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You should email them with suggestions of songs, i know on this tour they'll be wanting to bust out a few new tunes, being they have a new album in the can and this tour is essentially it's pre-release warm up tour.

Also: Check out this amazing tour!

*Dead Meadow (Los Angeles) and Pink Mountaintops (Vancouver / Los Angeles) tour New Zealand and Australia from March 27th - April 8th. *

Heathen Skulls and Tone Deaf are proud to present the highly anticipated return of the Los Angeles psychic rock lords DEAD MEADOW. As an added bonus, as if their presence in't enough, they'll be touring with the Vancouver, by the way of LA, ensemble PINK MOUNTAINTOPS (featuring Stephen McBean of Black Mountain and Gregg Foreman of Cat Power). For fans of outer limits psych rock, your dreams have come true!

Full tour dates finally announced, supports announced a.s.a.p!

Tickets on sale NOW, see events page for details!

Facebook events page: http://www.facebook.com/events/203463176397103

MARCH

Tuesday 27TH: Wellington @ Bodega Bar, New Zealand w/ BORIS

Wednesday 28th: Auckland, New Zealand @ Kings Arms Tavern w/ BORIS

Friday 30th: Adelaide @ Fowlers Live

Saturday 31st: Geelong @ The National Hotel

APRIL

Sunday 1ST: Melbourne @ Corner Hotel

Monday 2nd: Melbourne @ The Tote Pink Mountaintops headline show w/ Jason solo, Night Terrors, Dead Wasp

Wednesday 4TH: Canberra @ ANU Bar

Thursday 5TH: Brisbane @ The Zoo

Friday 6TH: Sydney @ Hi Fi Bar and Ballroom

Saturday 7TH: Perth @ The Bakery

Sunday 8TH: Victoria @ Boogie Fest (Country Victoria) Late afternoon performances!

Sunday 8th: Melbourne @ Cherry Bar Late night performances, end of tour party show w/ Matt Sonic and the High Times!

Heathen Skulls are proud to present Death Grips, they bring to Hip Hop what Black Flag brought to hardcore!

Founded in Sacramento, USA, in 2010, Death Grips exploded onto the scene with their critically acclaimed free downloadable mix tape album EX-MILITARY, from the very first they show started packing rooms and destroying everything in their path! What came next was a sea of live reviews from sold out shows which have ultimately left every note worthy label and festival foaming at the mouth, with check books in hand.

With in a few short months they've gone from nothing to becoming one of the most sought after artists in the underground!

Death Grips are an aggressive power trio that's kicked modern hip-hop into a meat grinder! What's coming out the other side is the darkest and most uncompromising shit imaginable. A non-stop assault of blackened chaos that pummels everything in it's path!

I can say this with the up most confidence, in the same way that one might speak about Lightning Bolt and Wolf Eyes, and that being, there’s no one doing what they do, no one! They were the first; they've reinvented something that seems familiar and then deconstructed it again, anyone else doing anything similar is a mere shadow!

Forget about everything that you know and love about Hip Hop, nothing comes close, this is the real deal. This is avant-garde Hip Hop from street that’s been used and abused. This is Hip Hop that’s born out of aggression and the starvation of small Town America. This is Hip Hop that’s been hugely influenced by the punk rock attitude of raw power and attitude. This is Death Grips!

Fronted by the intense figure that is MC Ride, whom I have to say has the meanest tattoos and apparently, the best black metal record collection imaginable; Death Grips vocalist is a violent force of lyrical punk that evokes nothing short of pure energy and dark emotion.

On the drums is a man with a history that needs no introduction, Zac Hill, one half of the Californian noise punks Hella, and one of the many longstanding contributors to the legendary Japanese group The Boredoms.

On electronics is Flatlander, aka Any Morin, a man with no limits, an individual who processes the sonic and abusive frequencies generated from Zac’s junked out drums.

Individually they’re all uncompromising artists, three completely different craftsmen in their own right who single handedly challenge the preconceptions of what music is, and what it should sound like. Collectively, they’re an unstoppable force!

This is Death Grips, they’re free down loadable mix tape album is called Ex-Military, and they’re touring Australia this January, coming to a Town near you!

The Album 'Ex Military' - http://soundcloud.com/deathgrips

Death Grips - Guillotine (It Goes Ya) - VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orlbo9WkZ2E

Death Grips - Beware http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxa91EwFco

Death Grips - Takyon (Death Yon) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htl3XWUhUOM

Death Grips - Guillotine (LIVE @ Low End Theory) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbSfkWuHuiE

Death Groups Website http://thirdworlds.net

Death Grips Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/DeathGripz

AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES: January, 2012!

Tickets: $25 + BF, available from the usual outlets as of Friday, November 4th, 2011. Stay tuned for details!

Friday 20th: Hobart @ Mona Foma Festival Featuring PJ Harvey, see www.mofo.net.au for ticketing details

Saturday 21st: Perth @ The Bakery Life is Noise presented show, see www.lifeisnoise.com for ticketing details

Sunday 22nd: Melbourne @ East Brunswick Club For tickets, please see www.cornerhotel.com

Wednesday 25th: Canberra @ ANU Refectory Pre sale ticket information TBC

Thursday 26th: Brisbane @ TBC Pre sale ticket information TBC

Friday 27th: Sydney @ Hermanns Bar For tickets, please see www.oztix.com.au

Saturday 28th: Melbourne @ Northcote Social Club For tickets, please see www.cornerhotel.com

Sunday 29th: Adelaide @ Fowlers Live For tickets, please see www.fowlerslive.com.au

Omar occasionally sings, Cedric usually tours with them as Omar's vocalist and the band does a more experimental stripped back version of Mars Volta, but i don't think Cedric will be coming on this tour. It's looking to be a trio.

Heathen Skulls are proud to present Death Grips, they bring to Hip Hop what Black Flag brought to hardcore!

Founded in Sacramento, USA, in 2010, Death Grips exploded onto the scene with their critically acclaimed free downloadable mix tape album EX-MILITARY, from the very first they show started packing rooms and destroying everything in their path! What came next was a sea of live reviews from sold out shows which have ultimately left every note worthy label and festival foaming at the mouth, with check books in hand.

With in a few short months they've gone from nothing to becoming one of the most sought after artists in the underground!

Death Grips are an aggressive power trio that's kicked modern hip-hop into a meat grinder! What's coming out the other side is the darkest and most uncompromising shit imaginable. A non-stop assault of blackened chaos that pummels everything in it's path!

I can say this with the up most confidence, in the same way that one might speak about Lightning Bolt and Wolf Eyes, and that being, there’s no one doing what they do, no one! They were the first; they've reinvented something that seems familiar and then deconstructed it again, anyone else doing anything similar is a mere shadow!

Forget about everything that you know and love about Hip Hop, nothing comes close, this is the real deal. This is avant-garde Hip Hop from street that’s been used and abused. This is Hip Hop that’s born out of aggression and the starvation of small Town America. This is Hip Hop that’s been hugely influenced by the punk rock attitude of raw power and attitude. This is Death Grips!

Fronted by the intense figure that is MC Ride, whom I have to say has the meanest tattoos and apparently, the best black metal record collection imaginable; Death Grips vocalist is a violent force of lyrical punk that evokes nothing short of pure energy and dark emotion.

On the drums is a man with a history that needs no introduction, Zac Hill, one half of the Californian noise punks Hella, and one of the many longstanding contributors to the legendary Japanese group The Boredoms.

On electronics is Flatlander, aka Any Morin, a man with no limits, an individual who processes the sonic and abusive frequencies generated from Zac’s junked out drums.

Individually they’re all uncompromising artists, three completely different craftsmen in their own right who single handedly challenge the preconceptions of what music is, and what it should sound like. Collectively, they’re an unstoppable force!

This is Death Grips, they’re free down loadable mix tape album is called Ex-Military, and they’re touring Australia this January, coming to a Town near you!

The Album 'Ex Military' - http://soundcloud.com/deathgrips

Death Grips - Guillotine (It Goes Ya) - VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orlbo9WkZ2E

Death Grips - Beware http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxa91EwFco

Death Grips - Takyon (Death Yon) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htl3XWUhUOM

Death Grips - Guillotine (LIVE @ Low End Theory) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbSfkWuHuiE

Death Groups Website http://thirdworlds.net

Death Grips Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/DeathGripz

AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES: January, 2012!

Tickets: $25 + BF, available from the usual outlets as of Friday, November 4th, 2011. Stay tuned for details!

Friday 20th: Hobart @ Mona Foma Festival Featuring PJ Harvey, see www.mofo.net.au for ticketing details

Saturday 21st: Perth @ The Bakery Life is Noise presented show, see www.lifeisnoise.com for ticketing details

Sunday 22nd: Melbourne @ East Brunswick Club For tickets, please see www.cornerhotel.com

Wednesday 25th: Canberra @ ANU Refectory Pre sale ticket information TBC

Thursday 26th: Brisbane @ TBC Pre sale ticket information TBC

Friday 27th: Sydney @ Hermanns Bar For tickets, please see www.oztix.com.au

Saturday 28th: Melbourne @ Northcote Social Club For tickets, please see www.cornerhotel.com

Sunday 29th: Adelaide @ Fowlers Live For tickets, please see www.fowlerslive.com.au

Heathen Skulls are very proud to present from Los Angeles!

Omar Rodríguez-López Group (Featuring Mars Volta founding member Omar + Mars Volta's current bassist, and drummer)

Special guests: Le Butchererret (Mexico / Los Angeles: featuring Omar on Bass)

If you’re unaware of who Omar Rodríguez-López is, which is understandable, then you’ll definitely be familiar with the various artistic projects he’s been involved in, most notable Mars Volta, the Grammy Award winning progressive rock band he founded with fellow At The Drive In member Cedric Bixler Zavala. Over the course of Omar’s illustrious and enduring career as a musician, producer, and film maker, he’s been involved with some of the most critically acclaimed artists of our generation, most notable numerous recorded collaborations with John Frusciante of he Red Hot Chilly Peppers. After countless tours by his previous projects, Omar will finally be touring his own band down under, a power trio that’s modestly entitled the Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, which just so happens to feature Mars Volta’s current drummer and bassist.

To accompany Omar on his first ever Australian tour he’ll be bringing the Mexican born, LA based, art punk band Le Butcherrete with him, in which he plays bass, and are signed to his record label.

Omar Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Rodr%C3%ADguez-López

Omar's official web site: www.rodriguezlopezproductions.com

Live in Kentucky, USA: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYXRG7IsCRI&feature=related

Live in Los Angeles (Troubadour): www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlhKf7FM7qs

Live in San Francisco, USA: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM0XZ2x0bNs

Australia tour - December, 2012

Tickets: $25 + BF, on sale from the usual outlets as of Monday, November 7th, 2012. Please see venues for details.

Supports: To be announced a.s.a.p

Friday 9th: Canberra @ ANU Bar

Saturday 10th: Sydney @ Manning Bar

Sunday 11th: Brisbane @ The ZOO

Monday 12th: Melbourne @ Northcote Social Club Please note: This is Le Butcherrete only

Tuesday 13th: Melbourne @ The East Brunswick Club

Wednesday 14th: Melbourne @ The East Brunswick Club

Thursday 15th: Adelaide @ Fowlers

Dead Meadows Jason Simon debut solo Australian tour, August, 2011

Jason Simon, best known for his acclaimed work as the guitarist and singer for the highly regarded Los Angeles based heavy psych band Dead Meadow, has, to much delight of his fans, finally recorded his debut solo record. This self-titled offering has been released on the renowned East Coast stoner doom / psych label Tee Pee Records. Whilst building up an electrified body of work with Dead Meadow, Jason has slowly but surely been crafting his skills as an impressive acoustic solo artist, which has since earned him a vast array of critical acclaim, not to mention further respect as a valued singer songwriter. Drawing comparisons to the likes of Leonard Cohen, Sandy Bull, Gram Parsons and Townes Van Zandt, Jason has ingeniously blended his signature vocal style with that of laid back acoustic folk, which has ultimately created a sound that’s entirely his own, and one that’s undisputable recognizable. Jason’s debut offering is a stripped down and intimate record filled with intricate guitar work and poignant well-thought lyrics. Some songs are filled with dark brooding drones, whilst others leisurely carry the listener down meandering rivers as they slowly develop in their own unhurried way. This album is a serious body of work that remind the listener that heavy doesn’t always come from loud distorted guitars and huge pounding drums, but comes from the depth within the song itself.

Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in Australia, I present to you in solo acoustic mode, Jason Simon.

Wednesday 24th: Polyester Records (City), live in store @ 6:00pm.

Wednesday 24th: Melbourne @ Toff w/ Lower Plenty & Emily Ulman Late show, doors 10:30pm – 12:30am

Thursday 25th: Melbourne @ Northcote Social Club w/ Matt Bailey & Matt Walker Doors: 8:00pm - 12:00am

Friday 26th: Adelaide @ Ed Castle w/ Lady Strangelove + special guests Doors: 9:30pm - 1:00am

Saturday 27th: Brisbane @ Tyms Guitars FREE Live in store / meet and greet: 2pm – 3pm

Saturday 27th: Brisbane @ Old Museum Doors: 8:00pm - 12:00am

Sunday 28th: Sydney @ The Annandale Hotel w/ Margins + special guests Door: 8:00pm - 12:00am

ALSO: Chicago's Russian Circles debut Australian tour, September, 2011

RUSSIAN CIRCLES - AUSTRALIAN TOUR, September, 2011 Hailing from the windy City of Chicago, Russian Circles have been making their mark on the international underground since 2004, as described on their Wiki page, Russian Circles play instrumental, sprawling music which runs the gamut of heavy discordant metal, to sot delicate passages. Starting with their self tiled, self released, debut EP in 2004, Russian Circles gave gone onto critical acclaim by recording numerous singles and split releases, not to mention three monumental full length albums, with a fourth due in October. They’ve shared the road and befriended with every like-minded band you know and love, most notable Boris, whom they’re currently co-headlining a Europe tour with. They’ve even made their mark on the Billboard charts, with their most recent album ‘Geneva’ entering at 24.

With all that said, Heathen Skulls are proud to announce the arrival of RUSSIAN CIRCLES on Australian and New Zealand soil this September.

September *Wednesday 7th:* Arrive in Melbourne

Thursday 8th: Melbourne @ The Corner Hotel

Friday 9th: Canberra @ ANU Refectory

Saturday 10th: Brisbane @ The Zoo

Sunday 11th: Sydney @ Hermann’s Bar

Tuesday 13th: Auckland, New Zealand @ Kings Arms

Wednesday 14th: Auckland, New Zealand @ Secret Show

Thursday 15th: Wellington, New Zealand @ San Francisco Bath House

Saturday 17th: Perth, W.A @ The Bakery

Sunday 18th: Adelaide, S.A @ Fowlers Live