Thanks to Borrowed Beams Of Light and Speakertree Records for enlisting us to press Stellar Hoax on wax. The official street date is tomorrow (07.19), and you can pre-order it now — limited to 500 copies, and includes a digital copy of the album as well.
Mercy Academy started with the inception of Lorna-Mae Ward and Christofer Lincoln. Christofer Lincoln, reprising his role as singer/songwriter after Lincoln and the Lost Prayers, teamed up with vocalist Lorna-Mae Ward to create the new Tails LP; produced by Troy Williams at Velvet Audio. Also rounding out the outfit is accomplished guitarist Phil Najjar, and bassist John Sloan. The songs and lyrics, written by Christofer, are dark, moody, almost fairytale like interpretations of folk and country leanings. Hence the album title. Proudly pressed here at GGR, the record will be available from the band in the next few days….
Recorded from 2009-2011, during which time Caboladies members Eric Lanham and Chris Bush relocated from Kentucky to Chicago, Renewable Destination constitutes the duo’s most refined and focused work to date. Both as a collaborative unit and under solo monikers Carl Calm and Flower Man, Lanham and Bush have produced a wealth of limited-run releases in recent years on labels such as Arbor, Dekorder, Digitalis, and on their own Smooth Tapes imprint — each of which document their uniquely fractured sonic sensibilities. Perhaps what amazes fans most about the pair’s work is the sheer diversity of their palettes.
This extremely limited edition LP is now available from Students of Decay.
In what seem like meager beginnings, In One Wind has blossomed from a one man act into a full fledged six piece ensemble, with a sound and reputation all their own. The brainchild of guitarist/vocalist Angelo Spagnolo, In One Wind also features vocalists Mallory Glaser and Lily Claire Nussbaum, bassist Rob Lundberg, percussionist Max Jaffe and multi-reedist Steven Lugerner.
Though steeped in the tradition of folk music, In One Wind incorporates a wide range of influences from jazz to country, even stretching effortlessly into the world of improvised music and the avant-garde. The ability to start a show with soft guitar strums and whispered vocals while seamlessly breaking into odd-metered grooves and lush three part harmonies enraptures their audiences. In One Wind is truly an idiosyncratic ensemble, an ensemble that appropriately represents their home – Brooklyn, NY – where they have quickly established a solid footing in the greater New York music scene.
Stay tuned to inonewind.com to see how you can grab a copy of their latest LP, How Bright A Shadow.
Sundowner’s Four One Five Two was an important record for Red Scare Industries, and after years of delay, the album is finally being released on vinyl!
The release is an extremely limited run with an official street date of August 9th, but if you want to grab one early, you need to come down and join Red Scare for the “LP Release Party” on July 9th. The release part with be the first Red Scare Presents show in the Volcano Room; which is the upstairs at Bottom Lounge. RSVP for the party here.
Thank you to our friends at BLVD Records for having us press another fine quality 7″ — this time from Chicago’s Population!
The official release date for the record (which will include the ultra-limited white-vinyl edition) is July 5, at which time you can order from BLVD directly or get a copy at your local record store. Pre-sale copies will also be available at Laurie’s Planet of Sound in Chicago!
East Coasters can pick up the record at any of Population’s mini-east-coast tour dates:
Saturday, 6/25: NYC @ 538 johnson, 8pm
Sunday, 6/26: Philadelphia @ philly moca, 538 e. 12th st, 8pm
Monday, 6/27: Baltimore @ penthouse gallery, 1511 guilford ave, 9pm
Tuesday, 6/28: Pittsburgh @ the shop, 4314 main st
Praised by Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Stereogum, Filter and Entertainment Weekly among others for his experimentation with contrasting musical sounds, Sondre Lerche‘s self-titled album is the artist’s sixth full-length and his first on his own label, Mona Records. An artistic statement of purpose, this fittingly self-titled album contains not only Sondre’s most interesting arrangements and catchy songwriting to date, but also some of his most somber and introspective.
You can buy this record at indie stores across the country now!
Available on June 14th from Triple B Records, Dead End Path‘s debut LP Blind Faith is finally hitting the streets! Can’t wait until Tuesday? Well, you can download two album tracks for free beforehand! The band will also have some limited tour edition copies while on the road with Title Fight, Touche Amore, and the Menzingers (still a few shows left).
Stay tuned to the Triple B Records online store so you can grab a copy the second it drops!
Greg Brown, accomplished songwriter, co-founder of the influential indie roots label Red House and former musical director for Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion radio program, is a prolific songwriter…and it’s a good thing. As the result of a fateful lighting strike on the studio where he was working, Brown lost the recordings that were to comprise his next album. For most artists, losing that much material would have been a creatively scarring and demoralizing experience. For Greg, it was just an excuse to turn inward once again, and write more songs.
Of the songs that came to comprise his 24th album Freak Flag, the title track is all that remains of that ill-fated lost original album. Greg wrote ten new songs, moving on to record them at Memphis, Tennessee’s legendary Ardent Studios. This time there were no storms, but creative lightning did strike again, resulting in what many have called Greg’s best album. Like a jagged stone worked by ocean waves, Brown’s signature rough hewn-yet-velvet-smooth baritone is in fine form on Freak Flag. Produced by Bo Ramsey, the album also includes a cover of Brown’s wife Iris Dement’s “Let the Mystery Be” and Brown’s daughter Pieta’s song “Remember the Sun.” Available at indie stores everywhere now!
Just out the door for Fast Weapons – FW#10: Nu Sensae Tea Swamp Park b/w Gumbo 7″. If you are in Portland, be sure to hit up the record release party at The Saratoga on May 19. Plenty of fresh wax will be there. Also playing will be Arctic Flowers and White Lung.
