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The first track off of Atmosphere's upcoming album "The Family 
Sign" out now!



Atmosphere - Just For Show

The "Definition Sickness" album is available now at: http://tinyurl.com/DefinitionSickness 

Stand outs in the indie-rap haven of Minnesota, No Bird Sing combines the talents of emcee Joe Horton, drummer/producer Graham O'Brien, and guitarist/producer Robert Mulrennan. With Definition Sickness, the trio has maintained the integrity of their live-band roots while exploring a more produced sound that ranges from stark minimalism to lush expansiveness. 

The first single, “DON’T THINK”, is a brooding track where Horton shares vocal duties with SFR label head SAGE FRANCIS. Other guests on the album include FIX cohorts Crescent Moon (Kill the Vultures) and Kristoff Krane, as well as Sadistik, Chastity Brown, James Diers (Halloween, Alaska), Aby Wolf, Adam Svec and Molly Dean.

NBS released their eponymous debut to critical acclaim in 2009. Their 2011 follow-up, "Theft of the Commons", along with the US tour dates that followed, served to expand their loyal, burgeoning fanbase across the Midwest and beyond. 

Their SFR debut,  Definition Sickness, offers a meditative commentary on modern life, owing much to leftist political theorists like Howard Zinn as well as Eastern-leaning philosophers like Alan Watts and Lao Tzu. Musically the dark, transcendent instrumentation of the record creates a rich and varied soundscape that will immediately entice fans of multiple genres. Repeat listeners will be rewarded by both the layered lyrical themes and the ear candy that’s provided by the nuanced sonic compositions. 

"If you took away the vocals, you'd never know it was hip hop," admits drummer/producer Graham O'Brien. "We're just investigating the relationship between hip hop and other genres—taking the spoken, rhythmic word and putting it in other places."  

"That's what creativity is," vocalist Horton says. "It's coming to this point where you don't know exactly what you're doing and having to figure out what to do. The second you're not doing that, you're just rehashing old shit."
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"Don't Think" - NO BIRD SING feat. SAGE FRANCIS

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Eyedea & Abilities - Smile

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BLUE is the second leak from Sage Francis' SICK TO D(EAT)H mixtape which is available now at http://tinyurl.com/SickToDeathSFR
Beat produced by Reanimator. Scratches by Buddy Peace. Single artwork image by Trait Cross. The full track list for #SickToDeath and a breakdown of each track, along with some additional updates from Sage Francis available here: http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/blogs/sage-francis-blog/sick-to-death
"True enough."

SICK TO DEATH mixtape

"BLUE" - Sage Francis (2013)

From the album Picking Flowers Next To Roadkill (Crushkill Recordings 2010)

Work (Feat. Slug of Atmosphere)

"Color In The Snow" by Atmosphere featuring deM atlaS, Joe Horton and Toki Wright. 

Beginning February 12, Rhymesayers and Atmosphere bring you the Fourth Annual "Welcome To Minnesota Tour,” with performances from: Atmosphere, Toki Wright X Big Cats, No Bird Sing, deM atlaS and Jimmy2times. 

WELCOME TO MINNESOTA TOUR 2014:

2.12 - Mankato - Verizon Wireless Center 

2.13 - Duluth - Clyde Iron Works 

2.14 - Rochester - Mayo Civic Center Auditorium 

2.15 - Fargo - The Venue at The Hub 

2.17 - Minneapolis - First Avenue (SOLD OUT)

#WELCOMETOMN

Atmosphere - Color In The Snow Feat. DeM AtlaS, Joe Horton & Toki Wright

From the "Copper Gone" album, available in all formats at Strange Famous Records: http://tinyurl.com/CopperGoneSFR 
Sage Francis tour dates: http://tinyurl.com/SageShows

The music is produced by Strange Famous label-mate, PROLYPHIC (horns by Joshua Trinidad.) Lyric video available here: http://youtu.be/-utMO586HCg
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"Vonnegut Busy" - Sage Francis [COPPER GONE]

"Thank You" is off of Sage Francis' COPPER GONE album, available in all formats here at Strange Famous Records: www.tinyurl.com/sfrCopperGone
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This live version was recorded during SXSW 2014 at Daytrotter's studio: 
"We knew what Sage Francis was going to do to us when he came by the studio in Austin a month ago. We knew he was going to destroy us. We just didn't know he was going to destroy us as much as he wound up destroying us. He's a rapper unequaled and his new record, 'COPPER GONE', is a goddamned blessing, after a four year break between records. This particular song from the full session floored us. We were slack-jawed and stunned by the passionate delivery and sentiment in 'Thank You' and we all -- Sage included -- wanted to get this out into the world in front of the full session." - Sean Moeller www.daytrotter.com



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Sage Francis - THANK YOU (Live Daytrotter Session) FREE DOWNLOAD

B. Dolan & producer Buddy Peace have just unveiled the first leak from the highly anticipated HOUSE OF BEES VOL. 3 mixtape, ahead of this November's tour through the UK + Ireland.  "NATURAL BORN TROUBLE" enlists the help of none other than the confrontational comedian NEIL HAMBURGER for the drop, and features a snarling B. Dolan reminiscing on a lifetime of truancy. 

Some people go looking for trouble, and some never have to.  In "NATURAL BORN TROUBLE," Dolan let's us know the latter hasn't worked out all that bad for him.  

"Behavior is modified, commodified and stopped  
Everyone's an authority, amateur league cops 
Informing on one another, instructed to keep watch
Deviate from the norm and walk around feeling marked,
then realize there's a freedom in being a man apart; 
They can't take nothing from you when trouble is all you got." 

HOUSE OF BEES VOL. 3 will release this winter ahead of B. Dolan's official LP, due in the first half of 2015.   Fans in England, Ireland and Scotland can get a first look at 2 years worth of new material this November, when Dolan will headline and be joined by a live band featuring BUDDY PEACE each night.  SCROOBIUS PIP and WARRENPEACE will also be along for that tour, for which tickets are selling rapidly. 

Here are the full dates:

Nov 3rd - Bristol - Thekla 
Nov 4th - Birmingham - Hare & Hounds
Nov 6th - Reading - The Bowery
Nov 9th - Brighton - The Haunt 
Nov 10th - London - The Nest
Nov 12th - Liverpool - Kazimier 
Nov 13th - Leeds - Wardrobe 
Nov 14th - Glasgow - Nice n Sleazy 
Nov 15th - Edinburgh - Sneaky Pete's 
Nov 19th - Cork - Cypress Ave 
Nov 20th – Dublin – Workman’s Club 
Nov 21st - Sligo - Fifth on Teeling 
Nov 22nd – Galway – Roisin Dubh 

Ticket links and full details are available here: 
http://bdolan.net/b-dolan-headlines-speech-development-tour-w-live-band-in-uk-irelan/
"Natural Born Trouble" illustration by Matt Guack.  
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B. Dolan Merch

B. Dolan - Natural Born Trouble (produced by Buddy Peace)

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In 1999 B. Dolan moved from Rhode Island to NYC to pursue his passion. He had been writing and rapping for years, but Brooklyn’s Nuyorican Poets Cafe introduced him to spoken word which is when his career as a stage performer began. Finding himself on hard times he slept on park benches and subway trains before scoring a job as a doorman at a building that happened to be in close proximity to the Twin Towers. Just as he began piecing his life together the 9/11 attacks happened, leaving him in a paranoid mental state which ultimately resulted in his self-imposed exile from the birthplace of hiphop.

The move back to RI in 2002 proved to be a wise one for Dolan. Over the next few years he tapped into the local arts community, volunteered for at-risk youth programs, created the consumer activist website Knowmore.org, teamed up with Sage Francis, signed to Strange Famous Records and toured relentlessly.

In 2008 he released "The Failure" LP as well as the "Live Evel" vinyl EP.
In 2009 he released "The House of Bees, Vol 1" mixtape.
in 2010 he released the "Fallen House, Sunken City" LP.

Welcome to B. Dolan.
Welcome to a new breed of emcee.
Hip Hop is Undead.

B. Dolan - "Marvin"

Scroobius Pip "DISTRACTION PIECES" is available now on CD, vinyl & MP3 at: http://tinyurl.com/DistractionPieces 

Scroobius Pip's "Let Em Come" takes a more somber tone in this SFR REDUX where he is joined on the mic by 3 Strange Famous affiliates: Sage Francis, Metermaids &amp; Cecil Otter. Fresh off the heels of his Wugazi project, Cecil Otter also produced the beat. The artwork for this digital single was done by Carl Sutton.


Save room at the dinner table.

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Distraction Pieces LP

Let Em Come REDUX (Scroobius Pip, Sage Francis, Metermaids, Cecil Otter)

The Threewrite is the 3rd and final installment of Sage Francis' "Write" series. Here is a remix of THE THREEWRITE by Mikhail Yuzicapi. 
The lyrics are available at http://www.sagefrancis.net/threewrite

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Sage Francis THREEWRITE RMX by Mikhail

Cecil Otter "Rebel Yellow"

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Atmosphere - Something So

This song was written and recorded in 2001 for the Sage Francis "Sick of Waging War" mix CD. It features Eyedea and Slug on vocals. Not only was this beat produced by Eyedea, but it was also recorded and mixed in his home studio. We lost Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen in October 2010. Here is Sage's write-up about how we lost a beautiful man, musician and artist much too soon: http://tinyurl.com/TheManBehindTheEyedea

"Sick of Waging War" is available on CD and MP3 at http://biturl.net/wagingwar

"EMBARRASSED" Sage Francis feat. Eyedea + Slug

No Bird Sing's 1st Album. Written by No Bird Sing. Vocals by Joe Horton. Guitars by Robert Mulrennan. Drums by Graham O'Brien. Additional production by Graham O'Brien on tracks 1,6 & 11.  Mixed by Adam Krinsky. Mastered by Greg Reirson.

11 Sparrows

Download this song at: http://tinyurl.com/SageFrancisUbuntu
Name your own price. Proceeds will go toward helping the children who are addressed in this song. 
VIDEO: http://youtu.be/rIH0EnsnADo
LYRICS AND MORE AT: http://tinyurl.com/SageFrancisUbuntu
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BACKGROUND STORY:
As it is World AIDS Days and I have thought about these children every single day since being acquainted with them almost two years ago, I decided that I can no longer sit on this song. In January of 2011 I visited Durban, South Africa to help mentor and provide care for HIV-infected children. For me, it was a crash course education on their situation, culture, history, and various forms of treatment (or lack there of.) With a reported 5.6 million people living with HIV, South Africa has the highest HIV infection rate in the world. That is mainly due to misinformation propagated by the government as well as the people's lack of access to education and proper medical care. With so many people dying of AIDS in this area, many children are often left to fend for themselves in overcrowded "orphanages", many of which have no electricity or running water according to what I witnessed. 

My trip to Durban and the surrounding rural areas was organized by people who were filming a documentary on a community of people who were receiving alternative treatment along with their normal ARV (anti-retroviral) treatment. I joined a group of national and international poets whose task it was to make a connection with the children and communicate their story to the world. Toward the end of my stay I wrote a song called UBUNTU (Water Into Wine) which I was initially hoping to release as a companion piece to the film. The documentary will probably do a much better job of explaining the vast array of emotions we all went through, but as it still isn't completed I figured it might be best to just release the song now. 

The artwork for UBUNTU is a portrait of Nonoti, one of the younger girls who made a deep and everlasting impression on everyone she met. We lost Nonoti to HIV-related complications earlier this year, so along with the children I name in this song, and all the great people I met during my stay in Durban, a special dedication goes out to her (R.I.P.) 
If you're ever given the opportunity to visit Africa and provide a helping hand, I highly recommend it. You will learn more than you could ever imagine about yourself, humanity and the world in general. You can view pictures of my trip to South Africa and the children this song is about here:  http://tinyurl.com/SageSouthAfrica2011

Much love and many thanks to everyone involved!
-Sage Francis
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*NEW* Sage Francis - UBUNTU (Water Into Wine)

"I am nothing but a shell of the man I once was. You could put me to your ear and year yesteryear's ocean."
Spoken word piece by Sage Francis, recorded live on 90.3 WRIU (2000.) 
Featured on the "Sick of Waging War" mixtape. 
Available on CD + MP3 here: www.tinyurl.com/SickOfWagingWar
Also on Bandcamp: http://tinyurl.com/WaginWarOnBandcamp
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"Mermaids are Seasluts" - Sage Francis

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Produced by Jake One. 

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