Hot Dolphin - Hotter Dolphiner
Our buds in Hot Dolphin have just released a tape of 4 cuts, and they are currently on tour to promote it. We Richmonders can get our grubby paws on the clear hot pink beauties on 4/14 @ Banditos with Faux Ferocious and Nervous Ticks.
Heavy distortion fills these tracks, and the garage rock gets bawdy and unapologetic. Striking syncopated drumbeats (Tim Falen) provide a great canvas for Lindsey Spurrier’s processed noise vocals on “Animal.” From the count-off on “In Between,” the track is heavy and Ramones-y. The guitar solo (Robert Barrow) is sloppy, bent, and perfect while the bass-line (Alison Hancock, married to Barrow) is an ever-present beacon.
If you’re in these cities, you need to check out these guys:
4/8 - Nashville, TN @ Springwater w/ Ttotals
https://www.facebook.com/events/508030449234935/
4/9 - Memphis, TN @ The Lamplighter w/ Concord America, & The Sheiks
http://www.facebook.com/events/157456244416573/
4/10 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn w/ Concord America, & The Illiterates
https://www.facebook.com/events/483480448372332/
4/11 - Athens, GA @ Max Canada w/ Shehehe
https://www.facebook.com/events/153527678145632/
4/14 - Richmond, VA @ Banditos w/ Faux Ferocious, & The Nervous Ticks
http://www.facebook.com/events/108413846020707/
photos by Mike Rutz
Sundials/Tatlins Tower Split - “Assailant”/”Socialism in America” respectively
RVA loves Sundials, and so it’s great news that the band has a new split 7” out with Tatlin’s Tower. It is being released through Kiss of Death Records. You can preview one song from each band now. Sundials’ “Assailant” is a midtempo song with melodic verses. Lead singer Harris Mendell’s borderline falsetto is very prominent in the mix and cuts through you with each syllable. “What could have drawn assailants here? I don’t want to think about it…”
Here is “Dan Worships the Devil,” the other Sundials track on the split (as furnished by Tatlin’s Tower). It’s a bit looser and trashier - just like the devil himself:
photo by Jake Cunningham
Catch Sundials before they head on tour in March at a house show 3/4 with Brave Bird, The Headies, Warm Needles, and Jake Mayday. Askapunk.
03.07.13 - Baltimore, MD @The Bell Foundry
03.07.13 - Philladelphia, PA @ Glitoria w/ Nona
03.09.13 - Long Island, NY @ Mr. Beery’s w/ The Broosevelts, Wax Phantom
03.10.13 - Boston, MA @ O’Brien’s
03.11.13 - Willimantic, CT @ The Handsome Woman
03.12.13 - Albany @ The Icebox
03.13.13 - Buffalo, NY @ The Funeral Home
03.14.13 - Cleveland @ Now That’s Class w/ The Sidekicks
03.15.13 - Columbus @ TBA w/ The Sidekicks
03.16.13 - Pittsburgh artspace
Former Champions - Pastiche
The Former Champions have been recording live shows like crazy of late. A combination of some of their recent sets (2013) has been released as an album, Pastiche. The album was recorded by Joseph Collet and mixed by Champs drummer Geoff Bakel. I’m not gonna lie, this could use a little mastering as it’s kinda quiet.
Showcasing the Former Champs’ current sound, as it is always in flux, Pastiche begins with a nine-minute “Zero.” Cover songs include “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” by the Allman Brothers (affectionately dubbed “Liz Reed” by the Champs and most jam-friendly folks), and they do up a helluva version. Check out the drum solo near the end of the track. The band even tries out a Cuban remix of “Waves.” It sounds like it could be a later era Trey song. “Worldwide Traveler” is a spacey disco euphoria that sounds like late-70s Grateful Dead. “. . .To that bar where we smoked some hashish…” is how the song begins, and then ten minutes of intense jams.
photos by R.E. Cole, courtesy of Pretty in the Panhandle
Here is the set from 1-5-13:
The boys are about to head on tour: “Aura: There and Back” (They are heading to the Aura Music and Arts Festival in FL.)
2.12 // Pourhouse » Charleston, SC w/Stokeswood & Supaboo
2.13 // Wormhole » Savannah, GA w/Stokeswood & Domino Effect
2.14 // The Jam » Gainsville, FL w/Arpetrio
2.15 // Dunedin Brewery » Dunedin, FL
2.16 // Dunedin Brewery » Dunedin, FL
2.17 // Aura Festival » Suwannee, FL
2.18 // 5 Points Pub » Columbia, SC w/Kung Fu
2.19 // Nowhere Bar » Athens, GA
2.20 // Hummingbird » Macon, GA
2.21 // JJ Bohemia’s » Chattanooga, TN w/AFRO
2.22 // Main St. Live » Murfeesboro, TN w/AFRO
2.23 // Galaxy Lounge » Johnson City, TN w/Arpetrio
2.24 // The Blind Tiger » Greensboro, NC w/The Heavy Pets
2.27 // Raptures » Charlottesville, Va
2.28 // Hoss’s Deli » Newport News, Va
3.01 // Jammin Java » Vienna, Va w/The Big Something
3.02 // Brewbakers » Winchester, Va
The Champs will be back @ The National 3/16 supporting Lotus! Tonight (2/1) The Champs are in Blacksburg.
EDIT: Come out this Tuesday (2/5) for Former Champions @ Cary Street Cafe!
relapserecords -
5 notes -
4 months ago
- Tagged Inter Arma metal doom RVA tour new album Sky Burial
INTER ARMA: Relapse Confirms Second Album From Blackened Southern Doom Unit
Inter Arma’s ‘Sky Burial’ Track Listing:
1. The Survival Fires
2. The Long Road Home (Iron Gate)
3. The Long Road Home
4. Destroyer
5. ’sblood
6. Westward
7. Love Absolute
8. Sky Burial
Did anyone see Inter Arma last night @ The Nile? Bummed I missed out.
Looks like Inter Arma are heading on tour this spring. Hopefully they’ll announce a hometown show somewhere in there.
Catch Gwar tonight (12/20) in DC with Iron Reagan and Kepone!
Or tomorrow (12/21) @ the Norva in Norfolk also with Iron Reagan and Kepone.
Gwar “Maggots”
It’s been a real long time since I listened to this record.
Gull @ Doug Fir, Portland, OR - 3-22-12
photo by Nick Barbery
Boney Loner & The Sacred Teachers @ New York Pizza, Greensboro, NC 3-10-12
Gull @ Rubalad in Brooklyn, 1-28-12
Hometown Hero Gull is getting ready to embark on an extensive tour with Brooklyn rockers White Rabbits. On his days off, he wants to book small shows and/or events. Can you help if you’re not in RVA? Here are the dates complete with Key:
Then after that, Gull will head to Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia for his quest to document and explore world street music. You may recall that little old kickstarter that was floating around for a bit.
Gull has decided to treat Virginia, and especially RVA, to a special show a few weeks before he sets out:
THIS WEDNESDAY (2/16) @ Cous Cous - (10 pm, FREE)
Fri 2/17 @ Rivermont Pizza, Lynchburg
Sat, 2/20 @ The Blue Nile, Harrisonburg
Itchy Hearts - “Use Me”
The Itchy Hearts have just uploaded a slew of new videos from their recent tour. Check out various shows, including a house show with overclappers. Have I ever mentioned my disdain for people who clap a rhythm at shows, especially when the musician him- or herself is not encouraging such?
The band is also giving away, for a limited time, some mp3s of songs they’ve done along tour. Check it out:
http://www.mediafire.com/?vnyhtmybzf061
It looks like they’ve got some new merch, too, so get yourself a beanie or something.
Itchy Hearts will announce Spring Tour dates soon.
