R.I.P. Mickey Baker (1925 - 2012).

Evoken Playing Decibel Magazine's Big Bash.

Evoken will be joining Converge, Pig Destroyer, Municipal Waste, Repulsion and Tombs for Decibel‘s 100th Issue Celebration Show happening at Philadelphia’s Union Transfer on January 19th 2013. Monolithic!

Montreal industrial blackened neo-folk duo Menace Ruine will be making a trip across the border to play a one-off show in New York City on Saturday December 1st at Acheron. Not to be missed. Earlier this year the band released their fourth album Alight in Ashes on the Profound Lore label. Additional information and purchasing options can be found HERE. 

Neurosis Live At The Fox Theater.

Neurosis live at the Fox Theater Nov. 17th 2012. 

Audio samples and purchasing for Neurosis' latest album Honor Found In Decay can be found HERE.

White Fence European Tour.

11/27    Kortijk    BE     De Kreun    w/ Ty Segall
11/29    London    UK    Dalston Victoria
11/30    Brussels    BE    Les Ateliers
12/1    Groningen    NL    Vera
12/2    Utrecht    NL    Le Guess Who? Festival
12/3    Hamburg    DE    Hafenklang
12/5    St. Gallen    CH    Palace
12/6    Zurich    CH    Bombay Bar
12/7    Lausanne    CH    Le Bourg
12/8    Toulouse    FR    Saint de Seins
12/9    Bordeaux    FR    Cafe Pompier
12/10    Paris    FR    Point Ephemere
12/11    Strasbourg    FR    Troc’afe
12/12    Eindhoven    NL    Area 51
12/13    Cologne    DE    King George
12/14    Berlin    DE    West Germany
12/15    Copenhagen    DK    Bakken
12/16    Amsterdam    NL    OCCII

Have A Night On 100% Silk.

To attend, just RSVP to: courtney@moxtv.com

Octopus Project "Whitby" Video.

The Octopus Project - "Whitby" Video from stereogum on Vimeo.

The "Whitby" music video is a product of the The Octopus Project's collective consciousness. Created, shot and directed by the band, the stop-motion extravaganza was crafted entirely using die-cut colored card stock. Band members meticulously designed each shape in Photoshop then used a cutting machine generally reserved for scrapbooking to cut them out before photographing them in real world settings. The final video consists of over 4,000 separate images.

"Whitby" is the first single from a yet-untitled album of new material by The Octopus Project, planned for release in 2013. The "Whitby" digital single also features an additional, totally different remix of the song by the band.

Purchase MP3 download HERE.

Tour dates HERE.

King Khan & BBQ Show Tour.

 NOVEMBER
 24th - St Paul, MN - Turf Club
26th - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
28th - Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
29th – Iowa City, IA – The Mill
30th - St Louis, MO - Off Broadway

DECEMBER
1st - Bloomington, IN - Russian Recording
3rd – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
4th - Columbus, OH – Ace Of Cups
5th - Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig

Ital Tek Tour Poster.

In support of the new album Nebula Dance Ital Tek is touring the US this November. Additional info, audio samples and purchasing options for Nebula Dance can be found HERE.

A Decade Of Yacht.

Press Release:

YACHT is developing a comedy TV show for Amazon called SUPPORT, plus 10th anniversary show announced 

 

Two big announcements from Team YACHT today: First of all, YACHT is turning ten years old!  To celebrate, YACHT has announced a 10th Anniversary celebration on Dec. 8 in Los Angeles at the Echoplex.  The performance will feature material from all eras and line-ups of the band, with special guests, surprises and prizes and party favors for the audience! Secondly, the members of YACHT are pleased to announce they are currently developing a comedy show for Amazon Studios, called Support.  Expect to see the pilot online early next year.

Official press release from Amazon Studios announcing Support:

Sometimes, what happens behind the scenes can be even more entertaining than what happens in the spotlight. That's the idea behind a new series added to the Amazon Studios Development Slate: Support, about a band's life on the road.

The creators of Support are all members of a band called YACHT, who are signed to LCD Soundsystem's label, DFA. And yes, they drew from their own experiences - in dozens of different kinds of bands - to create their show:

"Viewing the awkward, banal (and sometimes even degrading) realities inherent to playing in a band through the lens of comedy has helped us cope with how weird our lives consistently are."

More about Support:
Writers: Jona Bechtolt, Jeffrey Brodsky, Claire Evans, Rob Kieswetter (they are the band YACHT)

Logline: An ensemble comedy about life on the rock 'n' roll road, as seen through the eyes of its least glamorous participants: the opening band.

Why Amazon optioned it: The script is funny, has heart, and is about as authentic of a perspective as you can get on the music industry. It's a fascinating look backstage and at the lives of the bands we look up to on stage. These are characters we care about and root for and want to see succeed.

>From the writers: "For the past three years, we've imagined our lives on the road as a TV show. In many ways, a tour is a perfect analogue to an episodic series: there's a central cast of characters, recurring locations, absurd scenarios, and new conflicts to resolve every day. There are just too many stranger-than-fiction moments that we've wanted to share, but haven't had the time or outlet to do so. We've been keeping notes of every ridiculous interaction and story in a shared document and we can't wait to unearth them all through the show."

YACHT 2012 Tour Dates:
10/18    Durham, NH @ Univ. of New Hampshire
10/19    New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/20    Boston, MA @ House of Blues
10/21    Montreal, QC @ Corona Theater
10/23    Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
10/24    Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
10/25    Chicago, IL @ Metro
10/27    San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine
10/28    Pomona, CA @ The Fox Theater
12/08    Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex (10th Anniversary Show)

Listen To Sonic Youth Live In '85.

Aye, the vintage year of 1985. Rock In Rio was the biggest festival in the world, USA For Africa was in full swing, Phil Collins released No Jacket Required, and Sonic Youth were touring the States behind the Bad Moon Rising album. Some of us were there, most of us weren't. Luckily the audio from one of these seminal mindblowing shows was captured on 4-track cassette and will soon be available for the masses. 

Smart Bar Chicago 1985 CD, double LP or MP3 Download will be available on November 13th via Sonic Youth's own Goofin’ label. Pre-order HERE.

GBV Triple Single Onslaught.

Limited edition single #1: 

"Everywhere Is Miles From Everywhere" / non-LP b-side "The World’s Getting Smaller"

Limited edition single #2: 

"White Flag" / non-LP b-side “Casino Model”

Limited edition single #3: 

"Hangover Child" / non-LP b-side “Urchin Promise”