November 02, 2006
Sonic Youth compilation NR details
SONIC YOUTH'S "THE DESTROYED ROOM: B-SIDES AND RARITIES" CD TO BE RELEASED
ON GEFFEN RECORDS DECEMBER 12TH..VINYL COUNTER-PART ST DATE IS EARLY 2007..
Santa Monica, California, October 30, 2006 - New York's most influential
avant-garde rock band Sonic Youth follows up their critically acclaimed
release of Rather Ripped earlier this year with a special set that is
sure to complete the collection of all Sonic Youth fans. The Destroyed
Room: B-sides And Rarities, a band-chosen collection of near-hidden
Sonic Youth gems, the CD will be released on Geffen Records December 12th.
The album brings together songs from throughout the band's career with
Geffen Records, focusing on tracks previously available only on vinyl,
limited-release compilations, or as b-sides to international singles.
The tracks were hand picked by the band and also include material that
has never before been released. For those that collect vinyl, a double
vinyl LP edition will be released in early 2007 on the band's own
Goofin' Records label.
The complete track listing for The Destroyed Room: B-sides And Rarities
is:
Fire Engine Dream - (2003) outtake from "Sonic Nurse;" previously
unreleased
Fauxhemians - (2001) from The Noho Furniture Sessions; originally
released on the "All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1" compilation ATP Records.
Is It My Body? - (1991) from the 2x7" "Alice Cooper Tribute" originally
released on Sub Pop Records
Razor Blade - (1994) b-side from the "Bull in the Heather" single
Blink - (1999) from the "Pola X" soundtrack
Campfire - (2000) from the "At Home With The Groovebox" compilation
originally released on Grand Royal Records.
Loop Cat - (2003) from the "You Can Never Go Fast Enough" compilation
originally released on Plain Recordings.
Kim's Chords - (2003) Japanese bonus track from "Sonic Nurse"
Beautiful Plateau - (2003) Japanese bonus track from "Sonic Nurse"
Three Part Sectional Love Seat- (2001) from The Noho Furniture Sessions;
previously unreleased
Queen Anne Chair - (2001) from The Noho Furniture Sessions; previously
unreleased
The Diamond Sea - (1995) LP version with alternate ending, b-side from
The Diamond Sea CD single
Sonic Youth spent this past summer on the road kicking off their tour at
the now closed legendary club CBGBs in New York City and continuing on a
headlining tour of the United States. They made a stop at the Bonnaroo
Arts & Music festival in Tennessee before opening for Pearl Jam on some
of their west coast dates. A stint at Lollapalooza followed and then it
was more club dates followed by two sold out performances at McClaren
Pool in Brooklyn with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Sonic Youth will head to
Europe for a string of dates later this year starting with The Nightmare
Before Christmas version of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival which
will be curated by Thurston. The Festival runs December 8-10 and takes
place at a new location in Somerset, England. For international tour
dates visit www.sonicyouth.com
Earlier this year saw the reissue of three of the most daring,
innovative and compelling soundvisions in modern music--Sonic Youth's
landmark 1982 debut album, its legendary twisted pop opus under the
pseudonym Ciccone Youth and band member Thurston Moore's sole solo
album.All remastered, Sonic Youth,. The Whitey Album and Moore's Psychic
Hearts were reissued by Geffen/UMe March 14, 2006.
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October 27, 2006
New Field Music music video
Click HERE To watch the new music video for the first single "In Context" from Field Music's new full-length release Tones of Town--coming in late February.
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October 06, 2006
Efterklang mini album on the way
Efterklang have finished recording a mini album, entitled Under Giant Trees, scheduled in for a January 2007 release. The mini album lasts 30 minutes featuring 5 new songs, none of which will be included on their second album. Not content with just this, Efterklang are working on the second full length, and we’re hoping to release this in late summer 2007...
Efterklang websites:
Efterklang
My Space
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September 26, 2006
Upcoming Shrimper Records releases
Taglich Brot, the first proper solo album from Andre Herman Düne, one half of Swedish singer / songwriter twosome Herman Düne, will be with us in November, as will Andre himself, embarking on his first solo US tour.
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September 15, 2006
Tour dates
10/12 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
10/17 Seattle, WA Crocodile
10/18 Portland, OR Holocene
10/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/24 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Brewing Company
10/26 Albuquerque, MN Launchpad
10/28 Austin, TX Emo's
09/23 New York, NY Tonic (early and late shows)
10/04 Buffalo, NY Nietzsche's
10/05 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
10/06 Ottawa, ON First Baptist Church
10/07 Montreal, QC Le Nationa
09/23 Portland, OR Fabulous Jackpot (in-store 2 PM)
09/23 Portland, OR Doug Fir
09/24 Seattle, WA Easy Street (in-store 3 PM)
09/24 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/25 Missoula, MT The Loft
09/26 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
09/27 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
09/28 Milwaukee, WI Stonefly
09/30 Lansing, MI Temple Bar
10/01 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
10/03 Boston, MA TT the Bears
10/05 Portland, ME Space Gallery
10/06 New York, NY Pianos
10/07 Philadelphia, PA The Fire
10/08 Baltimore, MI Sonar
10/10 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
10/11 Gainesville, FL Common Ground
10/12 Orlando, FL Backbooth
10/14 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
10/15 Austin, TX Emo's
10/16 Dallas, TX Good Records (in-store 7 PM)
10/17 Denton, TX Hailey's
10/18 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
10/20 Denver, CO Rock Island
10/23 Salt Lake City, UT Kayo
10/25 Phoenix, AZ Modified
10/26 San Diego, CA Casbah
10/27 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
10/28 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
09/22 Pittsburgh, PA Quiet Storm Coffeehouse
10/04 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
10/24 Chicago, IL Uncommon Grounds
10/26 Cincinnati, OH The Poison Room
10/ 27 Akron, OH Annabells
10/29 Nashville, TN Exit In
10/25 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
10/26 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Bard College
10/27 London, ON Call the Office
10/28 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
10/29 Montreal, QC Sala Rossa
10/30 Boston, MA Great Scott
11/ 01 New York, NY Knitting Factory
11/ 02 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
11/ 05 Washington, DC Black Cat
11/ 06 Charlottesville, VA Satellite Ballroom
11/ 08 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
11/ 09 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
11/ 10 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
11/ 11 Austin, TX Emo's
09/16 Boston, MA Boston University
09/22 Durham, NC Duke Coffeehouse
09/23 Greensboro, NC Flying Anvil
09/24 Atlanta, GA Variety
09/29 Swarthmore, PA Swarthmore Campus
10/04 Toronto, ON Horseshoe
10/05 Ottawa, QC Zaphod Beezlebrox
10/07 Montreal, ON Le National
10/12 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/14 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
10/17 Seattle, WA Crocodile
10/18 Portland, OR Holocene
10/20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/24 Santa Fe, NM College of Santa Fe
10/26 Albuquerque, MN Launchpad
10/28 Austin, TX Emo's
10/31 Gateshead, UK Sage
11/01 Glasgow, SCT ABC 1
11/02 Dublin, IRE Olympia
11/03 Liverpool, UK Academy
11/04 Sheffield, UK Octago
11/05 London, UK Camden Roundhouse
11/16 Providence, RI Leung Gallery
11/18 Bennington, VT Bennington Campus
11/11 Paris, FR Les Inrocks
11/21 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
11/22 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
VASHTI BUNYAN
09/14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
09/15 Boston, MA Museum Of Fine Arts
09/16 Shelburne Falls, MA Memorial Hall Theater (Hilltown Folk Series)
10/03 Toronto, ON Harbourfront Center, Theater
10/05 Montreal, QC La Tulipe
09/17 Reno, NV Club Underground
09/18 Sacramento, CA The Library
09/20 Arcata, CA Mazotti's
09/21 Portland, OR Berbati's
09/22 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/23 Spokane, WA Mike K Rock's Birthday Celebration
09/25 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
09/26 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
09/27 Denver, CO The Bluebird Theater
09/28 Minneapolis, MN Foundation
09/29 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville News
09/30 Milwaukee, WI Stone Fly Brewery
10/01 Madison, WI Club Inferno
10/02 Chicago, IL Abbey Pub
10/03 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
10/04 Austin, TX Emo's
10 05 San Antonio, TX Kingston Tycoon Flats
10/ 06 El Paso, TX House Of Rock and Roll
10/07 Tucson, AZ Solar Culture Gallery
10/08 Scottsdale, AZ Chaser's
10/22 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx (Arthur Nights)
09/15 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
09/17 Buffalo, NY The Kitchen
09/18 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
09/19 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
09/20 St Louis, MO Hi Pointe
09/21 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium
09/23 Moscow, RUS Ikra
09/24 Moscow, RUS Ikra
09/16 Los Angeles, CA Warehouse (Droid Behavior 4 Year Anniversary)
09/18 Los Angeles, CA The Temple Bar
09/22 Chicago, IL Sonotheque
DOSH
09/17 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
09/19 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theater
09/20 San Diego, CA Belly Up Tavern
09/21 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
09/22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
09/26 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
09/27 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
09/28 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
09/29 Vancouver, BC Media Club
09/30 Bellingham, WA Nightlight
10/25 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (w/ Daedelus & Caural)
10/29 Somerville, MA PA's Lounge
10/31 Washington, DC The Black Cat
11/01 Buffalo, NY Big Orbit's Soundlab
09/25 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/12 St. Louis, MO Duck Room
10/19 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
10/21 Brooklyn, NY Magnetic Field
10/22 Philadelphia, PA The Khyber
10/23 Columbus, OH Used Kids Records (in-store)
10/05 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
10/06 New York, NY Tonic
10/07 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
10/08 Somerville, MA PA's Lounge
10/09 Providence, RI AS 220 Art Space
10/10 Albany, NY Valentine's
10/11 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
10/13 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
10/14 Cincinnati, OH Publico Gallery
10/15 Columbus, OH Little Brothers
10/17 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theater
10/19 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Bar
10/20 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
10/21 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
10/23 Detroit, MI Stormy Records Space
10/24 Pittsburgh, PA Quiet Storm Coffee House
10/25 Charlottesville, VA Gravity Lounge
10/26 Arlington, VA Iota Cafe
10/27 Brooklyn, NY Barbes
11/03 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx
11/04 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies
09/29 Chicago, IL South Union Arts
09/16 Milwaukee, WI Mad Planet
09/20 Chicago, IL Double Door
09/21 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville mews
09/22 Denver, CO The Hi Dive
09/24 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
09/23 Ft. Collins, CO Surfside 7
09/24 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
09/27 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
09/28 Portland, OR Music Millennium (in-store 6 PM)
09/28 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
09/29 Eugene, OR Diablo's Downtown Lounge
09/30 San Francisco, CA Annie's Social Club
10/03 Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam's
10/02 Long Beach, CA Fingerprints (in-store 7 PM)
10/04 Los Angeles, CA The Viper Room
10/05 San Diego, CA M-Theory Music (in-store 6:30 PM)
10/05 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick
10/06 Las Vegas, NV The Cooler
10/07 Phoenix, AZ Stinkweeds (in-store 3:30 PM)
10/07 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
MAMMATUS
09/22 Santa Cruz, CA The Warehouse
10/19 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill (w/ Suishou No Fune)
10/22 Santa Cruz, CA The Blue Lagoon
11/02 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
11/03 San Francisco, CA The Independent
11/04 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
11'05 Seattle, WA Chop Suey
11/07 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
11/08 Columbus, OH Wexner Center
11/09 Toronto, ON The Mod Club
11/10 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
11/11 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
09/14 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
09/15 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
09/16 Chicago, IL South Union Arts
10/27 Denver, CO Oriental Theatre
09/14 San Francisco, CA Rasputin's Music (in-store 6 PM)
09/14 San Francisco, CA The Hemlock
09/15 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland
09/16 Los Angeles, CA Safari Sam's
09/17 San Francisco, CA Amoeba Music (In-store 2 PM)
09/28 New York, NY Cake Shop
09/29 Brooklyn, NY Northsix
09/30 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes
10/01 Allston, MA O'Brien's
10/02 Detroit, MI Painted Lady
10/03 Athens, OH The Union
10/04 Cinco, OH Northside Tavern
10/05 Chicago, IL Subterranean
10/22 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx (Arthur Nights)
THE OCTOPUS PROJECT
09/14 Austin, TX Emo's
09/15 Denton, TX Hailey's
09/16 Houston, TX The Proletariat
OM
09/22 Toronto, ON X Avant Festival, Music Gallery
09/23 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx (Arthur Nights)
12/01 San Francisco, CA Slim's
QUINTRON / MISS PUSSYCAT
09/22 Nijmegen, NL Doornroosje
09/23 Amsterdam, NL Robodock Festival(secret location)
09/24 Haarlem, NL Patronaat
09/26 Koeln, DEU Tsunami Club
09/27 Offenbach, DEU Hafen 2
09/28 Bremen, DEU JZ Friesenstrasse
09/29 Copenhagen, DNK Club Argot
09/30 Berlin, DEU Solid Festival @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
10/02 Chemnitz, DEU Kapital
10/03 Saarlouis, DEU JUZ
10/04 Karlsruhe, DEU Carambolage
10/07 Zagreb, HRV Galerij
10/08 Tarcento, IT Hybrida
10/11 Schaffhausen, CHE Tap Tab
10/12 Luzern, CHE Sedel
10/13 Lausanne, CHE Luff Festival
10/14 Zurich, CHE Zukunft
10/15 Chalon-sur-Saone, FR La Peniche
10/17 Strasbourg, FR Laiterie
10/19 Blois, FR Ch‰teau d'O
10/20 Paris, FR Point Eph_nm?re
10/21 Lyon, FR Arty-FartY
10/23 Limoges, FR Cafteur
10/24 Toulouse, FR Cl_o
10/25 Poitiers, FR Confort Moderne
10/27 Dunkerque, FR Arts Sc_niques
10/08 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
10/09 Santa Cruz, CA Metamusic
10/21 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx (Arthur Nights)
SONIC YOUTH
09/27 San Diego, CA House of Blues
09/28 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theatre
12/11 Brussels, BEL Les Halles
12/13 Paris, FR Zenith
10/18 Los Altos Hills, CA KFJC (live radio show 3 PM)
10/19 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill (w/ Mammatus)
10/20 Portland, OR Roturre
10/22 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
10/23 Jersey City, NJ WFMU (live radio show)
10/24 New York, NY Cake Shop
10/25 Providence, RI AS220
10/26 Brooklyn, NY Northsix
09/28 Chicago, IL Estrojam
09/14 Bilbao, ESP Ashkena
09/15 Vigo, ESP Club Evademecum
09/16 Lisboa, POR ZDB
09/17 Porto, POR Casa Musica 0
09/19 Madrid, ESP Moby Dick
09/20 Castellon, ESP Centre Municipal de Cultura
09/21 Barcelona, ESP Sidecar Factory
09/22 Lusanne, CHE Le Romandie
09/23 Turin, IT Spazio 211
09/24 Rome, IT Circolo Degli Artisti
09/26 Duedingen,CHE Bad Bonn
09/27 Winterhur, CHE Gaswerk
09/28 Dresden, DEU Scheune
09/29 Berlin, DUE Festsaal Kreuzberg (SOLID Festival)
11/08 Eureka, CA Red Fox Tavern
11/09 Eugene, OR Sam Bonds
11/10 Portland, OR Disjecta
11/11 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
11/12 Olympia, WA Manium
11/14 San Francisco, CA 12 Galaxies
11/15 San Diego, CA Casbah
11/16 Los Angeles, CA Ex_Plx
11/17 San Luis Obispo, CA Monday Club
11/18 Big Sur, CA Fernwood Resort
09/14 Memphis, TN Shangri-La (in store 5 PM)
09/14 Memphis, TN Gibson's Beale Street
09/15 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theatre
09/22 Nashville, TN Grimey's (in store 5 PM)
09/22 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge - AMA Conference
09/23 Austin, TX Antone's
09/24 Houston, TX McGonigel's Mucky Duck
09/25 Austin, TX Waterloo Records (in store 5 PM)
09/29 Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar
09/30 Macon, GA Bragg Jam Festival
10/03 Los Angeles, CA Hotel Café
10/05 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
10/07 Portland, OR Music Millennium (in store 5 PM)
10/08 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
WHY? (OPENING FOR YO LA TENGO)
09/25 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
09/26 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
09/28 Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
09/29 Jersey City, NJ Loews Theatre
09/30 Montreal, QC Le National
10/02 Toronto, ON The Phoenix
10/04 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
10/05 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
10/06 Milwaukee, WI The Rave Underground
10/07 Minneapolis, MN First Ave
10/08 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
10/10 Boulder, CO Boulder Theatre
10/14 Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richards Cabaret
10/15 Seattle, WA Showbox
10/16 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
10/19 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/20 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/21 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/23 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
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September 13, 2006
VHF Records upcoming releases
Coming attractions from the VHF label include Music For Witches And Alchemists from psych-tinged string ensemble Fern Knight, An Angel Above You All by Glasgow big band Scatter and a new studio CD from Vibracathedral Orchestra.
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My Morning Jacket 4LP extremely limited box-set
My Morning Jacket's 2005 US tour was a blur of sold-out shows and riveting performances and Badman has the goods to prove it. The label has just completed work on Okonokos, a 4xLP box-set, due mid-November, documenting one of the band's finest performances of the tour. This is an extremely limited deluxe package featuring high-quality virgin vinyl, a closed-lid box and even a few bonus tracks not available elsewhere.
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Ba da bing! Records announcement
In January Ba-Da-Bing! releases the debut album by Essie Jain, a New York ex-pat from London and trained opera singer whose sparse, morose songs are reminiscent of Desertshore-era Nico.
In the Spring, the label introduces the first album by Benjamin Wetherill, a Leeds, UK-based singer-songwriter whose folk stylings hark back to John Jacob Niles and Jackson C. Frank.
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Akron/Family video posted
Click HERE to view a very short video with music from Akron/Family.
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September 07, 2006
Curse ov Dialect tour dates
Curse ov Dialect will be playing one off dates over the next two months across Australia in support of their latest release, Wooden Tongues.
09/22 MELBOURNE, VIC @ EVELYN HOTEL
09/23 SYDNEY, NSW @ ABERCROMBIE HOTEL
10/20 BRISBANE, QLD @ JUDITH WRIGHT CENTRE
10/21 BRISBANE, QLD @ 4ZzZ MARKET DAY
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August 29, 2006
Akron/Family news
From Young God Records:
The producer Hal Wilner recently put together a CD of sea chanties
for Anti Records, called Rogue's Gallery, with various big shot
singers and bands to accompany the Pirates of the Caribbean movie
(Johnny Depp is connected with this in some vague way I think).
Akron/ Family is backing band to a few people on this CD, and they
also do their own song on the CD.
Long story short: Akron/Family appeared Monday night august 28 as backing band for
Baby Gramps on the David Letterman TV show.
You can check out info on the Rogue's Gallery album HERE
Akron/family new album Meek Warrior is out October 3 and advance info
is HERE
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August 16, 2006
Sparks "Dick Around" Rush Release
Its looking like a mid-November release date for a new release from Sparks. Titled Dick Around, the CD will contain a radio edit of the title track, an alternate version of "(Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country", 3 live tracks, 2 music videos and a live interview with Steve Jones. Expect a special low price, too.
There will be a 7" single released at the same time with the forementioned versions of Dick Around/(Baby Baby) Can I Invade Your Country?.
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Sonic Youth Record (SYR)/Goofin' Records upcoming release
Work on a deluxe 4xLP vinyl edition of Sonic Youth’s landmark 1988 album, Daydream Nation, is underway. A Fall release is quite possible.
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Smooch Records updates
Lots of Smooch news to report!
The debut solo album from Andrew Douglas Rothbard is scheduled for release on Halloween. He has put three years into perfecting this record & it's well worth the wait. It's good folk music at the root but with layers of very trippy psychedelic sounds played backwards over it all. Many folks are fans of his song writing for years when Mr Rothbard fronted Pleasure Forever.
In November Jesus Let Me Down by Slim Cessna's Auto Club will be released as a proper album to stores, rather than being left out of print as a fan-club type release. The band & label agreed it was too good to be left out of print.
Galvanized Yankee by Munly will hopefully be available in Nov. or December. Like Blurry & Munly De Dar He, Munly's third album has been remastered by Bob Ferbrache.
Next year should be the most busy year for Smooch to date:
In January Introducing The Denver Gentlemen will (hopefully) be reissued. The Annik CD will finally be released in early 2007. Hopefully Ten Songs With No Music by Munly will be repressed early in the year as well. Bob Ferbrache is currently remastering Soul Merchants recordings from the original tapes, which will turn into a CD soon.
Another project the label is very excited to be part of is a CD compilation called Local Anesthetic. Local Anesthetic was the name of the label that current owner of Wax Trax (the record store in Denver, not the label in Chicago), Duane Davis, ran in the early 80s. The goal of the compilation will be to contain all of the singles released by Local Anesthetic as well as recordings from other old Denver/Boulder punk bands circa 77-83. So far most of the bands have excitedly given their seal of approval. Duane Davis is writing the liner notes & the CD will be packaged with all sorts of fun photos. The CD is also being released in honor of the 30 year anniversary of Wax Trax, quite a feat in indie music retail! In conjuction with the anniversary--the label is hoping to schedule a concert with some of the bands reforming to play the show.
Last but not least, Munly & the Lee Lewis Harlots are going on another mini-tour. Here are the times & places:
09/09 - Fairplay, CO @ South Park Music Fest
09/14 - Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
09/15 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
09/16 - Chicago, IL @ Soth Union Arts
10/28 - Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
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August 14, 2006
Tigerbeat 6 upcoming releases
From Tigerbeat 6 after a seemingly endless stretch of production gigs and remix projects with the likes of Señor Coconut, Drop The Lime, Panico, Electronicat, Mike Shannon, The Numbers, Com.a, Atom™ and latin superstars Los Prisioneros, Chilean producer Original Hamster is back with a long player of his own: Original Hamster Presents Trendsetter And The Followers.
TB6 and dancehall / ragga affiliate Shockout will keep autumn dancefloors warm and cozy with releases from Ninjaman, Guess & Drop The Lime and a brand new comp titled Let’s Laser Tag, all scheduled in the near future.
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August 10, 2006
Scat Records upcoming releases
Scat has three titles in the on-deck circle, the first of which, Escape Velocity by Finn’s Motel, is a brilliant song cycle of unconventional power pop from Joe Thebeau, whose old band The Finns recently graced Numero Group label’s Yellow Pills Prefill comp. Some of the most imaginative, irresistible rock music ever, with songwriting prowess to rival the greats.
Next up would be Prisonshake’s Year of the Donk. A double-LP/CD featuring a different character on just about every track, but the good news is they all speak rock — albeit in a long-isolated dialect. Years of woodshedding in near total isolation will do that.
A collection of Styrenes’ tracks entitled All the Wrong People Are Dying rounds out the order. The CD compiles A Monster and the Devil along with other songs from the Mike Hudson (Pagans) era.
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August 09, 2006
Gnomonsong Records upcoming releases
Power Woman has revealed the following: the next Gnomonsong release will now probably be The Bride Of Dynamite, the debut album from Danielle Stech Hom. Long time Vetiver conspirator Thom Monahan has been overdubbing and mixing tracks with the singer-songwriter, with Andy Cabic himself dropping in to assist. Expect this release in Autumn?
Cabic is also spending some time in the summer helping out on recording and overdubs and mixing a new Papercuts album with Jason Quever. This album will probably follow the Danielle Stech Homsy release.
Michael Hurley is working on tunes in Astoria, Oregon (not to mention a separate project with Ida recorded in fits, on the East Coast) and maybe this Fall Snoc delivers something to the label for as speedy delivery to the public as we can provide. Power Woman has also provided omens of further projects to be revealed at the correct moment.
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August 07, 2006
Ba Da Bing Records upcoming releases
Arriving shortly is the vinyl version of Beirut's Gulag Orkestar.
This Fall Ba-Da-Bing! delivers on the long promised Yummy Fur career retrospective. The CD will be rife with liner notes, nice packaging and a “Nice Price.” Oh yeah--for those who forget: yummy fur is the band that pre-dates Franz Ferdinand band (2 members are in FF, including thier frontman).
New albums are in the works as well from both Adrian Crowley and the James Orr Complex.
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August 04, 2006
Anyway Records Upcoming New Releases
In conjunction with Columbus, Ohio’s Discount Records, Anyway is reviving the Cowtown singles series. Volume five features tracks by The Cheater Slicks, Necropolis, Times New Viking and Jenny Mae.
Also slated for Fall release is a new album from The Whiles, whose Colors of The Year rounded out quite a few year-end lists in 2004 and was featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Murderball.
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August 01, 2006
Upcoming Smells Like Records Releases
In September Smells Like Records presents The Wear And Tear Of Fear, a new solo recording from Two Dollar Guitar. The album, a jem of home-recorded guitars, singing and electronics, was mixed with Television’s Fred Smith.
The label is also excited about the scheduled Fall arrival of Continental 62, Christina Rosenvinge’s long-awaited follow-up to 2004’s well-received Foreign Land.
Also arriving this autumn is As Happy As Sad is Blue, a beautiful instrumental solo album from The Hungry Ghosts’ J. P. Shilo.
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Upcoming anticon releases
This Fall anticon releases Plane That Draws A White Line, the third collaborative effort from Alias & Tarsier. The new EP features remixes from their Brookland/ Oaklyn album by Boom Bip, Healamonster, Christ, Odd Nosdam and Neotropic plus several new tracks.
Lost Take, the highly anticipated new full-length from Dosh also appears Autumn bound. The album includes guest performances from indie media darlings Tapes ’N Tapes and Andrew Bird (Happy Apple).
Bracken-Heathens 12”
Debut by exciting new anticon signing Bracken. Will feature a single from the upcoming full length (due out this January), a remake of that track by Alias & Why? As well as two exclusive tracks.
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July 28, 2006
Planet Mu updates!
All of these new releases with release months are VERY speculative:
SEPTEMBER:
MILANESE VS VIRUS SYNDICATE - "DEAD MAN WALKING" 12"
PINCH - "PUNISHER/PUNISHER V.I.P" 12"
MILANESE - "EXTEND" 2LP/CD
BENGA - "COMB 60S/KILLERS ABOUT" 12"
TOM BURBANK - "FAMOUS FIRST WORDS" 2LP/CD
NEIL LANDSTRUMM - "KIDS WAKE UP/HARLEM SHOOT ME" 12"
HAWERCHUK - "FOUR MESSENGERS/MR.LEOTARDO" 12"
VENETIAN SNARES - "HOSPITALITY" 12"/CD
JULIAN FANE - "THE MOON IS DEAD" 7"
OCTOBER:
DISTANCE - "MY DEMONS" 2LP/CD
BIZZY B - "SCIENCE E.P. VOLUME VI" 2x10"
HATCHA & BENGA - "10 TONS HEAVY/PROGRESSION" 12"
JULIAN FANE - "OUR NEW QUARTERS" LP/CD
JO APPS - "KAUSIKAN" 7"
JAKE SLAZENGER - "PEWTER DRAGON" 7"
MARY ANNE HOBBS - "WARRIOR DUBZ" CD/2LP
MRK1 - "SLOPE" 12"
MRK1 - "TWO STEPS FORWARD" 2LP/CD
NOVEMBER:
PINCH - "PUNISHER - LOEFAH & SKREAM REMIXES" 12"
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July 07, 2006
Akron Family tour dates announced
Akron/Family's first batch of confirmed shows to support the upcoming new release "Meek Warrior" (st date 10/3/06):
09/23 New York NY Tonic- 2 shows same night
10/04 Buffalo NY Nietzsche's
10/05 Toronto ON Lee's Palace
10/06 Ottawa ON First Baptist Church
10/07 Montreal QC Le Nationa
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June 26, 2006
Smooch Records updates
Smooch just created a myspace acct. & the url is HERE. Munly's first 2 albums are being reissued on July 10 & Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots are on a brief West Coast tour.
06/29 Hemlock Tavern San Francisco, CA FREE SHOW! w/ Jeffrey Luck Lucas
06/30 Dante's Portland, OR
07/01 The Can Can Seattle, WA
07/09 Larimer Lounge Denver, CO BBQ Acoustic show
08/11 Bluebird Theatre Denver, CO
09/14 The Record Bar Kansas City, MO
09/15 The Note Chicago, IL
09/16 TBA Minneapolis, MN
10/27 Oriental Theatre Denver, CO
Andrew Douglas Rothbard, formerly of Pleasure Forever (slaves) & The VSS, is putting on the final touches on his debut solo album that will be released later in the year.
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