News:

Chinaksi playing reunion shows in February 2020.

Fri 2/28 @ Mortimer's (Minneapolis, MN) w/ Self-Evident & Straya
Sat 2/29 Water City Racket Fest (Oshkosh, WI)




Self-Evident's new album Lost Inside the Machinery is out 1/18/19 on digital & limited edition LP.

Self-Evident - endings availabe on vinyl for the first time. Limited edition of 300. Click here to order.

The Bronzed Chorus new album Summering on doubleplusgood records is out now. It is available on LP + CD + Digital formats. You can stream it above or order it here. The band will be on a month long tour of US on 9/22/16. Dates are below.

9/22/2016 RALEIGH, NC Pourhouse
9/23/2016 NORFOLK, VA* Work Release
9/24/2016 RICHMOND, VA Strange Matter
9/25/2016 BALTIMORE, MD* The Crown
9/26/2016 WASHINGTON DC* Dewdrop Inn
9/27/2016 LANCASTER, PA* Zoetropolis Theater
9/28/2016 PHILLY,PA* Kung Fu Necktie
9/29/2016 MONTCLAIR, NJ* 73 See Gallery
9/30/2016 TROY, NY RPI* Ground Zero
10/1/2016 MONTREAL, QC La Vitrola
10/2/2016 TORONTO, ON Smiling Buddha
10/3/2016 KITCHENER ON Yeti Cafe
10/4/2016 ANN ARBOR, MI The Club Above
10/5/2016 DETROIT, MI The Loving Touch
10/6/2016 GRAND RAPIDS, MI Mulligans
10/7/2016 CHICAGO, IL^ Subterranean
10/8/2016 MINNEAPOLIS, MN^ 331
10/9/2016 MADISON, WI^ The Frequency
10/10/2016 ROCKFORD, IL Daytrotter Session
10/11/2016 LAWRENCE, KS Jackpot Music Hall
10/12/2016 KANSAS CITY, MO Riot Room
10/13/2016 ST.LOUIS, MO Blank Space
10/14/2016 NASHVILLE,TN Foobar
10/15/2016 LOUISVILLE,KY The New Vintage
10/16/2016 BLOOMINGTON, IN Blockhouse
10/17/2016 FORT WAYNE,IN The Brass Rail
10/18/2016 KENT, OH Zephyr Pub
10/19/2016 PITTSBURGH, PA Black Forge Coffee
10/20/2016 HARRISONBURG,VA* Golden Pony
...MORE TBA!!
* with Night Idea
^ with self-evident

In the meantime, Self-Evident released an odds & ends collection entitled The Traveler. Features 2 brand new songs, 2 covers, and unreleased tracks including "Time Capsule" which was an extra track from Epistemology with founding drummer Brian Heitzman.

Haunted Heads recorded a new song for the Unintimidated Scott Walker project. "285 Feet Tall". Check it out here along with new videos by Hardcore Crayons & Self-Evident

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Now available: Hardcore Crayons- Zozzled , Holly & Plastic We Will Give This World Away (cd + digital) and Haunted Heads new EP (lp + cd + digital). Click here to purchase

Chasing Ghosts is the first single from the new Holly and Plastic album We Will Give This World Away

 

 

We should have the new Haunted Heads EP on 10" colored vinyl available in July. The band will be celebrating their excellent new recording with a show in Minneapolis on Sat June 28th at the Hexagon Bar with Self-Evident & Hardcore Crayons.

Andrew Johnson of Haunted Heads/Happy/h.Chinaski has recorded a follow up under his solo moniker, Holly and Plastic. We Will Give This World Away has Johnson exploring a more full band sound versus his Life After the Lie. The new alubm will be available in late summer.

Minneapolis instrumental trio Hardcore Crayons have joined the doubleplusgood records roster and will be recording a follow up to their 2012 album Just For Grins in August. Look for the new album in early 2015.

 

 

 

 

Buildings nets "AP Recommends" in new issue of Alternative Press Issue #296.


New Poster: Self-Evident "Codyceps" Silk-Screen

18 x 24" 3 color silk-screen, signed & numbered by artist Erica Williams. Limited edition of 50. Click here to purchase

 

 

News:

Buildings has been busy since returning from Europe having played shows in town with METZ and Titus Andronicus. They've also had another change in bass players as Ryan Harding has left and been replaced by Joe Clark. The band has a weekend of shows in Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, and Chicago in Janauary. The band is currently booking an April show and is preparing a split 7" with Atlanta band, Hawks, who they will be hooking up with on tour. Stay tuned.

Self-Evident new album, We Built a Fortress on Short Notice, continues to receive positive reviews. Most recently in Exclaim!, Punk News, and Leicester Bangs. As well as an interview with Conrad posted on Welcome to Flavor Country. Some video portions of the band's 15 Year Anniversary show are available below.

Haunted Heads will spend the winter writing and recording a follow up to their self-titled debut. Cannot wait.

 

11-1-12: New self-evident video & tour kickoff

The new video for "Our Condition".

 

Tour starts tomorrow. Band is joining forces with The Bronzed Chorus (Greensboro, NC) and Manray (Athens, GA) for a string of shows, which will be amazing. Support the Troops!

Fri Nov 2ndThe Frequency Madison, WI w/ Tyranny is Tyranny, Bear Claw, New Lepers
Sat Nov 3rd:  PRF Halloween Show (Klas Restaurant) Cicero, IL
Sun Nov 4th:  Gay Dudes Annex Bloomington, IN w/ Skin Tone  1022 w kirkwood ave 8pm all ages
Mon Nov 5thLongbranch Saloon Knoxville, TN w/ TBA
Tues Nov 6th:   The Blind Tiger  Greensboro, NC w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray 
Wed  Nov 7thWorld Famous Milestone Club Charlotte, NC w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray 
Thurs Nov 8th:  The Jinx Savannah, GA w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray 
Fri Nov 9th:  The 
Nigredo House  Atlanta, GA w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray, Nigredo,
Sat Nov 10th:   The Caledonia Lounge Athens, GA w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray 
Sun Nov 11th:   Black Lodge Winston-Salem, NC w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray
Mon Nov 12th:  The Velvet Lounge, Washington, D.C. w/ NASAwives & Lush Farm
Tues Nov 13th:  Kung Fu Necktie (upstairs) Philadelphia, PA w/ Heavy Medical & Depths
Wed Nov 14th:  Local 121 Providence, RI w/ A Troop of EchoesGlowkid 
Thurs Nov 15th:  The Foxhole (House Show) Fredonia, NY w/ Mr. Boneless, Mooses
Fri Nov 16th:  Venue TBA Grand Rapids, MI w/ The Summer Pledge, Charles the Osprey, Between Brains
Sat Nov 17th:  The Algoma Club Oshkosh, WI w/ Haunted Heads & Dirty Rotten So & So's

 

 

 

 

10-12-12

It's been a minute.

Self-Evident 15 Year Anniversary Show!
Sat October 20th @ Hell's Kitchen, the band will celebrate 15 years with a show featuring some of their favorite bands. Traindodge from OKC will be coming to town, as well as, Haunted Heads from Oshkosh. Buildings will be playing their first local show in 2 1/2 months. The show will feature a set list spanning Self-Evident's entire catalog. You will hear songs you haven't heard in years and likely not anytime in the future. Lastly, the band will debut their new video for "Our Condition".

The show will also serve as sort of tour kickoff (a week in advance), as the band will head out for two weeks, including a stretch with The Bronzed Chorus (Greensboro, NC) and Manray (Athens). Excited to hit some new cities in Bloomington, Savannah, Winston-Salem, DC, Providence, and Fredonia. Details are below.

Fri Nov 2ndThe Frequency Madison, WI w/ Tyranny is Tyranny, Bear Claw, New Lepers

 

Sat Nov 3rd:  PRF Halloween Show (Klas Restaurant) Cicero, IL

 

Sun Nov 4th:  Gay Dudes Annex Bloomington, IN w/ TBA  1022 w kirkwood ave 8pm all ages

 

Mon Nov 5thLongbranch Saloon Knoxville, TN w/ Lions & TBA

 

Tues Nov 6th:   The Blind Tiger  Greensboro, NC w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray 

 

Wed  Nov 7thWorld Famous Milestone Club Charlotte, NC w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray 

 

Thurs Nov 8th:  The Jinx Savannah, GA w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray 


Fri Nov 9th:  The 
Nigredo House  Atlanta, GA w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray, Nigredo,

 

Sat Nov 10th:   The Caledonia Lounge Athens, GA w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray 

 

Sun Nov 11th:   Black Lodge Winston-Salem, NC w/ The Bronzed Chorus, Manray

 

Mon Nov 12th:  The Velvet Lounge, Washington, D.C. w/ NASAwives & TBA

 

Tues Nov 13th:  Kung Fu Necktie (upstairs) Philadelphia, PA w/ Heavy Medical & Depths

 

Wed Nov 14th:  Local 121 Providence, RI w/ A Troop of EchoesGlowkid & TBA

 

Thurs Nov 15th:  Fredonia, NY:  House Show @ TBA

 

Fri Nov 16th:  Venue TBA Grand Rapids, MI w/ The Summer Pledge, Charles the Osprey, Between Brains

 

Sat Nov 17th:  The Algoma Club Oshkosh, WI w/ Haunted Heads & TBA

 

 

 

 

8-30-12

Lots to update...

Buildings begin a 3 week tour of Europe on Fri Aug 31st, when they headline the Freak Show Festival in France. First trip over for the band & they couldn't be more excited. Dates are below.

Aug 31 | Gigors – FR | Freak Show Festival
Sept 1 | Sant Feliu de Guíxols – SP | TZVR
Sept 2 | Pau – FR | Localipso
Sept 3 | Chadenet – FR | La Cave + Pord + Hawks
Sept 4 | Poitiers – FR | Cluricaume
Sept 5 | Le Havre – FR | Mc Daids
Sept 6 | Rennes – FR | La Bascule
Sept 7 | Paris – FR | Rigoletto
Sept 8 | Liege – BE | La Zone
Sept 9 | Bruxelles – BE | Magasin 4
Sept 11 | Mulhouse – FR | Les Copains d’abord
Sept 12 | Geneve – CH | l’Usine
Sept 14 | Prague – CZ | Cafe Vlese
Sept 15 | Strasbourg – FR | Simultania
Sept 16 | Tilburg – NL | Venue TBA
Sept 18 | Zabreb – CR | AKC Medika
Sept 19 | Trento – IT | CSO Bruno
Sept 21 | Frosinone – IT | Cantina Mediterraneo
Sept 22 | Latina – IT | Circolo Hemingway

 

New Haunted Heads video:

Haunted Heads - "36 Sharpened Saws" Music Video from Northern Outpost on Vimeo.

 

 

 

Now shipping copies of LP/CD of We Built a Fortress on Short Notice

 


7/18/12
self-evident Japan Tour
It goes without saying that self-evident killed it in Japan. Special thanks to Takuya & StiffSlack Records, Shio, Daiske, Kyoske, & Jun in Ballons, Yuki & Yuta for your hospitality & graciousness. A video blog is currently being assembled of the trip and will post soon.

 

7/10/12

self-evident:
The boys are headed to Japan this week! The band will be headlining both days of the Summer Meeting Festival as well as playing a few more shows. Details on the right.

The band is also set to release their 6th full-length album on CD/LP entitled We Built a Fortress on Short Notice on Fri Aug 3rd @ Triple Rock Social Club alongside Zebulon Pike & Hardcore Crayons. The band will also play a live in-studio set on Radio K's Off the Record that same day.

Opening for Archers of Loaf on Sun Aug 26th @ 400 Bar. Holy shit!

Buildings:
These fine gentlemen are embarking on a 3 week US tour (dates to the right) w/ a stop at the UMS Festival in Denver. They'll be at Total Fest XI in Missoula, MT Aug 16-18.

Finalizing things on month long European Tour from Aug 31st-Oct 1st. Will post finalized dates soon.

Haunted Heads:
Just shot a video for the song "36 Sharpened Saws" with Northern Outpost. It's being edited right now and will post soon.

 

 

 

self-evident is in the final mixing stages of their new album entitled We Built a Fortress on Short Notice. It will be out in late summer & available on vinyl as well as CD. The band will also be heading over to Japan in July to play a string of shows (see dates on right) promoting the new album also being released on StiffSlack Records.

Sayer Payne has left Buildings. No drama, just touring/work schedules getting in the way. Former bassist Ryan Harding has rejoined the band. A busy fall in summer ahead. Headlining Art-a-Whirl & opening for The Men in June, 3 week US tour in July, Total Fest in August, and a month long European tour planned for September.

Haunted Heads are set to shoot a video with Northern Outpost (self-evident, Buildings) in June. They'll also be in Minneapolis on June 22nd w/ Lovely Dark. Stay tuend

 

 

What they're saying about Buildings - Melt Cry Sleep...


“Wouldn’t it be nice if all the bros who listened to “hard” music were exposed to nice things? Things like this? -- Vice Magazine Vol 19 Issue 3

“If you’re looking for something to use as a battering ram then I’d advise you to consider Buildings--not a physical entity, but the Minneapolis-based trio. Buildings quite clearly know how to produce a suitable aural assault whilst being able to provide more than just a blistering white noise: there are numerous layers throughout that allow the listener to dig beneath the initial smack in the face, thus making this more than a throwaway piece of work. It’s almost two months into 2012 now and this is easily my favorite release of the year so far.” --Rich Cocksedge, punknews.org

" Buildings generate a dense, harrowing roar so enormously outsized it’s hard to believe that it’s being manifested by three ordinary-looking dudes.  Though there are few respites amid the squalling, thunderous cacophony, Melt Cry Sleep holds interest more than capably, for the maelstrom the band whips up is downright musical.  There’s no special talent needed to make a big noise, but it does take a certain level of expertise to thread that noise thoroughly with hummable riffs as Buildings do here. 7/10”
 
-- PopMatters

Based in Minneapolis, the post-hardcore three-piece Buildings draws straight from the Young Widows playbook, from the dissonant, anguished guitar riffs to the sonorous bass to the gruff, reverberated shouts. It's an evident inspiration, but Young Widows is a highly relevant rock band, and Buildings (excuse the expression) builds on Widows with an even more assertive and aggressive sound.”  -- Scott Morrow, Alarm Press "Best Albums of the Week"

#4: Buildings- Melt Cry Sleep --Top 20 Favorite Albums/Scottie Diablo of MTV‘s Soundtrack Blog

We should all be talking about Minneapolis three-piece punk band Buildings more. At the rock ’n’ roll town hall meeting, first on our list of talking points would be how the band somehow seem to net together grunge, punk, and hardcore into one thrashing, streamlined, compact punch in the teeth.  Our second point would be how Buildings have been packing that same punch in the teeth for longer than we could have guessed. Braille Animal, reissued in 2008 on label Doubleplusgood, is about as strong of a debut as any—and the follow-up, Melt Cry Sleep, is arguably even better.”
-- The Onion A.V. Club

Goddamn...Buildings is one HELL of a killer loud rock band with major aggressive guts and balls.  The guys in this band play like there's no tomorrow. They're all fired up and full of explosive energy...but there is substance lurking beneath the waves. Instead of nonsensical noise, Melt Cry Sleep is full of surprisingly smart well-thought out songs. No formulaic stuff here.  Kickass rockers include "Rainboat," "Born On A Bomb," "I Don't Love My Dog Anymore," and "Wrong Cock." Fantastic in so many ways... TOP PICK.” --babysue

"Their sound is tough to pin to a genre but, make no bones about it, the dudes are angry and loud. The songs, despite their rather direct tone, switch gears constantly, from pissed off ragers to calm breath-catching moments within, to spastic interplay between the instruments. There’s a lot that can be said about Buildings but, while their music is stylistically challenging, the overall tone is as direct as it comes.  The last two minutes of the album, in “Crystal City,” are mostly discordant chords topped by Lake’s repetition of “fuck you,” and it seems entirely appropriate instead of trite."
-- Loren Green, Scene Point Blank

This is a collection of thick, battering force that can shift from kissing you on the cheek to stabbing you in the  throat with devastating dexterity.  Brian Lake’s guitar work and  vocals are those of a caged beast; primal, furious, and  unpredictable. However, the band is more than tightly wound kinetic energy.  His angular, aggressive guitar playing  make Lake the centerpiece of the trio, but all three members,  rounded out by drummer Travis Kuhlman, work in perfect tandem  to create a vortex of power on “I Don’t Love  My Dog Anymore”.  “Night Cop” is among the fiercest effort on the disc; a dissident, gripping dirge that will force people to reevaluate what it means to play heavy music.  Go find this.” -- Rich Quinlan, Jersey Beat

"Asymetrical, mathematical and high-strung, Jesus Lizard and Melvins echo throughout, Melt Cry Sleep, the latest by Minneapolis prog/punk trio Buildings. Typically, music like this collapses under its own weight and bores us to shit after about 15 minutes, but Buildings’ strategic sense of humor, chemistry and Rube Goldberg approach to songwriting throughout Melt Cry Sleep kept us interested from start to finish." -- The Downcast

"Where the first record was raw and loose with plenty of bleed, this one is tight and disciplined with an almost martial sense of purpose. Melt Cry Sleep is far more effective than its predecessor, the songwriting invariably superior. Songs like "Born on a Bomb" and "I Don't Love My Dog Anymore" combine straight trash chords with a black sense of humor, an excellent distillation of their raucous live shows. The finale, "Crystal City," is a ferocious cocktail of screams, cackles, and a jagged bass line that attacks from all angles."
-- Jeff Gage, City Pages

"As far as Melt, Cry, Sleep goes, the band hasn’t necessarily changed their sound much but definitely have steered further towards the noisier side of things, with a more noticeable influence closer to Jesus Lizard…particularly on the track “I Don’t Love My Dog Anymore”. I like the fact that the production isn’t super slick, leaving it a rougher aesthetic that bands of the same style occasionally forgo. In a way these guys are pursuing a similar type of path as Young Widows, but with an increased habit of latching onto bigger riffs at times." --
Built on a Weak Spot

“Rock + Noise + Minneapolis = Amphetamine Reptile Records fersure, and this band Buildings (from Minneapolis) fersurely would’ve fit nice and snug between Hammerhead  and Halo Of Flies on one of those Dope Guns comps AmRep used to crank out every so often years ago.  Melt Cry Sleep is ferocious from start to finish.” --Jeff Moody, ThirdCoast Digest

"A few years, a full-length, and a new bassist later, Buildings’ sound is coming together, running the aggression and riffs of the Jesus Lizard through a very ’90s D.C. and math rock filter. While you could look at the record as a retread of its past influences, it really doesn’t matter, because Melt, Cry, Sleep blends those all up into a furiously satisfying record. As the rock cliché goes: Play this one loud, it’s the way it was meant to be."
--Reviler.org

“The dudes in Buildings take time to attack all the little details of what make a record so great. Melt, Cry, Sleep, is a new gem. It’s rare to hear a record that is so high energy... real, ACTUAL energy, from beginning to end...It’s so, so loud. A damn cool record.”
--Erica Krumm, Wunky Zine

Ah, some good old bash 'n' throb. Buildings was reared at the Jesus Lizard teat, and the only real change in style is to make everything just a bit more manic and heavy. Gets the blood rolling, fer shur." -- Aiding & Abetting

“Buildings play aggressive math/hardcore but tempered with a noise rock vibe. The songs are as tight as fuck and the production makes sure that all the instruments are clearly heard so the arrangements can really kick you in the face.” --Tony Penny, Black Insect Laughter (UK)

Buildings make aggressive music, hardcore to the hub, but with a flowing motion that provides a superlative drive, propelling the sound of the music forward.  Sure there’s always and element of near thrash, but it all adds up to a truly invigorating experience.”  --Kevin A., Leicester Bangs (UK)

"Buildings reminds me of the music I listened to in high school: deep derisive guitars over an anti-authoritative voice, prodigious and unrelenting, music to which I could bang my head slowly. They evoke a lot of the noise-rock heroes of the ‘90s: Queens of Stone Age, Nirvana, Jawbox and Faith No More. People that were of a similar time and place will enjoy the return it affords them and to those that may not relate as well (i.e. those considerably younger) but enjoy the avant-garde noise rock will find them to be a good introduction to a style that may not be new but is still as evocative and heavy as ever." -- Listeners Guild

"Called “Buildings” because they hit you like a ton of bricks." -- Roctober

 

 

 

 

Live on Radio K: Buildings - "Rainboat" from Radio K on Vimeo.

 

Buildings - "Rainboat" Music Video from Northern Outpost on Vimeo.

New BUILDINGS video for "Rainboat" done by the always amazing Northern Outpost.

 

You can now stream Melt Cry Sleep in it's entirety. You can also purchase on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody, eMusic, Spotify
Locally you can buy the album at Cheapo, Electric Fetus, Roadrunner, and Treehouse Records

 

 

New logo, new albums. First of which is the debut from Oshkosh, WI's, Haunted Heads. The band features members of Happy and The Willis. Think 90's Superchunk meets The Replacements with two vocalists. Their self-titled debut will be available as a limited edition LP w/ a CD inside. Check out the video for their first single, "Lex" below. The band will be in Minneapolis at Hell's Kitchen on Sat Dec 10th w/ All the Way Rider, With a Gun for a Face, and Torch the Spires. You can by the new LP (w/ a CD inside) here

BUILDINGS will be releasing their 2nd album ,"Melt, Cry, Sleep" onto the world this winter. Locally, it will drop on Sat Dec 17th @ Hexagon Bar.
The band will also be playing live on Radio K's Off the Record on Fri Dec 16th. You can purchase it here

self-evident is going to be recording their follow-up to Endings in February 2012 with Carl Amburn, the sound man behind the band since 2004.

Both BUILDINGS & self-evident will be playing a number of shows in and out of town come December. See dates to the right...

More things to come.

 

NEW RELEASE: Buildings- Braille Animal (dpg 018)

This Minneapolis three piece is loud and heavy. Peel back the layers and you'll hear a more rhythmic Jesus Lizard, an angrier Liars, or a more methodically paced Frodus. Like those bands? So do I. Check them out

 

New self-evident European Tour & live videos

Check out footage from the band's European Tour with Bear Claw here

 

self-evident - "In Cowardice" @ Hell's Kitchen from M. Becker on Vimeo.

 

self-evident - "Steve Stevens" @ Hell's Kitchen from M. Becker on Vimeo.

 

 

 

 

UPCOMING SHOWS

 

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NEW RELEASES

 

dpg 026
Self-Evident
The Traveler
Buy it Here

dpg 025
Hardcore Crayons
Zozzled
Buy it Here

dpg 024
Haunted Heads
EP
Buy it Here

dpg 023
Holly and Plastic
We Will Give This World Away
Buy it Here