9/2 @ Studio 7 Seattle, WA
9/3 @ East End Portland, OR
9/4 @ Café Du Nord San Francisco, CA
9/5 @ Brookdale Lodge Brookdale, CA
9/6 @ The Casbah San Diego, CA
9/7 @ Echoplex Los Angeles, CA *
* Tee Pee Records Manifest Destiny w/
Witchcraft, Graveyard, The Warlocks, Earthless, Ancestors, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound + More.

via Witch @ Myspace

J Mascis/ Witch SXSW schedule

• Wednesday 03.12 8PM – 1AM Tee Pee Records Showcase
  Performing: Witch, Earthless, Graveyard, Hopewell, Ancestors
  Location: Bourbon Rocks / Address: 508 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78701 Map
  Witch Set Time: 12am
• Thursday 3/13 Other Music Showcase
  Location: The French Legation Museum / Address: 802 San Marcos St, between East 8th and 9th Street. map
  J Mascis Set Time: 2pm
• Thursday 03.13 12PM–7PM Tee Pee Records/Alarm Magazine Day Party
  Performing: The Weight, Annihilation Time, Graveyard, Ancestors, Earthless, Witch
  Location: Encore Records / Address: 1745 W Anderson Lane, Austin, TX 78757 map
  Witch Set Time: 4pm
• Thursday 03.13 4PM – 10PM MTV2 Subterranean Metal Mansion Party
  Location: Walter Bremond House
  Performing: Witch, Saviours, Children, Dax Riggs
  Address: 711 San Antonio Street, Austin, Texas map
  Witch Set Time: 7pm
• Friday 03/14 12PM-7PM Whoopsy Magazine Day Party
  Performing: Witch, Ancestors, Red Fang, American Bang, Young Heart Attack, lions, Dirty Sweet, Totomoshi, Civet
  Location: Trophy’s / Address: 2008 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704 map
  Witch Set Time: 6pm
• Friday 3/14 Ecstatic Peace Showcase
  Location: The Mohawk Patio / Address: 912 Red River St map
  J Mascis Set TIme: 12am
• Saturday March 15 Press Here Party
  Location: The French Legation Museum
  Address: 802 San Marcos St, between East 8th and 9th Street. map
  J Mascis Set Time: set time 3:50pm-4:20pm
• Saturday 03/15 2PM– Havoc TV/ Volcom /Tee Pee Records Skate Party
  Performing: Witch, Earthless, Graveyard, Annihilation Time, Ancestors, Titan, Birds of Avalon, Totomoshi, RTX
  Location: The Broken Neck Warehouse / Address: 4701 Red Bluff, Austin, TX 78702 map
  Witch Set Time: 6pm (approx.)

These are also on the tourdates page

{mosimage}Pre-Order ‘Paralyzed at Insound on vinyl or CD.

To get 10% off of your order be sure to use the coupon code “paralyzed10” when you check out!

Amazon also has it available for pre-order (no sweet 10% off deal though) Paralyzed but they have the full album up for preview and will have the DRM free downloads available for under $9.

Witch was featured at RCRD.LBL and you can download two new tracks from Paralyzed there now(Sweet Sue & Eye).

Additional Tour Dates Added!! Read on for details….

Pre-Order ‘Paralyzed and get 10% off at Insound

{mosimage}Pre-Order ‘Paralyzed at Insound on vinyl or CD.

To get 10% off of your order be sure to use the coupon code “paralyzed10” when you check out!

Amazon also has it available for pre-order (no sweet 10% off deal though) Paralyzed but they have the full album up for preview and will have the DRM free downloads available for under $9.

Witch was featured at RCRD.LBL and you can download to new tracks from Paralyzed there now(Sweet Sue & Eye).

Additional Tour Dates Added!! Witch will be appearing at SXSW
Wed 03/12/08 Austin, TX Bourbon Rocks
Thur 03/13/08 Austin, TX Tee Pee Records/ Alam Magazine Day Party @ Encore Records
Thur 03/13/08 Austin, TX MTV Subterranean Party
Fri 03/14/08 Austin, TX Volcom Skate Party

and elsewhere…
Tue 03/18/08 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
Wed 03/19/08 Brooklyn, NY Luna Lounge
Thu 03/20/08 Northampton, MA The Elevens
Mon 04/14/08 Berlin, GER Columbia Club
Wed 04/16/08 Hamburg, GER Logo
Thu 04/17/08 Groningen, NET Vera
Fri 04/18/08 Tilburg, NET Roadburn Festival
Sat 04/19/08 Hasselt, BEL Kunstcentrum
Sun 04/20/08 Weinheim, GER Cafe Central
Tue 04/22/08 Zurich, SWI Mascotte
Wed 04/23/08 Turin, ITA Spazio 211
Thu 04/24/08 Duedingen, SWI Bad Bonn
Fri 04/25/08 Paris, FRA Le Nouveau Casino
Sat 04/26/08 Cologne, GER Underground
Mon 04/28/08 Aarhus C, DEN VoxHall
Tue 04/29/08 Malmo, SWE Debaser
Wed 04/30/08 Goteborg, SWE Sticky Fingers
Thu 05/01/08 Stockholm, SWE Debaser Medis
Fri 05/02/08 Oslo, NOR John Dee
Sun 05/04/08 Utrecht, NET Ekko
Mon 05/05/08 London, UK The Underworld
All of which can also be found on the Google Calendar and the tour dates page.

Paralyzed Press Release

via Witch Official via MySpace

‘Paralyzed’ out March 18, 2008 on Tee Pee Records….

After their self-titled debut in 2006, Witch returned to the studio to work on their sophomore album, ‘Paralyzed’. The new album, to be released this spring on Tee Pee Records, remains true to the classic heavy rock sound of the first, but has evolved as the band has learned to play to each other’s strengths. The Vermont/Western Mass based band’s new songs highlight the rhythm section of Dave Sweetapple (bass) and J Mascis (drums) who return to their punk roots and attack with a more aggressive tempo.
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This foundation allows Kyle Thomas (guitar/vocals) to construct wailing vertical melodies of guitar and sinister vocals. Witch has turned out a record that burns with hostility, like the track, ‘Mutated’, but also smolders with intensity, like the track ‘Sweet Sue’. The collective deviating influences of the group have more presence on this record than the last; experimentation in studio with different tonal effects to obtain a more diverse sound are evidenced in the guitar play of Kyle Thomas over the roaring backbeats provided by Sweetapple and Mascis. It is the time that the band spends not being a band that seems to have allowed their sound to grow. Kyle points out that the band ‘does not practice and barely ever play shows’.

This has allowed the chemistry and music to grow organically and a bit more spontaneously. Live, the music morphs into a beast of its own instead of sounding like a CD on playback. J Mascis mans the kit with a punk like fervor this time around; according to Mascis ‘I know I’m not the only one who thinks 28″ is the right size bass drum.’ Kyle decided to adapt his songwriting approach to J’s drum playing. Kyle explained how some of the more punk songs came about, ‘J plays drums with a lot of energy, so I decided that instead of writing slow songs and having them speed up when we play them live, I should just write faster songs.’ At the heart of the album is still the heaviness that dominated the last record, this time though Witch is creating a style more their own. The exciting part Kyle feels for the band and fans is that ‘they are still developing a sound that fully hasn’t shown itself.’ To lay down the initial foundation of the album the band headed out to J’s Bisquiteen Studio in Amherst, MA, final mixing would occur here as well. The bulk of recording was done at Bank Row Studio in Greenfield, MA, with Justin Pizzoferrato, who engineered and mixed the album with Witch.

Other Links

Witch @ TeePee Records

Witch Official via MySpace

Tour Dates

• Feb 12 2008 8:00P Luna Lounge Brooklyn, NY – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 14 2008 8:00P Columbia Club Berlin – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 16 2008 8:00P Logo Hamburg – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 17 2008 8:00P Vera Groningen – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 18 2008 9:00P Roadburn Festival Tilburg – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 19 2008 8:00P Kunstencentrum Hasselt – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 21 2008 8:00P Röhre Stuttgart – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 22 2008 8:00P Mascotte Club Zürich – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 23 2008 8:00P Spazio 211 Torino – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 24 2008 8:00P Bad Bonn Düdingen – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 25 2008 8:00P Nouveau Casino Paris – (Add to my Calendar)
• Apr 26 2008 8:00P Underground Köln – (Add to my Calendar)

Older Witch News
Witch on MySpace
Witch @ TeePee Records – buy some stuff!
and as always, the amazing FreeSoFree.net has some shows up for download!

{mosimage}A genuine ëfan club style look into the phenomenon that is WITCH. Though the band’s gene pool gathers from a variety of places, there is a feeling from their most basic inspiration that reveal them to be much like any other small town band. And from there they present their message of ROCK. This short film (just over 20 minutes) captures these most honest and inside moments of a band just getting itís feet on the ground, only to find the ground moving at unimaginable speed. Live footage, practice room insights, hotel rooms, vans & packaged in a folded sleeve like all BLUEBERRY HONEY releases thus far. Also has bonus presentation of the first song from WITCH’s first ever live performance!
You can pick up a copy at Spirit of Orr

Also, for those of you don’t know, Witch has a MySpace page up so be sure to add them as a friend. You can download a copy of Soul of Fire from the album there to hear what you are missing if you have not picked up a copy yet.

Dave Sweetapple did an article for RoadBurn.com discussing the recording process for the Witch album. Read it here

What people are saying about Witch

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• “Fact is, if there’s even a shred of heaviosity in your system, then Witch will please you like nothing else. Go ahead, crank it… and if you don’t immediately feel the urge to grow a scraggly mustache and invest in a fur-lined jean jacket, try checking your pulse.” – BlogCritics.org review from Zach Hoskins

• “Witch conjures compositions that range from pounding charges to delicate eerie passages, invoking dark forests and fog-topped mountains. Their debut is a bubbling cauldron overflowing with intoxicating vintage rock. One listen, and you’ll be spellbound.” – mxdwn.com review from Steve Mangione

• “This hard rock is meant to melt in your hands.” – Pitchfork – Brandon Stosuy

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Witch will be at performing at the SXSW festival on the 18th with a couple more shows following that before J rejoins Lou and Murph for another tour of America Dinosaur.

{mosimage}A bit of a reminder that TeePee Records will be releasing the self-titled debut album on March 7th TODAY!!. You can already order the Soul Of Fire / Rip Van Winkle 7″ or a shirt @ the TeePee Store

Tourdates

We have a few Witch shows coming up too….

• March 18th, 2006 | Austin, TX | SXSW Festival
• March 22nd, 2006 | Washington, DC | The Black Cat
• Mar 23rd, 2006 | Brooklyn, NY | North Six
• March 24th, 2006 | Cambridge, MA | Abbey Lounge
• March 25th, 2006 | Northampton, MA | Iron Horse Music Hall
• April 29th, 2006 | Middletown, CT | Wesleyan College

{mosimage}Tee Pee Records has signed Witch to their roster. The band features J on drums alongside members of Feathers. Witch will record their debut record beginning on October 10th with John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr/J Mascis + the Fog, Mike Johnson, Early Man, Screaming Trees/Mark Lannegan, Lamb of God….) at the helm.

{mosimage}Be sure to keep checking in to Tee Pee Records for more information and music samples!

The band will be performing live at The Bowery Ballroom in New York with Dead Meadow on Thursday, December 8th.

{mosimage} Kreisor – Witch – The Unband
September, 16 2005 at Rocks Off Boat Cruise

Rocks Off and Tee Pee Records presents : KREISOR, WITCH (w/J Mascis) and THE
(re-united) UNBAND!!! The Half Moon takes a cruise down the East River and
“parks” in the harbor by the Statue of Liberty. There is a bar, and yes, you
can smoke. The boat is covered so the show goes on in event of rain.
It is approx a 3 hour tour….the gangplank is out at 7:30 and departure is
at 8:30.
Tickets are limited so go to http://rocksoffnyc.com/boatcruise/ or send an email to kenny@teepeerecords.com

This is NOT a CMJ festival event, so no badges are honored – Sorry

http://myspace.com/kreisor
http://www.tvtrecords.com/artists/?art_id=197
teepeerecords.com