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5.26.11

slothtapes — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:49:06 +0000

sorry.

i don’t often apologize, but i’m sorry we here at sloth tapes hq have been such slackers. and also sorry that this blog tends to be used to mostly for holy dirt purposes. we have a lot of summer/fall shows coming thru the pipeline, as well as cool tapes lined up, and i promise to inform you of those things post haste, but for the time being, here’s the june tour schedule for holy dirt.

JUNE 2011
wed 8 – Magnolia House, Charlottesville, Va, w/ locals
thu 9 – CFBG, Greensboro, NC, w/ Junkhat + Dumpster + 8 Break
fri 10 – House Show, Athens, GA, w/ Gripe
sat 11 – Wayward Council, Gainesville, FL, w/ Dead Weight + Run With It
sun 12 – Ghazi House, Tallahassee, FL, w/ Dickkicker + No Humanity
mon 13 – Siberia, New Orleans, LA, w/ Embolization (TX) + Life Erased (TX)
tue 14 – al//tn
wed 15 – Poison Lawn, Knoxville, TN, w/ Networks + Mother of Shit + Fisthammer + Brain Lesion
thu 16 – The Hideaway, Johnson City, TN, w/ The Business Machines + The Growth, + Electrical Cord Noose
fri 17 – Crayola Haus, Harrisonburg, VA, w/ Earthling + Hog (NC)
sat 18 – Strange Matter, Richmond, VA, w/ Hog (NC) + Balaclava + War Graves
sun 19 – Candlehaus, Fairfax VA, w/ Tideland
SEE YOU THEN

1.14.11

slothtapes — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:23:34 +0000

count von count’s final recording “fin” is avail, and we also found a bunch of copies of the bubonic bear “half length” as well as the bubear/hodirt split tape repress. also, lots of count von count/electric horsemen split cds. and a fresh batch of “smoke fuckin’ weed” buttons, white on black.

expect bubonic bear/hulk smash split tape near the end of feb.

some winter shows:
TODAY @ FROTTAGE COTTAGE – Weeded
Out, Pink Coffins from Philly (ex Kill the Man Who Questions and Off Minor), Distress Signals from Philly (ex Sound of Failure), Badurr, Tit Patrol

FRI 4 FEB @ NACHO HOUSE – Darsombra (Baltimore, ex Meatjack), Sacajaweeda, Bubonic Bear (our boys from Philly), Winter Ritual (Max from Holy Dirt), Dirty Hole (Kirby and Rick from Troubled Hips)

THU 24 FEB @ TBA – P.T. Burnem (DC hip hop), Double Rainbow (RVA, mem. Catalyst)

THU 17 MAR @ TBA – Cop City/Chill Pillars, Partial People (FL, ex Chronic Youth and Carbs/mem. Dead Friends)

more news soon.

LAST COUNT VON COUNT SHOWS EVER

slothtapes — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:31:28 +0000

LAST COUNT VON COUNT TOUR EVER

fri 7 jan Strange Matter, RVA, w/ APE!, Caltrop, Human Smoke, The Catalyst
sat 8 jan The Olive Garden, Philly, w/ APE!, Electric Horsemen, Bubonic Bear
sun 9 jan Mojo Main, Newark, DE, w/ APE!, Tit Patrol

tell everyone

crews

slothtapes — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:50:49 +0000

leg II of the holy dirt tour: mid-atlantic/new england.

TUE 12 OCT – Newark, DE, Mojo Main w/ Oh Sh!t + Carcrusher
WED 13 OCT – New Castle County Courthouse (Winter Ritual solo set)
THU 14 OCT – Providence, RI, AS220 w/ Breaker + Rota
FRI 15 OCT – Allston, MA, House Show w/ Fat History Month
SAT 16 OCT – Willimantic, CT, Handsome Woman
SUN 17 OCT – Brooklyn, NY, The Charleston w/ Hellfang

bringing all the slothstro tapes with them. go hang out!
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Tour Exculsive Tapes

slothtapes — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:35:11 +0000

Two new tour-exclusive releases from Holy Dirt:

1) Meat Mountain – Live noise jams, one of which is a collaboration with the racket-monger known as Wether
2) Death Birthday – A few recodings made with Steve Roche (Off Minor, Pink coffins, etc.), blown out and collected on a limited cassette.

See previous links earlier and elsewhere, and bask in the freedom of obscurity.

newts 8.17.10

slothtapes — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:49:20 +0000

new tapes just in!

std10 – REPRESS Holy Dirt/Bubonic Bear Split – 100 MORE copies of this split from two of our landmark bands, heavy, slow, glacial metal from both, 3 songs each, get ‘em while they’re hot

std17 – Erode & Disappear/Signals Split: f/ mem Northern Liberties and Bugs and Rats, solid garage post-punk you won’t want to miss! 3 songs from each band

std18 – Bubonic Bear Half Length: new tunes from the raddest of dunes, heavy, ugly, slimy punk that sounds like whatever happens after the apocolypse, 5 songs

also, effective immediately, new price for tapes is $4 each/$10 for three/$2 wholesale (min order of 5)

once again, HOLY DIRT will be on tour this early fall. Check out where they’re going to be and let them know if you can help out with setting up a show or letting them sleep on your couch or floor. If you do punk, noise, hardcore shows, they can swing it.

WED 29 SEPT – Crayola House, Harrisonburg, VA
THU 30 SEPT – Knoxville, TN/Somewhere, NC (HELP)
FRI 1 OCT – Devilneck Festival, Atlanta, GA
SAT 2 OCT – TBA, Wilmington, NC
SUN 3 OCT – TBA, Richmond, VA

with RAT HEALER of Philadelphia:
TUE 12 OCT – NY/NJ (HELP)
WED 13 OCT – NY/NJ/CT/MA (HELP)
THU 14 OCT – AS220, Providence, RI
FRI 15 OCT – TBA, Boston, MA
SAT 16 OCT – The Handsome Woman, Williamantic, CT
SUN 17 OCT – TBA, Brooklyn, NY

slothtapes (at) gmail (dot) com

nudes 7.15.10

slothtapes — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:04:25 +0000

Stoked to say the TURNED OFF tape is ready to go, sounds great! Tape Release show this Friday at Barcode in Wilmington, DE, with some of our favorite family members APE!, COME ON HOMEWRECKERS, and HOT TODDY & HIS WILMINGTON WASTOIDS! Also laying down the WASTOIDS tracks this weekend with the godfather MIKE BARDZIK, so keep your ears peeled for that soon!

We also just sent out the paperwork for the ERODE & DISAPPEAR // SIGNALS split, due out July 28, tape release show at Danger Danger in Philly with buds MANNEQUIN HOLLOWCAUST and BUCK GOOTER. Also to come later this summer will be the new BUBONIC BEAR cuts, plus a repress of the BUBONIC BEAR // HOLY DIRT split, and (finally) the RAT BABIES // AKRIS split!

HOLY DIRT will be on tour for a little while this early fall. Check out where they-re going to be and let them know if you can help out with setting up a show or letting them sleep on your couch or floor. If you do punk, noise, hardcore shows, they can swing it.

WED 29 SEPT – TBA, Harrisonburg, VA
THU 30 SEPT – Knoxville, TN (HELP)
FRI 1 OCT – Devilneck Festival, Atlanta, GA
SAT 2 OCT – RVA/North Carolina (HELP)
SUN 3 OCT – DC/Baltimore (HELP)

with RAT HEALER of Philadelphia:
TUE 12 OCT – NY/NJ (HELP)
WED 13 OCT – NY/NJ (HELP)
THU 14 OCT – RI/MA (HELP)
FRI 15 OCT – TBA, Boston, MA
SAT 16 OCT – The Handsome Woman, Williamantic, CT
SUN 17 OCT – TBA, Brooklyn, NY

slothtapes (at) gmail (dot) com

holy dirt autumnal dates

slothtapes — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:29:03 +0000

supporting new recording out late summer. new set is short and fast, under twenty minutes. also welcome to the fold max gambill on vocals, noise, and general thrashing about. let us know if you can help out these fine young gentleman (starred dates need the most help).

on our lonesome..
*wed 29 sept: va
*thu 20 sept: tn
fri 1 oct: athens, ga w utah plus lots more
sat 2 oct: nc/va
*sun 3 oct: dc/md

w/ rat healer of philadelphia..
*tue 12 oct: nj/ny
*wed 13 oct: ct/ri
thu 14 oct: ma
fri 16 oct: ma
sat 17 oct: ny
*sun 18 oct: ny/nj

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TURNED OFF

slothtapes — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:59:25 +0000

Jess just sent the paperwork out for the new TURNED OFF tapes, featuring their recording from January’s session with STEVE ROCHE at PERMANENT HEARING DAMAGE in Philly, backed with demos of their’s recorded by RICK from DEAF NOT DEAD/TROUBLED HIPS last year. It all sounds amazing and brutal, like early FIGHT AMP cut with Bleach-era NIRVANA. The run of a hundred will be on sky blue cassettes designed by our sister JESS EWING, and the j-cards’re designed and hand screened by NATE WELLS of TUNNEL fame.

HOLY DIRT and RAT HEALER are going to be on the road for six days this October, check out the projected itinerary and let them know if you can help them out but setting up a show or letting them sleep on yr floor. They’re all nice folks and not at all standoffish.

TUE 12 – NY
WED 13 – CT
THU 14 – MA
FRI 15 – RI
SAT 16 – NJ
SUN 17 – NY

Lastly, we are bummed to announce that POWERPUKEHAUS is closing it’s doors at the end of June. What a great bunch of dudes to let us put on so many sick shows there. Thanks eternally to NATE, JOEL, ALEX, and IVAN for the dedication to us all! Keep your ears peeled for annoncements of a final show, and for now make sure you go to see KEPI GHOULIE at the PUNK ROCK PROM on the 23, followed by THE WASTOIDS at homegrown!

Yours,
Sloth Tapes

tue 18 may

slothtapes — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:41:39 +0000

Oh Shiiiiiiit!! Did you guys see OH SH!T at the past few shows? So brutal! Make sure to check them out sat 22 may w ANGRY FAMILY + BALACLAVA from richmond, plus a bunch more!

Also, DANGERBIRD’s full length “Homestead” and the DANGERBIRD / UGH GOD split cassettes are out and officially available from us or those guys at shows or online.

Also, HOLY DIRT will be in the studio w steve roche this week to record their full length for 12″ release this fall. Look also for them to be in yr town around the same time and let them sleep on yr couches and/or floor.

see you soon.