Chattanooga based noise-pop band Moonlight Bride has released their new EP, Twin Lakes, today! The band will kick off a string of shows in support of the new release in March, including a stop at SXSW.

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Over the past month Moonlight Bride has lit up the blogosphere with rave reviews and comparisons to everyone from Pains of Being Pure At Heart and The Jesus Mary Chain to My Bloody Valentine and Surfer Blood. Featuring the pop-gaze anthem “Lemonade,” Twin Lakes finds Moonlight Bride at their best, weaving brooding guitars with driving melodies and poignant vocals that drip with raw emotion. The five song EP, produced by Stephen Nichols and mixed by John Goodmanson (Death Cab For Cutie, Los Campesinos!), flows seamlessly in a dream-like procession through peaks and valleys of noise-pop ecstasy, further revealing the band’s remarkable knack for memorable songwriting

Twin LakesEP Track List:

1. Diego
2. Lemonade
3. Versinthe
4. Drug Crimes
5. And The Death Ship Had A New Captain

 
Moonlight Bride Tour Dates:
March 7 – Roanoke, VA @ The Bazaar
March 8 – Richmond, VA @ The Camel
March 9 – Fredericksburg, VA @ FAA
March 10 – Washington, DC @ The Dunes
March 17 – Houston, TX @ Super Happy Fun Land
March 18 0 Lafayette, LA @ The Wild Salmon
March 19 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Game Day Sports Bar
March 20 – Tuscaloosa, AL @ Oz Music (In-Store Performance)
March 21 – Birmingham, AL @ The Nick
March 22 – Atlanta, GA @ The Star Bar
March 23 – Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge
March 24 – Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s (EP Release Show)
(SXSW Dates To Be Announced Soon)

Press Release courtesy of Secret Service Publicity.

To kick off their tour with A Great Big Pile Of Leaves & Mansions, Young Statues have released an acoustic EP for name-your-price download on Bandcamp. The EP features 4 re-recorded and alternate versions of songs from their self-titled, debut full-length, released November 2011 on Run For Cover Records. 100 hand-stamped and numbered copies will be sold only at shows on this tour.

You can grab the EP on the Young Statues Bandcamp page.

Tracklisting:

1. Meet Me At The Hudson
2. Pretty Girls Make Raves
3. Bumble Bee
4. Spacism

Tour Dates:

Mar 01 Knitting Factory Brooklyn, NY
Mar 02 Asbury Lanes Asbury Park, NJ
Mar 03 The Fire Philadelphia, PA
Mar 04 Ottobar Laurel, MD
Mar 06 Jammin Java- Vienna, VA
Mar 07 Garage- Durham, NC
Mar 08 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Mar 09 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, FL
Mar 10 Transitions Tampa, FL
Mar 11 BACKBOOTH Orlando, FL
Mar 13 SXSW Austin, TX @ Gypsy Lounge (Topshelf / Run For Cover Showcase)
Mar 14 Never Say Never Festival – Las Palmas Racepark Mission, TX
Mar 15 SXSW Austin, TX @ Mellow Mushroom (Giant Steps Showcase) set time 5pm
Mar 16 SXSW Austin, TX @ Lucky 13 (Equal Vision / Soroka Agency Showcase) 12:10 PM – 12:35 PM
Mar 16 SXSW @ The Palm Door (Glamour Kills Showcase) Set Time: 2 PM – 2:30 PM
Mar 20 The Conservatory Oklahoma City, OK
Mar 21 FUBAR St Louis, MO
Mar 22 Schubas Chicago, IL
Mar 23 The Vernon Club Louisville, KY
Mar 24 Mac’s Lansing, MI
Mar 25 Hard Luck Bar Toronto, Canada
Mar 27 Smiling Moose Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 28 Planet Trog Fullerton, PA
Mar 29 The Loft Poughkeepsie, NY
Mar 30 The Space Hamden, CT
Mar 31 Firehouse 13 Providence, RI
Apr 01 Middle East (Day Show!) Boston, MA
Apr 29 The Barbary Philadelphia, PA

Press Release courtesy of Earshot Media.

The Canyon Observer is a five member post/noise/sludge band. They involve sheer primal agression and atmospheric noise escapades in their music. The Canyon Observer shared stages with bands like Russian Circles and Rosetta. The band also made quite an impression with their cover of Nirvana’s Territorial Pissings, that was made for the 20th anniversary of Nevermind. In October 2011 they released their first EP Chapter I: The Current of Her Ocean Brings Me to My Knees. Their first tour is behind them (Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bolgaria) and they will strike on another tour in April 2012. You can expect “Chapter II” in the second half of 2012.

I first heard of The Canyon Observer when a representative from their label, Kapa Records, contacted me to check them out.  I decided to hold off on listening until now because I wanted to improve how I write reviews, especially for music I don’t listen to on a regular basis.  The Current of Her Ocean Brings Me to My Knees is the first EP from The Canyon Observer contains four tracks that provide a wonderful gamut of what the band has to offer.

“The Lingering Scent of Her Divinity” is the opening track on the EP and makes me wish that more American (The Canyon Observer is a Slovenian band) mainstream metal went back or at least ventured into this avenue more.  There’s a sound of primal instinct that surrounds this song whenever I listen to it, and the build ups to to the heavier parts of the song are seamless.

“Your Feathers Infect My Scars, The Ones You Gave Me”, continues in the same sludge-ridden vein as “The Lingering Scent..” except deconstructs and presents itself as more haunting and endless.  Then from out of nowhere, a wrath of aural beating ensues. Awesome.

“Our Universe, Written In Blood” is the tamest track on this EP, but still manages to stay true to the rest of the EP by combining the serene with the sludge.  The EP then ends with “My Will”, which uses the most noise/experimentation on the EP. Both tracks provide a more diverse half of the EP.

You can check out more of The Canyon Observer by visiting their Facebook Page, and Kapa Records.  I’ve also included a free download of the track ”Your Feathers Infect My Scars, The Ones You Gave Me”.

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