KEN mode Posts Trailer For New Album, Blessed Music Video


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KEN mode will be releasing their new album titled Success on June 16, 2015 via Season Of Mist. The album was produced by Steve Albini (Nirvana, The Pixies, ZAO). A trailer for the album can be viewed below.

Success Track Listing:
01: Blessed
02: These Tight Jeans
03: The Owl
04: I Just Liked Fire
05: Management Control
06: A Passive Disaster
07: Failing At Fun Since 1981
08: A Catalog Of Small Disappointments
09: Dead Actors

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Their music video for their Christopher Mills (Rush, Interpol) directed video for “Blessed” in Toronto, ON can be viewed below.

The band has confirmed a string of upcoming tour dates:

Apr 05: Velbloud – Ceské Budejovice (CZ)
Apr 06: 007 – Praha (CZ)
Apr 08: Usine – Geneva (SW)
Apr 09: Roadburn Festival – Tilburg (NL)
Apr 10: L’Oreille Qui Traine – Rouen (FR)
Apr 11: Gaswerk – Winterthur (SW)
May 29: OTB Festival – Paris (FR)
May 31: Audio – Glasgow (UK)
Jun 01: Macbeth – London (UK)

With Fight Amp:
Jun 16: The Shop (Parts & Labour) – Toronto, ON (feat. The Great Sabatini)
Jun 17: Turbo Haus – Montreal, QC (feat. The Great Sabatini)
Jun 18: St. Vitus – Brooklyn, NY (feat. Pyrrhon, Couch Slut)
Jun 19: Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
Jun 20: Ace of Cups – Columbus, OH (feat. Lo-pan)
Jun 21: The Burlington – Chicago, IL
Jun 26: The Goodwill – Winnipeg, MB (feat. Pop Crimes (no Fight Amp)


Fight Amputation Book June Shows With KEN Mode


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Philadelphia noise rockers Fight Amputation (Fight Amp for short) will be doing a run of tour dates with KEN Mode. Tour dates are below.

FIGHT AMP Tour Dates:

*All dates with KEN Mode*

Jun 16: Parts & Labour – Toronto, ON (w/ The Great Sabatini)
Jun 17: Turbo Haus – Montreal, QC (w/ the Great Sabatini)
Jun 18: St. Vitus – Brooklyn, NY (w/ Pyrrhon & Couch Slut)
Jun 19: Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
Jun 20: Ace of Cups – Columbus, OH (w/ Lo-Pan)
Jun 21: The Burlington – Chicago, IL (w/ Jar’d Loose)

They are supporting their new album Constantly Off, their first new album in three year, out June 9, 2015 via Brutal Panda Records. Constantly Off was recorded in August 2014 at Gradwell House Studios in Haddon Heights, NJ with engineer Steve Poponi (Ladder Devils, Fight Amp). Stream the trailer below.

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Lo Pan and Against The Grain Book Upcoming Tour


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Ohio riff rockers Lo Pan and Detroit rockers Against The Grain will be venturing on a tour together. Lo Pan will be supporting their Colossus album, out now via Small Stone. Produced and engineered by Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Rosetta, East Of The Wall et al) at his own Translator Audio Studio in Brooklyn, New York and named for an ancient statue of the Greek titan-god of the sun, Helios, the record continues to raise the eyebrows of fans and media globally.

LO-PAN NxNe Tour 2015 w/ Against The Grain:
Mar 12: The Loving Touch – Berserker II – Detroit, MI
Mar 13: Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
Mar 14: The Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY
Mar 15: TT The Bear’s – Boston, MA
Mar 16: Wonder Bar – Asbury Park, NJ
Mar 17: The Depot – York, PA
Mar 18: Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY
Mar 19: Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
Mar 20: The Pinch – Washington, DC
Mar 21: 31st Street Pub – Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 22: Spacebar – Columbus, OH
w/ Abrahma:
Apr 09: Mudd Club – Strasbourg, FR
Apr 10: Paunchy Cats – Lichtenfels, DE
Apr 11: Rare Guitar – Munster, DE
Apr 12: Roadburn – Tilburg, NL
Apr 14: Black Sheep – Montepellier, FR
Apr 15: Maravillas Club – Madrid, ES
Apr 16: Rocksound – Barcelona, ES
Apr 17: Helldorado – Vitoria, ES
Apr 18: Le Volume – Nice, FR
Apr 19: TBA – IT
Apr 20: Altraquando Club – Zero Baranco, IT
Apr 21: Orange House – Munich, DE

w/ Black Pyramid:
Apr 23: Desertfest – Berlin, DE
Apr 24: Romer – Bremen, DE
Apr 25: Desertfest – London, UK
Apr 28: Sedel – Lucerne, CH
Apr 29: Gaswerk – Winterthur, CH
Apr 30: Das Bett – Frankfurt, DE
May 01: Schaubude – Kiel, DE
May 02: Asymmetry Fest – Wroclaw, PL

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Orange Goblin, Red Fang, etc Confirmed For Desertfest Berlin


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The fourth edition of Desertfest Berlin has been confirmed at the Astra Kulturhaus from April 23-25, 2015. Confirmed artists for the event include:

RED FANG (USA)
ACID KING (USA)
BLACK PYRAMID (USA)
DOPETHRONE (CAN)
THE PICTUREBOOKS (GER)
MOTHER ENGINE (GER)
ORANGE GOBLIN (UK)
UFOMAMMUT (IT)
KARMA TO BURN (USA)
LO-PAN (USA)
DIRTY FENCES (USA)
RIFF FIST (AUS)
BRANT BJORK & THE L.D.P. (USA)
MY SLEEPING KARMA (GER)
CONAN (UK)
THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX (USA)
BRUTUS (NOR)
MOUNTAIN WITCH (GER)
TRAVELIN JACK (GER)

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