...and some final reviews.

Review of the last show back in August with the Men
"...Birth kind of stole the show by reigning in their sound and then also destroying all of their equipment on stage in a final, defining act for their band."


from loudlooppress:
BIRTH
Birth sound exactly like a loud band from Chicago, and I mean that as the highest form of complement–this trio would be right at home on a bill with Shellac or Jesus Lizard. However, come next week, Birth will be playing even fewer shows than either of the other two aforementioned bands. After this show on Friday, Birth pack it in and their singer/bassist moves to LA for the most LA of reasons (a PhD in Sociology), and then you’ll have missed your chance to have your brain rocked to sufficient levels. So make your way to Water Works and watch the triumphant death of a band that you should have been loving all along, and in five or ten years when all the new post-hardcore bands cite Birth as their number one influence, you can say you were there. (Andy Kondrat).

Final Show + Tour Leftovers

Last show:
August 12th @ Waterworks in Chicago - The Men, Raw Nerve, Birth, + more


We also have about 10 "Double Reggae" Tour cassette tapes leftover from tour.  They'll be available at this show, Permanent Records (Chicago), and Mind Cure Records (Pittsburgh).  In the meantime, you can dig on this track from the tape:
 Birth - Sex Hooker (No Credit) by 100yrOldEgg

DOUBLE REGGAE TOUR 2011 & NEW CASSETTE

Double Reggae Tour

June 30th - Madison, WI - Madison Project Lodge w/ White Suns

July 1st - St. Louis, MO -  Apop Records  - w/Shaved Women,Autonomy

July 2nd - Carbondale, IL - w/ Shaved Women

July 3rd - Columbus, OH - Bat Chapters

July 4th - Cleveland - Now Thats Class

July 5th - Pittsburgh, PA -  Gooski's w/ Microwaves & Free Clinic

DOUBLE REGGAE TOUR CASSETTE
5 songs recorded earlier this month at Reuben's Palace featuring blistering guitar shredding by guest musician Todd Rittman of Dead Rider & U.S. Maple and some percussion from James Lechocki of Great Society Mind Destroyers.  It's limited to 40, so be sure to pick one up at a show near you.  They look like this

June Shows

We haven't played a show in Chicago since March and haven't played since mid-April on account of our drummer Ian being on a super sweet tour opening for Kawabata Makoto & Pikacyu.  Now that he's back, we'll be playing a lot this Summer until our final two shows in mid-August.  That's right, the death of Birth is nigh as Josh has finally saved up enough to become a full time latrine examiner and Michael is moving out west to pursue a doctorate in bullshit.  So as Birth says its final fuck you to Chicago it's finally safe to return to the usual limp-dick garage rock, early aughties indie leftovers, people from fucking Iowa or Nebraska, and mall-level psychedelia in the Second City.

Local Shows in Chicago

June 7th Mortville w/Harco,Geffika

June 22nd Waterworks w/Milk Music,Population, Socially Retarded

June 29th  Panchos w/White Suns, Lechugillas 

March

March 11th - Empty Bottle w/ Human Eye and Drugs Dragons
March 12th - Some place on North Ave near the Handlebar

February Shows

We are playing two shows in February:


February 4th @ Lucky Gator Loft, 3900-ish W. Grand, Chicago, IL
With:
Dethwarrant
Red Denizen

February 18th @ Empathy Lodge, 1800 S. Peoria Unit #3, Chicago, IL - $5
With:

Population

Staring Problems

Small mention of this show in the Chicago Reader where our guitar player Josh engages in a little position-taking.

Twelve Inch

Our debut 12" is available for purchase from Deadbeat Records.

Birth - 12" Cover

Deadbeat says this about the record:
"Devastatingly punishing debut here from Chicago dirtbags BIRTH!  Bathed in the same filth as Brainbombs, Drunks With Guns, Flipper and Big Black; BIRTH take cro-magnon riffs and shred 'em to bits as the sky collapses around 'em and they're buried in a pile of smoldering barbed wire. Think heavy, sludgey as fuck, proto punk that sounds like the Electric Eeels covering the Stooges using Sabbath's gear if it were stolen from a scrap yard and made out of knives. Brutally harsh landscapes where beating the shit out of your instruments is therapy and masochism is fun.  Ex Brain Handle.  Artwork by Ilth (Daily Void, Functional Blackouts)."

December/January Shows in Chicago & Carbondale

12/17/10 - Carbondale, IL @ the Hanger with Tweakbird
1/4/10 - Chicago, IL @ the Empty Bottle with Population

November & December Shows + Record

Chicago:
11/13 @ Crown Liquors with Daily Void & Parlor 9pm, some $
11/24 @ Ball Hall with Sea of Shit, Bad Drugs, +1 more, 9pm, some $

oh, hello there. sorry, we were just tuning

So, after a few months of random shows and two months off we're playing again:
Friday June 11th
Los Tres AAA Bar
2115 S. Wood
Chicago IL 60608

w/ the Daily Void & Population (benny from no slogan and other folks)

$5 / 9pm

wave your freak flag...high.

History Trumpets Condemnation...

Monday November 16th - Ronny's Bar - w/ MICROWAVES (from Pittsburgh, noiserock, no-wavey stuff) and coke rats (from chicago, no idea what their trip is)

goldcoast skinz rockin' the LV and the gumby gold.

"Post-Lollapalooza" Show August 8th

Or so they say. W/ Tweak Bird

FREE @ the Cobra Lounge

Bands start at 11pm. Come say hello around 10pm.

Shows

July 18th - 6pm - Plaines Project - Chicago, IL
w/ Mind Eraser, Common Enemy, & Socially Retarded


July 25th - Booby's - Carbondale, IL
w/ Weed Brownie