BNLX returns to NYC Pianos on Thursday 11/21! We play at 10:00, followed by our friends Eastern Hollows and The Veda Rays. We’ll have vinyl and CD’s of our brand new Produit Collecté album, plus we saved a handful of the LAST REMAINING COPIES ANYWHERE of the EP #8 handmade CD’s! RSVP to the Facebook event for the show here!
BNLXFest, the BNLX-curated festival of indie rock, returns to Cause Minneapolis Nov. 15-16. Last year’s event was a blast, and this one promises to be even better! Here are the lineups (set times/order still tba)…
Friday, November 15:
BNLX | Wiping out Thousands | Blue Sky Blackout (last performance ever!) | Gloss | with special guest DJ Jake Rudh who will be spinning some stellar tunes throughout the night.
Saturday, November 16:
BNLX | Pink Mink | Flavor Crystals | Two Harbors | Frankie Teardrop
There is a high likelihood of surprise guests too…
BNLX is releasing its new vinyl LP/CD/download “Produit Collecté” in conjunction with these shows. We’ve put together a lineup of some of our very favorite local rock friends both new and old. Please join us for a super fun weekend at Cause Minneapolis.
Sponsored by Radio K 770 AM/100.7 and 104.5 FM.
Available exclusively from BNLX-not on iTunes or other digital retailers yet! Order it from us now!
Produit Collecté collects tracks from the handmade (and now out-of-print) series of BNLX quarterly EP’s. The physical LP and CD versions feature 14 highlight tracks. An accompanying download card (included with both the LP and CD) contains all 32 tracks from the BNLX EP #1-8 releases, newly remastered and more awesome than ever, over 103 minutes of “music”!!! That’s a lot of indie rock per dollar!
Track listing for the physical vinyl LP and CD: 1. Opposites Attract 2. Do Without 3. Blue and Gold 4. Frogger 5. LMAO (CMEO) 6. Where Is the Love 7. BNLX Today 8. See What I See 9. Over the Horizon 10. Vaporize 11. You Left Me Here 12. Dance Dance Dance (on the radio) 13. Back in Your Hole 14. Rise Above
Tracklisting for the Deluxe Digital Edition download available exclusively with both LP + CD physical releases: this WILL NOT be available via iTunes or digital retailers. Includes all 32 tracks from BNLX EP’s 1-8, over 100 minutes of “music” total. This Deluxe Edition also includes all four tracks from the forthcoming EP 8 release which won’t be officially released until 2014!
City Pages Gimme Noise blog breaks the news on the BNLXFest II lineups for Nov. 15-16, premieres the brand new BNLX track “Opposites Attract”, and talks about the new LP and EP releases. Here are all the details!!!
BNLX, the Minneapolis-based noise pop “music” group, is pleased to announce its new Program of Prosperity and Production. This multi-dimensional Program, building on the unequivocal success of the BNLX First One Year Plan (and its extensions), is designed to consolidate existing market share while also presenting new vectors for synergistic growth opportunities.
There are three primary components to the Program:
1. BNLXFest 2: the popular BNLX-curated music festival returns to Cause Minneapolis on Nov. 15+16th. Last year’s festival was a mind-blowing weekend of fun and sensory stimulation, and this one promises to be even more so. The full lineup, which includes a very diverse range of both established and new Minneapolis indie rock artists, will be released in early October.
2. BNLX EP #8: the first new BNLX audio content since the band’s debut LP will be released in early November. Lead single “Opposites Attract” is already considered by early listeners to be the best BNLX track ever, and it will be previewed to the world in mid-October.
3. Produit Collecté - an assemblage of tracks from BNLX EP’s 1-8: The handmade physical releases of BNLX EPs 1-7 have been out of print for some time and are now collectors items. To service market demand, as well as to rationalize product profiles and SKU’s, we present Produit Collecté - a fourteen song vinyl LP “best of” release that offers a representative sampling of “musical” highlights from all of the BNLX EP releases. Accompanying the first 500 copies of the vinyl is a download card to access the full 32-track BNLX EP collection, now newly remastered and presented in archival form, and including the brand new EP #8. This release will also appear in early November.
Please monitor BNLX communications on the Internet and via social media as we will be continuously updating with details concerning the Program of Prosperity and Production, the BNLXFest, and the new products.
Thank you for your interest in BNLX.
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ALARM Magazine from Chicago premiered the video and wrote about it:
photo: Nick Wosika
Every now and then, there’s a point at which you have to say “fuck it” and start tagging everything you possibly can. Works of art, hand-rainbow banners, other graffiti — it’s all fair game. Minneapolis-based noise-hawkers BNLX have reached that point, and they’ve taken it upon themselves to put their name on everything imaginable around their hometown.
“The Devil You Know” is a blast of swampy distortion and chugging rhythms that throw everything into disarray, as guitarist/vocalist Ed Ackerson proves when he tags over the star for Polara, which was Ackerson’s first band. Check out the video below.
From The Big Takeover…
BNLX frontman Ed Ackerson (formerly of seminal ’90s noise-pop pioneers Polara) is also a legendary producer, most recently producing The Replacements’ unofficial reunion record, the Songs For Slim EP, at his Flowers Studio in Minneapolis. We were tickled to learn that Ed himself had suggested BigTakeover.com as an appropriate home for this new video from the band’s self-titled debut LP, available now from the fine folks at Susstones.
BNLX embarks on their first West Coast tour tomorrow! Here are the dates:
6.7.13 San Francisco, CA – Neck of the Woods (midnight)
6.8.13 San Francisco, CA – Parkerzalooza at Light Rail Studios (8:00 PM)
6.10.13 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo (9:00 PM)
They’ll be back home in Minneapolis for a June 21 show at Triple Rock Social Club with Parquet Courts.
The official video for “Vibrant”, shot in Amsterdam last month…
BNLX West Coast Expedition June, 2013 (plus a couple of rad local shows…)
6/5 Minneapolis Turf Club with Peace 9 PM
6/7 SF Neck of the Woods 9 PM
6/8 SF Parkerzalooza at Light Rail Studios 8 PM
6/10 LA The Echo 9 PM
6/21 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club w/ Parquet Courts
Brooklyn Vegan premieres the new BNLX video for “Vibrant”, filmed last month in Amsterdam….
As mentioned, Minneapolis’ BNLX were just in NYC for a couple shows. Now back in their home state, the band have left us a present in the form of a new video for “Vibrant,” a song off last year’s full-length debut. The clip was filmed on their recent visit to Amesterdam and it premieres in this post. Watch it below.
Meanwhile BNLX are prepping another of their “serial indoctrination campaigns,” like the quarterly EPs that first introduced the band. They’re also about to play their first-ever West Coast shows, including dates in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Those are listed below.
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BNLX – 2013 Tour Dates
6/5 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club with Peace 830 PM
6/7 SF @ Neck of the Woods 9 PM
6/8 SF Parkerzalooza at Light Rail Studios 8 PM
6/10 LA @ The Echo with Hindu Pirates 9 PM
6/21 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club w/ Parquet Courts
