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Wovenhand poster

Design and Silkscreen printing by Sam Heimer

February 12th, 2009 | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

Shit list?

Dear Citizens,

Lately I have heard some nasty & untrue, yet funny stuff from certain people, so I thought to start a shit list… But to clarify, these people are not on MY shit list, I AM ON THEIRS:

Kara from Darktown Strutters@
Wes from Darktown Strutters (but mainly kara)
Melissa Humpries from Melissas Deluxe*
Wanz Dozer from ???? (too many bands to type)^
Shane English from his bedroom%
Courtney Guzman from Hotel Zsa Zsa#

@ - needs $50 for drawing 4 people and comping 3 of them to a show.
* - Please tell me what is ‘deluxe’ about this? Their vaginas?
^ - Wanz quote: “I am going to spit in (john’s) face, next time I see him” (Good luck with that!)
% - I have no clue why.
# - She killed someone while drunk driving, but got off. Our justice system at work. Her finest quote “I would rather be a murderer than a whore”.

Personally, I don’t have a shit list. I would rather just vent and be direct with a person than bottle it up and talk bad about them. If you bottle it up, then you create a worse scenario in your head. To each his own.

If I am on your shit list and you would like to be public about it, then please let me know or let someone else know (it will come back to me eventually).

Take Care Yall,

johnis

February 12th, 2009 | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

Recently Acquired

ABE VIGODA – Animal Ghosts 7” (mosher hall/post present medium)

BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS – S/T 10” + mp3 (lost highway) – A really good friend of mine from college is in this eight piece garage soul act. They are exceptional live and the lead singer is insanely passionate, like James Brown, especially when he sings “Bitch, I Love You”.

HEARTSREVOLUTION – Switchblade EP/CYOA + Bonus Remixes (iheartcomix)

HR/VALIENT THORR – Split 7” (volcom) – Last of six split 7”s released by Volcom ent. Vinyl Club for their 2008 subscription. Previous releases featured Dark Meat, Monotonix, Red Fang, RTX, Witch and more.

INTELLIGENCE – Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long 7” (plastic idol)

THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY – Raw Black Power 7″ (insect) – Silkscreened sleeve. Features two tracks: “Obama” and ?

TOTAL ABUSE – S/T (deranged) Hardcore thrash and grind punk that is completely solid and technical; no sloppy non-sense. Three/Fifths of the band reside in Austin; their drummer is based in Oakland and another guy is in Brooklyn, so catch them whenever they are able to play. Dustin Pilkington of Best Fwends is in this band too. The CD version features the S/T LP, the Sex Pig EP and the 8 Song Demo.

TOTALLY MICHAEL – S/T (iheartcomix) – This is a very fun & entertaining power-pop-punk album that is made for the Summer. Totally Michael is touring right now and will play in Dallas on March 21st at the Lounge on Elm St with Death Set, Team Robespierre, Ninjasonik and Cerebal Ballzy.

WOVENHAND – Ten Stones (sounds familyre) - Playing Club Dada on March 7th with True Widow and Shiny Around the Edges

February 10th, 2009 | Category: News & Notes, Reviews | Leave a comment

SXSFLESH ON Sale…

tickets on sale, Monday February 9th, at 10am via paradeofflesh.frontgatetickets.com.

Sunday, Mar 22nd, 3PM to 11PM
SOUTH by SOUTH FLESH with:
YOUNG WIDOWS - Lousiville, KY
THEE OHSEES - San Francisco
WOMEN - Calgary
The COATHANGERS - Atlanta
TRASH TALK - Sacramento
ABE VIGODA - Los Angeles
PTERODACTYL - Brooklyn
SLEEPY SUN - San Francisco
WAVVES - San Diego
VAMPIRE HANDS - Minneapolis
HOWL - Providence
MY DISCO - Melbourne
The FRESH & ONLYS - San Francisco
JUAREZ - Tucson

@ Lounge on Elm St
2810 Elm St
Dallas, TX
Advance Tickets on Sale Soon:
$10 for over 21, $13 for under
D.O.S. - $12/15 (All Ages Show)
Parade of Flesh’s first ‘festival’. Assembled is a selection of noteworthy acts that are coming through Texas for something down in Austin that a lot of people go to every year. Specific set-times coming soon. Bands will flip-flop from the main stage to upstairs and vice versa till they are done. Non-stop music all day.

February 8th, 2009 | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

Total Abuse Setlist & Videos

Hardcore punk act, Total Abuse, opened for The Strange Boys & Monotonix in Austin on February 6th, 2009 at RED 7. The line-up was put together by Transmission Entertainment.

Setlist:
14
Caligula
Secrets
Total Abuse
Peace and Quiet
Discipline
I Can See in the Dark
Disease
No Release
Sex Pig
MJTT

Video of “14″ and “Discipline”:

February 8th, 2009 | Tags: videos | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

Titus Andronicus Setlist & Video

Titus Andronicus played twice on January 31st, 2009. The first was an instore at Good Records, then a few hours later opening for Los Campesinos! at Club Dada. Titus Andronicus are a five piece from Glen Rock, NJ inspired by the Shakespearean tragedy and currently on Troubleman Unlimited. Interview with the band to come soon.

Good Records Setlist:
My Time Outside the Womb
Joset of Nazaketh’s Blues
Upon Viewing Brueghel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
No Future Pt. 1
Titus Andronicus

Club Dada setlist:
Upon Viewing Brueghel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
Evertime That I See the Light Pt. 2
Joset of Nazaketh’s Blues
No Future Pt. 3
No Future Pt. 1
No Future Part Two: The Days After No Future
Titus Andronicus Forever
My Time Outside the Womb
Titus Andronicus
Fear & Loathing in Mahwah, New Jersey

Here is video of “My Time Outside the Womb” from Club Dada:

February 8th, 2009 | Tags: videos | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

Trash Talk Added to SXSFlesh

Sacramento hardcore punk band, TRASH TALK, are confirmed to play South by South Flesh at the Lounge on Elm St on March 22nd. The FINAL LINE-UP: Young Widows, Wavves, Thee Oh Sees, My Disco, Women, The Coathangers, Trash Talk, Abe Vigoda, Pterodactyl, Vampire Hands, Sleepy Sun, The Fresh Onlys, Howl, Juarez

Doors still at 3pm. Set-times to be announced soon.

Tickets on sale this Monday at: http://paradeofflesh.frontgatetickets.com

February 5th, 2009 | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

Los Campesinos! Setlist + video

This past Saturday, I videotaped a few songs from Titus Andronicus’ instore at Good Records in the afternoon and a few from their show at Club Dada later that evening. I also filmed the final three tracks from the headliners, Los Campesinos!. After the show, three members of Titus Andronicus interviewed each other, which I will be posting later this week. For now, I have Los Campesinos! performing “We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed”:

Thanks to LC! for allowing me to film.

Los Campesinos! setlist from Club Dada in Dallas on January 31st, 2009:
01. Ways to Make It Through the Wall
02. The International Tweexcole Underground
03. Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #1
04. My Year in Lists
05. Don’t Tell Me to Do the Math(s)
06. ? (i think Miserabilia)
07. This Is How You Spell. “HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics
09. We Are All Accelerated Readers
10. All Your Kayfabe Friends
11. Death jam
12. You! Me! Dancing!
13. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
14. Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks

Update 2/4: Added Setlist (I forgot)

February 3rd, 2009 | Tags: videos | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

JUAREZ Added to SXSFlesh

Tucson, AZ’s JUAREZ are set to be the opening act at 3:30PM on March 22nd. Tickets will go on Sale this Friday; link and info to come. Also, one more band might be added to the lineup.

February 3rd, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Recently Acquired + mp3

This past week . . .

The EGYPTIAN LOVER – One Track Mind cassette (egyptian empire)
My friend found this piece of shit tape on a recent road trip. It’s only amusing if you know me personally, but how could you disregard this classic release, with such cleverly titled tracks such as “You’re So Fine”, “The Dark Side of Egypt”, “Livin’ on the Nile” and “Freak-a-holic”, and that was just the A-Side!

FOL CHEN - Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune’s Made (asthmatic kitty)
Fol Chen’s album seems to jump all over the place by blending elements from various genres, and not in a bad way, sort of like a Bran Van 3000 or a Cornelius album. I listened to it straight through and found it enjoyable on the first run. Some of the standout tracks were “No Wedding Cake”, “Cable TV” and “Winter, That’s All”. Could suffice fans of Yatch, Hot Chip, maybe even Shiny Toy Guns.“No Wedding Cake” mp3

LOS CAMPESINOS! – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (arts & crafts) – Deluxe Version with DVD. I feel obligated to buy merchandise when I am comped to a show.

MI AMI – Echononecho EP 12” + mp3 (quarterstick) First single off the forthcoming Watersports. This recent interview I conducted with band has an extraordinary description of their work that slays anyone else’s summation.

TAPES & TAPES - The Loon cassette – (xl) Everyone seems to love vinyl again. Why not show some love to analog tapes? Tapes & Tapes on tape, duh.
TAPES & TAPES - Hang Them All 7” (?) – White label promo bonus for purchasing their new LP. See why I bought the Los Campesinos! Album.

WAVVES – Wavves LP 12” (woodsist)
I bought this because Wavves is playing my South by South Flesh festival in March and I wanted to listen to his tunes on something other than a myspace music player. Also, all Wavves 7” releases are really hard to attain because he is currently hot and ‘blogworthy’. I bet it’s being bought up by pricks that don’t even own a turntable.

February 3rd, 2009 | Tags: mp3s | Category: News & Notes, Reviews | Comments Off