Chelsea Wolfe & Emma Ruth Rundle Australia & NZ - June 2020

Tickets on sale from www.birdsrobe.com/shows today!

JUN 05 Wellington, NZ @ San Fran

JUN 06 Auckland, NZ @ Galatos

JUN 08 Adelaide, AU @ The Gov

JUN 10 Perth, AU @ Rosemount Hotel

JUN 12 Sydney, AU @ Manning Bar

JUN 13 Melbourne, AU @ Max Watts

JUN 14 Brisbane, AU @ The Triffid

Presented with Sargent House & Valhalla Touring (NZ)

Eternity is but an instant | An interview with Thomas Martin Ekelund of Trepaneringsritualen

"We stare into the radiant light, and stumble blind and mad into the moonless night. We bow not our heads, nor do we ask for mercy. 

The world is agony. 

This is a journey of pain, ecstasy, and death. We do not seek companionship, because this prison of flesh is a solipsism. We straddle the balancing point between light and darkness, love and hate, life and death. We hide our countenance to reveal the hidden face of god. 

We hang ourself from trees and crosses. We bleed and suffer. All in roaring silence.

Eternity is but an instant."

Firstly, I wanted to talk about your latest work with Nordvargr this year. The collaboration seems almost both instinctual and inevitable. Listening to the music you feel a mutual animalistic dichotomy between the two of you, almost a push and pulling of motion and energy. Can you explain this collaboration and how it felt creating this project together? 

Definitely. Fairly natural, it should have been much weirder. Because I have listened to Nordvargr for say 20 years but all of the sudden we are very working together. Instead it came together very naturally.

   

Often at your live shows you start with a sack tied over your head, a somewhat faceless force coming out of the smoke and dark. Does this signify a sort of metamorphosis of your essence coming forth or serve as a cathartic measure that in part couples the intensity of the music?

Yeah I guess. The reason I started using it was to hint at the hanged man, at the sacrifice. But yes, I guess it dissolves me a bit so I can concentrate on TRP and behind the mask there is so freedom.



Ritual is very important to you musically, personally and in the realm of performance. You’ve talked about the importance of not only sound but smell and vision as a part of a TRP performance. What is it you want the audience to take away from one of ‘rituals’?

I guess it depends on where they start. Are they already converts? Have they had any experiences of total annihilation of the ego and submitting to forces beyond themselves? If they haven't before then I want them to experience tearing down their protective barriers and shit...to experience this fully like I do.

Reason, inhibitions, let down your guard. Be overwhelmed. The state of just letting go.

Photo by Kim Sølve

The ongoing journey of TRP is one of spirals and manifestations both tribal and cerebral. What is different about TRP now versus the birth of TRP?

I know on one hand I understand a lot more and on one hand a lot less. It seemed easier to understand more at the beginning of TRP. There was a spark to get it out.Whereas now it seems harder to understand what I'm doing and why. The more it comes out the purpose is lost which is hard to deal with. Every new path create more paths. Each question creates more questions. 

Whilst there is this feral animalistic, almost primal nature about TRP there is still machinery involved which pulls us back into the realm of reality again even jarringly. What is your relationship with the machines and tools you use to create your music and is there an element of self betrayal in needing that aspect of modernity or are you comfortable with their uncomfortable alliance? 

Some of the tools are quite powerful, like spiritually. But in relation to modern machines etc I don’t think about it too much. Not much thought at all really. Obviously if I could I would use nothing. Put two rocks and bang them but no, I don't think too much about what we are using to make our music. It's the end result that's most important not what we used to make it. 

In July you will be embarking on your first ever Australian tour. What can fans expect? And do you, yourself have any expectations?

First off its amazing to go to other side of country. Ritualistically I'm not sure. It's like therapy and overpowering. I've never been to the southern hemisphere before so that is amazing to get to do that. It will be sweating and dirty for sure. 

Beside working with Nordvargr this year, is there anything you're working on with trp now? 

I'm working on 2 eps at the moment and a more ritualistic ep which should be out September/October. I'm also working on our next song based album (the last one took 4 years so we have some time ha) plus other collaborations all around in the works.

Trepaneringsritualen will embark on their debut Australian tour this July and it's bound to be an unmissable performance. 

ALL DATES: 

JULY 12, THE DEN, PERTH

JULY 13, CROWBAR, SYDNEY

JULY 14 THE TOTE, MELBOURNE

JULY 16 THE OLD BAR, MELBOURNE

But you'll find me here 👇

The T × R × P curse descends on the Southern Hemisphere, courtesy of UMACollective and ALT Events.

https://trepaneringsritualen.bandcamp.com

https://www.instagram.com/t__r__p__/

https://www.facebook.com/Trepaneringsritualen/

†† VOWWS †† : AUSTRALIAN TOUR NOVEMBER 2018

Nov 10 - Fitzroy, VIC - Yah Yah's

Nov 15 - Newcastle, NSW - The Cambridge Hotel

Nov 16 - Canberra, ACT - The Phoenix

Nov 17 - Sydney, NSW - The Gaelic Club

Nov 23 - Brisbane, QLD - The Milk Factory

Nov 24 - Wollongong, NSW - Rad Bar

   

Tickets available at mezko.co

https://vowwsband.bandcamp.com

KOLLAPS ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR 2018

KOLLAPS EUROPEAN TOUR ANNOUNCED

Since 2015’s debut EP Heartworm, Melbourne industrialists Kollaps have continued to refine their brand of harsh and viscerally raw post-industrial noise. Their hard hitting release SIBLING LOVERS, an LP that intensifies the conflict between the dichotomy of confusion and control cemented what claws at the core of Kollaps’ sound.

The bands' distinctive sound, jarring textures and crude tones are created using re-appropriated waste materials like scrap metal, raw plastics and steel beams. For the band, this isn’t an empty gesture but instead a way to quite literally use the detritus of postmodern society against itself. Kollaps continue to push the traditional boundaries of what it means to be a "band" whilst engaging the audience in an audible blood-letting and physical exorcism that invokes all the senses.

The bands' intensity and provocation as performers has built Kollaps a reputation for both ferocious live shows and confrontational performances. Their tyrannical stage presence and strident energy continues to steadily attract raucous crowds around Australia and Europe. Kollaps have proved themselves alongside some of the best local and intentional underground performers [Brighter Death Now, Trepaneringsritualen, Youth Code, Armour Group, Military Position, Operant]. 

This October sees Kollaps embark on a savage European tour of 13 countries and will also see them play WROCLAW Festival in Poland alongside heavyweights like Pharmakon, The Soft Moon, Blixa Bargeld & Teho Teardo and Monolith.

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DRAB MAJESTY | AUSTRALIA JAN 2019

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LAURA JANE GRACE // 'TRANSGENDER DYSPHORIA BLUES' SOLO TOUR

“Laura Jane Grace Sings The Transgender Dysphoria Blues” 2013 Tour Dates have been announced:

08/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ MilkBoy

08/11 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

08/13 – Providence, RI @ Fete Lounge

08/14 – Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel

08/15 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory

08/16 – New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom

Tickets on sale July 12th here: http://www.againstme.net/tour/

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SUPRA OZ MAN OUT TOUR 2012

The Australian/New Zealand tour will feature Matt Mumford, Erik Ellington, Terry Kennedy, Lizard King, Stevie Williams, Neen Williams, Keelan Dadd, Boo Johnson, Kevin Romar, Spencer Hamilton, and Bjorn Johnston. 

Check out these OZ MAN OUT tour dates:

Wednesday, Feb. 22: Nerang Skatepark
5:00pm - 7:00pm Demo + Signing
Arthur Earle Park, Pacific Highway
Nerang, QLD, 4211

Friday, Feb. 24: Waterloo Skatepark
5:00pm - 7:00pm Demo + Signing
Elizabeth St.,
Waterloo, NSW, 2017

Sunday, Feb. 26: Belconnen Skatepark
3:00pm - 5:00pm Demo + Signing
77 Emu Bank,
Belconnen, ACT, 2617

Thursday, Mar. 1: Fast times Skate Shop
4:30pm - 5:30pm Signing
121 Swanston St.,
Melbourne, VIC, 3000

Thursday, Mar. 1: Riverside Skatepark
6:00pm - 8:00pm Demo
Boathouse Drive, Alexandra Gardens
Melbourne, VIC, 3000

Sunday, Mar. 4: Victoria Skatepark
3:00pm - 5:00pm Demo + Signing
203-271 Victoria Street
Auckland Central, New Zealand

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Featuring Erik Ellington, Lizard King, Justin 'Figgy' Figueroa, Bryan Herman and more..