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FOLLOW JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD ON THE ROAD WITH THEIR TOUR BLOG HERE SEPT 17
Be sure and find a copy of the new issue of the (rabbit) cause Heavy Cream gets some much-deserved love! And because the (rabbit) is just plain full of love. See Heavy Cream at Nashville's Springwater Supper Club on 9/25. SEPT 15
Welcome back to Nashville JEFF The Brotherhood, here for some recording, video shooting, and performances before they gear up for their CMJ shows and Shonen Knife tour. More on that later. But right now let's give a shout out to both The Mattoid and Daniel Pujol, who are both in the running for The Deli Magazine's band of the month. Daniel has a commanding lead in the poll, and you have a chance to cast your vote right HERE . More on both of these great artists can be found here: Daniel Pujol (check out the massive tour coming soon!) and The Mattoid. SEPT 2
This
weeks Nashville Scene has a great review of the new Ham1 LP: "The
Underground Stream, the new album by Athens quartet Ham1, is wrought
with spontaneity and brims with effortless, nonchalant performances.
It's a brief 28 minutes full of studio-orchestrated front-porch pop
songs that smack of California harmony on a rainy day. Given the record's
bevy of melodious songs and instantly likable plain-sailing presentation,
the band's decision to release this—their third record—on local art-punk
label Infinity Cat forges an alliance with Athens that Nashville should
welcome with open arms of Steve Perry proportions." Read the rest
of the article HERE.
But first but the vinyl HERE. AUG 31
So what more could you want? Nashville, get your labor day on! AUG 17 JEFF The Brotherhood West Coast Tour starts now. Check the BLOG for updates. WED 19 Lubbock, TX @ Nume House 1625 Ave. Y ALL AGES > FRI 21 Sante Fe, NM @ Corazon 401 S. Guadalupe St. > SAT 22 Phoenix, AZ @ TBA > MON 24 San Fran, CA @ Bottom of the Hill w/Ted Leo > TUE 25 Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door w/Ted Leo > WED 26 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brew w/Ted Leo > FRI 28 LA, CA @ The Echo w/Ted Leo > SAT 29 San Diego - TBA > SUN 30 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Resource Center w/Ty Segall ALL AGES > MON 31 Oakland, CA @ 21 Grand w/TS ALL AGES > TUE 1 OFF WED 2 San Jose, CA @ The Blank Club w/TS > THU 3 Arcata, CA @ Jambalaya w/TS > FRI 4 Portland, OR @ East End Bar w/TS 21+ > WED SAT 5 Seattle, WA @ Comet Tavern w/TS SUN 6 Bellingham, WA @ Whaam w/TS MON 7 Olympia, WA @ Grandma's House w/TS TUE 8 Spokane, WA @ Empryean Coffee House w/TS > WED 9 Missoula, MT @ The Palace w/TS > FRI 11 Carbondale, IL @ Booby's w/TS > SUN 13 Chicago, IL @ Ottoman Empire AUG 15
Daniel Lucca
Pujol goes back to the road for these upcoming dates. Get all the
updates and hear the songs HERE. AUG 5 We just heard
that over the weekend NPR show AUG 1 Last night's homecoming for JEFF The Brotherhood was a pretty amazing lineup of rock. The packed house at the Springwater were treated to over-the-top sets by five great bands. Check them out on their MySpace pages here: Infinity Cat's Natural Child, Heavy Cream, and JEFF The Brotherhood, as well as Turbofruits and Davila 666. If you are in Nashville,you can see Heavy Cream tonight as they headline the Exit/In and then sleep on the sun all day Sunday! JULY 22 Tonight, see Heavy Cream at, 288 Deaverview Rd. Asheville, North Carolina w/ zombie dogs. Unless you're in Ottowal, Quebec. Then you should go to that house show everyone's talking about and see JEFF The Brotherhood w/ Ultrathin! More Heavy
Cream dates: Jul 24 2009 6:00P, Cortlandt land w/ future islands new
brunswick, New Jersey, Jul 25 2009 8:00P, Tritone (21+) Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, Jul 26 2009 8:00P, the cake shop w/ univox Manhattan, New
York, Jul 27 2009 8:00P, hot tub house. 2343 stratford ave. Cincinatti,
Ohio, Jul 28 2009 8:00P, Vollrath Tavern Indianapolis, Indiana, Jul 29
2009 8:00P, Ottoman Empire chicago, Illinois Jul 31 2009 8:00P springwater
(w/ davila 666) nashville, Tennessee. More HERE. JULY 21 Radio Flyer raves about JEFF The Brotherhood's recent Death By Audio show in Brooklyn: "the songwriting was superb and the performance thrilling. JtB sound most like some lost classic from greatest moments of the 1980's American indie scene, but like a sonic chameleon, the band wouldn't sound out of place much of anywhere. It would just sound damn good." Read the whole review HERE JULY 17
JULY 15 More love for JEFF The Brotherhood from Brooklyn Vegan: "JEFF the Brotherhood are back in town! If you missed them the last two times they were in town, well, you've got three more chances this week: tonight (7/15) at Death by Audio, Thursday (7/16) at Cake Shop and a secret show on Friday (7/17) that will be announced day of show via their Twitter. Seriously, Jake and Jamin put on one of the rockin-est, most fun shows I've seen this year. The boys are putting the final touches on their new album, Heavy Days, which comes out October 6 via their own Infinity Cat label. They've also got a new 7" single, "Heavy Damage," that they should still have copies of at shows, but you can download the a-side at the top of this post. They'll also be touring with the legendary Shonen Knife this fall." JULY 12 We love Lil Hammy! How 'bout these upcoming shows: July 28th Reid & Wright, Denney & The Jets, Pujol & Some Beaus, and GA'AN. GA'AN features Lindsay Powell of Festival, Cake Bake Betty and Skyblazer, so you know you have to be there. July 30th Reid & Wright, Natural Child, Burger Kingdom, and MARJ! Did we mention that Natural Child is our NFB? Yeah we did, On July 5. Both shows at Little Hamilton. If you live in Nashville, TN, you know where it is. Speaking of Skyblazer: Skyblazer from Digital Bohemia on Vimeo. JULY 10 Click HERE for a slideshow from last nights Jay Reatard, TV Smith and JEFF The Brotherhood show last night. By the way, Time Out New York said this week "Depending on the song, Nashville’s Jeff the Brotherhood can recall either a metallic stoner-rock outfit or a melodic power-pop band. The group sounds confident and convincing in either guise." Yeah huh. JULY 5 Asheville! Philly! Brooklyn! Detroit! Montreal! Ottowa! Chicago! Toronto! Indy! St. Louis! Milwaukee! Manhatten! and yes, even Orleans, Massachusetts! That's where JEFF The Brotherhood will be in the next few weeks. Check HERE for exact dates and locations and don't miss them. And many of those same cities will get a visit soon from Heavy Cream as well. This is just too good to be true, but it is. Check HERE for Heavy Cream's upcoming tour dates. Staying in Nashville? How 'bout you go see Natural Child at Little Hamilton on July 10 with Looks Like A Snake and lot's of beer? Click HERE for more on our favorite new band. JULY 4
Hot dogs and aliens. That's Independence Day! We're going to the baseball game! JUNE 26
Heavy Cream 7" release party is tonight, so go ok? It's at Little Hammy with /Useless Eaters & Bad Cop FREE BEER! You like that!
JUNE 16
JEFF The Brotherhood back on the road. Jun 17 2009 8:00P hi-tone (w/modern convenience) memphis, Tennessee * Jun 18 2009 8:00P ciceros (w/ radical sons) st louis, Missouri * Jun 19 2009 8:00P ottoman empire (w/empty heads) chicago Jun 20 2009 8:00P boobys beer garden (w/ ape, cloudmouth) carbondale, Illinois * Jul 9 2009 8:00P the end (w/ jay reatard) Nashville, Tennessee * Jul 10 2009 8:00P TBA ashville, North Carolina * Jul 11 2009 8:00P TBA richmond, Virginia * Jul 12 2009 8:00P TBA (w/ univox) baltimore * Jul 13 2009 8:00P the khyber (w/univox) philly, Pennsylvania * Jul 14 2009 8:00P meattown usa new brunswick, New Jersey * Jul 15 2009 8:00P death by audio brooklyn, New York * Jul 16 2009 8:00P cakeshop (w/stupid party, lovvers, and more) manhaden, New York * Jul 17 2009 8:00P TBA brooklyn, New York * Jul 18 2009 8:00P tony’s basement orleans, Massachusetts * Jul 21 2009 8:00P friendship cove (w/ ultrathin) montreal, Quebec * Jul 22 2009 8:00P house show! (w/ ultrathin) ottawa, Quebec * Jul 23 2009 8:00P TBA (w/ ultrathin) toronto, Ontario * Jul 24 2009 8:00P TBA detroit, Michigan * Jul 25 2009 8:00P automatic space chicago, Illinois * Jul 26 2009 8:00P TBA chicago, Illinois * Jul 27 2009 8:00P moria indianapolis, Indiana * Jul 28 2009 8:00P open lot st louis, Missouri * Jul 29 2009 8:00P TBA carbondale, Illinois * Jul 30 2009 8:00P TBA memphis, Tennessee * Jul 31 2009 8:00P springwater (w/ davila 666) nashville, Tennessee JUNE 4 Heavy Cream is coming! Tour dates? Sure. Jun 10 2009 Springwater w/ Liquor store, Mahoneys(from Detroit ) Nashville, Tn > Jun 13 2009 Local Honey (7" inch pre-release!!) Nashville, Tn > Jun 17 2009 The End w/ The Hussy & BadCop Nashville, Tn > Jun 19 2009 Springwater w/ Wheels On Fire! , Aeronauts Nashville, Tn > Jun 26 2009 Little Hammy w/ Useless Easters & Bad Cop FREE BEER! Nashville, Tn > Jul 16 2009 TBA w/ mystery of two Nashville, Tn > Jul 20 2009 the Pilot Light w/ wyld stallyns, Nimoids, Knoxville, Tn > Jul 31 2009 11:45A MTSU southern girls rock n’roll camp (campers only!) Murfreesboro, Tn
MAY 27 MAY 21
MAY 17 JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD ON THE ROAD NOW WITH TURBOFRUITS: May 19 2009 8:00P
new french bar (w/ turbo fruits) asheville, North Carolina MAY 7 It's Thursday night people, and we're all going to The End. To rock. It's The Nashville Scene's "Critic's Pick" : "Products of the New Jersey basement- and house-show scene, Screaming Females’ affiliation with local label Infinity Cat isn’t surprising. The touring trio made a splash in our own circuit with an interpretation of the same art-school punk that distinguishes the Nashville imprint. Sharing that aesthetic (and a split 7-inch) with Infinity Cat’s flagship JEFF the Brotherhood, Screaming Females distinguish themselves through frontwoman Marissa Paternoster’s dynamic stage presence. Drummer Jarrett Dougherty and bassist Mike Rickenbacker provide the bedrock that allows Paternoster’s caterwauling and jaw-dropping guitacrobatics to steal the show. The Brotherhood share the bill—and while our affinity for the duo’s riff-focused, psych-heavy freakouts might go without saying at this point, looks like I just mentioned it again." And if those two bands weren't enough, there is one more larger than life reason to go: Heavy Cream
APRIL 30
APRIL 24
News from the tour blog: "new yark again! hung with max from nashy, jamin turned 21, cy got to see avenu A (where the cro-mags are from) got some records and treats, 2nite we are playing with BLACK PUS, brian chippendale of lightning bolt's solo project, cooooool!" Read more by clicking on the TOUR BLOG link above! APRIL 17
APRIL 15 You will enjoy some tax relief if you click on "Mel Bay" by the genious of HAM 1. Buy the vinyl HERE.
APRIL 9 From the Nashville Scene/Cream:
JEFF the Brotherhood: Two
Split Sevens By Steve Haruch in Cream Calendar Buy them now here at the new STORE. MARCH 30
Heavy Cream
was singing it hard late last night at The Playroom, Infinity Cat's studio,
where they completed tracks for their debut 7" coming soon. The 45
rpm EP wil feature five tracks: Tina, Stiff Lick, Lava Lamp, Boner Shadder,
and Meow Meow. You're gonna like it. MARCH 23
More high praise
from the UK! This time from Terrascope online, who have this to say
about the new HAM1 record: MARCH 21
Here are Orrall cousins Frank and Malcolm on music, paipoboarding and bodysurfing. A great article on the musical endeavors of our cousin Frank Orrall (Poi Dog Pondering, Thievery Corporation) right HERE. And cousin Malcolm's story about Hawaiian Paipoboarding and bodysurfing right HERE. We Orrall's love to bodysurf. So does our new President. MARCH 11
Renowned British newspaper The Guardian UK talks about the Nashville music scene this week: "While honky-tonk bars remain popular down on Broadway, and Music Row continues to shelter an industry largely focused on country and Christian acts, elsewhere a vibrant alternative scene is emerging. To catch emerging talent, keep an eye out for MySpace bulletins and leaflets in local record stores. These leak information about the city's booming house party scene, centred around local label Infinity Cat's leading acts JEFF The Brotherhood and MeeMaw, with the latter regularly hosting chaotic shows in the basement of their home. London has the Rough Trade Shop, New York has Other Music, but Nashville presents stiff competition with one of the world's best independent record shops, Grimey's (1604 8th Avenue South, grimeys.com). JEFF The Brotherhood Tour
update: On tour in May with Turbofruits. MARCH 8
Some great shows this past weekend. Hope you got to a chance to see the amazing HAM1 at Lil Hammy on Friday. Here's what the Nashville Scene said about 'em: "The Underground Stream, the new album by Athens band Ham1, brims with effortless nonchalant performances, wrought with spontaneity and full of studio-orchestrated front-porch pop songs smacking of California harmony on a rainy day. Ham1 has more in common with their local Elephant 6 faction than with our hard-working misfits of the DIY ethos Infinity Cat. That, however, hasn't stopped the Nashville label from putting out the band's new LP. Given the record's bevy of melodious songs and instantly likeable plain-sailing presentation, it's an alliance that we in Nashville should welcome with open arms of Steve Perry proportions. Opener "Will You Ever" sounds like Pavement's "Range life" coupled with a haunted Southern gothic flair. "Thalyacine" brings to mind the jangly post-punk roots of their city's favorite sons R.E.M., while the brisk country slow-dance of "This is Your Life," like the record's wistful calm, is a sonic reminder of life's small pleasures--Ham1 being one of them--making this a thoroughly enjoyable listen for a pop hedonist such as myself. Just as JEFF's Castle Storm is a thoroughly enjoyable listen for a basement punkophile such as, well...myself." Click HERE to buy the vinyl! Next up for the Bro-Hood is a Nashville go- if- u-know crystal swan / king khan afterparty. Yeah that's right. Message Jake or Jamin HERE to find out the details. FEB 25 The Masters have been delivered! That's right, the music and artwork for our next two 7" splits have been delivered to our friends at United Record Pressing here in Nashville TN. America's number one vinyl pressing plant (and the only one we use) will be stamping out splits from JEFF The Brotherhood/Sisters (in conjunction with Death By Audio) and Screaming Females/JEFF The Brotherhood. The latter split was hyped yesterday on psychoPEDIA in a article proclaiming Screaming Females as one of the best bands of 2009. Read the article HERE. Visit United Record Pressing HERE. Screaming Females HERE. Sisters HERE. JEFF The Bro-hood HERE. Why are you still HERE???
FEB 20 JEFF The
Brotherhood announce new tour dates. Many more to come! Feb 28 2009 8:00P the caledonia
lounge (w /ham1) athens, Georgia JAN 18 Michael Kahan sent these photos from the Infinity Cat New Years Midnight Rager. Here's some Turbofruits, MEEMAW and JEFF The Brotherhood. Thanks to all the bands and the peeps who came out to party hard!
DEC 24 Happy Holidays everyone, and thanks for making this year our best ever! What made it so great? You! and new releases from The Mattoid, MEEMAW, JEFF The Brotherhood, Cake Bake Betty, Reid and Wright, and Monkey Bowl. Great performances from all those artists as well as Skyblazer and Wizardz/Saigon Baby. Free cheese sandwiches at Next Big Nashville. And of course, the Bad Bus Tour! Thanks to all for coming to the shows, buying the music, and supporting Infinity Cat Recordings. If you live in or near Nashville, we hope you'll make it to our last event of the year: The Infinity Cat New Years Midnight Rager featuring JEFF The Brotherhood, MEEMAW, Turbofruits, and Bad Friend. And we can't wait to show you what we have in store for 2009. Happy New Year! DEC 22 JEFF The Brotherhood rocked
the Mercy Lounge Friday night on a great bill with Ghostfinger. The Nashville
Scene has a slideshow of the event HERE DEC 17 NASHVILLE SCENE: A Christmas Gift Especially for You: You can't accuse the Scene's music blog of having an Orrall fixation. Well, actually, you can and you do. So it's with a heartfelt mixture of humility and holiday cheer that Cream says "blow me" and books JEFF The Brotherhood anyway, featuring Jake and Jamin Orrall—dudes who'd paid their shitty-club-gig dues long before they escaped high school, started hanging out with Bjork, made headlines with BYOP, etc. If somehow your ass remains unkicked after that, rest assured Ghostfinger will swat your hiney with a paddle the size of Oregon, and any booty left unbeaten will be broadsided by the comedy stylings of Chris Crofton. Also on the bill: this act getting a lot of bookings around town, TBA. We hear they were a lot better before they got popular. Mercy Lounge Fri., Dec. 19, 9 p.m., 2008 (By Jim Ridley)
Grimey's 2008 Top Ten by Anna "Indie Pop Princess" Lundy (store manager/head buyer): My Favorite Records Released or Reissued in 2008, in Alphabetical Order: 1 .Animals & Men - Never Bought, Never Sold 2. Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power & the Amorphous Strums - Dark Developments 3. The Clean - Compilation 4. Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts 5. Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams 6. Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long (various) 7. Jeff the Brotherhood - The Boys R Back In Town 8. King Khan & the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines 9. The Music Tapes - Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes 10. New Bloods - The Secret Life DEC 15
MEEMAW played an awesome set last week with The Cool Kids and Matt and Kim. photo: cake or death productions DEC 6 Hey? Live in Nashville? Need a bike? Go see our friends at the brand new Halcyon Bike Shop. Their bikes are really great. Pick something vintage or new or create your own- they'll build it for you! 1118 Halcyon Ave. (on the corner of 12th Ave. South) Nashville 37204 Call them at 615.730.9344 or email them at hello@halcyonbike.com
DEC 3 MEEMAW will open a great show at the Exit/In on December 10 in Nashville, TN. The Cool Kids, Matt and Kim, and MEEMAW! And if that weren't enough for you, they play at The Five Spot on the 12th with Deertick and Those Darlin's. GO!
DEC 1 It's snowing in Nashville today. A few things. The HAM1 album on vinyl is almost ready. They will be coming to Nashville in mid-January for a release party. We'll keep you posted. Tour dates are listed on their website. Skyblazer is being mixed right now so expect that early 2009 as well. Finally, Wizardz/Saigon Baby is almost finished recording their debut. Expect a big release party for that as well, with lot's of fog, sexy moves, and DJ's!!!
NOV 20 There's lot's to see and hear in Nashville TN this weekend. JEFF The Brotherhood at Little Hamilton on Friday with Weiners (mimi and wes) Jerusalem and the Starbaskets Heater. All ages, 8pm. There are two touring bands so bring 3-5 dollars to 1318 Little Hamilton. On Saturday night JEFF The Brotherhood will be at the (Rabbit) party 1315 Adams, 37208. $7 and a cash bar, no byob. 7pm-2am If that wasn't enough, MEEMAW plays with Turbofruits, Awesome Shirt, First Attack, Yeti, at 109 Woodcraft Drive, Murfeesboro on Friday and at the Dewey Decibel House on Saturday. NOV 14
Today we are announcing a new SPLIT CASSETTE between MEEMAW's Daniel Pujol and Nathan Vasquez of DELUXIN', one side each! You might be familiar with DELUXIN's record called "BLACK/WHITE" that was recorded 3 times and released on 3 formats by 3 different labels a few years back. If you are, then know its majesty and will doubtlessly be excited for a new Nathan Vasquez (this time as DEMATIC) release! And if you are one of the many who own the 7"/cd combo called "GLASS ELEVATOR" then you are most definitely going to be excited about this new mole on your porch from the guitarist, vocalist, and frontman of the already vaguely familiar MEEMAW. How could we put two such amazing things back to back on the same tape? It's what we do. By the way, Daniel is looking for people to play these new songs with, so if you're interested message him HERE. ALSO! Daniel and Katherine are writing a book almost done, called META MOTOR SPEEDWAY: THE BRISTOL SESSIONS. It's like POWERDAD but bigger and better with writings. ALSO ALSO! British Mag ARTROCKER tells MEEMAW "The tunes on your myspace site are some of the best I've heard this year." MEEMAW says thank you and talks about the Bad Bus Tour, their favorite Nashville bands, Daniel's zine with Katherine Duckworth, POWERDAD, and their upcoming album on Infinity Cat. Read the whole interview HERE. NOV 13
Did you see that nice flier on the front page? That's for the Wizardz/Saigon Baby show at Springwater in Nashville, TN this Saturday! the 15th! Go! Go check out the (Rabbit) too, they are having a big warehouse party and JEFF The Brotherhood is playing at it. The (Rabbit) is a good thing. OCT 27
DONT MISS MEEMAW TOMORROW NIGHT WITH QUINTRON! And when you are there, pick up a copy of MEEMAW's "Glass Elevator" 7"/CD because it was Nashville Scenes "BEST LOCAL RELEASE" this year! Heres a pic of Quintron with one of his inventions, the "Drum Buddy". If you dont know what a Drum Buddy is, go to THE END! TOMORROW NIGHT! ARCHIVES (CLICK FOR NEXT PAGE) |
