1. new releases …………
VBM 107 - RICHARD SWIFT - The Novelist / Walking Without Effort 2 x 12″ + bonus cd. This will be available on March 1st, or a bit sooner for those of you who pre-ordered it. This is a double 12″ on high quality vinyl in a gatefold jacket + it includes a bonus cd inside with Mr. Swifts personal home recorded demos. This is a co-release with our pals at Secretly Canadian.
VBM 105 - LN - Dirt Floor Hotel Part II cd - In case you didn’t know LN is over and this is their last release. Absolutely stunning and amazing end to a great band. Minimal, smooth, and heart aching. “These songs are so raw and rough that you can almost feel the pain that was spent crafting these 11 songs” - Smother Magazine “Any fan of Red House Painters, Nick Drake, Nick Cave, Clem Snide or any folksy-indie rock should look into LN, it’s completely worth the tim, effort, and cash” - Punkbands.com “LN has again stretched itself musically, creating a work that is full, stripped down, emotional, sad, warm, cold, touching, and expertly produced” - Somewherecold.com
VBM 106 - Kissing Cousins - Self-titled cd ep - Oh, all the hype. All girl band crafting lo-fi-ish, dark guitar lines with ultra sultry vocals. Sonic Youth meets PJ Harvey. They are on the new Vice sampler, opening for Low and The New Year, Richard Swift, getting great press, and hitting the road for a short outing in April. “Kissing Cousins certainly know how to set the mood, so even if the big boys don’t notice, this ep will do wonders for your love life” - Crap Filter Magazine “Their songs are left dark, brooding, and superbly lo-fi. Because that’s what makes them extremely artistic and angsty, without the angst” - Smother Magazine
VBM 103 - LN - Without Your Song 7″ - First LN songs on vinyl. A side is the title track, B side is a beautiful, super slowed down version of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”. Beautiful silver jacket too !
VBM 102 - SILVER CITIES - Emergency cd ep - If you haven’t heard of heard about these guys, you will. Their recent live shows (opening for She Wants Revenge, Adorable, Richard Swift, The 88, etc) have brought them quite a buzz around town. The 5 songs ep is a post punk, late 70’s, early rock, drama, you can dance to ? ” Silver Cities is not a carbon copy of The Killers, Franz Ferdinand or whatever the dance-rock-du-jour is on the airwaves. The album has very solid hooks” - Crap Filter Magazine
2. news ………………
Kissing Cousins have finished recording their new ep “EP2″ which will be released in March.
Map have finished the recording of their new 6 song ep “San Francisco in the 90’s” (produced by Jason Martin), which should be out sometime in April. We are also trying to include the Map video for “Monk with a Gun” directed by Richard Swift on this new ep as well.
The Calico Sunset, have gone crazy, scrapped the 5 song ep they turned in last month, and have recorded another 5 songs (with J. Dooley on guitars). Artwork for this is being completed now.
Gary Murray (of LN) will begin work on his first solo effort later this month. We are all very excited for this !
Silver Cities have been writing and rehearsing new songs and gearing up to record their first full length. Also as you’ve probably seen, they are playing like a million shows.
Other Desert Cities have been taking forever to get the artwork completed for their follow up record, but we promise it will all be worth the wait.
Soon we’ll have selected VBM releases available at Itunes, we’ll keep you posted.
