December 2010
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Salutations: Happy Holidays & Thank You
Dear Mail Order Freaks, It’s been a great year in KRS Mail Order and we’d like to thank you for your support. We’ve made our KRS Winter Holiday Album FREE for Dec 24 & 25 We’ll be closed until 1/3, but our epic December Sale is up, so order away I’ll probably come in during the break at least once. Have a great holiday! xo xo Tobi Vail Kill Rock Stars Mail Order...
Free, Brand New Holiday Song by Thao
Thao recorded a song about Gift Cards for the holidays FREE Holiday MP3’s rule, Thanks Thao!
KRS bands: Top Ten of 2010
THE CORIN TUCKER BAND Sara Lund: 1. Corin Tucker Band tour of Japan 2. All of the food I ate in Japan 3. Playing a drum duet with Janet Weiss in blistering heat 8/15/10 4. Hungry Ghost tour with Corin Tucker Band on the East Coast, babies on board! 5. Hungry Ghost’s new bass player, Lorca Wood 6. Recording CTB record with Seth & Corin and our morning rehearsal/coffee talks 7. The Gories...
KRS Staff: Top Ten of 2010
Aubrey: grass widow - past time psychic feline - psychic feline abe vigoda - crush fabulous diamonds - fabulous diamonds II royal baths - litanies dum dum girls - i will be blank dogs - land and fixed ariel pink’s haunted graffiti - before today the stooges - the stooges reissue that goose in my neighbors yard (RIP) Ben: records 1. grass widow “past time” lp (kill rock stars)...
Top KRS Mail Order Sellers of 2010
Here’s the KRS Mail Order Chart for 2010 1. Elliott Smith Roman Candle 180 gram LP 2. The Corin Tucker Band 1,000 Years LP 3. The Corin Tucker Band 1,000 Years CD 4. The Thermals Personal Life LP 5. Quasi American Gong LP 6. Quasi American Gong CD 7. The Thermals/ The Cribs split 7” 8. Grass Widow Past Time LP 9. Elliott Smith Roman Candle LP 10. Horse Feathers Thistled Spring LP 11....
KRS Band of the Week: Emily's Sassy Lime
Desperate, Scared, but Social $5.99 CD/$7 LP
The specifics about the Emily’s Sassy Lime live performance I saw in the mid-90s allude me; I did purchase this CD and still listen all the time. Apparently the band didn’t practice; they still made a better record than a lot of bands that practice too much. Catchy, right to the point, creative and fun songs. The bass and vocals...
Tour Dates
The Corin Tucker Band 02/25 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir - w/ Versus The Decemberists 01/25 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theater 01/26 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theater 01/28 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues 01/29 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues 01/31 - Montreal, QC, Canada @ Olympia de Montreal 02/01 - Toronto, ON, Canada @ Sound Academy 02/02 - Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theater 02/04 - Chicago, IL @...
Top 10 ways not to get laid on tour in 2010 by...
Top 10 ways not to get laid on tour in 2010 by Marnie Stern from Pitchfork’s Guest List: Best of 2010
Hiding in the green room and playing spider solitaire on your phone.
Putting on your make-up in a poorly lit van at night.
Selling “Old Desperate Bitch” t-shirts at your shows.
Putting beer in a clear water bottle at an all ages venue so you can get drunk on stage.
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Xiu Xiu on Sale, Ends 1/3
KRS503 Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself CD/Download $8.99/$8
Xiu Xiu Holiday Pack Get 7 Xiu Xiu CD’s for $55.99 (Save $14!!!!)
KRS503TLPPACKXiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself T & LP Pack $24.00 (Save $6) KRS503TCDPACK Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself T & CD Pack $19.99 (Save $5)
GER038 Xiu Xiu - Split with Devendra Banhart The Body Breaks b/w Support Our Troops Oh! ...
Washington State elected officials played a pivotal role in passing the bill...
– http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/deepmedia/senate_passes_community_radio_1950
Congress Passed the Local Community Radio Act
The Thermals Announce Europe Tour
March 2011 30 - Manchester, UK @ Roadhouse 31 - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece April 2011 1 - London, UK @ XOYO 4 - Cologne, Germany @ Gebaeude 9 6 - Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie 7 - Lyon-Oullins, France @ Le Clacson 10 - Marmande, France @ Garorock Festival 12 - Munich, Germany @ Hansa 39 13 - Wien, Austria @ Flex 14 - Nuernberg, Germany @ K4 Festival 15 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Sinkkasten 16 -...
Portlandia: Portland Dream of the 90’s
Top Sellers: Sleater-Kinney, Unwound, Bikini Kill
Top Selling Holiday Packs in 2010
1. Sleater-Kinney Holiday Pack
2. Unwound Holiday Pack
3. Bikini Kill Holiday Pack
4. Bikini Kill 7” & T Pack
5. Bikini Kill All Vinyl Pack
6. Deerhoof Vinyl Pack
7. Kleenex/LiLiPUT CD and T Pack SOLD OUT 8. Julie Ruin LP and T Pack
9. Elliott Smith All Vinyl Pack
10. Julie Ruin CD and T Pack
Salutations: The KRS Winter Holiday Album is Back
Hello Mail Order Freaks, We have a treat for you, The KRS WINTER HOLIDAY ALBUM Starring: IMAAD WASIF GOLD CHAINS AND JILLIAN IVA THE ROBOT ATE ME MARY TIMONY BETH DITTO PHRANC THAO NGUYEN EXCEPTER THE EVERYOTHERS THE PAPER CHASE SPORT MURPHY SLUMBER PARTY OCTIS Curated by Slim Moon in 2006, this digital album is now for sale This week we are giving away a FREE DOWNLOAD of this record with...
Holiday Shipping Deadlines
If you need your order by Dec 25, please place your order soon Here are the shipping deadlines for USPS: +First Class Mail Dec 20 +Priority Mail Dec 21 For Overnight, Two Day or Three Day Shipping, please choose UPS We will be shipping orders until December 24 but please order before that
Congratulations Marnie!!!
This self-titled CD, the third album from this indie-rock guitar-slinger, yokes emotional exhortation to physical exertion for a series of ecstatic, elegiac anthems. The guitar work and drumming blaze, but the open-hearted fervor resonates most.
Today’s New York Times includes Marnie Stern in their Top Ten of 2010
Marnie Stern is on sale this month, check it out:
Marnie Stern CD...
KRS Artist of the Week: Mocket
Mocket, an Olympia, Washington-based punk band, was comprised of Audrey Marrs, Matt Steinke, and eventually Carolyn Rue (one-time member of Hole). The band debuted with the Pearl Drop 7” on Up Records in 1995 followed by Bionic Parts in 1996 on Punk in My Vitamins, a local Olympia label. K Records released Mocket’s first full length in 1997 entitled Fanfare [KLP070]. In 1999 Kill Rock Stars...
Sam McPheeters on Wiki-Leaks for The Huffington...
Kill Rock Stars and 5RC recording artist Sam McPheeters (Born Against, Men’s Recovery Project, Wrangler Brutes) has a piece on Wiki-Leaks in today’s Huffington Post! Congratulations Sam!
Sara Marcus on The Kathleen Hanna Tribute Show
Sara Marcus did a write up of The Kathleen Hanna Tribute Show for Art Forum
KRS Winter Holiday Album
check out the krs winter holiday album
curated by slim moon in 2006
the digital download is on sale
and come FREE with any Holiday Pack
More Packs: The Corin Tucker Band, Marnie Stern &...
ok here’s a few more packs for the holidays
THE CORIN TUCKER BAND The Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years CD and Logo T $19.99 (save $5) The Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years CD and Logo T $24 (save $30) The Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years CD and T Pack $19.99 (save $5) The Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years LP and T $24 (save $6) MARNIE STERN Marnie Stern - Marnie Stern CD and T Pack $19.99...
The Thermals Change NW Dates
here were a few changes to the schedule - Eugene is earlier, Portland is later: January 2011 19 - Eugene, OR @ W.O.W. Hall 21 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s 22 - Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Media Club 23 - Olympia, WA @ The Northern 28 - Portland, OR @ Branx
Holiday Packs: Elliott Smith, Erase Errata, Horse...
New Holiday Packs added to the epic December Sale, Ends 1/3
Elliott Smith KRS523TCDPACK Elliott Smith Roman Candle CD and T Pack $19.99 (save $5)
KRS523TLPPACK Elliott Smith Roman Candle LP and T Pack $24 (save $6) KRS524TCDPACK Elliott Smith From a Basement on a Hill CD and T $ (save $5) KRS524TLPPACK Elliott Smith From a Basement on a Hill 2LP and T $27 (save $6)
KRSES180GPACK Elliott...