“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!

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

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

http://wfmu.org/playlists/BS

“Negative Feedback” LP coming soon on Tankcrimes.

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

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:

http://www.thecore.fm

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

We have a bunch of shows coming up so I’ll list them here. I’ll also update the info as it comes up. We are going to be playing a lot out of state in the next few months so hit us up at kickingspit@gmail.com if you want us to come play yr city.

March

11 – Friday – @ Warren American Legion, 12 Community Place Warren NJ 07059
w. Lost Weekend, Shards (North Carolina)

18 – Friday – @ The Alamo
New Brunswick NJ 08901
w/ Occult Detective Club (Texas), Dont Wake Up, Trash Ride

19 – Saturday – @Stolen Sleeves Collective, 538 Johnston, Brooklyn NYC
w/ ODC, Big Eyes

April

19 – Tuesday – @The Loft, New Brunswick, NJ
w/ neon piss, john slover’s new band +1 (california)

29 – Friday – @ Legion Bar NYC w/ GDP

30 – Saturday – @ Wacky Kastle, ALLSTON, MASS w/ the scamps

May

1 – Sunday – Worcester (info TBA)

14 – Saturday @ the LOFT, New Brunswick, NJ
w. ANS, Seasick, Big Eyes

20 – Friday – Pittsburgh (info TBA)

21 – Saturay – FORWARD OHIO FEST- @ The Union, 18 West Union Street,
Athens, OH 45701
w. a bunch of rad bands

22 – Sunday – SOMEWHERE BETWEEN OHIO AND HOME (info TBA)

… we are also on the new “Dead Broke Records” Tape comp. Check that out here:

http://www.deadbrokerecords.com/releases.php

And we have some songs streaming on the brand new Tankcrimes Records downloads page:

http://downloads.tankcrimes.com/album/psychrockbullshit

“Psychrockbullshit” will be available from Tankcrimes and from us April 12 on LP and CD.

We are still working on writing that LP. Its going well.

–Mark

its been a while since we have posted anything. we have some shows coming up in ny and nj with texas boys ”occult detective club” and maybe some other shows. more info on that soon.

we will also be playing the “forward ohio” festival in may which also features such punk luminaries as natural law, in defence, masakari, new creases and the return of my revenge. i was at the “last show” of my revenge and it was pretty wyld.

pressing of psychrockbullshit on lp and cd are at the plant according to eccentric billionaire scott karate. we are still writing for that lp, and will probably be releasing a single before that. split with look alikes knifey spoony delayed due to steve o and i not being able to figure out who is who, and also that we are dumbasses.

april tour plans to be posted soon, and probably some other out of state weekends.

our song “sea of swirls” has also recently surfaced on a comp called “friends with benefits” thanks to the good people at love/hate records. here is a link:

http://ilovetohaterecords.bigcartel.com/product/lh004-friends-with-benefits-compilation-cd

so yea thats it for now. more info to come as always. on a more personal note that new husker du book is pretty interesting.

also if you want us to play your show for some reason, or if you want to tell us we suck and that you are real smart and cool; email us at kickingspit@gmail.com

until then may the schwartz be with you.

–sleeve jacket

$5

with:

SWEET BULBS, BYRDS OF PARADISE, WEED HOUNDS,REGAL DEGAL (just added!), KICKING SPIT, NIGHT MANAGER

should be fun, im pretty sure this is in a warehouse or something so thats hip. to celebrate im going to bust out my flyest Jnco’s, the one with the red checkered racing stripe down the back. so dope dawg.

perhaps i should recount last months shows since we played a bunch. heres a bunch of random factoids:

the bar tenders at the moose lodge are very nice. pollution is the best band playing right now. zack has smoothed out the wrinkles in his brain by huffing an unexplained chemical and it now resembles an egg floating in his head. the tarp at metal joe’s house remains effective. ron had cool purple pants. long pigs is the punkest band. we still play too loud. and of course congrats to natty law for a siq new rock n roll seven inch… boo-ya.

in other spit related news, we are about four deep into this lp and working pretty steady on that. sounds like a cross between manowar and strawberry switchblade. theres a bunch of new jams on deck and hopefully we can track this fucker before summer time. the next tour is lookin like april, and we should have new pressing “psychrockbullshit” lps and cds by then thanks to the good people at tankcrimes records. we have a few tour pressings left so get in touch if you want one. new t shirts soon too, and we still have the old ones so… ya know.

on a personal note, we all remain quite aloof and anxious for the next ringo starr lp.

also if for some reason you would like us to play your show you can email us here:

kickingspit@gmail.com

<3

– crunch simpson and the spit players 5

excelsior!!

“Let’s begin with saying that melodic Midwest punk with heart and punch is becoming a sound that’s far larger than its original geography. It’s also a destination with a legacy that includes the Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Mary Tyler Fuckin’ Moore, Dillinger Four, and Selby Tigers. Put that in a blender and down with a raw egg. Kicking Spit: From “St. Paul” New Jersey. In that microsecond prior to “grunge” getting a name, like the first Mudhoney single, shit was super tight and Kicking Spit expand it like taffy with a Dinosaur Jr. finger. Stymie: From “Minneapolis,” New Jersey. Who’ll give Dear Landlord a run for the money by out-”Dear Landlording” them. It’s music about honesty, rust, “trailer parks of the mind,” and weathering storms. Both sides build on one another. Progress through fucking up on a daily basis. –Todd Taylor (Cowabunga)”

http://www.razorcake.org/site/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=23787

in other spit news, the “psychrockbullshit” ep/lp should be seeing a full release on TANKCRIMES records  pretty soon thanks evil genius head honcho scott karate. there will also be a cd version, which marks the first time we have released something on that medium (for those of you who may be into that sort of thing).

we are also writing new music that should come out on various singles, splits, and LPs so thats cool i guess.

i have been listening to lots and lots of danzig I and II so thatll probably be an influence because danzig is badass.

we have some local shows coming up with bands that are cool. most of these bands consist of individuals even more degenerate and derelict than our dumb asses. we are probably going to be doing some out of state weekends then a west coast tour when shit gets warm again.

we still have a bunch of tour “psychrockbullshit” EP/LPs left over of  the limited to 150  release on depleated resource records/ tankcrimes. we are sold out of tapes, there will probably be more soon. we havnt had any stymie splits in a while either but i think there are still some left floating around the internet. we still have yellow “giraffe” and white “dogoat” shirts too.  go here to buy stuffs:

http://kickingspit.bigcartel.com/

trip at the brain if ya know what im sayin,

–dale nixon