Pre-orders are now open via Triple B Records for the vinyl version of Fire & Ice‘s Collections. This LP features tracks from both previous Fire & Ice 7″s (Gods & Devils, GRIM), the AHC compilation, and an exclusive song only available on this release. There are two colors available for pre-order (including Glow in the Dark vinyl) and this will probably be just a one time pressing so get them now. All orders for 2 or more copies could win a test pressing.
Thanks to Bridge Nine Records for enlisting GGR to press this very limited 7″ – That’s Life.
The pressing is limited to 2,000 copies, and features two brand new songs by Agnostic Front. Available on orange or clear wax (with a black screen printed B side); or on black wax with hand-etched art! Preorder your copy here!
There is a brand new album coming soon on Nuclear Blast Records, but this is a necessary preview for all Agnostic Front fans!
Brand new from Broken Circles Records! Deadhorse‘s We Can Create Our Own World available for the first time on wax! If you don’t know Deadhorse, they are a post-rock/instrumental band from Erie, PA. You can check them out here, and you can pre-order a copy of the wax here! There are lots of different package deals to pick from!
Brandon Seabrook writes all the music for Seabrook Powerplant. His brother, Jared Seabrook is on drums and Tom Blancarte plays bass.
The influence of fleet-fingered Guitar Gods was part of Seabrook’s make-up from the beginning. He first picked up the instrument, as did so many other 8-year-olds, due to the inspiration of Eddie Van Halen. And also like so many before him, he soon found that his own hands couldn’t manage those same gymnastics, and he began casting around for other idols. The path led through Jimmy Page, to Jim Hall, to D. Boon of punk pioneers The Minutemen and finally around to Van Halen again.
It was a love of this sort of percussive sound that led Seabrook to the banjo in the first place, when he borrowed one from the Conservatory’s instrument library. I’m really into drums,” he explains, “and the banjo was the closest thing I could get to a drum with strings. I was into it as a dead instrument, with not much sustain, which was kind of attractive to me since it was the opposite of the guitar.”
Hot off the GGR presses, Seabrook Power Plant II will be available to the public in March (can you believe it’s already almost March?). Stay tuned to Loyal Label and Brandon Seabrook for updates!
We are pumped to be co-sponsoring the Topshelf Records/Count Your Lucky Stars Records unofficial SXSW showcase on Wednesday, March 16th. Lets be honest with ourselves, does it matter if the showcase is official or not? It’s FREE and there will be great music. If you are going to be in Austin, come on by!
GGR staffers will be around for meeting up starting at around 4pm, but the TSR/CYLS party starts at 11am.
March 16th line up/details (in no order):
Moving Mountains (SPECIAL GUEST – Triple Crown Records)
Defeater (SPECIAL GUEST – Bridge Nine Records)
Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Location: Plush
Time: Wednesday March 16th 11 Am – 9 PM
Address: 617 Red River Street Austin, TX 78701-3308
Details: The show is absolutely FREE and is 21+.
There will be free giveaways, free alcohol, and free 7 inches. That’s right FREE vinyl pressed by GGR! (while supplies last)
Quiet Life is a candle with ecstatic wax and wick, modern burn and recycled light. Their blend of classic country/folk and indie/rock is one of the most genuine combinations being fused across modern America. Hailing from the whaling city of New London, Connecticut, this four-member rock outfit has all the sincerity of their great folk predecessors, influenced by the true honesty of American folk music and the raw expression of rock and roll’s forefathers. Four boys with the enthusiasm of a young Bruce Springsteen and an undying determination to be heard, anxious to stay true to the roots of rock and roll, while adding a flavor of the new.
Quiet Life’s brand new album Big Green officially streets this coming Tuesday. As with most Safety Meeting Records releases, the limited edition first pressing features a digital download code and deluxe packaging and liner notes. Hit up your local indie store to grab a copy!
Official SXSW panel announcement!
What is the role of vinyl LP in current acts in the marketplace today? The purpose of this panel is to explain and show in depth the role of vinyl in the music marketplace. Panelists will discuss vinyl as the most important tangible music medium. Following explanations of why any band or artist should produce vinyl and which acts are more likely to benefit and why they will benefit from pressing vinyl, they will walk the artist through the process of production including options for customizations; including coloring, cutting, time expectancy, pricing, self-marketing, and selling at the independent retail level. The explanation of the edge that vinyl has over any other music medium in the marketplace today as well as the pros of producing vinyl in an mp3 dominated music medium era will be addressed.
If you are going to SXSW, be sure to hit it up! There are also a couple of other panels covering various facets of making records. Read more at sxsw.com.
The Mural and The Mint are dedicated to releasing all recordings for free in some format, because they believe that this is the only way for them to be heard as music. The name for the project came from the city of Philadelphia, home to more murals than any other city in the country, and to the Franklin Mint.
We were honored when Michael Kiley approached us to press the latest release by The Mural and The Mint, As The Eyes of The Seahorse on extremely limited white vinyl. You can grab a copy at their shows, several of which are this coming weekend.
Thank you so much to Alex Lalli and Young Cub Records for hiring GGR to press the brand new Aggrolites album — Rugged Road. You can pre-order the album now, and it streets on 02/22/11 (on limited edition red vinyl). Perfect timing for some raw reggae beats to warm us all up during the freezing winter doldrums!
The Aggrolites are Jesse Wagner (vocals, lead guitar), Brian Dixon (rhythm guitar), Roger Rivas (organ), and Jeff Roffredo (bass). Check them out at www.aggroreggae.com.
PS– there are still a few copies left of the Rugged Road 45’s (Trial and Error and Dreaming On Erie) too!
The Gary are ringing in 2011 with a 6 song EP called El Camino. It was recorded in Chicago by Steve Albini and mastered by Bob Weston. With these gentlemen at the helm, you know it is sure to be a handsome document.
You can get a quick preview here, and then grab a copy from Cedar Fever Records.
