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The Heligoats and Sam Humans (formerly Modernstate) will be releasing a split 10" this November! The record, titled Let Loose & Live Free will feature six Sam Humans and three Heligoats tracks, and will be available on 10" vinyl, CD, and MP3 this November 9th! Both physical versions will feature hand letterpressed covers and inserts. Pre-orders will begin around the end of the month so stay tuned!
We are pleased to announce the release of the debut album from David Pitzel, former bass player of Still Life! The acoustic solo album from The Old Ground contains the same honest approach to songwriting Still Life fans will be used to, just, well, less loud. An acoustic indie/folk/alt-countryish collection of beautiful, hauntingly emotive tracks, the s/t album is available on iTunes or in our online store.
I Was Totally Destroying It have a new iPhone/iPod Touch app! You can download the app for FREE here! Special thanks to Scott and Steve Klein and Sound Around for inviting us to be part of their service launch.
Get Big, the new limited edition 7" from I Was Totally Destroying It, is shipping this week from our online store! The record comes with a digital download that includes an exclusive second B-side from the Horror Vacui sessions, available only through the store or included as a download card when purchased from the band. The single will be available on iTunes and other digital outlets next week.
The June installment of I Was Totally Destroying It's video diary is now up; you can check it out at their YouTube page here. IWTDI have been documenting the writing process for their new upcoming full-length since January with a monthly video update.
We are excited to announce the digital re-release of three classic Still Life records (links go to iTunes): Slow, Children At Play and Beyond, Pardoname Madre/Broken Boy EPs, and Madness and the Gackle! The band have also released the much-touted double LP from Ebullition Records, From Angry Heads With Skyward Eyes; all four are also, of course, available directly from us as the usual 320kbps DRM-free MP3 downloads through our store. The releases come just a few weeks before the debut full-length from The Old Ground, the recording project of Still Life bassist David Pitzel, which will be released digitally in July!
The May installment of I Was Totally Destroying It's video diary is now up; you can check it out at their YouTube page here. IWTDI have been documenting the writing process for their new upcoming full-length since January with a monthly video update.
Southerly have self released a new EP and are currently offering it for free! You can download Champion of the Noisy Negativists here.
The Heligoats are headed off for their east coast dates with Clem Snide in early July. Check the tours page for info on dates and venues.
Grey Anne has revamped her website; check it out at greyanne.com.
The April installment of I Was Totally Destroying It's video diary is now up; you can check it out at their YouTube page here. IWTDI have been documenting the writing process for their new upcoming full-length since January with a monthly video update.
We're running a benefit promotion in our store--from midnight this morning until midnight next Tuesday, we're donating 10% of store orders to the Clinton Bush Haiti Relief Fund; 50% if it's a Greyday record, cd, or shirt, and 100% if it's a digital-only item. So if you were going to donate but weren't sure of where/how, let us do it for you and get some free downloads for your efforts! More info on the CBHRF here.
Happy MLK day!
We've deleted our webboard as it's just become a haven for spammers. Our webboard will, for the time being, link to the discussion board on our Facebook account.
I Was Totally Destroying It will be on The State of Things on NPR this Friday! Tune in to WUNC 91.5 at noon to hear it or stream it online.
I Was Totally Destroying It have recorded a Christmas carol for you all! It's now available at their site and on our increasingly inaccurately named Song-A-Week blog. Check it out, and have a safe and happy holiday!
The single off the Heligoats upcoming album, Goodness Gracious, "Water Towers On Fire", has debuted in the CMJ 200 at 165 this week! The new album is available for pre-order and will be out in January.
Black Friday is upon us! And always looking to cash in on trends (and any excuse for sarcasm, apparently), we will be offering 20% off in our online store until midnight tonight! Simply place your order and, at checkout, enter the code 4315a27b59 and voila! 20% off! Exclamation marks!
Our own Grey Anne has contributed a track to the new Bitch Media promotional video documentary! View it here. It's a great snapshot into the world of Bitch, some of the best of our community's press...
We are super excited to announce a new release date for The Heligoats' new album, Goodness Gracious! The final, FIRM date is now January 26th! Pre-orders placed from now on will ship on January 4th, a little over three weeks early, and will of course include an immediate download of two preview tracks off the album...
S Brooks (of Minmae) was interviewed by a Spanish site/magazine; check it our here. The interview is all in Spanish, but still a fun viewing if you're not fluent...
The Independent Weekly is streaming I Was Totally Destroying It's Horror Vacui in its entirety for free! The stream will be up from now until the start of tomorrow's release party at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro. Check it out here. Thanks to Grayson and the folks at Indyweek for being so amazing!
I Was Totally Destroying It's Horror Vacui received DUAL coverage in Durham's Independent Weekly! Check out the review here and the interview/feature here. IWTDI will be interviewed live on WKNC this Friday, tune in if you still own a radio, or check it out online at wknc.org.
Grey Anne's recent OPB performance is now online! Check it out here.
I Was Totally Destroying It's Horror Vacui was reviewed by Raleigh Music; check it out here.
I Was Totally Destroying It's Horror Vacui and Piney Gir's The Yearling are both now shipping! Both records are also now available for digital download for those who have pre-ordered, use the same link in your store accounts that led to the preview tracks.
Our MusicFest NW day party is this Friday! Come out and show us some love, check out some great bands, and enjoy local artists painting and craftsman selling their wares (and treat yourself to a voodoo doughnut or two and a free Ninkasi tasting!). All-ages and completely FREE. See ya there!
I Was Totally Destroying It are posting a new track from their upcoming album, Horror Vacui, each week until its release! You can check out the first track here. We'll be linking to each track on our Song-A-Week updates as well. Horror Vacui is out on October 13th, and the release show is at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC on Saturday, October 10th, and you get a copy of the new cd with the price of entry!
Piney Gir has recorded a cover of Billy Idol's "White Wedding" for a Peugot ad in the UK! The ad is currently running, so if you happen to see it and enjoy the track, look for Piney's upcoming album, The Yearling, on Oct 13th.
Happy release day! I Was Totally Destroying It's The Beached Margin/Done Waiting double EP is now available on 12" vinyl and on all the digital services you can think of! Or shake a stick at! Or you can buy it straight from our store! Same goes for John Larsen's Judah, also digitally released today! So many exclamation marks!
Southerly have returned victorius from Europe! To celebrate, they will be playing a FREE show next SUnday the 26th at the Doug Fir here in town. Come on down and enjoy some quality tunes, and wish Krist and company a warm welcome home!
Piney Gir was recently interviewed by TDHTBT; you can check out the interview here!
Piney Gir's Of All the Wonderful Things is now available exclusively thrugh itunes and our online store!
Grey Anne has returned from tour and is settling in for a long summer of NW shows! You can read all about her exploits in her tour diary, courtesy of the Willamette Week.
Southerly is now on tour in central and western Europe! For up to date tour info, check our tours page or Southerly's Myspace page. The tour takes the band through Germany, Poland, Czech Republik, Austria, Spain, Italy, and France in support of the European release of Storyteller and the Gossip Columnist on Arctic Rodeo!
Piney Gir's first single off her upcoming full-length, The Yearling, will be available on the 30th exclusively through itunes (and, of course, our online store)! We'll have more info on the release and tours and the like in coming weeks.
Grey Anne heads out on a short West Coast jaunt tomorrow! The tour, with Seattle's PWRFL Power, will run from Seattle through Oregon and northern California, check the tours page for dates and info!
We're excited to announce the addition of Chapel Hill, NC band I Was Totally Destroying It to our roster! We will be releasing the EPs The Beached Margin and Done Waiting as a 12" LP on August 11th, followed up closely by their sophomore album Horror Vacui in October. More on the band soon, but for now you get more info at their ReverbNation or Myspace pages, and check our tours page for show updates.
Southerly will be playing a FREE show (magic words in these troubled times) tomorrow night at the Doug Fir. The show is a celebration of the final installment of the OPB song-a-week series that the band has been doing since the start of the year and is sponsored by Oregon Public Broadcasting! Oh, and did we mention it's free? Check out the OPB series online here.
Southerly's Krist Krueger will be playing a solo set tomorrow, Sat April 18th, at the Everyday Music on Sandy Blvd. here in Portland for Record Store Day! Krueger is scheduled to go on at 7pm, so come out and show some love for your neighborhood record shop...
Patrick Porter's A Swan at Smiley's is now available in stores nationwide! Patrick will be playing a release show tonight at the Hi-Dive; he'll be opening for The Heligoats and Clem Snide, so come early!
The last track of Patrick Porter's Cry Me a River, Sing Me a Raft, the companion album to his upcoming A Swan at Smiley's, went up today on our Song-a-Week blog. The whole album is now posted!
The Heligoats have released a video from their recent EP The End of All-Purpose! The video is a stop-motion send-up of the track "You Win". Currently you can view it exclusively at Blurt by clicking here. The Heligoats are currently on a full US tour with Clem Snide.
The Heligoats are headed out on the road with seminal indie/alt-country band Clem Snide! They will be heading across the US through March and April, check our tours page for specific dates in your town. The End of All-Purpose, the critically acclaimed recent EP from The Heligoats, is available in digital and physical stores worldwide and in our online store.
Southerly has just announced that they will be continuing their OPB Song-A-Week project until April 30th! You can check out the project at Oregon Public Broadcasting here.
Due to server (compounded by human, i.e. me) error, this week's song-a-week from the Patrick Porter album did not go online, so we'll be upping two tracks early next week. Expect the first on Monday, Mr. Phelps.
The song-a-week blog is proud to present Patrick Porter's Cry Me a River, Sing Me a Raft! We will be posting, well, a song a week up until the release date of Patrick's new album, A Swan At Smiley's, which is due out April 14th. The first two tracks are already up, so check them out at the blog. Cry Me a River will be included as 320kbps MP3s with Smiley's as well.
Southerly is currently running a second phase of the Song-A-Week project with Oregon Public Broadcasting! The series is currently up at opbmusic.org; check it out here. |