On Record Store Day, Guestroom Records in Oklahoma will be releasing their very own 7″ again this year!
This release is a collaborative 7” from some of their friends who are in other bands. No big deal, just some guys in Other Lives, The Chainsaw Kittens, and The Flaming Lips. They’ve created a little side project called Winter Boys and this release is the first offering from the collaborative. Hand numbered, screen printed, and limited to 700 copies… it’s dreamy.
A little over a year ago, local artists John G and Jake Kelly collaborated on an art show called TEN IMAGINARY MOVIES. For the show Jake created ten full size posters for made up films: z-grade horror flicks, 70’s sci-fi trash and giant monster movies. John was responsible for creating the phony ephemera that heightened the illusion of reality: movie stills, VHS boxes, action figures and comic book adaptations.
The fake comic book adaptations were for the Cleveland-set THE LAKE ERIE MONSTER, and once the show was over the pair decided to continue their collaboration and turn this imaginary comic book adaptation, of an imaginary film, into a reality. Jake scripted a toxic waste monster story set in 1970’s era Cleveland and John created appropriately dark and compelling artwork. They are serializing the epic tale over the fist five issues of the ongoing series, each also containing brand new supplemental horror stories by the artists. The result is a Rust-Belt horror anthology, complete with a cackling host (a zombified Commodore Perry) and presented in full, eye-gouging color.
To celebrate the release of the first issue, the duo are having a party at Blue Arrow Records (16001 Waterloo Rd.) on Saturday, March 31st from 6-9pm. There will be a limited edition art print for the first 30 who buy the book. John Neely (of “the BIG O” radio show, as heard on 89.3 WCSB) will be spinning Cleveland and greater Ohio punk rock records.
The Lake Erie Monster #1 will be available in area stores and for mail order online at the Shiner Comics Store in April.
Enjoying a constant critical high and a never ending creative peak, Paul Weller continues to push the boundaries with Sonik Kicks. The album is the follow up to the Mercury Prize Award nominated Wake Up The Nation and is Paul’s eleventh solo album.
Sonik Kicks features fourteen brand new tracks and includes special guest appearances from both Noel Gallagher and Graham Coxon. With Sonik Kicks Paul Weller once again shakes up his palate and stirs his influences anew. He mixes pop art punch with soulful communication; jazzy explorations into psychedelia and dub with razor-sharp melodies and abstract soundscapes with clear- eyed forest-folk.
There are a variety of versions of the record available for pre-order from Yep Rock now!
When Kristin Diable says she plays “roots music,” she is as much describing an approach as a genre.
You can grab a copy of her new LP, Kristin Diable & The City at any of her many tour stops, and soon on her webstore as well!
From Kristin: “This album was recorded in our loft apartment in the historic Upper Pontalba building, overlooking Saint Louis Cathedral and the mighty Mississippi River in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter. From our vantage point atop this ever-enigmatic corner of the world, we make this note on life and times: the City. The core of these songs was tracked live in an attempt to capture the integrity of spirit that arises when music is played in a room where the focal point is the joy of the moment, nothing less or more. Music, at its very best, is truth. Truth offered up in a new context that allows for the beauty to be revealed in the cracks of our perception. You cannot summon Truth at will; you can only set the table, make provisions and hope this honored guest stops by to break some bread. Truth usually slips in once you’ve turned your head the other way. She cleans her plate and goes about her business. You’ll know she was there as your cup overflows. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to our table.”
Ric Hordinski’s newest album, Arthur’s Garden, will see a special limited edition vinyl release from your friends at Ol Kentuck Recordings, in April of 2012. Stay tuned to the OK Recordings online store for pre-ordering info! Here’s a video of Ric performing, “Eventide” shot by photographer Michael Wilson:
Another new band on the Six Feet Under roster, CURRENT hails from Syracuse, NY. After several sporadic gigs in upstate NY opening for Polar Bear Club, Harvest and some others they got it together to write this 7″ for SFU entitled Peace, Love; and it is finally ready for preorder! Six songs clocking in at almost 13 minutes, sonically appealing to fans of everything from Burn to Quicksand to Bane to Modern Life Is War with ex members of Meltdown, Forfeit and Unholy and current members of Reign Supreme.
Available for pre-order now from Triple-B Records! 6 tracks from one of Wilkes-Barre’s best on 7 inch wax. Three colors are available for purchase at a first come, first serve basis. You can stream the title track, Surviving the Times, over at Triple B’s Bandcamp store….check it out!
The Spanish Suite was written to magnify the contribution that Moorish Spain made on the European Rennaissance. The relationship of music to cosmic rhythms and harmony was altered from the original state of Spanish music, and eventually distorted down to the 12-tone equi-temperment system of tuning. The Artistic Heritage Ensemble was taught to play outside of the 12-tone system and to recognize natural tone relationships. The musicians had to be dedicated to music for life in order to reach the level they obtained. The Spanish Suite was written in 1965 and first performed in December of that year at an AACM performance at the St. John Grand Lodge located at 7349 S. ingleside in Chicago.
This particular performance was at the Afro Arts Theatre at 3900 S. Drexel in February of 1968. The album is available now from Tizona Records.
Available today (03.06.12)! Lovedrug‘s fourth studio album – Wild Blood.
We really had fun putting this one together with the artist and label – one of the most elaborate packages we have worked on to date. Includes a fold-out poster insert, and die cut jacket with a window revealing beautiful black-and-white photography. Not to mention, 10 new tracks and an alternate take on an older song. Hit up the band’s website for a variety of ways to purchase the record today – including two extremely limited edition color variants available only through American Dream Records.
Rarely can a singer/songwriter display dual sides of his musical personality—one who can quite thoroughly and convincingly operate in opposite realms of popular music. With Please Come Home, Dustin Kensrue joins those elite musical ranks.
Thanks to Enjoy The Ride Records, Please Come Home is receiving the vinyl treatment. There will be two limited edition colors available, so stay tuned to the Enjoy The Ride online store for the official pre-order launch!
