April 2011
17 posts
Salutations: How Are You?
Dear Mail Order Freaks, How are you? Apologies that it has been so long since the last newsletter, but things have been good. +The Thao & Mirah record is out If you are one of the first 200 people who ordered, Thao & Mirah have yr number! +I hope you had a good record store day. We sold all our copies of this
So GO TO YR LOCAL INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE and get a copy! +We are getting...
Happy Record Release: Thao & Mirah is Out Now!
Yay! Maybe it’s old fashioned of me but I (Maggie) love record release days. So much hard work goes into an album from all sides (writing, recording, planning, promoting, etc) for months and months beforehand and it’s nice to finally share the music with everyone! So here we are! It’s April 26th which means that Thao & Mirah is out!! Order yours now from our mail order dept...
Deep Lust - Is That A Fact?
Band of the Week: Deep Lust
You’re favorite weekly deep cut deep discount feature is back! And back with a vengeance as we are starting back up with DEEP LUST! Deep Lust was a fearless trio from DC featuring the infamous Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts), Steve Dore (Casual Dots), and Tommy Orr (aka Tommy Slich). We released their self titled album in February 2000. You can get your very own copy for just...
The Thermals Tour Dates
We have more tour news to report. This time it’s The Thermals again. Just when you thought, aren’t they on tour 24/7 already? It turns out nope, there were a few empty days they decided to fill! First off, they were already headed to Philly to play a show this Saturday the 30th at the Philly Festival of the Arts and have added two last minute NYC area shows. May 2011 01 - Hoboken, NJ @...
Marnie Stern Tour Dates
Super exciting news: Marnie Stern announced a Midwest tour in July which ends with 2 shows opening up for The Flaming Lips. Those dudes have good taste! July 2011 3 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry 4 - Iowa City, IA @ The Mill 5 - Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar 6 - St Louis, MO @ Firebird 7 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom - w/ The Flaming Lips 8 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom - w/ The...
April Sale: Thao, Grass Widow, The Thermals &...
The April Sale is up here
KRS500 Thao Know Better Learn Faster Download $7, LP w/ MP3 $12
KRS481 Thao - We Brave Bee Stings and All Download $7, LP w/ MP3 $12
KRS481T Thao - We Brave Bee Stings and All T $12
KRS500ThT Thao - with the Get Down Stay Down T $9.99
KRS533 Grass Widow - Past Time Download $7, CD $7.99, LP w MP3 $12
KRS533T Grass Widow - Past Time T $9.99 KRS519 The...
Tour Dates
Boats 04/06 - Kamloops, BC, Canada @ Pogue Mahones 04/07 - Edmonton, AB, Canada @ Brixx 04/08 - Calgary, AB, Canada @ Broken City 04/09 - Regina, SK, Canada @ The Fainting Goat The Corin Tucker Band 05/01 - Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Media Club - w/ Mecca Normal 05/02 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown - w/ Mecca Normal 05/03 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Hotel - w/ M Ward 05/05 - Los Angeles, CA @ The...
Thao & Mirah - Eleven
Pre-Order April Releases Today
Thao & Mirah***PRE-ORDER*** CD/ LP w/ Digital Download
+Release Date: April 26 +Estimate Ship Date: April 12 + FREE Digital Download Code: April 5 (date unconfirmed) ***Pre-Order Bonus: Alternate mix of a Thao & Mirah track.****
***Extra Special Bonus: Thao and Mirah will call the first 200 people who preorder to personally thank you. ***
Please include your phone number with your...
Watch“Tiny Hands” is the very first Forbidden Friends video for the very first Forbidden Friends single. It was directed by Clyde Peterson and is chock-full of the same whimsical fun found in the “Not Like Any Other Feeling” video Peterson recently directed for The Thermals. The video features Forbidden Friends frontman Hutch Harris in a one-take green-screen shot,...
Horse Feathers European Tour
April 2011 1 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Paradiso 2 - Middelburg, The Netherlands @ Avonduren 3 - Paris, France @ Cafe de la Danse 6 - Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain @ University 7 - Valladolid, Spain @ Asklepios 8 - Zaragoza, Spain @ La Lata de Bombillas 10 - Nurnberg, Germany @ K4 11 - Munich, Germany @ In the Attic (house show) 12 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Papiersaal 13 - Gent, Belgium @ Living...
The Thermals Euro Tour Dates
March 2011 30 - Manchester, UK @ Roadhouse - w/ The Coathangers 31 - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece - w/ The Coathangers April 2011 1 - London, UK @ XOYO - w/ The Coathangers 2 - Brussels, Belgium @ BeursKafee (free!) - w/ The Coathangers 3 - Cologne, Germany @ Gebaeude 9 - w/ The Coathangers 5 - Evreux, France @ L’Abordage - w/ The Coathangers 6 - Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie - w/ The ...
More Thao & Mirah Tour Dates
May 2011 1 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour - w/ Led to Sea 2 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho - w/ Led to Sea 3 - Oakland, CA @ The New Parish - w/ Led to Sea 5 - Vancouver, BC, Canada @ The Biltmore - w/ Led to Sea 6 - Bellingham, WA @ WWU - w/ The New Pornographers 7 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile - w/ Led to Sea 8 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom - w/ Led to Sea 9 - Olympia, WA @ Northern - w/ Led to...
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Grass Widow Tour
April 2011 2 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill 8 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echo 9 - Claremont, CA @ SCC Lawn on Pomona College 21 - Northampton, MA @ Flywheel 22 - Boston, MA @ O’Brien’s - w/ Doomstar 23 - New York, NY @ Glasslands Gallery - w/ Hunx and His Punx, Shannon and the Clams, K-Holes 24 - Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio - w/ Broken Water, Tara Jane O’Neil 25 -...
The Raincoats to play ATP
This just in: The Raincoats are confirmed to be a part of Jeff Magnum’s ATP in December! They will be performing their first album in its entirety. Dec 2-4 @ Butlin’s Holiday Centre in Minehead UK. Tickets are available now.
