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Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers (& a Quasi connection)

Posted in Records on February 19, 2022

Jon Spencer & The Hitmakers have a new record coming out on April 1. Titled Spencer Gets It Lit, the new record will release on In The Red Records, followed by a US tour.

On the tour, Janet Weiss will be playing drums (Sleater Kinney, Quasi, Wild Flag, The Jicks, Slang), along with her band Quasi playing as the opening act. 

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TOUR:

4/11 Buffalo, NY Rec Room
4/12 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
4/13 Detroit, MI El Club
4/14 Chicago, IL Schubas
4/15 Milwaukee, WI Back Room at Colectivo
4/16 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
4/18 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
4/19 Denver, CO Globe Hall
4/20 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
4/21 Boise, ID Neurolux
4/22 Portland, OR Dantes
4/23 Vancouver, BC Fox Cabaret
4/24 Seattle, WA Madame Lou’s (The Crocodile Second Stage)
4/26 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
4/27 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
4/28 San Diego, CA Casbah
4/29 Tucson, AZ 191 Toole
4/30 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
5/01 Santa Fe, NM Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery
5/02 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
5/03 Wichita, KS Wave
5/04 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
5/05 St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill Duck Room
5/06 Indianapolis, IN Hi-Fi
5/07 Louisville, KY Zanzabar
5/08 Charlottesville, VA The Southern
 
ALL TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH AT 10AM LOCAL TIME
 
JON SPENCER & the HITmakers 
SPENCER GETS IT LIT! 
Bob Bert - trash, Sam Coomes - synth & vocal, M. Sord - drum, Jon Spencer - vocal & guitar 
Produced by Bill Skibbe & Jon Spencer at Key Club Recording Co., Benton Harbor, MI, July - August 2021. 
 
1. Junk Man 
2. Get It Right Now 
3. Death Ray 
4. The Worst Facts 
5. Primary Baby 
6. Worm Town 
7. Bruise 
8. Layabout Trap 
9. Push Comes To Shove 
10. My Hit Parade 
11. Rotting Money 
12. Strike 3 
13. Get Up & Do It 
14. Germ Vs. Jerk* 
15. The Devil's Ice Age* 

*Tracks 14 & 15 are CD only 

Mosswood Meltdown lineup, including Bikini Kill

Posted in Shows on February 19, 2022

Mossword Meltdown 2022 has been scheduled officially for July 2-3 at Mosswood Park in Oakland, CA, following two years of delays. The two-day festival features a lineup of Bikini Kill, Kim Gordon, Bleached, Hunx and his Punx, Flipper, The Linda Lindas, and more -- listed below along with various ticket … Read more

Tombs & Cloak this April

Posted in Tours on February 19, 2022

Tombs and Cloak will caravan across the US east coast on a short tour in April. A co-headlining tour, from April 5-10, will begin in Rhode Island and head south toward Atlanta over that span, with Restless Spirit joining them for the full run as well. Later, on April 16, … Read more

Tunic criss-crossing USA and Canada

Posted in Tours on February 19, 2022

Tunic, a hardcore band out of Winnipeg, has scheduled a North American tour playing dates in Canada and the US this April-May. The band released Quitter in 2021 (Artoffact Records). Check the dates below. Read more TOUR DATES 04.13.22 Regina, SK 04.14.22 Saskatoon, SK 04.15.22 Edmonton, AB 04.20.22 Vancouver, BC … Read more

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The debut of OK Wait

Posted in Records on February 19, 2022

On April 1 Golden Antenna records will release Well, a new 5-song full-length album from instrumental rock band OK Wait that takes a post-rock foundation with elements of other styles, such as post-metal. While the new record is still some 5 weeks away, the band shared the 13-minute long "Dust" … Read more

Big Nothing's Dog Hours

Posted in Records on February 19, 2022

Lame-O Records has released a new full-length from Philadelphia indie-punk band Big Nothing today, Dog Hours, out today. Dog Hours is the band's second full-length, a follow-up to 2019's Chris. A record release show is scheduled for next month, joined by Radiator Hospital and Marissa Paternoster. Read more Dog Hours … Read more

Dreamtigers explain the concept of Ellapsis

Posted in Records on February 18, 2022

Following last year's EP, Dreamtigers is back with a new full-length album called Ellapsis, out today via Skeletal Lightning (and mixed by Will Yip). Dreamtigers is an alt rock band featuring members of Defeater, Caspian, The Amity Affliction, and Balmorhea, whose sound is rooted in heavy influenced music but also … Read more

THICK Will Love You Forever

Posted in Videos on February 18, 2022

THICK have released the video for their new track, "Love You Forever." It's the first track the band has released since their debut album, 5 Years Behind. The trio will be embarking on a North American tour in support of The Chats beginning in April. Read more Read more

Déhà and Marla Van Horn

Posted in Records on February 18, 2022

Brussels-based instrumentalist Déhà has teamed up with Polish artist Marla van Horn for a new ambient, doom project with an album coming out tomorrow. The new album is called Earth and her Decay and is one of multiple projects from Déhà scheduled for the 2022 year. In prep for the … Read more

SPB premiere: "Whiskey Is Not A Jacket" by Lightweight

Posted in Videos on February 17, 2022

We’re wishing everyone a happy Thursday with this new lyric video from Lightweight, a Sacramento-based melodic punk band that wears its heart on its sleeve (with a whiskey in hand). Which brings us to “Whiskey Is Not A Jacket,” the first single the band has let loose from their upcoming … Read more

IDLES release new music video and tour dates

Posted in Videos on February 15, 2022

IDLES have released a music video for "Crawl!", a single taken from their 2021 album CRAWLER. The band also announced a series of rescheduled tour dates, including extensive shows in the US (including Coachella) – see below for those. The song, according to singer Joe Talbot, is about "the turning … Read more

New Deaf Club (soon)

Posted in Records on February 14, 2022

Deaf Club returns with a new EP, Bad Songs Forever, coming on May 6. The new 4-song EP will release via Three One G/Sweatband Records. But, today, the band is sharing the Valentine's Day track "If You Eat a Rat, It Might Taste Good" to help set the mood. Anyone … Read more

La Armada's Anti-Colonial Vol. 2 is finally here

Posted in Records on February 13, 2022

After releasing several singles and a series of EPs, Chicago (by way of the Dominican Republic) hardcore band La Armada have now compiled the full-length Anti-Colonial Vol. 2, which released on Friday Feb. 11 via their own Mal de Ojo Records (USA/Latin America), with vinyl available via Thousand Islands Records … Read more

Opeth and Mastodon in North America

Posted in Tours on February 13, 2022

Heavy hitters Opeth and Mastodon have announced a co-headlining tour this spring, playing dates in 16 US and Canada cities between April 21-May 11. The two bands previously toured together, with this coming as a second leg. Full dates are listed below. Read more OPETH w/ Mastodon: 4/21/2022 Place Bell … Read more

Paper Bag turns 20

Posted in Labels on February 13, 2022

Indie label Paper Bag Records is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2022. In doing so, the label has shared news of several special concerts in a 3-day "festival" that will take place across Canada live, in person, along with livestreaming, from March 4-6. Live ticketing includes specific COVID safety protocols. … Read more

Heart To Gold gives us "Respect"

Posted in Labels on February 12, 2022

Minnesota-based punk trop Heart To Gold has joined Memory Music, founded by award-winning producer Will Yip. The band shared a new song, "Respect," along with the news and says that more is to come in '22. Stay tuned. Read more

Kirk Hammett solo

Posted in Records on February 12, 2022

Kirk Hammett (Metallica) will release a 4-song solo EP on Record Store Day, April 23, 200. Titled Portals, the 4-song release is fully instrumental and will release via Blackened Recordings on digital platforms and CD, plus an RSD exclusive ocean blue vinyl. Read more

Dälek's Precipice

Posted in Records on February 12, 2022

Ipecac Recordings will release Precipice, a new full-length album and the eighth overall from hip-hop group Dälek, on April 29. Along with the news of the record, the artist has shared the lead single, "Decimation (Dis Nation)," which we've posted below. “Precipice was a completely different record pre-pandemic,” says MC … Read more

The Anomalys' Glitch

Posted in Videos on February 12, 2022

Slovenly Recordings will release Glitch, a new LP by The Anomalys on March 25, 2022. Formed in Amsterdam, NL in 2005, the band has released several singles since their self-titled 2010 album, leading up to the new full-length twelve years later with a revised lineup that came together in 2019. … Read more

A surprise Chris Farren "soundtrack"

Posted in Records on February 12, 2022

Inspired by Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man, Chris Farren has a new surprise album out -- a soundtrack (of sorts) called Death Don't Wait (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). The album explores the concept of a soundtrack -- but to a film that doesn't actually exist. The twelve track, mostly instrumental, album … Read more