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Favorite albums of 2011
It’s almost the new year!
2012! 2012! 2012!
So here are my favorite 11 albums of 2011. It’s been a good year for music.
(in alphabetical order, click on the band name to watch a video.)
Angelo Spencer et les hauts sommets – World Garage (K Records)
Dogbreth – Chookie (Skulltula Records)
French Quarter - Desert Wasn’t Welcome (Off Tempo Records)
LAKE – Giving And Receiving (K Records)
Little Wings – Black Grass (Marriage Records)
Madeline – Black Velvet (This Will Be Our Summer)
Pangea - Living Dummy (Burger Records)
Shotgun Jimmie – Transistor Sister (You’ve Changed Records)
Tune-Yards – WHOKILL (4AD)
Watercolor Paintings – These Arms (Lost Sound Tapes)
White Fang – Grateful To Shred (Marriage Records)
Lost Sound Tapes 10% OFF SALE
What better time than now for the first ever Lost Sound Tapes sale!
If not now, then when?
If not us, then who?!
10% OFF EVERYTHING ‘TIL 2012!
That’s right, 10% off til the end of the year on all Lost Sound Tapes released cassette tapes, records, and lathe cuts, including the brand new Winnie Byrd/Glass Cake split tape (listen), as well all ~150 items in our distro.
Ho, Ho. Ho! Tell yr friends.
New items in the shop
There are some new items in our store that are very much worth checking out!
Check out the store page to view descriptions and links to audio samples.
+ Bird By Snow “Subtle Body” Cassette (Gnome Life) $5
+ Cats in the Basement “Doo Bee Doo La Dee Day Dum Be Dum Drink Your Blood” Cassette (Finch House) $5
+ Feeding People “Feeding People” LP (Burger Records) $14
+ French Quarter “Desert Wasn’t Welcome” Cassette (Wizards of the Ghost) $5
+ French Quarter “Desert Wasn’t Welcome” LP (Off Tempo) $12
+ La Panther Happens “Witch Hunt my Dust Bowl Heart” CDR (Self Released) $5
+ Little Wings “Made It Rain” Cassette (Gnome Life) $6
+ Little Wings “Black Grass” Cassette (Gnome Life) $6
+ Lovely Bad Things, The “New Ghost/Old Waves” Cassette (Burger Records) $5
+ Madeline/Karl Blau/Your Heart Breaks “Tour EP” 7″ (Orange Twin) $5
+ Mega Bog “Okay Human” Cassette (Gnome Life) $5
+ Nodzzz “From Bleak to Blech” Cassette (Selection Records) $5
+ Pangea “Living Dummy” LP (Burger Records) $14
+ Quick Attack/Hi Ho Silver, Away! “Split” CD (Skulltula) $5
+ Sandy City “Surfin’ WA” One-Sided LP (Rok Lok Records) $8
+ Sundance Kids/Margy Pepper “Split” Cassette (Erefutre Records) $4
+ Watercolor Paintings/Madeline Ava “Split” 7″ (Skulltula/Sidejar Records) $5
Winnie Byrd/Glass Cake tape out now
Split Tape Shipping Now
Winnie Byrd/Glass Cake tapes are shipping now,
you can purchase it from the store page for $5.
We all know that Oakland has a thriving, long running punk scene. Well did you know there’s a healthy folk community there too? Winnie Byrd and Glass Cake are certainly at the forefront of that. I played a Blanket Truth show with both of them around Christmastime 2009 at Michelle (Glass Cake)’s house and it was a blast.
Winnie Byrd is the side project of Davyd Nereo of Beatbeat Whisper, a carefully crafted sibling folk duo. It differs from Beatbeat Whisper by bouncing around through folk pop, country twang, and classical baroque.
Glass Cake writes some seriously heartbreaking yet catchy and uplifting songs. Her voice makes you feel like you’re riding a rollercoaster that hits a dip in the track. Recommended for fans of Watercolor Paintings. It’s no coincidence Michelle Shofet of Glass Cake and Rebecca Redman of Watercolor Paintings are in Girl Band together along with Mallory Watje of Mammary.
First edition of 100 copies, with digital download, hand stamped covers and full color labels on clear purple tapes. Cover illustration by Jeff Stratford.
Up Next
Madeline “Black Velvet” Tape (CD/LP on This Will Be Our Summer)
Stephen Steinbrink “Yellow Canary Jumpsuit” Tape (reissue of the tape originally on Le Horror Records)
LST at the DIY Holiday Fair on Dec 10th
Winnie Byrd/Glass Cake preview
Winnie Byrd/Glass Cake split cassette tape
This tape is sooooo close to being done. The cover is designed, the tapes have been duplicated. I just need to design the labels, print it all out, stamp the covers and assemble them.
First edition of 100 copies, clear purple tapes, full color printing, and a download code.
Sneak preview of the whole tape over at Bandcamp
We’ll start taking orders for this one on or before November 15th.
Lathe-Cut Subscription 7 inches now available individually
VERY FEW LATHE-CUT 7″s LEFT
Lost Sound Tapes lathe-cut 7″ subscription series records are now available for individual sale. Some people had asked me about this awhile back but I had said no. Well, I’ve still got some, so I might as well make them available for people who just want one or two of them. They are $10 a piece.
There are only 8 COPIES LEFT of most records available, and only 3 COPIES LEFT of Stephen Steinbrink’s 7″. 50 copies each were made of all 6 records that feature these bands:
Charlie Mcalister
Sandy City
Math The Band
Tyson Ballew
Weakness
Stephen Steinbrink
iji new album Kickstarter project
Zach Burba aka iji is looking to release his new full length album “YERSELF” on vinyl!
So he’s created a Kickstarter fundraiser campaign to let people help make it a reality.
Donate money and get a digital copy of the album before it’s released regardless of whether the project gets funded or not.
There are some other nice incentives for donating too.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1032440610/help-release-the-new-iji-album-on-lp
“A song from the new iji album ‘YERSELF’ performed with LIVE SINGING and DEEP SNACKING.”
New World History EP on Bandcamp
World History have a new EP that’s a follow up to the album “You Can’t Stop Trying” which was released on tape by Lost Sound Tapes. It features 3 new tracks, an alternate version of “You’re a Machine” from the aforementioned album, and a NoFX cover.
World History / Real Live Tigers U.S. tour
(Photo from the World History blog)
Did you know that World History and Real Live Tigers are on tour right now?
They’ll be on tour together until November and World History has copies of the “You Can’t Stop Trying” tape that we released for them. Go and see them play!
http://www.worldhistoryband.com/
http://www.reallivetigers.com/
August
20 BUFFALO NY @ The Vault w/ Lara Buckley, The Bear
21 ROCHESTER NY @ Meddlesome Lab
22 SYRACUSE NY @ Spark w/ why+the+wires, Mammal is a Mountain
23 WINOOSKI VT @ Monkey House w/ Hello Shark, Sean Hood
24 KEENE NH @ Cootie Cave
25 ALLSTON MA @ The S.h.o.p.
26 NEW HAVEN CT @ Neverending Books
27 EAST STROUDSBURG PA @ Pocono Community Theater
28 BROOKLYN NY @ Goodbye Blue Monday w/ Zebra & Francesca
29 HARRISBURG PA @ Moviate
30 PHILADELPHIA PA @ Little Bar
31 ATLANTIC CITY NJ @ The Boneyard w/ JE double F, Bad Braids
September
01 WILMINGTON DE @ 700 Social Club w/ Billy Frolic, Jim Denver, Justin Von Count
02 BALTIMORE MD @ The Zoo
04 WASHINGTON DC @ Bananarchy Stand
04 RICHMOND VA @ Cellar Door w/ My Friend Kyle, Meade Skelton
05 GREENSBORO NC @ The Science House w/ Miles Nighthawk
06 Wilmington NC
07 RALEIGH NC @ Yerducken House
08 ASHEVILLE NC @ Chestnut House w/ Luke Puke
09 Knoxville TN
10 MURFREESBORO TN @ House Pride w/ Henry Daggs
11 Nashville TN
12 Hunstville AL
13 BIRMINGHAM AL @ The Fire House w/ Younger Siblings
14 ATHENS GA @ Flicker Theatre w/ Don Chambers
15 MACON GA @ 567 Gallery
16 Jacksonville FL
17 ST AUGUSTINE FL @ Last Resort w/ Super Famicom, Noah Eagle
18 De Land FL
19 MAITLAND FL @ Copper Rocket Pub w/ Tam Tam the Sandwich Man
20 MIAMI FL @ Mike & Sarah’s House
21 SARASOTA FL @ Pastimes Pub w/ Left Hand Side
22 ST PETERSBURG FL @ Cafe Bohemia w/ Permanent Makeup, Velma & the Happy Campers
23 GAINESVILLE FL w/ Velma & the Happy Campers
24 Tallahassee FL
25 Panama City FL
26 HATTIESBURG MS @ 1126 House
27 New Orleans LA
October
07 WICHITA KS @ Blue Lounge w/ The Fever Trend, Jenny Wood
08 Manhattan KS
09 LINCOLN NE @ Powerhouse
10 Omaha NE
11 Des Moines IA
12 Minneapolis MN
13 FARGO ND @ Red Raven
15 ABERDEEN SD @ Red Rooster
16 Rapid City SD
17 HILL CITY SD @ Prairie Berry Winery
18 FORT COLLINS CO @ GNU
19 Boulder CO
20 DENVER CO @ Mouth House
21 Colorado Springs CO
22 Grand Junction CO
23 Salt Lake City UT
24 NAMPA ID @ Big Red House
25 La Grande OR
26 Seattle WA
November
02 Olympia WA
03 Portland OR
04 Corvallis OR
05 Cottage Grove OR
06 Chico CA
07 Davis CA
08 San Francisco CA
09 Oakland CA
10 Santa Cruz CA
11 Fresno CA
12 Santa Barbara CA
13 Los Angeles CA
14 Irvine CA
15 San Diego CA
16 Phoenix AZ
17 Tucson AZ
18 Las Cruces NM
19 Santa Fe NM w/ Shenandoah Davis
Neil and Tony say:
If you don’t see a venue name, then we’re still working on confirming a show. Maybe you can help?!? neil@punksandcriminals.com
To see all of the past dates, go to:
http://worldhistoryband.com/?page_id=5
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