Atlas Sound Tour Dates + Prom Night Video

Its been a long and amazing 2011 for Carnivores, and we're proud to announce one last tour of the year with Atlas Sound. Also along for the journey are our long time great friends, BALKANS.

WED 12/14 DURHAM, NC @ MOTORCO
THU 12/15 RICHMOND VA @ THE NATIONAL
FRI 12/16 PHILADELPHIA, PA @ CHURCH SANCTUARY
SAT 12/17 BROOKLYN, NY @ BELL HOUSE
SUN 12/18 NEW YORK, NY @ BOWERY BALLROOM
TUE 12/19 WASHINGTON DC @ BLACK CAT

We appreciate everyone who has helped along the way this year, especially Double Phantom Records and the whole DP Family, Music Mule Records UK, Dirt Cult Records, Ellie at Gold Sounds Agency, Ghost Town Agency, Atlas Sound, Black Lips, Thee Oh Sees, Davila 666, The So So Glos, Jarvis Cocker, Alex Kapranos, The Earl, 529, Tight Bros, Triple D's, OK Productions, 40 Watt Club, Vishal at Grooveshark,  Nu Rave Brain Wave, The Living Room, Ian McDonald, Fantastic Lands, Lee Tesche, Chris and Eva, our wonderful and supportive families, and anyone who went above and beyond to help us with free shelter, booze, food, directions, spiritual guidance, etc.

...and I hope whoever broke into our van in Montreal finds their way in front of a bus.

Check out the video for our single, "Prom Night" via the lovely kids at Fantastic Lands:


Carnivores - Prom Night from Matt Weiner on Vimeo.

Also heres a rad live cut of the single @ The Earl via VacantMoon:

Prom Night 7", Second Impulse Video, Yuck Show Added

Today marks the release of the our new 7-inch "Prom Night b/w Second Impulse" via Double Phantom Records. You can pick it up over at Insound now! Limited to 300.

***Shows Added***
10/6 - The Earl w/ Yuck
10/18 - CMJ Official Showcase @ The Charleston

Check out the video for "Second Impulse" filmed by fellow Atlanta musician Lee Tesche (of Lyonnais) in London and Dungeoness UK


Carnivores - Second Impulse from Lee Tesche on Vimeo.

City Sessions

City Sessions_Film Thirteen_Carnivores from City Sessions on Vimeo.

When we visited the UK back in June, we dropped by St James Park to play a song or two for our pals at City Sessions. Check it out above, or visit their rad website:

(www.citysessions.co.uk)

NE Dates + German Flower 7-inch

Carnivores will be paying a short visit to the northeast at the end of this month, dates are below:

July 27 - Baltimore - Golden West Cafe w/ Weekends, Bakesale
July 30 - Brooklyn - Glasslands w/ Sonny & the Sunsets, The Sandwitches

Also if you haven't picked up a "German Flower" 7-inch, they're available on the Dirt Cult Website, or from our own merch table! Limited to 300, get 'em while they last!

UK Tour Photos Pt. 2 (Epping Forest Haunted Souls)

UK Tour Photos Pt. 1 (Set Adrift on Memory Bliss)

Here's some photos so far from our UK adventures, tonight we're playing with Thee Oh Sees @ Tufnell Park Dome. 

Black Lips UK Tour + Festivals/UK/EU Dates

UPDATE: Another London show has been added!

May 27 - London, UK - SEXBEAT Night @ Shaklewell Arms

Looks like Carnivores will be heading across the pond for the first time, and our hometown pals the Black Lips have invited us to support their UK dates on their current European tour.

UK/EU Dates 2011:

May 19 - London, UK - The Garage w/ Black Lips
May 20 - London, UK - City Session Performance
May 21 - Leeds, UK - The Fenton
May 22 - Cheshire, UK - Friends of Mine Festival (afternoon)
May 22 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club w/ Black Lips
May 23 - Manchester, UK - The Castle
May 24 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo w/ Black Lips
May 26 - London, UK - Tufnell Park Dome w/ Thee Oh Sees
May 31 - Gent, Belgium - Video
June 1 - Paris, France - Escape 2
June 4 - Brighton, UK - The Green Door

Additional Dates TBA

Carnivores Daytrotter Session

Pretty fun stuff we recorded back in November 2010 with those Daytrotter kids, you can download the whole session for free of charge by registering an email.

1. Welcome to Daytrotter
2. Salts To Mine
3. Dressed For The Rain
4. Georgia Power Company
5. German Flower

"Darker Days" featured on Fierce Panda's TAPE FEAR

We're happy to announce Carnivores latest single "Darker Days" (taken from the "Chandelier" EP) will be featured on UK label, Fierce Panda's 17th Anniversary Limited Edition Cassette/Digital Download Comp, TAPE FEAR. Here's the tracklist & some details:

THE ‘TAPE FEAR’ COMPILATION

Release Date: APRIL 4TH 2011


Side One
1. WEEKENDS ‘Raingirls’
2. HERZOG ‘Silence’
3. FANG ISLAND ‘Daisy’
4. SAVOIR ADORE ‘Bodies’
5. COLLEEN GREEN ‘Just Like I Do’
6. BEACH FOSSILS ‘Twelve Roses’
7. TENNIS ‘Seafarer’
8. GRASS WIDOW ‘Tattoo’

Side Two
1. IDIOT GLEE ‘All Packed Up’
2. HEAVY HAWAII ‘Teen Angel’
3. DUM DUM GIRLS ‘Blank Girl’
4. LA SERA ‘Never Come Around’
5. CARNIVORES ‘Darker Days’
6. TWIN SISTER ‘Phenomenons’
7. CANDY CLAWS ‘Warm Forest Floor’
8. REAL ESTATE ‘Blue Lebanon’
9. FOOLS GOLD ‘Poseidon’
10.TOTAL SLACKER ‘Crystal Necklace’ (special digital-only track)


You can pre-order it now online from Rough Trade.

SXSW Schedule 2011

Just wanted to do one more update on Austin/SXSW before we get there. Here's all your chances to see Carnivores running around Austin this year, and I've also noted where to catch Bake Sale as well:


March 16, 2011 - SXSW

(11:00PM) Baby Blue Jam Party @ Baby Blue Studio (1522 E 12th St)
(10:30PM - Bake Sale)

March 17, 2011 - SXSW

(4:30PM) BookWoman Party @ BW Store (5501 North Lamar)
(4:00PM - Bake Sale)

(8:00PM) THE REVEALED PARTY @ Project Imagine: On the River (3421 Cesar Chavez)

March 18, 2011 - SXSW

(1:30PM) Nu Rave Brain Wave/Secret Chief Showcase @ Cherrywood Coffee House (1400 e 38 1/2 St)

(3:15PM) ATL:Connective Presents ATL YEAH! @ Red Fez (209 W 5th St)

(7:20PM) The Smell/ KXLU (LA) Showcase @ Domy Books (913 E Cesar Chavez)

(9:00PM) Sinister Foxy Showcase @ The Hotel Vegas (Dive Bar Stage)(1500 E 6th St)

March 19, 2011 - SXSW

(1:30PM) 40 WATT (Athens GA) Showcase @ Sidebar (6th St.)

(6:00PM) FUNTIME @ Brush Square Park (Badges Only!)

(7:30PM) Party BBQ @ Dike of Holland House (2200 Alta Vista)


***Boom by Boom Pow @ Airport Bar 3/17 has been CANCELLED***

See you in Austin!!!

Chat Roulette Dino Bandit Tour 2011 + More SXSW

* The road to SXSW has begun with our pals in Bake Sale. After a rockus kick off show in Memphis last night, I am sad to report that Bake Sale had a dinobox filled with at least 12 limited cassettes taken from the venue. It is no where to be found, so if you find it let us know please!

* A few shows have been added recently including:

3/13 - 6PM In-store at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park LA
           (Bake Sale - 6PM, Carnivores 6:30)
          8PM Show at The Cat and Fiddle w/ Creation (60s) Cover Band

The "Chandelier" EP

Available Thursday March 3rd, only on Double Phantom Digital.

Tracklist:

1. Darker Days
2. I Like To Be Confused (I Love You)
3. Second Impulse
4. Chandelier

Recorded by Ross Politi w/ Carnivores February 2011.
Mastered by Travis Thatcher

Bakesale/SXSW Tour

 As SXSW draws nearer and nearer, the world solidifies its plans, and Carnivores have a few announcements to add to your spring agenda.

 * Carnivores will be taking the darling, Memphis famed, Bakesale, out on the road with them on their trek to SXSW. The groups will embark on March 7th from Memphis, dates include stops at the Neon Reverb Festival in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and finally Austin. The full schedule will follow next week!

* Confirmed SXSW shows include: The Smell (LA)/KXLU Showcase, Nu Rave Brain Wave Showcase, US Art Authority, Airport Bar, and assorted house parties. More shows/set times/details TBA

* Also the beginning of March will see the light of a new Carnivores EP :)

Carnivores just added to 1/31 Propaganda Show w/ SURFER BLOOD

We've decided to extend our stay in the lovely South Florida, we were asked us to stick around an extra day for the Surfer Blood show at Propaganda on Monday 1/31/11. Come hang out if you're around, should be pretty wild! Tonight we play at Churchill's in Miami!

"Parent's Attic" on Gideon Coe BBC 6 Music

Last night, Carnivores received some more love from the BBC on Gideon Coe's show. He played "Parent's Attic" from the "Dressed For The Rain" Music Mule UK single (also featured on "If I'm Ancient"). Check that out for a limited time on the BBC's website

Tonight we're playing a The Junkyard in Gainesville, FL. Should be interesting, last night consisted of large jugs of beer, someone throwing a poor girls peacoat in a fire, shooting firecrackers at people(not us!), the ultimate warrior in the flesh, a sing a long to "Friends in Low Places", really sweet people from Seattle, and some band covering Refused??

Ted Leo Re-schedule 5/11, Florida tour 2K11

The Chunklet presented show Ted Leo//Gentleman Jesse//Carnivores now officially has a newly rescheduled home. It will remain at the Drunken Unicorn, which makes me smile (drinking at the bar there brings back such a nostalgia for old ATL drunkenness). Except now it will be on 5/11.

**ALL OF THE TICKETS FROM 2/4 WILL BE HONORED AT THE DOOR ON 5/11, SO HOLD ON TO THEM PLEASE**

In other news, Carnivores will be embarking on a tour d' Florida starting Monday evening (1/24) in Jacksonville. The schedule is as follows below:

CARNIVORES POST-MODERN PONCE DE LEON FREAKOUT:




Jan 24, 2011 - Jacksonville FL - Shanty Town Pub

Jan 25, 2011 - Gainesville FL - The Junkyard

Jan 26, 2011 - Orlando FL - Stardust

Jan 27, 2011 - West Palm Beach FL - Respectables

Jan 28, 2011 - Delray Beach FL - Dada

Jan 29, 2011 - Miami FL - Churchills

Jan 30, 2011 - St. Petersburg FL - The Local 662

Davila 666, Ted Leo, The Young Fates, SXSW

Whew, a few big things on the horizon to talk about:

* We just confirmed with Davila 666 for a show at the Earl on March 5th, if you haven't heard these guys, they are from Puerto Rico and will tear your face off! Also our pals in The Barreracudas will be playing!



* Following this we'll be leaving on a tour leading to SXSW, but first we'll be visting some of our favorite places to play like Memphis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Las Cruces! We have some pretty rad SXSW shows and parties lined up too that we'll be announcing very soon....

* Our show with Ted Leo and Gentleman Jesse has been postponed, the reschedule date for Ted's tour will be up soon, we'll let you know as soon as we do!

* Lastly, The Young Fates played their second show last night at the Dashboard Third Exhibition for the Arts! It featured a new line up Dan Wakefield (Ominous Castle), Philip Frobos (Carnivores), Emily Kempf (The Back Pockets), and Frankie Broyles (Balkans). Expect to hear of more shows announced and mp3s to come of this sideshow wonder in 2011.

R.I.P. Jay Reatard + Tweet

He was always really sweet to us, "Night of the Broken Glass" still rules my face. R.I.P.

"Salts to Mine" Video

Enjoy! Check out the Crib Notes post here.

Or watch it at:

No Modest Bear (Sweden)

Kamawanaiii  (Japan)

Creative Loafing love 2010

Carnivores got a considerable amount of love from Creative Loafing in 2010. To show our gratitude, tomorrow(Jan 4th 2011) we'll be premiering out video for "Salts To Mine" on their blog, Crib Notes.

Some CL love:

Top Atlanta Music Releases of 2010

Musical Moments That Made Atlanta Pop in 2010