Thank you in Pictures... Part 1

The experimental Trip/Tour/Vacation was so wonderful, crazy and unforgettable.
We want to thank every single person who helped make it happen, fed us, housed us, hung out, played songs, gave directions....we made it home safe and filled with new inspiration for art, music and life.

Work doesn't suck as much when you can imagine: Athen's heat on a rooftop as the sun sets over the Acropolis, surrounded by friends, playing oscillators, performing burial rites eating homemade phyllo dough...or after the "show", watching a goat farmer spin a chair on one end while we screen print t-shirts off people's back while a French -Brazillian marching band plays the live soundtrack.

Thanks a ton to S-Baby CC Brother Oak ! You kept the coffee and the laughs coming while beating the skins and turning the knobs.
Europe 2011!

Tom K playing in St. Clet in the North of France...THE craziest night/party I have ever been to!
"Leviathan Song" Exhibition at S.I.X. Dogs, Athens, Greece

more pics of the show here....

...writing excerpts from Against His-Story, Against Leviathan by Fredy Perlman.
Thanks to Panagiotis and Sophia for making it all possible.

Sophia of Athens... my favorite Greek lady
Island of Syros, Capitol of the Aegean Islands

ORILA Rooftop Show put on Yannis and Visilas
the brains behind Reverse Mouth + Dead Gum+ Phase! Records Athens, Greece

New LP! Big Blood & The Wicked Hex fresh outta Athens, Greece

YASSAS!
Greece Rules!!

Phase!Records has done it again! We are No. 83 in this awesome label's catalogue."Big Blood & The Wicked Hex" 300 Limited Edition LP's (hand screen printed) with S. Br. Oak on drums.

This release is a first glimpse at our more electric sound, true to what we've been playing around Spain France & Greece.

Write Phase!Mag @ http://phasemag.blogspot.com/ to purchase the LP.

It's so gorgeous... 2 color screen print in beige and black...done by Mihalis, Panagiotis and Sophia of Dead Gum & Reverse Mouth at Mephisto Studio/Printing Co. in Athens Greece.

below is a review of us by George in Thessaloniki, Greece. I used Google translate so you get what you get. George is extremely eloquent and google translate is not.
What a night....

Big Blood+Dead Gum @ Fuzz Bar (04.07.2011) Big Blood + Dead Gum @ Fuzz Bar (04.07.2011)

The fact that July 4 was the day of independence, the one year since the creation of the blog and the birthday of writer apparently have little importance. What is really worth mentioning on July 4, 2011 is the emergence of American Big Blood in Thessaloniki, in a rare appearance from all views (as there is a band that appears very often live) that will leave many memories to those who had the privilege to attend.

The initial consultation that we betrayed the pleasure to appear before us the "Executive" twin band Caleb Mulkerin and Colleen Kinsella. Fortunately, our luck goddess smiled, and this terrible duo sided and Brother Oak on drums making the whole concert experience even more rare!

Everything seemed perfect package, so a little after 22:30 the Athenian Dead Gum took his guitar doing an introduction to the rituals that akolouthouse.Prosopika I had not come back into contact with the music of Dead Gum, or more generally to the genre representing therefore I am more likely to be the judge. It certainly could not tell it is cold electric landscapes created by the music and are able to create an extremely claustrophobic and moody atmosphere! I do not know if it was his best show or not, but certainly adorned with the presence of this particular event.

THE hour had arrived 23:00 hopefully when Big Blood took their seats and started somewhere everything! Some might expect an acoustic show by the band and would not blame them, as they have some acoustic music compositions highest quality, yet they themselves chose to give us a more electrically charged show that certainly does not bother me any! With a new album in baggage (the really wonderful and highly collectible "Big Blood & The Wicked Hex") and plenty of fun traveled the more than 100 people filled the admittedly small area of ​​Fuzz Bar in a world of psychedelia! The same seemed to enjoy giving it 101% of their energy and experiencing really playing every note! Personally, I would like to dwell on the stunning voice of Colleen Kinsella, a voice with a rare metal that brought me to mind a great voices of American folk and country music and where the live performance was a huge surprise!"Oh Country". As for their set I was not personally complained, although I would love to hear the beloved at least for me "Oh Country". "She Sells Sanctuary" Compensated, however, and the above fact, the incredibly emotional performance of "She Sells Sanctuary" which captivated everyone!

Some live there would never be finished, but as all good things always end after about 70 minutes the Big Blood farewell our having left the best impression at all (and having left the window open I hope to return for a show still in future). Tip to those who buy the new album the band to do so immediately as once again deliver quality music lessons!

First and best in the same band for the rare opportunity given us to see it live. Big thanks to natural Fuzz Bar hosted this special event, to Panagiotis Spoulo, Alexandros Alexandridis and Lena Latinopoulou for valuable help and of course all of you who supported this event. But the biggest thank Costas deserves Kilymis to whom we owe in large part this evening (if there actually was he would not ypircheo this live)!He was the mastermind and helped greatly to live this night musical greatness that is at least personally I will remember for a very long time!

shows shows and shows

ALICANTE NEWS BLOG, en espanol!

6|8|11 Alicante, Spain Big Blood + Thérèse

Concierto del grupo norteamericano Big Blood ("Folk solitario, herido, privado...") y de la alicantina Thérèse ("folk extraño e intimista evolucionado hacia una locura absolutamente indefinible por encantadora").

Big Blood

Big Blood son Colleen Kinsella y Caleb Mulkerin, ex componentes de las bandas Cerberus Shoal y Fire on Fire, ambas referentes dentro del folk-rock experimental norteamericano. Br Oak se une a ellos con sus prehistóricas percusiones para la que será su primera gira Europea.

Su música se fragua predestinada a una oscura y apocalíptica celebración, llena de chillidos de hienas y lamentos de sirena, como si Lovecraft se uniera a Dead Moon y se unieran a Jefferson Airplane. Voces densas, caóticamente hermosas, y un frenético juego instrumental desde la impía costa de Maine.

“Feroz, psicodélico, y vengativo” - Michael Gira. “Estos dos tienen una forma de cantar sus sencillas canciones con un abandono y una discordancia tales, que al final todo se funde en una perfección devastadora y primaria. " - Brainwashed. “Su música, en principio estructuralmente simple y atmosférica, resulta absolutamente hermosa en un sentido absolutamente extraño y retorcido, sombrío, oscuro” - Progmother. “Folk solitario, herido, privado… Como si de un rabioso motorista se tratara, ya tarde en la noche, concebido y forjado bajo un corrompido y complejo sentimiento de industria post-militar” - Volcanic Tongue.



Thérèse es el alter ego musical de la alicantina Nerea Pérez Álvarez. Colaboradora habitual de distintas bandas locales, inicia su proyecto en solitario, precisamente, tras conocer y convivir durante varios meses con los miembros de Cerberus Shoal, en su gran casa azul de Portland, Maine. Claramente influenciada no sólo por su música, sino, sobre todo, por su forma de entender el conjunto del proceso creativo, y cada vez más consciente de la necesidad de desvincularse de toda atadura conceptual, su folk extraño e intimista ha ido evolucionando en los últimos años hacia una locura absolutamente indefinible por encantadora. Prueba de ello es su último trabajo, Impermeable, grabado a medias entre Estados Unidos y España, y editado bajo el sello independiente Don’t trust the ruin. Un simple juego entrus...

Two Days and counting...

St. Clet on the 17th....

Leviathan Song
Solo exhibition of prints by artist and musican Colleen Kinsella
Aug 1-6th @ Six Dogs, Athens Greece

NEWS from Us...

Europe is only a few weeks away!! Here's the tour poster for email promotional purposes. Download it if you like! There have been many changes to the scheduele so please check in when you can.


We'd also like to pass on....
PRISM index is looking for some help with his next issue which happens to feature music by Big Blood & art by Colleen Kinsella. There a terrific Kickstarter by Jeff which explains just how awesome, in depth and sprawling PRISM index is. If you can give a little or a lot you will get serious goodies while supporting a unique handmade print and media publication. C'mon Now!



Also on the art scene...If you happen to live in Portland or will be in town between now and
June 5th, come see the Portland Museum of Art's 2011 Biennal.

APRIL 30th: BIG BLOOD in Belfast @ The Free Range Festival!!!!

We are playing at 2:00pm with Shonny Bro and VoC @ First Church, 8 Court St

Other players of note: Asa Irons @ 11:45am Aarhus Gallery

Ancestral Diet @ 12:45pm Colonial Theatre

Cave Bears @ 3:15pm Waterfall Arts

Micheal Hurley @ 6:45 Colonial Theatre

Grass Widow @ 8:00pm First Chruch

go here for the full scheduele and links to the peeps who are playing! Northern Maine Rules!

NEW! Alex Lukashevsky - Prints of Darkness DTTR 028

Alex Lukashevsky - Prints of Darkness DTTR 028

Alex Lukashevsky is the founder and leader of one of our generations true hidden gems "Deep Dark United" and has been a constant favorite at our house for the last 10 years (in fact on Asian Mae's album DTTR 001 there are two Lukashevsky covers!). Alex's music seems to exist in it's own sphere completely outside of trend and agenda, though thats not to say that you know what your gonna get when you hear one of his albums, as each outing is it's own universe.

On "Prints of Darkness" the world created is truly surreal, playing out Like a long lost Alice Coltrane album.

We are proud as parents to put out the latest from the greatest, our friend and composer

P.s. we've restocked our etsy dontrustheruin.etsy.com also new to the site are big blood "dark country magic" cassettes.

...and we are NOT operating any Facebook pages or profiles. If you write us there we won't get yer messages. for direct contact: bigblood24@yahoo.com

peace

Double Vinyl...Radio Valkyrie

working on printing the artwork for Foxy Digitalis's release of "Radio Valkyrie 1907-1915"

go here to get a sonic preview of one track from the records.
Mostly 4 track originated experiments ...

Europe here we come!!

We are planning a small tour of Spain, France, Italy & Greece
somewhere in June & July 2011.
If you have any interest or info about shows or festivals
please contact our friend Jorge below

EU Bookings
Jorge Páez @ Hell Yeah
jorge@wearehellyeah.com

Here's To the New Year ... an Odd One

New Releases + 4 YRS + Screen Prints + Wood Stove = Pre School

4 years of big blood, who celebrates their 4 year anniversary? we do. our new release "dark country magic" Can be purchased here:dontrustheruin or downloaded for free here:WFMU FMA

also our band with s. br. oak called "dark urRru" just released a split cassette with our great friends WaterFinder on the AMAzInG Peasant Magik Label... and that can be purchased here

Dontrustheruin at Space Gallery & Picnic Arts

We'll be selling our wares at Picnic! Come by and get your 4 year anniversary album!!!!!

NEW RELEASES ON CD-R and TAPE

available at tomentosarecords.com

& etsy dontrustheruin

***Available in 10 Days! We are commemorating our 4 year anniversary with a tape/CD-r Release:

until then here are 5 NEW releases.

owl head wooden man/night music liftedness pt. 2

dttr 021 CASSETTE

owl head wooden man and night music team up again for part 2 in their on going liftedness series.

the owl head wooden man (aka s br. oak) side consists of 4 blown out, fuzzed out pieces. while the night music side unfolds with collage, abstraction, noise and song. each side compliments the other in an unending cycle. amazing late night listening

big blood operators and things dttr 023 CD-R/CASSETTE

REISSUE - originally released on peasant magik (pm50) as part of a 3" cdr box set in the spring of 2010...

inspector 22 - Friends In High Places

dttr 020 CD-R/CASSETTE

The third release by Inspector 22 on dttr, his best yet for sure! On This one we find mr. todd wesley emmert in more a repetitive sprawling form. 11 genius songs... family, god, stigmata and the devil weigh in as major themes. a house favorite for sure!

russian tsarlag/human adult band split

dttr 026 CD-R/CASSETTE

This one is a scorcher! first up russian tsarlag creates a twisted realm. 5 hypnotic and brilliant songs.. lulling, surreal and completely cracked! I could listen to this over and over.

Human adult band deliver their one of a kind ear bending sludge straight from planet boombox to you. If you have seen them live or heard their records you know what your getting into... for the uninitiated, now is as good a time as ever.

tarpigh - asiatic potters

dttr 018 CD-R/CASSETTE

three loping songs from one of our all time favorite bands. razor sharp guitars , synth, bells, pump organ and throbbing percussion all weave and tell there tale on this masterful album by one of portland maine's best kept secrets!

Big Blood - She Sells Sanctuary

there have been no current blog postings because...

Summah II

Reviews and if anyone cares...

While searching for reviews of our new album, I found a few sites with Dead Songs, up for free download.
While we are all for sharing music and making it available to everyone, Dead songs is different from the music we release here at Dontrustheruin.
Every album we've made so far for free from WFMU here:


Time Lag Records invested alot in our album, making this our first proper release on vinyl and cd. It was and is a totally awesome experience to work with Nemo.
So in the interest of supporting a small (local, for us) business that does great things we ask that people stop putting Dead Songs up for download (and using Nemo's review!). Go here to buy it from the source.


Look at the shiny bowls and read this lovely review
and this one...
and this one
and thisone

Summah....

another video by some one we don't know ...

a lovely video by someone we don't know...