So Bad Brains is postponed due to..uh...erm...health issues. Yeah, that's the ticket. It'll be back on in the fall. However, here's the first (Mid to West Coast US/CAN) half of our summer. Anything with TBA info here, I'll fill in as it comes down the line:
06.14.13 Ann Arbor MI @ Death Star w/ Nightbringer, Lord Centipede
06.15.13 Milwaukee WI @ TBA w/ Falter +2
06.16.13 Minneapolis MN @ The Medusa w.Brain Tumors +2
06.17.13 Winnipeg MB @ the Windsor w/ Big Trouble +1
06.18.13 Regina SK @ the Club (2431 8th) w/ Bermuda Love, Birch Hills
06.19.13 Calgary AB @ Sled Island Festival
06.20.13 TBA, BC w/ Baptists
06.21.13 Whitehorse YT @ Sunstroke Festival w/Bob Log III +++
06.22.13 Dawson City, YT
06.23.13 Dawson City, YT
06.24.14 TBA (Alaska)
06.25.13 Vancouver BC w/ Baptists, Depressing
06.26.13 Seattle WA @ Josephine w/ Heiress, Old Ghost, Loss, Don Peyote
06.27.13 Portland OR @ TBA
06.28.13 Boise ID @ The Crux
06.29.13 Salt Lake City UT @ The Shred Shed
06.30.13 Denver CO @ Rhinoceropolis w/ Reproacher
07.01.13 Omaha NB @ TBA
07.02.13 Chicago IL @ TBA
07.11.13 Kitchener ON@ TBA
07.12.13 London ON @ APK w/ Born Wrong, Wasted Potential, Traumahawk
So here's the play: BL's 2013 touring schedule is mostly all aboot...Canada, which always gets shafted in routing. Side to side as well as up and down. We're still firming it up but we'll be going from here to the west coast June 13 - July 3rd (including a stop at Sled Island festival in Calgary and more shows with our friends Baptists), in the middle of which we'll be going north to Dawson, Whitehorse, Anchorage and Yellowknife, where the sun doesn't set. That's some bucket list shit, no? On the way back from Vancouver we'll be hitting the northern US - Seattle, PDX and over Brokeback Mountain to get home. So if you or someone you love does shows in some buttfuck place like the Dakotas that no one ever comes to, and you want us to come there, and know at least 7 people who agree, get in touch. We are going to have some east coast US shows in July or August with our boys Doomriders. And then later in August we're going east all the way to The Rock and back.
We're recording a 7" next month with Josh Korody (who did the Black Widow EP), so we'll have that out for the summer. These are the next shows we have booked:
03.23.13 Toronto @ Long Winter V5 (Great Hall) w/The Sadies +Many
04.29.13 Toronto @ Sneaky Dees with NAILS, Xibalba +2
Buffalo, you fuckin' rule. Thanks again to Czuba, ETID and everyone for putting that together and asking us to be part of it. Here's a great video of the whole BL set from that night (thanks filmer):
...That's our year, and I'm glad that was the show for it. We're hibernating for a bit and writing while I have LFD stuff taking over for the January reunion shows. So thanks for a great year everyone that supported BL with floors, shows, food, bands, burritos, koalas, swags and god knows what else. We'll have our 2013 plans worked out over the next 8 weeks or so and we'll keep you posted. Stay sweet.
Here's an interview with the CBC's Vish Khanna from just yesterday, which also kicked our ass in gear to update the BL page on the CBC, so you can now hear all of RTTS there. Thanks to Vish and that hallowed Canadian institution.
NOT DEAD YET 2012 started last night with Martin (Crudos/Limp
Wrist) Sorrendeguy's incredible restrospective photo exhibit Get Shot that'll be up for the duration of the fest at the Hunt Club (709 College St). NDY 2012 Schedule. No sleep till Monday, Toronto.
Also, hey. Sit down with dad for a second. For realsies now. There IS a BL Twitter, the result of an overtired joke in a hotel room while recording, where we would only talk about farting and use no vowels. It was a funny about how degenerated that voyeuristic culture is. But it's not real, will not be kept up with any regularity (we've actually lost the login info) and isn't a good way to be in touch with our moment to moment frtn activities. We keep getting friend requests (Danny Devito?!) and messages about it and I just want to reiterate that (if you are not an Arab Spring activist, a Chinese dissident or someone evading
arrest while protesting in a totalitarian state) Twitter is in fact useless and microcosmically vacant. Ours was purely for jokes and is technically there but not active (like the brains of modern men everywhere, myself included). Read a book, Bieber. Real talk.
In a related story, Chris Fucking Hedges can't be bought. Try stuffing THIS guy into 140 characters or less. A credible and highly recommended 3 hour tour of reality:
Home! Thanks everybody, this tour was a blast.
Would that they could all be Gainesville:
This weekend is Not Dead Yet. Get your ass to TO. We're playing Soybomb late Friday night with Hassler, Owl Eyes and Hank Wood and the Hammerheads. Then Dec.21st in Buffalo, and that's our year. We're gonna hibernate, write new songs and plan out our 2013. Listen To Fight Amp for the love o' Christ. They're better than ever.
We're only half way through this week and it's been amazing. Some shows that were almost afterthoughts to the routing to and from the fests turned out to be so fun, in random last minute spots that make me wistful for bygone days - we played in a storefront in Syracuse, a sketchy Korean restaurant / karaoke bar in Baltimore and an alley in Charlotte in the first 72 hours, all of them ruling. It's great to see people using DIY spaces so creatively again.
The Fest as always was killer. From Ashes Rise and NA, goddamn. We missed the end of the world on the east coast by hours and in the south there's not a trace of it down here. To our friends on the east coast, I hope you're all alright.
We're churning towards Austin. We're playing the FFF day show we're slotted for but also a night one with Power Trip, our boys Fight Amp, and Enabler, at Holy Mountain. That'll be the kicker. Holy hell, am I really going to see Earth, X and Run DMC in the same day? What is this magical place?
The rest of the shows are listed below. If you're in Little Rock, the BL/Joyce Manor house show is being moved to the Riverview Skatepark in North Little Rock, check your local TV station or just ask your friend, he probably knows what's up. But it is happening.
When we get home, there's NDY where we play a late show at Soybomb, FINALLY, and I wanna see someone try and ride the bike that's stuck to the ceiling. And then in December we have our last show of the year. What's the date, you ask? Do you need to ask? December 21st 2012. Buffalo NY. Stay tuned for details and I hope we see you out here. Stay pissed and all that shit but more immediately, stay dry. It's way less brutal but super practical.
Thanks so much to the folks of Resist and everyone in Australia and NZ, Bryan Wassom and everyone that helped us out on tour. It was an unreal experience and we'll do it all again as soon as possible. For now, we're playing these local shows:
09.21.12 - Toronto @ The Horseshoe Tavern w/ Hot Snakes (!?!)
09.26.12 - Toronto @ The Phoenix w/ Propagandhi & CBK
...and then we go out to The Fest and Fun Fun Fun next month, and tour there and back, including shows with DNF, Joyce Manor and our old road bros Fight Amp, as well as FINALLY playing Soybomb for a late-nighter during Not Dead Yet in November. Stay tuned for details.
Some great words of encouragements from MRR:
... yesss, finally a Maximum reviewer that gets us!
Quick Update from Sydney airport, currently on our way to Perth - We're having a blast down here. The folks at Resist and all our friends and the kids here are being real good to us and the bands here are sick. 3 Aussie shows left and then NZ. Hopefully we can do this all over again before too long.
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Dear Friend - This summer has been the best times yet for us as a band and some of the best times of our lives period, and still it all feels like it's just the warm-up for more and more. The SL Tour was a blast on all levels, and in less than 2 weeks we leave for Australia. Here's how it's gonna go down:
08.16 Brisbane, QLD @ Basement 243 (18+) w/ Ghost Town, Shields, The Fevered 08.17 Sydney, NSW @ Sando (18+) w/Epics, Lo! 08.18 Canberra, ACT @ Bar 32 (18+) w/ Fun Things, Birdman, Victims, Babeez 08.19 Sydney, NSW @ Blackwire (AA) w/ Fattura Della Morte, Hostile Objects 08.22 Perth, WA @ The Den (18+) w/ Vanity, Statues, Diatlov 08.23 Adelaide, SA @ Animal House (AA) w/ Hydromedusa, Starvation 08.24 Melbourne, VIC @ Bendigo Hotel (18+) w/ Pity Scissors, Urns 08.25 Auckland NZ @ Khuja Lounge w/ Cobra Khan, Parents, BAD, Bruins
...see you Bruces in the pit.
P&L - We played a very last-minute show the other night at Parts & Labor which was intended to be a secret Refused set but they didn't go through with it. For our part though, it was probably the best TO show we've ever had, so thanks to Greg SITC and all our friends at P&L. It's always good dudes & unhinged times. Here's a couple songs that our boy Julian taped. We got our friend Jose taping the whole thing as well so once it's edited, we'll throw it up here.
EMAIL - I suck at it. But you probably knew that. And to make it worse, my very elderly and already second hand G4 Powerbook has bought the ticket and taken it's final ride. So apologies to anyone that's been either writing us through here, or me personally, if I haven't gotten back or don't until I'm back from tour and get my virtual shit together.
SHIRTKILLER - This is just a reminder that you can get all kinds of shirts and records and other goodies from the southern gentlemen at SK, and great stuff by lots of other bands too. GO HERE.
BURNING LOVE / FIGHT AMP 7" - So as we mentioned, this incredibly ambitious mailorder subscription set is now underway on Ireland's Hell Comes Home Records. But for those without old-school patience, they're now taking preorders for the whole thing as a box set. Please check out this thing and some of the many fine bands on it HERE.
DERANGED - A lot of people have been asking since the new LP came out and yes, you can still get the Songs For Burning Lovers LP and both EPs from Deranged. GO HERE.
...so there you have it. We're gonna be playin the Phoenix in Toronto in late September with Propagandhi and CBK. More info on that, and the US shows in Oct/Nov as we get it. We've got some TBA shenanigans we're trying to make happen on that run.
So, 30 days and many thousands of miles later and we're in the home stretch. Today is the last Martyrdod show of the tour, and we fall off at various stops in the next few days. For us, it's Chicago. We're homesick as fuck and have the 1000 yard stare but this whole tour, it's been incredibly good to us this time around. I just wanted to say thank you to everybody on this tour who's been looking out for each other like it aught to be but rarely is, and to all the old and new faces all over Canada and the US that we've seen in the course of this tour. It's gonna be hard adjusting to any tour without camping, bocce, Rob Halford or foam parties after this. I'm hoping to make a photo book of the 35MM pictures I've been taking of this trip.
But for real - to Greg, Aaron, Dave and everyone at Southern Lord, and to Enabler, Martyrdod, Black Breath and everyone out here with us, and the special surprises along the way (Bapstists, Depressing, Noothgrush, Pelican, Wild Tribe, Power Trip, Ancient Shores, Dead in the Dirt, The Secret, Poison Idea...) - thank you, it's been as good as it gets.
The LP is out and around at this point, we're stoked at the good response it's gotten so fast. Next up for us is Australia in August, see the Resist Records site for updated show info and someone please save me a swag, because we don't have them here and they sound like a great idea. We'll be announcing our intentions towards the US east coast and south for October/November as soon we have it mapped out, but it's looking like some exciting shit.
PS. FREE HARLEY.
PS. On second thought, maybe don't, for a few days.
UPDATE: DALLAS.
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UPDATE: SAN DIEGO. This tour rules, all these dudes and bands are gross and great to watch all night and hang out with all day. Thanks to our brothers in Baptists/Depressing and everyone along Canada that made it so awesome. We're definitely gonna do it more thoroughly next year.
The LP is out. You can get it from us on this tour (dates below) or from Southern Lord now on both formats. And yes, the Toronto release cover version is long gone.There's a ton more interviews floating around, this Blow The Scene one is pretty thorough. Also a lot of reviews out there: Exclaim, Lambgoat, Kill Your Scene, Treble. Thank you everyone for the kind words thus far. See you guys out here somewhere. Also, the full set from the Mod Club show with Converge:
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Well here it comes. Album and tour. And tour, and tour. Below is the next run. I'm gonna leave this post at the top for a while and just update the info as/if it changes. We are reconfigured for four players. RIP Van #3. High hopes for van #4, with 10 cylinders and 3 feet more room, immediately cancelled out by more amps (Marshall's Marshalls). And you know, we'd have it no other way.
Cross Canada Dates
06.08.12 Toronto @ Silver Dollar w/Purity Control,Suicider,Wasteoids
06.11.12 Sudbury ON @ Millards Garage (459 Lasalle)
06.14.12 Winnipeg MB @ Mondragon (yes, at Mondragon!)
06.15.12 Saskatoon SK @ Amigos w/Ian Blurton (MoSo Festival)
06.16.12 Calgary AB @ the Palamino
06.17.12 Kelowna BC @ KOC Hall w/Depressing, Ratwheel
06.18.12 Vancouver BC @ Biltmore Cabaret w/Depressing, Baptists
US Southern Lord Tour (w. Black Breath, Martyrdod & Enabler)
06.19.12 Seattle WA @ El Corazon (+ Poison Idea)
06.20.12 Portland OR @ Hawthorne Theatre (+ Poison Idea)
06.21.12 San Franciso CA @ the Mezzanine (+ Pelican)
06.22.12 Santa Cruz CA @ the Catalyst (+ Pelican)
06.23.12 Pomona CA @ the Glass House (+ Pelican) RSVP
06.27.12 Dallas TX @ Club Dada (+ Power Trip, Wild Tribe)
06.28.12 Austin TX @ Red 7 (+ Power Trip, Wild Tribe)
06.29.12 Houston TX @ Walters (+ Power Trip, Wild Tribe)
06.30.12 NOLA @ 3 Ring Circus (+ Dead in the Dirt)
07.01.12 Atlanta GA (+ Dead in the Dirt)
07.02.12 Raleigh NC @ Kings Barcade (+ Dead in the Dirt)
07.03.12 Richmond VA @ Strange Matter (+ Dead in the Dirt)
07.04.12 Baltimore MD @ Talking Head (Sonar) (+ The Secret)
07.05.12 Boston MA @ Radio Bar (+ The Secret)
07.06.12 Brooklyn NY @ The Acheron (+ The Secret)
07.07.12 Philadelphia PA @ the Barbary (+ The Secret)
07.08.12 Dayton OH @ Blind Bob's (+ The Secret)
07.09.12 Chicago IL @ Empty Bottle (- Martyrdod)
...and home. If anybody knows anything good to do in the 24 hour drive from Sudbury to Winnipeg, please let us know. We like speed bowling, burritos and general tomfoolery.
THE LP APPROACHETH.
You can preorder the CD HERE and get this gnarly poster with it:
...or direct from SL (HERE) & get this shirt with it:
Otherwise, keep up with Southern Lord and all your favorite distros and the LP will be available all over town in a few short weeks. If you like records that people say nice things about, here's what STEREOKILLER, NINEHERTZ (UK) and CRAVE have to say in advance about RTTS. Also, if you want to know what books and songs make burning lovers tick, go HERE. OK, good talk. See you out there somewhere.
Thanks so much to Nasum, Brutal Truth, Greg Daly and Jamie Getz for having us the last few days. Been waiting a long time to see that, let alone play it. So thank you, and nice to finally meet you, and RIP. That shit is going to level Chaos, MDF and everywhere else in its path in the next few weeks, so don't sleep on it cause it's only gonna happen once.
Next up for us is the home town release show. Silver Dollar, Friday June 8th. As mentioned, there will be 100 of a limited cover version of Rotten Thing To Say a few weeks ahead of the release date. And we'll have some fucking awesome silkscreened posters courtesy of one Matt Daley:
...Then we leave for tour across Canada to start the tour with Black Breath, Enabler and Martyrdod. See below for all the deets.
Truly a squirrelly couple of weeks (see below), but there's too much going down right now to do anything but figure it out, dig in and keep rolling. So fuck it, what's next? The good news:
1. You can now hear (and read) the LP track "Hateful Comforts" HERE on Alternative Press.
2. The Black Widow 7" is out now on High Anxiety/No Idea, and you can order it HERE.
2.5. The B-side of the 7" is also streaming on Brooklyn Vegan: HERE.
3. There's a brand new interview up HERE on Let's Lynch The Bastard, which will be coming out in zine form as well as online.
4. NASUM SHOWS - We just got added to the Toronto and Montreal shows in a few weeks with NASUM and Brutal Truth, since Dropdead have unfortunately had to cancel. They are Sunday the 20th at theAnnex Wreckroomin Toronto and Monday the 21st at Salla Rossain Montreal. No doubt we're gonna be some poser shit to a room of grindcore and metal kids, but regardless, this is very personal and exciting to be any part of. Nasum were an untouchable band in their absolute prime and like most fans I never got to see them after their singer and his partner were at the wrongest of places at the worst of times and were swept out to sea and killed in the historic tsunami in Thailand in 2004. I saw firsthand on Cursed tour in Scandinavia and Europe in the following months of 2005 what a great loss it was to our community. So it's great that they're finally getting to have a proper ending to that chapter, thanks to Keijo from Rotten Sound, the only man who could possibly step up to the task, and that finally all the people over here who have figured out Nasum's true impact since then, can pay their respects first hand. Thanks for having us.
5. RTTS Limited Release Show Edition - The RTTS record release show is going ahead as planned, June 8th at the Silver Dollar. We're having 100 of the LP shipped straight from the plant early so we can do a limited release show cover version of the LP just for this one show. For the uninitiated, a release show version of a record is a record made specifically for one event, so as to allow the listener to look back, like "Hey, remember this night? What a blast! Dan Burke fell down the stairs!" etc. The last time I did this arts & crafts shit (Cursed III Good Friday Edition) I learned fast that about 12 out of 10 people at your merch table on such a night are looking at it more like a $15 square thing that can promptly be turned into a $100 bill. But I'm a record dork myself and I love doing shit like this, so I'm not gonna fight it. You make something rare and collectible, that part is cool - it's only the money that bothers me, because we keep our own things as cheap and accessible as we can. But hey, it's your party. And for the benefit of any music fans out there, the square thing will also contain a round thing imprinted with songs you can play on your phonograph player, and an extra inner square thing with words about those songs that you can read and think about. And a fun cover that will make little sense outside of Toronto. Limit: one per entrepreneur. Friday June 8 @ the Silver Dollar with Purity Control, Suicider and Wastoids.
6. Due to some US Visa delays, we have to reroute the first few shows of June tour from US and go the long and scenic route west by going north through Canada instead on those same dates (June 11-13). So apologies to Detroit, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Good news is, we'll finally get our asses to Sudbury like we've been meaning to for years (June 11 at Millard's Garage, 459 Lasalle). Then we're gonna try our luck with Sault Ste Marie and Thunder Bay, though it might just be us and some caribou. At least it's a really beautiful drive. And we pick up from Winnipeg to Vancouver as planned from there.
7. Vogelisms.com. How come no one told me about this shit until now?
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