Selling more records is not everything as a band, it’ the only thing. But how do you get started? Dumb and Dumbest Podcast number #150 is streaming now and it’s all about Selling More Records with Scotty Heath of Tankcrimes Records. Hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), they also offer The Music Marketing Challenge, a low-cost, super high-value private training to bands and artists. Get hands-on practical experience to market your band like a pro today! Message them at the links below. Continue reading →
Many underground bands want to market themselves better, but don’t want to look like sellouts when they do it. Dumb and Dumbest Podcast number #141 is streaming now and it’s all about Punk Rock Marketing with Scotty Heath of Tankcrimes. Hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), they also offer The Music Marketing Challenge, a low-cost, super high-value private training to bands and artists. Get hands-on practical experience to market your band like a pro today! Message them at the links below. Continue reading →
The crossover of Hip-Hop, Hardcore and Metal is here to stay and not a fad. All three share a DIY aesthetic that seems to unite fans and artists. Dumb and Dumbest Podcast number #137 is streaming now and it’s all about Hip-Hop, DIY and more with Tankcrimes Boss Scotty Heath. Hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), they also offer The Music Marketing Challenge, a low-cost, super high-value private training to bands and artists. Get hands-on practical experience to market your band like a pro today! Message them at the links below. Continue reading →
Remember when Roadrunner Records had the hardest hitting metal roster and a slew of death metal classics to back it up? Mortuous remembers. Mortuous remembers it so vividly that they’ve recorded their debut album Through Wilderness (Tankcrimes) and crammed it full of some of those seminal Death Metal sounds. Not unlike Gruesome, Mortuous pays homage and respects its elders, but it never comes across as re-warmed leftovers. Continue reading →
Ghoul are taking part on the Weapons Of Mosh Destruction with Phobia and Nekrofilth, and dates are posted below. They are supporting the We Came For The Dead!!! vinyl, out now via Tankcrimes.
Ghoul on the Weapons Of Mosh Destruction 3-D Tour w/ Phobia, Nekrofilth: May 25: The Earl – Atlanta, GA May 26: The Hi-Tone – Memphis, TN May 27: Siberia – New Orleans, LA May 28: Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX May 29: Red 7 – Austin, TX May 30: The Korova – San Antonio, TX May 31: Three Links – Dallas, TX Jun 02: Club Red – Mesa, AZ (no Nekrofilth) Jun 03: Til Two – San Diego, CA (no Nekrofilth) Jun 04: Megasound Strudios – Ventura, CA (no Nekrofilth) Jun 05: Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA (no Nekrofilth) Jun 06: Los Globos – Los Angeles, CA (no Nekrofilth) Jun 07: DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA (no Nekrofilth) Aug 14 – 16: GWAR B-Q – Richmond, VA
Connoisseur is streaming their music video for “Pot Hole” and “New Amsterdam” off of their new album Stoner Justice, out June 9, 2015 via Tankcrimes below. Stream “Orc Summer” here. The band will be venturing on their …And Stoner Justice For All Summer Tour, with dates posted below.
Connoisseur…And Stoner Justice For All Summer Tour: May 22: Metro Operahouse – Oakland, CA May 24: Club 66 – Ashland, OR May 25: Kevin’s Gate – Eugene, OR * matinee show May 25: The Wisp House – Salem, OR May 26: Black Lodge – Seattle, WA May 27: Rotture – Portland, OR May 28: Shredder – Boise, ID May 29: Rampdale – Salt Lake City UT May 30: Flux Capacitor – Colorado Springs, CO May 31: Club Scum – Denver, CO Jun 01: Riot Room – Kansas City, MO Jun 02: Oleavers – Omaha, NE Jun 03: Junk Joint – Minneapolis, MN Jun 04: Union Jack – Appleton, WI Jun 05: Cocoon Room – Milwaukee, WU Jun 06: The 2040 – Chicago, IL Jun 07: Sanctuary – Detroit, MI Jun 08: Sexx Mansion – Indianapolis, IN Jun 09: Spacebar – Columbus, OH Jun 10: Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH Jun 11: The Rock Room – Pittsburgh, PA Jun 12: Northrup House – Buffalo, NY Jun 13: No Cars – Rochester, NY Jun 15: O’Brien’s – Boston, MA Jun 16: Funky Jungle – Providence, RI Jun 17: Soul Sounds – Long Island, NY Jun 18: Acheron – Brooklyn, NY Jun 19: Meatlocker – Montclair, NJ Jun 20: Mill Hill – Trenton, NJ Jun 21: King Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA Jun 22: Skid Row – York, PA Jun 23: house show – Richmond, VA Jun 24: Sidebar – Baltimore, MD Jun 25: The Maywood – Raleigh, NC Jun 26: 529 – Atlanta, GA Jun 27: Bigshows – Statesborough, GA Jun 28: TBA – Gainesville, FL Jun 29: The Handlebar – Pensacola, FL Jun 30: Siberia – New Orleans, LA Jul 02: The Shop – Houston, TX Jul 03: TBA – Dallas, TX Jul 04: Lost Well – Austin, TX Jul 05: Korova Basement – San Antonio, TX Jul 06: TBA – El Paso, TX Jul 07: Moonlight Lounge – Albuquerque, NM Jul 08: Yucca Tap Room – Phoenix, AZ Jul 09: TBA – San Diego, CA Jul 10: E. 7th St. Warehouse – Los Angeles, CA Jul 11: 924 Gilman St – Berkeley, CA
Ghoul will be venturing out on the Weapons Of Mosh Destruction tour with Phobia and Nekrofilth. They are supporting We Came For The Dead!!! release on vinyl, out now via Tankcrimes.
GHOUL on the Weapons Of Mosh Destruction 3-D Tour w/ Phobia, Nekrofilth: May 15: Mo’s – Denver, CO May 16: Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA May 17: Reggie’s – Chicago, IL May 18: Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH May 19: Cattivo – Pittsburgh PA May 20: Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY May 21: Voltage Lounge – Philadelphia, PA May 22: Maryland Death Fest – Baltimore, MD May 23: Maryland Death Fest – Baltimore, MD May 24: New Mountain – Asheville, NC May 25: The Earl – Atlanta, GA May 26: The Hi-Tone – Memphis, TN May 27: Siberia – New Orleans, LA May 28: Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX May 29: Red 7 – Austin, TX May 30: The Korova – San Antonio, TX May 31: Three Links – Dallas, TX Jun 02: Club Red – Mesa, AZ (no Nekrofilth) Jun 03: Til Two – San Diego, CA (no Nekrofilth) Jun 04: Megasound Strudios – Ventura, CA (no Nekrofilth) Jun 05: Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA (no Nekrofilth) Jun 06: Los Globos – Los Angeles, CA (no Nekrofilth) Jun 07: DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA (no Nekrofilth) Aug 14 – 16: GWAR B-Q – Richmond, VA
Ghoul will be venturing on the Weapons Of Mosh Destruction with dates posted below. They are supporting We Came For The Dead!!!, out now via Tankcrimes.
GHOUL: Apr 10 – 12: Kirk Von Hammett’s Fear FestEvil @ Rockbar Theater – San Jose, CA
GHOUL on the Weapons Of Mosh Destruction 3-D Tour w/ Phobia, Necrofilth: May 15: Mo’s – Denver, CO May 16: Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA May 17: Reggie’s – Chicago, IL May 18: Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH May 19: Cattivo – Pittsburgh PA May 20: Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY May 21: Voltage Lounge – Philadelphia, PA May 22: Maryland Death Fest – Baltimore, MD May 23: Maryland Death Fest – Baltimore, MD May 24: New Mountain – Asheville, NC May 25: The Earl – Atlanta, GA May 26: The Hi-Tone – Memphis, TN May 27: Siberia – New Orleans, LA May 28: Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX May 29: Red 7 – Austin, TX May 30: The Korova – San Antonio, TX Jun 02: Club Red – Mesa, AZ Jun 03: Til Two – San Diego, CA Jun 04: TBA – Ventura, CA Jun 05: Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA Jun 06: Los Globos – Los Angeles, CA Jun 07: DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
Meticulously melding the hooks and decadence of ’70s rock and glam with the fuck-all vivacity and rebelliousness of ’80s hardcore and skate punk, the self-dubbed “destroyers of rock ‘n’ roll,” worship at the altar of MC5, The Stooges, Black Flag and Annihilation Time without ever replicating them. Waiting For The War serves as the follow-up to the THE SHRINE’s critically fawned-upon Tee Pee Records-released Bless Off full-length, which earned a spot on Spin Magazine’s Top 50 Releases of 2014 list, likening the band to “Black Flag circa between Damaged and My War if they loved life more than they hated it and liked Thin Lizzy/early Van Halen/old Aerosmith/pre-Nazi Ted Nugent as much as they did Sabbath,” furthering that, “this band’s stop-and-start lurching feels too hamburger-fed and healthy to be hardcore, with one of the most proficiently engine-room-like rhythm sections in recent rock memory, and gratifyingly little if any slow-for-slow’s-sake ‘sludge’ dry-rot or fast-for-fast’s-sake ‘mosh’ malarkey.”
Venice Beach skate punks The Shrine are releasing their Waiting For The War 12” maxi single on December 9, 2014 via Tankcrimes. Listen to the song of the same name here.
Waiting For The War 12″ Maxi Single Track Listing: 1. Waiting For The War 2. Rare Breed 3. Waiting For The War (Instrumental)
The Shrine are playing these following dates:
THE SHRINE Live: Nov 22: Speedfest – Eindhoven, NL (w/ Midnight, Turbonegro, Napalm Death, Kadavar) Nov 23: Astra Kulturhaus – Berlin, DE(w/ Kadava)
