Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Sun Araw Sings the Blues


Cameron and William ventured to the UK for a tour a while back and the the folks over at The Wire (probably one of the best, if not THE best music publication going) have captured some of it on video. Catch the boys laying into Neil Young's "Barstool Blues" and their own "All Night Long" from Heavy Deeds You can watch or download the vids in quicktime format HERE.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Upcoming Three Lobed Releases from D. Charles Speer and Steve Gunn


d. charles speer & the helix — distillation LP + download

LP released november 17, 2009 in a limited edition of approximately 900 copies.
PRE-ORDER HERE

From Three Lobed
distillation is pressed on 180g rti vinyl and housed within an old-style stoughton gatefold sleeve bearing new artwork from both turner williams and the band. as a bit of a first for three lobed, the album will be accompanied by a download coupon for DRM-free MP3s of the album. the current estimated street date is november 17 - copies pre-ordered from us at the label will ship as soon as they are on hand in advance of that date. distillation is from a one-time pressing of approximately 900 copies and costs $19 postpaid in the US, $23.50 to canada and $31 postpaid to all other addresses. copies of distillation pre-ordered by october 23, 2009 have the option of being accompanied by a glass-mastered CD (TLR-073) presenting a full, killer live set from the full band recorded on april 25, 2008 at the turf club in st. paul (mn) that is not available separately. add $2.50 to the aforementioned prices during the pre-order phase to obtain the bonus CD.

Download the track "Mason Dixon Crime" HERE



steve gunn —boerum palace LP + download

LP released november 17, 2009 in a limited edition of approximately 800 copies.
PRE-ORDER HERE

From Three Lobed
boerum palace is pressed on 180g RTI vinyl and housed within an old-style stoughton sleeve bearing new original artwork from mike pare and some of gunn’s photography. the album will be accompanied by a download coupon for high quality DRM-free MP3s of the album. the current estimated street date is november 17 - copies pre-ordered from us at the label will ship as soon as they are on hand in advance of that date. boerum palace is from a one-time pressing of approximately 800 copies and costs $19 postpaid in the US, $22.50 to canada and $30 postpaid to all other addresses. copies of boerum palace pre-ordered by october 23, 2009 have the option of being accompanied by a glass-mastered CD (TLR-074) presenting new, scarce and previously unheard gunn material that is not available separately. add $2.50 to the aforementioned prices during the pre-order phase to obtain the bonus CD.

Download the track "Mr. Franklin" HERE

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Sacred Bones: New Factums LP



Sacred Bones readies the second release from A Frames/AFCGT bros Factums. Expect more blasts of cold industrial goodness and of course another stunning Sacred Bones cover - they're really nailing the colors with this and the Gary War release.

Out now digitally HERE and HERE. LP to follow shortly.

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Two Upcoming Releases from The Girls At Dawn

Brooklyn Popsters The Girls At Dawn have a few releases scheduled in places that might sound familiar to RSTB readers. First up, a 7" on that sultan of singles HoZac.



Tracklist

A: Never Enough
B: Every Night

And then its a 12" on Captured tracks (which seems to have gobbled up pretty much everyone in site lately) The 12" will feature the tracks "Only Time", "Surprise" and a few more.



Check out both sides of the HoZac split at the band's MYSPACE plus a couple more!