The noise duo are back on the road next January, with a string of dates in Europe followed by a set at CTM Festival in Berlin.
Here's where you can catch 'em:
Jan. 25 - Graz, AT - Orpheum Extra
Jan. 26 - Zagreb, HR - Mochvara
Jan. 28 - Linz, AT - Kapu
Jan. 29 - Prague, CZ - Underdogs
Jan. 30 - Warsaw, PL - Klub Poglos
Jan. 31 - Poznan, PL - Pawillion
Feb. 1 - Berlin, DE - CTM Festival
We also just announced the repress of Lightning Bolt's Fantasy Empire, nab yourself a copy of that here.
Envisioned as a soundtrack to an imagined horror film about love, Boy Meets Girl sees the Japanese metallic noise unit continue to carve out their own space in the extreme music continuum, with songs that shift from pounding sludge to off-kilter hardcore to synth-driven dance to utter oblivion.
The album will be out February 15th, and we'll be releasing the first single in the new year, but in the meantime watch the trailer video for Boy Meets Girl.
Boy Meets Girl is available to pre-order now on LP / CD
Your first chance to hear the entrancing effortless beauty of Setién's Thrill Jockey debut Another Kind of Revolution live, Elena will be heading out on a short run of Scandinavian dates in February 2019.
Here's where you can catch her:
Feb. 13 - Aalborg, DK - Huset i Hasserisgade w/ Jakob Bro
Feb. 14 - Århus, DK - Tape
Feb. 17 - Gnesta, SE - Vår Lokal
Feb. 21 - Helsinki, FI - G Livelab w/ Lac Belot
Feb. 23 - Copenhagen, DK - Jazz Club Loco, Bryggekælderen
Feb. 24 - Copenhagen, DK - MEUF Festival (performing improvised music with Johanna Borchert)
Feb. 26 - Odense,DK - Posten
Listen to the title track from Another Kind of Revolution
German sound artist Marc Richter aka Black To Comm will release his Thrill Jockey debut Seven Horses For Seven Kings on January 25th, 2019. Reflecting the violence and unreality of modern life, Seven Horses For Seven Kings is Richter's most direct and visceral work to date. It is unashamedly dark, undeniably angry. But rather than be consumed by such emotions, Richter employs them here as ecstatic release. Through his mastery of sound, he achieves transcendence through noise, beauty through intensity.
Listen to the album's first single, "Lethe" on our mixtape, or on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/2VXK6OBp7ccSjkckfit9rc
Thrill Jockey is proud to announce the signing of Black To Comm, the solo moniker of German sound artist Marc Richter. Black To Comm's Thrill Jockey debut will be out in early 2019.
A distinctive voice in the experimental music underground, Richter’s output is grounded in elements of ambient, drone and contemporary composition, but reaches far beyond the limits of those genres. Weaving together warped samples, found sounds, vintage synthesisers and acoustic instruments into dense, heavily textured compositions, his music is as ambitious and imaginative as it is succinct. Whirring tape hiss, radio interference and vinyl crackle blur the lines between organic sounds and digital manipulation, adding an unnerving, surrealist quality that underscores all of Richter’s work.
As well as being an acclaimed producer, sampled by the likes of Evian Christ, Richter is also a champion of other experimental acts, running the eclectic Dekorder record label.
Good news for Thalia Zedek fans in Europe: she'll be heading back over to your side of the Atlantic with a full band early next year for a pretty extensive tour.
It'll be your first chance to hear the fragile beauty and intensity of new album Fighting Season live, don't miss it.
Here's where you can catch them:
Jan. 23 - London, UK - Cafe Oto
Jan. 24 - Brussels, BE - Cafe Central
Jan. 26 - Paris, FR - L’Espace B
Jan. 27 - Rennes, FR - Institut Franco Americain (afternoon show)
Jan. 28 - Bordeaux, FR - La Fiacre
Jan. 29 - Valencia, ES - 16 Tonelades
Jan. 30 - Huesca, ES
Jan. 31 - Barcelona, ES - Sala Vol
Feb. 1 - Guernica, ES - El Trinkete
Feb. 2 - Lyon, FR - Le Sonic
Feb. 3 - Lausanne, CH - Le Bourg
Feb. 4 - Zurich, CH - El Lokal
Feb. 5 - Bologna, IT - Freakout Club
Feb. 6 - Ravenna, IT - Circolo Abajur
Feb. 7 - Terni, IT - Mishima
Feb. 8 - Savona, IT - Aurora Live Music
Feb. 9 - Busto Asirio, IT - Circolo Gagarin
Feb. 10 - Vienna, AU - Rhiz
Feb. 11 - Brno, CZ - Kabinet Múz
Feb. 12 - Nuremberg, DE - Cantina
Feb. 13 - Berlin, DE - Ausland
Feb 14 - Prague, CZ - KC Kaštan
Feb. 15 - Weikersheim, DE - W7
Feb. 16 - Bremen, DE - Die Friese
Feb. 17 - Amsterdam, NL - OCCII
Thalia Zedek Band's Fighting Season is out now on LP / CD / DL from our online store.
Thrill Jockey is proud to announce the signing of the unparalleled ENDON. Hailing from Japan, ENDON have been called the "Most extreme band in Tokyo" (Noisey), and are born of the same music scenes that helped birth the likes of Merzbow and now-labelmates Boredoms. The quintet, comprised of vocalist Taichi Nagura, drummer Shin Yokota, guitarist Koki Miyabe, and noisemakers Taro Aiko and Etsuo Nagura, are revered for their uncompromising intensity, blending elements of black metal, sludge, hardcore punk, noise and beyond into visceral sonic chaos. ENDON will be releasing a mini-album in early 2019. In addition to touring with SUMAC and Baptists in March, the band be performing alongside Neurosis and Converge in Tokyo in February. Previously, they have performed and toured alongside the likes of Boris, Godflesh, Full of Hell, Mutoid Man, The Body, and more.
On Jan 25th, 2019, guitarist Sarah Louise will be releasing her most fearless work to date, Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars. Louise broadens beyond folk forms on her latest offering, turning streams of raw electric guitar into entire oceans of aural texture. Her rich playing is warped beyond recognition through inventive synthesizing and digital manipulations. The innovative songs share warmth and compositional tendencies with Deeper Woods; however, remarkably, Sarah Louise’s stunning sophomore Thrill Jockey album breaks through the boundaries of solo guitar, bearing little resemblance to its predecessors.
Listen to Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars single "Chitin Flight":
http://open.spotify.com/album/0x1KYvj6A5NRgBwR2G3yuu
This coming February, Wrekmeister Harmonies will be touring throughout Europe and Russia in support of new album The Alone Rush. Earlier this year, Wrekmeister Harmonies (the duo of JR Robinson and Esther Shaw) performed at Roadburn Festival and Doom Over Leipzig.
Wrekmeister Harmonies tour dates
Feb. 1 - Buxelles, BE - Madame Moustache
Feb. 3 - Leeds, UK - Temple of Boom *
Feb. 4 - Newcastle, UK - Trillians *
Feb. 6 - Hull, UK - Adelphi Club *
Feb. 7 - London, UK - Elektrowerkz
Feb. 8 - Diksmuide, BE - 4AD *
Feb. 10 - Angers, FR - Jokers
Feb. 11 - San Sebastian, ES - Dabadaba
Feb. 13 - Sevilla, ES - Sala X
Feb. 14 - Lisbon, PT - ZDB
Feb. 20 - Utrecht, NL - dB’s
Feb. 21 - Nijmegen, NL - Merleyn
Feb. 22 - St. Petersburg, RU - Serdce
Feb. 23 - Moscow, RU - Model
Feb. 24 - Ekaterinburg, RU - Syndrome Bar
* w/ FVNERALS
After the release of their terrific new album Love In Shadow, SUMAC have announced they'll be heading out on a West Coast tour throughout the month of January in 2019, joined by Divide & Dissolve and Tashi Dorji! SUMAC also plan to tour Europe later this winter, including some very special guests.
Full list of dates and ticket links here: thrilljockey.com/artists/sumac
Tour Dates w/ Divide & Dissolve, Tashi Dorji
Jan. 11 - Vancouver, BC - The Astoria
Jan. 12 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
Jan. 13 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Jan. 15 - Chico, CA - Naked Lounge Coffee
Jan. 16 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s
Jan. 17 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
Jan. 18 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
Jan. 19 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick
Jan. 20 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
Jan. 22 - El Paso, TX - Rockhouse Bar & Grill
Jan. 23 - Austin, TX - Barracuda
Jan. 24 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
Jan. 26 - Albuquerque, NM - Sister
Jan. 27 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
The powerhouse psych trio are hittin' the road again next March, with a string of European tour dates announced for March 2019, including a show with fellow Thrillers Wooden Shjips.
Another chance to lose yourself in the hypnotic grooves of their heady guitar workouts, here's where you can catch them:
Mar. 6 - Prague, CZ - Futurum *
Mar. 7 - Budapest, HU - Durer Kert *
Mar. 8 - Bratislava, SK - Fuga *
Mar. 9 - Verona, IT - Colorificio Kroen *
Mar. 10 - Torino, IT - Magazzino sul Po *
Mar. 11 - Rome, IT - Largo *
Mar. 12 - Milan, IT - Ohibo *
Mar. 13 - Ravenna, IT - Bronson ^
Mar. 14 - Lausanne, CH - Le Bourg
Mar. 15 - Winterthur, CH - Gaswerk
Mar. 16 - Dortmund, DE - Dietrich-Keuninghaus *
Mar. 17 - Munich, DE - Feierwerk *
* w/ So Low
^ w/ Wooden Shjips
Pontiak's latest collection of acid-scorched riffing Dialectic of Ignorance is out now.
A work of entrancing, effortless beauty, Basque multi-instrumentalist Elena Setién's Thrill Jockey debut Another Kind Of Revolution will be out on 15 February 2019.
Listen to the title track now
Another Kind of Revolution is available to pre-order now on red vinyl and CD from our online store.
This weekend, Elena Setién plays the prestigious BIME Festival in Bilbao, performing alongside the likes of Aphex Twin, MGMT, Slowdive, Kurt Vile, and more.
Ahead of the kickoff of an extensive U.S. touring in support of new album Fighting Season this fall, Thalia Zedek has shared the video for "Bend Again," directed by Bernard Van Hecke. The video traverses expansive landscapes, mirroring the rugged beauty of Zedek's voice and the track's grandiose solo by J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.).
Watch the video here: thrilljockey.com/artists/thalia-zedek
Zedek is embarking on a Living Room tour with former Come bandmate Chris Brokaw, playing both solo songs and together in intimate, unconventional spaces. Following that tour, Zedek bring the full Thalia Zedek Band out for a few select dates around the U.S. and Canada.
Thalia Zedek tour dates
Oct. 12 - Brooklyn, NY * [Tickets]
Oct. 13 - Baltimore, MD * [Tickets]
Oct. 14 - Norfolk, VA - Charlie’s American Cafe +
Oct. 15 - Chapel Hill, NC * [Tickets]
Oct. 16 - Asheville, NC - Revolve * [Tickets]
Oct. 17 - Greenville, SC * [Tickets]
Oct. 18 - Athens, GA - Flicker Bar +
Oct. 19 - Atlanta, GA - Kavarna * [Tickets]
Oct. 20 - Gainesville, FL * [Tickets]
Oct. 21 - New Orleans, LA - Parker Barber * [Tickets]
Oct. 23 - Houston, TX * [Tickets]
Oct. 24 - Austin, TX * [Tickets]
Oct. 26 - Denton, TX * [Tickets]
Oct. 27 - Fort Worth, TX * [Tickets]
Oct. 30 - Nashville, TN *
Oct. 31 - Louisville, KY - Surface Noise Records * [Tickets]
Nov. 2 - Cleveland, OH * [Tickets]
Nov. 3 - Pittsburgh, PA * [Tickets]
Nov. 4 - Clearfield, PA * [Tickets]
Nov. 5 - Kingston, NY * [Tickets]
Nov. 16th - Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY w/ Damon & Naomi
Nov. 17th - The Root Cellar, Greenfield, MA w/ Damon & Naomi
Dec. 11 - Montreal, QC - Casa del Popolo #
Dec. 12 - Toronto, ON - The Monarch #
Dec. 13 - Chicago, IL - The Hideout $
Dec. 14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small’s Funhouse #
Dec. 15 - Washington, DC - Comet Ping Pong #
*Living Room Shows tour w/ Chris Brokaw
+ Club show w/ Chris Brokaw
# full band show
$ full band w/ Helen Money
Mere weeks after blazing a cosmic trail through Europe this fall, West Coast pysch mainstays Wooden Shjips have their return for March 2019, bringing their own brand of peaceful resistance to more cities on the mainland.
Here's where you can catch 'em:
Mar. 5 - Bergen, NO - Hulen
Mar. 6 - Oslo, NO - Blaa
Mar. 7 - Gothenburg, SE - Pusterviks
Mar. 8 - Stockholm, SE - Slaktkyrkan
Mar. 9 - Malmo, SE - Plan B
Mar. 10 - Copenhagen, DK - Loppen
Mar. 11 - Hamburg, DE - Molotow
Mar. 12 - Munich, DE - Import-Export
Mar. 13 - Ravenna, IT - Bronson
Mar. 14 - Rome, IT - Monk
Mar. 16 - Istanbul, TR - Salon
More info / tickets here.
Thrill Jockey is proud to announce the signing of San Sebastián, Spain-based musician Elena Setién. Her vivid songwriting and nuanced compositions breathe life into allegories, from the mundane to the mythical. Previously known for her work in the Scandinavian experimental duo Little Red Suitcase with Johanna Borchert, Setién's solo material is direct and adventurous, effecting and engaging.
This fall, Elena Setién will be a featured artist at the BIME Festival in Bilbao, on Oct. 26th-27th, performing alongside the likes of Aphex Twin, MGMT, Slowdive, Kurt Vile, and more.
Setién's Thrill Jockey debut will be out in early 2019, and features guest performances by Steve Gunn.
