Albert Elmore

UPDATE:
The set starts at 7:30 and goes like this:
1st-Marlone (TKAPB)
2nd-Paul Metzger
3rd-Every Bell and Whistle (Final show)
4th-Blackcloud Stallionheart

This will also be the release show for TEVS 5 (feat. Thunderbolt Pagoda and Sunn 0))))

hot press from the *ahem* label:

“The “solo effort” these days has become just another thing we’ve come to expect and promptly forget, like new kid’s breakfast cereals. Guitarist Adam Burt (STNNNG, Total Fucking Blood, The Vets) however has coughed up something pretty super and original to lay into with his Blackcloud Stallionheart thang and debut disc, 2009.

Appearing suddenly as an alarmingly curious songcrafter who deadpan baritones his way through simple hooks and lyrics, Burt’s preoccupations seem to float around themes like mysticism, old testament name-checkin’, science, and pop politics. His guitar playing, both acoustic and electric, would feel quite at home alongside a variety of other stylists at any given point on the 30 minute record (Ben Chasny, Richard Thompson, Joe Satriani, classic Popul Vuh’s Conny Veit, and more song-style Ranaldo/Moore are a few that pop into the head), but the whole god-dang unified thing lightly rambles and shambles along with its own open-chord, strummy boldness that is really beautiful. This is- as they say- a guitarist’s guitar album, but it’s also a songwriter’s album. You will also hear on this recording some minimal accompanying instrumentation breaking up the gaps and filling the pleasant rhythm box. It’s silly and meditative at once, and it is also just so very awesome.

Excellent mixing by Neil Weir, masterful design and art by Hannah Haugberg, and precision screen-printing by Danimal Graphixxx”

*MP3: To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie – “In Peoples’ Homes”

Calvin Johnson, former Beat Happening front man and K Records head honcho, is going on tour with his brand new band, The Hive Dwellers. The tour will kick off on April 14 with K newbies Chain and the Gang, featuring Ian Svenious (Nation of Ulysses, the Make-Up, Weird War, etc.) Interestingly, aside from the front men, the two groups will consist of the same members — Bret Lyman (Bad Thoughts), Brian Weber (Dub Narcotic Sound System), Sarah Pedal, and Fred Thomas (Saturday Looks Good to Me, City Center). - Jon Lorenz

Read more about the Tour @ Tiny Mix Tapes

Tour dates after the jump..04.28.09 – Baltimore, Maryland – Talking Head Club+#
04.30.09 – Akron, Ohio – Musica+#
05.01.09 – Detroit, Michigan – UFO Factory+#
05.02.09 – Chicago, Illinois – Co-Prosperity Sphere+#
05.03.09 – Grand Rapids, Michigan – The DAAC+#
05.05.09 – Minneapolis, Minnesota – The Eclipse Record Store+#
05.06.09 – Iowa City, Iowa – Public Space+#
05.07.09 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Public Space 1+#
05.08.09 – Louisville , Kentucky – Skull Alley+#
05.10.09 – Athens, Georgia – Secret Squirrel+#
05.11.09 – Atlanta, Georgia – Eyedrum+#
05.12.09 – Huntsville, Alabama – Vertical House Records+#
05.14.09 – New Orleans, Louisiana – Spellcaster+#
05.15.09 – Scott, Louisiana – Bourque’s Social Club+#
05.16.09 – Austin, Texas – Emo’s+#
05.19.09 – Santa Fe, New Mexico – Warehouse 21+#
05.20.09 – Tucson, Arizona – Solar Culture+#
05.22.09 – Los Angeles, California – The Smell+#
05.23.09 – San Francisco, California – Million Fishes+#
05.24.09 – Oakland, California – Ghost Town Gallery+#
05.25.09 – Santa Cruz, California – Crepe Place+#
05.27.09 – Eureka, California – Accident Gallery+#
05.28.09 – Portland, Oregon – Rotture+#
05.29.09 – Seattle, Washington – The Vera Project+#
05.30.09 – Vancouver, British Columbia – The Sweatshop+#
05.31.09 – Anacortes, Washington – The Department of Safety+#

* Solo Set
+ Hive Dwellers Set
! Karl Blau
# Chain and the Gang

Saturday December 27th, 2008

@ Eclipse Records, 7PM FREE 

COMMAND MODULE

plus also everyone’s favorite new local band (mine too!) DANTE & THE LOBSTER

Particularly excited for Noah Paster’s (second?) show on drums w/ Lazer Forever.

The whole lineup so far has been insane and tonight is a great showcase.

Crossing Guards
Magic Castles
To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie
Lazer Forever
Communist Daughter

All Ages, starting around 7pm, $4 or $5 cover.

Thursday August 21st
Superhopper
Seawhores
The Danforths
Falcon Crest
Building Better Bombs

Friday August 22nd
Dosh
Jindra
Alpha Consumer
Ghostband

Saturday, August 23rd
Crossing Guards
Magic Castles
To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie
Lazer Forever
Communist Daughter

All shows All Ages, starting around 7pm, $4 or $5 cover.

BE THERE!