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High On Fire, Oxbow, Matmos, more playing Ovrcast Festival

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 5/25/06 @ 10:55 AM - altpress.com

Organizers have announced details on the first-ever Ovrcast Festival, set to take place on June 5-6 in Los Angeles. The free festival takes place on June 6, and features High On Fire, Matmos, Oxbow, Saviours, Wires On Fire, Bastard Noise and more; there is also a pre-party on June 5, and an art fest (featuring showings from Matmos and more) running throughout the month. Details are below:

MUSIC PORTION, PART 1 FEATURING:
Conifer (N.A.)
Splatterhouse (RAZORBACK)
Sulaco (WILLOWTIP)
Lions of Tsavo (OVRCAST)
BOOTLEG RE-MIX and HEAVY METAL MASH-UP D.J. sets by: D.J. DESTROYER (Inhumanz) and D.J. MYXLPLIX
DATES:         6/5/06
LOCATION: Mountain Bar
                       473 Gin Ling way
                       Los Angeles, Ca.
                       90012
 
MUSIC PORITON, PART 2 FEATURING
Bastard Noise (VARIOUS LABELS)
Boyjazz (FRENETIC)
Crom (Pessimiser)
Damion Romero (P-tapes)
David Scott Stone (N.A.)
D.J. Swamp (Various Labels)
Earthless (GRAVITY)
Everlovely Lightningheart (HYDRAHEAD)
Gregg Kowalsky (KRANKY)
High On Fire (RELAPSE)
Indian Jewelry (TIGERBEAT6)
John Wiese (HELICOPTER)
Matmos (MATADOR)
Nachtmystium (SOUTHERN LORD)
Oxbow (HYDRAHEAD)
Saviours (LEVEL-PLANE)
WIRES ON FIRE (BUDDYHEAD)
DATES:         6/6/06       
LOCATION: The Vanguard
                       6021 Hollywood Blvd.
                       Los Angeles, Ca.

ART FEST FEATURING:
Matmos (SCULPTURE/PORTAITURE)
James Welling (Photography)
Tom Allen (Painter)
Violet Hopkins (Mixed Media)
John Divola(Photography)
Matthew Brannon(Mixed Media)
Frances Stark  (Drawing + mixed Media)
Larry Johnson (photography)
Brian Kennon  (Publishing,sound, mixed media)
Kevin Hanley   (video/photography)
DATES RUNNING:
Exhibition on view June 6th-June 25th; Opening reception on June 9th  7:00pm
LOCATION: Roski MFA Gallery
                       3001 S. Flower St.
                       Los Angeles, CA.
                       9007

H2O DVD to get official release this July

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 5/24/06 @ 5:40 PM - altpress.com

Long-running hardcore punk band H2O have announced that their new DVD, One Life, One Chance, will be officially released in stores via Music Video Distributors on July 18. The DVD has already been made available only via the band's website.

The DVD includes the band's 10-year anniversary show from the Knitting Factory in New York City last year (tracklisting below), as well as music videos for "Spirit of '84," "Family Tree," "Everready," "One Life One Chance" and "Role Model," as well as their cover of Ice Cube's "It Was A Good Day." Also included on the DVD is the band's 1999 home video, F.T.T.W., previously available only on VHS.

You can view the cover art for the DVD here; the tracklisting for the live show is below:

5 Year Plan
Scene Report
Spirit Of 84
I Know Why
Friend
Generic
Surrounded
Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Hi Low
My Curse
Everready
I See It In Us
Role Model
Boot Straps
Faster Than The World
Not Just Boys Fun
Liberate
Empty Pockets
Memory Lane
One Life One Chance
Family Tree
Thicker Than Water
Guilty By Association

New AFI media player launched; band post more audio

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 5/24/06 @ 4:17 PM - altpress.com

AFI have posted a new media player online in support of their upcoming seventh album, Decemberunderground. You can stream the band's first single, "Miss Murder," on the player, as well as watch the music video for the same single. The media player is located here.

The band have also posted a new track from Decemberunderground, titled "Kill Caustic," online. You can stream it at the band's MySpace page, or directly via Windows Media (lo/hi).

The band recently wrapped up a number of listening parties across North America; they are now preparing for their summer tour with the Dillinger Escape Plan and Nightmare Of You (dates).

Suicide Squeeze signs Page France

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 5/24/06 @ 12:55 PM - altpress.com

Seattle-based independent label Suicide Squeeze, current home of Minus The Bear, Headphones and more, and former/onetime home of Modest Mouse, Pedro The Lion, 764-HERO, Elliott Smith and more, have announced the signing of Baltimore band Page France. The label will release the band's new album, Hello, Dear Wind, on September 12. The tracklisting for the disc is below; you can download a new song, "Junkyard," here:

Hello, Dear Wind tracklisting:
1. Chariot
2. Jesus
3. Dogs
4. Elephant
5. Junkyard
6. Bush
7. Windy
8. Grass
9. Glue
10. Up
11. Finders
12. Trampoline
13. Goodness
14. Feather

The band are also hitting the road this weekend; dates:

05.25.06 Baltimore, MD - The Talking Head
05.26.06 New York, NY - The Mercury Lounge
05.27.06 Philadelphia, PA - The Fire
05.28.06 Boston, MA - Great Scott
06.16.06 Cumberland, MD - The Embassy Theatre

Mae sign to Capitol Records

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 5/24/06 @ 12:25 PM - altpress.com

Virginia-based emo-rock band Mae have officially made the jump to the majors and have signed with Capitol Records, leaving behind Tooth & Nail Records, who released their first two albums, including their most recent, The Everglow. The band, who recently completed the Virgin College Mega Tour, are currently writing the follow-up to that album; expect a late-2006 release.

The band aren't the only one to make the jump to Capitol recently -- the Decemberists signed there in December, and From First To Last did the same last month.

The Applicators sign to King Fing'r Records

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 5/24/06 @ 12:09 PM - altpress.com

Former AP&R band the Applicators have signed to Texas-based indie label King Fing'r Records. The label will release the band's new album, My Weapon, on July 25. You can view the cover art for the release here.