Solution oriented muzik in a parallel universe

The Creators of HUMANWINE host 

"The Naked Residency" @ Lizard Lounge

Get Tickets for any of the shows. 

The Lizard Lounge 

1667 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 547-0759

21+/$7

Doors @ 8:30 | Showtime 9pm - Midnight Each night with different special guests:

3/9 - Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (Portland) 

3/16 - What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? (BOS) & Clara Engle (CAN)

3/23 - The David Wax Museum (BOS) 

3/30 - Seth Chatfield (BOS)

Labels: Acoustic, Boston, Clara Engle, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, live music, Lizard Lounge, mat mcniss, Seth Chatfield, What time is it mr fox

Avast Comrade! HUMANWINE announces their first show of '10 and it's ALL AGES! Berklee School of Music has a wonderful red cafe called simply, Cafe 939 where HUMANWINE first played last year and they liked us so much they use a picture from that show on their events page. We have the ticket link (see below). Saturday 1/23 (HUMANWINE) Cafe 939 (Berklee School of Music) 939 Boylston Street Boston, MA  Tickets on sale: 1/5 Doors @ 8p - 8:30 Showtime ALL AGES / $10 ATTENTION! This is a Pajama Party in honor of the song "Wake Up!" "Crawl out of bed even in your night clothes and meet us outside where the sky greets the road..." (cc) 2010 Nervous Relatives Records

Labels: Boston, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, january, jeremy harman, live music, mat mcniss, Nate greenslit, Paul Dilley

Labels: Brooklyn, Extra Life, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, Knitting Factory, Larkin Grimm, live music, Martin Bisi, mat mcniss, Nate greenslit, NYC, Paul Dilley

Great Scott 1222 Commonwealth Ave @ Harvard Ave. Allston, MA 02134 18+ $9 [map it] Buy Tickets Click on the poster to the left to view at 100% Part II of III: White Light I seem to leave (my) body. I want to tell my family not to worry for me, but they can't hear me. A feeling encourages me to go, I am being guided. A glowing white light reveals the walls of a tunnel. The light is stronger than any drug, more fulfilling than any food and more sensual and raw than any sex I have ever had. It's wonderful.

Labels: Absinthe Rose, concerts, Dex Ter, Great Scott, HUMANWINE, live, live music, Mehran, robby roadsteamer

Avast comrades!

We are happy to announce our new CD through Nervous Relatives Records (the first in two years). Copies of the New Album 'Mass Exodus' are available now. Visit our store.

HUMANWINE's latest full length CD (released 10/08/09 through their own label, Nervous Relatives Records) Mass Exodus is a tall glass of allegorical song stories lifting a few more veils that have been covering their elusive Vinland since 2000; a land filled with riddles, keys, captains, seafarers, makers, breakers, dissenting masses, a drug hazed public, caustic self appointed leaders, a cog turned YerYerOwn called 01, their journey through a forbidden city which reveals important bits of enjoyeur history including an early deal with the terrible Not-Me, the listener is dropped off at the door of the Veil Nil in the form of a cliffhanger poised for a sequel that we won't have to wait 2 more years for. HUMANWINE has been bitten by the recording bug and how sweet the sting!

Mass Exodus reminds us that we are all a stone's throw away from shedding our self-imposed chains and encourages us to question not only how but why we chose them in the first place.

All 14 tracks were either recorded live at shows, a renegade trip late at night to a studio or recorded on HUMANWINE's own Converted School Bus, engineered by Holly Brewer, M@ McNiss, Anthony Froney and Matt Malikowski, HUMANWINE (Brewer/McNiss) produced, mixed and mastered the entire album.

Visit HUMANWINE's online store to purchase Mass Exodus.

Pass this around to anyone who you think would enjoy the work of HUMANWINE. Thank you.

LONG LIVE ART! RAH! RAH!

Labels: Boston, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, live music, live muzik, mass exodus, mat mcniss

Artist: HUMANWINE
CD: Mass Exodus ep

Label: Nervouse Relatives Records / Self Released

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With a previous EP ("Rivolta Silenziosa") the US wandering HUMANWINE introduced us full-on to their narrative world of Vinland. They matched the metaphor-as-politics (and vice versa) stories with a gutter-circus-folk sound style that was a stunning marriage of simplicity and subtlety. It's sepiachord required listening.

On their full-length follow up, "Fighting Naked", the band continued to explore their Vinlandish themes but the music had more of a "rock" feel. The end result was good, but the band seemed a little uncomfortable in their new skin.

The new EP ("Mass Exodus") finds the band returning to a three song format and returning to more pared down arrangements. The results are arresting.

Of the three pieces found on this CD the last, "Our Devolution is Televised", best continues the work that Vinland fans love. It's political (of course) and features an infectious circus bounce. It could easily have been slipped in as the fourth track on "Rivolta Silenziosa" and held its own against the great songs found there.

The opening piece on this new EP is also overtly political: "1st Amendment". Its "be the media" messsage might come across as a nuts-and-bolts politcal screed... were it not so spare and, well, pretty. It builds and flows nicely showing off the performers individual strengths especially Holly Brewer's remarkable voice. Its a perfect appetizer for the middle piece: "Megan Rose".

"Megan Rose" seems to pre-date the existence of HUMANWINE as a band and features Holly alone, just her voice and a piano. When the song starts you'd be forgiven for thinking that this is merely a ballad of friendship to the title character. It *IS* that, but takes stomach-wrenching turns that are all the more powerful because you don't see them coming. This is the key to tragedy: you don't see it coming. "Megan Rose" is a beautiful, seductive PUNCH IN THE GUT that will make you cough up a bit of blood and still make you want to play it over and over... even if, like me, you found yourself on the verge of tears the first time you heard it. This really is one of those songs that descriptions fail for, you have to sit down and listen to it. And you should.

HUMWINE's DIY aesthetic has never been more clear in their sound ~and~ in the EP's visual presentation. Not only does the look and feel of the packaging clearly place the band in the line of descent from seminal grass-roots political rollickers Crass but HUMANWINE does something other bands never seem to do: give credit where it's due!

Lots of politically charged punk bands have aped the art of Crass, but this is the first time I can think of where credit for inspiration is given to the artist responsible for this distinctive look: Gee Vaucher. Kudos.

Recommended.

HUMANWINE:
http://www.humanwine.org/

Labels: Ashley vandiver, Courtenay vandiver, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, live music, mass exodus, mat mcniss, nathan greenslit, Paul Dilley, recorded, sepiachord

March 9th at 8:00pm HUMANWINE will be live on air

For some interviewing, pre-recorded muzik listening and live acoustic in-studio muzik playing.

The show is broadcast in SF and LA on 87.9fm also the show is streamed live from their site.

Feel free to call in while we're there...Studio Line: 415-341-1199


What is Pirate Cat Radio?
Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm is an unlicensed low powered community radio station, broadcasting on 87.9 megahertz, to both the San Francisco Bay Area and the Los Angeles basin.

We believe that Title 47 Section 73.3542 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations currently allows Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm to legally broadcast with out a formal licence from the FCC.

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Wednesday March 18th @ Slim's

SF Steampunk Sioree @ Slim's 8:00pm

333 11th St. San Francisco, Ca 94103
(415) 255-0333
[map]
Cost: $20.00
- ALL AGES



10pm - Abney Park
Abney Park comes from an era that never was, but one that we wish had been. An era where airships waged war in the skies, and corsets and cummerbunds were proper adventuring attire. They’ve picked up their bad musical habits, scoundrelous musicians, and anachronistically hybridized instruments from dozens of locations and eras that they have visited in their travels and thrown them into one riotous dervish of a performance. Expect clockwork guitars, belly dancers, flintlock bassists, middleastern percussion, violent violin, and Tesla powered keyboards blazing in a post- apocalyptic, swashbuckling, Steampunk musical mayhem.

9pm - HUMANWINE

There are only two bands on the bill, HUMANWINE is direct support for Abney Park. Doors are @ 8pm and the show starts with HUMANWINE @ 9pm.

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HUMANWINE is having a multi-media extravaganza @ The Paradise 6/27!

Communication!
Inform! Reform! Empower!
Community!

A Far Cry (Boston's unconducted Chamber Orchestra) is preparing for you a 45 minute set of ancient cover songs from dead composers and some living, maybe undead composers.
HUMANWINE will then be joined by A Far Cry for a full 2 HOUR SET!
We know some folks who drive from North Carolina, Pennsylvania and far reaching states who are saddened when HUMANWINE plays a 30 minute set, WELL TONIGHT WILL NOT BE ON OF THOSE NIGHTS!

So many wonderful surprises are in store for you. Communication! Revolution! Puppets! Machines! YOU! THEHUMANWINEFAMILY.

These Seeds Become Trees! Tell everyone you know, bring everyone you know. Groundkrew get yourselves ready!!!

$12 Adv/$14 Dos 18+
Tickets for this once in a lifetime show go on sale 2/28

For updates join the mail list LIVE ART! RAH! RAH!

word.
holly & m@

Labels: DIY, HUMANWINE, Knitting Factory, Lauren Goldberg, live music, pirate cat radio, SF Bay Area, Slim's, steampunk

Avast Ye! Finally it's here! We announced the MUZIK PLAYER, AM-TV (Abrogated Munificent Television) in the last 7R4N5M15510N. Much to our delight you all have been using it and passing it along to other folks. Thank you for your feedback! Now we unveil the NRR STORE! Buy Mp3s from us instead of going though CD Baby, Napster, iTunes, PayPlay, Tradebit, GroupieTunes, MusicIsHere, Inprodicon, GreatIndieMusic, etc. M@ designed a programme that allows you to purchase anything we make directly from us all at HUMANWINE.org. Below we have a list of what has just become available and below you can see how it's laid out. 3 new T-Shirts Blood Red w/ Black Gear Black w/ Black Gear Army Green w/ Black Gear Muzik for download Our Devolution IS Televised (single) 2008 Fighting Naked (full length) 2007 Rivolta Silenziosa (3 song EP) 2006 Coming Soon: 1st Amendment (single) 2008 Mass Ededous (Full Length) 2008 From Nervous Relatives Designs Experience it at HUMANWINE.org A Message from HUMANWINE: What have we been up to? With the help of our Mechanical Saints, we are working around the clock, on our bus making it ready for the great beyond. We've pushed our deadline twice and are now 3 weeks behind but we're on track. When it's too dark or cold to work on the bus we're inside random warehouses working on our computers building programs like, AM-TV, The NRR STORE and the MUZIK PLAYER, editing the various sound/video recordings that will soon be released and writing new songs. We have been accepting renegade studio time with folks we know to finish up recording our next album which we will release before we ship out. We have a recording our our live show with A Far Cry (unconducted string orchestra) @ A Warehouse in Allston, MA that we are editing and making ready for d/l. RECYCLED MOVEMENT: Every day we get closer to this being a reality. Please donate to our Recycled Movement if you can by going to HUMANWINE.org and clicking the "Recycled Movement" button. LONG LIVE ART! RAH! RAH! word. holly & m@ DemocracyNow!, 9-11 cover up, Zeitgeist , HUMANWINE.org , MySpace , WebLog , LJ , the61 , YouTube.com [c] 2008 Nervous Relatives Records

Labels: donate, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, live music, m mcniss, October, Oktober, online store, Recycled Movement

07-05-08 Avast Comrades! July 5th, 2007 we decided that we should live in a bus that was converted to run off of people's wasted used veggie oil. one year and $8,043.00 later paint=$60.00 bus=$1,500.00 insurance=$300.00 brake lines=$40.00 registration=$350.00 6 new tires=$2,328.00 2 state inspections=$110.00 circuit brakers & flare kit=$40.00 brake drums, calipers & pads=$2,995.00 lights, light covers, wipers, mirrors=$320.00 People have donated wood, tools, screws, nails, the conversion kit, barrels, pressure sprayer, parking space, electricity hook up, sinks, stove, fridge, water heater, piping, distro box, cables, screen, blankets, steel, their time, money and use of vehicles/bikes to get us this far. Our bus needs a tune up before we can move forward. We need your help to see it through. Any donation that you can make is most appreciated. Our goal is to get this done in the next week so we can make it down to Boston for the 18th show. We estimate about $300 of work so it will probably be $400. Please help us out if you can by donating online We came up to N.H. to get our bus inspected and it passed with flying colours. We also came up because M@'s bro, Nate is gettin' hitched in the White Mountains Region on the 8th of July! Go Nate! We're very excited to come back to Boston on July 18th as openers for Squirrel Nut Zippers @ The Paradise; See information below. 07/18/2008 Paradise Rock Club 969 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 617-562-8800 Doors @ 8:30pm 9:00pm - 9:45 Come Early! $20/18+ 8:00pm - doors open check out the tables 9:00pm - HUMANWINE (45 Minute set) 10:00pm - Squirrel Nut Zippers Recycled Movement www.nervousrelatives.com Our goal has shifted from a "plan" (that perpetuates a system of dependency which would only enslave & hide us) to a PLAN which allows HUMANWINE to speak to as many people as possible in the most independent, clean and self-sustainable way our current technology allows. Please donate to this RECYCLED MOVEMENT if you can. To the Krew: Gordon Corless, Al The Ninja, Jake Von Slott, David Dowling, Tom Porter, Max Cassidy, Nebraska, Jill, Maus & Josh Diers, Will Weiss, Maaak and many more for donating your time, energy tools & appliances. Sheri Anderson, Angie Brown, Jennifer Murphy, Ben Parson, Nicole Keane, Charles Hein, Sarala B., John Reimers, Bill Knighton, Uwe Schaefer, Barbara Goldman, Matthew Muise, Sarah Blackmore, Guillermo Briz, reAnimation Studios, Eben Holub, Bobby Masuret, Patrick Fitzgerald, Seth Maleri, Oedipus, Ron Nordin, Jerome Brewer, Chase & Barb McNiss, Sara Poisson, Terra Fredrichs, who have donated loot to Recycled Movement. LONG LIVE ART! RAH! RAH! word. holly & m@ Dr. Todd, 9-11 cover up, Zeitgeist , DemocracyNow! IMPEACH Bush and Cheney HUMANWINE.org , MySpace , WebLog , LJ , the61 Fighting Naked and mp3s also available through CD Baby, Napster, iTunes, PayPlay, Tradebit, GroupieTunes, MusicIsHere, Inprodicon, GreatIndieMusic

Labels: Adam Simon, Boston, holly brewer, HUMANWINE, live music, m mcniss, nathan greenslit, Recycled Movement, squirrel nut zippers