On behalf of the WIERD World in the coming week - live through this kids…should be quite a wild cold ride! Is eVRyone prepared for the tornado of frozen cold pleasures we are about to unleash???...VR 
Firstly I’m happy to at long last announce the release date for the debut LP from Blacklist entitled ‘Midnight of the Century’ is officially Set for Tuesday May 26th! The following evening Wednesday May 27th the WIERD weekly party will play host to the official record release party for this absolute masterpiece!, more info on this next week…until then the next Blacklist live gig will be this coming Saturday May 16th at Glasslands Gallery.
This week will be truly a Very Rare evening at the weekly WIERD Party as we are throwing a huge blowout for all our old amazing VRiends rollin into town and crashin at chez WIERD for Carlos Giffoni’s NO FUN FEST 2009 at The Music Hall of Williamsburg Fri-Sun. - the world’s most prestigious music festival devoted to experimental Synth, Wave and Industrial/Noise music the world over for 6 years running now! This Wed. we will feature performances by Martial Canterel(NYC/12:30am), Envenomist(Columbus, OH/12am), Hive Mind(Ann Arbor, MI/11:30 pm), and R. Jencks(of Sixes/Deathroes/ex-Crash Worship /11pm). Doors will be at 10pm for this one and admission is a $5 donation untill 1:30am which will go towards travel expenses for the touring bands.
Here’s a few links on the massive arsenal of major dudes comin to the WIERD on Wed. for your lonely cold afternoon pleasure:
Martial Canterel: http://www.myspace.com/martialcanterel
‘Windscreen’ Live at WIERD Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28u7kWCuF24(courtesy of Stephen Musgrave)
M.C. Live at WIERD Pix: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wierd/sets/72157611217030616/show/ (courtesy Naomi Ramirez)
Envenomist(aka David Reed): http://www.myspace.com/davidnathanreed
David Reed website: http://www.angelfire.com/empire2/reed/
Envenomist Live at WIERD Pix: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wierd/sets/72157608250525374/show/ (courtesy N.R.)
Hive Mind(aka Greh Holger of Chondritic Sound): http://hivemind.sinkhole.net/
http://chondriticsound.com/
R.Jencks: official site: http://www.crashworship.net/sixes/
Sixes Live at WIERD Pix: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wierd/sets/72157607834617241/show/ (courtesy N.R.)
Terminal Venue/Oakland site: http://fierysummons.blogspot.com/
Sixes: http://www.myspace.com/sixes
Deathroes: http://www.deathroes.com/
Crash Worship: http://www.crashworship.net/, http://www.myspace.com/crashworship
The No Fun Festival is entirely sold out but Music Hall tells me there are still a handful of tix left for the Friday night show featuring the WIERD’s own Xeno & Oaklander, grab one while they’re still cold:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004245AFF86833?artistid=1293678&majorcatid=10005&minorcatid=0
The complete list of festival bands is here: http://nofunfest.com/2009.html
Hope to see everyone on Wed. night, get there early if you wanna feel the frozen hot icicles of analogue pleasure!
WIERD Presents an Evening of COLD ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS!
Pieter and Glenn, and Sean Rago(Cult of Youth) Spin Cold Wave, Minimal Synth!
Wednesday May 27th 10pm-4am
WIERD @ Home Sweet Home
131 Chrystie St. @ Delancy, NYC
(J/ train to Bowery, F to Delancy, B/C to Grand St.)
Doors 10pm/$5 donation til 1:30 am(all $ goes to bands!)
FIRST BAND ON AT 11pm SHARP
Info: (212)226-5708
http://www.wierdrecords.com/
WIERD on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wierd/sets/
Coming Soon to the WIERD:
Fri May 15th: Xeno & Oaklander Live at the No Fun Fest 2009 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, BKNY!
Sat May 16th: Blacklist and The Violet Hour Live at Glasslands, BKNY
Wed May 20th: WIERD Presents the Return of Cult of Youth with guest DJs Jeralyn and Death Domain! http://www.myspace.com/cultofyouthband
Wed May 27th: WIERD Presents the Blacklist ‘Midnight of the Century’ LP(WIERD Rec. cat#VR006) Release Party with DJs Patrick(Albion/Salvation/Necromantic Parties) and DJ Frankie Teardrop(Revel Hotel/Exotic Birds Party BKNY)!
Tues June 2nd: Led er Est and Silk Flowers at Glasslands Gallery
Wed June 3rd: WIERD Presents Micki Pellerano’s new Ritualistic Musical Opus “The Eleusinian Mysteries”!!!
Thurs June 4th: WIERD Presents Tamaryn and Religious to Damn Live at The Annex, 152 Orchard St., NYC, doors 11pm: http://www.theannexnyc.com/
Wed June 10th: WIERD Presents the Return of Death Domain(Baltimore) http://www.myspace.com/deathdomainmotif
Wed June 17th: WIERD Presents the Live Debut of SEXUAL ASSAULT RIFLE - the new minimal synth project from Jonathan Canady of Angel of Decay/Deathpile + Ms Susie Q!)/Philadelphia
Wed June 24th: WIERD Presents the Return of Sleep Museum http://www.myspace.com/sleepmuseum
Wed July 1st: WIERD Presents a Live Performance by Zola Jesus(Sacred Bones Records/Madison, WI) + Wet Hair http://www.myspace.com/zolajesus
Wed July 8th: WIERD VResents the return of Further Reductions! http://www.myspace.com/furtherreductions
Wed July 15th: WIERD Presentys the Debut of the Kings of Upstate New York Minimal Electronics HEAD TRIP CONCEPTION!
http://www.myspace.com/trippingonconception
Wed July 29th: WIERD Presents the Return of Silk Flowers http://www.myspace.com/silkflowersnyc
Coming in September: WIERD Welcomes the US Debut of Les Sirènes Débrouillardes from Witten, Germany!!! : http://www.myspace.com/lessirnesdbrouillardes
