We’re psyched to present the very first Built4BBQ production at our new home away from home, The Low Beat, on Thursday, May 1! Our favorite downstaters, The End Men, make their triumphant return to the area with a new album in hand! That’s right – this is the Albany release show for the gruesome twosome’s new “Odds & Ends” EP, and we can just about guarantee that it’ll be one of the finest slabs of recorded music you’ll hear all year. This monster rock ‘n’ roll bill also features the mighty Charmboy and a rare appearance by the Slaughterhouse Chorus, who are spending most of 2014 holed up underground working on a new album. Still not convinced that this is the best way to spend $5 on a Thursday night? Check out this poster, straight from the mind of Henry’s Rifle.

Yeah, we’ve got you now. Here’s the Facebook event.

But wait, there’s more! Saturday, April 26, is gonna be a hell of a day for local music.
Exhibit a: MOVE Music Fest takes over downtown! This is your first chance to catch Linear North with Henry’s Rifle on the “skins”, pounding Red Square into submission at 4pm. More MOVE appearances we think you’ll appreciate: The Slaughterhouse Chorus, 10pm at the Barrel Saloon; Party Boat, 9pm at McGeary’s; The So So Glos, 11:30pm at Red Square; and American Pinup, midnight at Stout!
Exhibit b: Down on the Corner #1 at Pauly’s Hotel & The Low Beat! A whole bunch of bands on two stages for one low price: New Red Scare (now featuring Built4BBQ’s busiest guitarplayer, Dan Wilson of Pistolwhips/Kimono Dragons/Mr. Toad’s fame), The Lucky Jukebox Brigade, M.R. Poulopoulos and more!

A whole lot more great stuff is coming up quick, from killer shows to new records to the long-awaited release of Built4BBQ Sampler #2. Stay tuned!

Our favorite Brooklynites premiered a new song and video today, featuring the one and only Matt Elia on saxophone. Dig it.

Well, friends… here we are, one year into Built4BBQ, and it’s been quite a time. Look out, 2014, here’s a smattering of some of things we have in store for ya:
The long-awaited Henry’s Rifle LP
We’ve been hard at work on this one, holed up underground with banjos and tambos and all manner of sugar-coated snacks and malt liquor. We’re a few months in, a few more to go, but rest assured that the finished album will more than worth the wait. It’s a killer batch of a dozen songs and we’ve got some big ideas for ’em.  John will be taking this one with him when he appears at The Muddy Roots Music Festival in Tennessee – the best fest in the country for our money!

Built4BBQ sampler #2: THE ENTREE
New and unreleased music from all your favorite Built4BBQ bands, plus special guests courtesy of some of the 518’s finest labels and collectives. This one is shaping up real nice. Your soundtrack to grillin’ season.

New jams
We hear distant rumblings of monstrous new material coming from The Slaughterhouse Chorus, Charmboy and/or their mighty new surf project, Kimono Dragons, The Pistolwhips, Maggot Brain, The End Men and more!

New $tuff
New stickers, new shirts, new swag.

Bitchin’ events
A sampling of what’s upcoming for the next few months:

• Jan. 31: FREE show at the Hollow Bar & Kitchen featuring The Slaughterhouse Chorus & The So So Glos
• Feb. 22: Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride with Surfer Blood & Party Boat at Nanola. Another FREE show, courtesy of the fine folks at WEQX.
• Feb. 28, option a: Henry’s Rifle with Michael Graves at Bogies
• Feb. 28, option b: New Red Scare, the Mad Doctors & Two Man Advantage at Pauly’s Hotel

Stay tuned dudes, it’s gonna be a quite a year.

Thank you. Thank YOU. THANK you.
The inaugural Whole Hog Halloween show at Valentines was an unqualified, unreasonable success. We’re so happy you could join us and witness terrifying visions like the Pistolwhips of the United States of America, the Wizard of Skaz, Captain Ahab stomping his peg leg on a trunk lid and the return of the Hellasexuals. While most of the bands are hitting the No Pepper stage at least one more time before the bitter end, it was a rather excellent way to say one last big, stupid, drunken goodbye to a venue that most of us have been frequenting for over a decade. Valentines forever.

Here’s some photographic evidence of things getting just a little weird, courtesy of Goldtooth’s Matt Ferguson:

In other Built4BBQ news, tracking for the long-awaited Henry’s Rifle LP is finally under way. John’s kicked out a couple solo jams already, and full band recording starts up soon. This one’s gonna be something else entirely – stay tuned for more updates.

Next up on the show calendar, everyone’s favorite midwestern punk rock tunesmiths THE SLOW DEATH return to Valentines on Friday, November 15, with The Slaughterhouse Chorus and local party animals Drew & the Grand Spectacular and Boxer Brown in tow. If you like bands like Dillinger Four, the Replacements and the Lawrence Arms, the new Slow Death record will probably be the best purchase you make this year. If you like things like fun, rock music and good people, this show will probably be a worthy $5 investment as well. Also of note: this will almost definitely be the very last Built4BBQ production at 17 New Scotland Avenue. I’m getting depressed just typing that sentence. But hey, check out this bitchin’ show poster from the mind of Henry’s Rifle himself:

Here’s the Facebook event.

More killer shows on tap for November and December across the board… check the calendar and stay with it.
And hey – we’ve got Built4BBQ stickers back in stock and more cool stuff on the way. Keep an eye on that swag page and support your local BBQ.