Mar 08

Update, March 2012

March Newsletter

“No time for love, Dr. Jones.”

AVAILABLE NOW:

Fist Fight in the Parking Lot - S/T

iTunes | Amazon Mp3 | www.innervenus.org

Invader - S/T

iTunes | Amazon Mp3 | www.innervenus.org

Vulture - Oblivious to Ruin (Release Date: March 27)

Pre-order today at www.innervenus.org.

COMING SOON:

Killer of Sheep - Out of Time 7” (co-released with Lock & Key Collective)

Sistered/October split 7” (co-released with Pop Bus Records)

Iron Atrocity v.2 – (Please visit our Kickstarter page – ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT)

Plus, when this is all done, we gots a few other things in the grinder. Stay tuned.

THE IRON ATROCITY VIDEO SHOW:

The Iron Atrocity Video Show is a monthly, online video series dedicated specifically to the Pittsburgh based metal music scene, brought to you by The Pittsburgh Scene, Innervenus and Eyes to the Sky Films. Episode 6 is now online.

Filmed at the infamous 31st Street Pub, this episode features videos by Oldfears, Storm King and October. Dig it!

Link: http://youtu.be/dxyQm5pZISI

UPCOMING EVENTS:


Saturday, March 10
Invader – CD RELEASE SHOW – w/ Storm King & Killer of Sheep
Smiling Moose (Pittsburgh, PA)

10pm | 21+ | $5

Saturday, March 10

Keelhaul & DeathCrawl

The Happy Dog (Cleveland, OH)
8:30pm

Friday, March 16

StoneSlinger – CD RELEASE SHOW – w/ Fist Fight in the Parking Lot

Carriage House Night Club (Louisville, OH)

9pm | 18+ | $5

Saturday, March 17

Drunken Irish Metal Fest 2012

Featuring: After the Fall, From Within, Dragline, Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, Big House Pete

Leechburg Moose (Leechburgh, PA)

8pm | 21+ | members $5, guests $10

Friday, March 30

Iron Atrocity v.2 Benefit Show

Featuring: Leprosy, Lycosa, Molasses Barge & Spitupon

Smiling Moose (Pittsburgh, PA)

10pm | 21+ | $5 minimum donation

Saturday, March 31
Vulture – CD RELEASE SHOW – w/ Mockingbird & October
31st Street Pub (Pittsburgh, PA)
10pm | 21+ | $5

Lo-Pan / Mockingbird 2012 Spring Tour
Akron, OH. – Thurs, April 5th – @ Annabelle’s
Cleveland, OH. – Fri, April 6th – @ Now That’s Class
Detroit, MI – Sat, April 7th – @ Corktown Tavern
Chicago, IL.- Sun, April 8th – @ Ultra Lounge
Indianapolis, IN – Mon, April 9th – @ Indi’s Jukebox
Cincinatti, OH – Tue, April 10th – @ TBA
Huntington, WV – Wed, April 11th – @ V Club
Dayton, OH – Thur April 12th – @ Blind Bob’s
Morgantown, WV – Fri, April 13th – @ The Cue
Pittsburgh, PA – Sat, April 14th – @ Bloomfield Bridge Tavern
Columbus, OH – Sun, April 15th – @ Ruby Tuesday

Thursday, April 5

a prior i – CD RELEASE SHOW – w/ Amplifiers, Fist Fight in the Parking Lot & Admiral of Narrow Seas

Diesel (Pittsburgh, PA)

7:30pm | 21+ | $10 adv, $12 door

(get a free a prior i CD with ticket stub)

Friday, April 6

Killer of Sheep, Dead Girlfriends & more

The Summit (Columbus, OH)

Saturday, April 7th

Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, Skell & After The Fall

Jergel’s (Wexford, PA)

9pm | 21+

Friday, April 13

Invader, Lycosa, Torrential Bleeding & United By Hate

Mr. Roboto Project (Pittsburgh, PA)

7:30pm | All Ages | $6

Saturday, April 21

March of Dimes Charity Event

Featuring: The Cheats, The Legendary Huckelbucks & Fist Fight in the Parking Lot

Grim’s Roadhouse (Imperial, PA)

8pm | 21+

Sunday, April 22

Soulfly, Incite, Lady Kong, Stinkpalm Death & Storm King

Altar Bar (Pittsburgh, PA)

6:30pm | 21+ | $23

(contact storm-king@hotmail.com for tickets)

Thank you for your support.

Scott Massie

Music & Art Director, Manufacturing, etc

the Innervenus Music Collective

P.O. Box 81213
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 USA

www.innervenus.org

ENTROPY | FIST FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT | INVADER | KILLER OF SHEEP | LYCOSA | MOCKINGBIRD | MOLASSES BARGE | OCTOBER | SISTERED | STORM KING | VULTURE | etc…

 

Permanent link to this article: http://innervenus.org/2012/03/update-march-2012/

Feb 17

Update, February 2012

Is it February? So much is going on right now, it’s almost hard to keep it straight.

First and foremost, Fist Fight in the Parking Lot‘s debut album comes out next week (release date: February 21) with the release show to follow on Saturday, February 25 @ the 31st Street Pub w/ Chux Beta & Sistered. So, there’s that.

Next, the Invader CDs are being wrapped up right now (release date: March 6) and Vulture’s new album, Oblivious to Ruin, is in the final stages of mastering (release date: March 27). I met with the Lock & Key Collective this week and got the Killer of Sheep 7″ off to press and, hopefully, next week a meeting will take place with the members of Sistered and October so we can go over the final details of their split 7″off that’s on the not too distant horizon.

Which brings us to Iron Atrocity Volume 2. For those of you who don’t know about Iron Atrocity, it’s our documentation of the Pittsburgh metal scene, aaaannnnd it’s awesome! Volume 1 (which can be downloaded for free at www.ironatrocity.com) featured 16 bands and had a 24 page booklet that came with it to properly represent those bands and showcase the diverse intensity we have in this town. And we gave it away for free. Why? Well, because I just really liked the idea and felt it needed to be done. Now, faced with Volume 2, we’re going to do it all over again with 16 new bands. And from the looks of the contents on my desk, you won’t be disappointed.

That said, Iron Atrocity is our biggest, most time consuming, most expensive project by far, with no profit return because it’s free and we don’t sell any advertising. Last time, the money came directly out of my pocket, which was fine because it was totally worth it, but I’m not rich, so this time we’ve set up a Kickstarter campaign to try and raise the funds to do it. If you’d be so kind, please check out the page and, if at all possible, do what you can to help our cause — http://kck.st/xH4WGI. Thank you.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Friday, Feb 17
Lycosa, Death Before Daybreak & Manokin
The Rock Room (PGH)
9pm | 21+ | $4

Saturday, Feb 25
Winter’s Wake 2012
Featuring: Argus, Complete Failure, Motorpsychos, Moths, Lady Beast, Grisly Amputation, Vitandus & Falling Upward
The Shop (PGH)
2:30pm | All Ages | $10

Saturday, February 25
Fist Fight in the Parking Lot – CD RELEASE SHOW – w/ Chux Beta & Sistered
31st Street Pub (PGH)
10pm | 21+ | $5

Monday, Feb 27
Acrassicauda, Metacide, Solarburn, & Pipewrench
Smiling Moose (PGH)
7pm | 21+ | $7

Saturday, March 10
Invader – CD RELEASE SHOW – w/ Storm King & Killer of Sheep
Smiling Moose (PGH)
10pm | 21+ | $5

Thursday, March 1
Lo-Pan, Eye, Sistered & October
Lava Lounge (PGH)
10pm | 21+

Friday, March 2
Karma to Burn, Truckfighters & Molasses Barge
31st Street Pub (PGH)
10pm | 21+ | $5

Saturday, March 3
Rue, Vultue, Ravenna Arsenal & Asphyxian
The Outpost Concert Club (Kent, OH)
8pm | 18+ | $5/$7

Saturday, March 10
Keelhaul & DeathCrawl
The Happy Dog (Cleveland)
8:30pm

Saturday, March 31
Vulture – CD RELEASE SHOW – w/ Mockingbird & October
31st Street Pub (PGH)
10pm | 21+ | $5

LO-PAN & MOCKINGBIRD APRIL TOUR 2012
Akron, OH. – Thurs, April 5th – @ Annabelle’s
Cleveland, OH. – Fri, April 6th – @ Now That’s Class w/ Venomin James
Detroit, MI – Sat, April 7th – @ Corktown Tavern w/ Knife
Chicago, IL.- Sun, April 8th – @ Ultra Lounge
Indianapolis, IN – Mon, April 9th – @ Indi’s Jukebox
Cincinatti, OH – Tue, April 10th – w/ Atlantis Becoming
Huntington, WV – Wed, April 11th – @ V Club
Dayton, OH – Thur April 12th – @ Blind Bob’s
Morgantown, WV – Fri, April 13th – @ The Cue w/ West ByGod, Hovel
Pittsburgh, PA – Sat, April 14th – @ Bloomfield Bridge Tavern
Columbus, OH – Sun, April 15th – @ Ruby Tuesday

 

Until next time…


Scott Massie
Music & Art Director, Manufacturing, etc

the Innervenus Music Collective
P.O. Box 81213
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 USA
www.innervenus.org

 

Permanent link to this article: http://innervenus.org/2012/02/update-february-2012/

Jan 07

Update, January 2012

Fist Fight in the Parking Lot   Verb.   \if you can’t pronounce this one, we have problems\

1. A song written by Fred Armisen for a skit from Saturday Night Live called ‘Band Reunion at the Wedding’ where Ashton Kutcher and Dave Grohl do a tribute to hardcore punk with their mock band Crisis of Conformity.

2. An Innervenus rock band formed in 2009 right here in the ‘burgh. A female fronted foursome, this band will rock your face off with their modern take on a vintage sound and captivate you with their stage charisma.

     Fist Fight in the Parking Lot is the type of band that you can take your girlfriend to see and she won’t be tearing at your hoodie to leave after the first song. Comprised of Jason Sichi, Johnnie McCallough, and Chris Ruane (MojoFilter, Venus in Furs) along with Abby Krizner (Motorpsychos), this band’s hard hitting sound is certain to catch in your ear like a fire to kindling.  Their gritty, raw and moving sound has built an energetic, passionate following of fans all around Pittsburgh and into Ohio where they have actively played during the past year. Being no stranger to a Fist Fight in the Parking Lot show, I have watched them grow as a band and they get more cohesive and tighter each time they perform. The stage commands attention when they perform on it, and you will be enticed to keep listening. Come out and give a listen for yourself!

The Fist Fight in the Parking Lot CD release party is on February 25th 2012 at the 31st Street Pub with Chux Beta and Sistered.

     A new year is eternally symbolic of change and reflection. Although it is sad to see the present slowly filter itself into the past, it leaves room for growing and thriving. 2012 will be a very bustling, productive year for Innervenus. New releases mean shows and parties, spring tour, and a burst of new recording to keep the fire alive.

     The Innervenus Street Team is in full swing! While we have an excellent foundation of street team members, spreading the word is no easy task. There is a need for online promoting and advertising as well as material distribution in the actual brick and mortar locations. SO… if you want to join the team and have a computer but limited time/traveling capabilities, you can still become involved!  Send us an email at innervenus@innervenus.org to get started!

 

Scene Happenings: 

Saturday January 14, 2012

Replacire, Metacide, Lythem, & The Whisky Rebellion

Pittsburgh PA – Smiling Moose     1306 E. Carson St.

8pm 21+ $7

 

The Suicide Ghouls, The Wakening &  Jericho Theory

Pittsburgh PA – 31st Street Pub    3101 Penn Ave

10pm 21+ $5

 

Thursday January 19, 2012

Killer of Sheep, Horses Have People Teeth, Haldol & Mower

Pittsburgh PA – Lava Lounge    2204 E. Carson St

9pm 21+

 

 

Friday  January 20, 2012

Fight Machine Featuring Machete Facelift, United By Hate & Lythem

Pittsburgh PA – Altar Bar    1620 Penn Ave

7pm 21+

 

SolarBurn, PipeWrench & Embers To Ashes

Pittsburgh PA – The Rock Room   1054 Herron Ave

8pm 21+

 

 

Sunday January 22, 2012

Homewrecker, Complete Failure, Heartless,

Pray for Teeth & Blood Red

Pittsburgh PA – Mr. Roboto Project    5106 Penn Ave

7pm $5

 

 

 Thursday Janurary 26, 2012

YOB with Mockingbird & White Wolves

Columbus OH – Ace of Cups    2619 N. High St

 

 

Friday January 27, 2012

Rustbelt Homewreckers & Sunk in Ships

Youngstown OH – Royal Oaks   924 Oak St

 

 

Wednesday February 1, 2012

Riotgod &Molasses Barge

Pittsburgh PA – 31st Street Pub   3101 Penn Ave

9pm 21+ $6 adv/$8 door

 

 

Saturday February 25, 2012

Winter’s Wake – Argus, Complete Failure, Moths,

Motorpsychos, LadyBeast, Grisly Amputation,

Vitandus & Falling Upward

Pittsburgh PA – The Shop    4314 Main St  15224

3pm-9:30pm

 

Fist Fight in the Parking Lot CD release party

w/ Chux Beta & Sistered

Pittsburgh PA – 31st Street Pub   3101 Penn Ave

9pm  21+ 

 

 

Saturday March 10, 2012

Invader CD release party

w/ Storm King & Killer of Sheep

Pittsburgh PA – Smiling Moose     1306 E. Carson St. 

9pm 21+

 

 

Saturday March 31, 2012

Vulture CD release party

W/ Mockingbird & October

TBA

Thanks for reading and see you around town!
Heather M. Kilgore
heather@innervenus.org
Media, Booking & Tour Support
the Innervenus Music Collective
www.innervenus.org

Permanent link to this article: http://innervenus.org/2012/01/update-january-2012/

Dec 07

Update, December 2011

 Molasses Barge  Noun.  mə-‘la-səz ˈbärj

1.       A 250 ft container barge used to transport molasses to its New York based distillery that was sunk in 1988 from opening its own ballast tanks.

2.       A doomy, sludgy Innervenus Pittsburgh quintet originally formed in the summer of 2008 with the current line-up solidifying in early 2010.

Do you like an abysmal sound that reverberates in your core and fills you with a heavy, musical thickness that’s like hot oatmeal on a cold Pittsburgh morning? Well, then…It’s about time you take a musical ride on the Molasses Barge (definition #2, of course).  Amy Bianco’s unique bass cadence rumbles through your guts all while standing out in your ear, holding it down, pulling you through. Meanwhile, Wayne Massey’s stormy percussion hits reverberate through the very core of your being. Then you have Ken Houser and Justin Gizzi’s back and forth complimentary gritty guitar styles that slice like fierce rusty swords in an epic battle. Infused within all of this vehement instrumentation is the powerful, commanding voice of front man Butch Balich. A mad prophet at his pulpit, delivering the verbal message in a powerful punch that pulls you in and makes at one with the music. Have a listen here www.reverbnation.com/molassesbarge  or here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nigO5MK6x4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

and then come see them perform THIS SATURDAY  at the Iron Atrocity Benefit.

The Iron Atrocity Project

As many of you may already know, this area of Innervenus has taken on its own energy and is quickly becoming a name directly associated with Pittsburgh Metal, The Pittsburgh Scene & Eyes to the Sky Films. It began with the first compilation disc, Iron Atrocity Volume One quickly followed by the Iron Atrocity Video Show series and has compilation Volume Two in the works. The Pittsburgh Metal Community is sponsoring the Iron Atrocity Benefit at Howlers on December 10th. This killer lineup features Molasses Barge, Torrential Bleeding, Tyrant & October. The proceeds will go directly to the Iron Atrocity project to assist with manufacturing/production costs. As always, the compilation is distributed free of charge via limited edition disc copies and download on Innervenus.org. There will be an Iron Atrocity Volume 2 release party in the Spring, so just keep that show in the back of your head with all that music theory and sludge. The video show is released in monthly segments; there are currently three episodes to view. Click this link and it will take you directly to the first episode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3h43CLLKiY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The release of the Innervenus Newsletter will coincide with the Iron Atrocity Video Show releases, so after you get all caught up with episodes one through three, be sure to watch the NEW one that was just released TODAY!

Scene Happenings:

Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011

Iron Atrocity Benefit Show

Molasses Barge, Torrential Bleeding, Tyrant, October

Pittsburgh PA – Howler’s Coyote Café 4509 Liberty Ave (Bloomfield)

9pm 21+ $5 minimum donation

Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011

The Steel City Stream Society Midwinter’s Ball

The Bloody Seamen & The Bridge City Bombshells

Pittsburgh PA – Lava Lounge Carson St (South Side)

8pm 21+

Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011

Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, Gabba Gabba Hey, Get to the Chopper

Pittsburgh PA – Inn Termission Lounge

9pm 21+

Friday, Dec. 23, 2011

Black Christmas with Vitandus, Tyrant, Lythem, United by Hate,

Pittsburgh PA – Storms Restaurant and Lounge 4th Street (Dahntahn)

9pm All Ages FREE SHOW

Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011

Dangerous Curves Ahead Burlesque

Pittsburgh PA – The Rex Theater Carson St (South Side)

9pm 21+ $12

Happy Holidays, Thanks for reading and see you around town!
Heather M. Kilgore
heather@innervenus.org
Enforcer, Media, Booking & Tour Support
the Innervenus Music Collective
www.innervenus.org

Permanent link to this article: http://innervenus.org/2011/12/update-december-2011/

Nov 03

Update, November 2011

 

Mockingbird.  Noun. mä-kiŋ-bərd

1. A grayish North American bird related to the thrashers that are known to imitate the notes of other birds.

2. An Innervenus band forged from metal during October of 2008 in Akron Ohio that thrashes and sings a heavy, organic, crunchy song all its own.

         If you were unable to attend the Rock Room show they just played, you missed an outstanding show! (Although you can repent on December 3rd m/) Andy’s vocal display was raw, deep and from the bottom of his gut. Such a quiet, laid back guy in person but get him on stage and he transforms into this exploding ball of vocal & crunchy guitar sound. The heavy ambience of Mockingbird’s deep, rugged bass created by Mike is layered with an intense puissant pounding that only Chadd Beverlin can deliver. The Innervenus release IV:014 contains 5 tracks that will almost walk you through a musical journey in your head. Mockingbird’s primary focus is on instrumentation and they write the lyrics around that solid foundation.

IV:014 Mockingbird

         This is close to thirty minutes of sound that infuses the listener with a potent fervor. Puma Puncu starts as the shortest track, but is the heaviest along the lines of vocal content. The opening guitar riff in Burdens immediately invokes a feeling of head banging goodness, all the way to the floor stomping drums. The vocals don’t enter until about halfway through this tribal, metal tune and as soon as they do, you feel every bit of the burden. Nephilim captures the essence of the the title with shredding guitar sound reminiscent of a mythical creature; the sound crawling around in the air, slowing into an incredibly sick tangent. Pompeii starts right off with a vocal growl and powerfully takes you almost to the limits of dismal resonation. The bonus track is Trained Apes. This is the longest track on this release and begins with an almost haunting acoustic, crisp melody laid over a myriad of background effects that fit perfectly with the mood of the song. It adds a calm melancholy feel to what can very well become the soundtrack for the mind.

Mockingbird 5 question interrogation

When do you think you’ll be back in the studio laying down some new tracks?

We would really like to be in the studio again between March and May of 2012. It depends on the state of the universe and the alignment of our realities lol.

We plan at this point to head down South to The Jam Room in order to work with Engineer Jay Matheson and Producer Phillip Cope and co-engineer Steve Slavich. We’ve been in contact with them Jay and Phil for various reasons over the last year and are excited about working with them again they’re really good folks down there. We would like to spend a little more time there as we’re hoping to record a lot more material than our last demo.

What do you consider your most profound musical influence as a band?

There really isn’t one. I mean we have such a huge catalog of influences.  literally from all types of music. As for recent times Andy has really gotten me into a lot of Harry Nilsson’s work lately. Great song writer excellent pianist. Mike has been blasting Deicide a lot lately so there you go… a contemporary pop vocalist from the 60′s and 70′s and God bashing death metal… When we hang out the record player go all over from George Jones to the Beatles to ZZ Top to Minor Threat to Napalm Death and Neurosis.

What band would you want to fight crime with?

That’s hard to call…Spinal Tap.

If you could play anywhere, where would it be?

Easy THE DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL in the UK’s Donnington Park!

What is Mockingbird’s favorite color?

That’s easy too: Clear

 

UPCOMING SHOWS!

Friday Nov 4th @ Howlers

Vulture, Rue, Rebreather, Sistered

9pm $5

Saturday Nov 5th @ Bloomfield Bridge Tavern

Skinbound, As Summer Dies, Lycosa, Grisly Amputation

8pm $5

Monday Nov 7th @ Mr. Roboto Project

The Ocean, Moths, Invader, Victims of Contagion

7pm $7

Saturday Nov 12th @ Storms Restaurant & Lounge

Lythem, Noisomethane, Metacide, Machete Facelift

9pm $5 All ages

Tuesday Nov 15th @ 31st Street Pub

Premonition 13, The Gates of Slumber, Molasses Barge

9pm 21+  $10 Adv, $12 Day of show

Friday Nov 18th @ 42nd Street Rock House Greensburg

Obituary, Denial Fiend, Derketa, Tyrant, Mi Guass

8 pm All ages $17 presale, $20 at door

Saturday Dec 3rd @ The Rock Room

Storm King, Mockingbird, Ladybeast

9pm 21+ $5

Saturday Dec 10th @ Howlers

Iron Atrocity Fundraiser – Molasses Barge, Torrential Bleeding, Tyrant, October

9pm 21+ $5 minimum donation

Thanks for reading and see you around town!

Heather M. Kilgore
heather@innervenus.org

Media, Booking & Tour Support

the Innervenus Music Collective
www.innervenus.org

Permanent link to this article: http://innervenus.org/2011/11/update-november-2011/

Oct 07

Update, October 2011

 

Innervenus  Noun.  /in-er vee-nuhs/  

1. A music collective founded in 2001. 

2. The place from which music is born. Abbreviation :  iV

It’s the inner part of all of us. The music within… that sound that just ‘gets us’ when nothing else does. It’s the eradication of stress in the head phones or the speakers of the car on the way home from the grind. Sludge… Doom… Hardcore…. Punk…or combinations thereof…  it helps, doesn’t it?  Helps to release a little bit of what would otherwise be caged & festering.  Innervenus = Outlet. So, use us. Use us as your outlet to rock, to shred, to thrash!

We thrive on making records, booking shows, shearing sheep, and hanging out with awesome people sharing ideas. We are a music collective operating as a record label that implements booking/touring support in addition to merchandising & distribution for our bands and for the love of music. We like to work together with musicians, bands, and affiliates for a common goal; and that is to get stuff done. So, now that you know about us, let’s see YOU! Get out there and support your local scene! Come say hi, you’ll find one of us or most of us at the shows listed below.

NEWS BRIEF

Iron Atrocity Video Show on YouTube!

For those of you who have been living under a mossy stone since mid July, the Iron Atrocity Video show is like a local underground Pittsburgh version of Headbanger’s Ball. (if you’re reading this and have no idea what that is, just watch and enjoy!) It will feature a trio of bands from our own area presented in a documentary type format that includes a live performance from each band. All this is packaged in an awesome little clip that takes less time to watch than it takes you to get through the Squirrel Hill tunnels between 3-6 on a weekday! This awesomeness is put together by our good friends at The Pittsburgh Scene and Eye to the Sky Films.

Here is your link for easy clicking (I know how lazy you are).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kANGlDDXJM&feature=related

Also, NOW AVAILABLE for download so you can rock out wherever your ipod takes you…

Molasses Barge – Jewels!

Here is your link.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/molassesbarge
 
For physical copies and other ridiculously sweet merch… you know the drill…
Here is your link!
http://www.innervenus.org/merch

 

SHOWS & THINGS TO ATTEND:

Fri, Oct 7th

~Fist Fight in the Parking Lot

Rocktoberfest – at Iselin Ballfield

Sat, Oct 8th

~Fist Fight in the Parking Lot

 @ Zombiefest  1pm

More Details here:

http://www.pittsburghzombiefest.com/

Bands include: The Gothees, Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, Dethlehem, Four Barrel Ghost, Chip DiMonick, Juggernaut (NYC), and DEATHMOBILE.

Festivities include: Brain Eating Contest, Ugly Pageant, Best Scream Contest, Walk of the Dead and more untold weirdness!!

~Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, Sistered, Burn Blue Sky

@ the 31st Street Pub 10pm

~Chris Smith, “Stuff to Look At” (Art Show)

@ The Gallery 4

~Mockingbird, Megachurch, Album

@ Annabelles in Akron OH

Fri, Oct 14th

~Invader, Sunk in Ships, Mockingbird, & Scattergun!  

@ Rock Room, Polish Hill Pgh

9pm  $5 Donation 21+

~Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, Stoneslinger

@ the Carriage House in Ohio

Sat, Oct 29th

~Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, Dethlehem, Bastard Bearded Irishmen

@ the Hard Rock Café, Pgh

Fri, Nov 4th

~Vulture, Rue, Sistered, Rebreather $5

@ Howlers, Bloomfield Pgh

Tues, Nov 15th

~Premonition 13, The Gates of Slumber, Molasses Barge

@ 31st Street Pub, Pgh

$10 Adv, $12 Day of show

9pm 21+ 

Thanks for reading and see you around town!

Heather M. Kilgore
heather@innervenus.org

Media, Booking & Tour Support

the Innervenus Music Collective

www.innervenus.org

Permanent link to this article: http://innervenus.org/2011/10/update-october-2011/

Sep 16

Update, September 2011

Greetings friends!

As with any dream that has latched onto a big idea amongst a crew of art & music affiliates with some time on their hands, you must always remember where it came from — the roots. The establishment… even if the establishment is sometimes a confusing, misdirected mess, it’s where you came from. The Innervenus record label began as a music collective in 2001. It’s about musicians helping musicians, networking, and helping spread the love of the ‘scene’ in general.

Since then, it has rEvolutionized itself, branched off and become something… else. Something bigger. Birthing the Iron Atrocity project and getting in the face of Pittsburgh, revamping the website to better embrace the world, making remarkable progress in improving both the quality of content and production of the label’s releases and growing the collective 4 fold in the last year alone. What Innervenus strives to do as a record label is be the collective place where a band can go for all aspects of what they need — recording, promotions, touring, and just a general support team to reach a common goal.

That being said, we’re excited. Big things are happening in the ‘making things about music’ business! Listen to the bands, tell your friends, hell – come check out a show and introduce yourself! There’s a pretty good chance we’ll be out somewhere, supporting the scene since the whole reason we do it is because WE LOVE MUSIC!

Thanks.

Heather M. Kilgore
heather@innervenus.org

Media, Booking & Tour Support

the Innervenus Music Collective

www.innervenus.org

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Upcoming Shows:

Friday, Sept. 16, 2011
Solar Burn, Lythem, Lycosa, and Invader
Pittsburgh, PA – The Rock Room (Polish Hill)
9pm 21+ $4.00

Friday, Sept. 30, 2011
Molasses Barge, Vulture, Fist Fight in the Parking Lot

Pittsburgh, PA – Bloomfield Bridge Tavern
10pm 21+  *FREE*

Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011
Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, Sistered, Burn Blue Sky
Pittsburgh, PA – The 31st Street Pub
10pm 21+

Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011
Mockingbird with Megachurch & Album
Akron, OH – Annabell’s Bar & Lounge
10pm 21+

Friday, Oct. 14, 2011
Fist Fight in the Parking Lot with Stoneslinger

Louisville, OH – The Carriage House Concert Club
10pm 21+

Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011
Fist Fight in the Parking Lot, Dethlehem, Bastard Bearded Irishmen

Pittsburgh PA - The Hard Rock Cafe
10pm 21+

Friday, Nov. 4, 2011
Vulture, RUE, Rebreather, Sistered

Pittsburgh, PA – Howler’s Coyote Cafe
9pm 21+  $5.00

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Coming Soon on Innervenus:

Crust RequiemNote By Note
www.reverbnation.com/crustrequiem

Fist Fight in the Parking LotS/T
www.fistfistfightintheparkinglot.com

www.reverbnation.com/fistfightintheparkinglot

www.facebook.com/fistfightintheparkinglot

InvaderS/T
www.reverbnation.com/invaderpgh

www.facebook.com/invaderpgh

Iron Atrocity Vol. 2Compilation
www.ironatrocity.com

VultureOblivious to Ruin
www.reverbnation.com/vulturedoom

www.vulturedoom.blogspot.com

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Jul 06

Welcome to Innervenus 6.0

So, here it is… the new Innervenus website. Ta da! There’s still a few bugs and some minor aesthetic things we’re working on, but it functions, none the less. Which is just what we wanted — more function, less flash. It will most likely always remain a work in progress, but so is life.

This last couple of years has been crazy/awesome for us as a label. We’ve put out more releases in the last 6 months than we did in the entire first 8 years, and every single one is just as amazing as the next. With this coming November marking the 10 year anniversary for us, we really felt it was time to crank it all the way up to 11 if we were even going to do it at all. Some people baulk that there is no place in the music industry for labels anymore, though I beg to differ. But, now that I think about it, I guess we’ve always operated outside of the industry, so to speak, so who knows. Who cares? I think the work we’ve been doing has been quite beneficial. I’m proud of it at least and can rest my head knowing I did something, even if only a little, to help out some bands (including my own) that I truly love and would like to see go farther.

There’s so much I want to say here right now, but A) I’m still just a real-life working stiff on my lunch break, and B) I’m well aware that far too many of you have A.D.D., such as myself, and wouldn’t read it all anyhow.  Sooo…

Check out the site. Most specifically, check out Iron Atrocity. It just came out today and it’s super dope!

Thanks for visiting. Come back often. Take care.

SM

 

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