February 23, 2012

TOURS TOURS TOURS! Victims Family, Emily Jane White and Prizehog!

‘Tis the season to go on tour, and we’ve got some great news! We have fresh tour dates for Prizehog who are going down to SxSW, Emily Jane White who will also be heading down to SxSW and Victims Family who just announced dates in EUROPE!  Check it out!


Prizehog
February 25, 2012 with Iron MTN, Abstracter and Mourning Ring at Eli’s Mile High Club, Oakland, CA
March 02, 2012 with Hell Ship and Bobb Saggeth at Thee Parkside, San Francisco, CA
March 08, 2012 with Riververb at Tower Bar, San Diego, CA
March 09, 2012 with Pigeonwing, Columbian Necktie and Children of God at Bull Bar, Long Beach, CA
March 10, 2012  Tempe, AZ @ Yucca
March 11, 2012  Albuquerque, NM @ Small Engine Gallery
March 12, 2012  Oklahoma City, OK @ tba
March 13, 2012  Fort Worth, TX @ tba
March 14, 2012  Austin, TX SXSW showcase
March 15, 2012  San Antonio, TX @ The Korova
March 18, 2012 Austin, TX @ tba
March 19, 2012  with Echo Beds, Leather Sky and MRCA at Blast-O-Mat, Senver Denver, CO
March 20, 2012  with Nevertanezra at Burt’s Tiki Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
March 21, 2012  Boise, ID @ tba
March 22, 2012  Seattle, WA @ Highline
March 23, 2012  House Show, Portland, OR
March 24, 2012  with Big Black Cloud and Nucular Aminals at The Foggy Notion, Portland, OR
March 26, 2012  with Moira Scar at Elbo Room, San Francisco, CA

Victims Family
 May 17th-Amiens,France
May 18th-Antwerpen,Belgium @ Trix
May 19th-Amsterdam,NL @ Melkweg
May 21st- Hannover, Germany @ Chez Heinz
May 22nd- Hamburg,Gemany @ Knust
May 23-24-Finland
May 25th-Potsdam,Germany @ Tanztage
May 26th- Hünxe,Germany @ Ruhrpott Rodeo Festival
May 27th- Badalona, Spain Estraperlo (Club del Ritme)

Emily Jane White
 Feb. 24th - with Jolie Holland, Will Sprott (The Mumlers) and Dreams at Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, CA
Mar. 1st – with Will Stenberg at the Alberta Street Pub, Portland, OR
Mar. 4th – with Jolie Holland at The Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Mar. 5th – at Zoey’s, Ventura, CA

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February 10, 2012

Review of David J’s New Album “Not Long For This World”


Click here to buy Not Long For This World from Saint Rose Records

“David J’s Not Long For This World slithers like a reptile between the beat poetry of Allen Ginsberg, the carnival barker side of Tom Waits, the lowball swoon of a demented Leonard Cohen and a roadside huckster selling cure-all medicine in a bottle. He’s the former bassist/vocalist of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets and the 12 tracks on his eighth solo album are like an ungodly respite from reality. They’re hypnotic, like a hymnal for the damned. He’s goth here, he’s jazz there, he’s folk in the middle. Dark, theatrical, unlistenable unless you’re in the right mood, you can also call it otherworldly. In that sense, his reworking of the 18th Century “St. James Infirmary” fits right in. And you know his heart’s in the right place with songs like “Hank Williams To The Angel Of Death” and “Eulogy For Jeff Buckley.” Morbid as “The Last Cigarette” and “Dress Sexy At My Funeral” may be, it’s perversely up-lifting. It’s a song cycle infested with a definite death fixation, half-spoken, half-sung. David J may not be trying to sell many records but this is a one powerful statement, not for everybody, yet unsparing, unsentimental, and best taken in small doses…like strong medicine for the soul. I’ll take another spoonful, please.”
Mike Greenblatt
( Atlasjams.com )

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January 11, 2012

Victims Family Write Up on KTVU.com

Victims Family will be playing tomorrow night at the Elbo Room in San Francisco, with Pins of Light and The Fleshies!

“With a partnership dating back over a quarter of a century, guitarist/vocalist Ralph Spight and bassist Larry Boothroyd have been making a uniquely hectic sound as the core of Victims Family since forming the band back in 1984  when they were just a couple of scrawny Santa Rosa teenagers.

Bringing together the lyrical venom of the Dead Kennedys and the muscular punk virtuosity of Canadian power trio NoMeansNo, Victims Family created a compellingly ferocious stew of hardcore, jazz, metal, funk and math rock with original drummer Devon VrMeer. Embracing the DIY punk ethos of the time, the young trio booked its first national tour in 1985, honing its chops while sharing the stage with such bands as NOFX, Tales of Terror, the aforementioned DKs and Social Unrest.  The band issued its debut album Voltage and Violets on Mordam Records the following year, unleashing Spight’s vitriolic social commentary on salvos like “Homophobia” and “God, Jerry, & The P.M.R.C.” in addition to writing likely the only instrumental tribute to jazz guitarist George Benson ever performed by a punk band. Victims’ follow-up effort Things I Hate To Admit further refined the group’s sound with more ear-pleasing, barbed wire hooks on such future fan favorites as “World War IX” and “Corona Belly.” 

VrMeer’s departure to start a family led to his short-term replacement by Eric Strand before roadie Tim Solyan stepped in and completed what many consider to be the band’s classic line-up. Victims Family crafted what still stands as one of the outstanding punk albums of the decade with 1990′s White Bread Blues while furthering their reputation as a blistering live act with multiple U.S. and European tours, sharing the stage with the likes of Nirvana and Primus while having future stars Mr. Bungle and Green Day serve as opening acts.

The line-up released a second album – The Germ in 1992, the band’s first for Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles imprint — but the grind of the road eventually led to a two-year hiatus. A reunion would produce another solid studio effort (Headache Remedy) and a live album that captured Victims’ volatile onstage chemistry before Spight and Boothroyd moved on to band projects Saturn’s Flea Collar (with the bassist switching to drums) and Hellworms. 

Victims Family put out one more album with yet another drummer – Apocalicious in 2001 featuring My Name drummer David Gleza behind the kit — before  the principles moved on to explore other creative outlets. Spight would front his own band The Freak Accident  in addition to playing guitar in Biafra’s lauded new band The Guantanamo School of Medicine, while Boothroyd would tour and record extensively with celebrated experimental outfit Triclops! Still, periodic Victims Family reunions bringing Solyan back into the fold often find fans jetting across the globe to catch another epic and brutal live set. With word of the band making plans to put out its first new album in over a decade this coming year, followers will have even more to celebrate. The band headlines this Alternative Tentacles showcase with labelmates Fleshies and Pins of Light.

Victims Family plays the Elbo Room on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 9 p.m. $10″

Dave Pehling KTVU


White Bread Blues LP, CD and Book 

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December 31, 2011

Prizehog Review in Decibel Magazine

Buy Prizehog – “Thought Nest” here.

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December 27, 2011

Show Review: Emily Jane White at Cafe Du Nord

“Opening was the silvery brilliance of one Emily Jane White. I’ve had Emily perform at a Snob Theater once and she set a perfect mood of kindness and modest beauty at that show. This performance was no different. Emily’s impressionistic vision is expressed with clarity while retaining an affecting understatement and sense of dislocation with every note. It’s an interesting contradiction mirrored in Emily’s vocal and lyrical talents; her voice whispers and croons while her lyrics are powerful, inscrutable, and fiercely intimate.”   Read more.

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December 18, 2011

Victims Family with Jello Biafra for SFRP!!

Tonight Victims Family with be playing with Jello Biafra at the inaugural Winter Holiday Rock Prom and Auction for San Francisco Rock Project. There will also be musical performances by Ty Segall, Ricky Berger, the SFRP Students and other special musical guests. Along with the live auction at tonight’s event, you may participate in their online auction, which will be going until December 20th. Here’s the link.

 

 

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December 6, 2011

WONDERFUL Radiohead Cover By Cory Thrall!

Ladies and Gentlmen!
Saint Rose Records proudly presents: a beautiful cover of the song “Last Flowers” by Radiohead, as performed by Cory Thrall!

Last Flowers is from the album  ’In Rainbows’.
Stay tuned for Cory’s upcoming release ‘Scars’ – which will be available on CD!

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November 12, 2011

Coming up: A busy week for Saint Rose Bands!

Guess what!? This week is filled with opportunities for you to go see some of your favorite Saint Rose Bands!
B.C. Fitzpatrick
November 16 – with Graham Lindsey, and more (Pick Me Up Revue) – at the Last Day Saloon – Santa Rosa, CA
Cleo T.
November 15 – with Birdy Hunt and Steak Number Eight – at Gibus Calling – Paris, France
Odd Bird
November 17 – at the Phoenix Theater – Petaluma, CA
Prizehog
November 16 – with Batillus and Sutekh Hexen – Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA

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November 3, 2011

Bouquets, Wreaths and Laurels an evening with David J

Click HERE to see David J perform songs from his new album Not Long For This World!
*Quicktime video*

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October 28, 2011

Exciting News About David J’s New Album!

Well folks,  it’s finally happening! You may now pre-order “Not Long For This World”! The album will be available on CD and Double LP! Folks who pre-order have the chance to also get your hands on some amazing limited bonus goodies!
LET THE PER-ORDERING BEGIN!

  • DIGIPACK CD $15 (shipping as on Halloween!)

    Poster/T-Shirt Image

  • DOUBLE LP W/ GATEFOLD SLEEVE & FULL ALBUM DOWNLOAD $20 (shipping mid-November)
  • DOUBLE LP W/ GATEFOLD SLEEVE & FULL ALBUM DOWNLOAD + LIMITED OVER-SIZED POSTCARD & POSTER $30 (shipping mid-November)
  • DOUBLE LP W/ GATEFOLD SLEEVE & FULL ALBUM DOWNLOAD + LIMITED OVER-SIZED POSTCARD & POSTER & T SHIRT $45 (shipping mid-November)
  • DOUBLE LP W/ GATEFOLD SLEEVE & FULL ALBUM DOWNLOAD + LIMITED OVER-SIZED POSTCARD & POSTER & T SHIRT AND DIGIPACK CD $55 (shipping mid-November)

ALSO (!!!) In celebration David is throwing an exclusive soiree in downtown LA. The event will not be open to the public but will be available via live webcast free of charge.
David will be performing songs from the album live!

The event will be broadcast using http://www.stickam.com/davidjofficial

You can also view from your iPhone or Andriod: http://www.stickam.com/mobile

For updates check out the Facebook Event Page

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