January FATS/PATS Just Do It Nike Tour is Booked, 2 New/Old Tapes Available Now, Safe&Sound Reissue Tape coming soon, Exploding in Sound Sampler

1/14-1/26 Tour w/ New England Patriots

1/14 mon Brooklyn, NY Death By Audio
1/15 tues New Brunswick, NJ  The Alamo
1/16 wed Richmond, VA Bauhaus
1/17 thurs Athens OH Casa Nueva
1/18 fri   Cincinnatti,OH Baba Budans 239 West McMillan Street
1/19 sat. Nashville, TN Tower 2 at the WTC 3929 Gallatin Pike 
1/20 sun Murfreesboro, TN Frankie Avalon house w/gnarwhal, piss bath?
1/21 mon Atlanta, GA The Office
1/22 tues Asheville, NC The Get Down
1/23 wed Raleigh, NC Yerducken House
1/24 thurs Harrisonburg, VA The Crayola
1/25 Ewing, NJ

1/27 Sun tt th bears, Berfest

Just dropped a bunch of records and tapes off at Weirdo and Armageddon Records.

Also
Made 100 more of these badboys, there's copies at Weirdo Records and Armageddon in Cambridge.

http://fathistorymonth.bandcamp.com/album/bad-history-demos

We sold out of our first 7",

Safe & Sound
Hidden Temple's reissuing it on cassette with 2 extra songs plus 5 secret first demos on the b-side.
 That'll be done by January.
Here's some fine music journalism written about it recently:
Oops! Earlier in this 7-Inch Roundup I was talking about the Bedroom Suck label, saying how the bands they released were all Australian, and how I was writing up everything I thought I had by 'em, but I was wrong on both counts. Not only did I find another 7" on Bedroom Suck near the bottom of the ol' pile (I'm almost done!), it's by a band that is NOT from Australia! They're from America even, Boston to be exact, and they're called Fat History Month. I'll admit, I thought Fat History Month were going to sound like Fat Day, who are also from Boston and have a band-name that starts with the adjective Fat. But I was completely wrong, because Side A "Safe & Sound" is a sweeping moody near-instrumental that's downright heavy and lovely and gently proggy . . . not what I was expecting . . . it might reveal emo roots a little after the song goes on awhile, especially when, right before the song ends, a guy singer comes in for one single meek but heartfelt verse . . . but shit, I just keep thinking how much better they are at it than, like, Mogwai. I'm picking on Mogwai because they're boring, but also because they're somewhat popular, and both bands use a certain type of post-spaghetti western, post-Slint guitar style to evoke big wind-swept landscapes. Thing is, Mogwai shows you the landscape, but they never get any wind sweeping through it. They just expect you to say "awesome photo" for a whole hour. Fat History Month is actually pretty adept at getting some wind sweeping through their emo-prog landscapes, which makes the "photo" living and three-dimensional. Surprised to learn that there's just two members, a singer/guitarist and a drummer, because they have a full sound.
-Blastitude 
I agree pal, Mogwai stinks, I'm glad we ripped off Do Make Say Think instead. 
You can still order the vinyl from Bedroom Suck in Australia, here

Speaking of Hidden Temple, they also just put out this tape of Pile's demos, looks pretty sseeewweeeetttt,

you can order one here:

Hidden Temple

also, finally made some Museum of Fat History tapes, old out of print stuff, our first tape + the shaq history tape on the a-side and 10 live covers and oldies on the b-side,  21 songs total, plus a road map of fat history.

Available here:
http://fathistorymonth.bandcamp.com/album/museum-of-fat-history-vol-1
and at Wierdo and Armageddon Records. 

Finally, these sweet dudes are helping us put out our next record, they made a sampler of us and all the other bands they REP:

Exploding In Sound Records

Some kind words in Portuguese

The genre? Some say it's Skittle Rain, without me having no prior knowledge of this classification, the stamp is from Sophomore Lounge Records, and the release was in 2011, August. Fucking Despair, is one of the albums of the band Fat History Month, and the first fully own. The chemistry between drummer Mark and vocal / guitarist Sean is amazing, the instrumental banda is mingled, the lightness and the feeling in the music tax is to envy for many bands.

The sound of Despair Fucking beautiful as shown in the first track of the album, Free As A Cat, which begins with a beat and a melody lighter more chaotic. It is in Nature, sixth track on the album, we see the potential of being realized banda, which to me, is the best track on the album, with its nearly seven minutes.
Fat History Month has only 343 registered listeners on last.fm, as has tags the words "guitar", "90s", "drums", "duo", among others. One of those bands that nobody knows but everyone should know. The talent of these two guys is incredible, a gift to the ears.

they like pile too.

 sweet

http://escapethemountain.wordpress.com/category/musica/

also, made more of these new demos if you didn't get one:

http://fathistorymonth.bandcamp.com/album/bad-history-demos

January FAT/PATS Just Do It Nike Tour + 2 or 3 New/Old Tapes Comin Soon

Mad Deets to Follow

also, florida=betht, jeez luiz, this hits like a hot, uh potato

the ol checkadino

http://networkedblogs.com/Eb6Dp

Porches, Nov. 16, cluck cluck cluck, RIP gooble gobbles

1. This awesome band is finally coming do boston
2. The chickens have come home to roost, cause the coop got evicted.
3. Need a dress? 
4. Ask a cop

Dust is comin, bringing Yeayers

The big sexy man at So Hard Young Boy Inc. just finished putting the touches on a Fat History live DVD. 

 It's called Yeayer.

Thanks everyone who contributed to it. 

If you want one, it'll be on tour with Dust From 1000 Years, who we're joining for a few days at the end of the month:

Oct 30 PR Matrix Hex in Providence

Oct 31st Grape Ghoul-Aid in Boston w/Florida=Death and Let's Hang Out

 Nov. 1st Poland St. House Portland, ME w/Hyena

here's more info about their tour, you should see them if you can:

SHYB presents:

The DUST FROM 1000 YRS Whistlestop Tour and Hot Pocket Luncheon

brought to you by Hot Pockets and Barq's Rootbeer

Are you a ham and cheese man or a pepperoni pizza kinda guy?  Are you gonna wash it down with root beer or red creme soda?  Election day is coming and its up to YOU to decide.  Dust from 1000 Yrs is stumping in the most crucial battleground states to bring the message of GOOD TIMES and SNACKING.  Tits Mahoney sez: "DIG IN!"

here's the scoop:

friday oct 26: hymen house (1619 heiman st, nashville tn) w/??  all ages

sunday oct 28: le grand fromage (25 gordon's alley, atlantic city, nj) w/ zebras and bulls fight tonight, anodes, graveyard state, be water.  8pm, $5, 18+  fb event: http://www.facebook.com/events/373277649415238/

monday oct 29: horse's mouth (???, new britain ct) w/ florida=death, more.  all ages

tuesday oct 30: p.r. matrix hex (email sohardyoungboy@gmail.com for address, providence ri) w/ fat history month, more.  all ages

wednesday oct 31: grape ghoul-aid (10 greylock, allston ma) w/ fat history month, florida=death, more.  all ages, donation

thursday nov 1: 26 poland st (26 poland st, portland me) w/ fat history month, hyena, more.  all ages, donation

friday nov 2: prolly hanging in boston

saturday nov 3: we're gonna feel totally outta place at a dance party at club carriage (email sohardyoungboy@gmail.com for address, rochester ny) w/ big digits, bc likes you, sweat, vj nard

sunday nov 4: the lodge (40 walker st, athens oh) w/ blithe field, mono lisa.  all ages

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

checkitout:
SHYB

Homegrown's Looking For Help

check it out. 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1670577591/homegrown-4-boston-hassle-fest

Thank You Everyone and Guerilla Toss n Cave Bears

TOUR IS THE CURE. 

Sweet love you, all the people we met who made it awesome. 

Guerilla Toss Guerilla Toss Guerilla Toss, Cave Bears Cave Bears Cave Bears.

We're a couple lucky ducks, thanks for the reminder. 

Love love love.

In case anybody who reads this wicked awesome blog doesn't already know, Guerilla Toss's new record is dope as duck. Our very own Lil' Marky Markface recorded it, as well as their new booberiffic split with FDOME,  and it sounds like this:
http://guerillatoss.com/music
Want your record to wreck shit too?
 Why not use your hard earned record company advance to hire Mark?
Here's where you can reach him in his Fortress of Holy Tude:
bobbyhobbylobby at gee male dawt calm
 Here's another fresh example of his famous PROduction techniques, put to use capturing goodbuddies Arvid Noe.

And of course there are the now classic Skimask and Scouter recordings too.
Rocknroll, pal.
Better act fast and get in touch with this guy before he ditches Boston for LA and grows a blonde ponytail, which this picture sent back to us from 2035 has confirmed will definitely happen:

In other News,
Boston's got a New Newspaper,
it's all over the place in the real world,
and here too
http://www.freakflagboston.com/
They got the scoop on our cripplingly embarrassing secret diary from June tour, so feel free to load up on gnarly personal details for next time you wanna throw some lyrical tomatoes when we face off in a rap battle or whatever.
Just in case the diary from this tour gets leaked sometime, I'll just come out now and confirm that I do have a huge throbbing crush on Arian. Holypimpshrimps, Batman, the kid rocks purple socks like a royal shredder should...
There, I said it. National Enquirer, eat your heart out.

ps, finally got hip to this genius:

We're playin Cropped Out, thanks Charlie Brown

On Tour RIGHT NOW with Guerilla Toss n Cave Bears

come hang out

Sept 25 NYC Death By Audio w/ The Dreebs, Mr. Translyvania

Sept 26 Bard College NY SMog

Sept 27 Pittsburgh THE VATICAN'T - 3213 Joe Hammer Square

Sept 28 Cropped Out Louisville KY, just hangin out

Sept 29 Cropped Out WE"RE PLAY IT

Sept 30 Nashville Tower 2 WTC, 3929 Gallatin Pk w/ How Cozy ++

Oct 1 Murfreesboro TN?

Oct 2 Carbondale IL SKIHAUS w/Wei Zhongle ++

Oct 3 St. Louis MO Blank Space 2847 Cherokee St. 

Oct 4 Iowa City The Mill 120 E burlington st. 

Oct 5 Chicago at Situations 2202 N Milwaukee

Oct 6 Athens OH all bands at  Casa Bar

Oct 7 PHILLY Dream Castle South phily

Oct 8 Purchase College, NY

estrogen and blush

 I wish I could have seen this band during their 5 show existence 4 years ago. Post-Dust Michael S. masterpiece with sexy Josh on bass. Luckily they left a beautiful album as evidence:

http://www.mediafire.com/?5o1t1193fajao0b

 Further studies here

and 

here

O.W. OG

Midwest Tour w/Guerilla Toss n Cave Bears

Sept 25 NYC Death By Audio w/ The Dreebs, Mr. Translyvania
Sept 26 Bard College NY
Sept 27 Pittsburgh THE VATICAN'T - 3213 Joe Hammer Square
Sept 28 Cropped Out Louisville KY, just hangin out
Sept 29 Cropped Out hangin tough
Sept 30 Nashville Tower 2 WTC, 3929 Gallatin Pk w/ How Cozy ++
Oct 1 Nashville TBA
Oct 2 Carbondale IL SKIHAUS w/Wei Zhongle ++
Oct 3 St. Louis MO Blank Space 2847 Cherokee St.
Oct 4 Iowa City The Mill 120 E burlington st.
Oct 5 Chicago at Situations 2202 N. Milwaukee
Oct 6 Athens OH house show then Casa
Oct 7 NYC? TBA
Oct 8 Purchase College, NY

Seriously though, this is righteous brah

http://anonymousdog.com/

We're going on tour towards the midwest with Guerilla Toss and Cave Bears starting Sept 25

if you wanna fill a gap, get in touch.
lovingdadmakes@gmail.com

Sept 25 NYC Death By Audio
Sept 26 Bard College NY
Sept 27 Pittsburgh?

 Sept 28 Cropped Out Louisville KY, just hangin out
Sept 29 Cropped Out
Sept 30 Nashville TBA
Oct 1 Carbondale TBA
Oct 2 St. Louis TBA
Oct 3 Iowa City? Normal IL? help?
Oct 4 Normal? wanna help somewhere near chicago?
Oct 5 Chicago at Situations
Oct 6 Athens OH house show then Casa
Oct 7 Baltimore?
Oct 8 Purchase College, NY 

Riddim Temple, and A-Dog, Dawg

Matty Rubadub's been putting out these Hidden Temple tapes for a while. 

He did a cassette of Gorilla, and it sure was pretty.

here's some more stuff they're doin now.

http://www.hiddentempletapes.com

speaking of which,

a nonymous dog's started a label in boston of all places. totally crazy, butt it rules. just kiddin, I'm so excited to have somebody local putting out all the good things we get to hear all the time. They're doing a rerelease of Drifting with some sexy new art, coming sometime soon, plus a Nate record, some Sediment Club, G Toss and all kindsa other madness. Badd Dass

http://anonymousdog.com/

The King is Dead

Here's the unrated dvd version of that Bruce Manor show, you pervy lunatic:

http://fathistorymonth.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-bruce-manor-super-xxx-ebition

athens is cool

http://liveatthebrucemanor.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-bruce-manor-06-02-12-fat-history-month

Things are cool

Tour was way cool, I wrote a novel about it, perhaps it will be published some day
for now, here's a portrait worth 1000 turds

this dude's cool, send him you're music:

Ol lady smoker's aint's a dis track though, it's a total freedom celebration jam.
anyways, here's more cool stuff:


florida's putting out new music, it tis cool

http://floridadeath.bandcamp.com/album/x


MARK"S HAIR IS WAY FUCKING COOL, thanks to investigative journalists for unearthing photo evidence of our sixties heyday. bigtime. butt seriously, thanks for caring about us, World.


 

BEST MUSIC POLL > BOSTON

Write-In

Fat History Month | Fucking Despair

When we scanned the results of the Best Boston Album/EP category in this year’s BMP, there were more than 70 albums nominated via write-in. Although a vast majority of those came up in the final tally once or twice, one record showed up a bunch: Fat History Month’s Fucking Despair. A social media campaign to get the album recognized by the Phoenix was heard loud and clear, so we reached out to Noah Bond of the pRIMORDIAL sOUNDS blog/label/event and booking collective to give us the deets on a band we clearly, and mistakenly, overlooked:
This year’s Best Music Poll did an excellent job of highlighting some of the top acts in the city. Unfortunately, the very nature of such a poll sometimes leaves truly amazing bands out of the action. A prime example is Allston’s Fat History Month, a band that owes its allegiance to the Boston underground, and is easily one of the most exciting acts in the city today. Their second full length, Fucking Despair, came out on Chicago-based Sophomore Lounge Records earlier this year and quickly rallied obsessive praise all over town. Members Sean (guitar/vocals) and Mark (drums) have a rare chemistry that, to put it simply, blows any other two-man band out of the water. Their songs are beautifully loud poems of hilarity and disparity, simultaneously loose, noisy, dynamic, expertly crafted, and — above all — honest. When you see FHM play live, it’s hard to resist the urge to grab every person you know and demand they listen to this band. And by the way, if you haven’t seen them play, you should get on that. Songs such as “Free As a Cat on a Leash” or “Nature” are excellent on the record, but become spine-tingling, sweat-soaked symphonies when performed live. All in all, FHM is a once-in-a lifetime kind of band, and we should be proud to have them representing our city’s underground flavor.
_Noah Bond, pRIMORDIAL sOUNDS

June Midwest Tour, Bad History Demos Tape

Everyday is Christmas, on tour. We're burning our box and hitting the road a gain in early June and then we're going back into the box of the studio to keep working on the new album. We're putting out this tape of 10 new demos and a live acoustic set, and a live radio set, to help us raise some cash to pay the beautiful dreamy angels of the sex dungeon. 70 minutes of music, zounds!!!

check it out:

http://fathistorymonth.bandcamp.com/album/june-tour-tape-bad-history-demos

and we made some pretty shirts too with art by AG Tenderfoot
 $7 worth of cloth and ink, for only $7!!!
http://fathistorymonth.bandcamp.com/album/sexy-t-shirt

or you can pick them up at one of these shows:

JUNE MIDWEST TOUR
May 30th BOSTON Butchershop w/Habitat(New Orleans), Disco Doom(Switzerland), Pile
May 31st Montclair, NJ The Meat Locker
June 1st PA, TBA
June 2 Athens OH Lobsterfest
June 3 Bloomington IN Rockits Pizza
June 4 Gallatin, TN TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years
June 5 Nashville, TN TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years
June 6 Carbondale Skihaus? w/Dust From 1000 Years, Guerilla Toss, Sediment Club
June 7 Chicago at Nowheresville 3036 N. Elston w/ Dust n Guerilla Toss N Sediment Club +ANIMAL CITY checkit  http://www.facebook.com/events/372148762841466/
June 8 Chicago Plaines Project 1822 S Desplaines St Early show i think, 6:30
w/ Giving Up and Life Partner.
June 9 Bloomington IN The Sound Workshop w/Dust n Ponyboy
June 10 Cleveland, Castle Greyskull w/Guerilla Toss n Sediment Club
June 11 NYC, Death By Audio, 49 South 2nd Street Brooklyn, NY w/Guerilla Toss, Sediment Club

June 19th Philly at JRs 22nd n Passyunk, w/ Giving Up and Life Partner + RASPUTIN"S SECRET POLICE ( no ZZ Bottom this time)
here's ths shizam
https://www.facebook.com/events/287657741329365

June 20-30 Recordin at Ye Olde Sex Dungeon

Wanna book us on these dates?:
June 30 Philly w/ The New Diet (Chicago)
July 1st NYC or Jersey w/ The New Diet
July 2nd CT? Western MA? w/New Diet
July 3rd Providence? w/ New Diet
July 4th
Jordan's Gay Furniture Garden: Fourth Of July Sales Event (now with Trapeze/Lazertag/IMAX plus Free Live Entertainment)
 w/ Pile, The New Diet (Chicago), Sun Hotel (New Orleans)
starts after the fireworks. Ten Gaylock

see you soon


ps, this is fucking hilarious, thanks for carin Travis n Cuht.
http://www.facebook.com/events/413271925350706/?ref=nf

SHOW THURDSTAY MAY 10

36 Brainerd

Ballston

7PM, will not start later than 8

come hang out.

May 8th, TODAY, a fuggin sweet show brow, co'mone

lone man solo jammin to kick it off, starting as early as possible.

ten greylock

ballston

This was really fun, can't wait to come back to chicago

Here's a buncha shows, we need a little help in June:

May 10 at Hen House, 36 Brainerd St. Allston, an awesome show we can't play,
CGS Power Trip Solutions, Rasputin's Secret Police (Philly), Snoozer (Philly), Ponyboy (IN), New England Patriots. All these bands are great, come and get em.

May 11th at 6 eleanor allston with Arrington De Dionyso and more

May 21st Freak Flag Benefit at ZuZu in Cambridge

JUNE MIDWEST TOUR
May 30th Boston Butchershop w/Habitat(New Orleans), Disco Doom(Switzerland), Pile
May 31st Montclaire NJ Meat Locker 
June 1st West PA, wanna help? TBA
June 2 Athens OH Lobsterfest
June 3 Columbus OH TBA wanna help?
June 4 Gallatin, TN TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years
June 5 Nashville, TN TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years
June 6 Carbondale TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years, Guerilla Toss, Sediment Club
June 7 Chicago at CASA DONDE 21st n Kedzie w/ Dust n Guerilla Toss N Sediment Club +
June 8 Chicago Plaines Project 1822 S Desplaines St
w/ Giving Up and Life Partner.
June 9 Bloomington Sound Workshop w/Dust n Ponyboy
June 10 Cleveland, Castle Greyskull w/Guerilla Toss n Sediment Club
June 11 NYC, Death By Audio, 49 South 2nd Street Brooklyn, NY w/Guerilla Toss, Sediment Club

Bad History Month

uh, that's our new record, we just spent a week recording, it's sounding goood, we're going back in June. we're gonna goonily be selling some sweet demos soon to raise high the roofbeams of cashmoney and pay the sex dungeon for our freedom. stay tooned if you wanna support this thing, thank you thank you.

SHOWS

May 2, amazing show at O'Brien's w/ PILE, UGH GOD, SKIMASK, crazy historical evenin for all.
it's at 9 PM, 6 bux, 21 sux

May 5th Lowell, On Broadway Fest at Dirty Douglass/Ant Cellar, w/ Guerilla Toss, Big Mess, and
many more I presume(best bandname ever!!!)

May 8th, Godly Gardens, breif solo jams with Government Jobs (Illinois), Devil and a Penny, and The Dirty Virgins. Bad History at 9 shart!

May 10 at a location TBD an awesome show we can't play, CGS Power Trip, Rasputin's Secret Police (Philly), Snoozer (Philly), Ponyboy (IN), New England Patriots. All these bands are great, wanna have em play at your house?

May 11th at 6 eleanor allston with Arrington De Dionyso and more

May 21st Freak Flag Benefit at ZuZu in Cambridge

fuller list o shows  is over here
fathistorymonth.bandcamp.com

tootles

Aw, shucks yeah...

Pizza Butt's all up on this Gut.

Couple New York shows tomorrow:
April 16 Death By Audio, 49 South 2nd Street Brooklyn, NY
w/ Arvid Noe, Celestial Shore, Sediment Club
April 17th The Moon 2, 319 Rutledge St. Brooklyn
w/ Arvid Noe, Skimask, Beef
April 18th, bad history month

wanna help us book this thing?


JUNE MIDWEST TOUR
May 30th Boston TBA w/Habitat(New Orleans)
May 31st NYC/Philly TBA
June 1st Morgantown, WV or West PA, wanna help? TBA
June 2 Athens OH Lobsterfest
June 3 Columbus OH TBA
June 4 Louisville TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years
June 5 Nashville TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years
June 6 Carbondale TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years, Guerilla Toss, Sediment Club
June 7 Chicago at CASA DONDE 21st n Kedzie w/ Dust n Guerilla Toss N Sediment Club +
June 8 Chicago TBA w/ Dust
June 9 Bloomington w/Dust
June 10 Cleveland TBA w/Guerilla Toss n Sediment Club
June 11 NYC, Death By Audio, 49 South 2nd Street Brooklyn, NY w/Guerilla Toss, Sediment Club 

Friday The 13th, bigtime

Fucking Badass Review, hot damn, thanks man

Fat History Month – “Fucking Despair” LP – Sophomore Lounge [Album As Art #172]

Fat History Month - "Fucking Despair" LP - Sophomore Lounge

Just as I start bemoaning the absence of Oxes-/Race Car Riot-ish math-rock in today’s conversation I stumble upon Fucking Despair and … well, there you have it: A band – Fat History Month — that has it all. Incisive drumming, guitar riffs that sing and shriek without resorting to distortion, bass that chases it all down and vocals that manage the compositions well, with melody and urgency. They’re never too far off, and you don’t want them to go away. Very sneaky, indeed; audio assassins for hire, shooting to kill with a decent production set-up to boot.

When the guitars meander and spiral through the air with complete precision and control I’m reminded most of Modest Mouse, one band that truly never met an instrumental breakdown it didn’t like. FHM believe just as vehemently, and that’s when they excel — when all concerns melt away and all that’s left is riff and rhythm and spark and smoke. If they were even a hint heavier, they would beShearing Pinx (though SP delve into more open expanses and have about 100 more releases out than Fat; give it time); if they were lighter, they might well be …REO Speedwagon? Shit no, that ain’t right. Maybe Holopaw? No no … wait, I’ve got it: They’d be Chin Up Chin Up, or maybe even Make Believe. HA!

The 11-minutes-plus jaunt “You Can Pick Your Nose…” instills that old giddy, just-comin’-up-on-Drive Like Jehu-and-Death Cab For Cutie-and-Pinback vibe. Very basic, very Appleseed Cast taken down a notch, very fiery when it gets its dander up … You’ve never heard strictly clean guitars ratchet up intensity this effortlessly (even Slint used to scratch their shit up, especially in the early years) track-in, track-out, nor have you heard many singers that can hold their own when compositions this complex and shift-prone present themselves (I can say that I, personally, in almost 21 years of serious jamming, have never played with a single vocalist that can handle math-rock in any way, shape or form).

Fat History Month make it sound easy, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy for the listener. Dynamics shift wildly, sandcastles of sound are built and flooded, then rebuilt and double-flooded before another eventual rebuild and flood-flood-floody … Such a wide-eyed and enthusiastic presentation won’t be ignored for long, folks. When these white kids put down their KAOS PADS “WHOO” and pick up guitars again, it’ll be groups like FHM that will have been in on the joke long before it’s widely told. I’d put this record up against 90 percent of the music I’ve heard over the last few years, if not more. I have a special LP shelf space reserved for records I revisit too constantly to chance to the mega MINDFUK that is my collection overall; I’m not yet sure if Fucking Despair will quite make it to this shelf (only folks like Sun Ra, Joe Meek, Vincent Gallo, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Zach Hill, Duster and John Phillips [solo] do), but it’s definitely earned the right to be part of the conversation.

http://gumshoegrove.com/2012/04/04/fat-history-month-fucking-despair-lp-sophomore-lounge-album-as-art-172/

Friday the 13th show at O'Brien's, and June Midwest Tour w. Dust

 BIGTIMEBIGTIME

 JUNE TOUR, wanna help book it, or want us to come to your town?
 get in touch
lovingdadmakes@gmail.com


JUNE MIDWEST TOUR
May 30th Boston TBA w/Habitat(New Orleans)
May 31st NYC TBA
June 1st Philly/Baltimore TBA
June 2 Athens OH Lobsterfest
June 3 Columbus OH TBA
June 4 Louisville TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years
June 5 Nashville TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years
June 6 Carbondale TBA w/Dust From 1000 Years, Guerilla Toss
June 7 Chicago TBA w/ Dust n Guerilly
June 8 Chicago TBA w/ Dust
June 9 Bloomington w/Dust
June 10 Cleveland TBA w/Guerilla Toss
June 11 Morgantown WV TBA
June 12 Philly TBa

Damn that felt good, let's do it again in June

Where the hell's Bobby? He's above the frame, bout to land in my arms. Duh.

Best week of our lives.  Met and played for and with a lot of amazing people. Thanks everybody who booked shows for us, and Pile for being so fucking cooool. So good to meet good people all over. Coming Soon, nasty tour movie.
We're coming back in June, see you soon.

Going on Offense, starting 3.22. State Champion's on tour now, My Bro's got an Art Show in ChicaGo, Whoa

http://pencapchew.org/

 March Tour With Pile

Mar. 22 Northampton Sierra Grille w/Speedy Ortiz

Mar. 23 Buffalo Jungle Gym 357 Breckenridge

Mar. 24 Detroit Garden Bowl

Mar. 25 Chicago Casa Donde, 21ST + KEDZIE

Mar. 26 Bloomington House Bar 813 N. Walnut

Mar. 27 Columbus, OH Carabar

Mar. 28 Athens, OH The Union

Mar. 29 Philly, Kung Fu Necktie w/UGH n RSP dawgz

Mar. 30 New Paltz, NY Rt. 32 Fest

Mar. 31 Bosston, Wacky Castle, Lower Asstowne,

w/ State Champion(chi), Grass is Green, Speedy Ortiz

We're playing first 8pm. be there or be elsewhere.

MORE SHOWS

April 13 Obrien's Pub w/ Big Mess, Fat Creeps, Onslo

Couple o New York shows

April 16 Death By Audio, 49 South 2nd Street  Brooklyn, NY

 w/ Arvid Noe, Celestial Shore, Sediment Club

April 17th Clay's House 319 Rutledge St. Brooklyn

w/ Arvid Noe, Skimask, Beef

April 18th, bad history month

May 2nd O'briens w/Ugh God, Pile, Skimask

And This Too:

If you ever saw the stuff we put out when we were younger men, 

you saw my brother Dave's art on the cover. 

He's doing an art show at The Peanut Gallery in Chicago in April.

Here's the new jams:

This shit is crazy, made from a bunch of razors in the wall:

 

And then there's this guy:

Here's the details, 

SOLO SHOW AT PEANUT GALLERY
SUNDAY APRIL 1ST
5 TO 9 PM
1000 N CALIFORNIA AVE
(CORNER OF AUGUSTA)
CHICAGO IL

and more of his stuff is here:

davidsprecher.org

Also, 

STATE CHAMPION 

is on tour right now if you wanna go see them in one of these places:

 State Champion's on tour right now: here's there dates
SAT (3/17) THE LEMP, ST. LOUIS, MO (3301 LEMP AVE.)
SUN (3/18) FIRHOUSE PUB, NORMAL, IL (107 E. BEAUFORT ST.)
WED (3/21) MURMUR STUDIOS, MASON CITY, IA (109 1ST ST. NE) W/ MONHEIM
THUR (3/22) MEDUSA, MINNEAPOLIS, MN (1154 HENNEPIN AVE.)
FRI (3/23) THE SPACE, CEDAR FALLS, IA (109 E. 2ND ST.)
SAT (3/24) SITUATIONS, CHICAGO, IL (!@#$%^&*) W/ CHRISTMAS BRIDE + LIFE PARTNER
SUN (3/25) DAY SHOW/HOUSE PARTY, CHICAGO, IL (!@#$%^&*) W/ PILE + FAT HISTORY MONTH + ANIMAL CITY
SUN (3/25) NIGHT SHOW (WE MAY OR MAY NOT PLAY, BUT COME ANYWAY), CASA DONDE, CHICAGO, IL (21ST + KEDZIE) W/ PILE + FAT HISTORY MONTH + BRETT SOVA + THE NEW DIET
MON (3/26) A.J. ROCCO’S, CLEVELAND, OH (816 HURON RD.) W/ FILMSTRIP
TUE (3/27) HOUSE SHOW, ROCHESTER, NY (1214 S. PLYMOUTH AVE.)
WED (3/28) MONKEY HOUSE, WINOOSKI, VT (30 MAIN ST.) W/ HELLO SHARK + SMALL HOUSES
THUR (3/29) THE RED DOOR, PORTSMOUTH, NH (107 STATE ST.)
FRI (3/30) HARLOW’S PUB, PETERBOROUGH, NH (1 SCHOOL ST.) W/ BUNNY’S A SWINE
SAT (3/31) WACKY CASTLE, ALLSTON, MA (!@#$%^&*) W/ PILE + FAT HISTORY MONTH + GRASS IS GREEN
SUN (4/1) CAKE SHOP, NEW YORK, NY (152 LUDLOW ST.) W/ BALL OF FLAME SHOOT FIRE
MON (4/2) DEATH BY AUDIO, BROOKLYN, NY (49 S. 2ND ST.) W/ MAIL THE HORSE + STREET GNAR
TUE (4/3) TBA, PHILADELPHIA, PA
WED (4/4) TBA, RICHMOND, VA
THUR (4/5) TBA, CHAPEL HILL, NC
FRI (4/6) STAR BAR, ATLANTA, GA (437 MORELAND AVE.)
SAT (4/7) PHOENIX TAPROOM/INFINTESMAL BBQ, JACKSONVILLE, FL (325 W. FORSYTH ST.)
SUN (4/8) NOBBY’S, ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (10 ANASTASIA BLVD.)
WED (4/11) TBA, LOUISVILLE, KY W/ 200 YEARS
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MORE DATES/DETAILS COMING SOON!