Brief Candles take their guitar driven dream pop on the road this summer. Romantic shoegaze, lush instrumentation and lovely vocals are heading your way…

Brief Candles is:
Jen Boniger - Vocals, Guitar
Kevin Dixon - Guitar, Vocals
Drew Calvetti - Bass
Jake Bohannan - Drums

One more Bio sheet from one more band..... One more description of a loud as hell indie rock band witha rhythm section built by the gods and guitars so graceful and melodic they make your ears actually cry. One more comparison to My Bloody Valentine, Pale Saints, Doves, et al. Though of coarse they don't compare ~ they merely lie in the shadow of those influences. Yet another band witha phenomenal rock show - they type that brings audiences to their knees in complete adoration, and makes their ears ring for years to come. And yes, another self-released debut from a 4 piece band from Peoria, from Milwaukee, from wherever. A debut that received rave reviews, and even received a best album of 2003 by an indiezine. One more band that tours, that continues to record, that continues to rely on the help of fan and friend. One more band to listen to and accept or reject.

06.03 Minneapolis, MN - The Hexagon
06.04 Des Moines, IA - The Playground
06.05 Kansas City, MO - The Hurricane
06.06 Ft. Collins, CO - SurfSide7
06.07 Denver, CO - Benders Tavern
06.08 Provo, UT - Starry Night
06.09 Portland, OR - Holocene
06.10 Seattle, WA - Blue Moon
06.14 San Francisco, CA - Make Out Room
06.15 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory: Alterknit Lounge
06.19 Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory

Splendid Magazine:
Jennifer Boniger has Sinead O'Connor's lilt and Emma Anderson's skylost wistfulness; breathing the lyrics through a thin straw, she brings a mixture of artiness and lovelorn distress to the melodies. It's lust in a poetry class, romance near a field of hungry sheep, and altogether quite neat. The guitars make waves roar blissfully to shore, but it's the vocalist who keeps shoegaze vital. Like the lovely vocalists who fronted Brittle Stars and Con Dolore, Boniger helps Brief Candles' music to move you through the day, but also through early nineties musical history. They remind you of the great little dream that dream pop dreamed, and recall the lovely little hush that a woman's voice could plant upon a thousand-pound guitar. Silent Film Soundtracks will twist your heart and give hope to your soul. -- Jenn Sikes

Skratch Magazine:
The debut full-length CD from this Illinois-based quartet is a complex, ethereal journey into a dreamscape of restrained indie rock. The seven songs on this disc push the limits of soft, melodic pop into the prog-rock zone, as every song is either five, six, or seven minutes long. This is a band that is not afraid to set a quiet tone and, much like Portishead, wring every ounce of emotion out of a tune. While lead vocalist Jenifer Boniger's wispy, introspective voice introduces these songs, nearly every song ends with a raucous minute-long instrumental jam. Brief Candles is one of those rare gems that the Midwest occasionally exposes. Brilliant, edgy, and original. -DUG

Delusions of Adequacy:
Shoegaze is a tricky thing. It seems that most shoegaze bands worth their salt pack really good songs and either evolve (Starflyer 59, Ride), inject enough of their own flavor into the medium to spice it up (Swervedriver, Medicine), or transcend the pack with sheer beauty and mass (My Bloody Valentine). Brief Candles appear to have chosen the middle route. All the required elements of shoegaze are here, from the hushed vocals (Jen Boniger) to the atmospheric guitars (Boniger, Kevin Dixon). The rhythm section (Drew Calvetti, bass; Jake Bohannon, drums) is way more aggressive than the typical shoegaze band rhythm section, and it serves Brief Candles well. - Ryan Conrad, 5/3/2004

Happy Mem Day folks! Here's some love from the SF Weekly about artist John Knuth's last show...

"Let's be honest: It's easy to dismiss some contemporary art as bullshit. But John Knuth's paintings are literally made of shit -- fly shit, that is. Knuth encloses ordinary houseflies in his studio, feeds them a solution of nontoxic watercolor paint, and lets them ... express themselves all over several large white canvases. The resulting images look like delicate cousins of Jackson Pollack's famed drip paintings, whose splatters and sprays sprang from the artist's dramatic dance with a paintbrush. In place of Pollack's hand, Knuth substitutes the digestive processes of flies. By comparing the heroic and often egocentric gestures of earlier abstract painters with the bodily product of lowly flies, Knuth deflates the pretentious notion of the artist as brilliant, original auteur.
Knuth's series, titled simply Paintings, is part of a group exhibit called "Social Construction," which purports to investigate "alternative models for artistic production" by presenting works conceived in a "matrix of interdependency and then executed by other organisms." Translation: The participants in this show employ flies, other people, and assorted beavers, bees, and trees to produce their art. In doing so, they cede some artistic control to the forces of nature, science, and economics, and -- in the best examples -- bring art and everyday experience a little closer together.
But seriously, fly shit paintings? Although they can be read as critiques of pompous art world posturing, they sound a bit pretentious themselves -- the latest artistic publicity stunt propped up with an elaborate theoretical explanation." -Sharon Mizota
READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE!

You're stoked: Princess left Chicago today to embark on their next tour! The boys popped into the office to share some hugs "bye bye" & then they were off into the sunset... They really are a sight to be seen/sound to be heard... let me know if you'd like to see them!

Princess, a Chicago based duo (Michael O'Neill & Alexis Gideon), is a two man band with a hundred piece sound. Using guitars, keyboards, drums, banjo, and various thrift-store noise-makers, Princess prattles through battles between party politic cliques from hip hop to art rock crits bits and bits of foggy mountain violet satin water fountains. Princess willfully pushes musical contradiction and confusion to its elegant limits.

TOURDATES
may 25, The Lime Spider, AKRON, OH
may 26, Arlene's Grocery, NEW YORK, NY
may 27, PA's Lounge, SOMERVILLE, MA
may 28, Bubba's Sulky Lounge, PORTLAND, ME
may 29, Carmen Verandah, BAR HARBOR, ME
may 31, Grape Street Pub, PHILADELPHIA, PA
june 1, Flywheel, EASTHAMPTON, MA
june 2, Grow Room, PROVIDENCE, RI
june 3, Knitting Factory (old office), NEW YORK, NY
june 4, The Golden West, BALTIMORE, MD
june 6, Kings Barcade, RALEIGH, NC
june 7, Nightlight, CHAPEL HILL, NC
june 8, Club Hairspray, ASHEVILLE, NC
june 9, Lenny's, ATLANTA, GA
june 14, The Comet, CINCINNATI, OH
june 23, OFFICIAL RECORD RELEASE PARTY @ Empty Bottle, CHICAGO, IL

"While Princess' aesthetic is something along the lines of the Unicorns or Har Mar Superstar, their sound, at least on latest single "Miss Adventures", is a back alley meeting of missy elliot and beck, complete with disco clap, Knight Rider inflected bass line and lyrics like, "With friends like these, who needs enemas?'" -Jennifer Wehnut, UR Chicago

"Local noise rappers Princess, who open the show, have already developed a personality of their own: these guys are goofy and dark, like Gonzales (remember him?), but instead of using guitar and keyboard dissonance to deflate an egomaniacal stage presence, they aim low to crank up the drama --and the humor--in their songs." - Liz Armstrong, Chicago Reader

"Princess has a terrific sense of humor and is certainly innovative. Musically, though, this is so far left and underground that I'm the wrong person to ask." -Jeff Fenster, Senior VP of A&R, Arista Records.

Catch some press blurbs here: http://zibbi.com/press.htm

Last week, NEED NEW BODY played a sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom with The Hold Steady! In June, they’ll be doing a week’s worth of basement-shows only! July & August will have them all around the nation with their pals, Pit Er Pat, and in the fall the boys will take their vibrant live show abroad to the UK & Central Europe… Outside of that they have these upcoming shows:
May 28 THE OFFICIAL RECORD RELEASE SHOW! @ Vox Populi, Philadelphia (also, Marshall Allen's B-day party!)
(tentative show in late May @ COney Island !??)
June 3 In-store @ A.K.A Music (7p), Philadelphia
June 4 Free103 show, Brooklyn

In the meantime, NEED NEW BODY is finishing up their video for "Brite Tha' Day"! See pics from the video shoot here:
http://www.neednewbody.com/*britepix

While we wait for that to finish up, you can view their video for "Beach" here:
http://www.gorillasuit.com/neednewvideo/

Some exclusive songs can be found here:
http://www.neednewbody.com/*NP4ZZ

ARTIST: NEED NEW BODY
ALBUM: WHERE’S BLACK BEN?
LABEL: 5RC
STREET DATE: June 7, 2005

*Just a few mentions: check out the latest VICE (where you’ll find NNB’s WBB? featured in the reviews section) and PITCHFORK for a track review from the homies there!
Fancy!

Solid PR Fight MS With A Little Help From Their Friends
http://www.thetripwire.com/news_story.php?id=5935

Our friends over at Solid PR are doing something really cool so I thought I'd let you all know about it. The PR firm, which specializes mostly in up and coming indie rock, will be releasing a double disc compilation called Solid PR Presents (Volume 1): A Benefit For The Multiple Sclerosis Society. As you may have guessed from the title, proceeds from the sale of the comp will go to benefit the The Multiple Sclerosis Society. It will be released on July 12 via On The Rise and will feature tracks from The Unicorns, Hella, The A-Sides, Crystal Skulls, The Braves, and tons more of indie rock's finest. There's some great music and it's for a great cause, so go pick up a copy in July. Here's all the details.

DISC 1

01. The Unicorns - "I Was Born A Unicorn"
02. Jesu - "Tired Of Me"
03. Hella - "Song from Uncle"
04. Man Man - "10lb. Moustache"
05. An Albatross - "Lets Get on With it"
06. Vanishing - "Cuckoo Spit"
07. Year Future - "Nature Unveiled"
08. Upsilon Acrux - "Ballet Instructor/Dracula (Slow Version)" *
09. The Great Redneck Hope - "Pssst! Hey, the Lord is awesome, pass it on"
10. S - "Falling"
11. The A-sides - "Everybody Knows the Way"
12. The Broadway Project - "I believe in Superman"
13. The Post Office Gals - "Right Click My Heart, Save as Broken"
14. Angel of the Odd - "The Loved Ones"
15. Paper Lions - "Line Up"
16. Lewis & Clarke - "Dead and Gone"
17. Scouts Honor - "Nowhere is Always Somewhere" *

DISC 2

01. Crystal Skulls - "No room for change"
02. I Am The World Trade Center - "Shoot You Down (minority report remix)"
03. Discordance Axis - "Sega bass fishing"
04. Mixel Pixel - "At The Arcade"
05. Mommy and Daddy - "Street Cleaner Demeanor"
06. Subtitle - "Subtalk"
07. Ponies in the Surf - "Little Boy Lost" *
08. Aqui - "Eye of The Battle"
09. Oxbow - "The stick(live)"
10. Shortstack - "El Saboteur" *
11. The Static Age - "Vertigo"
12. Rockethouse - "Lock 'N Load"
13. My Epiphany - "Body Talk"
14. Thunderball Fist - "G-G-Gotta G-G-Get" *
15. Flashlight Arcade - "Dead to The World"
16. All Parallels - "Work"
17. The Braves - "Noble of Me" *
* - Previously Unreleased

-Reported by Matt DuFour on 05/25/2005

BREAKING NEWS!

Solid PR announces the release date of its first compilation, a 2xCD entitled "Solid PR Presents (Vol. 1): A Benefit for the National Mulitple Sclerosis Society," read more and see complete tracklisting on Punk News!
www.punknews.org/article.php?sid=12533&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Derek@solidpr.com

Need New Body's third album "Where's Black Ben?" is coming out June 7th on 5RC. National tour starting in mid-July!
www.neednewbody.com / www.5rc.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

Mommy and Daddy to release their debut full length on August 30th entitled "Duel at Dawn" on Kanine Records (w/ new distribution through Fontana / Universal)!
www.kaninerecords.com / www.mommyanddaddy.com
Derek@solidpr.com

Man Man featured on MSNBC right now! What?! Oh yes my friends :) also look out for them in the June issue of SPIN as one of the hottest fucking live acts of the entire SXSW showcase... oh yes, they were!
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7752678/
Derek@solidpr.com

TRS-80 are taking it to the road with Fashion Flesh! Our prayers have been answered. We just got the news yesterday, but we'll keep you updated. Bleep bleep bleep + visuals = hott dance moves for the crowds.
www.trs80.com / www.file-13.com
Celeste@solidpr.com


NEW TO THE ROSTER!

Juliette and the Licks - amazing but true, Solid PR will be repping the legendary Juliette Lewis and her amazing rock band, takin' it to the streets, doin' for the kids... sure she'll be on Regis but come on, who watches that shit? I kid!

www.fiddlerrecords.com
Derek@solidpr.com

Odiorne is fronted by Jimy Chambers (ex Mercury Rev), recorded by Bill Racine at Tarbox Road Studios, and features members of Mercury Rev and more... Melodic, fierce and intelligent - Odiorne brings a delightfully overwhelming feast of sonic layers to your senses with "Heavy Wish." With comparisons ranging from Joy Division to Pink Floyd, Odiorne have converted those who have bared witness! Out in July on File 13 Records, this album is a welcome treat for fans of all genres.
www.file-13.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

The Number 12 Looks Like You "Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear" (Eyeball) out this July! The Number 12's brand of jaw-droppingly, purely-evil, technical hardcore, will leave your head spinning for days... incorporating sounds from all over the musical spectrum (mostly, but not limited to, punk, hardcore, and metal), a whirlwind of swirling guitars, blastbeats and breakdowns galore, and straight up amazing music, these kids really know how to bring the roof down. Full US tour with Drowningman! See dates on the web, yo!
www.itsnumber12time.com
Derek@solidpr.com

San Francisco's Seventeen Evergreen are coming out with a fantastic record called "Life Embarrasses Me On Planet Earth." Their influences include tapes, soups, germans, humans, weather, transit, clock, giantess' hand defense program, moonbathing, New Mexican-themed-matching-his-and-hers- senior- citizen-trackies, fangs, shower computers, language and living beings in general. Fall tour in the works.
www.myspace.com/seventeenevergreen
Celeste@solidpr.com

Oxford Collapse "A Good Ground" (Kanine) - July 12th! "...a Brooklyn three-piece so hip they've toured with Franz, scored a DFA-tastic dancefloor hit and even joined London's guerrilla gigging craze." - NME God-damn right New York is back! I really think this is the best band doing what these cats are doing.. .If the Strokes bore you, Frnaz Ferdinand makes you ill, but you really wish SOMEONE was doing this music well, then behold, the Oxford Collapse! Full US tour starting this June, dates with the Futureheads and other insanity!
www.oxfordcollapse.com/
Derek@solidpr.com

Brooklyn's The Pages sound like The Rolling Stones crossed with The Shins, plus a splash of The Voidoids. The Pages are influenced by the likes of Led Zeppelin, Neutral Milk Hotel, B.B. King, Jane's Addiction and Bob Dylan, among many others. Coming out with an EP called "Creatures of the Earth" on Unsound Records. Summer tour in the works...
www.unsoundrecords.com/bands/thepages/index.php
Celeste@solidpr.com

Kiss Me Deadly (Alien 8) - Alien8 Recordings is thrilled to announce that we will be releasing the next full length recording by Kiss Me Deadly this coming Fall. The band will be touring in advance of the release in support BLOC PARTY in May! Get a sneak peak of the new record here!!!!!
www.alien8recordings.com/kmd/
Derek@solidpr.com

Piglet "Lava Land" (Team-AV) - A three-piece instrumental band from Chicago, Piglet craft manic and hyperbolic orchestrated jams that the discerning listener would expect from such a storied city (Chicago!).. on the label that brought you Volta Del Mar, Pele, and Lostatsea.net !
www.team-av.com
Derek@solidpr.com

Kid Icarus "The Metal West" (Summersteps) - out August '05! Bringing to mind the beautiful stylings of some of the world's greatest singer-songwriters (most notably that of Elliot Smith), Kid Icarus, aka Eric Schlittler, presents his latest and most mature offering to date. A prolific recorder in his own right, Schlittler has wasted little time since leaving his previous band Suetta in setting down an extensive body of work, from his own homemade cassette recordings to his releases on the Summersteps label. Starting out as a hopelessly amateurish home taper, using cheap boom boxes and reel-to-reel players, his first recordings are messy and fragmentary, displaying an affection for '60s rock and obscure singer/songwriters but ending up rather hit-or-miss.
www.summerstepsrecords.com
Derek@solidpr.com

Label The Traitor "The Battle of the Common" (Five Points) - out August 2nd! The equation goes something like this: Strike Anywhere/Rise Against X Sick of it All/Give up the Ghost = Label the Traitor. Blending street punk, metal, and rock and roll; the songs shred with hard hitting breakdowns, sing alongs, and furious melodic intensity. Dynamic, throaty vocals hammer home Label the Traitor's political/socially charged messages. The combination of these elements give way to an anthemic sound that is both thought provoking and catchy. Label the Traitor breaks ground at the cusp of present day hardcore/punk, while recalling and paying homage to the genre's past. RIYL: Kid Dynamite / Good Riddance / Give Up The Ghost
www.fivepointrecords.com
Derek@solidpr.com

The Post Office Gals "Esbeohdes" (OTR) - August 16th!!! This is what happens when you throw 70s prog rock and grindcore in a blender and smash puree. The Post Office Gals have been on a path of destruction for the past year and a half with three self-released recordings, and countless shows in both NJ and NYC. Upon completing their first tour, The Post Office Gals have played with such bands as Das Oath, Transistor Transistor, The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower, An Albatross, Daughters, and Misery Index. US Tourdates coming soon!
www.thepostofficegals.com / www.purevolume.com/thepostofficegals
Derek@solidpr.com

Brief Candles take their guitar driven dream pop on the road this summer. Romantic shoegaze, lush instrumentation and lovely vocals are heading your way...
www.briefcandles.com
Celeste@solidpr.com


SH*T YOU'RE ALREADY UP ON!

Goon Moon CD "I Got A Brand New Egg Layin' Machine" out June 12th - Bassist Twiggy Ramirez on tour now w/ Nine Inch Nails, drummer Zach Hill on tour now w/ Team Sleep! Look for Zach's main band, Hella, on the road again this summer!
www.suicidesqueeze.net
Derek@solidpr.com

Bang! Bang! is on the road along the East Coast as you read. The "Electric Sex" Ep came out yesterday on Morphius Records!
www.bangbangband.net / www.morphiusrecords.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

Mixel Pixel's upcoming record "Contact Kid" is receiving an amazing amount of buzz in the press world, in addition to constant and heavy rotation on XM Radio! Full US tour dates here: www.mixelpixel.com and here www.myspace.com/mixelpixel

www.kaninerecords.com
Derek@solidpr.com

The Silent League are playing the Wire Festival in the UK pretty soon alongside Keane, Celeste's fave boy - Rufus Wainwright & Supergrass on Wednesday June 29th. While they're there, they're going to headline Waterrats & record an in-studio performance for XFM. TSL are finishing up a live album that should hit itunes in July...
www.thesilentleague.com / www.wirelessfestival.co.uk/05/index.html
Celeste@solidpr.com

Crystal Skulls start their US tour today in NYC w/ Headphones! 2 awesome ex-Pedro the Lion bands getting super indie on our asses! Full dates available here!
www.decorporated.com/crystalskulls.html
www.crystalskullsonline / www.suicidesqueeze.net
Derek@solidpr.com

Chin Up Chin Up is also currently on the road, and they've taken their label manager hostage! So far so good... They're re-releasing their S/T EP at the end of the month on Record Label/Flameshovel Records
www.chinupchinup.com / www.flameshovel.com
Celeste@solidpr.com or Derek@solidpr.com

Our lovely resident Italians, Franklin Delano, are still on their US tour, bringing the folk-prog or prog-folk into neighborhoods near you. They're playing the intimate venue The Hideout in Chicago tonight, in fact...
www.franklindelano.org / www.file-13.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

Eugene Mirman, comedian extraordinaire, is touring this summer w/ Langhorne Slim! David Cross was nice enough to post the dates on his site, thanks Dave!
www.eugenemirman.com / http://www.bobanddavid.com/upcoming.asp
Derek@solidpr.com

Michael Columbia. They just got back home from touring in support of "These Are Colored Bars" on the Galapagos4 imprint, Alabaster. And already have two shows in Chicago (one at the Empty Bottle, one at a new loft space) lined up... Stay tuned.
www.easternautonimic.com/ / www.galapagos4.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

My Epiphany (Eyeabll Records) is hitting the road this June w/ Bed Light for Blue Eyes (Trustkill) and the Higher (Fiddler)! See full tourdates here!
www.eyeballrecords.com/artists/myepiphany/MyEtourdates.html
Derek@solidpr.com

My Way My Love are hanging out in Tokyo, working on new material, and preparing to return to the US to bring the rock to ya in full effect!
www.mywaymylove.com / www.file13.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

Thee More Shallows announce the new release date of their record as July 12th, on Turn Records (see also Xiu Xiu, Dealership, and more!) ... expect some serious touring from these SF indie gems very soon
Derek@solidpr.com

The End of the World is also re-releasing their ST EP on Pretty Activity at the end of the month. Having just gotten back from a National tour, the Brooklynites are staying close to home, playing a few shows, and preparing to record the full-length. I'm shaking in my white jeans as we speak!
www.theendoftheworld.net / www.prettyactivity.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

Lewis & Clarke and the Jandek Tribute compilation are tearing it up, especially in the world of acoustic rock! Look out for hot coverage in the likes of AP, Paste, Magnet and more and Lou taking his band out on the road (w/ members of Matt Pond PA!)!
www.summerstepsrecords.com
Derek@solidpr.com

Princess. Oh how we love this Chicago band. They are off the hook. I saw them at a party a few weeks ago, and people were chanting for more. They finally had to freestyle over some beats to keep the crowd at bay! Tour happens in a few days... the record is out June 21st. It will definitely keep your party partied until they come out with a new record.
www.zibbi.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

Stamen and Pistils, the sick Anticon-stylee spoken word hip-hop from DC have a ridiculously amazing record coming out on August 2nd on Echelon Recordings and some live shows w/ the likes of Wind Up Bird and more! Yeah, this is serious!
www.echelonproductions.com
Derek@solidpr.com

Gros, our favorite Swedish duo, are holed up somewhere in Swede-land working on a new album...

www.grosmusic.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

Red Eyed Legends are going to playing a show at the Empty Bottle with The Hold Steady (ex-Lifter Puller) in June. For the rest of the month, they'll be recording their much anticipated full-length!
www.redeyedlegends.com / www.file-13.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

The new and FINAL Discordance Axis CD, entitled "Our Last Day" is out NOW, on Hydra Head Records! Be sure not to miss the most legendary band in all of grind and extreme rocks last ever release
www.hydrahead.com
Derek@solidpr.com

The Press' "Noxious Saucy Beast" is still hot, and they're leaving for tour at the top of June... yep, tis the season!
www.goodnightrecords.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

Flashlight Arcade are re-releasing "The Art of Blacking Out" on Derek from Solid PR's alter-ego record label, OTR Records, w/ new mastering and more badass tracklisting (crappy songs gone, more badass ones added!)... these skate-punx from Jersey recall such legendary acts as Lifetime, Jawbreaker, Hot Water Music etc and just rocked some shows w/ Finch and Thrice, upcoming dates w/ The Sleeping, The Cinema Eye and more!
www.flashlightarcade.net / www.otrrecords.com
Derek@solidpr.com

A Million Billion's "Filthy Schoolgirls EP" will be out June 20th. While playing that Wireless Festival in The Silent League, AMB heads out on tour with Don's Mobile Barbers as backup band for shows in the UK, tour TBA. AMB's full-length "Today We Love You" will be available in the fall.
www.superheroheadquarters.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

Kaiju Big Battel "Shocking Truth" DVD coming this summer on KOCH! There's a world of giant city-crushing monsters out there, and if you don't know the facts, you might just find yourself caught in the crossfire. Thankfully the critically acclaimed (read the reviews) Kaiju Big Battel: Shocking Truth will teach you all you need to know about the terrifying world of Kaiju monsters!
www.kaiju.com
Derek@solidpr.com

Che Arthur is currently on tour with The Good Life, doing sound I presume... Summer tour in the works, as well as a European tour in the Fall...
www.chearthur.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

While fellow Atombombpocketknifer, Justin Sinkovich - aka Poison Arrows, is working on a new album & has incorporated some members for a hot new live show. Do your happy dance now.
www.thepoisonarrows.com
Celeste@solidpr.com

An Albatross doing a slew of Canadian dates w/ Seripop band - AIDS WOLF! This shit will be beyond crazy!

www.analbatross.com
Derek@solidpr.com

The multi-faceted artist, John Knuth graduated from USC the same day he had a hot art show in San Francsico. More shows are forthcoming. He uses flies for his paintings. Sick!
celeste@solidpr.com


Also look out for records by 2 of music's greatest bands to date out this summer on Hospital Records, that being the legendary CONTROLLED BLEEDING and HAIR POLICE... oh yes, it is coming...

We certainly love the power-pop-rock tunes from these handsome young gents, and you should too! The foursome have generated quite a buzz after their last US tour! A full-length will be in the works soon, we'll keep you updated.



GIMMIE GIMMIE SOME LOVIN'
New York-based quartet The End of the World has existed a mere two years but has already garnered an impressive amount of fanfare, as well as buzz. Their self-titled debut EP is only four tracks long, yet it's an unbelievably effective piece of indie rock. The EP's opener, "This Little Theatre", showcases the band's use of understated elements matched with their melodramatic consistencies and proves to be an ideal introduction to the group. The simplistic dramatics found on THE END OF THE WORLD only add to its overall cohesion and oddly alluring charm. Much like other bands in their illustrious genre, The End of the World tend to focus not so much on their musical diversity as on their keen talent for melodic and lyrical grace. The repetitive chord structures and sometimes monotonous pacing become insignificant in the face of the surprising potency of the finished product.
-Skratch Magazine, Daniel

"I'm sure when this song started playing in The Manchurian Candidate, most audiences disregarded it as an elaborate sound effect. Hey, their loss. Brooklyn's The End of the World may seem like just another NYC "the" band, but they sport their Big Apple influences proudly and shrewdly enough to warrant multiple listens. You can point out how the "This Little Theater" intro sounds like Sonic Youth covering "12:51" or how the vocals are a yokel version of Hamilton Leithauser, but these guys are eclectic enough to evade any rip-off accusations. Lines like "A man once said that a man once said" show that frontman Stefan Marolachakis's still smirking despite his dramatic tone, and by keeping it smart but simple, his bandmates likewise avoid trying to sound too self-important. I hope the Bravery are taking notes."
- Pitchfork, Adam Moerder

MICHAEL COLUMBIA, the duo consisting of Dave McDonnell & Dylan Ryan, are heading your way...

With Michael Columbia’s These are Colored Bars a fresh new episode of music is delivered on Galapagos4’s Alabaster series. Veterans of the experimental indi rock triangle of Chicago, Philly and Athens, the duo McDonnell (Bablicon, Icy Demons. Olivia Tremor Control, Need New Body) and Ryan (Icy Demons, Orso) came together to experiment with a new combination of sounds and beats.

Through the filtered bass tones weaving in and around, synths, saxophone, clarinet, violin and delay, synthetic ambient vocals sinuously drone over pressurized machine crushing beats. Sonic payoffs build up, floating in and out of Michael Columbia’s heavy low end foundations and orchestral textures. Imagine you’re in Lee Perry’s studio with a robot clone of Don Henley who’s been raised on Kraftwerk, that almost sums up MC’s sound.

These are Colored Bars gets to the core of electronic rock through heavy seductive drumming topped off with spacedout vocal hand horn textures Michael Columbia takes you from the streets of Chicago into the far reaches of space. One minute you're in the soundtrack to Bladerunner, the next you're driving underneath tracks racing trains, keeping pace with some classic power rock. Only a city like this could spawn such a moody, humorous and danceable album...

TOURDATES:
05.06 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber
05.08 New York, NY - Knitting Factory Tap Bar (w/ Blue Velvet, Z's)
05.09 Raleigh, NC - King's Barcade
05.10 Washington, DC - Warehouse Next Door (w/ Ovo)
05.11 Chapel Hill, NC - Nightlight
05.12 Atlanta, GA - Lenny's Bar
05.13 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
05.14 Athens, GA - Caledonia
05.17 Bloomington, IN - TBA (The Decemberists Afterparty)



PRESS QUOTES:
"Strange and beautiful, These Are Colored Bars is a hip-hop record for people who think the sixties never ended, and who can appreciate the inherent oddness of beatblowers like Madlib and Meaty Ogre. The duo's instincts serve them well; they're careful to leave plenty of breathing room between twisted jazz scepters and brain-blown psychedelic wig-outs as they settle into a corpulent groove and ride it over the sunset." - Splendid E-Zine

"Even though there’s not actually anyone named Michael Columbia in this Chicago-based duo, there’s definitely enough human feeling inherent within their brand of organic post-rock to warrant it baring a human name. Ryan’s big, rolling drum sound is integral to Michael Columbia, but it’s the instrumentation he and McDonnell pile on top (keyboards, sax, clarinet and various electronics) that makes These Are Colored Bars the strong debut that it is. Mixing post-rock, jazz fusion, electronic experimentation and funky grooves into one single pastiche might sound like a sure recipe for the Chicagoan post-rock blahs, but Michael Columbia approach their craft with a vitality that makes them more a part of their windy city’s future than its past." - Exclaim!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!



Princess, a Chicago based duo, is a two man band with a hundred piece sound.
Using guitars, keyboards, drums, banjo, and various thrift-store noise-makers, Princess prattles through battles between party politic cliques from hip hop to art rock crits bits and bits of foggy mountain violet satin water fountains.
Princess is the latest incarnation in a series of projects created by Alexis Gideon and Michael O’Neill.

ON TOUR
may25, akron, OH - the lime spider - w/ bang! bang!
may26, NYC - arlene's grocery 12:00 midnight!
may27, somerville, ma (boston) - PAs Lounge - w/ plunge into death and miss fairchild
may29, bar harbor, me - carmen verandah
may31, philly, pa - grape st. pub
june1, easthampton, ma (western, ma) - flywheel - w/ dan deacon and nuclear power pants
june3, NYC - knitting factory (old office) - early show
june4, baltimore, md - the golden west
june7, chapel hill, nc - nightlight - w/unicorn feather
june8, asheville, nc - club hairspray - w/ unicorn feather
june9, atlanta, ga - lenny's - w/ unicorn feather
june14, cincinnati, oh - the comet

AND I QUOTE...
“While Princess' aesthetic is something along the lines of the Unicorns or Har Mar Superstar, their sound, at least on latest single "Miss Adventures", is a back alley meeting of missy elliot and beck, complete with disco clap, Knight Rider inflected bass line and lyrics like, “With friends like these, who needs enemas?’” –Jennifer Wehnut, UR Chicago

"Princess has a terrific sense of humor and is certainly innovative. Musically, though, this is so far left and underground that I’m the wrong person to ask." -Jeff Fenster, Senior VP of A&R, Arista Records.
“These two gents, who call themselves Princess when they make music together, seek not only to make us dance to their ridiculous but courageous attempts at hip-hop. (Despite our left-brain neigh-saying; bless our hips for caving in!) This album is confusing, joyous, enraging, cathartic.” -Stephen Siegel, Music Editor, Tucson Weekly

“Local noise rappers Princess, who open the show, have already developed a personality of their own: these guys are goofy and dark, like Gonzales (remember him?), but instead of using guitar and keyboard dissonance to deflate an egomaniacal stage presence, they aim low to crank up the drama --and the humor--in their songs.” - Liz Armstrong, Chicago Reader

“A group that awkwardly straddles the fence between eclectic experimentalism and tounge-and-cheek electro hip-hop. Their music leans toward a slightly more evolved musicality than what one might expect from their polyester facade.” -Zack Pennington, Portland Mercury