Ringo Deathstarr are making no hesitations when it comes to checking things off their 2014 To Do List. The Austin, Texas trio will kick off the new year by both releasing God's Dream,  a 12-inch EP on Neon Sigh / Noyes Records  shortly after completing a 29 date, nation wide tour. The album is set to be released on 25 March 2014. 

Warm guitars and pulsing drums combine to form an aggressively atmospheric bubble, encompassing the listener in an infectious cohesive which blends the sounds of an era when Sonic Youth and Jesus and Mary Chain walked the Earth with a forward thinking and creatively stubborn indie darling. Joined by Adam Franklin of Swervedriver on the track "Nowhere" and Jeff Schroeder of the Smashing Pumpkins on "Chainsaw Morning," Ringo Deathstarr has created a flawlessly crafted sound on God's Dream, destined and deserving to exist on vinyl. 

Thankfully for enthusiasts, that is exactly where God's Dream has ended up. Ringo Deathstarr will release an exclusive run of colorized vinyl, limited to 500 copies. 400 copies of the EP will be pressed in coke bottle, while the remaining 100 copies will be pressed in a mixture of mint green and hot pink. The release will also be available in digital format. 

The band will also begin and end their national tour in Austin, Texas, with the tour kicking off on February 13, 2014 and ending at this year's South By Southwest. 

Ringo Deathstarr, a musical trio from Austin, TX, have been putting out records since 2007.  Consisting of Elliott Frazier (guitar, vocals), Alex Gehring (bass, vocals), and Daniel Coborn (drums, vocals), their sound is born from a love of melody, a love of guitar, and a hatred of pompous vocals.  Finding it to be too much fun, the group has expounded upon the sounds of the masters before them.  This desire to play the music they were too young to witness as children has taken Ringo Deathstarr around the globe, performing in places as far flung as Israel, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Europe, Canda, and the continental USA, supporting favorites like ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Dean Wareham, The Wedding Present, and The Smashing Pumpkins.  With two full length records (Colour Trip and Mauve) and a handful of EPs and singles in the bag, now is the time  for a new EP, "God's Dream," which was recorded in Austin and on a ranch in Dripping Springs, TX.  For this record, the band reunited with Chris "Frenchie" Smith, who co-produced their debut EP.

Ringo Deathstarr will release God's Dream on 25 March 2014 on Neon Sigh / Noyes Records.  

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Ringo Deathstarr - Bong Load

Shows On TV

Lento — Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile

Taken from Rips' forthcoming self-titled debut LP. Released by Faux Discx on June 16. Pre-order here: www.fauxdiscx.com/shop/rips
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TOUR DATES:
6/15  Brooklyn, NY - The Glove
7/1    Brooklyn, NY – Baby's All Right (record release) 
7/2    Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA w/ Joy Again
7/3    Richmond, VA - Strange Matter 
7/4    Washington, DC - Hole in the Sky
7/5    Cincinnati, OH - Northside Yacht Club
7/6    Bloomington, IN - Blockhouse Bar
7/7    Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle w/ Palehound, Clearance 
7/8    Minneapolis, MN - House of Lard
7/9    Omaha, NE - Brothers Bar
7/10  Denver, CO - Lost Lake w/ Howling Hex
7/12  Austin, TX - Cheer Up Charlies
7/13  New Orleans, LA - Siberia
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Brooklyn based Rips have quickly built a reputation amongst NYC showgoers, winning them over with their virtuous melodies and sheer ferocity amidst an endless flurry of shows. Their songs may channel late '70s New York City bands like Television and The Feelies, but Rips propels these references into something new. Their self-titled debut, produced by Austin Brown of Parquet Courts, is eleven tracks of buzzing guitar riffs driven by a charged rhythm section, all set under lyrics that are actually worth a damn.

Rips (the record) takes cues from the moonlighting era of rock, while delivering a set of songs distinctly fit for the modern age. Once described as a “hyperreal rock n’ roll group”, the phrase “borne forward ceaselessly into the future" is more what they’re going for here.

So break an old habit. Let your hair down (or up). Rips will take you there.

Rips – Losing II

Horses In The Sky

Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come And Gone)

third single from forthcoming Beaches double album Second Of Spring.
Pre-order Second Of Spring on 2LP, CD or digital via:
www.chaptermusic.com/store/beaches/second-of-spring
www.chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/second-of-spring
digital stores: http://radi.al/SecondOfSpring

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Second Of Spring

Beaches - Arrow

"BELIEVE" APPEARS ON THE UPCOMING COMP "OUR VOLTAGE" 
PRE-ORDER (V/A) OUR VOLTAGE:
girlsville.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-our-voltage

Various Artists: Our Voltage will be released on Girlsville Records on March 1st, 2018. The proceeds will benefit legal aid for anti-racist activists and a new community self-defense gym in Chicago called Haymaker.

MR AIRPLANE MAN - BELIEVE

Taken from the  Endless Blue EP available here - https://blacksand1.bandcamp.com/album/endless-blue

Fallout

Colin Stetson