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Karate Body @ Forecastle

June 30, 2010





Lucky Pineapple
, The Fervor and The Ravenna Colt are scheduled to perform at the ninth annual Forecastle Festival, July 9-11 at scenic Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville. Tickets are on sale now, and you can find more information and scheduling at Forecastle’s website. Devo, The Flaming Lips and Smashing Pumpkins are among the headliners for this year.

Lucky Pineapple (12:30 p.m., July 10, East Stage) and its horny rhythm romp “Kablooey” appears on The Yellow Belt, a limited edition split 7-inch with Chicago’s Prizzy Prizzy Please, who contribute “Super Volcano.” Prizzy is on a U.S. tour now, so be sure to check out when they’re arriving, like a bright white UFO in the night.

The Fervor (6 p.m., July 11, North Stage) and its previously unreleased single, “No Apology” appears on The Green Belt split 7-inch with Cincinnati favorites and tourmates Wussy. Stay tuned for more as The Fervor’s finishing up work on its new album, Arise, Great Warrior.

The Ravenna Colt (8 p.m., July 11, North Stage) limited-edition, hand-numbered LP “Slight Spell” is in stores now. Each LP comes with a free download. He’s performing a free in-store show at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 7, at CD Central in Lexington, Ky. These will be the last two shows in the area for Colt ringleader John Quaid before he relocates to Boise, Idaho later this summer. More shows and video news on the way.

As well, Maiden Radio, featuring Cheyenne Mize, performs July 9 on the North Stage, as does Whistle Peak on Sunday, July 11. Both artists are featured on our inaugural release, Louisville Is For Lovers Vol. 9, available now in double LP on limited edition red-and-white marble vinyl. Mize’s duet album with Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Among The Gold, is available as a special MP33.3 release from Think Indie.




Lucky Pineapple / Burn To Shine

June 8, 2010

Lucky Pineapple is featured on the forthcoming DVD Burn To Shine 4, produced by Trixie DVD and filmed in southern Indiana. LP’s exclusive track, “Kablooey” appears on our limited edition The Yellow Belt split 7-inch with Prizzy Prizzy Please. Available at karatebodyrecords.com, ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds and at all Lucky Pineapple shows. Don’t forget, they appear July 10 at the ninth annual Forecastle Festival at Louisville’s Waterfront Park.




Joe Manning with Swell Season

May 23, 2010

Joe Manning will perform with special guests May 29 at The Brown Theatre, where he’ll for Oscar-winning duo The Swell Season. Tickets are $35 and the show begins at 7 p.m. Details are here. Manning’s previously unreleased song, “Lately at a Lesser Table” appears on the limited edition White Belt 7-inch with Pokey LaFarge. You can find copies of this at the show, via our site or at Underground Sounds in Louisville.




P3, “Super Volcano” live

May 20, 2010

P3 performs their exclusive track, “Super Volcano” live at Zanzabar on April 24, with guest appearances by Lucky Pineapple horn players Susan Crocker and Dan Moore. Limited edition Yellow Belt split 7-inch featuring P3 and Lucky Pineapple’s “Kablooey” now available from karatebodyrecords.com.




Fervor in the Knox

May 11, 2010

The Fervor returns to Knoxville this coming Friday, May 14, at Preservation Pub. This will be the band’s fourth trek to Rocky Top country, and we’re joined by special guests Plainclothes Tracy and Great Affairs. There will be copies of The Fervor’s limited edition split 7-inch, featuring their previously unreleased single, “No Apology” with Wussy’s “Fly Fly Fly” for sale at the show, as well as here on our site. These come on translucent green vinyl in custom matchbook packaging. Limit 500. Meanwhile, the band’s new album, “Arise, Great Warrior,” is being mastered right now, and we’ll have news for you on the vinyl edition of that soon.




Prizzy Prizzy Please U.S. tour dates

May 9, 2010

Prizzy Prizzy Please storms across the U.S. this summer on the heels of their new album, Chroma Cannon (Joyful Noise). Their previously unreleased song, “Super Volcano,” appears on the Yellow belt split 7-inch with Lucky Pineapple. Limit 500 copies on yellow vinyl in custom matchbook packaging. Be sure to pick one up at the shows, or order one here from us. Rawk:

WED May 12 – New Brunswick, NJ @ MEAT Town USA
THUR May 13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Danger Danger
FRI May 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Death by Audio
SAT May 15 – New London, CT @ The Oasis
SUN May 16 – Providence, RI @ AS220
MON May 17 – Glens Falls, NY @ Hot Shots w/ Mathematicians
TUES May 18 – Burlington, VT @ Enter
WED May 19 – Burlington, VT @ Metronome w/ Mathematicians
FRI May 21 – Toronto, ON @ Rancho Relaxo
SUN May 23 – Grand Rapids, MI – Midwest Fest @ the DAAC w/ Child Bite
TUES May 25 – Columbus, OH @ Tree House
WED May 26 – Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern
THUR May 27 – Nashville, TN @ Little Hamilton w/ Spokesmen
FRI May 28 – Athens, GA @ Secret Squirrel w/ Spokesmen
SAT May 29 – Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box w/ Spokesmen
SUN May 30 – New Orleans, LA @ Circle Bar w/ Spokesmen
MON May 31 – Houma, LA @ The Boxer and the Barrel w/ Spokesmen
THURS June 3 – Las Cruces, NM @ Trainyard w/ Spokesmen
FRI June 4 – Tucson, AZ @ Dry River w/ Spokesmen
SAT June 5 – Riverside, CA @ Back to the Grind w/ Ooh Barracuda
SUN June 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Dig In w/ Ooh Barracuda
MON June 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echo Curio w/ Ooh Barracuda
TUES June 8 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar w/ Ooh Barracuda
FRI June 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Kimos w/ Ooh Barracuda
SUN June 13 – Portland, OR @ Rotture w/ Ooh Barracuda
TUES June 15 – Seattle, WA @ The Fun House w/ Ooh Barracuda
FRI June 18 – Fort Collins, CO @ Road 34 w/ Ooh Barracuda
TUES June 22 – Durango, CO @ Farquahrts w/ Ooh Barracuda
FRI June 25 – Fort Worth, TX @ 1919 Hemphill w/ Ooh Barracuda
FRI July 3 – Madison WI @ The Frequency w/ Screamin Cyn Cyn and the Pons
TUES July 20 – Bloomington, IN @ Rhinos w/ Lightning Bolt




Lucky Pineapple on Live Lunch

April 19, 2010

Lucky Pineapple will appear on WFPK’s Live Lunch program this Friday, April 23. The show takes place at noon, is free and seating is on a first-come, first served basis. Members of the station at the $120 level or above receive priority seating. Later that night, we’ll celebrate the Louisville release of The Yellow Belt split 7-inch with Prizzy Prizzy Please at Zanzabar, and again on Saturday at The Bishop in Bloomington.

All pre-orders for The Yellow Belt ship this week, and sales are brisk, so be sure to pick up your copy here at karatebodyrecords.com.

We have a few copies of The White Belt (Pokey LaFarge/Joe Manning) and The Green Belt (Wussy/The Fervor) left in stock.




Yellow Belt @ The Beer Store

April 18, 2010

The Louisville Beer Store will host a listening party for the Yellow Belt at 6 p.m. on 4/21. Pre-order the third split 7-inch, featuring exclusive tracks from Lucky Pineapple and Prizzy Prizzy Please online at karatebodyrecords.com. Release shows 4/23 at Zanzabar (Louisville), 4/24 at The Bishop (Bloomington).




Wussy, The Fervor hit PA, NY

April 13, 2010

A foot of snow couldn’t derail their February shows, and now that the weather’s a bit better, the time is ripe for Wussy and The Fervor to revisit Pennsylvania and New York. The east-coast four-banger kicks off April 14 at The Smiling Moose on Carson Street in Pittsburgh, then on to The Fire in Philadelphia, the Cake Shop in Manhattan and wrapping up at Spike Hill in Brooklyn. Both bands are hard at work on new albums, and we’ll have more information on those as the months progress.

About 150 copies of The Green Belt limited edition split 7-inch are left, and they’re going fast. In Louisville, you can find them at karatebodyrecords.com, ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds and Shake-It in Cincinnati. Also this spring, The Green Belt will be available for the first time in the U.K. via Code 7 Distribution.




The Yellow Belt

April 1, 2010

The third release in Karate Body’s Belt Series elevates the party. For the last six years or so, Lucky Pineapple has made our little planet three dimensional with its progressive mix of styles, from Caribbean to gypsy, funk to prog. Now they clobber us with “Kablooey,” an instrumental anthem chock full of what has made this collective a favorite for years: flashy horns, ass-shaking percussion and sunny guitar tones. After their sold-out showcase at this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin, it’s only a matter of time before LP’s infectious repertoire finds its way into stereos and clubs everywhere.

Joining them are Chicago compadres Prizzy Prizzy Please. Also an alum of SXSW 2010, P3 has put the cheek in tongue and cheek for years, bringing you hits like “Shorgasm” and “Ride the Love Bullet.” Now, on the heels of the release of their new album, Chroma Cannon (via Joyful Noise), comes “Super Volcano,” an explosive jam led by white-hot falsetto, scorching keys and saxophones. Like “Kablooey,” “Super Volcano” can only be found on this release. No digital.

The Yellow Belt arrives in late April, and will be available at two LP/Prizzy shows — April 23 at Zanzabar in Louisville and April 24 at The Bishop in Bloomington, Ind. Like the last two belts, only 500 will be pressed with 100 copies going to each band. Karate Body will have 300 for sale at $6.

Pre-order begins at midnight EST, here, on April 2.