Who loves Chicago? We do! We do! Some of our lovely and amazing bands are playing through Chicago in the coming weeks! We wanted give you a heads up about them, and invite you out to the shows ? of course!

FILE 13 SHOWCASE
   
AUG 8 @ EMPTY BOTTLE
         Free monday night show / odiorne record release
         The usual suspects:
         Fashion Flesh 12.30
         TRS-80 11.30
         The Poison Arrows 10.30
        Odiorne 9.30
*this is Odiorne?s Chicago CD Release for ?Heavy Wish?, TRS-80?s first show back from tour, and (drumroll please) debut of 'the' actual Poison Arrows band w/ adam and pat - with all new songs]
www.file-13.com
www.odiorne.net  
 

MICHAEL COLUMBIA

JULY 29 @ SUBTERENEAN w/ Olivia Tremor Control
JULY 30 @ TASTY FREEZE BLOCK PARTY w/ Lazer Crystal, Mass Shivers ,  Beau Wanzer, Chandeliers,   Michael Columbia , Magas, The Killer Whales
AUG 6 @ EMPTY BOTTLE
www.galapagos4.com/mc/  
 
 

OLY

AUG 18 @ SONOTHEQUE w/ Atomly , Kate Simko  & DJ M50    
*this is an EP Release Party for ?A Hot Hooray?! Says OLY: ?i picked out this overwhelmingly talented group to celebrate with me and consider these folk to be Chicago's electronic gangsters, they're shit is tight, good, and for real! no doubt!)
www.oly.cc   
 

THE PAGES

AUG 7 @ SCHUBA?S
*It's the Pages' first Chicago show & it's going to be rockin'!
www.unsoundrecords.com  
 
 

PRINCESS

AUG 24 @ EMPTY BOTTLE
www.zibbi.com  
 
 

RED EYED LEGENDS

AUG 11 @ FIRESIDE BOWL w/ Partyline
www.file-13.com
www.redeyedlegends.com  
 
 

VOLTAGE

JULY 30 @ TASTY FREEZE BLOCK PARTY w/ Lazer Crystal, Mass Shivers ,  Beau Wanzer, Chandeliers,   Michael Columbia , Magas, The Killer Whales
AUG 20 @ CAMP GAY ?Camp Gay versus Starbucks: The Final Camp Gay Show? w/ Parts and Labor, Lazer Crystal
www.flameshovel.com
www.voltage.camp-gay.org

It’s still hot here in Chicagoland, in case you were wondering! Can't wait to hit the milder climate of Southern California! Anyhow, I’m just writing to tell you about one of our favorite and exciting new artists, SHANE BARTELL! He’ll be touring throughout the nation in preparation of the release of his album, “TOO SOON TO SAY,” in the Spring on Seattle’s SARATHAN RECORDS! I'll be at Shane's show at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles on Thursday, so let me know if you'll be attending or want to attend - either way, say hello!



SHANE BARTELL’S voice – easy, impossibly infectious and thick with focus – can drift from vague and otherworldly to intimate and realized within a single breath, flitting effortlessly from throaty to smooth, mellow to scrappy, confident to crestfallen. Ultimately, all that somersaulting makes perfect sense: SHANE BARTELL’S, “Too Soon To Say”, takes you through the exhilaration (maybe?), trials and tribulations of a budding relationship. Curiously well suited to early morning (or face-on-the-floor brooding), it is the ideal soundtrack to post-bar comedowns: BARTELL’S voice blankets your most sensitive states. These are seamless sounds, the aural equivalents of deep-stomach butterflies, mystery and promise intertwined.

Monday 7/25/05 Eugene, OR @ Sam Bond's Garage
Thursday 7/28/05 Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory’s Alterknit Lounge w/ Bill Mallonee and Brandon Schott - IPO
Saturday 7/30/05 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
Friday 8/12/05 Atlanta, GA @ Park Bench - Atlantis Music Conference - 10:20pm

"Shane Bartell mixes the sophisticated, turtle-necked, too-suave-for-irony pop-smarts of Burt Bacharach with the high-octane unpretentiousness of a Burt Reynolds road movie." - Details Magazine

"(Shane Bartell) neatly wraps the package of longing, triumph, and frustration into an immaculately crafted framework. Lovers, drunks, and industry folks alike can cheer for someone like Shane Bartell." - Austin Chronicle

We've got a tour exclusive EP available, so please let me know if you’re in need of any press materials for SHANE BARTELL!

Mr. Smith aka A MILLION BILLION is freshly back from a small UK tour as well as playing The Wireless Festival on keyboard duties with The Silent League! Since then he’s purchased a Wurlitzer (the inanimate object has become his little baby), is finishing up a BlocParty remix (it’ll be available on www.amillionbillion.com on Monday), has been asked to do a single for UK label Exercise 1, and isn’t the least bit too tired to be working on new tracks. Ah, the life of a musical prodigy…


A MILLION BILLION
“Today We Love You”
[Filthy Schoolgirls]
Street Date: August 30, 2005
It could be a migraine-inducing exercise to reconcile the artistically far-flung reaches of Ryan Smith's contributions to musical works as varied as The Silent League, Stars Like Fleas, Public Enemy, Mogami, or the various modern dance companies for which he composes electronic scores -- but "Today We Love You", Smith's debut solo record under the name A MILLION BILLION, does precisely that. Created primarily in his Brooklyn apartment, Smith's debut is a kaleidoscopic collection that has glockenspiels and pump organs playing IDM hopscotch with the souls of crashing computers, singing robots and telephoned-in children's choirs. Fans of Takemura, Squarepusher, Xiu Xiu, and Mum will have much to embrace here.


A MILLION BILLION
“Filthy Schoolgirls” EP
[Filthy Schoolgirls]
Street Date: August 30, 2005
A Million Billion's "The Filthy Schoolgirls EP" was written and recorded in the span of only a few weeks. While the computer containing all of the master files for A Million Billion's full length "Today We Love You" bleeped and gurgled it's way back from a watery grave (drowning of coffee to be precise) Ryan Smith wasted no time and wrote the tracks on "The Filthy Schoolgirls EP." Scamming some studio time from a local studio, AMB got to work, composing 8 new songs, recorded with the help of Joan Wasser [Rufus Wainwright's band, Antony and the Johnsons, Joan as Policewoman], Kevin Thaxton [The Silent League, Grand Mal], and Gene Park [Loaded Dreams, The Silent League]. In stark contrast to "Today We Love You," "The Filthy Schoolgirls EP" is a collection of lullabies: full of toy pianos, glockenspiels, violins, violas, acetones, clavinovas, and rhodes, following in the footsteps of Sparklehorse and The High Llamas. So here it is, the perfect accompaniment to "Today We Love You" - a collection of creations in the event of a technological near-tragedy for a young songwriter. Clever move, wasn't it? After all, you know what they say, idle hands are the devil's play things...


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BIOGRAPHY
Originally from Madison, WI, A MILLION BILLION’s Ryan Smith had been touring the states, as well as London, and a brief stint in Korea, playing laptop music for a variety of projects, including dance, live video, and sound installations before moving to Brooklyn, NY in late 2002. After quickly joining up with several bands, including 'The Silent League', 'Stars Like Fleas', and 'Mogami', Ryan began work on what was to be his first full-length, “Today We Love You.”
Over the next year, between solo A MILLION BILLION shows throughout the country and touring with THE SILENT LEAGUE and STARS LIKE FLEAS, countless tracks were started, stopped, finished, thrown-away, recycled, resurrected, and remixed until it felt like “Today We Love You” was the record it needed to be. Almost every track was written, recorded, and mixed in Smiths’ Brooklyn apartment. While also regularly calling on the talents of STARS LIKE FLEAS and THE SILENT LEAGUE guitarist Shannon Fields, SCATTERSHOT’s Jeff Snyder, turntable-ist David Nemerson, and vocalist Meghan McCoy. Owing to an epic computer crash, another A MILLION BILLION project was started along the way, 'The Filthy Schoolgirls EP'.
Although written and recorded during the time after “Today We Love You” was finished, A MILLION BILLION’s 'The Filthy Schoolgirls EP ‘ was released first, in stark contrast to “Today We Love You.” Featuring very little computer work, this mostly-acoustic record (featuring Joan Wasser of RUFUS WAINWRIGHT’s back up band/JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN, and Kevin Thaxton of THE SILENT LEAGUE) is much more reminiscent of Sparklehorse and The High Llamas, as opposed to “Today We Love You”’s comparison points of Julian Fane, Squarepusher, and Xiu-Xiu. A MILLION BILLION continues to play out solo, but increasingly more-so with his band, featuring piano, drums, bass, strings, flute, laptop, and saxophone, playing songs from “Today We Love You”, 'The Filthy Schoolgirls EP', and an ever expanding selection of new material.


All things Ryan Smith, aka A MILLION BILLION:
Piano, computer, co-songwriter/arranger for Stars Like Fleas, featuring members/ex-members of Doveman, Fiery Furnaces, The Silent League, The Tall Firs.
Keyboards/electronics/Theremin for The Silent League, featuring ex-Mercury Rev, and members of Interpol & Hopewell
Piano for Mason Dixon & Grand Mal
Self-titled Mogami release on Public Eyesore Records
Public Enemy remix, released on Koch Records – in collaboration with Scattershot
Bloc Party remix of 'Positive Tension'
Upcoming remixes of 'Don's Mobile Barbers', 'The Silent League'
Upcoming collaborative record with Stephen Vitiello, Shannon Fields, Akron/family, Glomag, Jorrit Djikstra, Pandatone, Ryan Sawyer, Jorrit Djikstra, and Nate Wooley

“Ryan Smith charged the atmosphere.” - Clare Croft, Washington Post, Published July 26, 2004 (in print edition)

“A richly textured electronic score by Ryan Smith, layered with buzzes, whispers, chimes and a rich assortment of soothing and anxious sounds.” - Jack Anderson, NY Times, Published April 26th, 2004 (in print edition)

"'B-Side Wins Again (Scattershot Remix): This bizarre, banging mess of feedback and battering, off-kilter beats sounds like an avant techno Def Jux throwdown. Its tone changes constantly, and despite the unevenness in the song's sound, it's as thrilling and strange as anything the band [Public Enemy] has ever done." - Stylus Magazine

hey all! we wanted to let you know San Francisco's husband-wife dark-rock duo, MOGGS, will be touring the US in support of their upcoming full-length, "The White Belt is Not Enough" out August 9th on Absolutely Kosher!


* * * * * * * MOGGS North American Tour - Summer 2005 * * * * * * *
08/12/05 San Francisco, CA - The Hemlock RECORD RELEASE w/ okay (marty
from dilute)
08/17/05 Santa Cruz, CA - Blue Lagoon
08/18/05 Los Angeles, CA - The Fold (Silverlake Lounge) w/ polar goldie
cats
08/19/05 Pomona, CA - TBA
08/20/05 San Diego, CA - Scolari's Office
08/21/05 El Paso, TX - Lucky Devils
08/22/05 Austin, TX - Emo's
08/23/05 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
08/24/05 Houston, TX - The Proletariat
08/25/05 New Orleans, LA - Hi Ho Lounge
08/26/05 Tallahassee, FL - TBA
08/27/05 Orlando, FL - Back Booth
08/28/05 Atlanta, GA - Criminal Records (in-store 3pm) / Rocky Mountain
Pizza
08/29/05 Atlanta/Athens, GA
08/30/05 Chapel Hill, NC - Nightlight
08/31/05 DC/Baltimore - TBA
09/01/05 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber w/ relay
09/02/05 NYC, NY - Scenic - w/ antonius block
09/03/05 BARD College, NY - (Bard College) w/ antonius block, relay
09/04/05 Providence, RI - AS220
09/05/05 Boston, MA - The Middle East Upstairs
09/06/05 Montreal Canada - Le Swimming
09/07/05 Toronto Canada - Sneaky Dee's w/ nice cat
09/08/05 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Art Works
09/09/05 Columbus/Cincinnati, OH - TBA
09/10/05 Louisville, KY w/ lucky pinapple
09/11/05 Kalamazoo, MI - Kraftbrau Brewery w/ heavenly states
09/12/05 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle w/ del ray
09/13/05 Milwaukee, WI - TBA
09/14/05 Minneapolis, MN - TBA
09/15/05 Iowa City, IO - Gabe's Oasis
09/16/05 Lawrence, KS - 8th Street Taproom
09/17/05 Denver, CO - Lions Lair
09/18/05 Salt Lake City, UT - Monks House of Jazz
09/19/05 Boise, ID - The Record Exchange (in-store)
09/20/05 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe w/ transpacific
09/21/05 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
09/22/05 Chico, CA - Off Limits w/ birds of fire
09/30/05 Sacramento, CA - TBA
10/01/05 San Francisco, CA - TBA

After four years in the studio, random shows, and independent and major label interest alike, Moggs turn up with their complex vs. simple debut record: eleven drum-splitting, guitar-assaulted fractured songs about everything from ESL to animal behaviour.

Written and recorded by the band in an old Victorian manor in the hills of Petaluma, California, the album cues from the last 10 years of Moggs' life. During the writing of the record, they worked relentlessly to craft a sound that was dense and at the same time listenable .... made up of real songs, concepts, and recorded in bare rooms.

"We wrote this album over the period of several years with the intent of making a record by ourselves with no compromise. We set out to construct something we wanted to listen to," said Miss Minor (drums, guitar, vox). "....we didn't care how long it took or that friends started poking fun that we hadn't released a demo. The important factor to us was creating something worth waiting for. Endurance was needed to build up our studio and fill roles as producers, engineers, etc, but not for endless tweaking. We were adamant about keeping things simple ... no computers or outboard effects ... just the sound of this old house and us playing in it.
In regards to their minimalist approach to production, Sir Plus (guitar, vox) added, "We wanted to limit ourselves to old tools and recording techniques like those used in the 60's at Abbey Road. The records done this way come across more honest; something important to us in our own music. Also, we both worked professionally with computers all day, so we couldn't stand staring at computer screens any longer (SP was most recently a systems tech for Skywalker Sound, while MM is a graphic artist for a musical instrument manufacturing company.) .... we'd rather just use our own ears."

Indeed, the album can best be summed up as a masterful work in concept and song, with attention evenly spread between percussion and guitar.

Recorded and Mixed by Moggs at Ausgang Audio, Petaluma, California, & Mastered by Nick Webb at ABBEY ROAD Studios, London, UK. Release in North America by Absolutely Kosher Records, Berkeley, California.

http://www.moggs.com
http://www.absolutelykosher.com

After a few days of waiting we are very excited to announce tourdates for our very own HELLA, on tour w/ the Mars Volta and System of A Down in US and Canada!!!!!

Hella is the spazz-freakout-mindfuck duo from Sacramento California, whose recent 2xCD "Curch Gone Wild / Chirpin Hard" (Suicide Squeeze) made major waves in the press, and an amazing US tour w/ Out Hud... now these masters at work take their live show insanity to the mainstream on this very
amazing tour!

tourdates:

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09/17 Sat Pacific Coliseum
Vancouver CANADA

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09/19 Mon Pendgrowth Saddledome
Calgary CANADA

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09/20 Tue Rexall Place
Edmonton CANADA

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09/22 Thu MTS Centre
Winnipeg MB CANADA

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09/23 Fri Xcel Energy Center
St. Paul MN USA

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09/25 Sun Nationwide Arena
Columbus OH USA

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09/26 Mon Wolstein Center @ Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University - 2000 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland OH USA

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09/29 Thu Joe Louis Arena
Detroit MI USA

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09/30 Fri Allstate Arena
Rosemount IL USA

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10/02 Sun Pepsi Center
Denver CO USA

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10/05 Wed Key Arena
Seattle WA USA

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10/06 Thu Rose Garden Arena
Portland OR USA

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Also! Look for the HELLA 2x DVD out this November on Kill Rock Stars / 5RC!

www.hellaband.com
www.suicidesqueeze.com
www.killrockstars.com
www.5rc.com

SOLID PR'S HAPPENINGS IN THE LOVELY MONTH OF JULY


* SOLID PR SHOWCASE – NYC!!!
First we bombarded San Francisco and now, New York City! So, if you live in the NYC area, be sure to check out a fun Solid PR Throwdown!
* August 14th @ Scenic (Ave B and 3rd St), Solid PR Presents * MOMMY AND DADDY (first NYC show back from tour!), OXFORD COLLAPSE, SHELBY (ex members of Swervedriver & Shudder to Think), THE PAGES (also their first NYC show back from tour!) || 8pm + $8
www.scenicnyc.com

Also, if you live in NYC, pick up this week's issue of TIME OUT NY as writer Mike Wolf talks about the SOLID PR PRESENTS, VOLUME 1 Compilation ... thank you to Time Out for their, and everyone's support! www.myspace.com/solidprpresents

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* New to the Solid PR Roster!

CAVE IN!!!!! - we here at Solid PR have been the hugest of the huge Cave In fans since the bands inception in the mid-90's. we have seen them play w/ their original singer as a metal bands in basements in NJ, festivals all over the country, and numerous times in their hometown of Boston. We've seen the band progress and sign to a major label. And now, almost 10 years later, Cave-In, arguably one of the most important and talented bands in metal and hard rock, re-emrge, back on their homebase Hydra Head
Records, set to destroy the world w/ their upcoming new full-length "Perfect Pitch Black" out on September 13th... we kid you not, this might just be the band's best album yet, and you seriously can't fuck w/ Until Your Heart Stops, but i guess they thought theyd give it a go ;)
http://cavein.net | www.hydrahead.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

CHORD MAGAZINE We’re throwing a hot and heavy party for Chord in celebration of their Aug/Sept issue! The party will come complete with Buddyhead DJ Travis Keller & DJ Evan from Wires on Fire!
August 20th @ Beauty Bar in Los Angeles. Celeste will be in attendance: Say hi and tell her you love her shoes. More info on this soon.
www.chordmagazine.com
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

GOBLIN COCK! - yes you read this name right! Goblin Cock is the metal sludge project by the one and only ROB CROW of Pinback / Heavy Vegetable, and holy shit does this record CHUG!!!!! look out for the debut release by Goblin Cock "Bagged and Boarded out October 11th on Absolutely Kosher!
www.absolutelykosher.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

HANNER! “No Guts, No Gravy” shows a depth and variety beyond normal for a freshman effort, which promise to make this record a sure-fire classic as the days go by. It’s Judy Henske and Leonard Cohen and Cat Power and maybe a hint of Muppets, stirred together with care and fierce rebellion.Advances will be going out soon
www.unsoundrecords.com
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

OLY! Interweaving lush melodies and keyboard loops, as well as synthesizers, melodicas, and violins, her subtle song structures reveal stories of innocence and imagination. And clocking in at just under two minutes, the songs are as fleeting as daydreams yet their impressions remain long after being heard. Innocent, minimalistic, and unique, Oly’s songs are perfect for midnight strolls, lonely birthday parties, and pulling boxes out of your attic. Maybe all in the same night.
www.oly.cc
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

RED SPAROWS! - we feel blessed over here. seriously.
comprised of members of ISIS, NEUROSIS, the VSS, PLEASURE FOREVER, and
more, Red Sparrowes are the epic new band comprised of some of extreme
musics most important players.
be sure to catch Red Sparrows on their full US tour w/ PELICAN, BIG
BUSINESS, BREATHER RESIST and more starting this August, in support of
their debut album "At The Soundless Dawn" out now on Neurot Recordings see
tourdates here!
www.neurotrecordings.com | www.redsparrows.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

VOLTAGE! Their unique brand of circuit-tar instrumental rock will have you shaking your ass while simulatneously asking yourself, "What is my ass?" The first punch is thrown this fall with Building the Bass Castle, Vol I. These dudes are playing the Battle for Tastee Freeze on July 30th and the ‘Camp Gay is Dying’ show with Parts and Labor on August 20th. We might be playing a show at Ronnie's Bar on August 27th with Pterodactyl (Brooklyn). Voltage fosters male sexuality in Chicago, or so the website says…
voltage.camp-gay.org | flameshovel.com
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

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(((* INSANE / RIDICULOUS NEWS... you may want to sit down for this one.)))

*** SOLID PR BREAKIN NEWS ALERT! ***

it has just been annonced that Scramento spazz-freakout madmen, HELLA, thats right, HELLA, will be opening the US tour w/ Mars Volta and System of A Down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i really hope everyone is freaking out about this as much as i am, i've been dancing for about 24 hours straight over this one :) HELLA will be touring in support of their latest 2xCD on Suicide Squeeze entitled "Church Gone Wild / Chirpin Hard" out now, as well as their upcoming 2xDVD out this November on Kill Rock Stars / 5RC!!!!!!
www.hellaband.com | www.killrockstars.com | www.suicidesqueze.net

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…in other news!

A MILLION BILLION just got back from a tour in the UK & is coming out with “Today We Love You” and “Filthy Schoolgirls EP” on Filthy Schoolgirls in late August. “…a richly textured electronic score by Ryan Smith, layered with buzzes, whispers, chimes and a rich assortment of soothing and anxious sounds.” – New York Times.
www.filthyschoolgirls.com
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

A.R.E. WEAPONS - if you live in the NYC area, you are invited to come check out the bands ubber party at the TRIBECA GRAND HOTEL on July 21st! admission is RSVP / invite only and there will open bar from 10pm - 11pm (w/ some very special guest dj's ;) lookout for the bands newest offering, "Free in the Streets" out September 20th on Defend Music!
www.areweapons.com | www.defendmusic.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

THE END OF THE WORLD has brown images on green and olive t-shirts available in small, medium, and large. Other than that, they’re retreating to the solitude of Maine for the month of August: Living in a house, Big Pink-style, and spending all hours preparing for the recording of their full-length at Key Club during the first two weeks of September.
www.prettyactivity.com | www.theendoftheworld.net
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

MIXEL PIXEL - Mixel Pixel is still touring the US as we speak and rockin some sick shows in their future, including a Brooklyn show on July 31st @ North Six w/ one of our favorite bands, Rah Bras! see them on tour now in support of their latest full length "Contact Kid" out now on Kanine!
www.mixelpixel.com | www.kaninerecords.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

MOGGS - San Francisco's dark-rock duo MOGGS just rocked their hometown w/ Kill Me Tomorrow and Dance Disaster Movement and said they had a wicked time! definitely a nice show to get them pumped for their US TOUR kicking off this August in support of their latest amazing album "The White Belt is Not Enough" out August 9th on Absolutely Kosher! Visit www.moggs.com/pages/showsmain.html for tourdates!
www.moggs.com | www.absolutelykosher.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

MOMMY AND DADDY - in the past year, NYC's MOMMY AND DADDY have become one
of the most important bands in the world of electronic dance punk... a two piece married couple, Edmund and Vivian are the sexiest thing in punk rock since Sid and Nancy or Kurt and Courtney... look out for the bands debut US full-length "Duel At Dawn" out Septmeber 27th on Kanine!
www.mommyanddaddy.com | www.kaninerecords.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

NEED NEW BODY is on tour right now! Check out the lastest news here: http://www.solidpr.com/chicago/2005/07/need-new-body-now-on-tourrr.html
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

THE NUMBER 12 LOOKS LIKE YOU - thanks to bands like Saetia, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Slayer, we have the #12! easily the most devastatingly brutal record of 05 out now on Eyeball, "Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear" brings some of the most technical and dizzying metal and moshtastic hardcore the scene has pretty much ever seen... catch them on tour this August w/ Blackout Pact!
www.itsnumber12time.com | www.eyeballrecords.com

ODIORNE is releasing their debut album on File 13 Records in July after a very well-received EP on Everlasing Records. Odiorne is led by ex Mercury Rev member Jimy Chambers and is joined by three fine lads also of Buffalo, NY. The debut album also features current members of Mercury Rev and Longwave. Live dates and other excited details are coming up.
July 18th - Pianos - NYC
July 22nd- Soundlab - Buffalo, NY
August 8th - Empty Bottle - Chicago
August 9th - Cowboy Monkey - Champaign, IL
August 13th - Red Square - Burlington, VT
September 17 - CMJ - 169 Bar - NYC
www.file-13.com | www.odiorne.net
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

OXFORD COLLAPSE - still on the road and totally ripping the country a new
one, the mighty OXFORD COLLAPSE, w/ its latest record "A Good Ground," is
bringing a new style of indie to the forefront of the scene! heralded by
the likes of Spin, Pitchfork, Slate, and others, Oxford Collapse have
truly turned the quirky art-rock world on its head!
www.oxfordcollapse.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

THE PAGES The Pages continue to put shows together for the tour. We've got The Muse in Nashville on the 3rd, plus a bonus basement show on the 4th around Nashville, location TBA, and a house party in Gatlinburg, TN on the 5th. Schuba's looks like it's going to happen on the 7th in Chi-town.
7/26 **CD Release** The Delancey NYC
8/1 Lit Lounge NYC
8/2 TBA Philly/Baltimore/DC
8/3 The Muse Nashville
8/5 House party Gatlinburg, TN
8/6 Guessing Game HQ Collinsville, IL (near St. Louis)
8/7 Schuba's Tavern Chicago
8/14 SOLID PR SHOWCASE NYC @ Scenic
www.unsoundrecords.com
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

POST OFFICE GALS - new to the OTR Records roster, POG is what happens
when you throw 70's prog rock and grindcore into a blender and SMASH
PUREE! spawned in NJ and featuring a bunch of 18 year crazy-ass kids,
Post Office Gals play fast, hard, and FUN! to date the band has played w/
contemporaries such as DAS OATH, THE PLOT, DAUGHTERS, MISERY INDEX,
TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR, AN ALBATROSS and others, and currently the Gals are
on a full US tour, playing w/ the likes of The Great Redneck Hope and
others. catch them before they have to go back to school in the Fall!
new record "Esbeohdes" out October 11th!
tourdates posted here! http://myspace.com/thepostofficegals
http://thepostofficegals.com | http://otrrecords.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

SEVENTEEN EVERGREEN were up in sacramento for a few days, recording a
new track and swimming with dogs, in the extreme valley heat.
july 27 - Cafe Du Nord - 9:00pm - $8
more dates here: www.myspace.com/seventeenevergreen
www.seventeenevergreen.com
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

SHANE BARTELL’s debut CD “Too Soon To Say” is now coming out on Seattle’s Sarathan Records in the Spring. Beautiful, dark, sexy, heart-breaking, uplifting, and completely irresistible, Shane Bartell's songs are the soundtrack to life, love, and everything in-between. Details Magazine says, "He's the congenital critical darling, in the best sense of the word. When you see him live, no one need ask, 'Can you feel the love tonight?', the love is self-evident." Shane Bartell was voted best musician in Austin The Austin Chronicle in 2005.
7/22 Mural Amphitheatre Bite of Seattle Festival, Seattle, WA, 5:00 PM
7/22 Panamonica’s, Tacoma, WA
7/28 International Pop Overthrow Festival, Los Angeles, CA w/ Brandon Schott
7/30 Plush, Tucson, AZ
www.sarathan.com | www.shanebartell.com
Contact: Celeste celeste@solidpr.com

SHELBY - NYC's own Shelby, featuring ex members of the legendary
SWERVEDRIVER and SHUDDER TO THINK, are ready to drop their debut
full-length "The Luxury of Time" on the Gigantic Music imprint on August
9th! catch the vocals of Phil and Kenny on the new FALL record out later
this year!
see Shelby rock w/ Oxford Collapse and Mommy and Daddy on August 14th @
Scenic in NYC!
http://shelbynyc.com | http://giganticmusic.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

THE STATIC AGE! - these electro-pop masters will be touring the US in
support of their debut full length "Neon Nights Electric Lives" out now on
Tarantulas... catch them on as they roll through your town!
tourdates up now at: http://www.myspace.com/thestaticage
http://thestaticage.com | http://tarantulasattack.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

STRAY FROM THE PATH! - PA's metal heroes, Stray From the Path, have just
been confirmed to rock this years HELLFEST in NJ! the lineup this year is
retarded crazy so be sure to catch these madmen before they become the
next best thing in metal! see SFTP on tour now in support of their debut
record "Our Oceania" out August 9th on Five Point Records!
http://fivepointrecords.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

SYBRIS - Chicago's female fronted sonic rock phenom SYBRIS has just
announced a FULL US TOUR in support of their upcoming s/t record due out
on Flameshovel on September 6th! imagine Velocity Girl mixed w/ the Yeah
Yeah Yeah's, w/ a dab of Aqui, and you have a good idea of where Sybris is
coming from... tourdates posted here:
http://www.flameshovel.com/tours.php#sybris
http://sybrismusic.com | http://flameshovel.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

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other fun!

LEWIS & CLARKE "Bare Bones and Branches" out now on Summersteps!
Delusions of Adequacy reports:
http://www.adequacy.net/review.php?reviewid=5658
http://lourogai.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

KID ICARUS "The Metal West" out August 9th on Summersteps!
http://kidicarus.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

THEE MORE SHALLOWS "More Deep Cuts" out now on Turn Records, read a nice
review in the new CMJ!
http://www.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=3547939
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

PIGLET "Lava Land" out now on Team-AV!
http://team-av.com
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com

STAMEN AND PISTILS "End of the Sweet Parade" out August 9th on Echelon!
Treblezine reports:
http://www.treblezine.com/viewer.cgi?id=714&type=r
Contact: Derek solid@solidpr.com


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recently released!

BANG! BANG! “Electric Sex" EP (Morphius)
CRYSTAL SKULLS "Blocked Numbers" (Suicide Squeeze)
LEWIS & CLARKE "Bare Bones and Branches" (Summersteps)
NEED NEW BODY "Where's Black Ben?" (5RC)
PRINCESS "Princess" (Tony Chaos)
TOURMALINE "Strange Distress Calls" (No Milk)

JULY 14, 2005

NEED NEW BODY SUMMER TOUR BLASTS OFF



NEED NEW BODY and PIT ER PAT successfully blasted off their Summer tour here in Chicago’s Open End Gallery. Good times, good times, gooood times! An after party developed @ the art/performance space known as Camp Gay [where VOLTAGE resides!] last night in which NEED NEW BODY'S Dale & Jeff played in their other project, BLACK ASS. Zach from HELLA, who dropped by to see his pals, played a public jam session with Jamie from NEED NEW BODY. The party just never stops over here... Can’t wait to see 'em again in a couple weeks in the wonderful land called Los Angeles, let me know if you'll be in attendance! Party on, dude!

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Experiencing this band live is a potpourri of stimuli: from colors to action, music to all kinds of good ol’ entertainment!

Dance M.F. Dance! Live is where it’s at! NEED NEW BODY is widely known for their stunning theatrical live show. They’ve been known for wearing elaborate costumes, using irregular instrumentation, and having an overall fiery and thoroughly entertaining performance. Hearing about it from your most descriptive friend, however explicit, will never suffice; Photographs alone cannot document what occurs during a live exhibition; Even a show videotaped would not bring you close enough to this experience. Not to mention their one-of-a-kind hand-made merchandise ranging from pillows to t-shirts, tour only cds to posters. The only way to fully be engulfed into the phenomenon is to be there yourself.
Space is the place for NEED NEW BODY whose third album "Where's Black Ben?" hit the streets last month courtesy of 5RC. This Philly-quintent consists of innovative musicians who are also held in high regard by peers and fans as being an artist collective as well as a performing group. This album also features a collaboration with original members of Sun Ra Akestra on the song "Outer Space" - and it's brilliant! There's a morsel on this record for all of your senses...

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Need New Body “Where’s Black Ben?” Summer Tour
All dates - Pit Er Pat supporting

JULY
July 12 : Chicago, IL @ Open End Gallery
July 13 : Chicago, IL @ Open End Gallery
July 14 : Milwaukee, WI @ Onopa Brewing Co.
July 15 : Mpls/St. Paul, MN @ Big V’s
July 16 : Fargo, ND @ Moose Lodge
July 19 : Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Cafe
July 20 : Portland, OR @ Love Land
July 21 : Eugene, OR @ W.O.W. Hall
July 22 : OR or No. CA @ (TBA)
July 23 : Visalia, CA @ Howie & Sons
July 24 : Oakland, CA @ Warehouse
July 25 : San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
July 26 : Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
July 27 : Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
July 28 : Phoenix, AZ @ Modified
July 29 : Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture Gallery
July 31 : Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
AUGUST
Aug. 2 : Denton TX @ Hailey’s
Aug. 3 :Austin, TX @ The Parish
Aug. 4 : Lafayette, LA @ Renaissance
Aug. 5 : New Orleans, LA @ Twiropa
Aug. 6 : Jackson, MS @ WC Don's
Aug. 8 : Athens, GA @ Caledonia
Aug. 9 : Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
Aug. 10 : Baltimore, MD @ (TBA)
Aug. 11 : New York City @ Knitting Factory
Aug. 12 : Philadelphia, PA @ 2011 Juniper Street
Aug. 13 : Wallingford, CT @ American Legion
(Dates subject to change)


Video for "Beach" here: http://www.gorillasuit.com/neednewvideo/
Some exclusive songs can be found here: http://www.neednewbody.com/*NP4ZZ
Listen to Eskimo: http://www.killrockstars.com/bands/neednewbody/audio/eskimo.mp3

ARTIST: NEED NEW BODY
ALBUM: WHERE’S BLACK BEN?
LABEL: 5RC

www.5rc.com
www.neednewbody.com

Worrrd ‘em up!

SEVENTEEN EVERGREEN
“Life Embarrasses Me On Planet Earth”
(Pacific Radio Fire)

DIGIPACK PRF17 / VINYL PRF17LP
RIYL: Sparklehorse, Flaming Lips, Eno-period Bowie,
Boards of Canada, Pavement, early Verve, Super Furry Animals, Air.

RELEASE DATE: August 23, 2005

Seventeen Evergreen's initial offering "Life Embarrasses Me On Planet Earth" opens with the lush "Music is The Wine" which sounds like they took an old bossa nova song and fed it through a fuzzy computer, showcasing rumbling sultry vocals that come across like a more approachable The National. Though Don't be mislead by the first song, what follows is a like a more romantic Pavement by way of Folk Implosion, taking lessons from Radiohead- not in sound, but in a willingness to find and follow mysterious instrumental threads through songs like "Sazerac" and "Grays". "Sufferbus" sonically breaks open to say "Pound into my head I'm a consumer/ A slave to gain things made in China" somehow turning the sentiment into a rollicking hook. What is most remarkable about this record though, is that amid the whirrs and pops, layers of buzz, shimmering guitars and pianos plinked out as if by one finger, is an overwhelmingly human and open sound.

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Rock need not bore. There are possibilities. When the songs of San Francisco’s Seventeen Evergreen come knocking at your door, open it up wide and open up your mind – because these gentlemen bring you the goods.

Legend has it that Seventeen Evergreen’s song-writing duo, Caleb Pate and Nephi Evans, met during an elementary school recess in Sacramento where they were found making strange sounds with warped Speak-N-Spells. For years, teachers assumed that the two otherwise quiet and introverted kids belong in an English-As-A-Second-Language class. In a way, they were correct. Music always comes first for Caleb and Nephi. Nephi soon left the grassy pastures of North Highlands-Sacramento after being kicked out of his childhood home when Caleb dragged a drum set into the family living room for an early jam session that birthed the early inklings of Seventeen Evergreen’s sound. These noisy beginnings continued in a house sandwiched between deaf senior citizens and an Alcoholics Anonymous building which provided inspiring and haunting visitors to the new home of the Seventeen Evergreen founders.

Fast forward to the year 2002... After a year in England for Caleb and a year spent traveling the world for Nephi, the two met up in London to form a new discipline and promptly returned to San Francisco where they have been facing the new century in recording studio seclusion. The wait has been worth it, but wait no more. Spend two and half minutes with any Seventeen Evergreen song, and you too will hear the sirens in the forest, the sound of stars in the sky, the gravity of the earth - all in your headphones. The rest is up to you!

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Seventeen Evergreen will be releasing their debut album, “Life Embarrasses Me On Planet Earth,” in August of 2005 on Pacific Radio Fire Records and will be touring the nation during the late summer/fall traveling out towards NYC’s CMJ Festival. Tour dates will be coming to you shortly!

Let me know if you want a copy, need more info, ahh – you know the drill – hit me up if you need anything at all!

Bromance,
Céleste