TUSSLE / EXTRA LIFE / WILL EASTMAN at Comet

[Nicki P.]

GYPSY EYES RECORDS and PLANARIA RECORDINGS PRESENT

TUSSLE (San Fran)
EXTRA LIFE (X-Dirty Projectors, Zs)
and a close out DJ set by
WILL EASTMAN

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Comet Ping Pong, 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW

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TUSSLE
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"Writhing junkyard disco so limber your spine may spontaneously
dissolve." (Vice Magazine)

Sprung from SF’s active underground Mission district scene, Tussle has
been causing a stir for some time with their unique combination of
dance rhythms, elastic basslines, metallic textures, and processed
electronic experimentation. Kling Klang is their debut album and was
preceded by two 12" singles and a CD EP all released by Troubleman
Unlimited in the United States. The Smalltown Supersound edition
collects the bulk of Kling Klang and also includes highlights from
their first two singles and their own extended Neu!-inspired remix of
"Here It Comes" from their White Label DJ single of the song. Tussle
have picked up support from Trevor Jackson (Output/Playgroup), John
Peel, Scott "Prefuse 73" Herren. Feature pieces appeared in i-D (UK),
Tokion, XLR8R, Anthem, Rockpile, Punk Planet, even Entertainment
Weekly and Jane. Very positive reviews appeared in The Wire, Vice,
Magnet, Skyscraper, and Dusted Magazine. The ever hard-to-impress
scribes at Pitchfork hailed the group one of the top 5 artists to look
out for in the coming year(s). See detailed press under. Tussle has
toured Europe, Japan and the East Coast of the United States. In
Europe, they supported friends and labelmates Erase Errata, as well
playing alongside Andrew Weatherall, Zongamin and Sunburned Hand of
The Man. In the UK, they played Hot Shit! (formerly Sonic Mook
Experiment), the Frieze Art Fair Afterhours and Trash. Their brief
tour in Japan found them supporting Eye of Boredoms. In shows in SF
and NYC, they've shared stages with a diverse international cast that
mirrors the group's uniquely genre-free approach including Mu,
Deerhof, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ariel Pink, Add N To (X) to name a few. An
album of remixes of Kling Klang material is also in the works,
including contributions from Munk, Soft Pink Truth, Gang Gang Dance
and many others to be confirmed.

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EXTRA LIFE
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(Featuring Charlie Looker formerly with Zs and Dirty Projectors)

"Secular Works" CD out on DC's Planaria Recordings

http://www.myspace.com/extralifetheband

"Every so often there's a record so accomplished that it makes most
albums of its type sound ridiculous, and Secular Works is one of those
… Remarkable for its scope, depth and technical accomplishment,
Secular Works is a devastating record that has the power to change
minds, if only people hear it. Don't miss out.” - Dusted Magazine

“In Extra Life, Looker taps into a mesmerizing form of avant-rock
raga, repeating words, and shifting into a windswept, entrancing post-
punk throat singing … The first song to catch our attenton is opener
"Blackmail Blues," which hit us like a darker, heavier take on Dirty
Projectors (backed by Torch Of The Mystics Sun City Girls) … these are
master works. The album itself is called Secular Works, but this stuff
feels somehow religious in its fervor." - Stereogum

“ ... scarily focused and ruthlessly complex in a post-prog sort of
way, but it also flirts with a dark, sumptuous art-pop vibe. The end
product is relentless, enveloping and frequently gorgeous." - Time Out
New York

"Tension and restraint. Adornment and shedding. These are the balances
that define Extra Life’s fantastic full-length debut, Secular Works …
Looker’s sense of arrangement and composition melds each sound into a
gripping work where fear and urgency loom within each track … It
creates an aesthetic so grave and completely realized that it’s with
the best sense of anxiety that I anticipate where Extra Life goes
next.” - Tiny Mixtapes

“Precision bone-crushing … I realize this may sound like hyperbole,
but have you seen this band? Go, then decide if I’m exaggerating.” -
Impose Magazine

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WILL EASTMAN
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Will Eastman is founder and resident DJ of Blisspop events at the 9:30
Club and BLISS dance party at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C. His
remixes have received critical praise along with his DJ performances
in D.C., across the U.S., and in Europe with artists as diverse as
James Murphy, Girl Talk, Cut Copy, and Ghostland Observatory. The
Washington Post Style Section calls him "one of the city's titan DJs."