Man, #tsrCMJ was a blast! We made a little re-cap video for you guys!
(the music is Slingshot Dakota)
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Chris Walters from GHS Strings and I kicked off a week of great shows starting with the Topshelf Records CMJ showcase in Brooklyn. Tomorrow we drive a van down to The Fest with SJC Drums for another weekend of music and shenanigans. More videos of actual bands are on their way….. but who doesn’t love a clip of a dude crowd surfing in a basement to Moving Mountains?
Proof Friday got wild. More (better quality) video coming soon!
PropertyOfZack Road Blog : : Pianos Become The Teeth (Update II)
From Chad McDonald:
Day 8. Our second day off on this tour.
Yesterday was Cinco De Mayo so we got our celebraish’ on. We ate lunch at a Mexican Restaurant in Athens, Georgia called Taqueria El Sol De - I would recommend it, good green sauce. The restaurant’s building was connected to a gas station and had previously been a waffle house. A fine lineage for a mexican restaurant. Had a few $3 dollar margaritas to start the Cinco celebraish’ off right. After lunch we went to a Goodwill and bought some sombreros and breezy Hawaiian shirts. Showed up to the venue over dressed for the occasion. Feeling inspired by Dad Boner (@DadBoner on twitter) Zac and Mike went on the search for some Bud Light Margs to keep the celebration rolling all day long. DadBoner’s twitter feed may be the most ingenious viral marketing campaign ever devised. Just a theory. Luckily a guy at the venue knew a liquor store that carried them - so that was the drink of choice for the rest of the night. While it’s not the best Margarita I’ve ever had, it’s in a can so it gets some points for convenience. Some guy waiting in line lamely bantered in spanish with me for a bit - aside from that interaction, the Cinco celebraish was contained within our band for the most part.It’s strange how insular your reality becomes while you’re on tour. You lose touch with the events happening outside of your band. You live in a tour bubble. That’s why getting drunk in the afternoon and dressing up like assholes on Cinco De Mayo becomes acceptable behavior. When you’re together with a group of people for months at a time you develop a special kinship. Ours seems to revolve around trying to get each other to laugh at farts and childish humor. I guess that can become a slippery slope. When will we reach the point where farts are no longer funny? What will come after? Who will be the first to poop their pants for a laugh? You don’t want to become so self-involved to the point where you lose objectivity. That’s how you become an asshole and end up making bad records. Maybe that’s what happens to bands that completely morph into shit over the course of their career? I don’t know, just spit balling here.
PropertyOfZack Road Blog : : Pianos Become The Teeth (Update I)
Pianos Become The Teeth are out on a big tour this spring with Coheed And Cambria and Moving Mountains. The band will be doing a Road Blog for PropertyOfZack to keep fans updated from the Road, so check out the first update below and come back each week for more!
From Chad McDonald:
Hi, my name is Chad McDonald. I play guitar in a band from Baltimore, MD called Pianos Become the Teeth. We are currently on tour with Coheed and Cambria & Moving Mountains. Here’s a rambled tour journal.
Day One. Today was hectic. wake up at 530 am. drive girlfriend to airport. picked up by mike at 730. at kyle’s by 8. mcdonald’s drive thru. iced coffee is shockingly sweet, undeniably gross. Caffeine mixed with little sleep puts me in a haze. arrive at practice space. unpack the van, run the set, pack the van & drive to the show. 4 hours later - arrive, load in, wait, wait, wait & sound check. nervous energy for the first show. get on stage and play. no one throws food at us or boo’s. that’s a good sign. load out. Watch moving mountains play their set. eat free mexican food. Watch coheed. wait, wait wait. pack up merch. walk to the van. Dude across the street is blasting coheed from the back of his suv while fans stand in groups on the sidewalk waiting for them to exit. realize how surreal this situation is. back in the van. put on headphones and pass out. wake up two hours later at a super 8. 5 of us in one room. turn off the lights, lay down. someone has to pee, turn on the lights. see a cockroach scutter up the table. wake up, check out - complain about cock roach. no price break. They obviously get these complaints all the time and do not care. back in the van and onward we go.
Day 4. Sitting in the backseat of the van while Kyle drives us down to Mi-a-mi. Or actually, right outside of Miami - Pembroke Pines. Tour has been smooth so far. The two dates that we played with Coheed were surreal. Their fans are diehard. It’s a real pleasure to watch Coheed and Moving Mountains play each night. Three fans gave Kyle a huge birthday card that they had people sign at the show last night. Very sweet of them.
We leave next Sunday for this! Tickets and details for every show is available here: http://bnds.in/JZtzpW
Snag them quick, many are sold out or close to it.
Record Stores carrying Moving Mountains’ “Foreword”
- AMOEBA - HOLLYWOO
- AMOEBA - SAN FRANCISCO
- ANGELO’S CD’S & TAPES
- BANANA BELT LLC
- BEAT, THE
- BOO BOO RECORDS
- CACTUS MUSIC
- CANTERBURY RECORDS
- CD CENTRAL
- CD WORLD
- DEARBORN MUSIC
- DESTINY MUSIC
- DIMPLE RECORDS
- DISC EXCHANGE
- DO-RE-MI-MUSIC
- DOWN IN THE VALLEY
- EARSHOT
- ERIC’S TRIP
- EVERYDAY MUSIC
- EXCLUSIVE COMPANY
- FINDERS RECORDS & TAPES
- FOREVER YOUNG RECORDS
- GRIMEY’S
- HOMER’S MUSIC AND GIFTS
- IMPACT MUSIC
- INDEPENDENT RECORDS & VIDEO
- J&R ELECTRONICS
- JACK’S MUSIC SHOPPE
- LOVE GARDEN SOUND
- LUNA MUSIC
- MUSIC MILLENNIUM
- NEWBURY COMICS
- PARK AVE/HALFAMAN
- PRINCETON RECORD EXCHANGE
- FINGERPRINTS
- RASPUTIN - BERKELEY
- RECKLESS RECORDS (BROADWAY)
- RECKLESS RECORDS (MADISON)
- RECKLESS RECORDS (WICKER PARK)
- RECORD ARCHIVE II
- RECORD TOWN INC
- RHINO RECORDS - CLAREMONT
- SALZER’S MERCANTILE
- SCHOOLKIDS RECORDS
- SHAKE IT
- SILVER PLATTERS BELLEVUE
- SILVER PLATTERS NORTHGATE
- SILVER PLATTERS QUEENANNE
- STREETLIGHT RECORDS
- STRICTLY DISCS
- TRANSCONTINENT/BUFFALO
- TWIST & SHOUT
- WATERLOO RECORDS
- ZIA RECORD EXCHANGE #40
- ZIA RECORD EXCHANGE #45
- ZIA RECORD EXCHANGE #60
- 2ND AVE. RECORDS
Also, a few one stops picked up copies to sell to retailers who are not able to buy direct from our distributor and unfortunately we are not able to get the list of stores who have purchased from them. Also, this isn’t a 100% full list so be sure to call your favorite store to see if they are getting copies!
Moving Mountains Add Dates To European Tour
Moving Mountains have added multiple dates to their tour of Mainland Europe in May and June. Check out the full routing below by clicking “Read More.”
Coheed And Cambria, Moving Mountains, Pianos Become The Teeth To Tour
Coheed And Cambria, Moving Mountains, and Pianos Become The Teeth will be touring together this spring. The tour will take place from April 29th to May 17th. Check out a tweet from Pianos Come The Teeth below by clicking “Read More.”
Topshelf & Moving Mountains
We’re excited to announce we’ll be releasing Moving Mountains’ Foreword EP on gatefold vinyl, featuring new cover art by Indiana artist, Sam Kaufman. A special limited edition version will be available on Record Store Day (April 21, 2012). Originally released in 2008 by the band, this beauty’s been out of print for awhile so we’re pretty excited!
If you’re not familiar with the band or this release, you can give it a listen below:
Topshelf & CYLS SXSW showcase final line up and info!
The Count Your Lucky Stars and Topshelf Records SXSW Showcase!
Line Up:
11:15am - 11:40: The Clippers
11:55 - 12:20pm: The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
12:35 - 1:00: Annabel
1:15 - 1:40: Joie De Vivre
1:55 - 2:20: Reptilian
2:35 - 3:00: Pswingset
3:15 - 3:45: Into It. Over It.
4:00 - 4:30: Football, Etc
4:45 - 5:15: Grown Ups
5:30 - 6:00: Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)
6:15 - 6:45: Caravels
7:00 - 7:30: Moving Mountains
7:45 - close: Defeater
18+: $2.00
21+: FREE
FREE limited 7-inches featuring tracks from bands playing the showcase will be available courtesy of Gotta Groove Records.
FREE rum will be served courtesy of Treaty Oak Platinum Rum.
FREE silk screened 19x25” posters will be given to the first 150 people through the door courtesy of Soundtrack Printing. Get there early!
FREE food all day courtesy of Gotta Groove Records and the Topshelf credit card!
Greenvans are also providing bands with vans and trailers to tour to and from Austin.
Badges aren’t required. No RSVP required, but please note that once we’re at capacity, people will be granted entry in the order in which they arrived as people leave (i.e.: if we’re at capacity and two people leave, two new people will be allowed in… get there early!). There is no official RSVP page or list, we’re just using the Facebook event page to gauge interest and promote the event. Thanks!
