The Black Swans are Jerry DeCicca, Canaan Faulkner, Chris Forbes, Keith Hanlon, and Noel Sayre (R.I.P). They reside in Columbus, Ohio.
The Fishermen Three is the music of Simon Beins (Brooklyn, NY) and Raphi Gottesman (Berkeley, CA) and a revolving case of other characters.
Their new split 7” — Knives b/w Up Here is now available through Shelved Records. The Black Swans and The Fishermen Three will be going on a short west coast tour in January to celebrate. Check out their dates!
Paper + Plastick released seven new records on vinyl on Black Friday this past weekend – Thanks to P&P for hooking up with us to press them all!
If you missed it, today (11.29.11) is the final day on an incredible deal from P&P — you can grab any three LP’s for $15! Hit them up before they are all gone (each pressing was limited to short runs of various colors).
Farewell Continental‘s Hey, Hey Pioneers!, Junior Battles‘ Idle Ages, Riverboat Gamblers‘ Smash/Grab EP, Reverse the Curse‘s Hither & Yon, a split from Red City Radio and The Gamits, the Are You With the Band? female-fronted pop-punk compilation, Plow United Sleepwalk: A Retrospective collection, and Make Do And Mend‘s Part And Parcel – a one side 12 inch record that boasts a silk screened B side and die cut cover and features three acoustic versions of songs from MDAM’s breakthrough debut full-length End Measured Mile are all now available on vinyl for the first time, along with other sales in the P&P webstore.
Made in Aurora is a series of collaborative album projects spotlighting the musicians and songwriters of Aurora, Illinois, and its surrounding area. By bringing area talent together and cultivating a stronger audience for local music, we hope to nourish our own communities and create an ever more fertile environment for the arts.
Made in Aurora is the brainchild of Steve Warrenfeltz, who spends a lot of time talking with area musicians in his record store, Kiss the Sky Records, in downtown Geneva, Illinois. Albums in the series are released in “dual format,” with both vinyl and CD included in one package.
Made in Aurora: Volume Two is a holiday album featuring both original music and new recordings of a number of seasonal favorites. Its 16 songs cover a wide variety of American musical styles including blues, country, pop and jazz. The album owes its genesis – and its City of Lights moniker – to songwriter Jeremy Keen, who independently produced three previous City of Lights holiday collaborations before Made in Aurora came to be. Over a cup of coffee last August, Jeremy suggested that the fourth City of Lights project should also be the second Made in Auroraproject. It just seemed right.
Volume Two was recorded, mixed and mastered in September 2011 by Kyle Schmidt at Backthird Audio in downtown Aurora. A total of 47 musicians contributed to the project, which was produced by Benjie Hughes. Lisa Gloria created our cover art from an idea by Steve Warrenfeltz and Dee Ciavarella, and Anna Hammond and Lisa Danielson both contributed to layout and design. We have an amazing team of volunteers to thank for all publicity. You’re probably reading this because of one of them.
The album will be released on November 25, 2011 – affectionately known as “Black Vinyl Friday” – exclusively at Kiss The Sky Records (301 W. State St., Geneva). A portion of the profits from this release will again be donated by Kiss The Sky to the Paul Ruby Foundation to support research on Parkinson’s disease.
Glass Hits was started in 2008 by Brian Willson, Jose Piza and Dave Beckhouse who were in a previous Denver band called Warsaw Surrenders. Greg Daniels was added to the band, they wrote and practiced for close to a full year before they found a vocalist. Eventually Keith Curts was added and Glass Hits was officially formed. They played their first show in May of 2009.
Over 300 pounds of rock shipped from the GGR shop floor to the band this week, so stay tuned to them to grab a copy as soon as they land in Denver!
Summer Sessions is Ivy League‘s second 7 incher, and first for 6131 Records. The set features two new songs, and an acoustic song from their demo. For fans of Small Brown Bike, Title Fight, and Make Do and Mend.
There are two limited vinyl colors available, which are available for pre-order from 6131 Records while they last!
Hate is the new album from Hawthorne Heights, Part 1 in a series of 3 albums to be released.
The album, co-released on vinyl by American Dream Records and Cardboard Empire, includes an exclusive alternate version of “Wasted In NYC,” both on the record and with accompanied digital download. The American Dream versions include limited edition splatter, red, and white variants; and the band will be selling its own exclusive colors.
Included with each limited edition copy is a poster autographed by the band. In addition, each purchase of the limited edition variant will include a code to be used at a later date to gain access to an online acoustic performance and webchat with the band.
We were pumped when the band stopped in to pick up their color variants themselves….thanks guys!
Hawthorne Heights in the GGR Listening Room
In the words of Raja Das, aka Raja The Resident Alien, musician and owner/operator of Renegade Lights Media, Renegade Lights #1 is the inception of a new era in electronic music. The label ignites its shine onto the world of electronic music for the first time with this originally defiant compilation of uniquely skilled artists. These beats were born to butcher bassbins and refuse to die, taking you on an intrepid journey through the fringes of all genres and beyond while still remaining cohesively engaging throughout. Through shine or shadow, this tasty double-wax album remains truly renegade.
Paradise of Bachelors will officially release Hiss Golden Messenger’s masterful Poor Moon LP on the first of November, el Día de los Muertos. The first fully electric ensemble recording since 2010′s highly limited Root Work, Poor Moon represents both an elaboration and inversion of previous HGM efforts, proposing an America at perpetual sundown, wracked by devotion, wrecked by celebration.
To commemorate the release of the Poor Moon, the P.O.B. guys came up with a pre-order structure by which you can ensure your vinyl copy of the album and also order two additional digital releases—Lord I Love the Rain and Plowed: Live in Bovina—not available anywhere else on this earth. The Poor Moon vinyl is available only in a limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies.
Chicago trio Russian Circles return with their fourth album – Empros . As with 2009’s Geneva, the album was produced by Brandon Curtis (Secret Machines, Interpol) at Chicago’s Phantom Manor Studio. The band picks up where the anthemic riffs and melodies of Geneva left off and injects evermore slithering rhythms amid skull-crushing heft with all the visceral intensity of Godflesh, Swans and Neurosis. Put simply, Empros is Russian Circles’ Master of Reality: a radical revision of both heavy and melody that is monolithic in its clarity and perfection.
Available everywhere on October 25!
The Act of Shimmering encompasses the act of leaving conscious thought behind. It’s accepting what lies beyond the corporeal, transcending the physical; the soul is aware and the body, eyes, skin are distant empty casings. A clamorous, chaotic cacophony surrounds a beatific center. An endless assault of guitar, of noise that glistens, a poignant rigor. Jannick Schou, proprietor of tape loop drone, places himself within the tunnel of din to produce this profound work: an ethereal dream using nightmarish parts and images. Black and grays generate vibrant innards. Brightness is unearthed within the fetid mass and these six tracks immerse the listener into a raging sea to find a gentle undertow. Furious outbursts emerge from simple, slow shivers. Tremors of noise gather, reaching an elongated crescendo, becoming transformative, and shattering what form or structure was designed to contain such an outpouring of sound.
This pressing is limited to 300 copies, and the first 100 copies are available on transparent blue vinyl — exclusive to orders made direct from Experimedia.net.
