Welcome to the first blog post of 2014. It's been a very long time since i composed a detailed report of my activities, and i seem to have lost the knack for it. but with so much to announce, this would be a very good time to try to catch up on recent and upcoming news. it's hilarious to me that, when april was approaching, all i wanted was for it to be over, because i knew how busy i would be. now, it's already a dim memory, and the first weeks of may have already been almost as busy as the entire month of april.
I haven't had the opportunity to say thank you to everyone who has been part of everything i've been doing for the last several weeks, especially in light of a ridiculous temporary block from posting on facebook last week.
The SPRING REVERBERATIONS shows on april 5, and 25-27 were absolutely amazing, and although there was definitely a bit of stress surrounding the events, all in all i'm extremely satisfied with how things turned out. i extend my gratitude to SOFT TARGET, BROWN RECLUSE ALPHA, M AX NOI MACH, VULGAR FASHION, STATIQBLOOM, NEAREST, HOT GUTS, KIDAUDRA, and CRAOW for their wonderful performances and generally being great people, and especially to my friend and label partner Daniel Suffering of WHORID, for his invaluable help in making the tour happen, as well as Fade from STATIQBLOOM for taking us out on the road once again. i'm extraordinarily lucky to know all of you.
THEOLOGIAN had the singular pleasure of headlining the third BALTIMORE FILTH FEST on may 3, where Matt Slagle and i played a collaborative set with WHORID. the whole weekend was a lot of fun, we spent the night before the fest at Daniel and May's place in Philly, and got to catch VOID VISION and SSLEEPER HOLD at a place called The Vat, which was a very cool warehouse DIY space, though the quality of the air in there unfortunately left me coughing shit up for the entire week after my visit. thank you to Brian Zimmerman and the members of T.O.M.B. and Dan Barrett of WORMS OF THE EARTH for putting the show together, as well as the friendly and helpful staff of CLUB ORPHEUS for hosting us.
On may 8, THEOLOGIAN joined THE BODY, WHITEHORSE, and GNAW at SAINT VITUS BAR for an incredible night of heavy music, and once again i have to say thank you to everyone from all the bands, as well as Dave Castillo and everyone involved in making this show happen. as always, much love and respect to my brothers Fade Kainer and Matt Slagle for joining me onstage.
Frank Huang from PIT FULL OF SHIT has posted full set videos here:
http://pitfullofshit.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-body-whitehorse-gnaw-theologian.html
In the days that followed this event, Daniel was dealt a heavy blow with the news that his mother's colon cancer has returned, after 20 years of remission. there is no way to explain how truly devastating this is, but rather than focus on the negative, we will try to help as best we can. please consider making a donation here:
http://www.gofundme.com/91dhws
We'll be reposting this periodically to get the word out, and other options for helping out are being explored. we're unsure what this will mean for the various releases we've got in the works, but Daniel is adamant that the circumstances will not have an adverse impact on his artistic endeavours.
Several new items have been posted on the ANNIHILVS webstore, and we thank you for your continued support.
http://apexarmouries.bigcartel.com
THEOLOGIAN has a new cassette coming soon from HAUTE MAGIE, audio previews can be heard here:
https://soundcloud.com/annihilvs/sets/theologian-parasitism-is-life
CRUCIAL BLAST will be releasing the vinyl edition of SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE ENDURED soon, more info here:
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/2014/04/16/theologian-crucial-blast-to-release-deluxe-vinyl-edition-of-some-things-have-to-be-endured
THEOLOGIAN travels west for the first time later this month, and will play two shows in Portland, Oregon:
FRIDAY MAY 23
THEOLOGIAN
http://gash-theologian.tumblr.com
421 SE GRAND
PORTLAND, OR
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/627836563964602
SATURDAY MAY 24, 2014
LKN (PDX)
http://vimeo.com/91265460
http://lknmusic.bandcamp.com/
http://facebook.com/lknband
EYE OF NIX (SEATTLE)
http://eyeofnix.bandcamp.com/
www.scatologicalliberationfront.org/eye_of_nix/index.html
https://www.facebook.com/EYEOFNIX
EIGHT BELLS (PDX)
http://eightbells.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/eightbellsrock
THEOLOGIAN (NY)
http://gash-theologian.tumblr.com/
http://facebook.com/theologianprime
SLABTOWN
1033 NW 16TH AVE
PORTLAND, OR
LKN (PDX)
http://vimeo.com/91265460
http://lknmusic.bandcamp.com/
http://facebook.com/lknband
EYE OF NIX (SEATTLE)
http://eyeofnix.bandcamp.com/
www.scatologicalliberationfront.org/eye_of_nix/index.html
https://www.facebook.com/EYEOFNIX
EIGHT BELLS (PDX)
http://eightbells.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/eightbellsrock
THEOLOGIAN (NY)
http://gash-theologian.tumblr.com/
http://facebook.com/theologianprime
SLABTOWN
1033 NW 16TH AVE
PORTLAND, OR
ANNIHILVS will be presenting another slew of events in the coming months, starting one week from today:
MONDAY MAY 19, 2014
ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX
presents
SATURN
(JOHN MANNION)
SOFT TARGET
https://soundcloud.com/softtarget
DAVE PUBLIC
https://soundcloud.com/dave-public
COMPACTOR
http://compactor.bandcamp.com/
DJ SETS BY
BEN ABSTRACT
THEOLOGIAN PRIME
$8 • 8PM • 21+
THE ACHERON
57 WATERBURY STREET
BROOKLYN
TICKETS: http://ticketf.ly/1q1tgR1
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/734523983259482
SATURDAY JUNE 14, 2014
ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX
PRESENTS
ERRORAEON (PORTLAND, ME)
http://vimeo.com/83286387
XIPHOID DEMENTIA (BOSTON, MA)
http://www.existest.org/xdementia
BEREFT (PROVIDENCE, RI)
https://www.facebook.com/Bereft
PENCHANT (BROOKLYN, NY)
http://penchant.bandcamp.com
$8 • 8PM • 21+
THE ACHERON
57 WATERBURY STREET
BROOKLYN
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/632058150208085
SATURDAY AUGUST 2, 2014
ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX
CELEBRATES 17 YEARS OF ANTISOCIAL MUSIC
featuring performances by
DREW MCDOWALL
(COMPOUND EYE, EX-COIL, PSYCHIC TV)
YORK FACTORY COMPLAINT
http://yorkfactorycomplaint.bandcamp.com/
WINTER LINE
http://soundcloud.com/aumwar
CAGES
http://cagesmusic.com/
DJ sets by
DEREK RUSH (COMPACTOR/A MURDER OF ANGELS)
THEOLOGIAN PRIME
$10 • DOORS 8PM • MUSIC 9PM
ALL AGES
THE SILENT BARN
603 BUSHWICK AVENUE
BROOKLYN
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1444691252435692
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX PRESENTS
AUTUMN DIRGES II - BROOKLYN
MK9
[legendary US heavy electronics - previously known as DEATH SQUAD]
http://mk9.org
ALBERICH
[crushing industrial rhythms]
https://soundcloud.com/experimedia/alberich-machine-gun-next
WHORID
[Philadelphia self-harm electronics]
http://whorid.bandcamp.comOMEI
[death ambience from Chris Goudreau/SICKNESS]
http://sickness999.com/omei.htm
DJ sets by
THEOLOGIAN PRIME (ANNIHILVS)
DEREK RUSH (COMPACTOR/A MURDER OF ANGELS)
THE SILENT BARN
603 BUSHWICK AVE
BROOKLYN
$10 • 8PM • ALL AGES
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/243089175877549
As previously announced, ANNIHILVS will be managing the BRIGHTER DEATH NOW/DEUTSCH NEPAL/raison d'ĂȘtre NORTH AMERICAN TOUR in october 2014, and we'll have more news about that in coming months.
APEX FEST VI will take place in spring 2015, with a massive and incredible lineup. more on that to come as well...
THANK YOU