We're looking forward to playing with 2 amazing San Diego bands and our good friends Sacri Monti and Monarch at Brick by Brick on Sunday June 21st. Don't miss this one!

ASTRA / Corima / Inner Ear Brigade / DJ's Neil Martinson + Christof Certik

https://www.facebook.com/events/1560314700918792/

$10 Advance Discount Tickets ($15 at door). Zero service fees! Limited quantity available:

http://localbuy.me/tickets/events/36

We're opening for Pinback at The Casbah!

Adrian Belew - American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer who is perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson (which he fronted from 1981 to 2009). Throughout his career he's also worked with other amazing artists like Frank Zappa, Talking Heads and David Bowie to name but a few!

Nik Turner's Space Ritual (ex Hawkwind)

ASTRA

JOY(open)

Operation: MINDBLOW all analog lightshow

Thief presents: Psycho de Mayo 2013 - Orange County's First Annual Psychedelic Music & Arts Festival.

Doors open at 2:00 pm and goes till 2:00 am on the Alpha Stage at The Copper Door.

Bands include:

ASTRA
JOY
Psicomagia
Tweak Bird
Harsh Toke
California 666
Plant Tribe
Shiva Trash
Electric Healing Sound
Wild Wild Wets
The Burning of Rome

Freak out visuals by our good friends Operation: Mindblow!

We're happy to announce that we'll be returning to Holland to play the Roadburn Festival 2013 Afterburner event on Sunday April 21st at the 013 Venue. Can't wait!

We will be returning to the UK in April 2013 for a string of headlining UK dates in conjunction with the excellent Prog Magazine. Main support for provincial shows will be the hotly tipped Purson, whilst main support for the London show will be our cosmic brothers and brilliant label mates Diagonal.

Rise Above: Astra released their critically acclaimed second album The Black Chord earlier this year and are excited to be following it up with some live performances. Says band leader Richard Vaughan; "After sharing the stage with Anathema at the Pistoia Blues Festival back in 2010, we're looking forward to joining them once again as support on their upcoming European tour this fall. We're also beyond excited to be playing a few more shows in our home away from home - the UK! Finally! See you there".

Tickets for UK shows go on sale at 9am Tuesday August 28th from Ticketweb (www.ticketweb.co.uk) and the usual outlets. *Tickets for the Wolverhampton show will be available from www.wolvescivic.co.uk

German ticket link here: http://www.ticketmaster.de/artist/astra-tickets/907235

2013 April:

15th - Bristol, England - The Fleece
16th - Wolverhampton, England - Slade Rooms *
17th - Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's
18th - Manchester, England - Deaf Institute
19th - London, England - The Borderline
21st - Tilburg, Holland - Roadburn Festival
22nd - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-sal
23rd - Hamburg, Germany - Knust
24th - Koln, Germany - Luxor

Scion Label Showcase presents Roadburn Records @ The Roxy. A live recorded event featuring Enslaved, White Hills, Earthless and Astra.

FREE ENTRY @ THE ROXY WITH RSVP! ALL AGES.
RSVP with a valid email address is strictly required.

Early arrival is suggested as space is limited.
Entry not guaranteed. Line up subject to change.

We are happy to announce that we will be on tour in Europe supporting ANATHEMA from October 16th to November 3rd!

October:

16 - Marseille, France - Le Cabaret Aleatoire
17 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo
18 - Madrid, Spain -Joy Eslava
19 - Porto, Portugal - Hard Club
20 - Lisbon, Portugal - Paradise Garage
21 - Seville, Spain - Custom
22 - Murcia, Spain - Gamma
24 – Barakaldo, Spain -Sala Rockstar Live
25 - Bordeaux, France - Barbey Rockschool
26 - Rennes, France - Antipodel
27 - Vauréal, France - Le Forum
29 - Lyon, France - Transbordeur
30 - Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
31 - Lille, France - Le Splendid

November:

1 - Osnabruck, Germany - Haus der Jugend
2 - Munchen, Germany - Theaterfabrik
3 - Berlin, Germany - Franz Club

ASTRA play with Dahga Bloom, Shiva Trash and JOY for JOY's record release show. Operation: Mindblow on psychedelic visuals!

Have your brain rearranged then camp out in our spacious and couch festooned back yard!

Featuring the far out sounds of our friendly freaks to the south:

ASTRA
http://www.astratheband.com/fr_news.cfm

JOY
http://www.facebook.com/pages/JOY/121824034518659?

PSICOMAGIA
http://www.facebook.com/psicomagiamusic

TAR HALOS
http://soundcloud.com/riververb

OPERATION:MINDBLOW - Visuals
http://www.youtube.com/operationmindblow

(((This could very well turn out to be THE happening of the summer)))

Doors open @ 8:30

$7 donation for show goers, $10 if you're camping out

Love Always,
HM157****

Ancestors(L.A., Tee Pee Records), ASTRA and Psicomagia with visuals by Operation: Mindblow!

Breaking News....We've just received a box full of The Black Chord vinyl LPs from Rise Above Records, just in time! For all of you who have been asking about LPs, now is your chance to get your hands on a copy...minus the shipping charges. Just come on down to the show, we'll have a bunch for sale. See you there!

ASTRA album release show for our second full length album The Black Chord. The bands Joy, The Loons and Dead Meadow also play with visuals by Operation: Mindblow.