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has anyone heard any updates on this big fella? no news is good news, hopefully.

"The Electric Roach Tour"

Tickets for the six-week run go on-sale this Friday at 10 am local time. Helms Alee and Harsh Mellow open.

Dates:
June 15 Long Beach, CA Alex's Bar
June 16 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet's
June 18 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
June 21 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack's
June 22 Birmingham, AL Saturn
June 23 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
June 24 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
June 25 Richmond, VA The Broadberry
June 27 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom
June 28 Providence, RI Fete Music Hall
June 29 Syracuse, NY The Westcott Theatre
July 1 Bethlehem, PA Musikfest Café at the ArtsQuest Center
July 2 Huntington, WV The Loud
July 3 Detroit, MI El Club
July 5 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
July 6 Davenport, IA Racoon Motel
July 7 Des Moines, IA Wooly's
July 8 Minneapolis, MN Grumpy's
July 9 Fargo, ND The Hall at Fargo Brewing Company
July 10 Sioux Falls, SD Icon Lounge
July 12 Salt Lake City, UT The Metro Music Hall
July 14 Bozeman, MT The ELM
July 15 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
July 16 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
July 17 Eugene, OR Sessions Music Hall
July 19 Roseville, CA Goldfield Trading Post
July 20 Berkeley, CA Cornerstone Berkeley

I would LOVE for any of that Cynthia Massey stuff to come out. Maybe it was just a single song session but I have a hard time believing they didn't at least sound check a few tunes.

Sylvia Massey?

https://mixwiththemasters.com/news/recording-band-sylvia-massy-melvins-1

Is there more to this story? Does anyone know if/when this will be released? Sylvia's Wiki says they records a single:
"From the Heart / Not a Leech" - 2017
I'd love to know more.

Does anyone know if there will be a repress of CDs for HAT?

Why do you ask, is it out of print on CD? Buzz once said it was their one Ipecac album where stores had the most returns to distributors. I'd guess there are plenty of used/never opened CDs out there.

Why is everyone jumping all over pre-orders through the Ipecac store when it doesn't come out for 3 months?  Both of these reissues will be easily available via standard retail in February. I pre-ordered the new Mr. Bungle through Bullmoose a few weeks before release date. I had it in my hands the Wednesday of release week.



I think I'll play the wait and see game on these reissues. I wish they had gone back to Third Man. First off there's the vinyl itself. It had better be top quality, and secondly does anyone know if these are gatefolds, and with good quality cardboard stock? They should be, especially with H.A.T.
On the packaging of vinyl, the quality of the cardboard is important. Compare the cardboard stock on any of the Third Man reissue gatefolds to say NWB Ipecac gatefold. Third Man has good thick non-wavy stock, like an album from the 1970s. Ipecac and countless other labels lately do it on the cheap, and you get super this super-thin cheap ass cardboard. Am I the only one annoyed buy these things?

Yes, I can;t find it anywhere for sale. Amazon had a few that were used and in "good" condition but now they're gone. I don't own it on CD but would like to if anyone knows where to find it.

Does anyone know if there will be a repress of CDs for HAT?

Does anyone know if a digital version of this cd is floating around anywhere? I do realize it hasn't officially been released digitally.

Fucking DOG ISLAND, am I right? One of their best tracks from any era. I love tripping over classic tracks and obsessing over how good they are.

Got my record yesterday.  Awesome neon art.  Question for those that got it: Is there a sound dropout for everyone for a split second on the last song, TODAY YOUR LOVE, right at the tail end of Buzz saying "Little German Boy" in the first chorus?

Got my cheapy CD today, ordered w/ the Helios Creed reissue CD. Yeah, only took a few days to get here.
Before I even listened to it, I put the Besides CD and the H.A.T. Ipecac CD along w/ the original sleeve/inlay card together into a clear slimline double-CD case. Seems appropriate and convenient. The new H.A.B. sleeve can go on a wall or something.

Yes, I did notice that slight glitch on Today Your Love. I'll go back and listen to the original 7" and compare.

damn, I'm still waiting on mine to arrive. Stuck at the sorting facility in Buffalo.

Did the cds go on sale today?

Sunday - B-sides go live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53HsQrfR2a8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0QKx-r-uSRhmD4gVGEOKwDznzE9Kds105gp7R2HmwWF59X4GhWCdEiRBs

[Stoked!]

I'll be in attendance at the Buffalo, NY show. Stoked!

Is the song listing/order different from the original cd, on the new cd?

Same list and titles

Maybe just copy/pasted from the vinyl description...

I was thinking the same.

Just received the CD reissue and it definitely comes with the 25 minutes of silence after Freaktose even though the ShoxOP website says it doesn't. What gives? Killer song but I don't need all that silence. 

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