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The appropriate time to post our tour dates has past, but that doesn’t mean we can’t post them late! So, without further adieu, save for this last adieu, here are our Summer 2012 West Coast Tour dates, featuring members of Kicking Spit and their rock guitars.
AUGUST
24 – Friday : LONG BEACH. @ Alex’s Bar. 2913 E. Anaheim St. w. The Shrine, Dirty Ghosts, Zig Zags, Kicking Spit. doors at 8 pm.
26 – Sunday: LOS ANGELES. @ Bootleg Bar. 2220 Beverly Blvd. w. Ararm, Brass Bed, The Blank Tapes, Kicking Spit, Mossbreaker. doors at 7 pm.
27 – Monday: POMONA. @ Aladdin Jr. 296 w 2nd St.
28 – Tuesday: SANTA CLARA. @ The Kitty Castle. 487 Gianni St. w.Bascom, Venkman, Kicking Spit, Deadpressure. doors at 6 pm.
29 – Wednesday: SANTA CRUZ. @ 412 Market St. w. Owl, Kicking Spit, Ted’s Approval.
30 – Thursday: OAKLAND @ Eli’s Mile High Club. 3629 Martin Luther King
Jr Blvd. w. Raised by Zebras, Kicking Spit. doors at 6 pm.
31 – Friday: VENTURA @ “downtown ventura” w. Catholic Spit, The Shrine, Kicking Spit, Action Index, The Sustains, No Yeahs. doors at 6 pm.
SEPTEMBER
1- Saturday (Day): OAKLAND.@ Casa Sandonista. 3120 Martin Luther King. w. Owl, Pig, Kicking Spit. doors at 3 pm.
1 – Saturday (Night): FRESNO. @ Thunderdome. 69 E Belmont Ave. w. Born Loser, The Genectics, Kicking Spit. doors at 7:30 pm.
2 – Sunday: OAKLAND. @ 1-2-3-4 Go! Records. 420 40th St. Suite #5. w. Estranged, Red Dons, Kicking Spit
So there you have it. Fresh from the horse’s shoes, a tour that will be gone on by three. Hope to see you there!
You might even hear this song:
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So, this a pretty classic band blog happening. Six months go by and no word. Did the band breakup? Are they on the road? Are they at their day jobs? Probably a little of all three, but for Kicking Spit, pure, American laziness is culprit.
Well, sort of. We’ve been hard at work on our LP for the past six months, cultivating demos, drum takes, and unusable vocal harmonies for you, our dear listener. When will the record be out, you ask. Hard to say, really. We’ve been working on it for three months–three times four is 12–carry the two…the fall? Though, I refuse to give a year. Let’s suffice to say, Fall ’1?. Deal? Deal.
In the meantime, check out a song that was written last year for a very special someone.
Anyway, I didn’t want to leave you empty handed so over the next few weeks, we’re going to posting some demos from Negative Feedback on here and our Bandcamp, so that you can hear faster, more punk versions of what will be our LP. Quality ranges from the cool to the pretty terrible, so luckily quality control will be handled internally. Apologies to anyone that really wanted to hear us embarrass ourselves. I’m sure you’ll have the opportunity to do so soon.
Speaking of out of state shows, we’re heading back out west this summer with Hesh daddies The Shrine. Dates will be posted as soon as details are set, but rest assured, their will be electric guitar music played. Should be weird. Be there! Yeah.
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“Amber is the color of your energy.”
Drummer of Kicking Spit (1985)
Much is a brewin’ in the world of Spit, which, for the time being, we will be referring to as Earth Prime, because what else would we refer to it as?
First and foremost, we have a new record out! Yes, really! The new single for our forthcoming Negative Feedback LP entitled Reality Dropout is available at our webstore or through TankCrimes. But, if you’re the type that wants to hear the two tracks before you buy them, you can check out both tracks at http://kickingspit.bandcamp.com/. Who says we’re not tech savvy? Late Cyber Monday deal if there ever was one.
Next, despite the world’s collective, and frankly rude, New Year’s resolution to never see or hear from us again, we’ve been booked on a number of shows over the next couple of months. You know the drill. Carefully scroll down the page with your finger and scan using those beautiful baby blues. God, they really are nice eyes. You’re probably really successful and cool, too. More compliments at these shows:
January 27, 2012 at The Acheron, 57 Waterbury St., Brooklyn, NY 11206
With Nuclear Santa Claust, Artificial Limbs and Ain’t Rights
February 17, 2012 at Askapunk, New Brunswick, NJ
with Artifical Limbs, Bible Thumper, Plastic Cross, Snowdonia — LOCALS ONLY, BRAH
February 24, 2012 at Askapunk, New Brunswick, NJ
With Nuclear Santa Claust, Silent Way, Psychic Teens, Appendix
March 16, 2012 at Askapunk, New Brunswick, NJ
With Dry Feet (Philly)
That catches us up on shows for now. Be on the lookout for some more records and a European tour over the next year or so. Who knows, this might be the year that you (yes, you) step away from our rarely updated blog and go see Kicking Spit!
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west coast tour was sick. big thanks to everyone who helped us out, we had a fucking bl’ast.
now that we are home, we have some shows. here are some of them:
saturday nov 5,
8 pm
@ the charleston, 225 east 34th st ny, ny
w. NUCLEAR SANTA CLAUST (record release!), sexy crimes, dino’s boys
thursday, november 10
7 pm
@ the alamo, new brunswick, nj
w. FACE THE RAIL (tankcrimes), appendix
wednesday, november 16
8 pm
@ Saint Vitus Bar, 1120 manhatten ave, brooklyn ny
w. TOTAL CONTOL (australia), nude beach
friday, december 2
7 pm
@ Ray Cappo’s Cantina, new brunswick nj
w. GIVE, LOOSE ENDS
hopefully soon we will have some copies of our new single “reality dropout”. until then you can check it out on our new bandcamp:
kickingspit.bandcamp.com
we also have some new (green!) tapes of “psychrockbullshit” thanks to the good folks at lets pretend records
if you want some merch or you want us to play some show, hit us up. we are getting better at getting back to people. this is our email:
kickingspit@gmail.com
and i dont know how many times we can mention this but pretty soon we are going to have a brand new lp out on tankcrimes called “negative feedback”
until next time:
“fuck you, my friend. fuck you very much”
<3
the spit
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In less than a month we will see you on the west coast. With any luck, we will have our new single “Reality Dropout” with us on the road.
Here’s a somewhat updated version of our tour route:
October…
14, Friday – PORTLAND @ Laughing Horse Books. 12 ne 10th street. w/ Autistic Youth, Defect Defect
15, Saturday – VANCOUVER @ Alf House. 1342 E Georgia. w/ Spectres, Genetic Decay
16, Sunday – TACOMA @ The New Frontier Lounge. 301 E 25th St. w/ Devotion, Silver Snakes, Hands of Toil
17, Monday – DRIVIN’
18, Tuesday – SAN FRANCISCO @ The Hemlock. 1131 Polk Street. w/ Owl, Huff Stuff Magazine
19, Wednesday – BAKERSFIELD @ Narducci’s. 622 E 21st St. w/ Buffalo Season, The Blacksmiths
20, Thursday – POMONA. @ JOEYS BBQ. 117 w.2nd St. w/ Horror Squad, Dudes Night
21, Friday – BAY
22, Saturday – SAN FRANCISCO @ Fivepoints Arthouse. 72 Tehama St. w/ Wildmoth, Joy Ride, Face the Rail
23, Sunday – OAKLAND @ Eli’s Mile High Club. 3629 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
…. if you want to help out with tour in any way you can email us at kickingspit@gmail.com
also these are our upcoming regional shows….
Monday, September 26th- 8pm – All Ages
@ Acheron
57 Waterbury St
Brooklyn, NY
http://theacheronbk.blogspot.com/
HARDCORE GIG VOLUME # 171
EASY ACTION – From Detroit, Featuring John Brannon of Negative Approach
KICKING SPIT – Hardcore Punk from New Brunswick
FOSTER CARE – Hardcore punk, members of Ex-Humans
Saturday, October 1st – 8pm – 21+
@ Bruar Falls
245 Grand
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.BruarFalls.com/
HARDCORE GIG VOLUME # 172
DEAF WISH – Australian Punk
LIEUTENANT – Punk from Upstate New York
KICKING SPIT – From New Brunswick
Saturday November 5th
@ Charleston
174 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn, NY
w. NUCLEAR SANTA CLAUST (record release!), Sexy Crimes
Friday November 11th
@ The Alamo, New Brunswick NJ
w. FACE THE RAIL, Silent Way
…… back in july our song “nothin left” was played on “The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling” which plays tuesdays 9 pm -midnight on 90.1 fm. we are pretty stoked on this, radio waves get bl’asted into space and they just keep going and going.
check out: episode 7/19/2011
“Negative Feedback” LP coming soon on Tankcrimes.
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looks like its been a while since we’ve made a post. guess its time to update the loyal reader of this blog with all things spit.
writing for the new “debut” lp is getting dangerously close completion. we have been playing a lot of new songs live so as you know the new songs sound somewhere between madball’s “demonstrate my style” and dead can dance “into the labyrinth” with just a hint of wierd al’s classic “dare to be stupid” thrown in for good measure. should be a real shit show. tracking will probably commence before the end of the summer, headaches and screaming to follow. by the intervention of unexplainable cosmic mercy this will reach the punk masses via the wonderful friends at Tankcrimes records.
our ep on lp “psychrockbullshit” also mysteriously garnered some positive words from real world print magazines, so far i have seen it mentioned in punk mainstay maximum rock n roll and headbanger rag “decibel” (the issue with morbid angel on the cover… sick). we still have a handful of records left and you can order it from tankcrimes.com
tape versions of “psychrock” have been out of print in the old us of a for about nine months, but will soon be made available again through bloomington, indiana’s own Let’s Pretend Records, a label run by a cool guy named pete who you may be familiar with by releasing records by dead dog, screaming females and full of fancy.
i am pretty sure there are still european versions of the tape floating around the EU on Rad Stuff records, but i have never actually seen a copy myself.
we have a bunch of shows coming up too. here are the ones we know the most about right now. as texas butt kicker chris ulsh has been noted to say “when the giggin’s good, aint nothin sweeter”.
sunday july 10th
@ asbury lanes, 209 4th ave asbury nj
w. star fucking hipsters and skelptarsis
tuesday july 12th
@ the alamo, new brunswick nj
w. wiccans (tx), monitors (al), lost weekend, biblethumper
friday july 29th
@ legion bar, 790 metropolitan ave, brooklyn ny
w. hank wood and the hammerheads…. happy bithday mr danny brooklyn!
there will be more shows announced real soon, and hopefully we can hang out or something if you dont think we are all that weird. personally, i cant wait to see WICCANS but mostly because guitarist dan “spice channel” ziegler is finally going to return all those issues of mad magazine matt thompson lent to him last summer.
in other spit news, we still have shirts and stuff too. we will sell you them or our dignity at upcoming punk shows. there are also stickers, but only tankcrimes has those right now.
TOUR TOUR TOUR
we are planning on coming to the west coast , for REAL this time in october. hit us up if you want us to play your western city. if we stay at your house we promise not to stay over too long or wake your roommates with our horrific night terror induced screams. we are much more well adjusted, socially, these days i think.
email us !
kickingspit@gmail.com
thats really it for now. here are two images to keep you busy:
until next time,
steve
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Hello reader of this blog,
This Wednesday (4/6) at 10 pm none other than the complete messes known to some as “kicking spit” will be on the “Fun House with Dan and CJ” radio show on 90.3 fm “the core”. We will be “guest DJ-ing” and playing some new songs off of the now officially tankcrimes released “psychrockbullshit” and of course filling your brain with inane banter. Set yr radio “left of the dial” so to speak! To listen online check out:
Other than an over use of quotation marks I’m also makin this blog post to write about our next show, which is this Friday:
HARDCORE GIG VOLUME # 151
POLLUTION – Brooklyn
WHITE LUNG – on tour from Vancouver
RATIONAL ANIMALS – Hardcore Punk from Upstate.
NATURAL LAW – Great Hardcore band, with a killer 7″ on Katorga Works Records
KICKING SPIT – Hardcore Punk from New Brunswick
Friday, April 8th – 8pm – All Ages
@ Acheron
57 Waterbury St
Brooklyn, NY
http://theacheronbk.blogspot.com/
some of you may be aware of the guitar antics of one “whammy bar” will of rational animals fame/ fortune. word on the street is he built his own guitar from dumpster ed trash on the side of rot-chester ny and now alleges to have magic sexual powers. should be an interesting turn of events.
ANYWAY
Our record release show is also this month.
Tuesday, April 19
@ THE LOFT, New Brunswick NJ
w.
NEON PISS (members of ringers, on tour from california)
LOST WEEKEND
and another band with erin and john in it who still dont have a name. apparently sounds somewhat like big black? idk should be cool times!
7 pm, 5 bucks!
next shows after that will be an out of town weekend.
friday April 29, @ Legion Bar
790 Metropolitan Avenue NY 11211
w. GDP and other cool bands tba. There will be a rad afterparty
Saturday April 30 @ Wacky Kastle… Allston, MASS
w. The Scamps
Sunday May 1 @ TBA Worcester MASS
…more info on that soon for real i promise
Also next month ANS will be in town to eat all of my food and make my apartment smell like poop and skateboards. We are playing with them on this show:
Saturday, May 14
@ The LOFT, New Brunswick, NJ
w. ANS, SEASICK, BIG EYES
….. also next month we are playing Pittsburgh and FORWARD OHIO FEST and somewhere between there and home. We’ll figure it out, i guess.
This is the part of the blog where i should say something witty but i have nothing cool to say. So heres a picture of the new record:
Pretty cool. Thanks Tankcrimes!
Front cover art by Perry Shall (http://crucialheadache.blogspot.com/) and back cover by Zack Arrington (http://cultmaternal.blogspot.com/). Two total butt heads coming together unknowingly for a record neither of them own. Beautiful.
If you want this record or you want to tell us we are stupid here is our email:
KickingSpit@Gmail.com
you can listen to it for free here at the new tankcrimes download page
<3<3<3
