ORTHRELM US TOURDATES:

Wed 2/8 NORFOLK, VA relative theory records
Thu 2/9 WINSTON-SALEM, NC wherehouse
Fri 2/10 CHAPEL HILL, NC wetlands
Sat 2/11 MYRTLE BEACH, SC monkey business
Sun 2/12 ORLANDO, FL will's pub
Mon 2/13 TAMPA, FL transitions art gallery
Tue 2/14 TALLAHASSEE, FL beta bar
Wed 2/15 ATLANTA, GA drunken unicorn
Thu 2/16 ATHENS, GA caledonia
Fri 2/17 KNOXVILLE, TN pilot light
Sat 2/18 CHAMPAIGN, IL cowboy monkey
Sun 2/19 LAWRENCE, KS jackpot w/zombi
Mon 2/20 TULSA, OK mercury lounge w/zombi
Tue 2/21 ODESSA, TX einstein's revenge w/zombi
Wed 2/22 PHOENIX, AZ rhythm room w/zombi
Fri 2/24 SAN DIEGO, CA che café w/zombi
Sat 2/25 LOS ANGELES, CA the smell w/zombi
Sun 2/26 HOLLYWOOD, CA knitting factory w/zombi
Mon 2/27 SAN FRANCISCO, CA bottom of the hill w/zombi
Wed 3/1 PORTLAND, OR food hole w/zombi
Thu 3/2 OLYMPIA, WA yes yes w/zombi
Fri 3/3 SEATTLE, WA vera project w/zombi
Sat 3/4 MISSOULA, MT higgins alley w/zombi
Sun 3/5 DENVER, CO larimer lounge w/zombi
Mon 3/6 DENVER, CO monkey mania w/zombi
Tue 3/7 LINCOLN, NE knickerbockers w/zombi
Wed 3/8 MINNEAPOLIS, MN triple rock social club w/zombi
Thu 3/9 DUBUQUE, IA busted lift w/zombi
Fri 3/10 CHICAGO, IL beat kitchen w/zombi
Sat 3/11 TRAVERSE CITY, MI american legion
Mon 3/12 TORONTO, ON the boat
Tue 3/14 BOSTON, MA great scott w/growing
Wed 3/15 NEW HAVEN, CT bar night club w/growing
Thu 3/16 BALTIMORE, MD talking head w/growing
Sat 3/18 NEW YORK, NY tonic w/growing

Are these guys super hardcore? They are playing with a local band Wasteoid at the Lincoln, NE Knickerbockers date. The avatar they have to advertise the show on the Knickerbockers site is saying something about Grindcore.

They're really loud, fast, noisy, and high-pitched, but I'm not entirely clear on what "Grindcore is". They're just a guitar and drums duo with no vocals. The guitar mainly consists of really high register riffs played really fast, and the drums are really frantic. They're on the experimental and technical side, I guess.

I'd like to see them, but I expect headaches and hearing damage as a result.

they're not quite grindcore, but they (he?) rule.

They travel between camps. Noise folks like myself accept them into the tribe, while grindcore folks, etc accept them as well. In any event, yes it will be one loud as hell show.

I leave for Austin the day they're playing here. At least I'll get to see Whitehouse and Wolf Eyes on 3/6 though.

food hole? wtf is that, i've never heard of that venue.

Damn. Montreal needs to book them for 3/13.

Nice, there is actually a show that night at The Friendship Cove!