I have no doubt that the fact that I was born and raised in my beloved Garden State of New Jersey has something to do with it, but I can’t see the number 138 in any context and not immediately think of the Misfits. Do I even need to say why? Seriously though. Highway exits, buying things that are a little over a dollar, it’s impossible for me to see 138 somewhere and not launch into a Danzig impression: “We are 138/We are 138/We are 138.”

Using context clues from the picture below, I’m going to guess Pennsylvania’s The 91s had something else in mind when they chose 138 as the title of their forthcoming third album, but still, the association persists. At least for me. Am I alone on that one? Kind of interested to know if other people do the same thing. Are we all New Jerseyans at heart, at least in this?

While you’re pondering that question and the potential horrors the true answer might mean for society as a whole — NJ, much as I love it, elected Chris Christie as its governor because he was the closest thing they could find to Tony Soprano; a far from perfect state — check out The 91s‘ new track “Ask the Dust,” streaming at the bottom of this post and named for the 1939 John Fante novel that you and I both probably should’ve read in college.

Dig it;

Harrisburg, PA rock/stoner/funk trio known as 91s (Ninety Ones), are bringing out their 3rd studio album titled “138” on May 19th 2017 under the label Hi Way Recordings. “138” features eight tracks and was recorded during 2016 at their home studio in Harrisburg, PA.

“Whole album was tracked at Hi Way Recordings like our previous albums,” says drummer/vocalist Robert Gallagher, Jr., “but this time we didn’t mix and master it ourselves so we had someone do the mixing and someone else do the mastering. Tim Lengel mixed and Steve Shaw mastered.”

91s’ 138 will be released digitally on May 19th, 2017 on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and more. A preorder for a 150 gram vinyl release of 138 will start the same day on their bandcamp page for a release date anticipated for late June 2017.

91s is Robert Gallagher Jr (Drums, vocals), Patrick Reigel (Guitar) and Anthony Garber (bass). The trio plans to do shows throughout the Mid Atlantic and Northeast USA in the Summer/Fall 2017 in support of the album “138”.

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http://91srock.bandcamp.com
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The 91s, “Ask the Dust”

Comprising what’s sure to be a weekend full of riffs, fuzz and grooving stomp, the inaugural Moving the Earth festival is set to roll out at The Windup Space in scenic (if you like stoner rock, anyway) Baltimore, Maryland. It shares a weekend with Days of the Doomed III out in Wisconsin, but for anyone on the East Coast lamenting not being able to make the trip to the Midwest, the lineup below certainly makes a compelling argument in its own favor, with The Flying Eyes assuming a headliner position among stalwart Marylanders like War Injun and Weed is Weed while out-of-towners like When the Deadbolt Breaks and Borracho add variety to the still-quite-heavy mix.

Here’s to the first of many:

Moving the Earth Fest, June 22-23 at The Windup Space, Baltimore, MD

You can hear the low rumble in the distance getting deafeningly louder with every closing second… Plumes of diesel smoke, fire, and dust billow upwards to block out the sun… An army of sonic bulldozers are coming together to lay waste to the Mid Atlantic region’s musical landscape…….

The MOVING THE EARTH FEST, a two day celebration of all that is Heavy/ Stoner-Rock / Psych/ and Doom will take place at The Windup Space in Baltimore MD Saturday/ Sunday June 22nd and 23rd…….

MOVING THE EARTH FEST DAY 1
Saturday June 22nd
The Flying Eyes -(Baltimore psych rock heavyweights/ headliner)
Foghound – (ex Sixty Watt Shaman/ Halfway To Gone)
Weed is Weed – (ex Spirit Caravan / Earthride)
War Injun -(MD Doom legends)
When the Deadbolt Breaks -(NY/CT experimental, psychedelic, doom)
Wasted Theory – (Philly/ Del Stoner Rawk)
The Deserts of Maine -(ex Wooly Mammoth)
The Walking Ghost – (Aaron from W.t.d.b.- solo accoustic opener)

MOVING THE EARTH FEST DAY 2
Sunday June 23rd 2013
Bastards of Reality (AllStar KickAss Black Sabbath tribute/ headliner)
The Convocation – (ex-Moss Icon, Universal Order of Armageddon, & Born Against)
The 91’s -(PA Stoner Fuzz)
Borracho -(DC Stoner rock bulldozers)
Lazlo Lee and the Motherless Children – (manic garage/psych/ blues)
We are Blackbirds – (“heavy wood” prog/stonerrock)
Balors Eye -(inspired prog /tech metal w/ crushing grooves)
Ophidian – (bleak sludge/ doom)

Venue:
the Windup Space
12 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD.
(410) 244-8855

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Windup-Space/40942699251

Foghound, “Gotta Go and High Rider”