! Mono often get mis-described as P*st-R*ck but they have far more in common with Tomita, Far East Family Band, Stomu Yamashita over in Japan, and Vangelis over in Europe. Very accessible music - but clearly Japanese in origin. Epic, soundscape/soundtrack stuff played by a rock band but then with orchestra re-added. When it works it is brilliant - their live shows are legendary as a result. They're just perfect here... 

Henry Jun Wah Lee directed.

The track is from their last album 'For My Parents'

The news is that they have just recorded a new one for Pelagic Records - deets to follow, but I had to post that vid!

Matthew Young - Recurring Dreams

Here's a lovely little film of an afternoon spent with the 'new age' synth album pioneer!

and his album was reissued yesterday by Drag City Records on all formats (working with Yoga Records who actually filmed that vid) 

 I have the album so expect to hear it in the Show - but heck, just go get it now anyway!

Mary Lattimore with Jeff Zeigler - Untitled

This is well worth a look. The music is rather beautiful, but more importantly you can see how the electronics are being used...

Needless to say they are seasoned performers and collaborators, but they have an album coming out 22nd September on Thrill Jockey - 'Slant Of Light'

Sounds like it could be a beauty.

The Toby Mearing Radio Show 21st July 2014

ENOS - Live at The East Slope DVD

This lot are fantastic live (see my post 10 September 2013) and the DVD is out 2nd August to prove it. However here's their more gentle studio side

Live they are mega-heavy spacerock, and the night I saw them they showed an entire film (of which that vid forms part) which was projected onto them as well. Amazing. Oh Enos was this little fella

and that led to a whole concept; comic and band

and now DVD

the Innerstrings Lightshow was on hand for this recording

Gigs

http://enosthechimp.com/