FYF & BUDDYHEAD bring you this celebration/tribute to Sean Patrick McCabe’s life, art & band (Ink & Dagger) and it will be lead by new vocalist Geoff Rickly (from Thursday) as well as former members Joshua Brown, Terry Yerves, Chris Tropea (T-Rope), Jorge Gonzalez & the infamously shady, Don Devore!

DJ Travis Keller + friends will be playing the most smashing & crashing sounds in between bands!

Opening bands to be announced soon…

DEVIL CHILDREN UNITE!

$12 – DOORS @ 8PM – ALL AGES

6th Street Warehouse
1269 E 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90189

MAP: http://www.yelp.com/map/6th-street-warehouse-los-angeles

“Are you down with the sound from this devil town?”

Videos from the philly show:

Check out “Blank Page” off of “Blood Bunny / Black Rabbit” here: http://temporaryresidence.com/mp3s/black-heart-procession-blank-page.mp3

To celebrate the release of “Blood Bunny / Black Rabbit”, The Black Heart Procession will tour this fall with fellow unique folk duo and Temporary Residence labelmates the Books! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, it’ll be better than ‘Cats’.

“Blood Bunny / Black Rabbit”
CD / LP / Digital
1. Blank Page
2. The Orchid
3. Silence (Remix by Mr. Tube)
4. Devotion
5. Freeze (Remix by Lee ”Scratch” Perry)
6. Heaven Below (Remix by Mr. Tube)
7. Drugs (Remix by Eluvium)
8. Drugs (Remix by Jamuel Saxon)

The Black Heart Procession on tour!

Sep 28 @ Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
Sep 29 @ The Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA w/ The Books
Sep 30 @ 9:30 Club, Washington, DC w/ The Books
Oct 1 @ Shaefer Theater, Duke University, Durham, NC w/ The Books
Oct 3 @ Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA w/ The Books
Oct 4 @ Square Room, Knoxville, TN w/ The Books
Oct 5 @ Jefferson Theatre, Charlottesville, VA w/ The Books
Oct 6 @ Rams Head Live!, Baltimore, MD w/ The Books
Oct 21 @ Somerville Theater, Somerville, MA w/ The Books
Oct 22 @ Pearl Street Nightclub, Northampton, MA w/ The Books
Oct 23 @ Cabaret Mile End, Montreal, PQ w/ The Books
Oct 24 @ Capitol Music Hall, Ottawa, ON w/ The Books
Oct 25 @ The Mod Club, Toronto, ON w/ The Books
Oct 26 @ Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, MI w/ The Books
Oct 27 @ Ladies Literary Club, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI w/ The Books
Oct 29 @ Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL w/ The Books
Oct 30 @ Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN w/ The Books
Nov 29 @ Music Box At The Henry Fonda, Los Angeles, CA w/ The Books
Nov 30 @ Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA w/ The Books
Dec 3 @ Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR w/ The Books
Dec 4 @ Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA w/ The Books
Dec 5 @ Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC w/ The Books

YOKO ONO / PLASTIC ONO BAND IS:

YOKO ONO, SEAN LENNON, CORNELIUS, YUKA HONDA,
IGGY POP (10/1), LADY GAGA (10/2), RZA, PERRY FARRELL, CARRIE FISHER,
VINCENT GALLO, HARUOMI HOSONO,
HARPER SIMON, TUNE-YARDS,
NELS CLINE (10/1), MIKE WATT (10/1),
KIM GORDON (10/2), THURSTON MOORE (10/2)

Tickets on-sale now at ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000

Check out our Canadian homies from Black Mountain Perform “Old Fangs” On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. I’m getting used Jimmy Fallon. I still miss Conan but I don’t gate Jimmy like I hate Leno, that’s for sure. But fuck The Roots, they suck. Fact! I wish Black Mountain’s label or press person would send me an LP of their new LP “Wilderness Heart”.

Wow, a festival I actually want to go to and its in Lawrence, KS.  I got myself excited before reading where it was, that is too far for me but Midwesterners you are in luck.  Scion Garage Fest has been announced for Saturday October 2, 2010 and the lineup is pretty impressive.  The festival is just one day and right now it looks like 29 bands (but that may change).  Not only are one of the best garage-punk bands ever The Oblivions playing, but awesome bands like Detroit’s The Gories, New Zealand punks The Clean, The Ponys, (a lot of “The” named bands), King Khan, Thee Oh Sees, Teenanger, Digital Leather, Times New Viking, Lawrence, KS natives Rooftop Vigilantes which is one of my personal faves… just check out the list.

I’m bummed I won’t get to see this because I’ve been pretty indifferent and downright uninspired by the festivals lately.  The lineups are ill conceived and the scheduling is downright idiotic if you ask me.  (ex. FYF Festfestfest).
The festival is spread out over 4 venues: The Granada, Jackpot (18+), Liberty Hall, and the Bottleneck (here’s a PDF Map if you’re not familiar with Lawrence).  Like I mentioned above, it is one day, from 4pm to 12:30am.  Go to the site and RSVP.  Oh ya and one extremely cool point about this festival: this shit is FREE.  Ya, no shit.  Vice & Scion are spoiling you lucky fuckers.

Autolux
Transit Transit
TBD

Hi, I’m Meathead. A bunch of days ago, Travis asked me to write a review of the new Autolux record. That guy Jameson originally wanted to review it, but Travis told me he didn’t want him to do it because “he’s a fucking [offensive slang term for homosexual] and I don’t want him [homosexual]ing up Buddyhead with his fanboy shit,” and also not to tell Jameson he said that. Personally, I think Jameson is an all right guy (his insistence on playing Depeche Mode songs every five minutes notwithstanding), but whatever. I don’t make the managerial decisions around here. I would have posted this review closer to when the record was actually released a few weeks ago, but then I remembered that this is Buddyhead and that would probably confuse everybody, so I waited a little bit.

I’ll admit that I wasn’t all that familiar with Autolux up to this point. I knew they did a couple songs with UNKLE, their name sounds like a vacuum cleaner (never a good idea if your band also happens to suck), and they opened for Nine Inch Nails for some of their shows a few years ago, but that’s about it. I wasn’t at any of those shows, but an acquaintance of mine, whose opinion I tend to hold in slightly higher regard than those of the average person I’m forced to socially interact with from day to day, told me they weren’t too bad, at least in comparison to the other horseshit bands Trent Reznor usually brings along on tours. So I made a mental note to check them out at some point, but you know how that goes. You have every intention to check out some new band and then other shit comes up, you wind up crab fishing in the Aleutian Islands for five months, and next thing you know, you’ve completely forgotten about it. Such is life.

Fast forward to 2010 with your magic time VCR. I was flipping through a copy of the LA Weekly, trying to find out what ’80s hair metal show Travis would be DJing that particular week when I saw, crammed between the obligatory erotic phone sex and/or medical marijuana dispensary advertisements, an article on Autolux’s apparently-long-awaited follow-up to whatever their last album was called. I didn’t actually read the article, because it looked boring and reading is stupid, but it did remind me to check out that vacuum cleaner band that guy had told me about before the crab fishing expedition.

I’d heard that Autolux’s singer, Eugene Goreshter, sings in a higher register and that some might call his singing “effeminate.” No big deal, I thought. Lots of bands have guy singers that sound girly. You know, like Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros and Satellite Party, just to name a few. All this despite the fact that there actually is a woman in the band, but I guess she was just too butch so they stuck her behind the drums.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Moments after originally posting this review, I realized that the drummer (who actually is biologically female) also sings in the band. Well, if you want someone who’s not an Autolux fanboy to write this review, this is what you get. Deal with it. Wait, what the hell, the other guy sings too?! You know what, fuck this band. I’m going to go get drunk and listen to Johnny Cash.

This in itself is a relatively minor gripe, as long as you close your eyes, imagine Eugene is a beautiful woman, and try really hard not to think of The Crying Game. It’s not that difficult, I used to do it back in the ’90s whenever that one Blind Melon song came on the radio. That’s why Jesus gave us the power of imagination. All this would be fine if Eugene didn’t also sound like (s)he had also just gulped a Rohypnol milkshake twenty minutes ago. Why would (s)he intentionally sing like that? What kind of message is this sending? That it’s okay to sing like a future date rape victim? I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m certainly not implying that Autolux endorses date rape. In fact, I’d bet five dollars that none of the members of Autolux have ever date raped anyone, at least not within the last ten years. Believe me, the last thing I’d want to do is have people mentally associate Autolux with date rape, or worse, call Autolux “that date rape band.” That would be completely inappropriate, so please don’t do that. You know, I should probably just change the subject. (For the record, though, I am pretty much 100% anti-date rape. Just like Autolux probably is.)

Mercifully, the music isn’t all that bad, so that’ll bump this thing up a couple notches on the ol’ Axl-O-Meter. Sure, some of it is boring as piss, but I can genuinely say there were a number of times where I thought, “If this singer would just grow a pair, or at least go chug some coffee, this could actually be kinda good.” Frankly, I don’t see any reason why Transit Transit couldn’t have been edited down to a sweet instrumental EP called Tra.

If the Official Buddyhead W. Axl Rose Rating System had a rating between “decent” and “mediocre,” I would have probably gone with that, but since there isn’t, I’ll be nice today and give Little Miss Girly Girlpants a…

Hey All-

We are less then two weeks away from the FYF Fest. Excitement is building

The schedule for FYF FEST has been released. See above and on the website at www.fyffest.com

BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL JUST ANNOUNCED: Buy 4 tickets at normal price ($30), get 1 free – this offer expires on Aug. 30 at 5:00pm Click here to take advantage of this deal. This will go fast!

FYF teams up with A CLUB CALLED RHONDA and the Cha Cha Lounge to ran the VIP AREA at FYF Fest. This will be insane…. Those of you who know A CLUB CALLED RHONDA know what to expect. VIP Tix link here:

Ticket raffle for MATADOR RECORDS 21^st ANNIVERSARY. See below for details.

Plus shows with Ink & Dagger, Deakin and Fennesz, Coliseum and a free show with Jaill, Audacity and Woah Hunx this weekend.

And we want to let you know our good pal Videothing will be doing visuals at FYF Fest.

Beyond pumped. We hope you are.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Love,

FYF Fest

ULTIMATE MATADOR 21 RAFFLE

As many of you know FYF Fest is producing the Matador 21 at The Palms casino in Las Vegas with Pavement, Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices, Belle and Sebastian, Cat Power, Spoon and many many more over the weekend of Oct. 1st through 3rd.

We have decided to give one lucky winner and 3 friends a chance to make the sold out event by raffling off a FOUR pack of tickets and a hotel room at The Palms! This is the ULTIMATE raffle! (Value: $1,000+)

All you have to do is purchase a ticket to FYF FEST in advance to be entered into the raffle. All ticket numbers will be considered and the winner will be announced on Friday, September 3rd.

Tickets to Matador 21 sold out in 1 MINUTE, here is your chance to win! All you have to do is purchase a ticket for FYF Fest HERE: http://bit.ly/dcpVTD or at any participating record stores.

For more information on FYF FEST: www.fyffest.com

For more information on Matador 21: www.matadorrecords.com/21

All questions: fyffest@gmail.com

FYF FEST

Saturday, September 4th

At the L.A. State Historic Park

1245 N Spring St.

LA, CA 90012

ALL AGES / 12:00pm

FEATURING:

The Rapture / Panda Bear / Sleep & recently added – LOCAL NATIVES!

!!! / Unbroken / Man Man / Ted Leo & The Pharmacists  / The Mountain Goats / Dead Man’s Bones / 7Seconds

Thee Oh Sees / Delorean / Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti / Wavves / The Soft Pack / Davila 666 / School of Seven Bells / Best Coast / Vetiver / The Blow / AA Bondy / Washed Out / OFF! (featuring Keith Morris & Steven McDonald) / Titus Andronicus

Ceremony / Screaming Females / Big Freedia / Magic Kids / The Growlers / Lower Dens / Cults / Warpaint / Let’s Wrestle + more!

Plus DJ sets between bands by the amazing Dublab Soundsytem & GODDOLLARS from A CLUB CALLED RHONDA.

Stand Up Comedy with headliners Janeane Garofalo & Paul Scheer, Food Trucks, Record Swap Meet, a vending village filled with the selections from the best stores in Los Angeles including Stories Books, Origami Vinyl, Secret Head Quarters, Vacation Vinyl and dozens of vintage vendors..and many more.

www.FYFFEST.com for more info

TICKETING INFORMATION:

REGULAR TICKETS ARE NOW $30.

ONLINE TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED HERE

VIP TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED FOR $65 HERE

The VIP Lounge at FYF Fest will be hosted by A Club Called Rhonda and the Cha Cha. It will feature a full bar, shade tents, and more. It’s gonna be wild. If you know anything about Rhonda you will know what I am talking about. We will be announcing more VIP perks next monday. Here is the link: http://bit.ly/aBQ6EW

Or you can you purchase tickets at any of the amazing Record Stores listed on the flyer below for a $1 to $2 service fee. Support them.

OTHER SHOWS PRESENTED BY FYF:

Saturday, August 28^th

Jaill

Audacity

Woah Hunx

@ 6^th St Warehouse

1269 E. 6^th St  LA, CA

FREE / 8:00pm

This is a part of the FULL BLEED art show presented by Vice. There will be open bar

Friday, September 10^th

Coliseum

Burning Love (members of CURSED)

AD

+ more

@ 6^th St. Warehouse

1269 E. 6^th St LA, CA

$8 / 8:00pm / ALL AGES

Friday, September 17^th

A Very Special Show with…

INK & DAGGER

+ special guest TBA

@ 6^th St Warehouse

1269 E. 6^th St LA, CA

$12 / 8:00 / ALL AGES

Tix Link: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3047545

THIS SHOW WILL SELL OUT RIGHT AWAY. ONE SHOW. NO WHERE ELSE. DON’T SLEEP ON THIS

Wednesday, September 29^th

DEAKIN (ANIMAL COLLECTIVE)

Fennesz

Prince Rama

Sun Araw

@ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock

2225 Colorado

Los Angeles, CA 90041

$15 / 7:00pm / ALL Ages

Tix Link: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2958325

*co presented with Eagle Rock Music Fest.

As a roving Buddyhead reporter I ended up at a Prog-rock festival in Göteborg Sweden yesterday afternoon/evening. And really it was an experience of perfectly executed prog-rock for 2010(?!) with a leather-pants keytar playing frontman with Yes style vocals and everything- I mean there was zero irony in it all which was fascinating, get into the band name KNIGHT AREA (seriously.. KNIGHT AREA - like an area for Knights to be in?!?!). Delayed drenched keyboard solos and lots of bell on the ride cymbal. The “merch tables” too were over the top- kind of slightly superior acting dudes selling obscure vinyl reissues and t-shirts, etc… they were stunned when I asked about something and I had no idea about some obscure act, on one hand it was amazing and on the other hand due to the zero humor it was like being in one of the outer-reaches of record store hades. Though after a few hours of it I couldn’t take it anymore since it was kind of a self-referential brain-loop happening with all the guitar soloing. But it was free and in the woods, so you can’t beat that. And to expand the Buddyhead adage of LETS DO COOL SHIT, I say  in these “tough economic times” to even TRY NEW FREE SHIT! Heck, the worst that could happen is that you don’t like it and you see/hear something that you may not normally experience but most likely will be entertained to some degree.