JUNIUS headlining Canadian fest w/MARE (reunion) + US tour/fests w/IREPRESS + new album news

"The best soundtrack for reveling in the melancholy of actually living since My Bloody Valentine's Loveless." – ALTERNATIVE PRESS

The tireless and ever-touring bearded men of JUNIUS are preparing to headline the upcoming Rock The Coliseum music festival in Toronto this month, along with the newly (and perhaps only temporarily) reunited MARE (Hydrahead Rec), BURNING BRIDES, MMDDYYYY, BAD FLIRT, and many more... (http://www.cre8iv80studio.com/RTC for more info)

They'll also be making some festival appearances below the Mason-Dixon with fellow Bostonites IREPRESS (Translation Loss Rec), co-headlining the Summer Sideshow Fest in Columbus, GA (with HOT ROD CIRCUIT, XO, and others) and the Rotting Plum Fest in Johnson City, TN (with US CHRISTMAS, OCOAI, and others), as well as shows in NYC, Philly, Richmond and other whistle stops along the East Coast. Following some more North American touring later this summer, they'll be heading back across the pond for their third headlining European tour in October.

This is all in anticipation of their upcoming album—already being referred to as the "Chinese Democracy" of Art Rock—which will finally be released this September, most likely via The Mylene Sheath (domestically), and Make My Day Records (Europe). The concept album, titled ‘The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist,’ is inspired by the life and theories of controversial scholar Immanuel Velikovsky (Wikipedia the guy if you're unfamiliar). In an admirable subjugation of the crumbling major label infrastructure, JUNIUS recorded ‘Martyrdom’ at the legendary former A&M Records studios in LA over the course of a year, somewhat guerilla-style, during the off-hours that the studio wasn't booked (the band has joked that they were bumped out by everyone from Akon to Bruce Springsteen—literally).

Check out one of the band's new songs here: http://www.radarrecordings.com/mp3/junius-the_dramatist_plays_catastrophist-edit.mp3

Links:
http://www.juniusmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/junius
http://www.radarrecordings.com/press/junius (press resources)

Confirmed Tour Dates:
Jun 03 2009 - Nara w / Irepress / Rosetta / The Blue Letter Richmond, Virginia
Jun 05 2009 - Rotting Plum Festival @ The Hideaway w / Irepress / US Christmas / Ocoai / many more... Johnson City, Tennessee
Jun 06 2009 - Summer Sideshow Fest @ Gallery 13 w / Irepress / Hot Rod Circuit / XO / many more... Columbus, Georgia
Jun 09 2009 - TBA w / Irepress Jacksonville, FL
Jun 10 2009 - House of Awesome Times w / Irepress College Park, Maryland
Jun 11 2009 - PiLam w / Irepress / City of Ships / Liquid Limbs Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 12 2009 - The Studio at Webster Hall w / Irepress / Moving Mountains New York, New York
Jun 13 2009 - Distress Fest @ Red Alert w / Irepress / City of Ships / Liquid Limbs / The Network Dover, NH
Jun 21 2009 - Rock The Coliseum Fest w / Mare / Burning Brides / Lords / DDMMYYYY / Bad Flirt / + more Mississauga, Ontario
Oct 16 2009 - EUROPE / UK TOUR October - November 2009
Oct 17 2009 - Beatpol w / Caspian Germany, Dresden
Oct 18 2009 - NBI Germany, Berlin
Oct 19 2009 - Astra Stube Germany, Hamburg
Oct 20 2009 - Jugendhaus West w / Caspian Germany, Stuttgart
Oct 21 2009 - Elfer Music Club w / Caspian Germany, Frankfurt
Oct 22 2009 - Nexus Germany, Braunschweig
Oct 23 2009 - Steinbruch Germany, Duisburg
Oct 24 2009 - AJZ Talschock Germany, Chemnitz
Nov 11 2009 - Cafe Schlachthaus Austria, Dornbirn
Nov 12 2009 - Sunny Red Germany, München
Nov 13 2009 - AZ Germany, Aachen
Nov 14 2009 - Exit Netherlands, Rotterdam

ADAI Update

"Adai's songs are deliberate and expansive... Mournful melodies abound... build[ing] to heart-pounding peaks. Kurt Ballou's meaty production and Seldon Hunt's eye-popping artwork round out the package." - DECIBEL

From ADAI drummer Justin Trujillo:

- First off, the middle of June we will be heading out to Tolono, IL to record with Matt Talbott [singer/guitarist of HUM]. He did Hopesfalls 'satellite years' and the Back When album 'we sang as ghosts' among a ton of other stuff that he doesn't really have listed on his site. We're tracking about three or four songs roughly and we're doing it 100% analog for a vinyl exclusive release. It's not a full length, it's not an ep, it'll be bigger than a 7 inch, we're not quite sure yet how you want to word it. We want to do something special with it. We'll be there for about 4 days. We are definitely looking for help to release this. Here is the website for his studio:

http://www.gwrecordrecorders.com/index.php

- Secondly, in late July / beginning of August we're doing a two week tour with North [www.myspace.com/north] We just started booking it so not much is confirmed yet but here is what we have so far:

07.24 • Amarillo, TX @ The 10th St. Deli w/ CTTTOAFF
07.25 • San Antonio, TX @ TBA w/ CTTTOAFF

w/ NORTH:
07.26 • Austin, TX @ Red 7
07.27 • Henryetta, OK @ The Mosh Hall
07.28 • Wichita, KS
07.29 • Kansas City, MO
07.30 • Columbia, MO @ Cafe Berlin
07.31 • Chicago, IL @ White Star Sports Bar
08.01 • Toledo, OH @ Frankies Inner City
08.02 • Detroit, MI @ Floyd's
08.03 • Steven's Point, WI
08.04 • Minneapolis, MN @ TBA
08.05 • Fargo, ND @ TBA
08.06 • Minot, ND
08.07 • Williston, ND
08.08 • Rapid City, SD @ TBA
08.09 • Denver, CO @ TBA

If anyone wants to help out with a show, contact: iheartadai@gmail.com

- Lastly, we've solidified a contract with a label based out of the UK called Sound Devastation Records [http://www.sounddevastation.co.uk/] about pressing '...I Carry.' for Europe. They are planning to put this out on a gatefold 10” with the right side of the gatefold housing the 10” and with the left side housing a die-cut with a cd version of the ep. Much like Torche's 'In Return' if you've seen it.

http://www.myspace.com/adai
http://www.radarrecordings.com

Vilipend - Debut EP 'Love Left to Rot...' Out Now; Tour Announced

“Vicious Toronto quartet Vilipend have pulled off recreating their sonic might on their Love Left To Rot... debut EP. The stunning release's five songs are the culmination of Neurosis' ungainly presence, Kittens' blind rage and Today Is The Day's complexity.” - CHART ATTACK

VILIPEND, from Toronto, Canada, recently self-released their debut EP, ‘Love Left to Rot…’ The EP is available on CD for a mere ten bucks from the band directly. They’re gearing up for a short Canadian tour with Lords, Titan, and Barn Burner in support of the release. Those dates and more information, including a message from vocalist Chris Gramlich, are available below.

“Greetings and Salutations!

I'm not going to fib to you; I'm no good at this. You'd think being a writer/editor would mean I could draft a press release but seeing a million a year just makes everything seem so cliche. Obviously every band believe they are amazing and doing something special, but most aren't and then you feel bad for them when their record/live show/music, well, isn't that great, so I don't want to add to the hyperbole pile. I know how busy you are.

I'm not going to tell you how great the band I'm in, Vilipend, is or how passionate we are or how we're going to save music or anything ridiculous like that. I'm simply going to tell you that Vilipend are a metal/hardcore/whatever band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada that are playing the bulk of Lords' Canadian tour in June, and that we've just self-released a five-song CD entitled Love Left To Rot... (which was recorded with renowned Canadian producer Greg Dawson: Mare, the End, .moneen., plus tons more). We've been compared to the likes of Botch, Converge, Deadguy and Today is the Day, but you know how it goes: everyone hears something different in your music, and all those bands are legendary, so that might just raise expectations a bit too much when we don't sound like any one of them but some sort of weird mixture thereof. If you are interested in checking out Love Left To Rot... there's a link below. Any review consideration or interest whatsoever is much appreciated. Much thanks for your time.

- Chris Gramlich, VILIPEND”

VILIPEND Canadian dates with LORDS, TITAN and BARN BURNER:

Wednesday June 10/09 – Hamilton, ON @ Casbah
Thursday June 11/09 – Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dee's
Friday June 12/09 – Ottawa, ON @ Cafe Dekeuf
Saturday June 13/09 – Montreal, QC @ Katacombes
Tuesday June 16/09 – London, ON @ Call The Office
Wednesday June 17/09 – St. Catharines, ON @ 73
Friday June 19/09 – Guelph, ON @ Shadow
Saturday June 20/09 – Mississauga, ON @ City Center / Coliseum Stage

Some Vilipend fun facts:

-Hi-res ‘Love Left to Rot…’ art by Matt Daley, most known for his work with Coalesce: http://www.javelinpr.com/images/ViliRot_1.jpg

-Quick EPK/music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xPPuFOVgNs

-Have shared stages with the likes of Today is the Day, Trap Them, Psyopus and Cursed

-First release was the five-song, live-off-the-floor ‘The Northern Hostility Sessions...’ CD

-Second release is the current ‘Love Left To Rot...’ five-song CD, professionally recorded in Aug '08 with Greg Dawson @ BWC Studios (Mare, the End, .moneen., Starring Janet Leigh)

-Have had two blackouts at shows over the course of their existence, one even made the news.

-A pregnant woman lost her mucus plug at Vilipend's very first show (true story and kind of gross)

-Vilipend are currently single (i.e., unsigned) but put out releases regardless because that's what Black Flag would do

-The Reverend Steve Austin hugged Vilipend screamer Chris Gramlich after they opened for TITD in Toronto and was told by the Reverend that Vilipend are "awesome." The Reverend needed a shower.

For more info, head to www.myspace.com/vilipendmusic

JUNIUS - NORTH AMERICAN TOUR STARTS TONIGHT IN BOSTON, MA

For Immediate Release
Monday, March 9th 2009

JUNIUS

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR STARTS TONIGHT IN BOSTON, MA

FIRST SONG FROM NEW ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE AS SPECIAL SCREEN PRINT + MP3 SINGLE



JUNIUS have just released a song from their new album as a limited edition hand-screened print with an accompanying digital download, available exclusively from the band's MySpace page (myspace.com/junius). The song, "Stargazers & Gravediggers," is the first single from the upcoming album, The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist. The album is inspired by the life and theories of controversial scholar Immanuel Velikovsky and will be released this summer. In the meantime, JUNIUS are keeping busy with a two-month-long North American tour, beginning Monday 3/9 in Boston, highlighted by several appearances at SXSW in Austin, TX, including a performance on The End Records' official showcase on March 19th.

The band had this to say about the song release:

"We wanted to offer a unique piece of art to go with the music, instead of simply offering a digital download. So, long after your iPod dies, you'll still have something tangible to look at and hold on to." - Michael Repasch-Nieves (JUNIUS guitarist and artist of the Stargazers prints)

The band's Spring tour starts tonight in Boston, MA. JUNIUS will be joined by California band THE HUNDRED DAYS on the first leg of the tour.

JUNIUS - Spring Tour 2009:

Fri 03/06/09 - Danvers, MA @ Living Hope Church of the Nazarene w / The Vegas Report / Glass America / Baby Boy H / Ribs
Sat 03/07/09 - Portland, ME @ The Space w / Ocean / Eld
Mon 03/09/09 - Boston, MA @ The Middle East w / Maserati / Constants
Tue 03/10/09 - New York, NY @ The Delancey w / The Hundred Days
Wed 03/11/09 - Washington, DC @ The Velvet Lounge w / The Hundred Days
Thu 03/12/09 - Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox w / The Hunded Days / Boxbomb
Fri 03/13/09 - Columbus, GA @ Gallery 13 w / The Hunded Days / Triads
Sat 03/14/09 - Gainesville, FL @ The Atlantic w / The Hunded Days / The Future Now
Sun 03/15/09 - Tallahassee, FL
Mon 03/16/09 - New Orleans, LA
Tue 03/17/09 - Shreveport, LA @ Mia's Pub w / The Hunded Days / In The Red
Wed 03/19/09 (day show) - Austin, TX - Giant Steps SXSW Party @ Plush w / Irepress / This Car Up + more
Wed 03/19/09 (night show) - Austin, TX - The End Records SXSW Official Showcase @ The Ale House w / Early Man / Goes Cube / Hull
Sun 03/22/09 - Austin, TX - Radar Recordings SXSW Finale Party @ Red 7 w / Pelican Wolves In The Throne Room / Tombs / Caspian / Constants / Adai / Irepress + more
Mon 03/23/09 - Dallas, TX @ The Lounge on Elm w / The Hundred Days
Tue 03/24/09 - Odessa, TX
Wed 03/25/09 - El Paso, TX @ Zeppelins Underground w / The Hundred Days
Thu 03/26/09 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Gold House w / The Hundred Days / The Coma Recovery
Fri 03/27/09 - Tucson, AZ @ Plush w / The Hundred Days / Juarez
Sat 03/28/09 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Trunk Space w / The Hundred Days
Sun 03/29/09 - San Diego, CA @ The Che Cafe
Mon 03/30/09 - Los Angeles, CA @ Silverlake Lounge
Mon 04/06/09 - Los Angeles, CA @ Juanita's w / Ninja Academy
Sat 04/11/09 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
Wed 04/15/09 - Ventura, CA @ Nicholby's
Thu 04/16/09 - Santa Cruz, CA
Fri 04/17/09 - Oakland, CA
Sat 04/18/09 - Chico, CA
Sun 04/19/09 - Eugene, OR
Mon 04/20/09 - Portland, OR
Tue 04/21/09 - Seattle, WA
Wed 04/22/09 - Pendleton, OR
Thu 04/23/09 - Boise, ID @ Gusto's Bar
Fri 04/24/09 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Bar Deluxe
Sat 04/25/09 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Sun 04/26/09 - Lawrence, KS @ THe Jackpot Music Hall w / Wrath & Ruin / Actors & Actresses
Mon 04/27/09 - Omaha, NE @ O'Leaver's Pub w / Dim Light / Drakes Hotel
Tue 04/28/09 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Rock Club
Wed 04/29/09 - Lansing, MI
Thu 04/30/09 - Toronto, ON
Fri 05/01/09 - Ottawa, ON
Sat 05/02/09 - Montreal, QC @ LFH
Sun 05/03/09 - Burlington, VT

In the press...

"Junius—another reason not to bomb America." - Metal Library (Russia)

"This darky lush epic is the best soundtrack for reveling in the melancholy of actually living since My Bloody Valentine's Loveless." - Alternative Press

"Genius... an epic audio masterpiece." - The Big Takeover

"One of the most engaging dark rock albums to come out since Joy Division last graced a stage." - Disclosure Magazine

"This fiery Boston quartet displays the potential to emerge as the bridge between post-grunge and the future of alternative rock." - Amplifier Magazine

"Breathtaking atmospherics and dark sensibilities deserved of being likened to The Cure's Disintegration... With high energy emanating out of a pensive sound, Junius punctures each track with unshakable singularity until it turns into something addictive and encompassing." - Exclaim! Magazine

For more information, please visit:
Official: www.juniusmusic.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/junius
Label: www.radarrecordings.com