DEAD GAZE and DENT MAY will both play hometown sets in Jackson, MS, this Saturday 10/1. PARLOR MARKET is throwing a big street party with delicious BBQ to celebrate their first birthday. Bands play all day starting at noon. DENT MAY plays at 7pm, and DEAD GAZE goes on at 9:30pm. Admission is $10. For the rest of the lineup and more info, click HERE. 
Oxford, MS beat guru Deepak Mantena, better known as JUNK CULTURE, has a new 7" single out in October via ILLEGAL ART. He's recruited JANA HUNTER from one of our favorite bands LOWER DENS to contribute vocals, and the result is perhaps his finest track to date! Grab the MP3 below, and purchase HERE.
DENT MAY and CHILD STAR (formerly Winter Sport) play at Proud Larry's this Friday 9/30. DENT MAY will have copies of their new 7" single FUN, and this is CHILD STAR's 1st performance with a new name, lineup, and attitude. CATS PURRING DJs will be on MP3 party patrol. Bands play at 10pm sharp.
TOMMY TOUSSAINT is poised to release his debut 7" via our friends at MAKE MINE. Check out the a-side "SUMMER USA," Toussaint's slickest and most immediate pop recording to date. Sure, summer's almost over here in the USA, but with this jam on deck it's always sunny vacation time. Part of the summer never dies.
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Since 1996, PHIL THOMAS KATT (alongside co-host Tommy Robinetti) has been the face of THE UNCHARTED ZONE, the extraordinary Gulf Coast public access music program with a growing cult following thanks to the weird and wonderful videos Katt has produced for MARK GORMLEY and many others from Pensacola, FL and beyond. 
We're psyched to welcome Austin, TX glam-psych group BOY to the Cats Purring Dude Ranch on Friday 9/9/11. Many of you will remember brothers Josh and Jakob Clark from their much loved band LIVING BETTER ELECTRICALLY, who terrorized Jackson, MS for years and hugely influenced all the Cats Purring bands. Their new project BOY is getting tons of love in Austin, and we're thrilled to present their first show back in Mississippi.
MICHAEL BIBLE has a new book out called SIMPLE MACHINES, available now via Publishing Genius's new imprint AWESOME MACHINE. In addition to Bible's delightful sentences, the 64 page book features drawings from Lauren Bender, Sommer Browning, Zach Dodson, Craig Griffin, Dina Kelberman, Tao Lin, Ian White, and John Dermot Woods. Buy it HERE or locally at SQUARE BOOKS.
Excellent Brooklyn, NY label GROUP TIGHTENER just announced they're putting out an E.P. from Oxford, MS's DEAD GAZE, and they've shared "IT'S NOT REAL," a stunning new track from the release. The 10" will be pressed on translucent orange vinyl in a highly limited run of 500 copies! You can pre-order HERE and stream the next level tune below.
Gorilla Vs Bear just premiered "WEDDING DAY," from DENT MAY's forthcoming 7" on PAW TRACKS. Here's the back cover, which features art by WILL BRYANT and a photo taken at Talladega Superspeedway by Cole Furlow (of DEAD GAZE). The "FUN"/"WEDDING DAY" vinyl (limited to 700 copies on clear wax) officially drops September 13th. Pre-order from Insound HERE, or purchase from iTunes HERE.
"CLASS" is the latest single from GRAY THINGS, the project of Dude Ranch resident and Dent May collaborator THOMAS COOPER. "CLASS" finds GRAY THINGS moving away from the darker paranoid sound heard on last year's split with DEAD GAZE and toward a warmer, kaleidoscopic, electronic psych-pop sound. The track was recorded with production help from Dent May at his HITS INC studio at the Dude Ranch.
[UPDATE: DENT MAY & FRIENDS have joined the lineup at the last minute. Don't miss this party!]
