At a certain age you begin to ask yourself questions: "Will I ever find the love of my life?" "What am I going to do when I retire?" "Could I get away with murdering Bono if I was really, really careful?" Some questions are better left unanswered. And some ponder while others pound on with the task of living and following their creative muses down previously unexplored paths. Aria Jalali is quickly garnering kudos on the West Coast where he produces messy shitgaze noise music as railcars, and he will release his second EP TODAY!
Already available as a digital download through Gold Robot, Stumparumper hard-releases Cathedral with No Eyes today. To celebrate the new record, Jalali is offering the first Jamie Stewart-produced railcars EP, Cities Vs. Submarines, as a free download available by clicking right here. Never one to play uninteresting, Railcars' Cathedral with No Eyes is a song cycle about the 9th-century King of East Anglia, Edmund the Martyr. The six-track EP details "his life and succession to the throne as a young boy, his conquests, his suffering at the hands of vikings and death by their arrows." So, in other words, it's a lot like "Baby Got Back."
1. Life of Saint Edmund (Ponds)
2. Castles
3. Passion of Saint Edmund (Rebirth)
4. Passion of Saint Edmund (Miracles)
5. Cathedral with No Eyes
6. Martyrdom of Saint Edmund (End)
Here are the latest railcars tourdates, including some already announced 2010 ones. Backing Jalali on the current tour is Sam Farzin. Grab your hobo bindle stick and hop along the trolley line!
10.13.09 - Tulsa, OK - Soundpony
10.13.09 - Tulsa, OK - house show at 2251 East 10th St
10.14.09 - Dallas, TX - Good Records
10.14.09 - Denton, TX - Majestic Dwelling of Doom $
10.15.09 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk #
10.16.09 - Fayetteville, AR - Ameroplace
10.17.09 - Little Rock, AR - Rad Haus
10.18.09 - Nashville, TN - Little Hamilton's
10.19.09 - Athens, GA - Go Bar
10.20.09 - Greensboro, NC - Maya Gallery
10.21.09 - Richmond, VA - The Triple
10.22.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Shea Stadium %
10.25.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Danger Danger Gallery
10.26.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel
10.28.09 - Boston, MA - TBA
10.31.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Death by Audio
11.01.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Monkeytown
11.02.09 - Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class
11.05.09 - Toronto, ON - Garrison
11.06.09 - Chicago, IL - Weirder Park
11.07.09 - Minot, ND - Pangea House
11.08.09 - Missoula, MT - The Laboratory
11.10.09 - Vancouver, BC - The Shed
11.11.09 - Victoria, BC - Logan's
11.12.09 - Seattle, WA - Baserment ^
11.13.09 - Olympia, WA - Le Voyeur *
11.14.09 - Portland, OR - The Artistery
11.17.09 - Santa Rosa, CA - North Bay Film and Art Collective
11.18.09 - Sacramento, CA - Fungarden +
11.19.09 - San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside
11.20.09 - Oakland, CA - Flux 53 Gallery
11.23.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Synchronicity Space
11.24.09 - Irvine, CA - Acrobatics Everyday ~
01.05.10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Smell
01.14.10 - Berlin, Germany - Magnet Club
01.15.10 - Wroclaw, Poland - CRK
01.16.10 - Kracow, Poland - Kawiarnia Naukowa
01.17.10 - Prague, Czech Republic - Strahov 007
01.18.10 - Budapest, Hungary - Dürer-kert
01.19.10 - Vienna, Austria - Rhiz
01.20.10 - Maribor, Slovenia - Pekarna
01.21.10 - Koper, Slovenia - MKSC
01.27.10 - Dijon, France - Deep Inside
01.28.10 - Metz, France - Emile Vache
01.30.10 - London, England - TBA
01.31.10 - Bristol, England - Start the Bus
02.01.10 - Glasgow, Scotland - 13th Note
02.02.10 - York, England - TBA
02.03.10 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
02.05.10 - Utrecht, Netherlands - dB's
02.07.10 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - TAC
02.08.10 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Kohi
02.09.10 - Freiburg, Germany - KTS
02.10.10 - Munich, Germany - Kafe Kult
02.12.10 - Frankfurt, Germany - Ivi
02.13.10 - Ansbach, Germany - 13eins
02.15.10 - Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
02.16.10 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Lades
02.20.10 - Malmö, Sweden - Debaser
$ Fur
# Arrington de Dionyso
% Javelin, Holiday Shores
^ Alaskas
* Batrider
+ Pregnant, Megazord
~ Little Teeth
