New PGH rockers forty winks have joined the CS family! Riff worshipers and hyperpunks everywhere will surely enjoy this group! Their first single “Spurs” drops Dec. 3. Follow them on Instagram, YouTube, Bandcamp, and pre-save the single if you want. The music 🅱️angs! 🤯💥🌋🤠
Buddie is going on tour!! AND sharing a new track this October! Folks in Canada, pull up to a show! Fans everywhere, be sure to stream "Impatient" when it drops October 23. Here's a sneak peak from their STANDARDS session.
Upcoming Shows:
September 27 - Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Green Auto #
September 28 - Nanaimo, BC @ Sound Heritage ^
September 29 - Victoria, BC @ Little Fernwood ^
October 3 - Kelowna, BC @ Bernard Queer House *
October 4 - Calgary, AB @ Palomino Smokehouse *
October 5 - Lethbridge, AB @ Theoretically Brewing *
October 6 - Edmonton, AB @ The Aviary *
October 7 - Banff, AB @ HI Banff Alpine Centre *
October 24 (Single Release) - Vancouver, BC @ The Fox Cabaret %
# - w/ Big Rig, The Sylvia Platters, Good Wife
^ - w/ Worrywart
* - w/ Beebomb
% w/ Winona Forever, Kylie V
Life on the Lawn has treated A Country Western quite nice this year. Now they look to share some of that living with some uncharted US territories in their upcoming Fall tour. Tickets on sale now! Get to the gig!
10/19 - Chapel Hill, NC at Local 506
10/20 - Knoxville, TN at Pilot Light Knoxville
10/21 - Asheville, TN at Eulogy
10/22 - Nashville, TN at Dark Matter
10/23 - Louisville, KY at Whirling Tiger
10/24 - Chicago, IL at Sleeping Village
10/25 - Akron, OH at Kling Thing
10/26 - NYC at Public Records
We are absolutely thrilled to share that Puddled, featuring Naomi Davidoff of legacy band Spooled Up, is joining the label with their debut EP coming this September. Head to FLOOD Magazine today to hear their lead single "Between."
PREORDER the EP here! It will be available on a short fun of tapes and CDs. Both formats will include a O-Card slip cover as well with a monochromatic version of the watery artwork!
Tour dates are on the horizon as well!
9/26 - Paterson, NJ at Prototype 237
9/27 - Philadelphia, PA at Khyber Pass Pub
9/28 - Baltimore, MD at Metro Baltimore
9/29 - Washington, DC at Atlas Brew Works
9/30 - Richmond, VA at Banditos
A Country Western are back with their first full length since 2021's Birdfeeder. The Philadelphia band's latest record, Life on the Lawn, showcases their evolution with a blend of louder guitars, playful feedback, and centered vocals, interwoven with sparser moments that have long captivated their audience. Their thematic exploration delves into pressing issues like environmental destruction, capitalism, navigating a hyper-digital society, self-realization, loss, and even the enigmatic world of birds.
Folks have already had nice things to say about their single "The Dreamer" which is streaming now!
"A Country Western’s new album Life On The Lawn drops at the end of this month. They recorded it in their South Philadelphia practice space last summer, and today they’re previewing it today with 'The Dreamer.' Power-pop is in the Bandcamp tags for a reason; this is the kind of punchy, poppy post-grunge track I’d expect to encounter on MTV in 1996, and I mean that as a compliment." - Stereogum
"There’s a significant mood shift on Life on the Lawn; A Country Western sound clean. As the shoegaze bubble continues to expand and mutate, the band embrace a more textbook indie rock style and The Dreamer is Life on the Lawn’s leading example. The first single is as rollicking as A Country Western have ever been, with uptempo chugs in classic rock n’ roll fashion." - Post-Trash
Aunt Katrina began as the solo project of feeble little horse member Ryan Walchonski. The seven tracks blend noisy guitars, punchy synth lines, distorted samples and breakbeat inspired drums (performed by Ray Brown) that together create a unique style of electronic pop.
Sitting atop the tower of sounds are Ryan’s soft and drowning vocals. Gentle and melancholy, the vocals explore themes of listlessness and aging.
After finishing up a handful of dancy, fuzzy and chaotic pop songs, Ryan enlisted the help of friends Ray Brown (Snail Mail), Eric Zidar (Tosser), Emma Banks, Connor Peters and Laney Ackley to flesh out the songs in a live setting.
These songs are available digitally and on tape. If you are in DC, grab a copy at show... OR at Byrdland Record Store or Joint Custody! Stream / Purchase Hot today!!
Queensburgh is out today on digital and cassette formats. Cheers!
Since releasing Yeah?, songwriting duties have expanded beyond Mitch DeLong and to the rest of the band. Somewhere Down Below finds Gaadge leaning even further into their noisy and riffy tendencies. Lead rippers like the “Oh Wonder” and “Candy Colored” keep listeners on their toes early on. However, loud and fast is not the only recipe in this 14-track endeavor. The stripped down “Don’t Go There” features Ethan Oliva’s signature vocal performance found in other projects (Barlow, Ex Pilots, Sober Clones, etc.). You also have title track “Somewhere Down Below” which bubbles with synth work and gentle guitar before boiling over into a lovely nostalgia-inducing chorus. Not to mention, Nick Boston is back to doing what he does best; writing melodic songs like “STROK,” sending listeners on their merry way to the remainder of the record. Moments and contributions like these make it clear that Gaadge is entering a new chapter with their latest record.
Stream / Purchase Somewhere Down Below today!
Maturing beyond the Murder Pit of Castle Transylewski (basement in South Oakland) the band hit Mr. Smalls Studio with Nate Campisi to bottle up their latest sounds. However, any polish on top did not diminish their jagged punk edge. Shared songwriting and vocals between Brandon, Justin, and Conner play to the cool and to the angry. Not to mention hardcore punk influences are certainly present with members splitting duties in other bands such as Speed Plans, Alamoans, God Plutonium, among others. Their straightforward approach is only enhanced through a dynamic guitar performance that rides confidently between deadpan vocals and shouting. The recipe calls for noise, distortion, and quick rock riffs... and that’s exactly what you’ll get.
Some say this is the album we never deserved, so appreciate it in all its glory today.
Stream / Purchase Shattered Shine today!
Buddie has released LP2 Agitator today!! Central themes or the album revolve around healthy communication, trust, anxiety, living in the moment, sense of place, joy in resistance, growth, change, dystopia, classism, mutual aid, among other things. Al Menne of Great Grandpa provided harmonizing vocals on a handful of tracks including lead single “We’ll Never Break,” a heartwarming track about trust and reassurance in relationships. Other singles “Worried” and “Class Warfare” are rooted more in pandemic anxiety and modern classism as the world around us continues to change rapidly. Needless to say, Buddie is back doing Buddie things, and Agitator is packed full of earworm choruses, “loud-quiet-loud,” bubblegrunge, and 90s influenced indie rock. We hope you dig it.
Stream / Purchase today!