Click here to download a new hi-res photo of Paul (credit: Joy Whalen) and Out of My Head album cover art

PAUL COLLINS’ NEW STUDIO ALBUM “OUT OF MY HEAD” OUT SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 VIA ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS!

Paul Collins is one of the most enduring cult rockers of the late seventies and a founding member of the legendary band The Nerves (with Jack Lee and Peter Case). He started his solo career in 1979 and has released more than 11 studio albums as Paul Collins, or Paul Collins’ Beat.

Out of My Head, his new record, is a return to the pure, unadulterated sound he helped create in his youth. On this new album Paul not only sings, but plays all the drums and most of the guitars as well.

With the collaboration of Paul Stingo on bass and harmonies, he delivers a true rock ‘n’ roll record of the kind that are not being made in today’s world: simple melodies with classic songwriting structure, Rickenbacker guitars drenched in juicy reverb, straight up ’60s pop harmonies, and groovy drums, all recorded reel to reel, by real players. With a photo cover shot by legendary NY photographer Bob Gruen, Out of My Head is a testament to one man’s undying love for rock ‘n’ roll.

Paul Collins’ Out of My Head will be available on Limited Edition Vinyl, CD, digital and streaming formats September 28, 2018 via Alive Naturalsound Records.

FOR MORE INFO ON PAUL COLLINS:
http://www.thepaulcollinsbeat.com
https://www.facebook.com/Paul-Collins-Beat-46392812761

FOR MORE INFO ON ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS:
http://www.alive-records.com

FOR MEDIA & INTERVIEW REQUESTS:
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2017 PRESS RELEASE FOR PAUL COLLLINS’ RE-ISSUES LONG TIME GONE / TO BEAT OR NOT TO BEAT

PAUL COLLINS’ BEAT TO RELEASE LONG TIME GONE / TO BEAT OR NOT TO BEAT ALBUM APRIL 28TH VIA LOLIPOP RECORDS!

THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME THESE TWO LONG LOST EPS WILL BE RE-ISSUED ON ALL FORMATS (VINYL, CD, CASSETTE & DIGITAL)

THE KING OF POWER-POP KICKS-OFF SOLO EUROPEAN TOUR MAY 6, 2017  IN FRANCE!

Paul Collins’ (from The Nerves, The Breakaways) two long lost EPs with his band The Beat from the early ’80s make it to Lolipop Records as the first re-issue on all formats in over 30 years, from the “king of power pop” himself. To Beat Or Not To Beat was recorded in New York in 1983 at The Ranch with John Mathias (The Romantics) and Paul Collins/Steven Huff producing. It was released in the U.S. by Jem/Passport Records and then it was later released in Europe on Closer Records France and Dro Records Spain. The single “All Over The World” was featured regularly on KROQ in Los Angeles and got a lot of airplay in France and in Spain. Steve and Paul toured in Europe off that record for several years until they wound up in London where they recorded their follow-up EP Long Time Gone, just before returning to the States. Long Time Gone was released in 1985 on Closer France and Dro Spain, and both records were released as a two-fer on Wounded Bird Records in 2004. Paul recalls those days fondly, “I remember getting an $800 royalty check for ‘All Over The World’ when I was living in San Francisco so I went out and bought a used green Datsun B210! I would always hum ‘All Over The World’ as I drove up and down all those hills in SF!”

Paul Collins’ Beat’s Long Time Gone / To Beat Or Not To Beat will be released on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats April 28th via Lolipop Records (distributed by Cobraside Distribution).

PAUL COLLINS 2017 EUROPEAN SOLO TOUR DATES

FRANCE
5/6 Clermont-Ferrand @ Bombshell
5/7 Marseille @ Le Jam
5/8 Toulouse @ Dispensary
5/10 Rouen @ 3 Pieces
5/11 Vannes @ Jam Session
5/12 Paris @ La Mecanique-Ondulatoire

ENGLAND
5/13 London @ The Finsbury
5/14 Adam Smith’s Black Wax Radio Live Show
https://www.facebook.com/events/1336741049725439/

BELGIUM
5/16 Kortrijk @ Den Trap

NETHERLANDS
5/17 Rotterdam @ V11
5/18 Haarlem (Amsterdam) @ Patronaat

GERMANY
5/19 Düsseldorf @ The Tube
5/20 Berlin @ Cortina Bob
5/21 Hamburg @ Monkeys Music Club

SWEDEN
5/23 Malmo @ Folk & Rock
5/24 Gothenburg @ Liseberg Amusement Park Power Pop Festival
5/25 Eskilstuna @ Ölkultur
5/26 Karlskoga @ Rockbar
5/27 Stockholm @ Pet Sounds record shop show

SPAIN
5/30 Madrid @ Fun House
5/31 Burgos @ Matarile
6/1 Leon @ Chelsea Bar
6/2 Zarragoza @ Teatro Arbolé
6/3 Irun @ Terraza del Aia
6/8 Barcelona @ A Wamba Buluba
6/22 Elche @ Hotel Galicia
6/24 Fuengirola @ Fuengirola Pop Weekend Appearing with The Beach Boys

PORTUGAL
6/29 Lisbon @ Popular Alvalade

SPAIN
7/1 Carballo @ Rockin´Carballo Festival 2017

FRANCE
7/21 Tourville-Sur-Mer “Le Sable, Les Mouettes et Les Guitares Electriques” Festival

FOR MORE INFO ON PAUL COLLINS:
http://www.thepaulcollinsbeat.com
https://www.facebook.com/Paul-Collins-Beat-46392812761

FOR MORE INFO ON LOLIPOP RECORDS:
https://www.lolipoprecords.com

FOR MORE INFO ON COBRASIDE DISTRIBUTION:
contactus@cobraside.com
p. 818.548.9001
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https://pavementpr.com

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PRESS RELEASE FOR PAUL COLLINS’ PREVIOUS STUDIO ALBUM FEEL THE NOISE: 

Paul Collins is a guy who’s been around the block. He was one of the progenitors of the early power-pop movement in the ’70s in not one, but three influential bands of that era – The Nerves, The Breakaways and The Beat (the latter even appearing on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand back in the day). He later turned towards a decidedly rootsier approach to his music, exploring country and folk rock, before returning to the more driving, high-energy sounds of his youth on his acclaimed 2010 Alive Naturalsound effort King Of Power Pop! His music has been covered by a host of talented musicians, most notably his song “Walking Out On Love,” which Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong performed as part of the punk band’s hit Broadway musical American Idiot.

Collins has been diligently working the DIY circuit since 2008, playing with some 160 up-and-coming bands in that time, and working harder than he has in his entire career. The music legend is still standing and has the same enthusiasm for the music that he did when he first started rocking out in 1974.

This September Collins will be releasing his follow-up to King Of Power Pop!, aptly entitled Feel The Noise. On it, he travels full-circle, tapping into the very spirit of rock ‘n’ roll that fueled much of his early groundbreaking material, and is the obvious extension of his most iconic work with, what many still consider to be the most important power-pop band, The Beat.

As far as the direction of the new record is concerned… well, probably best to just have Paul weigh-in on that…

“Yeah, it’s a concept, man. Rock ‘n’ roll… remember that? Well I do, like it was yesterday. Standing on the corner of Hollywood & Vine in L.A. or on Columbus & Broadway in front of Aquarius Records in North Beach San Francisco circa 1975… Thinking that all I wanted to do is rock out, so sick of everything I was hearing on the radio, all those bands seemed to suck to me. I couldn’t understand what happened to the real rock ‘n’ roll that I grew up on. Where did it go? Where were the balls? Where were the guts? Where were the songs that blew my mind, the guitar licks, the harmonies… what happened?

For too many years after that all I heard was the same old thing… ‘rock ‘n’ roll is dead.’ Every time I heard it, it made me mad, it made me think… yeah… F**K YOU!

Then I heard the Ramones, and things got better for a while, and then it got bad again. Then I heard Nirvana and things got better again for a while, then they got bad again, but at that point I didn’t really care anymore because I knew that rock ‘n’ roll was never gonna die… you know why? Because there will always be a new generation of kids who will dig this stuff as much as I do… Feel The Noise!” – PAUL COLLINS

Paul Collins’ Feel The Noise was produced by studio legend Jim Diamond  (who also plays bass and guitar on the record), and will be available September 9, 2014 on CD, digital and limited edition colored vinyl through Alive Naturalsound Records.

FEEL THE NOISE TRACKLISTING:

01 Feel The Noise

02 Only Girl

03 Baby I Want You

04 I Need My Rock ‘n’ Roll

05 Don’t Know How to Treat A Lady

06 With A Girl Like You

07 For All Eyes To See

08 Little Suzy

09 Can’t Get You Off My Mind

10 Baby I’m In Love With You

11 Reach Out I’ll Be There

12 Walk Away

FOR MORE INFO ON PAUL COLLINS:
http://www.thepaulcollinsbeat.com
https://www.facebook.com/paulcollinsbeat

FOR MORE INFO ON ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS:
http://www.alive-records.com

FOR MEDIA & INTERVIEW REQUESTS:
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Pavement PR
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http://pavementpr.com

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2011 PRESS RELEASE FOR PAUL COLLINS’ KING OF POWER POP!

PAUL COLLINS (one of the originators of the high-energy sound known as Power Pop and co-founder of THE NERVES, THE BREAKAWAYS and THE BEAT) has a new studio album coming out aptly entitled KING OF POWER POP! (on Alive Records) and it’s a complete return to his roots – to power pop, the sound he helped create and popularize, a sound that has seen a resurgence in recent years, a sound that is here to stay!

Produced and engineered in Detroit by Jim Diamond (Dirtbombs, The Go, The White Stripes, to name just a few), KING OF POWER POP! also features Eric Blakely on guitar and backing vocals, Diamond on bass, and Dave Shettler on drums (SSM, The Sights). Motor City guests include Wally Palmar of the legendary power pop hit-makers THE ROMANTICS, as well as pop icon Nikki Corvette of NIKKI & The CORVETTES. The catchy cover art is the work of legendary artist BILL STOUT.

FOR MORE INFO ON PAUL COLLINS:
http://www.alive-totalenergy.com/x/?page_id=1592
http://www.thepaulcollinsbeat.com

FOR MORE INFO ON THE BEAT ARMY:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-BEAT-ARMY/346148489520

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http://www.alive-totalenergy.com

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Click here to download a few new hi-res band photos of People Years (credit: Ted Stryker) and XIV cover art

PEOPLE YEARS TO RELEASE THEIR NEW STUDIO ALBUM “XIV” NOVEMBER 5, 2021 VIA CORNELIUS CHAPEL RECORDS

The year is 2021. If you are reading this, the world has rebounded from the worst year for people most living people can remember. Sure, there have been worse years in the past. The dinosaurs had such a bad dinosaur year that they disappeared altogether forever. But, as people years go, 2020 was an unadulterated dog bitch. Anyway, it looks like people are starting to do people things again and I guess the luckiest of us can say it was hard but we made it. And People Years, the band, is back and wide eyed with its second album, XIV. They recorded it during a very bad people year but it sounds good.

People Years is a dream of an amalgamated spitball wadded by the nerdy version of you and made from subterranean and atmospheric particles of bands like Luna, Pavement, Pink Floyd, and LCD Soundsystem, loaded into a straw, and launched into the midnight hair of that Robert Smith-worshipping goth girl named Summer, who sat a few rows in front of you in class. The one who despises everything Americana. The one who seems to know something that the others don’t. Summer pinches that spit ball out of her hair like a fly between her thumb and index finger, walks it over in her knee-high Doc Martins and asks you in black-lipstick language if you lost something. You stammer. She feigns anger, then brightens. She smiles, and maintains eye contact as she places said spitball on her tongue and disappears it down the proverbial hatch. You’re in love.

Anchored by the songwriting and production of Chris Rowell, the band blows out tree bending tracks that play too well in the sleaziest of dives and the snootiest of invitation-only parties. Rowell’s astronaut guitar and Tony Oliver‘s soaring keyboard fortress converse in argumentative tones and easy asides, while Greg Slamen‘s bass rips through the atmosphere with Wes McDonald‘s cracked groove in tow. Add to that the accomplished craft of Rowell’s lyrics and stellar delivery and you’ve got yourself a musical spitball worthy of Summer the goth girl or those she loves to hate.

People Years’ XIV will be available November 5th on vinyl, CD and digital/streaming platforms via Cornelius Chapel Records.

People Years are:
Chris Rowell: Vocals and guitar (Warm In the Wake, Sea Fix, King Lear Jet)
Tony Oliver: Keyboard fortress (Sea Fix)
Greg Slamen: Bass (Cosmonaut on Vacation, Heath Green & The Makeshifters, Through The Sparks)
Wes McDonald: Drums (Terry Ohms, Vulture Whale, The Ohms)

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FOR MORE INFO ON PEOPLE YEARS:
https://peopleyearsband.com
https://www.facebook.com/peopleyears

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http://www.corneliuschapelrecords.com

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THE CASE FILES collects demos, out-takes, one live shot & other rarities from the 1985-2010 span of PETER CASE’s solo career following his work with his pioneering bands THE PLIMSOULS, THE NERVES & THE BREAKAWAYS. Compiled by Peter himself, this long-overdue collection combines rockin’ full band electric tracks with a selection of dynamic acoustic performances, and also features collaborations with many of Peter’s talented friends, such as Stan Ridgway, Eddie Muñoz, T-Bone Burnett, Ron Franklin and Tony Marsico, among others.

THE CASE FILES is in stores now through Alive Records on CD, Ltd. Edition Clear Pink Vinyl and digital formats.

Never one to rest on his laurels or to rest in general, the indefatigable Peter Case will be on the road through November, winding up a 100-date international tour with an East Coast jaunt.  Including dates in Atlanta, Washington DC and a stand at Joe’s Pub in NYC, Case’ll cap off his itinerary with two nights of electric and acoustic recording at McCabe’s in Santa Monica; the sets will be pressed into a long-awaited, live solo album.

“This is the one the fans have been asking for and we’re finally going to do it” says Case who plans to feature the songs he’s been performing on the road this year from his Grammy-nominated solo set, Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John, alongside those from the electro-shock blues album Wig! (2010) and most recent 2011 rarities collection, The Case Files.

During the fall tour, Case was guest of honor at the Buffalo International Film Festival where he performed at the premiere of Troubadour Blues. Featuring Case, Dave Alvin, Mary Gauthier and Chris Smither, the documentary by director Tom Weber explores the age-old tradition of traveling musicians and their role in modern society. The Buffalo News covered Case and the film in an extensive feature that you can read here.

Troubadour Blues is available on DVD at http://amazon.com and at http://petercase.com

Recently, Case took time “off” to take down some off-the-cuff songs, word pictures of forgotten people and places, whispers of deep longings, and other candid revelations for Epistolary Rex Volume 1. The book is a collaboration with David Ensminger and is now available for purchase at gigs and at Amazon here.

As for 2012, Case’s calendar is booked: Kicking off the year with his annual songwriter’s workshop at McCabe’s in January, he follows by touring with Paul Collins, his bandmate from The Nerves and The Breakaways (the pair will also play material from their respective ‘80s bands, The Beat and The Plimsouls).  And in a continuing series of archival releases, Case is preparing Beach Town Confidential  a live album by The Plimsouls, recorded in 1983 in front of a raving audience at the Golden Bear in Long Beach, CA. By spring, it is expected that the sequel to As Far As You Can Get Without A Passport, will see publication.  Clearly, there is no resting for Case.

“The Case Files shows that even though this material is essentially stuff that got stashed away and not used, Case’s flotsam and jetsam is still more interesting than a lot of his contemporaries’ output.… a solid and dependable collection of songs that should appease fans, both long-time and new.” – Zachary Houle / POPMATTERS

“Even as Peter Case has carved out a quarter-century career as a hardscrabble folk and country-blues songwriter, he’s never lost the rock & roll heart that fueled his seminal work (and occasional reunions) with The Plimsouls. Stretching back to his first solo outing in 1986, this rarities collection finds him equally intense in electric and acoustic modes. Indeed, the recent cover of Alejandro Escovedo’s “The End” is one of the most rocking tracks he’s ever cut.” – Brett Milano / SOUND & VISION MAGAZINE

” The Case Files, a collection of demos, outtakes and rarities, offers an insightful overview of Case’s growth as a songwriter spanning his long and impressive solo career, while adding gems to his already solid body of released work, including his recent 2010 effort, Wig!”  – Mark Shikuma / NORTH COAST JOURNAL

”Through this set of a dozen ditties recorded from the mid-80s up through last year, Case’s sensitive, intelligent, thought-provoking, sometimes-witty but always direct lyrics is the glue the holds the album together. From simple acoustic guitar-only demos to full band live performances with members of The Plimsouls or Case’s latest creation, Wig, none of it ever feels incomplete. But maybe Case’s greatest strength is his natural ability to attach his voice to the lyrics so completely; it’s what elevates a pretty decent unadorned folk ditty like “Trusted Friend” into something especially deep. His gruff, raspy pipes combines the best elements of Dylan and a young Lennon.
Outtakes and lost tracks can tell a lot about a long-established artist, like how good he sounds when he’s just ripping through an old tune or kicking around new ideas. The Case Files peels off the veneer from one of America’s most underrated singer-songwriters alive to expose Peter Case to be perhaps even better than what sympathetic critics give him credit for. “  – S. Victor Aaron / SOMETHING ELSE!

”The Case Files is as vital as the career of the man behind it. What could have been, what was, and what’s to come. Travel the road less travelled with Peter Case on this one. You’ll be glad you did.” – John Castino  / INNOCENT WORDS MAGAZINE

“This is the kind of singer/songwriter work that makes the genre respectable.”  – Mary Leary / DAGGER ZINE

“The Case Files works equally well as an introduction to this intelligent musician’s work (for those not familiar with him) or an accurate cross-section of his solo career (for those fans who have the larger portion of his discography). In either case, don’t stop here.” – Doug Collette / GLIDE MAGAZINE

“Despite its hodgepodge nature, The Case Files works as a cohesive record. “Anything (Closing Credits)” fits somewhere between the classic power pop of Case’s Nerves work and the rustic Americana of Tom Petty, “Milk Cow” barrels out of the gate with electric blues swagger, and his cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Good Times, Bad Times” sounds even more haunted than the original.“ – PHOENIX NEW TIMES

“Peter Case follows in a grand tradition of rock music, existing in the vein of pioneers like Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, the Clash, and other musical heroes who live to break ground and make new things.” – OWL & BEAR

“Peter Case is a multi-threat, and all of those threats can pay dividends. A singer, songwriter, prose purveyor, rocker, folkie, blues singer, producer, storyteller, etc., etc., it wouldn’t come as a great surprise if he was also a pretty fair hand on a windmill. Case has made large, and lasting, waves with bands such as The Plimsouls, The Nerves and The Breakaways. These days he splits time between working with a band and working the road solo, delivering a unique mixture of folk, rock, blues and combinations thereof. After weathering heart bypass surgery a couple years ago, Case is back to playing a full complement of gigs; this time around touring behind the release of The Case Files (Alive Records), a collection subtitled Demos, Outtakes, One Live Shot & Other Rarities. – Jim Beal Jr. / SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

“If Peter Case’s filing system is a little chaotic, so are the best tracks on his new album The Case Files. As on [his last effort] Wig!, the most powerful songs here are those in which Case’s rock ’n’ roll tendencies overshadow his folk/troubadour sensibilities. Paradoxically, most of these are performed with Case backed by his acoustic guitar and not much else.” – Steve Terrell / SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

”Although the 12 tracks on The Case Files are culled from nearly a quarter century’s worth of previously unreleased recordings, songs such as “Kokomo Prayer Vigil” (in which Case rips the stuffing out of a fundamentalist-preacher straw man) and “Ballad of the Minimum Wage” (ditto Walmart employees and shoppers) sound as fresh as the perennially controversial socio-political circumstances that they address.”  – Arsenio Orteza / WORLD MAGAZINE

“The Case Files showcases odds and ends left off Case’s own records, including demo tapes from 1986, political-minded spoken word narratives, songs by The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, and even the traditional “Milk Cow Blues” recorded live at Rudyard’s in 2005. Case remains the defiant, grizzled seeker of higher truths who doesn’t wax nostalgic, avoids the limelight and sticks close to his roots.”  – HOUSTON PRESS   

”With a program ranging from acoustic blues to shimmering folk pop to ragged rock & roll, The Case Files is the singer/songwriter’s most eclectic record since his debut, and it’s damn near as satisfying.” – Michael Toland / THE BIG TAKEOVER

“The Case Files is the sound of Peter Case pulling back the doors of his creaking back catalogue only to be buried under a minor avalanche of semi-forgotten, rough-hewn gems. It may not be the obvious point of entry for the uninitiated, but you shouldn’t let that put you off. If you like your troubadours on the outspoken, intelligent and melodic side, you’ll be thrilled by these ornery delights.” –  Tim Peacock / WHISPERIN & HOLLERIN / UK

“The Case Files finds the man himself picking through his back pages and assembling a surprisingly cohesive odds-n-sods collection of demos, out-takes and rarities from his solo years…. giving us another peak behind the curtain of what makes Peter Case tick, tock and rock.”  – Richard ‘Luftmensch’ Morgan /MY OLD KENTUCKY BLOG

FOR MORE INFO ON PETER CASE:
http://www.petercase.com
http://www.alive-totalenergy.com/x/?page_id=2345

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http://www.alive-totalenergy.com

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Click here to download a new band photo of The Prefab Messiahs (credit: Plastic Mynd) and “Psychsploitation Today” cover art

Timing is everything, they say. Of course, when you’re too far ahead of the curve musically-speaking, timing can also be a bitch. Give enough passage, however, and others eventually catch-up, understand… even emulate.

Such is the case for self-proclaimed micro-legendary weirdoz The Prefab Messiahs. Originally together from 1981-1983, they played basement and club shows fairly often. Armed with borrowed guitars, puny amps and a mission to confound the status quo, the Clark U. undergrads began a unique post-punk musical trajectory through the burgeoning-yet-insular Wormtown (Worcester, MA) underground. Aside from the 1983 cassette Flex Your Mind, though, no recorded material was available from them until 1998’s Devolver CD-R – an anthology of their recordings from the early ’80s. Several songs on the album were produced by their friend and outsider psychedelic singer-songwriter Bobb Trimble.

Fast-forward three decades later with the official remastered release of Devolver via Burger Records, followed by a well-received eight-song maxi-EP of new material entitled Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive (2015), and it seems the stars have finally aligned for this art-damaged psych-pop collective. These two releases witnessed not only a new appreciation from a younger fanbase (not much older than the original one the band first started out with over 35 years ago), but also rave reviews from media, who traced the lineage from the Prefab Messiahs to many of today’s garage-psych scuzz-pups, such as Oh Sees, King Tuff, White Fence, Ty Segall, et al.

Now The Prefab Messiahs are set to release their latest full-length platter of new material, Psychsploitation Today. On it, the fuzzed-out foursome of Xerox Feinberg, Trip Thompson, Doc Michaud and Mattyboy Horn have cooked-up, arguably, their most far-out and fantastical effort to date. The new record continues the path of melding timely social commentary with equal measures of jangle, left-field garage-pop and hooks aplenty.

Prefabs’ front dude Xerox Feinberg, a self-described “Lost Generation Wanna-be Spokesperson,” describes the the band’s approach on Psychsploitation Today thusly, “The new album is really a mental and sonic continuation of the things we were obsessed about from the beginning — mashing up the sounds and attitudes of ’60s garage-psychedelia with post-punk ’80s stuff and dragging all that into whatever ‘today’ is — while generally trying to poke people in the ribs and skewer some of the Big Shams behind all the Shiny Facades. We still don’t do songs about girls’ names or feeling good. We’re still trying to toss everything into the mix including the kitchen sink. We’re still bemused and shocked and disgusted with The State of Things — and also in love with the noises in our heads and guitars. We like to think that The Prefab Messiahs’ work is never done.”

The Prefab Messiahs’ Psychsploitation Today will be available on cassette, CD, digital and streaming formats January 26, 2018 via Lolipop/Burger Records.

PSYCHSPLOITATION TODAY TRACK LISTING:

1. PSYCHSPLOITATION
2. THE MAN WHO KILLED REALITY
3. SOMETIMES SUNNYDAZE
4. EVERYTHING U NO
5. GELLOW MOLD
6. HAVING A RAVE UP
7. OUTTAYERHANDS
8. MONSTER RIFF
9. WARMSINKINGFEELING
10. LAST DAY ON EARTH

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THE PREFAB MESSIAHS’ “PSYCHSPLOITATION TODAY: THE VIDEO ALBUM” FEATURING ALL 10 MUSIC VIDEOS FROM THE ALBUM (FEEL FREE TO POST & SHARE)

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FOR MORE INFO ON THE PREFAB MESSIAHS:
https://theprefabmessiahs.bandcamp.com

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https://www.lolipoprecords.com

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Click here to download a hi-res photo of Prima Donna (photo credit: Patrick Boissel) along with Nine Lives and Forty-Fives cover art.

Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley on a steady diet of punk and glitter rock, Prima Donna are infamous on the L.A. scene. Their curriculum includes musical road trips with Eddie and the Hot Rods, Adam Ant, Glen Matlock & The Philistines, The Dictators and even Green Day, who they supported on two arena tours on two continents. Frontman Kevin Preston has also continued participation in Green Day side-project Foxboro Hot Tubs.

While touring the US and Europe, Prima Donna was in and out of the studio numerous times, both at home in L.A. and in Milan, Italy. The finished product is Nine Lives and Forty-Fives, an 11-song variety pack that displays the band’s skills in the studio, and compiles some of their rarest and rawest recordings, including “Rock and Roll is Dead,” available for the first time in US. The song was named one of the Top Ten Songs of 2013 by Little Steven’s Underground Garage.

Nine Lives and Forty-Fives features eight original songs, and three covers: “I’m On Fire” (Dwight Twilley), “Rock and Roll is Dead” (The Rubinoos) and “Rip Her To Shreds” (Blondie).

Prima Donna’s Nine Lives and Forty-Fives will be available January 27th, 2015 on CD, digital and limited edition colored vinyl through Alive Naturalsound Records.

NINE LIVES AND FORTY-FIVES TRACKLISTING:

01 Pretty Little Head

02 Deathless

03 Born Yesterday

04 Living In Sin

05 Rubbish

06 Rock And Roll Is Dead

07 Like Hell

08 I’m On Fire

09 Tattooed Love Girls

10 Rip Her To Shreds

11 Eat Your Heart Out

PRIMA DONNA ARE:

KEVIN PRESTON – Vocals/Lead Guitar

AARON MINTON – Keys/Sax

DAVID S. FIELD – Drums

“LIGHTS OUT” LEVINE – Bass

FOR MORE INFO ON PRIMA DONNA:
http://www.primadonnarocks.com
https://www.facebook.com/PrimaDonnaOfficial

FOR MORE INFO ON KNITTING FACTORY MANAGEMENT:
http://www.knittingfactorymgmt.com

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http://www.alive-records.com

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THE PLIMSOULS’ NEW “BEACH TOWN CONFIDENTIAL” LIVE LP OUT TODAY ON ALIVE RECORDS!

PETER CASE & PAUL COLLINS REUNITE FOR A SPECIAL FULL-BAND SPRING 2012 TOUR, WHERE THE TWO WILL PERFORMING SONGS FROM THEIR BACK CATALOGS WITH THE NERVES, THE BREAKAWAYS, THE PLIMSOULS AND THE BEAT!

The Plimsouls embodied rock & roll in its purest, undistilled form in the era when post-punk droned and new wave popped. Whether on record or onstage, this foursome unleashed urgent, white-hot performances of expertly constructed songs by frontman Peter Case that effortlessly straddled the perfection of British Invasion pop, the raucous, edgier side of early punk and garage rock, and the foundational elements of maximum R&B and wailing soul.

All of this is documented perfectly in one moment – or one night as the case may be – on the latest Plimsouls live album, Beach Town Confidential.  Recorded at the height of their onstage power at The Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, CA on August 13, 1983, this recording captures Peter Case, Eddie Muñoz, Dave Pahoa and Louie Ramírez ripping through these 16 tracks with a youthful and reckless abandon. Six of these songs have never been recorded before by The Plimsouls (“Making Time,” “Fall On You,” “The Price Of Love,” “Who’s Gonna Break The Ice?,” “Jumpin’ In The Night” and “You Can’t Judge A Book”), plus it also features the only live recordings of “Magic Touch,” “Oldest Story In The World” and “Hobo.”

The Plimsouls’ Beach Town Confidential was produced by Peter Case and mixed by Peter and Andrew Bush. It will be released Feb. 7, 2012 though Alive Naturalsound Records on LTD. Edition Vinyl (w/ mp3 download card), CD and Digital formats. In addition, Alive is also producing an extremely limited run of 200 pink vinyl LPs (w/ download card) exclusive to mail orders only.

BEACH TOWN CONFIDENTIAL TRACKLISTING:
01. Introduction
02. Shaky City
03. Makin’ Time
04. Zero Hour
05. Hobo
06. Who’s Gonna Break The Ice
07. Fall On You
08. Oldest Story In The World
09. Magic Touch
10. A Million Miles Away
11. Jump, Jive and Harmonize
12. Jumpin’ In The Night
13. Now
14. How Long Will It Take
15. In This Town
16. Price of Love
17. You Can’t Judge a Book

Prior to Peter Case forming The Plimsouls, he was part of two other influential mid-to-late ’70s bands with Paul Collins  – The Nerves and The Breakaways (Paul would later go on to form his own highly-respected group, The Beat). Both Peter and Paul have enjoyed successful solo careers on record and on the road, but this spring they’ll once again be reunited for a very special North American tour. The two frontmen (along with bassist Timm Buechler and drummer Amos Pitsch) will be performing classic numbers by their bands, The Nerves and The Breakaways, as well as material by The Plimsouls and The Beat. For fans of energetic live performances, visceral rock & roll, and raucous, hook-laden songs that draw as much from the golden age of ’60s pop as they do from punk, these shows should prove to be nothing short of nirvana.

PETER CASE AND PAUL COLLINS 2012 TOUR DATES:
March 01 Iron Road Studios, Vancouver BC, CAN
March 02 The Funhouse, Seattle WA
March 03 The Star Theatre, Portland OR
March 05 Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco CA
March 07 The Echo, Los Angeles CA
March 08 Bar Pink, San Diego CA
March 09 Pappy and Harriet’s, Pioneertown TBA CA
March 11 Club Congress, Tucson AZ
March 13 Rhythm Room, Phoenix AZ
March 16 TBA SXSW Official Showcase, Austin TX
March 17 Alejandro Escovedo’s Taco Party at Maria’s Taco Express Austin TX mid-afternoon
March 17 Freddie Steady’s 12th Annual Frontier A Go Go And Rock & Roll Hootenanny, Austin TX 5:30 PM
March 18 The Blue Door, Oklahoma City OK (acoustic duo)
March 19 The Record Bar, Kansas City MO
March 20 The Outland, Springfield MO
March 22 The New Amsterdam, St. Paul MN
March 24 Shank Hall, Milwaukee WI (w/ Chuck Prophet)
March 25 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
March 27 Ace of Cups, Columbus OH
March 28 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
March 30 Stage on Herr, Harrisburg PA
March 31 Bridge Street Live, Collinsville CT
April 12 Bat Shea’s Public House, Troy NY
April 13 WXPN “Free At Noon” Concert Series, Philadelphia PA
April 18 Hi-Tone, Memphis TN
April 19 The High Watt, Nashville TN
April 20 JJ Bohemia’s Chattanooga TN
April 21 The Star Bar, Atlanta GA
April 22 Jack of the Woods, Asheville NC
[more dates to be announced soon]

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ALIVE RECORDS TO RELEASE THE PLIMSOULS LIVE! BEG, BORROW & STEAL ALBUM FEB. 23, 2010!

Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal showcases THE PLIMSOULS at the height of their power, tearing the roof off and on the verge of starting a riot on L.A.’s old Sunset Strip. Recorded at the Whisky A Go Go on October 31, 1981, this previously unreleased 18 song live album includes many of The Plimsouls’ classics as well as plenty of surprises. It has been stunningly remastered, features previously unpublished and gorgeous photos by renowned photographer Bob Matheu, and also includes three pummelling tracks (“New Orleans,” “Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!” and “Run Run Run”) with special guests The Fleshtones.

The album will be in-stores (in both vinyl and CD) and digitally online through Alive Records on February 23rd. The first vinyl pressing of the record will also include a poster and is limited to 1,000 copies. Considering that all of The Plimsouls official studio releases are currently out of print, this explosive live document of the band igniting The Whisky nearly three decades ago stands as not only a highly anticipated release from the band, but also as a testament to the power of pure, unadulterated rock & roll.

“Formed in 1978 by Peter Case (vocals, guitar) following his departure from The Nerves and The Breakaways, with Louie Ramirez (drums), Dave Pahoa (bass) and Eddie Muñoz (guitar), The Plimsouls effectively blended roots, British Invasion and garage rock into one unique soul-punk, garage-pop combo. “They boasted a soulful front man and gifted songwriter in Peter Case; a brittle, unconventional lead guitarist in Eddie Muñoz; and a gutsy, power-packed rhythm section in bassist Dave Pahoa and drummer Lou Ramirez. The ‘Souls didn’t just replicate the cliches of power pop, as so many others did – they, and especially Case, were intent on putting their own imprint on the rock and R&B styles they derived their sound from. Their keen originality and their ‘let’s-rock’ attitude removed them from the run of the mill. Despite the misguided notions of observers intent upon categorization, The Plimsouls were always their own men.” — Chris Morris

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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HI-RES RADIO MOSCOW BAND PHOTO (CREDIT: LOVE STREET) AND “LIVE! IN CALIFORNIA” COVER ART

RADIO MOSCOW TO RELEASE THEIR NEW DOUBLE LP “LIVE! IN CALIFORNIA” JULY 8, 2016 THROUGH ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS!

Radio Moscow’s new double LP Live! In California was recorded absolutely live (no overdubs) over two nights at The Satellite club in Los Angeles in December 2015. The album features 76 minutes of the trio’s unique brand of high-energy psychedelic rock’n’roll. The material is pulled from all their studio albums and the songs feature new arrangements.

Live! In California also includes the previously unreleased song “Chance Of Fate,” a cover of the ’70s band Sainte Anthony’s Fyre.

Radio Moscow is Parker Griggs on guitar and vocals, Anthony Meier on bass and Paul Marrone on drums. Now based in San Diego, CA, the band has five albums out, all on Alive Records, including their self-titled debut produced by Dan Auerbach (2007); Brain Cycles (2009); The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz (2011); 3&3 Quarters – early demos (2012) and Magical Dirt (2014). The trio have toured the U.S. and Europe with acts like Graveyard, Witchcraft, Joe Bonamassa, Pentagram, Sheepdogs and Nebula, and have shared the main stage at the Psycho California festival with Kylesa and Earth, along with performing in Europe, South America and Australia. Following their upcoming U.S. tour dates (which includes a headlining slot at Denver’s Electric Funeral Fest in June, and playing at the Ride Festival with Pearl Jam in July), they’ll also be touring extensively in Europe this summer.

Radio Moscow’s Live! In California will be available July 8, 2016 on limited edition colored vinyl, CD and digital formats via Alive Naturalsound Records.

RADIO MOSCOW LIVE! IN CALIFORNIA TRACKLISTING:
01 I Just Don’t Know
02 Death Of A Queen
03 Broke Down
04 I Don’t Need Anybody
05 250 Miles/Brain Cycles
06 Before It Burns
07 The Escape
08 City Lights
09 Chance Of Fate
10 Deep Blue Sea
11 These Days
12 Rancho Tahoma Airport
13 No Good Woman
14 So Alone

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PRESS RELEASE FOR RADIO MOSCOW’S 2014 ALBUM “MAGICAL DIRT”

RADIO MOSCOW ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM “MAGICAL DIRT” JUNE 17TH THROUGH ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS!

On June 17th Radio Moscow will release their fourth studio album, aptly entitled Magical Dirt. The band’s fountainhead Parker Griggs, along with partners-in-crime Anthony Meier (bass) and Paul Marrone (drums), have cultivated yet another blues-rock masterpiece that crossbreeds late ’60s psych-rock and face-melting guitar histrionics with the foundation-crumbling rhythms from early ’70s hard-rock, and even includes a couple of harrowing tracks built from the bedrock of rural Delta blues. But more than merely digging up fossils from rock’s revered past, Griggs & Co. manage to translate the myths of rock-n-roll’s golden age into modern day truths for a new, younger generation.

Radio Moscow’s Magical Dirt will be available June 17 on CD, mp3 and limited edition hand-mixed starburst vinyl via Alive Naturalsound Records.

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PRESS RELEASE FOR RADIO MOSCOW’S 2011 ALBUM “THE GREAT ESCAPE OF LESLIE MAGNAFUZZ”

RADIO MOSCOW TO RELEASE THEIR THIRD LP “THE GREAT ESCAPE OF LESLIE MAGNAFUZZ” OCT. 11, 2011 VIA ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS

Indeed. If the less than loud, keep it steady ethos of today is getting a bit boring and polite, think again. The essence… heck, the very drugged-out, red-eyed heart and soul… of the dirty, loud, heavy power-trio is not dead. In fact, in the case of Radio Moscow it is literally brimming with rude health.

THE GREAT ESCAPE OF LESLIE MAGNAFUZZ is the Californian-based band’s third album for the highly regarded Alive Naturalsound Records. It’s also a genuinely thrilling follow up to their previous releases, brimming with toe curling Hendrixified guitar soloing and the marijuana and acid laced caterwauling of Blue Cheer, not to mention some seriously impressive blues guitar work (‘Deep Down Below’) that would make Seasick Stevie green with envy!

Yes, they have long hair. Yes they may be stoned. Yes this is the kinda music that caused a stir 40 years ago. And so what? It’s the music of the gods. They know it, we know it and Dan Auberbach (he of The Black Keys, who not only discovered the trio as pot-infused miscreant teens, but also produced their debut) is fully aware of this too.

Today’s “new is old philosophy” works well for Radio Moscow. In an era when The White Stripes and The Black Keys have become unlikely stars, Amy Winehouse (RIP) proved that real soul was where it’s at and youngsters are at last generally open to everything, here we have a band who are ploughing their very own corner of the field in time honoured fashion, unafraid of retrogressive accusations.

The wild card and golden boy of the group Parker Griggs grew up in Story City, Iowa. As a young basement-dwelling cave teen obsessed with mid-60s garage-punk he home recorded a slew of songs in that vein which saw fruition as Radio Moscow (the moniker having been lifted from Nikiita The “K”’s ‘Go Go Radio Moscow’ from the garage comp Ya Gotta Have Moxie Vol. 2). However, although never tiring of garage-punk, Parker Grigg’s was excelling at the guitar (and drums – which he plays on all of the albums), progressing musically towards the proto-metal blues of Cream, Hendrix, Sabbath and Blue Cheer. This was apparent on the debut on which Parker played everything bar bass. A demo handed to Dan Auberbach after a Black Keys gig impressed the musician so much he landed Radio Moscow a deal with Alive and produced their startling power-trio infused debut. A further album followed the 2007 debut in 2009. Brain Cycles adhered to the old adage of “if it ain’t broke don’t mend it” and saw the teenage guitar assassins smelt gold from their vintage heavy, psychedelic blues licks. After numerous gigs and fun 2010 saw the band leave Iowa for the liberally minded California after Parker was busted for hash and imprisoned (yep, that happens in the good ole US of A!!!)

Being lucky enough to have one of their songs used in a Radio Shack/Lance Armstrong commercial gave the group enough money to rent a ranch in Northern California. Here was a place that they could rehearse without fearing the neighbours wrath and conceive their third release THE GREAT ESCAPE OF LESLIE MAGNAFUZZ. Zach Anderson plays bass, Cory Berry handles the drums on stage, and Parker plays drums on the album. The wah-and-phased-delirium of an opener ‘Little Eyes’ (which could have so easily graced Blue Cheer’s triumvirate third album Outsideinside) to the funky Grand Funk Railroad vibe of ‘Speedfreak’, the heavy UK blues-rock vibe of ‘Creepin’’ (a tune as good as Free at their best) and the amazing guitar driven rattlesnake raga that echoes Peter Green’s finest moments with Fleetwood Mac, all add up to a wildly pulsating affair, full of energy, passion and psychedelic electricity!

The album art is a throwback to the psychedelic covers of the late sixties/early seventies, and instead of being minimalist, as is the norm these days, the album is a super-sized, gatefold edition that’s a trip in itself. The first pressing is on Blue Vinyl, ltd. to 500 copies (exclusive to Bomp! mailorder, not sold in stores) and is also be available in CD and Digital formats today through Alive Naturalsound.

Radio Moscow photographed in Hollywood by Robert Matheu on January 28, 2012

HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT RADIO MOSCOW’S ALBUM “THE GREAT ESCAPE OF LESLIE MAGNAFUZZ”:

“Californian based band lovingly concoct a Cream/Hendrix inspired album of cosmic blues. Mainman Parker Griggs is a great guitarist and he’s clearly having a ball…. exhilarating stuff.” – THE DAILY TELEGRAPH – UK

“Psychedelic, acid-laced guitar-based rock that will shake you to your soul.” – MUSIC SAVAGE

“A bona fide blues-meets-psych-rock staple.”- SALT LAKE CITY WEEKLY

“Radio Moscow is as close as you can get to the dirty, growling and honest heart of power trio rock without a DeLorean. The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz is a victory for Radio Moscow in general and Parker Griggs in particular. The Story City, IA front man is possibly the most singularly gifted guitarist working today. This is your father’s rock, in all the best ways.” –  CITYVIEW

“Radio Moscow has released three albums blending blues and hard stoner rock on Alive Natural Sound Records, but in contrast with label-mates The Black Keys and Left Lane Cruiser, they add a potent psychedelic sound to the mix, bringing to mind late ‘60s/early ‘70s bands such as Blue Cheer, Hawkwind, Flower Travellin’ Band and Cream.” – SSG MUSIC

“The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz is a piping hot batch of overdriven, wah-wah and THC-soaked jams and is Paker Grigg’s homage to the heavier sounds of the Age of Aquarius. Radio Moscow’s music is a bottom-heavy blues-bomb, with grooves that recall MC 5 and the contemporary Black Mountain, and shredding like a more structurally minded Jack White, with each note bleeding into the next under a sea of overdrive.” – GOOD TIMES WEEKLY

“Parker Griggs and his band take it to the next level of power-trio psychedelic blues-rock with their third album, The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz. The album opens in full hypersonic stride, with the bass and drums threatening to run away from the ear-clearing wails of Parker’s fuzzed guitar, and the bombast doesn’t let up until disc’s end. There are a few production touches – stereo pans, phase effects and feedback – but the bulk of the album is straightforward, take-no-prisoners hard rock.” – HYPERBOLIUM

“A solid collection of blues-metal-psych-boogie for your buck. Not much for pondering their navels or gazing at their shoelaces, Parker Griggs and company pound out rock and roll with chops, foot firmly on the fuzz/wah pedal and stop-on-a-dime dynamics… the results are gratifying.” – LOS GRILLOS

“Radio Moscow bleeds Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. They are not a normal blues group. They are not a normal psychedelic stoner-rock group. They are Radio Moscow, and this album cements their sound and place as an eclectic group in today’s music scene.”  – ALL CAMPUS RADIO NETWORK

“A hard rocking, blues heavy, growling rock masterpiece. This is the third Radio Moscow album and it is easily their most adventurous, most precise and most unique album.  It is also their best.” – DES MOINES IS NOT BORING

“If you’re into blues, classic rock, Led Zeppelin or Jimi Hendrix then this record is about to send you to heaven. The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz is just another gem to add to the amazing collection of this band.” – DR. DOOM’S LAIR

“Radio Moscow are aficionados of the golden age of dusty rock, and clearly proud to admit it. There’s no hint of any of that sad-sack ‘ironic’ nostalgia at work here; this is the real deal, delivered with due reverence and plenty of enthusiasm. The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz starts off with a hiss and a roar and never really lets up. It reverberates with stacks of thunderous fundamental riffs that have been twisted into some hard-rockin’, good-times, prehistoric metal. Do yourself a big favour and seek this one out immediately. I’m off to invest in their first few albums; you best do the same, brother.” – MANUAL MAGAZINE / NEW ZEALAND

“A muscular combination of effects, feedback, and sound-towers that makes for a bracing listen next to Hendrix, Blue Cheer and Robin Trower.” – DAGGERZINE

“The band has a style and rhythm reminiscent of Blue Cheer and MC5, but with—believe it or not—more impressive guitar work. For those desiring music with layers, Radio Moscow is every bit as bluesy as it is early garage.” – SANTA FE REPORTER

“If you’re fond of classic grooves from acts like 10 Years After, Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, these guys are definitely worth checking out.” – IDAHO STATESMAN

“Radio Moscow have the perfect chemistry between percussion, vocals, and guitar…oh the guitar. It just shreds. I don’t even know how to begin to explain.” – SURROPA

“Do you pine for psychedelic blues rock in the vein of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Blue Cheer, and the MC5? Ames, Iowa’s Radio Moscow possess big, fuzzy riffs, a drummer who makes the full use of his toms, and a vocalist who may or may not have time traveled here from the Summer of Love. This is some sprawling stuff and all expertly executed. A rock blowout.” – THE STRANGER WEEKLY

“This album comes on like an unholy mix of Blue Cheer and The Black Keys.” – ELECTRIC GHOST / UK

“For a band that’s had over three decades worth of sub-genres to get influences from (and lots of drugs too, I’m sure) their sound remains true to their late-‘60s/mid-‘70s core, but Radio Moscow is just so damn good that they manage to sound refreshing.” – FABRIKA

“An eclectic mix of head-banging hard rock and psychedelic soulful vocals that with will creep through your headphones to your earholes’ delight.”  – THE WASTER

“The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz may be the best album released this year.”  – THE SODA SHOP

“If you don’t find yourself banging your head at the 2:00 minute mark into this album, I’m fairly certain you’re clinically dead.” – MUSIC THAT ISN’T BAD

“Filled with delicious, heavy and spacy guitar solos. It rocks, hard, but is plenty psychedelic. These guys are completely and unapologetically committed to a heavy rock sound. I could throw enticing influences (Blue Cheer, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) at you all day, and continue to play the Black Keys card, if that would induce you to give a listen. If you’re not familiar with their previous records, and you like this sound at all, you’re in for a treat.” – WHEN YOU MOTOR AWAY

“Cream would be proud. And if Hendrix were alive, he’d be honored. This power-trio created by two children of the corn, and a Colorado add-on create some of the most energetic music I’ve heard in a while. With a mix of traditional blues rhythms, upbeat boogie, psychedelic pedal effects, and cataclysmic solos that can peel the paint off the walls, the music that Radio Moscow produces is truly a jaw-dropping experience.” – TYMPANOGRAM

“From note one [at their recent SLC show], Radio Moscow killed. Parker Griggs’ guitar playing was unearthly groovy, his funky flourishes and hoarse, soulful vocals combined to make him a powerful stage presence throughout the show. His body rocked back and forth with the power of his mighty guitar, while Zach Anderson and Cory Berry backed him up with an unflinching, nonstop rhythm. Wild melodies spurred some truly crazy crowd antics as fans pushed eagerly towards the front, turning the stagefront into a wildly waving frenzy of scrambling, dancing fans as they moved to some deeper beat in the music – that classic psychedelic rock vibe that gives Griggs’ music its cycling, hypnotic quality.” – SLUG MAGAZINE

FOR MORE INFO ON RADIO MOSCOW:
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Click here to download new hi-res photos of Reed Turchi and “Speaking In Shadows” cover art.

After four albums fronting his blues-rock trio TURCHI, Memphis-based musician Reed Turchi is set to release his solo debut effort, Speaking in Shadows on March 4th 2016. Revealing musical and songwriting influences ranging from Randy Newman and JJ Cale to Beck, T Rex and Tinariwen, Turchi steps out from behind the gruff fuzz into a multi-faceted sound built on finely crafted songs and ear- & rear-moving grooves. Featuring an all-star group of musicians, including drummer Paul Taylor and saxophonist Art Edmaiston (Gregg Allman Band), Andrew Trube and Anthony Farrell (Greyhounds), and renowned Italian guitarist Adriano Viterbini, Speaking in Shadows is built on a foundation of Memphis groove and fat-back rhythm. Fresh textures abound, from the carnival of sounds on tongue-in-cheek “Drawn and Quartered” to the heartbreaking vocals of Heather Moulder on the spare, haunting lead track “Pass Me Over.”

As a songwriter, Turchi confidently mines the classic blues/rock vein in “Offamymind” (“Well I can barely walk, so I guess I oughta / Get behind this wheel and drive”), effortlessly shifts gears to the satirical “Everybody’s Waiting (for the end to come),” and turns introspective in “Looking Up Past Midnight.” Reuniting with engineer Adam Hill (Big Star, Dirty Streets, White Stripes) and recording direct to tape at Ardent Studio, Turchi heads into new territory with co-production by Billy Bennett (MGMT, Drive-By Truckers, Los Colognes). Mastered by Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Natural Child, The Whigs) at Bombshelter Studios in East Nashville, with artwork and design from Charles Ritchie.

Reed Turchi’s Speaking in Shadows will be available on CD and digital formats March 4th 2016 via Devil Down Records.

SPEAKING IN SHADOWS TRACKLISTING:
1. Pass Me Over
2. Everybody’s Waiting (for the end to come)
3. Juggling Knives
4. Texas Mist
5. Offamymind
6. Ima Bore
7. A Course to Stay
8. Drawn and Quartered
9. Floristella
10. Looking Up Past Midnight
11. Flesh of Gold
12. View From Angel’s Landing

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Download four new hi-res band photos of Results of Adults (credit: Tym Cornell) and “Interstellar Peach Delight” cover art

Throughout the history of collective human culture, we have continually searched for a connective meaning between the instinctual collision of sound and color. For some, this connection is purely metaphorical, and for others, it is an unavoidable and innate sensory experience. For Tym Cornell, the predominant songwriter and founding member of Results of Adults, it is unmistakably both. Growing up immersed in the lush, overgrown landscapes of rural Alabama, from the moment he remembers opening his eyes, Cornell’s life has been guided by an uncannily synesthetic path.

Upon this compulsive journey to find visual discovery through music, Tym Cornell has created a luminous universe where there are no black keys on the keyboard (literally all the black keys on his piano have been meticulously painted in a kaleidoscopic array of colors), and Results of Adults has always authentically celebrated this elemental alliance between sight and sound, which is profoundly evident on their new full length album, Interstellar Peach Delight.

Results of Adults are based in Birmingham, Alabama, and consist of Tym Cornell on vocals, guitar, piano, and an endless assemblage of noise-making devices; his creative partner and wife, Merry Bee Cornell, on bass; and Mark Beasley on drums and percussion. Formed in 2006, they have spent the last decade and a half concocting their own alternative history of psychedelic pop where altered states of consciousness, a Southern outsider folk art tradition, and well-crafted, irresistible songwriting lay happily side by side.

Following their first two official releases, The Dreamer and Nudis Manibus, they now arrive at their exemplary new piece of Southern-tinged underground psychedelia. Recorded between 2018 and 2020, Interstellar Peach Delight is a more focused and mature work, and the band’s sound feels more cohesive. Shining brighter and bolder than before, it is perhaps a newly found sense of refined direction that provides sonic actualization for all their polychromatic ideas. As is apparent on album stand-out tracks like “Kittens Touch the Sky,” the record’s hallucinogenic infectiousness connects musical building blocks that effortlessly pass through music genres, as well as space and time.

From the tribal percussive opening of “Gas Station” to the album’s soaring, string-filled closing number, “Magic,” Interstellar Peach Delight has the delicate odd charm of a flowery ‘60s-era band like The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, along with the 1980s paisley pranking of The Dukes of Stratosphear, and the lo-fi energetic zeal of early ’90s Flaming Lips — that is, if everyone in those bands came together for an all-star concert set in the 23rd century. Additionally, there is a rare otherworldliness found inside the grooves on the record that is closely linked both to the cosmic, communal iterations of Sun Ra’s Arkestra, as well as the spiritual strangeness of the Southern folk art tradition. In a way, far beyond simply being a three-piece band, they have created their own down-home psychedelic microcosmos.

While listening to the album, you can almost breathe in the relaxed, concordant atmosphere of their basement studio. Music being played, friends unexpectedly dropping in and making noise, static-y AM radios inadvertently hissing, objects falling off shelves, and Tym and Mary’s children audibly running wild in the background are all translated into a prismatic world of ambience that enters through a window no one even noticed was left open. Interstellar Peach Delight conveys a real sense of being free of affectation and a spontaneous ease with the universe that in many ways recalls the carefree yearnings of the Summer of Love. Of course, Results of Adults alternate reality version of 1967 has monstrous green forms of kudzu clinging to the street signs and telephone poles running along Haight-Ashbury.

Tym Cornell perceives songwriting as a fundamental element of his life in which the creative process itself is as satisfying a component as the final result. Upon hearing the new LP, it becomes quite clear that Results of Adults is a band who are genuinely grateful to devote time to their music and express their appreciation and wonder for all the strange blipping, beeping and buzzing satellites revolving around their universe. Without being presumptuous or ironic, the band centers their existence around the refreshingly humanistic conception that there are still amazing sounds yet to be heard and incredible images yet to be seen.

As E.O. Wilson, the world-renowned biologist (and fellow Alabama native) once said, “I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture.” With their music, creative vision, and even their way of living, Results of Adults make a powerful claim that they – and indeed all of us – are part of that human lineage, the cosmic continuity where everything began and where everything will eventually meet.

Results of Adults’ new album Interstellar Peach Delight is out today on CD and digitally/streaming formats via Cornelius Chapel Records.

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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HI-RES R.RING BAND PHOTOS (photo credits are in the file names) & IGNITE THE REST ALBUM ART

R.RING (FEATURING THE BREEDERS’ KELLEY DEAL & AMPLINE’S MIKE MONTGOMERY) TO RELEASE THEIR DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM IGNITE THE REST APRIL 28TH VIA SOFABURN RECORDS!

R.Ring is Kelley Deal and Mike Montgomery. It is guitars, voices and keys. The music is sparse, abrasive, chaotic and lulling… often within the same song. It is a celebration of / departure from their work in their other bands (Kelley with The Breeders and Mike with Ampline).

On Ignite the Rest, R.Ring’s forthcoming debut full length, Kelley and Mike have enlisted the help of a few friends to flesh out some of the material. The bits of drumming that appear are courtesy of Laura King (Mac MaCaughan and the Non-Believers, Fleshwounds), Leo DeLuca (Southeast Engine) and professional skateboarder Kristian Svitak. The compelling cello arrangements are by Lori Goldston (Earth / Nirvana).

The tracks run the gamut from plaintive meanderings to noise pieces to mid-tempo swoons to raucous barn-burners. R.Ring will be touring throughout 2017 in support of the release.

R.Ring’s Ignite The Rest will be available April 28th on limited vinyl, CD, digital and streaming formats via SofaBurn Records.

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PREVIOUS PRESS RELEASE FOR R.RING’S  2015 U.S. TOUR AND 7″ VINYL SPLIT-SINGLE W/ QUAILBONES:

R. RING (FEATURING THE BREEDERS’ KELLEY DEAL & AMPLINE’S MIKE MONTGOMERY) TO KICK-OFF U.S. SPRING TOUR APRIL 21ST IN CINCY!

R. RING’S 7″ VINYL SPLIT-SINGLE W/ KENTUCKY GARAGE-ROCKERS QUAILBONES OUT THIS JULY VIA SOFABURN RECORDS!

R. Ring is Kelley Deal and Mike Montgomery. It is voices, guitars and keys. It is sparse, chaotic, abrasive and lulling, often within the same song. It is new. It is, at the very least, a stark departure from the music they make in their other bands (Kelley with The Breeders and Mike with Ampline).

Kelley lives in Dayton, Ohio. Mike lives in Dayton, Kentucky.

R. Ring’s 7″ split-single with Kentucky-based garage rockers Quailbones will feature the two respective songs “Singing Tower” & “A Tip to Trick the Tide” and will be available this July in 7″ vinyl & digital formats via Sofaburn Records.

In addition, R. Ring will also be putting out a second 7″ split-single this summer with another great act. Details to be announced soon.

R. Ring will be on tour all spring and will be joined by drummer Jose Medeles (The Breeders / 1939 Ensemble ) for a week of dates in the Pacific Northwest, before drummer/professional skater Kristian Svitak (The Heartaches / Swami Records) joins them for their leg back home from L.A.

R. Ring’s friend Ali Calis at Able Projects in Cincinnati did the great poster art (above) for them depicting the “SS R.RING” atop a frothy sea, charging head-on into a giant, angry octopuss. R. Ring titled it, ”Peril” and Ali of course titled it, “Pussy.” So… they present to you the following confirmed dates for their ‘Pussy-Peril’ Tour!

Watch R.Ring’s recent “Loud Underneath” video below created from the wonderfully tweaked brain of artist Cy Gavin.

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Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward are set to release the follow-up to last year’s The Apology Part 1 EP with a new live album appropriately entitled Live in the Living Room (through Smith Music Group). On it, the Denton, TX-based sextet touch on material from not only that EP, but also their two previous full-length studio efforts, 2005’s Blow Out The Soot and their highly-lauded 2008 release The Lonesome Dirge, as well as premiering two new songs, “Where the Bright Lights Glow Me” and “Skin and Bones.”

The album was recorded live at the band’s house with no amplification in front of an audience of about 30 friends, family and industry people. It was then later mixed on the premises, and has no post-production alterations, overdubs or studio-trickery affecting any of the performances… it’s the show exactly as it was played and heard that night. While this intimate acoustic performance is decidedly different from their explosive ‘plugged-in’ live shows that they’re renowned for, the Pesos’ musical chemistry and dynamics are still undeniably intact on this recording, not to mention that these earthier takes only solidify how remarkable these songs and Parker’s commanding voice are.

The band consists of Rodney Parker (vocals, guitars), Danny Skinner (guitar, banjo), Zach Galindo (guitar), Brooks Kendall (bass), Tony Spiro (drums) and Hillary Early (dobro, vocals), the latter who is also currently a cast member on the CMT reality show, Texas Women.

RP50PR are also currently finishing up The Apology Part 2, their third full-length due out early 2012 (also through Smith Music Group).

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PRESS FOR RP50PR’S LIVE IN THE LIVING ROOM:

“Rodney Parker’s a talented songwriter who paints memorable tales of life, living, heartbreak and heartbreaking, and his plaintive voice with a touch of drawl works perfectly with his alt-country rural pop in an electric or acoustic setting. Live In The Living Room is destined to be one of my Top Ten discs of 2011.” Hal Bogerd / NO DEPRESSION

“Denton’s Rodney Parker and 50 Peso Reward recently released a live album that should be the standard for live releases. Live in the Living Room is the best recording this band has done so far. This CD is a great introduction to one of the best live bands in Texas, and one of the upcoming stars in the Texas music scene.  Get out and pick up a copy of this CD, and let the strong performance and great writing take you to Parker’s living room. If you close your eyes, you can almost feel like you are there.” – Thomas McAleer / EXAMINER: AUSTIN

“It’s often said that the true greatness of an individual song can be measured in how it holds up over the transition from plugged-in and polished studio track to a stripped-down, skeleton of it’s louder counterpart. Perhaps that’s become a cliche, but it’s especially true in the case of Parker’s brand of insurgent country. And by that measure, the Living Room versions more than survive the transition, they shine.” – THE SQUAWKER

“These songs burn like flames under straw.” – James Calemine / SWAMPLAND

“A nice little departure from the band’s typically more amped-up live sound, and a worthy means to tie over fans until their upcoming The Apology Part 2 LP hits in December.” – SUBSERVIENT EXPERIMENT

“Live In The Living Room will bring a variety of emotions to listeners during the 13 tracks that clock in at more than 53 minutes. There will be smiles, toe-tapping and maybe even some tears on songs like “The Apology” or “The Ship.” However, at the end of the set, you will probably react like the audience on the album did after the final track – which is thoughtful appreciation for Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward who have managed to borrow the best elements of American music, tie them up in a bow and deliver them right to your living room.” – COUNTRY CHART

“Rodney Parker and 50 Peso Reward’s new song “Skin and Bones” is heartfelt, aching and genuine. Powered by Parker’s compelling vocals and an intimate banjo, this acoustic country roots song possesses that rare, special little something that tends to hide in corners waiting for the right moment to emerge.” – ONLINE ROCK

“This raw recording gives the album an intimate feel that makes it hard not to imagine the band playing in your very own front room.” – THE MUSICAL VIEW

“Good, rollicking Texas Music… you can almost immediately get the homespun vibe of the living room by listening to this album.” – COUNTRY STANDARD TIME

[PRESS RELEASE FOR RP50PR’S ALBUM THE LONESOME DIRGE]

TEXAS ALT-COUNTRY BAND RODNEY PARKER & 50 PESO REWARD SET TO RELEASE SECOND FULL-LENGTH ALBUM THE LONESOME DIRGE APRIL 8TH

Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward are set to unleash their second full-length effort The Lonesome Dirge on April 8th and are jumpstarting the release with an aggressive tour that will head West through the month of March before traversing the rest of the nation throughout ’08 in support of their new record.

While Parker and The Pesos found regional success in Texas on the strength of their remarkable 2004 self-released debut, Blow The Soot Out, the Denton, TX-based quintet are poised to break out nationally with The Lonesome Dirge – a breathtaking, often heart-stopping, album brimming with Americana anthems, harrowing Southern Gothic balladry and shit-kicking roadhouse rockers that channels the likes of Steve Earle, Old 97s and Son Volt.

The album immediately stampedes out of gate with the unbridled dynamics of the driving opener ”Firefight,” before shooting straight into the passionate number “10 lb Test,” where, amid indelible hooks and stinging guitar, Parker’s warm, whiskey-soaked voice sweetly cracks with a touch of wild honey. “Brother” is a moving ballad that culminates with not only proud, pounding choruses but also showcases the volatile musical dexterity of this explosive outfit, while songs such as “Wild Man From Borneo,” “Tell Me What It Is” and “I’m Never Getting Married” are performed with both fiery passion and clenched-fisted conviction. The band also manages to breathe further life into a spirited reworking of Springsteen’s “Atlantic City,” while the album’s sparse, haunting closing number “11 Hours,” coincidentally, hearkens back to the ghostly acoustic landscape of Bruce’s Nebraska album.

What these eleven-tracks – alternately capable of touching the heart and loosening the floorboards – prove more than anything else, though, is that Rodney Parker is one of those rare singer/songwriters to be reckoned with. While the word ‘masterpiece’ may seem a bit lofty to attach so readily to any record this early in an artist’s career, The Lonesome Dirge is as worthy a contender as you’re likely to find today.

PRESS FOR RP50PR’S LIVE IN THE LONESOME DIRGE:

“Denton’s Rodney Parker has one of those great alt-country voices — all gargled ashtrays and too many smoky, beery nights filtered through sandpaper. It’s in full effect through The Lonesome Dirge, Parker and his backing band Fifty Peso Reward’s sophomore album, a disc that feels like an evocation of every aimless night ever spent away from the bright lights and big city. No matter how lonely or weird it sounds at times, Parker keeps you riveted throughout.” – Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“And the talented Texans keep coming. Rodney Parker & Fifty Peso Rewards have a tinge of alt-country but it’s basically straightforward rock — of a near-universally high quality.” – USA Today

“Rodney Parker is the best new singer-songwriter I’ve heard this year. Bring on the challengers. I don’t expect him to be dethroned. “The Lonesome Dirge” will be on my list of the top ten discs of 2008.” – Hickory Wind

“If you be a fan of Old 97s, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash and the like, the RP&50PR is your band. Hell, I even heard a little Counting Crows here and there on this divine new album, The Lonesome Dirge.” – The FineLine
“The Lonesome Dirge is an 11-song slice of country-rock brilliance that gets better with each and every listen. I can’t recommend this album — or this band — strongly enough. Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward is among the best our state has to offer.” – This Is Texas Music

“Parker is blessed with a set of gritty vocal cords that fits perfectly with the brilliant covers of Springsteen’s “Atlantic City” and Kinky Freedman’s “Wild Man From Borneo.” – Rootsville / Belgium

“The Lonesome Dirge is an announcement to the world that Rodney Parker & Fifty Peso Reward have chosen to fight with their music. And I can report to you that they are the winners by a knockout. These guys flat out bring it!” – Texas Music Times

“[8 out 10 stars] …an interesting sound which they infuse with vivid lyrical imagery and driving guitars, merging an urban rock sound with country undertones.” – MusicReviewer.com

“The Lonesome Dirge is an impressive effort by Parker that’s a lot country and little bit rock and roll, but is sure to appeal to a wide variety of music lovers.” – Reviews By Guild

“The Lonesome Dirge is the sort of country-rock record that’ll grace the finest roadhouse jukeboxes for years down the line.” – The Daily Utah

“Haul your ass over to the Dallas’ Granada Theater to catch RP50PR’s CD release party and enjoy a stiff shot of alt.country rock goodness.” – Twang Nation

“Whiskey-soaked vocals with moving melodies and sharp ballads give “The Lonesome Dirge” a down-home passion with heart-tugging lust appeal. The Fifty Peso Reward and their leader Rodney Parker have done such a remarkable job with their sophomore effort that they may just kick the Old 97s in the teeth.” – Smother Magazine

“A real treat for Americana fans.” – Americana UK

“Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward like things big (they are from Texas after all), as their version of country-fueled rock is big on hooks and big on swelling choruses.” – The Tucson Citizen

“… these guys combine elements of folk, rock, country and mash it all together with a slice of punk…. They have a nice, raw edge that you don’t see very often in the alt-country scene.” – Sell The Lie (music blog)

“Positive interaction with the crowd, a complete sound and original songwriting – that’s what makes a good show even if the product isn’t your particular style. What makes a good show great is when those elements are met, and even those pessimistic going into it are seen having the time of their lives on the dance floor.”Monday night, Jake’s Backroom hosted one of those great shows as hundreds of local residents turned out for the Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward/Thrift Store Cowboys / One Wolf extravaganza with high energy support from the crowd.”- The Daily Toreador

“The highlight of the 11 tracks is ‘Atlantic City,’ a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s original in which the music and lyrics complement each other so well it casts Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward as a sure-fire hit. Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward won’t leave your mind any time soon, and that’s a good thing.” – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

“… brawny heartland rock meets smoky Texas twang… The Lonesome Dirge is a damn fine record.” – songs: illinois

The Lonesome Dirge is simply incredible. I can’t get over how talented these guys are. They should be huge — I don’t know that they want to be, but they should be.” – This Is Texas Music

“RP50PR shake every bone of my being awake.” – EarTaste

“Delightful heartland rockers blessed with great lyrics and a hell of a voice comparable to Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen and Jay Farrar. Country-rock that’s deliciously raw and from the heart.” – Ctrl. Alt. Country / Belgium

“Roots-rock as it’s meant to be.” – Hanx / The Netherlands

SANDRA PHILLIPS – TOO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE BED
Never officially released by Canyon (the label went belly-up just after shipping the first copies in 1970), this album was meant to be a follow-up to the Doris Duke hit record “I’m A Loser.” Produced by Swamp Dogg in Macon, GA this is Deep Soul at its best. Sandra Phillips (a/k/a Sandra Reeves-Phillips) has become a star on Broadway, movies and TV, winning awards and appearing in movies such as “Round About Midnight” and “Lean On Me,” and on TV Shows such as “Law And Order.” Ltd. ed. color vinyl available exclusive from Bomp-mailorder.

“I signed Sandra Phillips to Wally Roker’s Canyon label and then took her to Macon, Georgia, where I had a magic lantern that produced a band consisting of Johnny Sandlin (drums), Robert Popwell (bass), Pete Carr (guitar), Paul Hornsby (organ & piano) and me, also on piano. My genie wouldn’t let me do wrong. I had a production deal with Wally for as many albums as I wanted to do, with complete autonomy. I’m damn sorry he went belly-up. The album that you are drooling over was never officially released. Canyon shipped it and then Canyon bought the farm. I gave Sandra an unconditional release and we have remained friends.”  – Swamp Dogg

TOO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE BED TRACK LISTING:
01. Rescue Song
02. I’ve Been Down So Long
03. My Man And Me
04. To the Other Woman (I’m the Other Woman)
05. Now That I’m Gone (When Are You Leaving)
06. Someday We’ll Be Together
07. After All I Am Your Wife
08. Ghost of Myself
09. If You Get Him (He Never Was Mine)
10. She Didn’t Know (She Kept on Talking)
11. Please Don’t Send Him Back To Me
12. Some Mother’s Son

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When Semi-Twang reunited in 2009 to play the twentieth anniversary of Shank Hall, the premier showcase club in their hometown of Milwaukee, they showed up to help celebrate a venue they’d played on the club’s opening night. Expectations were modest – do a couple of rehearsals, show up, have fun & go home. However, the gig turned out to be an incredible experience for both band and fans and the group decided it was too good to stop.

Rewind to 1988: Semi-Twang thought they’d taken their best shot with Salty Tears, their Warner Brothers debut album. That record generated tons of critical acclaim but little in the way of sales. Soon after its release, other opportunities beckoned and the band members went their separate ways. Friendships survived, but the band was history. For John Sieger, the songwriter and main vocalist, Nashville, TN seemed like a good idea. Dwight Yoakam was one of many artists who found Sieger’s songs and producers like Pete Anderson and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) were finding slots for his tunes. Guitarist Mike Hoffmann stayed busy producing other artists and the other fellows in the band – Mike Sieger (bass), Bob Jennings (multi-instrumentalist), Bob Schneider (drums) and Jason Klagstad (guitars) –  were soon scooped up by other groups around town.

After the ’09 Shank reunion, the band decided a new recording was in order… the one they should have made first. Unlike their debut, (a major label project with a budget just this side of a NASA launch) the band recorded on the sly, mostly at Hoffmann’s House Studio and Sieger’s Room w/a VU — small, Pro Tools equipped, comfy and cozy. The pace was relaxed with sessions every few weeks for most of 2010. The atmosphere was loose but unwavering in its vision – get in, make the best record you’ve ever made, get out — what’s so hard about that?

In March of 2011, Wages Of Sin, their first album in 23 years, was released to overwhelmingly positive response from critics and fans alike, along with heavy local airplay. Semi-Twang had always harkened back to classic artists like Dylan, The Beatles and The Band. This approach paid off handsomely on Wages, an album that dares you to put a time-stamp on it.

Which brings us to 2013: On March 26th, the band will release their third full-length project, The Why And The What For, a recording that ups the stakes as it traverses through the musical geography of Memphis, Muscle Shoals and New Orleans with passion and conviction. It’s topical and personal with a bit more soul influence — it even includes a few throwbacks to the duckwalk days of Chuck Berry. Oh, and you’ll also be rewarded with one or two of those unclassifiable yet familiar songs you’ve come to expect from Semi-Twang.

Semi-Twang’s The Why And The What For will be available March 26th on CD and digital formats.
Spring and summer tour dates will be announced soon!

The Why And The What For Tracklisting:
1. The Wrong Side of the Tracks
2. 52 Jokers
3. Au Contraire
4. The More She Gets The More She Wants
5. You Love Everybody
6. Dark Out
7. Love Interest
8. Making Everybody Cry
9. Miss Watson
10. A Handsome Man
11. Contents Under Pressure
12. Foghorn

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PIONEERING POWER-POP BAND SHOES TO RELEASE RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE VINYL-ONLY ALBUM “PRIMAL VINYL” APRIL 18, 2015 VIA ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS!

EXCLUSIVE RSD RELEASE TO FEATURE CLASSIC SHOES SONGS ALONG WITH PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE & DEMO TRACKS!

Heralding from the small Midwestern town of Zion, IL along Lake Michigan’s western shore, Shoes was formed by three like-minded high school friends in the mid 1970s. Inspired by the British Invasion and the joys of the 3-minute pop song, their early home recordings, self-released LPs and DIY approach established them as pioneers of the home studio movement. Primal Vinyl is a collection of classic Shoes songs that includes a previously unreleased live track and material released on vinyl for the first time.

Shoes’ Primal Vinyl will be released as a limited edition Record Store Day exclusive vinyl-only album on April 18th via Alive Naturalsound Records.

PRIMAL VINYL TRACK LISTING:

Side A

Tomorrow Night

Don’t Do This To Me

Too Late

Girls of Today (demo version)

Okay

I Don’t Wanna Hear It (live)

Side B

Boys Don’t Lie

She Satisfies

Summer Rain

Burned Out Love (demo version)

Love Is Like A Bullet

Hate to Run (demo version)

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Detroit’s masters of heavy soul, The Sights, are a five-piece rock ‘n’ roll band renowned for both their incendiary live shows and acclaimed song-writing. Think Big Star & Badfinger fronted by Steve Marriott and you’ll get a pretty good idea of what makes these guys tick. Hailed by critics and fans alike, they continue to build on an incredible 14-year legacy of uncanny blues-rock meets power pop.

The Sights combine the unobtrusive honesty of The Band with countless slivers of influence from their own personal record collections: Ike and Tina, Solomon Burke, The Everly Brothers, Bob Seger, Tim Hardin and all manner of raucous, infectious songwriting. Starting in the summer of 1998, famed typhoon of energy Eddie Baranek (guitar/vocals) fronted evolving line-ups through 2000’s Are You Green?, 2002’s Got What We Want and 2005’s self-titled The Sights – all recorded at Jim Diamond’s (White Stripes, Electric Six, Dirtbombs) Ghetto Recorders in Detroit.

2010’s Most of What Follows Is True was an overwhelming critical success, placing in the top fifteen percent of The Village Voice’s 2010 Pazz and Jop listing and garnering press accolades from around the globe. With that record, The Sights achieved an unprecedented level of song and studio craftsmanship. In an era of soulless keyboards, drum machines and Autotune, Eddie & Co. responded with thrillingly catchy songs. No gimmicks, no studio trickery – just inspired rock ‘n’ roll from the heart.

2012 is shaping up to be The Sights’ best year yet. They’ve already supplied the music for two Chevrolet ads, and this summer will bring a new single (“Eso No Está Bien Pequeña/Like Two Little Kids”) as well as the release of their seventh effort, Left Over Right. On it, Baranek is joined by Jarrod Champion (keyboards/vocals), Dean Tartaglia (saxophone/vocals), Kyle Schanta (bass) and Skip Denomme (drums) where they deliver not only their most soulful album to date, but do it with all of the intensity that has fueled their previous recordings and live shows for well over a decade. If you love – really love – passionate songs that fire your imagination and move your ass, then you’re gonna really love The Sights.

The Sights have shared the stage with some of the best in the business: Robert Plant, Tenacious D, The White Stripes, The Dirtbombs, Sloan, The Datsuns, The Donnas, The Bravery, The Kills, along with many others. Their precocious ability to blend frenetic garage rock with ’60s pop and create something equally classic and catchy has garnered consistently rave reviews from both sides of the Atlantic. NME wrote “[The Sights are] a revelation – a treasure trove of sparky and wildly immediate songwriting” and Rolling Stone commented “at last – a new Detroit-garage band that comes in colors.”

Raucous? Infectious? That pretty well sums up The Sights’ live shows as well. It’s a rocket-ride that has been experienced by countless audiences throughout North America and Europe, and will surely win over thousands more this summer when they hit the road with Tenacious D as part of their highly anticipated Rize of the Fenix tour!

The Sights’ Left Over Right album will be available June 19th through HRM in CD, Digital and Limited Edition Vinyl formats.

THE SIGHTS’ SUMMER 2012 TOUR DATES:

May 04  Tequila Blue – Royal Oak, MI

May 05 Town Pump – Detroit. MI

May 12  Woodruff’s, Ypsilanti, MI

May 16 Euclid Records In-Store – St. Louis, MO

May 19 The Compound – Phoenix, AZ

May 21 Burger Records In-Store (9pm – Free) – Fullerton, CA

May 22 Whisky A Go Go – West Hollywood, CA

May 23 Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA  w/ TENACIOUS D

May 24 Fox Theater – Oakland, CA  w/ TENACIOUS D

May 26 Les Schwab Amphitheater – Bend, OR  w/ TENACIOUS D

May 27 Langano Lounge – Portland, OR

May 28 Sasquatch Festival – George, WA

May 31 Turf Club – Minneapolis, MN

Jun 02 Upfront and Company. Marquette, MI

Jun 16 Park Bar, Detroit, MI w/Reigning Sound

Jun 17 Double Door, Chicago, IL w/Reigning Sound

Jun 21 31st St. Pub Pittsburgh, PA

Jun 22 MOTR Pub, Cincinnati, OH

Jun 23 Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN w/ TENACIOUS D

Jun 25 Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA  w/ TENACIOUS D

Jun 26 The Fillmore, Charlotte, NC  w/ TENACIOUS D

Jun 28 Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY   w/ TENACIOUS D

Jun 29 Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY

Jun 30 Penn’s Landing – Festival Pie, Philadelphia, PA   w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 02 Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA  w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 03 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT   w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 06 The Fillmore, Detroit, MI   w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 07 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL  w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 16 Daytrotter Session – Rock Island, IL

Jul 19 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX   w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 20 Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX   w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 21 Brady Theater, Tulsa, OK  w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 22 The Outland, Springfield, MO

Jul 23 The Pageant, St Louis, MO  w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 24 Uptown Theater, Kansas City, MO  w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 26 Red Rocks, Denver, CO  w/ TENACIOUS D

Jul 29 SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA  w/ TENACIOUS D

MORE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

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HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE SIGHTS’ MOST OF WHAT FOLLOWS IS TRUE:

“The album’s great; it’s filled with sing-song themes of self-reproach and waning innocence, all delivered with the heartfelt zeal of a modern-day Faces. Do your duty and purchase a copy at your local indie record store.” – Brian Smith / METRO TIMES

“The Sights are an awesome band and their new record Most Of What Follows Is True is a great, great record. I highly recommend it.” – Keith Roth / THE ELECTRIC BALLROOM: WRAT RADIO

“…one of Detroit’s greatest musical treasures.”  – MOTOR CITY ROCKS

“…this was a record made out of the love for music and it comes through here on every ‘60s influenced power pop nugget, every Detroit sounding garage stomper and even the steel pedal induced tracks all back up The Sights early hype and prove that their talent has never diminished.” – THE FIRE NOTE

“… a raw slice of Detroit-style blues rock.” – BROOKLYN ROCKS

“… a foot tapping, stomp fest.” – THE ROCK & ROLL GURU

“The band comes out of the gate with the guitar-heavy “How Do You Sleep?” sounding like a mix between The Creation and Blue Cheer while “Hello to Everybody” is a charging power pop nugget which doesn’t forget the humor (“Well I tried suicide but it wasn’t for me, it got to be a little too trendy”). A few tunes add some nifty pedal steel (“I Left My Muse” and “Back to You”) while the jangly “Maria” adds a nice Beatles touch to the proceedings (and “Happy” is pure 1967 Who with those opening Keith Moon-esque thundering drum fills).
Baranek proudly wears his influences on his sleeve but when the attention to songcraft is this detailed you won’t hear too much complaining. Their best yet.” – BLURT

“… a notable album that deserves your attention. Detroit rock band The Sights is rooted in their native Motown sounds, with a modern rock edge.” – John Hendricksen / THE DENVER POST

 “…classic rock with a hint of blues and, this time around a little hint of country too.  It’s a corker… it’s rock and roll.” – HOT SPOT MUSIC

“Awesome opening track ‘How Do You Sleep’ may sound like it was recorded 35 years ago, but it, along with much of the record, transcends any era trappings, feels current, and kicks ass. The band wisely reteamed with old producer Jim Diamond, who is responsible for at least 75% of the best straight-up rock records of the past decade (The Dirtbombs, The Ponys, The Whites Stripes…etc), and doesn’t disappoint here.” – David Mansdorf / LOSING TODAY

“Five years after their last album, The Sights have returned with its strongest effort yet. Leader Eddie Bararenk has found the sweet spot in his songwriting, harnessing the melody of British-influenced power pop to the R&B-fueled garage rock of the band’s earliest days with tighter craft than ever before.” – Michael Toland / THE BIG TAKEOVER

“Much of The Sights’ first three records play like grinning, raucous romps through dusty record shops, spinning everything from blues to latter-British-invasion to mustachioed, solo-indulgent ’70s rock. Most of What Follows is True, with its sporadic brow-raising bluntness in autobiographical lyricism, could be the most illuminating, or at least heartfelt, Sights album yet. Musically, it’s simultaneously fresh, yet worn and comfortable, with three new members flexing their idiosyncrasies in instrumental inflection and switching off lead singing/writing. It’s still flat-out rock ‘n’ roll, but noticeably, on Baranek’s pieces, more candid.” – Jeff Milo / REAL DETROIT WEEKLY

“The Sights’ latest release is an explosion of tuneful power-pop gems that conjure up ‘60s British masters like The Kinks and (dare I say) The Beatles.  They stretch out on a few songs to dip into Country and some blue-eyed Soul.  A remarkable comeback.”  – PIRATE CAT RADIO / SAN FRANCISCO

“… powerful songs with hooks and harmonies aplenty. Listen now, or forever hold your peace!” – WFMU RADIO

“Put your pants on tight, because The Sights are back to rock them off. Their upcoming album, Most of What Follows Is True, is crammed full of hearty, gritty rock that could blow a house down.  Led by Detroit’s most underrated contributor to the rock world, Eddie Baranek, the newly-aligned four-piece will have you longing for simpler times when rock ‘n’ roll wasn’t drowned in pretension.” – QRO MAGAZINE