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Earthless Announce East Coast Tour

Posted in Whathaveyou on June 24th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

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I guess I’m supposed to be over here stoked that Earthless are going to come East supporting their 2022 album, Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (review here), and don’t get me wrong, better that than not, but I’m having trouble after reading the news this morning mustering up the requisite fanboy excitement. My country doesn’t believe women are people, believes that pre-human cell collections are, and is moving ever farther away from the representative democracy it once claimed to be toward and imperialist fascist white supremacist state. Failing, in essence, in even the most basic of its promises. As a citizenry, we should be disgusted, more than usual.

But hey, Earthless, right? That’s a cool band, with a cool record, and bands being able to tour is cool, and they’re all dudes so they’ll probably be allowed to leave the house or whatever when the time comes.

Fuck everything. The sun rises, humans let you down, the sun sets. Tomorrow is another day with more bullshit. Grab your precious moments while you can. The boots are coming for your fucking skull.

From socials:

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Hello everyone! We are very happy to announce that we will be out in the Midwest/East Coast starting September 1st!

These will be our first shows out East since 2019 so we cannot wait to get back and play for you all. Hope to see you there!

Tickets on sale TODAY at 10 am http://earthlessofficial.com/tour-dates

9/1 Chicago IL Empty Bottle (Scorched Tundra Fest with Monolord + Dorthia Cottrel)
9/2 Hamtramck MI Sanctuary Detroit
9/3 Cleveland Heights OH Grog Shop
9/4 Toronto ON Velvet Underground
9/6 Cambridge MA Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub
9/7 Baltimore MD Ottobar
9/8 Philadelphia PA Underground Arts
9/9 Brooklyn NY MARKET HOTEL
9/10 Pittsburgh PA Mr Smalls Theater
9/12 Louisville KY Portal at Fifteentwelve Creative Compound
9/13 Fort Wayne IN Piere’s

EARTHLESS Lineup:
Isaiah Mitchell – Guitar & Vocals
Mike Eginton – Bass
Mario Rubalcaba – Drums

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Scorched Tundra XII Announces Tickets on Sale; Monolord, Thou and More Playing

Posted in Whathaveyou on June 13th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

Scorched Tundra XII will be held in Chicago on Sept. 1-3, and its three-night duration looks admirably not-totally-overwhelming, bigger on quality than filler and seems to use its time well in tapping the Myopia collaboration between Thou and Mizmor that made its debut at Roadburn for a first-time-in-the-US set headlining the final night. I’m starting to get annoyed that I haven’t seen REZN yet and Monolord put out their second best-album-of-their-career-so-far in a row last year, so yes, now would be a good time to catch them as well. Oh and whoever Earthless are, I’m sure they’re fine too.

That’s a joke of course. Someone on social media called it a request for Dorthia Cottrell and Monolord — who are touring together — to collaborate and I’ve had trouble getting the idea out of my head since then. Just about no way that wouldn’t be worth hearing. Let them cover Nina Simone or something. Or maybe have her sit in on “Your Time to Shine” if you want to keep it simple. Make an album if you don’t.

Good times in Chicago:

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SCORCHED TUNDRA XII TICKETS ON SALE: FEATURING MONOLORD, EARTHLESS, THOU + MIZMOR COLLAB SET, REZN & MORE (9/1 – 9/3)

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Tickets are now on sale for Scorched Tundra XII taking place on Thursday 9/1, Friday 9/2 and Saturday 9/3/22 at The Empty Bottle in Chicago. ST XII features newcomers and veterans of the festival, a number of first plays in the market, a North American debut, and a return to the three day format.

Thursday September 1st:
Monolord
Earthless
Dorthia Cottrell (Windhand)

Friday September 2nd:
REZN
Thou
Friendship Commanders
Huntsmen

Saturday September 3rd:
Thou + Mizmor Collaboration Set
Mizmor
Ready For Death
DJ Heather Gabel (Hide)

“Collaboration has driven the development, articulation and curation of this event series over the last ten years and twelve editions,” states organizer Alexi D. Front. “Putting collaboration at the forefront is not only my way of sharing one of the most exciting convergences of talent in heavy music, but also nods to those who have stood by and supported Scorched Tundra over the last two years. This lineup is focused and charts a new course for the curation of this intimate event series.”

We anticipate tickets moving fast, so plan accordingly.

This year’s Scorched Tundra Poster was created by Bryn Gleason.

More details about beverage and food collaborations will be revealed as the festival draws nearer.

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The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 81

Posted in Radio on April 1st, 2022 by JJ Koczan

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I hadn’t necessarily planned on doing a tribute to Desertfest London 2022. Not that it doesn’t deserve it, just that it didn’t occur to me until last week’s lineup announcement happened to hit at the right moment for my brain to connect the two things: the show and the fest. Sometimes you get these impulses and it’s a good idea to follow.

In the voice tracks here I mumble a couple times about doing a second installment because this is so packed and there’s still so much more that got left out because the show is only two hours long. I may get around to doing a second one, or I might do a Berlin one, a New York one, or a Freak Valley one, Krach am Bach, Stoned From the Underground, etc. There are many, many options, and that’s not to mention Roadburn, which is also happening in two weeks.

But god damn the lineup for Desertfest London 2022 is sick, and I’m happy to report that the playlist below follows suit accordingly.

Thanks if you listen, thanks if you’re reading. Thanks in general.

The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at: http://gimmemetal.com.

Full playlist:

The Obelisk Show – 04.01.22

Witchcraft No Angel or Demon Witchcraft
Electric Wizard The Chosen Few Witchcult Today
Greenleaf On Wings of Gold Echoes From a Mass
Josiah Malpaso Josiah
VT
Elephant Tree Sails Habits
Steak Papas Special Custard Acute Mania
YOB Quantum Mystic The Unreal Never Lived
Conan Eye to Eye to Eye Existential Void Guardian
King Witch Under the Mountain Under the Mountain
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Earthless Gifted by the Wind Black Heaven
Green Lung Reaper’s Scythe Black Harvest
MaidaVale Another Dimension Madness is Too Pure
Bongzilla Free the Weed Weedsconsin
VT
Old Horn Tooth True Death True Death
1782 Bloodline From the Graveyard
Lowrider Sernanders Krog Refractions

The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is April 15 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.

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Album Review: Earthless, Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

Posted in Reviews on January 4th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

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Who doesn’t love a parade? Comprised of its massive, 41-minute title-track (split into two parts at 19:04 and 22:09, respectively) and the 20-minute companion-piece “Death to the Red Sun,” the sixth long-player from San Diego heavy psychshredders Earthless is being heralded as a return to form for the trio, and in some ways, Night Parade of One Hundred Demons is that. Their second full-length under the banner of Nuclear Blast, its structure and some of the included material harkens back to the band’s beginnings — according to the narrative (blessings and peace upon it), the first riff the band wrote is somewhere in the hour-plus stretch, which is neat on a trivia level some 20 years beyond their formation — and that’s a decided departure, or at least a re-parture, from 2018’s Black Heaven (review here), which now feels like an aberration as regards its shorter-form songs, inclusion of vocals from guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, and so on. Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, then, would seem to get back to business.

One might be reminded of Sonic Prayer (2005) or some of their no-break, all-in live work — 2008’s Live at Roadburn (discussed here) comes to mind, perpetually, but it’s not the only example — as bassist Mike Eginton (who also did the striking album art), drummer Mario Rubalcaba and Mitchell dig into “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons” itself, but the title-track doesn’t try to be so brazen as to pretend the last 15-plus years of the band’s progression hasn’t happened. Rather, they open with a movement of subdued psychedelic guitar that unfolds across the first six minutes before giving way to more angular lead work and gradually shifting into a jazzier jam with underlying tension in the drums and bass. It’s hypnotic and engrossing, very much Earthless being Earthless, which would seem to be the point. Like a classic power trio put through an interdimensional taffy pull, Mitchelspaces out on guitar over the course of who even knows how much anti-time as Eginton and Rubalcaba provide the underlying movement and foundation of groove on which the material is built.

By the time they’re 12 minutes into “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (Part 1),” Rubalcaba is nestled into a drum build and Mitchell follows the surge, rising into a more foreboding section of leads and riffs, Eginton, as ever, the low-end fueling the heft of the entirety on its course. There’s a triumph in space before the shredfest begins at about 14:00, some Slayery thrash sneaks in, a bit of doom, but it’s all on the way to a massive wash of noise that drops suddenly into “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (Part 2),” the drums and sparse noise holding to the darker atmosphere of some of the first part’s guitar work, while at the same time answering back the patient, so-long-ago-now gradual manner in which the opening track took off. In fact, “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (Part 2)” makes even more use of open space in its unfurling — the tolling bell is a nice touch — with wind sounds sweeping along with the airy guitar, drums and bassline until 11 minutes in, when whatever pedal that is clicks off and MitchellEginton and Rubalcaba begin the next round of wormhole-digging rippery.

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Colors flash in your face like a full-spectrum-and-probably-then-some strobe light as the second part of “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons” courses toward its eventual end, hitting those same triumphal notes before thrashing out meaner once more and, sure enough, dizzying itself into a wash and a well earned crash-out ending. If that was the finish of Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, the whole album, I have a hard time imagining Earthless‘ significant fanbase would argue. Few bands have had the same kind of influence they’ve had on the current generation of heavy rock and roll, and with its sudden, mic-drop-but-without-the-mic finish, “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons” is bound to make an impact as well, given both the band’s profile and their willingness to engage moodier ambience despite the shimmering at the outset and the head-spinning washes with which both component parts are resolved.

Which is enough to make one wonder why they’d bother to include “Death to the Red Sun” at all instead of saving it for some future release — until one actually listens to it. At 20:27, it’s about half as long as the preceding two-parter, but with its more immediate start, go-go-go gnarl and grimmer underpinnings, it makes a fitting complement to “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons,” with Eginton‘s bassline under Mitchell‘s early solo (four minutes in) giving a highlight bounce that maintains the rhythm that will soon establish itself as the central force of the song. “Death to the Red Sun” — not to be confused either with Kyuss‘ Blues for the Red Sun or Earthless‘ own “Violence of the Red Sea” and “Lost in the Cold Sun” — feels like classic Earthless, tapping into the energy and inimitable chemistry of the trio working together as they build their material outward into an ether-plane of twists and dynamic shove. It is this over-the-top freakoutness on which much of their legend is based, and when “Death to the Red Sun” turns back to that ‘main’ riff via the bass just before it’s 17 minutes deep, and they tell the listener there’s been a plan unfolding all the while, one can only be astounded in a way that feels readily familiar.

They bring “Death to the Red Sun” down more gradually than “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons,” marching it slower before the feedback and residual cymbal wash gives a false ending ahead of a final measure of thrash, and are out with a clean-feeling break that feels very much their own even as it has touched on some newer stylistic ground for them. A key to the shift back toward focused-instrumentalism might be Mitchell‘s moving back to San Diego from the Bay Area, but however they got there, Earthless reclaim their dominance of aural space with Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. In anyone else’s hands, you’d call it excess. Unmanageable. Earthless make it sound like a walk in the least-pretentious park you’ve ever seen. Whatever they do next, whether it’s got vocals and choruses or blinding solos or both or neither, they have laid claim to multiple approaches over their time, and Night Parade of One Hundred Demons finds them reveling in the audience’s perception of who they are as a band even as they refine and expand their reach. By and large, they are unfuckwithable.

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The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal Playlist: Episode 73

Posted in Radio on November 26th, 2021 by JJ Koczan

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I had two ideas in my head for this episode. The first was to do a stuff-to-look-forward-to-next-year playlist, which I did, and the second was to do a me-spending-your-money-on-Black-Friday-Bandcamp-recommendations edition, which I did not do.

Was it the right choice? I don’t know, but it kind of feels like a victory for the good guys every time I get to play All Souls, or King Buffalo, or Sasquatch — or Gozu, or Conan, Stöner, Colour Haze, etc. — and there’s some small chance anybody will hear it, so I won’t exactly say I regret going the way I did. There will be other Bandcamp Fridays, I think.

And to be perfectly honest, I like thinking about this stuff, about new records coming out. I like to wonder what bands will come up with, song-wise, sound-wise, how things will have changed since their last record, how the identity of a group can shift over time. Think of High on Fire. Think of Dozer! A new Dozer album after 14 years. Who the hell knows what that’s going to sound like?

So yeah, that’s what I went with. And since preorder is up for some of this stuff — 40 Watt Sun, the PostWax series of which Dozer are a part, Naxatras, Messa, Earthless — I guess maybe you could spend some money anyway here. Plus there’s always older records to buy. It’s a big planet. There are a lot of albums on it.

Thanks for listening if you do and/or reading. I hope you enjoy.

The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at: http://gimmemetal.com.

Full playlist:

The Obelisk Show – 11.26.21

Dozer The Flood Beyond Colossal (2008)
Some Pills for Ayala Space Octopus Space Octopus (2021)
Gozu They Probably Know Karate Equilibrium (2018)
Wo Fat There’s Something Sinister in the Wind Midnight Cometh (2016)
VT
Sasquatch Destroyer Maneuvers (2017)
Earthless Electric Flame Black Heaven (2018)
Stöner The Older Kids Stoners Rule (2021)
Långfinger Silver Blaze Crossyears (2016)
King Buffalo The Knocks The Burden of Restlessness (2021)
Torche Times Missing Admission (2019)
All Souls Winds Songs for the End of the World (2020)
Conan Volt Thrower Existential Void Guardian (2018)
High on Fire Freebooter Electric Messiah (2018)
Messa Leah Feast for Water (2018)
40 Watt Sun The Spaces in Between Perfect Light (2022)
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Colour Haze Life We Are (2020)
Naxatras Land of Infinite Time III (2018)

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Sonic Whip 2022 Announces Lineup for May 6 & 7

Posted in Whathaveyou on November 16th, 2021 by JJ Koczan

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Sonic Whip are making it easy for you. Sitting around your house thinking about whether to travel to Nijmegen next May? Well, they’ve got Motorpsycho and Earthless atop a two-day bill of righteous heavy that kills all the way down the poster. Rotor? Stöner? Mythic Sunship and Slomosa? Who’s going to argue with any of that? I mean, the answer was yes on going to Nijmegen anyway, but if Polymoon and Sacri Monti are showing up, that’s all the more reason.

I’ve got a yelling four year old upstairs to go tend to — it’s about six in the morning my time, he’s up and banging around as he will — but there’s some urgency here as Saturday tickets are already sold out. There’s still Friday, for now, or two-day passes, if you want to do the full Sonic Whip 2022 experience, and apparently if you had bought in for the long-long ago in 2020, you get in automatically. That’s nice.

Here’s info and links:

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Sonic Whip 2022 – May 6-7

We are back! It is time to let the guitars roar again on 6 & 7 May in Doornroosje Nijmegen.

Living legends Motorpsycho will headline Sonic Whip 2022 – Official.

Next to them we have invited Earthless, Stöner, Rotor, Sacri Monti, Maidavale, A/lpaca, Polymoon, Mythic Sunship, Slomosa and Kaleidobolt to this killer psychedelic party. And there is more to follow…

Line-up:
• Motorpsycho (nor)
• Earthless (usa)
• Stöner (usa)
• Rotor (ger)
• Sacri Monti (usa)
• Maidavale (swe)
• A/lpaca (ita)
• Polymoon (fin)
• Slomosa (nor)
• Mythic Sunship (den)
• Kaleidobolt (fin)
• more to follow…

Sonic Whip 2020 tickets remain valid for 2022.

The beautiful artwork created by the talented Maarten Donders.

TICKET SALES UPDATE

We are grateful so many of you held on to the Sonic Whip 2020 tickets which remain valid for the 2022 edition. As a result of this and the recent sales the day tickets for the Saturday are sold out now!

Only weekend tickets and Friday day tickets remaining. We can promise you both days will be worth it!

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Friday tickets at €30
Saturday tickets at €47,50 – SOLD OUT
Weekendtickets at €70

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Earthless Announce New LP Night Parade of One Hundred Demons out Jan. 28

Posted in Whathaveyou on November 10th, 2021 by JJ Koczan

Well, here’s that album reveal to follow up on the European tour announcement from this morning. Two Earthless news posts in one day? Must be a good day.

I maintain my position from earlier that this moment is a crucial one for Earthless as a band, all the more so now that the Jan. 28 release date for Night Parade of One Hundred Demons has been made official. You’ll note that the outing is comprised only of two songs, which is enough to lead me to think that they’re pulling back from the more straightforward, traditional verse/chorus (with vocals, no less) songcraft that showed up for parts of 2018’s Black Heaven (review here), though I suppose it could well be that one track is 35 minutes long and the other five. They’d have to get creative with vinyl editing, but stranger things have happened, though from what I can see of the preorder page, the vinyl edition is three sides with an etched side D. So I guess they’ve already done that “get creative” bit.

For the sake of completeness, I’ve included the West Coast and UK/Euro tour dates here as well. No, I don’t really think I’ll get to go write a book about the tour, but it was fun to daydream this morning.

Fresh off the PR wire:

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EARTHLESS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘NIGHT PARADE OF ONE HUNDRED DEMONS’

Out January 28, 2022 via Nuclear Blast

San Diego Psych Rock Power Trio (Isaiah Mitchell, Mike Eginton & Mario Rubalcaba) Share 3-Minute Excerpt of Epic 20-minute Track
“Death To The Red Sun”

Winter West Coast Tour: LA, Pappy & Harriet’s, Seattle & More

Earthless returns with their new album Night Parade of One Hundred Demons on January 28 via Nuclear Blast, along with a winter tour kicking off January 27th at Los Angeles’ The Echo. The latest from the San Diego-based psych rock power trio — Isaiah Mitchell (guitar & vocals), Mike Eginton (bass) and Mario Rubalcaba (drums) — was was recorded with Rubalcaba’s childhood friend Ben Moore, who’s worked with everyone from Diamanda Galas and Burt Bacharach to Ceremony and Hot Snakes. Their sixth album is comprised of two monster songs: the 41-minute title track and the 20-minute “Death To The Red Sun.” Hear a 3-minute excerpt of “Death To The Red Sun” HERE and pre-order the album HERE: https://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplanding/2021/Earthless/remasteredreissues.html

The album and its title were inspired by an ancient Japanese legend in which a horde of demons, ghosts and other terrifying ghouls descend upon sleeping villages at night, once a year. Known as Hyakki Yagyō, or the “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons,” one version of the tale states that anyone who witnesses this otherworldly procession will die instantly—or be carried off by the creatures of the night. As a result, the villagers hide in their homes, lest they become victims of these supernatural invaders. “My son and I came across the ‘Night Parade of One Hundred Demons’ in a book of traditional Japanese ghost stories,” bassist Mike Eginton explains. “I like the idea of people hiding and being able to hear the madness but not see it. It’s the fear of the unknown.”

Given the record’s inspiration, it should come as no surprise that Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons strikes a more sinister tone than the rest of the band’s catalogue. “It definitely has a darker, almost evil kind of vibe compared to stuff we’ve done in the past,” Rubalcaba says. “There’s more paranoia and noise, and some of Isaiah’s whammy-bar stuff kind of reminds me of these Jeff Hanneman moments in Reign In Blood, where it just seems like everything is going to hell. It’s pretty fun.”

When Eginton wasn’t tracking his bass parts, he worked on the album’s incredible sleeve art. “He really dedicated himself to the project,” Rubalcaba says. “He’d be drawing in the studio with, like, a coal-miner’s lamp on his head while we were doing overdubs. He really knocked it out of the park.” “I basically wanted to draw my interpretation of the folk story,” Eginton explains. “I started researching the different Yōkai—the demons—and really got into it. It was really cool reading about where they came from and what their interactions with humans were. Then I tried to create what I imagined the event might look like. I didn’t get a hundred in there, but I got quite a few.”

Their latest is a return to the epic instrumentals Earthless made their unmistakable name on, whereas 2018’s Black Heaven featured shorter songs and vocals from guitarist Isaiah Mitchell on much of the album—an unprecedented move for the trio. Black Heaven was recorded while Mitchell was living in the Bay Area, which made it difficult for the band to get together and work on the type of long instrumental pieces they’re known for. But, in March 2020 — specifically, the night the pandemic lockdown kicked in — Mitchell moved back to San Diego from the Bay Area. Bad timing, perhaps—or maybe perfect timing.

“With Isaiah here, we were able to get together once or twice a week to work on these jams,” Rubalcaba says. “We got back to our original songwriting process of just playing and building off each other little by little. And we actually had the time to do that, which was creatively inspiring.” Plus, they were all on the same page about not wanting to do another record with vocals. “Black Heaven was outside our comfort zone. I think it was a good record, but it was challenging to write songs in a more traditional verse-chorus-verse format. This one was more enjoyable.”

All told, Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons isn’t just a return to the band’s traditional format—it’s a return to their very beginnings. “This album actually has the very first Earthless riff in it,” Eginton reveals. “We just recorded it 20 years after we wrote it. But we’re really happy with how this record came out. We feel it might be our finest to date.”

‘NIGHT PARADE OF ONE HUNDRED DEMONS’ TRACK LISTING

01 – Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons
02 – Death To The Red Sun

Album Pre-Order: https://nblast.de/EarthlessNightParade

EARTHLESS Jan./Feb. US Tour Dates:
Jan 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
Jan 28 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
Jan 29 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s
Jan 30 – Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
Feb 1 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Feb 2 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
Feb 4 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
Feb 5 – Denver, CO – HQ
Feb 6 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
Feb 8 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge

Route One Booking in cooperation with Sound of Liberation proudly present:

EARTHLESS + special guest MAIDA VALE
28.04 – Manchester (UK) / Gorilla
30.04 – London (UK) / Desertfest London
01.05 – Bristol (UK) / Thekla Bristol
02.05 – Dublin (IE) / Whelan’s
03.05 – Glasgow (UK) / Stereo
04.05 – Birmingham (UK) / Mama Roux’s
05.05 – Brighton (UK) / Chalk Venue Brighton
06.05 – Hasselt (BE) / Nox Tumultum @ Muziekodroom
07.05 – Nijmegen (NL) / Sonic Whip
08.05 – Cologne (DE) / Club Volta
09.05 – Wiesbaden (DE) / Schlachthof Wiesbaden
10.05 – Rouen (FR) / Le 106
11.05 – Paris (FR) / La Maroquinerie
12.05 – Lyon (FR) / CCO
13.05 – Bordeaux (FR) / Krakatoa
14.05 – Madrid (ES) / Kristonfest
15.05 – Porto (PT) / Hard Club
17.05 – Montpellier (FR) / Victoire 2
19.05 – Monthey (CH) / Pont Rouge Monthey
20.05 – München (DE) / Feierwerk
21.05 – Berlin (DE) / Bi Nuu*
22.05- Leipzig (DE) / UT Connewitz
*EARTHLESS only

Tickets go on sale this Friday 12th November 10am UK / 11am CET. Don’t miss out on it and join this monster of a live experience!

EARTHLESS Lineup:
Isaiah Mitchell – Guitar & Vocals
Mike Eginton – Bass
Mario Rubalcaba – Drums

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Earthless Announce European Tour with Maida Vale

Posted in Whathaveyou on November 10th, 2021 by JJ Koczan

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Dear Earthless, Route One Booking, Sound of Liberation, Nuclear Blast and all concerned management parties,

Take me with you. I don’t do this kind of thing often, but let’s face it, Earthless are the single most pivotal heavy rock/psych band in the world right now. As stakes go, they’re high here. An entire international underground community — a subculture — is waiting with bated breath for the announcement of Earthless‘ next full-length, and I find myself in much the same state. This tour represents the band’s first tour of Europe since the world locked down for the Covid-19 pandemic, and it is my sincere wish to document it in book form.

I don’t eat much, especially in front of Europeans. I don’t take up too much space. I’m quiet and I’m not interested in bothering anybody or glomming onto a band in some kind of fan-worship thing. That’s not who I am. I’m perfectly happy to be the guy taking notes on his laptop in some corner somewhere, shooting some pictures every now and again of the scenery, the show, whathaveyou. From this material, I’d like to craft a book that describes this pivotal moment for the band as well as their audience, perhaps the sense of release, of a return to something like a normalcy that doesn’t forget the trauma we as a species have just lived through, but finds a path forward nonetheless.

All I’d need is a place to be and wifi. I can help move gear or whatever it takes. But especially as this tour includes stops at Desertfest London and Kristonfest, and may in fact coincide with that awaited new record from one of this generation’s most influential acts, I hope you’ll consider this serious offer to, in some way, capture and preserve the experience of it in the tradition of rock and roll literature.

Thank you for your time and consideration,
JJ Koczan

Dates from Sound of Liberation and the band’s prior West Coast tour announcement:

earthless european tour

EARTHLESS + MAIDAVALE EU & UK TOUR 2022

Friends, are you ready for the ultimate psych package!? Okay, let’s be real. You HAVE to see this live if you get the chance to!

Earthless’ immersive live jams are beyond comparison and their excessive riffing matches just perfectly with MaidaVale’s outstanding bluesy heavy psychedelic approach.

EARTHLESS Jan./Feb. US Tour Dates:
Jan 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
Jan 28 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
Jan 29 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s
Jan 30 – Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
Feb 1 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Feb 2 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
Feb 4 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
Feb 5 – Denver, CO – HQ
Feb 6 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
Feb 8 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge

Route One Booking in cooperation with Sound of Liberation proudly present:

EARTHLESS + special guest MAIDA VALE
28.04 – Manchester (UK) / Gorilla
30.04 – London (UK) / Desertfest London
01.05 – Bristol (UK) / Thekla Bristol
02.05 – Dublin (IE) / Whelan’s
03.05 – Glasgow (UK) / Stereo
04.05 – Birmingham (UK) / Mama Roux’s
05.05 – Brighton (UK) / Chalk Venue Brighton
06.05 – Hasselt (BE) / Nox Tumultum @ Muziekodroom
07.05 – Nijmegen (NL) / Sonic Whip
08.05 – Cologne (DE) / Club Volta
09.05 – Wiesbaden (DE) / Schlachthof Wiesbaden
10.05 – Rouen (FR) / Le 106
11.05 – Paris (FR) / La Maroquinerie
12.05 – Lyon (FR) / CCO
13.05 – Bordeaux (FR) / Krakatoa
14.05 – Madrid (ES) / Kristonfest
15.05 – Porto (PT) / Hard Club
17.05 – Montpellier (FR) / Victoire 2
19.05 – Monthey (CH) / Pont Rouge Monthey
20.05 – München (DE) / Feierwerk
21.05 – Berlin (DE) / Bi Nuu*
22.05- Leipzig (DE) / UT Connewitz
*EARTHLESS only

Tickets go on sale this Friday 12th November 10am UK / 11am CET. Don’t miss out on it and join this monster of a live experience!

The trio recently completed work on their 6th album that’s due out in 2022.

EARTHLESS Lineup:
Isaiah Mitchell – Guitar & Vocals
Mike Eginton – Bass
Mario Rubalcaba – Drums

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Earthless, “Sonic Prayer” snippet from Live in the Mojave Desert

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