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Truckfighters’ The Chairman Special Edition EP Available to Preorder; Band on Tour in Europe

Posted in Whathaveyou on October 3rd, 2013 by JJ Koczan

Attention fuzzdudes and fuzzladies: The new Truckfighters EP is available to pre-order. If you’re having trouble receiving this message, then check your fuzztenna. Repeat: TruckfightersThe Chairman EP can now be pre-ordered in a special edition through Last Hurrah Records — who, it should be noted, have also gone suitably all out in the packaging, what with the 12″ 45RPM vinyl and the variations on the colors with mixtures of opaque and transluscent. I’m not sure what the difference between “Desert Sunset” and “Desert Sunrise” might be, but I don’t mind the excuse to pick up an extra copy and find out.

Truckfighters are on tour in Europe now — dates below — and the EP is limited to 500 copies in the Last Hurrah edition. Check it out:

Pre-orders are now available for the Truckfighters The Chairman Special Edition EP multi-colored vinyl 12-inch. Sweden’s Truckfighters blaze an incendiary trail through high desert plains and mountains of stoner rock. Presented at 45 RPM for best possible sound quality, The Chairman Special Edition contains over 30 minutes of power “fuzz” and features the title track plus three live songs recorded on tour in Australia earlier this year.

The jacket cover artwork has spot UV gloss, spot PMS, and silver metallic ink designed by artist Lindsey Kuhn.

The 12-inch vinyl comes in two different vinyl colors: Desert Sunset and Desert Sunrise, each a mix of oqaque and translucent colors, limited to 500 copies (250 of each color).

Pre-order available here and should start shipping on October 31.

In the meantime, while you are waiting for the record to arrive, check out the video for the title track “The Chairman” below…

Truckfighters European Tour Dates
02.10.13, [DE] LEIPZIG – UT Connewitz
03.10.13, [DE] ASCHAFFENBURG – Colos Saal
04.10.13, [DE] Dortmund – FZW (Visions Westend Festival)
05.10.13, [CH] Pratteln – Z7 (Up In Smoke Festival)
07.10.13, [FR] Nantes – Le Ferraeulier
08.10.13, [LX] Luxembourg – Rock Box
09.10.13, [NL] Rotterdam – Baroeg
10.10.13, [BE] Antwerp – Trix
11.10.13, [NL] Groningen – Vera
12.10.13, [DE] Siegen – Vortex
13.10.13, [DE] Karlsruhe – Alte Hackerei
15.10.13, [AT] Innsbruck – PMK
16.10.13, [IT ] Milan – Lo-Fi Club
17.10.13, [IT ] Bolzano – Point
18.10.13, [AT] Linz – Stattwerkstatt
19.10.13, [DE] Munich – Feierwerk
20.10.13, [DE] Bremen – Römer

Truckfighters, “The Chairman” official video

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Truckfighters Unveil “The Chairman” Video; New Tour Dates

Posted in Bootleg Theater on September 19th, 2013 by JJ Koczan

Where there are big rigs and fuzz, one must not be surprised to encounter Truckfighters. Sweden’s foremost deliverers of high-octane fuzz, fresh off a US tour, have today posted a new video for the eight-minute jammer “The Chairman,” from their upcoming EP of the same name. It’s the band’s first release in four years, so even more interesting to hear how they’ve progressed in that time from the riffy contemplations of Mania, and “The Chairman” finds the Örebro trio working in jazzy noodling guitars with the expected blast of energetic groove and underlying melody.

Seems like wherever these guys go sound-wise, they always manage to make it a good time. “The Chairman” will reportedly be joined by live tracks on the EP, but if this is the only taste we’re getting of new Truckfighters heading into 2014, which will hopefully bring a studio full-length, at least it’s a substantial one.

Enjoy:

Truckfighters, “The Chairman” official video

NEW MUSIC: “THE CHAIRMAN” EP OUT IN OCTOBER

Us being lazy? Don’t you dare even thinking of it. We just finished a full EP, featuring the video track “The Chairman”. It does feature a fuzzy live recording of “Desert Cruiser” (taped in Australia this year) and will be released on a nice heavyweight 10″ vinyl outside the US. Release date is Oct 4th outside North America.

In the US, the EP will come as a 4track 12″ vinyl, carrying 3 lengthy live tracks along “The Chairman”. The US version will be out later in October as well.

The digital EP always comes with 4 tracks and is available by Oct 4!

ON TOUR !

King Kurt called it the road to rack’n’ruin back in the 80s … Well, we just call it our living room. This is where we feel at home: on stage.

Join us for our “Chairman-Tour” in October, conquering almost 20 places and cities.

02.10.13, [DE] LEIPZIG – UT Connewitz
03.10.13, [DE] ASCHAFFENBURG – Colos Saal
04.10.13, [DE] Dortmund – FZW (Visions Westend Festival)
05.10.13, [CH] Pratteln – Z7 (Up In Smoke Festival)
07.10.13, [FR] Nantes – Le Ferraeulier
08.10.13, [LX] Luxembourg – Rock Box
09.10.13, [NL] Rotterdam – Baroeg
10.10.13, [BE] Antwerp – Trix
11.10.13, [NL] Groningen – Vera
12.10.13, [DE] Siegen – Vortex
13.10.13, [DE] Karlsruhe – Alte Hackerei
15.10.13, [AT] Innsbruck – PMK
16.10.13, [IT ] Milan – Lo-Fi Club
17.10.13, [IT ] Bolzano – Point
18.10.13, [AT] Linz – Stattwerkstatt
19.10.13, [DE] Munich – Feierwerk
20.10.13, [DE] Bremen – Römer

Still not enough truckfighting live-mania?

Well, we will play sweden and Norway in November as well, Russia, too. And for next year, we promise you a totally filled calendar full of Truckfighters dates around the globe. Keep checking with truckfighters.com and with the newsletter!

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Truckfighters Announce Release of The Chairman EP; US and Euro Tour Dates

Posted in Whathaveyou on August 9th, 2013 by JJ Koczan

Hope you’re ready for fuzzy times. Örebro-based megafuzzers Truckfighters are heading back to the States for a coast-to-coast run that starts in Brooklyn with Kings Destroy at the St. Vitus bar, and from there will head westward where they’ll perform with the likes of Fatso Jetson (in L.A.), Valley of the Sun (in Ohio) and a slew of other killer acts. In addition to that, the trio just announced a follow-up European tour for October that will coincide with the arrival of their new EP, The Chairman, which will be the first Truckfighters release since 2009’s golly-gee-whiz-that’s-a-good-record Mania (review here).

I had to cull the news from a couple different sources to get it all in for both tours, but what the hell, it’s Truckfighters. If they’re anywhere near as good at these shows as they were at Desertfest in London earlier this year, they’re going to leave scars:

CELEBRATED SWEDISH ROCK BAND TRUCKFIGHTERS ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR DATES

Örebro, Sweden fuzz frontrunners TRUCKFIGHTERS have announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of their forthcoming new EP The Chairman. The highly respected trio – called “the best band that’s ever existed” by QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme – will kick off the U.S. trek on August 19 in Brooklyn, NY. The two week trek will hit Philadelphia (August 20), Chicago (August 24), Los Angeles (August 27), Tucson (August 31) and more showcasing TRUCKFIGHTERS incredibly fuzz-tastic and electric live performance.

The band from Örebro (SWE) just announced its limited 10″ vinyl EP “THE CHAIRMAN” (also available as download) will be released on October 4th, once again via their very own and highly regarding label Fuzzorama Records!

Check out the EP’s cover art designed by Swedish artworker Jerker Josefsson! TRUCKFIGHTERS just revealed it.

(** The Chairman EP in the US will come in a different artwork and as a 12″ vinyl, also featuring a different tracklist than in the rest of the world **)

This release will be accompanied by an extended European tour, presenting the trio in its prime element: Live!
Please see the dates below :

TRUCKFIGHTERS U.S. tour dates:
August 19 New York, NY Saint Vitus Bar
August 20 Philadelphia, PA KungFu Necktie
August 21 New York, NY ** Secret Show **
August 22 Dayton, OH Blind Bob’s bar
August 23 Rock Island, IL RIBCO
August 24 Chicago, IL Reggies Rock Club
August 24 Chicago, IL Bash On Wabash Street fest
August 25 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
August 26 Cedar Rapids, IA Chez Beavun’s Garden of Fuzz
August 27 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite
August 29 San Diego, CA The Griffin
August 30 Palm Desert, CA The Hood Bar
August 31 Tucson, AZ The Rock
September 1 Indio, CA Indio Performing Arts Center

TRUCKFIGHTERS European tour dates:
02.10.2013 (GER) Leipzig, UT Connewitz
03.10.2013 (GER) Aschaffenburg, Colos Saal
04.10.2013 (GER) Dortmund, FZW (Westend-Festival)
05.10.2013 (CH) Pratteln, Z7 (Up In Smoke Festival)
07.10.2013 (FR) Nantes, Le Ferrailleur
08.10.2013 (LUX) Luxembourg, RockBox
09.10.2013 (NL) Rotterdam, Baroeg
10.10.2013 (BEL) Antwerp, Trix
11.10.2013 (NL) Groningen, Vera
12.10.2013 (GER) Siegen, Vortex
14.10.2013 (GER) Karlsruhe or Mannheim, venue tba
15.10.2013 (AT) Innsbruck, PMK
16.10.2013 (IT) Milano, Lo-Fi Club
17.10.2013 (IT) Egna / Bolzano, Point
18.10.2013 (AT) Linz, Kapu
19.10.2013 (GER) Munich, Feierwerk
20.10.2013 (GER) Bremen, Roemer

Truckfighters, New Song Live in Poland, 2013

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