The lineup has been announced for this year's FYF Fest in Los Angeles.
Set to take place at LA State Historic Park on August 24-25, this summer's lineup includes the Melvins, Baroness, Title Fight, Touche Amore, among others.Here's the poster:
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Baroness have announced a tour this summer with Royal Thunder as support. Here's the schedule:Aug 05 Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar Coliseum will support Baroness on a leg of dates this spring. Here's the schedule:Jun 01 Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas (Mohawk) Baroness have announced a spring tour in support of their album Yellow & Green. This will mark the band's first US trek since their near-fatal crash in England last August.Here are the dates: May 24 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer Baroness bassist Matt Maggioni and drummer Allen Blickle have left the band. "Nothing can truly prepare you for a brush with death," the band said in a statement released today. "The event is unique one, singular to the observer. Trust me, you don’t want to invite the experience. Our bus accident left indelible marks, external and internal, physical and mental, you name it. Each of the nine of us went through and continues to go through an entirely different, yet common experience. We are tied to each other by a trauma, which, despite its damage, has been made individually easier through our shared ordeal. While I would never wish the incident on anyone, I cannot imagine going through that wreck alone."The band added, "However, for some of us, the accident necessitated a change that would prevent them from performing music or touring. It is with sadness that we must announce that Matt Maggioni and Allen Blickle will not continue touring with Baroness. The details of their departure are not sensational; they do not come with hard feelings. Nor are the details going to be public; suffice it to say we’d like to keep to ourselves the finer points of this situation, to respect the privacy of all involved. While the nine of us must respect the significance of the bus accident in Bath, we must also move away from it and get back to our lives. Simply put, some of the effects and injuries were severe enough to prohibit further activity in Baroness. While we would never have asked them to leave; we have the utmost sympathy for this situation, and in earnest, we wish Matt and Allen the best in the future." The driver of Baroness' bus at the time of their near-fatal crash in England last August is facing numerous charges. According to the BBC, Norman Markus, the driver of the coach, is being charged with dangerous driving. He faces additional charges of using a vehicle with defective brakes and breaching a 7.5 ton weight limit; charges of insufficient daily and weekly rest periods and using a vehicle in a condition likely to cause danger of injury; he also faces charges of not having a correct license permitting him the drive the coach that was involved in the crash.Markus is due to appear in court on April 5th. Baroness vocalist/guitarist John Baizley joined Converge onstage over the weekend for the song "Coral Blue." The clip below comes from the Decibel magazine 100th issue show at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA.This is one of the first few times Baizley has appeared onstage since Baroness' horrific bus accident last August. Baroness have released a live video for the song "March to the Sea," which can be found below. Baroness have released an acoustic performance video of their track "Stretchmarker" -- the first shared performance clip since the band's horrific bus accident in August. Watch below. "Simply put: it's time to get back to it. Since my belated and thankful return to the USA (after our painful test in motor coach-aeronautics) I can definitively say I've exhausted my reserve of potential leisure activities (there's not that many of them, after all)," said John Baizley. "I've come dreadfully close to boredom, and in those moments I can't help but focus on my glaring physical infirmities."He added, "I've tried to fill my weekly routine with as much physical therapy as possible but the truth is, PT is not fun...Music might be the best therapy I have right now." Baroness have issued the first update since their near-fatal crash in August outside Bath, England, which saw the group's bus plummet off a viaduct after the breaks in the vehicle failed. Guitarist/vocalist John Baizley stated, "Most people who have been in accidents understand the pre-trauma sensation of time slowing down. There were almost two minutes during which I knew we were heading for a collision. It felt like two hours. I remember the sound of the air-brakes failing, and the panicked cursing of our driver as we slowly realized how desperate the situation was. I tried as hard as I could to yell and wake everyone up to prepare for impact. I remember the sounds of confusion from behind me as our collective terror rose. I remember seeing the guardrail split, then a cluster of trees smacking against the front windshield. While we were airborne my eyes met with our driver's. I knew then that we each shared the same look on our face; and I won't soon forget it. We had spent enough time in the air to appreciate, make peace with and accept a fate we thought inevitable, and we looked at one another with a horribly silent 'goodbye' in our eyes."Baizley went on to say, "As a result of the crash, I feel encouraged not only to recover, but to move forward with Baroness, as we had been doing every day previous to August 15th. This accident has inflicted an injury which has left its mark on the band: physically, mentally and spiritually. In order to rehabilitate ourselves fully, we must work towards and then past the goals we had prior to the accident. I will consider our immediate recovery a success only on the day we plug back in to play another show." "We cannot allow this accident, which I believe is unrelated to the band or our music, to slow down or stifle what has become so much more than a passionate hobby for the four of us. Through Baroness, we have discovered a method by which we may harness our drive to create, and channel all the emotion, anxiety and pain in our lives into something constructive. Music is the universal means of communication we have chosen to express ourselves. Our message has never been one of the absolute positive or negative, neither black nor white. True life occurs within the shades of grey, and I see this experience form that perspective. It seems only fitting to me that we continue working towards creating and performing again as soon as possible, as this band and its music are the vehicle through which we grow as individuals, artists and brothers. The injury the band suffered is an injury to my family and loved ones. Rather than allow it to become a wedge that forces us apart, I would like to see this experience become part of the glue that strengthens us. We have only begun to accomplish what we set out to do through this band. There is so much more to say, and though we do need to heal up a bit; we will not allow any of those things to be left unsaid." The complete statement can be found at Baronessmusic.com. |