SARGENT HOUSE

​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 away? It was Chicago’s Russian Circles. In the span of 40 minutes, their pulverizing, rhythmic and ravaging set was made all the more intense by the fact that I could only hear the raging riffs and the percussive propulsion. My view of the enraptured, fist-waving fans in front of the stage, backdropped by the always majestic Austin skyline, proved to be the perfect live-action visual accompaniment to the explosive tunes.

Of course, after looking the band’s history up when I got back to the hotel, I was a combination of embarrassed and excited. As it turns out, Brian Cook, Mike Sullivan and Dave Turncrantz have been a big deal to many people for a few years now. How had I missed out on them? While I pondered that thought, I realized I had multiple albums of Russian Circles material to unearth and that was enough to get over my easily bruised music-geek ego.

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Russian Circles will be headlining a tour across North America this fall in support of their upcoming album, Empros their fourth full-length that will be released on October 25 via Sargent House. Supporting the band on the road for the majority of shows will be Deafheaven. Always check with Venues directly for full lineups and door times.

RUSSIAN CIRCLES LIVE
11/02  Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds #
11/03  Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves #
11/04  Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest – Auditorium Shores
11/05  Austin, TX @ Red 7 – Fun Fun Fun Fest Nights Boris & Tera Melos & #
11/07  New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s #
11/08  Atlanta, GA @ The Earl #
11/09  Newport, KY @Southgate House $#
11/10  Columbus, OH @Ravari Room $#
11/11  Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick $#
11/12  Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace # !
11/13  Buffalo, NY @ Soundlab # !
11/14  New York, NY@ Bowery Ballroom # %
11/15  Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s # %
11/16  Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church #
11/17  Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose #  (EARLY AA Show)
11/18   Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop #
11/19  Grand Rapid, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme #
11/25  Portland, OR, @ Doug Fir Lounge w/ Helms Alee and #
11/26  Seattle, WA @ Neumos  w/ Crypts and #
11/28  Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour # *
11/29  San Diego, CA @ The Casbah # *
12/02  Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club $ ^
12/03  Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall $ ^

# w/ Deafheaven
$ w/ Young Widows
! w/ Indian Handcrafts
%w/ The Men
^ w/ Anatomy of a Habit
* w/ Marriages (feat. Members of Red Sparowes)

(Source: artistdata.sonicbids.com)

Sargent House is heading to Texas for some FUN x 3 and some FUN Nites.
We have a lot of our bands playing including Boris, Russian Circles, Tera Melos and Le Butcherettes w/ Omar Rodriguez Lopez filling in on Bass! Of course we also won’t be missing seeing the incredible Death Grips either, there are so many bands we can’t wait to check out. Below is the schedule of where I will be for sure!

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, WATCH ONLINE CST TIME ON PITCHFORK

Friday - November 4th @Auditorium Shores
Russian Circles - Festival / Black Stage at 6:30

Saturday - November 5th @Auditorium Shores
Death Grips - Festival / Black Stage at 2:30pm

Sunday - November 6th @Auditorium Shores
Le Butcherettes - Festival / Orange Stage at 1:20pm 
Boris - Festival / Black Stage at 7pm

FFF FEST NITES

Friday - November 4th - FFF Nites / Empire Automotive
Death Grips  at 11:50pm
w/Kool Keith, B.L.A.C.K.I.E. & Trash Talk
- All Ages / FREE with Festival Wristband!



Saturday - November 5th - FFF Nites / Red 7 
Russian Circles at 1:15am - 2am
Tera Melos at 12:30 - 1am
Boris at 11:15pm - 12:05am
- All Ages / FREE with Festival Wristband!

Le Butcherettes will be heading to the East Coast for some headline shows in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore playing direct support on those will come from Third Man Recording artists and Jack White endorsed The Black Belles, then to Chicago where Gypsyblood will open and then ending in Austin at Fun Fun Fun Fest where they play the Orange Stage on 11/6. Omar Rodriguez Lopez will be reprising the role of bass player that he did on Sin Sin Sin and will be playing Bass live in Le Butcherettes for all the November dates. December, will also have some great shows with the one and only Iggy & The Stooges ! 

LE BUTCHERETTES - NOVEMBER 2011
11/01 - New York, NY @ Santos Party Haus *
11/02 - Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy *
11/03-  Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar *
11/-4 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean w/ Gypsyblood
11/06 - Austin, TX @ FUN FUN FUN Festival

LE BUTCHERETTES - DECEMBER 2011
12/01 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Palladium !!
12/04 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield !!
12/06 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield !!

!! w/ Iggy & The Stooges 
* w / The Black Belles 

Henry Don’t Got Love, by Le Butcherettes, the long lost video surfaces. Celebrate! And don’t miss them on TOUR with The Black Belles opening NY, Philly and Baltimore and w/ special guest Omar Rodriguez Lopez  playing bass in Le Butcherettes for the November shows and Fun Fun Fun Fest! Can’t wait.

We are delighted to have three of our bands playing at this years Fun Fun Fun Festival in Austin, TX - Boris, Russian Circles and Le Butcherettes. That’s quite the hat trick.