Category: N-S
Sick Pills – Sickening
75OL-184 Sick Pills – Sickening CD
$7.00 S&H Included
Digital download is available here
Track Listing
1. Wormfood
2. Nothing To Me
3. Get You Off My Mind
4. Evil In Your Eye
5. Summer’s Gone
6. Dead Teenager
7. If It’s Real
8. Growing Up
9. The Beach
10. He’s A Creep
11. I Wanna Be Adored
12. Without You
The debut album by Sick Pills recorded in the Fall of 2013 at Feedback Studios by Ron Poitras. 12 songs heavily influenced by 1980’s underground college rock. Sometimes noisy, sometimes poppy, and sometimes both! Influences include: Chameleons UK, Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth.
Six Star General – Hair Supply
75OL-180 Six Star General – Hair Supply CD
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Track Listing
1. Christopher Walken
2. I Don’t Know Where We’re Going (But I Know That It’s Not Good)
3. Trans Am Hands
4. Shaking Fists
5. I’m Expanding Slowly
6. Way Out of Control
7. Life in Vain
8. Breathe at Different Speeds
Hair Supply was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Plan of a Boy by Kraig Jordan in Providence, RI Dec 2012 – June 2013.
Dan Ulmschneider – drums, percussion
Kyle Jackson – guitars
Mark MacDougall – vocals, bass
also appearing
Stan Sobczak – moog synthesizer
Kraig Jordan – acoustic guitar
Tom Chace – piano
backing vocals by Jodie Treloar, Suicide Bill, Mark Cutler, Dan Ulmschneider
Artwork by William Schaff
All songs copyright Six Star General, except Life in Vain by Daniel Johnston.
Sister Mary – Sanctuary
75OL-172 Sister Mary – Sanctuary CD
$8.00 S&H Included
Track Listing
1. Brother
2. Whippoorwillow
3. Bed of Roses
4. Hungry Hearted Blues
5. Mother
6. Mountain
7. Road whiskey
8. Gettin’ In Blues
9. Father
10. Left Handed Cigarette
11. End of the World Blues
12. Sister
Sanctuary is the second full length album by Sister Mary. It could be described as psychedelicate bluesgrass, and is deeply rooted in American musical traditions – think if Skip James and Emmylou Harris had a lovechild. The album treats its musical heritage with great reverence, while also honoring the tradition of creative progress. Sanctuary was created in and behind a barn in Ashaway, RI and was written, performed, and produced by Mary T. S. Brooks. Judas Brooks and Max Rose contributed pedal steel, mandolin, fiddle, and mountain dulcimer.
Screen print edition of 250 copies on brown/white jackets with black/silver ink
Northern Lands – He Took a Dive
75OL-173 Northern Lands – He Took a Dive CD
$10.00 S&H Included
Track Listing
1. With Regards to Gregg Allman
2. Sydney
3. Home Free
4. Like the State or the Quarterback?
5. Gallows
6. Crumb
7. Lucky, Tonight
8. He Took a Dive
9. Burnside
Formed in the summer of 2011 as a backing band for singer Josh Cournoyer’s appearance at the WBRU Summer Concert Series, Northern Lands has since evolved into a full fledged rock and roll collaborative with Aaron Jaehnig (bass), Peter Hayden (lead guitar), and Joshua Wallace (drums) rounding out the lineup. In the past year they’ve played shows at New York’s Bowery Electric, TT The Bear’s Place,The Middle East in Cambridge, Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel sharing the stage with acts such as Kevin Devine and The Goddamn Band, Chris Conley (Saves The Day), I Am The Avalanche, Titus Andronicus, Turf War, and Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons. Recorded at the Parlour in Pawtucket (a studio that Sub Pop’s Six Finger Satellite built in the 90’s) with producer Dan Sawyer (B. Dolan, Prayers For Atheists, Ask The Dead) and mastered by Keith Souza and Seth Manchester at Machines with Magnets (Brown Bird, Fang Island) . Joining the band for guest spots on the album is Roz Raskin (The Ricecakes). Northern Lands also recently teamed up with Revival Brewing to launch their own craft lager, Northern Lands Lager which is available regionally this summer to coincide with the launch of He Took A Dive. For Fans of: The Hold Steady, Lucero, Dinosaur Jr., The E Street Band
Stan Sobczak – Stanatron
75OL-167 Stan Sobczak – Stanatron CD
$6.00 S&H Included
Track Listing
1. Stan Has Been Sick
2. Stan Stopped By Tonight
3. Stan Has Been Sick II
4. Stan The Dank
5. Stan in F
6. Stan Flounders (free mp3 download)
7. Stan Intercepts
8. Stan’s Old Tricks
9. Stan Can’t Remember
10. Stan’s New Moog (links to video)
Stanatron contains 10 ambient, hypnotic, cinematic soundscapes for fans of Brian Eno, Harold Budd, prescription medications, or sleeping.
Message from Stan: I don’t like the sound of voices – either singing or talking on telephones. I wish there was a way to remove vocals from records. They must have a computer program that can do this. Stuff like ‘Revolver’ or ‘Around The World In A Day’ would be so much better without all the talking, which is what most singing is: talking. The instrumentals on this LP represent what I think the soundtrack of my day would be. Most of the songs are meant to evoke the downstairs part of the house, where I spend a lot of time; but a few are for the upstairs; at least two are for work.
Suicide Bill and the Liquors – Suicide Comes Alive
75OL-159 Suicide Bill and the Liquors – Suicide Comes Alive CD
$7.00 S&H Included
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Track Listing
1 Bill’s Alternative Country
2 The Independent Man
3 What’s Up Nobody?
4 Real Problem
5 Onion Guy
6 W.O.N.E.N.E.
7 Fire Engine Red
8 Blind Girl
9 Biscuit City Bliss
10 River Friend
11 Nothing Makes Bill Happy
Want to know what 2 or 3 drunk folks usually endure at a Suicide Bill show? Want to know why the hell Bill won a singer/songwriter award in the Providence Phoenix? “Suicide Comes Alive!” answers all the big questions and raises a few new ones. Eleven new live and semi-alive songs featuring Bill and his guitar with backup shouts and percussion from The Liquors make up their 5th record. Bill’s brand of loud-acoustic/alt. rock has never been stronger than it is here. Three of the songs also feature great guitar and harmony-vocal work from the most elusive member of the Liquors, Ray Pruitt. Once again, Suicide and company make a record that sounds good cranked up in your car while you deliver stuff — probably pizza or newspapers. Have fun on your route.
Eric Ott and Nate Laban – Love Songs And Isolation
75OL-158 Eric Ott and Nate Laban – Love Songs And Isolation
$7.00 S&H Included
Track Listing:
- Balm
- Tim M. Grin
- Kill The Daylight
- Please Read
- Estranged
- Skipping Towards The Sun
Nate Laban is a songwriter born and raised in New Hampshire that has been writing, recording and performing for the last 20 years up and down the east coast of the U.S. Bands he has been in include, Brick House, The Frosting and skate punk band Wallos. Eric Ott has been playing in and around the region for 20 plus years himself and is a writer of critically acclaimed songs. Bands he has been involved with include The Bonnie Situation, Mercuryhat and his latest Eric and The Anxiety. Eric and Nate met at a party fellow songwriter Marty England had at his house in North Berwick, Maine a few years ago. They would meet up frequently for the next year or so and eventually it became a discussion between Eric and Nate to record something together and collaborate on a couple of songs. There was no pressure or time table adhered to and the recording took a year and a half to complete in Nate’s barn. The music itself has a good deal of 60’s pop rock influence, which is something they were striving for but not limiting themselves to. Themes range from soul suckers, failed one-sided relationships, lip balm, fresh new marriages to of course, isolation.
Sweet Love – Motor
75OL-151 Sweet Love – Motor
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Track Listing
- Sweet Love
- Black Hole
- Circuit Breaker
- Seen But Not Heard
- Dive
- Interstate
- The Circle
- The Long Road
Pouring out both melodic and atmospheric guitar riffs over driving bass and tight drum work, Sweet Love is fuzz-rock that will put you on a bus back to the days of 70’s stoner rock and beyond. The band’s debut album “Motor” is a tightly packed 35 minutes of heavy rock and roll with soulful lyrics culminating in head-banging hits. Barry Menard, Mark Roberge and John Hunter have been rocking Providence, RI together since 2010 and individually for over a decade. If you want to get your motor running, get some Sweet Love.
Limited to 125 silkscreen copies
Six Star General – Splinter
75OL-149 Six Star General – Splinter
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Track Listing:
- Ungroovy Feeling
- Curved Nerves
- Theme for Renee Montagne
- Shave Your Beard Into the Shape of a Smile
- Triple EEE
- Gasoline (After the Explosion mix)
- There’s No Steak In Cake (Broken Mixer mix)
- Dollar Bill
- Often Returns
From Providence Phoenix March 2012:
Their eighth studio effort, Splinter, finds guitarist Kyle Jackson, drummer Dan Ulmschneider, and bassist/vocalist Mark MacDougall peaking hard through concise and potent bursts of stoner sludge. Alt-rock fossils still hooked on vintage Dinosaur Jr., Silkworm, and Archers of Loaf should dig deep into their back catalog. Splinter was recorded in five sessions over two months, a marathon by SSG standards. Credit producer and local veteran musician Kraig Jordan (also of the Masons), who’s Plan of a Boy studio has become the go-to recording spot for SSG. Layers of Kyle Jackson’s guitar work resonate across Splinter on cuts “Curved Nerves” and “Triple EEE”, and if you listen closely, you’ll hear Jordan yelling through a bullhorn with swirling echoes. 75orLess brethren Mark Cutler, Bill Keough (Galvanize), and Joe Traynor (Vertical Twin) conjure a garage rock choir on a few tracks, including the opener “Ungroovy Feeling,” and the band reworked two cuts from the previous EP.
The Sentimental Favorites – The Unrelenting Sentimental Favorites
75OL-146 The Sentimental Favorites – The Unrelenting Sentimental Favorites CD
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Track Listing:
- Hey Sonny (video)
- The Rebel
- Everybody’s Working
- To a Bully
- Providence, I’m Sorry
- Hang Up and Drive
- I Can Hear You
- Get That Thing Off Your Face
- Toilet
- Noam Chomsky
- Fuck All
- Man Stung
- Inanimate Object
- Here Comes the Baby
- B.B. McBobo
- Twenty Anymore
- Put the Plow Down
- Pony
- I Valet
- Don’t Work at Home
- The Jaguar
- Litterbugs
- The Phoenix
- Squeezing the River
- Baltimore
- I’m Just Lois
- Poopie
- Roelle Family Christmas
- That Cigarette
- No Song for Judy
- When I’m Gone
The Sentimental Favorites are a no nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is Providence RI duo of seasoned entertainers. On The Unrelenting Sentimental Favorites, their sophomore effort five years in the making, they have plenty to say and do so in 31 songs about work, life, growing old, death, family, what’s wrong with the world today and how that cigarette makes you look fat. The first 25 copies include a poster with lyrics.