TALENT MOAT TOURING

Aquarian Blood, Bailterspace, Famous Mammals, Lewsberg, Michael Beach, Minibeast, Prison, Emily Robb, Optic Sink, Simply Saucer, Tyvek

PRISON (NY, Drag City)

"Prison are a band simply not born for these times. It’s exactly the reason what makes them masters in their own right, and another why more people should be listening to them. The band, consisting of Paul Major (Endless Boogie), Matt Lilly, Sarim Al-Rawi (Liquor Store) and Mike Fellows(Mighty Flashlight) began in 2017, which also included the late Sam Jayne (Love Is Laughter, Lync). A ramshackle of punk-inspired outlaw psychedelia. A wicked brew for lovers of everything from The Stooges and Spaceman 3, to those Grateful Dead lost souls who have spent the last 50 years scouring the ends of the earth for the ‘vibe’.

That vibe? Look no further than Prison’s debut album, Upstate. Recorded by Kevin McMahon (Prewn, Pile), Upstate comprises of five long-form jams that is 90 minutes of locked-in lunacy, deeply entrenched in fundamental outsider grandeur. Lloose, Iggy-inspired technicolour yawn that is purely designed to blow minds. 

While Low Hangin’ Disco Ball / So Alone begins as a slow-paced meander akin to the come-down anthem of 2023 (“Smoooke ‘em ouuuut”), the composition unravels into a howling cascade of space-rock madness that catapults you into orbit. And that’s where we stay, firstly with I Always Get What I Want / Playin’ Pool with the Planets, then on the barnstorming finale, Destroy/ Cookin’ With Heat – arguably the pinnacle moment of Upstate as Prison save their best for last.

Upstate is the kind of album you gravitate towards during a certain time of the day. Where that window of opportunity for something more expansive seems like the only one to go through. There’s no better record to indulge than Upstate. Prison provides the rhythms of choice in something that completely opens the mind to new possibilities. An off-kilter, out-of-body experience through the portal of acid-mangled punk.” - Sun 13

Prison west coast tour dates November 2024

Thurs 11/14 - Permanent Roadhouse, Los Angeles w/ Muscle Beach, Graffiti Phallico

Fri 11/15 - Thee Stork Club, Oakland w/ Low Plateau, Haardvark

Sat 11/16 - The Siren’s Song Tavern, Eureka w/ Blackplate

Sun 11/17 - Turn! Turn! Turn!, Portland w/ Dommenga

Mon 11/18 - Black Lodge, Seattle

AQUARIAN BLOOD (Memphis)

Aquarian Blood started as a home recording project for partners Laurel and JB Horrell. In the 10 years since they started, the live band has varied from a duo to as many as 7 people. Both live and on record, the songs range from atmospheric acoustic pieces to extended full band jams. Capable of feral synthesizer-infused punk rock as well as spare, whisper-quiet acoustic music rooted in blues, folk, and gospel, Aquarian Blood have carved out their own sound. 

Very much a part of the Memphis underground scene that crossbreeds punk and roots music, the group’s first single, as well as the their first three LPs, were released on Goner Records. Spring 2024 brings the release of Aquarian Blood’s fourth lp “Counting Backwards Again” on Black&Wyatt Records, also Memphis, TN, in conjunction with Beluga Records from Sweden and Head Perfume Records from Germany. The tracks are some of their most primitive recordings to date, but also some of their most personal. After a busy live schedule in 2023 playing everywhere from festivals to river boat cruises, the band has pared down to a new 5 member lineup, featuring former and current members of Ex-Cult, NOTS, and Optic Sink, to tour the latest releases featuring both new favorites and old classics. 

“Essential avant-folk from Memphis!” - Goner

“Aquarian Blood play country and folk with a heavy mind-altering dose of psychedelia.” - Rolling Stone

"Aquarian Blood has taken a surprising turn over the last half decade, moving away from the raving punk rock of their previous bands (Ex-Cult and NOTs, respectively) and their first couple of records, into a haunted, elemental goth blues. This combination of fluid, pretty folk guitar with woozy vocals and a sense of stark, rhythmic urgency persists in various combinations and various shades of light and darkness.” - Dusted

Bandcamp / Youtube / Instagram

AQUARIAN BLOOD - JUNE 2024 TOUR DATES

Wed 6/5 – Dallas TX @ Top Ten Records
Thur 6/6 – San Antonio TX @ Faust
Fri 6/7 – Marfa TX @ The Pony
Sat 6/8 – Tucson AZ @ Wooden Tooth 
Sun 6/9 – San Diego CA @ Tower Bar
Mon 6/10 – Los Angeles CA @ Zebulon 
Tue 6/11 – San Pedro @ The Sardine 
Wed 6/12 – Oakland @ Thee Stork Club
Thu 6/13 - San Francisco at The Knockout
Fri 6/14 – Arcata CA @ Siren’s Song Tavern
Sat 6/15 – Portland OR @ Turn!Turn!Turn! 
Sun 6/16 - Olympia @ Le Voyeur 
Mon 6/17 - Missoula, MT @ MUD 
Wed 6/19 – Denver CO @ Hi-Dive 
Thu 6/20 - Omaha NE @ Grapefruit Records
Fri 6/21 – Lawrence KS @ Hillsiders
Sat 6/22 - Carbondale IL @ Booby’s 

TYVEK (Detroit)

Throughout perpetual, necessary shifting, Detroit's TYVEK have remained a singular force. The group was formed somewhere in the mid-aughts by songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and sole consistent band member Kevin Boyer, who enlisted various friends to cultivate a raw, rudimentary punk sound that manages to get back to basics while at the same time presenting abstract perspectives and weird concepts not normally explored by your everyday garage band. There have been mutations over the years as the band toured regularly and released a run of solid albums with labels like Siltbreeze and In The Red, but with every reformation, Tyvek still did'nt sound quite like anyone else. Their new album, the self released Overground (Ginkgo, 2023), stays true to their reputation for delivering hit after hit of blistering punk and remains tightly wound until it unspools into the dreamlike title track, an extended post Velvets plea for human decency. Tyvek's current line-up of all-stars guarantee an intense live show: Shelley Salant (Shells, XV), Alex Glendening (Deadbeat Beat), Fred Thomas (Idle Ray), and Emily Roll (XV) channel the high-energy rock'n'roll of Detroit's past while side-stepping the cliches to push forward into an uncharted future.

On a brand new page that somehow retains the core excitement and sharpness that’s been there since the band began 15 years ago, Overground snaps its songs into tight focus, with guitars loudly coming unglued in the foreground while frantic beats, scattershot lyrics, and unhinged saxophone all buzz in support. It’s more than punk, it’s less than punk. Eleven new songs (nine of which top out at two minutes or less) find Tyvek in a natural continuation of their singular vision, with their unique state of musical tension reaching a new frequency and bandleader Kevin Boyer’s lyrics landing in a gray area between scrawled observations from deep within an internal monologue and dreamlike social critique. 

"Detroit’s Tvyek are revered DIY lifers, still flying the lo-fi flag nearly 20 years into their existence, laying it all on the line via cheaply recorded two-minute punk blasts informed by the Ramones, The Fall, Television Personalities, etc, but shot through their distinctive Midwest Michigan worldview. Overground is Tyvek’s first album in six years and is a welcome return — 11 bleaty jams flecked with skronky sax, frontman Kevin Boyer’s free association (but thoughtful) lyrics and more musical finesse than the hissy recordings may suggest. Tyvek burn through the first 10 songs in less than 20 minutes before letting things stretch out on the seven-minute title track where Boyer sees a rudderless world “braindead on karaoke” and wonders “Is it too late to be stateless? / It’s hard not to feel powerless / But we’re capable of so much.” May Tyvek continue to search for answers for some time to come.” - Brooklyn Vegan (2023)

"The Detroit punks Tyvek flex their mastery over their multifaceted sound—these detail-stuffed songs are fast and staid, intense and gentle, paranoid and curious.” - Pitchfork

 TYVEK West Coast tour dates - May 2024

 Tue 5/21 - Los Angeles @ live on The Best Show with Tom Scharpling

Wed 5/22 - Oakland @ Thee Stork Club w/ Famous Mammals + Ugh!

 Thur 5/23 - Sacramento @ Red Museum w/ Fitting, Loolowningen (Japan)

 Fri 5/24 - Portland OR @ Total Punk Corporate Retreat w/ Retail Simps, Itchy and the Nits, Lavender Flu, Puppet Wipes, Cherry Cheeks - SOLD OUT!

Sat 5/25 - Vancouver BC @ Green Auto w/ Big Rig and Megamall

Sun 5/26 - Seattle @ Clock Out Lounge w/ Rat Paws

Mon 5/27 - Olympia @ Le Voyeur w/ Debt Rag

Wed 5/29 - San Francisco @ Make Out Room w/ Spiral Dub + tbd

Thur 5/30 - San Pedro, CA @ The Sardine w/ 100 Flowers

Fri 5/31 – Las Vegas @ Red Dwarf

6/1 - Los Angeles @ Zebulon w/ Escape-ism

OPTIC SINK (Memphis, Feel It Records)

OPTIC SINK is the post-punk project from Natalie Hoffmann (NOTS), Ben Bauermeister (Magic Kids) and Keith Cooper (Jack Oblivian & The Sheiks.) Their debut album was released on Goner Records in 2020, and their second album ‘Glass Blocks’ (recorded at the home studio of Caufield Schnug of Sweeping Promises) is out now on Feel It Records. Between albums, the band expanded on their electronic meets post-punk sound, adding multi-instrumentalist Keith Cooper on bass and guitar, and bringing Natalie’s no-wave guitar approach back into her synth-based setup. The result is a voyage into dynamic sonic territory, with the band’s wide array of influences—from house to punk and beyond—combining to create something vibrant and unexpected.

Bandcamp https://opticsink.bandcamp.com/album/glass-blocks

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MvvtvDxR26LUL1mFc6aik

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6IK1u2zlUM (official video for “Modelesque”)

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/opticsink/?hl=en

"The band, featuring members of Memphis outfit NOTS, embraces a slippery strain of synth-punk, feeling like heirs to the cross pollination of punk and disco that led to unlikely pop offerings from Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Cristina, and X-Ray Pop.” - Raven Sings The Blues

"Natalie Hoffman’s NOTS were a combustible riot of rapid fire drums, clanging guitars, belligerent bass, hyped up on sweat and speed. Optic Sink, her band with Magic Kids’ Ben Bauermeister and Sheiks Keith Cooper runs chillier and more dystopian. It operates on a foundation of manic synthesizers and drum machines, with bass thrown in for threat and muscle. This second outing from the Memphis trio is, perhaps, even more alienated and spare. Caulfield Schnug of Sweeping Promises ran the decks, finding an eerie seam between Suicide’s synthy menace, Devo’s robotics and early female-dominated post-punk, the Raincoats and LiliPUT especially.” - Dusted

MAY 2024 WESTERN US TOUR DATES

Emily Robb (Philadelphia, Petty Bunco)

Emily Robb is a Philadelphia based musician most known for her solo guitar works as well as her contributions to bands such as Astute Palate, Louie Louie and Lantern. Fall of 2023 saw her second solo release, If I Am Misery Then Give Me Company (named to Bandcamp’s Best Experimental Music of 2023 list by Marc Masters), a follow up to 2021’s How To Moonwalk, both on the Petty Bunco label and both beloved in the underground. Emily’s playing is rooted in rock ‘n’ roll but flies freely into perpetually uncharted territories. It surges within its own stratosphere, expressing a range of emotions occurring simultaneously or by taking abrupt turns. She utilizes distortion, warmth, tension and familiarity. Her playing is a ride - a sermon in the House of Guitar - with brief evocations of The Velvet Underground, Henry Flynt, and Tetuzi Akiyama’s Don’t Forget To Boogie.

Bandcamp: https://emilyrobb.bandcamp.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqNYgaEAFE

"As if to underscore the primacy of the electric guitar in the evening’s entertainment, the Mdou Moctar show opened with a set by Emily Robb, a Philadelphia musician whose raucous solo instrumentals ranged through 20th-century guitar history from raga-rock string-bending to a Chuck Berry-style vamp that expanded into a wall of sound.” - Washington Post

"There’s no shortage of squall on Emily Robb’s new album, If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection. It’s a guitar pageant! One listen and you’ll hear Charley Patton amidst the buzz, his primitive blues lurking in the cacophony. Pull those impulses forward 40 years and you’ll hear familiar sounds that take you right to the early Velvets. - Dusted

FEB. 2024 WEST COAST TOUR DATES

Thurs 2/22 - Yucca Valley, CA @ Joshua Tree Retreat Center w/ The Rubber Snake Charmers, Sister John Angela and Alma Sangre

Fri 2/23 - LA @ Permanent Roadhouse Patio w/ The Renderers and Dream_Mega

Sat 2/24 - San Francisco @ Make-Out Room w/ Bill Orcutt, Famous Mammals, DJ Tom Lax (Siltbreeze) EARLY SHOW 6-10pm

Sun 2/25 - Oakland, CA @ First Church of the Buzzard -- Emily Robb & ?!? duo, S*Glass and Zebra Secrets 

Mon 2/26 - Sacramento, CA @ V Street House w/ San Kazakgascar duo and Donald Beaman

Tues 2/27 - Arcata, CA @ the Miniplex w/ Winter Band

Wed 2/28 - Portland, OR @ Th’ Fixin’ To w/ Lavender Flu and Bob Desaulniers (Lithics)

Thurs 2/29 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project w/ Blessed Blood, A.F. Jones

Fri 3/1 - Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur w/ Debt Rag, The Moving Pictures, James Mead

Rotterdam quartet LEWSBERG will be touring North America for the first time this Autumn in support of their new album, Out and About (12XU). 27 shows kicking off September 20 at Brooklyn’s Union Pool.  The band’s first-ever trip to these shores includes a September 30 Memphis appearance at the 20th edition of Gonerfest. Full dates below. 

Bandcamp: https://lewsberg.bandcamp.com/album/out-and-about

"Lewsberg’s new single ‘Six Hills’ harks back to classic first-album Lewsberg. Motorik drums, simple immediately-catchy guitar riffs, understated production with otherworldy guitar solos – hitting all the right reference point – Velvets, Television, Jonathan Richman – wrapped up in something that is completely their own. Coupled of course with those detached, deadpan, but engaging vocals.” – Beats Per Minute

‘In Your Hands’ feels like an important step for Lewsberg; if only one that breaks up a perception of what they do. The band could continue mining a very acceptable seam of alternative, arty rock and roll, playing the festival circuit and slowly losing their fire with another appropriation of what their audience would expect. Here, the band’s stark, honest appraisals and predilection for a form of rock minimalism can’t be avoided, it’s what you get, whether you like it or not.” - Louder Than War

“Three albums in, one could easily say “meet the new Lewsberg, same as the old Lewsberg”, and while they wouldn’t be wrong (just a little reductive), Lewsberg found their lane early on and continue to investigate its possibilities here. If you’re not familiar, The Velvet Underground’s “Pale Blue Eyes” is seemingly the entirety of Lewsberg’s influences, and yet they manipulate and maneuver through multiple variations of that sound in a way that I find deeply satisfying. It’s like, all skateboards are basically the same, but some people are doing 360 flips onto vertical cobblestones with theirs while others just push around and coast, you know? Lewsberg are erudite but approachable, and their dedication to repetitive song patterns is hypnotic and charming, the sort of thing that could easily become maddening or overly pretentious in lesser hands. For fans of the other two records, I’d note that Lewsberg play with mood and time a bit more here (see the b-side’s “All Things” and “All Things (Continued)”), and hone their narrative lyrics to an even sharper point, but the general vibe remains undoubtedly the same. I wouldn’t think I’d need three Lewsberg albums if you described their sound to me, but here I am already cherishing In Your Hands alongside the other two.” - Yellow Green Red

“There’s the feeling that Lewsberg just organically landed here. They’re unencumbered because they don’t feel the need to dress up the melodies with distraction. They’re straightforward with their songwriting because clutter makes them cringe and less is indeed more. There’s a reason that sounds like this have their own gravitational pull. We’re attracted to the sounds that don’t need us, the records that couldn’t seem to care if you listen or leave and that’s exactly what’s here. It’s a record that exists of its own volition. If you engage, all the better, but Lewsberg are going to saw at the raw nerves valley that exists between punk, pop, and poetry all the same.” - Raven Sings The Blues

LEWSBERG SEPT-OCT 2023 US TOUR

9/20 - Brooklyn NY, Union Pool w/ Ava Mendoza, Donna Allen

9/21 - Kingston NY, Tubby’s w/ Rider/Horse

9/22 - Philadelphia, Jerry’s on Front w/ Cartoon

9/23 - Wash., DC, Quarry House

9/24 - Chapel Hill, The Cave w/ Three Body Problem

9/26 - Atlanta, The Earl w/ Dippers, Arbor Labor Union

9/27 - Chattanooga, JJ’s w/ Dippers

9/28 - Louisville, The Portal w/ Charm School, Palomina

9/30 - Memphis, Gonerfest 20

10/1 - Jackson MS, End of All Music anniversary party

10/3 - New Orleans, Saturn Bar w/ Static Static

10/4 - Houston, Echoes w/ Tom Carter

10/5 - Austin, Hotel Vegas w/ Water Damage

10/7 - Lawrence KS, The White Schoolhouse

10/9 - Chicago, Sleeping Village w/ CB Radio Gorgeous

10/11 - Indianapolis, State Street Pub w/ Craig Bell & the Dead Man’s Handle, Living Dream

10/12 - Columbus, Cafe Bourbon St. w/ Unholy Two

10/13 - Detroit, Outer Limits Lounge w/ Tyvek

10/14 - Cleveland, Beachland w/ Obnox, Wrong Places

10/16 - Rochester NY, Lux Lounge w/ Nod

10/17 - Toronto, Tranzac

10/19 - Montreal, Casa del Popolo w/ Chris Forsyth, Helene Barbier

10/20 - Cambridge MA, Middle East Cafe w/ Chris Brokaw, Minibeast

10/21 - Brooklyn, Mama Tried w/ Weak Signal, Famous Logs in History

10/22 - Asbury Park NJ, Bond Street Basement w/ Emily Robb

Buck Biloxi (New Orleans, Total Punk) - May 2023 west coast

Is Buck back? NO! This is NEW BUCK BILOXI! Forget everything you thought you knew because chances are you didn't know it all and even if you did there is no way you know as much as Buck because he knows everything! The sound of the future is here! Robert Craig is back on the scene. More agile, wits sharpened, and glasses more expensive. Genius turned urban guerrilla! The band is new and so is the name. Total Punk is proud to bring you, NEW BUCK BILOXI, the latest outing from the man who knows everything. The perfect soundtrack for high kicking cops, leg sweeping meter maids, or blowing up government officials. Punk is back, punk is new, punk is Buck!

May 2023 west coast tour

Thurs 5/11 - San Diego — Tower Bar w/ The Junkys, Razor Nights

Fri 5/12 - Los Angeles — Permanent Roadhouse w/ Orvy , Dust Star

Sat 5/13 - Los Angeles — Genghis Cohen w/ Oog Bogo, Rearranged Face, presented by Sid the Cat

Sun 5/14 - San Pedro — The Sardine w/ Clown Sounds

Mon 5/15 - Oakland — Thee Stork Club w/ The Circulators, DJ Carolyn

Tues 5/16 - San Francisco — The Knockout w/ Violent Change, Replica Watch

Thu 5/18 - Seattle — Lucky Liquor w/ Juicy Thompson and the Snuggle Regime, Donner Party of One

Fri 5/19 - Olympia — Le Voyeur w/ Nudity

Sat 5/20 - Portland — Six Below Midnight w/ Sleeping Beauties, Yuvees, Cut Piece

En Attendant Ana (Paris, Trouble in Mind)

"En Attendant Ana are a Parisian indie quintet whose tightly focused melodies and energetic attack are fused with a curious blend of harmonic sophistication and wild abandon.  Fronted by singer and chief songwriter Margaux Bouchaudon, En Attendant Ana are primarily a guitar band, though they make good use of multi-instrumentalist Camille Fréchou, whose lofty trumpet lines add a distinctive finesse to the group's energetic post-punk meets indie pop arrangements.”

Bandcamp: https://enattendantana.bandcamp.com/

"En Attendant Ana are a Parisian indie quintet whose tightly focused melodies and energetic attack are fused with a curious blend of harmonic sophistication and wild abandon.  Fronted by singer and chief songwriter Margaux Bouchaudon, En Attendant Ana are primarily a guitar band, though they make good use of multi-instrumentalist Camille Fréchou, whose lofty trumpet lines add a distinctive finesse to the group's energetic post-punk meets indie pop arrangements. Sung in a straight, unaffected delivery, Bouchaudon's vibrato-less voice acts almost like a horn itself, drawing attention to the neatly crafted melodies. They manage to deliver thrilling, wholly committed performances with an organic liveliness that also adheres to a sort of Krautrock precision. There are shades of classic Stereolab in En Attendant Ana's stylish analog tone and sizzling vintage organs, though their garage-pop aesthetic and spiky attack feels ultimately more human. Infectious in spirit and boasting numerous memorable songs." - AllMusic

“A fearsome, joyful racket of garage top topped with surprising mellifluence, i.e. Margaux Bourchaudon’s serene vocals and Camille Fréchou’s luminous runs of trumpet. At its best, En Attendant Ana delivers a sugar high with a hard kick.” - Dusted

May 2023 west coast tour

Tue 5/9 - Boise, ID — Neurolux

Wed 5/10 - Seattle — The VERA Project (all-ages)

Thur 5/11 - Portland, OR — The Fixin’ To w/ Collate, Mini Blinds

Sat 5/13 - San Francisco — Rickshaw Stop  w/ Chime School, Vivian Panache

Mon 5/15 - San Diego — Soda Bar

Tue 5/16 - Los Angeles — Zebulon w/ Jess Cornelius, Massage

Bailterspace (NZ/NYC, Flying Nun/Matador) - April 2023 west coast dates

Formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1987 as Nelsh Bailter Space, the band’s musical family tree touches on some of the nation’s most revered weirdo luminaries – including Flying Nun mainstays like the Skeptics, the Clean, and the Gordons. Bailterspace embrace chaos, but celebrate precision, finding melody amid networks of brooding noise and feedback.

Fri 4/21 - San Francisco — Bottom of the Hill w/ Terry Gross, Aluminum

Sat 4/22 - Los Angeles — Zebulon w/ Flat Worms

Sun 4/23 - Las Vegas — Artifice w/ Acid Sisters, Orange Eats Creeps presented by Dirty Rocknroll Dance Party

DIPPERS (Australia, Goner Records)

While many guitar-pop groups develop more easygoing tendencies, Melbourne Australia’s DIPPERS (formerly known as Thigh Master) are noted for a more rambunctious approach. Hook-laden exertion filled with imperious string bends and riffage framing witty tales of alternate realities through a neurodivergent lens. The intervals of ragged, jangly guitar riffs interspersed with waves of sonic mischief likened to the sounds of Kiwi bands a la Toy Love, The Bats and 3Ds, Australian bands of the same era such as The Cannanes, The Moles and early Go Betweens, and power-pop groups such as Big Star, The Toms and Cleaners From Venus. Under their previous guise as Thigh Master, the band have been invited to support internationally renowned artists such as Courtney Barnett, Real Estate, Ty Segall, Spiral Stairs, The Clean, Sheer Mag and more, received heavy rotation on independent radio stations world-wide, not to mention acclaim by publications such as The Guardian, Rolling Stone & The Wire.

DIPPERS MARCH 2023 western US tour

Thu 3/9 - Phoenix — Linger Longer Lounge w/ Lenguas Largas, Vid Nelson

Fri 3/10 - Bisbee AZ — Hitching Post w/ Rhys Gerwin, Gags

Thu 3/16 - Austin SXSW — Sounds Australia showcase at Lucille's

Fri 3/17 - Austin SXSW — Spaace Camp showcase at Hotel Vegas

Sun 3/19 - Memphis — Bar DKDC w/Aquarian Blood, Melinda

Tue 3/21 - Lawrence KS — Replay Lounge w/ Blanky, Sister Slate

Wed 3/22 - Omaha — Grapefruit Records w/ Mowed Sound 

Fri 3/24 - Salt Lake City — Quarters Arcade Bar w/ Mopsy, Persona 749

Sat 3/25 - Boise — Treefort Music Fest, Lost Grove Brewing (all-ages)

Sun 3/26 - Seattle — Lucky Liquor w/Zebra Hunt, Juniper, Exploded Drawing

Tues 3/28 - Portland — Turn! Turn! Turn! w/ Collate, Low Fives

Thu 3/30 - San Francisco — Make Out Room w/Telephone Numbers, Now

Fri 3/31 - San Pedro — The Sardine

Sun 4/2 - Los Angeles — Permanent Roadhouse w/ Narrow Adventure

MINIBEAST (Providence, w/ Peter Prescott of Mission of Burma, Volcano Suns)

Fall 2022

Providence RI’s Minibeast is a three-piece band comprised of Peter Prescott (formerly of Mission of Burma, Volcano Suns, Kustomized) playing guitar, keys, noises (mouth & other) & the mind bending rhythm section of Keith Seidel on drums n' percussion and Niels LaWhite on bass. It's liquid music, always moving, mixing influences from Fela Kuti, Can, and the Stooges. 

“Oddball rock infused with Afropop rhythms, spiraling psych guitars, and a healthy shot of feral punk attitude.” - Chicago Reader 

“An unpredictable sonic swirl that evokes peak-level krautrock like Amon Düül II.” - NPR

"Eerily mystic blend of non-rock rock music. - Pop Matters

MICHAEL BEACH (Australia, Goner Records) - US tour dates, Sept-Oct 2022

photo: Louis Roach

poster: Archie Fitzgerald

"Michael Beach’s Dream Violence unfolds like a revelation, filled with sonic tumbleweeds that reference Neil Young’s On the Beach, Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, the Velvet Underground’s Loaded, and the Go Betweens’ Before Hollywood. Influences ranging from the enigmatic outlier Megira to Glenn Branca to the Oblivians are combined to create a new, exhilarating sound, part of the path that Beach has been on since 2008’s Blood Courses. A veteran of year-end indie rock round ups beginning with Golden Theft in 2013 and continuing with Gravity/Repulsion, released in 2017, Beach distills the best of those early albums and adds sharpened intent."

9/22 - Oakland, Thee Stork Club
9/24 - Memphis, Gonerfest 19
9/25 - Nashville, Drkmttr
9/26 - Atlanta, The Earl
9/27 - Asheville, Fleetwood’s
9/28 - Chapel Hill, Nightlight
9/29 - Philly, Ortlieb’s
9/30 - Brooklyn, TV Eye
10/1 - Kingston NY, Tubby’s
10/4 - Los Angeles, Moroccan Lounge
10/5 - San Diego, Tower Bar
10/6 - San Francisco, Make-Out Room

Retail Simp$ (Total Punk Records) - west coast tour July 2022

Montreal's premier ramshackle party stabbers and Total Punk recording artists, THA RETAIL SIMP$, are touring the west coast of North America this July!

7/20 - Belltown Yacht Club, Seattle w/Nightcourt and SSDD 
7/21 - Turn! Turn! Turn!, Portland w/Lavender Flu and Collate
7/22 - Stork Club, Oakland w/ Famous Mammals and Future Kill
7/23 - Zebulon, Los Angeles w/ Smirk, Narrow Adventure
7/24 - Tower Bar, San Diego w/Kan-Kan, Narrow Adventure
7/25 - The Sardine, San Pedro w/Clown Sounds, Narrow Adventure
7/26 - The Knockout, San Francisco w/Michael Mouse
7/27 - house party, Portland (ask a punk)
7/28 - Eagles Hall, Olympia w/TBA AND 7/29 - Black Lab, Vancouver w/ Night Court, Puzzlehead

“What if the Velvet Underground had written ‘Wooly Bully’ and Sam The Sham ‘Sister Ray?' If Ron House picked up some bongos and joined CCR or If Half Japanese and Hasil Adkins started a Meters cover band? This is the scrap yard of the Retail Simp's mind. A ruckus of tinny guitar sketching, horn-honking deliberations, keyboardarific doodles, and whatever else one can summon in a basement to bang on. It's a ramshackle party stabber. Loose, loud, and 100% TOTAL PUNK!!!”

SNOOPER + FAKE FRUIT - JULY 2022

7/2 - Mosswood Meltdown, Oakland
7/5 - Soda Bar, San Diego
7/6 - The Sardine, San Pedro
7/7 - Permanent Records Roadhouse, Los Angeles
7/8 - The Usual Place, Las Vegas
7/9 - Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Los Angeles

SNOOPER is a punk band from Nashville; the brainchild of videographer/visual artist Blair Tramel and Spodee Boy, Connor Cummins. Between Connor's energized drumming and Blair's blunt vocal delivery, the Snooper sound is effortlessly cool while simultaneously oozing adrenaline. In their short lifespan, Snooper has released music via Australia’s Computer Human Records, Italy’s Goodbye Boozy Records, and Nashville’s Electric Outlet. Debuting their prop-heavy, staccato synched up live set in September 2021, Snooper was the toast of Gonerfest 2021 and SXSW 2022.

Bandcamp
YouTube

"Imagine all the angular Devo worship done in the past few years and imagine all that as a sauce that gets reduced to the most flavorful incantation of. Each Snooper song "slaps", is a "bop", and makes you want to hop around with the same frivolity commanded by the Ramones. Check it!” - Goner Records

“SNOOPER’s first release is quite an impressive debut. They cover so much ground over the course of these four tracks that I was genuinely surprised to see that the whole EP’s running time is just seven minutes and twenty seconds. The inevitable comparison here would be to the CONEHEADS, as they certainly crib a lot from the NWI sound. But they infuse it with enough other influences that it feels like a fresh take. I hear fellow Tennesseeans LOST SOUNDS in their explosive choruses and a little bit of the URINALS in their production. The best track on the EP might be the one that bears the least resemblance to Mark Winter and company. “Running” establishes a borderline Krautrock groove with a simple drum beat, a DEVO-esque bassline, and chanted vocals, then it alternately weaves in a fuzzy surf guitar line and a MINUTEMEN-like funk riff. It really is something. An essential release!” - MRR

MINIBEAST (Providence) 2019 TOUR

Minibeast is a three-piece band comprised of Peter Prescott (formerly of Mission of Burma, Volcano Suns, Kustomized) playing guitar, keys, noises (mouth & other) & the mind bending rhythm section of Keith Seidel on drums n' percussion and Niels LaWhite on bass. It's liquid music, always moving. We gratefully accept influences from Fela Kuti, Can, and the Stooges.