Jon Ashley and the Decedents to celebrate their new release, Doghouse Flowers, on Friday, May 14th at Seidenfadens. The line-up for the show is incredible with Shadwick Wilde and Paul K. and the Weatherman to also perform that evening.
The album will be available at Ear-X-Tacy on May 11th.
Jon Ashley, Doghouse Flowers, CD Release Information Louisville, KY – April 27, 2010 – Jon Ashley will celebrate his new studio album, Doghouse Flowers, with a CD release show at Seidenfadens on Friday, May 14th.
Info: Jon Ashley CD Release Friday, May 14th Seidenfadens 1134 East Breckinridge Street Louisville, KY 40204 9 pm
We here at Backseat have not been shy about showing our love for local musician extraordinaire Cheyenne Marie Mize. Her new EP, Before Lately was a “Local Listen” back in March and now we are excited to announce that she has signed with sonaBLAST! Records and will be having a formal CD release show at Glassworks on June 4th (details below). Word from the social networking buzz is that Before Lately may make an appearance on vinyl as well! Regardless of format, we’ve been waiting for a solo release from CMM for what seems like forever. It was well worth the wait and we are looking forward to seeing all the well deserved success that follows.
Friday June 4th, 2010
Cheyenne Marie Mize with Joan Shelley
Glassworks Rooftop
815 W Market Street
Louisville, Kentucky
$6 ADV/ $8 DOS / 21+ / 9p
If you absolutely can’t wait until June 4th to see Cheyenne, then head to Skull Alley with us on May 10th. She’ll be playing there with a great band, Horse Feathers. Details HERE.
More Cheyenne Marie Mize Details below the break… (more…)
As you probably know by now, we are vinyl fanatics here at B.S. If you are too, here is an opportunity for you to get Sade’s new album on vinyl. Just comment below and let us know which vinyl you own is your favorite. I know it is like picking a favorite child, but mine is probably The National’s Cherry Tree EP on clear cherry red vinyl. The album releases on March 23rd, so I’ll announce a winner on the 20th. Good luck.
VINYL FORMAT. Epic Records is pleased to announce the release of Soldier of Love, the highly anticipated new body of work from Sade. Soldier of Love is Sade’s first official studio album since the multi-platinum release of Lovers Rock in 2000. That’s a long time Sade, where have you been?! Writing sweet lovejamz, I guess.
“Soldier of Love” is based entirely around a single staggering groove, a wounded stride anchored simply by a regular kick drum and delayed snare. Around this motif, and its unrelenting-yet-damaged steps, a song is gradually carved: a sensuous sculpture that refuses to congeal, an effect not unlike making out an uncertain shape by touch in total darkness…. – Pitchfork.
Murdoc and his band of merry musicians have emerged from their Plastic Beach recording studio out in the middle of the sea with a pirate vibe and a brand new record, PLASTIC BEACH. We’d like to thank Murdoc for his kind welcome message this week (those were his melodic tones greeting you as you checked out the site) and assure him that we’re heading to our own favorite indie outpost to pick up the new Gorillaz. See you at the record store.
It is no secret that we are HUGE fans of Louisville band, THE PASS. We’ve seen them live a couple times and have been blow away by their talent and the pure entertainment they have brought to town. They have a lot of big things headed their way and it is starting with the release of their debut EP, Colors. STARTING TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010, COLORS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT EAR X-TACY. Head down there and pick it up. You will be supporting a great local band and ear x-tacy as well. For a taste, listen to one of our favorite tracks from the EP, “Crosswalk Stereo,” below…
Hailing from Louisville, KY and sounding like the spot where Phoenix and Starfucker go to have their babies, The Pass are making us dance with their mad catchy quasi-single “Crosswalk Stereo”. Said single appears on the Pass’ self-made debut EP, Colors, which is supposed to be out later this month.
The Pass are currently working on their debut full-length release, which will be mixed by Alex Aldi. You have heard of some of his most recent clients: Tokyo Police Club, Passion Pit, Harlem Shakes (RIP ), and the Walkmen. Both the EP and the LP will be released by Louisville indie record label SonaBLAST! Records. You can download the first single, “Crosswalk Stereo” for free below. Mark my words when I say these guys are the next, next, next big thing.
On March 9, Titus Andronicus has a new album, The Monitor, out on XL. It is “an ambitious, kick-ass, so-geeky-it’s-cool concept record about the Civil War.” On March 12th, you get to see them in-store at ear x-tacy at 6pm. Go ahead and mark it down. Rolling Stone Magazine even hyped them last month. This will be one of those shows where we look back in a year and say, “they played for free at ear x-tacy?” Trust me. You don’t want to miss it!
03-06 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom #
03-08 Fords, NJ – Vintage Vinyl (in-store)
03-09 Lakewood, OH – My Mind’s Eye (in-store)
03-10 Columbus, OH – Used Kids (in-store)
03-11 Athens, OH – Ohio University 03-12 Louisville, KY – Ear X-Tacy (in-store)
03-13 Chicago, IL – Reckless Records Wicker Park (in-store)
03-14 St. Louis, MO – Vintage Vinyl (in-store)
03-16 Dallas, TX – Good Records (in-store)
03-20 Austin, TX – Red 7 Patio (SXSW) $
03-21 El Paso, TX – Black Market
03-22 Phoenix, AZ – Chryo Arts
03-23 Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theater
03-24 Santa Barbara, CA – Club Mercy *
03-26 Visalia, CA – Cellar Door
03-27 Sacramento, CA – Luigi’s Fungarden
03-28 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
03-30 Seattle, WA – Vera Project
03-31 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
04-01 Vancouver, British Columbia – TBD
04-02 Missoula, MT – The Palace
04-04 Fargo, ND – The Aquarium
04-05 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
04-07 Chicago, IL – The Bottom Lounge
04-08 Detroit, MI – Majestic Cafe
04-09 Toronto, Ontario – Sneaky Dee’s
04-10 Montreal, Quebec – Green Room
04-11 New Paltz, NY – St. Paul Lutheran Church Parish Hall
04-12 Allston, MA – Great Scott
04-13 Bronx, NY – Rodrigues Coffee House (Fordham University)
04-14 Purchase, NY – SUNY Purchase Student Center
04-15 Philadelphia, PA – The Barbary
04-16 Washington, DC – Positive Force DC (St. Stephen’s Church)
04-17 Charlottesville, VA – Random Row
04-18 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
04-19 Atlanta, GA – 529
04-20 Indianapolis, IN – Radio Radio
04-22 Columbus, OH – Summit
04-23 Harrisburg, PA – Abbey Bar
04-24 Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s
# with Parts and Labor, the Babies
$ with Fucked Up, J Mascis
* with Ted Leo
I’ve been buying records at Ear X-tacy since I was a tadpole,” says Jim James of My Morning Jacket. He adds, “I think the thing that people forget about is the community and the memories that are created when you come to an independent and locally owned record store that you can only get in that town.”This quote is from the recording “Celebración de la Ciudad Natal,” a live album recorded in Louisville, at Ear x-tacy, and also the city’s Waterfront park by My Morning Jacket. The release was produced for Record Store Day 2009. In support of the save Ear X-tacy campaign, My Morning Jacket and ATO records is allowing all download sales for one month of this release to go directly to Ear x-tacy. The album will also feature a special price of $ 4.99. You can purchase the download exclusively via their digital home page at http://earxtacy.thinkindie.com, or directly here. The download is a hi-res 320 kb MP3 made available via ThinkIndie.com, which is owned and operated by CIMS(Coalition Of Independent Music stores), of which Ear X-tacy is a founding member.
I’ve been spinning this album non-stop recently. If you don’t already own it, now is the perfect time!!
If you are like me and love vinyl, now is the time to head down to ear x-tacy. Not just because of the recent buzz around their financial state, but because there is a really great deal going on there this week. Details above.
This morning at 10am, a ton of local media and fans of ear x-tacy filled the record store for a press conference with owner John Timmons to address “potential changes to ear x-tacy.” In sum, ear x-tacy is is trouble and they have been for the past three years. In order to stay above water (or rather return to the black), Timmons made a plea, not for our charity, but for our business. The times have changed and more and more people are downloading on-line every day. Some legally, a lot illegally. Bottom line, if you want ear x-tacy to stick around, purchase your music there (they even have an on-line store).
Timmons also took questions and admitted that there is a possibility that the store may close or change locations. Word is someone has even offered him FREE RENT in a different location. While it would be a huge loss to the highlands area and the general psyche of the status of supports, I’d rather have ear x-tacy in a new, possibly smaller location, than to not have it at all. If you look at great record stores in other areas such as Grimey’s in Nashville and Shake It! in Cincy, they are not in the best area in town, but they create their own traffic. They ARE the destination, not the area. Ear x-tacy can survive a move. They have before.
Timmons also mentioned the possibility that another option would be to downsize in the current location and share the space with another business (perhaps upstairs or wall off the back room that is mostly used for CD’s. Ear x-tacy’s lease is up in March, but he said the owner may give him a little extra time to work out their negotiations. Let’s hope they work it out.
On a related note, there were a ton of local artist present, including Jim James and Patrick Hallahan of My Morning Jacket. I could list all of the other local artist, but it would go on forever and I know I would leave people out. Also, I saw a lot of familiar faces in the local music scene, including bloggers, PR/Management folks, festival curators, concert promoters and venue owners. Everyone was gathered in one room, for one reason…we all love ear x-tacy and want to see it do well. It really said a lot about how close-nit we all really are and how much everyone cares about this important part of Louisville’s history AND FUTURE.
Here is the video of the press conference in four parts (damn youtube time limits)…
A full album stream of Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore’s record, Dear Companion, can be found on the band’s website all this week leading up to their February 16th release date!
Dear Companion is a collaboration between three Kentucky musicians: the songs are written and performed by Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore, produced by and featuring Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket and Monsters of Folk. Recorded in the first half of 2009 in their home state, Dear Companion explores their ties to the place they love and aims to draw attention to the problem of mountaintop removal coal mining and its impact on the people and heritage of central Appalachia.
A portion of the proceeds from Dear Companion will benefit Appalachian Voices, an organization devoted to ending mountaintop removal and finding a better way forward. Learn more at: www.ilovemountains.org or www.subpop.com
sonaBLAST! Records and Crash Avenue Publicity, in conjunction with Forecastle Festival, are pleased to announce, Survival Kit 2K10: The Path to Relevance in the New Decade.
Survival Kit 2K10 is a special music networking event on par with the conference discussions hosted at Austin’s South By Southwest and New York’s CMJ Music Marathon. As a warm up to this month’s Halfway to Forecastle, a variety of music media will be in Louisville to attend and discuss issues in the ever-changing and complicated world of independent music publishing.
Survival Kit 2K10 will host a panel of speakers and participants both locally and nationally to discuss issues and offer advice, focusing on the tools and the objectives necessary for a budding artist to thrive in the new decade. This event aims to be helpful to the talented pool of regional musicians around Louisville, as well as a chance for musicians, tastemakers, and industry insiders to connect.
Survival Kit 2K10 will take place at The Green Building before Halfway to Forecastle, Saturday January 23rd from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event kicks off with a meet and greet, then leads into our panel discussion and Q & A. Appetizers and cash bar will be available (with drink specials – it’s still a recession) courtesy of 732 Social.
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is non-ticketed and on a first come basis.
From Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore’s album Dear Companion out February 16th, 2010 on Sub Pop.
Dear Companion is a collaboration between three Kentucky musicians: the songs are written and performed by Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore, produced by and featuring Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket and Monsters of Folk. Recorded in the first half of 2009 in their home state, Dear Companion explores their ties to the place they love and aims to draw attention to the problem of mountaintop removal coal mining and its impact on the people and heritage of central Appalachia.
A portion of the proceeds from Dear Companion will benefit Appalachian Voices, an organization devoted to ending mountaintop removal and finding a better way forward. Learn more about mountaintop removal at: www.ilovemountains.org or www.subpop.com
Listen to “Want Within the Need” and “Quietly” from Second Story Man’s upcoming album, Screaming Secrets, out on December 5, 2009 via Noise Pollution Records, on their myspace page HERE. They have a CD release show at Skull Alley also on December 5th. Hopefully these two tracks will tide you over.
Here are some Karate Body related upcoming shows this month:
Nov. 2: eremy*JIrvin w/ Zee Avi @ Zanzabar. JIrvin’s exclusive track, “On My Own” appears on Vol. 9 of Louisville Is For Lovers. Copies of the limited edition red and white double vinyl available from karatebodyrecords.com. Nov. 6:The Fervor w/ Smug Brothers @ Zanzabar.The Fervor’s new song, “No Apology” appears on The Green Belt limited edition split 7-inch, available now from us, ear X-tacy and Underground Sounds. Copies will be for sale at this show. Smug Brothers features former members of Guided By Voices. 9 p.m. $6. Nov. 14:Wussy @ Headliners (Dare To Care Food-raiser). Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker open the show. Wussy’s exclusive track “Fly Fly Fly” appears on The Green Belt split 7-inch. Harper Simon and Company of Thieves also perform.
Nov. 14:Joe Manning @ Rudyard Kipling. Manning’s new song, “Lately at A Lesser Table” appears on The White Belt split 7-inch with riverboat soul provider Pokey LaFarge. Manning appears at The Rudyard Kipling alongside Scott Carney and Sardren Wells. It also happens to be Ken Pyle’s 69th birthday. Nov. 20:Phantom Family Halo @ Zanzabar. Phantom Family Halo’s double LP Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die is out now, and available from us, ear X-tacy and Underground Sounds. The band hits the road for a tour of the east coast and Canada Nov. 27 with Russian Circles and fellow Louisvillians Young Widows. NOTE: Each double LP comes with a free download card of the entire Phantom Family Halo album.
), and the Walkmen. Both the EP and the LP will be released by Louisville indie record label 
