We'd like to thank all of our wonderful fans that came out to see us play during this short UK/Euro tour. We received such a warm welcome from you all and we couldn't have asked for a more enthusiastic audience. We wouldn't be where we are without you.

It was also great to hang out and spend some time with some of you lovely people after the gigs, you know who you are ;) Until next time!

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

Sunday, May 5th 2013.

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 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 almighty Purson, whilst main support for the London show will be our cosmic brothers and brilliant label mates Diagonal.

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

Over at Revolvermag.com, Dan Briggs, bassist of Between the Buried and Me, picked his 5 favorite albums of 2012. We're honored that The Black Chord made it to #4 on his list. Thanks Dan!

Nick Savic from Prog-sphere.com has listed his top 30 albums of 2012 and our album The Black Chord took the #2 spot - just under OM's – Advaitic Songs! Thanks Nick.

 

The Black Chord made it to #17 on SPIN Magazine's 20 Best "Metal" Albums of 2012 list! Thanks for the love SPIN.

Our album The Black Chord is #5 on Popmatters.com The Best Progressive Rock (and Metal) of 2012 list with a great write up by Craig Hayes. Thanks Craig!

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.

When: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 1:00 PM (US/Pacific)

Where: The Roxy 9009 W Sunset Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069

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!

Here is a newly posted interview that I recently did with Mark Kadzielawa at 69 Faces of Rock. Have a look!