20 Dollar Love, Bloodcow, Imperial Battlesnake and The Skullcranes join Crustacean Records and head to SXSW with Droids Attack
March.09.2009
Crustacean Records is delighted to announce the addition of four more bands to its stable of musical artists,
The Skullcranes, and
20 Dollar Love from the Twin Cities,
Bloodcow from Omaha, Nebraska and
Imperial Battlesnake from Chicago, Illinois. The Skullcranes and 20 Dollar Love will be releasing new full-length records on Crustacean in the first half of 2009 and Bloodcow and Imperial Battlesnake are recording this summer for new albums to come out late in 2009 or early in 2010 on Crustacean Records.
All four acts were part of
Round 13 Records, a now defunct collective record label run by the its own musical artists, along with well-tenured Crustacean riff masters,
Droids Attack, who called Round 13 their second home. Like Droids Attack, all four new additions to the roster exist in a heavy musical realm drawing on elements of metal, punk and generalized ass kicking rock and roll.
20 Dollar Love, Bloodcow, Droids Attack and Imperial Battlesnake are beginning the journey this week to represent for Crustacean Records down at the South by Southwest music conference and festival. Bloodcow and 20 Dollar Love are in one van and Droids Attack and Imperial Battlesnake in another meandering down to Texas playing separate dates. They finally meet up on St. Patrick’s Day in Dallas at Club Dada with all four acts opening for Volcom Recording artists Valient Thorr. All have bands have multiple appearances in Austin culminating in the Crustacean Records SXSW showcase at
Headhunters on Red River Street in the heart of Austin’s fabled 6th Street neighborhood the evening of Friday March 20th.
The complete dates of the tour to and from Texas are as follows:
Thursday March 12th: Blood Cow + 20 Dollar Love at Big V’s in St. Paul, MN
Friday March 13th: Imperial Battlesnake + Droids Attack at The Brass Rail in Fort Wayne, IN and Bloodcow + 20 Dollar Love at Chesterfield in Sioux City, IA
Saturday March 14th: Droids Attack + Imperial Battlesnake at The Springwater in Nashville, TN and 20 Dollar Love + Bloodcow at Hull Tavern in Des Moines, IA
Sunday March 15th: 20 Dollar Love + Bloodcow at The Waiting Room in Omaha, NB and Imperial Battlesnake + Droids Attack at the Hall Building in Little Rock, AR
Monday March 16th: Droids Attack and Imperial Battlesnake at Li’s Joe’s Bar & Grill in Shreveport, LA
Tuesday March 17th: 20 Dollar Love, Bloodcow, Droids Attack and Imperial Battesnake opening for Valient Thorr at Club Dada in Dallas, TX
Wednesday March 18th: Imperial Battlesnake + Droids Attack at The Mix in San Antonio, TX
Thursday March 19th: Imperial Battlesnake + Droids Attack at Texas Rock Fest in Austin, TX (day shows) and Droids Attack + Imperial Battlesnake at Triple Crown Live in San Marcos, TX (night show)
Friday March 20th: 20 Dollar Love, Bloodcow, Droids Attack + Imperial Battlesnake at Headhunters for the
Crustacean/Round 13 Showcase at SXSW in Austin, TX
Friday March 21st: Droids Attack + Imperial Battlesnake at Austin’s legendary DIY SXSW alternative, Fuck By Fuck You (day shows) AND Imperial Battlesnake at Trophys in Austin, TX (night show) AND 20 Dollar Love + Bloodcow in Parsons, KS
Sunday March 23rd: Imperial Battlesnake + Droids Attack at The Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL