The Soda Shop Podcast This Saturday!
This Saturday October 15th, 2011 The Soda Shop will broadcast their 3rd Podcast on Grip of Delusion Radio. The place, HERE. The time: 3-5pm EST. This weeks Podcast is all cover songs. The setlist is as follows:
01 7zuma7 – “The Seeker” by The Who
02 Night Horse – “Shoot To Thrill” by AC/DC
03 Wolf People – “Time” by Pink Floyd
04 Orange Goblin – “Symptom of the Universe” by Black Sabbath
05 The Sword – “Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin
06 Mammoth Mammoth – “Green Machine” by Kyuss
07 Stone Axe – “Nightwolf” by Mos Generator
08 Fu Manchu – “Jailbreak” by Thin Lizzy
09 The Company Band – “Not Fragile” by BTO
10 Red Giant – “Let There Be Rock” by AC/DC
11 Kamchatka – “Whipping Post” by The Allman Brothers
Small Stone Planning on 2 Showcases This Year
Straight from their Facebook wall:
We are busy planning two Small Stone Showcase Events for you In September/ October of 2011.
On September, 23rd and 24th we will be taking over the Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia, PA as a part of the Philadelphia Film and Music Festival… And, on September, 30th and October, 1st will be heading on over to the Double Door in Chicago, IL
We do not have a final line up confimed yet, but each city will get a combination of 12 of the following acts from the list below: (more…)
Lo-Pan/Backwoods Payback Tour & Small Stone Records @ SXSW 2011
via Small Stone Records:
Newcomers to the Small Stone roster, Ohio fuzz geniuses Lo-Pan and low-down Eastern PA dirt-rockers Backwoods Payback are hitting road next month, flattening towns on their way to and through SXSW in Austin, TX. The two bands, no strangers to touring together, have plotted a course down the East Coast, across to Austin, where they’ll take place in the annual Small Stone SXSW Showcase, the back north through the Midwest on their way home.
Says Lo-Pan [guitarist Brian Fristoe], We’re stoked to be touring again with Backwoods Payback and can’t wait to get to Austin to show SXSW how the rock is done! We’re both proud to be under the Small Stone banner, and the lineup for their showcase is amazing. It’s going to be a blast!”
Lo-Pan’s Small Stone debut, “Salvador” has been garnering the band rave reviews and hits streets on May 24, and Backwoods Payback have are now recording their own first record for the Detroit label and are looking forward to a Fall 2011 release. In the meantime, both bands will be playing new material on this tour, so if you want a preview of the next generation of heavy rock and roll, now is the time!
Lo-Pan / Backwoods Payback March 2011 US Tour:
03/09 Golden West Café Baltimore, MD
03/10 Krug’s Place Frederick, MD
03/11 Slim’s Raleigh, NC
03/12 Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge Atlanta, GA
03/13 The Nick Birmingham, AL
03/14 Siberia New Orleans, LA
03/15 The Ten Eleven San Antonio, TX
03/16 TBA
03/17 Barbarella Austix, TX (Small Stone Showcase)
03/18 Headhunter’s (back patio) Austin, TX (SXSW)
03/20 Headhunter’s Austin, TX (SXSW)
03/20 Rudyard’s Houston, TX
03/21 The Hi Tone Memphis, TN
03/22 Fubar St. Louis, MO
03/23 The Melody Inn Indianapolis, IN
03/24 Reggie’s Chicago, IL
03/25 Corktown Tavern Detroit, MI
03/26 South Park Tavern Dayton, OH
03/27 Smiling Moose Pittsburgh, PA
SXSW is just about a month away, so here is a rundown of what we have instore for the city of Austin…
The Small Stone Showcase @ SXSW 2011 (badges, wristbands, or cover at the door)Thursday, March 17th ~ 7pm – 2am @ Barbarella – 611 Red River Street
1 am: Dixie Witch
12 mid: Solace
11pm: Suplecs
10pm: Roadsaw
9pm: Sasquatch
8pm: House Of Broken Promises
7pm: Lo-Pan
The Small Stone Day Party @ SXSW 2011 (Free Event)Friday, March 18th ~ 12pm – 6pm @ Headhunters – 720 Red River Street
5pm: Solace
4pm: The Might Could
3pm: Red Giant
2pm: Lo-Pan
1pm: Tia Carrera
12pm: Backwoods Payback
Top 20 of 2010 – Bill’s Picks
2010 was a great year for music. There was so much good stuff released it was very hard to figure out what belonged where. I’ve been pondering over my list for a few months actually and really had a hard time figuring out who went where. This list is by no means definitive. There were a lot of albums released this year that could probably be on this list, but then again, I didn’t have time to listen to everything. Jake and I share similar taste so we’re going to have some of the same picks. Enough of the chitter chatter, on with the list.
20. Zed – The Invitation – I “liked” these guys on Facebook by mistake. I thought they were a Russian band called Zoe. It’s funny how a mistake can turn into a good thing. I discovered a great album, wrote the first review of it for them and I get to kick Mark’s ass in Words with Friends from time to time. He’s pretty good at it too. This album is one of the best independent releases of 2010 and I can’t wait to hear what 2011 and beyond holds for these guys.
19. Sea of Air – Sea of Air EP – Until I ordered the Night Horse 45’s that were released earlier in the year I had never heard of this band. They’re not real active online, I don’t think they have Myspace page either. Heck, when I wrote about their EP, it took them a few weeks to notice it on their Facebook page. Anyhow, these guys have stuck with me since.
Small Stone Announces SXSW 2011 Lineup
We have been going back and forth with the powers that be in Austin, and
we are now pleased to announce our final line up for The Small Stone
Showcase at SXSW:
1 am: Solace
12 mid: Dixie Witch
11pm: Suplecs
10pm: Roadsaw
9pm: Sasquatch
8pm: House Of Broken Promises
7pm: Lo-Pan (more…)
New Small Stone News
This just in from the Small Stone Records front:
First off, The new album from Denver’s Black Sleep Off Kali entitled “Our Slow Decay” is now out should be available at a better record store near you. If you can’t find it, feel free to get it from us.
The long awaited new album from Cleveland’s Red Giant entitled “Dysfunctional Majesty” rolls out to stores on the 28th of this month, but you can get it a little early right here on the Small Stone Online Store.
On the recording front, the new albums from both Suplecs and Roadsaw are almost finsihed (they just need to get mixed and mastered), and will both get released sometime between January and March of 2011. Also, the boys in Ironweed are still plugging away on their follow up to “Indian Ladder”. Lo-Pan are scheduled to hit Mad Oak to record their follow up to “Sasquanaut”, and we will also be reissuing a new version of the “Sasquanaut” album that will be completely remixed by Benny Grotto and remastered by Mr. Goosman. This Winter both Dixie Witch and Sun Gods In Exile are scheduled to hit Mad Oak to record new albums for us as well.
You asked for it, so we are going to give it to you… Sasquatch “III” will be coming out on vinyl very shortly via Small Stone HQ… That’s right folks, we are going to finally take the plunge into the vinyl game. We are currently getting the art together, and having the album remastered for the pressing plant.
Finally, we hope to see many of you in Philly next week… We have two rather kick ass night of rock music all layed out for you at the Philadelphia Film and Music Festival… See the post below for more details.
Red Giant Available For Pre Order
After you’ve read our review of the new Red Giant album Dysfunctional Majesty, you can head on over to Small Stone’s store and order your copy. If you can’t wait, the album is available for instant download through iTunes.
Review – Red Giant – Dysfunctional Majesty
Once again Red Giant have done it. Their third album, and second under Small Stone, this four piece band from Cleveland have put together another must have for 2010. Dysfunctional Majesty is the followup to to 2004’s Devil Child Blues. After a six year wait, the album is finally upon us.
The instruments are fast, heavy and tightly woven together. The vocals are heavy, fast and kick you in the balls loud. Benny Grotto did a superb job at mixing this beauty. Baseline Audio Labs deserve a lot of credit on the mastering.
The album is 12 tracks straight hard rock with hints of metal and maybe a pinch of thrash. The second to last track, “Weird Problems,” is a finely played, fast paced instrumental track. To close off the album is a kick ass cover of AC/DC’s “Let There Be Rock.”
Red Giant fans have been waiting patiently for this one for a long time. You definitely won’t be disappointed. Anyone who hasn’t heard them before owes it to themselves to seek out their previous albums and rev yourself up. If you like bands such as Ironweed, Lo-Pan, Backwoods Payback, Devil to Pay or even Mammoth Mammoth then you’ll like Red Giant.
Dysfunctional Majesty is due out September 28th on Small Stone Recordings.
Small Stone Showcase Announced
announced per Small Stone
Small Stone is pleased to announce that we will be doing two back to back Showcases at The Philadelphia Film & Music Festival in September. Our events will be taking place at the Millcreek Tavern which is located at 4200 Chester Avenue, University City, Philadelphia (215-222-1255 )… And, now for the line up:
Friday September 24th:
Dixie Witch
The Brought Low
Throttlerod
Lo-Pan
Sun Gods In Exile
Backwoods Payback
Saturday September 25th:
Solace
Roadsaw
Sasquatch
House Of Broken Promises
Gozu
Red Giant
Small Stone Recordings New Releases
Small Stone Recordings’ website has been updated recently with some tbd releases for their artists. The next 18 months or so will be an interesting one. That list is as follows:
- All Time High
TBD 2011 - Black Sleep of Kali
Our Slow Decay 2010 - Blackwolfgoat
Dragonwizardsleeve 2010 - Cropduster
TBD 2010 - Dixie Witch
TBD 2010 - Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned
TBD 2011 - H1N1
TBD 2011 - Ironweed
TBD 2011 - Lo-Pan
TBD 2011 - Lo-Pan
Sasquanaut – (Remixed & Remastered) 2011 - Red Giant
Dysfunctional Majesty 2010 - Roadsaw
TBD 2010 - Sun Gods In Exile
TBD 2011 - Suplecs
TBD 2011 - Tia Carrera
TBD 2010
A bunch of these are no brainers however absent (but once present) from the list are new albums by both Five Horse Johnson and Brain Police. Both bands once had a 2010 as a time frame. Have we seen the last of these two great bands? Brain Police hasn’t updated their Myspace page since April 30th, 2009. It was a post about videos. This interesting tidbit was also in that same blog:
We are still working on our upcoming fifth studio album but to selebrate the summer we will be breaking out of our HQ.
Also no one has logged on to the account since February of this year.
Five Horse Johnson hasn’t updated their blog since December 30th, 2008. They were supposed to be releasing a greatest hits album for Australia and start working on their next release. No one has logged onto the site since April 20th, 2010. Eric’s personal blog, also posted on 12-30-08 had this to say
On the Five Horse Johnson front: We are furiously tinkering away in the rock factory trying to squeeze out tunes for the new and the BEST FHJ album (or at least the newest) to date. Still not sure of a title, but it’ll be announced soon. The songs are coming together in solid fashion. It’s the fist time having Phil involved in the writing of a full albums worth of rock, so expect loads of zany and snazzy guitar shenanigans!
There is some rumblings in Australia about the “little ol band from Toledo” so we have put together a greatest hits package for OZ called “Sweetwater Gasoline”. It includes about 12 of the shiniest gems from the FHJ catalog. It wasn’t easy to pick and choose, be we whittled it down to which ones we think the fans/we like the best. Hopefully we can get down to Australia soon and embarrass our country in full Five Horse style!
Could it be that bands are abandoning Myspace? Last month I did a an article on Myspace vs Bandcamp. I’m noticing less and less blog postings by bands. Myspace can be a good source of news and information from bands but if no one is using it then why bother.Remember too, neither band has made public if the bands are still together or not, they could be taking an extended break. Until we hear from them directly we can only wonder.
Anyway, Small Stone (as well as other labels) has quite a bit lined up to keep our ears and minds happy with or without Five Horse Johnson and Brain Police.
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