Thu May 23 | HAPPY HOUR BINGO - Win tix to CRACKER, JON SPENCER, A SILENT FILM, WAMPIRE + many more!!

Thu May 23 | CAPITAL POETS with 8 FOOT ORPHAN, WHISKEY ALLAN POE, BEES WITH GUNS

Fri May 24 | DÉCOLLAGE with BYRGEAU NOIL, STRAWBERRY RUNNERS, MONTROPO

Sat May 25 | JET EDISON with ANDREUX & THE SEE OF SOUNDS

Sun May 26 | DEAD ORCHIDS with SWEETFIRE, SUMMA, THE PATIENT ZEROS, WANDERING, PROFESSOR GREENHOUSE, MILES TO MOUNTAINS, MECHANICAL ROOTS, THE GREYS OF GOLD, CONQUISTADORS OF NOTHING

Tue May 28 | THE DETROIT COBRAS with PANGEA

Wed May 29 | TORCHE with KEN MODE, IL CATTIVO

Thu May 30 | CODEC with SERIS

Fri May 31 | FORCE PUBLIQUE with WANDERDUSK, LOO GUTZ

Sat Jun 1 | FLY GOLDEN EAGLE with DIRTY FEW, LIL' THUNDER

Sun Jun 2 | ALL WAFFLE TRICK with FIG NIXON, THE DEAD END DRIVERS, ROUGH AGE, EVERYDAY HEROES

Mon Jun 3 | PEACE with TEAM SPIRIT, TWIN PEAKS

Tue Jun 4 | HELLBOUND GLORY with PRETTY WAR, JON BOLAND

Wed Jun 5 | GARRETT LEBEAU BAND with CHARITY RAEL, BEE STING SESSIONS

Fri Jun 7 | VITAMINS (REUNION SHOW) with TJUTJUNA, FINGERS OF THE SUN

Sat Jun 8 | WAMPIRE with ROSSONIAN

Sat Jun 8 | CHRISTOPHER OWENS (OF GIRLS)

Mon Jun 10 | BIG BLACK DELTA

Wed Jun 12 | CRYSTAL FIGHTERS with ALPINE

Thu Jun 13 | SUPERHUMANOIDS with GOSSAMER

Fri Jun 14 | HANDS with WE LIKE MONSTERS

Sat Jun 15 | EVEREST with THE WALES

Sun Jun 16 | WEST WATER OUTLAWS BBQ SHOW with EL AMOR, ASHEN EMBERS, PRETTY GIRL

Tue Jun 18 | BAD VEINS

Wed Jun 19 | PARQUET COURTS with ACCORDION CRIMES, BUD BRONSON & THE GOOD TIMERS

Thu Jun 20 | SNOWDEN with SHADY ELDERS, MALAMADRE

Fri Jun 21 | TJUTJUNA (ALBUM RELEASE) with SNAKE RATTLE RATTLE SNAKE, THE BLUE RIDER

Sat Jun 22 | CAYUCAS with JBM

Sun Jun 23 | RADIATION CITY BBQ SHOW with CONFLUENCE, THE WALES, CODENAME : CARTER

Mon Jun 24 | ROYAL TEETH with AMERICAN AUTHORS

Wed Jun 26 | THE SILENT COMEDY

Thu Jun 27 | FRANKMUSIK with RIDE THE UNIVERSE, BOYHOLLOW

Sun Jun 30 | SHANNON & THE CLAMS with FINGERS OF THE SUN, THE MATILDAS

Sat Jul 6 | FRONTIER RUCKUS

Sun Jul 7 | GOODNIGHT, TEXAS (BBQ SHOW)

Wed Jul 24 | SCORPIOS (Tribute To Tony Sly) @ Walnut Room

Fri Jul 26 | PASSENGER

Sat Jul 27 | FUTUREBIRDS with DIARRHEA PLANET, SAUNA, DIRTY FEW

Sun Jul 28 | WHEELCHAIR SPORTS CAMP BBQ

Tue Jul 30 | WHISKEY SHIVERS with HIGHLAND RAMBLERS

Sun Aug 11 | BACKYARD BBQ with WUKI, CANDY COBRA, CC/NN, SPENCER FOREMEN + CATCH LUNGS, LUST, VS, TWIN PEAKS, MOMBI, SARAH SLATON, THE EVER, CALEB SLADE

Sun Aug 18 | SNAKE RATTLE RATTLE SNAKE BBQ

Wed Aug 28 | POOLSIDE

Thu Sep 26 | FIDLAR with THE ORWELLS

Typhoon - Never Be Your Lover / Jam (live) from Matthew Ross on Vimeo.

Dear Reader,

I once came very close to dying (bug-bite, failed organs), and though my life was spared thanks to thanks to modern medicine and a kidney given to me by my father, nonetheless I live with a persisting sense that my time is borrowed. My resolution–what I intend to do with my finite allotment– is to reach some small, yet conclusive understanding of my life in particular and the world in general; an understanding accomplished, in part, through a combination of music and words.

The last record we made, Hunger & Thirst, is a record that purposefully confuses physical sickness with ontological sickness, i.e. that most desires are only symptoms of the desire to be someone else. This new record picks up where we left off, though this time “purposefully confusing” the idea of time as a place. It imagines that my past is a composite of old houses and apartment buildings, that my memories are these little artifacts strewn about, and then there’s me with a single candle, picking up the artifacts one at a time and examining them by the dim light.

Songs as personal as these perhaps ought to be burned or buried rather than be paraded before an audience. But there is something transfigurative in playing music with so many close friends–what starts out as a solemn, solitary attempt is turned into something both communal and cathartic. I think we even have fun at times.

A New Kind of House (the title itself is borrowed from the brilliant poetry of Zach Schomburg) was artfully recorded on location (our house) by repeat-collaborator Paul Laxer; the artwork was beautifully realized by Ricky Delucco, and we have Tender Loving Empire to thank for so tenderly helping us put out a record a second time.

kyle ray morton / 01.11.2011