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While on the road travelling to play a youth retreat in ann arbor, michigan with his former band JB and the Biodimple-Dumplings, john barrett’s tour hearse was attacked by a roving gypsy death squad of death. though all of his band members were disemboweled by the bloody gypsy wicked death hook, jb managed to slaughter the attackers and steer the hearse off a cliff, escaping with only a black wifebeater, a single sandal, a guitar and amp, and the unholy kick drum. as he watched the hearse burning at the bottom of the gorge, he knew what he must do. yes, he needed a forty. but no gas station would allow him in on account of his lack of pants. so john barrett did the next best thing. he stole a cop car and arrived on time to the show, playing through the police car’s megaphone while covered in his bandmates’ blood. all five of the youth groupers in attendance pledged their lives to rock. one of them had this to say: “damn. i just got churched up.” another said the following: “yo pass me that forty.” needing spiritual guidance after such a terrible tragedy, jb summered in the south of france to hone his craft… and thus was birthed John Barrett’s Bass Drum of Death.
“Spindrift are living the American dream, were it written by acid-popping UFO enthusiasts with a hard-on for John Wayne”–The Salt Lake City Weekly
“Saddle on up for the Spindrift experience, which is sure to feel like wandering out of the sun-baked dunes of Death Valley while clutching a Flying Burrito Brothers LP and gumming a mouthful of peyote” - The Portland Mercury
Spindrift was recently given the nod by Quentin Tarantino, who chose their song “Indian Run” to be included in the soundtrack for the latest film he produced, “Hell Ride,” starring Dennis Hopper and Michael Madsen. “Hell Ride” is slated to be released theatrically on August 8th, 2008.
Since 1992, Spindrift front-man Kirpatrick Thomas self-released several records with an East-coast line-up before joining the Brian JonestownMassacre (BJM) to play guitar on a national tour and landing in Los Angeles–where the seeds were sewn for a new West-coast version of the band.
Thomas’ fascination with the West stems from his childhood passion for Western films, those scored by Ennio Morricone in particular. This early influence later played a major part in his songwriting and composition.
Upon his arrival in Los Angeles, the local music scene immediately embraced his modern take on the genre, with members of BJM and The Warlocks joining Spindrift in fits and starts at first before eventually leaving their former positions to play with Spindrift fulltime. The West-coast line-up, or “Spindrift West” as they are sometimes called, prompted the rare phenomenon of creating a new genre unto itself, Spaghetti Western Psychedelia.
With a rapidly expanding fan base and a growing resume of many high profile shows, Spindrift attracted the attention of Indie 103.1 disc jockey (and Sex Pistol) Steve Jones of Jonesy’s Jukebox, who began playing tracks from their album “Songs From the Ancient Age” on a regular basis. Since then, they have toured nationally a number of times, sharing the stage with such bands as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Dead Meadow, The Black Angels, Vietnam, country legend Charlie Louvin and Vacancy Records label-mates A Place To Bury Strangers.
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New Orleanians EyeHateGod have served up 20 years and 7 albums of original, painful and misanthropic feedback-laden Hardcore Blues to an ever increasing doomed climate of world-wide despair and degradation and have absolutely managed to have fun doing it.
Multiple tours of Europe, the USA and even Japan have seen these southern gentlemen “Preaching the End-Time Message” and influencing new generations of hedonistic roustabouts to spread their Rock-n-Roll nihilism.
The band plays One Eyed Jacks on the 3rd anniversary of Katrina, Friday August 29th with Crowbar and Hellkontroll.
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The history of Disaster Channel starts with a band called Loads.
With the Loads emergence on the scene in 2001, the band would go on to play all over Southern California with the likes of the Dead Kennedys, the Vibrators, U.S. Bombs, Kottonmouth Kings, the Stitches, Sylvain Sylvain (NY Dolls), Youth Brigade, Smogtown, and many others. Recorded when the band was only 13 years old, the Loads were signed to Pelado Records for their debut 7″ “Beach Banshee” in 2002, featuring Tim of Smogtown fame on drums. Consisting of Static (Drums), Ryan (Lead guitar), Chris (vocals/bass), and Cooks (rhythm guitar), the Loads played the Whisky Ago Go, Galaxy Theatre, Coach House, Showcase Theatre, and Chain Reaction among others.
Seven years after their first performance, Static, Ryan, and Chris have emerged as Disaster Channel. With their full length debut already being recorded, Disaster Channel will be touring across the country in 2008…slamming guitars in your face till you understand.
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“Everyone jumped for joy to the speed-core melange of klezmer tornadoes, Balkan dances, Celtic reels and bayou-squeezbox war”–Rolling Stone
“World music never sounded like so much frantic, frenetic and sweat-soaked fun.”–Hal Horowitz, Creative Loafing Atlanta
“The Zydepunks are one of New Orleans’ most rousing live performers… they surprise with sublime accordion-fiddle fueled playing.”–Offbeat Magazine
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Weedeater is a southern sludge and stoner metal band that formed in North Carolina during the mid 90’s. After nearly ten years in existence, and numerous live shows, the band has released three full length albums and continues to tour constantly, recently wrapping up a set of west coast dates with Sunn O))), Earth and Wolves in the Throne Room. In April 2007 the band signed on to the Southern Lord record label for the release of their third album, God Luck and Good Speed.
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The Swedish retro-doom-psych-folk band known as Witchcraft captures a hauntingly authentic 1970s sound–steeped not only in the heavy-handed work of Black Sabbath and Pentagram, but also in the psych and folk-rock elements of obscure acts like Leaf Hound, Captain Beyond, and Comus. And yet, ironically, none of the members of Witchcraft were even born before 1977, making their loving reconstruction of that decade’s music–underground music at that–all the more remarkable.
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Graveyard is also from Sweden and is similar to Witchcraft in style and sound.
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JAMES MCMURTRY’S NEW ALBUM, JUST US KIDS, DEBUTS ON FOUR BILLBOARD MAGAZINE CHARTS
Check out this early praise for JUST US KIDS:
“FOUR STARS” — BLENDER
“FOUR STARS” — AUSTIN CHRONICLE
“THREE out of FOUR STARS” — USA TODAY
“…reveals McMurtry’s sensitive brilliance as a chronicler of quiet desperation.”
– PASTE MAGAZINE
“McMurtry might be the best topical
writer performing right now and this
finds him at his finest.”
– Patterson Hood / DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
“The title track may lament the fact
that even arrested adolescents grow old,
but, if anything, James McMurtry
sounds more energized than ever.”
– TEXAS MONTHLY
“As bracing as they are prophetic,
James McMurtry’s songs shine a light on injustice and oppression, forcing
his listeners to take sides.”
– WASHINGTON POST
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The Sword play metal and will open for Metallica on their upcoming North American tour, which will stop at The New Orleans Arena November 23rd.
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Silver Jews are an indie rock group from Hoboken, New Jersey, formed in 1989 by David Berman along with Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. Sometimes regarded as a Pavement side project (Pavement drummer Steve West has also been a member of the band), in fact “The Joos” were formed before Pavement, and 1996’s The Natural Bridge featured none of the Pavement musicians, offering listeners a more sedate album without the inimitable influence of Stephen Malkmus’ guitar and vocals. Silver Jews were always a conduit for David Berman’s brand of sardonic, countrified indie rock, and Berman has remained the only constant member.
The band has gone on to release several full-length albums, including the latest Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, released this year. Berman’s sophisticated lyrics have come to dominate the band’s music and critical reputation. Berman had long been steadfast in his almost complete refusal to play live, and so surprised the indie world when he embarked on the Silver Jews tour of the United States, Europe, and Israel in 2006. The band are set to begin the U.S. portion of their 2008 tour on August 28 in Columbus, Ohio.
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Prior to becoming one of the most significant acts on the DFA label, John Maclean was a member of Sub Pop band Six Finger Satellite. When the band broke up, Maclean’s aggravated emotional state and long-term drug addiction took him low enough to provoke a move from New York to New Hampshire and a drastic change in lifestyle. Using the name the Juan Maclean, Maclean took the sound of his defunct band to the dancefloor, retaining flashes of post-punk and ’70s experimental electronics while grafting bits of early Euro-disco, electro, Detroit techno, and Chicago house. A handful of singles — including DFA highlights “You Can’t Have It Both Ways” and “Give Me Every Little Thing” — led to 2005’s Less Than Human, the first album credited to the Juan Maclean.
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After the demise of underground legends DEAD MOOD in fall 2006, nobody was surprised to hear that founders Fred and Toody Cole had lost little time in starting a new band. They recruited drummer Kelly Halliburton in April 2007, and soon the PIERCED ARROWS were up and running, playing live shows in the Northwest and recording songs for upcoming releases.
PIERCED ARROWS picks up, musically, where DEAD MOON left off–a lo-fi assault on the senses played with the sincerity and feeling that made DM such a special band for all of their fans around the world.
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