January 2012
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Russian Circles Announce Headlining Overseas...
Russian Circles will be headlining a six week long overseas tour in support of their latest critically praised release Empros out now on Sargent House. Support bands will be announced in the coming weeks. Always check with venues directly to confirm show times and age restrictions.
RUSSIAN CIRCLES APRIL / MAY OVERSEAS TOUR 2012 Apr 05 - Prague, CZ @ Matrix Apr 06 - Vienna, AT @ Arena Apr...
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And Listening to the New Album by Marriages
Blown away. Listening to the new album from Marriages I only have three words….
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Just Heard the first mix of a New Track from Fang...
Speechless with joy. Fang Island’s new album is going to rule.
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DEAFHEAVEN announce European and U.S. tours & SXSW
San Francisco, CA’s Deafheaven are gearing up to start their first European headlining tour on February 3rd with Hierophant. The tour is set to run through February 25th, and will hit Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Belgium, France, the UK, and more. Upon their return home, Deafheaven will head out on tour in North America, starting in LA on a string of dates with Whirr and Marriages (feat....
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Voto Latino: Le Butcherettes’ Teri Gender Bender...
I was a little nervous to interview Le Butcherettes frontwoman Teri Gender Bender (real name Teresa Suarez) last October at her Rodriguez-Lopez Productions record label, which Omar Rodriguez-Lopez runs with Cathy Pellow out of a house in the hills of Echo Park. Her stage presence is intense, so I was expecting her to scream at me for asking stupid questions; or not answer them at all....
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BKLYN VEGAN: Deafheaven Announce Tour Dates With...
Photo of Deafheaven at Bowery Ballroom (more by BBG)
Deafheaven has been added to a string of Alcest dates including the recently announced Public Assembly show on 3/31. I will be on board to DJ the evening, which will also feature an appearance from the just-added Vaura! Tickets are still on sale. Alcest recently released their new LP Les Voyages De L’Âme, stream it in full.
ALCEST...
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Conversations with Bianca Interview: Le...
I’ve listened to Le Butcherettes practically every single day since I first discovered them last year. There are not many bands that have made my daily playlists, especially so quickly. I get the same feeling listening to Le Butcherettes’ Kiss & Kill and Sin Sin Sin records as I did when I first discovered Hole’s Pretty On The Inside and Live Through This as a 15-year-old. Le...
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Sound Colour Vibration Interview: Big Sir
An interview is one of the most authentic and honest windows into the hearts and minds of the artists and musicians we’ve come to admire. And, in this particular case… an added dose of humility. Logistics and self-deprecating humor aside, there is no better approach towards familiarizing yourself with the music you know and love, than by speaking with the musicians who have created the...
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Kramer loves Tera Melos
First Kramer hears Tera Melos on the radio
Then he goes and auditions for the Tera Melos video Thanks to Gary Dolphiore-Ridolphin for capturing Kramer’s love of the Melos.
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Can We Talk? Sargent House Introduces the Forum -...
So after many requests we decided to give it a go and set up our own discussion forum where like minded folk can come talk about Music, Art, Films and of course each of the artists we have over here at Sargent House and Rodriguez Lopez Productions have their own forums within it. I want to say a huge thank you to Luke Hurd of The Marble Shrine who built it and is our Global Moderator, Top Dog....
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New Albums coming in 2012 OMG I CAN'T WAIT
Can’t Wait for all the great music we have coming in 2012 new albums from Big Sir, Good Old War, Fang Island, Indian Handcrafts, Le Butcherettes, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Marriages, Tera Melos, This Town Needs Guns, Adebisi Shank and Native - HOLY CRAP.
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Eureka The Butcher To Play some California Shows...
We are very excited to announce a few west coast shows of Marcel Rodriguez Lopez of (Zechs Marquise & The Mars Volta) electronica project called Eureka the Butcher featuring Sadah Luna who will be playing two shows with our own Big Sir the band of Juan Alderete (The Mars Volta) & Lisa Papineau don’t miss them if you are in the area:
EUREKA THE BUTCHER feat Sadah Luna & BIG...
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RCRD LBL Feature: Good Old War 's "Calling Me...
Philadelphia rock band Good Old War, started by former members of Days Away in 2008, will release its third album Come Back As Rain on March 6 via Sargent House. “Calling Me Names,” a catchy indie rock tune, is a precursor to the tone the band has set for the effort. The earnest track is good-natured and folky – its amiable chorus leaving lingering good vibes. Catch them on tour this...
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Ghettoblaster Feature: Russian Circles
Russian Circles featured in Issue #30 of Ghettoblaster Magazine -(Click on text to enlarge) and support GhettoBlaster it’s a great magazine for only $14 a year to subscribe.
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Good Old War Announces New Album “Come Back As...
Good Old War will embark on their first national headlining tour in two years, kicking things off on March 8th in Knoxville, TN at the Relix Varsity Theatre. The nearly two month long trek is the band’s first in support of their new full-length studio album Come Back As Rain – out March 6th on Sargent House. The Belle Brigade and Family of the Year will be joining Good Old War for the...
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RCRD LBL Premiere: New track DL from Big Sir "Our...
Big Sir, the longtime collaboration between singer/composer Lisa Papineau (Air, M83 collaborator) and The Mars Volta’s bassist Juan Alderete, will release a new effort on February 7 via Rodriguez Lopez Productions /Sargent House. The album, Before Gardens After Gardens, is a collection ethereal prog-rock numbers, as evident on this premiere of “Our Pleasant Home.” The track features The...
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CRAVE Online's: List of 10 Must - See Bands at...
2. Le Butcherettes:
Sargent House’s spaz-blast rock outfit Le Butcherettes have had us by the musical throat for over a year, and we’re chomping at the bit to see them in the blazing desert. Led by fireball vocalist/guitarist/pianist Teri Gender Bender, Le Butcherettes’ songs & untethered energy evoke early-era Yeah Yeah Yeahs, with the seductive energy of The Kills in an ...
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Sound Fuse: Live Review Russian Circles - Lincoln...
Russian Circles are a band that I’ve been wanting to write about for a long time. In fact, they are one of the last shows I saw in 2009 before I started Chicago Jam Scene. Their show at Bottom Lounge was one of the last shows about which I said, “This is awesome. I should write about this,” and just started doing it. This band has consistently been in my rotation since I discovered them...
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The Pop Stereo Reviews: Big Sir's Before Gardens...
Big Sir isn’t as big as Big Sur…but they could be. This dynamic duo made up of Lisa Papineau and Juan Alderete (of The Mars Volta) has explored a stunning amount of sounds and textures using both electronic and analog beats over their three album career. Their latest album, Before Gardens After Gardens is no different and continues this tradition of audio exploration. ...
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Sargent House at SXSW 2012
Well it’s that time of year again and so far seven of our bands have been invited to play this years SXSW in Austin. So looks like Sargent House will have to have our own show again this year! So who are the players coming this year? Check them out below, In alphabetical order : AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR DEAFHEAVEN GOOD OLD WAR GYPSYBLOOD INDIAN HANDCRAFTS MARRIAGES ZECHS...
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Spinner: Le Butcherettes, 'I'm Getting Sick of...
Artist: Le Butcherettes Video: ‘I’m Getting Sick of You’ Highlight: “Being able to to play with Lia and Omar on MTV Iggy has been nothing but a pleasurable experience, wanting nothing more or less to create an understanding of the self,” singer/guitarist Teri Gender Bender tells Spinner. “This video, ‘I’m Getting Sick of You,’ is so...
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Marcel Rodriguez Lopez Aka Eureka The Butcher New...
Marcel Rodriguez Lopez aka Eureka The Butcher of Zechs Marquise and The Mars Volta has unleashed 4 new tracks of his solo electronic production project.
Hit Read More to stream:
Stay tuned for soon to be announced Los Angeles area dates in February! and follow him @eurekabutcher
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Red River Noise Feature: Indian Handcrafts (Free...
Just when you thought Sargent House had gotten their dynamic duo fix with Hella, think again. Combining the technical skill of their Northern California counterparts, with the power rock riffs of Death From Above 1979, Toronto’s Indian Handcrafts delivers with unrelentingly gritty melodies, accompanied by the intertwined vocal deliveries of drummer/vocalist Brandyn James Aikins,and...
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MetaCritic Compiles the 25 Best Reviewed Albums of...
Metacritic Top 25 Highest-Reviewed Albums of 2011 is a rundown of the best albums of the past year as determined by their Metascores — an average of all reviews given by professional critics at the time of each album’s original release. Note that live albums, reissues, compilations, and the like are excluded from this chart. - Click to See Top 25
Wow That Was Fast - Coachella 2012 SOLD OUT
It’s times like this I’m truly grateful to be able to get in with the band…
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Dallas Observer: This Weeks Obsession is Russian...
As I was standing in the photo pit of the Murder City Devils’ stage the Friday evening of Fun Fun Fun Fest, a band started playing on the other side of the large, divided stage. I couldn’t see them, as I was 40 yards to the band’s right, literally with my elbows on the unused stage but, boy howdy, could I ever hear the act kicking things off.
Who was the band that blew me...
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The Quietus : Big Riffs At Close Quarters - And So...
The Northern Irish quartet arrived on a wave of confidence and unity, but after a year peppered with international acclaim and broken bones they lost their founding guitarist. Kiran Acharya spoke to the band about the recording of second album Gangs
I’d finally settled on a functional introduction the whole story changed. Tony Wright left the band, replaced by Panama Kings guitarist Niall...
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Anthony Green has the best Friends - Good Old War...
You know I met Anthony Green on the same day I met Keith Goodwin. They were both out in California to play in The Sound Of Animals Fighting’s only four live shows ever with my boys RX Bandits who were the entire band for those shows. It was back in 2006, and the meeting led to a friendship and love for both these gentlemen. I went on to work with Keith and what would became his new band...
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And So I Watch You From Afar Nominated for this...
Ireland’ s Choice Music Prize announced today their Short List of Nominations for 2012. Congratulations to And So I Watch You From Afar who were nominated for their album Gangs.
And the nominees are -
And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs (Richter Collective / Sargent House) Bell X1 – Bloodless Coup (Belly Up Records) Cashier No 9 – To The Death of Fun (Bella Union) Lisa Hannigan -...
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MTV Iggy: Reviews Zechs Marquise's Video...
The Mars Volta sibling band Zechs Marquise’s new video for “Everlasting Beacon of Light” off their recently released sophomore album Getting Paid is like one of those epic dreams you wake up from hoping it means something — something super awesome.
Deep down you know it means you shouldn’t eat cheesecake and an entire Frito pie right before you go to sleep. But it leaves you with the...
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MTV Iggy: 3 Live Song Session & Interview With Le...
Since their debut album Sin Sin Sin came out this year, L.A./Guadalajara garage rock band Le Butcherettes have been carving a niche for themselves on stages north and south of the border. Line-ups shift with this band but tempestuous frontwoman Teri Gender Bender (AKA Teresa Suaréz) is always front and center. In our exclusive live video with Le Butcherettes we captured her confrontational...
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Big Sir's New Album Before Gardens After Gardens...
Big Sir the long time band of Lisa Papineau & Juan Alderete have a fantastic new album called Before Gardens After Gardens coming out on RLP/Sargent House on February 7th. You can stream or get a Free Download of the track Ready On The Line HERE . We have the CD and some new merch now available for Pre-Order HERE and we are offering a great Deluxe Bundle for only $30. To find out more about...
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COS Premiere: Zechs Marquise's Everlasting Beacon...
With Omar Rodriguez-Lopez suddenly reforming At The Drive-In, his Mars Volta bandmate/brother Marcel has time to spend with his other project, Zechs Marquise. Based in El Paso, the latter Rodriguez-Lopez plays drums in the instrumental progressive rock band with his other brothers Marfred and Rikardo on bass and keyboards, respectively. Their sophomore album, Getting Paid, dropped late...
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Coachella Announces 2012 Lineup!
Will be a busy Coachella for Omar Rodriguez Lopez who will be playing the first At The Drive In show in 11 years and who will also be playing with Le Butcherettes. Both bands play both Sundays of this years Festival - We Can’t Wait!!!!!
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At The Drive In To Play Shows in 2012 - This...
At The Drive In returns for some shows… and to all those asking yes Omar Rodriguez Lopez will be playing them along with all the original members. Damn, I’m excited to see this. Follow Twitter and FB’s for news ORLProductions AtTheDriveIn_ Official At The Drive In ORL Productions on Facebook
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Treble Review: Boris' New Album
Boris - New Album (Sargent House) It’s not quite enough to say that Boris is a versatile band. The Japanese trio, who once began life as a doom metal band, has taken heavy music well beyond the expected journey of balancing atmosphere, heaviness, noise and melody, and deeper into genres that sometimes expand outside some heshers’ comfort zones. But even more curious than the...
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And So I Watch You From Afar Announce Russia &...
And So I Watch You From Afar will be headlining a tour in Russia in February 2012. ASIWYFA - RUSSIA / UKRAINE 2012 Feb 02 - Moscow @ Plan B Feb 03 - St Petersburg @ Arktika Feb 04 - Yarislavl @ Avangard Feb 05 - Nizjnj Novgorod @ Freedom Feb 06 - Kazan @ Zheltaya Kofta Feb 07 - Samara @ Zvezda Feb 08 - Penza @ Zhavat Feb 09 - Voronezh @ Tarantul Feb 10 - Rostov @ Podzemka Feb 11 -...
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CVLT Nation: Sonic Cathedrals Vol. XXVII Curated...
Sonic Cathedrals Vol. XXVII Curated by DEAFHEAVEN
CVLT Nation is super charged to announce that the Sonic Cathedrals Mixtape Series Vol. XXVII Curated by DEAFHEAVEN is going live today. The mixtape has this killer expansive quality about that will draw you in. DEAFHEAVEN rocked 2011 with their rad music and non-stop touring, and listening to their song selection you will respect this...
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NPR Music's: Tiny Desk Concert with Teri of Le...
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Exclaim CA News: Indian Handcrafts Sign to Sargent...
Toronto rock duo Indian Handcrafts have been earning a whole lot of acclaim as of late, and we previously praised the band’s live show for its “no-bullshit approach” and “serious riffage.” Well, the band will soon be getting some help when it comes to spreading the word, since they have now signed to Los Angeles’ Sargent House. A post on the label’s...
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Rock A Rolla Issue #35 Interview with Zechs...
“Getting Paid was a learning process, just like everything else we’ve gone through. We basically recorded it twice to make it better.”
This issue, The Mars Volta’s Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez, drummer in El Paso instrumental outfit Zechs Marquise, fills us in on his band and their latest, sophomore album, Getting Paid.
“We wrote and recorded the songs, and then learned to play them live,” he...
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Fans Picked The Set List / ASIWYFA Played It -...
And So I Watch You From Afar invited a group of fans to their rehearsal rooms in Belfast for a special performance that would be broadcast on New Years Eve of a set list chosen by the fans. They were then asked to record the session on their mobile phones. Special thanks to everyone who donated their footage - and now let’s go to the video tape. ASIWYFA - K Is For Killing Spree
ASIWYFA...
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Pop Matters Reviews: And So I Watch You From Afar...
2011 has been a banner year for post-rock. Two of the year’s finest releases, Mogwai’s Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will and Russian Circles’ Empros, are some of the strongest releases the genre has seen in awhile. Those records are particularly refreshing given that some bands tend to stagnate after awhile in the post-rock formula of crescendo and decrescendo. Even some of the genre’s...
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UPDATE: I've Got the Hots For This Canadian 2...
A little while back I posted about how much I wanted this band. Well, I’m delighted to say Indian Handcrafts is now officially on Sargent House and they will be recording their debut for us in March/April of this year. Original Post: You know I love 2 pieces right? Well, Indian Handcrafts has gone and done it to me. I just can’t get this Canadian duo off my mind or off my stereo. I...
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UNIVISION: Names to know in 2012: Who will matter...
Teri Gender Bender
You might know her from: Being the singer-songwriter-frontwoman from Le Butcherettes. Teri originally formed the band in Guadalajara, Mexico and now resides in Los Angeles, where in 2011 the band released their debut album Sin, Sin, Sin under the label (and tutelage) of The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez Lopez. In 2011 alone, Le Butcherettes played Lollapalooza, opened for ...
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Diva Magazine Interview: Teri Gender Bender of Le...
Mexican rocker Teri Gender Bender calls herself an ignorant punk, still her band Le Butcherettes released one of the best albums of 2011. As DIVA’s Bella Qvist looks back at the year gone by she remembers an interview with a nervous girl who touched her heart. It was earlier last year that Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes spoke to me in an interview that got under the skin of the...