PARADE OF FLESH

Another great poster by James & Sam Heimer.

March 29th, 2009 | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

I will try, depending on how hectic my schedule is, to put together a local/regional show every month or so. All the bands on the April 10th show are from Texas. Three are from Dallas/Fort Worth and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth are from Austin. When Dinosaurs… will be on the 2nd release by my label, us two records, which should be out by middle to late April. Here is an older mp3 of theirs “Let’s All Get Fades“.

Flyer concept by me, execution by MB. (right click for full size)

Friday, April 10th, 2009, 8:00PM
11:20PM Nervous Curtains (Sean Kirkpatrick of The Paperchase) - full band performance
10:30PM WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH - Austin seven-piece grunge ensemble
9:45PM The Great Tyrant
9PM Krankenhaus (feat. mem. of Ali Eskandarian)
@ Club Dada
2720 Elm St
Dallas, TX
Show is ages 17+
$7 for 21+, $10 for under 21.

March 29th, 2009 | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

Dallas’ True Widow to headline the Ponytail show on May 21st at The Cavern. Opener still tba. End Sounds has an unreleased demo of “I.N.O.” in mp3 form.

March 29th, 2009 | Tags: videos | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

Savannah, GA’s BlackTusk (hyperrealist) were the main support for the recent SkeletonWitch/Kylesa tour. I filmed this at Club Dada on March 18th. The song is “Rift of Men”, which is on the upcoming BlackTusk album.

March 28th, 2009 | Tags: videos | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

I will have some video coming soon, but in the mean time, fotophonic was nice enough to share some Sleepy Sun Videos, The Fresh & Onlys videos and some pictures from HOWL’s set. Thanks so much!!

March 28th, 2009 | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment

I am pleased to announce that PONYTAIL,  Baltimore art-punk four-piece, will be coming to The Cavern in Dallas on May 21st. Other acts and info tba soon.

Ponytail’s newest album, Ice Cream Spiritual (we are free), came out last week. The lyrics (or lyrical stylings), which the majority of the time are indecipherable and incoherent, can be thought of as a drunk Bjork or an spastic Satomi of Deerhoof. The music can directly be compared to Brooklyn’s Parts & Labor or Pterodactyl. I caught Ponytail at Club 1808 in Austin last week and was completely amazed by their enthusiastic performance and how ecstatic I felt after. MP3 of “Celebrate the Body Electric“.

The below video is not the show I attended, but from Urban Outfitters earlier that day. The song is “7 Souls”, which is the 3rd track off the new album.

March 28th, 2009 | Category: News & Notes, Reviews | Leave a comment

An almost weekly assortment of musical oddities purchased or given to POF.

CEREBRAL BALLZY – Autistic Expression Ep (self) - cdr with photocopied paper sleeve, features 5 crusty and vile skate punk tracks.

DAN DEACON – The Crystal Cat 7” (carpark) – clear blue vinyl
DAN DEACON/ADVENTURE SPLIT – Split 12” (carpark) – Both bands hailing from Wham City aka Bmore, Baltimore. The split is on yellow vinyl and contains two tracks by each band.

The DEATHSET – Limitations Can Make Your Creative 12” (we are busy bodies)
The FRESH & ONLYS – S/T 12” (castleface)
HEALTH – Die Slow: Market Yourself for Blood 7” (lovepump united) features PicturePlane remix on the b-side
HOWL – 2 song ep (self) A little teaser till their debut on Relapse
JUAREZ – 3 song ep (self) Their split on us two records will be out this summer.
MY DISCO - Paradise (stomp)
NINJASONIK – The Tight Pants Ep 12” (chief)
OBITS – One Cross Apiece (stint) – 2nd pressing w. mp3 D/L
OBITS – I Blame You 12” (subpop) includes digital d/l
PONYTAIL – Ice Cream Spiritual LP (we are free) Second album by experimental Baltimore art punks. Eight songs that sound like an inhebriated Bjork backed by Parts & Labor. MP3 of “Celebrate the Body Electric“. update: playing the cavern on May 21st

RAFTER – Sex, Death, Cassette (asthmatic kitty)
RAFTER – Sweaty Magic (asthmatic kitty)
SLEEPY SUN – White Dove 7” (sol diamond)
SLEEPY SUN – New Age/Lord 10” (sol diamond) clear vinyl w/ splatter

THEE OH SEES – HELP LP (in the red) – Pink vinyl w/ lyrics on vinyl sleeve. Thee Oh Sees abandon their own label, Castleface, to release a 12 song LP on garage-rock label, In the Red (home to The Strange Boys, Vivian Girls, Dirtbombs and Jay Reatard)  Help adds more psychedelic garage pop goodness to their enormously incredible catalog of over 150 songs spread out through 12 albums, eps and splits. 

THEE OH SEES – Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion cd & dvd Limited to 1000 copies, this live cd & dvd combo features “performances sans stages and whatnot”.

THEE OH SEES - Sucks Blood (castleface)

YIKES! – Whoa Comas/Blood Bomb 12” (labil) One-sided 12” by a very short-lived side project of Jon Dwyer of Coachwhips/Thee Oh Sees/etc. The label is hand number out of 350.

V/A – CHIEF RECORDS 2009 Vol. 1 cd – Features Tracks by Ninjasonik, Cerebral Ballzy, Thriller, Murdertronics and six other acts on Chief Records.  D/L for free at cheifcreative.com/2009 

March 26th, 2009 | Category: News & Notes, Reviews | Leave a comment

Thanks: I need to first say thank you to all the agents, bands, friends and citizens who made yesterday happen; and the turnout was fantastic for a first attempt. I like to give very special thanks to M for working the door at the very last minute. You really kept things flowing better than anyone else yesterday. 

Cancellations: Trash Talk cancelled that day due to Lee re-injuring his knee cap.  Wavves cancelled because he didn’t want to make the drive/play. I assume both bands were beat down from the previous days activities in Austin. With the way bands tour these days, both will come back eventually.

Sound: I was extremely disappointed by the overall consistency of ‘good sound’ and ridiculous feedback ‘off and on’ the entire day.  Also, I do not know why they weren’t prepared for change overs. The attitude displayed between the soundman and The Coathangers and Young Widows was completely unprofessional and should not ever happen in a venue. Granted it’s humorous when the drummer and soundman arguing and talk shit to each other during the set, but for him to mute all of Young Widows sound and walk-out was just plain shitty.  I will have a different sound guy at my next shows at the Lounge. Sorry.

Final line-up:
Young Widows, My Disco, Thee Oh Sees, Women, Abe Vigoda, Pterodactyl, Ty Segall, The Coathangers, Vampire Hands, Sleepy Sun, The Fresh & Onlys, Howl, Juarez

March 23rd, 2009 | Category: News & Notes, Reviews | Leave a comment

Parade of Flesh’s Inaugural SOUTH BY SOUTH FLESH Festival has finally arrived.

Scheduled to appear:
YOUNG WIDOWS (Louisville)
THEE OHSEES (San Francisco)
WAVVES (San Diego)
SLEEPY SUN (San Francisco)
WOMEN (Calgary)
TRASH TALK (Sacramento)
ABE VIGODA (Los Angeles)
PTERODACTYL (Brooklyn)
The COATHANGERS (Atlanta)
MY DISCO (Melbourne)
HOWL (Providence)
VAMPIRE HANDS (Minneapolis)
THE FRESH & ONLYS (San Francisco)
JUAREZ (Tucson)

All AGES.
$10 Advance Tickets for 21+, $12 D.O.S.
$13 Advance Tickets for Under 21, $15 D.O.S.

March 21st, 2009 | Category: News & Notes | Leave a comment