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Pick Avalanche announce new album, share teaser clip

Chicago quartet Pink Avalanche announce their forthcoming third album today, titled III. Check out the teaser video HERE.

The Onion AV Club previously shared the track "Petals" from the band's prior album HERE. Noisey showcased the video for "In Empty Spaces" HERE. (Direct YouTube link HERE.)

Pink Avalanche's third album, appropriately titled III, finds the band's sound evolving, with an even greater focus than before on texture, repetition and harmonic exploration. While their previous 2014 album The Luminous Heart of Nowhere hearkened to the driving, bold melodic rock of their midwestern 80s-90s indie rock brethren, III finds the lineup streamlined and their sound exploring more intimate and intricate structures.

III will be available everywhere on LP via Past/Futures Records and download via File-13 Records on April 19th, 2019. Plans are to tour all regions of the US in support of the new album.

III is the Chicago-based band's first album as a trio. Founding bassist Pete Croke moved to Puerto Rico in 2018, and rather than bring in someone new, the band decided to remain a 3-piece, with guitarist Kortland Chase switching to bass.

Pink Avalanche began in 2011 when guitarist/vocalist Che Arthur (formerly of Atombombpocketknife) and drummer Adam Reach (The Poison Arrows) decided to rekindle a musical relationship that began in their native Alabama in the early 1990s and continued after the two relocated to Chicago in the mid-90s. The two began work on the first Pink Avalanche album Wraiths, during which time they asked Chase and Croke to join and complete the lineup.

Wraiths was released in 2013, followed by 2014's Luminous Heart of Nowhere. Medical and personal reasons kept the band's activity minimal in 2016 and 2017, but they were still sporadically working on music for their third album. Eventually the band, having reworked the new material after the lineup change, entered the studio in the fall of 2018 and emerged with III.

PINK AVALANCHE LIVE 2019:

04/18 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (album release show)

04/23 Indianapolis, IN @ Indy CD and Vinyl (Che solo)

04/24 Cleveland, OH @ TBA (Che solo)

04/25 Jersey City, NJ @ FM (Che solo)

04/27 New York, NY @ Gold Sounds

04/28 Philadelphia, PA @ Ortliebs

04/29 Washington, DC @ DC9

04/30 Pittsburgh, PA @ TBA (Che solo)

Artist: Pink Avalanche

Album: III

Label: Past/Futures Records & File 13 Records

Release Date: April 18th, 2019

01) Before The Bullet Leaves The Barrel

02) False Rivalries and False Rivals

03) Analogues

04) INT1

05) Crystalline

06) Pale Antecedent

07) Blood On The Tile

08) Nightshade

09) INT3

10) Vermillion

11) In Glass

12) Translucent Lives

On The Web:

www.pinkavalanche.com

facebook.com/pinkavalanche

pinkavalanche.bandcamp.com/releases

twitter.com/Pink_Avalanche

Electric Citizen announce spring tour dates, including Psycho Smokeout L.A. & DesertFests NYC, London & Berlin

"Going from one riff-filled masterpiece to the next, Electric Citizen go well beyond anything that they accomplished with 2014's Sateen. The band is coming into their own, and they know it." -- Metal Injection

"Electric Citizen's greasy pop hooks come buried under layers of swaggering stoner licks, hot rock leads, and vocalist Laura Dolan's sinewy yowl, keeping things good and dirty even as they let a little sparkle peek out." -- Noisey

"With songs this good, they deserve to blow up." -- Consequence of Sound

Electric Citizen announce UK & EU festival and headlining tour dates for Spring 2019 in support of their recently released third album Helltown (RidingEasy Records.) They kick off the overseas trek with performances at the inaugural Psycho Smokeout Festival in Los Angeles on April 20th and DesertFest in Brooklyn, NY on April 27th. Please see all dates below. Full size poster HERE.

Dangerous Minds recently premiered the video for "Hide It In The Night" HERE. (Direct YouTube.) Noisey recently shared the full album stream of Helltown HERE. (Or, listen via YouTube.) Bandcamp Daily named it Album of The Day HERE.

Helltown, the third album by Electric Citizen is, in many ways, a homecoming. While the title may seem fittingly metal (if not exceedingly so), it actually has real relevance. Helltown (all one word), while also multidimensional, is named after the Cincinnati, OH neighborhood in which the band lives, practices, and where the album was written, recorded and mixed. Now known more prosaically as Northside, Helltown earned its name in the 1800s due to its reputation for rowdy taverns frequented by the neighborhood of factory workers and immigrants.

Inasmuch as Helltown is an ode to the band's home and its buried past, it also represents a return to the grittier sound of their 2014 debut, Sateen. Furthermore, it marks the return of original bassist Nick Vogelpohl, who rejoins vocalist Laura Dolan, guitarist Ross Dolan and drummer Nate Wagner. It's a fun, tough, dirty rock n' roll album.

Helltown is available on LP, CD and download, released September 28th, 2018 via RidingEasy Records. Orders are available HERE.

ELECTRIC CITIZEN TOUR 2019:

04/20 Los Angeles, CA @ Psycho Smokeout Festival

04/27 New York, NY @ DesertFest NYC

05/01 Bristol, UK @ The Lanes

05/02 Newcastle, UK @ Trillans

05/03 London, UK @ DesertFest London

05/04 Liege, BE @ La Zone

05/05 Berlin, DE @ DesertFest Berlin

05/08 Malmo, SE @ Plan B

05/09 Stockholm, SE @ Undergangen

05/10 Esbjerg, DK @ Esbjerg Fuzzfestival

05/11 Gothenburg, SE @ Truckstop Alaska

05/13 Oldenburg, DE @ MTS LP Store

05/16 Olten, CH @ Coq'D'Or

05/17 Munster, DE @ Rare Guitar

05/18 Cottbus, DE @ Zum Faulen August

05/22 Koln, DE @ MTC Club

05/23 Karlsruhe, DE @ Alte Hackerei

05/24 Innsbruck, AT @ PMK

05/25 Bolzano, IT @ Pippo Stage

05/26 Monastier di Treviso, IT @ Krach

05/27 Munich, DE @ Backstage

05/28 Vienna, AT @ Arena

05/29 Linz, AT @ Kapu

05/31 Alvesta, SE @ Muskelrock Festival

06/01 Copenhagen, DK @ Lygtens Kro

Artist: Electric Citizen

Album: Helltown

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: September 28th, 2018

01. Heart Attack

02. Hide It In The Night

03. Cold Blooded Blue

04. Father Time

05. Ripper

06. The Pawn

07. New Earth

08. Lunch

09. Mother’s Little Reject

On The Web:

www.electriccitizenband.com

www.facebook.com/ElectricCitizen

electriccitizenband.bandcamp.com

twitter.com/electriccitizN

ZIG-ZAGS share new track from forthcoming album on RidingEasy Records via Metal Injection

"Sounds like Kill ‘Em All-era Metallica meets Motorhead but with claustrophobic garage rock production. It’s a real ripper." -- Brooklyn Vegan

"A potent dose of galloping, cartoonishly vicious rock'n'roll -- material previously perfected by bands like Motörhead and Megadeth." -- Pitchfork

"Noisy, aggressive, and raucous music that careens between garage rock and heavy metal like an amusement-park ride." -- Stereogum

L.A. punk-metal trio Zig-Zags share a new track today from their fourth album, and debut on RidingEasy Records, over at Metal Injection. Hear and share "Fallout" HERE. (Direct YouTube, Bandcamp or Spotify.)

Brooklyn Vegan recently shared album opener "Punk Fucking Metal" HERE (Direct YouTube.)

"Everyone puts photos of Sid Vicious up on Instagram. The other night I watched D.O.A, the documentary about The Sex Pistols' first and only U.S. tour. In it, Sid's a mess, he and his annoying girlfriend. And they're the only ones who get interviewed! Maybe John Lydon and Steve Jones (not to mention the drummer) didn't want to participate. Maybe Nancy made Sid do it. But it whatever the case, I didn't wanna watch it. The rest of the band is crushing! They sound just like the record! As a musician in a touring band, I can't stand Sid Vicious. He's cartoon character with a Swastika shirt, nodding off while everyone else loads the gear. I don't care if it's punk -- you still gotta be able to play." - J. Maheu, lead vocals and guitar for Zig Zags.

8 years, 7 singles, 3 albums, 3 bass players, 2 drummers and God knows how many shows later - Zig Zags has continually evolved, mutated, transitioned and transformed, rising again and again, like a phoenix emerging from the flame.

The addition of the newest member of our triumvirate - multi-instrumentalist, designated bassist (and longtime Zig Zags sound engineer) Sean Hoffman - recalls those golden moments past, when destiny stepped in...like when Neil Peart joined Rush or Bob Rock teamed up with Metallica.

In short -- the circle is now complete, the cornerstone has been set and the winged serpent rises --once again.

Some say it's luck, but really, it's about patience. A band is like a relationship. You have to know when to push, and when to hold back. You gotta listen and you gotta learn. We look to the masters. Like Henry and Glenn, we've gone from drinking hooch to pumpin' iron. We quit smoking. Two of us are married, for chrissakes! After 2017's brutal European tour, which left us coughing blood and taking names, we sought out Lemmy's Doctor (Feel Good), who diagnosed us with,"Rock'n'roll Pneumonia". Like Lemmy, we were pushing too hard. And if you push too hard you'll end up in an apartment above The Rainbow Room, playing video poker on Christmas Eve (which is also your birthday)...but that's another story.

The thing is - we ain't dead yet. Every album we record, every song we write - has to be faster, harder and heavier - than the one before. And that's why this new record is all about upping the ante and raises the stakes, and why it marks the dawn of a new day...and a new era.

This album, our first with RidingEasy, was written over the last year. It's reveals our longtime roots, our enduring love (all hail!) to the early punk of our hero(ines) Dead Moon and The Wipers (forever!) but friends, don't be misled...this is a METAL record - of the true blue, headbangin', riff-ridin', no-bullshit - kind.

Listen here - it ain't easy to play guitar and sing at the same time! But the more you focus, the more you get your head in the game, the more you push (yourselves and each other), the better it all gets. And the songs, they thank you for it. They get tougher, wilder and more raw, the more you strip them down.

They'll Never Take Us Alive will be available on LP, CD and download on May 10th, 2019 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.

ZIG-ZAGS LIVE 2019:

05/03 London, UK @ Desertfest

05/04 Berlin, DE @ Desertfest

05/06 Prague, CZ @ Academy of Fine Arts

05/07 Leipzig, DE @ Ilses Erika

05/08 Erfurt, DE @ Tiko

05/10 Karlsruhe, DE @ Alte Hackerei

05/11 Milan, IT @ Sound Music Club

05/12 Lugano, CH @ LSD

05/14 Valence, FR @ Mistral Palace

05/15 Lyon, FR @ Trokson

05/16 Paris, FR @ Supersonic

05/17 Rotterdam, NL @ V11

05/18 Lohr am Main, DE @ Umsonst und Drinnen Festival

05/19 Eindoven, NL @ Dynamo

05/21 Manchester, UK @ Soup Kitchen

05/22 Margate, UK @ Elsewhere

05/23 Charleroi, BE @ Rockerill

05/24 Harlem, NL @ Patronaat

05/25 Groningen, NL @ Vera

04/19 Oceanside, CA @ Pourhouse w/ Hell Fire, Mick's Jaguar

04/20 Los Angeles, CA @ Psycho Smokeout Festival

08/03 Schierling, DE @ Labertal Festival

08/08 Santarem, PT @ InStr

08/09 Moldeno, PT @ Sonic Blast Moldeno

Artist: Zig-Zags

Album: They'll Never Take Us Alive

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release date: May 10th, 2019

01. Punk Fucking Metal

02. Killer of Killers

03. Fallout

04. No Way Out

05. Ms 45

06. The Shout

07. Why I Carry a Knife

08. They'll Never Take Us Alive

09. Nothing To Do

10. God Sized

On the Web:

facebook.com/zigzagsmusic

zigzags.bandcamp.com

ridingeasyrecs.com

Woolly Bushmen share "Goin' Out West" from upcoming album, blazing garage soul R&B trio

"Kicks like a mule, grooves like vintage shambolic garage rock and kills with the in-your-face attitude of Jerry Lee Lewis. Ultimately, this trio takes listeners on a wild and thrilling ride, during which band and fan alike stand at the precipice of order and chaos, the very intersection that defines rock 'n' roll." -- PopMatters

Garage rock trio The Woolly Bushmen share a new track from their forthcoming 3rd album today via Punk Rock Theory. Hear and share "Goin' Out West" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

PopMatters recently shared lead single "What Yer Doin' To Me" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud and YouTube.)

Formed in early 2011 and based out of Winter Park, Florida, The Woolly Bushmen have managed to combine 1960's rock and roll with 1950's rockabilly and a dash of soul, forming their own unique genre of all original crowd-rocking songs. These young musicians have captured the respect and admiration of seasoned musicians, some icons in their own right, that are twice their age while grabbing every audience by the scruff of their necks and whipping them into a dance frenzy. Teenagers, middle-agers, old-agers, male, female, black, white, green, purple, The Woolly Bushmen tend to appeal to everyone without compromising their style and musical integrity...mass appeal without losing cult appeal...they do their thing and it works! Audience comments run from, "where did this band come from!?", "how did we not know about them before!?", "These guys have IT!", and very often, "the best band I've seen!"

A typical Woolly Bushmen show will see lead singer, Simon Palombi, switch from vintage Farfisa organ to guitar, whilst, Jacob Miller, switches from bass to guitar allowing the band to play two different sets in one, much to the surprise and delight of the audience! The songs of The Woolly Bushmen are based around catchy organ and guitar riffs with infectious choruses that sound straight out of the charts of the late 1950's and 1960's. These all original songs give you, the listener/audience, the sense that you've heard them before...only, you haven't unless you've seen The Woolly Bushmen or listened to Tampa, Orlando, St. Louis, and Philadelphia college/independent radio. The sole purpose of The Woolly Bushmen's music is to get people dancing...and it works every time!

Leave your angst at home, nothing heavy or moody here! One reviewer said, "It's like Buddy Holly fronting The Troggs." Or, "Jerry Lee Lewis on crack" that is the unusual and unique mix of 1950's and 1960's at its best.

Over the past seven years, The Woolly Bushmen have played many notable shows with iconic acts like, Southern Culture on the Skids, The Coathangers, The Black Lips, King Khan, Ty Segall, The Beat, The Fleshtones, Schizophonics, Gringo Star, and many more, as well as frequently being invited to play festivals. They currently do routine tours of Europe and the United States.

From the beginning, The Woolly Bushmen have rarely had to hustle for gigs...shortly after they emerged from their garage studio, they were and continue to be asked to play more gigs than they can handle. Both, The Orlando Weekly and The Orlando Music News have voted them Best New Band, Band of the Week, and Best Orlando Release of 2012...you name it. The Woolly Bushmen have repeatedly been invited to play live on multiple radio stations as well as having regular radio airplay.

In July 2011, The Woolly Bushmen released a demo EP entitled, "Here Cometh The Woolly Bushmen" on cassette tape and sold out in less than 2 months! The band's eponymously titled full length CD was released in July 2012 at a live show in Orlando that saw the parking lot filled with fans unable to get in to the packed club, yet, stayed on site because it was the place to be! The CD received great reviews and has sold thousands without any promotion other than gigs! The band's merchandise, t-shirts, bumper stickers and CD's are sold out as soon as a new run is produced. They released a well-received seven-inch record in April of 2013. All three releases have seen airplay on several radio stations on the east coast.

In 2015 The Woolly Bushmen released their first properly yet self-produced LP Sky Bosses on their self run label Chesterwick Records. The group recently released their latest LP Arduino on L.A.'s Pig Baby Records, produced by Rick Miller of Southern Culture On The Skids.

The band's third full length, In Shambles will be available on LP, CD and download on May 10th, 2019 via Pig Baby Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.

THE WOOLLY BUSHMEN LIVE 2019:

5/22: Charlotte, NC - TBA

5/23: Philadelphia, PA - The Tusk

5/24: New York, NY - Hanks saloon

5/25: Cleveland, OH - Stellas

5/26: Detroit, MI - Outer Limits

5/27: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle

5/28: Milwaukee, WI - TBA

5/29: Ft. Wayne, IN - Brass Rail

5/30: St. Louis, MO - Sinkhole

5/31: Atlanta, GA - Star Bar

06/1: Memphis, TN - Bar DKDC

Artist: The Woolly Bushmen

Album: In Shambles

Label: Pig Baby Records

Release date: May 10th, 2019

01. What Yer Doing To Me

02. Paid

03. Fine

04. Goin' Out West

05. Let It Be Known

06. Weeping Eyes

07. Dense

08. I Pushed You

09. Little Bit of Life

10. The Noose

11. Fire Tonight

On the Web:

facebook.com/Woollybushmen

thewoollybushmen.bandcamp.com

pigbabyrecords.com

BlackWater HolyLight recording anticipated 2nd album, announce US & EU tour dates

"Flat out it’s one of the best heavy psych debut albums you’ll hear in 2018." -- The Obelisk

"This quartet has been burning up stages all around their hometown, fueled by their abrasive blend of doom metal, psych rock, goth and a tangy soupçon of pop music... They landed a spot on the 2018 Best New Band poll in alt-weekly Willamette Week, but could quickly take over the world." -- Paste Magazine

"They mesh elements of doom, Krautrock and atmospheric indie into one bewitching rock whole." --Classic Rock Magazine

Portland, OR quintet BlackWater HolyLight are in the studio all this month recording the followup to their breakout self-titled debut album. The album is scheduled for release in October via RidingEasy Records.

BlackWater HolyLight also announce Spring 2019 tour dates starting with a hometown tour kickoff show in Portland, OR on April 16th and a performance at the highly anticipated inaugural Psycho Smokeout Festival in Los Angeles on 4/20. Please see all dates below.

Their 2018 self-titled RidingEasy Records debut has received unanimous press praise and continues to grow. Brooklyn Vegan recently streamed the entire album HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

The notion of "heavy music" is continuing to expand of late, with many intrepid artists finding new ways to incorporate the power of traditional metal into new music, but without all of its trappings. Enter Portland, OR quintet BlackWater HolyLight to further swirl musical elements into a captivating hybrid of emotional intensity. Heavy psych riffs, gothic drama, folk-rock vibes, garage-sludge and soaring melodies all collide into a satisfying whole with as much contrast as the band's name itself.

"I wanted to experiment with my own version of what felt 'heavy' both sonically and emotionally," says founder and vocalist/bassist Allison (Sunny) Faris. "I also wanted a band in which vulnerability of any form could be celebrated." BlackWater HolyLight -- Faris, guitarist/vocalist Laura Hopkins, second guitarist Mikayla Mayhew, new drummer Eliese Dorsay and synth player Sarah Mckenna -- formed upon the breakup of Faris' longtime band and she sought a fresh start. "In my last band I was the only female in a group of 6, so I wanted to see how my song writing and vulnerability could glow taking the drivers seat and working with women."

The band's self-titled debut begins with a simple, almost grunge-like riff as a chorus of voices introduce a melodic line in call-and-response until the band kicks in, slowly building into crescendo like a lost outtake from Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy. Elsewhere, "Sunrise" begins with a chorus-drenched post-punk groove until a sonic boom of heavily distorted guitar skree erupts out of nowhere. Nearly as suddenly, the song returns to its lulling core, subtly building the tension until it ruptures completely in a blast of noise. Likewise, "Carry Her" establishes a dark, sparse melody and distinctly thin sounding drums not far removed from early work of The Cure. However, BlackWater HolyLight's penchant for surprise attack finds a sudden shift into a doom-like dirge, colored with eerie synth notes and pounding shards of fuzz. Throughout the album, their songs shirk traditional verse-chorus-verse structure in favor of fluid, serpentine compositions that move with commanding grace. The band expertly, yet subconsciously, incorporates hints of Chelsea Wolfe, Celebration, Captain Beefheart, The Raincoats, The Stooges, Pink Floyd, Jane's Addiction and more to form their unique brand of dark'n'heavy transcendence.

BlackWater HolyLight was recorded by Cameron Spies at Gold Brick Studios and The Greenhouse, and with Eric Crespo at Touch Tourcher Recording in Portland. The album is available on LP, CD and download, released April 6th, 2018 via RidingEasy Records on LP & CD at www.ridingeasyrecs.com and digital at blackwaterholylight.bandcamp.com.

BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT LIVE:

04/16 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge w/ R.I.P.

04/20 Los Angeles, CA @ Psycho Smokeout Festival

04/26 Linz, AT @ Stadtwerkstatt

05/01 Bristol, UK @ The Lanes

05/02 Newcastle, UK @ Trillans

05/03 London, UK @ DesertFest

05/04 Liege, BE @ La Zone

05/05 Berlin, DE @ DesertFest

05/08 Malmo, SE @ Plan B

05/09 Stockholm, SE @ Undergangen

05/10 Gothenburg, SE W Truckstop Alaska

05/11 Esbjerg, DK @ Esbjerg Fuzzfestival

05/13 Oldenburg, DE @ MTS LP Store

05/14 Berlin, DE @ Zukunft

05/15 Vienna, AT @ Aerena Beisl

05/16 Olten, CH @ Coq'D'or

05/17 Innsbruck, AT @ PMK

Artist: BlackWater HolyLight

Album: BlackWater HolyLight

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: April 6th, 2018

01. Willow

02. Wave of Conscience

03. Babies

04. Paranoia

05. Sunrise

06. Slow Hole

07. Carry Her

08. Jizz Witch

On The Web:

ridingeasyrecs.com

instagram.com/blackwaterholylight

American Sharks premiere "Spare The Rod" from upcoming album on The End Records

"A little bit stoner, a little bit punk, a lot a bit fuzz, it is just the right mixture to create that delicious blend of awesomeness." -- Nerdist

"Puts Motorhead’s rhythm section, The Stooges’ raw power, and Black Sabbath’s evil melodies in a blender. For a more modern comparison, it also sounds a bit like Mutoid Man." -- Brooklyn Vegan

Austin trio American Sharks premiere a new track from their forthcoming album 11:11 today via Brooklyn Vegan. Hear and share "Spare The Rod" HERE. (Direct YouTube.) The album will be available via NYC label The End Records on May 17th.

The band previously issued a comedic basic cable parody video for the album track "Masters" available to watch and share via YouTube.

American Sharks is a three-piece band hailing from Austin, TX. Since the release of their self-titled debut album, American Sharks has toured extensively supporting the likes of GWAR, Clutch, The Sword, Red Fang, Big Business, Corrosion of Conformity and many others. After touring to support their debut album, American Sharks took time off to write and record their self-produced follow up album. With a spring 2019 release date, American Sharks will look to expand on the story they began writing in 2013.

“Austin's American Sharks provide the antidote to a mob of grimacing heshers...heavy metal soul, stoner rock brains, and a punk rock heart, the fast-rising power trio yells and pounds its way through rollicking nuggets of crushed concrete and dirty steel.” -- Michael Toland, Austin Chronicle

“American Sharks are creating some of the grittiest, rawest and realest rock and roll we've heard in a very long time.” -- Diffuser.fm

“American Sharks play that special brand of hard rock we love so much. A little bit stoner, a little bit punk, a lot a bit fuzz, it is just the right mixture to create that delicious blend of awesomeness...If you’re not into American Sharks, fix that that. Get into them. Rock ‘n’ Roll waits for no one.” --Benjamin Bailey, Nerdist

11:11 will be available on LP, CD and download on May 17th, 2019 via The End Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.

AMERICAN SHARKS - SXSW 2019:

03/12 Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas - Hot Burrito - SXSW Kick Off w/ The Oh Sees

03/15 Austin, TX @ The Lost Well - Austin Terror Fest w/ Conan

03/16 Austin, TX @ Jackalope Downtown - w/ Riverboat Gamblers

Artist: American Sharks

Album: 11:11

Label: The End Records

Release Date: May 17, 2019

01. Let Me Go

02. Spare The Rod

03. KLUDU

04. Landslide

05. Masters

06. White Witch

07. Alcohol

08. Satan's Overture II

09. The Fear

On The Web:

facebook.com/americansharks

americansharks.bandcamp.com

twitter.com/americansharks

theendrecords.com

Bay Area thrash revivalists HELL FIRE drop "Isolator" single from RidingEasy Records debut via Metal Injection

"Lots of thrash bands do their best to sound retro, but Hell Fire manage to sound classic." -- Kerrang!

"Hell Fire rocks harder than Stonehenge with the fury of Motorhead!" -- CvltNation

"No matter if Hell Fire is ripping down the highway at triple-digit speeds, or slowing things down a bit, they still rule." -- Metal Injection

San Francisco quartet Hell Fire premiere a third track from their forthcoming third album Mania today via Metal Injection. Hear and share "Isolator" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Kerrang Magazine previously launched title track "Mania" HERE. (Direct YouTube.) CvltNation shared "Warpath" HERE (YouTube.)

Mania is the band's first proper album on RidingEasy Records, following the label's worldwide reissue of the band's self-released 2017 sophomore breakout Free Again, released on January 18th.

Formed in recent years in San Francisco, though it may seem more likely that they hatched fresh out of a time travel portal from the mid-80s Bay Area thrash scene, Hell Fire have the classic look and sound of modern metal's halcyon days. Hell Fire's sonic assault warmly condenses elements of influences like Angel Witch, Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Exodus, Metallica, Riot, Virtue and Diamond Head into 10 tracks of headbanging MUYA anthems.

The free-wheelin' creativity and infectious vitality of the 80s Bay Area thrash scene is a moment forever locked in time, but its spirit lives on in the band's galloping guitar picks, soaring harmonies and blistering rhythms. Hell Fire's perfect hybrid of NWOBHM theatrics and American thrash attitude.

"Thematically, everything on the album comes from personal experiences," says vocalist/guitarist Jake Nunn. "From the highs of partying together out here in Oakland, or the nostalgia of being a kid learning Zeppelin on a beat up guitar, to the extreme lows of isolation, personal trauma, and mental illness. Sonically we want our records to sound like you're standing in front of the stage at a show. The power of Marshall stacks in front of your face, drums at your ear level, thunder of the bass and feeling the presence of the room."

Hell Fire achieves just that - and then some - on Mania. The album was recorded in Grass Valley, California at engineer Tim Green's Louder Studios. Having also recorded their previous album Free Again with Green, the sessions proved highly productive for the band since they were already familiar with the setting and able to expand upon ideas they hadn't been able to explore previously.

"We're more excited about Mania then anything we've ever done," Nunn says. "We were able to spend a bit more time arranging the songs and writing from a more personal perspective lyrically. We came out of this recording feeling much more accomplished with our performances and couldn't be more happy for this to be our first release with RidingEasy Records."

Hell Fire began when bass player Herman Bandala moved to San Francisco from Tijuana, Mexico with the hopes of forming a heavy metal band. Herman posted an ad to Craigslist which caught the attention of guitarist Tony Campos. They bonded over a mutual love of 80s thrash and NWOBHM, which was a hard thing to find in the Bay Area scene at the time. The lineup slowly morphed over time, finally solidifying with vocalist Jake Nunn also taking up second guitar duties and drummer Mike Smith joining prior to 2017's Free Again.

Mania will be available on LP, CD and download on March 29th, 2019 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.

HELL FIRE LIVE 2019:

03/16 Portland, OR @ High Water Mark

03/17 Seattle, WA @ The Funhouse

03/29 San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside - Album release show

04/05 Reno, NV @ Dead Ringer

04/06 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Loading Dock

04/07 Denver, CO @ Hi Dive

04/07 Omaha, NE @ The Drinkery

04/10 Oklahoma City, OK @ Blue Note Lounge

04/11 Dallas, TX @ Ridglea Theater

04/12 Austin, TX @ Lost Well

04/13 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall - Hell's Heroes Festival

04/14 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger

04/15 San Angelo, TX @ Dead Horse

04/17 El Paso, TX @ RCGB Thunderbird

04/18 Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room

04/19 Oceanside, CA @ Pour House

04/20 Los Angeles, CA @ Catch One - Psycho Smokeout Festival

Artist: Hell Fire

Album: Mania

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: March 29, 2019

01. Warpath

02. Mania

03. On The Loose

04. Born To Burn

05. Transcending Evil

06. Lashing Out

07. Isolator

08. The Dreamer

09. Knights of The Holy

10. Masochist

On The Web:

hellfiremetal.com

hellfiremetal.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/hellfiremetal

ridingeasyrecs.com

spoony bard (L.A. Beat Scene meets electronic, jazz & avant-garde hip-hop) shares single from Old Friends album out in April

"I'm trying to blur the line between rap's grandiosity and De La Soul's parody of it." -- David Nord, Talkhouse

"A psychedelic blend of fuzzy guitars, Flying Lotus-like space-age hip-hop beats, far-out synth-funk and voice samples. But once spoony begins singing, it all comes together in a dreamy, hazy manner that feels almost like shoegaze with sampled beats." -- Treble

"A dizzying, sometimes disorienting sound that will garner comparisons to Dälek, Flying Lotus, Aphex Twin and others. Ceaseless in its sonic exploration, restless in its vision and tireless in its sense of invention." -- PopMatters

NYC producer and musician spoony bard (lowercase, please) shares a new single today from his forthcoming sophomore album Old Friends via Treble. Hear and share "Megalixir" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp.)

The Talkhouse recently premiered the album track "Ego Trippin' Part 99," which is inspired by De La Soul's classic "Ego Trippin' Pt. 2" but infused with spoony bard's unique collision of influences. Hear the track and the musician's revealing explanation of its origins via Talkhouse HERE. (Direct Bandcamp and Spotify.)

spoony bard's 2017 debut album dweeb is available to hear & share via Bandcamp & Soundcloud.

Like the video game garbled insult of its namesake, spoony bard is the result of a cultural collision as well as an honest and self-deprecating exploration of life. The hybrid of L.A. beat scene, electronic, jazz and avant-garde takes a fresh approach to musical soul-bearing with compelling sonic textures and introspective lyrics. spoony bard combines hints of Flying Lotus, Dalek, DJ Premier, Herbie Hancock, Aphex Twin and more.

spoony bard is the alter-ego of musician David Nord. Originally a jazz composer/guitarist, Nord's equal interest in hip-hop and electronic sounds brought about an evolution in his work, leading him to merge these styles and explore the possibilities of an alternate musical vocabulary. Old Friends follows Nord’s 2017 debut Dweeb, which was featured by Bandcamp Weekly and received considerable press praise. For this album, Nord took a turn backward.

“It’s titled Old Friends because on a lot of these songs I had old friends in mind,” Nord says. “Old friends also means my old musical friends - guitar playing, some melodies I wrote a long time ago. This album has a lot more live instrumentation on it. There’s still plenty of synths, but I did a lot more playing and less sampling.”

The album opens with a cascade of notes from electric piano, guitar and what sounds like a droning sitar on “Ego Trippin’ Part 99.” It sounds almost like a lost Mahavishnu Orchestra track until sampled voices, syncopated percussion and Nord’s rhymes take over the proceedings. His style of rapping is so conversational and intimate, it almost sounds like it’s a man’s unguarded thoughts being telegraphed to the listener. “Levitate Me Later” is a glitch-funk blast, while “Areia” takes a smoothed-out approach with gliding sung vocals and Giorgio Moroder freakout synth soloing. “Extralewd 1” echoes Aphex Twin’s best sliced’n’diced grooves. Throughout, it’s a delightfully unhinged and explorative album that’s impossibly laid back and frenzied at the same time.

Old Friends will be available for download on April 5th via Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, etc.

Artist: spoony bard

Album: Old Friends

Record label: spoony bard music

Release date: April 5th, 2019

01. Ego Trippin' Part 99

02. Levitate Me Later

03. Dizziness of Freedom

04. Extralewd 1

05. Megalixir

06. Areia

07. Extralewd 2

08. Note To Self

09. Limbo

10. Far Flung

On the Web:

spoony-bard.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/spoonybardmusic

twitter.com/spoonybardmusic

The Well share new track from crushing forthcoming album via Metal Sucks

"Furiously strong... One of our most anticipated heavy albums of 2016." -- Consequence of Sound

"Their most intimate, darkly personal record yet... Taking them out of the doom corner and giving it a raw, post-punk feel. "Raven" sounds like a Satanic, downtuned Steppenwolf, and frankly we can’t get enough." -- Kerrang!

"An intoxicating mix of stoner metal and occultist rock -- it’s dark n’ doomy, sure, but it’s also as catchy as fly paper coated in industrial strength glue." -- Metal Sucks

Austin trio The Well share a new track today from their forthcoming third album Death and Consolation via Metal Sucks. Hear and share the crushing album opener "Sabbah" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Kerrang Magazine also recently launched lead single "Raven" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Death and Consolation is without a doubt a weighty album title. And, The Well is among the heaviest heavy psych bands in existence. So when we say that there's even more darkness and intensity to the band's third album than previous efforts, take heed. It's a deep sea diving bell of enveloping heaviness and longing.

"This one is a little more personal," says guitarist/vocalist Ian Graham. "2018 was a strange, dark year. A lot of change going on in my life, there was a lot of depression and coming out of it over the last year. I wanted to call this Death and Consolation, because in life that's a constant."

While The Well continue to walk an intriguing line between authentic early 70s doom/heavy psych and frayed weirdness of dark folk - especially with their haunting unison male/female vocals - the new album also adds the stark vibe of post-punk acts like Joy Division and early The Cure. "I feel like this album is almost more gothic. We're big fans of post-punk," Graham says. There's also much less jamming, the songs are tight and concise. And, did we mention, heavy? The band tuned down a full step to C-standard tuning for this album, which gives the proceedings its monstrous sound.

Sonically, Death and Consolation picks up where The Well -- Graham, bassist/vocalist Lisa Alley and drummer Jason Sullivan -- left off with their widely heralded 2016 RidingEasy album Pagan Science. The band once again recorded with longtime producer/engineer Chico Jones at Estuary Studio in 2018, who has turned the knobs for all three of their albums (Jones engineered the band's debut album Samsara with producer Mark Deutrom [Melvins, Sunn0)))] in 2013.) Samsara, released late September 2014 was ranked the #1 debut album of 2014 by The Obelisk and Pagan Science among the Best of 2016 from the Doom Charts collective. Likewise, the band's intense -- some even say "possessed" -- live performances have earned them featured slots at Austin's Levitation Fest, as well as tours with Kadavar, All Them Witches, Black Tusk and more.

"This album might be a little less produced, because I didn't want to push technical stuff as much," Graham says. "I'm so scared of getting too complicated when getting better at guitar. This is still kind of punk rock."

Death and Consolation will be available on LP, CD and download on April 26th, 2019 via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.

THE WELL TOUR 2019:

03/01 - Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas

04/12 - Lafayette, LA @ Freetown Boom Boom Room

04/13 - Cypress Creek, LA @ Fête du Void Festival

04/24 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada*

04/25 - Austin, TX @ Barracuda*

05/01 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown*

05/02 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive*

05/03 - Phoenix, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room

05/04 - Sacramento, CA @ Blue Lamp

05/09 - Portland, OR @ High Water Mark

05/10 - Seattle, WA @ Substation

05/12 - Calgary, AB @ Palomino

05/13 - Edmonton, AB @ Temple

05/14 - Winnipeg, MB @ The Windsor

05/18 - Taos, NM @ Monolith on the Mesa Fest

05/19 - El Paso, TX @ Monarch

* w/ Monolord

Artist: The Well

Album: Death and Consolation

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release date: April 26th, 2019

01. Sabbah

02. Raven

03. Death Song

04. Cup of Peace

05. Eyes of A God

06. Act II

07. Freedom Above

08. This Is How

09. Endless Night

On the Web:

www.thewellband.com

www.thewellaustin.bandcamp.com

www.facebook.com/thewellband

Mick's Jaguar (RidingEasy Records) announce West Coast tour, plus East Coast dates incl. Desertfest

"It’s hard to imagine anyone else in this field coming close to Fame and Fortune in 2018. Masterful.” --Sentinel Daily

"Every song on the record is a fucking anthem!" -- CvltNation

New York City rock 'n' roll sextet Mick's Jaguar announce West Coast tour dates today, kicking off in April around the band's appearance at L.A.'s inaugural Psycho Smokeout Festival on 4/20 (hosted in partnership between RidingEasy Records and Psycho Entertainment.)

The tour is bookended by East Coast shows later this month and next, including a performance at Desertfest NYC. Please see all dates below.

Watch the official video for "Blood On The Snow" from their recently released debut on RidingEasy Records HERE. Hear and share the band's album Fame and Fortune via Bandcamp and YouTube.

Mick's Jaguar is a hard rock 'n' roll band from New York City. Initially formed as a drunken punk Stones cover band, Los Angeles-based RidingEasy Records signed them on the strength of their four song demo of originals. Their debut album Fame and Fortune received acclaim from both British and American rock press with Classic Rock magazine describing the band as "if Ace Frehley was in Thin Lizzy and it was the summer of 1977 and they were all really into the Sex Pistols and AC/DC" while the UK's Buzz Mag calls them "a bovver rock version of Guns N' Roses" ...whatever that means. All you really need to know is they're somewhere in between punk, metal, and rock, and there's three guitars.

Fame and Fortune is available on LP, CD and download, released June 22nd, 2018 via RidingEasy Records. Orders are available at ridingeasyrecs.com

MICK'S JAGUAR LIVE 2019:

3/29 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool

3/30 Montclair, NJ @ The Meatlocker

3/31 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's

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4/18 San Diego @ Bar Pink

4/19 Oceanside @ Pour House w/Zig-Zags, Hell Fire, Warish

4/20 Los Angeles @ Psycho Smokeout at Catch One

4/21 Ojai @ Warehouse Party

4/22 San Jose @ The Ritz Bar

4/23 Sacramento @ Blue Lamp

4/24 Fresno @ Full Circle Brewing

4/25 San Francisco @ SF Eagle

4/26 Los Angeles @ The Factory DTLA

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4/28 Brooklyn, NY @ Desertfest at The Well

4/30 New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine w/Here Lies Man

Artist: Mick’s Jaguar

Album: Fame and Fortune

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: June 22, 2018

01. The Real Boss

02. Pay to Play

03. Where We Go

04. Here Comes the Night

05. Blood On the Snow

06. Hellride

07. Damnation

08. Country & Punk

09. Call the Guy

10. New Orleans Blues

On The Web:

ridingeasyrecords.com

facebook.com/MicksJaguar

instagram.com/micksjaguar

micksjaguar.bandcamp.com

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