Sound & Salt showcase featuring..with Nothing, Culture Abuse, Wrong and Did You Die
Date/Time: Jun 18 2016, 9:00 pm to 2:00 am
Vancouver, The CobaltAge: 19+
Cost: $15.00
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- Nothing (Nothing is an American shoegaze band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States formed in 2011 by Domenic Palermo. Previously, Palermo was the brains behind the early 2000’s hardcore punk act Horror Show, which was put on hold in 2002 after Palermo was incarcerated for a stabbing that eventually led to a 2 year prison sentence. Upon his return, Palermo would take a lengthy hiatus from music. In 2011, Palermo released a demo tape entitled Poshlost / ???????? under the moniker Nothing. After several attempts at constructing a solid lineup for the band, Palermo met Brandon Setta. Setta would bring a lush, rich soundscape and a fresh approach to Palermo’s vision for the band.
Setta and Palermo would handle the writing for the next release, a very rare 12? EP that was released on Japanese boutique label Big Love Records called Suns and Lovers. It was limited to 300 copies and the band’s share was donated back to the label for a Tsunami Relief Charity.
The next release was the Downward Years to Come EP, which was recorded at the Rubber Tracks Studio in Brooklyn with Kyle “Slick” Johnson. The record was released by Baltimore Label A389 Records in November 2012. The record was written by Palermo and Setta. The concept behind Downward Years to Come was a dedication to several different poets who had taken their own lives.
Setta and Palermo would again head into the studio in 2013, this time with Jeff Zeigler at Uniform Recordings to write their first album and sign with Relapse Records. The debut album Guilty of Everything was released on March 4, 2014.
As a result of touring together, members of Nothing and the shoegaze band Whirr formed a gothic rock / post-punk side project called Death of Lovers. Nick Bassett, lead guitarist and songwriter of Whirr, joined Nothing as the bassist and has been touring with them ever since.
Nothing released a Whirr / Nothing split November 17th, 2014 on Run for Cover Records. They’re also interested in returning to the studio to record their sophomore album before the end of the year.)
- Culture Abuse (Culture Abuse dare you to try categorizing them. On their debut full length, “Peach,” the San Francisco Bay Area band drop hints with every song — power pop melodies collide with punk grit, garage rock swagger meets hardcore aggression, and there’s even an upstroke or two — but never give the listener enough to definitively put them in a box. And that’s just the way they like it.)
- WRONG (Miami’s high-energy noise rock quartet WRONG (featuring ex-members of Torche, Kylesa and Capsule) unveil their self-titled full-length debut, a raucous and modern take on 90’s grunge and alternative metal.)
- Did You Die (Did You Die have released 7 singles, 4 EPs, and have played with the likes of Swervedriver, Dead Leaf Echo & Birdstriking in the first 10 months of their existence. The band’ debut LP, “Weird Love”, produced by Felix Fung (Chains Of Love, Girlfriends & Boyfriends, Spectres), was released on Wiener Records in November, 2015. Already captivating indie press and college radio, Did You Die will be touring with The Prettys in the spring of 2016 to promote ‘Weird Love’. Slated for bigger shows and festivals in 2016, the band’s future shines bright. Their reverby-wall of sound guitar drenched live show is nothing short of awesome.)
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