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Girls Names on tour
Girls Names are headed out on tour in Europe for a few weeks, culminating in an appearance at Primavera. Scroll down and check out their new tune “A Troubled See,” coming out soon on a split single with Weird Dreams that we’re co-releasing with Tough Love.
22nd May 2012
Night and Day, Manchester (UK) w/ Former Bullies/Waiters
23rd May 2012
The Waiting Room, London (UK) w/ French Kissing/Drop Out Venus
24th May 2012
The Green Door Store, Brighton (UK) w/ Splashh/Heliopause
26th May 2012
Le Guess Who Festival, Utrecht (Netherlands)
27th May 2012
Effenaar, Eindhoven (Netherlands)
28th May 2012
Cafe Video, Gent (Belgium)
29th May 2012
Point Ephemere, Paris (France) w/ Beach Fossils
2nd/3rd June 2012
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New Girls Names tune
Check out this fantastic new tune from Girls Names. It’ll be on a split single with Weird Dreams that we’re co-releasing with our friends at Tough Love Records in June.
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Stream Violens' new album "True"
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Today I remembered how fucking great this record is.
Posted on April 24, 2012 via never lose that feeling with 5 notes
Source: Spotify
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Stream the new Allo Darlin’ album
You can now stream the new Allo Darlin’ album “Europe” in full over at This Is Fake DIY. Includes a nice track-by-track walk-though w/Elizabeth. The Allo Darlin’ US Tour starts tonight in NYC!
04/24 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge * + Ski Lodge, Field Recordings (tix:http://goo.gl/pgB93)
04/25 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie * (tix: http://goo.gl/F3fXq)
04/26 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage * (tix: http://goo.gl/2A2Oa)
04/27 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 * (tix: http://goo.gl/iGY6M)
04/28 Atlanta, GA - 529 * + Gold-Bears (tix: http://goo.gl/opH1g)
04/30 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon *
05/01 Austin, TX - Mohawk * + Leatherbag (tix: http://goo.gl/0gmHL)
05/03 Santa Fe, NM - Sol at Santa Fe Brewing Company * (tix: http://goo.gl/JZA7q)
05/04 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress * (tix: http://goo.gl/qMoN3)
05/05 Los Angeles, CA - Echo * + Red Yellow Sparks (tix: http://goo.gl/h0YGf)
05/06 San Diego, CA - Casbah * (tix: http://goo.gl/sFfhG)
05/08 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop * (tix: http://goo.gl/2O7iO)
05/09 Chico, CA - Origami Lounge *
05/10 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios * (tix: http://goo.gl/M3NCd)
05/11 Seattle, WA - Vera Project * (tix: http://goo.gl/LxBoc)
05/14 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry * + Still Pacific (tix: http://goo.gl/zJvKS)
05/15 Chicago, IL - Schubas * + The Halamays (tix: http://goo.gl/BgVqc)
05/16 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern * + Gomez Adams (tix: http://goo.gl/sJqv2)
05/17 Stanhope, NJ - Stanhope House *
05/18 New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine * + The Wee Bees (tix: http://goo.gl/FwFCj)
05/20 New York, NY - NYC Popfest @ Littlefield w/Swearin’ (NYC), Sleuth (CANADA), Dot Dash (DC), The Holiday Crowd (CANADA), White Town (UK), The Wave Pictures (UK), The Ladybug Transistor (NYC)
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New Violens single, tour dates
Have a listen to Violens’ excellent new single “Totally True,” out April 17th. They’ve got a few coming up around the release of the single and their new album:
4/14 - Miami, FL @ Maps Backlot -Art Walk Concert Series
4/28 - Hamden, CT @ Outer Space w/Lower Dens
4/29 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott w/Lower Dens
5/03 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s w/Lower Dens
5/04 - Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel w/Lower Dens
5/05 - Baltimore, MD @Otto Bar w/ Lower Dens
5/16 - New York, NY @Le Poisson Rouge (Record Release show)UPDATE: The “Totally True” single is out now. Mail order copies on milky clear vinyl while supplies last.
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Evans The Death album streaming at Artrocker
Listen to the Evans The Death album in its entirety. It’s an absolute corker.
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They were Roommates
Super excited about this upcoming Slumberland single. Ben from Fucked Up and Mark from Marvelous Darlings teamed-up to make some fantastic power-pop a few years ago and sneaked it out on some very limited cassettes. We’ll be releasing a 4 song 7” EP on March 20th. Stay tuned for color vinyl pre-orders.
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Evans The Death - Telling Lies
A lot if nice words floating around about the new Evans The Death single. Here it is in case you missed it. Out March 6th.
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New Veronica Falls song, tour
Hooray! New Veronica Falls tune just in time for their tour, which starts tomorrow in DC.
02/08 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat * (tix: http://goo.gl/xjqTD)
02/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * % (tix: http://goo.gl/xjC7D)
02/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Voyeur Nightclub # (tix: http://goo.gl/44875)
02/11 – Somerville, MA @ Radio * (info: https://www.facebook.com/radiosomerville)
02/13 – Montreal, Canada @ Belmont * (tix: http://goo.gl/T872M)
02/14 – Toronto, Canada @ The Garrison * (tix: http://goo.gl/aPgaV)
02/15 - Ann Arbor, MI @ The Blind Pig * (tix: http://goo.gl/5hula)
02/16 – Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle * (fix: http://goo.gl/AP4Ya)
02/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry † (tix: http://goo.gl/SSywA)
02/20 – Vancouver, Canada @ The Media Club † (tix: http://goo.gl/P3bA9)
02/21 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern † (tix: http://goo.gl/jIVnx)
02/22 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge † (tix: http://goo.gl/Lec2n)
02/24 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop (Noise Pop 2012) *† (tix: http://goo.gl/VH1Hi)
02/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater † (tix: http://goo.gl/8pkgG)
02/27 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah † (tix: http://goo.gl/MOhpj)
# with Dum Dum Girls
* w/Brilliant Colors
% w/Grooms
† w/ Bleached
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.
