HDD HARTZINE INTERVIEW


 
Hand Drawn Dracula label founder JAMES MEJIA discusses the past and the future plans of HDD with Parisian music blog/magazine HARTZINE. Read the full “Who are you Hand Drawn Dracula ?” interview in both English and French at HARTZINE and stream a curated mixtape by James below…

http://www.hartzine.com/interviews/hand-drawn-dracula

HDD MIXTAPE
01. Dusted – (Into The) Atmosphere
02. Shugo Tokumaru performs Holy Fuck’s Lovely Allen
03. Rituals – Life Saver
04. A Place To Bury Strangers – You Are The One
05. Metz – Pigs (Sparklehorse cover)
06. Beliefs – Iron Streams
07. Army Girls – Cold & Alcohol
08. Bishop Morocco – Last Year’s Disco Guitars (A Place To Bury Strangers mix)
09. Little Girls – Nights Out
10. Dopes – All Day Wrong (Sebastien Grainger remix)
11. Wintersleep – Resuscitate
12. Bruce Peninsula – As Long As I Live

HDD NXNE SHOWCASE 2012


HAND DRAWN DRACULA
NXNE 2012 SHOWCASE

01 A Place To Bury Strangers
12 Dusted
11 Rituals
10 Army Girls
09 Beliefs

June 14
El Mocambo
64 Spadina Ave
9PM-2AM / 19+

» Facebook Event

 
 
HAND DRAWN DRACULA presents the HDD 2012 NXNE SHOWCASE at the El Mocambo w/ A Place to Bury Strangers, DUSTED (feat. HOLY FUCK‘s BRIAN BORCHERDT), Rituals, Army Girls, and Beliefs. Friends, supporters, and new HDD bands!

 
Poster by Maryanna Hardy & James Mejia

// A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
APTBS are currently on tour in support of their ‘Onwards To The Wall” EP and upcoming “Worship” LP (June 26th) released via Dead Oceans. Look out for APTBS w/ DUSTED West Coast Tour.

// DUSTED
After six years of constant HOLY FUCK touring, BRIAN BORCHERDT emerged with a new offering of songs, a stripped down presentation, disguised under the name DUSTED. The debut LP will come to life July 10th 2012 on Hand Drawn Dracula (Canada) & Polyvinyl (International).

// RITUALS ~ video
Lo-fi dream punk trio Rituals released a 4 song tape in June 2011, followed by their debut 7’ on Unfamiliar Records. Rituals are currently finishing their new LP for HDD, tentatively to be released this fall.

// ARMY GIRLS ~ video
Toronto two piece Army Girls released their debut EP ‘Close To The Bone’ this fall on Blocks Recording Club and are currently busy recording their first LP. Currently on a month long tour with PS I Love You.

// BELIEFS ~ video
Local Dreampop-Shoegazers (feat. Candle Recording’s Josh Korody) are working on their debut full-length.

 

DUSTED ‘TOTAL DUST’



 
BRIAN BORCHERDT‘s much anticipated project, DUSTED, releasing their debut album, Total Dust, on July 10th in conjunction w/ Polyvinyl Records. Limited edition of 300 180-gram maroon LPs & as a deluxe CD package with an exclusive CD only bonus track // PRE-ORDERS are available now at the HERE.

 
The first single, “(Into The) Atmosphere”, is “a dewy lo-fi pop ramble, with sweetly multi-tracked vocals, cavernous layers of melancholy guitar strums, and galloping, off-kilter percussion.” – SPIN

“Dusted Pale Light COS Premiere” – · COS

“Dusted Property Lines Stereogum Premiere” – STEREOGUM

 
WEST COAST TOUR DATES w/ A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
06/14/12 Toronto ON : El Mocambo / NXNE HDD w/ A Place To Bury Strangers, Rituals, Army Girls, Beliefs
06/12/12 Vancouver BC : Biltmore Cabaret w/ A Place To Bury Strangers
06/11/12 Seattle US : The Crocodile Cafe w/ A Place To Bury Strangers
06/10/12 Portland US : Doug Fir Lounge w/ A Place To Bury Strangers
06/08/12 San Francisco US : Bottom of the Hill w/ A Place To Bury Strangers
06/07/12 Los Angeles US : Echoplex w/ A Place To Bury Strangers
06/06/12 Visalia US : The Cellar Door w/ A Place To Bury Strangers
06/05/12 San Diego US : The Casbah w/ A Place To Bury Strangers

BRUCE PENINSULA SPRING TOUR


 
BRUCE PENINSULA news! The alt, prog, rock, gospel, folk, country collective announce Spring dates, an appearance at the famed Dawson City Music Festival.

May 02 : London, ON @ APK Live
May 03 : Guelph, ON @EBAR w/ Skeletones Four
May 24 : Tornto, ON @ The Great Hall w/ DUSTED + The Skeletones Four
May 25 : Hamilton, ON @ Studio Theater
May 26 : St Catherine’s, ON @ Mansion House
Jun 23 : Kingston, ON @ The Apple Crisp Concert Series
July 20-22 : Dawson City, YT @ Dawson City Music Festival

LITTLE GIRLS ‘DAYDREAM’ FAIRMONT REMIX

Stream and download the FAIRMONT (aka BISHOP MOROCCO‘s Jake Fairley) remix of LITTLE GIRLS‘ Daydream.

LITTLE GIRLS ‘DAYDREAM’ VIDEO

LITTLE GIRLS ‘Daydream’ video from CULTS. Directed by Henry Sansom & James Mejia.

JOSH REICHMANN ‘BURNING BOOKS’ VIDEO

JOSH REICHMANN / DOPES ‘Burning Books’ music video taken from After Live (HDD013).
Directed by Amos LeBlanc & Johnny Nghiem. BUY HERE

HDD CMW SHOWCASE 2012

HAND DRAWN DRACULA CMW SHOWCASE
LITTLE GIRLS
RITUALS
DUSTED
ARMY GIRLS
Dj Max Mohenu

// LITTLE GIRLS
Headlining the HDD CMW showcase!
CULTS EP out now!

//RITUALS
Lo-fi dream punk trio Rituals released a 4 song tape in June 2011, followed by their debut 7’ EP on Unfamiliar Records in October 2011.

//DUSTED
After six years of constant HOLY FUCK touring, BRIAN BORCHERDT emerged with a new offering of songs, a stripped down presentation, disguised under the name DUSTED.

//ARMY GIRLS
Toronto two piece released their debut EP ‘Close To The Bone’ this fall on Blocks Recording Club and are currently recording their first LP.

BRUCE PENINSULA ‘IN YOUR LIGHT’ Video


HDD is pleased to bring you the third video from BRUCE PENINSULA‘s ‘Open Flames’. Shot in Toronto, ‘In Your Light’ was directed and animated by Jesse Ewles and produced by Mike Juneau.

THE LINE of BEST FIT have posted a Bruce Peninsula extensive interview and mixtape (featuring music by past and present members including The Weather Station, Snowblink, Austra, Ohbijou, Timbre Timbre and more).

Full article/interview at http://thelineofbestfit.com.

JULIE FADER OUTSIDE IN ON WHITE VINYL


 

JULIE FADER‘s debut record ‘Outside In’ is being re-issued and pressed on WHITE VINYL – numbered, signed, and released February 14th 2012.

OUTSIDE IN LP pre-orders are available now at the Hand Drawn Dracula Store!

OTIR TOUR w/ NADJA


 
OFF THE INTERNATIONAL RADAR embark on their first European tour, in support of their forthcoming full-length, opening for the experimental, ambient, drone, & doom metal sounds of Nadja.
 
NADJA + OFF THE INTERNATIONAL RADAR EURO TOUR 2012
14-03-12: NK, Berlin, DE
15-03-12: Markthalle, Hamburg, DE
16-03-12: Alhambra, Oldenburg, DE
17-03-12: Vera, Groningen, NL
18-03-12: Magasin4, Brussels, BE
20-03-12: Les Instants Chavirés, Paris, FR
21-03-12: Peniche Excelsior, Le Mans, FR
23-03-12: Mix’art Mryrs, Toulouse, FR
24-03-12: L’Embobineuse, Marseilles, FR
25-03-12: Mattatoio, Carpi, IT
26-03-12: Sidro Clu, Savignano Sul Rubicone, IT
27-03-12: Centro Sociale Bruno, Trento, IT
28-03-12: Klub Place, Rijeka, HR
29-03-12: Rhiz, Vienna, AT
30-03-12: Kafe Kult, Munich, DE
31-03-12: Klub K4, Prague, CZ