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Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Shows Make It West!

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Slumberland Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Shows Make It West!Slumberland Records continued their 20th Anniversary Shows with an amazing 2 night west coast swing. The shows were of course sold out and went over well. Check out all the details from Slumberland themselves:

So, it was initially our plan to follow-up the east coast Slumberland anniversary shows with shows on the west coast just a few weeks later. But logistics got complicated, we got even busier than usual, and it became obvious that we’d have to wait until 2010. Well, we’re super pleased to announce that March 27th and 28th we’ll be hosting a pair of shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles that are practically brain-melting to think about. The current roster will be represented by the A-team of Brown Recluse, Summer Cats, Pants Yell!, Neverever, Devon Williams and Brilliant Colors. Where things get even crazier is with some of the bands that we’ve somehow managed to coax out of retirement.

Hold onto your hats: Henry’s Dress (first show in 13 years, full original line-up), Go Sailor (first show in 14 years!), The How (third show ever) and Boyracer (last shows ever? only Stew knows for sure!). That’s quite a line-up, no?

In honor of their anniversary and those stellar line-ups here’s a few Promotracks from Slumberland artists who performed at the shows:

Black TambourineBlack Tambourine
download icon Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Shows Make It West! “For Ex-Lovers Only” (mp3)
from “Black Tambourine”
(Slumberland Records)
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Songs for TuesdaysSummer Cats
download icon Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Shows Make It West! “Super” (mp3)
from “Songs for Tuesdays”
(Slumberland Records)

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The Soft SkinBrown Recluse
download icon Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Shows Make It West! “Night Train” (mp3)
from “The Soft Skin”
(Slumberland Records)

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Received PronunciationPants Yell!
download icon Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Shows Make It West! “Someone Loves You” (mp3)
from “Received Pronunciation”
(Slumberland Records)

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IntroducingBrilliant Colors
download icon Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Shows Make It West! “English Cities” (mp3)
from “Introducing”
(Slumberland Records)

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Summer Cats new video debuts on Pitchfork TV

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

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Artist: Summer Cats
Title: Songs For Tuesdays
Label: Slumberland
Genre:
Indie : Alternative Rock
Release Date: 7/14/09
UPC:
749846010124
Territory: Worldwide

Summer Cats follow up the release of their irresistibly catchy new record Songs For Tuesdays (out today on Slumberland) with a Pitchfork TV release for the video of their lead single “Super.”  Clearly these Australian indie-pop maestro’s know how to drop a summer release. With a sound that their press kit calls “Stereolab-meets-Go-Betweens” Summer Cats are poised for a big summer.

Songs for TuesdaysSummer Cats
download icon Summer Cats new video debuts on Pitchfork TV “Super” (mp3)
from “Songs for Tuesdays”
(Slumberland)

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Songs for TuesdaysSummer Cats
download icon Summer Cats new video debuts on Pitchfork TV “Hey You” (mp3)
from “Songs for Tuesdays”
(Slumberland)

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Review: Liechtenstein

Friday, June 5th, 2009

By Mike Madavi

Survival Strategies In A Modern WorldLiechtenstein
download icon Review: Liechtenstein “Roses In The Park” (mp3)
from “Survival Strategies In A Modern World”
(Slumberland)
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Release Date: 6/9/09
UPC: 749846209627
Territories: Americas
 Review: Liechtenstein

Sweden’s latest indie post-punk export, Lichtenstein, has announced their first full length LP entitled Survival Strategies in a Modern World will be available this June. The all girl three piece has created much hype in their homeland over their 7’’ singles 2007′s Stalking Skills and last year’s Apathy and are slowly but surely gaining a fan base here in the states. Destined to be played in vintage clothing stores everywhere, your little sister will love it. Their full length features charming songs filled with interweaving vocal harmonies, bass hooks, and post punk jangle and reverb for their guitars. A Slumberland record, Survival Strategies will be released in conjunction with the band’s hometown label, Gothenburg’s Fraction Discs.

They sit somewhere between the Pipettes and the Detroit Cobras or Delta Spirit; often the counter melodies in the background harmonies form a duality with the main hooks, creating a sort of bittersweet mood, half dark and mysterious, half young and joyful. “Postcard” sounds like the title song for a 90’s teen comedy (think Letters to Cleo’s prominent part in Ten Things I Hate About You). “Roses in the park” has a Neko-like sweetness to it. For a darker selection, check out “Refelctions.” The Album concludes with the haunting and whimsical acoustic and appropriately titled “The End” (McCartney gonna’ sue a foo!). The girls manage to create a distinct sound amidst the emerging Swedish indie-rock juggernaut captained by bands like Peter, Bjorn, and John and Shout Out Louds.

Three cute Scandinavians playing catchy 80’s post punk revival, what’s not to like? Buy one copy for your little sister and keep one for yourself; this is a band to watch out for.

Check out this sweet stop-motion video for and older track, “Security By Design:”

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Great indie labels quoted in article, “The Name Game”

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

319 musa.web Great indie labels quoted in article, The Name GameThe San Francisco Bay Guardian featured stories this week focused on the state of labels in 2009.   In the piece, “The Name Game- Labelmania: What does a record label mean in 2009? Label owners sound off”, label owners  such as Light in the Attic’s Matt Sullivan, Slumberland’s Mike Shulman, Kemado’s Andres Santo Domingo and others throw in their two cents. Here’s an excerpt:

“I think labels are as important as ever,” maintains Mike Schulman of the Bay Area indie pop shrine Slumberland, which is currently experiencing a new burst of recognition thanks to bands such as Crystal Stilts and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. “With the increasing fragmentation and atomization of genres and scenes and markets, customers rely on labels as a curatorial enterprise, a shorthand signifier for what they’re into, and a useful tool to help sort through the mountain of new music.”

Read the full article at sfbg.com and also check out the article, “Great Expectations?- Labelmania: Indie labels ride the ups and downs of buzz and bluster”.

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Video: Pains Of Being Pure At Heart on Carson Daily

Monday, April 6th, 2009

IODA’s favorite super-long-band-name indiepoppers played the Carson show on Friday, and here’s the video to prove it:

Exciting, right? Congrats Pains!

The Pains Of Being Pure At HeartThe Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
download icon Video: Pains Of Being Pure At Heart on Carson Daily “Young Adult Friction” (mp3)
from “The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart”
(Slumberland)

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Featured Label: Slumberland Records

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

featured label slumberland Featured Label: Slumberland RecordsFresh off a strong presence at SXSW, the Slumberland Records lineup is definitely stronger than ever. Slumberland began operations in 1989 as a collective effort consisting of members of DC area bands that grew into a reputable source for post-punk independent music. The explosion of punk had left behind a thriving network of ‘zines, labels and distributors and they felt that there was room for their noise-loving, pop-obsessed aesthetic. The label expanded its roster and horizons, always with the goal to bring you great songs and interesting sounds from a range of styles. And so it continues almost twenty years later and 80 releases later.

Get free tracks from 5 bands on their roster after the jump, including: Crystal Stilts, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cause Co-Motion, The Aislers Set and The Lodger:

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IODA-Distributed Artists @ SXSW

Monday, March 16th, 2009

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The IODA Marketing blog will be a bit slow over the next week because we’re heading down to Austin, Texas for SXSW!  If the number of RSVPs are any indicator- this years SXSW will be just as packed as year’s passed.  Don’t forget to attend our event (details above) and try and check out some of the shows listed below!:

Tuesday, March 17th 2009

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End Sounds Second Annual Pre-SXSW Music Party/Show
7pm@Red Seven (611 E 7th St)

Filler (one time only Minor Threat cover band)
Madball
Death in the Park
Reign Supreme
Mike Herrera’s Tumbledown
Call to Preserve
True Widow
Bitter End
The Ramonahs
The Escape Frame

Wednesday, March 18th 2009

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Anticon/Ghostly International Present
7:30pm@ Mohawk (912 Red River St) (All Ages)

Christopher Willits- 7:30pm
Restiform Bodies- 8:10pm
Michna- 9pm
Anathallo- 9:40pm
Dosh- 10:30pm
Yoni Wolf (of WHY?)- 11:10pm
The Chap- 11:40pm
Themselves- 1am

Burnside Distribution
8pm@Submerged (333 E 2nd st) (21+)

Jackie Bristow- 8pm
The Summer Wardrobe- 9pm
The Service Industry- 10pm
Sweet Water- 11pm
Blind Pilot- 12am
The Slants- 1am

PASTE SXSW Showcase
Ace’s Lounge – 222 E. 6th St., Austin, TX Rotary Downs @ 9pm (21+)

Thursday, March 19th 2009

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Tricycle Records/The Bay Bridged
12pm@Beauty Bar (617 E 7th St)

Mike Relm
Vetiver
The Morning Benders
Sholi
Thee Oh Sees
The Heavenly States
Wallpaper
Lilofee
The Frail
Two Sheds
The Union Trade
French Miami
The Red Verse

The End Records
8pm@The Ale House (310 E 6th St- Alley Entrance) (21+)

Junius- 8pm
Hull- 9pm
These are They- 10pm
Goes Cube- 11pm
Tub Ring- 12am
Early Man- 1am

IHEARTCOMIX
7pm@Beauty Bar (617 E 7th st) (21+)

Cerebral Ballzy- 7:30pm
Ninjasonik- 8pm
Team Robespierre- 8:30pm
Totally Michael- 9pm
The Death Set- 9:30pm
Juiceboxxxx- 10:15pm
Thunderheist- 11:45pm
Designer Drugs- 12:15am
Futurecop!- 1:15am
Beauty Bar Backyard:
Paparazzi- 7pm
Radioclit-8pm
The Golden Filter- 9:45pm
HEARTSREVOLUTION- 10:30pm
Ocelot- 11pm
The Toxic Avenger & Franki Chan- 12am
Drop The Lime- 1am

Western Vinyl
9pm@ Club 115 (115 San Jacinto St) (21+)

Mom- 9pm
Callers- 10pm
Balmorhea- 11pm
J. Tillman- 12am
Here We Go Magic feat. Luke Temple- 1am

Hometapes/Leaf
7pm@Habana Bar (708 E 6th St) (21+)

All Tiny Creatures- 7pm
A Hawk And A Hacksaw- 8pm
Stars Like Fleas- 9pm
CYNE- 10pm
Efterklang- 11pm
Megafaun- 12am
Slaraffenland- 1am

Standard Recording Co. / Undertow
11pm@Habana Calle 6 (709 E 6th St) (21+)

Christian Kiefer, Jefferson Pitcher, J. Matthew Gerken, These United States- 11:15pm

Absolutely Kosher
10pm@Prague (422 B Congress Ave) (21+)

Azeda Booth- 10pm
Sybris- 11pm
+/- {Plus/Minus}- 12am
The Wrens- 1am

Tee Pee Records
8pm@Room 710 (710 Red River St) (21+)

Kreisor- 8pm
Black Math Horseman- 9pm
Night Horse- 10pm
Ancestors- 11pm
Annihilation Time- 12am
Earthless- 1am

Siltbreeze
8pm@Soho Lounge (217 E 6th St) (21+)

Ratas del Vaticano- 8pm
Eat Skull- 8:45pm
Hank IV- 9:30pm
Psychedelic Horseshit- 10:15pm
Naked on the Vague- 11pm
U.S. Girls- 11:45pm
Los Llamarada- 12:30am
FNU Ronnies- 1:15am

Electronic Musician/reapandsow music SXSW Day party
Calle Habana 6 – 709 E. 6th St., Austin, TX Rotary Downs @ 3pm – INSIDE STAGE

NOLA Soul Presents
Historic Victory Grill – 1104 E. 11th St, Austin, TX Rotary Downs @ 5:45

Friday, March 20th 2009

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End Sounds
8pm@The Independent (501 N IH 35)

The Escape Frame- 8pm
Death in the Park- 0pm
True Widow- 10pm

Burnside Distribution
12pm@Threadgill’s World Headquarters (301 W. Riverside Dr.)

Hillstomp- 12pm Main stage
Linda McLean- 12:30pm Folk Alliance Stage
Or, The Whale- 12:50pm Main stage
Jackie Bristow- 1:20pm Folk Alliance Stage
Blind Pilot- 1:40pm Main stage
Audrey Auld- 2:15pm Folk Alliance Stage
The Refugees- 2:35pm Main stage
Glenna Bell- 3:05pm Folk Alliance Stage
Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team- 3:35pm Main stage
Song Island Review- 4:05pm Folk Alliance Stage
Redd Volkaert & Friends- 4:25pm Main stage
Linda McRae- 5:10pm Folk Alliance Stage
Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers- 5:30pm Main stage

Slumberland
8pm@Emo’s Jr (603 Red River St) (All Ages)

YellowFever- 8pm
Woods- 9pm
Air Waves- 10pm
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- 11pm
Cause Co-Motion!- 12am
Crystal Stilts- 1am

End Sounds
8pm@The Independent (501 N IH 35) (21+)

The Escape Frame- 8pm
Death in the Park- 9pm
True Widow- 10pm

Ghostly International/Full Time Hobby/ Mojo Magazine
8pm@Radio Room Patio (508 E 6th St) (All Ages)

Choir of Young Believers- 8pm
Micah P. Hinson- 9pm
School of Seven Bells- 10pm
Deastro- 11pm
White Denim- 12am
Rolo Tomassi- 1am

Misra
8pm@The Tap Room at Six (311 Colorado St) (21+)

The Gala Band- 8pm
Emily Rodgers- 9pm
Monahans- 10pm
The Low Lows-11pm
Southeast Engine- 12am
Palomar- 1am

Insound’s 10th Anniversary SXSW Party
Noon-6pm@Club de Ville (900 Red River St)

Handsome Furs
Obits
The American Analog Set
The Thermals
The Hold Steady

Saturday March 21st 2009

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Load/Dull Knife
8pm@The Independent (501 N IH 35) (21+)

Future Blondes- 8pm
Balaclavas- 9pm
White Mice- 10pm
Rusted Shut- 11pm
Indian Jewelry- 12am
Six Finger Satellite- 1am

Park the Van/ Paper Thin Records
8pm@Room 710 (710 Red River St) (21+)

Eagle Winged Palace- 8pm
The Peekers- 9pm
Golden Boots- 10pm
Floating Action- 11pm
The High Strung- 12am
The Spinto Band- 1am

New Granada Records “No-fficial” Showcase
3pm@Gingerman Pub (304 W 4th St)

New Roman Times
Zillionaire
Hankshaw
King of Spain
Rec Center

Panache Booking/ Lovepump United
8pm@Mohawk (Both Stages)

Daniel Francis Doyle- 8pm
Pictureplane- 8:15pm
Deradoorian- 8:50pm
AIDS Wolf- 9pm
Past Lives- 9:40pm
Clipd Beaks- 10pm
FIASCO- 10:40pm
The Mae Shi- 11pm
PRE- 11:40pm
HEALTH- 12am
Mika Miko- 12:30am
Monotonix- 1am

Victorian Room at the Driskill
(604 Brazos St) (21+) Moriarty- 10pm

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IODAcast 51

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

By: Jillian Putnam-Smith

Featuring Faunts, Michna, Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Monks and The Hylozoists.  Listen at IODAcast.com or  iTunes.

Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.Faunts
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Ghostly SwimMichna
download icon IODAcast 51 “Triple Chrome Dipped” (mp3)
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Willie And The WheelWillie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel
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from “Willie And The Wheel”
(Bismeaux Records)

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The Pains Of Being Pure At HeartThe Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
download icon IODAcast 51 “Young Adult Friction” (mp3)
from “The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart”
(Slumberland)

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Black Monk TimeThe Monks
download icon IODAcast 51 “Monk Time” (mp3)
from “Black Monk Time”
(Light In The Attic)

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L'Ile De Sept VillesThe Hylozoists
download icon IODAcast 51 “Bras d’Or Lakes” (mp3)
from “L’Ile De Sept Villes”
(Outside Music)

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