Dear Astronaut http://dearastronaut.com Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:39:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 fantastic mr. pants http://dearastronaut.com/2010/03/fantastic-mr-pants/ http://dearastronaut.com/2010/03/fantastic-mr-pants/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:31:56 +0000 admin http://dearastronaut.com/?p=167 Almost two years in the making, Escape from Rainbow Mountain is finally here.

Now streaming. Downloads available starting Saturday morning. Pre-order the cassette now.

Escape from Rainbow Mountain - streaming now

]]> http://dearastronaut.com/2010/03/fantastic-mr-pants/feed/ Escape from Rainbow Mountain http://dearastronaut.com/2010/02/escape-from-rainbow-mountain/ http://dearastronaut.com/2010/02/escape-from-rainbow-mountain/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:52:24 +0000 admin http://dearastronaut.com/2010/02/escape-from-rainbow-mountain/ The long-delayed Dear Astronaut full-length, Escape from Rainbow Mountain, will be released on March 6, 2010 on cassette and digital download. The tracklisting is as follows:

Side A:

Curve of the Earth
Never-Ending Nosebleed
Dragon Song
The Thing Which Could Not Be Put Back

Side B:

Spraypaint
Green Skies
A Whisper Growing

]]> http://dearastronaut.com/2010/02/escape-from-rainbow-mountain/feed/ set in the swamp http://dearastronaut.com/2009/12/set-in-the-swamp/ http://dearastronaut.com/2009/12/set-in-the-swamp/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:22:21 +0000 admin http://dearastronaut.com/2009/12/set-in-the-swamp/ Great article in the Shepherd Express a few weeks back.

]]> http://dearastronaut.com/2009/12/set-in-the-swamp/feed/ a shadow of an invisible thing http://dearastronaut.com/2009/10/a-shadow-of-an-invisible-thing/ http://dearastronaut.com/2009/10/a-shadow-of-an-invisible-thing/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:39:10 +0000 admin http://dearastronaut.com/2009/10/a-shadow-of-an-invisible-thing/ It has been some time since we’ve last updated, but rest assured, good things are happening. Shows coming up, full-length in the (hopefully) final stages, cassingle released soon.

]]> http://dearastronaut.com/2009/10/a-shadow-of-an-invisible-thing/feed/ behold the setting sun http://dearastronaut.com/2009/04/behold-the-setting-sun/ http://dearastronaut.com/2009/04/behold-the-setting-sun/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:17:19 +0000 admin http://dearastronaut.com/?p=153 The final part of Desperation and Noise’s three-part article on Dear Astronaut can be found here or the whole damn article in its entirety (all 2500 words of it) at Insight Magazine.

]]> http://dearastronaut.com/2009/04/behold-the-setting-sun/feed/ more notes from the hellmouth http://dearastronaut.com/2009/04/more-notes-from-the-hellmouth/ http://dearastronaut.com/2009/04/more-notes-from-the-hellmouth/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:34:55 +0000 admin http://dearastronaut.com/?p=150 A Whisper Growing, Part Two (Or, Up in the Attic), by Brad Nelson

]]> http://dearastronaut.com/2009/04/more-notes-from-the-hellmouth/feed/ ruptured goat rectum encapsulated in time http://dearastronaut.com/2009/04/ruptured-goat-rectum-encapsulated-in-time/ http://dearastronaut.com/2009/04/ruptured-goat-rectum-encapsulated-in-time/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:00:25 +0000 admin http://dearastronaut.com/?p=146 Dear Astronaut is looking for a drummer.

Here is the pretentious list of requirements. You:

Are able to improvise
Enjoy smoking weed
Are able to play shows regularly
Enjoy “grooving”
Are not especially more talented musically than any of the other members of the band (some of us are insecure)
Like to play loudly and are not afraid of damaging your hearing
Get hard over tone and feedback
Ideally able to tour two weeks out of the year with occasional weekend warrior type shit
Have some familiarity with and appreciation of the following genres (here is where it gets pretentious): free jazz, no wave, stoner metal, sludge, punk fucking rock, harsh noise/power electronics, swamp rock, psychedelic, apocalyptic folk, industrial, space rock, prog
Same for the following bands/artists: Nirvana, Melvins, Leonard Cohen, Killdozer, Swans, Comus, Hawkwind, Lungfish, Sleep, Neurosis, CCR, Neil Young

We:

Are looking for caveman-style drums, someone who is not afraid to pound the shit outta their drums and can ideally afford to replace drum heads fairly regularly. Two floor toms a must and a distinct ability to make do with whatever’s around.

All interested parties please contact us.

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]]> http://dearastronaut.com/2009/04/waiting-for-the-hellmouth/feed/ the waterfall is eternal http://dearastronaut.com/2009/03/the-waterfall-is-eternal/ http://dearastronaut.com/2009/03/the-waterfall-is-eternal/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:04:48 +0000 admin http://dearastronaut.com/?p=128 There are many changes happening. One of them is very difficult for us, but we will prevail. Some of the others are a long time coming, and can only bring fortune and good will. Until then, we promise to act only in bad faith. We will sharpen our axes, smear soft wet earth over our bodies, and kill the pious and skeptics alike. The dark wizard will rise, and we will kneel before him and ask only that he makes our deaths as agonizing as possible, because we are kinky like that.

A number of new shows, which we hope you will find to your liking.

T-shirts still available here. Support your local black magick cultists.

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A few new shows.

Also, special limited Dear Astronaut shirts here.

Finally, we have found a new home at the 12 Steps house on Center Street. Many thanks to Truthdealer/Holy Shit! for providing us with a practice space.

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