Funeral Rain Press Corps

Sludge bastards Weedeater have announced several new headlining shows throughout the Midwest and Southeastern US this September. Kicking things off in their home state, the band will devastate the crowd at Raleigh, North Carolina’s Hopscotch Festival on September 11th, also with Public Enemy, Tortoise, Kylesa, U.S. Christmas, Harvey Milk and tons more. Weedeater will be dropping plenty of new material from the upcoming album on these shows, which will lead directly up to the recording of Jason…the Dragon with Steve Albini, finally.

Weedeater have been pushed to their limits over the past twelve months. While it’s been a year of heavy and successful touring for the band, it was also a year of catastrophic physical injury to this seemingly invincible trio. Leading off with Dixie Dave Collins’ shotgun accident which spawned the brutal “Nine Toe Tour” earlier this year, and continuing shortly after that with drummer Keko tearing his meniscus after returning from said tour and requiring surgery. Both of those accidents prevented the group’s two previously scheduled meetings with Albini. The group’s latest installment of injury includes guitarist Shep breaking his pinkie finger while on tour in Europe this July alongside Black Cobra and Saviours. Luckily, Shep can still riff with his cast so the European tour and the recording session were spared.

These accidents have forced the band to push the recording for their now hard-earned upcoming full-length back several times now. Initially scheduled to take place in January of this year, then again in April, the trio will now step into Albini’s Electrical Audio Studio this September 15-19 to hammer out their mammoth 4th full-length Jason… The Dragon, their 2nd release for Southern Lord Recordings.

Weedeater’s 3rd Time’s A Charm Tour:
9/11/2010 Hopscotch Music Fest – Raleigh, NC w/ Public Enemy, Kylesa, U.S. Christmas
9/12/2010 The Hideaway – Johnson City, TN
9/13/2010 Southgate House – Newport, KY
9/20/2010 High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI
9/21/2010 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
9/22/2010 FuBar – St. Louis, MO
9/23/2010 The Muse – Nashville, TN w/ Black Tusk

While the unstoppable touring duo Black Cobra are currently amidst a California retail in-store mini-tour promoting the vinyl release of their latest album Chronomega, they’ve also just announced their plans to get right back out there as soon as possible. The band will hit the Southwest and Southern US for the second half of March, with a stop at the Tone Deaf Touring showcase at SXSW, joined by Weedeater, Liturgy, U.S. Christmas, Rwake, White Mice and more along the way.

Immediately following that tour, it has just been confirmed that Black Cobra will join the recently announced month-long US tour opening for the massive High On Fire! Also acts on the tour include Priestess and Bison BC, making this one of the grittiest, headbanging rock tours of the year.

Black Cobra California In-Store Performances:
2/09/2010 R5 Records – Sacramento, CA
2/10/2010 Streetlight Records – San Jose, CA
2/11/2010 Streetlight Records – Santa Cruz, CA
2/13/2010 Thirsty Moon – San Diego, CA
2/14/2010 Vacation – Los Angeles, CA

March Tour + SXSW:
3/16/2010 Burt’s Tiki Lounge – Albuquerque, NM w/ Spittin’ Cobras
3/17/2010 The Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK w/ Liturgy, White Mice
3/18/2010 Channel/Meridian – Houston, TX w/ Weedeater, ASG, Gates of Slumber, US Christmas
3/19/2010 Skillman Street Bar – Dallas, TX w/ Weedeater, Black Tusk, Gates of Slumber
3/20/2010 Encore – Austin, TX – SXSW Tone Deaf Touring Showcase w/ Weedeater, Rwake, Black Tusk, ASG, U.S. Christmas
3/21/2010 Zombies – San Antonio, TX w/ Weedeater, Black Tusk, Gates of Slumber, SBL
3/22/2010 Rogue – Fayetteville, AR w /U.S. Christmas
3/23/2010 Downtown Music – Little Rock, AR w/ U.S. Christmas
3/24/2010 The Muse – Nashville, TN w/ U.S. Christmas
3/26/2010 31st St Pub – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Bison BC
3/27/2010 Mickey Finn’s Pub – Toledo, OH

Black Cobra Tour w/ High on Fire, Priestess, Bison BC
3/31/2010 Triple Rock Social Club – Minneapolis, MN
4/01/2010 High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI
4/02/2010 Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
4/03/2010 Skully’s Music Diner – Columbus, OH
4/05/2010 123 Pleasant St – Morgantown, WV
4/06/2010 First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA
4/07/2010 The Middle East – Cambridge, MA
4/08/2010 Daniel St – Milford, CT
4/09/2010 Gramercy Theater – New York, NY
4/11/2010 Black Cat – Washington, DC
4/13/2010 Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
4/14/2010 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
4/15/2010 One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA
4/16/2010 Walters on Washington – Houston, TX
4/17/2010 Emo’s – Austin, TX
4/18/2010 The Loft – Dallas, TX
4/20/2010 Fox Theater – Boulder, CO
4/22/2010 Hollywood Alley – Phoenix, AZ
4/23/2010 El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
4/24/2010 Detroit Bar – Costa Mesa, CA
4/25/2010 The Casbah – San Diego, CA

Stay tuned for additional Black Cobra live actions and more updates shortly.

North Carolina’s WEEDEATER - in light of the recent loss of frontman Dave “Dixie” Collins’ toe due to a self-inflicted gun-cleaning wound – have announced the routing for their upcoming US tour, now officially dubbed the “Nine Toe” Tour. The month long tour kicks off a week before this year’s SXSW, where WEEDEATER will headline the Tone Deaf Touring showcase on March 20th. Support bands for the tour include Black Cobra, ASG, Black Tusk, The Gates of Slumber, US Christmas, and Struck by Lightning.

The band will also enter with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio Studios in April to record their new release entitled Jason… The Dragon, to be released later this year again on Southern Lord.

3/12/2010 The Jinx – Savannah, GA
3/13/2010 The Back Booth – Orlando, FL
3/14/2010 Crazy Marlins - Panama City Beach, FL
3/15/2010 Lenny’s – Atlanta, GA
3/16/2010 Bottletree - Birmingham, AL
3/17/2010 Hi Tone - Memphis, TN
3/18/2010 The Channel @ Meridian – Houston, TX 
3/19/2010 Skillman Street Bar - Dallas, TX
3/20/2010 Encore – Austin, TX @ Tone Deaf SXSW Showcase
3/21/2010 Zombie’s - San Antonio, TX
3/23/2010 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
3/24/2010 Chasers – Scottsdale, AZ
3/26/2010 Ultra Violet – Los Angeles, CA
3/27/2010 Elbo Room - San Francisco, CA
3/28/2010 Rotture – Portland, OR
3/29/2010 Funhouse – Seattle, WA
3/31/2010 Club Vegas – Salt Lake City, UT
4/01/2010 Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO
4/02/2010 The Record Bar – Kansas City, MO
4/03/2010 Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN
4/04/2010 Reggie’s - Chicago, IL
4/05/2010 Mac’s - Lansing, MI
4/06/2010 The Southgate House – Newport, KY
4/07/2010 The Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH
4/08/2010 Wreck Room – Toronto, ON
4/09/2010 Bug Jar - Rochester, NY
4/10/2010 Webster Hall (Studio) - New York, NY
4/11/2010 Khyber – Philadelphia, PA
4/12/2010 DC9 – Washington, DC
4/13/2010 Krug’s – Frederick, MD
4/14/2010 The Triple – Richmond, VA

Check out a full statement from the band regarding the tour and recording on the band’s MySpace page.