“You Want Fame, Clipd Beaks? Well, Fame Costs. And Right Here Is Where You Start Paying… In Debut Albums and Tours.”
By David Nadelle on 10-31-2007
If the world was fair, fame would come to electochaotic quartet Clipd Beaks with the subtle breakneck speed of a category 5 hurricane. But the world is not fair; it is a festering stinkhole, full of sycophants and suckers, so fame will most likely approach the young California-based/Minnesota-bred band with the intensity of a hobo spitting out the piece of lard that floats on the top of his can o’ beans. Or tabaccy. Hobos love d’eir tabaccy! Velocity aside, fame WILL come to the boys in Clipd Beaks, some of whom have been playing together since they were baby birds. The first fruits of the last few years of hard work is due November 6, when Lovepump United release the band’s "official" debut album, Hoarse Lords.
Hoarse Lords has catalog # LPU15, which is odd considering this is Lovepump’s 14th release by my calculations. Hmm, there’s something fishy going on here. Oh wait, I forgot about the release by this band that the label put out but then deleted quickly (the world just wasn’t ready). Vinyl copies of Hoarse Lords are allegedly coming courtesy of NITCo. (Nail in the Coffin Records).
1. Melter
2. Wrathscapes
3. Manipulator
4. High on Charms
5. Hoarse Lords
6. We Will Bomb You (We Will)
7. Woo Melodies
8. Black Glass
9. Let It Win
This would be the perfect spot to say that Clipd Beaks are going on tour, but it wouldn’t be entirely true; they are already on tour. The traveling hootenanny started Sunday in Los Angeles (where else?) and continues tonight in San Francisco (where else?). Go forth and multi-fly..
10.31.07 - San Francisco, CA - The Hemlock Tavern
11.01.07 - Oakland, CA - 21 Grand
11.02.07 - Portland, OR - Ground Kontrol
11.03.07 - Seattle, WA - Comet Tavern
11.04.07 - Missoula, MT - The Palace
11.06.07 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
11.08.07 - Minneapolis, MN - The Triple Rock
11.09.07 - East Moline, IL - Mixtapes
11.10.07 - Chicago, IL - Ronny’s Bar
11.11.07 - Lafayette, IN - Knickerbockers
11.12.07 - Cincinnati, OH - Gypsy Hut
11.13.07 - Columbus, OH - Café Bourbon St
11.14.07 - Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College
11.15.07 - Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dee’s
11.16.07 - Montréal, Quebec - Zoobizarre
11.17.07 - Quebec City, Quebec - Le Bal du Lezard
11.18.07 - Allston, MA - O’Brien’s Pub
11.19.07 - Annandale-on-Hudson, NY - Bard College
11.20.07 - Burlington, VT - Club Metronome
11.21.07 - Providence, RI - AS220
11.23.07 - New York, NY - The Cake Shop
11.24.07 - Brooklyn, NY - The Silent Barn (Todd P party)
11.25.07 - Philadelphia, PA - Queen Sheba II
11.26.07 - Baltimore, MD - The Talking Head
11.27.07 - Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase
11.28.07 - Washington, DC - TBA
11.29.07 - Columbia, SC - The New Brookland Tavern
11.30.07 - Atlanta, GA - Lenny’s
12.01.07 - Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree
12.02.07 - Hot Springs, AR - The Exchange
12.04.07 - Houston, TX - The Proletariat
12.05.07 - San Antonio, TX - The Rock Bottom Tattoo Bar
12.06.07 - Dallas, TX - TBA (Parade of Flesh)
12.07.07 - Austin, TX - Emo’s
12.08.07 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory
12.09.07 - Albuquerque, NM - The Curio
12.10.07 - Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts
Method Man Sets Up Camp in Canada; Remember Canada? Hey, Scout Leader Kyle, the drinking age is only 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec! You, me, road trip!
By Petya Romanov on 10-31-2007
Remember high school? Remember spring break? All the cool kids were setting up condos and hotels in Florida, and we (the ones wearing oversized Smashing Pumpkins shirts) were stuck at home where it would inevitably rain for seven days straight. While the jocks were fashioning four-story beer bongs and catching Chlamydia, we were thinking about Canada and purchasing beer legally. There was some town that started with a 'w' -- Windemere or some shit -- that always rose to the top of conversation like the head of a good beer. All it took was six hours of driving and we could gamble, drink, rent prostitutes, and get free health care. It never happened.
One summer we went so far as to write out an actual itinerary. It was written in pencil, smeared from passing it around at the lunch table, and it probably overstressed the importance of purchasing beer. Nonetheless, for the last two years of high school, Canada was seen as our Eden, a much more tangible Red Light district.
What does this have to do with current music news? Well, if you've read any of my other stories, you'll realize I haven't the slightest idea what I'm doing writing for this first-tier publication. But now, as I empty my eighth bottle of Labatt Blue and smoke my decriminalized Canadian weed, I realize I was supposed to tell my brothers up north that the good lord Method (Mefud) Man will be making a few stops in your area come November. Why he's skipping over his home country is no mystery, for I'm sure he, like I, remembers the days when Canada was like that uncle who sneaks you beers at family reunions, while America is that aunt who threatens to tell your parents about your bloodshot eyes. Wait, what's the point again? That America isn't the land of opportunity? That ain't patriotic. I don't even know anymore.
Tourdates:
Russian Circles Sign to Suicide Squeeze = Most Obvious News Story Ever?
By Annapocalypse on 10-31-2007
Top Five Four Most Obvious Reasons that Russian Circles would sign to Suicide Squeeze:
1. They’ve toured with Minus The Bear, a Suicide Squeeze band.
2. They’ve toured with fellow Chicagoans, Chin Up Chin Up, another Suicide Squeeze band.
3. They’re recording their follow-up to 2006’s Enter with producer, Matt Bayles (Minus The Bear).
4. Suicide Squeeze convinced the long-haired Russian Circles that they would fit in well against the grunge history of Seattle.
5. No, just kidding, I think.
Look for Russian Circles’ new album, Station, to be released in the spring or summer of next year. But, in the meantime, get your sprawling, instrumental fix on at the remaining Circles tour dates for 2007:
