Cast Spells Native Cast Spells and Native will be playing a Free show on April 30th at the last Live From Bloomington NOISE show. If you aren’t familiar with LFB or NOISE, Live From Bloomington is a programming committee that is part of Union Board, IU’s largest student programming organization on campus. LFB started a weekly concert series back in 2006 called NOISE, in which bands performed free all-ages concerts in the IU student union. So Go Hit that if you live anywhere near Bloomington, IN and make sure to check out the Hipster Spinster Blog - we love her!
click to enlarge RX Bandits have an in the Studio feature in the June issue of Alternative Press, the one with our ol' pal former Facing new Yorkster Matt Fazzi on the cover along with his new band, something with Sunday in the name.
Some of you may not know that before there was Sargent House we had a show called Refused TV (that link is to the old show site ). Anyway, it was excellent, what would you expect right? We used to have bands come and host the show - not in a corny way but in a funny way, we would have them star in fake commercials for stuff that doesn't exist, like this one we did with The French Kicks - we miss our show so we have decided to launch the The Sargent House Glass Room Sessions where we have bands come in and in one take with two cameras they perform a song - then we will share them with you here. Yes there are other places out there doing things like this and you know what, we enjoy those so much we decided there was still room for more things like this. The Glass Room has had a lot of videos shot in her. We will post them all, in our little series here but for now lets all take a look at this most recent one from Cast Spells - that's Dave Davison's solo gig and we are really excited to be putting out his first EP called Bright Works And Baton this Summer. Below is him stripping it down and playing a song called A Badge
And speaking of Dave Davison here is one of the very first Sargent House Glass Room Sessions we did with none other than old Double D himself - one take - Maps & Atlases - The Ongoing Horrible
LET US KNOW WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE PLAY THE GLASS ROOM???
This special Russian Circles / These Arms Are Snakes Split re-issue in clear vinyl SOLD OUT in one day on Record Store Day - 1,000 copies, but we have a few more we kept aside in case you couldn't get one. Very limited amount left so get her now HERE to buy one (please note the picture is of the front and back it is not 2 records )
Thanks to anyone that voted to see Good Old War again this week on Fearless Music TV, apparently they won the poll of viewers requesting a repeat of their performance of Looking For Shelter on this weeks episode. The show airs in NYC Saturday Night, April 25, at 12:30am on FOX 5 or for a full listing of times and channels where you can watch Fearless TV click HERE Don't miss it!
We can not wait to unleash this beauty keep an eye out for tons of great news about the new RX record - Amazing cover art, Title and Tracklisting - Full US Summer Tour so much more!
Good Old War were interviewed by Scott Heisel on Alternative Press they played 3 songs flawlessly ! damn they are so tight. They had some really nice things to say about the Sargent House family and we hope they know how much we truly love them back! So if you want to hear 3 great reasons why rehearsing and practicing your music is so important tune in and check it out Seriously it's pretty damn sweet.
If you haven't taken advantage of this sweet deal yet, don't sleep on it! Click on that sweet box below, now to buy and enjoy This Town Needs Guns album Animals on ITUNES or only $5.99 for a limited time only! With Bonus tracks baby
Check out this sweet review from The TripWire for Red Fang's Self Titled album which if you don't have yet you're in sane and need to remedy that by shopping HERE asap.
and if you live under a pop rock and have not seen the awesomeness that is the Prehistoric Dog video by our own Whitey McConnaughy then make up for it now by clicking play
The Sargent House Limited Record Store Day Sampler is now FREE with any purchase from the Sargent House Store - we have so much fine stuff up in that place so if you were not one of the while supplies last recipients on Record Store Day well then now you can be and heck we need some Indie Record Store support too up at our place!
RXB will be playing a special acoustic set on May 10th at Sainte Rocke in Hermosa Beach it's a small place so tickets are limited might want to buy that in advance they are only $10 and speaking of acoustic here is a clip from a really wacky interview they did last year
Russian Circles will be hitting up the Midwest in April with fellow Chicagoan's Rob Lowe's band Lichens and Sweet Cobra. And if you’re lucky enough to catch them near you, you can expect them to debut some new material. These are the last shows before they enter the studio to record their next Full Length slated for October/November 2009 release on Suicide Squeeze with vinyl release on Sargent House
and they just got asked to play Bonnaroo so off to Tennessee in June - More dates to be added around the festival - TBA soon
Russian Circles, Lichens, Sweet Cobra Shows WED APR 22 - Grand Rapids MI, Mix Tape Cafe @= THU APR 23 - Indianapolis IN, Radio Radio @= FRI APR 24 - Detroit MI, Magic Stick @= SAT APR 25 - Cleveland OH, Grog Shop @= SUN APR 26 - Baltimore MD, The Ottobar @= MON APR 27 - Hoboken NJ, Maxwell’s @= TUE APR 28 - Philadelphia PA, First Unitarian Church @= WED APR 29 - Pittsburgh PA, Smiling Moose @= THU APR 30 - Louisville KY, Skull Alley @= FRI MAY 1 - Chicago IL, The Bottom Lounge @ SAT MAY 2 - Milwaukee WI, Cactus Club @ SUN MAY 3 - Minneapolis MN, Triple Rock @
So our pals over at Hydra Head decided to take a Vacation by opening a beautiful vinyl record store so go check that place out and bring money! Of course they are too cool to tell anyone they have this record store so I'm going to. Wow, I forgot how much I miss the ritual of going to real record stores, with people who actually listen to music working there. Record Store Day reminds me that the Old times, feel like the New times and they are the still Good Times.
But if the audiophiles working there "Jack Black" the shit out of you for asking for certain records - just give some attitude back by Picketing their store with signs like this - and then you'll all get along great.
A big thank you to any and all record stores that put our records in your store, we really appreciate it - of course Vacation did not put any of our records in their store. Thanks Mark Thompson, you're a real pal.
Also check out Origami Records they just opened down the street from us to, and they had our records in their store and we don't even know them!
In honor of Record Store Day which is this Saturday - April 18th these Sargent House beauties - 10k of them, will be FREE at participating Indie Stores on April 18th so go buy records at Indie Record Stores Saturday! The first ever Sargent House comp is featuring not yet released, Live Versions and or new songs from awesome albums on Sargent House. So Make sure to ask your local Indie Store for one, and if they didn't stock them make sure and tell them they need to get hip to what's going on over here, spread the love
Good Old War will be performing Live for Record Store Day at 2pm at Main Street Music - 4444 Main Street - Philadelphia, PA Youth Group will also be playing at Noon.
From Rodriguez Lopez Productions the debut album from El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Cryptomnesia Is available 2 Weeks early on Vinyl with a limited run of just 3,000 copies only at participating Indie Stores April 18th
For a Full List of Special Items and Events for Record Store day Click HERE
damn, if only people loved records as much as we do.
Aaron, Bryan, and John from Red Fang hung out with Alicia McDade yesterday on W+K radio, playing songs they dig and talking trash. You can check the podcast out here!
In honor of the vinyl pre-release of Cryptomnesia to independent retail for Record Store Day, there will be 2 listening events on Friday, 4/17 at Fingerprints in Long Beach, CA and Park Ave CDs in Orlando, FL. This will be your chance to hear Cryptomnesia in it's full resolution glory! The first customers to purchase the Vinyl at either of these stores will also receive a limited edition poster while supplies last. Details and info on both events are below.
Fingerprints in Long Beach, CA- Friday, April 17th, 2009 @ 7:00pm 4612-B East 2nd Street Long Beach, CA 90803 562.433.4996
Park Avenue CDs in Orlando, FL - Friday April 17, 2009 @ 8:00pm 2916 Corrine Dr Orlando, FL 32803 (407) 629-5293
damn Wyoming you're in for a treat and it's FREE - April 15th at The University of Wyoming at Laramie FREE show of the one and only RX - damn they are sweet
Good Old War are featured on AP.NET today with three live clips from backstage at the Mad Hatter in Covington, KY courtesy of Steve Henderson and his flip camera. Go check it out HERE
Here is a sample of just one of the three songs they played - more posted at link above Including a new song called Sinking Ship
Ok, so every time most of our bands get ready for a tour we are faced with the ongoing nightmare that is finding good new merch designs for them. We check out people's stuff, it looks awesome then 9 out of 10 times what they send us is some flash art generic, I could have done that myself in 3 minutes looking thing! Or they send some design that I've already seen a million times on some inter-changable Emo band shirt - that just shouts "You really know NOTHING about the vibe of this band do you?" It's driving us crazy over here at Sargent House So we are making a call out to anyone and everyone that thinks they might be able to help! Below is a list of all the bands I need new designs for with links to be able to check out their tunes. We are only looking for designs that really understand the esthetic of the band individually. Now, unlike other places that pull this crap and call it a "contest" aka trying to make you work hard for free, we are willing to PAY for any design that we would want to print - we will give you $75 and a free album of your choosing from the Sargent House Collection- so come on let's see what you got, we need you, so make it good and we'll just keep loving you forever.
See, now check out our man Dan Schwartz from Good Old War sporting his love for the house - you know we love you hard right back master Guitar blaster, so check out this live review of the Chicago show with The Gaslight Anthem and Heartless Bastards on PunkNews.Org - looks like GOW has another fan....
Want to get a Sargent House Hoodie? come on you know you do well come by our STORE there is all sorts of awesome there
The fine lads of Tera Melos will be taking it back out on the road, headlining their own run to the East and even Canada, yea we know, no Florida - sorry kiddies. Anyway, be sure to go check out this fine specimen of a band in your town because, well, they make us just want to say - heeeyyyy, and we can't wait for the new full length which they have been busy bees writing and getting ready for you all to hear. In the mean time you can still go get their glorious covers EP Idioms Vol I FREE for download but if you want a real specimen of that it will be available on 7" vinyl on tour and in their nifty new Merch Store (7" now available) and we have a special treat of the REMIXED and REMASTERED new Drugs to The Dear Youth on 10" Vinyl - Hot damn, you know you want a piece of that also on Tour and in the new store.
And if you haven't seen their new video by the great Behn Fannin a tribute to the Adventures of Pete & Pete check out our own Misadventures of Peet & Peat
TERA MELOS HEADLINE SHOWS 4/10 – People Mover – Glendale, AZ 4/11 - Insight - El Paso, TX 4/23 – Rubber Gloves – Denton, TX 4/ 24 – The Warhol – San Antonio, TX 4/25 – Emo’s – Austin, TX 4/26 – Mango’s – Houston, TX 4/27 – The High Ground – Metarie, LA 4/28 – Eye Drum – Atlanta, GA w/ Cinemechanica 4/29 - Temple Of Doom - Richmond, VA 4/ 30 – Black Cat Backstage – Washington DC 5/2 – Danger Danger Gallery – Philadelphia, PA 5/3 – Bell House – Brooklyn, NY w/ Marnie Stern 5/4 – Whitson’s /SUNY Purchase – Purchase, NY 5/5 - Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, MA 5/6 – Zoo Bizarre – Montreal, QU – Canada 5/7 – Whippersnapper Gallery - Toronto, Canada 5/8 – Sound Lab – Buffalo, NY 5/9 – The Haunt – Ithaca, NY 5/10 – Smiling Moose – Pittsburgh, PA 5/11 – Beachland – Cleveland, OH 5/12 – Mac’s Bar – Lansing, MI * w/Native 5/13 – Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL * w/Native 5/14 - Firebirds - St Louis, MO 5/15 - Conservatory - Oklahoma City, OK
Our beloved Good Old War, Cast Spells and Thin Hymns are all playing together in Chicago at Reggies on April 7th -Don't miss this beautiful evening of these fantastic musicians! Good Old War photos below are by Jenn Barnett - she rules
READ - STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE - MUSIC PIRACY HERE I love this website called Stuff White People Like, I feel stupid I did not know about it until recently. Because being a 'white person' of course obligates me to laugh at how 'white' white people can be. But this particular story really caught my eye because damn if it is not 100% true and the exact bullshit justifications I get from all you bastard leaking bloggers who think they can justify giving away ENTIRE albums of my broke ass, hard working bands who actually DO see the money from their album sales so to all you doing this thinking it's okay to just give it away whithout asking for FREE, it's not ok, so FUCK YOU and stop! because your killing bands that deserve your money! I mean your not blogging about the new Hoobastank with a full free torrent, no your recommending some small, underground awesome band that would be so much better suited getting your "help" by you writing about them and recommending them to people to go and buy their record! Heck host a track or two, or point them to the bands site or myspace where the person can for FREE hear songs - but for god sakes STOP giving away albums in their entirety for free on your fucking blogs!
and to all you bloggers that do just "review" albums with links THANK YOU, you are the true music lovers
One of our favorite drummers Chris Tsagakis (RXB, TSOAF) will be doing his crazy Drum solo stuff Technology this Sunday night in Los Angeles at The Mountain Bar it's 21+ and it's FREE - along with some of our favorite Ninjas - Ninja Academy - see you at the party Richter.
Dave Davison of Maps & Atlases will be playing a few shows for his solo project called Cast Spells - headlining at MaCRock in Virginia on April 4th and then joining Good Old War on their recently added Chicago show don't miss this folks you'll tell your kids about one day, I'm telling you.
And keep an eye on this spot for news of the Debut EP from Cast Spells coming out on Yours Truly, Sargent House
Cast Spells Shows 4/4 - MaCRock Harrisonburg, VA 4/7 Reggie's Live - Chicago, IL *
Now, Livia Tortella, I can truly say is an Innovator, I work with her at Atlantic Records as a music video commissioner - look it up if you don't know what that means. This fine woman restores my faith every day that there are people who love Music at Major Labels. She's a seriously passionate and committed person and someone I'm very happy to call my friend and she 'gets it' much love and respect for AP getting right about her because she truly is an innovator - chicks rule.
Red Fang will be ripping it live on the air tomorrow April 1st on KBOO in Portland 90.7 fm, Corvallis at 100.7 fm, and Hood River - 91.9 fm, so make sure to tune in by 9:45pm they will play around 10pm you can also Listen ONLINE from anywhere in the world!
REFUSED TV Cathy Pellow - Owner/E.P Behn Fannin - Everything
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