BMA Weekly Grind - 6-23-09

It’s not a sausage fest, it’s Dudefest!

Three days worth of smelly dudes embracing their punk roots—and Slip N Slides—storms into Indianapolis from July 17-19. Non-crust folks may only be able to tolerate a solitary day of such a pungency of the senses, which is where our suggestion for watching GAZA and Lords on Saturday of the fest comes in. Salt Lake City’s resident conscientious objectors are back again this year, after leaving last year’s Dudefest salivating at the gills. The last remaining rebels of the South follow later Saturday evening to kick what’s left of the concert goers’ corpses in the ribs. Other bands scheduled to join the stage with both GAZA and Lords Dudefest weekend are Torche, Russian Circles, Harvey Milk, Furnace and more.

For a complete listing of bands, venue and ticket information, visit the Dudefest MySpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/dudefestindiana

Paria run to the Dakotas and back!

Maybe not physically, but the band’s tour dates are as follows:

6/25 - The Sydney - Omaha, Nebraska

6/26 - Knickerbockers w/The Recession - Lincoln, Nebraska

7/11 - The Beat w/High Hopes - Minneapolis, Minnesota

7/17 - Nights of Columbus (w/Old Ironside) - Sioux Falls, South Dakota

7/18 - The Red Raven (w/Battlefields & Old Ironside) - Fargo, North Dakota

An excerpt of Paria bassist Dustin Treinen describing the band’s wacky relationship with Psyopus in a recent interview with Thrash Magazine:

“We were in the middle of a song and a girl walked out holding a big sign that said something like “Psyopus owns you pussies!” The next thing I knew, my band was being pelted with flour and glitter wrapped in paper towels. We were caught completely off guard because as far as we knew, Psyopus was 5 hours away from us….”

The full interview can be read here:

http://www.thrashmag.com/interviews/content.aspx?id=4598

http://www.myspace.com/paria

Engineer kicking ass and taking names with Tides!

The most up-to-date July tour dates and venues scheduled for Engineer thus far:

7/12 - TBA - Rochester, NY

7/13 - The Vineyard - Kent, OH

7/14 - The Metalfrat - Ann Arbor, MI

7/15 - The Tower Room - Antioch, IL

7/16 - The 1511 w/ Comadre & Surroundings - Indianapolis, IN

7/17 - TBA - Evansville, IN

7/18 - The Hideaway - Johnson City, TN

7/19 - SK Net - Charlotte, NC

7/20 - Nara Sushi - Richmond, VA

7/21 - The Velvet Lounge - Washington DC

7/22 - The Hexagon - Baltimore, MD

7/23 - Kung Fu Necktie w/ Fight Amp - Philadelphia, PA

7/24 - The Cherry St Station – Wallingford, CT

7/25 - Easy Axxess - Pawtucket, RI

7/26 - Anchors Up! - Haverhill, MA

7/27 - The Long Mustache - Burlington, VT

7/28 - Recess w/ Fuck the Facts - Syracuse, NY

http://www.myspace.com/engineercooldude

A plethora of BMA releases comin’ at cha, real soon!

9/15 – Lye By Mistake – “Fea Jur”

9/15 – The_Network – “The Bishop Kent Manning”

10/13 – Sweet Cobra – TBA

10/27 – The Abominable Iron Sloth – “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Heaviness”

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Paria on the Metal Injection Livecast tonight!

Paria will appear on the Metal Injection Livecast tonight. Tune in at 10 p.m. EST.

Paria live video footage from its CD release show

Video Credit: Kyle Beneke of High Five Productions

BMA News Update: this week in BMA news

Basically, there isn't much to tell.

The only update that needs to be made at this point is that Dance Club Massacre's tour dates have changed, so please disregard the tour dates listed for them in the previous post and check the band's MySpace page for those recently added.

If you hadn't already heard, you probably don't care, want or have a Twitter account. But several of the BMA family are now on there. Follow us into hell:

http://www.twitter.com/theredchord
http://www.twitter.com/sheenabma
http://www.twitter.com/michellebma
http://www.twitter.com/pariamusic
http://www.twitter.com/downsidesahead
http://www.twitter.com/hattmynek
http://www.twitter.com/jonotin
http://www.twitter.com/ttdte

Other than that, the_Network is on tour in Australia, dates can be found on the band's MySpace page. Also, Destroy, Destroy, Destroy will play a few shows in Tennessee with new vocalist Chris Bazor. Paria will play this Thursday with Ladyfinger and has a few other local shows booked.

That's all for now, folks.

-BMA staff

BMA News Update: Keepin' it short and sweet

It's been nearly a month since the last BMA news update, so now's as good a time as any to update what little news we have to share.

Paria has a sweet review/blurb on Billboard.com about its newest release, "The Barnacle Cordious."

The Abominable Iron Sloth, as announced today on the band's MySpace, will soon begin recording its BMA debut in Kentucky with Chris Owens (Lords). Though a release date is not yet solidified, end of summer is our general projection.

Guy recently did an interview with Hardtimes.ca when on tour in Montreal, Quebec. In the interview he discusses BMA and shares his thoughts on the music industry.



Here's all the tour dates that we can account for within the BMA family:

Architect

4.18 - The Lost Horizon w/Napalm Death - Syracuse, NY
4.21 - The Static Age - Romeo, MI
4.22 - TBA - Detroit/Flint, MI
4.23 - TBA - Chicago, IL
4.24 - TBA - Des Moines / Iowa City, IA
4.25 - The Triple Rock w/ DISEMBODIED and COALESCE - Minneapolis, MN
4.26 - Public Space One - Iowa City, IA
4.27 - Studio 8 at the Murphy Building - Indianapolis, IN
4.28 - TBA - Indiana
4.29 - The Warehouse - Columbus, OH
4.30 - TBA - Ohio
5.1 - Yesterdays Draught House - Wheeling, WV
5.2 - The RoundHouse - Pittsburgh, PA

Cancer Bats

4.22 - Engine Rooms Brighton, UK
4.23 - Spring and Airbrake Belfast, UK
4.24 - Academy 2 Dublin, Ireland
4.25 - Fred Zeppelins Cork, Ireland
4.26 - Arts Centre Colchester, UK
4.27 - O2 Academy Oxford, UK
4.28 - Barfly Cardiff, UK
4.29 - ABC 2 Glasgow, UK
4.30 - The Cockpit Leeds, UK
5.1 - Sugarmill Stoke, UK
5.2 - Rock City Nottingham, UK
5.3 - Academy 3 Manchester, UK
5.4 - O2 Academy 2 Birmingham, UK
5.5 - O2 Academy 2 Bristol, UK
5.6 - Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth, UK
5.7 - Underworld London, UK
5.11 - The Capitol Perth
5.12 - Heaven Adelaide
5.14 - Billboard Afternoon all ages Melbourne
5.15 - Billboard Evening 18 plus Melbourne
5.16 - UNSW ROUNDHOUSE SYDNEY
5.17 - The Tivoli Brisbane
5.19 - Transmission Room Auckland

Dance Club Massacre

5.1 Pop vs Hardcore Round 3 @ The Unity Lodge Kenosha, WI
5.23 O’Malley’s Bar and Grill (All Ages) Alsip, IL

TOUR w/ KNIGHTS OF THE ABYSS
6.20 - Johnny's Coffee House - Metamora, IL
6.21 - Doug's Rock House - Aurora, IL
6.22 - Gamer's Paradise - Flint, MI
6.23 - Centre Stage - Toledo, OH
6.24 - Blue Violet Cafe - Rochester, PA
6.25 - The Refuge - Fredericksburg, VA
6.26 - Southside 220 - Boones Mill, VA
6.27 - The Brewery - Raleigh, NC
6.28 - Weekend's Pub - Goose Creek, SC
6.29 - Island Oasis - Winter Park, FL
6.30 - The Dugout - Miami, FL
7.1 - The Garage South - Fort Myers, FL
7.2 - Olympia Performance Arts - Palmetto, FL
7.3 - Gallery 13 - Columbus, GA
7.4 - The High Ground - Metairie, LA
7.5 - Java Junction - Houston, TX
7.6 - The White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
7.7 - Molly's - Arlington, TX
7.8 - The Hanger - Wichita Falls, TX
7.9 - The War Legion - Amarillo, TX
7.10 - The Anchor - Albuquerque, NM
7.11 - Clubhouse Venue - Tempe, AZ
7.12 - Cobalt Cafe - Canoga Park, CA
7.13 - Sanger Community Center - Sanger, CA
7.14 - The Venue - Los Gatos, CA
7.15 - Legends Nightclub - Klamath Falls, OR
7.16 - Satyricon - Portland, OR
7.17 - Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
7.18 - The Empyrean - Spokane, WA
7.19 - Glenwood Square - Yakima, WA

Destroy, Destroy, Destroy

4.23 - 527 Main with TBD Murfreesboro, TN
4.24 - TBD (maybe the Hideaway with The Showdown) Johnson City, TN
4.25 - Club Fathom - Chattanooga, TN

Engineer

6.14 - The Westcott Theatre - Syracuse, NY

the_Network

4.23 - Adelaide Uni bar w/ Robotosaurus Adelaide, South Australia
4.24 - Arthouse w/ Robotosaurus Melbourne, Victoria
4.25 - Pony w/ Robotosaurus Melbourne, Victoria
4.26 - Catfood Press w/ Robotosaurus Melbourne, Victoria
4.28 - Dirty Shirlows w/ Robotosaurus Sydney, New South Wales
4.29 - Hermanns Bar w/ Robotosaurus Sydney, New South Wales
5.1 - Rosies live w/ Robotosaurus Brisbane, Queensland
5.2 - Ahimsa House w/ Robotosaurus Brisbane, Queensland

PARIA PREMIERE VIDEO “THE BARNACLE CORDIOUS” TODAY! ONLY ON METALINJECTION.NET!

Today marks the premiere of Paria’s newest video “The Barnacle Cordious” exclusively on MetalInjection.net.

“The Barnacle Cordious” is directed by Paria’s long time friend and videograher, Kyle Benecke, of the High Five Media Group. “The Barnacle Cordious” enhanced cd will feature a copy of the band’s first video. In addition, Kyle, who is the former vocalist of System Failure and Nodes of Ravier, lent his talents to several tracks on the record.

“The Barnacle Cordious” will be available in store March 17th. Pre-order the record now from the Black Market Activities webstore.

Don’t forget you can check out more music from “The Barnacle Cordious” on Paria's MySpace and the Black Market Activities MySpace.

Video of the Week: Paria's Dustin Treinen gives the bass a little tappity tap

Check out an exclusive track from Paria's March 17 release, "The Barnacle Cordious," on the band's MySpace page.

News Update: Paria announces album release date; TDTDE tour with The Faceless; and more

Don't worry.

This week's BMA news update won't include anything on new President Barack Obama, so you can continue reading without fear of us continuing the mainstream media's redundant coverage plaguing every freaking news cast.

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, we'll make this update short and sweet.

-BMA Staff


Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza hits the road for the "Patrons of Destruction" tour, from the press release:


TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA HITS THE ROAD WITH THE FACELESS, ARSIS AND MISERY INDEX!!

Bottle of whiskey in one hand, sawed-off shotgun in the other, Tennessee’s Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza is locked, loaded and ready to invade your town.
TDTDE hits the road for a brief set of South Western dates, joining The Faceless, Arsis and Misery Index:

2/21-Fayetteville, NC @ Jester's Pub
2/22-Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11
2/23-Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
2/24-Nashville, TN @ The Muse
2/25-St. Louis, MO @ Pop's
2/26-Little Rock, AR @ The Village
2/27-Dallas, TX @ The Max
2/28-Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
3/01-Austin, TX @ Emo's
3/02-Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock
3/03-Abilene, TX @ The Key
3/04-El Paso, TX @ Chic’s
3/06-Lancaster, CA @ The Crossing

Check out the TDTDE MySpace for rockin’ tunes.

Exclusive tracks from TDTDE and other members of the Black Market Activities family now on the BMA Myspace.


The official release date for Paria's completed album, "The Barnacle Cordious," is March 17. The release will feature some guest vocal spots from ex-System Failure/Nodes Of Ranvier frontman Kyle Beneke, who also recently helmed the video shoot for the albums title track. A video for the song should available next month. Nevertheless, a demo of a new track entitled "Circus" can currently be found an the Paria MySpace page.

the_Network isn't done exploring the world - just call 'em the modern day Christopher Columbuses. Australia is the next destination for the New Hampshire scummers for late April into early May with Robotosaurus.

BMA News Update: New videos from Cancer Bats, Dance Club Massacre; Animosity riff-roaring contest; and much more

You're probably sick of the news by now, with all the incessant ramblings of TV news anchors about the election. Seriously. There hasn't been so much talk of one man since OJ Simpson and the white Bronco "incident." At least there's some humor in all of this (note the CNN hologram, Anderson Cooper must have been trippin').

Anyway, and more importantly, there is some new and not-yet-repetitive ramblings we need to share with you folks.

- BMA Staff

Black Market Activities now has an official fan mailing list. By joining the list, BMA addicts -- and even those who wont admit to their addiction via the Bradley Effect -- can get first hand news, updates, tour dates, etc., sent directly to their inbox. To join the BMA fan mailing list, shoot an e-mail over to: michelle@blackmarketactivities.com, with "BMA fan mailing list" as the subject. There's no telling the other possible future benefits from being a member of this list, so git on it!

Romans, From a Second Story Window, Paria, and Animosity sounded off on Barack Obama becoming the 44th president of the United States on MTV2's "Headbanger's Blog." Check out the entries from the BMA family here.

CANCER BATS' video for "Lucifer’s Rocking Chair" is now premiering exclusively on MySpace Metal! Head over to MySpace Metal to check out the exclusive premier of CANCER BATS new video for the track "Lucifer’s Rocking Chair" off their latest release "Hail Destroyer."

Dance Club Massacre posted a video for the song "Shenanigans" from 11/11 release, "Circle of Death." The video is a culmination of live footage and studio clips. The video can be viewed here.

Animosity is hosting a "riff contest." Contestants interested in entering the contest must accurately sing three consecutive Animosity riffs. Prizes include free merchandise and concert tickets. Animosity vocalist Leo Miller: "It's a pretty ridiculous notion that animosity fans wouldn't be able to sing any three consecutive riffs, but it's way harder than it seems. Good luck to anyone who enters." More information about the contest can be found on the band's MySpace page, as well as on YouTube.