Fall tunes

Coming October 8, 2013

2013 reissue by Flannelgraph/Landlocked Music
Exclusively distributed by Light In The Attic
150g LP w/download card
Originally released in 1977 on Sine Wave Records
Remastered in 2013 by Alex DeTurk at Masterdisk

"Most lost-classic reissues fit snugly into genre ghettos, but Don Muro's 1977 masterpiece It's Time defies even our precise 21st-century methods of classification. Rock, funk, synth-pop, disco, ambient, space-age: nothing suffices. It's funny, it's solemn, it's light, it's shady, it's sly, it's earnest, and it's none and all of the above. Enjoy it ironically and suddenly it gets sublime; take it seriously and soon enough it's having fun at your expense. I dare you to try to file this one away - chances are it'll keep poking its head out of your collection, challenging you to figure it all out before it even attracts a speck of dust."
- Marc Masters (Pitchfork, The Wire)

Originally self-released in 1977, synthesizer pioneer Don Muro’s It’s Time is the singular work of one man combining his skills as a trained musician with a truly creative spirit and the somewhat unmarketable insistence that all of these different styles of music would make up his debut album. While this kind of genre hopping can often take away from an album’s coherence, “It’s Time” works as a whole because these are such well-crafted and interesting songs. At times playfully fun, at times beautifully earnest, It’s Time is consistently engaging for its entire 42 minutes. Muro’s sincere love of what he is creating shines through whether it’s a catchy, triumphant rock anthem, a subtly emotive instrumental synthesizer piece or an intense fusion dance jam.

“This album was released 36 years ago. Listening to it now brings fond memories of an intensely creative period in my life. There was time to explore many styles of music, and there was time to experiment with new instruments and equipment. No computers, no MIDI - only a room crammed with guitars, drums, keyboards, and an 8-track tape recorder. I didn’t have a specific audience for the album, hence the variety of styles. Back then people would actually sit and listen to albums as a total experience. I started and ended the album with aggressive synthesizer music, but in between those songs I was inviting listeners to go for a ride. Looking back, I would say that the variety of styles is both the strongest and weakest aspect of the album. But that’s who I was and, to a degree, who I still am. “
- Don Muro, 2013

Having spent much of his life teaching others about the latest music technology through his books, videos, classes and seminars, Muro’s influence on electronic music is immeasurable. His demonstration compositions for the legendary Korg M1 helped to make it the world’s best selling synthesizer. The recipient of several ASCAP composition awards, Muro’s music has been performed everywhere from New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral (where he presented the cathedral's first synthesizer concert) to Disneyland.

preorder at flannelgraphrecords.com

Don Muro "Squash" (1977)

NOBUNNY has a new LP on Goner Records called SECRET SONGS. 

This album proves NOBUNNY's absurd application of RNR knows no bounds. In true NOBUNNY style, the album is a mixtape in both style and fidelity... like having a garbage bin of awesomeness being dumped on yr head.

The slime at the bottom rushes to yr ear holes and stains yr brain, like the opening hook of "Bye Bye Roxie" wormholing thru to yr o-hole soul... stained brain!

- The chicken has gone bad on "Trouble In Mind"
- The rabbit has gone mad on "Do The Stooge"
- A song by a "retarded" band done "retarded" and farted on "Pretty Girls"
- Sugar fix gone bad in "Rotten Sweet Tooth"
- NOBUNZ exposed as Illuminati in the project monarch themed "Lizard Liars & their Sluts 4 Hire"

Druid Truth / Sharp Alarms / Fuzzy Struts / Real Talk
Can you take it?
Will you love it?

RIYL: Nobody. Nothing. Nobunny. 
Pop. Perverser. RnR Stinker. Trasher Punkles.

NOBUNNY - SECRET SONGS 
OUT OCTOBER 15th ON GONER RECORDS

Tracklist
1. Bye Bye Roxie
2. True Vulture
3. Pretty Girls
4. Trouble In Mind
5. It's Pathetic
6. Lizard Liars
7. Rotten Sweet Tooth
8. Do The Stooge
9. My Blank Space
10. Little Bo Bitch
11. Red Light Love
12. The Birthday Girl
13. Buried In A Bong
14. Lovin Lovin You

TOUR DATES COMING SOON

www.goner-records.com

www.facebook.com/THENOBUNNY
www.nobunny.bandcamp.com/

NOBUNNY "Bye Bye Roxie" // 'Secret Songs' Out Now On Goner Records

Kelley Stoltz's "Double Exposure" is available here: https://thirdmanstore.com/catalog/product/view/id/976/s/kelley-stoltz-double-exposure-12-vinyl/

While many rocking bands in San Francisco and beyond claim to be 'garage' bands' - Kelley Stoltz has actually recorded his new LP "Double Exposure" in the garage behind his house.  And while the car oil stained floors are covered by oriental rugs and there are no snow shovels laying around - there is a collection of vintage synths, 17 guitars, tape echos, mellotrons, a 50's jukebox, a Teardrop Explodes poster, a tape machine used by The Residents, an amp used by Stooge James Williamson, and a myriad other noise making devices which rear their heads on his new record.  All told the place is called Electric Duck Studio and it's become a muse capturing zone for Stoltz, as well as Sonny & the Sunsets, The Mantles, Tim Cohen, Life Stinks, The Sandwitches and many other tuneweavers big and small. 

"Double Exposure" is Kelley's first album in a while - near on 3 years since his last one, "To Dreamers" came out on Sub Pop. What the heck has he been doing since, you ask?  Well renovating the garage for one, and using said garage studio to engineer, produce or encourage the above named bands… You see time flies when you're having fun.  Add in some love, a little heartbreak, turning 40, deciding to jog everyday, staring at the wall, singing hundreds of songs into the phone, sleeping, recording an album of cover songs with his family, making a couple 45 singles, catching white wine buzzes, getting dropped by Sub Pop, playing keyboards on tour with Rodriguez, and signing on with old supporters at Third Man Records… really it's as good old Sandy Denny sang, who knows where the time goes.

Anyway, if you stir up all that stuff and a few other things we won't mention here, you have the makings of a fantastic and heartfelt record, "Double Exposure" has 10 new jams that Thee Oh Sees main man, John Dwyer, describes thusly, "A piece of gold in your ear, A lovely thought in your mind, A breeze in the sun, This record is perfect…" 

Nicely put there Johnny! And you too will thrill to the sound of delay pedals twisting the keys on "Inside My Head", crane your neck to the backwards guitars of "Are You My Love", ramble and gamble to the clanging cymbals on the title track, question the sanity of a song called "Kim Chee Taco Man", and finally, fall down and weep at the sweet fluted sentiments of "It's Summertime Again".  

For all of you Aussie rules fans, the album was mixed and mastered by Mikey Young of Eddy Current Suppression Ring/Total Control and features Stoltz playing most of the instruments himself and overdubbing parts through his trusty 8 track tape machine.

Kelley Stoltz - "Double Exposure" Clip

From his s/t debut solo album, out on NOW on Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

Doug Tuttle - Turn This Love

LISTEN / BUY here - http://www.austinpsychfest.com/store/night-beats-sonic-bloom-lp-cd-mp3-cass/

The Reverberation Appreciation Society is proud to announce the release of the new Night Beats record, Sonic Bloom on September 24, 2013 on vinyl, cd, digital download and cassette (co-release with Burger Records!). In conjunction with the announcement, Night Beats are debuting their new track "Outta Mind" off Sonic Bloom, available for posting HERE.

Recorded in a Tacoma, Washington warehouse, Sonic Bloom is an explosion of reverb soaked rock and soul blended with sharp drone numbers and classic rhythm-and-blues founded tracks. From the haunting psychic groove of 'Seven Poison Wonders' to the sparse Zombies influenced 'Playing Dead' to the squealing ruckus of 'Rat King', Sonic Bloom harkens back to the outer corners of rock and roll radio of yore.

The Seattle-based band have spent past few years relentlessly touring, hitting over 20 countries. The trio -- featuring Danny Lee Blackwell on guitar/vocals, Tarek Wegner on bass/vocals, and James Traeger on drums/vocals -- will keep up this pace, touring this fall in support of Sonic Bloom.

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