SLAVE SCENE rules, and have been getting some attention due to their coming out of the CULT RITUAL camp, but are a force to be reckoned with on their own as well. Their Heaven Only Knows demo completely knocked me on my ass, conjuring up images of these maladjusted Tampa rejects bringing chainsaws to a Vice sponsored PISSED JEANS or NO AGE show in Williamsburg or some shit, and going to town on all the hip posers getting down to the false, sanitized “abrasive” in-sound.  The meek shall reign on earth, indeed.  Anywho, after that demo and at least a couple of others, they have just released their first 7″ on Fan Death Records.

For those of you on the East Coast, they’re hitting the road with NAZI DUST in just a few days: Evidently, I live on the wrong fucking coast.

SLAVE SCENE/NAZI DUST “Slave to the Dust” Tour 2009/2010
December
27 – Orlando @ Stardust w/ LLLR, MY LEFT UTERUS, HORRID CROSS
28 – Gainesville @ 911 Depot w/ POST TEENS
29 – Atlanta @ Eyedrum w/ FAILURES, AEROSOLS, SALVATION
30 – Baltimore @ Hexagon w/ NEEDLE GUN, LOTUS FUCKER
31 – Philadelphia @ Terrordome / LEATHER
January
1 – New Brunswick @ ASK SOMEBODY w/ TROUBLEMAKER, THE MEN
2 -  NYC @ Stolen Sleeves w/ NOMOS, LOTUS FUCKER, POLLUTION
4 – Providence @ Mars Gas w/ SHV
5 -  Boston @ House 11 w/ VACCINE, FAILURES
6 – Amherst @ TBA w/ FAILURES, SQRM
7 – Pittsburgh @ Helter Shelter w/ THRAK, VIRGIN BIRTH, VILE GASH
8 – Columbus @ Legion of Doom w/ VILE GASH, HUMAN BOYS, VIRGIN BIRTH
9 – Nashville @ Little Hamilton w/ MY LEFT UTERUS, FROSTY, BRAINWRECK
10 – Tampa @ Heinrich’s Workshop w/ BRAIN KILLER, SCAPEGOAT

For all things SLAVE SCENE and otherwise Cult Maternal: cultmaternal.blogspot.com

MAY
19 – Lyon @ Grrrnd Gerland w/PASSION ARMEE & DAILY O.D.
20 – Toulouse @ Les Pavillons Sauvages w/Chris Folk’s Not Dead, Töl Eressea
21 – Barcelona @ Los Bloques Fastama • Av. Coll del Portell 59 • 21:00h
22 – Zaragoza @ Arrebato
23 – Zarautz @ Putzuzulo Gaztetxea, Bizkaia Kalea 36, w/SEMEN and HYÖKKÄIS
24 – Bordeaux
25 – Le Mans @ Le Happy Days w/ROSA PARK & RICHARD DURN
26 – Paris @ Le Parvis de Bagnolet w/ FAT BEAVERS & 10LEC6
28 – Nancy @ Soap Box
29 – Dijon festival @ Les Tanneries w/HEYOKA
30 – SLOVENIA, Beltinci
31 – SLOVENIA, Ljubljana @ Klub Gromka

JUNE

01 – Vienna @ Exhaus
02 – POLAND, Rzeszow @ Klub “1/4 mili” ul. Podpromie 10 (w/ MARSZ NA WASZYNGTON — Start: 19.30)
03 – POLAND, Krakow @ Kawiarnia Naukowa. ul. Jakuba 29/31. start 19.00
04 – POLAND, Wroclaw @ CRK ul. Jagiellonczyka 10c/d
05 – GER, Leipzig @ G16
06 – GER, Berlin @ Köpi
07 – Copenhagen @ Dödsmaskinen (+ Altercado)
08 – Malmö (TBC)
09 – Malmö or ?? (NEED HELP)
10 – GER, Bremen @ the Punk Bar
11 – GER, Hamburg @ Südbalkon
12 – Amsterdam @ OCCII
13 – Benelux (NEED HELP)

UK/Ireland
JUNE
15 – High Wycombe @ The Roundabout wThe Sceptres, Like Grenades, and Can’t Relate. £5, 7pm
16 – Manchester @ Retro Bar (Sackville St in the city centre) w/LEMURIA. 8pm, £5.
17 – Bradford @ 1 in 12
18 – Newcastle
19 – Edinburgh
20 – Dublin
21 – Sligo
22 – Galway
23 – Belfast
24 – Leeds (TBC)
25 – Bristol
26 – Bath @The Porter Butt on London Road, with CITIZEN FISH, THE A-HEADS , and KMA.
27 – Brighton @ Westhill with WAR ALL THE TIME, LÄRM, and fuckin’ BURNT CROSS! (Only show ever?!) You’ll need to buy TICKETS for this one! Contact Ralf at r_vergeldt {at} h0tmail(.)com
28 – London @ the Grosvenor, Stockwell, SW9 0TP

See updates at www.lastwhiteflag.org email Surrender at surrender.peacepunk {at} gmail(.)com

The Destino Final show at Burnt Ramen was the best show I have been to this year, go check em out, ex members of Invasion! Crappy pre-show photos taken by yours truly in the MRR compound whilst Kidnap played over the soundsystem…

May 9 2009        Romansion (5239 NE Garfield)     Portland, Oregon
May 10 2009      The Retirement Home     Seattle, Washington
May 13 2009     5:00P        Branch St. House     Sacramento
May 14 2009      Annies Social Club     San Francisco
May 15 2009      SUBMISSION     oakland
May 16 2009      the Boulevard     Los Angeles
May 17 2009      El As De Oros     El monte, California
May 18 2009      Hell yeah Hut     Phoenix, Arizona
May 20 2009     1919 Hemphill     Fort Worth, Texas
May 21 2009      CHAOS IN TEJAS     AUSTIN – TEX-ASS
May 22 2009      CHAOS IN TEJAS     AUSTIN – TEX-ASS
May 23 2009      CHAOS IN TEJAS     AUSTIN – TEX-ASS
May 24 2009      CHAOS IN TEJAS     AUSTIN – TEX-ASS
May 25 2009      matamoros
May 26 2009      Mexico     Monterrey
May 27 2009      Mexico     Queretaro
May 28 2009      Mexico     D.F
May 29 2009      Mexico     Toluca
May 30 2009      Mexico     st.Luis Potosi.
May 31 2009      Mexico     AGS
Jul 10 2009      Japan     Sendai Birdland
Jul 11 2009       Japan     Tokyo EARTHDOM
Jul 12 2009      Japan     Osaka BEARS
Jul 14 2009      Japan     Hiroshima
Jul 15 2009       Japan     Kitakyusyu
Jul 16 2009      Japan     Kagawa
Jul 17 2009       Japan     Gifu
Jul 18 2009      Japan     Tuyama
Jul 19 2009      Japan     Tokyo AREA

This post is coming a bit late for SF folks, but HJERTESTOP, the latest punk heartthrob from Copenhagen, Denmark, are on tour in the US right now. They played the Knockout last night but I only saw a few songs before leaving to catch the last train home. What I saw was good though. Check out their myspace here or better yet, go out and see them.

And what blog post would be complete without a YouTube video?

Tour Dates courtesy Fashionable Idiots records:
April 10- Richmond, CA @ Burnt Ramen w/ NN, Migraine, Duck & Cover
April 11- Bakersfield, CA @ Munoz Gym w/ Human Mess
April 12- Long Beach, CA @ Di Piazza’s w/ Broken Patterns, Tipper’s Gore, the Impostors, Bad Man
April 13- San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe w/ Cold Stare, OK
April 14- Tempe, AZ @ the Slurp w/ Dead Friends, Prosthetics, Pigeon Religion
April 15- Tucson, AZ @ the HangArt w/ Chainsaw Justice, Full Blown Aids, Vanish Twin
April 16- Austin, TX @ Beerland w/ Deskonocidos, the Altars
April 17- Denton, TX
April 18- Houston, TX @ the Mink w/ Something Fierce, No Talk
April 19- New Orleans, LA @ Saturn Bar w/ American Cheeseburger, Thou, Necrohippies, Mania
April 20- Atlanta, GA @ Wonderroot Community Center w/ GG King, Bukkake Boys, Predator
April 21- Raliegh, NC @ the Pit w/ Logic Problem, Plague
April 22- Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz w/ Government Warning, Wasted Time, No Excuse, Dry Spell
April 23- College Park, MD @ WMUC w/ Government Warning, Sick Fix, No Minion
April 24- New Brunswick, NJ @ America w/ Killin’ It, Fleshtemple, Shit Fit, Wet Brain\April 25- NYC @ ABC No Rio w/ Ism, Guilt Trip, Dawn of Humans (EARLY)
April 25- Brooklyn, NY @ The Charleston w/ Kontatto, Absurd System, Perdition (LATE)
April 26- Cambridge, MA @ Democracy Center w/ Libyans, Peace Creeps, Dry Hump
April 27- Albany, NY @ Valentine’s w/ Anal Warhead, Bare Bones, Pointblank
April 28- Bethlehem, PA @ Above Ground Audio Labs w/ Fresh Meat, Middle America, Force Fed
April 29- Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Roboto Project w/ Brain Handle, Virgin Birth
April 30- Buffalo, NY w/ Brown Sugar
May 1- Cleveland, OH @ Now Thats Class w/ Horrible Fest
May 2- Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen w/ Crude, Unit 21, Closing In
May 3- Milwaukee, WI @ the Dipping Station w/ Holy Shit, Mountian Asleep, Bored Straight
May 4- Minneapolis, MN @ Memory Lanes w/ Question, Sinks, Animals & Beasts
May 6- Des Moines, IA @ Haunted Basement
May 7- Kansas City, MO @ the Church w/ Dark Ages
May 8- Lawerance, KS @ Replay Lounge
May 9- St Louis, MO
May 11- Austin, TX @ Club 1808 w/ Deskonocidos
May 12- Tempe, AZ @ the Slurp w/ Deskonocidos
May 13- Los Angeles, CA @ The Boulevard Cafe w/ Deskonocidos
May 14- tba w/ Deskonocidos
May 15- Richmond, CA @ Burnt Ramen w/ Peligro Social, Born/Dead, Destino Final, Deskonocidos
May 16- San Francisco, CA @ Balazo w/ Peligro Social, TVE, Deskonocidos
May 17- tba w/ Deskonocidos
May 18- tba w/ Deskonocidos
May 19- tba w/ Deskonocidos
May 20- Forth Worth, TX w/ Destino Final, Deskonocidos
May 21- Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas Festival
May 22- Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas Festival
May 23- Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas Festival
May 24- Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas Festival