SUMMERS ALMOST GONE

get on this one, it's gonna be a blast!

GOOD MORNING CAPTAIN

THE PHANTOM FAMILY HALO are opening for SLINT this week. Go see that shit!

7/22 BIMBO'S SF, CA

7/23 HENRY FONDA LA, CA

THE PHANTOM FAMILY HALO TOUR

The Phantom Family Halo are hitting the road next week. Come out and support and get your knickers blown off in the meantime. Theyll be supporting some great bands like: SLINT, DEAD MEADOW, ENTRANCE and MIDNIGHT SNAKE...

check their myspace for more info: www.myspace.com/thephantomfamilyhalo

DATES:

Jul 13 2007 louisville @ lisa's oak street lounge
W/VRKTM & GAJ MUSTAFA CELL

Jul 17 2007 lawrence @the jackpot
W/ SAVE THE WHALES

Jul 19 2007 denver @ hive dive
W/LOMITA

Jul 20 2007 salt lake city @ tba

Jul 21 2007 sacramento @ tba

Jul 22 2007 san francisco @ bimbo's
w/ SLINT

Jul 23 2007 los angeles @ henry fonda
w/ SLINT

Jul 25 2007 hollywood @ 3 of clubs

Jul 28 2007 san diego ca @ TBA

Jul 29 2007 los angeles @ echoplex
W/ENTRANCE & DEAD MEADOW

Aug 1 2007 phoenix @TBA

Aug 10 2007 knoxville @ TBA
W/THE CHEAT & MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 13 2007 asheville @ TBA.
W/ MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 14 2007 raleigh @ TBA
W/MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 15 2007 charlottesville @ tea bazaar
W/MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 16 2007 washington DC @ rock n roll hotel
w/MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 17 2007 brooklyn @ union pool
w/MONARK & MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 18 2007 brooklyn @ TBA
W/MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 19 2007 pitsburgh @ garfeild artworks
W/MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 20 2007 cleveland @TBA
W/MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 21 2007 columbus @ skylab
W/MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 22 2007 cincinatti @ comet
W/MIDNITE SNAKE

Aug 23 2007 chicago @ TBA
W/MIDNITE SNAKE

YOUR FLESH

Dead Child is a new metal band featuring Dave Pajo, and I’m not sure if it’s the killer riff that opens “Angel of The Odd” or the fact that vocalist Dahm sounds uncannily like Anthrax’s Joey Belladonna, but I’m completely sold on this debut EP [Cold Sweat]. This is well played, well sung, well produced metal that will likely get ink in indie rags based on Pajo’s involvement, but the truth is, he’s only one of the two guitarists here, and the guitar playing is pure metal chugging, so if you’re expecting to be distracted by post rock-isms, prepare to eat your words. If the dudes in Dead Child are tourists, they’ve certainly mastered the language. So who cares?

BY THE WAY

Early reviews are glowing!.....

I’m also right blown away by the catchy and compelling all-purpose psychedelia of THE LEGEND OF BLACK SIX by power trio The Phantom Family Halo. I say ‘all purpose’ because this stuff is useful and should be available by the vat on prescription, because it’s good for the mental health. I say power trio, but this lot are greedy motherfuckers with a hefty set of auxiliary members. The sound is totally reminiscent of that 1970 period when no fucker could control the number of overdubs, and these guys pass through every stage from The Youngbloods and Kalackakra to a kind of Amon Duul PARADIESWARTS DUUL-informed take on David Voorhaus’ White Noise project via early (very early) Chrome on their way to the proto metal of ‘Electric God In Your Galaxy’.
-Julian Cope / Head Heritage

This LP landed unnoticed late last year, like a flying-saucer deep in the woods. Invisible to conventional radar, its phosphorescent after-trail was fortunately spotted by a gaggle of eagle-eyed UFO enthusiasts. Originating from Louisville, Kentucky, a world where acid rock and glam are clearly still king, this sounds like a lost concept album from 1973, though exactly what that concept might be isn’t entirely clear. The title track is a delirious slice of offbeat space-opera that combines elements of Krautrock and early Floyd with the deadpan yet oddly-touching dronesongs of Eno’s 'Taking Tiger Mountain'. 'Lady Blue' is a hazily lysergic Tyrannosaurus Rex style singalong, while 'Black River' takes the restless staccato bass-pulse of Can’s 'Mother Sky' and plays it on a pub piano. 'Saving Civilisation As We Know It' is my favourite: a fabulous glam-stomp fusion of Hawkwind and early Eno, complete with bonkers Bob Fripp style guitar wig-out. Someone please, please get Tony Visconti to produce them.
-Fact Magazine

"Debauche hedonism a la early 1970s rock... a party album for excavating your libido. Krautrock lock grooves give way to full throttle Alice Cooper/Black Sabbath moves but mid-tempo Scott Walker fronting early Roxy Music is closest to the core; with occassional flickers of Tangerine Dream synth-glaciers and Marc Bolan bare-bones. Dominic Mario Santo Cipolla also sings in Dead Child (Venom/Judas Priest veined metal band with David Pajo on guitar; ep forthcoming) and plays drums and sings some with Sapat (forthcoming LP/CD on Siltbreeze). Phantom Family Halo guitarist Michael McMahan was also a touring member of the Slint Reunion band and founding member of The For Carnation along with his older brother Brian McMahan."
-Fusetron