Nebula Releases Ltd. Edition 7" / Plays Piano's on March 27th (Tee Pee Records)

STREAM: Nebula - "The Perfect Rapture" (from upcoming split 7" with Quest of Fire)

Psychedelic rock band Nebula are staying out on the road after their current European tour and are kicking off a full US tour on March 16th in Houston. The band will be playing with Tee Pee Records labelmates Quest For Fire on the first leg of the tour and The Willowz and Lionize will support Nebula on the second leg of the tour.

The tour includes a stop at SXSW for a Tee Pee Records Showcase on Thursday, March 18th at Habana Calle 6. The first leg of the tour hits the East Coast in late March and stops at Piano's on March 27th. In conjunction with the tour, Tee Pee Records will release a limited ediiton split 7" featuring brand new tracks from Nebula and Quest For Fire with artwork by Andre Ethier (The Deadly Snakes). The 7" will be limited to 1000 copies on color vinyl.

Nebula's latest release Heavy Psych came out last summer as NME described the disc as "one of those records that makes you want to throw out every other record you've listened to, grow your hair to your elbows, and start all over again".

Here are the upcoming US tour dates:
03/16/10 - Channel/Meridian, Houston TX w/Torche
03/18/10 - Tee Pee Records SXSW Showcase @ Habana Calle 6 w/ Priestess and Iron Age
03/19/10 - SXSW TBA
03/20/10 - SXSW TBA
03/21/10 - SXSW TBA
03/22/10 - Saturn Bar, New Orleans LA w/ASG
03/23/10 - Lenny's, Atlanta GA w/Quest For Fire
03/24/10 - Rocket Club, Asheville NC w/Quest For Fire
03/25/10 - V Club, Huntington WV w/Quest For Fire
03/26/10 - Johnny Brendas, Philadelphia PA w/Quest For Fire
03/27/10 - Pianos, New York NY w/Quest For Fire
03/28/10 - Wreck Room, Toronto ON w/Quest For Fire
03/29/10 - Bug Jar, Rochester NY w/Quest For Fire
03/30/10 - Grog Shop, Cleveland OH w/Quest For Fire
03/31/10 - Summit, Columbus OH w/Quest For Fire
04/01/10 - Double Door, Chicago IL w/The Willowz, Quest For Fire, Lionize
04/02/10 - Firebird, St. Louis MO w/The Willowz, Lionize
04/03/10 - Hi Tone, Memphis TN w/The Willowz, Lionize
04/04/10 - The Conservatory, Oklahoma City OK w/Lionize
04/05/10 - Jackpot Saloon, Lawrence KS w/The Willowz, Lionize
04/06/10 - 3 Kings Tavern, Denver CO w/The Willowz, Lionize
04/07/10 - Club Vegas, Salt Lake City UT w/The Willowz, Lionize
04/09/10 - Studio Seven, Seattle WA w/The Willowz, Lionize
04/10/10 - Dante's, Portland OR w/The Willowz, Lionize
04/12/10 - Thee Parkside, San Francisco CA w/The Willowz, Lionize
04/15/10 - Spaceland, Los Angeles CA w/The Willowz, Lionize

Links:
Nebula

New CD/DVD Releases for this Week

There are a couple of interesting releases this week:

Angels of Light - We Are Him
The latest release from Michael Gira's post-Swans band. I've loved all of the past Angels releases and the early press on the release has given it great reviews.

"We Are Him is the most assured and relaxed Angels of Light album since the debut, and deserves to be considered alongside Gira's highest peaks. The frightening rage of old Swans surfaces several times, albeit in more bucolic clothing; the contrast is bracing. Lyrically Gira's constantly in-pocket, addressing his subjects with renewed agility, but also in a very relaxed voice; if De Sade had lived long enough to tell folk tales around a campfire, some of them might have sounded like this. The genuinely playful orchestration - banjos? horns? chimes? slide? check – is by turns charming and perverse, and has a band-of-brethren feel to it that's both ominous and exiting. The title track is like a pure shot of adrenaline. An intimate, unexpected masterpiece." - John Darnielle/The Mountain Goats

Blue Cheer - What Doesn't Kill You (CD)
Who would have thought that Blue Cheer would still be touring and recording after 40 years? I believe this to be the band's first studio recording since 1991's Dining With Sharks. The band put on a great live show at NorthSix about a year or so ago so I would expect this to be a great disc.

Cro-Mags: The Final Quarrel - Live at CBGB (DVD)
MVD has put out some pretty interesting stuff documenting the NYHC scene and this is no exception. This DVD captures the final Cro-Mags show (with both John Joseph and Harley Flanagan) at CBGB in 2001. As a bonus features, Amazon says that the disc includes a full set from Harley's War, Harley Flannigan's post Cro-Mags band.

Heaven & Hell - Live from Radio City Music Hall
Dio-era Sabbath captured live on March 30, 2007 at Radio City Music Hall. This has been released as a 2-CD set and a (separately sold) DVD. Both this tour and this particular show got stellar reviews -- 'nuff said.

Killswitch Engage - "As Daylight Dies" (CD/DVD)
The CD came out a month ago and is now being reissued with a bonus DVD and four bonus audio tracks. (I'd be p*ssed if I bought this a month ago). The DVD contains:
"My Curse" video
Making of "My Curse" video
"The Arms of Sorrow" video
Making of the "The Arms of Sorrow" video
"Holy Diver" video (Dio Cover)

and the bonus tracks on the CD are:
Be One
Let the Bridges Burn
This Fire
Holy Diver

Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (CD)
There is both a 2-disc and a 3-disc version of the 40th anniversary edition of the first Pink Floyd release (w/ Syd Barrett).

The two disc version contains both the stereo and mono versions of Piper. The three disc version contains the same stereo/mono Piper discs plus a third disc of bonus tracks. The bonus track include all the Pink Floyd singles from 1967, ('Arnold Layne', 'See Emily Play', and 'Apples And Oranges'), plus the B sides 'Candy And A Current Bun' and 'Paintbox'. Other tracks are a version of 'Interstellar Overdrive' - previously only available on an EP in France - and the 1967 stereo version of 'Apples And Oranges'.