THE ANGELUS

On A Dark & Barren Land available now!

2011-10-10T10:59:00.000-07:00

We are happy to announce that our new album On A Dark & Barren Land is now available. Order or download a copy here or you can also purchase one from us at a show.

Here's a nice quote summing up the album.

"It feels like every single song is a chapter from a truly important novel." - Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins)

For a more in-depth review see here.

The album is coming soon . . .

2011-05-25T09:22:00.000-07:00

See the video below for a little taste of what's to come.
In the meantime see us in Fort Worth this weekend in Fort Worth at 1919 Hemphill.

The Angelus: On A Dark & Barren Land from Jake Wilganowski on Vimeo.

March - 35 Conferette and other shows!

2011-03-07T08:53:00.000-08:00

See our facebook page for all details.

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Thursday March 10 at 10PM

35 Conferette / Gutterth Showcase
The Hydrant
208 West Oak Street
Denton, TX

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Friday, March 11 · 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Paperstain day show 1
503 w Sycamore, Denton, TX

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Saturday, March 12 · 12:00pm - 4:00pm

J & J's Pizza On The Square
118 W. Oak St.
Denton, TX

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Saturday, March 26 at 9PM

PASTIME TAVERN
1503 South Ervay Street
Dallas, TX

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Hello Austin, it's been a while.

2011-02-23T10:15:00.000-08:00

Friday FEb. 25th • 9:00 PM

Hole In The Wall
2538 Guadalupe Austin,Texas
Austin, TX

We sincerely hope you can come out and see us.

Year end show.

2010-12-09T08:31:00.002-08:00

Sans Soleil • The Angelus • Diamond Age • Slackbeat
Wednesday, December 15 at 10:00pm

Rubber Gloves, Denton TX

$1 entry for 21 and up/ $3 for minors

gavin and oleg will be deejaying the night away

Sept. 25th @ RGRS in Denton TX

2010-09-16T08:03:00.001-07:00

Go to the Facebook Event Page here.

Aug. 27 @ Rgrs in Denton

2010-08-24T07:28:00.000-07:00

This Friday The Angelus plays at Rubber Gloves in Denton, TX.
We'll be joined by an eclectic sampling of local muisc including Denton favorites Spooky Folk, Austin's Kingdom of Suicide Lovers,
featuring memebers of Glorium and Faceless Werewolves, and Matthew Leer brings his one man bainchild Diamond Age out of the miasmatic sludge of the Dallas music scene for a rare performance.
Don't miss it.

2010-07-13T07:45:00.001-07:00

Friday, July 16, 2010 @ The Kessler Theater

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June 25 @ Bryan St. Tavern

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June 4th @ The Double Wide - Shapes Stars Make and My Education

2010-05-17T12:36:00.000-07:00

May 11th - The Angelus @ Hailey's - Denton

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Good Records 10th Anniversary/ Record Store Day Saturday April 17, 2010

2010-04-15T09:44:00.000-07:00

We'll be playing @ 3:30 in the afternoon on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Good Records. They are celebrating their 10th Anniversary as well as National Record Store Day, and we are happy to be invited to help celebrate.

Go to this link for more info, including the full line-up, parking info, etc.

http://www.goodrecords.com/recordstoreday

A Busy Week

2010-03-08T10:16:00.000-08:00

March, 10 @ Rubber Gloves - Meme Gallery - The Angelus DUO
March, 12 @ NX35 - Hydrant Cafe -The Angelus
March, 13 @ Nx35 dayshow (Emil solo)
March, 13 @ Bryan St. Tavern, Dallas TX- The Angelus

The Angelus 0n YouTube

2010-02-17T08:34:00.000-08:00

Finally putting some videos of The Angelus on-line. If you happen to have any, please send it our way and we'll add them to our channel. As always you can email us @ TheAngelusBand@gmail.com

Check out our page here: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAngelusBand

About Faces.

2010-01-31T14:27:00.001-08:00

©Jay Allen

©Jay Allen

©Jay Allen

©Jay Allen

©Emil Rapstine

A few shows, Mixing the record, and Nx35

2010-01-25T14:23:00.000-08:00

While our record has been put in the very capable hands of David Willingham to be mixed we're deliberating what the ablum artwork should look like.

Meanwhile, The Angelus plays a benefit for Denton's Querenicia Community Bike Shop Jan. 30th at Dan's Silverleaf.
Very glad to be part of this: http://qcbs.wordpress.com/

Also, Emil continues to play some solo shows here and there
We'll post some video of that soon.

Finally, we're glad to announce that we'll be playing North by 35 again this year and might have some SxSW day party action going on. Look at Nx35's blog to see all the bands playing this year. Looks like there are some good ones. Speaking of which, we see that our friend Summer Of Glaciers will be traveling from San Francisco to join in on the festivities.
He's got a new record coming out soon and Emil even lent his voice for one track. Looking forward to seeing how Summer of Glaciers holds up in the Texas heat this March.

Song Of Self by THE ANGELUS on Gutterth Compilation Two

2009-12-11T07:50:00.000-08:00

Song Of Self by THE ANGELUS

Our friends at GUTTERTH PRODUCTIONS have been kind enough to include our song on their new comp. This FREE compilation is a collection of songs by some great bands from the Dallas and Denton area. We're very pleased to be part of this. Check out our track and then download the enitre comp here:
http://www.gutterth.com/content/view/642

We created this track just for this comp in mind and it wont be on our new album. Hope you enjoy it.

Emil solo w/ Center Divider and Dim Locator

2009-12-08T13:17:00.000-08:00

CENTER DIVIDER (NYC)
www.myspace.com/centerdivider

featuring...
Christian Lee: Guitar/Vocal
Tamara Cauble: Violin (Telegraph Canyon)
Bobby Weaver: Bass (The Paper Chase)
William Williams: Guitar (Hankshaw Band)
Clay Stinnett: Drums (The Boom Boom Box)
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Emil Rapstine (The Angelus )
www.myspace.com/theangelus

w/ Ryan Williams (Baptist Generals, Dust Congress)
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DIM LOCATOR (Will Kapinos of jetscreamer)
www.myspace.com/willkapinos

Starting a band in Denton, TX is like . . .

2009-09-10T10:23:00.001-07:00

Bringing Coals To Newcastle

Before Emil began the Angelus, he and Matt had their first Denton rock experiment called
Coals To Newcastle. They recorded one album but never released it. The band split soon after the recording was completed.

Our friend M. Leer has been kind enough to post the songs to his blog THE DIAMOND AGE.
You can download the album there as well as find some more recordings from Denton bands of yore. Worth a look and listen.

Fred’s Homecoming

2009-08-07T09:26:00.000-07:00

We swear this isn’t an intervention or anything, just a celebration of Fred’s return to Texas from the vile state of Kansas (I’ve never been there . . . it’s vile right?). He’s survived the rigors of the military duty including losing half a pinky finger, being kicked by his own horse (broken ribs), and dressing in antiquated cavalry uniform. They also tried to shave his head, but aha, Fred was one step ahead of them. What makes this even better is that we're playing with the Hope Trust and Tre Orsi. Very excited to play with both of these bands. (Matthew Barnhart of Tre Orsi has been engineering our new record for the past several months.) Alright, alright. Just be there.

The Angelus
Tre Orsi
The Hope Trust

Emil will also play a short solo set at Rubbergloves on Sept. 4th before The Angelus plays in Dallas.

Overdub-ious.

2009-07-24T08:49:00.000-07:00

Finished recording overdubs this week. Corrected flubs and layered guitar mostly but also added some strings and marimba care of our friends Tamra and the members of Dust Congress. Sounds really great at first blush. We'll see how everything pans out once we record vocals and start mixing. Either way, another big step toward finishing the record.

Emil at the Annex House - 7.10.09

2009-07-06T08:34:00.000-07:00

While we continue to work on the album,Emil will take a break and join the blessed souls at the Annex House as they open their doors for another low-key seance. Please come visit for a spell. Where is the Annex House? 1207 Annex Ave. here in Dallas. Nice bunch of kids who live there. Come out - you wont regret it. You might hear some new songs.
Also playing: Hotel, Hotel | Sabra Laval | New Science Projects.

Recording New Album

2009-06-24T10:30:00.000-07:00

Finally, we've set to work on our debut, full-length album.
Under the ever patient watch of engineer Matthew Barnhart we've spent several fruitfull days and nights at the Echo Lab in Denton, TX tracking what will be our debut album. If you remember, this is where we recorded our self-titled EP back in 2004. Barnhart engineered that as well, but this time we are accompanied by our friend Josh Pearson who is producing the album. If we can survive under his brutal lash hopefully the album will be finished by the end of the summer.

We'll keep you posted.

In the meantime check back here for any sporadic show updates.

P.S. - You can see some more photos from the echo lab here.