Sometime last week we did an interview with Karl Smarkel of ranSACedmedia - he hung out with us at our studio and enjoyed a Der Spazm practice session.
Please read his write up here:
http://ransackedmedia.com/2012/01/26/indie-rock-lives-in-der-spazm/
Be sure to see us tomorrow at Old Ironsides!!! (1/27/2012) 9pm 21+ $5.00!!
Our first show of the year is set to take place at the local sacramento bar Old Ironsides this FRIDAY (1/27/2012).
Our next show will not be until Feb. 25th, after that our only show for March will be out in the S.F. area! During that time we will be working on recording and writing new songs - so be sure to come out and catch us while you can.
This night has a good line-up with two of the bands coming back after being out of the scene for quite sometime!
Razorblade Monalisa:
“A Razorblade Monalisa show is almost more of a cinematic experience than musical one. Each song is a set piece; from a hard-rocking wall-of-sound onslaught one moment and then a dreamy but desperate ballad the next.”
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Razorblade-Monalisa/146574752045104
The Alcohol Plague:
A melodic post-punk two man band - with a uniqe set up including a drummer who stands while playing electric drums and keyboard at the sametime. They first took to the sacramento music scence as CACAPOOPOOPEEPEE - but after their bassist left, the band stopped playing shows and went back to the drawing board figuring out their new set up and how to create a bass sound without an actual bass player.
They played a show back in August of 2011, and after a 4 month break The Alcohol Plague returns to open up this saturdays gig!
http://www.facebook.com/TheAlcoholPlague?sk=app_2309869772
www.thealcoholplague .bandcamp.com
There will be a lot of good uniqe music for only $5.00!!
We had a great time last night at THE PRESS CLUB with our good friends KILLDEVIL and we also met a couple of really cool bands from Portland, Company and Divers!
2011 has been such a good year for us we are very excited for what 2012 will bring. We will be heading back into the studio and eventually release our first music video. We will also be focusing more on playing out-of-town shows, and our hometown shows will be more spread out. And finally, be on the look out for some new band merch, we are getting greared up to have a strong 2012!!
we would like to thank everyone for all of their support! Sacramento is such an awesome place - we have grown so much as a band here and we love it.
So have a fun and safe christmas and happy news years, see you on January 27th at Old Ironsides!!
~Der spazm
This is a live recording of our new song ‘Syndicated’ from our set at KDVS 90.3 FM!
This song is called ‘Jenny Blue’ with an extended jam intro - it was recorded live at KDVS 90.3 FM. More tracks to come soon!
This THURSDAY DECEMBER 8TH, 2011: we will be playing a live set on KDVS 90.3fm from 11:00pm - 12:00pm - we hope you will tune in or you can stream it live on the internet!
http://www.kdvs.org/live-studio-information
(The web site had not been updated - but follow the link to stream)
http://www.cmj.com/column/der-spazm-sacramento-ca/
We are happy to announce that we are this weeks CMJ (College Music Journal) Sonicbids Spoghtlight artist! Alex Eriksen worte an awesome review of our new E.P. Thousand Days. We hope you will go and check it out! Thanks for all the love and support - it has been a very exciting week for us - opening for ‘Girl in a Coma’, playing at the California International Marathon, an upcoming live set on 90.3 KDVS, a gig at the blue lamp and who knows what else is going to happen!!!
