2015 LIVE FAVORITES

Here's a short piece about some of my favorite live experiences from 2015:

AARON TURNER’S TOP 10 LIVE ACTS, FROM MERZBOW & FULL OF HELL TO JON MUELLER

Thanks to Self-Titled for hosting this and F. Coloccia for the picture.

Looking forward to 2016.....

SUMAC WEST COAST/SOUTHWEST TOUR 2016

Newly announced SUMAC west coast/southwest tour dates below. We will be touring with the highly exceptional groups ENDON (Japan) and Black Spirituals (Oakland). Looking forward to it - hope to see you out there. We'll be playing a few songs from the new album as well....

2/18 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown *
2/19 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret *
2/20 Seattle, WA @ Funhouse *
2/21 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar *
2/22 Eugene, OR @ The Boreal %
2/25 Chico, CA @ Cafe Coda %
2/26 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern *
2/27 Glendale, CA @ Complex *
2/28 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge ^
2/29 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister ^
3/1 El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace ^
3/3 Austin, TX @ Sidewinder ^
3/4 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada ^

* w/ Endon, Black Spirituals
% w/ Endon
^ w/ Black Spirituals

NEW SIGE RELEASES

Above and below: the new string of SIGE releases in various states of assembly.

Busy fall for SIGE Records - we have the following new titles now available for order from the SIGE webstore:

- Circle "Pharaoh Overlord" CS
- Pharaoh Overlord "Circle" CS
- Mamiffer/Oakeater split CS
- SUMAC "The Deal" CS
- Jussi Lehtisalo "Maisteri" CS
- Oakeater "Aquarius" LP/CS/digital
- Daniel Menche & Mamiffer "Crater" CD/digital

Up next is "Surfacing", the debut release from Faith Coloccia's new solo project Mára.
You can view a video for one of the songs from the album via The Wire Magazines website here.

Thank you.

CRATER VIDEO + DIGITAL

"Crater" video by Daniel Menche. Write-up/premiere today via Noisey.

"Crater" album digital version now available from the SIGE Records Bandcamp.

Thank you.

"CRATER" STREAM

The Daniel Menche & Mamiffer "Crater" album is streaming in full today via FACT Magazine. Listen here.

It is available from the SIGE webshop here.

Album art and layout by Faith Coloccia (pictured above and below).

SUMAC WRITING, ETC

Writing for the next SUMAC album is well under way. Recording commences next month at The Unknown in Anacortes, WA. Kurt Ballou will be working with us again on this one for the recording/mixing.

SUMAC also has a webstore now. It's here. And we're setting up a west coast/southwest tour for Feb/March 2016.

More soon...

NEW MAMIFFER/MENCHE + OAKEATER

Above: cover art for the Daniel Menche & Mamiffer "Crater" album, and the Oakeater "Aquarius" album. Cover photography for "Crater" by Daniel Menche, all other art and design by Faith Coloccia.

The Menche/Mamiffer album has been in the works for multiple years now and is finally done. Very happy this idea is now realized and we can share it. The Oakeater album has also been the works for quite a while as well - both will be available for pre-order next week in the SIGE webshop. Additionally, Menche has made videos for both the collaborative album and the Oakeater - which we'll be able to share shortly.

This was also just announced for Mamiffer - 2016 appearance at Big Ears Festival - looking forward to this one: http://lineup.bigearsfestival.com

Thank you.

Currently enjoying: Skullflower/Voltigeurs/Black Sunroof - split LP, Marco Fusinato "Spectral Arrows: Sidney", Low "Ones and Sixes", Drudkh "A Furrow Cut Short", Jacaszek & Kwartludium "Catalogue Des Arbres", Boubacar Traore "...and His Guitar", Lawrence English - live, Bizarre Uproar "Vihameditaatio", Doramaar "Terra Icognita", etc....