HOME BLITZ DATES

HOME BLITZ continues to be one of the finest, classiest, & tuneful rock bands in the Mid-Atlantic. That fact should surprise nobody. Here's a lively vid from their latest offering, a 12" EP called Frozen Track. Buy it here: http://www.mexicansummer.com/shop/home-blitz-frozen-track/

Make plans to catch 'em live at a city near you.


Aug 3 – Providence, RI – Local 121 – with the Universes and Darik Santos
Aug 4 – Boston, MA – PA’s Lounge – with Guilty Party, Ben Shapes, Courters
Aug 5 – Buffalo, NY – The Vault – with Girls of Porn, Big Black Cloud, Sami & The Gapers, Water
Aug 6 – Chicago, IL – The Burlington – with Tyler Jon Tyler
Aug 7 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Shop – with Fogged Out, John & The JokeAug 8 – Columbus, OH – Double Happiness – with Outer Spacist, Pink Reason
Aug 9 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop – with The Tsunamis, Bloody Mess
Aug 10 – Nashville, TN – Noa Noa
Aug 11 – Charlotte, NC – Yauhaus
Aug 12 – Baltimore, MD – Pearl Harbor – with Big Christ, Crimson Wave, Foul Swoops

KENSINGTON PICNIC

Important Afternoon. Free outdoor event w/ BIRDS OF MAYA, MEG BAIRD, BLUES CONTROL, WATERY LOVE, & so much more...

THE SUMMER OF LOVE

NEIL BURKE'S ART UNVEILING

BLUES CONTROL "Valley Tangents" Rec Release in Philadelphia!!!!!!

BLUES CONTROL
BIRDS OF MAYA
SLOW TONGUED BEAUTY


FRIDAY JUNE 22
8:30 PM
@ PhilaMOCA

Meg Baird performs!!!!!!!!

6/7/12 Largo @ The Coronet Los Angeles CA w/ Kurt Vile (solo) & Michael Chapman
6/8/12 Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown CA w/ Kurt Vile (solo) & Michael Chapman
6/21/12 Union Transfer Philadelphia PA w/ Sharon Van Etten

Two Photos -- HOMOSTUPIDS & WATERY LOVE

HOMOSTUPIDS in the basement at Horrible Fest

WATERY LOVE at Lake Erie

WATERY LOVE this weekend in Cleveland & Pittsburgh

Sat May 12 @ Now That's Class! for Horrible Fest in Cleveland w/ Homostupids, Liquor Store & more
Sun May 13 @ Gooski's in Pittsburgh w/ Slices & Tres

An unprompted endorsement

From behind the counter at the Philadelphia Record Exchange, Siltbreeze's Thomas J. Lax cannot contain his enthusiasm.

PURLING HISS HITS THE ROAD

W/ WILCO
5/10/12     FAYETTEVILLE, AR       ARKANSAS MUSIC PAVILION
5/11/12     BIRMINGHAM, AL         SLOSS FURNACE
5/12/12     JACKSON, MS              THALIA MARA HALL
5/14/12     TAMPA, FL                  STRAZ CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
5/15/12     MIAMI BEACH, FL        THE FILLMORE MIAMI BEACH
5/16/12     ST. AUGUSTINE, FL      ST. AUGUSTINE AMPHITHEATRE
5/19/12     MEMPHIS, TN              MUD ISLAND AMPHITHEATRE

6/23/12   BROOKLYN, NY      285 KENT (W/ BLUES CONTROL http://tinyurl.com/ck4f4hu )

W/ THE YOUNG
6/24/12   RICHMOND, VA       STRANGE MATTER
6/25/12   WASHINGTON, DC   BLACK CAT
6/26/12   PHILADELPHIA, PA   JOHNNY BRENDA'S
6/27/12   NEW YORK, NY        THE MERCURY LOUNGE
6/28/12   HOBOKEN, NJ          MAXWELL'S
6/30/12   NEW HAVEN, CT      INTERCAMBIO
7/1/12     PROVIDENCE, RI     ARMAGEDDON SHOP
7/2/12     CAMBRIDGE, MA     PLOUGH & STARS

DEEP THUDS & VENGEANCE, MAN : SOLD OUT

The new records from SPACIN' & KING BLOOD are sold out. If ya already ordered em, don't fret. You'll be receiving em soon. If you haven't ordered em, look to a trusted mailorder distributor, a discerning record shop, and/or the iTunes store.
Those fans in the Philadelphia are can see SPACIN' in action at the Deep Thuds Record Release show at Kung Fu Necktie on Sunday May 13. Be there.

Free Live Music: WATERY LOVE & WILLIE LANE

Sat. April 21
9PM
@ BORDERLINE RECORDS
525 W. Girard Ave
in Philadelphia
BYO

WATERY LOVE spring dates

Sat April 21 (early show) @ the Barbary w/ Ceremony & Salvation
Sat April 21 (late show, no cover) @ Borderline Records (525 W Girard Ave) w/ Willie Lane

Sat May 12 @ Now That's Class! for Horrible Fest in Cleveland w/ Homostupids, Liquor Store & more
Sun May 13 @ Gooski's in Pittsburgh w/ Trees & Zuma

d/l three WATERY LOVE singles here: http://wtrns.fr/fj--1OT-O6NRhw

SPACIN' 'Deep Thuds' & KING BLOOD 'Vengeance, Man'

SPACIN'
Deep Thuds
RR//TT#32

Debut LP from SPACIN', the newly formed Philadelphia act that's bringing together kick-flippers, arm-wrestlers, and hackey-sackers in head-nodding, beer swilling unity. Inhales the same fumes that fuel the Velvets workout at the gymnasium, the Stooges sleazy-fuzz with Asheton on guitar, and the groovy zen of Nigeria '70.



320 copies

SOLD OUT

Prices
$16ppd to US
$18ppd to Can/Mex
$25ppd to World


ships Tuesday April 17

KING BLOOD
Vengeance, Man
RR//TT#33

Second offering from KING BLOOD & it's a motherfucker. Throbbing, claustrophobic, triumphant, room shaking, and chiming electric guitar worship. The type of record that'll lodge into your head & reduce your mind to a luminous toxic jelly. Enters the static void alongside Earth, Skullflower, & Les Rallizes Denudes.



320 copies


SOLD OUT

Prices

$16ppd to US

$18ppd to Can/Mex

$25ppd to World

Ships Tuesday April 24

Prices for both (ships Tuesday April 24)

$26 to US

$30 to Can/Mex

$44 to World


All funds paypal'able to TestosterTunes @ Gmail . com

Taco Leg in Adelaide & Melbourne this weekend

Be there.

Three brief items

Here's some news to go alongside a gruesome image:

Old pal Tony Rettman has revived his 200lb Underground web presence. Sure, this is the type of reading that's better suited to stapled half-sheets while you're perched on the porcelain throne. But it's free this way, so cheer up.

And free music kicks ass, so have a look at soundcloud.com/testostertunes. Have a listen and a download, on me. These tracks have been painstakingly chosen and sequenced to produce the perfect workout mix for your portable music device. That is, if your routine requires more than a mere fifteen pushups at a go.

Midwest, mark your calendars. WATERY LOVE will perform at Horrible Fest in Cleveland on Sat May 12 & at Gooski's in Pittsburgh on Sunday May 13.

Boogie Witch @ Borderline Records

BOOGIE WITCH is a big-thumping rock act fronted by "Harmonica" Dan Baucer, a legendary rocker who was born for the stage but condemned to the Philadelphia Record Exchange. He's known for leading the charge while slingers who could be his sons (and grandsons) quaff wiz & chew pep pills in an attempt to keep up with him.

*editor's note: There is no time listed on this flyer, but a reliable source says the band goes on at 9pm.

Spring 2012 Music Preview: SPACIN' & KING BLOOD

'Sunshine, No Shoes' by SPACIN' from Deep Thuds



'Dead Meat' by KING BLOOD from Vengeance, Man


King Blood: "Dead Meet" from king blood on Vimeo.

NEW FNU... Saddle Up

FNU RONNIES first crawled out of the muck during the cold winter of 2006. I think that they used an apostrophe at the time and spelled it F'NU. At any rate, I've never received a straight answer as to the meaning of the moniker. The closest I've gotten to the truth has to do with a run-in with John Law and the name "Ronnie" being scrawled into the arrest book beside the phrase "Full Name Unknown". Maybe that's true. Who the hell knows?
An unlikely trio if I've ever seen one, they were brought together by manual labor & an interest in cold beer & late nights. One was a rather accomplished guitarist, another had a bass clef tattoo, and the other had just acquired a drum kit. I had trekked out to see an early version of the band at a miserable backyard party, but the first time anybody saw 'em as FNU Ronnies-- with Mike "Greaser" Reaser on bass --, they were set up on the floor of a basement dive in Center City. Now closed down to make room for an old-timey cocktail joint for the type of person who likes to purchase both drinks and atmosphere from a barkeep with a waxed stache, it was then the type of place drown yourself in dim lighting with shots of bourbon and big cans of beer. Most patrons wore dark glasses to obscure darting eyes. The night in question was hosted by a third tier gossip columnist in one of the local rags. The guys in the band, each a hustler of a different shade, had for some reason desired this platform and improbably gotten it. I imagine it was negotiated over the hushed exchange of illicit substances and in coded slang.
It was freezing cold that night. Windy and Icy. A Monday night, if I remember correctly. The room could hold about a dozen people comfortably. I had to hunch down to keep my head from the ceiling. There couldn't have been more than six of us, but the drums and amps and all that were spread over most of the floor. We were all corralled against the wall waiting for something to happen while amps buzzed and and the drummer smacked his snare and cymbals and made adjustment. The bass player tuned up and stood rigid & patiently. Jim's amp, a hefty combo job, sat on the floor, and he just turned it up and up and up until the parking garage across the street erupted in a chorus of car alarms. Piercing reverb & delay from both sides. Then they got going.
I'm sure it all started with guitar, as the other guys looked to Jim for direction. The drummer first struggled to keep up & then cocked his head to hear what was happening. There was a lotta reverb on that guitar, really filled the room and probably the apartments upstairs. Had the sound of a bad-time Tromo spy movie. There was probably a microphone, but the puny PA was as ineffective as the warning on a pack of smokes. Jim shouted into it a few times. It was knocked over, picked up a few times, and eventually abandoned all together. Jim and Kyle exchanged tense looks and gritted their teeth. Reaser, ever the straight man, kept his back straight and his glasses on his nose and let his instrument display his enthusiasm. On a tiled floor, Street Kyle's drums crawled away with each beat. He chased them between beats, and eventually he was in front of the other guys. I don't remember if the electric shorted out or if the guitar amp started spewing smoke or if the bartender unplugged them or if an intra-band shouting match broke out. Maybe they just ran out of songs. Either way, the set ended. If it had gone on any longer, Kyle would have been playing outside on the sidewalk.

FNU RONNIES' long-anticipated album, called Saddle Up, is available now from Load Records.

Saddle Up is for those who have asked "Jello was always tinkering around with other acts; why couldn't East Bay Ray link up with Chrome or the Buttholes? Or at least Crust?"

Thursday Feb 9 in Philadelphia

M. Baird, 2012