tag:sargenthouse.com,2005:/blogs/tera-melos-tumblr?p=15Tera Melos Tumblr2021-05-17T07:14:48-07:00Sargent Housefalsetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/66323872021-05-17T07:14:48-07:002021-06-01T16:31:17-07:00Nick Reinhart Helix and HX Effects Performance “Improv A” // LINE 6<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mzEztL0or6U" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p>Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos, Disheveled Cuss) gets weird using a combination of HX Effects and Helix Floor processors in this improvised piece. Nick’s inventive use of looping and unorthodox playing techniques creates off-kilter rhythms, gritty textures, and otherworldly soundscapes.</p>
<p>This is part one of a two-part series. Watch “Improv B”: https://youtu.be/tDeq94DUYmQ</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/65960012021-04-06T13:06:45-07:002021-04-06T13:06:45-07:00UK MERCH STORE CLEARANCE SALE<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/5c3ef6fb24958338b5c07b068f207456c7f74753/original/tera.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />We are closing our former UK merch store. All items are on sale while they last. Sizes are limited with a lot of now discontinued items.</p>
<p>Link: <a contents="https://sargenthouse.awesomedistro.com/artists/tera-melos" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://sargenthouse.awesomedistro.com/artists/tera-melos">https://sargenthouse.awesomedistro.com/artists/tera-melos</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/62819542020-04-14T05:38:18-07:002020-04-14T05:38:54-07:00FOUR ALBUMS OF TERA MELOS INCLUDED IN THE GREATEST MATH ROCK ALBUM OF ALL TIME // FECKINGBAHAMAS<p> </p>
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<p>It's really nice to be reminded of all these great albums we were a part of. We released 10 of the Top 50 Greatest Math Rock Albums of All Times as picked by readers of <a contents="feckingbahamas.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://feckingbahamas.com/the-50-greatest-math-rock-albums-of-all-time?fbclid=IwAR3BXEosepO90xn_JRdZmxkYaKrCumevA_e4h-U3LjGQB2XZSx9SEHrA0jU">feckingbahamas.com</a>. </p>
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<p><strong>TTNG</strong> – Animals </p>
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<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=990340459/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;">&amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://thistownneedsguns.bandcamp.com/album/animals&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://thistownneedsguns.bandcamp.com/album/animals&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;Animals by TTNG&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p>
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<p><strong>Tera Melos</strong> – Drugs To The Dear Youth </p>
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<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3531011590/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;">&amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/drugs-to-the-dear-youth-stems-only&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/drugs-to-the-dear-youth-stems-only&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;Drugs To The Dear Youth (stems only) by Tera Melos&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p>
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<p><strong>Tera Melos</strong> – Patagonian Rats </p>
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<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3472867358/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;">&amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/patagonian-rats&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/patagonian-rats&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;Patagonian Rats by Tera Melos&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p>
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<p><strong>Tera Melos </strong>– (untitled album) </p>
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<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1579938297/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;">&amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-album&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-album&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;(untitled album) by Tera Melos&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p>
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<p><strong>Maps & Atlases</strong> – Trees, Swallows, Houses </p>
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<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=37945311/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;">&amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://mapsatlases.bandcamp.com/album/tree-swallows-houses&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://mapsatlases.bandcamp.com/album/tree-swallows-houses&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;Tree, Swallows, Houses by Maps &amp;amp;amp;amp; Atlases&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p>
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<p><strong>And So I Watch You From Afar</strong> – And So I Watch You From Afar </p>
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<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3267636200/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;">&amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://asiwyfa.bandcamp.com/album/and-so-i-watch-you-from-afar&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://asiwyfa.bandcamp.com/album/and-so-i-watch-you-from-afar&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;And So I Watch You From Afar by And So I Watch You From Afar&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p>
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<p><strong>Adebisi Shank </strong>– This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank </p>
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<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=401202465/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;">&amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://adebisishank.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-the-second-album-of-a-band-called-adebisi-shank&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://adebisishank.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-the-second-album-of-a-band-called-adebisi-shank&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;This is the Second Album of a band called Adebisi Shank by Adebisi Shank&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p>
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<p><strong>Hella</strong> – Tripper </p>
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<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2502661337/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;">&amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://hella.bandcamp.com/album/tripper&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://hella.bandcamp.com/album/tripper&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;Tripper by Hella&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p>
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<p><strong>Tera Melos</strong> – X’ed Out </p>
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<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1250215003/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;">&amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/xed-out&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/xed-out&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;X&amp;amp;amp;#39;ed Out by Tera Melos&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p>
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<p><strong>And So I Watch You From Afar </strong>– Gangs</p>
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<p><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3207264162/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;">&amp;amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;quot;http://asiwyfa.bandcamp.com/album/gangs&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;http://asiwyfa.bandcamp.com/album/gangs&amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;gt;Gangs by And So I Watch you from Afar&amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe></p>
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<p> </p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/62629372020-03-26T13:55:16-07:002020-03-26T13:55:16-07:00Nick Reinhart Project, DISHEVELED CUSS, RESURRECT ’90S ALT-ROCK ON NEW SINGLE “SHE DON’T WANT” // CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND <p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/03/disheveled-cuss-she-dont-want-stream/" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/8b062e4b84b54b63fbc65465c80d087b24e91ea8/original/consequence-of-sound.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/17e2d81e4ae62bb92a30ba97b12b807f74b664f5/original/screenshot-2020-03-26-at-18-11-55.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/6407136ff03f9ef1e8512dda7fab56465cec2927/original/disheveled-cuss-photo-by-elle-schneider.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p>Nick Reinhart has made a name for himself over the years as the unpredictable singer-guitarist in math rock act <a contents="Tera Melos" data-link-label="Tera Melos" data-link-type="page" href="/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>, one fourth of music geek supergroup <a contents="Big Walnuts Yonder" data-link-label="Big Walnuts Yonder" data-link-type="page" href="/big-walnuts-yonder" target="_blank">Big Walnuts Yonder</a>, and a frequent collaborator of Death Grips, including his own side-project with Zach Hill dubbed Bygones.</p>
<p>Now, Reinhart has hit pause on his wild and technical style of playing to create a new band called <a contents="Disheveled Cuss" data-link-label="Disheveled Cuss" data-link-type="page" href="/disheveled-cuss" target="_blank">Disheveled Cuss</a> — and he’s going full-blown ’90s alt-rock on new single “She Don’t Want”, which <a contents="Consequence of Sound" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/03/disheveled-cuss-she-dont-want-stream/?fbclid=IwAR3d3W_xRlhRuyfHl3Ibj76lBvrniksDo4n7JWb5BWdVloHh2GFmT8YkFX0">Consequence of Sound</a> is premiering today. </p>
<p>“She Don’t Want” comes from Disheveled Cuss’ debut self-titled album, out June 12th via Sargent House. Technically, this isn’t the first track we’ve heard from Disheveled Cuss. They’ve released two singles prior, “Wanna Be My Friend” and “Nu Complication”, both of which see Reinhart toying with giddy melodies and stringy guitar lines. But neither of those songs sound as infectious as “She Don’t Want”, an alt-rock hit that sounds like a crossover of Teenage Fanclub and Blue Album-era Weezer.</p>
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<p>Via <a contents="Consequence of Sound" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2020/03/disheveled-cuss-she-dont-want-stream/?fbclid=IwAR3d3W_xRlhRuyfHl3Ibj76lBvrniksDo4n7JWb5BWdVloHh2GFmT8YkFX0">Consequence of Sound</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/60647762020-01-06T13:33:12-08:002020-01-06T13:33:12-08:00Nick Reinhart Interviews Thurston Moore // Fender Play Live<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="pOOr7-nR3cI" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/pOOr7-nR3cI/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pOOr7-nR3cI?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="360" width="600" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
<p>Nick Reinhart talks guitars with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore for Fender "Play Live" series.<br><br>"This week on Fender Play Live: Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth will be joining us with guest host Nick Reinhart. Tune in to hear about Thurston's legendary career and a special performance from the Thurston Moore Group live from Fender Hollywood, PLUS see how you can win a Vintera '60s Jazzmaster played by Thurston. Click here for more info: <a contents="http://bit.ly/2qHA7MN" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://bit.ly/2qHA7MN" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2qHA7MN</a>"</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/57948482019-06-17T15:45:15-07:002019-06-17T15:45:15-07:00Nick Reinhart on '10 Players Embracing Guitar Technology to its Fullest' // Guitar World<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="150" data-orig-width="320"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/high-tech-10-players-embracing-guitar-technology-to-its-fullest" target="_blank"><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/6741854001b36eb86d47ffd556f6d1f8/tumblr_inline_pt9lj2ZJY91qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/0d344e555a0cfb1c741fa7a99d8f3a3f/tumblr_inline_pt9lluadEx1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></a><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="364" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eJALu4w-VKQ?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" width="600"></iframe></p></figure>
<p><strong><span class="font_large"><a href="https://teramelos.net/nick-reinhart">Nick Reinhart</a>, <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos </a></span></strong></p>
<p>Incorporating experimental rock, ambient electronics, alternating time signatures and start-stop dynamics, Tera Melos' sound is startlingly inventive. Guitarist/vocalist Nick Reinhart generates many of the band's unorthodox sonics through two-hand tapping, effect pedals, looping and samplers. The guitarist is a known fan of Nineties Squier guitars, the Roland GR-30 Guitar Synthesizer, and pedals from Line 6, Boss, EarthQuaker Devices, Digitech and more.<br><br><a contents="(via Guitar World)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/high-tech-10-players-embracing-guitar-technology-to-its-fullest" target="_blank">(via Guitar World)</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/57079022019-04-04T16:23:55-07:002019-04-05T15:53:02-07:00Pedals and Effects Masterclass<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.pedalsandeffects.com/blog/2019/3/12/pedals-and-effects-masterclass" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/728e3950e7aa72fe7e39b7b190df821ffa2c3e05/original/b-w10.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a><a contents="Pedals and Effects Masterclass:" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://Pedals%20and%20Effects%20Masterclass:" target="_blank">Pedals and Effects Masterclass:</a> FREE pedals & effects masterclass with <a href="https://teramelos.net/nick-reinhart" target="_blank">Nick Reinhart</a> and Juan Alderte this weekend in Portland and Seattle.<br><br><a href="http://www.oldtownmusicportland.com/" target="_blank">April 6th, 2019. Old Town Music - Portland, OR. </a><br><a href="https://www.seattleguitarstore.com/" target="_blank">April 7th, 2019. The Guitar Store - Seattle, WA. </a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/54973442018-11-02T12:28:11-07:002018-11-02T13:10:14-07:00Tera Melos “Treasures and Trolls” EP // OUT NOW<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="800" data-orig-width="800"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://smarturl.it/TM-Treasures" target="_blank"><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/d773b16b80ef49013fed7d2d57995496/tumblr_inline_phkzmdfQvb1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/teramelosmusic" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>’ “Treasures and Trolls” EP is out everywhere now.<br>Stream or purchase <a href="http://smarturl.it/TM-Treasures" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br><br>Their US tour starts today in SLC // tickets and more at <a data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.tumblr.com/edit/teramelos.net" target="_blank">teramelos.net</a></p><!-- more -->
<p>NOV 02 SLC, UT @ Kilby Court<br>NOV 03 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge<br>NOV 05 Chicago, IL @ Chop Shop & 1st Ward *<br>NOV 06 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room *<br>NOV 07 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club *<br>NOV 08 St. Catharines, ON @ Warehouse *<br>NOV 09 Ottawa, ON @ The 27 Club *<br>NOV 10 Montreal, QC @ Phi Centre *<br>NOV 12 Quebec City, QC @ District Saint Joseph *<br>NOV 13 Sherbrooke, QC @ U of S Cultural Centre *<br>NOV 15 Cambridge, MA @ Sonia Nightclub *<br>NOV 16 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle *<br>NOV 17 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere *<br>NOV 18 Washington, DC @ DC9 *<br>NOV 20 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *<br>NOV 21 Nashville, TN @ The High Watt *<br>NOV 23 Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight<br>NOV 24 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade<br>NOV 25 Orlando, FL @ Soundbar<br>NOV 27 Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor +<br>NOV 29 New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues +<br>NOV 30 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater +<br>DEC 01 Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin + SOLD OUT<br>DEC 03 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theatre +<br>DEC 04 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre +<br>DEC 05 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex +<br>DEC 07 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee +<br>DEC 08 Pomona, CA @ + SOLD OUT<br>DEC 09 Los Angeles, CA @ + SOLD OUT<br>DEC 10 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory +<br>DEC 11 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom +<br>DEC 12 Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades +<br>DEC 13 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater +<br>DEC 14 Seattle, WA @ + SOLD OUT<br>DEC 15 Seattle, WA @ + SOLD OUT <br><br>w/ Mouse on the Keys * <br>w/ Minus the Bear + </p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/54601872018-10-08T12:44:13-07:002019-02-21T16:11:01-08:00Nick Reinhart at EarthQuaker Day 2018<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" data-provider="youtube" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhygA-mD97Uw"><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hygA-mD97Uw?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" width="540"></iframe></p></figure>
<p>Here’s a solo performance by <a href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> guitarist Nick Reinhart on the 91.3 The Summit stage. Catch him this fall when Tera Melos hits the road with Minus the Bear and/or Mouse On The Keys! Tour dates: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fteramelos.net%2Fshows&redir_token=PfBL4oyFnlwQkAr0uTaqPuEvAVd8MTUzOTExNDE2NUAxNTM5MDI3NzY1&event=video_description&v=hygA-mD97Uw" target="_blank">https://teramelos.net/shows</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/54459342018-09-27T10:40:04-07:002018-09-27T10:57:25-07:00Tera Melos Premiere "Lemon Grove" Off Upcoming EP<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" data-provider="youtube" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dwg8nVHvT7CI%26feature%3Dyoutu.be"><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wg8nVHvT7CI?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" width="540"></iframe></p></figure>
<p><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001r0WyRdJRG006D9CtNZpsiJIvyBUhsDzk51J9RoY4o00SoWaQkC4SEc5Q39IQSNIj85FOczwT-hdo176oA_y8GapD0TeLF--dLsvOY7-FwAI_bKrjk2XxV8rMm9x_SNipTKausz_CsZLDFqpP6KQVPemykII0kbi0OmLaWXDsIzs=&c=HLCK9mThY2OVBsB7xoyLkY67whGVGkXGnaSY9L1T9yEdH1YdELiplA==&ch=exIF0H_f3BzgoriJeHUIjMkT8UlMwhVwGA2mJbgWa3p_J91LCTcmCw==" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> share a new song from their forthcoming EP today. The track “Lemon Grove” features Rob Crow (Pinback) sharing vocals with vocalist/guitarist Nick Reinhart. The song is culled from the forthcoming 3-song <i>Treasures and Trolls</i> EP on Sargent House. <br><br><i>Treasures and Trolls</i> will be available November 2nd, 2018 on 7" vinyl and download via Sargent House. Pre-orders are available <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001r0WyRdJRG006D9CtNZpsiJIvyBUhsDzk51J9RoY4o00SoWaQkC4SEbqLhWTta37VsjKT9C1ZqOcNiRuwbpMn57pLctR02mkHPGA7aE2vJIO1WpFps8Y72Jgz45KURv9V6AgzlbFSbuDJVln83dKxoqwnaZnIHrShgj_ogDtU3HPOrxpsViQofg==&c=HLCK9mThY2OVBsB7xoyLkY67whGVGkXGnaSY9L1T9yEdH1YdELiplA==&ch=exIF0H_f3BzgoriJeHUIjMkT8UlMwhVwGA2mJbgWa3p_J91LCTcmCw==" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a> (all store & streaming links) and via <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001r0WyRdJRG006D9CtNZpsiJIvyBUhsDzk51J9RoY4o00SoWaQkC4SEbqLhWTta37VS1LtAqeaq31rV-stAmLcAcRooA0uC4BFoARGQDgMmAU5OVHF8O6G2z3WJ9uLTMcHBI5fptgD7uZhumRo68AMv471tlLFhMzIRrQC1bM8OOIb-vQ00I92YYEafLeu88q4wZMjxZuC2Q0=&c=HLCK9mThY2OVBsB7xoyLkY67whGVGkXGnaSY9L1T9yEdH1YdELiplA==&ch=exIF0H_f3BzgoriJeHUIjMkT8UlMwhVwGA2mJbgWa3p_J91LCTcmCw==" target="_blank">HelloMerch</a> and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001r0WyRdJRG006D9CtNZpsiJIvyBUhsDzk51J9RoY4o00SoWaQkC4SEbqLhWTta37ViZgIbbZR1TpBkTakX4U9bIjX9AYgSTwzxcctPfV2ofdiqJkOuBi9rs8vREFUCIS_-wZ0zr-5K48w-S9b3D3pe3FcFeE388kj3L1z8d1Z0f6T7VdPfzS-B2KxP5XLc7VFep-e3mW0CLo=&c=HLCK9mThY2OVBsB7xoyLkY67whGVGkXGnaSY9L1T9yEdH1YdELiplA==&ch=exIF0H_f3BzgoriJeHUIjMkT8UlMwhVwGA2mJbgWa3p_J91LCTcmCw==" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>.</p><!-- more -->
<p>Tera Melos also launch extensive North American tour dates in November, first headlining with support from Mouse On The Keys, followed by the main support slot on the farewell tour of Minus The Bear. Please see dates below. <br><br>TERA MELOS TOUR 2018<br><br>NOV 02 SLC, UT @ Kilby Court *<br>NOV 03 Denver, CO @ Larmier Lounge *<br>NOV 05 Chicago, IL @ Chop Shop & 1st Ward *<br>NOV 06 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room *<br>NOV 15 Cambridge, MA @ Sonia Nightclub *<br>NOV 16 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle *<br>NOV 17 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere - Hall *<br>NOV 18 Washington, DC @ DC9 *<br>NOV 20 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle - Back Room *<br>NOV 21 Nashville, TN @ The High Watt *<br>NOV 23 Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight<br>NOV 24 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade - Purgatory<br>NOV 25 Orlando, FL @ Soundbar<br>NOV 27 Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor +<br>NOV 29 New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues - New Orleans +<br>NOV 30 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater +<br>DEC 01 Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin +<br>DEC 03 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theatre +<br>DEC 04 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre +<br>DEC 05 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex - Grand Room +<br>DEC 07 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee +<br>DEC 08 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House + SOLD OUT<br>DEC 09 Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre + SOLD OUT<br>DEC 11 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom +<br>DEC 12 Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades +<br>DEC 13 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater + SOLD OUT<br>DEC 14 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox + SOLD OUT<br>DEC 15 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox + SOLD OUT</p>
<p>w/ Mouse on the Keys *<br>w/ Minus the Bear + </p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/53986302018-08-23T11:17:47-07:002018-08-23T12:09:44-07:00Tera Melos Announce More N American Tour Dates<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="4400" data-orig-width="4400"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/583384deceadebc31d2283d0613126a1/tumblr_inline_pdxestx8SI1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/teramelosmusic/?fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDwKN7rp0GwnNo3x3QnSpQD482XtnLw_t9FrnfCeRXx-MCIBQSvB2LbGf6PQjQcimjawnjxkDCeCFacsUYCB1pX_LFjKlk9Wl-Izmco2i-uwQhU6GkDs87-8Qtwotr9ghYN0tc&__tn__=K-R" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> have added tour dates in N American with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mouseonthekeys/?fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDwKN7rp0GwnNo3x3QnSpQD482XtnLw_t9FrnfCeRXx-MCIBQSvB2LbGf6PQjQcimjawnjxkDCeCFacsUYCB1pX_LFjKlk9Wl-Izmco2i-uwQhU6GkDs87-8Qtwotr9ghYN0tc&__tn__=K-R" target="_blank">mouse on the keys</a> before dates with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/minusthebear/?fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDwKN7rp0GwnNo3x3QnSpQD482XtnLw_t9FrnfCeRXx-MCIBQSvB2LbGf6PQjQcimjawnjxkDCeCFacsUYCB1pX_LFjKlk9Wl-Izmco2i-uwQhU6GkDs87-8Qtwotr9ghYN0tc&__tn__=K-R" target="_blank">Minus the Bear</a>. Tickets for new dates on sale Fri. Aug 24 at 10:00 AM EDT // More info @ <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fteramelos.net%2F&h=AT3EFnFG4ixRMcenlBvSUiOHJeNRr5asgIRMe3af24KomHxJuyWoMmxJXMD0lsP2qivkbSGUdjB0zhmpnxyoaAfxDl6Sa88E7TiOPWVo8_jnN5W734ufDDD0Dwpg2Ub4z_j7zXxqjwlFVNo59DcRxGTzDu0ODYUa1WpH3jbK6f6zQ9tOMvE0IUI4PSFzV-eTA7NCpL4YjhsdBrscd2UVJV7V1ZYOhIp3kUozR6mHreCnqXllM_tm5NYwz7-coGWa7ie1WE54eRqco53Ewb-Y8UA_9acF4qec43RP05-DVCwS0-a_UXqn1rGwHcCm5C69sHhftYqtEQVxGnO6MvX2RDT7hMuniSrfmKNC8JMSB5PNX7jnOyU" target="_blank">teramelos.net</a></p><!-- more -->
<p>NOV 02 SLC, UT @ Kilby Court *<br>NOV 03 Denver, CO @ Larmier Lounge * <br>NOV 05 Chicago, IL @ Chop Shop & 1st Ward * <br>NOV 06 Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room *<br>NOV 07 Tornto, ON @ Mod Club *<br>NOV 08 St. Catharines, ON @ Warehouse *<br>NOV 09 Ottawa, ON @ The 27 Club *<br>NOV 10 Montreal, QC @ Phi Centre *<br>NOV 12 Quebec City, QC @ District Saint Joseph *<br>NOV 15 Cambridge, MA @ Sonia Nightclub *<br> NOV 16 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle *<br>NOV 17 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere * <br>NOV 18 Washington, DC @ DC9 * <br>NOV 20 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle * <br>NOV 21 Nashville, TN @ The High Watt * <br>NOV 23 Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight<br>NOV 24 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade <br>NOV 25 Orlando, FL @ Soundbar<br> NOV 27 Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor +<br>NOV 29 New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues +<br>NOV 30 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater +<br>DEC 01 Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin +<br>DEC 03 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theatre +<br>DEC 04 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre +<br>DEC 05 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex +<br>DEC 07 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee +<br>DEC 08 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House + SOLD OUT<br>DEC 09 Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre + SOLD OUT<br> DEC 10 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory +<br>DEC 11 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom +<br>DEC 12 Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades +<br>DEC 13 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater +<br>DEC 14 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox + SOLD OUT<br>DEC 15 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox + SOLD OUT <br><br>w/ Mouse on the Keys *<br> w/ Minus the Bear +</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/53503342018-07-17T10:00:19-07:002018-07-20T16:49:52-07:00Tera Melos on Tour w/ Minus The Bear<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="5100" data-orig-width="3300"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/355fa217fd211f76b931b4dad74ed8b3/tumblr_inline_pbzjan1Ytt1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p></figure>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/teramelosmusic/" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> have announced support on select tour dates on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/minusthebear/" target="_blank">Minus The Bear</a>’s Farewell Tour.</p>
<p>all dates with Minus The Bear<br>NOV 27 Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor<br>NOV 29 New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues – New Orleans<br>NOV 30 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater<br>DEC 01 Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin<br>DEC 03 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theatre<br>DEC 04 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre<br>DEC 05 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex - Grand Room<br>DEC 07 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee<br>DEC 08 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House<br>DEC 09 Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre<br>DEC 11 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom<br>DEC 12 Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades<br>DEC 13 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre<br>DEC 14 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox<br>DEC 15 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox</p>
<p>more info at <a href="http://minusthebear.com" target="_blank">minusthebear.com</a> / <a href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">teramelos.net</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/53076692018-06-20T15:58:43-07:002018-06-20T16:22:34-07:00Interview with Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos // Line6PODcast<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="675" data-orig-width="1200"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://soundcloud.com/user-340815168/ep-9-nick-reinhart-tera-melos" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/6cf76197ae30b34b2bb4d5e7fd0e761d/tumblr_inline_pan8ytECC01qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/454821339&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></p></figure>
<p>“This week Jay and Will get looped into a multi-layered conversation with guitarist Nick Reinhart of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/teramelosmusic/" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>, and the YouTube channel Pedals and Effects. They talk/argue over which music class was harder to pass, Math-rock or Social-studies rock. Also, Will learns that the band Hella is not the same band as Health.” – Line6PODcast</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/50758092018-02-12T12:06:51-08:002018-02-13T11:45:31-08:00Nick Reinhart // TonePrint for Quintessence Harmony<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-orig-height="304" data-orig-width="540" data-provider="youtube" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DD1wDmKPX4FI"><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D1wDmKPX4FI?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" width="540"></iframe></p></figure>
<p>Nick Reinhart presents his “Faux Paul” <a href="https://toneprints.com/quintessence-harmony-toneprints/quintessence-harmony-nick-reinhart-faux-paul/" target="_blank">TonePrint for Quintessence Harmony</a>. Some freeky deeky sounds going on there!</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/50716732018-02-09T14:30:20-08:002018-02-09T14:34:19-08:00John Clardy of Tera Melos // Modern Drummer<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="81" data-orig-width="341"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/b0a2871e7cbaa19cb74502917115a3f6/tumblr_inline_p3wlyl4mRz1qbczvs_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="232" data-orig-width="852"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/march-2018-john-clardy-tera-meloss-trash-generator/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/e5904c9c8b84ab376c5f8c53e9f4a8ab/tumblr_inline_p3wlz8X6bP1qbczvs_540.png" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></figure>
<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1041" data-orig-width="2000"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/march-2018-john-clardy-tera-meloss-trash-generator/" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/42068337ae5f7e8c2ca9f8645613acaa/tumblr_inline_p3wlzk8z9A1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></figure>
<p>Full article via <a href="https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/march-2018-john-clardy-tera-meloss-trash-generator/" target="_blank">Modern Drummer</a></p>
<p><b>The modern-prog wizards</b> <a href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> released their fourth full-length record, Trash Generator, this past August. The recording process brought the trio to Singing Serpent studios in San Diego, California, and marked the first time that the group’s madman drummer, John Clardy, was present for the entirety of the tracking period since joining them in 2008. Dense grooves, wild accent patterns, and rapid time changes abound throughout the album as the group furthers its signature experimental sound. Here we analyze key moments on Trash Generator and gain insight into some of the tracks from Clardy himself.</p><!-- more -->
<p><b>“Your Friends”</b></p>
<p>The beginning of this track features a mix of heavy guitar and dense, tom-based grooves. Eventually, however, the song opens into the following 6/4 segment that lightens the feel. “In this section, the guitar has a really rad chorus sound, and it’s pretty sparse for us,” Cardy says. “So I wanted to fill things in with the ride cymbal. It mostly follows along with the way the guitar is arpeggiating the chords.” (1:41, 146 bpm)</p>
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<p>Shortly after that section, the song takes a wild turn into a barrage of mind-bending accent patterns and shifting time signatures—parts Clardy needed to shed before recording. “This part took up a lot of my time for a few months—first getting the changes down, and then playing it confidently and consistently,” he says. “Because of all the time that I put into this part, I tracked drums to this song first in the studio, which turned out not to be a good idea.” [laughs] Here’s a brief taste of the beginning of that section. (2:04, 139 bpm)</p>
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<p><b>“Trash Generator”</b></p>
<p>This song is built around a steady 7/4 structure, but the band incorporates some quirky little phrases that create some interesting breaks from the main groove. “Our bassist, Nathan Latona, and I worked out this post-chorus part to have a kind of ‘falling-down-the-stairs’ feeling,” Clardy says. “It gets really rubbery on the first four hits, but then it rebounds a little with strong accents on the last two hits going back into the beat.” (1:04, 146 bpm)</p>
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<p>This second variation features an interesting five-note grouping between the drums and bass. (1:22, 147 bpm)</p>
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<p>The song abruptly morphs into a 10/4 structure, which Clardy matches with funky kick variations. (2:26, 150 bpm)</p>
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<p><b>“Dyer Ln”</b></p>
<p>This song’s intro features complex grooves over alternating bars of 4/4 and 6/4. As Clardy explains, “This is another spot where the guitar is sparse in the first phrase or two. I wanted to fill in the space with something that was a little screwy.” (0:26, 147 bpm)</p>
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<p><b>“Men’s Shirt”</b></p>
<p>The middle section of this track features a short drum break, and Clardy embraced the opportunity to play fills that are inspired by some of his influences. “The first two end phrases are inspired by programmed parts from the Run the Jewels track ‘Run the Jewels’ and an Aphex Twin–style linear triplet feel. I also wanted to throw in some hertas as a nod to Dave Grohl on Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘No One Knows.’” (1:59, 146 bpm)</p>
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<p><b>“A Universal Gonk”</b></p>
<p>On this track, the drums enter with a tricky groove in 9/4. Clardy sneaks some elusive tom hits into the start of the pattern. “This groove was inspired by Stewart Copeland,” he says. “I wanted it to evoke a snake coiling and uncoiling rapidly.” (0:48, 144 bpm)</p>
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<p><b>“Drawing”</b></p>
<p>Clardy opens this track with a flurry of blazing kick work and strategically placed open hi-hats that give the pattern an aggressive feel. “It’s a kind of snaky, linear part,” Clardy explains. “It’s what I thought of from listening to the guitar part in the intro.” (0:00, 94 bpm)</p>
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<p>These examples offer a mere taste of Clardy’s creative drumming on Trash Generator. So what’s next for the band? “For us, the foreseeable future is touring,” the drummer says. “We have some song ideas that didn’t make it past the initial writing stages, and we’ll likely explore those later. But for now it’s all about getting songs from the record into live shape and deciding what older material to mix in. I’m really excited for the challenge of playing these live.”</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/50542032018-01-31T11:46:52-08:002018-02-09T14:11:34-08:00Special Masterclass w/ Nick Reinhart @ Small Pond<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1063" data-orig-width="1052"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/05a692882cc3072387d741ec64a32063/tumblr_inline_p3fq92aqom1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>
<p>We’re excited to announce a special masterclass with Nick Reinhart in Brighton, UK @ <a href="http://www.smallpondrec.co.uk/" target="_blank">Small Pond Studios</a> // March 15 // 12pm - 2pm</p>
<p>More Info & Tickets: <a href="http://bit.ly/nickreinhartmstr" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/50095612018-01-05T12:12:29-08:002018-02-09T14:14:06-08:00Tera Melos – Trash Generator #4 Album of 2017 // FeckingBahamas<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="134" data-orig-width="1067"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/f0282355dbca73c6a1a1268bd3c7eb34/tumblr_inline_p23mloJIBD1qbczvs_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p></figure>
<p style="text-align: center;"><b>4. Tera Melos – Trash Generator</b></p>
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<p>Including the #1 spot on several of their writers’ polls </p>
<p>Nikk Hunter (Australia) – <b>1. Tera Melos – Trash Generator</b><br>Kat Hunter (Australia) – <b>1. Tera Melos – Trash Generator</b><br>Grisha Kozlovsky (Russia) – <b>1. Tera Melos – Trash Generator</b><br>Gerrit Köppl (Germany) – <b>1. Tera Melos – Trash Generator</b><br><br>Full list via <a href="http://feckingbahamas.com/the-end-of-year-report-results-10-2" target="_blank">FeckingBahamas</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/50073772018-01-04T14:01:35-08:002018-02-09T14:14:29-08:00Tera Melos – Warpless Run // 18 Top Tracks by EarthQuaker Artists<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="100" data-orig-width="725"><p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.earthquakerdevices.com/blog-posts/topamptracks" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/105352149a3e6d90b59a2272cb197efe/tumblr_inline_p21wuvxNpg1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></p></figure>
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<p><b><a href="https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/track/warpless-run" target="_blank">Tera Melos - “Warpless Run”</a></b></p>
<p>Inspired by the current Super Mario Bros. speed-run champion, this song about skipping worlds in a video game race to the finish provides plenty of IRL food for thought. And I’d like to take this opportunity to publicly state that <a href="https://www.earthquakerdevices.com/nick-reinhart" target="_blank">Nick Reinhart</a>’s solo on this song is now my favorite of all time. Check out Nick’s clinic from this year’s EarthQuaker Day to learn more about his effects philsophy.</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/49828202017-12-18T10:35:47-08:002018-02-09T14:14:55-08:00SPILL ALBUM REVIEW // TERA MELOS – TRASH GENERATOR<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="600" data-orig-width="600"><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/ac639d25bcd0fdcc7df40c22b7bde0f2/tumblr_inline_p1666jFX5o1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_xl justify_left border_" /></p></figure>
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<p>Suffice to say that after 10 years as a band and the release of their 7<sup>th</sup>studio album, <a href="https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/trash-generator" target="_blank">Trash Generator</a>, <a href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> is simply at their prime. The band is a three-piece melting pot of post-hardcore and punk consisting of Nick Reinhart (Guitar, Vocals), Nathan Latona (Bass Guitar) and John Clardy (Drums).</p>
<p>After seeing the Sacramento-based live as it supported Chon in June, the band seemed to be really excited about the new music they were about to release, with Reinhart posting multiple videos of guitar parts that would be featured on this album. Surely it lived up to the hype the way they were promoting it.</p><!-- more -->
<p>The first song on the album, System Preferences, is a kind of weird bass riff over and over, giving the start to the album a weird vibe. The vocals suddenly creep in which Nick is almost singing and talking in a melody, which then picks up with the drums and guitar coming in, letting you know this album isn’t going to be a relaxing one.</p>
<p>The biggest song off the album though would easily be Trash Generator. With the start of the song being an odd guitar riff that you can’t seem to not move to while listening to it. The drums also play a big role, which makes it sound like he’s cutting the riff kind of short with a really interesting drum fill. About half way through the song, Nick pulls out his massive range of guitar pedals and goes to work on making a bunch of interesting noises which changes up the song a bit before going back into the chorus.</p>
<p>Personally, my two favourite songs off the album are Warpless Run and Men’s Shirt for two completely different reasons. Warpless Run is exactly what it sounds like. From the very beginning it is fast pace and kicks you in the butt. Then all of a sudden, Nick pulls out his pedals again, but this time almost exploding into a bunch of different sounds causing this song to be the most chaotic off the album. Men’s Shirt is the opposite of that song. It is the only song off the album that has a completely different sound than any other Tera Melos song. It’s really laid back and a song that you can just bob your head around to (while it slowly puts you in a trance) and seem to get lost in trances while listening to it.</p>
<p>I had the privilege of seeing Tera Melos in October in their headlining tour with Speedy Ortiz. I could say this was the best concert I have been to in 2017. From start to the end of Tera Melos’ set, I was jumping around, head banging, having the time of my life listening to probably one of the best albums of 2017, maybe even of this decade.</p>
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<p>More info <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>
<p><b>UK Dates</b><br>MAR 15 Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store<br>MAR 16 London, UK @ Oslo<br>MAR 17 Guildford, UK @ Boileroom<br>MAR 18 Ramsgate, UK @ Music Hall<br>MAR 20 Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade<br>MAR 21 Bristol, UK @ The Fleece<br>MAR 22 Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach<br>MAR 23 Leicester, UK @ Firebug<br>MAR 24 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell<br>MAR 25 Huddersfield, UK @ The Parish<br>MAR 26 Glasgow, UK @ Hug & Pint<br>MAR 27 Newcastle, UK @ Cluny<br>MAR 28 Darwen, UK @ Sunbird Records</p>
<p><b>EU Dates</b><br>MAR 31 Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat :: Complexity Festival<br>APR 2 Brussels, BE @ Atelier<br>APR 3 Luxembourg, LU @ Rotondes<br>APR 4 Paris, FR @ Espace B<br>APR 5 Nyon, CH @ La Parenthèse<br>APR 6 Yverdon-les-Bains, CH @ L’Amalgame, association G.A.M.E<br>APR 7 Luzern, CH @ Sedel<br>APR 8 München, DE @ Sunny Red<br>APR 9 Prague, CZ @ Underdogs<br>APR 10 Berlin, DE @ Musik & Frieden<br>APR 11 Hamburg, DE @ Astra Stube<br>APR 12 Osnabrück, DE @ Popsalo Festival<br>APR 13 Saabrücken, DE @ Mauerpfeiffer<br>APR 14 Wiesbaden, DE @ Krea</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/49743512017-12-12T11:07:09-08:002017-12-12T17:00:49-08:00Tera Melos // MORE JAPANESE TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED<figure data-orig-width="1062" data-orig-height="1693" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/fd599ad1f9d6caad44fd3f1938350877/tumblr_inline_p0v3nnyZez1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><a href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> have added more dates with tricot, MELT-BANANA, and NUITO to their Japanese tour. More info <a href="https://teramelos.net/" target="_blank">here. </a></p><p>Jan 24 Tokyo, JP @ O-WEST<br>Jan 25 Nagoya, JP @ APOLLO BASE<br>Jan 26 Osaka, JP @ Shangri-La<br>Jan 27 Hiroshima, JP @ 4.14<br>Jan 28 Shiga, JP @ U Stone<br>Jan 29 Tokyo, JP @ Fever</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/49441432017-11-22T02:00:25-08:002017-11-22T04:30:27-08:00Tera Melos // UK Tour 2018<figure data-orig-width="2550" data-orig-height="3300" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/ab68fdf11dbfb6f8fed3a465c8992eed/tumblr_inline_ozsecnJjKB1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>GET STOKED! <a href="http://Teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> is headed to the UK, Spring 2018 to tour with <a href="http://www.bsmrocks.com/bands/tangled-hair" target="_blank">Tangled Hair</a>.</p><p>MAR 15 Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store<br>MAR 16 London, UK @ Oslo<br>MAR 17 Guildford, UK @ Boileroom<br>MAR 18 Ramsgate, UK @ Music Hall<br>MAR 20 Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade<br>MAR 21 Bristol, UK @ The Fleece<br>MAR 22 Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach<br>MAR 23 Leicester, UK @ Firebug<br>MAR 24 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell<br>MAR 25 Huddersfield, UK @ The Parish<br>MAR 26 Glasgow, UK @ Hug & Pint<br>MAR 27 Newcastle, UK @ Cluny<br>MAR 28 Darwen, UK @ Sunbird Records</p><p>More info <a href="http://www.bandsintown.com/TeraMelos" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/49353282017-11-16T10:43:03-08:002017-11-16T10:51:40-08:00Tera Melos Live Session // AudioTree<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="217" data-orig-width="1500"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://audiotree.tv/session/tera-melos" target="_blank"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/d6e2cd3ccc2cc8721c9febf2ead3e9b2/tumblr_inline_ozix9sGdo51qbczvs_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></a></figure>
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<p>Full session info via <a href="https://audiotree.tv/session/tera-melos" target="_blank">AudioTree</a></p>
<p>Session Tracklist<br>1. Trash Generator<br>2. Men’s Shirt<br>3. Westham United<br>4. Dyer Ln<br>5. Don’t Say I Know<br>6. Warpless Run</p><!-- more -->
<p><a href="http://Teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> is a genre-bending trio on <a href="http://Sargenthouse.com" target="_blank">Sargent House</a> who are famous for upending song structures, interlocking rhythmic patterns and technical aggression. They’ve acquired a multitude of strange pedals over the decade plus of playing together; steadily incorporating each new trick and texture to form the progressive, experimental guitar sounds they play today. Though they’ve pushed back on being called “math-rock”, Tera Melos has made huge contributions to the genre and continue to push contemporaries forward with each off the wall album release.</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/49174712017-11-02T16:02:57-07:002017-11-02T21:00:43-07:00Vote For John Clardy and Ben Koller // Modern Drummer 2018 Readers Poll<figure data-orig-width="1010" data-orig-height="1008" class="tmblr-full"><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/b1fd70904d1257606d6801a508bcc317/tumblr_inline_oytbvdXjGC1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>Vote for John Clardy (<a href="https://sargenthouse.com/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>) and Ben Koller (<a href="https://sargenthouse.com/mutoid-man" target="_blank">Mutoid Man</a>) in the <a href="https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/modern-drummer-2018-readers-poll/" target="_blank">2018 Modern Drummer Readers Poll. </a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/49134232017-10-31T10:22:21-07:002017-10-31T10:22:46-07:00Tera Melos 'Warpless Run' Video Premier // NPR<img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/4d82335f947738022fd223684245299f5d11496a/original/screen-shot-2017-10-31-at-10-14-33-am.png?1509470214" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="https://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/ae64b31fa41f0640c578a32d2aed5e8ad187f3f6/original/screen-shot-2017-10-31-at-10-14-44-am.png?1509470215" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><p></p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BI2xsQyDutY" width="560" height="315" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>“Speedruns” are a weirdly enthralling piece of video game culture, wherein a gamer takes on titles, often older ones like Super Metroid or Sonic The Hedgehog, using every trick in the book to beat their chosen game as fast as possible. </p><p>Brad “Darbian” Myers currently holds the Super Mario Bros. speedrun world record, completing the classic in four minutes, 56 seconds. <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> guitarist and singer Nick Reinhart recalls one of Darbian’s recent live streams as “the closest thing I’ve ever felt to being a real sports fan,” he tells NPR. “My heart was racing and I was yelling at my phone screen." </p><!-- more --><p>When Darbian mentioned having to skip worlds three and six ("the coolest looking levels that we never see because we’re all too busy trying to beat the game as fast as possible”) in order to beat Super Mario Bros. in record time, “that really resonated with me,” Reinhart says. “So we wrote a song about it — and we got [Pinback guitarist and vocalist] Rob Crow to be a part of it!" </p><p>"Warpless Run” comes from Tera Melos’ first new album in four years, Trash Generator. This frenetic prog-punk wallop contains a guitar solo that twitches like a Tron lightcycle careening off a cliff, and switchback time signatures crammed into a weirdly poppy song. </p><p>For the song’s video, Reinhart and Tera Melos doubled down on the geek worship. </p><p>“We had this wacky idea to try and recreate one of Darbian’s speedruns with a made-up Tera Melos-style video game,” Reinhart says. “Then I wondered: ‘It would be pretty cool if we could actually get Darbian in the video.’ I figured there’s no harm in asking, so I sent him a message. He was into it! Next thing you know [Tera Melos’ longtime visual collaborator] Behn Fannin sends us this video game he had made from scratch, plus a duplication of Darbian’s live Twitch stream layout. It blew our minds. And finally, we got to have the legendary Darbian speedrun our own video game, in which the soundtrack is one of the weirdest songs we’ve ever written." </p><p>So here it is: the world-record holder for fastest Super Mario Bros. speedrun plays Mr. Slug 2: Slimed! — possibly the slowest video game — real or fake — ever made, with a coda sung by Pinback’s Rob Crow. </p><p>Trash Generator is out now via Sargent House (<a href="http://smarturl.it/TeraMelosStore" target="_blank">physical</a>, <a href="http://smarturl.it/TeraMelosTG-AM" target="_blank">digital</a>). Tera Melos is currently <a href="https://www.facebook.com/teramelosmusic/app/123966167614127/" target="_blank">on tour with Speedy Ortiz.</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/49061752017-10-25T12:29:04-07:002017-10-25T12:29:04-07:00Tera Melos // Ring Road Live Sessions<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/urJs1B4d840" width="560"></iframe></p>
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<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rYaloTRzVtc" width="560"></iframe></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/48897732017-10-12T16:47:13-07:002017-10-12T21:15:25-07:00Tera Melos // US Tour TODAY<figure data-orig-width="678" data-orig-height="399" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//78.media.tumblr.com/fcb79dfd25389a3be4084566ebb7ce7f/tumblr_inline_oxqgxa0oKD1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><a href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> hit the road w/ Speedy Ortiz today and this time it’s personal.<br>Tickets and info <a href="http://www.bandsintown.com/TeraMelos" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p><p>Oct 12 Las Vegas, NV @ Bunkhouse<br>Oct 13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy <br>Oct 14 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s <br>Oct 16 Portland, OR @ Holocene <br>Oct 17 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey <br>Oct 19 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court <br>Oct 20 Denver, CO @ Globe Hall <br>Oct 21 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown <br>Oct 22 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry <br>Oct 24 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon <br>Oct 25 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird <br>Oct 26 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean <br>Oct 27 Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s <br>Oct 28 Toronto, ON @ The Hard Luck <br>Oct 29 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz <br>Oct 31 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair <br>Nov 01 Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom Outer Space<br>Nov 02 Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel<br>Nov 03 Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ Fillmore <br>Nov 04 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel <br>Nov 05 Carborro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle <br>Nov 07 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth <br>Nov 08 Talahassee, FL @ Club Downunder (FSU) <br>Nov 09 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Purgatory <br>Nov 10 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa <br>Nov 11 Houston, TX @ Secret Group <br>Nov 13 Dallas, TX @ Three Links <br>Nov 15 Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge <br>Nov 16 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah <br>Nov 17 Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room <br>Nov 18 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/48770992017-10-04T11:35:51-07:002017-10-04T11:37:12-07:00Tera Melos // Japan Tour 2018<p><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/0aa61044f89c28de66e0a15f398b6ed8/tumblr_oxbabrM6ot1qc24kzo1_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p>
<p><a href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> will be touring Japan with support from <a href="http://www.topshelfrecords.com/roster/lite" target="_blank">LITE</a> in January 2018!</p>
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<p>Jan 24 Tokyo, JP @ O-WEST<br>Jan 25 Nagoya, JP @ APOLLO BASE<br>Jan 26 Osaka, JP @ Shangri-La</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/48454672017-09-11T10:23:09-07:002017-09-15T16:36:57-07:00‘Trash Generator’ Rave Review on Exclaim!<figure data-orig-height="37" data-orig-width="179"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/41d90a407f432fbda062617ceb086452/tumblr_inline_ow4lfdO7Xa1qbczvs_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure>
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<p>By <a href="http://exclaim.ca/writers/scott_gray" target="_blank">Scott A. Gray</a> via <a href="http://exclaim.ca/music/article/tera_melos-trash_generator" target="_blank">Exclaim!</a></p>
<p>For those wired a certain way, <a href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> is the best fucking band on this beautiful, disgusting space rock we’re all riding. Clearly, there’s no one best anything in any creative field, but Tera Melos put every ounce of themselves into the music they make. They distil a quintessential version of their unique musical perspective, composed of an array of influences that create a unique sonic love signature.</p><!-- more -->
<p><br>But I digress: let’s get back to that gross and gorgeous space rock metaphor and how it actually describes the music this demented, brilliant trio of Earth citizens make. Tera Melos trade in a euphoric amalgamation of beauty and brutality, all with a palpable sense of the absurd. Making Muppet versions of the Flaming Lips and the Dillinger Escape Plan dry hump at Disneyland is the most reductive description I can think of.<br><br><a href="https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/trash-generator" target="_blank">Trash Generator</a>, the band’s third album with its current lineup of Nick Reinhart (guitar, vocals), Nathan Latona (bass, vocals) and John Clardy (beast drums) concentrates everything that makes the band so fantastic — insane song structures, catchy falsetto pop-punk vocals atop gnarled riffs that mutate into alien anthems, crystalline progressive pop riffs at the turn of a dime — into tight, song-centric packages. Each overall composition is allowed a bit more breathing room and cohesive space for melody while still being as complicated as anything else the band have done.<br><br>Nick Reinhart’s sound design is the most notable area of the band’s growth on this album. There’s a reason he jibes so well with Nels Cline (Wilco) on their side project, Big Walnuts Yonder: the level of detailed care and creativity he puts into every facet of the sounds he generates with his guitar is of the highest order. We’re talking Hendrix, Weinman, Corgan, Moore and Ranaldo, Ronald Jones levels of ingenuity.<br><br>Perhaps the only quibble I can grasp at is that the bass and drums, despite being absolutely awesomely performed, are a smidgen low in the mix and generally overshadowed by the phenomenal guitar sound. It absolutely works on this album, but it’d be interesting to see what could happen with trade-offs in which instruments are bringing the sonic strangeness in the future.<br><br>Regardless, Tera Melos are in peak form on Trash Generator, dropping yet another album gorily bursting with uncontainable, joyous, genre-janking musicality and reaffirming them as the best rock band in my world. (<a href="http://sargenthouse.com" target="_blank">Sargent House</a>)<br> </p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/48423402017-09-08T11:22:07-07:002017-09-15T16:39:21-07:00Tera Melos “Trash Generator” Scores 5/5 on New Noise Magazine<p><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/065b179325abe93a6ee509f3384aa870/tumblr_inline_ovz3zcWgai1qbczvs_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" /></p>
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<p>Album Review via <a href="http://newnoisemagazine.com/review-tera-melos-trash-generator/" target="_blank">New Noise Magazine</a> : <a href="http://Teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> – <a href="https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/trash-generator" target="_blank">Trash Generator</a></p>
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<p>Part rock opera, drug fueled dance party, math-core mayhem and indie pop-rock dreamscape, Sacramento, CA experimental rockers Tera Melos have never shied from the ambitious or esoteric. This foundation to their art, comparable in its fearlessness to Frank Zappa’s music, has allowed the band to explore and change while growing a global audience that expects nothing less. Trash Generator, the power trio’s third full length studio album, once again pushes into new sonic territory while keeping the footprints of their past sound alive and well represented.</p>
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<p>The opening track “System Preferences,” is an excellent example of the bands musical diversity and unconventional approach to instrumentation and song structure – the bass playing the role of an anxious ticking clock behind Nick Reinhart’s ghostly rhythmic vocals. But like a late night out that gets quickly uncontrollable, the intensity of Trash Generator picks up quickly and seemingly out of nowhere. Title track, “Trash Generator,” finds the band back in its controlled chaos. Guitars and drums bounce and dart around the room, before quickly coalescing into an intense syncopated chorus. Without knowing what the hell Vocalist and Guitarist Nick Reinhart is meaning you can’t help but want to yell out with him “Trash Generator, I’m not the bad guy!”</p>
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<p>While the constant fluctuation in energy and timing can be draining, Tera Melos has always been self-ware as to when to shift moods. “Mens Shirt,” a melancholy and dissonant song reminiscent of early nineties Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. is as straightforward as the group gets on Trash Generator. Nick’s vocals take on a more storyteller quality as the dynamics of the band drop adding a spacey dimension that the more technical songs lack all together. Coming off the psychedelic dream pop influenced X/D Out, it is refreshing to hear that some of the same influences carried over. Overall, however, Trash Generator is a representation of the bands technical prowess and songwriting that has developed over the last ten years. The riffs, the tapping, the melodic lead bass, the punctuated intense vocals, the sporadic jazz influenced drumming; these elements are executed as well as they ever have been. “Don’t say I know,” “Drawing,” and “Dyer Ln” represent the classic Tera Melos – fast and unconventionally melodic. The moods seeming to make sense for only a second before diving back into another part led by a fast guitar lead or explosive drum fill. It seems more about the journey to self-reflection than the cleaner realization once you have arrived. It’s a soundtrack to a working brain and the entire spectrum that it comprises.</p>
<p>Tera Melos has added another excellent addition to their ambitious and inventive catalogue. Trash Generatorcombines a staggering amount of musical elements into a cohesive and intricate musical picture that will satisfy longtime fans and amaze those who are just discovering them.</p>
<p>Purchase the album here: <a href="http://smarturl.it/TeraMelosStore" target="_blank">Physical</a> | <a href="http://smarturl.it/TeraMelosTG-AM" target="_blank">iTunes</a></p>
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<p><i>by <a href="https://pitchfork.com/staff/saby-reyes-kulkarni/" target="_blank">Saby Reyes-Kulkarni</a> via </i><a contents="Pitchfork" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tera-melos-trash-generator/" target="_blank">Pitchfork</a></p>
<p><b>On Trash Generator, the Sacramento trio Tera Melos builds on its prodigious mix of post-hardcore and prog, reining-in the chops in service of catchy, harmonically rich songs.</b></p>
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<p>Prog rock still exerts a profound influence on popular music—perhaps even more so now than in its 1970s heyday. The genre’s modern descendants may not necessarily surround themselves with stacks of keyboards, or emulate the Gandalf-esque fashion sense of Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman. But you can rest assured that there’s prog DNA lurking within vital developments across a slew of contemporary rock styles. And while prog’s baroque extravagance once clashed with punk ethics and funk grooves, those divisions fell away decades ago, particularly in the post-hardcore universe that gave us <a href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>.</p>
<p>When Tera Melos started out in the mid-2000s, the Sacramento trio (then a quartet) took a kitchen-sink approach to riffs and time changes that owed no small debt to the tornado-like, ultra-busy style pioneered by hometown predecessors Hella (the outfit that first put Death Grips drummer Zach Hill on the map). But even as Tera Melos grew more adept at cramming their music with whiplash-inducing twists and turns, they simultaneously shifted towards a bigger-picture view of songwriting. On 2013’s <a href="https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/xed-out" target="_blank">X’ed Out</a>, Tera Melos struck a balance between complexity and songcraft that almost always eludes technical bands. X’ed Out also showcased frontman/guitarist Nick Reinhart’s increasing command of melody and hooks. Reinhart, bassist Nathan Latona, and drummer John Clardy had gotten so adept at shoehorning their chops into pop song structures that they were starting to sound more like, say, the Police and Pinback than the experimental/math/heavy/post-hardcore company they kept.</p>
<p>Trash Generator, the follow-up to X’ed Out, continues down the same road, with a guest appearance by Pinback’s Rob Crow for good measure. Much like last time, the new material sees Tera Melos reining-in their prodigious chops in service of tunes that function pretty much as traditional songs. On “Your Friends,” no amount of stutter-stops, extra beats, or audacious drum fills can derail the swaggering groove the band sustains throughout the verse-chorus sections. The song even gives us a glimpse of what it would sound like if the Police’s Andy Summers and Sting were reincarnated as a single person who plays chunky, metallic riffs. Reinhart at once nods to Summers’ watery echo and Sting’s sing-speak phrasing circa Regatta de Blanc.</p>
<p>On “Don’t Say I Know,” Reinhart smoothes a jerking, oddly metered guitar riff out so that the guitarwork itself becomes the song’s hook alongside his already-catchy falsetto vocal, which falls somewhere between Devo, the Beach Boys, and Enon. When Latona thickens his bassline to include deep chords, the effect is dramatic and powerful in a way that Tera Melos’ older material just didn’t leave room for. On the instrumental “GR30A11,” somber piano chords brush up against patches of static fuzz, strewn about like dust bunnies, while Latona noodles on the bass as if playing to an entirely different track.</p>
<p>A sedate, presumably lighthearted attempt at Cecil Taylor’s brand of jazz chaos, “GR30A11” certainly cleanses the pallette with a respite from the album’s assertive, high-energy mood. But “GR30A11,” while fun, also highlights how Tera Melos aren’t arriving at new expressions quite as assuredly as they did on X’ed Out. That’s not to say Trash Generator doesn’t break some new ground for Tera Melos: The horns on “A Universal Gonk” create a smoky atmosphere, and on the whole, the album is the band’s catchiest and most harmonically rich by far. But in its especially open moments—the serene but short-lived intro to “Super Fx,” for example—Trash Generator suggests that Tera Melos would flourish even more if they threw themselves into the ambient end of the pool, which they’ve only stuck their toes in.</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/48263612017-08-25T11:33:00-07:002017-08-25T15:30:32-07:00“Trash Generator” on Top Five Notable Releases of the Week // Brooklyn Vegan<figure data-orig-width="190" data-orig-height="190"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/503b453ead55b51068102d9849a807d0/tumblr_inline_ov97ar81yj1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b><a href="http://teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a></b></p><p> – </p><p><a href="https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/trash-generator" target="_blank"><i>Trash Generator</i></a></p><p><a href="http://sargenthouse.com" target="_blank">Sargent House</a> </p><p>The more Tera Melos’ career progresses, the harder it is to classify them. Their arty math rock makes them kindred spirits with bands like Deerhoof and Lightning Bolt, and they also make as much sense on a bill with spastic metalcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan as they do with indie rock heroes Pinback. (This fall, they’ll <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/tera-melos-releasing-trash-generator-touring-with-speedy-ortiz/" target="_blank">tour with Speedy Ortiz</a>, which is a pretty great fit too.) <i>Trash Generator</i>, the followup to 2013’s <a href="https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/xed-out" target="_blank"><i>X’ed Out</i></a>, could be their most versatile album yet. The start-stop rhythms and off-kilter timing are as complex as the most niche math rock bands, there’s enough weight to rival metal bands, there’s an authentic punk spirit, and the songs are all pop songs in the bright quirky way of, say, Menomena or early Animal Collective. It’s a mix of sounds that can sound ridiculous on paper but is such a thrill to listen to. This album basically jumps in with the weirdness and the momentum both at a high, and it stays like that through the final track, only rarely slowing or quieting down. The album’s lead single, “Don’t Say I Know,” was really the perfect song to preface <i>Trash Generator</i>. All of the band’s sides are represented in one way or another on that song, and if hearing it got you excited, you’re gonna really dig the rest of this LP.
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<p>Full article via <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/war-on-drugs-ema-iron-wine-liars-tera-melos-reviews/" target="_blank">Brooklyn Vegan</a> // <i>by <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/author/asacher/" title="Andrew Sacher" target="_blank">Andrew Sacher</a></i></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/48257432017-08-25T09:08:30-07:002017-09-18T12:31:19-07:00Tera Melos “Trash Generator” OUT TODAY<blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1FplfiVCsTW7gm6sOBGF6c" target="_blank">Stream it now</a>!</p>
<p>TERA MELOS & SPEEDY ORTIZ 2017 TOUR DATES<br>Oct 13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy<br>Oct 14 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s<br>Oct 16 Portland, OR @ Holocene<br>Oct 17 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey<br>Oct 19 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court<br>Oct 20 Denver, CO @ Globe Hall<br>Oct 21 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown<br>Oct 22 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry<br>Oct 24 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon<br>Oct 25 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird<br>Oct 26 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean<br>Oct 27 Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s<br>Oct 28 Toronto, ON @ The Hard Luck<br>Oct 29 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz<br>Oct 31 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair<br>Nov 01 Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom Outer Space<br>Nov 02 Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel<br>Nov 03 Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ Fillmore<br>Nov 04 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel<br>Nov 05 Carborro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle<br>Nov 07 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth<br>Nov 08 Talahassee, FL @ Club Downunder (FSU)<br>Nov 09 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Purgatory<br>Nov 10 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa<br>Nov 11 Houston, TX @ Secret Group<br>Nov 13 Dallas, TX @ Three Links<br>Nov 15 Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge<br>Nov 16 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah<br>Nov 17 Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room<br>Nov 18 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill<br> </p>
</blockquote>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/48218252017-08-22T10:14:30-07:002017-09-15T16:41:20-07:00Stream Tera Melos’ New Track, “Your Friends” on Brooklyn Vegan<blockquote>
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<p><i>By <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/author/asacher/" target="_blank" title="Andrew Sacher">Andrew Sacher</a></i></p>
<p>Math rockers <b><a href="https://teramelos.net/" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a></b> will release their new album <a href="https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/trash-generator" target="_blank"><i>Trash Generator</i></a> this Friday (8/25) via <a href="http://sargenthouse.com" target="_blank">Sargent House</a>. While you’ll have to wait a few more days to hear the whole thing, we’re premiering another song from it ahead of the release. The new song is called “Your Friends,” and it injects the band’s arty, complex sound with some grunge angst. Here’s what vocalist/guitarist Nick Reinhart tells us about the song:</p>
<p>“The song is about guitarist and skate photographer Otis Barthoulameu, aka “O,” and Paul Frank. The artist/designer, and their friendship. We somehow befriended them at some point over the years and they’re some of the coolest, most warm hearted, interesting dudes you’ll ever come across, and they’ve been close friends for like 25 years. Both of them are such positive forces and have this really unique chemistry. It’s crazy to see them interact with one another. Neither of them ever really “grew up.” They stayed doing what they loved and evolved their art side by side. truly inspiring.</p>
<p>I remember demo’ing this song in 2009. It was an oddball thrasher. to me, the final version ended up sounding like a crossbreed of Pixies “trompe le monde” and Metallica “…and justice for all,” or something like that… Actually, O was hanging out with us in the studio texting Charles Thompson about pink guitars while we were recording. Maybe that had something to do with it.”</p>
<p>Listen below.</p>
<p>As mentioned, Tera Melos are supporting the album <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/tera-melos-releasing-trash-generator-touring-with-speedy-ortiz/" target="_blank">on tour with Speedy Ortiz</a>, including a TBA Brooklyn show on November 2. All dates are listed below.</p>
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<p><b>Tera Melos / Speedy Ortiz — 2017 Tour Dates</b><br>Oct 13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy<br>Oct 14 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s<br>Oct 16 Portland, OR @ Holocene<br>Oct 17 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey<br>Oct 19 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court<br>Oct 20 Denver, CO @ Globe Hall<br>Oct 21 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown<br>Oct 22 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry<br>Oct 24 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon<br>Oct 25 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird<br>Oct 26 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean<br>Oct 27 Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s<br>Oct 28 Toronto, ON @ The Hard Luck<br>Oct 29 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz<br>Oct 31 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair<br>Nov 01 Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom Outer Space<br>Nov 02 Brooklyn, NY @ TBA<br>Nov 03 Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ Fillmore<br>Nov 04 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel<br>Nov 05 Carborro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle<br>Nov 07 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth<br>Nov 08 Talahassee, FL @ Club Downunder (FSU)<br>Nov 09 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Purgatory<br>Nov 10 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa<br>Nov 11 Houston, TX @ Secret Group<br>Nov 13 Dallas, TX @ Three Links<br>Nov 15 Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge<br>Nov 16 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah<br>Nov 17 Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room<br>Nov 18 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill</p>
<p><a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/stream-tera-melos-new-song-your-friends/" target="_blank">Brooklyn Vegan</a></p>
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<p><i>by Carly Smith</i></p>
<p>“It’s always a blast when our pal Nick Reinhart of ambient math rock band <a href="https://teramelos.net/" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> drops by the Reverb studio to showcase his melodic lines and etherial tones.</p>
<p>On his most recent visit, Nick took us on a trip down memory lane and talked about the first “cool” pedal he ever borrowed when he was just 12 years old: a <a href="https://reverb.com/p/dod-dfx9-delay?_aid=tank" target="_blank">DOD DFX9 Delay</a>. He also showed us another of his first pedals, the <a href="https://reverb.com/p/boss-ph-2-super-phaser-1980s-green?_aid=tank" target="_blank">Boss PH–2 Super Phaser</a>, that he was first drawn to because of its vibrant green chassis.</p>
<p>Watching this demo, it’s not difficult to understand why Nick still stands by the DFX9. While he admits having grown out of the PH–2 to a degree, Nick was still able to craft some seriously compelling sounds by throwing an <a href="https://reverb.com/p/earthquaker-devices-hoof-fuzz-2010s-gold?_aid=tank" target="_blank">EarthQuaker Devices Hoof</a> on the end of his throwback chain.“</p>
<p>Full article on <a href="https://reverb.com/news/my-first-pedal-nick-reinhart-of-tera-melos-on-the-dod-dx79-digital-delay?utm_campaign=1612019_blognickreinhart&utm_medium=TW&utm_source=TW" target="_blank">Reverb</a>. </p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/47927582017-07-26T09:29:21-07:002017-07-26T09:32:13-07:00Tera Melos - Don't Say I Know // NPR<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/2eaa68d0594766a370263a049be257024f679d7a/original/screen-shot-2017-07-26-at-9-20-55-am.png?1501086203" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/4ce10dbe485b73281d80880209432b89952cf9ca/original/screen-shot-2017-07-26-at-9-21-04-am.png?1501086205" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/7a36b1f8bb464595590ec3fdec65e367b12faf8a/original/screen-shot-2017-07-26-at-9-21-19-am.png?1501086205" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/159790/9bae903c524df5737bd4bfdc68f23f185bc2afed/original/screen-shot-2017-07-26-at-9-21-25-am.png?1501086214" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><p>It’s impossible to imagine a <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos </a>song that doesn’t get a little absurd. The California trio has spent the majority of its years playing with song structures in a hybrid world of math rock and experimental electronics, like three boys whose eyes light up with every guitar pedal their eyes land on. As such, Tera Melos songs have their own type of elasticity. A pitched-up guitar flings you into one corner, a bass spasm launches you over a wall and then polyrhythmic drums twirl you in circles. It feels like a thrill ride at Disneyland when they decorate the park for Halloween, with each bump in the ride offering an extra dose of adrenaline. </p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lNAKV8CE2rU" width="560" height="315" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe><p></p><p>In “Don’t Say I Know,” Tera Melos’ first new song in over four years, the trio capitalizes on its exuberance. Guitarist-vocalist Nick Reinhart, bassist Nathan Latona and drummer John Clardy move in tandem, slamming down on each downbeat, while each upholds his own diverging part. On first listen, it sounds reserved, like a tightly-formatted rock song with a hint of pop. But after the first guitar solo — Reinhart’s way of letting the band’s absurdity off its leash — comes an anxious breakdown where Clardy’s drum fills hint at a heavier reprisal. </p><p>A band heralded for its mid-song structural wrangling now finds itself staying within the walls, but “Don’t Say I Know” manages to turn that into a refreshing step forward for Tera Melos. It’s likely the result of the band’s time off. In the four years since its last release, the trio’s members toured extensively before tackling solo endeavors. Latona completed a college degree, Clardy became a faculty member at the School of Rock in Dallas-Fort Worth and Reinhart played guitar in everything from Death Grips' The Powers That B to the supergroup Big Walnuts Yonder beside Mike Watt, Nels Cline and Greg Saunier. The aggressive, jazz-like punk of their earlier selves remains; they’re just utilizing it in a subtler manner. </p><p>“Don’t Say I Know” is a fitting introduction to Trash Generator, the band’s third full-length, given that it touches upon each of Tera Melos’ musical trademarks. The tidy melodies of Zoo Weather appear in each chorus. The sugar-dusted guitar of X'ed Outappears throughout. Even the guttural rhythm section of Patagonian Rats can be heard, though Clardy keeps his elbows in tight. Since its formation in 2004, Tera Melos has been ricocheting off every sound, style and surface with infectious glee. Over a decade later, its members are pushing themselves to keep only the necessary tricks and frills in their music. All it took was finding new outlets to pour their excess energy into so that their own music could synthesize itself into bite-sized explosions. </p><p>Trash Generator comes out Aug. 25 via <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/" target="_blank">Sargent House</a> (<a href="https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/tera-melos" target="_blank">physical</a>, <a href="https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/tera-melos" target="_blank">digital</a>).</p><p>Via <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/539272328/songs-we-love-tera-melos-dont-say-i-know" target="_blank">NPR.</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/47277402017-05-30T16:22:52-07:002017-05-30T16:47:03-07:00Nick Reinhart Interview // Marcel’s Music Journal<figure data-orig-width="1934" data-orig-height="598" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/b04907ecb0f7fcbc078bd264dd03d677/tumblr_inline_oqs5zo0QKG1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="1236" data-orig-height="252" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/56496fd841ad4ce28efcbe6c6eafddec/tumblr_inline_oqs5ziENAh1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure data-orig-width="1114" data-orig-height="742" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/b1333d978e5007f95444035f4c646dd0/tumblr_inline_oqs5zwgaVS1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><a href="https://sargenthouse.com/big-walnuts-yonder" target="_blank">Big Walnuts Yonder</a>–an incredible supergroup featuring Minutemen’s Mike Watt, Wilco’s Nels Cline, Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier, and <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>’ Nick Reinhart–just put out one of the most powerful and marvelously eclectic rock records of the year. Even though the band formed way back in 2008 and didn’t record the album until 2014, it still sounds raw and fresh as hell. The dirty funk of opener “All Against All” accurately portrays the LP’s unique blend of lo-fi math rock and noisy, throwback ‘90s skate punk, while the energetic “Raise the Drawbridges?” gloriously flaunts ear-piercing guitar licks and groove-heavy percussion.</p><p>Aside from recording seriously great music with Watt, Cline, and Saunier, Nick Reinhart has proved himself to be one of the most strikingly innovative guitarists in recent memory with his countless other bands and side projects. He is best known as the frontman of Sacramento-based experimental rock trio Tera Melos, who explored complex, mind-bending indie-math zones on their most recent release, 2013′s <i>X’ed Out</i>.</p><p>Reinhart has also worked with drummer Zach Hill in Bygones and Death Grips; played live in Rob Crow’s band Goblin Cock; and performed a series of engrossing, entirely improvised live sets with Dot Hacker’s Eric Gardner as Swollen Brain, all of which are discussed in our interview below (the power of collaboration is definitely key here).</p><!-- more --><p> <b>You and Eric Gardner from Dot Hacker just played some shows as Swollen Brain. How did this whole project come about?</b></p><p>I met Eric through my friend Jonathan Hischke, who plays bass in Dot Hacker. When I originally moved down to Los Angeles I lived in a duplex next door to Eric. I would house sit his Vietnamese pot bellied pig, Francis, a lot. I was a big fan of his drumming in Dot Hacker and at some point it came up that we should play music together for fun. We had a pretty immediate chemistry in playing free, improvised stuff. We played our first show in September 2015 and we had a nice response, so we figured make it a regular thing. No intense band practices, no songs, no rules. It’s a really fun musical project to be a part of.</p><p><b>How do you feel playing improvised sets?</b></p><p>I really enjoy improvising. While I’ve done solo improvised sets, it’s a lot more fun having someone else to connect with on previously unpaved musical roads.<br><br>With my band Tera Melos we take practice and preparing for a set/tour pretty seriously. We usually need around 12 full days, give or take, of long band rehearsals before we’re comfortable enough to play a show. We even dump lots of brain power into designing the set and which songs or transitions go where. For me practice is usually fairly stressful, as I wear a few different hats- playing guitar, singing and running some sort of sampler/keyboard rig all while doing the pedal tap dancing thing, and I want it all to sound cohesive and thoughtful. there’s a lot of work that goes into that.<br><br>So as far as improvising goes- it’s amazing to ditch all the preparation and just play music without preconception. It’s very liberating. With Swollen Brain we do play together in our rehearsal studio, but it’s less “practice” and more just playing little sets. We’ll generally do 20 minute bursts of sound just to keep our improv brains fresh, which after 2 rounds of bursts our brains are actually very not-fresh haha. To get better at improvising it seems you just need to do it often. So in a way it’s sort of practicing, but not really…<br><br>“Practicing” is also a way of familiarizing ourselves with whatever gear we happen to be using at the time. In my case it’s usually a freshly constructed pedal board. I like to have time to see what works sonically and what doesn’t before we play a show. The other thing I like to consider when playing a free-form set is how to keep things flowing and interesting- for me and the audience. Obviously you can’t force magical moments to appear in that context, but I want to set myself up for those moments to occur. Generally that means having the tools that will allow me to make little musical stories with dynamics and tension. One of my favorite parts of an improvised performance is when someone walks up to you afterwards and asks, “so how much of that was improvised?” and the answer is, “well, all of it.” I’ve been the person asking that question and when you get that answer it’s a magical moment in and of itself.</p><p><b>Do you think Swollen Brain will remain solely a live band? Would you ever be interested in recording studio material?</b></p><p>We actually just started making a record. The process of how to go about capturing our vibe was hard for me to envision. It took me a second to wrap my mind around how we could best accomplish a recording. Because it’s very much a live, organic process of improvising it would make sense to just set up some mics and hit record on a bunch of sound bursts, but we felt that it should be sonically more interesting than just drums and a single guitar track. When we play live I end up looping layers of sounds and then repurposing the loops to relate to what I’m doing with the live guitar sounds. Then once we land on something that works we turn that into a little mini song. So one of the recording methods was playing until we landed on some interesting loops, then capturing the performance of drums + loop action, and then overdub myself improvising over that. We did variations of that method for a couple of days. The next step is sifting through all of that and making sense of it.</p><p><b>You also played in Rob Crow’s band Goblin Cock on a tour of theirs late last year. What was that like?</b></p><p>It was great. I love Rob Crow. He’s one of my favorite musicians. Tera Melos toured with Pinback a couple years ago and it was one the my favorite tours we’ve ever done. He’s super thoughtful and just a really great person all around. I was stoked when he asked if I wanted to do the Goblin Cock tour. It was challenging because i had to learn a style of music that I wasn’t really familiar with- whatever brand of metal Goblin Cock is I guess. He uses alternate tunings and B.C. Rich Warlock guitars exclusively. So I had to relearn chord shapes and which notes went where on a really weird guitar, then apply all that to a kind of music I’d never played. Oh and we wore cloaks and face masks that were very hard to see out of, plus all fog machines and strobe lights raging. So there’s actually just about zero visibility on stage. But yea, it was strange and really fun.</p><p><b>You’ve mentioned before that Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, and Underworld rank among your top influences when it comes to electronic music. What drew you to the sound of those artists and what impact did it ultimately have on your own playing style?</b></p><p>When I was 16 a friend showed me those artists. At that point I was really into punk rock. The electronic music that I was hearing had this relentless energy and all these really melodic sounds mixed with abrasive sound effects. That was really new and exciting to me. I had a super natural, positive reaction to it. The same friend had a Playstation and a game called MTV Music Generator. You could make your own songs by placing pre-recorded samples onto a timeline. It was a very dumbed down way to make something resembling the electronic music that we were listening to. So I’d mess around with that at his house after school. A couple years later I got a desktop computer and found the program Fruity Loops, which was the next step up in music programming from the video game. A couple years after that I got a program called Reason, which I have worked out of ever since. At that point I hadn’t really gotten into guitar pedals and sonic exploration. I mean, I had some pedals, but I was still playing in a punk-ish band and bedroom moonlighting as some electronic music poser. Eventually Tera Melos was created and the guitar pedals section of my brain expanded. I started to recognize the ability to recreate some of the sounds I had learned to make on the computer. Incorporating that sort of stuff into an outside-the-box rock band became really exciting, and still is for me. I should also mention that my knowledge of electronic music in general never really reached beyond those three artists. I think there was just something really special about them that opened my mind at the right time.</p><p><b>Do you think collaborating with other people allows you to think outside the box and push the limits of your own sound? I can sense an almost cosmic force from these Big Walnuts Yonder recordings.</b></p><p>Yes, 100%. Musical collaborations that take you outside your comfort zone are crucial for growth and creativity. When I began playing music with Zach Hill it was like my musical brain got super charged and started wandering in different directions that I previously hadn’t really explored. Rob Crow and I have been batting ideas back and forth for awhile now as well that will hopefully take shape soon. I’m excited to see where that collaboration will take me in terms of new musical territory. And yes, of course the Big Walnuts Yonder thing had a lot of cosmic force going for it. Those guys are all very big inspirations for me, so making that record was a big part of my creative timeline. I think it’s too soon and close to the album release to be able to recognize the greater impact it had on me, but what comes to mind immediately is exercising the ability to to maintain creativity and keep up with these musical giants, and for them to be stoked on what I was bringing to the table. It would be like an indie game dev that grew up playing Nintendo all of the sudden getting to work on a new game with Shigeru Miyamoto. And not only that, but Miyamoto is excited about your ideas and he’s reacting to them with new ideas. It’s sort of like that. Pretty crazy.<br><br>The other thing that comes to mind is that I had never written guitar parts to pre-existing bass parts in this capacity. 8 of the 10 Big Walnuts Yonder songs were born in Mike Watt’s brain and started with his bass as “song forms,” as he calls them. In other words, I was having to figure out how to write interesting guitar parts to songs that consisted of only bass. In Tera Melos I can probably count on one hand the amount of times where even just a small portion of a song’s construction started with bass. I can recall being very frustrated trying to come up with guitar parts that way because it’s so foreign to me. Of course out of that frustration comes great things. I was well prepared for this challenge though. It took me a while to understand Watt’s compositions (they’re pretty wild) but once I was comfortable with his approach to song writing I think some really cool, unique stuff came out of it.</p><p><b>What was it like recording the album in just three days?</b></p><p>When we started the process of creating Big Walnuts Yonder Mike had been sending me songs that were just bass compositions. So I would sit with them and contemplate different ways to compliment what Mike had written. Now Nels and Greg on the other hand- they had heard what Mike and I had worked on, but I don’t believe they had fully composed “parts” like me and Mike, that is to say I think they had “ideas” and then brought them to life in the studio. It was so crazy and inspiring to see it happen like that. So when we were all set up and ready to play we would jam a song through a few times, talk about the sections, iron out a thing or two and then hit record. It was 99% live. I was actually a little nervous because I hadn’t recorded live like that for many many years, since being in a crappy sounding punk band as a teenager. I mean, my bands usually record live, but then guitars are scratched and then redone. So this is truly a live record with all of us in the same room reacting to each other. I think that nervous energy really helped me pull it together personally.</p><p><b>I think Zach Hill is an artist who compliments your musical style and approach really well. You played on the last two Death Grips albums, <i>Jenny Death</i> and <i>Bottomless Pit</i>. Was that a particular collaboration that gave you the chance to explore new themes and ideas? What were the recording sessions for those records like?</b> </p><p>Zach Hill is a very big inspiration for me. He’s one of my favorite musicians of all time and I think he’s contributed some really important things to music. The way I play and perceive music is directly related to him, so it makes sense that what we compliment each other. Contributing to Death Grips’ body of work was really special for me. I respect that band so much and to be able to help them shape their vision is a really cool thing. I think the reason it works well is because I understand where they’re coming from and where they want to go. I haven’t worked with anyone else in that context, so in that sense there are new ideas that appear that otherwise wouldn’t. A lot of the time our creative ideas are simpatico and feel really natural. It’s like as soon as I’m around those guys my brain’s bluetooth automatically connects to their system.</p><p><b>Aside from the recently announced tour with CHON, Covet and Little Tybee, does Tera Melos have any special plans for this year?</b></p><p>I think Tera Melos will probably start doing fun stuff pretty soon here.</p><p><i>Reinhart has a new band with Mike Watt (Minutemen), Nels Cline (Wilco), and Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) called Big Walnuts Yonder. Their self-titled debut is <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fbigwalnutsyonder.bandcamp.com%2F&t=NDE4NWI3OThmZjJlNWIzMDJjOWYzNTE5ZmNlZTBlMjNlODVlY2I5Miw3RmtzTkVOMw%3D%3D&b=t%3AVVCHMeN8i0Nb-CtZDbuSVQ&p=http%3A%2F%2Fmarcelsmusicjournal.com%2Fpost%2F161206133408%2Fan-interview-with-nick-reinhart-one-of-the-most&m=1" target="_blank">out now</a> on Sargent House.</i></p><p>Via <a href="http://marcelsmusicjournal.com/post/161206133408/an-interview-with-nick-reinhart-one-of-the-most" target="_blank">Marcel’s Music Journal</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46770212017-04-19T10:00:21-07:002017-04-19T12:13:10-07:00Tera Melos Announce 2017 US Tour<figure data-orig-width="1500" data-orig-height="1000" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/d6b52279780294b3eff38903480f83e5/tumblr_inline_ooo79iOcXz1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>“Well, it has been a minute, several thousands of them actually. Figured it was time to dust off the ol’ <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> machine and get back to it.” - Nick Reinhart of <a href="https://sargenthouse.com/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos.</a><br></p><p>Chon has invited Tera Melos on to sound blast on their album release tour this summer. All show info can be found <a href="http://www.chonhomey.com/" target="_blank">here.</a></p><p><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/musicofchon/" target="_blank">CHON</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/teramelosmusic/" target="_blank">TERA MELOS</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/covetband/" target="_blank">COVET</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/littletybee/" target="_blank">LITTLE TYBEE</a></b></p><p>6/02 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre<br>6/03 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s<br>6/05 - portland, or @ hawthorne theatrE<br>6/06 - seattle, wa @ neumos<br>6/08 - salt lake city, ut @ the complex<br>6/09 - denver, co @ summit music hall<br>6/10 - lawrence, ks @granada theater<br>6/11 - chicago, il @ cobra lounge<br>6/13 - detroit, mi @ sAINt andrew’s hall<br>6/14 - toronto, on @ mod club<br>6/15 - cleveland, oh @ agora ballroom<br>6/16 - philadelphia, pa @ union transfer<br>6/17 - new york, ny @ webster hall<br>6/18 - boston, ma @ royale<br>6/20 - pittsburgh, pa @ rex theater<br>6/21 - baltimore, md @ baltimore soundstage<br>6/22 - carrboro, nc @ cat’s cradle<br>6/23 - atlanta, ga @ terminal west<br>6/24 - orlando, fl @ the beacham<br>6/25 - tampa, fl @ the orpheum<br>6/27 - dallas, tx @ gas monkey live!<br>6/28 - austin, tx @ emo’s austin<br></p><!-- more --><figure data-orig-width="1314" data-orig-height="1746" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/b41420571468dd0846b956bee1b2f5c2/tumblr_inline_ooo7l1TvCm1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759332017-02-28T14:35:22-08:002017-04-18T16:53:21-07:00Big Walnuts Yonder with Nick Reinhart announce self-titled album, release “Raise The Drawbridges?” via Consequence of Sound<p><figure data-orig-height="59" data-orig-width="123"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/ef5a0b347df4a902e30e389af8063d3b/tumblr_inline_om3v6alBnR1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1076" data-orig-width="1614"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/689fc78256de9eee6225526e04600cd8/tumblr_inline_om3v6hpRkK1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="162" data-orig-width="1211"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/50e5518f94462bb1ccb012cf1125b388/tumblr_inline_om3v6pYtgc1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="48" data-orig-width="1068"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/0decf960be40ec0ea91393163e09af93/tumblr_inline_om3v6xYvsW1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure></p><p>This year has already seen its <a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/album-review-gone-is-gone-echolocation/" target="_blank">fair share</a> <a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/grandaddy-band-of-horses-franz-ferdinand-midlake-supergroup-bnqt-share-debut-single-restart-listen/" target="_blank">of mighty</a> <a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/02/melvins-at-the-drive-in-le-butcherettes-supergroup-crystal-fairy-share-debut-album-stream/" target="_blank">supergroups</a>, featuring various members of At The Drive-In, Melvins, Grandaddy, and Franz Ferdinand. <a href="https://www.sargenthouse.com/big-walnuts-yonder/" target="_blank">Big Walnuts Yonder</a> is a collection of similarly talented veteran musicians — <a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/artist/mike-watt" target="_blank">Mike Watt</a> (Minutemen, The Stooges), <a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/artist/nels-cline" target="_blank">Nels Cline</a> (Wilco, Nels Cline Singers), <a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/artist/greg-saunier" target="_blank">Greg Saunier</a> (Deerhoof) and Nick Reinhart (<a href="http://sargenthouse.com/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>) to be exact — but the chemistry and creative process behind the new outfit are decidedly of a different breed.</p><p>“It’s worlds colliding,” Watt explains of the four-piece, which draws in elements of “proto-punk, free jazz, power pop, experimental music, psych-rock and your first teenage acid trip all in one.” Big Walnuts Yonder’s beginnings date back to a 2008 conversation between Watt and Reinhart, but because of hectic, overlapping schedules, it hasn’t been easy to sit down and polish off an official album.</p><p>“We had planned it for so long,” recalls Saunier. “Then several years passed in which nothing occurred due to everyone’s schedules. It was 2-3 years of warm, leisurely prep time, then suddenly made in a panic with time and money on the line.” The resulting effort is the band’s self-titled debut, due out May 5th via <a href="http://sargenthouse.com" target="_blank">Sargent House</a>.</p><p>The LP was recorded in just three days over the summer of 2014 with the help of producer and former Pere Ubu bassist Tony Maimone engineering at his Studio G in Brooklyn. Its collects 10 songs, eight of which started as “song forms” on Watt’s bass, then later fleshed out and added to by other band members; Saunier and Cline each contributed one track of their own to the final product. “I’m pretty sure the other guys didn’t have parts set before going into the studio,” says Reinhart. “But it’s interesting how a lot of the songs began as Mike Watt basslines, and everyone was able to pull songs and melodies out of them.”</p><p>The whole thing seemed to materialize in a way that was spontaneous, but also quite focused — a “concentrated sort of freakout,” according to Saunier. “We basically had to invent a new band on the spot. And, people might have a stereotype of what each person does, but we all showed up to do what we’re prevented from doing in other groups.”</p><p>As a first look at Big Walnuts Yonder, the group has shared “Raise the Drawbridges”, a track that captures an instance of police brutality. “He [Watt] takes the voice of an officer acting too tough and provoking conflict,” Saunier explains, “and then comments on the transparency of the officer’s fear and the futility of this dynamic.” Stream it down below.</p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/309854694&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false"></iframe><p>To accompany the song premiere, Consequence of Sound is happy to present an expansive interview with Saunier, Reinhart, and Cline, in which each talks at length about Big Walnut Yonder’s formation, the importance of each member’s contributions to the album, and the newly released lead single. (Note: All questions were submitted by our one and only News Editor Ben Kaye.)</p><!-- more --><p><b>You guys all come from pretty disparate musical backgrounds. When you were first forming the idea for Big Walnuts Yonder, what was it that drew you to go a little outside the box and bring such different styles together, and how did you figure out what sonic direction you’d be going in as a unit?</b><br></p><p><b>Greg Saunier:</b> I sort of felt the opposite. Playing with Nick Nels and Watt was a piece of cake. Like coming home to a band you’ve never been in. I can think of musical projects each member has done that seems like way more of a stretch.</p><p><b>Nels Cline:</b> I live in the cracks musically and always have. “Styles” and “genres” are not really my thing, so all I know is that I respect the musicians I play with and that I will do my best to participate in any endeavor in which we coalesce. It’s been my way since the late 70s! The sonic direction presents itself and demands respect more than we direct it when there is true collaboration in my opinion.</p><p><b>All the songs began with Mike’s basslines and then were built out from there, starting with NIck’s guitar riffs. What are some of the challenges writing in that way present, and how did you guys all figure out how to pull together a song from such basic starting points?</b></p><p><b>GS:</b> I contributed one song, and its garageband demo was emailed to the gang the day before meeting up. I played all the parts myself but when I say parts you must understand I mean I played them on the computer with electronic sounds, using something called the “musical typing” feature in garageband. The funny thing about musical typing is that if your RAM isn’t up to scratch, some of the notes you type come out late. Like every note is a different amount late. The result is woeful. I hoped that even though my demo was so out of rhythm and discombobulated that they would still somehow glean what I’d meant, and come in the next day saying “no problem Greg, bad RAM, happens to the best of em” but actually I think they were really worried that I had no idea what rhythm was.</p><p><b>Nick Reinhart:</b> I remember being really excited and nervous when my email dinged and there were mike watt bass demos sitting in my inbox. I listened through the 8 tracks and initially felt overwhelmed about how to approach adding guitars and doing justice to these bass parts. Watt’s musical language is so curious and unique. that’s part of the watt legacy — he sounds like himself. Finding interesting ways to dance around the bass and add to the conversation was really special.</p><p><b>NC:</b> This is really the same way I recorded with Watt on “Contemplating the Engine Room” and Brother’s Sister’s Daughter (Japanese project). As Daevid Allen once sang with Gong, “Imagination is the key!”.</p><p><b>It sounds like a lot of the songs came together in a rather improvisational manner. How do you go from that to performing the songs in a live setting? Have you ever had to sit and re-listen to a track and sort of reverse engineer the music for yourself?</b></p><p><b>GS</b>: I wouldn’t quite call it improv but it was pretty crazy how quick everybody came up with their parts even if they didn’t know the song. Particularly Nels hadn’t prepared any parts before recording but within seconds of hearing stuff he was playing stuff that sounded etched in stone like it had always been there.</p><p><b>NC:</b> In this case I will definitely have to listen to stems or something to re-learn my parts! How we end up playing this ‘live’ is still a mystery and will be a fun challenge. I hope!</p><p><b>There’s a pretty big age gap between members of the band. What was surprising or inspiring about working with people from different generations? Any tips or tricks you picked up from the opposite end of the generational spectrum that you weren’t expecting?</b></p><p><b>GS:</b> When everybody is able to quote Buddy Rich bus tape insults, age disappears.</p><p><b>NR:</b> The creative wisdom these guys possess is totally amazing and being able to make art with musical giants is a real pleasure. I had previously learned so much from them from a distance, so being able to see it all from the inside out was super inspiring. They’re still ripping and learning. For me it was like looking into a crystal ball and seeing my future. It’d be like if I saw a newborn baby today and said, “Hi, in 30 years we’ll have a band and do something cool.”</p><p><b>NC:</b> I play with people from their 20s to 70s. I don’t really think about age unless someone mentions it or brings up a reference that I am unaware of that is of their generation, so to speak. But in this case I think we all like sound and rock music, so…”</p><p><b>Most of the album was actually recorded in 2014, after some years of trying to get everyone in the same room together. Why has it taken three years to go from there to here? How does it feel to finally have it coming out and what’s it like having to talk about a project that’s, in a way, three years old already?</b></p><p><b>GS:</b> Well I mixed this record so even though there was a gap after we did it, that was kind of useful. Came back to it ultra-fresh. And just finished the mixes recently, like three months ago or something. Stuff takes time especially when you’re DIY.</p><p><b>NC</b>: My massive record from last year “Lovers” also took forever to come out and I am performing it this year. I don’t know… In this case it was Nick’s lyric writing/vocal recording that seemed to take some time. But we didn’t do an “Obama Suite” or anything, so I guess time isn’t really an important factor, really. “No wine before its time”! The music sounds fresh to me.</p><p><b>Watt, you wrote the lyrics for “Raise the Drawbridges” — can you tell me a little bit about what the track is about? It sounds to me like it’s about people too afraid to take charge of their life and face down challenges or those who try to stand in their way. Am I far off?</b></p><p><b>GS:</b> I’m going to answer this because who says the person who wrote it is the only one who knows what something is about? This vocal moved me deeply when Watt first sent it to me. In the instrumental version this is probably the goofiest one we did, but the meaning completely changed once this portrait of police brutality was recorded. He takes the voice of an officer acting too tough and provoking conflict, and then comments on the transparency of the officer’s fear and the futility of this dynamic.</p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1612" data-orig-width="1612"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/0b0eb4779fae17bcecd375bb0121ad0d/tumblr_inline_om3v7cSo3n1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>In his own words, Watt offered up a very detailed account of how Big Walnuts Yonder the album came together from start to finish:</b></p><p>“Eight of the ten songs started w/ Watt composition via bass only and he sent these out. nick worked on his developing his parts in response. this all happened well before ever getting into studio g in brooklyn. what I presented the band for my compositions were bass only (deliberately, to let Nick, nels and greg bring in their own for the collab) but they are what I would call SONG FORMS and not just bass lines. what I mean by that is there’s this part so many times and then it goes to this part so many times and so on. it’s supposed to be a foundation for a song form which I guess is made out of bass lines.</p><p>all four of us together for first time in brooklyn, we first attack these eight tunes as a team. the only titles they had were letters like song a, song b and so on. I’m re-enacting what I did at my pad by myself but w/these guys, I’m using tony maimone’s bass. nick’s doing the same except I think w/some of his solos cuz he’s interacting w/nels in real time. I remember greg asking me for a tiny bit of direction explanation for what was to become “I’ve got marty feldman’s eyes” when I put out a statement like, “I was influenced a little bit here by doing stuff from the clash’s first singles and album” cuz yeah, I had just done a benefit gig for the strummerville foundation and had to<br>learn some of those tunes but it was still just a pure musical ref – I ended up using that confusion (sorry to confuse you, greg!) for the gist of my spiel when laster nick asked me to do spiel for it… I thought that point was very relevant! it was “dreamed up by committee” but still very connected to the cats on this proj.</p><p>nels brought his tune and explained what he wanted from each of us and made out a brief<br>sketch roadmap the piece. we all four acted on that in real time, being it our first time for all of us – no “demo” to hear beforehand. same thing ‘pert-near happened w/greg’s tune. so there was actually two processes used: 1) eight had the watt, then nick and then all of us together and 2) two had their composers show us (the other three in each case) in the studio and then we went at it. to examine further, here’s my take. we got ten tunes recorded the way I just described and then were given roughs. down the road nick asks me to get spiel for two of the tunes, he gives me which ones, I think they might’ve been song t and song u. then he starts recording from his pad his spiel for seven<br>of the other ones.</p><p>nels tune he decided was gonna remain instrumental. greg decided he would mix everything which is what we all wanted from the git-go and were very happy excited. I sent my two spiels but screwed up somehow so he mixed my two as instrumentals ’til I got him my spiels proper. he had gotten nick’s spiels from him. he had a few runs of mixes, each run being sent to us all and then he’d hear our opinions and do another run of mixes under those influences. I think there were four runs maybe altogether.”</p><p><a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/02/members-of-minutemen-wilco-deerhoof-and-tera-melos-form-new-band-called-big-walnuts-yonder/" target="_blank">(via Consequence of Sound)</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759342017-01-09T17:36:15-08:002017-04-18T16:53:21-07:00Nathan Latona w/ Pedals And Effects<figure data-orig-height="113" data-orig-width="250"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/f186247d90d6c32e42aed0d84e04bffc/tumblr_inline_ojjisazuZQ1qbczvs_500.gif" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="602" data-orig-width="900"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/1589c9ed4621cae9ec3c66a7723aaa7d/tumblr_inline_ojjissnZyd1qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>Happy new year! Another holiday gift to you from <a href="http://www.pedalsandeffects.com" target="_blank">Pedals And Effects</a>, are the final installments of our series with pedal enthusiast and bass player extraordinaire Nathan Latona.</p><p>In the fourth installment of our series with Nathan, we go over to the dirt and modulation side of his pedal board. Nathan’s rocking some of my favorite pedals like the BOSS PN-2 Tremolo/Pan and the Digitech PDS 50/50, it was really interesting to see how we have different approaches to the same pedal. Nick and Nathan also talk about their experience being approached by companies as well as other anecdotes from their long history playing together in <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>. I love listening to these dudes talk!</p><!-- more --><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9KamF8rrBW4"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9KamF8rrBW4?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p>In the fifth and final installment, we just let Nathan rip! We see first hand how Nathan comes up with some new sounds and navigates the craziness that is his board.</p><figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DOfUbLi0LdM4"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OfUbLi0LdM4?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure><p>It was such a pleasure having Nathan share some of his time for Pedals And Effects. We really loved seeing and hearing about his unique approach and take on effects, and we hop</p><p>Visit <a href="http://www.pedalsandeffects.com/?tag=Nathan+Latona" target="_blank">Pedals and Effects</a> for parts I-III. </p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759352016-12-10T00:00:00-08:002017-04-18T16:53:21-07:00Nick Reinhart Demos New Line Of Fender Guitars<figure class="tmblr-embed tmblr-full" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304" data-url="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMSGlGh9IYFU"><iframe width="540" height="304" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MSGlGh9IYFU?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759362016-05-25T13:30:17-07:002017-04-18T16:53:21-07:00Nick Reinhart Combines The Melodic and Complex on Guitar Player Magazine<p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="263" data-orig-width="659"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/2e95a25339262b39b2d3d63bcd3c008f/tumblr_inline_o7r0hqOp2C1qbczvs_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="385" data-orig-width="690"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/6ae7f5f274186854ce507bc66036d73b/tumblr_inline_o7r0hq9hGH1qbczvs_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure></p><p>If you are wondering whence the next generation of Adrian Belews and Nels Clines will come, wonder no more. As is the case with Belew and Cline, effects are not an adjunct to Nick Reinhart’s playing but an integral part of it. Watching Reinhart dance on his pedals during a <a href="http://www.sargenthouse.com/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> performance, you might be reminded of a classic hoofer tapping out complicated rhythms. But be careful, lest the choreography cause you to miss the high level of technical facility that lets him finger complex chords, whip through rapid atonal lines, and tap out figures and riffs on the fretboard—all while handling the lead singing chores.</p><p>“I’m really into combining cool sounds and complex ideas with melodic parts,” Reinhart says. “There can be crazy stuff happening with the guitar that perhaps only musically trained people might understand, but then I sneak in a melody that anybody would be able to follow.”</p><!-- more --><p>His work on Tera Melos’ most recent outing X’ed Out [Sargent Records] fulfills this ambition as the band infuses pop-friendly, accessible tunes with prog and math rock influences that will delight those who crave the more complex. Both camps will be stirred by the band’s punk rock abandon and energy. Though primarily known for his work with Tera Melos, Reinhart has engaged in collaboration with drummer Zach Hill (Death Grips, Hella) as Bygones, and has a record in the can with Big Walnuts, a band featuring Reinhart, Mike Watt, Greg Saunier, and Nels Cline.</p><p>The Sacramento-raised guitarist spoke to GP about the status of that potential super-group, replacing clothes with pedals, and stealing guitar riffs from synthesizers.</p><p><b>You have some serious technique on the instrument. Was that developed through lessons, or on your own?</b></p><p>That was mostly on my own. One of my guitar teachers showed me exercises with two-handed tapping, even before I was aware of Eddie Van Halen. I lost interest because I didn’t like practicing guitar. When I was around 18, I saw tapping and fast technical stuff applied in a cool context, in bands like Hella and the Dillinger Escape Plan, as opposed to shredders soloing. I would try and emulate it but couldn’t come close to what those guys were doing, so I started to approach it my own way.</p><p>Around that time, I was getting into musical software, like Reason, playing melodies on software synths on my computer. I started putting the things I had written into tablature to see what the notes would be on guitar. To play them I had to figure out how to do it with two hands. That became a kind of exercise I use to this day.</p><p><b>What led to your extensive use of effects?</b></p><p>When I was 12, my friend’s older brother let me borrow his DOD delay pedal, which had two-second looping capabilities. You could set the loop, layer stuff, and pitch shift it by turning the speed knob. That made me think pedals were kind of neat. Fast-forward through my punk rock years of no pedals, and I bought the DOD delay pedal I had played with as a kid.</p><p>Another thing that got me into pedals was a DigiTech synth pedal that made sounds that were totally non-guitar-like. I had a very small pedalboard: delay, distortion, and this weird DigiTech synth thing, which I would drop in randomly for fun.</p><p>When you combine all these sounds and rearrange the order of them, you can start doing a lot of cool things. I was into the music of Squarepusher, Air, and Underworld, who were all using sounds that I could now sort of recreate on guitar with this small pedalboard.</p><p><b>One sound that you use is pitch shifting with a short delay. What pedals are you using for that?</b></p><p>I acquired a Boss delay with a hold function and figured out that by barely tapping it I could get the smallest amount of time possible recorded, which sounded like a drill or abrasive buzzing. I thought of it as a Squarepusher-style sound, or like when electronic musicians take delays and tweak them into self-oscillation. Eventually, I combined looping really short recordings on the Boss Digital Delay with pitch shifting using a Boss PS-5 Super Shifter</p><p><b> You employ the Line 6 DL4 in a very interesting way.</b></p><p>On the DL4 you can reverse the loop, drop it into half-time, which slows it down, or record it in half-time, and then speed it up. Essentially, it’s an on-the-fly sampler. I was listening to stuttery sounds and things popping in and out in electronic music and the DL4 helped me expand on some of those ideas. When some bands use the DL4, the drummer has a separate amp right at his head so he can play to the loops. We tried it and could not do that. Our band is way too fast and loose. With the DL4’s Play Once function, I was able to make these weird loops I could restart on the downbeat so they would be locked in, even though they’re not in time. I use that function to retrigger the layers of looped sound on whatever beat I want. That became a technique and sound that seem to have become synonymous with my playing.</p><p><b>You change pedals on your board regularly. I am assuming the DL4 is one that stays through many rotations. What are some other must-haves?</b></p><p>I like the Super Shifter because of the gliding stuff you can do with it. If you want to hit a D, but get the slide effect, you have to start on F. That way when you hit the F it’s going to glide down to the D. A Digi- Tech Whammy is always there as well. That’s about it as far as the absolute must-haves.</p><p><b>How much improvisation goes on in the Tera Melos tunes, and how much is strictly, “I have to step on this pedal here”?</b></p><p>We play with a lot of improvisation. We don’t necessarily want it to sound like the record. But it is nice to incorporate some of the elements live that are important to us. Two records ago, we had a fourth member touring with us because there were so many sounds and arrangements that we felt were important. I had two pedalboards, our bass player had two pedalboards, and the fourth guy had one pedalboard. We had never been overseas and found that we lost a lot of money due to luggage expenses, just because it was important for us to have all the gear to do what we wanted. Now, when we go to Japan, I dumb my board down, and barely bring any clothes because, in addition to the pedalboard, my backpack is filled with pedals.</p><p>I finally realized any song can be rearranged or have a different sound. Also, when touring so much, it makes it more interesting to be able to rearrange my pedalboard and try different things. I come home with new ideas.</p><p><b>What’s the appeal of the Fender Squier Super-Sonic that you play?</b></p><p>I stopped into a Sacramento guitar shop to see if there were any guitars my girlfriend might like. I saw this weird, blue-sparkle Squier guitar called a Super-Sonic. It really irritated me because it was backwards and cost 800 bucks, but I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I went back and played it and it was the coolest playing guitar. What originally annoyed me is what I ended up loving about it. It looked like a weird optical illusion. It’s a mid-’90s Japanese Squier, so it’s a good one. People scoff at Squiers, but I liked that. It fit with my personality—like having a ramshackle pedalboard and an old, crappy Marshall cab—it fit the vibe.</p><p><b>What’s going on with Tera Melos?</b></p><p>For ten years, we had never gone more than six weeks without playing a show or going on tour, unless we were recording, writing, or getting new members. For X’ed Out, we toured for almost two years. We’re at the point where everyone is happy to take a breather and work on other things before we jump back into that crazy world. At the moment, that means me recording and writing demo songs and emailing them to the guys. We work on individual parts, and then we’re going to get together and start writing the next record.</p><p><b>The other big question is about when your project with Mike Watt, Greg Saunier, and Nels Cline will be completed.</b></p><p>Mike needs to finish some vocals and Greg is going to mix it. Both those guys have been extremely busy. These guys all have so many different things going on and they are used to the idea of a record not coming out until years later. It’s my job to gently nudge people to get it done, because it sounds awesome. I think it will really be worth the wait because it’s a cool, interesting, weird rock record.</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759372016-02-24T15:13:01-08:002017-04-18T16:53:22-07:00Nick Reinhart featured in Newest Issue of Guitar Player Magazine<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1536" data-orig-width="1733" style=""><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/cb885bc239831b6858bb1154cf4adb11/tumblr_inline_o32r52obG61qbczvs_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759382015-08-25T15:25:23-07:002017-04-18T16:53:22-07:00Central Track // Live Photos of Tera Melos @ Trees in Dallas<p><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/7486b906979fc684b6271b92fb69dda6/tumblr_inline_ntnrywJxCh1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" /><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/8e123b4ef391848988ddc15537576852/tumblr_inline_ntnsh0CLfo1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" /><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/ba1540a42f2ed50f7bca4cd74527e4af/tumblr_inline_ntnsh9ocE91qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" /><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/477f60549e01bebe2ecbedb529144009/tumblr_inline_ntnsknPcA51qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" /><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/5abc7e05b9cf67c713c56bacee9a1192/tumblr_inline_ntnskw5Voj1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" /><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/c02e3e5f09895e5254900f58fe15aa79/tumblr_inline_ntnsldFSOO1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" /><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/04c3587ba497b97e0202d4239dba0a34/tumblr_inline_ntnslj2QRf1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" /></p>
<p><em>photos by Ben Garrett</em></p>
<p>To read the full article // see full photoset click <a href="http://centraltrack.com/Music/7596/Extra-Oomph/Scenes-From-Thursdays-Red-Bull-Sound-Select-with-Tera-Melos-Power-Trip-and-Basecamp" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759392015-08-11T13:09:51-07:002017-04-18T16:53:22-07:00Listen to a collaboration from Nick Reinhart and Lithuania’s Ricardo Lagomasino<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="132" data-orig-width="571"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/56170f1e4424f4c96898b43499df7a18/tumblr_inline_nsxnznBPIu1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="461" data-orig-width="505"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/97279d5142cfd74fbd1edf02dc2340a4/tumblr_inline_nsxo1dTdSV1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/teramelosmusic" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> are a band that like to get weird and technical, but never to the point of say, writing a half hour song that pays no attention to verses, choruses, melody, or really anything resembling what most people call a “song.” But that’s just what Tera Melos guitarist Nick Reinhart did on his new collaboration with Ricardo Lagomasino, who drums for <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/08/lithuania_strea.html" target="_blank">Lithuania</a> and DRGN KING. The duo is releasing a cassette called Test Meat on Seagreen Records <a href="http://seagreenrecords.bigcartel.com/product/lagomasino-reinhart-test-meat-cs" target="_blank">(pre-order)</a>, and we’re premiering the 27-minute and 9-second first half. Listen below. That’s the cover art above, designed by Ricardo’s Lithuania bandmate Eric Slick (also of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Drdog" target="_blank">Dr. Dog</a>).<br>If you like what you hear, or if you like other Seagreen releases like R. Stevie Moore, Thin Lips, Japanese Breakfast or Battle Ave, you can help the label out by picking up one of their <a href="http://seagreenrecords.bigcartel.com/product/white-black-seagreen-records-2015-2016-fundraiser-tees" target="_blank">fundraiser</a> tee-shirts to raise money for future releases.</p><p>Stream (the first half of) TEST MEAT exclusively via Brooklyn Vegan <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/08/tera_melos_nick.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="198" data-orig-width="682"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/1af41c4cb3c51096ad1cf897d198741e/tumblr_inline_nsxog67Lru1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759402015-07-27T17:44:22-07:002017-04-18T16:53:22-07:00Tera Melos Announces 3 Texas Shows<figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1104" data-orig-width="720"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/9842115d45071c54f72fea93f56e21de/tumblr_inline_ns7r98cUvI1qbczvs_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/teramelos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> will be performing 3 shows in Texas this August.<br>On Aug. 20 they’ll be performing a <a href="http://www.redbullsoundselect.com" target="_blank">Red Bull Sound Select </a> show @ Trees in Dallas, TX w/ Power Trip, Basecamp, and Clint Werth and it’s only $3 w/ RSVP!</p><p><b>See all show + ticket details below:</b></p><p>8/20 Dallas, TX @ Trees // RSVP + purchase tickets <a href="http://bit.ly/1IpVuSx" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p><p>8/21 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live // purchase tickets <a href="http://bit.ly/1dKoTud" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br></p><p>8/22 Austin, TX @ Red 7 // purchase tickets <a href="http://bit.ly/1dKoTud" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759412015-06-23T14:10:24-07:002017-04-18T16:53:22-07:00The fine folks at Daytrotter recorded Tera Melos at their studio in Rock Island, IL. To listen to...<figure data-orig-height="66" data-orig-width="260"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/17ea03b3dcf94d931d35123a994acb9e/tumblr_inline_nqezx4W3CP1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="488" data-orig-width="740"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/6ced0605c34f0b2dcb64bd84f86edb6d/tumblr_inline_nqezzdlo3s1qbzv4w_540.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>The fine folks at <a href="http://www.daytrotter.com" target="_blank">Daytrotter</a> recorded <a href="http://www.facebook.com/teramelos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> at their studio in Rock Island, IL. To listen to the full session click <a href="http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/tera-melos/21021972-3738470" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759422015-06-08T13:44:22-07:002017-04-18T16:53:22-07:00Keith McMillen Instruments Interview with Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos, Bygones, and Big Walnuts Yonder<figure data-orig-width="480" data-orig-height="320" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/13673e5e32c640c8affa54eedf63be5c/tumblr_inline_npn6nsj3Wa1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>Nick Reinhart is a guitarist and effects wizard who plays in the genre-defying band <a href="http://www.teramelos.net" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>, the equally frenetic duo <a href="http://bygones.bandcamp.com" target="_blank">Bygones</a> with <a href="https://zachhill.bandcamp.com" target="_blank">Zach Hill</a>, the super-group <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/big-walnuts-yonder" target="_blank">Big Walnuts Yonder</a> with Mike Watt, Nels Cline and Greg Saunier, and contributed to the Jenny Death half of <a href="http://thirdworlds.net" target="_blank">Death Grips</a>’ album The Powers That B. I caught up with Nick to talk about the electronic music inspiration for his sound, his process with effects pedals, the inception of Big Walnuts Yonder, The Simpsons universe, and the reality-challenging aesthetic of Windy City Heat.</p><!-- more --><p><b>For starters, can you tell us who you are and what you do? </b></p><p>My name is Nick Reinhart. I play guitar in a band called Tera Melos (tare-uh melloh-s) and lots of other projects. I suppose my variety of playing would fall under the “experimental” category. I use a lot of effects to get non-traditional sounds out of the guitar.</p><p><b>Your mastery over and heavy use of effects transcends the normal behavior of an electric guitar to the point that it approaches a fully electronic music instrument. How did you arrive at this sound? What was the process?</b></p><p>I started playing guitar when I was 11 and was interested in effect pedals from the beginning. I started with a really basic fuzz pedal and around 12 years old I messed around with a delay pedal that had 2 second looping capabilities. That was really exciting for me. I slowly started collecting pedals and experimenting with different combinations. At some point in my early 20s a friend gave me a DigiTech synth pedal that he thought was fairly useless. It made a few sounds that were very non-guitar sounding. I applied it to a few ideas and that was sort of the beginning of approaching guitar sounds/playing from a different perspective.</p><p><b>Considering all the electronics and effects you use, what inspiration do you take from electronic musicians?</b></p><p>I’d say the approach is largely based off my love for computer-based music. In 9th grade I was really into punk and Nirvana and all that. Then my friend Bob showed me Aphex Twin, Squarepusher and Underworld. That was a big turning point for me. Then, when I was 18ish, I started messing with DAWs/software like fruity loops and reason. I really liked all the sounds I could make on a computer and discovered that I could emulate some of those ideas on guitar with the right effects. I also realized that some of the stuff I’d write on a computer would be much too fast to play on a guitar with a pick, so that’s when I started developing my two handed tapping stuff. So electronic music was sonically and physically inspiring.</p><p><b>It looked like you had a blast at NAMM demoing all the Earthquaker Devices pedals and you’ve been contributing to Juan Alderete’s pedal review site. How did you get started doing this type of work?</b></p><p>Well Tera Melos has been a band for 10+ years now and we’ve been really into guitar effects since our first show. There weren’t too many bands then that had massive, absurd pedal boards. Well, actually, Mars Volta did! Haha. I’ve seen photos of Juan surrounded by three giant boards. Anyways, it wasn’t until the last few years that I got acknowledged as someone that was really into sound manipulation. I think it probably started by hanging out with Juan, actually. I think we met back in 2009 and became friendly. Before he was doing pedalsandeffects.com he and I and Jonathan Hischke had sometimes joked about doing a TV show that was centered on nerding out over pedals. Eventually that turned into a real idea and Juan started his site. We’d talked about getting me in there to run through my entire pedal board; at that point there had been a fair amount of info floating around the internet about what my set up was, but a lot of my gear was either decorated or broken, so there was a lot of misinformation as well. It was really dorky because I had a bit of a inner conflict about whether or not I wanted to explicitly state how all my pedals were being used/modded/chained together. It kind of went back to the Aphex Twin/Squarepusher/Underworld influence- there wasn’t a whole lot of information about how those guys were creating that music and playing it live. In a lot of ways I respected the mystery behind it. Of course I would love a step-by-step, detailed look at what Richard D. James is doing at any given moment in a studio or on a stage, but I like the wonder and magic behind it. I eventually decided it’d be pretty cool to just go hang out with Juan and talk pedals, so one time when I was passing through LA we spent an afternoon filming a walkthrough of whatever my current set up was at the time. That was kind of the big spike for pedal-related people knowing who I was. Since then I’ve worked with a lot of pedal companies doing various things. It’s actually one of the craziest things to ever happen to me.</p><p><iframe width="500" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ho665dOBQIE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p><b>How do you go about deciding what is on your pedalboard at any moment? Does it change?</b></p><p>It definitely depends on the project/music and what purpose I’m trying to serve. With my main group, Tera Melos, I like to have lots of options at my feet- different overdrives, modulated sounds, synths, looping devices, etc. Half of the boards will generally be my “must haves,” and then the other half will be colorful things that I can drop in at any point. When I’m doing something in a more improvised setting I usually like to have a little more color than necessary. I have this concept for a band in my head where I’m using LOTS of different fuzz/overdrive/distortion pedals. I think that’d be interesting- finding different combinations of sonically abrasive pedals that sound awesome together. But yea, it changes all the time. Even with tera melos- I don’t think there’s been a tour where I had even 50% of the same stuff down there from the last tour.</p><p><b>Tell me about the new project Big Walnuts Yonder, how did that come about?</b></p><p>Tera Melos is friends with Mike Watt. We’ve toured with him a bit and run into him in different countries on different continents. Around 4 years ago we were playing a show with him and The Missingmen in Ireland. We were backstage and I was asking Mike about his second opera, Contemplating the Engine Room. I really love Nels Cline’s guitar playing on that record. Some might classify his playing as the “fire emoji.” There’s a song called “The Boilerman” that I was asking Watt about in particular. He told me, “if you wanna know about Nels then you gotta play with him!” and then we talked about doing a band with the three of us. He told me to find a drummer- one that I’d never played with. I knew immediately that Greg Saunier from Deerhoof would add a dimension to that sort of project that no one else could. So Mike emailed Nels and I emailed greg. Everyone was way on board. Mike wrote basslines and sent them to me. That was strange because I’d never written guitar parts to pre-existing bass parts. It was massively challenging in the best way. We sent the demos to Nels and Greg, though I’m not sure that they really listened to them. Maybe just enough to get the vibe. Anyways, it took 3 years to get everyone in a room at the same time. trying to line up those 4 schedules was almost impossible. We recorded all the music in 3 days with Tony Maimone, from Pere Ubu, manning the board. We would jam the parts for a bit so Nels and Greg could get some neat stuff figured out, then we’d hit record. It was great. The record is almost done. It sounds really, really cool. I’m excited for everyone to hear it. Playing with those guys was something else. I learned a lot from it. Hopefully we can line everyone’s schedules up to play some shows.</p><p><b>What are some tour essentials when you’re out on the road?</b></p><p>Definitely an iPod. I recently left mine on a plane. It was an iPod Classic. They don’t make those anymore and now people are selling them for way too much money, so that’s a bummer. What else- back ups and plan B’s because things are gonna break and go wrong. I’ve usually got extra patch cables, velcro, fuses, memory cards, amp, guitar, etc, etc.</p><p><b>What’ve you been most excited about lately?</b></p><p>Trying to finish some solo music that’s largely electronic based, but I’ve been excited about that for years. I always find myself coming back to it and saying, “Yea, but this can be better.” But I think I’ve got it pretty cool sounding right now.</p><figure data-orig-width="810" data-orig-height="610" class="tmblr-full"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/df4c4996e5ece34324ac105ce63be832/tumblr_inline_npn7ivqGwo1qbzv4w_540.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p><b>Besides being perhaps the greatest television show of all time, what’s the best part about The Simpsons?</b></p><p>I just really love the Simpsons’ universe and the infinite possibilities that come with animation, and obviously the writers and animators take full advantage of that. The aesthetic and colors are all really neat and captivating. I feel like The Simpsons represent my imagination and Curb Your Enthusiasm represents my reality.</p><p><b>Any other thoughts or ideas you’d like to talk about?</b></p><p>Yes. I’d like to educate the readers about a movie very dear to my heart called “Windy City Heat.” There are these 3 friends: Perry, Don and Mole. Don and Mole have been f*cking with Perry for over 20 years (10 years at the time the movie was made). In those 20 years they created a false reality surrounding Perry. Perry is very naive and believes just about everything that he is told. It’s like a real life Truman Show. They lead him to believe that he has been cast as the lead role in a movie. Windy City Heat is the behind the scenes making of the fake movie. It’s 100% real and amazing and the movie itself is just scratching the surface. It goes way deeper than what we are shown. There are bonus scenes from WCH of Perry watching the completed movie for the first time, and that leads to more questions, the obvious being- does he understand that it was all a massive prank? The answer to that is a very complicated one. They’ve continued the project with a podcast and other various things. I’ve met a couple people involved with the project and it’s insane how real it is. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ancwTUkXyKk" target="_blank">You can watch the whole thing on YouTube</a>, which you should do right now!</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759432015-05-29T15:22:39-07:002017-04-18T16:53:23-07:00COFFEE AND RIFFS PART FORTY NINE Feat. NICK REINHART<iframe width="500" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PHuaF8-kZmk" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>Nick Reinhart came in to play some (insanely cool) improv at Five Star Sound Labs for the fine folks over at <a href="http://www.oldbloodnoise.com" target="_blank">Old Blood Noise Endeavors</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/coffeeandriffs" target="_blank">Coffee and Riffs</a>. </p><p>Shot in in Highland Park, California at <a href="http://www.pedalsandeffects.com" target="_blank">Juan Alderete</a>’s studio. </p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759442015-03-03T12:38:20-08:002017-04-18T16:53:23-07:00The Adventures of Pete & Pete Podcast feat. Tera Melos<figure><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/fd6d04bf23e5630bc36768ed902baf45/tumblr_inline_nknl9zhvBP1qbczvs.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><figure><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/4eb9ce2c6b9580989858499127173c96/tumblr_inline_nkgghsFv0Z1qbczvs.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>Episode Fifteen – “Number Ones & Number Twos LIVE” w/Tera Melos</b><br></p><p><a href="http://www.feralaudio.com/episode-fifteen-number-ones-number-twos-wtera-melos/" target="_blank">Feral Audio Stream</a><br><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-fifteen-number-ones/id701676914?i=336373928&mt=2" target="_blank">iTunes</a><br><a href="http://www.castmate.fm:8080/a/d/v/adventuresofdannyandmike/AODAM%2015%20MAIN.mp3" target="_blank">Direct Download</a></p><figure><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/491da5447b61622800f9305cb4b7fd54/tumblr_inline_nknl41Ab7T1qbczvs.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></figure><p>For the final leg of our Fall 2014 mini-tour the guys hit <a href="http://www.thespacect.com" target="_blank">The Space</a> in Hamden, CT for a very candid discussion about… well… pee & poop! Other talking points include band life on the road, baby skunks, Ween and of course, Mike’s continued hatred of brands! Our guests for this episode are the masters of rock themselves, <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/tera-melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>! So grab a bottle of Pepto, a roll of your softest TP and join us for this LIVE episode!</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759452015-03-03T12:27:00-08:002017-04-18T16:53:23-07:00Nick Reinhart Interview - Carlculation Infinity<figure class=""><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/23049afb25cc1aa4dbeb2a21ac30ed82/tumblr_inline_nj6gtzUeag1qbczvs.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>Nick Reinhart Interview</b></p><p>Guitar and effects professor Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos, Bygones and Big Walnuts Yonder and a personal favourite musician of mine. Nick is one of those guitarists whose sound is instantly recognisable, continuously innovative and always progressing and venturing into unexplored territories. </p><p>Here’s my interview with Nick. </p><figure class=""><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/479a2af2d01dcab8c8edcd5315b5fd1b/tumblr_inline_nj6gw82s3m1qbczvs.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>What inspired you to become a musician? What artists/bands/musicians or albums inspired or made an impact on the musical direction and approach you’ve taken with your instrument? And In terms of musical development what were the steps or process that you had to take in order to play the music that you are creating?</b></p><p>I got a guitar when I was eleven years old and it was a mind blowing thing for me. To be able to create music in your own hands was a really neat concept. Nirvana really spoke to me at that age. Seeing Sonic Youth swinging their guitars around and manipulating effects at lollapalooza when I was 12 had a big impact on me. I was into mostly punk in my teens until my friend Bob introduced me to electronic music in 9th grade, specifically Aphex Twin, Squarepusher and Underworld. Then I heard Hella and Dillinger Escape Plan around 2000/2001. I I guess when you mash all that together the music of Tera Melos comes out. I never wanted to play in a band that sounded like anyone else, it was always important for me to attempt create something completely different and unique.</p><!-- more --><p><b>How would you describe the elements that make up your approach to playing guitar, manipulate effects, looping, tapping and other features of you style?</b></p><p>I just really like having a lot of options for different sounds when I’m playing guitar. It makes it way more interesting and exciting for me. I look forward to certain parts of our set, knowing that I get to turn a certain pedal on during a song and do some really neat stuff. I definitely use a lot of looping, but we don’t really play to them in a live environment. Our band is too fast, raw and a.d.d. to be able to do that without heavily concentrating on some really precise loop, and I’m not really interested in that kind of approach anyway. The tapping stuff is mostly just a way to play certain parts that I couldn’t physically play if I was using a pick.</p><p><b>PedalsAndEffects Featuring Nick Reinhart</b></p><figure class="tmblr-embed" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304"><iframe width="500" height="281" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ho665dOBQIE?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></figure><p><b>What was the first piece of music you made a conscious effort to purchase and learn? How does it compare to the music you listen to now?</b></p><p>I don’t know that I’ve ever really done that. One time when I was like thirteen I went to a grocery store and was looking through a Guitar World magazine at a tab for Rage Against The Machine’s “Bulls On Parade”. I didn’t want to buy the whole magazine, so I grabbed a pencil and piece of paper wrote down the transcription. When I got home I realised that the whole main riff was only two notes and I had wasted like 30 minutes painstakingly writing it down. That was probably the first time where I thought, “Damn, I can probably just listen to stuff and figure it out”. Another time, probably when I was eighteen, I had written a really fast keyboard part on a program called fruity loops. I wanted to see if it was possible to play on guitar so, once again I got out a pencil and piece of paper and tabbed the whole thing out. The only way to physically play it was by using both hands to tap out the notes. I think that was the first tapping riff I’d ever written. I still mess around with it today, it’s really difficult to play. And recently I decided to learn the guitar solo to Smashing Pumpkins’ “Quiet.” I didn’t want to print the tab, so there again- pencil and paper. Got it down pretty good. I think that’s the first piece of music that I had sat down and learned in years.</p><p><b>Did you have any personal goals as a musician when you started? If so how have they changed? What do you now want to achieve as a musician in comparison from then?</b></p><p>There were no goals when I first started. They just gradually built themselves up starting with wanting to start a band, wanting to play shows, wanting to be on a record label, realising I should want to tour first, wanting to tour more, more touring and touring outside the US etc etc. My biggest goals now are to make this a proper living and to play with other musicians that I admire. </p><p><b>Bygones-Zach Hill and Nick Reinhart</b></p><figure class=""><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/84b3d25d9a8d58122fd345d54513375c/tumblr_inline_nj6h2xTmlj1qbczvs.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>When was the first time you decided that being a musician was the career path that you wanted follow? As you’ve made films such as your debut Snakeville. Would you like to create more films or a movie to accompany one of your albums or would you want to create something brand new and create the soundtrack for it?</b></p><p>I think it was around the time when Tera Melos started playing D.I.Y tours. I was in junior college and figured, “Well if I’m gonna do this I should do it all the way”. So I stopped going to college and started touring. That was 10 years ago. I would love to do more film stuff. It’s definitely one of my biggest passions. I’ve recently been talking with some friends about taking it more seriously. Luckily Tera Melos gets to make a lot of music videos with our amazing friend Behn Fannin. I’d also love to make scores for film and video game soundtracks. That is a pretty big goal of mine that I hope I get to fulfill.</p><figure class="tmblr-embed" data-provider="youtube" data-orig-width="540" data-orig-height="304"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OZM22R9rGP0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></figure><p><b>What is the greatest piece of advice you’ve received that’s helped you along with music or anything? What advice can you also give to musicians who are developing their skills? Are there any realities that you think are needed to be realised by modern musicians?</b></p><p>I can’t think of any specific piece of advice that has really stuck with me though, reading “Get in the van,” by Henry Rollins, was pretty inspiring and helpful. Anything Ian Mackaye has to say is pretty profound as well, even though he’s sometimes a little too cranky for me. My parents are also very supportive, so that’s also big for me. My advice is to do your own thing, don’t copy other people and take what you learn from other artists and apply that to your own world, carve out your own path and do things yourself. You don’t need a label or a manager or whatever. Want to make a record or press vinyl? Don’t start a Kickstarter. Work a shitty job and save up, buy a van and tour, don’t wait around for people to help you. We probably played 500 shows before we even spoke to a record label.</p><p><b>With each of your albums progressing in vastly different directions how do you feel that your musicianship and creative mindset have developed between each release? How do you feel that the other bands and musicians you have worked have contributed towards your development or changed the way you think or feel about music?</b></p><p>I don’t know that I’d say our records are vastly different from each other. I think there’s a been a pretty gradual evolution over the years. We mostly just want to keep getting better while maintaining the overall vibe of our band. We thought X’ed out was pretty tame when we were writing it, but then we realised that there’s a lot of wacky stuff in there. The emphasis of Tera Melos will likely always be based around technicality and strange musical ideas. Maybe not super strange, but very non-obvious, sometimes we’ll take an obvious idea and exploit it to where it’s no longer run-of-the-mill.</p><p>The other musicians that I’ve worked with have 100% helped shape and improve the way I play music. Zach Hill is one of my favourite musicians of all time and making the first Bygones record was sort of a precursor to Patagonian Rats. I can remember my playing/writing style physically changing when I started playing with Zach. I made a record with Mike Watt, Nels Cline and Greg Saunier. The band is called Big Walnuts Yonder. Each one of those guys have had a big musical impact on me one way or another.</p><p>Greg’s drumming specifically has really inspired me and my approach to playing guitar. Like I said earlier, playing with other musicians who you look up to is pretty much the greatest thing you can do as an artist. Then actually inspiring those who inspire you is a whole other level of coolness.</p><p><b>How are the songs in Tera Melos written? Please describe the process from A to B ? How has the process changed or is there a strict method? How does writing the differ between the instrumentation and the lyrics? What are your most favourite and difficult parts of the process?</b></p><p>I’ll usually jam in my bedroom and come up with guitar parts I like, then figure out ways to structure them into songs. Then I’ll make a demo after refining them a bit and send it over to the other guys. Then we’ll all sit at home with them and flesh out our individual parts. Eventually we get together and practice and put everything together. That method seems to work the best for us. Then once the songs are completed, I’ll figure out vocal melodies and then lyrics. The vocals are definitely the hardest part for me, just because it’s not something that comes natural to me. I can usually come up with neat guitar stuff pretty quickly, but lyrics take me quite awhile to get to the point where I’m happy with what’s coming out of my mouth.</p><p><b>As mentioned in another interview you said that you have a vat of inspiration that you pull ideas from. How would describe the composition of that space and what acts as a catalyst towards it’s creativity? Is it a combination of things you see or compositions you hear in your heard?</b></p><p>Well I can feel inspired by anything, but it’s not so much that I’m pulling ideas from somewhere. I can be watching a movie and then feel inspired to want to create something, so I’ll grab a guitar and just start playing. The same goes for most things- food, relationships, cartoons etc. On occasion I’ll have a melody stuck in my head, unbeknownst to me how it got there, and I’ll work off of that. As far as what actually comes from the spark of feeling inspired it’s really just up in the air. I never know what’s gonna come out. I just let my fingers dance around the guitar and see what happens.</p><p><b>How would you also describe what you are trying to communicate to the listener, between yourself and the other musicians?How does it differ with Bygones, Big Walnuts Yonder, Tera Melos or any other musicians or bands that you’ve worked with? Do you always have a musical goal or direction in mind?</b></p><p>In Tera Melos I feel like i’m trying to communicate a sense of musical wonder. Whether it’s a weird sound or a chord progression or vocal melody. Pretty much anything the band creates, to me, is communicating something that’s not very obvious and would leave someone saying to themselves, “Hm, that’s interesting.” When I’ve worked with other bands I don’t think there has really been much of a musical goal. Since Tera Melos is what I spend most of my time on I tend to think about that stuff a little more. Big Walnuts Yonder was written and recorded in a very interesting way. Mike Watt sent me bass lines he’d written and then I added guitar parts to them. Greg and Nels hadn’t really listened to the stuff we’d written until we were literally in the studio ready to hit record. On top of that it was recorded almost 100% live, which is something I haven’t done since my punk band years. So with BWY I suppose the goal was for a very honest, in the moment recording between the four of us. I’d say generally with each project there’s a pretty different vibe as far as goals are considered and what we are wanting to communicate goes.</p><p><b>How did Big Walnuts Yonder form and what are you currently working on? How is the experience and creative approach different from the other bands you’ve played in? What do you want to do differently in comparison to other bands that you have played in? </b></p><figure class=""><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/bc25370113d4c56134adfb45ae3ffa2f/tumblr_inline_nj6h8lGTkr1qbczvs.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p>A few years ago we ended up playing a show with Mike watt and The Missingmen in Ireland. We knew Mike pretty well by that point. He and I were talking backstage. I was asking him about his second opera, “Contemplating The Engine Room.” Nels Cline played guitar on that record and there’s some really insane stuff going on. I’d asked Mike about the process of writing and recording with Nels. His response was, “You wanna know Nels? You gotta play with Nels!” So he suggested that we should all start a project and that I should find a drummer, whom neither of us had ever worked with. Right off the bat I mentioned Greg Saunier from Deerhoof. Shortly after that we talked to everyone about the idea and we were all pretty excited about it. Of course the one problem was getting everyone’s schedules to line up. Fast forward three years and we each had a short window of availability.</p><p><b>How do you feel that progressive and experimental music is changing or music in general? Do you feel that you or Tera Melos are a part of this change or are part of a different movement?</b></p><p>I try not to think about what’s happening in the musical world too much. I’m afraid that it might influence me in a way that wouldn’t interest me otherwise. Generally I think things seem a little too safe though. I’m not sure what part myself or Tera Melos plays in all of that, but I hope we’re creating a positive influence and are helping to push things forward. That’s what we’re trying for at least.</p><p><b>Personally I feel that Tera Melos or your general sound has inspired a generation of musicians as elements of your playing is present in a lot of experimental or what most would consider “math rock” bands sound. How do you feel about the impact that you’ve made on music? Did you ever think you would ever create such a global following?</b></p><p>I try not to let my mind wander down that alley, but if that’s the case and we have somehow even made the tiniest impact on the musical portion of the musical universe I think that’s really, really special and amazing. I never thought we’d get to the point we are at right now.</p><p><b>What equipment is in your setup and what are the preferences within your setup?</b></p><p>At the moment I’m playing through a Peavey 6505 2x12 and a Roland JC-120 2x12. I like that amp combo because it’s loud and has the mid range rawness from the Peavey which gets smoothed and crystalized with the JC-120. I use lots of pedals of course. Then a Roland SP-404 controlled by a Berhinger Midi footboard, which is really big and a pain in the ass to travel with. I’ve been playing my Fender Supersonic guitars a lot lately. I think it’s probably my favourite guitar ever.</p><figure class=""><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/99f86f2d3a365debde4ae120861fcedd/tumblr_inline_nj6hasnQjU1qbczvs.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></figure><p><b>With Dwarfcraft creating the Reinhart pedal and your recent involvement with Earthquaker devices will you or would you like to make a series of custom pedals or signature pedals? What would you want to include in your series whether that be pedals or guitars?</b></p><p>Thinking about that is insane. All of the above i suppose! I’m so thankful and honoured that these people acknowledge my existence. All the people I know in the gear world are REALLY cool, amazing humans with interesting stories. I really enjoy surrounding myself with those kinds of people.</p><p><b>When was the last time you saw a band that surpassed everything you thought was possible with music? What albums and artists are you also listening to?</b></p><p>I saw the Bad Plus recently. They were completely amazing. before the show I went to a frozen yogurt shop with my girlfriend, I walk in dave king was standing there, he’s the drummer from The Bad Plus. he’s one of my favourite drummers. I was too much of a weenee to say hi though. I didn’t want to disturb his pre-show froyo. Someday it’ll make for a good story if I ever meet him. I’d love to play music with him. I’ve currently been playing listening to Elliot Smith, Madonna, My Bloody Valentine, Marc Ribot, Dot Hacker, Chug and Cheer-Accident to name a few.</p><p><b>You can follow Tera Melos, Bygones and Big Walnuts Yonder at the following links listed below. </b></p><p><b>Tera Melos</b></p><p><a href="http://teramelos.bandcamp.com" target="_blank">http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/teramelosmusic" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/teramelosmusic</a></p><p><b>Bygones </b></p><p><a href="http://bygones.bandcamp.com" target="_blank">http://bygones.bandcamp.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bygonesmusic" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/bygonesmusic</a></p><p><b>Big Walnuts Yonder </b></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bigwalnutsyonder" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/bigwalnutsyonder</a></p><p><b>Please follow the follow the links below and check out the other interviews and reviews on this site. </b></p><p><a href="http://carlculationinfinityinterviews.tumblr.com" target="_blank">http://carlculationinfinityinterviews.tumblr.com</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/carlculationinfinity?ref+hl" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/Carlculationinfinity?ref=hl</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Carlculation" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Carlculation</a><br></p><p><br></p><p>Link to <a href="http://carlculationinfinityinterviews.tumblr.com/NickReinhart" target="_blank">article</a>.</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759462015-01-21T13:37:00-08:002017-04-18T16:53:23-07:00Spotlight: Nick Reinhart | guitar moderne<p><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/933e2671e76ee1d0a18f43b08e2393cb/tumblr_inline_niicjczgG81qbczvs.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p>
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<p><strong>H</strong><span>ybrid descriptions of music are often a lazy way to avoid digging deep into a band’s musical qualities and, as often, inaccurate. But to call the music of </span><a href="http://teramelos.net/" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a><span>Punk/Prog/Math/Metal/Ambient/Noise is necessary to cover all the ingredients of the band’s cut and paste style. What makes this ADD pastiche work where others fail is the depth of Nick Reinhart’s technique. His seemingly limitless command over both his guitar and the array of pedals at his feet, combined with the bloodletting energy he brings to the stage, make every musical digression compelling. I first met the man described as “Nels Cline’s younger punk rock brother” at the Earthquaker booth at NAMM, </span><a href="http://www.guitarmoderne.com/gear-2/summer-namm-2014" target="_blank">improvising</a><span> up a storm, and finally got him to talk to Guitar Moderne.</span></p>
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<p><strong>What kind of music were you playing when you first became proficient on the instrument?</strong></p>
<p>I was playing punk music when I became “proficient.” I realized the music I was playing/writing was getting more complex and the band I was playing in was confused about the stuff I was bringing to practice—things like 7th chords and alternate time signatures. Eventually the punk band fizzled out and Tera Melos was born.</p>
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<p><strong>What led you to create more experimental (non-mainstream) music?</strong></p>
<p>I’d seen Sonic Youth when I was 12 and that had a big impact on me. They swung their guitars around and wailed feedback for at least 15 minutes. I was still stuck in the punk world for a long time, into my later teens. I was collecting Sonic Youth and Fugazi records though, so there was some weirdness brewing in my soul. Around 2001, I heard Hella, Dillinger Escape Plan, King Crimson and some other interesting stuff. Hella and Dillinger both played super fast and had all these strange technical parts that really spoke to me. King Crimson was a whole new world of music. A lot of that stuff seemed related to punk music—conceptually, sonically etc., so it all made sense to me. When I learned a little bit about jazz it kind of threw everything off again—in a good way.</p>
<p><strong>Whose music inspires you?</strong></p>
<p>Brian Wilson, Jon Brion, Zach Hill, Adrian Belew, Tom Jenkinson, Richard D James, Greg Saunier, Charles Thompson, Rob Crow, Nels Cline, Mike Watt, Dave King…this is probably an infinite list. Artists who are honest and transparent with their dedication to making music.</p>
<p><strong>How did you get better at your current style?</strong></p>
<p>I’m not sure. I always want to be “getting better.” I feel like I’m constantly trying to expand my style, how I think about music and playing it—and practicing, of course. When I practice I’m not running through techniques, or specific things I’m trying to improve. It’s really just playing often. Every once in awhile I realize my fingers can go a little faster, or a certain guitar part seems a little less gnarly to play than it did a year ago.</p>
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<p><strong>What are you trying convey with your music?</strong></p>
<p>Honesty and something that makes the listener think, “Okay, that’s interesting. I wouldn’t have thought of that.”</p>
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<p><strong>Which guitars, amps, effects, plug-ins and software do you use to create your music, and why?</strong></p>
<p>I use a lot of pedals. I usually switch up my pedal rig every few months or so—swapping things out for new sounds. I think of my pedalboards as a completely separate instrument. I generally like playing with two loaded boards, with something like ten-ish pedals on each board. That usually gives me enough options to sprinkle new ideas throughout a set list. Since they get switched up so often it’d difficult to say what signal chain is exactly, but it generally is some distortions, fuzzes, delays/loopers, some modulation stuff, reverbs, pitch shifting etc.</p>
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<p><span>My amp setup has been pretty consistent for the last few years—a Peavey 6505 combo and a Roland JC-120 coming out of my Line 6 DL4, so they’re just both running wide open the whole time.</span></p>
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<p>My main guitar for the last few years has been a Fender Squier Super-sonic, either a blue sparkle or silver sparkle.</p>
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<p><span>I also run a Boss SP 404 sampler, controlled by a modified Behringer MIDI foot controller. The foot controller isn’t designed to sync with the 404, so it requires a chip replacement and some really antiquated software magic to get them to play nicely together.</span></p>
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<p><strong>Which do you enjoy more: recording or playing live and why?</strong></p>
<p>There are different kinds of magical things that come from both environments. When you’re recording you have limitless options and a variety of ways to get musical ideas across. That’s a really exciting time in the creation process. When you’re playing live you still have all those options, but the magic comes from existing in the moment and which of those options you choose explore in the minuscule amount of time you had to think about it. Actually, you’re not really thinking about it, you’re just reacting to what’s happening in that environment at the time.</p>
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<p><strong>How have you built up an audience for your music?</strong></p>
<p>Mostly by touring extensively for the last 10 years. I started from the ground up.</p>
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<p>I’d love to play with Dave King from the Bad Plus. I’ve been really fortunate to play with some amazing drummers. Past and present Tera Melos drummers—Vince Rogers and John Clardy, respectively—have been able to tap into exactly what the band is trying to accomplish and bring out stuff that could only be determined by those two. I’ve made a handful of records and played live a bunch with Zach Hill, which is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I just made a record with Greg Sauiner, who is one of my favorite musicians, and has influenced my guitar playing quite a bit. I’ve also improvised a bit with a guy from Sacramento named Jon Bafus. He has a great band called Gentleman Surfer. He’s another amazing drummer. So I’m pretty much on a mission to play with all my favorite drummers. Steven Drozd would also be on that list.</p>
<p><strong>What is your latest project? When will it be available and where can people in different parts of the world get it?</strong></p>
<p>The latest project is the aforementioned record with Greg Saunier, Nels Cline and Mike Watt. it’s called <em>Big Walnuts Yonder</em>. It’s a very special band. Mike Watt and I were in Ireland almost four years ago and were talking about his second opera,<em> Contemplating The Engine Room</em>. I’m a big fan of Nels Cline (he played guitar on that record) and I was asking Mike about the song “The Boilerman.” The guitar playing on that song is incredible. Mike said, “You wanna know Nels? Then you gotta play with Nels!” Hence <em>Big Walnuts Yonder</em> was born. I suggested Greg as a drummer. It took us three years, but eventually everyone’s schedules lined up and we were able to make a record. It’s not quite done yet, but hopefully it will be soon. It should be out sometime this year on <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/" target="_blank">Sargent House.</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.guitarmoderne.com/artists/spotlight-nick-reinhart" target="_blank">Reposted from guitar moderne</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759472014-10-31T14:41:31-07:002017-04-18T16:53:23-07:00Happy Halloween - Scary Sounds II Is here<p><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/36b1c091194d224137b263efdc6d1d1f/tumblr_inline_nebvxgia8s1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/db3957cf88ea55077b0f0de47d6e6e0b/tumblr_inline_nebvxzYqvI1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p>
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<p>In case you didn’t get enough <a href="http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/news/nick-reinhart-scary-sounds" target="_blank">last year</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/bbqdbrains" target="_blank">Nick Reinhart</a> of <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/Tera_Melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> (also of seasonal records <em>satan’s power</em>, <em>satan’s power II</em>) is back with another installment of spooky noises.</p>
<p>An experimental record in which every sound is made with a guitar, <em>Scary Sounds II</em> includes some chilling ambient tracks alongside bloopy and crunchy electric sounds that will make you feel like you’re being spun around inside a washing machine or inside a tweaker’s brain. Every sound is unsettling—it’s clear that the record’s been constructed very deliberately to build an ever-shifting eerie atmosphere so that you’ll want to get the hell away from wherever you are in favor of somewhere a little more well-lit. Reinhart used to work the seasonal shift at Party City, so this one’s got the spirits’ seal of approval</p>
<p>You can stream <a href="http://nickreinhart.bandcamp.com" target="_blank"><em>Scary Sounds II</em> here</a>, or <a href="http://nickreinhart.bandcamp.com/album/scary-sounds-ii" target="_blank">buy it now</a> for $6.66 to frighten the ornery kids off your lawn.</p>
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<p><br><a href="http://www.bandsintown.com/TeraMelos" target="_blank">You can also see TERA MELOS live on tour now SEE ALL DATES HERE. </a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759482014-10-27T12:19:00-07:002017-04-18T16:53:24-07:00Tera Melos' first album Limited Pink edition - up for pre-order and on Tour<p><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/54e2859bc1e42bf17fea9230dedd5181/tumblr_inline_ne4a76E2Ec1qbczvs.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/933bce7c4cd0dab74ea0bbf5270cae6a/tumblr_inline_ne4a7ti2Fe1qbczvs.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p>
<p><a href="http://teramelos.hellomerch.com" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a>’ first album has been re-issued by <a href="http://sargenthouse.com" target="_blank">Sargent House</a> for the first time in the original cd artwork color Pink. The vinyl is translucent pink and comes with a <a href="https://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-album" target="_blank">download card. </a>This is a limited run of just 1k pieces. <br>It is now available for <a href="http://teramelos.hellomerch.com" target="_blank">pre-order</a> on its own or as a <a href="http://hellomerch.com/products/untitled-12-clear-pink-vinyl-bundle" target="_blank">t-shirt bundle</a> with your choice of Chainsaw men shirt in Black or White at the <a href="http://teramelos.hellomerch.com" target="_blank">TERA MELOS STORE. </a><br><br>The vinyl is expected to arrive at some point while Tera Melos are on tour so it will be shipped to meet them and will then be for sale at shows too. <a href="http://artistdata.sonicbids.com/tera-melos/shows" target="_blank"><strong>SEE ALL TERA MELOS SHOW DATES HERE</strong></a> <br><br><!-- more --></p>
<p><strong>TERA MELOS LIVE 2014</strong><br>Oct 28 Tucson, AZ @ <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/657299" target="_blank">The Flycatcher </a><br>Oct 29 Albuquerque, NM @ <a href="https://holdmyticket.com/checkout/event/178380" target="_blank">Sister </a><br>Oct 31 Houston, TX @ <a href="https://www.stubwire.com/event/teramelos/fitzgeralds/houston/8546/" target="_blank">Fitzgeralds</a> w/ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/By-the-End-of-Tonight/100801783331653" target="_blank">By The End Of Tonight</a><br>Nov 01 Baton Rouge, LA @ <a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5324535" target="_blank">Spanish Moon</a><br>Nov 02 Nashville, TN @ <a href="http://www.exitin.com/tickets/?Page=http%3a%2f%2fpublic.ticketbiscuit.com%2fExitIn%2fTicketing%2f212224%3fref%3dkQqKbnvrj0WS_xJztH-XDQ" target="_blank">Exit In</a><br>Nov 05 Boston, MA @ House of Blues *<br> Nov 06 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore *<br>Nov 08 Philadelphia, PA @ <a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5435195" target="_blank">The Fire (early show)</a><br>Nov 09 Baltimore, MD @ <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/event/708237" target="_blank">Metro Gallery </a><br>Nov 10 Hamden, CT @ <a href="http://ticketf.ly/1t413i6" target="_blank">The Space </a><br> Nov 11 New York, NY @ Best Buy Theatre *<br> Nov 14 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre and Ballroom*<br> Nov 15 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom *<br>Nov 16 Columbus, OH @ <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/703343" target="_blank">Strongwater </a><br>Nov 17 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues *<br> Nov 20 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre*<br> Nov 21 Murray, UT @ Murray Theater*<br> Nov 23 Seattle, WA @ Showbox At The Market*<br> Nov 24 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom*<br> Nov 25 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom*<br> Nov 26 Pomona, CA @ The Fox Theater*</p>
<p>* w/ Circa Survive & Title Fight</p>
<p><br><br></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759492014-10-27T11:17:35-07:002017-04-18T16:53:24-07:00Q&A <p><a href="http://feckingbahamas.com/write-songs-youre-tera-melos" target="_blank"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/98ebda4fafb78ef7689aef35333855b0/tumblr_inline_ne47ur58dV1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/f787756703fee09efed13ef75789d539/tumblr_inline_ne47uywBhF1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://artistdata.com/tera-melos/shows" target="_blank">TERA MELOS are on tour now - see all details here </a><br><br>We are back with the second instalment in our <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/Tera_Melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> chronicles. If you haven’t read it yet, check out <a href="http://feckingbahamas.com/how-to-collect-pedals-if-youre-tera-melos" title="HOW TO COLLECT PEDALS… IF YOU’RE TERA MELOS" target="_blank"><u>Part 1</u></a> of this interview, where we discussed pedal collections.</p>
<p>Initially before chatting with the guys, we had thought that it would be interesting to discuss the seemingly surfy, garage-y turn that the band’s more recent song-writing had taken. Even a quick listen to <em>X’ed Out</em> in comparison with their earlier albums will reveal an album that seems less complex, maybe a little bit more ‘California’, and perhaps a little more accessible in its own way. That said, <em>X’ed Out</em> undoubtedly retains more than enough complexity to leave the listener engrossed after repeated listens. It’s just that there are, for example, definable choruses, verses or hooks, rather than the more scrambled spaghetti-like forms of from previous records. Despite all this, when we actually started talking about their influences, it became obvious that a concept as banally-titled as “surf rock” was far too simplistic to describe their process and progression as writers…</p>
<p><strong><!-- more -->Kat: How has your writing process changed since the <em>Drugs/Complex</em> era? It definitely sounds like there’s fewer hooks or definable parts on the earlier records. So how did you start out writing something that was so intricate?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> It probably just has to do with being young and really ambitious. Like… specifically tonight, when we were playing ‘Spoonful of Slurry’, I remember even thinking. “Man, there are so many parts in this song. It’s just part, after part, after part.” We wrote those songs when we’d lost our other guitar player. We were down to a three-piece band, and it was like, “How can we make this super interesting and keep it moving?”, because we never wanted to be an instrumental band. And actually instrumental bands kind of bored us at that point, because a lot of bands were like Explosions in the Sky, and just post-rocky… I mean it was never parts just slammed together, there was a lot of thought put into how we could link all these things together and make them sound like a song, but I think it was just being young and ambitious and hyper-active, and wanting to just play fast and technical stuff.</p>
<p><strong>Kat: Did you have to write all the parts down? There are so many parts that didn’t use the same rhythm, but were still weirdly synchronous…</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> Well, when we wrote that, it was with our other drummer. And he was really into jazz, and so he kind of taught us how to play like that. There were a lot of things happening where guitar would be doing one thing and drums are doing a completely different thing. A lot of times, the way he would play drums, was that he wouldn’t even want the drums to be linked up timing-wise. He just wanted the length of what he was playing to be linked up. So it would be this weird sounding thing, but he would drop in on the right beat. But he came from jazz, whereas John is more of a punk and rock drummer. So that would also make sense why things have started to change a little bit [in regards to our sound].</p>
<p>But I don’t really know how we would remember all the parts. I think it was just that we practiced A LOT. And we would practice parts for entire practice sessions. Hours. A practice with the band five years ago wasn’t just like, “let’s run through the set” – right now when we practice, we run through the set; we work out what the order of the songs are so that we just run through them. Whereas back then, we would drive up to the drummer’s house and just work on 30 seconds. For hours.</p>
<p>That’s why there’s not that much material from that era of the band. <em>Drugs</em> is an EP and <em>Complex</em> is an EP, of like five songs. Actually, <em>Drugs</em> is really only three songs but we just split it up into however many tracks. But it was definitely difficult to write that way.</p>
<p><strong>Tom: So would you say that working that way, and running through the same 30 seconds is actually detrimental to the speed and flow of writing?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> Well now because John lives really far away from us; we live in California and our drummer lives in Texas. So now we all do it in our own time. Instead of going to practice, I’ll just email them some guitar stuff, and then everyone plays around with it and we email stuff back and forth. And then when we get together it happens a lot quicker.</p>
<p><strong>Kat: Do you think then that the songs have a clearer meaning behind them, because they’re starting out in a much more holistic way?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> Yeah, probably. I think so. I mean there’s two songs on <em>X’ed Out</em>, ‘Tropic Lame’ and ‘New Chlorine’; those were song ideas that I had written way before we even started writing or recording <em>X’ed Out</em> and on my own, I had demoed these really generic versions of those songs. Nothing like they are now; just the basic chords and parts. And I never thought the band would be able to use that. And then when we had almost finished writing [X’ed Out], I sent emails to the other guys and said, “I’m not sure if we can make anything out of these”. And I remember specifically, John didn’t like ‘Tropic Lame’.</p>
<p><strong>Nathan:</strong> And that song happened really quickly, like, you (@Nick) showed it to us one day and we took it home, and then another day he (@John) didn’t like it, and we had to be like, “Just think about it a little differently”, and then the next day he was like, “OK, I like it.”</p>
<p>[laughs]</p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> Well when we recorded it, he ended up saying it was one of his favourite songs on the album. So yeah, I guess maybe [these songs] are more meaningful because they’re not just little meaningful parts crammed together; these are songs that have more musical meaning.</p>
<p><strong>Nathan:</strong> And for me, when I hear something he comes up with.. I never get anything and go, “I don’t like this”. You know, it’s not a song until we’ve all applied our parts to it. So for me there’s not ever any reason to not work something through.</p>
<p><strong>Kat: So in the system that you use, are the vocals the last part?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> Yeah. They have been for the last two records. When we were writing and practicing before we recorded them, I didn’t even practice with vocals. For <em>Patagonian Rats</em> I didn’t even have the words written for most of the songs until we recorded the music, and then I took the time to write the lyrics. I’d like to not do that on the next record. I mean the vocal melodies I have in mind but the lyrics aren’t super important. I like the lyrics on both the last records, and I’m really happy with them, but it’s not a pivotal thing for us. The emphasis is definitely on the music.</p>
<p><strong>Tom: I was going to ask where you get the song titles from…</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> Well… those aren’t like Don Cab song titles, they all relate to the content of the songs. And it takes me a long time to even come up with ideas for song titles because even the song title to me is really important and I don’t want to cringe a year later when I think about it.</p>
<p><strong>Kat I guess that’s another thing that makes this seem like more of a surfy album, like in the song titles you’ve got ‘Sunburn’, and ‘Slimed’, which seems to refer to some surfy stuff…</strong></p>
<p><strong>Tom: ‘Surf Nazis’…</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> Definitely, people mention it being a summery-type album, but it probably is a sub-conscious thing. And the artwork is kind of bright and colourful… yeah. I can see that.</p>
<p>There’s… let’s see…<br> ‘New Chlorine’: Pool, water. ‘Bite’…</p>
<p><strong>Nathan:</strong> You get bug bites in the summer</p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> Or a shark bite,</p>
<p><strong>Nathan:</strong> ‘Snake Lake’: Going camping there…</p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> ‘Sunburn’….Well ‘Melody Nine’ is an old song… so that one doesn’t quite match. ‘No Phase’… ummm…</p>
<p><strong>Nathan:</strong> “Dude, this summer is like no phase I’m going through. I LOVE to swim”</p>
<p>[laughs]</p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> ‘Tropic Lame’: like tropical weather. ‘Slimed’: could just be…</p>
<p><strong>Nathan:</strong> When you get caught in a wave and you get seaweed all over yourself…</p>
<p><strong>Kat: Or like some kind of word from the ‘90s, like, “You totally got slimed, man!”</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> ‘Until Lufthansa’… It just kind of sounds summery… almost.</p>
<p><strong>Tom: Like… ‘German Airline’?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> Yeah sure! Like you’re flying to the beach.</p>
<p><strong>Tom: A German beach.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kat: What’s the meaning behind the lyrics in ‘Until Lufthansa’? Is it maybe something about a fear of flying?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nick:</strong> It’s kind of a reference to that famous heist that happens in <em>Goodfellas</em>. Well actually it’s all about <em>Goodfellas</em>, but it references the robbery a lot too. I don’t know if you’ve seen that movie, but spoiler alert: everyone pretty much dies.</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759502014-10-15T10:45:49-07:002017-04-18T16:53:24-07:00Thanks to Lukas Hodge and The Farm Family for taking and posting...<img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/d6f0e66980b817552f04e1774e9e4eb1/tumblr_ndhyodJNqU1qc24kzo1_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/b20f9e223c01cf685ae682485a25c2ec/tumblr_ndhyodJNqU1qc24kzo2_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/a651b01c771066f2adf8144b8f9f0959/tumblr_ndhyodJNqU1qc24kzo3_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/e31329e93fe0e02b1d57486dbbc39505/tumblr_ndhyodJNqU1qc24kzo4_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/a85f894303d084a5e88a28238e42b852/tumblr_ndhyodJNqU1qc24kzo5_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/6190384eea3d36a279d0357179bfa198/tumblr_ndhyodJNqU1qc24kzo6_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/ae56f814ee050ee2fe7d050c9b8dd422/tumblr_ndhyodJNqU1qc24kzo7_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/b2a2d937cff85482f39dab64df7bf8bc/tumblr_ndhyodJNqU1qc24kzo8_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><p>Thanks to <a href="http://thefarmfamily.com" target="_blank">Lukas Hodge</a> and <a href="http://thefarmfamily.com" target="_blank">The Farm Family</a> for taking and posting some photos from the Los Angeles <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/Tera_Melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos </a>show at El Rey with Pinback. <br>October 3, 2014</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759512014-10-08T09:25:00-07:002017-04-18T16:53:24-07:00Tera Melos add shows with Circa Survive & Title Fight to their Fall Tour dates<p><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/725321205116b740a3d37218fb87e069/tumblr_inline_nd4w33rvKQ1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p>
<p>What better way to celebrate finishing up a great tour with <strong>Pinback</strong> than to announce more tour dates? <strong><a href="http://sargenthouse.com/Tera_Melos" target="_blank">Tera Mel</a><a href="http://sargenthouse.com/Tera_Melos" target="_blank">os</a></strong> have done just that - they will be joining <a href="http://circasurvive.com" target="_blank">Circa Survive</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/titlefight" target="_blank">Title Fight</a> for a few additional shows in November after their own headline shows which includes a very special Halloween in Houston show with their old “<a href="http://www.discogs.com/By-The-End-Of-Tonight-Tera-Melos-Complex-Full-Of-Phantoms/release/1157250" target="_blank">Complex full of Phantoms</a>“ split mates <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/By-the-End-of-Tonight/100801783331653" target="_blank">By The End Of Tonight</a>. And Thanks to Cam McCluskey for your fine MS Paint rendition of the band above. <br><br><a href="http://artistdata.com/tera-melos/shows" target="_blank"><strong>SEE ALL TERA MELOS SHOWS & DETAILS HERE</strong></a><span></span></p>
<p><strong>TERA MELOS LIVE 2014</strong><br>Oct 28 Tucson, AZ @ <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/657299" target="_blank">The Flycatcher </a><br>Oct 29 Albuquerque, NM @ <a href="https://holdmyticket.com/checkout/event/178380" target="_blank">Sister </a><br>Oct 31 Houston, TX @ <a href="https://www.stubwire.com/event/teramelos/fitzgeralds/houston/8546/" target="_blank">Fitzgeralds</a> w/ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/By-the-End-of-Tonight/100801783331653" target="_blank">By The End Of Tonight</a><br>Nov 01 Baton Rouge, LA @ <a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5324535" target="_blank">Spanish Moon</a><br>Nov 02 Nashville, TN @ <a href="http://www.exitin.com/tickets/?Page=http%3a%2f%2fpublic.ticketbiscuit.com%2fExitIn%2fTicketing%2f212224%3fref%3dkQqKbnvrj0WS_xJztH-XDQ" target="_blank">Exit In</a><br>Nov 05 Boston, MA @ House of Blues *<br> Nov 06 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore *<br>Nov 08 Philadelphia, PA @ <a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5435195" target="_blank">The Fire (early show)</a><br>Nov 09 Baltimore, MD @ <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/event/708237" target="_blank">Metro Gallery </a><br>Nov 10 Hamden, CT @ <a href="http://ticketf.ly/1t413i6" target="_blank">The Space </a><br> Nov 11 New York, NY @ Best Buy Theatre *<br> Nov 14 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre and Ballroom*<br> Nov 15 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom *<br>Nov 16 Columbus, OH @ <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/703343" target="_blank">Strongwater </a><br>Nov 17 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues *<br> Nov 20 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre*<br> Nov 21 Murray, UT @ Murray Theater*<br> Nov 23 Seattle, WA @ Showbox At The Market*<br> Nov 24 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom*<br> Nov 25 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom*<br> Nov 26 Pomona, CA @ The Fox Theater*</p>
<p>* w/ Circa Survive & Title Fight</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/46759522014-09-23T17:24:43-07:002017-04-18T16:53:25-07:00
Don’t miss Tera Melos on tour now see all Dates & Details...<img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/8fbf57a997baff738adfd397ce683bab/tumblr_ncdpwpyumC1qblyljo1_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/16fdb23389d13bd644edf51f5168ddaa/tumblr_ncdpwpyumC1qblyljo3_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/50a38e2fed10ba2f2daa1340bc8b56fa/tumblr_ncdpwpyumC1qblyljo2_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/afd15da1363e5734e70a0508d07fd7a3/tumblr_ncdpwpyumC1qblyljo4_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/ad6215ff2e45e6ca047c4b1dd52ea622/tumblr_ncdpwpyumC1qblyljo5_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/c5ac935801792c18f40a63944b79fd98/tumblr_ncdpwpyumC1qblyljo6_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/f6394555233c35e3bcf02a81fedfa50a/tumblr_ncdpwpyumC1qblyljo7_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/6834229ddda4dbc780dda4bd5b1925f7/tumblr_ncdpwpyumC1qblyljo8_500.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br> <br><p><a href="http://allstonpudding.com/tera-melospinback-draft/" target="_blank"><img src="//68.media.tumblr.com/93f91cff38cd221b4b9d5070b8bd0984/tumblr_inline_ncdq3x6NMz1qbzv4w.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://artistdata.com/tera-melos/shows" target="_blank">Don’t miss Tera Melos on tour now see all Dates & Details HERE </a><br><br>Live Review: <br>Before delving into a set of melding together chaos and harmony, <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/Tera_Melos" target="_blank">Tera Melos</a> guitarist <a href="http://twitter.com/bbqdbrains" target="_blank">Nick Reinhart</a> grabbed his microphone to yell “DENTAL PLAN!” at the crowd. A few hesitant Simpsons fans immediately understood the reference, mumbling back to him, “Lisa needs braces!” It is no secret Tera Melos are some of the biggest <a href="http://media.tumblr.com/4174493e8e210eee2239274a0b55064a/tumblr_inline_mi6gykzYcA1qz4rgp.jpg" target="_blank">Simpsons fans</a>. Their gear is covered in memorabilia and their merch is often printed with select characters from the show. Just like The Simpsons, Tera Melos has created their own universe from scratch. For Tera Melos, horror and the absurd collide. A Halloween decoration of a man hanging on fishhooks from his eyelids sat on the edge of the stage. While not “present” for this tour, fan favorite Hot Dog Man was projected on the screen behind the band (most recently featured in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZM22R9rGP0" target="_blank">Sunburn music video</a>). Most important to the Tera Melos universe, is their unparalleled sound.</p>
<p>Kicking off the set, Reinhart began shredding some incredibly wonky riffs, while simultaneously manning his expansive<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwVkp275-6U" target="_blank"> pedal board</a>. Without so many of these pedals, there is no way Tera Melos could achieve their unique, alien sound. After the preluding guitar freak out, the band began playing full songs. Most of the set consisted of cuts from their latest album, <em><a href="http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/xed-out" target="_blank">X’ed Out</a>.</em> While the songs off <em>X’ed Out</em> tend to be more reserved compared to older Tera Melos material, the band kicked these songs into a higher gear for a live setting. For the whole night, drummer John Clardy seemed to be adding as many fills as possible as fast as he could, while keeping up with incredibly technical rhythms. Watching Nathan Latona’s bass playing was equally exciting, watching him effortlessly walk his fingers up, down, and even off the fret board.</p>
<p>Tera Melos graced the audience with a couple new songs. While <em>X’ed Out</em> felt like Tera Melos was relatively experimenting with a more minimal sound, these new songs sound more technical, akin to <em>Patagonian Rats</em>. The highlight of Tera Melos’ set might have been <em>Patagonian Rats’</em> single “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87fdts1vmBA" target="_blank">Frozen Zoo</a>”. Watching the process of this song being played was way more fascinating than it sounds on record. Reinhert began the song looping noisy, seemingly random riffs. Slowly these riffs began to compliment each other, forming a coherently beat and melody. That is the very essence of Tera Melos: the unsuspectingly weird coming together to create something great. -<a href="http://allstonpudding.com/tera-melospinback-draft/" target="_blank"> See All photos and Full show Review HERE</a><br>Written By <a href="http://allstonpudding.com/?s=Joe+Sansone" target="_blank">Joe Sansone</a> and <a href="http://allstonpudding.com/?s=Nina+Corcoran" target="_blank">Nina Corcoran</a><br> Photos by <a href="http://allstonpudding.com/?s=Nina+Corcoran" target="_blank">Nina Corcoran</a> <br><br><br></p>
</div>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029662014-09-07T12:16:00-07:002015-02-03T13:57:30-08:00Sunburn Video!<p>a living breathing hotdog man journeys to a cosmic soda can and dances with a hologram of himself, only to find that the soda can was far more important than he’d ever imagined. THANK YOU <a href="http://behnfannin.com" target="_blank">Behn Fannin</a>!</p>
<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OZM22R9rGP0" width="420"></iframe></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029672014-08-08T14:04:00-07:002015-02-03T13:57:31-08:00pinback / time machine<p>hi. we’re going on tour with pinback soon. it’s going to be fun. also forgot to mention on this here website that we went toured japan recently and had a blast. so if you have a time machine you can cruise back to june 13th and hang out with us while we thrash through japan. if you don’t have a time machine here’s the last two minutes of our last show in tokyo.</p>
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<p><br>08/27 Dublin, IE @ <a href="http://www.tickets.ie/event.aspx/sargent-house-label-show-the-button-factory-27-august-2014/hpe8m" target="_blank">Button Factory (Sargent House Show) </a><br>08/29 Bristol, UK @ <a href="http://arctangent.co.uk/" target="_blank">ArcTangent Festival</a> <br>09/03 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *<br>09/05 Dallas, TX @ Trees *<br>09/06 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk *<br>09/08 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree *<br>09/09 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West *<br>09/10 Charlotte, NC @ The Chop Shop NoDa *<br>09/11 Washington, DC @ Black Cat *<br>09/12 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *<br>09/13 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza *<br>09/15 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair *<br>09/16 Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Iron Works *<br>09/17 Columbus, OH @ Skully’s Music Diner *<br>09/18 Akron, OH @ Musica *<br>09/19 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge *<br>09/20 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center *<br>09/21 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews <br>09/22 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room *<br>09/23 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre *<br>09/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot *<br>09/25 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory *<br>09/26 Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett<br>09/27 Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial *<br>09/28 Seattle, WA @ Showbox *<br>09/29 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge *<br>10/02 San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club *<br>10/03 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre *<br>10/04 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues *<br>10/28 Tucson, AZ @ The Flycatcher <br>10/29 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister <br>10/31 Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds<br>11/01 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon<br>11/02 Nashville, TN @ Exit In</p>
<p><em>* w/ <a href="http://www.pinback.com/" target="_blank">Pinback</a></em></p>
<p><em><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/674f4e653e87999c2965d751a221b059/tumblr_inline_na0aq0my5i1qbn92t.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></em></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029682014-04-04T12:40:19-07:002018-02-13T20:21:58-08:00gonna be wild<p><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/6a969f2724cf1b1923701bafb0d73507/tumblr_inline_n3iumzyhBp1qbn92t.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029692014-03-21T12:42:57-07:002015-02-03T13:57:31-08:00whoaaa<p><img src="https://31.media.tumblr.com/1d71396749d5cc2da95fb3e8e6362294/tumblr_inline_n2sx1tN0X11qbn92t.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029702014-03-21T12:28:59-07:002015-02-03T13:57:31-08:00Dillinger Tour!!!!!!!!!!<p></p>
<p>this is so fuckin crazy</p>
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<p><strong>THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN // TERA MELOS</strong> </p>
<p>04/27 Scottsdale, AZ @ Pub Rock Live *<br>04/28 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad *<br>04/29 Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theater *<br>05/01 Dallas, TX @ Trees *<br>05/02 Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s *<br>05/03 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk *<br>05/05 Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s Cafe <br>05/06 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks *<br>05/07 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade *<br>05/10 Hartford, CT @ The Webster Theatre/Webster Underground *<br><br>* w/ The Dillinger Escape Plan & Vattnet Viskar</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029712013-12-23T17:29:00-08:002017-02-04T10:20:25-08:00satan's power II<p>merry christmas/chrimbus/happy holidays/whatever to you all!</p>
<p>i made a new <a href="<iframe%20style=%22border:%200;%20width:%20100%;%20height:%20120px;%22%20src=%22https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3897386145/size=medium/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=2ebd35/transparent=true/%22%20seamless><a%20href=%22http://nickreinhart.bandcamp.com/album/satans-power-ii%22>satan&#39;s%20power%20II%20by%20nick%20reinhart</a></iframe>" target="_blank">christmas ep</a> to filthy your ears. please enjoy irresponsibly.</p>
<p>-nick r</p>
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<p><iframe src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3897386145/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/"><a href=”http://nickreinhart.bandcamp.com/album/satans-power-ii” data-mce-href=”http://nickreinhart.bandcamp.com/album/satans-power-ii”>satan’s power II by nick reinhart</a></iframe></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029722013-11-08T19:41:44-08:002017-01-10T06:29:04-08:00Scary Sounds<p><a href="https://nickreinhart.bandcamp.com/album/scary-sounds" target="_blank"><img src="//media.tumblr.com/378c8458315eba172c35c8e1611df16d/tumblr_inline_mvz8h44PLm1qbn92t.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></a></p>
<p>hey all you tumblrs out there. did you get a chance to check this weirdness out?? <a href="http://nickreinhart.bandcamp.com/album/scary-sounds" target="_blank">if not have a looksee!</a></p>
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<p><em>i’ve wanted to do a halloween themed, guitar-based ambient record for a long time now. there have been a couple times that i’ve started working on the idea but either got distracted with other musical things or just overwhelmed with the thought of actually finishing the project and being happy with it. on the surface it sounds silly to feel stressed out over recording some weird sounds and then stringing them together, but for me it wasn’t an easy process. halloween is really special for me. i worked the seasonal shift at party city for years- into my late twenties- surrounded by clueless 16 year old first-jobbers, just to be inundated with the spirit of the holiday. i’d heard lots of “halloween sounds” recordings over the years. it was important to make this recording a conscious and focused effort. in other words, it’s not just me hitting record and then farting around on my pedals. there was a lot of thought put into every sound created. </em><br><br><em>every single sound on the recording came from a guitar- albeit a very processed guitar, but 100% guitar. my dream would be for people to play this on their porch to scare the shit out of trick or treaters, or at haunted houses or parties. anything halloween related. not everyone is into noisy, ambient records, but ALMOST everyone is into halloween!</em></p>
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<p>i know halloween has since passed, but if you’re lookin’ to keep the spirit alive all year long have a listen! please share with all your buds. gonna start working on part II pretty soon here. possibly another <em><a href="https://nickreinhart.bandcamp.com/album/satans-power" target="_blank">Satan’s Power</a> </em>as well!</p>
<p>-nick</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029732013-10-04T15:06:33-07:002017-01-10T06:29:04-08:00Busdriver Remix /// Tour w/Zorch and Fang Island<p><img src="//media.tumblr.com/64393d1dd84be7c04990d8c21a6d169c/tumblr_inline_mu5yusv0WF1qbn92t.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p>
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<p>our dude <a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/premiere-tera-melos---snake-lake-busdriver-remix-feat-milo" target="_blank">Busdriver remixed Snake Lake</a>. actually, he just straight up recreated it. it’s really really cool. thanks so much to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Busdriver/58174070929?directed_target_id=0" target="_blank">him</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/modestmilo" target="_blank">Milo</a> for being a part of our remix ep. The X’ed Remixes will be pressed on 10” rainbow swirl vinyl and will be limited to 500. when we originally printed the <a href="http://deadformat.net/release/drugs-to-dear-youth/7078" target="_blank">Drugs to the Dear Youth 12”</a> ourselves we thought it’d be cool to only press 500- even though had we pressed 1,000 we would have gotten a significant price break and then we could have recouped our expenses much faster. sometimes it’s just neat to keep things special and limited. so there will only be 500 of these in the universe. you can pre order one <a href="http://hellomerch.com/collections/tera-melos/products/the-xed-out-remixes-ep-10-rainbow-sparkle-vinyl" target="_blank">here</a>, and we’ll have them on tour. also <a href="http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/xed-out-the-remixes-ep" target="_blank">featuring remixes by fang island, zorch and nick reinhart.</a></p>
<p>our last tour around the US was loads of fun. we’re trying to make this one even more special. hope to see you soon. buy your tickets <a href="http://artistdata.sonicbids.com/tera-melos/shows" target="_blank">HERE!</a></p>
<p>Fall Tour dates!</p>
<p>w/zorch + fang island (on select dates)</p>
<p>Oct 15 - Boise, ID @ The Crux<br>Oct 17 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge<br>Oct 19 - Columbia, MO @ MOJO<br>Oct 20 - St. Louis, MO @ The Demo<br>Oct 22 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement<br>Oct 23 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean<br>Oct 24 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig<br>Oct 25 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop<br>Oct 26 - Buffalo, NY @ Tralf *<br>Oct 27 - Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt *<br>Oct 28 - Hamden, CT @ The Space * <br>Oct 29 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street *<br>Oct 30 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *<br>Oct 31 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *<br>Nov 01 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *<br>Nov 02 - Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel *<br>Nov 03 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter<br>Nov 04 - Greenville, NC @ Tipsy Teapot <br>Nov 05 - Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre<br>Nov 06 - Asheville, NC @ Isis Music Hall<br>Nov 07 - Athens, GA @ New Earth Music Hall<br>Nov 08 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree<br>Nov 09 - Broussard, LA @ The Station <br>Nov 12 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad<br>Nov 13 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress<br>Nov 14 - La Jolla, CA @ Che Cafe Collective<br>Nov 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour <br>Nov 16 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop <br>Nov 17 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place<br>Nov 20 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown<br>Nov 21 - Spokane, WA @ The Center<br>Nov 22 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall<br>Nov 23 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project Space<br> <br>* w/ <a href="http://sargenthouse.com/Fang_Island" target="_blank">Fang Island</a></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029742013-09-26T17:01:26-07:002017-01-10T06:29:04-08:00FALL TOUR!<div></div>
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<div><span class="userContent">and now for another MEGA headlining tour! we’ll be blasting sonic waves through your brains in a couple weeks with our friends zorch. fang island duders will rock with us on the east coast. NY, MA and PA are gonna be bonkers- the halloween <span class="text_exposed_show">extravaganza triple threat. dude, this whole tour is gonna be insane. come hang out with us! </span></span></div>
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<p> <strong>* w/ Fang Island</strong></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029752013-08-06T14:57:00-07:002017-01-10T06:29:04-08:00TTTOOOUUURRR AAAGGGAAAIIINNN<div>hotdog man has been peacefully resting, but pretty soon we’re gonna wake his cute lil ass up and rage across the country. this time with 100% more minus the bear, zorch and fang island!</div>
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<strong>MINUS THE BEAR // TERA MELOS // THE NEW TRUST:</strong> </div>
<p>Sept 09 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s <br>Sept 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre <br>Sept 11 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern <br>Sept 13 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre<br>Sept 14 - Santa Fe, NM @ Railway <br>Sept 16 - Austin, TX @ Emo’s East <br>Sept 17 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues <br>Sept 18 - New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s <br>Sept 19 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre <br>Sept 20 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre <br>Sept 22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot <br>Sept 24 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House</p>
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<p>Oct 15 - Boise, ID @ The Crux<br>Oct 17 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge<br>Oct 19 - Columbia, MO @ MOJO<br>Oct 20 - St. Louis, MO @ The Demo<br>Oct 22 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement<br>Oct 23 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean<br>Oct 24 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig<br>Oct 25 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop<br>Oct 26 - Buffalo, NY @ Tralf *<br>Oct 27 - Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt *<br>Oct 29 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street *<br>Oct 30 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *<br>Oct 31 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *<br>Nov 01 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *<br>Nov 02 - Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel *<br>Nov 03 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter<br>Nov 05 - Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre<br>Nov 06 - Asheville, NC @ Isis Music Hall<br>Nov 07 - Athens, GA @ New Earth Music Hall<br>Nov 08 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree<br>Nov 13 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress<br>Nov 17 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place<br>Nov 20 - Spokane, WA @ The Center<br>Nov 21 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown<br>Nov 22 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall<br><br><strong>* w/ Fang Island</strong></p>
<p><strong><img src="//media.tumblr.com/cd3f98eec127a7cbe93ba41bf3230e6e/tumblr_inline_mr4pdhPiYs1qbn92t.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></strong></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029762013-07-18T22:54:45-07:002017-01-10T06:29:04-08:00heck yea<p>ehx holy stain -> <span class="Apple-style-span">Holy Flanders Fuzz Vibrato Shifter Rainbow Puker!</span></p>
<p><img src="//media.tumblr.com/6371d53f3de8539444383cb44f41632d/tumblr_inline_mq65n7EPb91qbn92t.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029772013-07-13T16:01:57-07:002015-02-03T13:57:31-08:00weird circles (acoustic)<p>was farting around with an acoustic guitar yesterday. thought it’d be fun to record a lil diddy. enjoy :)</p>
<p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F100938125" width="100%"></iframe></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029782013-07-11T12:34:00-07:002015-02-03T13:57:31-08:00weird circles music video & tour with Minus the Bear!<p><a href="http://www.behnfannin.com/welcome.html" target="_blank">behn fannin</a> has once again figured out how to brilliantly juxtapose our music with with amazing, surreal imagery. we say it every time, but he is the freakin best. thanks to the folks at <a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/tera-melos-weird-circles-video-xed-out/" target="_blank">Spin</a> for premiering it!</p>
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<p>if a rad video weren’t enough, we’re going on a rad west coast-ish tour with Minus the Bear! </p>
<p>Minus the Bear /// Tera Melos /// The New Trust</p>
<p>September 7 - Sacramento, CA @ Launch Festival (+ blonde redhead, girl talk, surfer blood, rocket from the crypt and more)</p>
<p>Sept 09 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s</p>
<p>Sept 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre</p>
<p>Sept 11 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern</p>
<p>Sept 13 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre</p>
<p>Sept 14 - Santa Fe, NM @ Railyard</p>
<p>Sept 16 - Austin, TX @ Emo’s East</p>
<p>Sept 17 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues</p>
<p>Sept 18 - New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s</p>
<p>Sept 19 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre</p>
<p>Sept 20 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre</p>
<p>Sept 22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot</p>
<p>Sept 24 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House</p>
<p>see all you hot dogs soon!</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029792013-03-03T17:12:00-08:002017-01-10T06:29:04-08:00say no to disco stu<p> <img src="//media.tumblr.com/ad215ad03c549522e95f14ccbe9fe8fa/tumblr_inline_mj42wnNZXF1qbn92t.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></p>
<p>here’s a cool interview i did for <a href="http://www.wlfmradio.com/?p=766" target="_blank">WLFM radio</a> in wisconsin. -nick</p>
<p><strong>Addy Goldberg: Say something new and interesting about Disco Stu.</strong></p>
<p>Nick Reinhart: i can’t honestly think of one interesting thing to say about Disco Stu, and i think the whole band feels that way. actually, i guess the truly interesting thing about him is how anyone thinks he’s funny, or how the writers/creators of the show could possibly think he’s remotely as great as every other character on the show. i went and referenced a couple disco stu vids on youtube just now to make absolutely sure that this is how i felt. confirmed. he just randomly walks into a scene, does a butt wiggle, then says “disco stu.” he’s a dud, not a stud.<br><br><strong>AG: What is the composition process like for the band? Is it largely one or two people writing material themselves and then bringing it to the rest of the group, or is it a collaborative jamming process from the start, or what? Has it changed over the years, in relation to styles/formats of the band/all that? I’m assuming material for the demo, for example, was written fairly differently than how Patagonian Rats was written, which is different from how X’ed Out was written.</strong><br><br>NR: the genesis of a song generally starts in my bedroom, just playing guitar. i’ll start to hear some interesting things, figure out ways to transition a couple of ideas, come up with a few variations, roughly paste it all together and then record it. when we first started we would “jam” in the practice spot. maybe someone would come up with an idea on the spot, or bring a few solid guitar or drum parts in, then we would spend up to months refining things (well, as refined as we could physically get them, which sometimes wasn’t very much so, haha). we don’t really do that anymore. <br><br>i’ve found that i write/discover my favorite material after playing by myself for long periods of time. by the time nate or john even hear one second of guitar demos, i’ve already put hours and hours into making it not sound like garbage. whereas when you’re all together in a room playing you’re basically throwing piles and piles of shit against a wall and hoping that something will stick. it gets frustrating when you drive 40 miles to the practice spot for 4 days a week and don’t see tangible results. then multiply that by months and months. so i come up with ideas, bedroom style, then send out these rough outlines and everyone can play to them on their own time and throw as much shit at the wall as they see fit,.then we can get together and modify everything we’ve worked on, individually, and get it sounding like a tera melos song. <br><br>i think those guys have a really good level of trust in me and the musical stuff i bring to table. i can’t think of too many times where either john or nate have said, “yea, uhhh that’s really not that good.” it’s likely because i’m my own biggest critic and had already told myself, “jesus, that sounds awful, back to the drawing board” many times before i’ve emailed any songs.<br><br><strong>AG: I’m gonna quote back to you something that has been quoted back to you before, hopefully in a new context: “this is the first fully realized, focused record we have made. everything sounds intentional and the way we wanted it to sound. there are no cringe moments for us. in a lot of ways we look at it like it’s our first album. it is 100% honest and not catered towards anyone. it’s tricky making a record that way, it’s even trickier structuring a band that way.” That was about Patagonian Rats, your last record. How does X’ed Out feel to the band? Now that you’ve already made the album you’ve been wanting to make for a long time, what new feelings have been motivating the creation of this new album?</strong><br><br>NR: well in addition to patagonian rats being the record that we’d wanted to make for a long time, it was also the way we wanted to make a record for a long time. so we applied the same process to this album. it’s probably just a matter of knowing what we want and choosing the right paths to accomplish that. it took us a long time to get to this point where we’re happy with how we sound and perform. everyone that’s been in the band made it their top priority and focus. it took years of hammering out ideas and playing nearly 1,000 shows to get this to where we can fall asleep at night without obsessing over how to make everything fit. i think we’re all really happy with our current state.<br><br><strong>AG: You’re big pop music fans. Do you consider your music essentially similar in nature to the more straight-ahead pop stuff out there? Do you consider the more “straight ahead” music you listen to “exceptional,” in any stylistic way? What, if anything, unites Tera Melos and Madonna?</strong><br><br>NR: hm, i mean we just like all types of music. i don’t think straight forward music is in any way more exceptional. not at all. it’s all just personal preference. i think when we were younger and discovered non “straight ahead” music it was really fascinating and new and fresh. now i don’t get the same exclusive rush listening to it that i did when i was 22. now i can get that rush from lots of different types of sounds. it’s funny you mention madonna, because i can get goose bumps listening to old madonna songs. the production, the melodies, the vocals etc. in fact, just yesterday i was playing drums along to a madonna playlist on my ipod. <br><br>i think it’s just a musical growth thing. like when you’re young and discover punk music- it’s this big revelation and takes over your mind. then we came across more technical, outside the box music and it was the same feeling. now that we’re adults and have further developed our brains we can appreciate all types of music and not feel limited.<br><br><strong>AG: Where is that tour documentary, people? Those are such great trailers that have been kicking around for a while now.</strong><br><br>the truth is that the documentary was finished, we saw it and weren’t happy with it. it was no one’s fault, it just didn’t have the right content for what we were hoping for. we don’t feel comfortable releasing something that we don’t stand by 100%. so we brought another friend along for a few more tours to gather more footage to eventually put something together that we were all stoked on. it will definitely get finished. as a side note, i literally- LITERALLY -as i was writing that last sentence just got a text message from our friend spencer at Sargent House saying they just got the hard drive with all the tour footage and want to get together to start re-editing. so that’s good news. <br><br>we’re really glad that people are that interested in our band to want to see the doc finished. even though we try to be really interactive with people and work towards dismantling the “wall” between fan and artist, i think a lot of people want to get further inside to see how it all comes together. i have no idea what the vibe will be- could be a fugazi “instrument” type thing or a pantera “home videos” kind of movie. we’ll see.<br><br><strong>AG: I think I noticed people stopped describing you guys as “jazz,” once Vince left the band and once John joined. It’s always been a misnomer anyway, but can you relate to that descriptive shift? How do you feel about how you’ve been described, in general?</strong><br><br>well vince definitely came from a jazz background. our old guitar player actually met him in a jazz band class at a junior college. he had a very open, fluid approach to how he played drums in the band. when john had joined we were already heading in a bit of a different direction musically, one that jazzier drums might not be completely appropriate for. lucky for us john came from a punk background and brought a very different sound to the band. i think we initially got tagged with the jazz label because there were elements present for sure- weird timing, syncopation, ride cymbal twiddles and lots of 7th chords. i never really agreed with it, but it sounded cool. seems like people generally have a difficult time describing our music, which i think is a really good thing.<br><br><strong>AG: What about improvisation live? On some old blog posts I remember you saying how much you liked it when bands change up their live sound, when they make mistakes, when surprising moments happen (yes, I remember those blog posts). It seems you consciously cater your live sound to that type of surprising experience. Is that about right? What motivates a very technical band like yours to take the risks involved in improvising every night?</strong><br><br>NR: the improvisation is a result of a few things- wanting to have fun with songs and make them feel fresh to us, making mistakes and rolling with the punches and probably just a sever case of musical a.d.d. so for instance, if i had a photo of a dog and wanted to do 100 separate paintings of it, each one would be a little different. i’m sure after about ten very similar pup paintings i’d probably want to switch it up and make the dog’s eyes melting or something. naturally i’m sure there would be subtle differences in each one. then, because i’m not a super accurate, professionally skilled painter, i’d probably accidentally drip a fat blob of yellow paint onto the dog’s face. so i’d have to figure out some way to work around that. in the end, there would be 100 similar, yet fairly different paintings of a dog. that just seems natural to me. i don’t see why you’d do it any other way. <br><br><strong>AG: Also, listening back on some of the bootleg recordings you posted on that old blog, it seems like you’ve been sitting on some material for a while – Kelly, specifically, which is titled “kelly, phone ya” Live From Atlas Clothing. Is it often that you’ll sit on material for a while, and wait for the right spot in an album to open up for it? Are we going to see some more “old” material popping up on X’ed Out?</strong><br><br>NR: a lot of times there are just songs from the past that never got recorded, or didn’t come out the way we wanted, or that we just simply really liked and wanted to rerecord for fun. there’s a couple older pieces of material that pop up on this record. “melody nine” is a redone version of a song from our split with by the end of tonight. the original version was electronic based. we’ve been playing a live version of it for a couple years now. then the main riff for “sunburn” is one that i’ve used in a few songs that never really got a fair shot at being developed into a real part. i think i’d used that riff in 3 or 4 songs previously. that’s actually kind of neat. i not ashamed to admit that i’ve pirated my own guitar part, haha.<br><br><strong>AG: Can you give us an interesting road anecdote? Something that characterizes Tera Melos’ interaction with audiences around the world? </strong><br><br>NR: there’s this guy we know, he goes by “panda.” don’t know his real name. he lurks around the atlanta area. he’s this really far out, bizarre, awesome, critter dude that brings us bags and bags of random stuff everytime we come through town- broken guitar pedals, hats, tea, bags of pubic hair, cassette tapes, action figures, sidewalk chalk, video, furbies etc etc. you name it and he’s probably brought it to us. very odd. i think we have given him this music that’s very important to him and helps him out through life, so he just wants to give something back to us and contribute to our world. i know for a long time he didn’t know how to pronounce our name properly either. so that was funny. we’re misunderstood by even those that understand us the most. haha, deep.<br><br><strong>AG: At a few points you had some somewhat eloquent things to say about pirating music. What are your current thoughts on this trend? Does a wide audience satisfy you more than money with which to scrape by? Or is music being widely distributed an investment on people showing up to shows later, or some other rationalizing logic? Is bandcamp solving the problem posed by music piracy?</strong><br><br>NR: shoot i don’t really know. look, we want as many people to hear and enjoy our music as the universe will allow. but we’re also all pretty much 30 and would like this to be a sustainable source of income. so the question is where do we draw the line on how people hear/enjoy our music. if we’re playing a show that costs $10 and there are 5 people outside that don’t have $10, then without question we would want for them to be able to come in and watch us play. but then at what number of people without $10 do we say, “i don’t think so.” i mean, honestly, if there were 100 people that couldn’t afford the show, i’d want them all to come in for free or whatever they can afford. i think a lot of our fans know our vibe and that we’re not making fistfuls of cash playing in this band. if someone pirates a record then chances are they’re gonna buy a shirt. which i’m fine with. but actually, why not just buy the album and the shirt?? i don’t know, i get trapped thinking about this stuff. a solution to that particular situation would be- dude downloads record for free from a torrent, comes to the show, buys a shirt AND a vinyl, which comes with a download card anyways- then all is right in the world. <br><br>we also do the barter system- if someone can’t afford to pay for a show then they can bring us something cool and we’ll put them on our guest list. we’ve gotten cool music gear, razor scooters, video games, simpsons stuff and lots of other cool goodies that were probably just sitting around collecting dust in someone’s closet. <br><br>we just want lots of people to like what we’re doing and come to shows and help us afford to keep doing this. i don’t know how to make all of that fit. bandcamp definitely helps for sure. it puts the artist in control and let’s fans have a lot of access to music. buy music if you can, if you can’t- then take it, but you owe us one!<br><br><strong>AG: How do you see yourself in the music world? Do you consider yourselves an active part of a very specific music scene (*cough* math rock *cough*), as much of the coverage of your band would like to portray? Or are you just a handful of dudes playing some weird music that happens to be similar to other handfuls of dudes playing some roughly similarly weird music?</strong><br><br>NR: i’ve definitely given a lot of thought to our position in the music world, but i don’t think i ever come up with anything that satisfies me. i think it’s best for us to not think about that sort of stuff. we just create music that we enjoy and hopefully the rest of it all works out.<br><br>i know we’ve been pretty outspoken about the math rock thing and how we don’t prefer it. i think it’s mostly because we generally don’t really care for stuff that falls under that particular genre and most of it feels unrelatable to what we’re trying to accomplish. in 2001 we were all still in punk bands. fugazi had already started to shift some of our musical perceptions, but it was all still very much a “punk” context for us. then we discover bands like hella, dillinger escape plan and king crimson. those were all very big deals to us. once that switch is flipped there’s no really going back. then we start this new band. drummer shows us how to play in odd time signatures. everyone has fun. and that’s that. i do remember hearing the term math rock thrown around once or twice, but it was likely just in passing.<br><br>i guess it also seems like the current quality of math rock is definitely not what it was 10 years ago. it used to be a real musical subculture with deep roots, and now it’s just commonplace. feels like it’s been diluted, big time. when we saw bands like hella, the locust, botch or dillinger for the first time it was jaw dropping. like, shocking. it’s a bummer that the generation after us didn’t really get to witness such massive shifts in the music world like the ones we saw. i really don’t mean for that to sound pretentious. it just seems like the bar has been lowered for that kind of stuff. so maybe the internal problem i have with being labeled a math rock band has something to do with a fear of being a band playing under the “bar” that, for me, was set so high and blasted my mind open. we want to keep our band fresh and exciting. i still LOVE the idea of a community of bands that exist on the fringe and is working to move music forward. that’s what i want to be a part of.<br><br><strong>AG: I’m now beginning to realize (being an oblivious east-coaster), that Tera Melos formed in a very interesting music scene. Can you wax poetic on your local scene of yesteryear? Are you considered the group that made it big from among them? What bands did you wish you were still playing shows with? How important was that scene to the band you are today? </strong><br><br>NR: when we were younger nate and i were in punk bands that played around sacramento. there were some pretty crazy musical things happening (unbeknownst to us) up in grass valley/nevada city (about an hour north east of sacramento). bands like legs on earth (zach hill/spencer seim’s first band) were starting to play and freak people out. but it seemed pretty insulated and didn’t really trickle down into the sacramento punk scene. not that i remember at least. so in high school it was pretty much strictly punk and hardcore shows that we found ourselves hanging out at. at one point, in 2001, a friend of mine wanted to go see a band called chrime in choir. they were sort of this keyboard based, live electronic band. i think that’s how they were described to me. my friend told me they had this crazy drummer that could play drums like no one we’d seen before. i was really skeptical about that because there were a lot of great punk/hardcore drummers that we were really into. so we drove to a coffee shop in placerville (about 45 minutes outside sacramento) to see chrime in choir. turns out they had to cancel for some reason and instead a different band that shared the same drummer was going play. the band was hella (which would be zach and spencer’s second band after legs on earth). they played and just totally destroyed. from that point pretty much everyone in sacramento was shaken up. you’d even hear the crustiest of the punkers talking about these weird ripper guys from nevada city. there wasn’t really a local scene for that stuff yet. so hella played with punks bands, hip hop groups, hardcore bands etc. it was really trippy. <br><br>i don’t think we’d be the same band had we not come out of punk music. having that foundation was important in developing into an interesting band and how we allow it to breathe and exist. one of my all time favorite bands was this local band called diseptikons. they were a really fast hardcore punk/thrash band. they had this black flag/dri/early metallica vibe that was just paramount. incredible musicianship and great lyrics about the morals and ethics involved within the underground music scene. miss them for sure. <br><br><strong>AG: Any parting words?</strong><br><br>NR: “a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man” -jebediah springfield</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029802013-02-23T20:42:45-08:002017-01-10T06:29:04-08:00x'ed out / sex'ed out / text out<p><a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/premiere-tera-melos---sunburn" target="_blank"><img src="//media.tumblr.com/1386510a2c633cc6dbf2dea9e7bb177d/tumblr_inline_mipj2g5Vtw1qbn92t.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></a></p>
<p>new song up <a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/premiere-tera-melos---sunburn" target="_blank">there</a> ^^^</p>
<p><a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15001-sunburn/" target="_blank"><img src="//media.tumblr.com/67a522612e704a80482d5d1f5e91913a/tumblr_inline_mipj5uZ54A1qbn92t.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></a></p>
<p>nice <a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15001-sunburn/" target="_blank">words</a> about new song ^^^</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tropic-lame-by-tera-melos-free-mp3-20130117" target="_blank"><img src="//media.tumblr.com/1379e98897dddf1ceca5370e8d7e97dc/tumblr_inline_mipj8ja1XU1qbn92t.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></a></p>
<p>older new song <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tropic-lame-by-tera-melos-free-mp3-20130117" target="_blank">here</a> ^^^</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dousethelights.com/" target="_blank"><img src="//media.tumblr.com/973fc0dce9f99c984a69a4a816eebb71/tumblr_inline_mipjcxJYTt1qbn92t.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">cool new poster drawn by <a href="http://www.dousethelights.com/" target="_blank">garrett vander leun</a> right there <a href="http://www.behindthehype.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Nirvana.jpg" target="_blank">^^^</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">headlining <a href="http://artistdata.sonicbids.com/tera-melos/shows" target="_blank">tour</a> with this town needs guns down there <span class="Apple-style-span">v</span><span class="Apple-style-span">v</span><span class="Apple-style-span">v</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apr 18, 2013 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge <br>Apr 19, 2013 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile <br>Apr 20, 2013 - Vancouver, BC @ The Media Club <br>Apr 23, 2013 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium <br>Apr 24, 2013 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 7th Street Entry<br>Apr 25, 2013 - Appleton, WI @ Lawrence University <br>Apr 26, 2013 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean <br>Apr 27, 2013 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theater/The Magic Stick <br>Apr 28, 2013 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison <br>Apr 29, 2013 - Montreal, QC @ Il Motore <br>May 1, 2013 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall <br>May 2, 2013 - Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory <br>May 3, 2013 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fire (two shows)<br>May 4, 2013 - Washington, DC @ DC9 <br>May 5, 2013 - Raleigh, NC @ Kings Barcade <br>May 7, 2013 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade <br>May 8, 2013 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits <br>May 9, 2013 - Miami, FL @ Bardot <br>May 10, 2013 - Ybor City, FL @ Crowbar <br>May 11, 2013 - Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub <br>May 13, 2013 - Nashville, TN @ Exit/In <br>May 15, 2013 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon <br>May 16, 2013 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s <br>May 17, 2013 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada <br>May 18, 2013 - Austin, TX @ Red 7 <br>May 19, 2013 - San Antonio, TX @ The Korova <br>May 20, 2013 - El Paso, TX @ Low Brow <br>May 21, 2013 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Pub Rock <br>May 22, 2013 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah <br>May 23, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo <br>May 24, 2013 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room<br>May 25, 2013 - San Francisco, CA @ The Bottom of the Hill</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029812013-01-21T13:16:13-08:002015-02-03T13:57:31-08:00doing a headline tour this spring
working on some remixes for x’ed out ~ nippon edition
gonna...<p>doing a headline tour this spring</p>
<p>working on some remixes for x’ed out ~ nippon edition</p>
<p>gonna do a bunch of vids with behn fannin</p>
<p>track list for new record:</p>
<p>1. Weird Circles<br> 2. New Chlorine<br> 3. Bite<br> 4. Snake Lake<br> 5. Sunburn<br> 6. Melody Nine<br> 7. No Phase<br> 8. Tropic Lame<br> 9. Slimed<br> 10. Until Lufthansa<br> 11. Surf Nazis<br> 12. X’ed Out and Tired</p>
<p>very stoked about this record and excited for you to hear it</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029822013-01-17T17:57:18-08:002017-01-10T06:29:04-08:00ROLLING FREAKIN STONE<p>somone is getting fired at rolling stone because somehow our new song ended up on their site! or wait, it’s definitely possible that we made a cool new record and they like it. in any case, AWESOME. </p>
<p><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tropic-lame-by-tera-melos-free-mp3-20130117" target="_blank"><img src="//media.tumblr.com/443354dd5414c0e54436f4a90429a4df/tumblr_inline_mgs7y4QPRT1qbczvs.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><br><img src="//media.tumblr.com/ac848e0dcd79861f9da88ebdefef219e/tumblr_inline_mgs7ycRs8S1qbczvs.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /><br><img src="//media.tumblr.com/ad8e0c798bcbd9f925c7288df6010395/tumblr_inline_mgs7ymYOr01qbczvs.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a><br><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tropic-lame-by-tera-melos-free-mp3-20130117" target="_blank"><img src="//media.tumblr.com/e2886abf69a7d314b891f6ccd067bda8/tumblr_inline_mgs7ytaB301qbczvs.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="image" /></a></span></p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029832012-04-21T16:43:51-07:002015-02-03T13:57:31-08:0059 shows in 60 days<p>we’ve been talking about doing this since our very first band practice. it’s time to grind our musical souls into the pavement.</p>
<p>thank you to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/bfosbooking" title="back from outer space" target="_blank">back from outer space</a> and <a href="http://lotusltd.tumblr.com/" title="C$" target="_blank">chase</a> from <a href="http://sargenthouse.tumblr.com/" title="sargent house" target="_blank">sargent house</a> for making this happen!</p>
<p><strong>EU/UK 2012</strong><br>Apr 26 - Prague, (CZ) @ 007<br>Apr 27 - Poznan, (PL) @ Klub Pod Minoga<br>Apr 28 - Halle, (DE) @ GIG -Ganz im Gegenteil<br>Apr 29 - Copenhagen V, (DK) @ KB18<br>Apr 30 - Stockholm, (SE) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/213396468745580/" target="_blank">Firestorm Festival </a>@Klub 43 <em>*ACOUSTIC SET</em><br>May 01 - Stockholm, (SE) @ Kulturhuset Lava<br>May 02 - Malmö, (SE) @ Moriskan<br>May 03 - Oslo, (NO) @ Parkteatret<br>May 04 - Stavanger, (NO) @ Folken<br>May 06 - Leipzig, (DE) @ Null bis Unendlich<br>May 07 - Bremen, (DE) @ Stubnitz<br>May 08 - Oberhausen, (DE) @ Druckluft<br>May 09 - Reims, (FR) @ Le Killbery<br>May 10 - Milan, (IT) @ Cox 18<br>May 11 - Arona, (IT) @ Meltin Pop<br>May 12 - Postojna, (SI) @ MCP<br>May 13 - Vienna, (AT) @ Rhiz w/ <a href="http://thistownneedsguns.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">This Town Needs Guns</a><br>May 14 - Graz, (AT) @ Generalmusikdirektion<br>May 15 - Zagreb, (CT) @ Tvornica Kulture<br>May 16 - Dornbirn, (AT) <a href="http://spielboden.at/veranstaltungen/festivals/soundsnoise-festival-2012" target="_blank">Soundsnoise Festival</a> @Spielboden<br>May 17 - Bolzano - Bozen, (IT) @ Rock’n roll Club<br>May 18 - Yverdon les-Bains, (CH) @ L’Amalgame<br>May 19 - Limoges, (FR) @ La Fourmi<br>May 20 - Toulouse, M-P (FR) @ Connexion cafe<br>May 21 - Castellon , Vaa (ES) @ Veneno Stereo<br>May 22 - Madrid, (ES) @ Wurlitzer Ballroom<br>May 23 - Porto, (PT) @ Maus Hábitos<br>May 24 - Zaragoza, (ES) @ AVV Arrebato <br>May 25 - Clermont-Ferrand, AUV (FR) @ Raymond Bar<br>May 26 - Paris, (FR) <a href="http://www.indieair.fr/" target="_blank">Indie Air Festival</a> @ Espace B<br>May 27 - Brighton, (UK) @ The Green Door Store<br>May 28 - Leicester, (UK) @ The Cookie Jar<br>May 29 - Liverpool, (UK) @ The Shipping Forecast<br>May 30 - Dublin, (IE) @ Button Factory<br>May 31 - Galway, (IE) @ Roisin Dubh<br>Jun 01 - Limerick, LIM (IE) @ The Blind Pig<br>Jun 02 - Cardiff, (UK) @ Buffalo<br>Jun 03 - Nottingham, (UK) @ Chameleon Arts Cafe<br>Jun 04 - Edinburgh, SL (UK) @ Sneaky Pete’s<br>Jun 05 - Lancashire, (UK) @ The Grand<br>Jun 06 - London, (UK) @ The Old Blue Last<br>Jun 07 - Bristol, (UK) @ The Fleece<br>Jun 08 - Canterbury, (UK) @ The Farmhouse<br>Jun 09 - Milton Keynes, (UK) @ The Craufurd Arms <br>Jun 10 - Kroningen, (NL) @ Vespro<br>Jun 11 - Nancy, LOR (FR) @ Caveau du Grand Sauvoy<br>Jun 12 - Brussels, (BE) @ Magasin 4<br>Jun 13 - Liege, (DE) @ Inside Out<br>Jun 14 - Berlin (DE) @ Marie-Antoinette<br>Jun 15 - Darmsdadt, (DE) @ Oettinger Villa <br>Jun 16 - Ceske Budejovice, (CZ) @ Velbloud <br><strong>RUSSIA </strong><br>Jun 17 - Saint Petersburg, (RU) @ Arktika <br>Jun 18 - Vologoda, (RU) @ TBA <br>Jun 19 - Moscow, (RU) @ Gogol<br>Jun 20 - Nizhniy Novgorod, (RU) @ Freedom <br>Jun 21 - Kazan, (RU) @ Zheltaya Kofta<br>Jun 22 - Samara, (RU) @ Krater<br>Jun 23 - Togliatti, (RU) @ Kultura <br>Jun 24 - Ufa, (RU) @ Rock’s Cafe </p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029842012-04-12T19:42:20-07:002017-01-10T06:29:05-08:00the greatest lyric ever written:
SHIT IN A BAG, LIGHT IT ON...<img src="//40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ecuk0Rfz1qbxgu4o1_500.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br><br><p>the greatest lyric ever written:</p>
<p>SHIT IN A BAG, LIGHT IT ON FIRE, OPEN THE DOOR, THERE’S A BAG ON FIRE</p>Sargent Housetag:sargenthouse.com,2005:Post/35029852012-04-06T16:24:57-07:002017-01-10T06:29:05-08:00fIREHOSE was awesome! check out this shirt from ‘87. lots...<img src="//40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22zpllfXe1qbxgu4o1_500.png" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" /><br><br><p>fIREHOSE was awesome! check out this shirt from ‘87. lots of super nice older dudes coming up to us last night and being stoked on our band.</p>Sargent House