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SPIKEDRIVER ON TOUR WITH WOOD SPIDER

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:12:24 -0500

Hello all!

The Spikedriver Distro and gallery is currently making its way around the eastern half of the United States with Wood Spider!

Here are the dates:

WED JAN 4 - NEW HAVEN, CT - Neverending Books (810 State St) w/ Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clarivoyant Claptraps, Tyler Bussey, Black is the Color

THR JAN 5 - ALLSTON, MA - Ted Saunders (Msg for address) w/ Jake & the Infernal Machine, Absinthe Rose, Andrew Eckel & the Undertones, Brave Hands

FRI JAN 6 - HADLEY, MA - Emmett Island (8 Pine Hill Rd) w/ The Suitcase Junket, Asher (of Bella’s Bartok), An Historic

SAT JAN 7 - HUSDSON, NY - Spotty Dog Books & Ale (440 Warren St) w/ Pocatello

SUN JAN 8 - ITHACA, NY - Ghost Cat Co-Op (514 N Aurora St) w/ Clog the System, It’s a Riot! Puppet Theater

MON JAN 9 - PITTSUBURGH, PA - TBA

TUE JAN 10 - COLUMBUS, OH - Monster House

WED JAN 11 - COVINGTON, KY (Near Cincinnati) - Bangarang’s of Covington (620 Scott Blvd)

THR JAN 12 - BELLEVILLE, IL (Near St. Louis) - Illegal Tone Recordings

FRI JAN 13 - MEMPHIS, TN - Courthouse Co-Op

SAT JAN 14 - NEW ORLEANS - We’re taking the day off! Let’s hang out!

SUN JAN 15 - NEW ORLEANS - Hi-Ho Lounge (2239 St Claude Ave) w/ Sweet Street Symphony

MON JAN 16 - MOBILE, AL - TBA

TUE JAN 17 - PENSACOLA, FL - TBA

WED JAN 18 - ATLANTA, GA - WonderRoot Community Arts Center (982 Memorial Dr) w/ Christ, Lord, Jesse & the Great Perhaps

THR JAN 19 - ROCK HILL, SC - The Hampton House

FRI JAN 20 - CHAPEL HILL, NC - Internationalist Books & Community Center

SAT JAN 21 - DURHAM, NC- Hillbilly Chateaux w/ All Your Science

SUN JAN 22 - RICHMOND, VA - Flying Brick Library

MON JAN 23 - BALTIMORE, MD - Curious Fucking Palace (126 S Arlington Ave) w/ Dee & the Warlocks

TUE JAN 24 - PHILADELPHIA, PA / NEW JERSEY / NEWARK, DE / EASTERN PA - HELP??

SAT JAN 28 - BROOKLYN, NY - The Hive (20 Cook St) w/ Dr. Caterwaul’s Cadre of Clairvoyant Claptraps

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For those of you who don’t know, Wood Spider plays dark, manic-depressive folk punk with heavy influence from ragtime and vaudeville. Between the five of us, we play guitar, plectrum banjo, ukulele, cello, accordion, singing saw, washboard, glockenspiel, and also stomp and hoot and holler a lot. Maybe you’d like us if you like Blackbird Raum, Mischief Brew or Tom Waits.
DOWNLOAD THEIR MUSIC FOR FREE HERE:
http:// woodspider.bandcamp.com/

Hope to see you at a show!

We had a meeting two weeks ago at the Croton mansion! I was...

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:55:33 -0400

We had a meeting two weeks ago at the Croton mansion! I was sick! Fanny dressed up like an LA chick at some point! Alex had pit stains and eventually made this shirt into a tank! Matt was about to leave for Vancouver! Mike was the same.

In any case, we came up with a lot of neat ideas for the future. The thing that makes the most sense to mention is our tour kits. We will prepare a variety of work from different Spikedriver artists into a small portfolio to give to bands about to go on tour. They’ll sell the work just as they would sell merch. Any profits will be split between artists, band and Spikedriver. Awesome, right? We think so. Get in touch if you or anyone you know is interested!

Also, keep an eye out for our introductory mega-zine featuring work, stories, recipes and music from Spikedriver artists and friends.

This past Saturday, Spikedriver and the Cake Life Brewing...

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:12:00 -0400

This past Saturday, Spikedriver and the Cake Life Brewing Company got together to assemble and release their first batch of beers, the Washed Up IPA. Click through for more photos!

COLIN ALEXANDER is a designer and painter from Ridgewood, New...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:28:21 -0400

COLIN ALEXANDER is a designer and painter from Ridgewood, New Jersey. He currently studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. On this label commissioned by the Cake Life Brewing Company, Colin was tasked to create a piece that embodied nautical themes, responded to the song “Watershed” by Zona Mexicana, and responded to the beer name “Washed Up.” From this point, he worked to create a piece that illustrated the violence of the ocean on the small scale and, at the same time, its placidity as a whole. When the individual is introduced to this relationship, they are forced to acknowledge their relative insignificance, which is a shock after a lifetime of being one’s own protagonist. - http://www.cargocollective.com/foxtooth

Hey folks! Tomorrow is finally the day that we will be assembling and releasing the first batch of beers from the Cake Life Brewing Company. Each beer will have the above design printed in white ink on a clear label and be wrapped within a custom brown bag, all tied off with the download code for the new Zona Mexicana release, “Watershed.”

Spikedriver will also be tabling at the release show tomorrow evening at the Silent Barn in Brooklyn, NY! Come by, grab a beer, listen to some tunes! Otherwise, you’ll be all Washed Up. Puns.

help Hyena afford their tour!

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:51:43 -0400

by going here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laughablerecordings/hyenatour-needs-upport-upport-upport-upport

i don’t know the fancy way to post this so everything shows up on this page. but its all on that one!

Photo

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:16:11 -0400

The Act of Estimating as Worthless - Amongst These Splintered...

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:43:00 -0400

Working on the Package

Mock-Up #4!

Mock-Up #5!

Mock-Up #6, first engraving test

Typesetting for stamping

Finished pieces! ready for assembly.

Day 1 in the studio, 9 months ago.

It has a couch.

The Act of Estimating as Worthless - Amongst These Splintered Minds // Leaden Thoughts Sing Softly
The gears are turning slowly but surely. We began working on this project in October 2010, and we are finally almost on the home stretch. We hopefully be finished early this fall. The twelve songs are almost entirely tracked, and the packaging is designed, printed, and ready to be assembled. This will be a fairly small edition, only 50-75 cassettes will be made. We will also be printing limited runs of two silkscreen prints for this project, based on the on the drawings that were made for the album artwork. Here you can see some photos of the process - many mock-ups, and a glimpse at the final product (the big dark blue sheet above the little booklets). The next two or three months will be spent touching up recordings, mixing, mastering, sewing books, and folding and glueing cases. The production is being done by Mike Ditrio, and the package design and artwork is by Matthew Van Asselt. In the meantime, you can listen to and download 4 demo versions of songs from this release by visiting the band’s bandcamp page here: http://theactofestimatingasworthless.bandcamp.com/

I'm actually from Massachusetts, but if I wasn't lame and actually had a car I would totally be down with helping you guys lol

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:33:55 -0400

Aw man, that is no good to hear! Definitely keep in touch!

I'm really stoked to what you do for The Flaming Tsunamis vinyl. I really dig what I've seen from you guys.

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:56:46 -0400

Thanks!! We are just as stoked. Hopefully we’ll be posting more “making of” pictures in the coming weeks. Are you from Connecticut? We could always use some help with assembling!

cakelifecollective: Washed Up IPA late night packaging...

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:50:37 -0400

cakelifecollective:

Washed Up IPA late night packaging idea!

Another summer project of ours that we are so psyched to start working on!

Hey!

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:43:09 -0400

Hey folks, we’ve been out of it for a little while but are gonna be better than ever and all that this summer. Good to see we have so many followers despite us not doing anything!

Say hi! Ask us a question. Tell us about your day. Suggest a project we should work on!

flipe: THIS WEEK HAS BEEN CRAZY PRODUCTIVE. Summer of projects...

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:34:38 -0400

flipe:

THIS WEEK HAS BEEN CRAZY PRODUCTIVE. Summer of projects 2k11.

flipe: Just got these in from Justin Santora…they’ll be...

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:27:18 -0400

flipe:

Just got these in from Justin Santora…they’ll be available on Sunday along with a bunch of other prints, patches, photos, paintings and zines. 100% of the proceeds will go to the Dubeys. I will probably take photos of everything we have in full in the next few days in case anyone wants to buy them who can’t be at the show. If this is the case, just let me know at spikedriverarts@gmail.com!

Spikedriver will be hosting a gallery at the Oak and the Ax in...

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:46:00 -0400

Spikedriver will be hosting a gallery at the Oak and the Ax in Biddeford, Maine for the month of April! opening on Monday, March 29th with Music by Hurricanes of Love and Many Mansions.

Poster features a woodcut by Heather Swenson

featured tables also include us!

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:15:47 -0500

featured tables also include us!

midi and the modern dance . tigers jaw . snowing . hostage calm . o pioneers. sirs . january 28th @ SUNY Purchase

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:18:34 -0500

This is our first event since the Wood Spider tour around the north east! Our prints, patches, and copies of Make it Easy on Yourself by Midi and the Modern Dance will be available in addition to our gallery. Come visit our table in the back of Whitson’s!

RSVP on Facebook here

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 2011
TIGERS JAW
SNOWING
HOSTAGE CALM
O PIONEERS!
SIRS
MIDI & THE MODERN DANCE

@ SUNY PURCHASE
Whitson’s Hall
730PM

by Nicholas Pizzolato

Landscapes by Jes Walsh

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:10:11 -0500

Landscapes by Jes Walsh

a Photograph by Jes Walsh

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:08:41 -0500

a Photograph by Jes Walsh

“Medusa” - a woodcut by Jon Stogner

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:57:13 -0500

“Medusa” - a woodcut by Jon Stogner

silkscreens by Matthew Van Asselt from the “peaks”...

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:55:15 -0500

silkscreens by Matthew Van Asselt

from the “peaks” series, summer and fall 2010