Episode 41: My Friends The Sword

Everything's bigger in Texas - especially when it comes to riffs. For over a decade, The Sword have been riding high as one of the state's finest purveyors of head-banging tunes, taking them to stages across the world and on tours with heroes like Metallica and Fear Factory. While the band were in Sydney as a part of their first-ever headlining tour, lead guitarist Kyle Shutt and bass/synth player Bryan Richie talked about their Texan origins, surviving ska-punk and their transition from burly biker bars to arenas and back again.

The Sword's latest album, High Country, is distributed in Australia via Cooking Vinyl.

CD: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/metal-hard-rock/high-country/766044/
Vinyl: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/Whats-Hot/metal-hard-rock/high-country-white-with-black-splatter-vinyl/766116/
Digital: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/The_Sword_High_Country?id=Brozpqynimxvhhtd3krywxxyxby

Support for All My Friends Are in Bar Bands comes from Sad Grrrls Club.

"The Bands Are Breaking Up" is a 14-track compilation put out by Sad Grrrls Club Records as recorded at the titular mini-festival in Newcastle back in January 2016. Featuring songs from Nathan Seeckts, Jamie Hay, Jen Buxton, Lucy Wilson and heaps more. Downloads are pay-what-you-wish, with all proceeds going to The Butterfly Foundation.

Download your copy here: https://sadgrrrlsclub.bandcamp.com/album/the-bands-are-breaking-up-a-live-compilation

Support also comes from Spit The Dummy Records.

Spit The Dummy have just announced they will be releasing Treehouses' EP, Extended Family, on cassette.

To stream the EP, click here: http://morethantape.com.au/2016/03/premiere-listen-to-treehouses-new-release-extended-family/
To pre-order the tape, click here: http://spitthedummyrecords.bigcartel.com/product/stdr004-treehouses-extended-family-tape

Pre-orders are also up for Suburban Haze's album, It Will Never Happen, are also up now: http://spitthedummyrecords.bigcartel.com/product/stdr005-suburban-haze-it-will-never-happen-12

Support also comes from... YOU!
For as little as one dollar a month, you can help keep this show online.

Visit http://patreon.com/barbands for more information.

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