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PELICAN: 10-Year Anniversary Box Set, Exclusive Shows And Beer Confirmed
Chicago’s reigning gods of heavy instrumental rock, PELICAN, have announced plans to play two very special shows in celebration of their 10-year anniversary box set release, out October 19th on Berlin, Germany’s Viva Hate Records. The elegantly packaged wooden-box set will be limited to a run of 500 copies and will encompass material from their four full-length releases and three EPs.
Formed in Chicago in 2000, the quartet’s discography has stood as a consistent refutation of genre and musical classicism, perfecting an obtuse approach that has become increasingly precise and calculated while no less recognizable. Listeners from all corners of the earth have celebrated PELICAN’s unique instrumental take on metal, watching them spur the genre into new conceptual territory.
PELICAN will play Chicago’s Bottom Lounge on October 23rd joined by longtime friends and occasional collaborators The Life & Times. Munster, Indiana’s Three Floyds Brewery — recognized internationally as one of the most unique and distinguished micro-breweries in the country — will celebrate the event by unveiling a special, PELICAN-dedicated Doppelbock (one of the few styles of beer all four band members regularly agree upon). The as-yet-unnamed ale will be served at the Chicago show and at select watering holes and specialty shops around the Chicagoland area for a limited time. One week after the Chicago appearance, PELICAN will join forces with legendary doom-metal overlords Goatsnake on October 30th to play the Troubador in Los Angeles, an event likely to be one of the most anticipated So-Cal metal sets in recent memory.
PELICAN 10-Year Anniversary Dates:
10/23/2010 The Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
10/30/2010 The Troubador - Los Angeles, CA
Check out exclusive live footage and a video interview of PELICAN from Scion Rock Fest here: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/08/pelican_celebra.html
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POWER OF THE RIFF POST PARTY! FREE (BLACK BREATH+NAILS)
By now I hope that if you have RSVP’d for the Power of the Riff festival that Southern Lord in conjunction with Converse, Scion, Spaceland and Sam Velde are putting on! Its going to be a barnburner!
More info and to RSVP go here: www.thepoweroftheriff.com
There will also be two other free events associated with the Power of the Riff fest that should not be missed!
Event #2
The night after the Power of the Riff
MONDAY AUGUST 9th
LIVE SOUTHERN LORD SHOWCASE w/
NAILS
BLACK BREATH
+
BXI
(Boris + Ian Astbury)
Listening Party
+
DJ Set by GREG ANDERSON
- SUNN 0))) + GOATSNAKE
Monday August 9th 7pm
at the NEW Vacation Vinyl Location:
3815 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(In The Sunset Junction next to Secret Headquarters)
POWER OF THE RIFF PRE PARTY THIS SATURDAY!
By now I hope that if you have RSVP’d for the Power of the Riff festival that Southern Lord in conjunction with Converse, Scion, Spaceland and Sam Velde are putting on! Its going to be a barnburner!
More info and to RSVP go here: www.thepoweroftheriff.com
There will also be two other free events associated with the Power of the Riff fest that should not be missed!
Event #1
The night before the Power of the Riff
SATURDAY AUGUST 7TH
“The Power Of The Riff” Festival -PRE PARTY!!!!!
Three of Clubs
1123 Vine Street. Hollywood CA. 90038. (323) 462 - 6441
with performances by:
Lecherous Gaze (x-Annhilation Time)
Righteous Fool (members of C.O.C.)
The Shrine
Semen Sundae
DJ Sets by Greg Anderson (Mumford & Sons) & Sam James Velde (Night Horse)
Free / 21+ / Doors @ 9pm
whiskey specials
Colt 45s
ALL NIGHT LONG
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Nails signs to Southern Lord!
Southern Lord Signs NAILS; Reissue And New Album In Motion
Continuing to supply the masses with aural brutality of all types, Southern Lord Recordings are proud to add Southern Californian trio NAILS to their ever-expanding roster.
NAILS’ music is beyond brutality; filthy, vicious and raw. Imagine a cross between the good Amrep bands of the nineties (Helmet, Hammerhead, Today is The Day, Unsane) and Cro-Mags Age of Quarrel riffage played at breakneck speeds. Their epic battle cry Unsilent Death was recorded during the cold winter of 2009 at Kurt Ballou’s (Converge, Trap Them, Disfear, Black Breath) Godcity Recording Studio. The CD version of Unsilent Death was originally released in very limited quantities by Six Feet Under records. The LP version was self released by the band on the band’s own Streetcleaner label and quickly sold through the 1000 piece pressing. Southern Lord is extremely honored to pick up the torch of this album and let it burn brightly through many more countless battles!
Unsilent Death Track Listing:
1. Conform
2. Scum Will Rise
3. Your God
4. Suffering Soul
5. Unsilent Death
6. Traitor
7. I Will Not Follow
8. No Servant
9. Scapegoat
10. Depths
With plans already in place to record a new release for Southern Lord in early 2011, the NAILS crew will spend the rest of this year on the road. As previously announced, the band will take part in the Southern Lord-sponsored The Power Of The Riff Festival in Los Angeles on August 8th alongside Goatsnake, Black Breath, From Ashes Rise, Repulsion, the Animosity-era lineup of Corrosion of Conformity and countless more. In early September they embark on a cross-country rampage that will last over a month, including five dates opening for Venomous Concept.
NAILS Confirmed Live Aktions:
8/08/2010 Echo/Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA @ Power Of The Riff Fest [info]
9/05/2010 Nile Front Room - Mesa, AZ
9/06/2010 10756 Limas - El Paso, TX
9/07/2010 Ten Eleven - San Antonio, TX
9/08/2010 Red 7 - Austin, TX
9/09/2010 The Nightmare - Dallas, TX
9/10/2010 Downtown Music - Little Rock, AR
9/12/2010 Firehouse - Birmingham, AL
9/13/2010 585 Wells - Atlanta, GA
9/14/2010 Talent Farm - Pembroke Pines, FL
9/15/2010 Transitions - Tampa, FL
9/16/2010 Warehouse 8B - Jacksonville, FL
9/17/2010 Legitmate Business - Greensboro, NC
9/18/2010 Daniel’s Pub - Cincinnati, OH
9/19/2010 Dojo - Indianapolis, IN
9/20/2010 Double Door - Chicago, IL w/ Venomous Concept
9/21/2010 Blondie’s - Detroit, MI w/ Venomous Concept
9/22/2010 Sonar - Baltimore, MD w/ Venomous Concept
9/23/2010 Europa - Brooklyn, NY w/ Venomous Concept, Strong Intention
9/24/2010 Katacombes - Montreal, QC w/ Venomous Concept
9/25/2010 Sneaky Dees - Toronto, ON w/ Venomous Concept
9/26/2010 242 Main - Burlington, VT
9/27/2010 Bogies - Albany, NY
9/28/2010 Church - Boston, MA
9/29/2010 Lilly’s Pad - New Haven, CT
9/30/2010 The Church - Cleveland, OH
10/01/2010 Mickey Finn’s - Toledo, OH
10/02/2010 1108 Main - Cedar Falls, IA
10/03/2010 *TBA - Minneapolis, MN
10/04/2010 *TBA - Kansas City, MO
10/05/2010 Blast O Mat - Denver, CO
10/08/2010 Club Soda - San Diego, CA
10/09/2010 Sub - San Francisco, CA
Stay tuned for more info and announcements from NAILS to be announced in the coming weeks.
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Corrosion of Conformity/Southern Lord mini tour poster!
BXI -The End+Magickal Child
@ Sydney Opera House 2010 Recorded on May 30, 2010
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C.O.C. III !!!!! (tour w/Goatsnake, Black Breath, Eagle Twin & Righteous Fool!
Southern Lord Mini Tour featuring Corrosion Of Conformity Animosity Lineup
Southern Lord Recordings is proud to announce a West Coast mini-tour, featuring several SL artists as well as some very special opening and headlining guests.
Running from August 8th through 12th, the three-show tour features Southern Lord artists Eagle Twin, Black Breath and the return of Goatsnake. All of this is in addition to the headliner for the festivities; the recently reunited circa-1986 Animosity album lineup of Corrosion Of Conformity, featuring Woody Weatherman on guitar, Mike Dean on bass and vocals, and Reed Mullin on drums! The tour will also showcase openers Righteous Fool featuring Mike and Reed from C.O.C.
The string of dates kick off in Los Angeles at the Southern Lord sponsored The Power Of The Riff Festival, featuring this tour’s full lineup as well as countless other brutal acts including Repulsion, Trap Them, Nails, From Ashes Rise and more. The full lineup and info behind the fest will be announced soon.
Southern Lord West Coast Mini Tour:
-8/08/2010 Echo and Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA @ The Power of the Riff Fest
-8/10/2010 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2010/08.html#10
-8/12/2010 Neumo’s - Seattle, WA https://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&cobrand=neumos&performance_id=1272222
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BXI= Boris Collaboration With Ian Astbury!
Southern Lord proudly announces an incredible collaboration between label artists Boris and Ian Astbury of The Cult and The Doors! This finely-crafted four-song mini release, simply entitled BXI, was tracked and mixed in Tokyo in late April. Astbury’s vocals are a perfect match for Boris’s straightforward, laid-back, but still raw and imaginative songwriting constructed for the EP; another intriguing display within the band’s ever-morphing, extensive résumé of releases, tours and collaborations.
To see official CD, LP and digital release this September via Southern Lord, BXI will showcase the already unclassifiable rock of Boris in an entirely new light, and shows a new side one of rock and roll’s most notorious singers. The release features three new original tracks, as well as a cover of The Cult’s song “Rain”, ethereally vocalized by Boris guitarist Wata. Art and design for the release was commissioned to Stephen O’Malley (Ideologic.org, SUNNO))), etc.).
Pitchfork briefly interrogated Boris drummer Atsuo about this collaboration this week. Check out this exclusive piece on the EP and find out how this collaboration came to light: http://pitchfork.com/news/39000-boris-team-with-the-cults-ian-astbury/
This past weekend, Ian Astbury made an unannounced appearance with Boris at the band’s performance at Sydney, Australia’s Vivid LIVE appearance, blowing fans away with this unexpected set which showcased some of the material from the BXI EP as well as a cover of the classic “The End”, by The Doors.
BXI EP Track Listing:
1. Teeth and Claws
2. We are Witches
3. Rain
4. Magickal Child
As previously announced, Boris will rock North America once again this summer alongside Russian Circles for half of the tour and Red Sparrowes for the latter. The usual Boris lineup of Wata (guitar, vocals), Atsuo (drums, vocals) and Takeshi (bass, guitar, main vocals) will once again be joined by additional guitarist, companion Michio Kurihara, as on several previous live and studio ventures together.
BORIS North North American Summer Excursion 2010:
7/24/2010 The Casbah - San Diego, CA
7/25/2010 Plush - Tucson, AZ
7/27/2010 The Loft @ Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, TX w/ Russian Circles
7/28/2010 The Mohawk - Austin, TX w/ Russian Circles
7/30/2010 Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA w/ Russian Circles
7/31/2010 The Engine Room - Tallahassee, FL w/ Russian Circles
8/01/2010 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA w/ Russian Circles
8/02/2010 Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC w/ Russian Circles
8/03/2010 930 Club - Washington DC w/ Russian Circles
8/04/2010 Starlight Ballroom - Philadelphia, PA w/ Russian Circles
8/07/2010 The Middle East - Cambridge, MA w/ Russian Circles, Cave In
8/08/2010 Le Tulipe - Montreal, QC w/ Russian Circles
8/09/2010 Lee’s Place - Toronto, ON w/ Russian Circles
8/10/2010 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI w/ Russian Circles
8/11/2010 Southgate House - Newport, KY w/ Russian Circles
8/13/2010 Metro - Chicago, IL w/ Russian Circles
8/14/2010 Firebird - St. Louis, MO w/ Russian Circles
8/15/2010 Granada Theatre - Lawrence, KS w/ Russian Circles
8/16/2010 Marquis Theater - Denver, CO w/ Red Sparrowes
8/17/2010 *TBA - Salt Lake City, UT w/ Red Sparowes
8/19/2010 Republik - Calgary, AB w/ Red Sparowes
8/20/2010 The Starlite - Edmonton, AB w/ Red Sparowes
8/22/2010 Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC w/ Red Sparowes
8/23/2010 Neumo’s - Seattle, WA w/ Red Sparowes
8/24/2010 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR w/ Red Sparowes
8/26/2010 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA w/ Red Sparowes
8/27/2010 El Rey - Los Angeles, CA w/ Red Sparowes
8/28/2010 The Glass House - Pomona, CA w/ Red Sparowes
9/05/2010 Kutsher’s Country Club - Monticello, NY @ ATP Fest - “Altar set” w/ SUNNO)))
More info on the BXI EP, additional US live aktions, and additional Boris news is forthcoming. Please stay tuned.
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Earth & Wolves In The Throne Room in Los Angeles
BEST FLYER EVER!
EARTH / WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM / Lori Goldston
4/20/2010 The EchoPlex – Los Angeles, CA
Black Breath Record Release Party Seattle IN A FEW HOURS!
The crushing debut album from Seattles’ heaviest new band: Black Breath entitled: “Heavy Breathing” is officially in-stores today. To celebrate this monumental occasion the band will be destroying Easy Street records in Seattle (Queen Anne location).
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If you live in Seattle you must not miss this!
The new album is available in fine stores everywhere as well as online via Southern Lord
http://easystreetonline.com/blog/2801/black-breath-in-store-tuesday
and via cry tunes here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heavy-breathing/id362812586