Chris T-T And The Hoordrats - new single and live in 2014

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NEW SINGLE ‘BURY ME WITH A SCARAB’
+ UK HEADLINE TOUR

 “Chris T-T should’ve been offered a knighthood for services to English underground music by now.” THE ARTSDESK

 “Chris T-T proved his ability to write intelligent, endearing songs, now he and The Hoodrats smash the shit out of everything. Fiercely exciting.” ROCKSOUND

Following the release of his ninth studio album The Bear - which came out on 7th October 2013– Chris kicks off 2014 with a full band headline tour in January. Having just completed a run of intimate solo shows supporting Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo, these new dates with his band The Hoodrats will be rock-ya-face-off full-band assaults bringing the full sonic magnitude of The Bear to the fore. The tour coincides with the release of his new single ‘Bury Me With A Scarab’ out on 10th February 2014, with b-sides including a cover of Low’s ‘Laser Beam’ and exclusive song ‘Boredom Is A State Of Grace’. 

Full UK tour details are:
CHRIS T-T & THE HOODRATS + special guest Oxygen Thief
JANUARY 2014
Wed 8 Jan          BBC6Music Marc Riley show
Thur 9 Jan          EXETER Cavern Club
Fri 10 Jan            FALMOUTH University
Sat 11 Jan            BRIGHTON Bermuda Triangle **
Sun 12 Jan          OXFORD Truck Store (instore)
Tue 14 Jan          MANCHESTER venue tba
Thu 16 Jan          SOUTHAMPTON Joiners Arms
Fri 17 Jan            BRISTOL Thekla
Sat 18 Jan           LONDON Bush Hall
(supporting Tom Robinson Band)
Sun 19 Jan          LONDON Lexington ***

** special guests Fighting Fiction  *** special guests Smallgang

The Bear is Chris’s third album for label Xtra Mile Recordings. Recorded with his band The Hoodrats, together they have departed from the paired down introspection of 2010’s Love Is Not Rescue and instead created a full-on psych rock record with hints of Sebadoh, early Hold Steady, early Yo La Tengo, or Blur at their heavier moments and with a nod to grimy garage-y 60s like The Faces and Animals. Channelling these influences, Chris and his band taped the album close to live, completing songs in 3 or 4 takes just as those bands would have done back then. The result is a fascinating and excitingly fresh sounding record and some of his best work to date. 

Since 1999 T-T has released nine albums, including a trilogy about London: The 253 (2001), London Is Sinking (2003) and Capital (2008), as well as alt-folk protest classic 9 Red Songs (2005) and the inward-looking Love Is Not Rescue (2010). Based in Brighton but restlessly mobile, he has written for The Morning Star, Louder Than War, Huffington Post, New Public Thinkers and others. Alongside writing and touring, Chris speaks regularly at conferences and runs seminars and workshops.

A great, powerful indie rock record of an ilk that isn’t often heard these days. THE RUCKUS
Superb. Wonderfully open and rough hewn. A real immediacy, even on the album’s quieter moments, that perfectly serves up razor-edged lyrics. File under essential listening. BEAT SURRENDER

www.christt.com & www.xtramilerecordings.com & www.twitter.com/christt

 

AGAINST ME! Brand new track!

Against Me! have released another song from their highly anticipated full-length album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues released worldwide on Xtra Mile Recordings on 20th January 2014 (and through Against Me!'s own Total Treble label in North America on January 21 and Resist Records in Australia).

Listen to the world premiere of "Black Me Out" from our new album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues. Available on January 21, 2014. Winter 2014 Headlining Tour with support on the entire run by The Sidekicks and The Shondes. Purchase tickets here: http://www.againstme.net/tour.

Titled ‘Black Me Out’ the song's acoustic version has been road-tested extensively by frontwoman Laura Jane Grace but receives the full-band treatment on the band's forthcoming album.Transgender Dysphoria Blues is now available for pre-order through iTunes HERE, which offers an instant download of another track from the album, ‘FUCKMYLIFE666’. Physical presale for the album can be found at Xtra Mile Recordings webstore HERE and a Banquet Records HERE.

Photo taken by Ryan Russell

Photo taken by Ryan Russell

Transgender Dysphoria Blues is the intense follow-up to the band's previous full-length album, White Crosses, and stands as another major benchmark for the band and its career spanning 10+ years. Recorded at Studio 606, Earth Sound Studio, Motor Studio, Total Treble Studio and mixed by Billy Bush (Garbage, Muse, Tegan and Sara), Transgender Dysphoria Blues is an insightful and highly-provocative 10-song offering written by Laura Jane Grace, whose material examines one's grappling with gender dysphoria, the loss of a young friend and pure self-discovery, as well as love and ultimate acceptance. Featuring Grace's signature, explicit songwriting and dominant vocals, the album also features longtime guitarist/vocalist James Bowman, drummer Atom Willard and Fat Mike of NOFX on bass for "FUCKMYLIFE666" and "Unconditional Love."

With its lineup firmly in place that includes new bassist Inge Johansson of The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Against Me! are about to embark on an extensive tour of USA and are currently putting together a tour of UK and Europe for spring 2014.

Drag The River - live in 2014!

The world’s favourite country and mid-western rock band, Drag The River will be on the road again February and March 2014 promoting their latest self-titled album Drag The River out now on as download, CD and 12” vinyl on Xtra Mile Recordings.

 Drag The River will be playing full band home town shows:

January 17: Denver, Larimer Lounge
January 18: Fort Collins, Aggie Theater
 

Jon and Chad will be live on the east coast of America with friends Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves
20 Feb: The Earl, Atlanta, Georgia
22 Feb: Tin Roof, Charleston, South Carolina
23 Feb: Rain Dogs, Jacksonville, Florida
27 Feb: Loosey's, Gainsville, Florida
28 Feb: New World Brewery, Tampa, Florida
1 March: Will's Pub, Orlando, Florida

Jon and Chad will also be crossing the continent on the Ataris "So Long, Astoria" Reunion w/ Authority Zero
Tour including Versus The World and Gasoline Heart.
March 5 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
March 6 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
March 7 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
March 8 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
March 9 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
March 12 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox at the Market
March 13 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
March 14 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue (Club Sound)
March 15 - Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall
March 16 - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
March 18 - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House
March 20 - Minneapolis, MN - Mill City Nights
March 21 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
March 22 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
March 23 - Detroit, MI - The Shelter
March 24 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom
March 25 - Pittsburgh, PA - Altar Bar
March 27 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
March 28 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore
March 29 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
March 30 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre

You can stream the lead track ’Witchita Skyline’ from their self titled ‘Drag The
River’ here:

'Drag The River' out now on download, CD and 12" vinyl - http://bit.ly/1gC19Fc http://www.twitter.com/JON_SNODGRASS https://www.facebook.com/pages/Drag-the-River/278799166421 http://www.dragtheriver.com Tour dates in 2014 are: 20 Feb: The Earl, Atlanta, Georgia 22 Feb: Tin Roof, Charleston, South Carolina 23 Feb: Rain Dogs, Jacksonville, Florida 27 Feb: Loosey's, Gainsville, Florida 28 Feb: New World Brewery, Tamper, Florida 1 March: Will's Pub, Orlando, Florida

For the uninitiated, Drag the River are self described as a "Country & Midwestern"
band. Transplanted from Missouri, the band resides in Colorado comprising of the talents of Chad Price (of ALL), Jon Snodgrass (of Armchair Martian, Scorpios), JJ Nobody (of NOBODYS) & Dave Barker (of Pinhead Circus). Drag The River began in 1996, when Chad was playing in ALL and Jon was rocking in Armchair Martian. The two wanted an outlet for the more laid-back, country-influenced songs they were both writing. They are one of those bands that manage to transcend the confines and boundaries of the musical world and become more like a legend. There’s something about their haunting croon and fuzzed-out Telecasters that make everything fit together so perfectly, hitting that same elusive mix of rock n’ roll and alt-country that The Replacements defined and so many others have tried to cop.

They have shared the stage with:
Frank Turner, Jim Ward, Murder By Death, Cheap Girls, Nothington, Drive By
Truckers, Austin Lucas, Larry & His Flask, Chuck Ragan and are alumni of the Revival
Tour. The Dropkick Murphys, Gogol Bordello, Throwrag, The Groovie Ghoulies, The Ergs!, Tim Barry, Ninja Gun, Son Volt, Two Cow Garage, Limbeck, Dwight Yoakam, Spoon, Rocky Votolato, Owen, The Reverend Horton Heat, Deer Tick, and Joey Cape. They’ve been pretty busy over the last decade.