Damnably September News-Slaughter
Hello friends and music fans, here’s our news for September
We’re happy to announce our releases are being distributed in North America by Jon Solomon of Comedy Minus One label fame’s newest invention: PRF Distro
Jon has rounded up a lot of great bands and labels and made their releases easier & cheaper to order. Huge thank you to Jon and family!.
Damnably Tours
Joel RL Phelps & The Downer Trio (members of Silkworm, EARTH, SunnO))), dama/libra, Zebra Hunt)
Joel RL Phelps and the Downer Trio are on their debut UK/European Tour this September. This is a super group
with members from such celebrated acts as Silkworm, EARTH, SunnO))), Dama/Libra, Zebra Hunt and Treasure State and
we wouldn’t be exaggerating if we said Joel was one of the greatest living singer songwriters so if you can, please get along and check out the
Pitchfork, Noisey, Stereogum, Exclaim! approved act on our 8th Birthday.
This fine in depth article in The A. V. Club on Joel RL Phelps-describes him as “indie rock’s best-kept secret”
http://www.avclub.com/article/joel-rl-phelps-indie-rocks-best-kept-secret-207821
Sept 12 Sebright Arms – London, UK w/ Zebra Hunt/Lazarus Clamp/Former Utopia (Buy Tickets)
Sept 13 ‘Long Divsion‘ Festival – Wakefield, UK
Sept 14 Leicester Musician, UK w/ Echolocation
Sept 15 The Tin At the Coal Vaults Coventry. UK (Buy Tickets)
Sept 17 Forum -Bielfield. DE
Sept 18 Swamp-Freiburg, DE
Sept 19 Club W71 -Weikersheim, DE
Sept 20 db’s – Utrecht, NL (Buy Tickets)
Sept 21 Incubate Festival – Tilburg, NL (Buy Tickets) Sept 22 Brixton Windmill – London
Watch a new video of Joel captured live in Vancouver
Listen to Joel interviewed by Vish Khanna on Kreative Kontrol
Join Joel RL Phelps & The Downer Trio on facebook here
Osaka’s Shonen Knife land in North America in next week and have a pretty
big tour encompassing their 1000th show (with original drummer/bassist Atsuko joining the band for a special fan-voted set) POP Montreal and CMJ Festivals
9/11 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts: Black Box
9/12 Brooklyn, NY The Wick
9/13 Buffalo, NY Music is Art Festival (Delaware Park)
9/14 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
9/16 St. Paul, MN The Turf Club – 1000th show! STARRING ATSUKO!
9/17 Iowa City, IA The Mill
9/18 Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge
9/19 Detroit, MI The Magic Stick
9/20 Toronto, ON The Silver Dollar
9/21 Montreal, QC Pop Montreal
9/22 Cambridge, MA The Middle East
9/24 Baltimore, MD The Ottobar
9/25 Durham, NC The Pinhook
9/27 Atlanta, GA 529
9/28 Atlanta, GA Anime Weekend Atlanta
9/30 New Orleans, LA The Beatnik
10/01 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s
10/02 Dallas, TX Club DADA
10/03 Austin, TX Red 7
10/06 Tucson, AZ The Flycatcher
10/07 San Diego, CA The Casbah
10/08 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater
10/10 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
10/11 Portland, OR Dante’s
10/12 Seattle, WA The Tractor Tavern
10/14 Boise, ID Neutrolux
10/15 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
10/16 Denver, CO Oriental Theater
10/17 Kansas City, KS Record Bar
10/18 St.Louis, MO The Firebird
10/20 Pittsburgh, PA 31st Street Pub
10/21 Asbury Park, NJ The Saint
10/22 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory (CMJ)
We still have ‘Overdrive’ T Shirts & Tote bags in stock w/ FREE posters in our SHOP here
Wussy are to headline CBGB OMFUG Music Festival at Knitting Factory Brooklyn on 10/10/14! Tickets on sale HERE
Exit Verse
Popcorn Double Feature: on SEPT 23 – CHRIS BROKAW BAND feat. Douglas McCombs & Tony Lazarra & ‘EXIT/VERSE‘ (Geoff Farina’s new rock band!) THE BURLINGTON, Chicago Il
Damnably Gigs
Damnably at 8 see’s us celebrate our 8th birthday w/ Joel RL Phelps & The Downer Trio, Zebra Hunt, Lazarus Clamp & Former Utopia
‘Russellmania’ Oct 5th
@ Ryans Bar, Stoke Newington
Romford playboy RUSS has bonked-out his debut Wolfchoir EP
and celebrates Russly with a typical cockney knees-up.
£4 http://www.wegottickets.com/event/288919
Splintered Man (they just released their debut album too)
Hadleigh Ford
FREE Downloads
smallgang ‘Waiting for your life’ (2007) & ‘Library‘ (2014)
More Bad Times ‘Chilli Linguine‘
Fried Cabbage ‘Turn That Girl Down’
Damnably Radio
Sorry our podcast shows have come down due to MCPS license enforcement. We are switching them over to Mixcloud and will resume normal service shortly.
Thank you for reading our news letter
TEAM Damnably & Birdman
