SHELLS + REBEL KIND RECORD RELEASE SHOW

TONIGHT!

SHELLS "IN A CLOUD" LP OUT NOW ON LIFELIKE!!!

SUPER EXCITED THAT THE DEBUT SHELLS LP IS FINALLY OUT! IT'S CALLED "IN A CLOUD" AND IT IS RELEASE #64 ON LIFE LIKE! MANY MANY THANKS TO FRED THOMAS AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT!!

THE RECORD IS AVAILABLE HERE ON THE LIFE LIKE SITE!

HERE IS THE DESCRIPTION/MORE INFO FROM THE LIFE LIKE:

Life Like #64
Edition of 200 LPs

Michigan wonder Shelley Salant (Swimsuit, Tyvek, SLGTM, etc.) began playing solo shows under various names a few years ago, bringing her brittle, mantra-like guitar meditations into form over the course of several tapes on her Ginkgo label. "In A Cloud" is the first LP collection of her songs, streamlining things a bit from the often lengthy zones of her tapes, but maintaining her expansive and thoughtful sounds.

A focus on themes of nature, struggle and compassion are expressed loudly through the simple means of a single guitar with minimal processing. There are some soft dub touches in the production, and the occasional wash of drums or staticy overdub, but mostly we hear the cavernous refractions of Shelley's instinctive jamming, spreading out like ripples on the lake and unfolding new possibilities as they go. Do punks go camping? Is there punk wildlife? Can we communicate with the animals and be absolutely certain we understand each other? Absolutely.

Also available as "Other Clouds" C-32, featuring tracks from the record and unreleased material in a collaged form.

Both releases ship mid-June.

Track listing:
1.Beginning
2.Warm Dub
3.Grass
4.Raining
5.Beach
6.All Things Must Pass
7.Not So Wild A Dream
8.Wash Over
9.New Era

ALSO!!! NOW AVAILABLE FROM LIFE LIKE IS THE REBEL KIND ONE SIDER LP "LAUREL CANYON"!  THIS RECORD IS REALLY GREAT, I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO IT!  (THIS IS A SOLO RECORD FROM MY FRIEND AUTUMN WETLI, AND SINCE ITS RECORDING WE HAVE BEGUN PLAYING AS A TRIO VERSION OF THE REBEL KIND WITH MYSELF ON BASS AND AMBER FELLOWS ON DRUMS). AVAILABLE HERE!

NEGATION / ISLES OF ESP / SWIMSUIT GIG

LAST YEAR BAND*

A year ago I went on my first tour with Saturday Looks Good to Me and we played at NYC Popfest. It was a lot of fun!  A video of our song "Break In" just surfaced.




Speaking of SLGTM, our new record just came out! It's called One Kiss Ends It All. It is currently streaming here!


* Last Year Band was a band a couple of my friends had a few years back; they were also in the great band Bad Thoughts.

NEW BAND! the REBEL KIND!!

I'm really excited about our new band the REBEL KIND, which is led by my friend Autumn Wetli who is also the drummer/singer in Bad Indians. I (Shells) am playing bass, and Amber (Swimsuit/Damned Dogs etc) is playing drums. Jules (also in Bad Indians) plays guitar, and Autumn plays guitar & sings & writes all the songs.

We have played two shows so far! The first one was opening for Widowspeak at Space 2435 in Ann Arbor. Our friend Jason Sudak took video of our entire set:



THEN! our second show was at Totally Awesome Fest 9 behind VG Kids in Ypsilanti! It got reviewed by Mark Maynard, who also took this video:



Stay tuned for more info on future shows, and on the Rebel Kind and Shells LPs which are coming out on Life Like!!

UPCOMING: JOSEPHINE FOSTER / HYDROPARK / BLACK PUS / STREET GNAR ETC

SOME UPCOMING SHOWS!!

Josephine Foster flyer by Fred Thomas (who is playing that show w his new band Hydropark)

Black Pus / Arrington flyer by Dustin Krcatovich

Street Gnar handwritten flyer by Shells

Street Gnar fancier flyer by Malcolm

WIDOWSPEAK + the REBEL KIND 4/14 etc

Forgot to post this one earlier...

This Sunday there is another exciting Ginkgo show! This one is the full band debut of the Rebel Kind, which is our friend Autumn Wetli's band. We are longtime fans of Autumn's songs (Autumn is also a member of Bad Indians and the 7" we put out features an awesome song written by her). So it's a joy to be playing with her! The band features Autumn on guitar & vocals, myself (Shelley) on bass, Amber Fellows on drums and Jules Nehring (also of Bad Indians etc) on electric guitar.

This show is our live debut, and we will also be playing at Totally Awesome Fest 9 on Friday April 26 at VG Kids in Ypsilanti.

Additionally, the Rebel Kind has an LP coming out on the Life Like! And so does Shells! Our records should be done around the same time so stay tuned for record release details. We were hoping they might be done by the Life Like Festival this week but of course these things always take longer than expected. But also we are still both playing at the Life Like Festival which is going to be great, so make sure to come to that this Friday April 12 at the Elks Lodge! (see a couple posts down for details!)

Check out the Rebel Kind here:

SLGTM AT ADDL + SWIMSUIT/WHITE LUNG

MADE SOME FLYERS...

LIFE LIKE FESTIVAL

Really excited for the Life Like Micro Fest next Friday. Shells is playing and so are a bunch of other friends. Upcoming Shells LP on Life Like! (but not yet!) and it's at one of my favorite places the Elks Lodge. So if you're around be sure to come out, it starts early at 8 because a lot of people are playing! here is the flyer Fred made w more info:

PROTOMARTYR / TURN TO CRIME TOUR SPRING 2013

PROTOMARTYR/TURN TO CRIME SPRING 2013 TOUR!

FIRST WEST COAST TOUR FOR BOTH PROTOMARTYR & TTC!!

COME OUT IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THESE PLACES! INVITE YOUR FRIENDS IF THEY LIVE THERE TOO!


WED 3/27 - TOUR KICKOFF SHOW! w/ Invader at PJ's Lager House Detroit
http://www.facebook.com/events/448020531935754/?ref=ts&fref=ts

FRI 3/29 - Chicago @ Burlington Bar w/ Den
http://www.facebook.com/events/289510041179070/?ref=ts&fref=ts

SAT 3/30 - Iowa City @ Beige Ghetto 723 E Washington St w/ XEROX (feat members of Solid Attitude and Los Voltage) and Maxwell Grey Presents
http://www.facebook.com/events/608522265843209/?ref=ts&fref=ts

SUN 3/31 - Lawrence KS @ Replay Lounge

MON 4/1 - Denver CO @ 7th Circle Music Collective (2935 W. 7th Ave Denver) w/ the Carnivores and Jack's Smirking Revenge
http://www.facebook.com/events/485448018184622/

TUES 4/2 - Salt Lake City @ CANCELLED!! HELP NEEDED PLEASE!!

WED 4/3 - Boise ID @ WavePOP House (2121 N 28th St Boise, ID 83703)

FRI 4/5 - Olympia WA @ the Northern - all ages!!

SAT 4/6 - KEXP Sonic Reducer - Protomartyr play live on the air!

SAT 4/6 - Seattle WA @ Rendezvous

SUN 4/7 - Portland OR @ Valentine's w/ COCKEYE

TUES 4/9 - Sacramento CA @ Luigi's Fun Garden w/ G Green and Surf Club

WED 4/10 - Oakland CA @ LoBot Gallery presented by Hott Lava

THURS 4/11 - San Francisco CA @ Hemlock Tavern w/ MEERCAZ

FRI 4/12 - Los Angeles CA @ Pehrspace w/ Shark Toys and Smelly Tongues
http://www.facebook.com/events/192602524197233/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

SAT 4/13 - Los Angeles CA @ Permanent Records in-store 4 pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/384808384951852/?ref=ts&fref=ts

SAT 4/13 - San Diego CA @ the Void
https://www.facebook.com/events/518554858185658/

PROTOMARTYR links

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/protomartyr?ref=ts&fref=ts
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/protomartyr/
"No Passion All Technique" LP review on Dusted Magazine: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/7491
Radio session from WCBN: https://soundcloud.com/wcbnlms/2012-11-14-protomartyr

TURN TO CRIME links

TTC on bandcamp: http://turntocrime.bandcamp.com/
"I Can't Love" single: http://turntocrime.bandcamp.com/track/i-cant-love
"I Can't Love" Live in London: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB3hiDTKeuk
TTC Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/turntocrime

For future booking inquiries please contact shelleyginkgo@gmail.com

UPCOMING

GOT SOME SHOWS COMING UP!! including the following:

WED 3/27 - Protomartyr & Turn To Crime tour kikoff w/ Invader at PJ's Lager House

WED 4/10 - SHELLS on the WCBN Local Music Show 9-11 pm on 88.3 FM or wcbn.org

FRI 4/12 - LIFE LIKE FESTIVAL w/ REBEL KIND, SHELLS, DAMNED DOGS, KNOWN MOON, MOON, LIDLESS EYE, UZ at the Elks Lodge 220 W Sunset Ann Arbor 8 pm

SUN 4/14 - WIDOWSPEAK (NYC/Captured Tracks) + the REBEL KIND at Space 2435 (corner of S State & E Washington in Ann Arbor) presented by WCBN and EQMC

MON 4/15 - CHRIS CORSANO solo set at ENCORE RECORDS (presented by WCBN) 8 pm

MON 4/22 - SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME at the ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY MAIN BRANCH 7 pm free all ages

TUES 4/23 - WHITE LUNG + SWIMSUIT at the Magic Stick in Detroit

FRI 4/26 - SUN 4/28 - TOTALLY AWESOME FEST 9 in YPSILANTI

SAT 4/27 - BLUES CONTROL at the Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography free show!

MON 5/6 - Black Pus (Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt), Arrington de Dionyso & Mounds at Elks Lodge 220 W Sunset Ann Arbor

WED 5/8 - Street Gnar (Lexington KY), Bad Indians, Shells at the 3rd Deathstar 613 N Main St Ann Arbor 7-11 pm all ages

THURS 5/16 - Ian Svenonius book tour for his new book "Supernatural Strategies for Forming A Rock N Roll Group" at Encore Records

MON 5/27 - BROKEN WATER at TBA in Ann Arbor

WILD BELLE/SLGTM + NAOMI PUNK/PROTOMARTYR

HAD A FLYER PARTY THE OTHER NIGHT:

SOME OTHER UPCOMING GINKGO & RELATED SHOWS:

WED FEB 27 - PATRICK ELKINS & CHELSEA JORDAN TAPE RELEASE SHOW at ENCORE RECORDS in ANN ARBOR, free 8 pm

FRI MARCH 1 - TERRIBLE TWOS, HOSPITAL GARDEN (Chicago), BAD INDIANS, SECRET TWINS at 3rd Deathstar 613 N Main St Ann Arbor

MONDAY MAY 6 - BLACK PUS (Providence/Brian Chippendale from Lightning Bolt), ARRINGTON DE DIONYSO & MOUNDS AT THE ELKS LODGE in ANN ARBOR

WED MAY 8 - BAD INDIANS, STREET GNAR (Lexington), SHELLS at 3rd Deathstar 613 N Main St Ann Arbor

MON MAY 27 - BROKEN WATER AT TBA in ANN ARBOR

SHELLS 12/12/12 cassette

SHELLS 12/12/12  -   C-40  - GINKGO 12

NEW (recent) SHELLS TAPE!

Meditation via guitar / guitar via meditation. Shells has been playing shows since Noise Camp 2011. It is similar to Old Night (Ginkgo #4) but slightly different. This is the second cassette release under the Shells name (the first for some unknown reason has never been listed online but it's Ginkgo #9, and is available upon request).

This tape was recorded by Shells in Ypsilanti and later mixed by Warn Defever in Detroit. It turned out nice! 

Shells is working on an upcoming release for Lifelike which we are really excited about. Stay tuned for more details!

The 12/12/12 tape is available for order below, as well as at Encore Records and at shows. Contact shelleyginkgo at gmail with any questions.

postage/location

Postagepaid in USA $7.00 USD    Postagepaid international $11.00 USD

TY SEGALL ET AL - UPCOMING GIG!