Brian Jonestown Massacre: New Album, Tour Dates
Brian Jonestown Massacre return with a new album, Aufheben, released through ‘a’ Records on May 1, 2012. Approved for posting, listen to “I Want to Hold Your Other Hand” here: http://soundcloud.com/cargorecords/05-i-wanna-hold-your-other/s-HFbh6
Aufheben or Aufhebung is a German word with several seemingly contradictory meanings, including “to lift up,” “to abolish'” or “to sublate.” The term has also been defined as “abolish,” “preserve,” and “transcend.” In philosophy, aufheben is used by Hegel to explain what happens when a thesis and antithesis interact.
Brian Jonestown Massacre recorded the new album in Berlin at Anton Newcombe’s studio and the infamous East German Radio Station “Studio East.”
Original member of the band, Matt Hollywood, plays on this album. It also features Will Carruthers (Spacemen 3, Spritualized), Constatine Karlis (Dimmer), and Thibault Pesenti (Rockcandys) plus vocal performances by Eliza Karmasalo (in Finnish).
This album brings the traditional Brian Jonestown Massacre sound mixed with eastern influences, bringing it up to date with the benefit of all the additional weirdness that’s been discovered in the past 40 years.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre has been somewhat of a musical commune for many respected musicians over the years, a band from the 1990’s that has spurned other great bands ever since. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Warlocks, The Silver Rockets, The Black Angels, The Ravenettes, The Dilettantes (to name a few) are all part of this musical family tree. Indeed, this is a band that has witnessed many incarnations, since its inception in San Francisco in 1992.
Two dozen band members later and numerous “ups and downs” (some have been famously sensationalized in the media), the one thing that has always remained consistent for this psychedelic collective, is front man Mr. Anton Alfred Newcombe.
WEST COAST TOUR DATES
Fri April 27 Dallas TX @ Granada Theater
Sat April 28 Houston TX @ Fitzgeralds
Sun April 29 Austin TX @ Psych Fest
Tues May 1st Phoenix AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Fri May 4th Portland OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Sat May 5th Seattle WA @ Neptune Theatre
Tue May 8th Denver CO @ Bluebird Theater
Wed May 9th Salt Lake City UT @ Urban Lounge
Fri May 11th San Francisco CA @ The Fillmore
Sat May12th Los Angeles CA @ The Wiltern
EAST COAST / JULY 20012 (COMING SOON!!!)
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Anton Newcombe – Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Drums & Electronics
Will Carruthers – Bass & Backing Vocals
Matt Hollywood – Guitar
Constantine Karlis – Drums
Additional Musicians
Hallberg Daði Hallbergsson – Guitar
Hakon Adalsteinsson – Guitar
Eliza Karmasalo – Vocals on Viho
Friederike Bienert – Flute
Thibault Pesenti – Vocals on Illuminomi
Fab Leseure – Keyboards & Electronics
Tracklisting
1- Panic in Babylon
2- Viholliseni Maalla
3- Gaz Hilarant
4- Illuminomi
5- I Wanna To Hold Your Other Hand
6- Face Down On The Moon
7- Clouds Are Lies
8- Stairway To The Best Party
9- Seven Kinds Of Wonderful
10- Waking Up To Hand Grenades
11- Blue Order New Monday
