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If you live in L.A., be sure to check out TORCHE tonight at the Bootleg Theater, with Mountains of Blow. Doors are at 10, show is 12 bones. Sick ass flyer above by Ben White. See you there.
The Austerity Program's Backsliders and Apostates Will Burn 12" is finally ready. You can pre-order it on our webstore now, and it will start shipping by October 1st. The 12" is limited to 500 pieces, all on black vinyl, so no need to vacillate about which color to get.
Also, during the preorder you can get The Austerity Program Anvil t-shirt here for $2 off (designed by our own Sugarbear).
...and finally, this week we had an email exchange with the band which included this original script by Mr. Foley (click to enlarge):
Cartoon Network's Adult Swim put together a compilation of rare and unreleased tracks from a bunch of awesome bands including Torche, Isis, Jesu, Pelican, and Boris. You can download it for free here!
Two chances to see them followed by one big bear hug of a party! Be there or be silently judged!
Need we say more? We've been workin' on this one a long time...hope y'all dig it. Enjoy!
Andrew Cox, Three Year Intern (aka the guy behind the camera)
7", Digital
Helms Alee deserve a lot more attention. They've got the rumble and the rhythm. I wish I could replace every over-pierced, striped sock-wearing metal chick with women like Hoz (drums) and Dana (bass). The guitar tone is loud and perfect thanks to the Verellen amps that Ben built himself. Melvins guitars + Neurosis wails + vocal harmonies + odd time signatures = awesome.
CD, Digital
This record came out around the time I started interning here. I liked it a lot and was really impressed with the drummer's precision and technical ability. A few months later I realized that there are only two members of the band, and neither of them plays drums. Drum machine aside, this music bleeds rhythm (they only play one note on the entire new EP).
Also, I got to design their new shirt.
12", Digital
Oxbow are the type of band you need to listen to when you go to art school and start a fight club in the basement where everyone draws on the walls.
CD, Digital
Listening to the first song off this album is like discovering Metallica in 6th grade before any of the other kids have. It will make you want to bash through the cinder block wall on the cover like a Kool-aid man full of beer.
James O'Mara, Third Man In (aka Photoshop wizard)
CD, Digital
I remember driving around Cali blasting this album on CD-R before release date. It was one of those moments in life when you actually know you are cool, and don't just think it. I still listen to it everyday cause it is that flawless. Plus it features one of my favorite vocalists of all time.
CD, Picture Disc LP, Digital
I was late to the game on this gem. All the best elements of any musical genre that features guitars. Plus it features one of my favorite vocalists of all time. It makes me want to rip heads off, yet I can still play it for girls. The title track has the best bass line in music, period.
CD, Digital
This isn't so much an album as one long piece of music. Plus it features one of my favorite vocalists of all time. The band states they made this album for pretentious asshole to which I belong to the top tier. I can't wait for HHR to fly me to ATP in ten years so I can hear Harvey Milk play this one in its entirety.
I was going to choose "Black Madonna", but I think this release is better. They took everything I like about them and compacted it into 4 unstoppable jammers, including a song about a cartoon rabbit. Plus it features one of my favorite vocalists of all time. I am always jolted back to reality when the last song ends.
CD, Digital
This one is hard to write about, mainly because I free ridicule. I love all the instrumentation on this album, its so spot on that I am still surprised that the band let us of all people release it. Plus it features one of my favorite vocalists of all time. The lyrics are amazing too. Worth it for the last track alone.
You can now listen to the new Torche record, Songs For Singles, in its entirety on their MySpace, through Monday.
SPOILER ALERT! It's good.
SPOILER ALERT! It's good.
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Harvey Milk is in the van this week. If you are close enough to go watch them, please do it for us, because we have no idea when they are going to make it past the Rockies again, and Sugarbear is still whining that he hasn't seen them live.
9/10 Raleigh, NC @ Berkeley Café Hopscotch Music Festival w/ Fucked Up
9/11 Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone Club
9/12 Athens, GA @ Melting Point
Pop & Hiss, an L.A. Times music blog, has a list of 12 local indie labels that people should know about. We are one of them, and there are definitely some other good folks included. Have a look, because when we do good, they do good.
Peep the story here.
Peep the story here.
A box of tapes showed up this week from our pals J/Q, aka Johnny Northrup (Clouds, Pet Genius) and Q (Clouds), with cute little notes for everybody at the office. Check out their new jammers at www.jslashq.com and snag one of the J/Q cassingles (limited to 100!) before they're gone.
They had some help on the songs from Alex Hartman and Stephen Brodsky (Cave In, Pet Genius, Stove Bredsky, Octave Museum). Crank this before the summer is over!
LA Music blog posted an interview with Buzz of the Melvins a few days ago. Topics covered include cracking the Billboard charts, military cadences, covering the Who, hand assembling their box set, and not understanding why we are into vinyl.
Check it out here.
Check it out here.
