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Blitzen Trapper Premiere The Title Track From New Album 'Wild and Reckless' with Consequence of Sound

Blitzen Trapper Premiere The Title Track From New Album Wild and Reckless with Consequence of Sound Album out November 3
US Tour Kicks Off November 2 in Atlanta, GAOn November 3, the Portland, OR-based Blitzen Trapper will release  Wild & Reckless , a new album born of their staged musical of the same title and also a compaion to their 2008 breakthrough album Furr. Today, Consequence of Soundpremiered the album's title track and said "the song is the equivalent of an adrenaline shot of invincibility — the kind of anthem people turn up loud in the car as they’re speeding off to some unknown destination, the wind’s blow their only guidance." Stream "Wild and Reckless" via YouTube:https://youtu.be/OFkqthth0n4
"Wild and Reckless is about looking back on the crazy days of youth and wondering how you survived those sketchy times with danger eternally nosing at your heels," explains frontman Eric Earley about the song. "And when you look back now there’s this feeling like, I’ll never be as alive as I was then. Reality will never seem that vibrant and embraceable. Whether that’s true or not isn’t important, it’s just a feeling, life’s intractable ability to hoodwink us into seeing the past as a shinning corona, even when there’s only darkness at the center." Wild and Reckless is now available for pre-order via iTunes, Amazon, and their website. Recently, Entertainment Weekly premiered the video for "Rebel," the first single to be released from the forthcoming album.  The album Wild & Reckless was born from the stage production that the band spent the better part of a year producing. The half musical, half rock-opera dealt with heroin abuse, desperation, true love and western power structures. The story evoked a bygone era of Portland with this sci-fi love story, featuring a rock-and-roll score that paired unreleased songs with favorites from the band’s catalog.  Following the success of the production, the band took 7 original songs from the production and developed the theme further into the 12 songs that comprise the new album Wild & Reckless. Frontman Eric Earley also sees the record as a companion and extention of their 2008 album Furr. "Wild and Reckless is something like a cross-eyed stepchild to Furr, in that it chronicles the darker dystopian stories of rural and suburban west coast death-drive via a riffing psychedelic landscape. Ten years after Furr with all its talk of murder and the end of the western world, it seems there's more to tell." Blitzen Trapper is Eric Earley (songwriter/singer), Erik Menteer (guitar, keyboard),Brian Adrian Koch (drums, vocals), Michael Van Pelt (bass) and Marty Marquis(keyboard, vocals). Wild & Reckless was produced by Eric Earley and Michael Van Pelt and was recorded by Gregg Williams at the Trench, in Portland, OR.  It was mixed by James Brown (Foo Fighters, Kings Of Leon, Blitzen Trapper's All Across This Land) at The Union. The band will embark on a national tour with select support from Lilly Hiatt this winter to celebrate the release of the album. Find a full list of tour dates below. Wild & Reckless tracklist: 1) Rebel2) Wild & Reckless3) Forever Pt. 14) Joanna5) No Man's Land6) Stolen Hearts7) Dance With Me8) Love Live On9) When I'm Dying10) Baby Won't You Turn Me On11) Forever Pt. 212) Wind Don't Always Blow Tour Dates: 10/28: Seaside, OR - Boo's Blues & Brews - TICKETS11/2: Atlanta, GA - The Earl - TICKETS11/3: Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall - TICKETS #11/4: Richmond, VA- The Broadberry - TICKETS #11/5: Washington, DC - Black Cat - TICKETS # 11/6: Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s - TICKETS #11/7: Cambridge, MA - The Sinclairs - TICKETS #11/9: Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg - TICKETS #11/10: Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern - TICKETS #11/11: Detroit, MI - El Club - TICKETS #11/12: Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall - TICKETS11/14: Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon - TICKETS11/15: Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall - TICKETS #11/16: St. Paul, MN - Turf Club - TICKETS11/17: Iowa City, IA - The Mill - TICKETS11/18: St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill Duck Room - TICKETS11/19: Nashville, TN - Exit/In - TICKETS #11/30: Santa Cruz, CA - Moe’s Alley - TICKETS #12/1: Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theatre - TICKETS #12/2: San Diego, CA - Casbah - TICKETS #12/4: Mill Valley, CA - Sweetwater Music Hall - TICKETS #12/5: San Francisco, CA - The Independent - TICKETS #12/7: Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern - TICKETS #12/8: Portland, OR - Revolution Hall - TICKETS # # - support from Lilly Hiatt

Peter Matthew Bauer Shares "Full Moon In The Sky" Track On Brooklyn Vegan | 'Mount Qaf (Divine Love)' LP Out 11/10

Peter Matthew Bauer Shares "Full Moon In The Sky" Track OnBrooklyn Vegan

Record Release Show On 10/28 At Bootleg Theater
In Los Angeles

'Mount Qaf (Divine Love)' LP Out 11/10 On Fortune Tellers/Kobalt Photo Cred: Marisa BrownLISTEN & SHARE: Peter Matthew Bauer - "Full Moon In The Sky"
SoundCloudLISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Peter Matthew Bauer - "Khidr (American Drifter Music)"
SoundCloud | YouTube
 "...ten new songs of rousing, dusty, sun-dappled rock."
- Brooklyn Vegan

"...a dusty, churning anthem, a song that sounds like it was lost to the years and then exhumed in ragged, sepia-toned grandeur."
- StereogumToday, Brooklyn Vegan shares Peter Matthew Bauer's new single "Full Moon In The Sky". Prior to this track Stereogum announced the new LP entitled 'Mount Qaf (Divine Love)', which will be out 11/10 on Fortune Tellers/Kobalt Music. Along with the announcement, the site also shared the video for the first single "Khidr (American Drifter Music)". 'Mount Qaf (Divine Love)' is the follow-up to Peter's 2014 release 'Liberation!'. Peter's record release show will be on 10/28 at Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. You can preview the show here.
Tour Dates:
10/28 - Bootleg - Los Angeles, CA w/ Matt Costa (Record Release Show)

The 6ths "Wasps' Nests" to be re-issued on vinyl November 11 via Captured Tracks

THE 6THS WASPS' NESTS TO BE RE-ISSUED ON VINYL NOVEMBER 11 VIA CAPTURED TRACKS
FIRST TIME AVAILABLE ON VINYL LP

Captured Tracks is happy to announce the forthcoming reissue of  Wasps' Nests  - the 1995 album from The 6ths, a band created by Stephen Merritt. The reissue will be available on vinyl only, marking the first time the LP is available in that format, and will be released November 11.  
Wasps' Nests is the acclaimed, tongue twisting debut from the 6th's.  It features not onlyThe Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt but also guest vocal appearances by a who's who of 90's indie rock royalty including Dean Wareham (Luna), Georgia Hubley (Yo La Tengo), Mark Robinson (Unrest), Lou Barlow (Sebadoh), Mary Timony, Amelia Fletcher(Heavenly/ Talulah Gosh), Robert Scott (The Bats), Chris Knox, and more.  It is widely considered among Merritt's finest albums from the 90's.
Stream Wasps' Nests here and pre-order the reissue on vinyl here.

THE SHINS SHARE STOP-MOTION ANIMATED VIDEO FOR “CHERRY HEARTS”

THE SHINS SHARE STOP-MOTION ANIMATED VIDEO FOR “CHERRY HEARTS”

WATCH THE SHINS’ PERFORMANCE OF “CHERRY HEARTS” ON
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN  HERE

EXTENSIVE WORLD TOUR CONTINUES THROUGH DECEMBERThe Shins have released their new stop-motion animated video for “Cherry Hearts,” watch the Stefano Bertelli-directed clip made entirely out of paper here. Earlier this week, the band visited The Late Late Show with James Corden for the television debut performance of the song. The Shins will release a “Cherry Hearts” single bundle on October 13, which will include the original album recording, the flipped version which is foundationally identical yet sonically different, and the RAC Remix.

The Shins continued their extensive world tour last month, which runs through December. The band played a sold-out show at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre on Saturday and will play the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO tonight. The east coast run of US dates kicks off in Washington D.C. on November 2 with shows in New York City, New Orleans, and Atlanta before heading overseas. See below full itinerary below.

Produced by James Mercer, The Shins’ fifth album, Heartworms, was released March 10 to a wave of acclaim: Entertainment Weekly called Heartworms the “band’s boldest album yet” and “a rewarding and singular addition to the Shins’ catalog,” Rolling Stone lauded its “home-brewed feel, heavy on Beach Boys grandeur, New Wave kicks, squiggly synth-pop and warm-weather soft rock – with lyrics tenderly balanced between midlife malaise and youthful romanticism. The result is some of the most charming music he's ever made,” while Time magazine opined “Heartworms works on a grander scale, with ornate sonic tableaux.”

Heartworms  is available everywhere now via Aural Apothecary/Columbia Records.

 The Shins On Tour: 
10/05               Morrison, CO                          Red Rocks Amphitheater
10/07               Reno, NV                                Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
10/08               Portland, OR                           Roseland Theater
11/02               Washington, DC                      The Anthem
11/03               Brooklyn, NY                          Kings Theatre
11/04               Philadelphia, PA                      The Fillmore
11/05               Port Chester, NY                    Capitol Theatre
11/07               Detroit, MI                               The Fillmore Detroit
11/08               Columbus, OH                        Express Live! Indoor Pavilion
11/10               Dallas, TX                               House of Blues
11/11               Houston, TX                            House of Blues
11/12               McDade, TX                           Sound on Sound Music Festival
11/14               New Orleans, LA                    Civic Theatre
11/15               Nashville, TN                          Ryman Auditorium
11/16               Charlotte, NC                          The Fillmore Charlotte
11/17               Atlanta, GA                             Coca Cola Roxy Theatre
11/19               Ciudad de Mexico, MX           Corona Capital
11/30               Auckland, NZ                          Powerstation
12/04               St. Kilda, AU                           Palais Theatre
12/05               Brisbane, AU                           QPAC Concert Hall
12/08               Newtown, AU                          Enmore Theatre
12/12               Honolulu, HI                            The Republik
 
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BASH & POP PERFORMING TONIGHT ON THE CHRIS GETHARD SHOW LIVE ON TRUTV AT 11PM ET/10PM CT / ON TOUR WITH THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS

TOMMY STINSON'S BASH & POP PERFORMING ON THE CHRIS GETHARD SHOW TONIGHTLIVE AT 11PM ET/10PM CT ON TRUTV
NEW SINGLE (W/ NICOLE ATKINS) 'TOO LATE' AND 'SATURDAY' LIMITED EDITION 7"
OUT NOVEMBER 24 ON FAT POSSUM RECORDS(AVAILABLE TO STREAM/PURCHASE DIGITALLY HERE) CURRENTLY ON TOUR WITH THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS ,Tune into  truTV  tonight and check out BASH & POP performing three songs on the Chris Gethard Show at 11pm ET/10pm CT.The band recently announced a collaboration wih  Nicole Atkins  on two new songs, 'Too Late' and 'Saturday' released  digitally , as well as a limited edition 7" on November 24.

 
 

This past year, Tommy Stinson reformed BASH & POP, making a very welcome return with the release of Anything Could Happen on Fat Possum Records. The album received praise across the board, including in depth interviews with Tommy onBandcamp, Esquire and Rolling Stone among others, as well as appearing on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The record features stellar contributions from lead guitarist Steve Selvidge (The Hold Steady), Joe Sirois (Mighty Mighty BossTones) on drums and Justin Perkins (Screeching Weasel) on bass guitar, all who feature in the live band. Touring for most of 2017, they are currently on the road with The Psychedelic Furs. BASH & POP LIVE DATES:(all dates with The Psychedelic Furs, except where noted: *** BASH & POP only) Oct 6 - Tarrytown, NY - Music HallOct 7 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont TheaterOct 8 - Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert HallOct 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Union TransferOct 11 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie TheatreOct 12 - Pawtucket, RI - The Met ***Oct 13 - Northampton, MA - Calvin TheatreOct 16 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music HallOct 17 - Chicago, IL - Thalia HallOct 18 - Chicago, IL - Thalia HallOct 20 - Buffalo, NY - Town BallroomOct 21 - Huntington, NY - The ParamountOct 22 - Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw  

BEACH BOYS' MIKE LOVE TO RELEASE "UNLEASH THE LOVE" ON NOVEMBER 17

BEACH BOYS' MIKE LOVE TO RELEASE NEW DOUBLE ALBUM  UNLEASH THE LOVE  ON NOVEMBER 17 THROUGH BMG
LISTEN TO TITLE TRACK, "UNLEASH THE LOVE," HERE: http://bit.ly/2wyosO9
ALBUM TO FEATURE 13 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONGS & 12 RE-RECORDINGS OF BEACH BOYS CLASSICS 
Wild Honey World Tour to Continue with Dates into 2018
    
LOS ANGELES, CA, October 5, 2017- Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee,Grammy®Winner, New York Times Best-Selling Author, co-founder and chief lyricist of The Beach Boys,Mike Love, is set to release a special double album on November 17 through BMG. Entitled Unleash the Love, the albumwill feature 13 previously unreleased songs and 12 re-recordings of Beach Boys classics. The album is produced by Grammy®-winning producer, Michael Lloyd. To listen to the title track off of the album, "Unleash The Love," click here: http://bit.ly/2wyosO9. The album will be released on digital, double CD, and 2LP formats. It will be available for pre-order on October 27- once pre-ordered, fans will be able to stream and instantly download 3 album tracks (Do It Again, Darlin' and All the Love in Paris).
For more than fifty years, Mike Love has been the lead singer and front man of The Beach Boys taking the sounds of America's band to every corner of the globe- playing for crowds of up to 750,000 fans. Mike has co-authored more than a dozen hit singles, cementing The Beach Boys as one of the only artists to have produced twelve Top 10 Singles within 5 years. With iconic and timeless tracks like "Good Vibrations," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "I Get Around," and "Kokomo," The Beach Boys have created some of the most performed songs in pop music history.
Unleash The Love is a testament to, and continuation of, Mike Love's remarkable career. The new tracks range from rock, gospel, R&B and pop and celebrate Love's journey to find personal love and peace. Love's history with Transcendental meditation anchors a number of songs including "Ram Raj" a song celebrating the divine; "Pisces Brothers," a tribute to the late George Harrison and the experiences they both shared in India in 1968 and "Cool Head, Warm Heart" a breezy pop song, which borrows its title from a saying by Maharishi Mahesh. The album also includes a prayer for the planet "Only One Earth." As with all of the unreleased tracks, a sense of concern is infused in every song: to change what you can, to transcend, and connect to the planet and all its inhabitants through the power of love; which some say is the most powerful force in nature. 
"I've been working on these unreleased songs on and off for many years now and I'm excited to share them with the world," said Mike Love. "As a writer, I kept gravitating to this idea of love, in all forms. Romantic love, unrequited love, lasting love, spiritual love, love for the planet, and what the absence of love can do to us as a people. This album is my way of communicating what the world needs now is love sweet love. And the hope is if we all can unleash whatever love is inside of us, we can collectively make this world better." 
In addition to the collection of Mike Love original songs, the special double album features new versions of classic hits recorded by members of The Beach Boys touring band such as "California Girls," "Help Me Rhonda," "Good Vibrations," "Do It Again" featuring Mark McGrathand John Stamos, as well as"Darlin'" featuring AJR.
Earlier this month, the paperback version of Mike Love's New York Times best-selling memoir, GOOD VIBRATIONS: My Life as a Beach Boy hit shelves. The book is published by Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA). Pick up your copy here. 
Currently, Mike Love is on the Wild Honey World Tour with The Beach Boys which will continue into Winter of 2017. Fans attending upcoming concert dates will have an exclusive opportunity to pre-orderUnleash The Love at a discounted rate using a special text message code and number that will be provided at each show leading up to the album's release.
Back by popular demand, as part of the Wild Honey World Tour, the band is offering a VIP Platinum Upgrade Package for shows currently on sale. By purchasing the package, fans have the opportunity to meet Mike Love and Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys, receive an autographed hardcover copy of Mike Love's memoir Good Vibrations, My Life as a Beach Boy, and an exclusive VIP Coffee Table book celebrating 50 years of Good Vibrations as well as pre-order Mike Love's new album Unleash The Love,available in Vinyl or CD. This will be offered exclusively on MikeLove.com/shop. 
The Beach Boys touring band features lead singer Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Scott Totten, Jeffrey Foskett, Brian Eichenberger, Tim Bonhomme, and John Cowsill. The band continues to perform over 150 sold-out shows year-round across the globe. 

FOR THE LATEST ON MIKE LOVE:MikeLove.com | Facebook | Twitter
TRACK LIST: 
MIKE LOVE DOUBLE ALBUM 2017 TRACK LIST
Mike Love Originals:Side AAll the Love in Paris featuring Dave Koz on SaxophoneGetcha Back featuring John Stamos on DrumsDaybreak Over the OceanI Don't Wanna KnowToo CruelCrescent MoonSide BCool Head, Warm HeartPisces BrothersUnleash The LoveRam Raj10,000 Years Ago featuring John Stamos on DrumsOnly One EarthMake Love Not War
Mike Love/Beach Boys Re-Records:Side ACalifornia GirlsDo It Again featuring Mark McGrath and John StamosHelp Me RhondaI Get AroundWarmth of the Sun featuring Ambha LoveBrian's BackSide BKiss Me BabyDarlin' featuring AJRWild Honey featuring John CowsillWouldn't It Be NiceGood VibrationsFun Fun Fun
2017 TOUR DATES:10/06 Biloxi, MS Beau Rivage Mgm Resort & Casino, Inc.10/07 Biloxi, MS Beau Rivage Mgm Resort & Casino, Inc.10/10 Dallas, TX Majestic Theatre (Dallas)10/11 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre (San Antonio)10/13 College Station, TX Rudder Auditorium, College Station10/14 Lake Charles, LA Golden Nugget Lake Charles10/15 Galveston Island, TX The Grand 1894 Opera House10/21 Norman, OK Riverwind Casino10/22 Kansas City, MO The Midland - Kansas City10/23 Columbia, MO Jesse Auditorium10/24 Normal, IL Braden Auditorium10/25 Benton Harbor, MI Mendel Center10/26 Tiffin, OH Ritz Theatre - Ohio10/27 Akron, OH Akron Civic Theatre10/28 Cincinnati, OH Aronoff Center For The Arts10/29 Paducah, KY Carson Center10/30 Richmond, KY EKU Center For The Arts11/02 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre - Memphis11/03 Chattanooga, TN Tivoli Theatre11/04 Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre11/05 SAVANNAH, GA Johnny Mercer Theatre11/08 Malt Shop Memories Cruise11/08 Malt Shop Memories Cruise11/14 Schenectady, NY Proctors11/15 Morristown, NJ Mayo Performing Arts Center11/16 Indiana, PA Indiana University Of Pennsylvania - Kovalchick Convention Center11/17 Hagerstown, MD Maryland Theatre11/18 Pittsburgh, PA Heinz Hall For The Performing Arts11/19  North Tonawanda, NY Riviera Theatre12/01 Hiawassee, GA Anderson Music Hall (on sale Oct. 6)
2018 TOUR DATES:02/10 Orlando, FL Universal Studios 02/11 Coral Springs, FL Coral Springs Center for The Arts (on sale 10/6)02/13 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall (on sale 10/6)02/14 Sarasota, FL Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall02/15 Fort Pierce, FL, Sunrise Theatre02/16 West Palm Beach, FL Kravis Center (on sale 10/7)02/18 Naples, FL Hayes Hall, Naples Museum of Art02/28 Modesto, CA Gallo Center for the Arts 03/01 Visalia, CA The Fox Theatre03/03 Thousand Oaks, CA Fred Kavil Theatre03/04 Palm Desert, CA McCallum Theatre03/17 Westbury, NY Theatre at Westbury03/18 Kingston, NY Ulster Performing Arts Center03/21 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre (on sale 10/6)03/22 Shippensburg, PA Luhrs Center03/23 Reading, PA Santander Performing Arts Center03/24 Wilkes-Barre, PA F.M. Kirby Center05/09 Youngstown, OH, Powers Auditorium (on sale 10/6)05/10 Wabash, IN Honeywell Center (on sale 10/12)05/11 Holland, MI Tulip Time Festival (on sale 11/9)05/12 Columbus, OH CAPA (on sale TBD)05/13 Louisville, KY The Kentucky Center for the Arts (on sale 10/13)06/01 Omaha, NE Holland PAC06/02 Omaha, NE Holland PAC06/03 Omaha, NE Holland PAC06/05 Grand Forks, ND Chester Fritz Auditorium (on sale TBD)06/06 Sioux Falls, SD Washington Pavilion (on sale TBD)06/07 Lacrosse, WI Lacrosse Center (on sale 10/6)06/08 Wausau, WI Grand Theater (on sale 10/6)06/09 Fish Creek, WI Door Community Auditorium (on sale TBD)08/22 St. Paul, MN Ordway Center for The Performing Arts (on sale TBD)

ADULT. Releases New Variations EP Featuring Alternative Takes and Mixes

ADULT.

RELEASES NEW  VARIATIONS  DIGITAL EP
FEATURING ALTERNATIVE TAKES AND MIXES

12” REMIX RELEASE FEATURING LIARS, SILENT SERVANT, BARRY ADAMSON AND SHANNON FUNCHESS OUT DECEMBER 1[image error]Photo credit: N Kuperus "...a highly collaborative record that is richer and stranger than anything they've done before...electrifying." – PITCHFORK

"a vigorously unsettling collaborative album that plays to their strengths....suffused with a volatility and uneasiness that are ADULT. signatures." – ASSOCIATED PRESS

"Not many bands make their best album nearly 20 years into their career, but Adult. have done just that with  Detroit House Guests ." – THE STRANGER
  ADULT. (Detroit’s Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller) release  Detroit House Guests: Variations  today. The digital EP features alternative takes and mixes of their latest album. Listen here.

The band have also announced a new 12” release on December 1.  Detroit House Guests: The Remixes  will include mixes from labelmates Liars as well as Silent Servant, aka Juan Mendez, Barry Adamson (whose forthcoming Love Sick Dick Remixed EP features ADULT.) and Shannon Funchess, who performs on the original album release.

ADULT. have announced a series of US dates that include two shows as Kuperus & Miller presenting a performance entitled ‘The Perfect Accent Piece’ as well as a headline show at Brooklyn’s newest venue, Elsewhere. Additionally, ADULT. will be opening for the final Swans performance in the band’s current incarnation on November 4.

US LIVE DATES
October 6 – Detroit, MI – Kuperus & Miller “The Perfect Accent Piece” at Detroit Institute of Arts
November 2 ­– Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
November 4 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw (w/ Swans SOLD OUT)
November 8 – Brooklyn, NY – Kuperus & Miller “The Perfect Accent Piece” at Roulette

ADULT. released their latest album, Detroit House Guests, earlier this year. Based on the visual artist residency model, the album features collaborations with a whole host of musicians and artists – Douglas J McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb, Michael Gira from Swans, Shannon Funchess from Light Asylum, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe aka Lichens, Austrian thereminist Dorit Chrysler and Lun*na Menoh. Each musician came to ADULT.’s studio for a three-week period with the parameter that they all live, work and collaborate together. The result - a total anthropological sound experiment and a full-length album.

Kuperus and Miller also make sculpture, paintings, films, photographs, performances, videos and installations. They strive to intersect the lines between art and audio and have exhibited their work at institutions such as the Austrian Cultural Forum (NY), Mattress Factory (Pittsburgh), Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit), MOMAS (Saitama, Japan), and Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac (FR). They have shown their film The Three Grace(s) triptych at spaces such as Anthology Film Archives (NY), Distrital Film Festival (Mexico City), and Grey Area for Art and Technology (SF).

DETROIT HOUSE GUESTS: VARIATIONS  TRACKLISTING – OUT NOW
1. We Chase the Sound (ft. Shannon Funchess) Video Edit
2. They're Just Words (ft. Douglas J McCarthy) Alternate Mix
3. As You Dream (ft. Michael Gira) Dreamachine Mix
4. Inexhaustable (ft. Dorit Chrysler) Original Mix
5. Uncomfortable Positions (ft. Lun*na Menoh) Extended Video Mix
6. This Situation (ft. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe) Acapella Version (with Bells)

DETROIT HOUSE GUESTS: THE REMIXES  TRACKLISTING – OUT DEC 1
A1. We Chase the Sound (Silent Servant/Juan Mendez Remix)
A2. We Chase the Sound (Shannon F Remix)
B1. We Are a Mirror (Barry Adamson Remix)
B2. Breathe On (LIARS "Savannah" Remix)Listen to Detroit House Guests here.
Listen to the Detroit House Guests: Variations EP here.
Watch “We Are a Mirror” feat. Douglas J McCarthy here.
Watch “We Chase the Sound” feat. Shannon Funchess here.
Watch “They’re Just Words” feat. Douglas J McCarthy here.ADULT.:  WEBSITE | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER

MUTE: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | TUMBLR | SOUNDCLOUD

Modern Panic returns to London with a new collection of unique, surreal, controvestial & provocative worldwide art

LONDON'S INFAMOUS MODERN PANIC SHOW RETURNS A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF SURREAL CONTROVERSIAL & PROVOCATIVE ART Explore the thinly veiled world of your subconscious and the psyche of modern society through a unique and powerful collection of surreal, controversial & provocative international artists. Modern Panic VIII is Curated by James Elphick, founder of Guerrilla Zoo. APIARY STUDIOS - HACKNEYFRIDAY 13TH - SUNDAY 22ND OCTOBER  // FEATURING //  Roger Ballen - DIE ANTWOORD's visual collaborator
Sam Hamilton (aka Toonpunk) - political artist
Ellie Pennick - controversial sculpturist
Ben Hopper - dark arts fine photographer
Mehreen Hashmi’s - painter
Iain Macarthur - surrealist illustrator
Natalie Shau - gothic horror illustrator
Ronald Gonzalez - mixed media
Emily Robinson - mixed media
+ many more to be announced + many more to be announced this week Please include in your what's on gude and arts section. PHOTOS HERE: https://we.tl/lnwNfSaJRr Thanks, Georgia  MODERN PANIC A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF SURREAL CONTROVERSIAL & PROVOCATIVE ART APIARY STUDIOS - HACKNEY FRIDAY 13TH - SUNDAY 22ND OCTOBER  WEBSITE: www.guerrillazoo.com/modern-panic-8
 RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/271709973321968 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Explore the thinly veiled world of your subconscious and the psyche of modern society through a unique and powerful collection of surreal, controversial & provocative international artists. Modern Panic VIII is Curated by James Elphick, founder of Guerrilla Zoo. This year we are proud to feature one of the most influential and important photographic artists of the 21st century. For over forty years Roger Ballen has explored the recesses of what we call reality, his version an entropic mirror to our own.  A sacrament of what it is to be strange, Ballen has always defied the rational, pushing boundaries with effortless finesse. More recently his works have dipped into the mainstream through collaborations with rave-rap group Die Antwoord.                       This year we feature the works of over 50 artists. Among them:  Sam Hamilton (aka Toonpunk) is a political artist whose work of Julian Assange giving his infamous speech at the Ecuadorian Embassy in 2012 has become the poster for the ‘Free Assange’ campaign supporting the non-profit website that publishes secret information, news leaks, and classified media, WikiLeaks.

Ellie Pennick will exhibit her controversial sculpture of Prime Minister Theresa May. Far from shy about tackling matters such as politics and society, she often sexualises her pieces for satirical perspective.   New York-based Ronald Gonzalez will bring a glimpse of the confrontational and estranged, exploring a dissolute image of human perversities and misfortune.  Emily Robinson explores mental illness and taboo subjects relating to the body and the human condition, in particular Body Dysmorphia Disorder and the effect it has on its sufferers.  The fine art photography of Ben Hopper has often gone viral due to his thought-provoking images. Closely collaborating with local and international performance artists, Hopper galvanizes with a stunning series of contorted portraits.

Mehreen Hashmi’s paintings are a narration of her emotional struggle as a survivor of sexual abuse in Pakistan, and a statement about the psychological and emotional impact of abuse on children, as well as adults.  Iain Macarthur’s surreal and beautiful illustrations examine ordinary people in an unusual way, embellishing on subtle hints to transform faces into something entirely bizarre.  Our poster design this year was created by the talented Natalie Shau, whose digital masterpieces are inspired by Gothic horror fiction, fairy tales and Russian literary classics.

The Modern Panic exhibition series is inspired by the work of the Panic Movement, birthed by the artists Alejandro Jodorowsky, Fernando Arrabal and Roland Topor, who created provocative live arts events in France during the 1960s. The works’ intended aim was to slice through the bourgeois art world and to be the catalyst of thought liberation within the viewer. Modern Panic follows in the footsteps of this movement, and exhibits the new wave of modern provocateurs. We will be adding more artists to the line up over the coming days and also our ground breaking live arts programme. Stay tuned for further announcements!////////////////////////////////////////////
 LISTINGS INFORMATION:  

 WHAT: Modern Panic VIII
 WHERE: Apiary Studios, 458 Hackney Road, London E2 9EG
 WHEN: Friday 13th - Sunday 22nd October 2017, 11 - 7pm daily
 PRICE: £3 | Support The Arts
 WEBSITE: www.guerrillazoo.com/modern-panic-8
 RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/271709973321968

the Jesus Lizard Announce First Tour In 8 Years!

THE JESUS LIZARD CONFIRM US TOUR DATES IN DECEMBER

The Jesus Lizard have confirmed a December tour of the U.S.  The band - who have not played live since 2009 - will kick things off in Nashville, TN on December 8. They play New York City on December 10 and Los Angeles on December 14.  These newly confirmed dates are in addition to the band's previously announced appearance during the Day For Night Festival happening in Houston, TX December 16 - 18. The complete list of tour dates is:
12/8 - Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN *12/9 - Metro - Chicago, IL *12/10 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY *12/14 - The Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA *12/15 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA *12/16-17- Day For Night Festival - Houston, TX
* = tickets for all headlining shows are on-sale Friday, October 6.   
The Jesus Lizard formed in late 80's Austin, TX after David Yow (vox) and David Wm. Sims' (bass) previous band Scratch Acid broke up.  They started the Jesus Lizard withDuane Denison (guitar) and a drum machine and recorded their debut EP Pure with Steve Albini in 1989.  A move to Chicago prompted the firing of the drum machine in favor of Mac McNeilly (drums) and in 1990 the band recorded their first full-length, Head , for Touch and Go.  
While the labels "seminal" and "legendary" are often applied too easily, they both accurately describe the Jesus Lizard.  They released five more remarkable LPs before disbanding in 1999, the last being 1998's   Blue . During that time, they toured endlessly and issued not only the critically acclaimed studio LPs but also assorted singles, EPs, compilations and a live album.  Pitchfork has said of them: "the Jesus Lizard raised a bar that few bands have reached since...Rarely does a band have each member adding something essential to such a united, ferocious whole."  
December's tour will no doubt remind everyone that the Jesus Lizard excelled not only in the studio but on stage.  The band is indeed matchless in that capacity. Stereogumhave called them "one of the greatest live bands ever" and The New York Times has used the words "extravagantly good" while Rolling Stone speaks of the band's "shattering live performances."  
2008 saw the band regroup and the following year they toured the world with dates that included a slot at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago and All Tomorrow's Parties in the UK and upstate New York.  No plans exist for any performances beyond this December slate.


THE JESUS LIZARD ALBUM LINKS Head Goat Liar Down Shot Blue

Watch METZ's Making Strange Peace (premiere via EW) + Updated tour dates

Watch METZ’s Making Strange Peace Entertainment Weekly.com premiere
http://bit.ly/2xVmysj​

Pitchfork Live Thursday, October 5th
at Noon EST
http://bit.ly/2xSSobr

2017 international tour dates now underway

Strange Peace  is available now from Sub Pop Records (Worldwide, ex-Canada) and Royal Mountain Records (in Canada)Toronto-based noise punk trio METZ have created a short film entitled Making Strange Peace, which captures the band during the recording process of their new album with engineer Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.

Entertainment Weekly premiered the film, and had this to say, “Strange Peace, is not only their best yet, but one of the year’s best rock releases. Now, in a new video EW is excited to premiere, you can go inside the feverish sessions that yielded the wild LP [see October 4th story].” METZ also recently shared a new video for Strange Peace’s lead single “Cellophane.” As described by director Shayne Ehman, the visual depicts a sphere where “consciousness is split, and a world of contrast unfolds. The resulting disembodiment disperses one’s spatial awareness and new kinds of empathy develop. Two become three, and it’s only half the story [watch here].”

METZ’s international tour schedule in support of Strange Peace is underway, with a show tonight, October 4th in Brooklyn at Music Hall of Williamsburg. The tour currently runs through December 16th in Houston at Warehouse Live. During that run, METZ will serve as direct support for Modest Mouse on October 10th and 11th.

Additionally, METZ will play shows with Uniform (October 2nd-8th), Protomartyr (November 2nd-8th), Brian Case (November 9th), Drahla (November 12th-24th), newly-signed labelmates Moaning (December 7th-16th), and Cherubs (December 15th). All of their current tour dates follow.

METZ have also scheduled a Pitchfork Live performance for Thursday, October 5th at noon EST.

2017 METZ Tour Dates:
Oct. 04 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg #
Oct. 05 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #
Oct. 06 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel #
Oct. 07 - Hamden, CT - The Ballroom
Oct. 08 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rosa
Oct. 10 - Providence, RI - Lupo’s *
Oct. 11 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom *
Oct. 18 - Halifax, NS - The Marquee (Halifax Pop Explosion)
Nov. 02 - Prague, Czech Republic - Futurum !
Nov. 03 -  Wroclaw, Poland - Klub Firlej !
Nov. 04 -  Warsaw, Poland - Klub Hydrozagadka !
Nov. 06 - Berlin, Germany - Bi Nuu !
Nov. 07 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen !
Nov. 08 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust !
Nov. 09 - Zwolle, Netherlands - Poppodium Hedon  ^
Nov. 10 - Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kruen (Sonic City Festival)
Nov. 11 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Le Guess Who? Festival
Nov. 12 - Le Havre, France - Le Tetris %
Nov. 14 - Nimes, France - La Paloma %
Nov. 15 - Bordeaux, France - Theatre Barbey %
Nov. 16 - Toulouse, France - Club Metronum %
Nov. 17 - Barcelona, Spain - La (2) De Apolo %
Nov. 18 - Madrid, Spain - Moby Dick %
Nov. 20 - Nantes, France - Pole Etudiant %
Nov. 21 - Paris, France - Le Trabendo %
Nov. 22 - London, UK - The Garage %
Nov. 23 - Bristol, UK - The Fleece %
Nov. 24 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club %
Nov. 25 - Brighton, UK - The Haunt
Dec. 07 - Seattle, WA - Neumos **
Dec. 08 - Vancouver, BC - Cobalt **
Dec. 09 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir **
Dec. 11 - San Francisco, CA - Independent **
Dec. 12 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom **
Dec. 13 - San Diego, CA - Casbah **
Dec. 15 - Austin, TX - Mohawk & **
Dec. 16 - Houston, TX - Studio at Warehouse Live **

# w/ Uniform
! w/ Protomartyr
^ w/ Brian Case
% w/ Drahla
& w/ Cherubs
* w/ Modest Mouse
** w/ Moaning