7/17 Brooklyn @ Death By Audio
7/18 Philadelphia @ Golden Tea House
7/19 Washington D.C. @ Casa Fiesta
7/20 Richmond @ Strange Matter
7/21 Raleigh (FREE SHOW) @ TBA
7/22 Richmond (Revisions) @ Vinyl Conflict
7/23 Baltimore @ Golden West Café
7/24 New Brunswick @ The Alamo
7/25 Manhattan @ The Cake Shop
7/26 Long Island @ No Fun Club
7/27 Boston @ The Middle East (all ages)
7/27 Boston @ O’Briens ( 21+ )

Announcing the Dirtnap Records 14 year anniversary showcases!

September 20th in Portland @ Slabtown, September 21st in Seattle at The Highline! 21+, $15 each night. Tickets will go on sale through Stranger Tickets very soon!

Lineup is:

Marked Men
Bad Sports
White Wires
Sonic Avenues
Mind Spiders
Low Culture
Mean Jeans
Guantanamo Baywatch
Youthbitch (Portland only)
Autistic Youth (Portland only)
The Girls (Seattle only)
Big Eyes (Seattle only)

There’s a new band on Dirtnap! LP out in July, first Mp3 released next week!

If you still think of Missing Monuments as a King Louie solo project, you’re a few years behind the times! The band began in New Orleans in 2009 when Louie (Royal Pendletons, Persuaders, Kajun SS, etc.) and his guitar slinging pal Julien Friend recruited drummer Aaron Hill and bassist Bennett Bartley. A 7″ on Douchemaster Records and tours of the Midwest, the West Coast, and Europe followed soon after. Benny Divine (Wizzard Sleeve) replaced Bartley on bass shortly after the release of the band’s debut album Painted White in June 2011. With its lineup solidified and a rougher sound cultivated, the band was just starting to hit its stride. Last year’s superb “(I’m Gonna) Love You Back To Life” EP on HoZac was a brief taste of what Missing Monuments were capable of, and now the band truly delivers the goods on its sizzling second LP. The words “power pop” always seem to come up whenever Louie Bankston is involved, and not without good reason. But that’s just one element of many in what proves to be a righteous mix of sounds.

Missing Monuments play gritty rock n’ roll with a distinctly Southern flavor – blending in hints of pop, garage, soul, oldies, and even hard rock. Songs like the fireball opener “Answer The Call” and the storming “Crash Landing” capture the unrelenting two-guitar energy of the band’s live shows, while “Super Hero” is just the latest in a long line of perfect Loomis pop gems. Whether they’re getting you up and dancing (“Another Girl”) or breaking your heart with ballads (“Tru Luv”), Missing Monuments have the chops and the songs that cannot be beat. And lyrically and vocally, this is some of the most passionate and personal material Louie has turned out in years. If “I Don’t Share” and “Heart and Soul” fail to leave you stunned, you might want to check yourself for a pulse. We have been looking to work with Louie for a number of years, and we are thrilled to present this exceptional second LP from Missing Monuments. In all honesty, it’s miles better than their last album. And their last album was pretty great! Get yourself some Popeye’s and a bag of Zapp’s chips and crank that volume WAY up. This is the real deal sound of Louisiana!

LP has 11 songs, CD and download come with the entire first album on Douchemaster and 7″ on Hozac as bonus tracks, for a total of 23 songs!

The Novice debut 7″ out now at www.greennoiserecords.com

The Novice was based in Mito, Japan and were active between April 2010 and August 2012. Members included Jeff Burke of Marked Men/Potential Johns fame, Takahiro Hashimoto and Isao Fujita who have both played in numerous punk bands and Seiko Harada, whose first band was The Novice. Recorded with Fumito Yamazaki from Your Pest Band in April (?) 2012 and Jimbo Kawamata from Firestarter designed the cover.

Jeff Burke is one of the most distinctive singer/songwriters in punk today, and this single will be instantly recognizable to anyone familiar with his work. Short, choppy, fast, catchy buzzsaw pop, with the perfect balance of melody and grit. This is the first and likely the last release under the name The Novice, as Jeff has recently moved back to Texas from Japan, put together a new lineup, and is changing the name.

One time only pressing of 1000, all copies come with download coupon. FIRST 200 ON YELLOW VINYL, available mailorder only

All shows with Hollywood!

4/17 – Baltimore, MD @ Wind Up Space with The Tough Shits
4/18 – Richmond, VA @ Nile with The Shirks, Big No
4/19 – Nashville, TN @ The End with Useless Eaters, JP5
4/20 – Huntsville, AL @ Happenin Fest @ Vertical House Records with Dent May, Useless Eaters,
4/21 – New Orleans, LA @ Siberia with Missing Monuments, Buck Biloxi & The Fucks
4/22 – Tallahassee, FL @ Hidden Hand Repo Man, Space Heaters, and Atomic Dog
4/23 – Orlando, FL @ will’s Pub with Gold Pelicans, Wet Nurse
4/24 – Miami, FL @ Churchill’s with New Coke
4/25 – St. Augustine, FL @ Nobby’s with Post-Teens
4/27 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl – Atlanta Messaround with Parting gifts, The Middle Class, Dwight Twilley
4/28 – Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia