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Mike Spine shares 2 new tracks, "like The Kinks' Ray Davies meets Ted Leo"

"Gorgeously arranged folk-rock...Likely to get stuck in your head after the first spin." -- TrebleZine

"Spine balances punk energy, his own political frustrations and bursts of guitar shredding with catchy harmonies, making for a sound that brings to mind the likes of Joe Strummer and Ted Leo but with a slightly gritty edge." -- Glide Magazine

Seattle/Europe based troubadour Mike Spine shares new tracks from his forthcoming double album anthology today. GhettoBlaster Magazine hosts the singsong ballad "Kiss and Remember" HERE (Soundcloud), while Glide Magazine shares the rocking anthem "Meteorite" HERE (Soundcloud.)

TrebleZine recently unveiled "Crumble" HERE(Soundcloud.) And, UK outlet XSnoize previously shared lead single "Delirious" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)

Mike Spine is a critically acclaimed Seattle born and Seattle/Europe based musician known for his captivating live performances, intelligent songwriting and support of humanitarian issues. He has played hundreds of shows in five continents since 1995 and has received press and radio airplay throughout the US, Europe, UK and Asia.

Forage & Glean, Volumes I & II, is the 10th full-length studio album for Mike Spine. It is a 32 track double album, an anthology containing the best of Mike's songwriting and recordings from the last two decades.

Volume I is a collection of Spine's best work of folk rock and rock songs, including the memorable and more relevant than ever "Crumble", personal political songs such as "Meteorite", and the labor themed "Sand in Your Teeth". There's also a hauntingly beautiful version of "The French Girl" and the stripped down "Black Diamond", the lyrically dense and moving tale of families immigrating to work in the coalmines outside Seattle in the early 1900's.

Volume II contains Spine's more explosive rock and punk material. It opens with the dynamic anti-war song "Kiss and Remember" and then launches into fiery, complex and catchy rockers, which touch on the themes of global warming with "Second Hand", empire "Transylvania" and the anti-corruption song, "Power Broker", before transitioning into the hook filled songs like "Iron Lake" hybrid country punk song "Another Day" and the rocker version of "Meteorite".

For twenty years, Mike Spine bounced between the worlds of folk rock, underground rock and punk, while simultaneously working as an inner city language arts and social studies teacher in Seattle, Portland, New York and London.

Since retiring from public school teaching in 2011, Mike has spent his time focused on music, having performed hundreds of concerts and benefit shows in multiple continents, ranging from Italy to Vietnam, Cambodia and Costa Rica. The last few years he has split his time between the US and Europe, touring extensively throughout the EU and often living out of a motorhome for months at a time.

Credits:

The songs on Forage & Glean were predominantly recorded and mixed at Haywire Recording in Portland, Oregon with longtime engineer Rob Bartleson (Wilco, Pink Martini, Pond, etc.). The album was mastered by Ed Brooks (Pearl Jam, REM, Heart, Fleet Foxes, etc.) at RFI/Resonant in Seattle, Washington.

The recordings were made with a highly talented pool of band mates from the United States, Europe and South America over the last decade.

Core musicians on Volume I include Joey Prude and Chris Croft on Drums, Martin Flores on guitars, Katie Toft and Ali Ippolito on piano, accordion and backing vocals, Amelia Claire on backing vocals, Robert Bartleson on electric bass, Brian Casey on upright bass, Barbara Luna on violin and Mike Spine on guitars, vocals, songwriting, arrangements, etc.

Core musicians on Volume II include: Jeff Gall and Chris Croft on drums, Martin Flores on guitars, Richie Parish on guitar and bass, Jack Peters on bass, Amelia Claire on backing vocals and Mike Spine on guitars, vocals, etc.

Forage & Glean, Volumes I & II will be available on CD and download on June 1st, 2018. Pre-orders are available HERE.

MIKE SPINE LIVE:

05/23 Milan, IT @ Al Baggese

06/02 Lake Como, IT @ Mountain Lake Music Festival

06/03 Lake Como, IT @ Mountain Lake Music Festival

Artist: Mike Spine

Album: Forage & Glean, Volumes I & II

Label: Global Seepej Records

Release Date: June 1st, 2018

01. Delirious

02. Meteorite

03. Sand In Your Teeth

04. The French Girl

05. Crumble

06. Sinaloa

07. La Frontera

08. Primrose Hill

09. Nora

10. Mouth of Hell

11. Razors

12. The Beautiful Sunset

13. Cutter

14. Black Diamond

15. The Accordion

16. Spanish Anarchy

Volume II

01. Kiss and Remember

02. Second Hand

03. Transylvania

04. Power Broker

05. Iron Lake

06. Another Day

07. Meteorite (Rock Version)

08. Lick and Squeal

09. Miklukho-Maklay

10. La Frontera (Rock Version)

11. Mott Haven

12. First Day of Spring

13. Mouth of Hell (Rock Version)

14. The Ointment

15. Joys of Oil

16. Battle in Seattle

On The Web:

www.mikespine.com

facebook.com/mike-spine

mikespine.bandcamp.com

The Scientists announce first-ever U.S. tour, Aussie garage-punk legends reunite for rare dates & new album

Australian punk legends, and unwitting influencers of the original "grunge" sound, The Scientists announce their first-ever U.S. tour today. the brief trek kicks off September 28th in Portland, OR. Please see all dates below.

Founder and songwriter Kim Salmon has reunited the mid-80s lineup with Tony Thewlis, Boris Sujdovic, and Leanne Cowie to record a new album for In The Red Records.

Hear & share The Scientists' Absolute "best of" compilation (originally released on Sub Pop in 1991) at Bandcamp.

THE SCIENTISTS FIRST-EVER U.S. TOUR:

09/28 Portland, OR @ Dante’s w/ Mudhoney

09/29 Seattle, WA @ The Neptune w/ Mudhoney

09/30 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel

10/02 Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon

10/03 Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon

10/05 Austin, TX @ Beerland

10/06 Austin, TX @ Beerland

10/07 Chicago, IL @ The East Room

10/09 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool

10/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool

10/11 Greenfield, MA @ The Root Cellar

For more information:

kimsalmon.com.au

facebook.com/KimSalmonOfficial

The Elephant Parallax streaming hook-laden new album via Metal Injection

"Has elements of Karnivool's love of delay pedals, the spastic stylings of The Mars Volta, and maybe a touch of the vocal work you'd heard in 3. So everything good about progressive rock, basically!" -- Metal Injection

"An interesting beast that defies easy categorization. Fans of quirky, tight bands with lots of attitude and nuance like Biffy Clyro and Dredg should find a whole lot to like here." -- Metal Sucks

The Elephant Parallax are streaming their forthcoming release Loam & Sky ahead of release starting today via Metal Injection. Hear and share Loam & Sky in full HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)

Metal Sucks recently launched epic closing track "Incenfeminalgia II" HERE. Heavy Blog Is Heavy shared "Ohrei" HERE. And, Metal Injection previously shared the hook-laden single "The Conscious" HERE.

The Elephant Parallax is a heavy eclectic band native to Los Angeles. Its members include David Renteria on guitars, Stephen Charouhas on bass, and Paul Charouhas on drums. Vocals are shared by all members.

Loam & Sky is the sonic exploration of earthly lows and divine highs, the microcosmic space of thoughts and dreams, devastating loss, love, and ability to evolve through time. A paradigm-shifting, range broadening release that leaps forward into new sonic spaces for The Elephant Parallax. It was recorded at L.A.'s legendary Ocean Way Recording (Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Tom Petty) which contributes to the massive and classic sound of the songs.

David Renteria formed the concept for the band in 2007 as a musical symposium of united outcasts, and found Stephen and Paul to complete the group. The band started working on arranging complex and challenging material, with a frontiersman approach, where each member's influences and musical personalities were explored. The group completed a demo in late 2007 entitled Apes Who Looked Up followed by their debut album, the Elephant Parallax, released in 2010. The band's live performances showcase their diverse musicianship, intense energy, and raw passion forged and driven by sound, in full spectrum.

Loam & Sky will be available on CD and download on May 18th, 2018. Pre-orders are available HERE.

THE ELEPHANT PARALLAX LIVE:

06/14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Redwood

Artist: The Elephant Parallax

Album: Loam & Sky

Label: Self-released

Release Date: May 18th, 2018

01. The Conscious

02. Star Stuff

03. Ohrei

04. Incenfeminalgia II

On The Web:

theelephantparallax.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/theelephantparallax

Svvamp premiere new single from upcoming RidingEasy sophomore album via Doomed & Stoned

"A near-perfect debut record." -- New Noise Magazine

"There isn't one song that wouldn't work as a 45rpm single. And perhaps the band's greatest strength lies in their utter lack of pretense." -- The Obelisk

"An irresistibly bluesy stoner romp that’s every bit as addictive as their first." -- Doomed & Stoned

"Arguably the band of the year." -- Doom Charts

Jönköping, Sweden trio Svvamp premiere a new single from their forthcoming sophomore album Svvamp 2 today via Doomed & Stoned. Hear and share "Alligator" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

The Obelisk recently shared "Hillside" HERE. (Direct YouTube.) Paste Magazine previously launched the lead single, "Queen" HERE.

Svvamp’s self-titled debut was a breath of fresh air -- unpretentious and free, primordial homespun classic rock that landed in the Top 20 Albums of 2016 in the Doom Charts consortium of writers and radio. The most common remark being just how genuine and uncontrived it sounded, unlike most bands that posture and mimic the sounds of yesteryear.

So, it may be hard to grasp how fully realized the band sounds on Svvamp 2, while still sounding as laid back as their debut. Perhaps it can be partly attributed to Svvamp’s jump from self-recording on a 4-channel cassette deck to self-recording on a comparatively expansive SIX-channel system. That’s two whole more tracks to fill up, folks! The obvious comparison to the groundbreaking psychedelic albums of the late 60s, when artists began experimenting with studios moving from 4, to 8 to 16 tracks, is fitting here, too.

“On Svvamp 2 the sound is more raw in the sense that it’s stripped,” vocalist/ drummer Adam Johansson explains. “So the music is more bare. We make sure all of the instruments are treated equally, they all have their place in a song. Obviously, with 6-tracks now available we’ve had a bit of fun with that.”

Svvamp is three friends -- Johansson, Henrik Bjorklund and Erik Stahlgren, all of whom share lead vocal duties -- drawn together for the sake of jamming and a love of rock, folk and blues. Their resulting heavy psych sound bears hints of Cream, Eric Bell-era Thin Lizzy, CCR and Crazy Horse.

Svvamp 2 opens with a lightly plucked electric guitar line that Clapton would be proud to claim his own, before quickly launching into the heavy riff anthem “Queen”, echoing the bare chested bravado of Grand Funk Railroad. “Sunshine Street” is charmingly unapologetic garage pop reminiscent of Big Star. “The Wheel” is a hook-loaded bluesy rocker, while “How Sweet It Would Be” hearkens to the glazed zombie drive of Canned Heat’s “On The Road Again.” Elsewhere, “Alligator” brings on a showstopping stomp of dueling guitars, syncopated drums and wailing, distorted vocal howls to close out the proceedings with fitting aplomb.

“We definitely wanted to mix styles and genres, so the music stays interesting for the band, like the first record,” Johansson says. “Our approach is still fairly straightforward and live. And, all of us sharing lead vocal duties solidifies that the band consists of three equal members.”

Svvamp 2 will be available on LP, CD and download on June 8th, 2018 via RidingEasy Records. Preorders are available at www.ridingeasyrecs.com.

Artist: Svvamp

Album: Svvamp 2

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: June 8, 2016

01) Intro

02) Queen

03) The Wheel

04) Sunshine Street

05) How Sweet It Would Be

06) Hillside

07) Surrender

08) Out Of Line

09) Blues Inside

10) Alligator

On The Web:

ridingeasyrecs.com

www.facebook.com/svvampband

www.svvamp.bandcamp.com

Weathered Statues stream dark post-punk album early, Wovenhand, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Slim Cessna's Auto Club collaborators explore 'Borderlands'

"A culmination of influences, ranging from darkwave and post-punk to synthpop, shoegaze and new wave... Again and again, the outfit finds lyrical and musical hooks that capture the listener's attention and bring them back for repeated listens." -- PopMatters

"Vast hooks mesh with harsh riffs. Ghostly melodies mingle with industrial synths." -- Echoes & Dust

Denver heavy post-punk quartet Weathered Statues are streaming their forthcoming Svart Records debut today in its entirety via Echoes & Dust. hear and share the dark and brooding, yet aggressive and infectious Borderlands HERE.

PopMatters recently shared album track "Betrayal" HERE. New Noise Magazine hosted "The Silver Cliff" HERE. TrebleZine premiered "Ossuary" HERE.

Darkness and light: They strike an unsettling balance on Borderlands, the debut full-length by Weathered Statues, due May 11 from Svart Records.

Across the album's ten songs, the Denver four-piece walks a shadowy liminal zone. On one side is darkwave, deathrock, and vintage postpunk; on the other is synthpop, shoegaze, and classic new wave. Vast hooks mesh with harsh riffs. Ghostly melodies mingle with industrial synths. The band draws on their formative years immersed in the music of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Killing Joke, Xmal Deutschland, Echo and the Bunnymen, Christian Death, and The Cure. At the same time, Borderlands resonates alongside the work of contemporary groups like Wax Idols, Soft Kill, Preoccupations, and Merchandise.

The members of Weathered Statues -- singer/keyboardist Jennie Mather, guitarist/keyboardist Jason Heller, bassist Bryan Flanagan, and drummer Andrew Warner -- are all veterans of the underground music scene. Jason played in The Blue Ontario with members of Christie Front Drive. Jennie and Jason played in Hyacinth with members of Minsk and Lake of Violet. Jennie, Jason, and Andrew played in Cloak of Organs with members of Planes Mistaken for Stars and Wovenhand. And Andrew also serves as the current drummer of Slim Cessna's Auto Club.

Jennie, a hospital nurse by trade, imbues her lyrics with delicacy, ferocity, and the mysteries of the human heart, mind, and body.

Borderlands was recorded at Module Overload Studio by Jamie Hillyer (who captured Green Druid's Ashen Blood for Earache). Keith Curts of the industrial duo Echo Beds (The Flenser) contributes a synth solo to the album's slashing final track "Holy Masquerade." The opening song, "Corpse Candle," has been remixed by Lol Tolhurst, co-founder of The Cure; the remix won't appear on Borderlands, but will be unveiled separately in the coming weeks.

WEATHERED STATUES LIVE:

05/11 Denver, CO @ The Hi-Dive (Album release show)

Artist: Weathered Statues

Album: Borderlands

Label: Svart Records

Release Date: May 11th, 2018

01. Corpse Candle

02. Betrayal

03. Dark Tides

04. Heather

05. Hypnagogia

06. The Silver Cliff

07. Sabbat

08. The Widow Sunday

09. Ossuary

10. Holy Masquerade

On The Web:

facebook.com/weatheredstatuesband

svartrecords.com/product/borderlands

Here Lies Man share new single from forthcoming album 'You Will Know Nothing' (RidingEasy Records)

Los Angeles quintet Here Lies Man share a new single from their forthcoming anticipated sophomore album today via Bandcamp and YouTube. The album, You Will Know Nothing will be released June 15th via RidingEasy Records.

Back in March, the band dropped the first song, "Fighting" via YouTube.

Here Lies Man play the prestigious Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Spain in May before hitting the road with Earthless in June. Later in Fall, the band hits the massive Desert Daze festival in Southern California. Please see current dates below.

Here Lies Man took the music world by storm in 2017 with their self-titled debut positing the intriguing hypothesis: What if Black Sabbath played Afrobeat?

Rough Trade named Here Lies Man in their prestigious Top 10 Albums of 2017. BBC 6 & Classic Rock Magazine deemed it among the year's best, as well as countless other press outlets singing its praises.

This June, the L.A. band comprised of Antibalas members quickly follow their auspicious debut with the even more thoroughly realized album You Will Know Nothing. Its 11 tracks expand upon the band's exploration of heavy riff-based rock and psych within the ancient rhythmic formula of the clave.

"We're very conscious of how the rhythms service the riffs," explains founder and vocalist/guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Marcos Garcia (who also plays guitar in Antibalas) of the band's sound. "Tony Iommi's (Black Sabbath) innovation was to make the riff the organizing principle of a song. We are taking that same approach but employing a different organizing principle: For Iommi it was the blues, for us it comes directly from Africa."

Sonically, on You Will Know Nothing the dynamic range is thicker, crisper and more powerful. It glistens as much as it blasts. The songs are even catchier, more anthemic, and the production reflects that of a band truly come into its own. Lyrically, it's an equally more conceptualized effort that reflects upon states of being and consciousness - a driving force that carries throughout the words and moods of all of the band's releases, interconnected to their trancelike music. Here Lies Man have honed their sound and their focus, and soon, you will truly know Nothing.

"We wanted to go deeper with the sonic experience," says Garcia. "Even though it sounds more hi-fi than the first record, it was important that it didn't sound too polished."

While You Will Know Nothing certainly maintains its gritty grooves, there's an interesting conceptual mathematics to the entire proceedings. "There are interludes between each song that are 2/3 to 3/4 of the tempo of the previous song," Garcia says. "The reason it breaks down to 2 over 3 or 3 over 4 is that everything in the music rhythmically corresponds to a set of mathematical algorithms known as the clave. The clave is an ancient organizing rhythmic principle developed in Africa."

"We dove deep into the texture of the music, beyond the groove and the riff," says HLM cofounder and drummer Geoff Mann (former Antibalas drummer and son of jazz musician Herbie Mann.) "Although something might sound like one instrument, there are subtle layers shifting through. It's definitely a headphone album."

Garcia and Mann recorded the album much like they did the debut, at their own L.A. studio on a Tascam 388 8-track tape machine. Congas were later recorded by percussionists Richard Panta and Reinaldo DeJesus. Then, Garcia went to NY to record interludes with former Antibalas keyboardist Victor Axelrod. Mixing took the most time in order to find the proper sonic space for each layer of musical detail, with first album engineer Jeremy Page mixing the drums and the band tackling the remainder while also juggling a hectic touring schedule.

Here Lies Man has already spent much of early 2018 on tour, with dates supporting Antibalas and Fu Manchu as well as a headlining trek through the EU & UK. Many summer festival dates and headline tours await later in the year as Here Lies Man continues its infectious charge onward.

You Will Know Nothing will be available on LP, CD and download on June 15th, 2018 via RidingEasy Records.

HERE LIES MAN LIVE 2018:

05/22 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

05/23 Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door

05/27 Palm Springs, CA @ Ace Hotel

05/31 Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound Festival

06/05 Asheville, NC @ Mothlight *

06/06 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade *

06/07 Spartansburg, SC @ Ground Zero *

06/08 Orlando, FL @ Wills Pub *

06/09 Tallahassee, FL @ The Wilbury *

06/10 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon *

06/12 Houston, TX @ White Oak Upstairs *

06/13 Austin, TX @ Barracuda *

06/14 Ft Worth, TX @ Ridgela Room *

06/15 Memphis, TN @ Growlers *

06/26 Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge

06/27 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown

06/28 Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret

06/29 Portland, OR @ Star Theater

06/30 Grant's Pass, OR @ The Haul

07/01 Chico, CA @ Naked Lounge

07/02 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel

07/05 Los Angeles, CA @ Resident DTLA

08/24 Hudson Valley, NY @ Huichica Festival

08/31 Los Angeles, CA @ Levitt Pavillion (MacArthur Park)

10/12-14 Lake Perris, CA @ Desert Daze 2018

* w/ Earthless

Artist: Here Lies Man

Album: You Will Know Nothing

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: June 15, 2018

01. Animal Noises

02. Summon Fire

03. Blindness

04. That Much Closer

05. Hell (Wooly Tail)

06. Voices At The Window

07. Taking the Blame

08. Fighting

09. Floating On Water

10. Memory Games

11. You Ought To Know

On The Web:

hereliesman.com

facebook.com/hereliesman

hereliesman.bandcamp.com

ridingeasyrecs.com

Death Wheelers streaming RidingEasy debut album early via Metal Injection

"Sounds like it belongs in a scene out of Easy Rider.... Like what would be played during the epic bank robbery climax scene." -- Metal Injection

Canadian heavy rock instrumentalists The Death Wheelers are streaming their forthcoming full length debut I Tread On Your Grave in full ahead of release starting today via Metal Injection. Hear and share the entire album HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Doomed & Stoned recently shared "Roadkill 69" HERE. Brooklyn Vegan launched the official video for "13 Discycles" HERE. (YouTube.) Metal Injection previously featured "Black Crack" HERE. And, CvltNation hosted the title track, "I Tread On Your Grave" HERE.

Heavily inspired by the aesthetics and ethos of bikesploitation movies such as The Wild Angels, Werewolves on Wheels and Psychomania, The Death Wheelers seek to glorify this unsung era of movie making through their sordid sounds. Taking musical cues from rock's greats such as Davie Allan, The Cramps, Motörhead, The Stooges and Grand Funk Railroad, the Death Wheelers perpetrate the tradition of heaviness by making zero compromises when it comes to laying down the groove. Through their bare bone, stripped down, jammy approach of their very own brand of sleaze n' roll, this instrumental Canadian quartet pushes the listeners to their deepest, filthiest carnal/sexual desires.

I Tread On Your Grave is more than just an album -- it's devised to serve like the soundtrack to a wild B-movie in your mind, following this truly awesome plot synopsis:

Decimated in 1972 by local authorities, all members of The Death Wheelers, a notorious motorcycle club, have been buried at the Surrey cemetery. But the time has come and they have risen for their last ride. They're back from the grave and they're hungry for blood! Nothing can stop this gang of living dead from recruiting new members as they travel coast to coast to find the filthiest, nastiest, trashiest individuals to join their ranks. Their goal, assemble a legion of 13 "discycles" (disciples+cycles) to seek revenge on the pigs that dismantled the club and send them to their graves. The cycle of violence continues...

Yes, please! Their debut LP, a sonic desecration dedicated to the dead, is an ode to the earlier days of rock 'n' roll when lust and danger were an integral part of the scene and culture. This violent offering of pure aural aggression, recorded full band with no bells and whistles or studio trickery, is a testament to what The Death Wheelers stand for: rawness and power.

I Tread On Your Grave will be available on LP, CD and download on May 11th via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available at RidingEasyRecs.com.

Artist: The Death Wheelers

Album: I Tread On Your Grave

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: May 11th, 2018

01. I Tread On Your Grave

02. 13 Discycles

03. Roadkill

04. Sleazy Rider Returns

05. Deaf Wheelers

06. Black Crack

07. Moto Vampiro

08. Purple Wings

09. Backstabber

10. RIP (Last Rie)

11. Moby Dick 1

On The Web:

ridingeasyrecs.com

facebook.com/thedeathwheelersband

Weathered Statues share dark post-punk track from forthcoming debut

"A culmination of influences, ranging from darkwave and post-punk to synthpop, shoegaze and new wave... Again and again, the outfit finds lyrical and musical hooks that capture the listener's attention and bring them back for repeated listens." -- PopMatters

Denver heavy post-punk quartet Weathered Statues premiere a new track from their forthcoming Svart Records debut today via PopMatters. Hear and share "Betrayal" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)

Darkness and light: They strike an unsettling balance on Borderlands, the debut full-length by Weathered Statues, due May 11 from Svart Records.

Across the album's ten songs, the Denver four-piece walks a shadowy liminal zone. On one side is darkwave, deathrock, and vintage postpunk; on the other is synthpop, shoegaze, and classic new wave. Vast hooks mesh with harsh riffs. Ghostly melodies mingle with industrial synths. The band draws on their formative years immersed in the music of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Killing Joke, Xmal Deutschland, Echo and the Bunnymen, Christian Death, and The Cure. At the same time, Borderlands resonates alongside the work of contemporary groups like Wax Idols, Soft Kill, Preoccupations, and Merchandise.

The members of Weathered Statues -- singer/keyboardist Jennie Mather, guitarist/keyboardist Jason Heller, bassist Bryan Flanagan, and drummer Andrew Warner -- are all veterans of the underground music scene. Jason played in The Blue Ontario with members of Christie Front Drive. Jennie and Jason played in Hyacinth with members of Minsk and Lake of Violet. Jennie, Jason, and Andrew played in Cloak of Organs with members of Planes Mistaken for Stars and Wovenhand. And Andrew also serves as the current drummer of Slim Cessna's Auto Club.

Jennie, a hospital nurse by trade, imbues her lyrics with delicacy, ferocity, and the mysteries of the human heart, mind, and body.

Borderlands was recorded at Module Overload Studio by Jamie Hillyer (who captured Green Druid's Ashen Blood for Earache). Keith Curts of the industrial duo Echo Beds (The Flenser) contributes a synth solo to the album's slashing final track "Holy Masquerade." The opening song, "Corpse Candle," has been remixed by Lol Tolhurst, co-founder of The Cure; the remix won't appear on Borderlands, but will be unveiled separately in the coming weeks.

WEATHERED STATUES LIVE:

05/11 Denver, CO @ The Hi-Dive (Album release show)

Artist: Weathered Statues

Album: Borderlands

Label: Svart Records

Release Date: May 11th, 2018

01. Corpse Candle

02. Betrayal

03. Dark Tides

04. Heather

05. Hypnagogia

06. The Silver Cliff

07. Sabbat

08. The Widow Sunday

09. Ossuary

10. Holy Masquerade

On The Web:

facebook.com/weatheredstatuesband

svartrecords.com/product/borderlands

Death Wheelers premiere new single from upcoming RidingEasy debut album via Doomed & Stoned

"Sounds like it belongs in a scene out of Easy Rider.... Like what would be played during the epic bank robbery climax scene." -- Metal Injection

Canadian heavy rock instrumentalists The Death Wheelers premiere a new track from their forthcoming full length debut I Tread On Your Grave today via Doomed & Stoned. Hear and share "Roadkill 69" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Brooklyn Vegan recently shared the official video for "13 Discycles" HERE. (YouTube.) Metal Injection previously launched "Black Crack" HERE. (Direct YouTube.) And, CvltNation hosted the title track, "I Tread On Your Grave" HERE.

Heavily inspired by the aesthetics and ethos of bikesploitation movies such as The Wild Angels, Werewolves on Wheels and Psychomania, The Death Wheelers seek to glorify this unsung era of movie making through their sordid sounds. Taking musical cues from rock's greats such as Davie Allan, The Cramps, Motörhead, The Stooges and Grand Funk Railroad, the Death Wheelers perpetrate the tradition of heaviness by making zero compromises when it comes to laying down the groove. Through their bare bone, stripped down, jammy approach of their very own brand of sleaze n' roll, this instrumental Canadian quartet pushes the listeners to their deepest, filthiest carnal/sexual desires.

I Tread On Your Grave is more than just an album -- it's devised to serve like the soundtrack to a wild B-movie in your mind, following this truly awesome plot synopsis:

Decimated in 1972 by local authorities, all members of The Death Wheelers, a notorious motorcycle club, have been buried at the Surrey cemetery. But the time has come and they have risen for their last ride. They're back from the grave and they're hungry for blood! Nothing can stop this gang of living dead from recruiting new members as they travel coast to coast to find the filthiest, nastiest, trashiest individuals to join their ranks. Their goal, assemble a legion of 13 "discycles" (disciples+cycles) to seek revenge on the pigs that dismantled the club and send them to their graves. The cycle of violence continues...

Yes, please! Their debut LP, a sonic desecration dedicated to the dead, is an ode to the earlier days of rock 'n' roll when lust and danger were an integral part of the scene and culture. This violent offering of pure aural aggression, recorded full band with no bells and whistles or studio trickery, is a testament to what The Death Wheelers stand for: rawness and power.

I Tread On Your Grave will be available on LP, CD and download on May 11th via RidingEasy Records. Pre-orders are available at RidingEasyRecs.com.

Artist: The Death Wheelers

Album: I Tread On Your Grave

Label: RidingEasy Records

Release Date: May 11th, 2018

01. I Tread On Your Grave

02. 13 Discycles

03. Roadkill

04. Sleazy Rider Returns

05. Deaf Wheelers

06. Black Crack

07. Moto Vampiro

08. Purple Wings

09. Backstabber

10. RIP (Last Rie)

11. Moby Dick 1

On The Web:

ridingeasyrecs.com

facebook.com/thedeathwheelersband

Global folk-punk troubadour Mike Spine shares poignant anthem for the times, "Crumble"

"Gorgeously arranged folk-rock...Likely to get stuck in your head after the first spin." -- TrebleZine

Seattle/Europe based troubadour Mike Spine premieres a new track from his forthcoming double album anthology today via TrebleZine. Hear and share the poignant anthem, "Crumble" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)

UK outlet XSnoize previously shared lead single "Delirious" HERE. (Direct Soundcloud.)

Mike Spine is a critically acclaimed Seattle born and Seattle/Europe based musician known for his captivating live performances, intelligent songwriting and support of humanitarian issues. He has played hundreds of shows in five continents since 1995 and has received press and radio airplay throughout the US, Europe, UK and Asia.

Forage & Glean, Volumes I & II, is the 10th full-length studio album for Mike Spine. It is a 32 track double album, an anthology containing the best of Mike's songwriting and recordings from the last two decades.

Volume I is a collection of Spine's best work of folk rock and rock songs, including the memorable and more relevant than ever "Crumble", personal political songs such as "Meteorite", and the labor themed "Sand in Your Teeth". There's also a hauntingly beautiful version of "The French Girl" and the stripped down "Black Diamond", the lyrically dense and moving tale of families immigrating to work in the coalmines outside Seattle in the early 1900's.

Volume II contains Spine's more explosive rock and punk material. It opens with the dynamic anti-war song "Kiss and Remember" and then launches into fiery, complex and catchy rockers, which touch on the themes of global warming with "Second Hand", empire "Transylvania" and the anti-corruption song, "Power Broker", before transitioning into the hook filled songs like "Iron Lake" hybrid country punk song "Another Day" and the rocker version of "Meteorite".

For twenty years, Mike Spine bounced between the worlds of folk rock, underground rock and punk, while simultaneously working as an inner city language arts and social studies teacher in Seattle, Portland, New York and London.

Since retiring from public school teaching in 2011, Mike has spent his time focused on music, having performed hundreds of concerts and benefit shows in multiple continents, ranging from Italy to Vietnam, Cambodia and Costa Rica. The last few years he has split his time between the US and Europe, touring extensively throughout the EU and often living out of a motorhome for months at a time.

Credits:

The songs on Forage & Glean were predominantly recorded and mixed at Haywire Recording in Portland, Oregon with longtime engineer Rob Bartleson (Wilco, Pink Martini, Pond, etc.). The album was mastered by Ed Brooks (Pearl Jam, REM, Heart, Fleet Foxes, etc.) at RFI/Resonant in Seattle, Washington.

The recordings were made with a highly talented pool of band mates from the United States, Europe and South America over the last decade.

Core musicians on Volume I include Joey Prude and Chris Croft on Drums, Martin Flores on guitars, Katie Toft and Ali Ippolito on piano, accordion and backing vocals, Amelia Claire on backing vocals, Robert Bartleson on electric bass, Brian Casey on upright bass, Barbara Luna on violin and Mike Spine on guitars, vocals, songwriting, arrangements, etc.

Core musicians on Volume II include: Jeff Gall and Chris Croft on drums, Martin Flores on guitars, Richie Parish on guitar and bass, Jack Peters on bass, Amelia Claire on backing vocals and Mike Spine on guitars, vocals, etc.

Forage & Glean, Volumes I & II will be available on CD and download on June 1st, 2018. Pre-orders are available HERE.

MIKE SPINE LIVE:

05/23 Milan, IT @ Al Baggese

06/02 Lake Como, IT @ Mountain Lake Music Festival

06/03 Lake Como, IT @ Mountain Lake Music Festival

Artist: Mike Spine

Album: Forage & Glean, Volumes I & II

Label: Global Seepej Records

Release Date: June 1st, 2018

01. Delirious

02. Meteorite

03. Sand In Your Teeth

04. The French Girl

05. Crumble

06. Sinaloa

07. La Frontera

08. Primrose Hill

09. Nora

10. Mouth of Hell

11. Razors

12. The Beautiful Sunset

13. Cutter

14. Black Diamond

15. The Accordion

16. Spanish Anarchy

Volume II

01. Kiss and Remember

02. Second Hand

03. Transylvania

04. Power Broker

05. Iron Lake

06. Another Day

07. Meteorite (Rock Version)

08. Lick and Squeal

09. Miklukho-Maklay

10. La Frontera (Rock Version)

11. Mott Haven

12. First Day of Spring

13. Mouth of Hell (Rock Version)

14. The Ointment

15. Joys of Oil

16. Battle in Seattle

On The Web:

www.mikespine.com

facebook.com/mike-spine

mikespine.bandcamp.com

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