Human Eye 4: Into Unknown Gettin’ Praise // CD/LP Available Now via Goner, Everywhere Else May 14th!

Holy Eyeball Vinyl…

We didn’t even have time to post about the limited edition HUMAN EYEball vinyl because that baby sold out in an hour!

You can order Human Eye 4: Into Unknown on black vinyl direct from Goner Records or pick it up at your most cherished local record store on May 14th.

Buy Human Eye 4: Into Unknown

Latest and best from Detroit space-damaged mind travelers HUMAN EYE! Timmy Vulgar and company have no peers in solid Sabbath / Motor City-based sonic sludge. Packaged in a wild gate-fold sleeve with lyrics and graphics that will reward hours of close scrutiny.

Reviews are starting to come in and so far, so GREAT. 4: Into Unknown charted in the Top 15 Most Added for CMJ, premiered in the CMJ Top 200 this week and Spin is streaming the album in its entirety NOW!

Listen to Human Eye 4: Into Unknown in its entirety over at SPIN

 

Reviews for Human Eye 4: Into Unknown

Frontman/consummate showman Timmy Vulgar leads the foursome through nine filthy, throbbing tracks that incorporate psych-stamped acid freakouts, prog-ready sci-fi synthesizers, and the kind of blistering guitar fuzz one would expect.” – Kyle McGovern, Spin

When it comes to having to slog through a batch of au currant psychedelics, I’ll hang with these Martian monsters anytime.” – Eric Davidson, Agit Reader

Some pretty terrific, scuzzed-out UFO-rock from Tim Vulgar, also of Timmy’s Organism. Human Eye are more direct than that project (though just barely), and are still dripping with gunk and smeared with Vulgar’s beery vocals. God bless ‘em forever.” – J. Edward Keyes, eMusic

The quartet remains true to the fury that makes them popular with their psych-rock fans. Perhaps even more furious.” – WRST Music

While Human Eye’s music fits within the margins of stoner rock and pulls from the gut-punching, crash ‘n’ bash foundation of hard rock from the late ’60s to the mid-’70s; unlike many of their peers they are capable of intermingling their own exciting influence, rather than just delivering simple hero worship. A solid romp straight through, 4: Into Unknown is the closest the band has come to making high ambitions and dumb rock meet comfortably.” - Jason Lymangrover, AllMusic

Human Eye takes their own approach to classic influences and stomps on the gas pedal while aiming straight ahead.  The results sound fresh in an age of immense audio clutter.” – Chuck Coffey, Tight Globes

The “alien punk” with which he began, as Vulgar called it, has definitely transformed into something much heavier, more heavy . Were never really a typical band punk, never sought only the speed and simplicity were content. But with 4: Into Unknown seems to finally reach a definitive sound, solid and compact.” – Lo-Fi Your Brains Out (translated)

OH AND TOUR DATES COMING SOON!

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Ex-Cult @ NYC Summer Festivals w/ FUZZ & Oblivians / West Coast in June / East Coast in July w/ OBN III’s

We are excited to announce Ex-Cult’s Summer tour plans along the East & West Coast, as well as a few stops in Texas & the Midwest. Don’t miss them live and in action! Check out the dates below and plan accordingly…

(photo by: Renate Winter)

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Ex-Cult in NYC!

6/6 Brooklyn, NY @ Red Hook Park (Summerstage) w/ FUZZ & DJ Jonathan Toubin

6/7 New York, NY @ Seaport Music Festival w/ OBLIVIANS!

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Ex-Cult TX / West Coast Tour

6/13 Austin, TX @ Red 7 (Inside) w/ Captive
6/14 Marfa, TX @ Padres w/ Captive
6/15 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom w/ She Riffs (feat. Alice Bag)
6/16 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar w/ Shiva Trash, Kids in Heat
6/17 Fullerton, CA @ Burger Records
6/18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell w/ FUZZ, Endless Bummer
6/20 Oakland, CA @ 1-2-3-4 Go Records w/ Screature
6/21 San Francisco, CA @ The Hemlock w/ Glitz, POW!
6/22 Eureka, CA @ The Shanty w/ Eureka Garbage Company
6/23 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios w/ Youth Bitch
6/24 Seattle, WA @ House Show
6/25 Boise, ID @ Neurolux w/ Water Liars, Wooden Indian Burial Ground
6/27 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge w/ Blue Rider, Big Get Even
6/28 Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
6/29 St. Louis, MO @ House Show w/ Pink Sock, TGC

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Ex-Cult / OBN III’s July Tour Dates

7/18 Memphis, TN @ The Buccaneer
7/19 Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox
07/21 Detroit, MI @ Lager House
07/20 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle – Panache Pitchfork Fest Afterparty w/ Mac DeMarco & OBN IIIs
7/22 Albany, NY @ Valentine’s
7/23 Allston, MA @ Great Scott
7/24 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
7/26 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
7/27 Boone, NC @ Black Cat Burrito
7/28 Atlanta, GA @ The EARL

 

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Goner @ SXSW 2013 // Goner SXSW Mixtape

 GONER RECORDS SXSW PARTY
Friday, March 15th
BEERLAND (711 1/2 Red River Road)
Doors @ 7pm / 21+ / $10

Special Performances by
TOXIE
MANATEEES
CONSTRUCTION UNIT
SEX CULT
TIMMY’S ORGANISM
GRANNYPANTIESPARTYRABBIT

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Listen to all these artists on Goner Records’ SXSW MIXTAPE

GONER ARTISTS @ SXSW

NOBUNNY
Saturday, March 16th @ Hotel Vegas
Burger Records Showcase (Official)
Set Time: 1:15am

EX-CULT
Friday, March 15th @ Hotel Vegas
Panache Showcase (Official)
Set Time: 12:10am

(Obviously, more shows by these bands to be announced closer to SXSW…)

TOXIE
Thursday, March 14th @ Barbarella
Get Bent Party
Set Time: 3pm

Thursday, March 14th @ Spiderhouse
KVRXplosion
Set Time: 8:30pm

Friday, March 15th @ Hotel Vegas
Ping Pong Booking & PR / Inland Empire Party
Set Time: 2pm

Friday, March 15th @ Beerland
Goner Records Party
Set Time: 8pm

Saturday, March 16th @ Yellow Jacket Social Club
Impose Magazine’s Imposition
Set Time: 3:30pm

MANATEEES
Thursday, March 14th @ Cherrywood Coffee House
Temporary Insanity
Set Time: 2:55pm

Friday, March 15th @ Beerland
Goner Records Party
Set Time: 8:45pm

Saturday, March 16th @ 2208 E. 18th St
CQ Records Party
Set Time: 1:20pm

Saturday, March 16th @ Barbarella
Rubberneck Day Show
Set Time: 3:35pm

SEE YOU IN AUSTIN

New Singles by True Sons of Thunder, Sector Zero, Manateees, & Toxie

Goner is kicking 2013 off with some bangin’ releases from Memphis bands TSOT, Toxie, Manateees, and Sector Zero! We’ve posted each 7″s A-side for your listening pleasure!

Zac Ives & Eric Friedl playing guitar, Jay Reatard bashing drums. Recorded by Jay at his house. No overdubs. Bass Balls pedal. “Guitar Attack” and “Hiding In My Car” representing all that’s great about simple, stupid music. Veterans of SF’s Budget Rock and Memphis’ Gonerfest festivals, one appearance resulting with Eric being driven home by the police. Hooray!

Whaaaaaa? There’s a lot going on here. I don’t know what kind of beef these guys have with Dionne Warwick – but it sounds serious. Are they anti-black or anti-white? Or just anti-astrologer? Either way they are destroying people’s ears and dreams. This is the soundtrack to a failed alien abduction. Bonus points for dumber-than-Hawkwind take on the Equals on the flip. Eddy Grant’s flying the spaceship. Party.

Toxie. New band. Funny name. Those that don’t know better might lump them into a retro post-punk or C86 thing – but there’s more going on. This Memphis foursome is banging out a well-crafted racket all their own. Alex Burden’s Nico-esque vocals ooze all over shimmery guitars from Madison Farmer (Coasting) and buzzy keyboard hooks from Magic Kids mastermind Will McEllroy. Ben Bauermeister’s rat-a-tat keeps it all on track. Who knew you could have this many parts in a pop song? We didn’t. But we’re liking it.

Abe White (Oscars, True Sons Of Thunder) charges out from behind the drum set to front MANATEEES, raw and nasty music full of the raw nastiness of the world. Backed by Charms and Keith on drums and bass, respectively, Mr. White delivers the unfortunate news that the apocalypse occurred quite a while ago and the world ain’t getting any better.

What’s the secret password? LET ME OUT OF THIS PLACE!

 

Manateees & Toxie singles should be here by the end of the week; TSOT & Sector Zero will be here next week! Order em direct @ goner-records.com

Quintron & Miss Pussycat Announce Spring Tour

Quintron & Miss Pussycat are back on the road for some BIG shows! Like KENNEDY CENTER big! Not to mention Austin Psych Fest & Spring Fever @ Secret Project Robot. All dates listed below. Check back for more shows to be added soon!

And click here for their Mardi Gras schedule!

02-1 New Orleans, LA – Tulane University Mardi Gras Ball
02-02 Lafayette, LA – Blue Moon Saloon *
02-11 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jack’s w/ K-HOLES, VICE COOLER & the one and only STEPHANIE “call the police” MCDEE!

03-01 New Orleans, LA – THE PRYTANIA THEATER – NOLA Premier of “The Mystery In Old BathBath”

4/8 Jacksonville FL @ Sun-Ray Cinema – live show & screening of “The Mystery in Old Bathbath”!
04-09 Tallahassee, FL – Club Down Under
04-10 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
04-13 Washington, DC – Kennedy Center New Orleans Bingo Show
04-17 New Haven, CT – Cafe Nine
04-20 Brooklyn, NY – SPRING FEVER @ Secret Project Robot $
04-21 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter ^
04-25 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s Downstair’s
04-26 Dallas, TX – Double Wide Bar  #
04-27 Austin, TX – Austin Psych Festival at Carson Creek
04-28 Waxahachie, TX – Webb Gallery

* with  T-Kette
$ with K-Holes, Black Dice
^ with Bermuda Triangles
# with Darktown Strutters

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