Phantom Family Halo closes out another successful run with Young Widows tonight at The Firehouse in Birmingham, Ala. Copies of Halo’s new double LP, “Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die” will be for sale at the show. Each limited edition vinyl comes with a free download of the album.

Phantom Family Halo kicks off their spring tour this coming Tuesday, March 9, at the Vernon Club with Young Widows and My Disco. Halo’s double LP, Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die made ear X-tacy’s top 5 in vinyl sales last week, and copies will be for sale at the show. The limited edition release comes with a free download of the entire album.

Spring tour with Young Widows and My Disco kicks off March 9 at Vernon Club in Louisville. Halo’s new double LP Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die in stores nationwide through Chicago Independent Distribution, Code 7 in U.K. and Mandai in Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands.

Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die 2XLP for sale now at karatebodyrecords.com, ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds, Robotic Empire, The Vinyl Collective, and in Europe through Code 7 (UK) and Mandai (Benelux). Each 2XLP comes with a free download.

Copies of Phantom Family Halo’s new double LP, Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die, are for sale now at karatebodyrecords.com, as well as through Chicago Independent Distribution.

Oct. 29
Joe Manning, with Elephant Micah, Spirits of the Red City, Sunset and more for an all-ages show at Skull Alley. The Other Side of Life Blog and Events present a special 7-inch release show featuring singer/ghost-storyteller Joe Manning. Manning;s new song, “Lately At A Lesser Table,” appears on The White Belt, the first installment of The Belt Series, which pairs him with riverboat soul provider Pokey LaFarge, debuting a new song, “Anita.” 500 copies of the limited edition split single have been pressed on limited edition white vinyl. No digital, only wax for this one.

Oct. 30
Invaders with Wax Fang. Invaders’ debut CD Floating came out in July to rave reviews by The Courier-Journal, Velocity Weekly, The Decibel Tolls and My Old Kentucky Blog, LEO Weekly and others. They followed up that momentum by closing out night 2 of WRFL’s Boomslang Fest in Lexington earlier this month with a rousing afterparty set at Al’s Bar. They’ll appear at Zanzabar Oct. 30, where they’ll open for local heroes Wax Fang, whose critically acclaimed CD La La Land was easily one of the best releases this decade. Showtime 9 p.m. $7

Nov. 6
The Fervor w/ Smug Brothers @ Zanzabar (2100 S. Preston St., 635-ZBAR, www.zanzabarlouisville.com): The Fervor will be celebrating the release of a new limited edition split 7-inch with Wussy. This single is the second installment in The Belt Series. A limited edition 500 copies are pressed on green vinyl, and these will be on wax only, no digital. The Fervor just returned from an east coast tour, where they debuted at CMJ’s Annual Music Festival, which took place all over New York City. Smug Brothers, from Dayton, features Don Thrasher, who is known for his work with Robert Pollard in the venerated Dayton group Guided By Voices.

Nov. 20
Phantom Family Halo celebrates the release of its double LP, Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die. This show features members of Sapat and The For Carnation, and has in the past shared stages with The Black Angels, Black Mountain, Entrance Band and last but not least, Louisville’s own Slint. Phantom Family Halo performs at Zanzabar with Softcheque. The double LP comes with a free download code people can redeem for a digital version of the album. Nov. 27, Halo leaves for a U.S. and Canada tour with fellow Louisvillians Young Widows (on Temporary Residence Limited, which is run by Louisville native Jeremy DeVine) and instrumental assassins Russian Circles. 

Today — okay, well … tomorrow, but come on, we’re excited! — Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die, the new double LP by Phantom Family Halo, arrives at ear X-tacy and Underground Sounds in Louisville. Each vinyl copy bought in the store, sold directly by the band or through us here at Karate Body comes with a free download card for a digital copy of the album. The double LP is 18 tracks of unbridled passion, close-quarter sincerity, epic and uncompromising experimentation. You’ll need time to digest this one, so we’re waiting until Nov. 20 for the record release show at Zanzabar (2100 S. Preston St., 635-ZBAR) in Louisville. Nov. 27, PFH embarks on a tour of the east coast and Canada with Young Widows and Russian Circles. This will be one of the most talked about tours this fall. Tour dates below.
NOV 27 – Detroit MI, Magic Stick
NOV 28 – Buffalo, NY Soundlab
NOV 30 – Milford CT, Daniel Street
DEC 1 – New York NY, Bowery Ballroom
DEC 2 – Cambridge MA, The Middle East
DEC 3 – Washington DC, DC9
DEC 4 – Philadelphia PA, First Unitarian Church
DEC 6 – Montreal QC, Il Motore
DEC 7 – Toronto ON, Lee’s Place
DEC 9 – Kalamazoo MI, The Strut
DEC 10 – Cleveland OH, The Grog Shop
DEC 11 – Louisville KY, Skull Alley

Also @ Ear X-tacy and U Sounds is The White Belt! Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered and patiently waited for this, the first in a nine-belt series. Featuring “Anita” by riverboat soul provider Pokey LaFarge and Louisville ghost-song storyteller Joe Manning, this limited edition split 7-inch comes on white vinyl, and is also available here on our website, as well as the artists themselves. Packaging was done by Jeff Mueller at Dexterity Press, and mastering of the series is handled by Kevin Ratterman at The Funeral Home. Manning performs a very special 7-inch release show Oct. 29 at Skull Alley with Spirits of The Red City, Elephant Micah and Sunset. LaFarge is on tour through December. Check his website for further details.

Out today is the special edition gold vinyl from Austin-based Ume. The Sunshower EP is a rockin’ fuzz freakout that will be available on Ume’s current east coast trek up to CMJ. Look for the 10” EP at their upcoming show in Lexington at The Green Lantern this coming weekend. There are only 500 copies of this one, too, so get yours soon. Ume, who just completed a west coast trek with Meat Puppets, Trail of Dead, Dead Confederate and The Secret Machines, will appear at next week’s CMJ Festival in New York City.

Check back here tomorrow evening, when we will have another announcement about something green. —XO, KBR

But before then, come celebrate the release of Monoliths Nov. 20 at Zanzabar in Louisville, Ky.