Birthday Suits

asianmanrecords: MAGUMA TAISHI 7” is now available. 8 lo-fi,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:59:02 -0500

MAGUMA TAISHI 7” is now available. 8 lo-fi, punk rock songs influenced by the Japanese hardcore scene. Featuring Mike Park, Hideo and Matthew from Birthday Suits, and Paddy from Dillinger Four. Here’s another song for you to check out.

Go here to buy the record: http://asianmanrecords.storenvy.com/

New issue of Razorcake!

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:22:33 -0500

New issue of Razorcake!

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:26:14 -0500

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April Tour Date!

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:06:07 -0500

April
2 Milwaukee, WI @ Ground Zero
w/ Holy Shit!, Rat Lips, Appleseeds

3 Detroit, MI @ PJ’s Lager House

4 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
w/ Nature Boys, Japants, Stuck Out Here

5 Pittsburgh, PA @ Gooski’s
w/ Chest, Dark Lingo

6 New York, NY @ Pianos
w/ The Veevees, Empire Street, The Pine Hollows

7 Boston, MA @ Church

8 New London, CT @ 33 Golden Street
w/ Fatal Film, Street People, Estrogen & Tonic

9 Philadelphia, PA @ JR’s Bar
w/ Holy Mess, Taco Joint, Bad Doctors

10 Baltimore, MD @ The Sidebar Tavern
w/ Sick Sick Birds, Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb, Whiff

11 Washington, DC @ The Pinch
w/ Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb, The NV’s

12 Athens, OH @ The Union
w/ Natural Child, EYE, D Rays, Homemade Drugs, and more.

13 Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
w/ Purling Hiss, Axis: Sova

14 Chicago, IL @ The Burlington
w/ The Wet

15 Madison, WI @ Mickey’s Tavern
w/ The Garza

"BIRTHDAY SUITS: “Wonderland America” b/w “Sepia Yeah / Kiki Kaikai”: 7” The Birthday Suits, a..."

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:40:59 -0500

“BIRTHDAY SUITS:
“Wonderland America” b/w “Sepia Yeah / Kiki Kaikai”: 7”
The Birthday Suits, a duo of Japanese guys located in Minnesota (Hideo’s ex-Sweet Jap), are like an explosion of origami: Tight, precise aural folds. Paper’s just not paper any more. It’s got volume, mass, shape. Ducks and swans and shit. Sound’s not just sound any more: distortion/melody, noise/silence. Stop/fucking go! Buckminster Fuller and Stockhausen would be proud. Art makes sense to me when it’s loud as shit, sounds like it’s crashing through the front of the house, and then hands me a cup of noodles. Oh, my pretty face. Totally hits the spot. –Todd Taylor”

- Razorcake

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"Minneapolis’ Birthday Suits give punk a buzz cut and slim it down to the commendable..."

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:59:44 -0600

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Minneapolis’ Birthday Suits give punk a buzz cut and slim it down to the commendable two-or-so-minutes, which is fitting for two slim Japanese imports who can shred in English louder and clearer than you can dream.

If that doesn’t do it for you, here’s the checklist: loud and fast, yet in no hurry; romantic rather than angry. Think Japandroids with edge: fast songs, dreamy distortion and occasionally discernible lyrics. They make it sound so easy to fill a room with just two instruments. Granted, the guitar is turned up pretty damn loud and the drums never leave an empty space.

On the band’s recently released collection of previously 7-inch-only tracks, the duo stretches back to 2008 to show a fondness for stability. This isn’t a bad thing. It’s nice to know what to expect from the next track. But it does show how hard it can be to expand your sound when you only have two instruments and two songwriters. Six 7 isn’t so much a retrospective as a statement, then. They’re just taking punk as it is.

”

- Missoula Independent
http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/birthday-suits/Content?oid=1730460

"Minnesota-based duo plays a big, straightforward brand of garage rock that incorporates elements of..."

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:28:02 -0600

“Minnesota-based duo plays a big, straightforward brand of garage rock that incorporates elements of punk-pop and noise rock that’s hinged on steady snare-drum thwap and the melodic buzz of Hideo Takahashi’s huge guitar riffs. Takahashi favors simple lyrical lines, letting the songs stay short and punchy. The band is releasing a new 7-inch single this year, the first new material from the band since 2010’s album, The Minnesota: Mouth to Mouth. The band’s live show is a hurtling, energetic blast to the eardrums, speaking to the lessons the band has learned from their roots in the basement punk scene.”

- The Reader
http://www.thereader.com/index.php/comments/pick_birthday_suits/

Six 7 out today!Previously released 6 songs on 7”s (not...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:08:27 -0600

Six 7 out today!
Previously released 6 songs on 7”s (not including 2 songs on Asian Man Records 7”) are available now on iTunes, Google Play, CD Baby, and more.

February/March Tour!

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:37:37 -0600

February
21 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
w/ Skin of Earth, Medium Penis

22 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown

23 Denver, CO @ 3 Kings Tavern
w/ The Generators, Salt, MF Ruckus

24 El Paso, TX @ Black Market

25 Tucson, AZ @ The District Tavern
w/ Boo Boo Kiss, Psygoat

26 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
w/ OBN III’s, Pass The Axe

27 Los Angeles, CA @ Redwood
w/ Sassafras, Crime Rock

28 Oakland, CA @ Sugar Mountain
w/ Fleshies, Meat Market, Make Me Sick

March
1 Portland, OR @ The Know
w/ Youth Bitch, Rat Party

2 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
w/ Pierced Arrows, Unnatural Helpers, The Skins

3 Missoula, MT @ The Palace
w/ Shahs, Skin Flowers

5 Fargo, ND @ Aquarium

9 Minneapolis, MN @ Kitty Cat Klub
w/ L’Assassins, France Camp

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Turf Club January Blowout pics

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:20:24 -0600

Turf Club January Blowout pics

"Are you ready to rock! It will not be an evening of polite milquetoast music when powerful local..."

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:20:56 -0600

“Are you ready to rock! It will not be an evening of polite milquetoast music when powerful local punk duo Birthday Suits host their 7th annual blowout. Birthday Suits’ crazy live presence and onstage antics are legendary; they never fail to put on a seriously loud and kinetic show. Like-minded local garage punk trio the Blind Shake, post-punk five-piece STNNNG and the extreme noise of Seawhores round out a blistering lineup of punk progeny. Your ears are sure to be ringing and you may have a few bruises at the end of the night, but you know…in a good way!”

- l’etoile

"With the holiday dust sufficiently settled, the Turf Club is hosting its seventh annual January..."

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:28:21 -0600

“With the holiday dust sufficiently settled, the Turf Club is hosting its seventh annual January “blowout,” featuring a cast of hard-hitting club regulars. This year’s lineup is topped by clattering punk duo Birthday Suits, who recently released a blazing new 7-inch, and post-punk stompers the Blind Shake. Stnnng, fresh off last month’s performance at England’s All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, and Seawhores open with dissonant fury.”

- Vita.mn

"The Turf Club has the perfect rocking remedy to your post-holiday blues, as this year’s 7th..."

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:41 -0600

“The Turf Club has the perfect rocking remedy to your post-holiday blues, as this year’s 7th Annual January Blowout features the muscle and pizazz of Birthday Suits, the Blind Shake, STNNNG, and Seawhores. The raucous two-piece Birthday Suits are coming off a triumphant recent opening set for Japandroids, while the Blind Shake finished a successful U.S. tour in support of their blistering new album, Seriousness. STNNNG just won over a whole new set of fans in the U.K. with a boisterous performance at the Shellac-curated ATP Festival, and are set to release their highly anticipated new record, Empire Inward, in early 2013. And Seawhores add their own potent mark on the musical mayhem on offer at the Turf, which will get the new year started with an emphatic bang.”

- City Pages

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