Winners of the 2008 EMP Sound Off! competition, New Faces have signed with Loveless Records. Loveless will release New Faces’ debut full-length, Two Years, on August 26th. Two digital-only singles will be released July 22, and will be available at itunes, emusic, snocap, and all other major digital outlets. Starting in early July, Two Years will be available directly from the band at shows.
Press release after the jump…
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On August 5th, 2008, Hydra Head Records will release Night Terror, the debut full-length from Helms Alee. Helms Alee features Ben Verellen (who has played in Harkonen, These Arms Are Snakes, and Roy) and Hozoji Matheson-Margullis (who also plays in Lozen). Night Terror was recorded by Matt Bayles.
Before the record is released, Helms Alee will head out on a West coast tour in July. Upcoming dates…
June 28th - Tacoma, WA - Hell’s Kitchen (w/ Flipper)
July 16th - Arcata, CA - the Alibi
July 17th - Chico, CA - Cafe Coda
July 19th - Los Angeles, CA - Relax Bar
July 20th - San Diego, CA - Che Cafe
July 22nd - Eugene, OR - Samurai Duck
July 23rd - Portland, OR - Ash St.
Live, Helms Alee are heavy, intense, and melodic. Go out and see them.
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My most-anticipated day in quite a while has arrived. Wolf Parade released At Mount Zoomer today. The Sub Pop band’s release is its second, the first being 2005’s outstanding, mindbending Apologies to the Queen Mary.
I have the record on order, and I’ll post a review here when I’ve soaked in it for a few days.
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Nam released his new album last Saturday at the Vera Project with Good Medicine (Macklemore, Geologic of Blue Scholars, Khingz, and Gabe Teodros). While I missed the show, I picked up the CD Monday at Sonic Boom. It’s simple. It’s fun. There are definite echoes of the Blue Scholars and Common Market, with tracks like “Where You At Now.” He doesn’t stick to the conscious rap genre though, with lighter tracks like “Feelin’ Fresh” featuring Khingz. “Get Live” is a personal favorite. But it’s all good.
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This Friday LESBIAN had to back out of their benefit show at the Funhouse because their dumb-ass drummer busted up his foot and can’t kick his kickers. Instead, LESBIAN’s rhythm guitarist Dan LaRochelle is unleashing his new project on us. Peep this shit: OMNIA MUTANTOR which means: “All things change.” The set will conceptually be sort of a fugue comprised of three themes: Abgrund Irrgaten and Nacht ….each of the performers will represent one of the three themes: Dan LaRochelle (from LESBIAN) guitar.(Nacht-night) Nihilist (from In Memorium) on vokills.(Abgrund-Abyss) Andrew McInnis (from Lemons & Stallions) on drums.(Irrgaten-Labyrinth)……wow!!
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Seattle band Molly Shannon, Molly Shannon is giving their album You think yr the Doctor, I think I’m the Sheriff to us, the listening public.
Download You think yr the Doctor, I think I’m the Sheriff
When listening for the first time, you just might think you’re hearing Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse fronting a very raw lo-fi sounding Radiohead. While other tracks like Alice Liddell, and Debbie ‘Debra’ Gibson have a more ambient and entrancing feel that I believe would greatly succeed in a place where music and sound are featured in enhancing the visual art experience. Whether it be the backdrop to create the tone and mood of an intricate slow moving indie film, such as one of your own Mr. Lynch or possibly Mr. Kubrick’s if he was still around, to the background music at a soho art gallery opening accompanying darker avante garde art to further your perception and understanding of the piece. — Jules of NWMB and the fine Seattle Subsonic
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This coming Monday, Russian Circles will be rocking at Neumos. The instrumental Chicago band just released their second full-length album, Station, and I have not been able to stop listening to it. It is intense, immediate, and gripping in ways not usual for music without vocals.
Station was recorded here in Seattle at Studio Litho by Matt Bayles and was released by local label, Suicide Squeeze. It also features These Arms Are Snakes guitarist Brian Cook and Past Lives/ex-Bloodbrothers bass player Morgan Henderson.
Daughters and Young Widows open the show. It should be good.
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Tonight at the Sunset The Curious Mystery will be sharing their unique brand of psychedelic americana. If you haven’t heard them, do it right now: myspace.com/thecuriousmystery. Also on the bill are Seattle’s surf darlings Diminished Men. The drummers for these two acts are worth the ticket price alone. This is some of the best shit happening in Seattle right now. Get in on the ground floor and never get out of the elevator.
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