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The week in Slumberland, Feb 12-Feb 19
Lots and lots going on, here are some highlights from the week.
Black Tambourine released a tune from their upcoming EP of Ramones covers. They also announced an additional show they’ll be playing during the Chickfactor magazine 20th anniversary parties, at Maxwell’s in Hoboken on April 9th with Rose Melberg and Fan Modine. Their fund-raising Kickstarter project is going great guns, no doubt in part because their backers can get an exclusive color vinyl edition of the new EP.
Veronica Falls tour of US and Canada has been awesome so far, and continues on February 20th in Vancouver at The Media Club with Bleached. Check out all the dates and mark your calendar. Just added: an in-store appearance at Amoeba Hollywood on February 26th, 5pm. And if you haven’t heard it yet, check out their upcoming single “My Heart Beats.” More info about that soon.
Frankie Rose’s fabulous new album Interstellar is out February 21st and is getting lots of well-deserved attention. You can stream the whole album on Spin.com and watch a lovely video made by Hannah Lew for “Gospel/Grace.” Frankie and her band will be playing at a record release party on the 21st at Knitting Factory Brooklyn, and Frankie just announced a coast-to-coast tour with DIVE in April.
Spectrals are also hitting the road soon, opening for Cults on a very extensive US tour in March and April, including a slew of gigs at SxSW and culminating in some headline shows around NY at the beginning of May.
Terry Malts’ blazing debut album Killing Time is also out on February 21st, and we still have a handful of the limited edition color vinyl copies available via mail order. The band are planning a nationwide tour for April, so stay tuned for more info.
Next up on the release schedule are singles from Evans The Death, Allo Darlin’ and Roommates, all dues in stores on March 6th. Keep an eye out for pre-order info, coming soon.
Fave mag Big Takeover published a profile of Slumberland in their most recent print issue. It’s now available online in greatly expanded form on the Big Takeover site.
Check out previews from current and upcoming SLR releases on our Soundcloud:
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Slumberland began operations in 1989 as a collective effort consisting of members of DC area bands Velocity Girl, Big Jesus Trash Can/Whorl, Black Tambourine and Powderburns. We were inspired by such musical happenings as C-86, early Creation, Postcard, K, Bus Stop, lower East Side noise, and also the renegade art aesthetics of people like Cage, Burroughs and Duchamp. We were complete musical neophytes but so pumped-up about all the amazing things going on in post-punk independent music that we just had to jump in.
The explosion of punk had left behind a thriving network of 'zines, labels and distributors and we felt that there was room for our noise-loving, pop-obsessed aesthetic. While there were loads of US indie labels releasing a steady stream of 7"s, there wasn't much pop going on. Notable exceptions included Bus Stop, K and Picture Book, and we hoped to join that group and help chisel out some space for melodies amongst the noise.
Early releases from Velocity Girl and Black Tambourine struck a note, and we found like-minded popsters getting in touch from all over the world. As we expanded the label roster and our own horizons, the goal was always to bring you great songs and interesting sounds from a range of styles. And so it continues over twenty years later and 150+ releases later. We still get excited about listening to and sharing new music, and hope to be delivering sublime slabs of pop beauty for many years to come.
