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Moshe · 02.11.2009, 03:40 PM

The Entrance Band, Jemina's Blog, Mirror/Dash

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
THE ENTRANCE BAND SIGN WITH ECSTATIC PEACE AND UNIVERSAL MOTOWN AND CELEBRATE SIGNING BY SUPPORTING CAT POWER IN L.A. ON FEBRUARY 11TH; EAGERLY AWAITED LABEL DEBUT SET FOR LATER THIS YEAR

Universal Motown and Ecstatic Peace Records have announced the signing of The Entrance Band. The Los Angeles-based trio will release their as-yet-untitled debut later this year. Founder of Ecstatic Peace Records, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, says, "The Entrance Band's new music is the most alluring and, yes, entrancing vibe I've yet to experience in this new age. A soundtrack for the new groove."

On Wednesday, February 11th, The Entrance Band will join Cat Power for an eagerly anticipated double bill at Los Angeles' Avalon. An additional slate of live dates will be unveiled shortly.

The Entrance Band kicks out a veritable explosion of mind-bending, skyscraping high-volume electric power. The trio - which includes singer/guitarist Guy Blakeslee, drummer Derek James and bassist Paz Lenchantin (late of A Perfect Circle and Zwan) - set out for new musical frontiers with their full-on melding of psychedelic freakout and punk rock intensity.

The Entrance Band line-up made its recorded debut on 2006's "PRAYER OF DEATH," the last of Blakeslee's solo releases as "Entrance," and the first to feature all original compositions. Pitchfork praised the album's "combination of blues riffs and psychedelic drone," noting that by "creating a maelstrom from which (Blakeslee) can wail feverishly, the band isn't just loud, it's intense." "Blakeslee is downright exultant in his howls and bends and slides," declared PopMatters, commending Lenchatin and James for "(augmenting) nearly every cut on this dense, sometimes overwhelming album, a multitude of eddying sounds providing a contact buzz of mystic overload."

The Entrance Band has also proven a remarkably captivating live act, having built up a notable underground following in California including sold-out shows at the Troubadour in L.A. and the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, and having shared stages with an array of like-minded artists, including Cat Power, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.

JEMINA PEARL BLOGS TILL SHE PUKES AND HAS ANOTHER GIG

Enjoy the trials and tribulations of Jemina Pearl and the rest of the Nashville Cru in New York on her frequently updated blog PUKE TILL YOU PUNK. NO stone is left unturned as Jemina keeps you posted on what's new with her. Pretty good timing too because she's just about to go into the studio to make one incredible record of songs that she's been working on with John Eatherly who, it turns out, is a stone cold musical genius so filled with hooks and melodies that he even pees "in a tuneful way."

They're gonna bring this show to the Glasslands next Thursday Feb 19 to play with the sick enerfuzed beat punkpop act PONY PANTS from Philadelphia and then some form of MGMT as well? Should be a sweet show.

Glasslands Gallery
Thursday Feb 19th 9:00pm
Jemina Pearl and bad attitude(members of be your own pet)
Pony Pants
DJ Matt Asti of MGMT
more tba

West Coast Axion: MIRROR/DASH AT LA MOCA, THURSTON AT THE SMELL

Mirror/Dash will perform at MOCA on Saturday February 14:
"Join us for another legendary opening party at MOCA as we premier Dan Graham: Beyond. Special performance by Mirror/Dash with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. DJ sets by Tom Watson and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth."

And then dig this slashfest on Friday at The Smell
Friday February 20, 2009 at 9:00pm
Thurston Moore
The Haters
Dead Machines
Hive Mind
Randy Yau
Pedestrian Deposit

The Smell
247 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, California 90019

And check out these upcoming releases:

Serville Sect "Stratospheric Passenger" LP (Late Feb)
Mouthus "Divisionals" LP (Late Feb)
Menstruation Sisters "Samantha "My Wack Panther" LP (Late Feb)
Mutant Ape "Yorkshire Erotic" LP (Early March)
Richard Ramirez/MSBR "Negative Offensive" LP (Early March)
Wand "Hard Knox" CD (End of May)
Matt Krefting "I Couldn't Love You More" CD (Early June)
Sunburned/ Kieran Hebden "A" CD (Mid June)

02.11.2009, 03:40 PM	#133
Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,864	The Entrance Band, Jemina's Blog, Mirror/Dash FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THE ENTRANCE BAND SIGN WITH ECSTATIC PEACE AND UNIVERSAL MOTOWN AND CELEBRATE SIGNING BY SUPPORTING CAT POWER IN L.A. ON FEBRUARY 11TH; EAGERLY AWAITED LABEL DEBUT SET FOR LATER THIS YEAR Universal Motown and Ecstatic Peace Records have announced the signing of The Entrance Band. The Los Angeles-based trio will release their as-yet-untitled debut later this year. Founder of Ecstatic Peace Records, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, says, "The Entrance Band's new music is the most alluring and, yes, entrancing vibe I've yet to experience in this new age. A soundtrack for the new groove." On Wednesday, February 11th, The Entrance Band will join Cat Power for an eagerly anticipated double bill at Los Angeles' Avalon. An additional slate of live dates will be unveiled shortly. The Entrance Band kicks out a veritable explosion of mind-bending, skyscraping high-volume electric power. The trio - which includes singer/guitarist Guy Blakeslee, drummer Derek James and bassist Paz Lenchantin (late of A Perfect Circle and Zwan) - set out for new musical frontiers with their full-on melding of psychedelic freakout and punk rock intensity. The Entrance Band line-up made its recorded debut on 2006's "PRAYER OF DEATH," the last of Blakeslee's solo releases as "Entrance," and the first to feature all original compositions. Pitchfork praised the album's "combination of blues riffs and psychedelic drone," noting that by "creating a maelstrom from which (Blakeslee) can wail feverishly, the band isn't just loud, it's intense." "Blakeslee is downright exultant in his howls and bends and slides," declared PopMatters, commending Lenchatin and James for "(augmenting) nearly every cut on this dense, sometimes overwhelming album, a multitude of eddying sounds providing a contact buzz of mystic overload." The Entrance Band has also proven a remarkably captivating live act, having built up a notable underground following in California including sold-out shows at the Troubadour in L.A. and the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, and having shared stages with an array of like-minded artists, including Cat Power, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. JEMINA PEARL BLOGS TILL SHE PUKES AND HAS ANOTHER GIG Enjoy the trials and tribulations of Jemina Pearl and the rest of the Nashville Cru in New York on her frequently updated blog PUKE TILL YOU PUNK. NO stone is left unturned as Jemina keeps you posted on what's new with her. Pretty good timing too because she's just about to go into the studio to make one incredible record of songs that she's been working on with John Eatherly who, it turns out, is a stone cold musical genius so filled with hooks and melodies that he even pees "in a tuneful way." They're gonna bring this show to the Glasslands next Thursday Feb 19 to play with the sick enerfuzed beat punkpop act PONY PANTS from Philadelphia and then some form of MGMT as well? Should be a sweet show. Glasslands Gallery Thursday Feb 19th 9:00pm Jemina Pearl and bad attitude(members of be your own pet) Pony Pants DJ Matt Asti of MGMT more tba West Coast Axion: MIRROR/DASH AT LA MOCA, THURSTON AT THE SMELL Mirror/Dash will perform at MOCA on Saturday February 14: "Join us for another legendary opening party at MOCA as we premier Dan Graham: Beyond. Special performance by Mirror/Dash with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. DJ sets by Tom Watson and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth." And then dig this slashfest on Friday at The Smell Friday February 20, 2009 at 9:00pm Thurston Moore The Haters Dead Machines Hive Mind Randy Yau Pedestrian Deposit The Smell 247 S. Main St. Los Angeles, California 90019 And check out these upcoming releases: Serville Sect "Stratospheric Passenger" LP (Late Feb) Mouthus "Divisionals" LP (Late Feb) Menstruation Sisters "Samantha "My Wack Panther" LP (Late Feb) Mutant Ape "Yorkshire Erotic" LP (Early March) Richard Ramirez/MSBR "Negative Offensive" LP (Early March) Wand "Hard Knox" CD (End of May) Matt Krefting "I Couldn't Love You More" CD (Early June) Sunburned/ Kieran Hebden "A" CD (Mid June)
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