Happy Hour Babylon showcase

This Saturday at the Beachcomber in Wollaston Beach (Quincy MA), DB plays from 4-8pm for an Autism Benefit Beach Party! We will be joined by some of our BFFs from the Macrotones for some suped-up horn action. DJ Mark McGillicuddy will spin before & between sets, so the party will never stop. See you there!

Precinct this Saturday

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Callgrimation Domination

Artist extraordinaire and good friend Jesse Moore has unleashed a new art assault: collectible/interchangeable Callgrim figures (each packed with their own art card), badass t-shirts (printed by Jesse himself), and Episode 1 of a new animation series (featuring original, haunting noises from the Swearwolves). Whether it was writing/recording the space-cowboy composition or animating/editing the imagery- the entire MADD crew had a hand in giving life to Jesse's incredible artwork. Check out the video, and be sure to check out everything over at Callgrim.com. Many more projects with Jesse are in the works, stay tuned.

JA Love at the Bud

This Sunday meet us at the Rosebud Bar & Grill (right behind the diner) in Davis Square. I'll be spinning vintage Jamaican love chunes, classic and rare. Hopefully you have Monday off for Prez day, so come out, have some drink and pretend you're in sunny JA...

Googlyon, my friend. Googlyon.

Swearwolves at Church Pt. III

Our version of Dan Auerbach's "I want some more".

Shop Update

Click to see the new shop section at destroybabylon.com/shop

Release Recap

Massive thanks to all the guests that joined us last night for a fun & dubbed out night of music. Big ups to everyone that came out and brought their dancing shoes. The night was filmed & recorded (thanks CDIA crew)- we'll keep you posted with all media right here, but until then- check out the Destroy Babylon Download Store, aka, the DB:DL...

What's the DB:DL all about?
-Pay what you'd like for albums & tracks.
-Download in 320k mp3 or higher formats.
-Receive instant downloads of music ordered on CD or vinyl.
-Stream every song in its entirety while reading lyrics and liners.
-Turn on the visualizer and crank up the speakers...

Available now are Dub of Ages Vol. 1, featuring the complete collection of tracks from 2009's Dub of the Month Series (remixed & mastered), as well as Culture Pirates Deluxe, featuring an eclectic array of remixes from some of our favorite artists.

Our continued Dub Club series will always debut at the DB:DL. We are spending the rest of Febrewary working on lots of new material, including our next LP in addition to the first few cuts for the Dub Club 2010 series. Stay tuned!

Tonight!

Confirmed guests: Andy Bergman on sax + theramin, Jason Buhl on sax + flute, Tyler Randall on sitar, Aaron Duffy & Wyatt Posig on various percussion, & Jamie Lynn Hart & Dana O'Connell on vocals... Don't miss a minute!

Swearwolves at Church Pt. II

AquaGate: Never Forget

Three years ago today marks one of the more embarrassing moments in Boston history, when the BPD caused a city-wide panic after mistaking Lite-Brites for bombs. As part of an Adult Swim ad campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force, tiny LED signs featuring a bird-flipping Mooninite were placed in random spots around the city. For whatever reason (blame it on Bin Laden), Boston's Finest identified these things as improvised explosive devices, and went as far as blowing up the first one discovered. The best part: these things were in place for almost 3 weeks, in 10 major US cities before the BPD decided the shut down I-93 and the MBTA to investigate the devices. Every other city had no problem realizing exactly what they were, and by the end of the day, Boston law enforcement looked like a bunch of Meatwads.

As level-headed, tax paying Boston citizens, we decided the best way to remember this famed-fuck up was to write a song about it. Jbo quickly wrote the lyrics to what became "This is Not a Bomb", which itself is a reference within a reference... Boston's Dada-loving Mission of Burma's "This is Not a Photograph" appropriating the Belgian surrealist artist Magritte and his famous work "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe"). In addition, and in true Culture Pirate fashion, Jason Ralls contributed "This is Not a Pirate" to the 7" book... holy appropriation Batman.

To accompany this asinine event, we had Matt Doughty illustrate a Mooninite in a most crude way. Here are some early versions of the Rat Fink inspired creature that became the cover of the single. The track (and bonus dub) are available on itunes.

Swearwolves at Church Pt. I

Beards with Benefits

Thanks to everyone that came out to the benefit this past Wednesday night at the Skellig. It was a lot of fun, and we raised over $700, plus more that will be donated by the Skellig! There may be some video coming in the future, but check out some photos by David Tunick! And ya, we're like the lumberjack twins...

Waltham 4 Haiti

This Wednesday, Jan. 27th, the MADD crew will be participating in a benefit concert to raise funds for Haiti. There will be a scattering of indie, acoustic and hard rock acts, in true Music ADD fashion. Rob will do a bunch of tunes and maybe a handful of DB/SW unplugged. Please join us at the Skellig in Waltham for this special night of good tunes, food & drinks, all for a great cause.

RIP Lynn Taitt

Days after Yabby You passes, we lose another reggae legend. Lynn Taitt was hugely influential, helping develop the sound from ska into rocksteady and reggae. Check out the article in the Jamaica Observer for more.

A few years ago, Generoso Fierro directed an award-winning documentary on Taitt, called Lynn Taitt: Rocksteady. Those around Boston (and perhaps worldwide) should know him as DJ Generoso, the host of the Bovine Ska & Rocksteady Radio Show on WMBR 88.1FM. Generoso plays tunes from his ridiculously amazing vinyl collection, focusing on the earliest recordings of Jamaica from 1955-1970, mainly mento (Jamaican calypso), buru, Jamaican Rhythm and Blues, Ska, Rocksteady and the earliest reggae tracks. Tune in every Tuesday starting at midnight and you will never be disappointed- I'm sure he'll be doing the best tribute to Taitt that's possible.

Swearwolves Come to Church

Tomorrow night- come see DB perform as The Swearwolves! We will be unleashing a slew of new material, including a few originals as well as covers from 1977 & 2009... set starts at 10pm!

Culture Pirates Music Video

Check out the official music video for DB's "Culture Pirates" in HD! Thanks to so many great people for making this happen- full credits posted below the video on the link. More videos on the way!

RIP Yabby You

Some really sad news: roots reggae legend Vivian Jackson, aka Yabby You passed away on January 12th, 2010. Yabby has been a huge influence on Destroy Babylon and really all of reggae. Despite numerous health issues due to malnutrition in his youth, Yabby persevered and created some of the heaviest, deepest songs to come out of Jamaica. His first LP, Conquering Lion, is easily one of the best roots albums ever. Blood & Fire records (who are also very sadly no longer around) did some amazing reissues- I recommend them all. He will be dearly missed, but the music lives on.

Callgrim Trailer

The Swearwolves (aka the band formerly known as Growlers) will be featured in Callgrim's upcoming animated web series! Check out the teaser here (which includes an unreleased instrumental version of "Crawl")! Big thanks to Jesse Moore, creator of Callgrim, for allowing us to be a part of this wicked project. Jesse is the artist that did The Shadow Army cover as well as the back cover to Culture Pirates. Check his blog every morning for Dailies!

London Conquered

Holy shit was last night fun. Thanks to EVERYONE that came out and helped sell it out and make it one of the funnest shows yet! Kevin and The Astronauts killed it, they even did Strummer's "Coma Girl", and The Macrotones destroyed as usual.

Here's our set list:

White Riot
I'm So Bored with the USA
Safe European Home
Tommy Gun
London Calling
Brand New Cadillac
Jimmy Jazz
Hateful
Rudie Can't Fail (w/ Macros)
Spanish Bombs
The Right Profile (w/ Macros)
Lost in the Supermarket
Clampdown
The Guns of Brixton
Wrong 'Em Boyo (w/ Macros)
Death or Glory
Koka Kola
The Card Cheat
Lover's Rock
Four Horsemen
I'm Not Down
Revolution Rock (w/ Macros)
Train in Vain

Encores:
Straight to Hell
Police, Bank Robbers & Thieves
Should I Stay or Should I Go
Rock the Casbah

We got video of the show, so keep an eye out for that in the near future. Thanks again to all (including the Herald), we hope to do this again soon- leave a comment with the time and place.

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Listen to DB's Pipeline! Set

Go to Pipeline's site to stream the full 45 minute set from Tuesday, Dec 22nd. We had a lot of fun and were joined by Andy and Jason of The Macrotones on a couple tunes. We did a little tribute to Joe Strummer, some new tunes and one we haven't done live in a while.

Check back soon for mp3s downloads. Here's the set list:

War is KAOSS
Culture Pirates
Dub Me Out
Echo Chamber
Great Yob
Armagideon Rock
Clampdown
The Robot Sings in Dub
Blackwater

Dub of the Month XII

Buddhahookah

Dub Time Is Here Again

On December 15th...
1791: Bill of Rights ratified
1877: Thomas Edison patents phonograph
1964: Canada adopts maple leaf flag
1967: Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again," an exclusive 45 for their record/fan club
2009: Destroy Babylon debuts "Buddhahookah" and completes their Dub of the Month series of '09.

We did it! One tune every month for the whole year. Go us. We hope you enjoyed the evolution of the Dub of the Month series, we had a lot of fun doing them, and just maybe we'll continue them next year....

Tune in tonight to WMBR 88.1fm's Pipeline! at 8pm to hear the grand finale, "Buddhahookah". The Culture Pirates exploitation sees no evil. This one features Tyler Randall on sitar (something I've been wanting to work with since becoming almost obsessed with the Beatles' "Within You Without You" when I was 13), plus Aaron Duffy and Wyatt Posig of the Macrotones on a plethora of hand percussion. That brings the number of Mac's featured on DOTM's to 5... the other 5 will have to make it next year!

Stay tuned for the album art, and details about the CD release of the whole collection!

London Calling Live

On January 1st, 1980, The Clash released their masterpiece London Calling in the US. Exactly 30 years later, celebrate this landmark release with us when we perform the entire double LP (19 songs), plus more at one of the best venues around. We will be posting more about this special night throughout the month, stay tuned.

Tickets are $10 in advance, show is 18+, doors at 8pm. Kevin Verni (ex-The Stolen Records) will be returning to Boston for a special solo kickoff set, followed by an entire set by thee Afro-Funk Titans, aka The Macrotones, who will then join Destroy Babylon for the ultimate recreation of a musical monument. Don't miss this epic event...

Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=520605&pl=rockon

FB event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176866714569&ref=mf

DB PRTY + CP RMX

We hope everyone had a good Turkey Day. We are psyched for good leftovers all weekend, when we plan to be super productive and gear up for our studio makeover. Music ADD and Dungeon 1 recently picked up a new studio desk, and we'll actually we selling off the old one sometime this week (for anyone interested, we'll be posting pics in a few days). As we clean out the Dungeon we also plan to post up some new merch and specials for the holidays. We have new shirts and maybe even a new DB track in store for this week. And speaking of new tracks...

During our Blogtober series, I did a post on Father Abraham, who contributed a track from his 52 pickup series. As he approaches his final month of new material, week #47 brings a remix of Culture Pirates! Abe puts a very cool spin on the song with his Zombie Remix, and we're glad some of our sounds became part of his prolific project- DL the track and read his nice write up here.

I originally met Abe at New Alliance Studios, where we will be playing this Thursday for a full on studio party. Joining us will be two fantastic local artists, Monqie Ortiz with drummer Larry Dersch. For those unfamiliar with these names please check their links, as both have been involved in super cool projects over the years and we're excited to say the least. The party starts around 7pm and will go to 11ish, in the EMF building (120 Brookline Ave) in Cambridge. The night is sponsored by good ol' Narragansett, some come on out for some free beer and listen to some great music in one of the best sounding rooms around. No cover (donations appreciated).

Swearwolves... TONIGHT!

Join us for our debut outing in the new outfit, tonight!!

O'Brien's Pub
3 Harvard Ave.
Allston MA 02134

Swearwolves up first at 8.30pm

Dub of the Month XI

Fauxhouse Rock
(featuring Jay Buhl of The Macrotones)

Tonight!

DB On Air

Back in August, we played a double header in Northampton, MA, the second show being a benefit for Valley Free Radio. They kindly dedicated an hour to DB (and threw in a real JA classic or two), and you can still stream the show here.

In other radio news, our Dub of the Month for November will debut live on air tomorrow evening on WMBR's Pipeline! Show starts at 8pm. This one features a special guest previously featured on a different DOTM, but he plays a different instrument.... tune in! The track will be available for download shortly after.

Word(le)

Just a quick update- MADD can now be translated worldwide, try the drop down on the right. Word cloud above created by Wordle.