10/31/13 at THE OWL in Chicago! 21+ FREE

FREE & ALL AGES In-Store performance with the new 3-piece lineup at Permanent Records on Chicago Avenue, 6PM.

Thanks again for the incredible time at Blackout Fest 2013, thanks to all the bands and all the people that traveled across the globe to come revel in the great music that we pulled together, and thanks to the Empty Bottle, Revolution Brewery, Jim Beam and Leatherbee Gin!
Check out a few photo features that just went up:

Canderson’s Blackout Fest 2013 photo/video feature

JETLAG RnR Blackout Fest 2013

IMPOSE Blackout Fest 2013 Photo feature Day 1
IMPOSE Blackout Fest 2013 Photo feature Day 2
IMPOSE Blackout Fest 2013 Photo feature Day 3

Underground Bee Blackout Fest 2013 Photo feature

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HUFFINGTON POST article on the ‘OUTRAGE’

Four nights of uncut, undiluted, underground GOLD at the EMPTY BOTTLE in Chicago,

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Thurs 5/16 Art Show Opening Party:

MIKE REP & TOMMY JAY

(legendary OHIO mid-70s underground/Lo-Fi Icons)

NEGATIVE SCANNER

(ex-Daily Void, Tyler Jon Tyler)

THE SLEAZE

(Minneapolis Punk Sensations)

Artwork by:

GOONS
Dave Luzeniecki
Aaron Olson
Dustin Mertz
Alexis Castaldi
Greg Shirilla
Joe Schorgl
Nick Pyle

Friday 5/17

UNNATURAL AXE

(1970s Boston KBD Punk Legends!)

TYVEK

(Angry and Angular Detroit Punk)

EAT SKULL

(Weird Punk Overlords from Portland, OR)

MAKE-OVERS

(from Pretoria, South Africa!)

BUCK BILOXI & THE FUCKS

(new New Orleans trash)

WINTER BEAR

(ex-Cave Weddings from Milwaukee)

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Saturday 5/18

CHROME

(San Francisco’s impossibly great and bizarre 70s psychedelic punk pioneers)

WIZZARD SLEEVE

(Alabama synth demons, featuring Mr Quintron)

COP CITY / CHILL PILLARS

(Florida’s finest fried-out punk progenitors, a modern DEVO?)

FNU RONNIES

(Pittsburgh’s demented noise-benders, backed by the GARY WRONG GROUP)

VERMA

(Chicago heavy drone/psych/noise nebulizers)

POPULATION

(Chicago death-punk sensations)

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Sunday 5/19

DWIGHT TWILLEY

(Tulsa, OK’s inimitable power pop icon from the pre-Punk era)

PEZBAND

(Classic 70s Chicago power pop in the vein of Raspberries/Badfinger/Big Star)

GAMES

(NYC’s modern power pop masters, ex-Carbonas/Busy Signals/Gentleman Jesse)

THE SUEVES

Sponsored by REVOLUTION BREWERY and JIM BEAM

YOU’VE MADE SO MANY MISTAKES ALREADY IN YOUR LIFE, DON’T BE AFRAID TO TRY NEW THINGS, Grab tickets HERE!

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BLACK BUG ‘Reflecting The Light’ LP/CD
GEORGIANA STARLINGTON ‘Paper Moon’ debut LP/CD
SCHONWALD ‘Mercurial’ US debut 7″
POPULATION ‘White Crosses’ 7″ EP
RAINBOW GUN SHOW ‘Cinderella Sizzle’ debut 7″

PLUS: the last 4 HOOKUP KLUB singles from ROUND 4 are shipping with the new batch!

New video for “Reflecting the Light” by BLACK BUG

Don’t miss PEOPLES TEMPLE on Tour through the East Coast & the South this spring:

Sat 5/4 – Detroit, MI – Jumbo’s
Sun 5/5 – Fort Wayne, IN – Brass Rail
Mon 5/6 – Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlies
Tues 5/7 – Athens, OH – The Union
Wed 5/8 – Columbus, OH – Double Happiness
Thurs 5/9 – Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class
Fir 5/10 – Harrisburg, PA – Little Amps
Sun 5/12 – New Brunswick, NJ – Coolest Ranch
Tues 5/14 – Washington DC – Black Cat
Wed 5/15 – Boone, NC – Black Cat
Fri 5/17 – Harrisonburg, VA – Blue Nile
Sat 5/18 – Philly – Kung Fu Necktie
Sun 5/19 – Brooklyn, NY – Sike Fest (Knitting Factory)
Thurs 5/23 – Toledo, OH – Mickey Finns
Sat 5/25 – Muncie, IN – Be Here Now

Don’t miss SCHONWALD on their ‘Mercurial’ tour this month:

Apr 05 King Kong Klub – Berlin
Apr 06 Baubar klub w/Witheout- Oldenburg
Apr 16 ESPACE B – w/ A V G V S T +Maria False- Paris
Apr 18 LE DETOUR – w/A V G V S T + Dead Dreams- Lille
Apr 19 LR6 w/ A V G V S T- Bruxelles
Apr 26 The Rocketeque- Saint Avold (F)
Apr 27 Haus der Jugend Lemon w/Sexy Drugs Annweiler
Apr 29 BOSCHbar -Zurich
May 11 Notte blu w/Drink to me – Firenze

Check out the video premiere for “Mercurial” on IMPOSE, right HERE.

Saturday March 16th at 1:00PM:

TV GHOST
PEOPLE’S TEMPLE
HEAVY TIMES
COP CITY/CHILL PILLARS
COZY
BLASTED CANYONS
MALLARD
YOLKS
VACATION CLUB
BAD INDIANS
WHITE MYSTERY
THE MAN
+ SPECIAL GUESTS!!!!

FREE BOOZE PROVIDED BY TITO’S HANDMADE VODKA & REVOLUTION BREWERY!!!!

Don’t miss HEAVY TIMES on Tour in March:

FRI 3/8 Indianapolis @ Radio Radio
SAT 3/9 Knoxville @ Pilot Light
SUN 3/10 Atlanta @ 97 Estoria
MON 3/11 Tuscaloosa @ House
TUE 3/12 NOLA @ Saturn Bar
WED 3/13 SXSW
THU 3/14 SXSW afternoon @ 2302 Willow Dr.
THU 3/14 SXSW 8:45 @ Cherrywood Coffee
FRI 3/15 SXSW 3:00 @ 10th St. & Lincoln
FRI 3/15 SXSW 8:45 @ Gypsy
SAT 3/16 SXSW afternoon @ Green House
SUN 3/17 Lawrence, KS Replay Lounge

Check out the video for ‘Mask’ off the upcoming ‘Reflecting the Light’ LP/CD out SOON:

Don’t miss the sinister throb of Black Bug on Tour in February.

1st Feb> Lyon @ TROKSON (FRA)
2nd Feb> Monza @ Boccaccio (IT)
3rd Feb> Udine @ Navel (IT)
4th Feb> Need help
5th Feb> Zagreb @ Mochvara (CRO)
6th Feb> Belgrad @ MKC kombinat
7th Feb> Budapest @ TRAFIK (HU) W/ Broken Cups
8th Feb> Szolnok @ TOMI-BAN! (HU) W/ Broken Cups
9th Feb> Vienna @ venster99 (AT)
10th Feb> Need help
11th Feb> Turin @ Blah Blah
12th Feb> Montpellier @ TBA
13th Feb> Perpignan @ l’Ubu (FRA)
14th Feb> TBA
15th Feb> TBA

‘Police Helicopter’ 7″ EP Back in stock SOON

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PEOPLE’S TEMPLE ‘More For the Masses’ LP/CD
GAMES s/t debut LP/CD
MIL MASCARAS ‘Fuzz’ debut 7″ EP
FURY ‘Flying’ b/w ‘100% Proof’
HEAVY TIMES ‘I’m Single’ 7″ EP