July 25, 2008
Upcoming Tall Firs shows:
July 25 WMUC Radio-Baltimore/college park
July 26 M Room Philadelphia, PA
July 27 BAR New Haven, CT


Hair Police Certainty of Swarms Tour:
Jul 25--Chicago, IL-- Empty Bottle w/ Hive Mind, Oakeater, Bruce Lamont, Bloodyminded
Jul 26--Cincinatti, OH-- Art Damage Lodge w/ Wretched Worst, Wasteland Jazz Unit
Jul 27--Columbus, OH-- Skylab w/ Mike Shiflet, Envenomist/Jason Zeh duo.
Jul 28--Cleveland, OH-- Tusco Embassy w/ Aaron Dilloway, Emeralds, Tusco Terror
Jul 29--Pittsburgh, PA-- Belvedere's w/ Ryan Jewell, Cock Scene Investigator
Jul 30--Rochester, NY--Bug Jar w/ Pengo
Jul 31--Albany, NY-- UAG Gallery w/ Rise Set Twilight, Century Plants
Aug 1--Florence, MA Florence American Legion Hall w/ Sunburned, Thurston Moore/Kate Village duo, Paul Flaherty/Jeff Hartford Duo
Aug 2--New York, NY-- Rehab w/ Carlos Giffoni, Sixes, FFH.
Aug 3--New Haven, CT-- BAR w/ Sickness
Aug 4--Providence, RI-- TBA
Aug 5--Boston, MA-- Middle East w/ Heathen Shame
Aug 6--Montreal, QC-- Zoobizarre w/ Yomul Yuk, Selfish Implosions, Antinferno
Aug 7--Toronto, ON-- Savage Garden w/ Disgues, Bottom Feeder, Flatline Construct
Aug 8--Ypsilanti, MI-- Pleasure Dome w/ Awkward Squad, Uneven Universe, Regression (Nate Young solo)
July 22, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St, NY

Awesome Color, Kyfe Hyts, Viki, Kocho Bi-Sexual, DJ Cody Ranaldo

FREE, All-Ages
Doors at 8pm

July 14, 2008

“The Magnetic Headache” is both the title Blood Stereo’s latest album on Bottrop-Boy and also an exhibition of Karen Constance and Dylan Nyoukis artwork at the Luttgenmeijer Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition will run July 19th-August 30th. Details here.

The private view on July 19th is also the CD launch and later at Madame Claude, Blood Stereo will perform, joined by Chris Corsano. Details here.

July 11, 2008

Tall Firs West Coast Tour 

7/11  Portland-Slouch House (House Party): w/ Little Claw, Mean Jeans, Dark Skies
7/12  Seattle-Sunset Tavern: Early Show
7/13  Portland-Towne Lounge
7/15  San Francisco-Cafe Du Nord: w/ Corvette Summer, SleepySon, Citay  (Tall Firs on @ 9pm)
7/16  Oakland-21 Grand w/ Citay, Brian Glaze, Meridians
7/17  Santa Cruz-The Crepe Place
7/19  Los Angeles Mountain Bar

July 08, 2008
Check out the winning video and other submissions from the BYOP music video contest for Black Hole here.


Tomorrow Wednesday, July 9th
Mystery Train Records in Amherst
5:30 - 7:00 PM!
the delightful quartet of:
Vic Rawlings (modified cello, open-face electronics, big metal bar)
Greg Kelley (trumpet, pieces of metal, attitude)
Ryan Jewell (scraped and rubbed percussion)
Chris Cooper (electric guitar and its environs)

PLUS
Matt Krefting, David B. Russell, and PAK will each be providing miniature audio appetizers

Friday, July 11th
145 South Street, Northampton

Fat Worm of Error (first show in Northampton since the last show)
Tarp (antique synths played by future fingers channeling primordial hues)
Brown Wing Overdrive (stolen from Mike Bullock's email about BWO in Albany:  "Brown Wing Overdrive is an electronic trio from Brooklyn specializing in improvisation.  Members include Chuck Bettis (electronics and vocals), Mike IQ Jones (electronics and objects), and Derek Morton (electronics and banjo)  Between them, they have deep histories in punk rock and electronic improvisational music.  Their music has been described as "amorphous ebb-and-flow ooze rippling over No Neckian pick, blurt, and throttle".?)
July 02, 2008

Blow some bones under the fireworked sky with this wonderful edition to the Child of Microtones catalog.

Astral Bleachers/Big Moment CD

MV + EE with the Golden Road
Astral Bleachers/Big Moment CD

Check out MV + EE performing "Easy Livin" from a few days ago...

video

July 01, 2008
Northampton Wools (Thurston Moore/Bill Nace - augmented by “slaughterhouse percussion”) 10pm
Metal Mountains
(Helen Rush /Samara Lubelski/Pat Gubler) 8:30pm

Saturday July 5th Doors @ 8pm
're-hab' (formerly club midway)
25 Ave B (between 2nd and 3rd st)
Cost: $10


June 29, 2008

THE SKATERS
ESKIMO KING (brian of mouthus with zac davis!)
PREDATOR VISION (ben, matt, etienne, maybe jeremy pisani)
DJ12XU (chris dooley)

Monday July 1st  at 9 PM
Florence VFW hall across from Forence library
Florence, MA 

June 26, 2008
NORTHAMPTON WOOLS (THURSTON MOORE + BILL NACE)
ROBEDOOR (amazing duo from LA)
POCAHAUNTED (another amazing duo from LA)
CENTURY PLANTS (Albany)

THURSDAY June 26 @ 8PM
UPSTATE ARTISTS GUILD
247 Lark St. Albany
June 26, 2008

Last free shows at stella lohaus gallery this weekend: 

Fri June 27 (7h sharp!)
rat sweat
athyr mythd
clear people

etc..
(all sunburned hand of the man side shows!)

(after this show there's a awesome color show at bar mondial!!!)

Sat June 28 (8h sharp)
last day of the I NEVER LIKED NEON UNTIL I MET YOU show!)
SPACECACTUS
(presenting their lp on ultra eczema, limited to 142 copies!!!)

all at
STELLA LOHAUS GALLERY
VLAAMSE KAAI 47
ANTWERP

all free

please come early and bring the family!
more here and here

June 23, 2008

Tuesday May 24
Silver Apples
Effi Briest
Tall Firs


Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St, NYC
7 pm, $10 adv, all ages
More info here

Saturday June 28
Text of Light
Lee Ranaldo + Alan Licht
Lichens & HARD BOP DJs

Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St, NYC
6:30 pm, $12 adv
More info here

June 20, 2008

Some upcoming Monotract shows:

Saturday, June 21st
After the Jump Fest, Noise Stage
Show starts at 12pm
Monotract on @ 4:30pm
at Galapagos
70 North 6th (between Kent and Wythe)

Wednesday, July 23rd
Cake Shop (NYC)
152 Ludlow (between Stanton and Rivington)
w/ MYTY KONKEROR, La Otracina
8p

June 20, 2008

lots of shows coming up: 

 Saturday, June 21st, 8:30
@ 15 williams st. northampton, ma

Sam Gas Can (worcester, light hearted electronics)
Defneg (Funny/noise)
David Russell (scary/lighthearted noise)
and one or two more.

donations for touring band.
don't let the cat out.
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Monday June 23rd, 8pm
@ 145 South St.  Northampton

Pocahanted (w.coast spirit surfers)
Robedoor (w.coast tooth decay)
Woods
Family Creeps (NY air sounds)
Northampton Wools (w.mass guitar duo)
Ducktails (tropical drops)
Heaven People

The show will start on time. for real.
------------------------------------------------
Montague Phantom Brain Exchange #6
Wednesday, June 25th, 9pm Five Bucks!
at the Rendezvous
78 3rd St
Turners Falls, MA 01376

ID M TheftAble (amazing maine man)
Goat of Arms (boston duo)
Pak (w.mass tape loops and space stares)
lecture by Matthew Krefting
DJ Philomena AKA Ivanna B

June 13, 2008
TONIGHT at the Knitting Factory
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
Information
Byron Coley (DJ set)

to celebrate Thurston and Byron’s new book NO WAVE: Post-punk, underground, New York 1976-1980
TWO SHOWS starting at 8pm and 11pm
72 Leonard St, NYC
More info

Also, check out Byron’s article on Michael Hurley in the Montreal Mirror here.

June 04, 2008
Sunburned - Black Square Voids European Tour

Jun 8 - Bristol, England - Venn Festival w/ the Michael Flower Band
Jun 10 - Falmouth, England - Miss Peapod's
Jun 11 - Swansea, Wales - Monkey Cafe
Jun 12 - Newcastle, England - Star & Shadow
Jun 13 - Birmingham, England - Hare & Hounds
Jun 14 - Nottingham, England - The Maze
Jun 15 - London, England - Corsica Studios - Sunburned Big Band featuring Chris Corsano, Keith Wood (Hush Arbors), Mick Flower & maybe more w/ Tom Greenwood solo, Vibracathedral Orchestra
Jun 17 - St. Nazaire, France - Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix - Exhibition opening - Sunburned w/ very special guests
Jun 19 - Leeds, England - Sunburned w/ Ashtray Navigations, Michael Flower, Sunroof!
Jun 20 - London, England - ICA - Sunburned presents: "twelve rules for black square voids: a long, irrational projection"
Jun 23 - Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy
Jun 24 - Cork, Ireland - Cypress Avenue
Jun 25 - Limerick, Ireland - Baker Place
Jun 27 - Antwerp, Belgium - Dennis Tyfus Exhibition Show - Stella Lohaus Gallery - Shit Sweat, Athyr Myth'd, Clear People (no sunburned set)
Jun 28 - Hasselt, Belgium - BELGIE
Jun 30 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli - w/ Comets on Fire
Jul 1 - Paris, France - Mecanique Ondulatoire
Jul 2 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - OCCII
Jul 4 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival w/ MIA, Neil Young, Radiohead, Bonnie Prince Billy, Slayer, etc.

June 03, 2008
Sightings European tour dates:

Jun 6  Mediamatic - Amsterdam
Jun 7  Worm - Rotterdam
Jun 8  Strumglocke - Hannover
Jun 9  Spanien19C - Aarhus
Jun 10  I Teater Aktör - Gotenberg
Jun 11  Spasibar - Oslo
Jun 12  Lades - Copenhagen
Jun 13  Die Friese - Bremen
Jun 14  Hooker - Berlin
Jun 15  Klub 007 Strahov - Prague
Jun 16  Convinteto - Budapest
Jun 17  Teatar ITD - Zagreb
Jun 18  Circolo Magnolia - Milano
Jun 19  Hana-Bi - Ravenna
Jun 20  Centro Stabile Di Cultura - Schio
Jun 21  Init - Rome
Jun 23  Cave12 - Geneva
Jun 24  Sonic - Lyon
Jun 25  Les Pavillons Sauvages - Toulouse
Jun 26  TBA - Bordeaux
Jun 27  El Perro Club - Madrid
Jun 28  Museu do Chiado - Lisbon
Jun 29  Clube Vademecum - Vigo
Jun 30  L’mono - Bilbao
Jul 1  Gaztetxe - Getaria
Jul 2  Raymond’s Bar - Clermont-Ferrand
Jul 3  L’instants Chavirés - Paris
Jul 4  Helbaard - Den Haag
June 02, 2008

Go check out BYOP live at MTV in Canada


ULTRA EXEMA NIGHT WITH
Justice Yeldham (ozzy, glass eating psycho from the land of rolf harris)
16 Bitch Pile Up (usa, a mountain of ladies making more noise then your pregnant cat)
Eekhoorn X (bel, lady tape delay di lady di on a tape delay, daily!)
Bizzy Bunder (bel/pol/ger/in, all female colorful performance troupe!)
+ dj's faggot, hank, daniël, pelvis slater and headache ...

friday june 6, 8h
at scheldapen; d'herbouvillekaai 63, antwerp/belgium

info

come early and bring the family!

May 30, 2008

Friday May 30th
Kemialliset Ystavat
The Skaters
Infinity Window
Rotten Caracas


starts at 6pm with a pre show BBQ.
12 St. Peter Street
Jamaica Plain MA
email: infinitywindow@gmail for directions or questions

Saturday May 31
Thurston Moore/Ryan Sawyer Duo
Hat City Intuitive W/ Paul Flaherty
Heaven People
Barnes


New Haven, Ct People's Center 37 Howe St. 6:30pm

Sunday June 1st
John Weise
C. Spencer Yeh
Sickness
Grey Skull + Thurston Moore
Sondulla

VFW Hall in Florence, MA
18 Meadow St. 8pm $7

May 29, 2008

(3) new cassettes just in time for your own personal post NO FUN celebration. Please have a private dance with these charmers:


John Wiese
Don't Move Your Finger b/w Corpse Solo CS
 

 
The Rita/Body Collector
Ringlets (Rita Cavallini) / Asphyxiator/Asphysixiated Split

 
Kim Salmon
Wall/paper CS

May 23, 2008
Tonight!
Friday, May 23rd 8pm
Montague Bookmill
440 Greenfield Rd, Montague, MA
$5

Graham Lambkin and Jason Lescalleet
Idea Fire Company
Matt Krefting
Chris Cooper


Saturday May 24
145 South St, Northampton, MA
8pm

Pod Blotz
Chiara Giovando
Russian Tsarlag
Lazy Magnet
Chris Cooper/Bill Nace duo


On Tuesday June 3rd
BYOP is doing a show for MTV Live
show up by 5pm
Masonic Temple, 888 Yonge St, Toronto
for free tickets check out the flyer here.
May 20, 2008

Free Kitten Available now!


Free Kitten
Inherit 

May 14, 2008

Some vids from Bennington College show:

Northampton Wools
Tatsuya Nakatani/Jake Meginsky

and some topless students in cutoffs here....

Also some video from BYOP on the nylon magazine tour:
video

video

see the tour blog here

May 13, 2008
MV & EE WITH THE GOLDEN ROAD set out on some limited European dates before hitting Primavera (Matt, Erika, Samara & Doc)

FRIDAY May 16th @ kunstencentrum BELGIE, Hasselt Belgium (Play Festival with AWESOME COLOR & SHIT AND SHINE)
starts at 20h00: FREE ENTRANCE

SATURDAY MAY 17th @ UNROCK (instore), KREFELD, GERMANY
SHOW Starts at 18h00!!

SUNDAY MAY 18th @ FERME DU BIEREAU (BBQ & SHOW), LOUVAIN LA NEUVE
Paul LaBreque's Euro hide out
BBQ as of 12h00
Show starts at 17h00!!

And coming up at our venue kunstencentrum BELGIE is
OPEN CIRUIT:iNTERaCT
May 23rd and May 24th

EVAN PARKER (UK, enkel 23/5)
WALLY SHOUP (US)
GRAVEYARDS (US)
JOHN OLSON (US, Wolf Eyes)
CHRIS CORSANO (US)
C SPENCER YEH (US, Burning Star Core)
BEN HALL (US)
HANS BUETOW (US)
DANIEL CARTER (US)
PAUL FLAHERTY (US)
SVEN-ÅKE JOHANSSON (S)
JOHN EDWARDS (UK)
CHRISTINE SEHNAOUI (LB)
HELENA ESPVALL (US)
ALFRED 23 HART (D, enkel 24/5)
MASSIMO PUPILLLO (IT, enkel 24/5)
LUCA VENITUCCI (IT, enkel 24/5)
FABRIZIO SPERA (IT, enkel 24/5)
7K OAKS (IT, enkel 24/5)

+ Photo EXPO: Lieve Apers, Ronny Wertelaers
& Kris Wuytens
& screenings (live documents of previous improv shows & events) by Pierre Michel Zaleski

AND UPCOMING @ kunstencentrum BELGIE
JUNE 28th
SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN
THE RAY PACINO ENSEMBLE
MARK GERGIS
(Sublime Frequencies, dj set)

May 11, 2008
tuesday may 13
at the upstairs yoga studio on main st. above fitzwillys in northampton

demons with rodger stella
sick llama
helicoptere sanglante
tarp

9pm. bring money.
May 07, 2008
tonight at 8:30
145 south st. northampton, ma
(next to community music center)

Mean Motion
Joshua Burkett
Ducktails
Two Prong  

bring donations for international touring band!

May 06, 2008
DENNIS TYFUS
i never liked neon until i met you


exhibition
opening may 8/ 2008, at 6 o clock.

exhibition runs until june 28/ 2008
@ Stella Lohaus Gallery
Vlaamse Kaai 47
2000 Antwerpen
Open: Wednesday - Saturday 2-6 pm,
and by appointment
0032 3. 248 08 71
May 02, 2008

Awesome Color are playing some shows this weekend to celebrate Electric Aborigines:

FRIDAY
May 2 at Glasslands
9pm, more info here

AWESOME COLOR
TALL FIRS
KNYFE HITS


SATURDAY
May 3 at Market Hotel
9pm, more info here

AWESOME COLOR
The USA is a Monster
Mean Motion


Myste​ry Train​ Recor​ds Insto​re!​!​
Frida​y,​ May 2nd, 5:​30pm
​12 n pleas​ant st
Amher​st, MA​
​FREE(​donat​ions welco​med)

Kurt Weisman(​<-​feath​es)​s
Zac Johns​on(​old-​timey​ revis​ited)​
Cryst​allin​e Roses​(​12-​strin​g madne​ss)​
Purpl​eman (​duckt​ails colla​borat​or solo proje​ct)​

May 01, 2008

Tomorrow Friday 5/2
at 37 Fair St, Northampton, MA
9pm $5

Paul Flaherty + Weasel Walter dou
Cole Miller
David Jaberi
Ducktails

Bring​ your own beer!
Fire in the backyard
 

April 29, 2008

Sick follow up to Awesome Color's debut self titled scorcher, Electric Aborigines is a forced to be reckoned with. But don't trust us(or listen to VICE who named it BEST ALBUM OF THE MONTH), listen for yourself!

http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/store/resize.php?image=images/ac_ea_cover200.jpg&max_height=150&max_width=150

Awesome Color
Electric Aborgines