MP3: Single #11 – Homeiswhereyouare

No, Ghost Shirt has not given up on the 52 Singles in 52 Weeks project. This one is just a bit tardy due to touring, etc. last week. This week’s (#11) up there ^^

Vocals are kinda buried, but you get the idea. Plus you get “The Great Gravitron Massacre” as a bonus after the new tune.

Also, the solo release from Micah Schnabel (that bespectacled guy singing up there), When the Stage Lights Go Dim, is out now, and you can stream the whole thing over at Spinner. SXSW info for Micah and Two Cow’s Saturday shows, along with Schnabel’s solo acoustic take on “Bastards & Bridesmaids,” after the jump.

TWO COW GARAGE
3/20/2010 Front Porch Musings / Suburban Home party @ Friends Bar, 208 East 6th St, Playing at 4:15 PM

MICAH SCHNABEL
3/20/2010 Front Porch Musings / Suburban Home party @ Friends Bar, 208 East 6th St, Playing at 10:30 AM (EARLY BIRD GETS FREE BEER)

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“Rooster” is one of the more lighthearted tunes off Words Are Stupid (4/27 on St. Ives), an album that’s equal parts light (lots of kazoo & animal noises) and dark (Jerry DeCicca’s trademark gloom and some downright eerie guitar lines from Chris Forbes).

RJD2 DJ Performance with Adam Deitch of Break Science. Basically this is a one-time special collaberation between RJ and an accomplished man in his right Adam Deitch. More on that in a second.

Titonton,DJ Inform and Mister Mike will provide music at other times.

The Summit
2216 Summit St
Columbus OH
$10 Doors at 8:30

Ages
18+
More info forthcoming soon.

Columbus Rapper Blueprint sent out this press release about his group Greenhouse’s SXSW and National touring plans.Above is a video Greenhouse made to get people up to speed about the group. Below are the dates:

Greenhouse Tour Dates

It’s official, the Greenhouse crew (Blueprint, Illogic, & DJ Rare Groove) will be touring this spring in support of their EP Electric Purgatory Part One.  This tour begins at the SXSW Music Conference and heads westward from there.  They will be opening up for Killah Priest of the Wu-Tang Clan on this tour, so please come out and support them on their travels.  It has been over 5 years since Blueprint & Illogic toured together and they will be playing all the Weightless classics. The first have of the tour dates have been published and are as follows:

Saturday March 20th @ Ruta Maya
3601 S. Congress – Austin, TX 78701
12am-4am / All Ages

Sunday March 21  @ Highland Lake’s Marina (End of SXSW Boat Party)
16120 Wharf Cove – Volente, TX 78641
2pm-8pm / Ages 21+

non sxsw dates after the jump

Monday March 22 @ Limelight
2718 North Saint Marys St. San Antonio, TX 78212
9pm-1am / Ages 21+

Tuesday March 23 @ Jet Lounge
1515 Pease St. – Houston, TX 77002
9pm-2am / Ages 18+

Wednesday March 24 @ Triple Crown
205 N. Edward Gary – San Marcos, TX 78666
9pm-1:30am / Ages 18+

Friday March 26 @ Martini Glass Grill
106 South A. St. – Midland, TX

Sunday March 28th @ Main Street
8640 E. Broadway Blvd. – Tucson, AZ
8:30pm – 1:30am / All Ages

Monday March 29th @ Club Red
2155 East University Drive – Tempe, AZ 85281

Tuesday March 30th @ Boomers
3200 W. Sirius – Las Vegas, NV
9pm-2am / Ages 21+

Friday April 2nd @ The Terrace
443 E. Colorado Blvd. – Pasadena, CA 91101
9pm-2am / Ages 18+

Wed April 7th @ Urban Lounge
241 South 500 East – Salt lake City, UT 84102
9pm-2am / Ages 18+

video of Killah Priest

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MP3: Filthy & Free

To continue today’s New Jersey theme, here’s another band with Garden State roots. Shipla Ray and Her Happy Hookers have a bunch of shows coming up, including stops at SXSW and Columbus. Download the mp3 above and find out where you can see the band.

SXSW
Thursday March 18th
Rumble @ Shangra La w/ The Ettes, Apes of Wrath & Twin Tigers
1016 E 6th St Waller 1:15pm

Homeslice Pizza Showcase w/ Radar Bros, These United States, The Love Language
1415 Congress Ave South (North of Elizabeth St) 3pm

Pianos Showcase @ Kung Fu Saloon w/ Ninjasonik, Suckers, Miles
510 Rio Grande St 4:45pm

Saturday March 20th
MOG Party @ Mohawk w/ Black Keys, Real Estate, Demolished Thoughts, Free Energy
912 E River St 12 am

Obscure Magpie Showcase @ Encore w/ The Upside Down, Dead Confederate, Spindrift
611 Red River and 6th 1:30pm

Kevchino.com SXSW Party @ Café Mundi w/ Sharon Van Etten and Drink Up Buttercup
1704 E 5th St 8:15pm

MORE SHOWS
Mon. March 15 @ Matty’s Alley Billiard and Grill w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
2410 Gallatin Ave , Nashville TN
8pm $8

Sun. March 21 @ Hailey’s w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
122 Mulberry St, Denton TX
9pm $8

Mon. March 22 @ Sticky Fingers w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
107 S Commerce St
Little Rock, AK
8pm $8

Tues. March 23 @ Firebird w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
2706 Olive St, St Louis
8:30pm $8pm

Wed. March 24 @ The Summit w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
2210 Summit St, Columbus OH

Thurs. March 25 @ Musica w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
51 E Market St, Akron OH
8pm $10/$12

Fri. March 26 @ The Corner Café w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
636 N Main St Wilkes Barre, PA
8pm $8

Sat. March 27 @ The SoundLab w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and Suckers
110 Pearl St, Buffalo NY
9pm $12advc/15dos

• Scion Rock Fest – featuring 24 metal band at 4 different clubs (The Newport, Skullys, The Circus, Bernie’s). Headliners include Shrinebuilder, Cannibal Corpse, Voivod, and Brutal Truth. Band descriptions and schedule here.
• We Were Promised Jetpacks / Lonely Forest / Bear Hands @ The Summit
• Hockey / The Constellations / The Postelles @ Outland on Liberty
• Peasant / The Seedy Seeds / The Loyal Divide @ The Scarlet & Grey Cafe
• Set & Duets featuring Lydia Loveless @ Rumba Cafe
• Jenny Owens Young / Allison Weiss / Bess Rogers @ The Basement
• Outer Spacist / The Lindsay / Main St. Gospel @ Oldfield’s on High

Post any other shows of note in the comments.

Here are some things you should know about This Moment in Black History:

They are playing Carabar tonight.

They just released a new record called “Public Square” on Smog Veil Records.

Said record rips.

They played the Donewaiting.com 5-year anniversary show.

Bim Thomas is from Columbus, used to work at Used Kids Records and plays with Gibson Brother, MarkDon Howland in The Bassholes, whose latest record is out on CDR.

This Moment in Black History is playing SXSW.

Sun God(Cleveland), New Creases(Columbus) and Beast in the Field (Loud) open the show.

Did I mention “Public Square” rips?

Video from the anniversary show and SXSW info after the jump.

Come out and buy me a shot!

from myspace

March, 18 2010 04:00 PM – Apparition Skateboards
119 E North Loop, Austin, Texas 78751 – free

w/ jail weddings, serious tracers, gospel truth

March, 19 2010 03:00 PM – Plush
617 Red River St, Austin, Texas 78701 – free

we play at 3pm & sun god plays @ 2pm

March, 19 2010 04:00 PM – (iN)Sect Records Shizzle Bizzle – The Parlor
100 West North Loop Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78751-1227 – Free

(iN)Sect Records Showcase w/ Zorch, FM Campers, The Horn of Africa, Atari Matt, TODD (UK), Butcher Bear and Charlie, This Moment In Black History We play @ 6:30

March, 20 2010 02:00 PM – Creekside Lounge
606 East 7th Street, Austin, Texas 78701-3333 – free

Free SXSW Day Show – With: Turbofruits, Lost Controls, & Manikin. Sun God @ 2:10 & TMIBH @ 3:00.

Courtesy of orlosperry

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Rebirth motherfucker! Yeah, here we go again. A TON of cool shit has happened since we last got together in this official capacity and I’m not gonna tell you anything about it! I will tell you that Duffy made me take some online journalism and creative writing and photography courses while I was on hiatus and as you’re about to see it did absolutely no good!

I will also tell you I picked a good week to decide to start doing this crap again. Super Desserts, Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, Guinea Worms, Warpaint, Don B, and of course, Mike O! If you are at all inclined to listen to a bitter, old, hateful, cynical and all around super cool and totally nice dude’s rant about, you know, stuff, you know what to do!

Pictured: Super Desserts@Circus

Thursday night found me at the venue formerly know as High Five, currently known as Circus for Super Desserts and Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s. Also some other band played. They seemed more suited for Frog, Bear and Wild Boar but whatever. Also I forget their name. Enough about the band that played in the middle. Let’s focus our attention on Super Desserts. Twee as Folk! (their words not mine unfortunately) If you are yet to see this gang, looks like you need to revise your to do lists. These guys are a venerable who’s who of Columbus music. Justin from Terribly Empty Pockets, Tyler from Couch Forts, Eve from Bird and Flower, Eric from Margot, Bobby from the local PBR rep, Ianna from Obviouslies, and likely others I’m leaving out.

Attttttttttttt any rate, my point is this band is fun as fuck and there are like 17 people on stage at any given time keeping it together. They have also been building blog buzz thanks in part to their super fun music videos that have been making the rounds on the web. Regardless of the type of music you prefer, these dudes are definitely worth going out for. If you don’t see this band you hate fun! Go see them on Friday at the Summit.

Pictured: Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s@Circus

O.K. so I’m not super hip to Margot, but I am hip to the fact that Eric Kang is from Columbus and used to be in Tiara. I’ve listened to a record or 2 and this is a band I’m more down to check out live than I am to jam it in my car on the way to work whatever that means. (dont’ have that kind of time to waste!) I went out to see Margot like 5 years ago at Skully’s and they basically St. Vincented on the show. All kidding aside (for now) Richard and company put on a really good show and I’m totally digging the pared down lineup and looking forward to hearing the new record. O.K. now more “kidding”. I mean I guess I’m old and out of touch, but I didn’t realize how much the kids like Margot, and these kids make poor fashion choices, get too drunk and are all around annoying but whatever, good set would see again.

O.k.,o.k. on Friday night Columbus weirdos Guinea Worms had a record release show for their double lp, “Sorcerers of Madness”, released on internationally known, locally respected label CDR. I attended the aforementioned show and admittedly, details of the evening are a bit foggy.

Pictured: The Mahoneys@Bourbon Street

The Mahoneys played first they are comprised of 2 of The Frustrations and play like 60-90 sec songs that are jokey but aren’t jokey. I dunno, I dug them, thought they were fun. I’m pretty sure The Frustrations followed, enjoyed them enough, didn’t pay super close attention. Par for the course Bourbon Street punk rock.

Pictured: The Unholy Two@Bourbon Street

The Unholy Two played next and I’m pretty sure I heard an actual song somewhere in the set! That really is them in the above picture and if you look reallll hard that is THE Mike O filling in for Bo Davis on drums. Antagonistic, loud, abrasive..you know the story, either this band is for you or it isn’t. Gnomesayin?

Pictured: Guinea Worms@Bourbon Street

I’m not even gonna front, I had consumed a fair amount of libations by the time Guinea Worms started and well, you know how that goes. IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A FAN OF COLUMBUS MUSIC YOU MUST SEE THIS BAND!!!! I would also like to mention that Extreme Weiners has a delicious philly cheesesteak. Don’t sleep on this sandwich, you have until Tuesday!

You know how sometimes you see a band’s name here and there and then you keep seeing it over and over again? Sometimes that kind of thing makes me less inclined to check out a band. This was basically the case with Warpaint and after seeing them live, it definitely makes me reconsider this course of action. Oh man, they were super fucking cool and easy on the eyes to boot!

Pictured: The Jellyhearts@Summit

The Jellyhearts opened. As I approached the venue, from what I could here outside, I thought Warpaint had already started because I don’t remember The Jellyhearts not sucking! Seriously though, I remember them sounding like Cheater Slicks on a bad night or something and I guess they’ve been practicing and it was apparent. Seriously though, drummer Lauren is also in rosehips and some other band I can’t for the life of me think of the name of. She’s like the Mike O of girl drummers! Whatever, looks like there’s good things to come from these girls.

Pictured: Warpaint@Summit

So yeah, let’s talk about Warpaint. Totally rad for starters. I gave their EP a listen for the first time on Saturday morning and it has pretty much been on repeat ever since. No shit. I guess some actress chick used to play drums for them and the singer chick used to date former Red Hot Chili John Fruciante.(Fruciante’s solo stuff rules)Whatever, show was totally rad, these girls can jam. For some reason there were like 15 photographers at this show and it was like they had never seen pretty girls play instruments or some shit. I mean, I get it, Warpaint is quite photogenic, but for fuck’s sake, these cats were incessantly taking flash photos for literally the WHOLE SHOW. Super fucking obnoxious jesus christ. Our girl Rachael Barbash was there not using a flash, if you haven’t already check out here pics of the show here. I really can’t reiterate enough how cool the set was, and if you’re going to SXSW you have multiple opportunities to catch Warpaint. Don’t fuck it up!

Pictured: Warpaint and Don B@Summit

The legendary Don B made an appearance and performed an A capella version of Batman with the singer chick. She was very obliging and the reason it was A capella was because the stage was already torn down. Don B likes what he likes, myself not being one of them. I guess I should buy him a screwdriver and then maybe we can be friends.

I’m done for now. Tune in next week for Scion Rockfest “coverage”!!!!