The second co-release with Kentucky's Ionik Recordings, MW Ensemble is a project from northern Kentucky, featuring Nancy Wheeler, Jeremy Edison, and Mike Winters. This, their first release, is an EP entitled "Apartment or Nepal" to be followed by a full length in 2009. The music can be described as a "bit lounge" and appealing to fans of Dirty Three and American Analog Set. While Ionik will handle the digital distribution, 75orLess will be releasing the compact disc that includes an exclusive live track.
Kill Kill Kill is the solo project of Los Angeles-based musician Eric Stiner. A member of Boy/Girl, Kill Kill Kill will release 12 albums in 12 months from June 2008-June 2009. All of the releases have an environmentally conscience theme and the releases are made with recyclable materials. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Nature Conservancy in support of the mission behind the Kyoto Protocol. Designing and crafting his own "homemade" effects pedals and modified guitars and amplifiers, they mix the psychedelia of Acid Mothers Temple and the riff laden moxie of the Melvins. Not quite an EP, the five tracks contain over forty three minutes of music including an exclusive remix unavailable anywhere else.
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the breaks
just aks
jose on vaykay
coconut
morning breath
blue
antiPro
pleased
mario
hawaii
shagging fly balls
low life [I-III]
cholo, from Brooklyn NY, mix, garage, jazz-punk and melodic pop creating indie rock that is earnest, fresh and provacative. Paolo DeGregorio from buzz band magazine The Deli describes them as "...the best post-Pixies band I've ever heard". Felipe named the band in ode to his Peruvian roots but also from the identity crisis faced by first generation Latino-Americans. However, with members from Ireland, Guam, and exotic New Jersey, cholo pays tribute to the outsider perspective. In their sophomore release, UNLIMITED NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, they are steps closer to authenticating a sound that will have people on the outside looking in.
A high energy blast of detailed interaction and momentum from a quartet of hardcore free-jazz veterans featuring Philadelphia-based reedist and Cecil Taylor alumni Elliott Levin, notorious Flying Luttenbachers drummer Weasel Walter, bassist Damon Smith and pianist Scott R. Looney. A wide variety of abstract forms are explored on this release, from bizarre pointillism-plus-poetry to full-on raging torrents of sound and fury. This heavy, crystal-clear recording will appeal to old-school free music buffs as well as listeners looking for truly something different delivered with intensity, skill and wildness. A must for fans of ESP-Disk/BYG/FMP Records, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Peter Brotzmann, et al.
Turn Blue - It's Not What We Mean It's How We Mean
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Number Talking Passion Vans
Foreign-Pressed Factories
Job With Wine
So Obscene
Matchsticks To The Bar
When The One The Sun Names (Happens Briefly)
Sleepless Tree Underfund Family
Class Disaster Made Belle
Soundscape Letdown
Grate Away (And Take The Floor)
When Will We Come Around
I Dreamed I Killed Somebody
Heavily influenced by 60's and 70's pop, modern electronic music, and the blue-collar melancholy of Green Bay's industrial surroundings, Turn Blue is a band more interested in conveying emotion through complex melody and deceptively minimal soundscapes than conveying a meaning or message through played-out lyrical ideas. For fans of Elliott Smith, Wilco and Surf's Up era Beach Boys.
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choke
blissed
hands across the water
what we really need are flying cars
drinking away a hurricane
how to get on fire
la brea
student film
gnawing on their bones
quiet/loud/repeat
Recorded with Sean Lynch at Muzzle Recording Co. in Olneyville, the tongue-firmly-in-cheek titled "quiet/loud/repeat" packs ten songs and assorted weird noises into just over 36 minutes. Think of a room of drunken fools trying to mix Crazy Horse with Mogwai and you'd be pretty close to describing it. More pop and less aggressive than their previous two releases. For fans of Built to Spill, Silkworm, Neil Young, Slint, etc, etc.
In 2008, Suicide Bill and The Liquors' "A Little Bit....Burned?" is definitely worth five bucks. Never critically acclaimed, but often ashamed, the boys sometimes rock and sometimes acoustic through Bill's best collection of songs. Think part 80's Minneapolis, part 70's stadium, and part modern-day-quiet-complaining. $5.00= 16 growing older, hate the day-job, lonely, unsure anthems. A Suicidally Powerful Equation.....
Inspired by Quint's rendition of 'Spanish Ladies' in the film Jaws, Sharks Come Cruisin' combines traditional songs of sailing, whaling, drinking and sinking with drums, bass, fiddle, banjo, accordion, guitar and lots of hollering. On Four Years Before the Mast, SCC takes amplifies the shanties of New England by mixing their own influences like Flogging Molly, The Pogues, and Against Me!
Alfred Wakes Up In Strange Rooms And Considers The World
Don't Come Back From The Moon
By The Time I Get To Tucson
Their fourth release, recorded by Darren Burke over a two month period in Hyde Park, MA at Makeshift Studios. For this release, leader Anthony Loffredio's enlists longtime Barn Burning member James Toomey (drums) and some new members, Mike Samos (lap steel and bass), and Morgan Eve Swain (violin). Some of the songs are the full band while other are more stripped down with just violin or lapsteel. These songs are a reflection of how Barn Burning operates these days, either as a full band, a duo, or just Anthony playing solo. Alt-country indie rock and atmospheric soundscapes mixed with folk and post-rock for fans of My Morning Jacket, Jay Farrar, Joy Division and Sun Kil Moon.
Pure power pop for aging effete moderns, rock oracle von Doom erupts onto the 21st century's late first decade rock scene with sonic aplomb. Their debut disc, aptly titled The Universe is a mix of aesthetics, Latin roots, the state of the art, and psychedelic effrontery. Navigating the treacherous void surrounding us all, von Doom's requiem for humanity floats above the fray, all the while forging a path straight through your ear-fields.
The Spectacular Fantastic is a pop leaning rock band from the outskirts of Cincinnati. The duo, featuring multi-instrumentalists' Mike Detmer and Jonathan Williams, return with their new EP Consume. Co-released with Cincinnati's Ionik Recordings, the current EP will also be complimented by a free online only 'Reward' EP. Having made some of their back catalog available for free downloads, the band believes that allowing the listener to decide what to pay for music is the wave of the future for independent artists. For fans of The Beatles, Neil Young, and Sebadoh.
Fashion Failures began in 2004 out of Pawtucket, RI and still call the city home . Loud, fiery guitar rock, drunken blues and big sing-a-long choruses with an entertaining stage show to match. Influenced by various bands including The Stooges, Chuck Berry, The Clash, Kinks, The Real Kids and Motorhead.
Baylies Band come out swinging on "Risibility and Discourse" starting with a nearly 17 minute Krautrock instrumental dipped in Japanese noise rock with a pinch of the Swans. That is followed by a mixed bag of 8 songs, some telling stories and rocking like the Melvins, others with a Captain Beefheart-flair, with John Cage and King Crimson nodding their approval. Features members of Temple Of Bon Matin, world criss-crossing noise and jazz rock pioneers and Mike
Mountain's band.
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Rock/Pop/Psych songs were conceived from bouts of rain-drenched insomnia and often fueled by an infamous, government created strain of contraband from British Columbia (The Propellers neither condone or discourage use of said contraband). The Propellers cover a wide range of themes; Lullabies for the adorable yet petulant child, Homesickness, a Rooftop Swan Song, and a Love Song of Extraterrestrial Proportions. Fans of Wilco, Randy Newman, The Flaming Lips, Tom Waits, and Pink Floyd will delight in this ear candy.
Their second full length release of 2007 is a collection of new songs, covers, a remix, unreleased four track recordings and live radio show performances. Features a remix from The Masons' Kraig Jordan, self-recorded four track recordings, a performance on WBSR Radio, and covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Butthole Surfers and Jonathan Richmond.
Third recording from Chris Evil & the Taints. Recorded by Tono Ramirez and Greg Furious in two days while Chris and Eric got drunk. Garage pop punk-core for people that like Black Flag, the New Bomb Turks, the Oblivians, and stuff like that.
Baylies Band - Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
"One More Than Seventy Four" features music from twenty four Rhode Island bands, many of the songs previously unreleased. Silkscreened jackets are available in gold, silver, black and dark blue inks.
Providence RI's own folk troubadour Ben Pilgrim releases his first EP on 75orLess. The well crafted songs run the gamut from personal to political, from humorous to deadly serious, with Ben joined on several tracks by regular side-kick Mary Bee and his band, The Free Union.
Debut EP recorded in Providence, RI during 2006 and 2007, Forest is a collection of experimental home recordings and conversations. Featuring a wide array of instruments and electronics, Forest has something for everyone. This record is energetic, harsh, and cuddly. Influences include The Swirlies, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, The Boredoms, and Need New Body.
This feature length film, which opens on September 7, 2007, documents the long history of Rocky Point Park, an amusement park and shore dinner hall situated along the coast of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. The soundtrack features 15 tracks by Johnny Carlevale performed by his many musical projects - His Band Of All Stars, The Rollin' Pins, The Acoustic Trio, The Big Kahunays, and The Bomboleros! Carlevale takes a folk approach to fusing the sounds of rhythm & blues, jazz, swing, and country blues.
Six Star General's third full length release in 18 months, "Already On One" has them returning to Plan Of A Boy Studio in Providence to record with The Masons' Kraig Jordan. Clocking in at 26 minutes, it's their longest release to date and includes a pair of instrumentals. Influences include Mudhoney, Spacemen 3, Silkworm.
Recorded at both Machines With Magnets and a former karate dojo in East Providence, the Cold War's shimmering, guitar driven debut is reminiscent of peak period Echo and the Bunnymen, Chameleons UK, and Head on the Door-era Cure.
After a decade spent as ghost detainees incarcerated at an undisclosed detention camp, the legendary and incendiary Followers return with an album hailed as "Un-American" and labeled "Subversive" by the Department of Homeland Security and the hegemonic Christian Coalition. Long feared confiscated or deleted under the auspices of the inestimable Patriot Act, the insurrectionary and vitriolic album dubbed 'Secret Handshake' finally makes its commercial debut. Admittedly an intractable reaction to animal vivisection, authoritarianism, and rampant fascism in America, and inspired to a great extent by psychotropic and flammable solvents, the release of the mercurial and vehement 10 track recording promises to deliver The Followers back into CIA hands to be remanded in Eastern Europe for another decade.
Recorded and mixed in two marathon 8 hour sessions with engineer Jason Macierowski, "A Collection of Songs..." revisits the mammoth crescendos and washed out space guitar of their previous release and expands them, taking tense quiet melodies and then throwing them at a brick wall of guitar shrapnel and shattered drum sticks. For fans of Built to Spill, Shellac, the Who, Hum, Mogwai, etc.
THE 'MERICANS are a rhode island band and their new record WHERE ALL DEAD LEAVES GO is the full-band follow-up to the 2006 all acoustic release 'MERICAN RECORDINGS.
WHERE ALL DEAD LEAVES GO was recorded by the band and mixed by PETE DONNELLY of the FIGGS and is full of spacy rootsy moody textural sounds reminiscent of PURPLE IVY SHADOWS, the group that 'MERICANS singer/guitarist CHRIS DALTRY fronted from 1991-2002.
THE 'MERICANS mostly draw influence from the psychedelic folk-rock bands of the 1960's like THE BYRDS and CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, as well as more current artists like RYAN ADAMS, BEACHWOOD SPARKS, the shins, THE FEELIES, the jayhawks THE PERNICE BROTHERS, daniel lanois + WILCO.
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Favorite Song
Dog Stars
Season Song
Travelling Feet
One Gray Cloud
Kaiser Cartel is a two-piece band out of Brooklyn, New York. Smart Boy-Girl lyrics, brilliant harmonies with catchy choruses and great hooks. This EP was recorded live at Blue Ribbon Sound on May 22, 2007. Peter, Paul & Mary minus Peter plus The Breeders.
Recorded between April 1996 and May 1998 on a Tascam 4 track cassette and forgotten about, the five members of Güntaard have never all been in the same room at the same time but were all fueled by the same things- bong hits, failed relationships, and unemployment. Using traditional instruments such as guitars, bass, and keyboards as well as drum machines, screwdrivers on metal tables, tape loops, television sets, electronic toys with dying batteries, they recorded over 100 songs in this two year period. These recordings were recently discovered and transferred to cd. For fans of Ween, Trollin Withdrawal and Butthole Surfers.
The F.I.D.'s first release since 1997 has arrived. Cry Me a Rivet spans the entire 12 year history of Rhode Island's least talented yet most beloved band. Mark, Dave, Drummer John, Nason, and sometimes Mike try their best to remind us that they actually can play their instruments and remember ALL the words (despite what you might think if you've seen them live).
After almost 7 years The Masons return with Let You Down Easy, the follow up to the critically acclaimed Change Me Back. The Kraig Jordan-helmed recording project delivers 14 new songs you swear you've heard before, but never did, until now. Although the 4-track cassette recorder and milk crate microphone stand have been replaced by a custom built converted garage recording studio, the instant excitement of Change Me Back flourishes on Let You Down Easy. Think Neil Young, The Beatles, Velvet Underground, Ween and you're getting close. Let You Down Easy features appearances by Don Sanders (Medicine Ball), Dave Narcizo (Throwing Muses), Jeffrey Underhill (Velvet Crush), Eric Fontana, Sarah Lupo, and other Rhode Island musicians.
A PASSING FEELING's debut LP and follow-up to the critically acclaimed self-titled EP (2005, 75 or Less) finds the band breaking new ground, with a grittier, darker, and more developed version of the hyper-pop sound they created one year ago. This is a record of unmatched life and intensity; Every track finds the band breathing and breaking down, spitting out an original combination of pop hooks and raucous pounding drums and guitars. This record was made to be chanted in basements across America. The lyrics reflect the dirtier parts of early twenties life - drinking, driving, bliss, heartache and everything else in between. Produced by Mark Ospovat (Wooden Wand, Parts and Labor, Meneguar).
From the slow settling dust of PURPLE IVY SHADOWS comes THE 'MERICANS, a Rhode island band based around the songs of CHRIS DALTRY. Their first record, 'MERICAN RECORDINGS, was recorded at home, on borrowed recording equipment on the west side of Providence. The sounds of this first record are the foundation of what daltry's songs are all about - rootsy folky moody pop songs about another way of seeing things. Includes appearances by JOEL THIBODEAU of DEATH VESSEL and STRING BUILDER, former PURPLE IVY SHADOWS member WILL RICE and MARGIE WIENK on upright bass. Fans of GILLIAN WELCH, Son Volt, VARNALINE, THE FEELIES, CCR, PURPLE IVY SHADOWS, Neko Case and Johnny Cash's AMERICAN RECORDINGS, step right up.
In 2005, Providence, RI's Lame Drivers secretly released The Captain Amazing EP - five hook-filled and fuzzed out songs conceived in a New Jersey
basement, developed in Providence, and messily birthed onto a handful of CD-Rs. Then they went on hiatus. Now they're back with this reissue of their debut EP plus five bonus tracks. Lame Drivers make DIY punk-informed pop rock inspired by the unpredictable eclecticism of freeform radio. Such classic, vital tunes are hard to come by these days. Not far removed from GBV, Replacements, Hüsker Dü, The Zeros, Elvis Costello, The Capstan Shafts.
It is 2006, and Cowboy Steve K returns to the scene with a deeper understanding of life's blessings, fragilities and wonders. Once an 80's rock devotee, he now distills his musings through the rubric of country song. Some say his songs are like a bar room sing-along without the chorus. A critic once penned that Cowboy Steve K reminded him of a drunk version of Rain Man. These wide-ranging perspectives illustrate the dichotomy that is Cowboy Steve K: half troubadour, half versifier, and half true. And that ain't half bad.
Rhode Island singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Fred Kendal Abong is mostly known as onetime bass player for both Throwing Muses and Belly. For the last two years, however, Fred has been busy writing and performing his own material. Moonman is a small sample of the more than one hundred songs written and recorded during this fertile period. Half-electric and half-acoustic, the songs on Moonman have drawn comparisons to The Replacements, Tom Waits, Meat Puppets, The Clash, Firehose, and Bob Dylan.
Rome, four guys are looking to restore some faith in the frustrating destiny of modern Pop. Armed with cheeky noises and corrupted guitars, Turnpike Glow rely on moral sanity and multi-layered cunning to reach all the different glances your soul desires. Draws from Doves, Flaming Lips, Pavement, Beta Band and Broken Social Scene. A rare collection of fresh melodies and lush soundscapes for independent film and celestial waltzes.
Rhode Island based musicians each contributed a song to raise money for the Providence Animal Rescue League. Two cds with 31 bands, almost two hours of music. Mastered by Scott Rancourt from Brickhaus Studios in Newport, RI. Jackets were hand-screened in the 75orless house with exclusive design by Ryan Jackson.
The Providence Animal Rescue League is a private organization serving Providence and the state of Rhode Island. The League's mission is to provide for the rescue and relief of suffering of homeless animals and perform charitable or benevolent acts for the welfare of animals. The League has been dedicated to the care and welfare of animals and humane education for more than 90 years. PARL can be contacted by phone at 401-421-1399.
Worcester, MA's own Killing Pablo bring their first official release, this 6 song e.p., to 75orLess Records... just over 30 minutes of feedback laden anarchistic art rock. Recorded with George Dussault at Galilee Studios, Pop Songs For Assholes mixes together a myriad of influences (Dinosaur Jr, Mogwai, Lightning Bolt, the MC5, Glenn Branca and everything inbetween) to create a style that is both a contemplative reverb-drenched drone and ear-bleeding sonic terrorism.
Providence RI's Six Star General follow up their February 2006 Zinger EP with this 11 track release recorded with George Dussault (Laurels, Von Ryans Express, The Golden Touch) at Galilee Studios. Recorded in six hours with no overdubs - 11 tracks in 22 minutes - equal parts punk, quasi-metal and distorted pop. If you're into Boyracer, Shellac, Husker Du, Supersuckers, or Karp, this is your latest fix.
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Pixelated One & Zeros is the Staggering Statistics second release. The Staggering Statistics began as a three-piece rock band from Cincinnati, OH. Bassist John Curley was a founding member of the Afghan Whigs and owns Cincinnati's Ultrasuede recording studio. Austin Brown is a prolific songwriter and musician who played in dozens of bands from Houston to Seattle before arriving in Cincinnati and joining dozens more, many at the same time. Joe and Austin had worked together at Kaldi's on Main in the late 1990's. During that time, they composed and recorded music in Joe's downtown apartment.
The band were 2005's Best New Artist at the recent CEA (Cincinnati's Entertainments Awards).
Frontman Austin Brown's laconic voice and tales of the hard life hit even harder when paired with this Cincy trio's bluesy, sinuous raucous, marked by a rhythm section that could anchor a battleship. The melodic shagginess of early Pavement often comes to mind, yet SS possess a genuinely dark undercurrent that's entirely their own.
This is the soundtrack to bloody knuckles. This is indie-punk. These are the hearts and souls of four young men from New York. This is "A PASSING FEELING", or "How to Never Sleep Ever". A PASSING FEELING formed in May of 2005. One part the bare-bones youthfulness of early Guided By Voices and the Thermals, another the floor-punching intensity of their post-punk contemporaries, and half straight whiskey, A PASSING FEELING is the east coast's answer to whatever shit the west coast is talking. The gameplan? Put out records, hit the road, and stay hungry. The dress code for any A PASSING FEELING show? Simply this, as always: bring the phlegm, kill the lights and there will be blood, sweat and booze to go around.
