Austin trio, Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, have announced additional US tour dates supporting The Sword. The dates start August 17th, continuing in support of their latest album, Big Dumb Riffs. Check out the full live listings below.
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Mastodon, Pavement, Boy Harsher, The Dandy Warhols, TV On The Radio, and More Booked for Levitation
Levitation festival is back, but at the new location of Palmer Events Center, with additional venue programming across Austin’s Downtown Red River District. The event delivers lineups spannning psych, dream pop, punk, indie, metal, darkwave, electronic and all genres in between. This year’s edition – taking place September 25-28 – features The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mastodon, Acid Bath, Pavement, TV On The Radio, A Place To Bury Strangers, Blood Incantation, and more. Keep reading below for further information.
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The Sword Book US Tour with Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol and Pink Fuzz
Following their recent reunion, The Sword have just announced their first U.S. tour dates. The Austin band heads west this summer, performing their Warp Riders album in full, marking the record’s 15th anniversary. Support on all dates comes from Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol and Pink Fuzz. Find the live listings and more below.
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The Sword Books Their First European Shows and Festivals in Ten Years
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Reunited stoner-rockers The Sword have announced their first European tour dates since 2015, with the recently reunited band slating a trio of intimate club performances alongside festival appearances, including Copenhell, Freak Valley, and Tons of Rock.Continue reading
The Sword Books Additional Comeback Shows This Spring
Following their highly-anticipated set at Levitation 2024, Stoner rock legends The Sword has announced two additional dates, with more shows on the horizon: April 10 at the Granada Theater (Dallas) and April 11 at Paper Tiger (San Antonio). The bands’ classic third album Warp Riders turns fifteen in 2025! Tickets are on-sale this Friday, Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. local time. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: 10,000 Years – All Quiet On The Final Frontier
Sweden truly is a melting pot for all sorts of high-octane Stoner Metal acts – Monolord, Graveyard, Hällas, Greenleaf, Void Commander; you name it. It is almost like the ideal home for acid trip-inducing slow-paced riffs. Even back in 2021, the label/collective Weedian curated a compilation album consisting of the finest psychedelic haze-laden Stoner Metal bands hailing from Sweden, entitled Trip to Sweden. One of the bands featured on the gnarly lineup of that compilation, the Västerås-bound 10,000 Years, are actually the one whose latest release I’m reviewing today.Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: Dead Karma Breaks Down Their Debut EP – “The Space Camaro” Track-By-Track
Canadian heavy rockers Dead Karma have just released their debut EP “Space Camaro” today, August, 23rd, 2024! The band roams the fertile musical soil tilled by High On Fire, Queens of The Stone Age, Clutch, Red Fang, and early Baroness, The Sword, and many more! The band teamed up with us today to do a track by track breakdown of the new album! Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Iceburn – Asclepius
Well, that was quite the trip, but in like, a good way. There wasn’t some breakthrough moment of introspective self-discovery or anything of the sort for me but making it through Asclepius (Southern Lord) does feel nice. Where these songs written well ahead of time or were they discovered and jammed out through the recording process? Don’t know and don’t quite care. Iceburn somehow made it work and sound natural.
The Sword Release “Children Of The Revolution”; First Live Performance Since 2018
The Sword’s triumphant live return from hiatus was scheduled to be with Primus this summer as part of their huge A Tribute To Kings US tour Due to the pandemic, it was postponed to next summer, 2021. The Sword then got creative and so was birthed the “Conquest Of Quarantine” lockdown session. Watch them perform “Children Of The Revolution” right now! Continue reading
