Dan Sartain announces a North America tour:

Dan Sartain will be back live in the US in June/July for a full tour:

• 06/01: Bottletree Cafe, Birmingham, AL (USA)
• 06/02: Siberia, New Orleans, LA (USA)
• 06/03: 529, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• 06/06: Tin Roof, Charleston, SC (USA)
• 06/07: The Poor House, Raleigh, NC (USA)
• 06/08: Milestone Club, Charlotte, NC (USA)
• 06/10: Golden West Cafe, Baltimore, MD (USA)
• 06/13: Blackcat Backstage, Washington, DC (USA)
• 06/14: North Star Bar, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
• 06/16: Bowery Electric, New York, NY (USA)
• 06/18: Horseshoes, Toronto (Canada)
• 06/19: Lager House, Detroit, MI (USA)
• 06/20: Shubas Tavern, Chicago, IL (USA)
• 06/22: Frankie's, Toledo, OH (USA)
• 07/05: The Ten Eleven, San Antonio, TX (USA)
• 07/06: The Prophet Bar, Dallas, TX (USA)
• 07/11: Hi Dive, Denver, CO (USA)
• 07/14: Neurolux, Boise, ID (USA)
• 07/17: The Funhouse, Seattle, WA (USA) 
• 07/26: Pappy & Harriets, Pioneertown, CA (USA)

Dan Sartain Live @ Klub 007: The Videos

Dan Sartain live @ The Ostpol, by PragueDiary.

Nam Vet / Now Now Now / I Wanna Join the Army / I'm Aware

Dan Sartain Live @ The Ostpol: The Videos

Dan Sartain live @ The Ostpol, by Kansas City Milkman.

I Wanna Join the Army / I'm Aware


Nam Vet / Now Now Now

Dan Sartain new 2012 US tour dates!

Dan Sartain will be back live in the US in June/July (more tour dates to come for sure):

• 06/01: Bottletree Cafe, Birmingham, AL (USA)
• 07/06: The Prophet Bar, Dallas, TX (USA)
• 07/17: The Funhouse, Seattle, WA (USA) 

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Second Dan Sartain tour date in Berlin!

Dan Sartain added a second tour date in Berlin. Beware, it's the same day as the show at Roadrunner Paradise but he will play this one at 3PM.

04/15: Ramones Museum, Berlin (Germany) Show at 3PM!

New dates for the April/May European tour!

 Additionnal dates were added to the April/May european tour:

• 04/16: Klub 007, Prague (Czech Republic)
• 04/17:  Klub Boro, Brno (Czech Republic)
• 04/28: Four Seasons, Castellon (Spain)
• 05/06:  Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (UK)
• 06/06: Night & Day, Manchester (UK)

Click here for all the tour dates.

Dan Sartain announces an April/May European tour!

• 04/11: Molotov, Hamburg (Germany) 
• 04/12: Tower Musikclub, Bremen (Germany)
• 04/13: Gebäude 9, Köln (Germany)
• 04/14: OstPol, Dresden (Germany)
• 04/15: Roadrunner's Paradise, Berlin (Germany)
• 04/19: Lowlife, Milano (Italy)
• 04/20: Serendipity, Foligno (Italy)
• 04/21: Popcorn, Venice (Italy)
• 04/24: Mistral Palace, Valence (France)
• 04/25: Le Saint Ex, Bordeaux (France)
• 04/26: Sala Tropicana, Santander (Spain)
• 04/27: Rock Palace, Madrid (Spain)
• 04/30: Le Violon Dingue, Nantes (France)
• 05/01: Roots & Roses Festival, Lessines (Belgium)
• 05/02: Main d'Oeuvres, Paris (France)
• 05/05: the Lexington, London (UK)

The poster was designed by Kelly Keith and will be sold at the merch stand!

Is Dan Sartain playing Rockabilly music?

Dan Sartain made an interview for the al.com blog.

Birmingham native Dan Sartain will celebrate the release of his new record, "Too Tough to Live," at BottleTree Cafe on Sunday, March 18. Habbibi and Teenage Bedroom will open the show. Doors are at 8, with bands beginning at 9 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance online or at the door for $5. In one of the most thorough interviews I have ever done, I spoke to Dan about leaving the Reverend Horton Heat tour, his feelings about the "rockabilly" label, his love for Birmingham and vinyl.

[...] 

BE: You often get lumped into a "rockabilly" category, but some of the new tunes, especially "F*** Friday," have a real throw back, near Ramones feel. I know that's an unfair comparison, but how do you feel your sound is best defined? DS: No, it's not unfair to say Ramones at all. I wanted this record to be obvious that it's a tribute to the Ramones. I found a new appreciation for that band. People overthink it. A lot of bands are doing that kind of thing with that intensity and energy behind it. I mean, even the title, "Too Tough to Live," is a ripoff of the Ramones. The Ramones were like jingles - like commercial music that gets stucks in your head. And there are a lot of bands that write songs that do, but I don't remember the songs after. As for the "rockabilly" part? I always though it was weird to label the music as rockabilly. I can say that because I listen to it and I like it and my music is not that. My music is a lot of minor chords. Like, it's such a bad word, "rockabilly." It's almost as bad as saying "blues." When I think of blues, I think of middle-aged white men - people I encounter at guitar stores. When I go down the aisles looking for someone to talk about the blues, it's just going to be some nerdy white guy. I'm not taking away from where it originally started, at all, but that's where it's at. You just have some cheesy Kevin Eubanks [expletive] doing it now. And rockabilly is like that. I did the tour with Reverend Horton Heat this year and he's all of that, so I'm really talking a lot of [expletive]. And people will say, "What are you talking about? You have a haircut like those guys and you have a hollow body guitar like those guys." I try to be a little more introspective with my songwriting. 

[...]

Click HERE for the full interview.

Poster: 03/18/2012 @ Bottletree, Birmingham

Dan Sartain tricolor 7" Record Bowl

Dan Sartain is selling on ebay the bowl he made with a Third Man records tricolor edition of his Bohemian Grove 7".

Here's a link to bid on it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Third-Man-Tri-Color-Dan-Sartain-7-Record-Bowl-/220969455580#ht_500wt_1365

Dan Sartain Tour Dates: 2012

2012

• 03/18: Bottletree Cafe, Birmingham, AL (USA) Too Tough to Live CD & vinyl release show (for more information) poster

2012 European tour

• 04/11: Molotov, Hamburg (Germany) 
• 04/12: Tower Musikclub, Bremen (Germany)
• 04/13: Gebäude 9, Köln (Germany)
• 04/14: OstPol, Dresden (Germany)
• 04/15: Ramones Museum, Berlin (Germany) Show at 3PM!
• 04/15: Roadrunner's Paradise, Berlin (Germany)
• 04/16: Klub 007, Prague (Czech Republic)
• 04/17:  Klub Boro, Brno (Czech Republic)
• 04/19: Lowlife, Milano (Italy)
• 04/20: Serendipity, Foligno (Italy)
• 04/21: Popcorn, Venice (Italy)
• 04/24: Mistral Palace, Valence (France)
• 04/25: Le Saint Ex, Bordeaux (France)
• 04/26: Sala Tropicana, Santander (Spain)
• 04/27: Rock Palace, Madrid (Spain)
• 04/28: Four Seasons, Castellon (Spain) 
• 04/30: Le Violon Dingue, Nantes (France)
• 05/01: Roots & Roses Festival, Lessines (Belgium)
• 05/02: Main d'Oeuvres, Paris (France)
• 05/05: the Lexington, London (UK)
• 05/06:  Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (UK) 
• 06/06: Night & Day, Manchester (UK) 

2012 North American tour

• 06/01: Bottletree Cafe, Birmingham, AL (USA)
• 06/02: Siberia, New Orleans, LA (USA)
• 06/03: 529, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• 06/06: Tin Roof, Charleston, SC (USA)
• 06/07: The Poor House, Raleigh, NC (USA)
• 06/08: Milestone Club, Charlotte, NC (USA)
• 06/10: Golden West Cafe, Baltimore, MD (USA)
• 06/13: Blackcat Backstage, Washington, DC (USA)
• 06/14: North Star Bar, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
• 06/16: Bowery Electric, New York, NY (USA)
• 06/18: Horseshoes, Toronto (Canada)
• 06/19: Lager House, Detroit, MI (USA)
• 06/20: Shubas Tavern, Chicago, IL (USA)
• 06/22: Frankie's, Toledo, OH (USA)
• 07/05: The Ten Eleven, San Antonio, TX (USA)
• 07/06: The Prophet Bar, Dallas, TX (USA)
• 07/11: Hi Dive, Denver, CO (USA)
• 07/14: Neurolux, Boise, ID (USA)
• 07/17: The Funhouse, Seattle, WA (USA) 
• 07/26: Pappy & Harriets, Pioneertown, CA (USA)

Dan Sartain's Too Tough To Live vinyl edition available!

The vinyl edition of Dan Sartain's last album Too Tough To Live is now available on One Little Indian webstore.

Go buy it, both Dan's music and Kelly Keith's artwork deserve a 12" vinyl edition!!

Crimson Guard reissue is now sold out on Cass Records store

The Crimson Guard reissue by Dan Sartain is now sold out on Cass Records store.

If you want to grab a copy, you have now to attend to a Dan Sartain show!

Too Tough To Live (2012)

Too Tough to Live is the 4th studio album by Dan Sartain on One Little Indian Records. Artwork by Kelly Keith.

1. Nam Vet

2. Now Now Now (with Jane Wiedlin)

3. I Wanna Join the Army

4. I'm Aware

5. Rona

6. Swap Meet

7. Boo Hoo Hoo

8. Indian Massacre

9. Fuck F*iday

10. I Got Insurance

11. I Can't Go Home Now

12. Even At My Worst I'm Better Than You

13. In Death

Legacy of Hospitality (2011) - CD/DVD bundle

Released in 2011 on One Little Indian Records, this album is a compilation of rare tracks, demos, featurings, songs from limited 7"s and alternative versions. It comes with a pair of 3D glasses to enjoy the 3D artwork by Rick Froberg.

1. Atheist Funeral (demo version)

2. Vood-Doo (demo version)

3. Those Thoughts (demo version)

4. I Don't Wanna Go to the Party (demo version)

5. Hungry End (from the Hungry End 7")

6. Doin' Anything I say (demo version)

7. Perverted Justice (from the Hungry End 7")

8. Telegram Sam (from the Crimson Guard LP)

9. It Ain't So Easy to Fall In Love (unreleased track)

10. Day by Day (from the split 7" with Henry Dunkel)

11. Much Too Late (featuring on the "There's Nothing I'd Like More Than To See You Dead" LP by The Husbands) 

12. Love Is Crimson (from the Romance in Stereo CD)

13. Mister Moolight (from the Romance in Stereo CD)

14. Flight of the Finch (demo version)

15. Crimson Guard (unreleased track)

16. Box Cutter in My Boot (from the Crimson Guard LP)

17. Besame Mucho (from the Crimson Guard LP)

18. Strength in Numbers (from the Crimson Guard LP)

19. Baby's Town (from the House of the Rising Rat compilation)

20. I Don't Wanna Go to the Party (alternative Toe Rag version)

21. Crimson Cinema of Death (unreleased track)

The CD comes in a bundle with a DVD, Dan Sartain Lives:

Now Now Now (2012)

On One Little Indian Records. From the Too Tough to Live album.

7"/digital

Side A: Now Now Now (feat. Jane Wiedlin)

Side B: Rona

Doin Anything I Say (2010)

On One Little Indian Records. From the Dan Sartain Lives album.

7"/digital

Side A: Doin Anything I Say

Side B: Bohemian Grove (Alt Toe Rag version)

Crimson Guard: The Cass Records Re-issue

Cass Records is releasing a new version of Dan Sartain first LP, Crimson Guard. Only 200 pressed so be quick!

From the Cass Records website:

When Dan asked Cass to reissue his first LP, we were speechless. Originally self-released in 2001, the songs are unbelievable and moving, especially considering the man was barely twenty-years old at the time of release. As if that's not enough "Crimson Guard" is IMPOSSIBLE to find (we only ever got one by begging Dan for a copy) so good luck finding one of the original 200 pressed. This repressing is limited to 200 copies as well, half of which are available from our website and the other half from Dan's merch table. We've embarked on our most elaborate rubber stamping campaign yet...each LP jacket has TEN individual rubber stamps on it and takes no less than 5 minutes to render. The result is nothing short of beautiful. One-time only repress.

Go to the cass records store to order it.

Dan Sartain: Now Now Now 7" is up for preorder!

The Now Now Now 7" will be officialy released on February, 27th, 2012, but you can pre-order it on OLI records website just HERE.

Now Now Now: the artwork

Here's the cover art for the 'Now Now Now' single (feat Jane Wiedlin) courtesy of Rick Froberg!