Rising Portland rock band Lee Corey Oswald has premiered a new lo-fi video for their song “Scatterbrain” today at Absolutepunk.net. The track is taken from their latest record, Regards, which is available now from No Sleep Records and at iTunes.Watch the new video for “Scatterbrain” now at Absolutepunk.net: http://bit.ly/1EhwV5iLee Corey Oswald’s new video features lo-fi footage shot by the band on their camera phones during a recent tour with Koji and Allison Weiss. The video’s DIY, gritty style goes hand-in-hand with their raw power-pop indie style.The new video comes in advance of Lee Corey Oswald’s upcoming spring tour with Kind Of Like Spitting and The City On Film (feat. Bob Nanna from Braid) and an…
Author: Dom Vigil
Photo by M.J. Bernier. Bay Area, CA’s King Woman, fronted by vocalist Kristina Esfandiari (Ex-Whirr, Miserable), will be releasing their first proper EP release on February 17th, 2015. Titled Doubt, this EP finds King Woman awash with churning and crumbling distortion providing a roiling, blackened backdrop for Esfandiari’s throaty, bewitching vocals like a twisted fusion of PJ harvey, Sunn 0))) and Black Sabbath. Rolling Stone is streaming the Doubt EP in its entirety today – listen here.Kristina Esfandiari originally formed King Woman back in 2009, but the band had taken a backseat to her other projects at the time like Miserable and Whirr (with whom she played…
Grave Mistake and Toxic Pop Records have launched pre-orders for TENEMENT’s upcoming collection LP, Bruised Music Volume One. To celebrate, the band and labels have teamed with AV Club to stream one of the completely re-mastered rarities found on the album, “The Fire Is Out.” The track is a perfect encapsulation of the infectious blend of punk edge and pop hooks that Tenement has been perfecting for years. Stream “The Fire Is Out” Via AV Club:http://www.avclub.com/article/listen-tenement-bruise-music-its-new-collection-al-215122Bruised Music Volume One delves into TENEMENT’s deep and impressive catalogue to compile ten rare or out-of-print tracks from seven of the band’s earliest tapes, EPs, and split singles. Bruised Music…
Check out the never-before-heard Pallbearer track, “Fear & Fury”, now via Soundcloud. This song appears on the Decibel Magazine Flexi Series included in their April issue, consequently with Pallbearer and members of At The Gates, Converge, and Vallenfyre, the bands featured on this Spring’s Decibel Tour, on the cover. Several copies of this Flexi are still available in the Decibel Magazine store. Additionally, Pallbearer recently announced more tour dates for this spring and summer – North American and abroad – which can be found below.Pallbearer released their sophomore full-length, Foundations Of Burden, last August and the album debuted at #85 on the Billboard…
Psycho California, the west coast’s first annual metal festival and a must see for fans of doom, heavy psych and sludge, have announced the release of individual day passes as well as the daily line-up for the three-day outing.Virginia doom outfit Cough have joined the line-up as have Sourvein, who recently announced a new album, Aquatic Occult, will be out later this year via Metal Blade. Josh Graham, who has created on-stage light shows and visuals for a number of artists including Neurosis, Mastodon and Sleep, will be creating a unique light display for the festival. Lastly, illustrator David D’Andrea, whose…
In support of their forthcoming album Transmission.Alpha.Delta. (Fat Wreck Chords), renowned punk rock band STRUNG OUT announce their national headline tour Transmission.To.The.Nation Tour 2015. They’ll be hitting the road with their brigade in tow, which includes Masked Intruder, Red City Radio, and La Armada.The first leg of their tour with their caravan consisting of Masked Intruder and La Armada kicks off on April 2nd in Santa Barbara, CA then bounces around the West Coast, Midwest and Canada concluding in Green Bay, WI on April 21st. The second leg commences on April 22nd in Minneapolis, MN with their convoy including Red City Radio and La Armada then circles around the Midwest, East Coast,…
Jade Tree is excited to announce their latest signing, Philadelphia, PA’s Dogs On Acid. Boasting members from several legendary Philadelphia indie bands from the past five years such as Algernon Cadwallader, Hop Along and Snowing, Dogs on Acid combine the spontaneity of indie rock with the fun of pop to create songs that are as enjoyable as they are catchy, and promise to stick in your head for days. The band will release their debut LP on Jade Tree this summer, following an earlier 7″ release on Philadelphia’s Ranch Records and a second 7″ due out in February on Asian Man Records. Dogs on Acid will…
Sumac came to fruition when Aaron Turner had the urge to once again create colossal-sounding music, bringing back the heaviness that he incorporated in Isis as well as what he’s currently creating with Old Man Gloom into a wholly new and different direction. A goal for the band to strive for was to write some of the heaviest music Turner had ever written, and he found the ideal partner with Baptists drummer Nick Yacyshyn. One of the best drummers in heavy music today, Yacyshyn showcases and expands his drumming talents even further with Sumac. The duo recorded six new tracks in Seattle in late…
all boy/all girl are sharing their dynamic new single “Not It” on Consequence of Soundahead of the release of Trophy, the avant-garde pop septet’s upcoming EP. Set for release on March 3rd via Grind Select (Moon Bounce), Trophy finds the Brooklyn band – Danielle Lovier (vocals/ukulele), Jessie Rogowski (vocals/guitar), Joshua Curry (guitars), Hannah Levinson (viola), Richard Vaudrey (cello), Nicholas Rahn (bass), Joey Campanella (drums) – exploring new sonic territories and texture combining pop, avant-garde jazz, indie rock, and a knack for the theatrical. Consequence of Sound described “Not It” sharing, “the deeply assertive message is off-set by more sonically nuanced components, like Jessie Rogowski’s eerie harmonies, a sputtering string section, and the ethereal textures that…
San Diego punk act Western Settings have teamed up with New Noise Magazine to stream two new tracks – “Dying Without Children” (featuring Jen Razavi of The Bombpops / Payoff) and “San Antonio” – from their debut full-length Yes It Is, out on February 17th.Stream “Dying Without Children” and “San Antonio” here.New Noise also sat down with vocalist/bassist Ricky Schmidt to discuss the new album: “Positive thinking has been a huge thing in my life since running into characters like Ziggy (Ezequiel Pelayo) and Rev (Aaron Peters) and really the whole community up and down the coast. It’s been a game changer for me and I wanted the…