Honcho Poncho is a five piece American alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington. They collectively weigh close to nine hundred pounds. Honcho Poncho aims to keep your toes tapping and your heads bopping as they fire you up and cool you down. Their self produced and recorded debut full length, Late Night is now available wherever you look hard enough for it (or at this link).
Matija Habijanec aka The Marshmallow Notebooks is a singer-songwriter from Croatia. The North American vinyl reissue of The Marshmallow Notebooks album is available now. This version of the sold-out Croatian LP has been remastered, and repackaged with a brand new cover art and two new, never before released songs. Available for a limited time!
Drab Majesty began as a warbled transmission received via 4-track cassette in a dim, Los Angeles bedroom in 2012. The entity known as Deb Demure, an interdimensional muse of sorts, lent an otherworldly vision to a human contact; one to be realized through meticulously composed lo-fi recordings. Focusing on the aesthetics of cult ritual and the devastating power of music, Deb sought an alternative way to share the cosmic agenda. Culminating in a cassette titled Unarian Dances, Drab Majesty’s manifesto to humanity was revealed: revel in the power of artistic influences that reside beyond the self.
The tape circulated through Los Angeles, catching the attention of local tastemakers like the heads at Lollipop Records in Echo Park. It quickly found a place on the shelves of LA’s underground musical seekers. After a gauntlet of performances and late night manifestations, Drab Majesty came on the radar of DAIS Records.
In 2015, Drab Majesty released Careless, the first LP which was received and recorded solely by Demure on living room floors and in cluttered spaces across the city. After three pressings and an imminent fourth, Careless remains a fixture in LA’s somber yet sublime nightlife and a noted contribution to the murkier subcultures abroad.
Wielding a left-handed guitar, Deb employs a unique style of
arpeggiated finger picking, producing vast and organic musical textures reminiscent of Vinny Reilly (Durutti Column) with the anthemic power of Sisters of Mercy and Cocteau Twins. In the past two years Deb has been invited to support bands such as Cold Cave, Psychic TV, Clan of Xymox, The Frozen Autumn, Prayers, and label mates Youth Code and King Dude.
From its incarnation, Drab Majesty was a solo act; an interplay between guitar and triggered machines. In 2016, with growing audiences and heightened interest, Drab expanded into a duo, employing the keyboard accompaniment of far-out twin, Mona D – filling out frequencies and upping the spectacle of the live performance.
Vinyl edition will include a MP3 download card with the full album and also includes two additional bonus tracks as well as four exclusive remixes by Cold Cave, Drew McDowall, Silent Servant and Martial Canterel that are featured on the CD/digital versions.
Grammy award winning bassist Phil Palombi is “one of the most sought after bass players in New York City”, according to Steely Dan tenor saxophonist and renowned jazz musician Walt Weiskopf. His performance and recording credits include such players as, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, George Coleman, Maynard Ferguson, Billy Hart, Louis Hayes, Vincent Herring, Etta Jones, Billy Kilson, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Harold Mabern, Steve Smith, Curtis Stigers, Lew Tabackin, Mark Turner, Chucho Valdes, and The Village Vanguard Orchestra to name a few. Upon moving to New York City in 1997, he immediately began working full time performing at many of the city’s venues.
All music improvised by Macie Stewart, Charlie Kirchen and Steve Marquette. Side B, Track 2 contains melodic material from Albert Ayler’s “Truth Is Marching In”. All tracks recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave Zuchowski. Side A, track 1 recorded at a concert held at Elastic Arts in Chicago, IL on August 13th, 2015. Side A, track 2 recorded at a concert held at the Comfort Station in Chicago, IL on October 1st, 2015. Side B, tracks 1 & 2 recorded at a concert held at Constellation in Chicago, IL on April 9th, 2016. Limited edition of 500 — Buy now!
Recorded over the course of 3 special evenings at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA, “Live Vol. 1” spans the entire Anti-Flag catalog and catapults you from your headphones straight into the circle pit. Known for their raucous live show, Anti-Flag deliver in kind with this first volume of live tracks.
Vinyl purchase includes a photo insert as well as a digital download via email.
Holly Bowling’s Better Left Unsung is a collection of classical solo piano arrangements of the music of The Grateful Dead. A classically trained pianist, Bowling possesses one distinction that sets her apart from similarly studied musicians—a devotion to improvisational rock music and the vision to painstakingly transcribe “jam” masterworks note-for-note, arranging them for solo piano and improvising upon what was already written. Last year, Bowling released Distillation Of A Dream: The Music Of Phish Reimagined For Solo Piano to wide acclaim. So it only seems fitting that she turns her attention to the music of The Grateful Dead for her second album. Containing over two hours worth of music, Better Left Unsung is available as a triple-LP set.
“Franklin’s Tower,” “The Other One” and “China Doll,” are among the songs Bowling recorded for the album, in addition to an entire solo piano arrangement of the “Terrapin Station” suite. Bowling’s favorite version of “Eyes Of The World” from Louisville’s Freedom Hall in 1974 receives a complete transcription, as well.
Phish song, “Tweezer,” is what first inspired Bowling to begin transcribing and arranging the music of her favorite artists for solo piano. After witnessing a moving performance of the song at Lake Tahoe on July 31, 2013, Bowling sat down and transcribed the 37-minute performance note-for-note. When performing these pieces, Bowling uses her classical piano technique to make each song her own work of art.
Brutal Juice — Their most sprawling and ambitious effort to date: Old-school molten metal, Gothic Dream Interpretation, Full-on Thrash, and a shit-ton of face melting guitar wizardry accompany you on this journey through Profane and Paranoid Alternate Histories, Psychedelic Nightmares, Oppressive Futuroid Dystopias and Finally Revolution, Scorched Earth and Catharsis.
Our new press was delivered to us today….. It’s a beauty! Built in the USA by Record Pressing Machines, LLC. Our mechanic Paul is working his magic getting it set up right now. We want to press your next record!
Featuring Kitty Byrne, Rodney Graham, Jeff Wall, and William Gibson, UJ3RK5 Live From The Commodore Ballroom is coming very soon from Primary Information. Stay tuned!