MMOCA will be celebrating the opening of a new exhibit by Leo Villareal, an artist acclaimed for his installations of LED art.

We’ll be performing in the lobby from 7:30 until 9ish, with a brief intermission in the middle there.  Expect a lot of material; old stuff, new stuff, originals, covers…plus, hey, amazing artwork, food-and-drink, and all the fancifulness one expects to accompany a large-scale art opening.

Anyway, it’s a really cool gig!

That’s right, kids, after a long hiatus, we’re rolling back into the live world with a benefit show to celebrate the release of Electronic Saviors II, the massive 6-disc anti-cancer benefit compilation. June 9th at The Inferno.

It’ll be us, The Dark Clan, Caustic, and Sensuous Enemy, all of who have tracks on the comp (TDC, in some form or another, has involvement on like 300 songs on the disc, because Dan is a prolific producer and guest artist). We’ll be rolling out a few new tracks, and some other goodies.

It’s gunna be a good time, for a good cause!

Null Device has an exclusive, unreleased, new and exciting track on it, “Through Closing Eyes.”  (hey, everybody!  Sitars!)  But we’re not the only ones.  Our friends in The Dark Clan, Caustic, The Gothsicles, Rein[forced], Ego Likeness, The Azoic, I:Scintilla, am.psych, The Mighty Chouffe, SD6, Sensuous Enemy, Patricia Wake, Xuberx, ThouShaltNot, Interface, Boole, Everything Goes Cold, Lowe, and…well, basically anybody we’ve ever played a show with, met in passing, or are just vaguely familiar with – they’re all on there, along with Longtime Big Genre Guys like Covenant, Aesthetic Perfection, 16Volt, and Project Pitchfork.  And oh so many more.

This whole magnificent six-disc beastie was put together by Uncle Jimmy Semonik, himself a survivor of a rather nasty bout with cancer.  The dude’s put his heart, soul, mind and body into getting this together, and it shows.  All proceeds go to cancer-related charities like Gilda’s Club.  There’s also an 8-disc limited edition box set available, too.

Good tunes for a good cause.

Have a safe and happy 2012!

Stop your grinnin’ and drop your linen….Detric Frost Sheridan was born Dec 24, 2011 6:43pm. 7 lbs 4 oz, 21 1/2 inches. We are all doing well so far….hope to get a few photos up after we get home!

We had our reasons.  I (Eric O) had a wedding to put together, for one thing.  Elizabeth had a very adorable baby right at the start of the year.  And now Jill is having one too (very soon, within days of this being posted, in all probability).  Makes it kind of hard to tour when you’ve got a newborn or are several months pregnant, since most venues don’t provide onsite child care or offer prenatal checkups.

But we haven’t been entirely idle.  We’ve been working on a bunch of new tracks, which are proving to be a bit of a departure from our previous work, I’ve been doing a hefty chunk of production and remix work for other bands this year as well as playing as part of Caustic on a number of shows, and we did release some remixes and a live EP this year.  And we fulfilled a dream of playing the Union Terrace, which was a pretty good way to end our live engagements for the year.

On a sad note, Elizabeth will be departing for warmer, sunnier climes soon, as she and her family move to Louisiana.  She will be missed, since she’s played with us since…gosh, 2005?  A loooooong time.  She’s been a cheerful, organized member of the band all the while, plus she was great at long-distance driving and packing.  Did I mention how much we’re going to miss her?  But we all wish her, Dr. Nick and Alexander the very very best!

And speaking of the very best, on behalf of all of us at Null Device Media Industries, have a safe and happy holiday season and a great 2012.  We’ll see you there.

It’s a one-off show, sponsored by Dane101. They’ve got more info on tickets, set times, etc.

Also performing are tributes to Blondie, The Smiths,  The Flaming Lips, and The Black Crowes.

Bop BopBop.

Here’s a quick vid from a practice session.  Pretty much tells you what you’re in for:

So to celebrate, we’re releasing a chunk of songs I’ve been sitting on for a while.  “Something More Exciting Than A Tornado: Null Device Live at WORT-FM.”

Before we struck out on tour last year, we stopped by the local radio station to talk with our good friend and host of “Something Wonderful, Dr. Ryan Parks, and we played a few songs.  These would be those.

Naturally, because nothing can ever run entirely smoothly with a Null Device performance, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for most of the listening area mere moments before we were due to start.  Undeterred, we played on, risking our very safety in the name of musical entertainment!

So download the fruits of our peril, absolutely free!

You can see it here: