June 2010
81 posts
Demo of the Week: Coasting
Coasting are from Brooklyn, NY. Their catchy drum and guitar power injects fun back into a scene that has spent the last year chilling. Madison also plays in Dream Diary & Fiona used to play in New Zealand’s riot grrrl misfits The Coolies.
Here’s a FREE MP3
Coasting, available now, is the triple A-sided 7” from Campbell and Farmer, recorded in Brooklyn’s Pizza...
Coasting-Snoozefest
CDs are $9.99, Gossip Shirts on Sale, Ends 7/1
Part One of our annual Summer Sale ends tomorrow, 7/1 +All KRS CD’s are $9.99 +This Week Only: Gossip T Shirts are on Sale
KRS438T The Gossip - The Gossip Saved My Life T-shirt $12 KRS422T The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control T-shirt $12 KRS422T2 The Gossip - Punk Soul Klash T-shirt $10 KRS473T The Gossip - Skunk T-shirt $12 krs391T The Gossip - Movement T-shirt $7.50
The Thermals I Don't Believe You
Pitchfork debuted the first single, “I Don’t Believe You” from The Thermals upcoming record Personal Life this morning. “I Don’t Believe You” will also be released as a 7” and digital single on August 10th. July 2010 1 - Calgary, AB, Canada @ Distillery - Sled Island Festival - w/ Donkeys, Mariachi El Bronx 2 - Calgary, AB, Canada @ Sled Island...
The Thermals-I Don’t Believe You
Team Natalie Benefit Shows Added in the NW
The Need and Bangs recently announced that they were reuniting for a one off show in Portland, OR to benefit their friend Natalie Cox who is battling cancer. They’ve now added shows in both Seattle and Olympia. July 21 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile Cafe july 22 - Olympia, WA @ The Loft on Cherry Street july 23 - Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan The line up for all shows will be:...
June Sale, Ends July 1
It’s the 5 Year Anniversary of these two 5RC releases so we put them both on sale for $7.99
GER039 The Planet The - You Absorb My Vision CD $7.99
GER041 Need New Body - Where’s Black Ben? CD $7.99
It’s the 15 year anniversary of Phranc Goofyfoot, on sale now for $5 KRS233 Phranc - Goofyfoot CDEP $5
Happy 10 year anniversary to Jean Smith, on sale now for just $5
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“Those types of bands are what pushed me to finally do my own thing, and I wanted...”
– The Dum Dum Girls on riot grrrl
Salutations: Summer Sale Part One
Dear Mail Order Freaks, +Part One of our annual Summer Sale has begun All KRS CD’s are $9.99, Ends July 1 +We added a new KRS Hoody & T Shirts +We added new stuff & restocks to KRS Distro
Check youtube for live Thao & Mirah videos from tour
+All TOUR DATES are here
xoxo Tobi Vail Kill Rock Stars Mail Order Freaks Internationalé
Grass Widow Past Time LP/CD, Out 8/24
“Shadow” is the first song from Grass Widow’s new album, Past Time, which is coming out August 24th on Kill Rock Stars. GRASS WIDOW PAST TIME LP/CD Release date: August 24, 2010 Track List: 1. Uncertain Memory 2. Shadow 3. 11 of Diamonds 4. Give Me Shapes 5. Old Disguise 6. Fried Egg 7. Landscape 8. Submarine 9. Strangers Come 10. Tuesday Upcoming Performances: June 2010 27 - San Francisco, CA @...
Xiu Xiu & Deerhoof Announce Tour Dates
Deerhoof, currently hard at work on a new album for early 2011, and Xiu Xiu, just back from a long European tour, have announced that they will be touring together this fall on the east coast! sep 30 - Ottawa, ON - Capital Music Hall (w/ Father Murphy) oct 03 - Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace (w/ Father Murphy) oct 05 - Bloomington, IN - Rhino’s (w/ Father Murphy) oct 06 - Cincinnati, OH...
Thao Interview in Filter
So this is not really a ‘Thao with The Get Down Stay Down’ tour. This is a ‘Thao and Mirah with The Most of All’ tour. How did that come about in the first place?
Thao Nguyen: Mirah and I both live in San Francisco, she just moved there and we did a festival together. We didn’t know each other before that; we had some mutual friends and they thought we should get...
Son Skull-Cement Mixer
Demo of the Week: Son Skull
Son Skull are fatale-fronted USHC from Olympia, Wa
Squealling burning, flexing, peeling finger digging sound of individuals trying to hold on to lives and minds together.Jubilation and exacerbation and the smell of burning speakers.
FREE MP3 Son Skull-Cement Mixer
Sonskull is mary, dan, hayes, charles, and dave harris
New ep, birth scene/rewind, out on perennial
“Son...
Summer Style: New Hoody & T Shirts
check out our new kill rock stars hoody & t shirts
KRS17 Kill Rock Stars - Sarah Utter Headphone Hoody Black on Red
KRS1100T7 Kill Rock Stars - Sarah Utter Headphone Black on Royal Blue T
KRS1100T8 Kill Rock Stars - Sarah Utter Record Player Black on Pink T
New in Distro: La La Vasquez, Chin Chin, Farah,...
CT052 La La Vasquez - La La Vasquez7 “ (Captured Tracks) Smart026 Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire - S/T LP (Smart Records) SLR112 Chin Chin - Sound of the Westway LP (Slumberland) IDIB024 Farah - Gay Boy12” (Italians Do It Better) IDIB023 Glass Candy - Feeling Without Touching 12” (Italians Do It Better) CT053 Girls Names - Don’t Let Me In...
Back in Stock: Xiu Xiu CD & Vinyl
Xiu Xiu Fag Patrol
Xiu Xiu Knife Play
Grass Widow-Shadow
New in Distro: Kristin Hersh, Brilliant Colors,...
Check out the latest at KRS distro
CT041 Wet Dog - Frauhaus LP/CD (Captured Tracks) CT039 Wet Dog - Lower Leg 7” (Captured Tracks) NP099 Broken Water - Whet LP (Night People) E22 Viv Albertine - Flesh CDEP (Ecstatic Peace) MAM008 Brilliant Colors - Walk into the World 7” (Make A Mess) SLR115 Brilliant Colors - Never Mine 7” (Slumberland) SLR118 Tender Trap - Do You Want...
Recent Restocks: Royal Trux, Elliott Smith, Vivian...
DC010 Royal Trux - Untitled LP (Drag City) Plain126 Elliott Smith - Xo LP (Plain) 07VIVIAWILD Vivian Girls - Wild Eyes 7” (Wild World) http://www.buyolympia.com/krsnew/Item=07VIVIAWILD
SL108 Brilliant Colors - Introducing…LP (Slumberland) CT023 Grass Widow - Grass Widow12” (Captured Tracks)
Recent Restocks: Deerhoof, Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon
MPK7022 Deerhoof - Half Bird CD (Menlo Park)
COH001 Deerhoof - The Runners Four LP SYR1 Sonic Youth - Anagrama CD/LP (SYR)
SYR2 Sonic Youth - Slaapkamers Met Slagroom 12” EP (SYR)
SYR5 Kim Gordon - DJ Olive - Ikue Mori - Self Titled CD/2LP (SYR)
Salutations: Free Shipping All Weekend
Dear Mail Order Freaks, Are you ready for the summer, are you ready for the good times? To celebrate there’s FREE SHIPPING on all Media Mail orders* this weekend Offer ends Monday morning, 6/21/10 AKA the first day of summer! We are caught up to the day, so your order will ship early next week. Here’s a song for everyone who graduated this year I made a pledge to play guitar...
KRS Messenger Bags Back in Stock!
we are getting ready for summer! these record player bags are perfectly suited for 12” vinyl. ride yr bike to yr dj night style:
TOUR DATES
Bangs
July 2010 23 - Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan - w/ The Need, C Average, Thrones - Benefit for Natalie Cox
C Average
July 2010 23 - Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan - w/ The Need, Bangs, Thrones - Benefit for Natalie Cox
The Corin Tucker Band
October 2010 7 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater 8 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox 9 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall 11 - San Francisco, CA @ Great...
WatchMecca Normal I’m Not Into Being the Woman You’re With While You’re Looking for the Woman You Want from “The Observer” (Kill Rock Stars 2006)
Demo of the Week: Brett & the Whispers
Brett & the Whispers are a brand new group from Washington, D.C. Brett Lyman on guitar and vox, Mary Timony on the bass guitar, and Jonah Takagi on the drumkit. They are going on tour with Tyvek in August, and issuing a debut single for the M’ladys record company before too much longer. This recording is live in a D.C. basement at rehearsal last month
Brett & the Whispers I Don’t Just Want...
