Polar Express

If you're looking for a way to escape the polar bear zombies walking around town, come check out tonight's music showcase at the IMC! The IMC is an all-ages, alcohol and drug free space so we guarantee there won't be any drunkards there you'll have to deal with! Rooster Noodle Soup [feat. Crass Culture], some anarcho-squatter-hip-hop from St. Louis, will be laying it down and FOUR other out-of-town bands will gracing us with their musical talents!



Saturday Jan. 28th
ROOSTER NOODLE SOUP feat. Crass Culture [STL]
+ A FACTORY BINGE
++ EARTH MASTERS [NYC]
+++ CHERRY ST. VOLCANO
++++ HUMAN + PLUS
@ Big Muddy IMC (214 N. Washington}
8PM, all-ages, $3-5 suggested donation

Milo Does Europe

Got a good one going down this Saturday.. Troubadour Dali from Stl., Owls & Crows, and The Heat Tape all at Hangar 9. The Heat Tape has a new 7" that is about to come out on Underground Communique, and they are leaving soon on a fuggin' European Tour!! Dates below. We hope this one goes better than the recent Copyrights Euro trip.. If you haven't heard about that, ask around, it is a pretty awesome story.

Saturday Jan. 28th
HEAT TAPE
+ Troubadour Dali
++ Owls & Crows
@Hangar 9
9p, 19+, $5

HEAT TAPE EUROPE TOUR DATES!!!!!!!!
23/2 Lille @ La Chimere, FR
24/2 Rotterdam @ Roodkapje(TBC) , NL
25/2 Nijlen @ Kroenkel, BE , BE
26/2 TBA
27/2 TBA
28/2 Osnarbruck @ TBC , DE
29/2 Kiel @ TBC , DE
1/3 Copenhagen @ KB 18, DK
2/3 Traanas @ Pub Babar , SE
3/3 Goeteborg @ Showdown , SE
4/3 TBA , Maybe Day off in Copenhagen still trying to fix 1 more show
in copenhagen though!
5/3 Halle @ Zwei zimmer , DE
6/3 Innsbruck @ PKM , AU
7/3 Milano(Bresso) @ Blue Rose, IT,
8/3 Forli @ Valverde , IT
9/3 Torino @ United Club , IT
10/3 Bergamo @ Sottosuolo , IT
11/3 Salsomaggiore Terme(PR) IT
12/3 Genova @ TBC
13/3 TBA
14/3 St gallen @ TBC CH
15/3 Wintherthur @ Widder CH
16/3 Zurich @ House of Horrors, CH
17/3 Cologne @ MTC , with Mest. DE

Cover for the new 7", photo by Carson Cates!

BDAY PANDA BOY

SECONDARY MODERN will be playing at Tres Hombres tonight (Thursday, Jan. 26th)! This completely unpromoted performance is bound to be stellar! Come out and buy a drink for your pal Rob Jacobs [of Wei Zhongle/Freedom Ride] because it's his BIRTHDAY!!! yeah!!

If you haven't already, check out these live recordings from your favorite Zhonglerz! Donations are being encouraged to help these guys fund their forthcoming studio album, which could be pressed on vinyl if we all make some magic happen! <3



ALSO, Wei Zhongle is heading out of town this upcoming Monday to play a show in STL! COOL! Grab a friend and join the caravan! POINT REYES just released their debut album on Cakes & Tapes and its amazingly beautiful and refreshing - hear here:



Monday Jan. 30th
WEI ZHONGLE
+ POINT REYES
@ LEMP Neighborhood Arts Center
[3301 Lemp Ave, St. Louis, MO]

Ugly

Maybe you heard, maybe you didn't, but errbody needs to know that our pals Screaming Females just finished recording their 4th studio album, Ugly, with none other than Mr. Steve Albini. It will be droppin' in April via Don Giovanni Records, and they will be going on a tour in Feb. playing mostly free shows in record stores. No plans for Carbondale yet.. but they're playing for free a few places close by, check the dates below. Screamales also recently played on NPR's Tiny Desk concert series.. check it below!

Holographic Dreamingg

Speaking of new jams, this past week local duo Dolphin Logic dropped their debut, Holographic Dreamingg, on Oakland's Tundra. It has been getting peeped about all over the internets, from showing up on an Impose Magazine hot new release list (among heavy hitters like Zola Jesus, Frankie Rose, The Babies, etc.), all the way to France. Congrats, boys. Snag the download for only 1.99.

New Year, New Jams

Been takin' a little break for the holidays.. but we're back and have a lot of news to share over the next few weeks.

Seems like almost every band in Carby has been in the studio in some form or another, so we've got a lot of new releases to look forward to over the next few months. 3 bands who will all have new releases out soon are playing together at Hangar 9 tonight, so if you wanna catch the new material in action now is your chance.

Secondary Modern just put the finishing touches on their newest 12-song record, here is a little sneak peak:

Scott Walker Records by secondarymodern

Kid Tiger just finished their second EP, Sleep, you can stream the tracks on their bandcamp and we imagine they'll be having a release show very soon.

The Jewels have also been in the studio working on a full-length album, we haven't got any leaks of that yet, but you can check out a few songs they recorded not too long ago that have been on the hush until now:

Saturday Jan. 7th

KID TIGER

+ The Jewels

++ Secondary Modern

@ Hangar 9

9p!!!, 19+, $5

Dolphin Logic, Parlor, Staring Problem, Autonomy, Brett Haley, Nighty Night, Wei Zhongle, Freedom Ride, and more have stuff on the way too!

Black Fortys new album VOODOO MOON has finally hit the interworld, and you can download it for free for a limited time only at their bandcamp!

Staring Problem just announced that they have a 7" coming out on BLVD Records this spring, and they're already at work on a followup release as well.

Wei Zhongle is about to head into the studio, but here is a live recording from the show they played with Tweak Bird last month that sounds killer! Can't wait for the record.