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Greg Puciato to release poetry + photography book

Posted in Music News on January 13, 2019

Greg Puciato, vocalist of groups The Black Queen and The Dillinger Escape Plan, will release a book titled Separate the Dawn next month, on Feb. 12. The book is a collection of poetry and photography that was mostly completed during The Dillinger Escape Plan's final year and a half. The book is to be released on Federal Prisoner, a new label/publishing house that also released The Black Queen's Infinite Games last year.

In an interview with Revolver, Puciato says the following about the project:

This is the heaviest and most brutal, but ultimately positive and necessary piece, in a series of thematically connected output for me, during what I now see as a long transitional arc, of realization, processing, shedding, accepting, and then finally coming out of the other side into a different place. A walk through a broken mirror. Chronologically this goes after Dissociation, and before Infinite Games. It's also a surprising and welcome reconnection with a medium that was my first creative love, even before music, and an equally surprising fascination with a new one. I guess it's essentially my fist (and maybe only) solo release. Thanks to everyone who picks this up, for continuing to encourage me to keep creating with zero regard for parameters of gene or medium. Also, Lebron James is not greater than Michael Jordan.

The Black Queen will tour Australia next week, and North America in the spring.

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The Black Queen tour dates:

January 17 Brisbane, Australia Black Bear Lodge SOLD OUT

January 18 Sydney, Australia Landsdowne Hotel SOLD OUT

January 19 Melbourne, Australia Northcote Social Club SOLD OUT

January 20 Melbourne, Australia Northcote Social Club SOLD OUT

 

February 22 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick

February 23 Las Vegas, NV Db172

February 24 Phoenix, AZ The Rebel Lounge

February 26 Austin, TX Barracuda

February 27 Dallas, TX Curtain Club

March 1 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade (Hell)

March 2 Ybor City, FL Crowbar

March 3 Orlando, FL The Abbey

March 5 Charlotte, NC Amos Southend

March 6 Washington, DC Union Stage

March 8 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg

March 9 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts

March 11 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair

March 12 Montreal, QC Le Ministere

March 13 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground

March 15 Detroit, MI The Shelter

March 16 Chicago, IL Subterranean

March 17 Minneapolis, MN Studio B @ Skyway Theatre

March 19 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre

March 20 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge

March 22 Seattle, WA Chop Suey

March 23 Portland, OR Dante’s

March 25 San Francisco, CA Slim’s

March 26 Sacramento, CA Holy Diver

March 28 Los Angeles, The Regent

Mike Patton to sing anthem before NFL playoff game

Posted in Music News on January 12, 2019

Mike Patton, the king of all things unexpected, will sing the US national anthem prior to kickoff at the NFL playogg game between the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys tonight at approximate 7PM CST. Patton is best known for his vocals with the reunited Faith No More, as well … Read more

DOA's Joe Keithley elected to city council

Posted in Music News on November 2, 2018

D.O.A.'s Joe Keithley has won a seat on the Burnaby city council and will serve on one of eight seats. Having run for other political offices in the past, Keithley placed eigth in the recent election and will represent the Green Party. Burnaby is a city just outside of Vancouver. … Read more

Sydney Festival returns for 2019

Posted in Music News on October 28, 2018

The annual Sydney Festival is due to return from 9th-27th January 2019, including theatre performances, art installations and a diverse musical lineup including: Orquesta Akokán, a 13-piece mambo band direct from Cuba; South African neo-soul singer and queer icon Nakhane; American art-pop composer Julia Holter; Ethio-jazz musician Mulatu Astatke and … Read more

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Kathleen Hanna and Tees 4 Togo

Posted in Music News on October 21, 2018

Kathleen Hanna (The Julie Ruin, Bikini Kill), has launched a new t-shirt line featuring celebrity art/images as a charitable fundraiser for sending girls to school in Togo. One hundred percent of profits from the Tees 4 Togo project go to Peace Sisters, a non-profit founded by Togo native Tina Kampor. … Read more

Vulgar Display of Purring awareness program launched

Posted in Music News on June 10, 2018

A new non-profit initiative named And Justice For Paws... was recently launched by Bob Legowe, co-owner of Brutal Panda Records. The initiative will raise money and awareness for domestic and wild cats, all with a heavy metal twist. The series aims to release a fundraising metal compilation in each of … Read more

Justin Pearson lyric book on the way

Posted in Music News on May 19, 2018

Three One G has opened pre-orders for The Race to Zero, a collection of lyrics and other creative prose from Justin Pearson over the years. Pearson, who shared some of his wordsmithery with SPB in a guest column titled "The Right Answers to the Wrong Questions" in 2016, has played … Read more

New book on MC5 by bassist Michael Davis

Posted in Music News on May 5, 2018

Cleopatra Records has released a new book titled I Brought Down The MC5, written by bassist Michael Davis. The 350-page memoir covers the band's rise and fall and includes original artwork and photos by Davis. MC5 is a notable and influential band for loud, heavy and political music that followed … Read more

Taste da ruckus - Wu-Tang Clan launch their own vodka

Posted in Music News on March 28, 2018

Coinciding with Wu Tang Clan’s 25th anniversary, hip hop super group channels its alchemy in liquid form: With H2O sources from the mountain glacier springs of New Zealand, Wu Tang Clan launches their own triple distilled tiple exclusively in Australia. The group has also released a line of fruit flavors … Read more

Miguel Chen (Teenage Bottlerocket) authors book

Posted in Music News on March 19, 2018

Miguel Chen, bassist of Teenage Bottlerocket (Fat Wreck Chords), has announced the release of a new book with Rod Meade Sperry, titled I Wanna Be Well: How a Punk Found Peace and You Can Too. In addition to actively touring the globe in Teenage Bottlerocket, Chen owns Blossom Yoga in … Read more

Bloodshot and Southern Lord partner with Table-Turned

Posted in Music News on November 19, 2017

Table-Turned record subscription service has added Southern Lord and Bloodshot Records to their service. The subscription sends a new record to each month based on categories such as "Noise Rock" (Southern Lord) and "Americana Punk" (Bloodshot). Other label partners include Sub Pop, Topshelf Records, Constellation Records, No Sleep Records, and … Read more

Recording James Tenney's Changes: 64 Studies for 6 Harps

Posted in Music News on November 5, 2017

Musician Adrian Tenney (Badlands, ex-Spokenest and Gods Equals Genocide) is working on a project to record a piece of music composed by her late father James Tenney in 1985. Titled Changes: 64 Studies for 6 Harps, the work features 6 harps all tuned slightly differently. It will be performed for … Read more

Punks in Vegas releases fundraising comp

Posted in Music News on October 9, 2017

Punks in Vegas announced Vegas Strong today, a charity compilation with over 100 bands. On sale for $5, the digital compilation will donate 100% of funds to the UMC Foundation, Las Vegas's only Level 1 Trauma Center. Many artists are featured, included new/unreleased music from The Menzingers, Direct Hit, Lemuria, … Read more

Houston bands release benefit comp post Hurricane Harvey

Posted in Music News on September 23, 2017

Earlier this month, fifteen Houston artists came together for the digital benefit release Making Waves: A Benefit Compiltation For Those Affected by Hurricane Harvey. Including contributions from Football, etc., Cool Moon, VODI, Ruiners, The Wheel Workers, Astragal, Dollie Barnes, Greg Cote & The Real Life Friends, Tee Vee, Lace, El … Read more

RARAs Farm's Music Blog looks at new Descendents

Posted in Music News on September 9, 2017

With the Descendents set to tour the US this fall, RARAs Farm's Music Blog has posted a personal review-style exploration of last year's Who We Are, the band's first new album in over a decade. Read about it at the link above, and check after the jump for the band's … Read more

First 100 Days series

Posted in Music News on January 14, 2017

The Secretly Group curated 30 Songs, 30 Days, has announced a compilation titled Our First 100 Days. With songs from Angel Olsen, Will Oldham, Mountain Goats, Twin Peaks,Minus the Bear, Meat Wave, and more, the subscription based series will raise funds for choice organizations as a protect to the Trump … Read more

Fat Mike figurine time

Posted in Music News on December 11, 2016

Aggronautix, makers of 7" tall Throbbleheads, have introduced a new limited run figure of Fat Mike, vocalist and bassist of California punks NOFX. One thousand will be made and shipped this spring. Read more

Ben Snakepit's Manor Threat

Posted in Music News on May 23, 2016

Ben Snakepit, who has played in bands such as J Church, The Sword, and Ghost Knife, will soon release a 288 page book compiling his comic strip based on his own life. Titled Manor Threat: Snake Pit Comics 2013­ - 2015,t he book covers three years of his daily three … Read more

Read about Butthole Surfers with Let's Go To Hell

Posted in Music News on February 25, 2016

Texas psych-punks The Butthole Surfers are being unleashed in literary form in the new Let's Go to Hell from James Burns, a book compiling interviews, rare photos, and analysis of the band over their career. Author James Burns founded Cheap Drugs Records in 2000, and Let's Go to Hell is … Read more

Springsteen autobiography

Posted in Music News on February 17, 2016

Born to Run, an autobiography from Bruce Springsteen, will be published on Sept. 27, 2016 by Simon & Schuster. Springsteen reportedly began working ont he book in 2009 following tThe bohis Super Bowl halftime performance and will account for his early days as a struggling musician through the present. Springsteen … Read more