{"id":2023744,"date":"2025-09-15T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2023744"},"modified":"2025-09-15T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:16:08","slug":"with-die-spitz-the-bedlam-is-at-a-fever-pitch-and-were-here-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/with-die-spitz-the-bedlam-is-at-a-fever-pitch-and-were-here-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"With Die Spitz, the Bedlam Is at a Fever Pitch. And We\u2019re Here for It."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spend a few hours with Die Spitz and you\u2019ll realize a bit of chaos follows the band wherever they go. Not that it\u2019s a bad thing. In three years since releasing their debut EP, this ad hoc group of 22-year-old friends and sometimes roommates who meld punk, metal, hardcore, \u201990s alt rock (and melody when they feel like it) has inked their status as one of the most riotous new live bands on the planet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Although Eleanor Livingston, Kate Halter, Chloe De St. Aubin, and Ava Schrobilgen might sound like the names of high-class debutantes, just give the quartet an hour and they will have crowds barking like dogs, feverishly jumping on stage, and throwing around \u201cwe\u2019re not worthy\u201d hands. If Livingston isn\u2019t gripping microphones like a butcher grips a knife, she\u2019s hurling her body around while crowd surfing \u2026 in kitten heels. De St. Aubin bears a haunting visage with expert makeup that may look like kabuki, Betty Boop, or a sad clown, depending on the day. Schrobilgen growls like she\u2019s eternally stuck in Dante\u2019s inferno. And Halter (2023 winner of Best Bassist in the Austin Music Awards) barrels down on her instrument while never breaking from a covert smile-sneer that makes you wonder if she may actually want to kill you. Besides Halter, the other three constantly trade off vocals, guitars, and drums, making it hard to even give them an official \u201ctitle\u201d in the band.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More from Spin:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As I said \u2026 chaos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the day we meet up in Chicago in late May, the bedlam is at a fever pitch. Just a few minutes prior to our meetup at the concert hall Schubas, the band unknowingly almost crashed the pivotal father-daughter dance at a wedding held in the adjacent restaurant while trying to get backstage. Livingston sits in a corner of the green room talking to a doctor who\u2019s injecting steroids into her arm to help coax out her voice. She nearly lost it a few days prior, during a previous stop on the band\u2019s first-ever, sold-out headline tour. Tonight is their fourth show in a row \u2026 they think. Ever since getting signed to Jack White\u2019s Third Man Records in March, working on their just-about-to-be-released LP <em>Something To Consume<\/em> and nonstop tours opening for Amyl and the Sniffers, OFF!, and Sleater-Kinney, things have been an understandable blur.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But all they can think about when we sit down to talk is keeping a personal best record going. \u201cWe haven\u2019t had a night without a mosh pit yet on this tour,\u201d says Schrobilgen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBetter not be tonight,\u201d adds Livingston after getting bandaged up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>(Credit: Anatheme)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The night did not disappoint. By the third song in, the vociferous \u201cChug,\u201d with its commanding refrain of \u201cright now!\u201d it was mission accomplished. Having gone to many a show at Schubas for more than 20 years, I can safely say this was a first for the intimate listening room. And the venue was not exactly ready for it, either. Security kept wanting a word with Die Spitz\u2019s tour manager, Kyra, so she had to resort to putting a message on her phone to flash at them when they came for her. It simply said, \u201cI\u2019m sorry!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The band\u2019s fans, collective smorgasbord of music lovers who wanted to witness the buzzed-about act, or had seen them as tour support and came back for the main attraction, started lining up hours before showtime. Some were wearing Gouge Away shirts, others in Bjork tees, or Bad Brains hoodies. In the mix were college kids from nearby DePaul University, skaters, goths, preppies, even some fans the age of some of the other fans\u2019 parents. As Livingston likes to sum up the eclectic crowds, the night offered the epitome of \u201chot young girls, hot old men.\u201d Halter adds there\u2019s also been some children at recent dates. \u201cWe had a 9-year-old boy crowd surf once. \u2026 I\u2019m glad that they\u2019re experiencing something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s easy to forget that the women of Die Spitz were just youngins themselves not too long ago. Schrobilgen and Livingston met as preschoolers\u2014their parents were friends in Austin, and now they are friends for the long haul. Halter entered the picture in middle school, when the three became a unit, a \u201clittle stupid shithead trio,\u201d she says. By high school, the friends were hellbent on forming a band, inspired after watching the M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce biographical dramedy <em>The Dirt <\/em>and bonding over growing obsessions with Ozzy Osbourne, Meat Puppets, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Mudhoney, and Pixies, thanks to random CDs they picked up at Goodwill and gateway introductions from Livingston\u2019s father, a guitarist in the Austin-based rock\/soul\/funk act Relentless Jones. \u201cHe\u2019s the coolest dude, and he introduced us to a lot of music because we would live at Ellie\u2019s house all the time,\u201d says Schrobilgen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Soon enough, a name was unearthed one night after a Fireball bender turned into a brainstorming session. Before they went to bed, they settled on either Die Spitz (a feminine word in German meaning the pointed or the sharp) or Pig Pen (which would end up as Matty Matheson\u2019s band name anyway). Die Spitz picked up speed during the pandemic as the three friends used it as an excuse to hang out during isolation. \u201cWe were like, mom, dad we\u2019re just practicing. We\u2019ll social distance. And we were, like, hugging each other and cuddling, just so happy to see each other,\u201d recalls Schrobilgen in between bites of spring rolls as showtime creeps closer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNow we have a one-touch-a-day policy,\u201d De St. Aubin counters, in between bouts of applying white powder and thick black eyeliner for the night\u2019s character look. \u201cThis is like fucking <em>Black Swan<\/em>, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"(Credit: Anatheme)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"650\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/FNZvWa.medZVLucyc.8Kww--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY1MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/spin_digital_media\/b2353b7c0f8da0048b1bcb84896b85a3\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>(Credit: Anatheme)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">De St. Aubin was a curious late addition. \u201cWe met Chloe two weeks before our first show. It was a really quick click of friendship, and everything slid into place,\u201d Halter shares, snickering. \u201cWe stole her.\u201d At the time, De St. Aubin was drumming in another Austin band, Farmer\u2019s Wife. That group\u2019s singer, Molly, caught wind of Die Spitz like so many do\u2014at a live show\u2014and came back to tell the tale. Both groups are tight friends now, however, even if there was a bit of a stalker escapade to get De St. Aubin to join Die Spitz. \u201cEllie FaceTimed [Chloe] on Instagram, like 30 times,\u201d Halter admits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt was like the boogeyman. I was like, who\u2019s calling me? I didn\u2019t even know how, Instagram calling worked, so I kept declining the calls,\u201d recalls De St. Aubin, who fills her time on the road taking online classes from University of Texas towards a degree in psychology. \u201cIt was scaring me, and I finally answered. They were just absolutely insane \u2026 like how they are on stage but 40 times more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All together, Die Spitz has released two EPs, 2022\u2019s punk powerhouse <em>The Revenge of Evangeline <\/em>and 2023\u2019s gruesome <em>Teeth<\/em>, the latter of which took home the award for Album of the Year at the Austin Music Awards. While there\u2019s been a lot of local love for the band since the early days, the appreciation society is now expanding. Fast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A pivotal turning point came when Megan Loveless, a Third Man project manager and A&amp;R rep, saw Die Spitz at an unofficial South by Southwest showcase at the Feels So Good warehouse parking lot in 2024. It was the same week <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2024\/03\/sunny-day-real-estate-get-up-kids-austin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SPIN booked the band for a festival showcase,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>SPIN <\/em>booked the band for a festival showcase,<\/a> afterwards forecasting, \u201cBe there before all your cool friends talk your ear off about Die Spitz six months from now.\u201d Loveless, too, knew she had to get on the bandwagon and sign the up-and-comers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI had listened to the <em>Teeth <\/em>EP a bit on streaming, but never seen them play so it was a real surprise,\u201d Loveless admits of that initial showcase, calling them \u201cthe most entertaining live band I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d She adds, \u201cI was immediately drawn to them because it\u2019s so refreshing to see only young women on stage. Kate was wearing this shirt that said \u2018wanna raise some hell\u2019 and had this Flying V-type bass. Ellie was wearing a metallic bikini top and had this raspy voice and was shredding on guitar. Ava had this growl that was so impressive. Chloe was one of the best drummers I\u2019d ever seen. And the crowd was a huge mosh pit full of teenage girls going crazy, kicking up a massive cloud of dust over the crowd from this gravel parking lot. I had never really seen a mosh pit like that where young women felt so free. I immediately knew they were something special.\u201d Loveless says Die Spitz was a perfect fit for Third Man, noting that the label \u201cworks hard to elevate younger punk bands,\u201d and adding, \u201cI wanted to show the world how cool they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ahead of prominent appearances at Bonnaroo and Governor\u2019s Ball in New York City this summer, the quartet headed to Studio 4 in Philadelphia to work with producer Will Yip (Turnstile, Code Orange, Mannequin Pussy), putting together the pieces of their debut album for the label. The result is the hell-raising, genre-bending, age-defying opus <em>Something To Consume<\/em>, out September 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It opens with the sludgey \u201cPop Punk Anthem (Sorry for the Delay)\u201d paying homage (in theory at least) to the early 2000s scene and then continues with the feverish acoustic soapbox \u201cVoir Dire\u201d (\u201cto speak the truth\u201d) that brings a topical political edge to the band\u2019s current material. \u201cUnless we\u2019re part of the few in power, we\u2019ll someday be victimized and regret that we didn\u2019t act now,\u201d De St. Aubin shared in press materials, adding, \u201cSome people aren\u2019t interested in being political activists via music, but it weighs on me heavily and I feel misaligned with my calling if I don\u2019t.\u201d One of the heaviest songs on the album, the riff-exploding \u201cThrow Yourself to the Sword\u201d is another pearl clutcher that fits well next to the straightforward emotive rock of \u201cPunishers\u201d and the dreamy, near shoegaze of \u201cGo Get Dressed.\u201d All of it will be the centerpiece of the band\u2019s headlining tour this fall as well as September dates with fellow rabble rousers Viagra Boys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe have some very different stuff on there,\u201d says Schrobilgen of the new album. \u201cWe\u2019ve recently been going kind of more of a metal route. And there\u2019s also some hard-hitting punk. There\u2019s also slow dramatic songs. There\u2019s vibraphone and violin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThere really is something for everyone to consume,\u201d Halter interjects, unabashedly emphasizing the pun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Of all the songs on the album though, it\u2019s the implied comradery on \u201cRiding With My Girls\u201d that best encapsulates the unmistakable journey that got Die Spitz to this point and hints at their desire to push for more women in heavy music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI just love feeding off other bad bitches,\u201d Livingston says, laughing, while recalling the influence that touring with Amyl and the Sniffers in particular had on her. \u201c[Amy] was inspirational in the sense of seeing a girl that was just as crazy as me and just fucking going nuts. I definitely take inspiration from her as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s a message she was all too happy to pay forward at Schubas, talking directly to the women in the crowd before inviting them onstage for one last bit of wild abandon: \u201cQuit your job or don\u2019t, become a rockstar. You can do anything you want in this life.\u201d Die Spitz sure has.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spend a few hours with Die Spitz and you\u2019ll realize a bit of chaos follows the band wherever they go. Not that it\u2019s a bad thing. 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