Thursday, October 8, 2009
A long overdue mini update
First, we're very happy to welcome Coliseum's new drummer Carter Wilson to the fold. Carter hails from Birmingham and we tracked him down on the suggestion of Young Widows, who we thank very much for the tip. He joined the band in August and has seamlessly learned our old songs while diving headlong into new material. Many movies, burritos and good times have been shared in the last few months and we look forward to many more down the road. We'll be hitting the road this month for the first time since June, debuting some new songs and playing our first batch of shows with Carter.
We'll be playing a last minute surprise show at Skull Alley in Louisville on Wed Oct 14th, then headed a bit southeast for a secret free show on Fri Oct 16th at the hometown of the Biltmore Estate with our good friends and labelmates who are celebrating a new album release next week... A "blue" album, if you will...
Starting Oct 28th, we'll be joining Russian Circles and Young Widows for a brief run through the South, stopping off at The Fest in Gainesville and Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, where we'll all share the stage with not only the almighty Jesus Lizard, but Flipper, 7 Seconds, Melt Banana, The Night Marchers and more! Wow.
Other than these dates, we'll continue to lay low and work hard on our as yet untitled third album... We're deep into the writing process, taking broad steps to cross some new ground and challenge ourselves with different approaches to songwriting. Recording will commence in January 2009 with J Robbins producing, all other details will follow.
In Auxiliary Records news, the new reissue of YOUNG WIDOWS Settle Down City LP will be available this month. Featuring all new artwork, we're really happy to finally have this great debut record back in print after being gone for a couple of years now. Keep an eye out for that.
As always, all merch from Coliseum, Auxiliary, Young Widows and many, many other great bands is available from www.ShirtKiller.com!
Thanks!
Ryan / Coliseum
COLISEUM Tour Dates:
10/1/4/09 - Louisville, KY @ Skull Alley w/ Alcohawk
10/16/09 - ???????, ?? @ w/ ???????? (Announced next week!)
10/28/09 - Covington, KY @ Mad Hatter w/ Russian Circles, Young Widows
10/29/09 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl w/ Russian Circles, Young Widows
10/30/09 - Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds / The Fest w/ Coalesce, Torche, Russian Circles, Young Widows and more
10/31/09 - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth w/ Russian Circles, Young Widows
11/02/09 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Café w/ Russian Circles, Young Widows
11/03/09 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon w/ Russian Circles, Young Widows
11/04/09 - Little Rock, AR @ Juanita's w/ Russian Circles, Young Widows
11/05/09 - Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves w/ Russian Circles, Young Widows
11/06/09 - Houston, TX @ Rudyard's Pub w/ Russian Circles, Young Widows
11/07/09 - Austin, TX @ Waterloo Park / Fun Fun Fun Fest w/ Jesus Lizard, Melt Banana, Flipper, Russian Circles, Young Widows and more!
YOUNG WIDOWS Tour Dates:
Oct 28 @ The Mad Hatter, Covington, KY w/ Russian Circles, Coliseum
Oct 29 @ The Earl, Atlanta, GA w/ Russian Circles, Coliseum
Oct 30 @ The Fest 8, Gainesville, FL w/ Russian Circles, Coliseum
Oct 31 @ The Backbooth, Orlando, FL w/ Russian Circles, Coliseum
Nov 2 @ The Bottletree, Birmingham, AL w/ Russian Circles, Coliseum
Nov 3 @ Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA w/ Russian Circles, Coliseum
Nov 4 @ Juanita's, Little Rock, AK w/ Russian Circles, Coliseum
Nov 5 @ Rubbergloves, Denton, TX w/ Russian Circles, Red Sparrows, Coliseum
Nov 6 @ Rudyard's, Houston, TX w/ Russian Circles, Red Sparrows, Coliseum
Nov 7 @ Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin, TX w/ Russian Circles, Coliseum
Nov 8 @ The Conservatory, Oklahoma City, OK w/ Russian Circles, Red Sparrows
Nov 10 @ Launchpad, Albuquerque, NM w/ Russian Circles, Red Sparrows
Nov 11 @ The Clubhouse, Tempe, AZ w/ Russian Circles, Red Sparrows
Nov 12 @ The Casbah, San Diego, CA w/ Russian Circles, Red Sparrows, Helms Alee
Nov 13 @ Chain Reaction, Anaheim, CA w/ Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Nov 14 @ The Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA w/ Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Nov 15 @ Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA w/ Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Nov 17 @ Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR w/ Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Nov 18 @ Neumos, Seattle, WA w/ Russian Circles, Helms Alee
Nov 19 @ Neurolux, Boise, ID w/ Russian Circles, Git Some
Nov 20 @ Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, UT w/ Russian Circles, Git Some
Nov 21 @ Marquis Theater, Denver, CO w/ Russian Circles, Git Some
Nov 23 @ The Riot Room, Kansas City, MO w/ Russian Circles, Git Some
Nov 24 @ Nutty's, Sioux Falls, SD w/ Russian Circles, Git Some
Nov 25 @ Triple Rock , Minneapolis, MN w/ Russian Circles, Git Some
Nov 27 @ Magic Stick, Detroit, MI w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Nov 28 @ Soundlab, Buffalo, NY w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Nov 30 @ Daniel Street, Milford, CT w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Dec 1 @ Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Dec 2 @ The Middle East, Cambridge, MA w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Dec 3 @ DC9, Washington, DC w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Dec 4 @ First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Dec 6 @ Il Motore, Montreal, QC w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Dec 7 @ Lee's Place, Toronto, ON w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Dec 9 @ The Strut, Kalamazoo, MI w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Dec 10 @ The Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Dec 11 @ Skull Alley, Louisville, KY w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Dec 12 @ TBA, Chicago, IL w/ Russian Circles, Phantom Family Halo
Monday, May 11, 2009
Greetings. It's been a while since any updates... In tour limbo, brain barely works, drive, load in, zone out, play, load out, sleep, drive, repeat, repeat, repeat...
Quick summary of what's below:
COLISEUM skateboards out now
COLISEUM True Quiet / Last Wave 7" finally out
Album Number Three / Plans for the rest 2009
Coliseum skateboards from Hooligan Skates are done and we have them now on tour. It's our first deck and also the first deck featuring artwork from our good pal John Baizley of Baroness. There are only 50 of these made and whatever we don't sell on tour will be available from Shirt Killer after May 22nd.
The True Quiet / Last Wave 7" on Deathwish is finally done after numerous setbacks... First the plates were lost in the mail, then there were 100 test presses made in time for the beginning of our shows with Converge in March - which were mastered too fast and deemed unsuitable for release (collector's alert). Now, finally, the proper version of the 7" is done. The pre-orders should ship from Deathwish in the next couple of weeks and we'll have the non-limited version with us on tour beginning a couple of days from now in Chicago. The limited edition with vellum covers and sealed sleeves is available from Deathwish and will be available from Shirt Killer soon.
We're at the tail end of a nine week tour... The Napalm Death dates are about to wrap up and we'll play a few headlining shows on the way back to Louisville, ending with a homecoming 7" release show on May 22nd at Skull Alley in Louisville.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Updated tour dates
03/22/09 - Montreal, QC @ Underworld w/ Have Heart
Dates below with Converge, Ceremony, Rise And Fall, Pulling Teeth
(Coliseum plays third of five)
03/23/09 - Allston, MA @ ICC Church
03/24/09 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
03/25/09 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
03/26/09 - Lemoyne, PA @ Championship
03/27/09 - Brooklyn, NY @ Europa
03/28/09 - Richmond, VA @ United Blood Festival
03/29/09 - Philadelphia, PA @ The First Unitarian Church
Dates below headlining with Young Livers supporting:
03/30/09 - Wilmington, NC @ Luckys
03/31/09 - Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
04/01/09 - Orlando, FL @ Black Box Collective
04/02/09 - Miami, Fl @ Churchills
04/03/09 - Lake Worth, FL @ Klein Dance
04/04/09 - Tampa, FL @ Transitions
04/05/09 - Gainesville, FL @ Atlantic
04/06/09 - Atlanta, GA @ PS Warhouse
Dates below with Napalm Death, Kataklysm, Toxic Holocaust, Trap Them
(Coliseum plays second of five)
04/10/09 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
04/11/09 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
04/12/09 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
04/13/09 - Covington, KY @ The Madhatter
04/14/09 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre w/ THE HAUNTED
04/15/09 - Sudbury, ON @ Serbian Center
04/18/09 - Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
04/19/09 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
04/20/09 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Peppermint Beach Club w/ TORCHE
04/21/09 - Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox
04/22/09 - Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
04/23/09 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
04/24/09 - Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11
04/25/09 - TBA (Coliseum only)
04/27/09 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
04/28/09 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
04/29/09 - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
04/30/09 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
05/01/09 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Clubhouse
05/02/09 - San Diego, CA @ SOMA
05/03/09 - Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club
05/04/09 - San Francisco, CA @ The Grand Ballroom
05/05/09 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
05/06/09 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
05/08/09 - Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
05/09/09 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
05/10/09 - Lubbock, TX @ Tequila Jungle
05/11/09 - Tulsa, OK @ Marquee
05/12/09 - St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
05/13/09 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
05/14/09 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
05/15/09 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
05/16/09 - Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
05/17/09 - Montreal, QC @ Foufounes
05/18/09 - Quebec City, QC @ Imperial
Dates below Coliseum headlining:
05/22/09 - Louisville, KY @ Skull Alley w/ Lords, Bison BC, Mountain Asleep
YOUNG WIDOWS tour dates:
Mar 19 @ SXSW, Austin, TX
Mar 20 @ SXSW, Austin, TX
Mar 21 @ Radio Room, Austin, TX w/ Cursive, The Van Pelt (SXSW)
Mar 22 @ The Lounge on Elm Street, Dallas, TX w/ My Disco
Mar 23 @ The Bottle Tree, Birmingham, AL w/ My Disco
Mar 24 @ Halloween House, Indianapolis, IN w/ My Disco
Mar 25 @ The Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL w/ My Disco
Mar 26 @ PJ's Lager House, Detroit, MI w/ My Disco
Mar 27 @ Casbah, Hamilton, ON w/ My Disco
Mar 28 @ Sneaky Dee's, Toronto, ON w/ My Disco
Mar 29 @ Soundlab, Buffalo, NY w/ My Disco
Mar 30 @ Great Scott, Boston, MA w/ My Disco
Mar 31 @ VFW, Wallingford, CT w/ My Disco
Apr 1 @ Club Europa, Brooklyn, NY w/ My Disco
Apr 2 @ Talking Head, Baltimore, MD w/ My Disco
Apr 3 @ MAC ROCK Festival, Harrisburg, VA w/ My Disco
Apr 4 @ Kung Fu Neck Tie, Philadelphia, PA
Apr 5 @ Cafe Metropolis, Wilkes-Barre, PA w/ My Disco
Apr 6 @ DC9, Washington, DC
Apr 7 @ Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
COLISEUM 7" Available for Pre-order
The Coliseum "True Quiet / Last Wave" 7" is now available for pre-order from Deathwish. The first 1000 copies of the 7" will have awesome limited edition packaging - an outer vellum cover featuring artwork by our pal John Baizley of Baroness with a metallic spot color that lays over a full color printed sleeve. The two layers work together to create the entire image on the front and back. It's then all inserted in a polysleeve with a fold-over flap and sealed with a silver foil sticker. There are two different colors of vinyl for this edition as well.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
MODERN PROBLEMS Print Available Now
Thursday, February 19, 2009
AUX16 - COLISEUM No Salvation LP - Repress available now
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The story of... AUX7 - COLISEUM and DOOMRIDERS Not Of This World 12"
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
AUX13 YOUNG WIDOWS Settle Down City LP - Limited edition of 50
We recently found 50 copies of the first pressing of the YOUNG WIDOWS Settle Down City LP without covers and have screen printed 50 special edition covers that are available now only from Shirt Killer. Click here to check it out and order. The original pressing of the LP has been gone for quite a while and we plan on doing a new pressing sometime later this year.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Some cool news...
www.deathwishinc.com - www.myspace.com/coliseum
COLISEUM “True Quiet / Last Wave” 7"EP out soon, winter/spring tour dates announced...
Founded by Ryan Patterson (Black Cross, National Acrobat) over a half decade ago, and since solidified by Mike Pascal and Chris Maggio, Coliseum have grown to become today's quintessential contemporary hardcore/punk band. Successfully melding their progressive musicianship, punk fervor, and vital political/social awareness into one intense vision.
Originally based in straight-ahead hardcore and classic punk, Coliseum have continued to progress with each recorded effort. Before finding a permanent home on Relapse records in 2006, Coliseum released music on both Ryan's own Auxiliary label, as well as on Level Plane Records. Coliseum's first full length for Relapse, "No Salvation", was released in the summer of 2007 and was met by praise from critics and kids alike.
To celebrate the longtime friendship between Coliseum and Deathwish, we are proud to announce the upcoming release of Coliseum's "True Quiet / Last Wave" 7"EP. Featuring artwork by friend John Dyer Baizley (Baroness, Kylesa, Cursed), "True Quiet / Last Wave" gives us the first taste of Coliseum's evolution since 2007's "No Salvation". The hook-laden A Side "True Quiet" takes hold with its all too familiar story of self imposed isolation, told to a Dischord influenced metallic jangle. While the percussively driven B Side "Last Wave" serves as a hair raising commentary on the ethical and economical darkness of our present day. Both songs collectively embodying the honest artistry that defines Coliseum at their very core.
A new Coliseum album is due out on Relapse in 2010.
03/20: Chicago, IL @ Subterranean w/ Get Rad
03/21: Toronto, ON @ Adrift Clubhouse
03/22: Montreal, QC @ Underworld w/ Bane, Have Heart
03/23: Allston, MA @ ICC w/ Converge, Rise and Fall, Pulling Teeth, Ceremony
03/24: Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place w/ Converge, Rise and Fall, Pulling Teeth, Ceremony
03/25: Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop w/ Converge, Rise and Fall, Pulling Teeth, Ceremony
03/26: Lemoyne, PA @ Championship w/ Converge, Rise and Fall, Pulling Teeth, Ceremony
03/27: Brooklyn, NY @ Europa w/ Converge, Rise and Fall, Pulling Teeth, Ceremony
03/28: Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz w/ United Blood Festival
03/29: Philadelphia, PA @ The Church w/ Converge, Rise and Fall, Pulling Teeth, Ceremony, Genghis Tron
03/30: Wilmington, NC @ Lucky's w/ Young Livers
03/31: Columbia, SC @ TBA w/ Young Livers
04/01: Orlando, FL @ Black Box Collective w/ Young Livers
04/02: Miami, FL @ Churchills w/ Young Livers
04/03: Lake Worth, FL @ Klein Dance Studio w/ Young Livers
04/04: Tampa, FL @ Transitions w/ Young Livers
04/05: Gainesville, FL @ Atlantic w/ Young Livers
04/06: Savannah, GA @ TBA w/ Young Livers
04/07: Birmingham, AL @ Cave 9 w/ Young Livers
04/08: Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn w/ Young Livers
04/09: Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone w/ Young Livers
04/10: Louisville, KY @ Skull Alley w/ Young Livers
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
AUX4 - LORDS Moral Darkness 7"
(Plus untold tales of AUX5 & AUX6)
AUX4: Lords - Moral Darkness 5-song 7"
Released January 2005
Side B: Messianic Exegesis: U.S.A.
700 copies total
300 on white vinyl
400 on clear vinyl
Monday, January 5, 2009
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Melt Banana live video from Tokyo
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Coliseum live video from Tokyo
Click the link to check out a live video from Shibuya, Tokyo:
COLISEUM "Fall Of The Pigs"
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Japan Day 4 & 5
Last two days in Japan were amazing. Chinatown in Yokohama is the oldest in Japan and was really cool, then the last in Shibuya, Tokyo, was nuts. Tokyo is divided up into tons of huge neighborhoods / areas / burroughs... Shibuya being the Times Square x100 of Tokyo. Amazing. Went to Secret Base and Mandarake and spent probably way too much money getting some Pushead figures and other great stuff. The show was the best of tour, Melt Banana played before Coliseum and Torche, seems they are taken for granted in their hometown just like most great bands are, and they were awesome. Coliseum and Torche played great sets and then we all hung out late with Yuko, Agata, Tadashi, Jumbo and other great friends. This has been an amazing trip.