NEW SYNTHPOP / ELECTRONIC MUSIC FROM RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA

Dream pop duo, Band & The Beat, have two brand new songs:
"Straight and Narrow" and "Jimmy's Jam!"  Check them out here:





Both songs will be officially released on Tuesday, March 29th...
But you can actually buy them now directly from Band & The Beat's own Bandcamp page!

ALSO, CHECK OUT BAND & THE BEAT'S NEW WEBSITE: www.bandandthebeat.com

Photography by Steven Haley

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REST IN PEACE, THOMAS E. MCCLEERY

Thomas E. McCleery
(Edge City, Jacksonville FL)
1942-2016

SAINT MAYBE LIVE PHOTO FROM CRESCENT BALLROOM (2013)

Saint Maybe - Live at the Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix AZ - February 13, 2013

Photo by Sarah Johnson

MOYAMOYA LOVES THEM SOME VINYL RECORDS

Before leaving the Triangle Area of North Carolina, moyamoya made one more record store stop to pick up some vinyl to take back to Florida.  Here is a photo of moyamoya with Kirk Adam, owner of The Record Krate - the best underground (literally) record store in North Carolina!

INDY WEEK WELCOMES MOYAMOYA TO NORTH CAROLINA

"A third of this Jacksonville, Florida, instrumental trio’s nine-day East Coast tour happens in the Triangle; they play Thursday at Slim’s and Friday at The Nightlight, too. The dates stem from a North Carolina connection, as Moyamoya issued a self-titled record back in 2014 on Fort Lowell Records, a label that started in Tucson, Arizona, before rooting itself in Raleigh. Moyamoya is a post-rock band but a captivating one, owing less to build-and-release composition than the abrasive textures of early Maserati records and the puckish humor and prickly tempo shifts of Don Caballero." —Patrick Wall

CLICK HERE TO VISIT ACTUAL INDY WEEK ARTICLE

MOYAMOYA + MIDNIGHT PLUS ONE AT NIGHTLIGHT, CHAPEL HILL

FORT LOWELL RECORDS LOVES FREAKER USA

MOYAMOYA VENUE CHANGE FOR SAVANNAH GEORGIA

Folks, for moyamoya's show in Savannah, Georgia tomorrow - Saturday, January 30th - the venue has changed.  The show at The Erasery canceled, and the very kind people at QuoLab, who are hosting a fund raiser for Bernie Sanders, are welcoming moyamoya to be a part of their event.  Don't miss the show!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

About

Registration for voting in the Georgia primaries ends February 1st and poppa Bernie needs all the votes we can deliver! We'll have music, drag, food, fire, and information on voter registration.

Special guests:
Ganges Phalanges
https://gangesphalanges.bandcamp.com/
Melodic Punk from ATL

Moyamoya
https://fortlowell.bandcamp.com/album/moyamoya-moyamoya
Languid but lively instrumental post-rock from JAX

Yung Ubuntu
https://soundcloud.com/r3dsun
Atmospheric beats and visuals from SAV

Lotion in the Basket
https://soundcloud.com/lotion-in-the-basket
Deep House from SAV

AND DRAG BY SAVANNAH'S OWN HOUSE OF GUNT
https://www.facebook.com/gunthaus

Lavender Mist will be giving us a helpful demonstration on how to use a voting booth.

Get your livetweets ready for a masterful debate starring
LaZanya Ontré AS the radiant Bernice Sanders
Influenza Mueller AS the dastardly Donna Frump
Toyotta Mitsubishi AS the abuela-esque Hilary (that's just one L) Clinton
Rainé Rainé leads the proceedings AS "The Moderator"

BYOB + BBQ donations are always welcome
QuoLab is a Queer Safe(r) Space
$5 gets you in, a couple more bucks buys you food.
50% of all door sales will go to the Bernie Sanders campaign (with the rest going to the performers)

MOYAMOYA AT SLIM'S, RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA

MOYAMOYA TRACKING DRUMS, RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA

MOYAMOYA IN RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA

morning photo by scott madgett

RALEIGH + RALEIGH + CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA

moyamoya + Band & The Beat are about to take over the Triangel Area of North Carolina!   Catch them both together live, this week: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday - January 27th, 28th, and 29th.  Two shows in Raleigh NC, and then one in Chapel Hill NC!  See y'all at the shows!

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27
Schoolkid's Records
Raleigh, NC
w/ moyamoya, Band & The Beat
(ALL AGES)

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28
Slim's Downtown
Raleigh, NC
w/ FKB$, moyamoya, Band & The Beat

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29
Nightlight
Chapel Hill, NC
w/ Midnight Plus One, moyamoya, Band & The Beat

MOYAMOYA HITS THE ROAD!

Tour starts tonight- Sunday, January 24th - for our fearless instrumental trio from Jacksonville FL - moyamoya - in Greenville SC at The Radio Room w/ People of Mars and Zombie Kissing Booth.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Note: Due to a family emergency, moyamoya did have to cancel for the first two shows of their tour.  We are sure they will be making up those shows in the near future, so stay tuned!

BAND & THE BEAT WINTER TOUR

Band & The Beat are coming for ya' Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, this Winter, starting this Sunday!  Be sure to "put on your red shoes and dance the blues!" 

BAND & THE BEAT - WINTER TOUR
JAN 17 - Neptune's Parlour - Raleigh, NC - w/ T0W3RS, Slang, Hotline

JAN 27 - Schoolkid's Records - Raleigh, NC - w/ moyamoya (ALL AGES)
JAN 28 - Slim's Downtown - Raleigh, NC - w/ FKB$, moyamoya
JAN 29 - Nightlight - Chapel Hill, NC - w/ Midnight Plus One, moyamoya
JAN 30 - Norfolk Taphouse - Norfolk, VA - w/ Quincy Mumford & the Reason Why
JAN 31 - Galaxy Hut - Arlington, VA - w/ DKvDK
FEB 1 - The Golden Pony - Harrisonburg, VA - w/ Cool Ghost, Humanzee
FEB 2 - Motorco - Durham, NC - w/ Adrien Reju, Elijah Wolf
FEB 19 - The Cave - Chapel Hill, NC - w/ An Occassion For Balloons, TLVS
FEB 20 - Speakertree Records - Lynchburg, VA - w/ TLVS
FEB 21 - Strange Matter - Richmond, VA - w/ Anousheh, Dazeases
MAR 2 - Tin Roof - Charleston, SC - w/ infinitikiss, Sweatlands
MAR 3 - The Erasery - Savannah, GA w/ Bands With Melody, Matt Aker
MAR 4 - 1904 - Jacksonville, FL - w/ moyamoya, Tambor
MAR 5 - 529 - Atlanta, GA - w/ Chelsea Shag, Big Brutus
MAR 6 - New Brookland - Columbia, SC - w/ infinitikiss, Grace Joyner

THIS IS BOOK'S MOYAMOYA

SOME STUFFS: Winter tour announced for moyamoya
by John Book

Jacksonville, Florida will be in a bit of mourning once their homeboys of moyamoya depart for a tour this winter but they will be back in a few weeks.

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

BLURT MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS FORT LOWELL RECORDS

Yours truly (AKA: James Tritten) of Fort Lowell Records and Band & The Beat recently sat down with Blurt Magazine for a (quite lengthy, in my own words) interview.  Make a nice cup of tea, and settle in for a while.  Then, read here.

Here Comes The Flood - a weblog about music: moyamoya: Winter tour dates

Here Comes The Flood - a weblog about music: moyamoya: Winter tour dates: Florida post-rock noise experimentalists moyamoya take their all instrumental assault on the road this Winter. They are sharing the bill...

MOYAMOYA WINTER TOUR

Alright folks, here it is... moyamoya's Winter Tour dates, starting with tonight - Sunday, January 10th - in Orlando, Florida:

moyamoya - Winter Tour:
Sun Jan 10 - ORLANDO FL - Uncle Lou's w/ Unamused Dave, The Eviction Notice
Fri Jan 22 - BRUNSWICK GA - HBGB w/ Gov Club
Sat Jan 23 - CHARLESTON SC - Tin Roof w/ Colorworld, The Give & The Take
Sun Jan 24 - GREENVILLE NC - Radio Room w/ People of Mars
Mon Jan 25 - CHARLOTTE NC - The Station w/ Cuzco, For the Byrds
Tue Jan 26 - WILMINGTON NC - Calico Room w/ Future Trip, whothefolklohr
Wed Jan 27 - RALEIGH NC - Schoolkid's w/ Band & The Beat (ALL AGES)
Thu Jan 28 - RALEIGH NC - Slim's w/ FKB$, Band & The Beat
Fri Jan 29 - CHAPEL HILL NC - Nightlight w/ Midnight Plus One, Band & The Beat
Sat Jan 30 - SAVANNAH GA - The Erasery w/ Fez the Immigrant, Beverly Tender

HEY MANDIBLE GOES DEAF IN 2015

The Quaker Goes Deaf rate Hey Mandible's album The Arse #42 for their Top-50 Best of 2015 List! w00t!w00t!

#42:  Hey Mandible—The Arse   (Fort Lowell/Infintesmal)  New album from band out of Jacksonville, Florida—heavy guitar indie rock with psychedelic outer space noise blasts that mediate the volatile rock ‘n’ roll middle ground between power pop hooks and angry feedback/distorto riffs.  “The Arse” integrates noise and melody in a fluid, punch-you-out hug of addictively dark and challenging song structure, where distortion never overpowers, but always provides a muscular compliment.  These are songs that hit you hard with a punk-edged face-slap that has just the right amount of warmth & sting to call your back again.  500 copies on green marble vinyl, and the cover art by Laura Bearl is a trip. (The 50s housewife taking the smiling little broasted baby out of the oven has horns and furry, hooved legs.)   Similarities to bands like Dumb Numbers, Turn Me On Dead Man, Dinosaur Jr., Mission Of Burma, Black Level Embassy, Sonic Youth, Polvo, the Intelligence.  Hey Mandible play brilliantly angry, darkly accessible rock with an instinctual, gut-level roar of power that hangs on to the melodic groove for dear life.  Recommended.