0 TICKET GIVEAWAY: Nu Sensae | Broken Water | Haunted Horses



Vancouver's Nu Sensae recently received some hype in the form of Out Magazine's inclusion of drummer Daniel Pitout in their 100 most eligible bachelors list. While any publicity can be a boon for a great band, sexually objectifying one of the members has a tendency to diminish the fact that they really are a fantastic noise rock trio. Luckily, their music is turning at least as many heads as the hot guy behind the kit these days. After a listen through last year's Sundowning LP (Suicide Squeeze), you may find yourself equally as aroused by the intensity of Andrea Lukic's screeching death howls as they dynamically punctuate the restrained chaos held together by her driving bass rumbles, or the angular spasms of Brody McKnight's guitar as he prods at the sonorous mess like a little boy with a stick.

Supporting them this Sunday at Chop Suey will be Olympia's Broken Water, whose darkly lush psych-influenced sound harkens back to something almost forgotten, but gladly reinstated. In fact, both bands could be described as an updated version of what the best underground PNW bands were working to achieve twenty years ago, while their more conventional counterparts were getting sucked into the maelstrom of industry shenanigans.

Local boys Haunted Horses are starting off the night, and honestly, bills don't come more perfectly fit. Fans of any of these bands will undoubtedly love the others, and all are worthy of whatever random hugs and kisses lavished upon them afterwards. Oh, and hey, look at this! We're giving away tickets!

***To enter the drawing for a pair of tickets simply send an email to jake@seattlerockguy.com with "Nu Sensae" as the subject and your full name in the body. Winners will be drawn Saturday at 5pm, so do it, do it now. Good luck!***

If you happen to be traveling this Spring (to SXSW, mayhaps?), you may find yourself in the vicinity of Nu Sensae on tour:

TOUR DATES 2013
MARCH
2nd - Vancouver, BC @ Interurban
3rd - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
4th - Olympia, WA @ The Northern
6th - San Francisco, CA @ The Hemlock
7th - Los Angeles. CA @ The Echo
8th - Tempe, AZ - Rampage fest/Burger Revolution show
10th - Denton, TX @ 35 Denton Music Festival
11th - McAllen, TX @ Galax Z Fair II Festival

(SXSW Festival - Austin, TX):

Wednesday 13th:
-Burger Records Show @ Trailer Space
-Fader Fort, Converse presents @ Fader Fort
-Urban Outfitters/Rookie Mag @ Urban Outfitters
-Enabler/Suicide Squeeze Records official showcase @ Holy Mountain

Thursday 14th:
-Terror Eyes/Needle Drop show @ The Museum of Human Achievement
- KVRX showcase @ Spiderhouse
- Impose Magazine showcase @ Long Branch

Friday 15th
- Suicide Squeeze/Hardly Art showcase @ North Door
-Blundertown/Altamont/Cultist showcase @ The Gypsy

Saturday 16th:
-Volcom Showcase @ Jackalope

18th - El Paso, TX @ So Sick Festival
20th - Tucson, AZ @ Topaz Tundra
21st - Las Vegas, NV @ Double Down Saloon
23rd - Oakland, CA @ Sugar Mountain
24th - Reno, NV @ The Holland Project 26th - Portland, OR @ The Star Theatre

1 TICKET GIVEAWAY: Mico De Noche | Mos Generator | Ancient Warlocks | Serial Hawk

Mico de Noche are one of those bands that we at SRG will always point to as a perfect embodiment of what this Cascadian underground rock scene is and should always be.  Their unrelenting brutality can absolve the most anguished listener of their pain, while uplifting those seeking pleasure with sheer headbanging revelry.  Even more epic and lush than the sum of their four parts, they create beauty in a wall of sludge and bellowed words.

Sadly, it is a rare opportunity these days to see Mico in all their glory.  It's nobody's fault; they're all busy dudes with many amazing projects to devote their time to.  But the advent of a brand new 3-song 7" EP on Violent Hippy Records gives us mossy beardos at least one more chance to rejoice.  Not only is it bringing the dudes to Chop Suey this Friday to cap off a great lineup, but this little bundle of vinyl goodness is a LONG-awaited follow-up to the 2009 split 10" w/Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, and despite its brevity is a welcome addition to the legacy of a band that has consistently pummeled us into delightful submission over the last decade plus.

In fact, with the permission of the band, we are offering up three copies of this baby to the winner and two runner-ups for a ticket giveaway (see details below).

Of course, Mico de Noche don't play with no slouches.  There is nary a stony itch that Mos Generator and Ancient Warlocks can't scratch.  Serious riffs, denim, and grins abound.  And it would be a sin not to address the tour kickoff of Serial Hawk, whose expansive, yet full-bodied flavor will make you wanna hold up your pint and cheers the one next to you.  (That was all a reference to beer -- know why?  Because Serial Hawk will fuck you up, that's why)  Come early, come all night long.

***To enter the drawing for a pair of tickets and a free copy of the Mico de Noche 7" simply send an email to jake@seattlerockguy.com with "Mico de Noche" as the subject and your full name in the body. While only one entry will win the tickets, we will draw two other winners of a free copy of the 7" (please note: these will only be redeemable at the show).  Winners will be drawn Thursday at 5pm, so don't fuck about. Good luck!***

Oh, and be sure to catch Serial Hawk on tour in March!

03/01 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
03/02 - Boise, ID - The Shredder
03/03 - Provo, UT - Provo Bicycle Collective
03/04 - Denver, CO - 7th Circle Music Collective
03/05 - Omaha, NE - West Wing
03/06 - TBD - TBD
03/07 - Chicago, IL - House show
03/08 - St Louis, MO - Blank Space
03/09 - Conway, ARK - Sound Stage
03/10 - Austin, TX - Beerland
03/11 - San Antonio, TX - Night Rockers
03/12 - Scottsdale, AZ - The Rogue Bar
03/13 - San Diego, CA - The Void
03/14 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Globos
03/15 - Sacramento, CA - Oak Park Boiz House
03/16 - Portland, OR - Club 21

0 TICKET GIVEAWAY: Graveyard | The Shrine

Sometimes, you simply gotta rock, man.  You know?

Back in the early '00s, the underground heavy music scene started to veer away from clean vocals and riff-based rock and roll and towards throaty growling vocals backed up by complex time signatures and angular, anti-melodic guitar runs for whatever reason. Perhaps it was a reaction to the comparatively structured rock canon of the '90s, or the incessant 4/4 oonce-oonce of the fadtastic rave scene that dominated popular culture around the turn of the century (and has subsequently mutated into the dubstep plague that currently has its grips on the mainstream). Either way, shit got weird. And for the most part, it stopped actually, you know, rocking.  But now, in just the last few years, it seems that we are finally coming back around again. These things go in cycles, right?

After enduring a decade of music bent on challenging the listener -- often to the detriment of entertainment value -- we are now seeing more and more bands emerge and reach a comfortable level of success by bringing back the bluesy heavy metal sound of the seventies, mixed with the burly stoner jams of a post-Kyuss generation; focusing more on just rocking the fuck out with immediate, accessible riffs, and tuneful vocal runs. Sweden's Graveyard is one of these bands.  The kind of band that compels you to throw up the horns, wave whatever hair you have as to and fro as it will go, and flush your worries away with a few cans of cold suds.

After seven years and three full-length albums – their latest, the fantastic Lights Out, releasing late last year – these Nordic tourhounds are once again returning to the PNW this Wednesday, February 13^th, at Neumos with their mates, LA's no-bullshit straight-up boozy rock trio The Shrine. We have a pair of tickets to give away to one of you crazy rock geeks.

***To enter the drawing for a pair of tickets to this show simply send an email to jake@seattlerockguy.com with "Graveyard" as the subject and your full name in the body. Winner will be drawn Tuesday at 5pm, so act fast. Good luck!***

Find event and ticket information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/276068139163423/?ref=2

Graveyard/The Shrine US Tour (remaining dates):

13 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
15 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
16 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
17 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
18 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
21 - Austin, TX @ Emo's East
22 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
23 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's (The Devil's Blood and Royal Thunder also appear) 

0 [GIVEAWAY] Win a Copy of the Melvins' "The Bride Screamed Murder"!

We have a lot to celebrate in June, and so what better way than giving away some killer swag!

If you notice SRG has rolled out a brand spanking new look courtesy of GWISK design. This new webzine layout allows for the hard work and dedication of the SRG writers, photographers, and videographers to be more accessible without the constant post burial that comes with the typical blog format. It also makes it easier for you to stay up to date without having to spend a lot of time scrolling and searching through archives.

Also, SRG’s 1st anniversary is sneaking ever closer (officially June 19th), as is the annual 1-2 week celebration of myself that I like to call my birthday. This year I celebrate an age milestone by entering my “dirty 30’s”, and I’m doing it in typical rock guy fashion-- boarding a plane and flying to Tennessee for Bonnaroo 2010!

For 4 days I’ll be indulging in all that the ‘Roo has to offer or more specifically: The Melvins, Gwar, ISIS, The Black Keys, Stevie Wonder, Clutch, Ween, Japandroids, Against Me!, Baroness, and much much more, as well as bringing you full coverage of the festival in the form of photos, write-ups, and video diaries. It should be a grand time indeed.

In celebration of all these birthdays, the new-look SRG, and last week’s release of the much anticipated and heavy as fuck new Melvins record, “The Bride Screamed Murder”. SRG is giving away (2) copies of said album in CD format (Sorry no vinyl available yet) to our readers.

All you have to do is send an email to giveaways@seattlerockguy.com with “SNILVEM” in the subject and your name. The winners will be chosen at random and notified on Friday, the CD’s will be mailed via snail mail shortly thereafter.

Thanks for a great 1st year!

Cheers,

Nik and SRG Crew