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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.




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.




Wussy among year’s best; new dates

March 9, 2010

Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli on Brooklyn Vegan.
Blurt Magazine: Jason Gross and Steve Rosen
WFPK (Louisville): Stacy Owen
KEXP (Seattle/NYC): Don Slack
Damanbly (UK): George Gargan

New tour dates below:
March
20
Northside Tavern, Cincinnati
10 p.m. with Fists of Love

March 25
Darkroom, Chicago
9 p.m.

March 26
Ed’s Bar, Winona, Minn.
TBA

March 27
Sauce, Minneapolis
9 p.m.

April 1
Cincinnati Zoo
early show, all ages

April 10
South Park Tavern, Dayton, Ohio
10 p.m. with Drexel

April 14*
The Smiling Moose, Pittsburgh

April 15*
The Fire, Philadelphia

April 16*
Cake Shop, Manhattan, N.Y.

April 17*
Spike Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y.
*w/ The Fervor

Limited edition Green Belt split 7-inch with The Fervor for sale now. Green translucent vinyl in custom matchbook packaging. Wax only.