This Friday, March 18th, the highly-trained music industry professionals from Sub Pop Records will host “Back by Zero Demand,” our 2016 SXSW showcase at The Blackheart in Austin. Featuring performances from Mass Gothic, Cullen Omori, So Pitted, Arbor Labor Union, Porter Ray, and Strange Wilds. This showcase is 21+/doors at 7:30pm.
FRIDAY MARCH 18TH SUB POP SHOWCASE AT BLACKHEART 86 Rainey St, Austin, TX 78701
1am: Mass Gothic 12am: Cullen Omori 11pm: So Pitted 10pm: Arbor Labor Union 9pm: Porter Ray 8pm: Strange Wilds
You can also find our entire artist schedule (which includes Arbor Labor Union, Cullen Omori, Kristin Kontrol, Mass Gothic, No Age, So Pitted, and Strange Wilds) below:
Tuesday March 15th Kristin Kontrol 6pm - 7:35pm SXSW Official Opening Party (DJ set) Maggie Maes @ 323 E. 6th St.
So Pitted 8:15pm DOJO Fest Long Branch Inn @ 1133 E. 11th St.
Wednesday March 16th Cullen Omori 4pm-4:45pm Waterloo Day Party Waterloo Records @ 600A N. Lamar Blvd.
Mass Gothic 7:30pm Under the Radar Evening Showcase Central Presbyterian Church @ 200 E. 8th St.
Kristin Kontrol 10pm -11:15 pm Jansport x Noisey Bonfire Series (DJ Set) Cheer Up Charlies @ 900 Red River St.
Thursday March 17th Kristin Kontrol 11 am-12:30pm SESAC Brunch (DJ Set) The Driskill Hotel @ 604 Brazos St.
Mass Gothic 1:30pm KROX Live Buffalo Billiards (Front room) @ 201 E. 6th St.
Cullen Omori 1:35pm Under the Radar Day Party Flamingo Cantina @ 515 E. 6th St.
So Pitted 7pm-10pm (Time TBD) ANON Magazine Party Diverse Arts @ 1106 E. 11th St.
Kristin Kontrol 10:30pm-11pm + 12:30am-1am Hype Hotel x Gorilla vs. Bear (DJ Set) Hype Hotel (aka Fair Market Bldg.) @ 1100 E. 5th St (at Waller St)
Cullen Omori 12am-12:50am Paradigm Showcase The Parish @ 214 E. 6th St.
Friday March 18th Arbor Labor Union 12pm-12:45pm Urban Outfitters Day Party Space 24 Twenty (behind store) @ 2406 Guadalupe St.
Cullen Omori 3pm Cameo Gallery X Hotel Vegas Unofficial Showcase Hotel Vegas Annex @ 1504 E. 6th St.
So Pitted 1pm She Shreds Day Party Studium @ 2108 Rosewood Ave.
Mass Gothic 3pm - 3:45pm Waterloo Records Day Party Waterloo Records @ 600A N. Lamar Blvd.
So Pitted 4:30pm House Show 9402 Rowlands Sayle Rd.
Sub Pop “Back by Zero Demand” Showcase (Strange Wilds, Arbor Labor Union, Porter Ray, So Pitted, Cullen Omori, Mass Gothic) 7:30pm - 2am Blackheart Bar @ 86 Rainey St.
Saturday March 19th So Pitted 1pm FLOOD Magazine Day Party Cedar Street Courtyard @ 208 W 4th St
So Pitted 3pm Beeswax Booking & Hive Mind PR Day Party Wonderland @ 1104 E 6th St.
Cullen Omori 4pm-4:45pm Urban Outfitters Day Party Space 24 Twenty (behind store) @ 2406 Guadalupe St.
No Age 5:45pm-6:30pm House of Vans Day Party The Mohawk @ 912 Red River St.
Sunday March 20th So Pitted 9pm Beerland @ 711 Red River St.
On Friday, March 18th the highly-trained music industry professionals from Sub Pop Records will host “Back by Zero Demand,” our 2016 SXSW showcase. The event, held at The Blackheart in Austin, will feature performances from Mass Gothic, Cullen Omori, So Pitted, Arbor Labor Union, Porter Ray, and Strange Wilds. The showcase is 21 and over, and doors are at 7:30pm.
BACK BY ZERO DEMAND: Sub Pop’s SXSW 2016 Showcase At The Blackheart/Austin
Arbor Labor Union (fka Pinecones) will release I Hear Youworldwide on May 13th through Sub Pop. The album featuring highlights “Radiant Mountain Road” and “Volume Peaks,” was produced and recorded by Randall Dunn and Arbor Labor Union in the fall of 2015 at Avast Studio in Seattle, WA and mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering. (Tracklisting below.) Noisey had this to say about “Radiant Mountain Road”: “It’s a chugging, ballsy rock squall, with a pinch of psych and a smidge of QOTSA, that’ll stomp its way straight into your heart. The bass and drums at the top may make you want to break stuff. This can be a good thing. Elsewhere singer Bo Orr’s tone is simultaneously powerful and sexily insouciant.” (see track premiere February 23rd).”
Arbor Labor Union have scheduled performances from March 16th-20th in Austin, TX for SXSW. Preceding the festival, the band have scheduled a show on March 15th in Birmingham, AL at the Syndicate (with Lazyeyes). Additional tour dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
Arbor Labor Union’s I Hear You will be available on CD/LP/DL/CASS and is now up for preorder via Sub Pop Mega Mart, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Bandcamp and independent retail stores near you. As is the custom, LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com will receive the limited “Loser” edition on pink vinyl while supplies last.
Tracklisting:
1. Mr. Birdsong 2. Hello Transmission 3. Radiant Mountain Road 4. I Am You 5. Volume Peaks 6. Babel 7. Belief’d 8. Silent Oath 9. IHU
Arbor Labor Union on I Hear You:
“““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ Hello & Welcome to the Thousand Eyed Present. H E L L O T R A N S M I S S I O N STARSHIP IHU MYTH DEVELOPMENT (FOR NEW USERS AND LISTENERS)
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4 years ago, in the Peach state of Georgia, there was a mighty green conifer tree whose limbs were wider than the smile on the sun. From this tree hung many a seed. The tree was home to so many creatures big and small. The most fun of them all was perhaps MR. BIRDSONG. Mr. Birdsong was a single white dove known for his beautiful voice and powerful wings. Sometimes, Mr. Birdsong would be so lost in song and dancing that his wings would knock loose one of the Pinecones! The armored seed would then whoosh toward the ground and sometimes break open on the forest floor below. But you see, it’s very dangerous when this happens. For inside each pine cone on the mighty green tree lies all of the possible decisions a living person can make! And, luckily, in these seeds on that particular day was the possibility that 4 lifelong friends would decide to form an eternal union founded in sound.Arbor Labor Union was born! Their roots immediately began to burrow deep into the earth (some say towards the ear of Pythagoras!). Most trees in the forest try to grow fast. Many trees’s desire is to race one another to the clouds and back. These four trees, however, are growing slowly together. They know beyond every cloud is a radiant, true blue sky and they aim for no less than the cosmos! No one knows which one of the four spoke first. Mr. Birdsong was there and he swears that they all spoke in unison. He sings about it like this:
“Listen now! O! dear listener For what I sing is True Out from the sound of song forest 4 trees sang “I AM YOU”
The trees are still singing in unison today. Most recently the song they could be heard singing has been said to sound like this: “IHer Yu! Ihear u! Iher YOU!”
New Initiate, you must be ready to find these young trees! For those of you who have received this message in full I have included a map below:
In the case that your map gets stolen, I am sorry. It looks as though you will have to hear your way there. Remember these instructions- if you press your ear to the ground you will find that it too has a sound… and it sings:
“Past the VOLUME PEAKS And down the RADIANT MTN ROAD Past the Palace of Sleeping Songs And the meditating toad It is there that you might find Four trees singing so divine I HEAR YOU I AM YOU And together we shall shine!”
The bond of music is resounding. And to add more lava to the volcano of song should be sin. For it is known the world could use some silence. But the Arbor Labor Union is still growing in agreeable song. Toward the planets. Toward the Polestars. And toward the People. We are adding bricks to our Tower of BABEL. We are building our song up to Heaven. For belief in an honest sound is BELIEF’d among us. Take the SILENT OATH. Look no further. You have arrived for you have been here all along.
We are your banner men. The image on your flag is written in our hearts. It shall be done, for it is already accomplished.
JOY OR DIE
Together we are: Captain Brain Atoms Starship IHU Mind Leader/Omega Kindess One Captain Ryan Evers Starship IHU Extratonal Grin Generator Captain Bo Orr Starship IHU Jester Shaman/ Headless Guru Captain Ben Salie Starship IHU Weathervane Mystic/ Love Ambassador
Sub Pop is pleased to announce the signing of Arbor Labor Union, the Athens/Atlanta, Georgia band, who will release its label debut worldwide in the spring of 2016.
The group (who formerly performed under the moniker Pinecones) released their debut record, Sings For You Now (listen here), in May, 2015 on LP format via Athens, GA label Arrowhawk Records. The band, comprised of Brain Atoms (Guitars), Ryan Evers (Bass), Ben Salie (Drums) and Bo Orr (Vox/Guitar) create angular and unapologetic rock and roll.
You can hear various singles from their LP Sings For You Now right over here.
Arbor Labor Union have scheduled a show supporting In The Red recording artists Wand tomorrow night, November 17th in Athens, GA at the 40 Watt. Additional live dates will be announced very soon.
More on Arbor Labor Union: Once upon a time rock n roll music was insane. Several times before you have heard and perhaps proclaimed that “music is the truth.” This band called Arbor Labor Union honors this notion. I’ve been in an audience and seen them sneak their music close to the truth. The atom has reviewed their songs and said “this band speaks to the core” and “on this we are not divided”.
Guitar player Brain Atoms always wears green and taps his foot to the stage in hopes it turns into a porch. Bass player Ryan Evers pumps the tonal artery and stirs the cosmic dirt with his welcome grin. Singer and Guitar player Bo Orr sings the wisdom of unknowing and kicks through blind dimensions. Drummer Ben Salie invokes the shaman beat and whips layers of lava lamp cymbal vibrations. All of these men have agreed and that is beautiful. If you pay attention, you might notice all of their songs are about their songs, and that is beautiful. They believe in handshakes, repetition, and friendship. They are lifelong friends, and they play that sound.
What people are saying about Arbor Labor Union (fka Pinecones):
“Listening to the interplay between physical, spiritual, and musical existence hammered out across these 11 tracks is one of the most challenging, intriguing tasks I’ve undertaken this year. Few albums demand your attention and interaction the way Sings For You Now does.” - Stereogum
“It’s not so much a sounds, there’s no twang or drawl, but an attitude. Their dooming riffs and impassioned rambles carry smolder like the heat of the southern sun.” - Consequence of Sound
“I’m not sure how to describe the group’s raspy, repetitious rock and roll other than to say it is no goddamn joke. It’s also tremendously exciting. The songs on Play Cosmic Hits cull from bands like Lungfish, Wire and The Ex but feel exhilaratingly fresh” [Pinecones Play Cosmic Hits] – Flagpole Magazine
