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Post-rock-punk-ambient-prog-grind-rockers Stationary Odyssey have today released a FREE digital EP titled “Johnfriend”. This digital EP is an accompaniment to the 8-track mini-opus ‘Sons of Boy’ – which will be released worldwide November 10, 2009 on Joyful Noise Recordings.

The “Mud Center” Indiana-based duo of Aaron Tanner and Brett Siler released their previous full-length “Head! Foot! And The Pink Axe” on Joyful Noise back in 2006. One split with Child Bite later, they have resurfaced with the more polarized “Sons Of Boy”. Featuring a host of guest musicians such as Chris Schlarb (Asthmatic Kitty, I Heart Lung), Shawn Knight (Child Bite), and Aaron Tanner’s seven-year-old son – the Stationary Odyssey boys have created an 8-track mini-opus of face-melting moments alongside crystalline spasms of beauty.

With the Johnfriend EP we get a glimpse into the new Odyssey album wrapped in feedback-laden amusement. The EP contains a new track from the album, a feedback-laden cover of T-Rex’s “Children of the Revolution”, a remix, and an A Capella demo.

Download the entire EP here.

Tracklisting / Individual MP3s:
Stationary Odyssey “Johnfriend” EP
1. Johnfriend
2. Children of The Revolution (Previously Unreleased)
3. Johnsfriends (Previously Unreleased)
4. Chunk Feeder Blues (A Cappella Demo)

Stationary Odyssey Tour Dates:
11/05/2009 – Indianapolis, IN – CD RELEASE SHOW! – Melody Inn
11/08/2009 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop w/ I Love You
11/09/2009 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s
11/11/2009 – Lincoln, NE – Duffy’s
11/12/2009 – Denver, CO – 3 Kings Tavern
11/13/2009 – Lawrence, KS – Jackpot Music Hall
11/14/2009 – St. Louis, MO – LEMP Arts w/ CJ Boyd
11/15/2009 – Evansville, IN – CD RELEASE SHOW! – AbyssCo
11/30/2009 – Newport, KY – Southgate House w/ CJ Boyd
12/01/2009 – Pontiac, MI – The Pike Room w/ CJ Boyd
12/02/2009 – Rochester, NY – Boulder Coffee w/ CJ Boyd
12/03/2009 – New York, NY – Lit Lounge w/ CJ Boyd
12/04/2009 – Philadelphia, PA – Danger Danger Gallery w/ CJ Boyd, Hermit Thrushes
12/06/2009 – Asheville, NC – Bobo Gallery w/ CJ Boyd, Br’er
12/07/2009 – Athens, GA – Go Bar w/ CJ Boyd
12/08/2009 – Nashville, TN – Little Hamilton Collective w/ CJ Boyd, The Ascent of Everest
12/09/2009 – Evansville, IN – River City Food Co-op w/ CJ Boyd

Silverstein, The Word Alive, Madina Lake and I See Stars
10/28/09 – Winooski, VT @ Higher Ground
10/29/09 – Syracuse, NY@ Lost Horizon
10/30/09 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
10/31/09 – Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
11/02/09- Carrborro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
11/03/09- Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
11/04/09- Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
11/06/09- Tulsa, OK @ Marquee
11/0709- Little Rock, AR @ The Village
11/08/09- Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Thearte
11/09/09- Columbia, MO @ Blue Note
11/10/09- Louisville, KY @ Headliners
11/12/09 -Wilmington, DE @ Harmony Grange
11/13/09 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
11/14/09 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
11/15/09 – Rockville Centre, NY @ Vibe Lounge
11/16/09 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
11/18/09 -Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox Laudrolounge
11/19/09 – Montgomery, AL @ The Furnished
11/20/09 – Grand Prairie, TX @ The Boom Room

“You’d Be Cuter In A Coffin Tour” w/The Word Alive, Alesana, From First To Last, Asking Alexandria and Memphis May Fire
11/27/09 Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue
11/28/09 Metairie, LA @The High Ground
11/29/09 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
12/01/09 Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s
12/02/09 El Paso, TX @ Chic’s Bar & Billiards
12/03/09 Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
12/04/09 Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse
12/05/09 Thousand Oaks, CA @ Borderline
12/06/09 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brew
12/09/09 Santa Clara, CA @ The Avalon
12/08/09 Stockton, CA @ Stockton Empire Theatre
12/10/09 Victorville, CA @ Karma
12/11/09 Las Vegas, NV @ 702 Skatepark
12/12/09 Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theatre and Club
12/13/09 FT Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
12/14/09 Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
12/15/09 Wichita, KS @ The OZ Café
12/16/09 Little Rock, AR @ The Village
12/18/09 Macon, GA @ Central City Skate Park
12/19/09 Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero

Along with Marduk will be Nachtmystium, Mantic Ritual, Merrimack and Black Anvil (on select dates).

11/19/2009 The Sterling Hotel w/ Blank Anvil
11/20/2009 The Palladium – Worcester, MA w/ Black Anvil
11/21/2009 Les Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC w/ Black Anvil
11/22/2009 Wreck Room – Toronto, ON w/ Black Anvil
11/23/2009 Sonar – Baltimore, MD
11/24/2009 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
11/25/2009 Brass Mug – Tampa, FL
11/27/2009 The Bar – New Orleans, LA
11/28/2009 Red 7 – Austin, TX
11/29/2009 Ridglea Theater – Ft Worth, TX
11/30/2009 The Marquee – Tulsa, OK
12/02/2009 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
12/03/2009 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ
12/04/2009 The Key Club – Hollywood, CA w/ Black Anvil
12/05/2009 Ramona Mainstage – Ramona, CA w/ Black Anvil
12/06/2009 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA w/ Black Anvil
12/07/2009 Satyricon – Portland, OR
12/08/2009 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
12/09/2009 Clug Vegas – Salt Lake City, UT
12/10/2009 Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom – Denver, CO
12/11/2009 Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
12/12/2009 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
12/13/2009 Station 4 – St Paul, MN
12/14/2009 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
12/15/2009 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
12/16/2009 Gramercy Theater – New York, NY w/ Black Anvil

10/24/2009 Damnation Festival  at Leeds University – Leeds
10/25/2009 Ivory Blacks – Glasgow, Scotland
10/26/2009 Trillians – FREE SHOW – New Castle
10/27/2009 Corporation – Sheffield
10/28/2009 Bar Academy – London
10/29/2009 Freebutt – Brighton
10/30/2009 Simplon – Groningen
10/31/2009 Cafe Nova – Essen
11/01/2009 Baroeg – Rotterdam
11/03/2009 Ikra Cub – Moscow
11/04/2009 Cassiopeia with Minsk – Berlin
11/05/2009 Usine – Geneva
11/06/2009 Ebullition – Bulle
11/07/2009 W2 – Bosch
11/08/2009 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden
11/09/2009 Hafenklang – Hamburg
11/11/2009 Init Club Rome
11/13/2009 Ritmo Y Compas – Madrid
11/15/2009 Revolver Bar – Lisbon
A Storm of Light Official Site

Sleep Bellum Sonno have returned with a new line-up and an incredible sophomore record that pushes the band into exciting new directions. Judge Us By How We Lived Our Lives Not By How We Made Our Living is available now on 12″ vinyl (500 black). The LP package includes a CD version of the album as well.

Judge Us By How We Lived Our Lives… is an unforgiving piece that props up the dying art form that is the album. While other bands are busy writing songs, Sleep Bellum Sonno have composed an ambitious, conceptual record that not only stretches the limits of the artist, but of the listener as well.

Recorded live, the album tells the tale of twelve characters who all intertwine into one larger story of a husband / father leaving his wife and two sons behind. To say that Judge Us… is a challenging listen might be an understatement. But for those willing to indulge themselves, the riches buried within are plenty. Art imitates life and life is unforgiving. Still, no matter what choices are made there is always hope for redemption.

Listen to “A House Of Spades Stands No Chance Against The Wind (Gambler)” (free mp3)

Oxbow

Announce New Album, “Songs For the French” and European Tour * Eugene S. Robinson Publishes First Novel!

SONGS FOR THE FRENCH
A limited edition tour-only 12″ release of the highest order

What you will read and how you will read it – these words off of an actual physical artifact – will be an experience shared by increasingly fewer of you given the quickly shifting relationship between art and commerce; but we are entrusting you with this dictum: explain it to the rest. That: this SONGS FOR THE FRENCH is a highly conscious effort to do things exactly as we ourselves would never do them in order to create a compelling bridgework between THE NARCOTIC STORY of yesterday and THE THIN BLACK DUKE of tomorrow. Lyrically, musically, thematically this march into intuitive mind has been Russian rouletted into existence, with OXBOW ceding control where control has never been ceded. [Song order? Chosen by Golden Mastering. Intervals? Also Golden Mastering. Some lyrics penned in an in-studio state of fugue.] All randomized and all pointing purposefully toward everywhere. Or specifically: an untoward level of clarity. Of this we are clear. Yes, of this we are clear: the ship is sailing further from land. And truer words have never been spoken.

Songs for the French Tracklisting:

Side: HERE
Oxbow + Philippe Thiphaine

1.2 P.M.
2.Coalking
3.Well-Dressed Man

Side: THERE
Oxbow [live recordings]: Europe 2008

4.Frankly Frank [London]
5.La Luna [London]
6.The Duke: A Gentleman’s Gentleman [London, Extempore]
7.Yoke [Rotterdam]

Buy “A Long Slow Screw”.

The first novel from OXBOW’s EUGENE S. ROBINSON, and the second publication after the release of his 2007 book FIGHT: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ASS KICKING BUT WERE AFRAID YOU’D GET YOUR ASS KICKED FOR ASKING [Harper Collins], A LONG SLOW SCREW is a two-fisted hardboiled crime saga set in 1970s New York that closely follows a diamond heist gone right and then murderously wrong. Featuring a passel of punks, tough broads, shysters and homicidal homos, A LONG SLOW SCREW draws heavily on Robinson’s real life involvement with elements partially detailed in his best-selling FIGHT, weaving a fictional story of the chaotic pre-9/11 world of New York City. A native New Yorker himself, Robinson’s novel reads like a travelogue to the business end of a bunch of very, very bad things.

And following OXBOW’s 2009 band tour, as well as A LONG SLOW SCREW’s release on the tail of the successful 2008-2009 U.S./European tour for FIGHT, Robinson, Mammoth Booking, Conspiracy and Tone Deaf Booking are offering A LONG SLOW SCREW spoken word European / UK tour for 2010. An evening of song, sex and short readings, Robinson’s A LONG SLOW SCREW tour will cover America’s twin obsession with fucking and killing both up close AND personally.

Catch Oxbow Live in Concert -

11/06 Metz, FRA @ Salle Ochs
11/07 Delemont, SWI @ Sas
11/08 Paris, FRA @ La Maroquinerie
11/09 Brighton UK @ The Engine Room
11/10 Manchester UK @ Star and Garter
11/11 Birmingham UK @ Vivid
11/12 London UK @ Corsica Studios
11/13 Diksmuide, BEL @ 4AD
11/14 Nantes, FRA @ Barakason
11/15 Orleans, FRA @ Astrolabe
11/16 Lyon, FRA @ Grrrnd Zero
11/17 Milan, ITA @ Magnolia
11/18 Verona, ITA @ Arci Kroen
11/19 Geneva, SWI @ Le Kab
11/20 Colmar, FRA @ Le Grillen
11/21 Brussels, BEL @ Magasin 4

Stream Oxbow’s Recent Reissue of “Fuckfest” Here!

For More Information go to OXBOW’s Official Site

The 6th episode in Transmissions From The Cosmic Egg was just released this week. Taking a look behind Wolfmother’s return to the live stage. Since their break from touring while writing and recording “Cosmic Egg”, the band is finally back into the swing of things on the live stage.  Take a behind the scenes look at the group backstage and singer Andrew Stockdale’s approach to playing in front of 80,000 in Germany.

Wolfmother’s new album, Cosmic Egg is available everywhere 10/27.

10/25   Amarillo, TX  Aztec Music Hall
10/26   Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
10/30   Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room at the Murat Centre
11/1    Detroit, MI The Fillmore
11/4    Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
11/5    St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
11/9    Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!
11/11   Philadelphia, PA The Electric Factory
11/12   New York, NY Nokia Theatre
11/14   Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Park
11/23   Los Angeles, CA Nokia LA

If you haven’t heard: Josh Fiedler, Josh Kosker, & Chad Alan Monticue recently formed a new band called Vesta. The guys worked very hard over the course of 6 months writing and recording, and are very excited to bring you “0.1 Daylight’s Coming” a 7 song MP3 album (or 8 songs if you purchase the disc version).  Vesta self-funded and self-released it so stream the entire album for free or buy it!

10/18/2009 Triple Rock Social Club – Minneapolis, MN w/ Minsk, Sweet Cobra
10/19/2009 Riot Room – Kansas City, MO w/ Minsk, Sweet Cobra
10/20/2009 The Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra
10/21/2009 Club Vegas – Salt Lake City, UT w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra
10/22/2009 Neurolux – Boise, ID w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra
10/24/2009 El Corazon – Seattle, WA w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra
10/25/2009 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra
10/27/2009 Independent – San Francisco, CA w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra
10/28/2009 The Troubadour – West Hollywood, CA w/ Black Cobra, Sweet Cobra
10/29/2009 The Casbah – San Diego, CA w/ Black Cobra, Struck By Lightning
10/30/2009 Clubhouse -  Tempe, AZ w/ Black Cobra, Struck By Lightning
11/01/2009 Emo’s – Austin, Texas w/ Black Cobra, Struck By Lightning
11/02/2009 Granada Theater – Dallas, TX w/ Black Cobra, Struck By Lightning
11/04/2009 Outland Ballroom – Springfield, MO w/ Black Cobra, Struck By Lightning
11/05/2009 The Picador – Iowa City, IA w/ Black Cobra, Struck By Lightning
11/28/2009 The Shelter – Detroit, MI w/ Black Cobra, Gods & Queens
11/29/2009 The Soundlab – Buffalo, NY w/ Black Cobra, Gods & Queens
12/01/2009 First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA w/ Black Cobra, Disappearer
12/02/2009 Highline Ballroom – New York, NY w/ Black Cobra, Disappearer
12/03/2009 Harper’s Ferry – Allston, MA w/ Black Cobra, Disappearer
12/04/2009 Rock And Roll Hotel – Washington, DC w/ Black Cobra, Disappearer
12/05/2009 The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
12/07/2009 Earl – Atlanta, GA w/ Black Cobra, Disappearer
12/08/2009 Bottletree Cafe – Birmingham, AL w/ Black Cobra, Disappearer
12/09/2009 Cider House – Knoxville, TN w/ Black Cobra, Disappearer
12/10/2009 Ravari Room – Columbus, OH w/ Black Cobra, Disappearer, Brainbow
12/11/2009 Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL w/ Black Cobra, Disappearer

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