Sinkane is to Pitchfork as Gentleman Auction House is to Daytrotter

The good word continues to roll into the offices regarding our next two releases. Sinkane has been featured on Pitchfork's Forkcast, check out the mp3 stream of Autobahn. Yesterday Ahmed Gallab stepped into the KEXP studios for the first time holding down the percussion duties for Caribou's on-air set. The North American swing wraps up on May 3. 

As things begin to swell for Sinkane, we also receive news that Gentleman Auction House will be featured on Daytrotter on Tuesday April 29. As the blogosphere begins to warm for GAH, they will begin a two-week long stint through the northern part of the midwest starting this week. 

The street date for both Sinkane - Color Voices (LP) and Gentleman Auction House - Book of Matches (EP) is set for May 6th

Remaining Caribou (featuring Ahmed) dates:

- April 23 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA

- April 24 - El Rey - Los Angeles, CA

- April 25 - Plush - Tucson, AZ

- April 26 - Club 101 - El Paso, TX

- April 27 - Emo's - Austin, TX

- April 28 - Palladium Loft - Dallas, TX

- April 29 - The Continental - Tulsa, OK

- April 30 - The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO

- May 1 - The Billiken Club - St. Louis, MO

- May 2 - Waldron Auditorium - Bloomington, IN

- May 3 - Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH

- May 4 - Big Orbit's Soundlab - Buffalo, NY

Upcoming Gentleman Auction House dates:

- April 25 - Cafe Boubon St. - Columbus, OH

- April 26 - The Elbow Room - Ypsilanti, MI

- April 27 - The Pike Room - Pontiac, MI

- April 28 - Mac's Barroom - Lansing, MI

- April 29 - The Redstone Room - Davenport, IA**

- April 30 - Beat Kitchen - Chicago, IL

- May 1 - Studio B - Dekalb, IL

- May 2 - Illinois Brewing Company - Bloomington, IL

- May 3 - The Highdive - Champaign, IL

** - Live video stream on Daytrotter.com

Sinkane - Color Voice (Pre-Sale) on Insound.com

As Ahmed Gallab makes his way across North America as percussionist for Caribou, we are happy to keep the Sinkane fire warm as we prepare for his first full-length release Color Voice. Though the release date is less than a month away, Sinkane is already receiving high praise for the four-song, 35-minute album, and that support will continue to build for the May 6th release date. You can pre-order your limited edition vinyl at Insound.com. We pressed and dressed 1000 limited edition vinyl copies. 500 in a 180-gram White vinyl and 500 in Picture-disc format. Individually numbered, these copies are a one-time only pressing, so once they are gone, they are gone. Of course we also have them in CD and Download format.

Follow the trail to Insound.com:

Color Voice White LP

Color Voice Pic Disc LP

Color Voice CD

Sinkane Postpones Tour Dates, Joins Forces with Caribou

As we prepare for our Spring/Summer releases, we get word from the Sinkane camp that Ahmed Gallab has been recruited to play drums for Caribou and the remainder of their North American tour dates with Fuck Buttons. Sinkane will be performing their April 9th show in Columbus, OH at Wexner Center. We will update the rescheduled dates for Sinkane soon.










Caribou Tour Dates

4/2 - 40 Watt Club - Athen's, GA
4/3 - Common Grounds - Gainesville, FL
4/4 - The Social - Orlando, FL
4/5 - Culture Room - Fort Lauderdale, FL
4/6 - Crowbar - Tampa, FL
4/7 - Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL
4/8 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN
4/9 - Wexner Center - Columbus, OH w/ Sinkane
4/10 - Illini Union Courtyard Cafe - Urbana, IL
4/11 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
4/12 - Triple Rock Club - Minneapolis, MN
4/13 - Royal Albert Arms - Winnipeg, Manitoba
4/14 - Amigo's - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
4/15 - Starlite Room - Edmonton, Alberta
4/16 - Grand Theatre - Calagary, Alberta
4/18 - Biltmore Cabaret (Early and Late shows) - Vancouver, British Columbia
4/19 - Sugar - Victoria, British Columbia
4/20 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA
4/21 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
4/23 - Independent - San Francisco, CA
4/24 - El Rey - Los Angeles, CA
4/25 - Plush - Tucson, AZ
4/26 - Club 101 - El Paso, TX
4/27 - Emo's - Austin, TX
4/28 - Palladium Loft - Dallas, TX
4/29 - The Continental - Tulsa, OK
4/30 - The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
5/1 - The Billiken Club - St. Louis, MO
5/2 - Waldron Auditorium - Bloomington, IN
5/3 - Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH
5/4 - Big Orbit's Soundlab - Buffalo, NY

Gentleman Auction House sign with Noise Problem Booking

After a busy week in Austin, the Gentleman Auction House septet are quietly building the momentum for their May and June releases. The group recently added Bojan Jovanovic from Noise Problem Booking to their family. Noise Problem has a very exciting roster of bands including: Bound Stems, The Valley Arena, Six Parts Seven, and Let's Go Sailing. Additionally Bojan is a top-shelf fella. GAH has shows mapped out for the remainder of March through May. Look for a North American tour spanning June and July. In the meantime you can catch them here:

3/19 The Russellville Armory - Russellville, AR

3/21 The Buccaneer - Memphis, TN

3/22 The 5 Spot - Nashville, TN

4/4 Billiken Club w/ Bald Eagle and Witch's Hat - St. Louis, MO

4/14 The Blue Bird w/ Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - St. Louis, MO

4/25 Cafe Bourban St. w/ Sinkane - Columbus, OH

4/26 The Elbow Room w/ Sinkane - Ypsilanti, MI

4/27 The Pike Room w/ Sinkane - Pontiac, MI

4/28 Mac's Bar w/ Sinkane

4/29 TBA w/ Sinkane - Rock Island, IL

4/30 TBA w/ Sinkane - Milwaukee, WI

5/1  The House Cafe w/ Sinkane - Dekalb, IL

5/2 Peoria Pizza Works w/ Sinake - Peoria, IL

5/3 The High Dive w/ Sinkane - Champaign, IL

5/15 Union Station - St. Louis, MO

EU WELCOMES SINKANE AND GENTLEMAN AUCTION HOUSE TO THE FAMILY

After filling our office, homes, cars, and headphones with their music, we coul no longer keep them to ourselves. We are happy to introduce Sinkane and Gentleman Auction House to our family of artists! Look for their albums nationwide in April and May respectively.

Ahmed Gallab is the brainchild behind Sinkane. Born from the ashes of his work in various bands in Columbus, OH, Gallab provides a mix and meld of pop and jazz influences that create a melodic drone over an uneasy landscape stacked with reversing guitars, wall of sound keys, mounting percussion, sliding horns and distant intermittent vocals in four movements. For his live set he arranges and composes for three to eleven pieces. Sinkane will be hitting the road shortly after their release "color voice" hits stores in April 2008.

With a seven-member attack on the pop formula, Gentleman Auction House comes to us 125 miles east of our office. Armed with an arsenal of guitars, horns, keys, and multiple percussionists, GAH brings a wall of pop arrangements. For the past two years the group has become one of the must-see acts in St. Louis, MO and the rest of the Midwest. Now, after touring and performing at Tape-OP and SxSW 07 festivals in support of their self-released EP "The Rules were Handed Down", GAH is ready to bring you their first full length album. Look for "Alphabet Graveyard" in late May 2008 as well as their upcoming tour dates including SxSW 08 showcases.

BALD EAGLE ARE ON TOUR NOW!

HOT SHOULDERS IN STORES TODAY!

...these dudes aren't just the flaming-guitar wielding, dead-baby joke-telling, pizza-jamming guys they appear to be." - Mary Nguyen (GO! MAGAZINE)

"Think fuzzed out bass guitar, sloppy drums, high-energy guitar antics and all the '70s rock influences you can possibly muster up in 30 seconds (AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Who) then remove the classy vocals and add some grating rawk-star lungs and you've got Bald Eagle." - Brian (QCLA INDEPENDENT)

"At times they come across sounding like Fugazi gone pop, which is a great thing in my opinion." - Jared Murdock (DECOYMUSIC.COM)

"The main reason for my enthusiasm is that this Columbia, Missouri quartet writes songs so infectious they seem to invade your central nervous system." - Tony Sclafani (POPMATTERS.COM)

"A throbbing rhythm section! Funkalicious rock n' roll riffs! Active, scratching-at-the-throat lead vocals! And a rough recording job to match it all! Woo! This is the stuff BALD EAGLE is made of and puts to use on Hot Shoulders, the band's latest release for Emergency Umbrella." - Corey Schmidt (PASTEPUNK.COM)

"It jams and jams until you think you can't jam anymore, then you jam some more." - Lauren Mooney (URB MAGAZINE)

FALLOUT STATIONS, FILTER, FOUNDRY, WEST COAST FIESTA

The Foundry Field Recordings are on a cool mini West Coast jaunt before their big summer July/August Tour. Be sure to catch them if you are lucky enough to be in OR, CA or Tejas in the next two weeks ...

Here is a wicked pic of FFR's Becky Baxter from the Boise show - many thanks to Phunkshine! for the rad photos, and for coming out to the show!!!


In other news fit to print, The new Fallout Stations EP (Out in stores this upcoming Tuesday!) is getting some great early press ... such as seen on the Filter Mag Website:

"The EP’s closing track, "Transistor Kids,” shows great musical range for the Missouri foursome. Following one minute of a beautiful and delicate piano solo, the song moves into indie rock haven territory talking of transistor kids contemplating the personalities of electric harmonies. Stepping into stride, the tune closes out with the inviting fuzzed out guitars of shoegaze-pop. Check out the song below, and grab the EP next month to hear more."

| “Transistor Kids” MP3 |

BALD EAGLE HAS HOT SHOULDERS

The recording of the new full-length album awesomely titled, "HOT SHOULDERS," from BALD EAGLE is officially in the bag, and sweet sweet music to your future ears. A tentative nation-wide store invasion date has been set for August 21st 2007. (Vinyl goodness + CDs will be available then.)


Not ones to skimp on rather nifty track titles either ... get ready rock your face off to these killer modern-day classics:

1. Those Are Cobras, Man
2. Jammin The Wedge
3. Sharks Are Fucked Up
4. Rodents Of Unusual Size
5. The Lunch Helicopter
6. Lemon Lime Be On Time
7. Trans Dyn - O - Myte
8. Shady Creepers
9. We. Have. You. Did.
10. Stompin Up The Stairs (With My Moustache On)
11. What's All This Brew Ha- Ha?

[If you can't wait, they are doing a ton of Midwest dates throughout the summer.]

FOUNDRY FEATURE ON DAYTROTTER

Sean over at DAYTROTTER does some of the best, most thoughtful writing we are blessed to focus our peepers on each week ... And as most people know, the whole Daytrotter crew are just amazing folks in general. They admirably keep with a motto of fostering artists and championing a positive vibe within the indie music community! (Which is super cool in our book.)

We were floored to get a chance for FFR to spend some time with them in Austin at SXSW in the temperamental Sound Team recording studio!

This FFR feature is what resulted from everyone's hard work and patience! (From a touch and go kind of night where everything electrical in the studio went crazy and everyone's festival sleep dep set in ... and truly tested the limits of the grand idea of the marathon recording sessions!) Truly the end result made us blush and took us all to a happy place. (It's nice when you can feel how much a person really listens to someone and truly cares about music through their writing ... and strives to uncover the hidden stories behind the songs.)

FFR SIGN WITH NICODEMUS AGENCY FOR BOOKING

We are very happy to announce the brand new partnership between The Foundry Field Recordings and The Nicodemus Agency. [Home to such bands as, Shapes and Sizes, Maserati, Canada, Decibully, Headlights, and Husky Rescue ... to name but a few on their great roster.]


If you would like to book The Foundry Field Recordings please feel free to contact:
seth@nicodemusagency.com

FOUNDRY FIELD RECORDINGS TODAY ON SPIN.COM

The Foundry Field Recordings Prepare for 'Battle'

April 30, 2007

Exclusive! Download the soothing shoegaze of "Battle Brigades II" from The Foundry Field Recordings.

For all their smolder, it's fitting that this Columbia, MO quartet chose the name The Foundry Field Recordings: just as a foundry uses furnaces to melt metal, these CMJ favorites bring an orange molten glow to their music. "Battle Brigades II" spills the band's apparent affinity for bands like Built to Spill and My Bloody Valentine, achieving a lush sonic soundscape with similarly warm fuzzed-out guitars and dreamy vocals. The Foundry Field Recordings will duck under the Emergency Umbrella label with their EP Fallout Stations, out June 5.

- BRIANA MOWREY, SPIN.COM

Now Hear This:
The Foundry Field Recordings - "Battle Brigades II" DOWNLOAD MP3

On the Web:
The Foundry Field Recordings at MySpace
battlebrigades.com

WITCH'S HAT ROCK CAKE SHOP NYC

Thank you to our good friend, the most amazing Schaffer The Darklord, for these awesome photos from the show on Monday! In other cool news, "Huzzah," was the 7th most downloaded song for the week over at Insound.

NEW WITCH'S HAT RECORD OUT IN STORES TODAY!

DOWNLOAD: "HUZZAH" - FROM THE NEW RECORD.

MASTERY OF THE STEEL hit stores nationwide today! (You should go get one, and ask if you local indie store has it ... and then come back and tell us - we love you in advance.)

FYI: THIS KILLER CLOSE-UP IMAGE OF GREG IN A HELMET WITH A SWORD [THANKS AND KISSES TO dRACOsINISTER BLADES.] IS THE AWESOME OFFICIAL COVER-ART FOR THIS RECORD!!!

(Don't be fooled by foolish iTunes - we are trying to get the wrong graphic taken down from there and fixed ASAP!)

IN "MORE FUN" NEWS THE CLEVELAND FREE TIIMES DID AN AWESOME "***" PRETTY SPOT-ON MUSIC REVIEW OF MASTERY OF THE STEEL:

"If four dudes who grew up on vintage metal like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest resided in NYC during the dance-punk explosion, they'd either throw full beers at the Rapture every time they took the stage, or they'd start a band that sounds like Witch's Hat. That's right — somehow a band has found a way to combine big guitars, a crafty rhythm section, half-shouted vocals and lyrics about octopuses, dragon slayers, vampires and aliens into a great record.

So how do they combine the fist-pumping machismo of metal with the too-cool-for-school hip of dance punk? Well, they don't. Witch's Hat casts off both those genres' prerequisites, instead creating a vibe that is both irony- and posturing-free. Sure, the fantasy lyrics can't be serious, but they seem to come more from the realm of goofy good times than from masculine assertion or tongue-in-cheek pretentiousness, and the music seems to work the same way. The funky bass lines aren't a demonstration of virtuosity, just a push onto the dance floor, while the bravado behind lyrics about robots aren't a display of testosterone, just a way to keep rocking - the only goal that Witch's Hat seems to have." — Matt Whelihan

BALD EAGLE HIT THE STUDIO

Bald Eagle loads up the van this week, and won't stop until they hit WI! They are going up to record the follow-up to the wicked crazy, "Bacon and Eggs, Dear!" Again they are calling in the talented engineering skills of Shane Hochstetler from the band Call Me Lightning!

(CML also has an awesome new record out on FrenchKiss and you should go get it.)

Until then ... here's some video of the Eagle:

THE FOUNDRY ROCKS SXSW 2007

Thank you to everyone who came out and saw The Foundry Field Recordings play at SXSW! (Thanks to Sambot for this great photo from IODA's opening day bash, too!)















Keep your eyes and ears peeled for FFR's in-studio on XMU and Daytrotter tracks recorded live during the festival.

THE FOUNDRY FIELD RECORDINGS RELEASE EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL EP WITH INSOUND

Columbia, MO collective Emergency Umbrella Records and Insound.com are pleased to announce an exclusive download-only digital release for The Foundry Field Recordings off their forthcoming EP Fallout Stations.

This exclusive feature has only been offered to a handful of other bands previously including Deerhoof, Beirut and The Detachment Kit, so this is very exciting news for the band! (And it was the #9 best selling item at Insound for the week of 03/12!)

You can hear, "Transistor Kids," on of the new songs on The Foundry's MySpace. For a two week period only, you can download the following three tracks exclusively at Insound.com.

These songs will not be available again until the release of their 6-song Fallout Stations EP, out June 5th. The full EP/companion to Prompts/Miscues will also have two other songs.

WITCH'S HAT ANNOUNCE NATIONAL DEBUT OF MASTERY OF THE STEEL

"Mastery of the Steel takes an original approach to rock music, and it gives new meaning to the concept of a timeless album." - Vox Magazine

"Mastery of the Steel is Columbia, MO cult rockers Witch's Hat's first album. Overall, the album successfully tames the snarling hellbeast that is the band's live shows onto record." - Sno-Cone Magazine

Following the recent success of The Foundry Field Recordings' album "Prompts/Miscues," and a sweet national distribution deal with the famed Alternative Distribution Alliance, (ADA), Emergency Umbrella Records is proud to announce the national debut release from the Adventure Rock band Witch's Hat on April 10th 2007.

Undeniably epic, somewhere between Iron Maiden and dance punk, Witch’s Hat brings forth its own signature brand of mountainclimbing-alien-vampire-dragon-octopus-robot-induced Adventure Rock. Not unlike Andrew WK, Tenacious D, Dragonforce, or Journey, Witch's Hat's "Mastery of the Steel" creates intimate visions of ancient and future worlds and boldly slays the line between darkly menacing and delightfully playful - with only the slightest hint of irony.

For instance, “Huzzah,” is an invigorating tale of a young medieval hero determined to save the virgin princess, where as, “Glodyany 1972,” is a haunting narrative of a vampire hunted by angry torch wielding towns-people. Also included in the album are
a few straight-ahead dance floor gems like, “Supply and Demand.” This particular song utilizes a simple truth chorus by pointing out how, “the law of supply and demand holds true: You supply the love - I demand it from you.”



Such mythos and bravado are obviously atypical song fodder, and Witch’s Hat revel in their glorious over the top whimsy raid. [This cheeky character trait becomes even more apparent at the ultratheatrical live shows - which revive the much missed and lamented role of the front-man as entertainer first and foremost.

The record’s true strength lies in its clever lyrics and detailed compositions, which are expertly arranged and demand a serious listen far beyond the fantasy-laden subject matter. The characters are built with a narrator’s expertise so that one can’t help but feel the emotion in each story. Mastery of the Steel takes an original
approach to rock music, and it gives new meaning to the concept of a timeless album.

To date, Witch's Hat have performed w/ the likes of Aqueduct, Vive Voce, The Paper Chase , Earl Greyhound, Bobby Conn, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, and more.



Watch "Huzzah" Live @ The Blue Note

"Mastery of the Steel" Track Listing:
01. Bomb Squad
02. WWVI
03. Octopus
04. Popsicles
05 . Mountain Climber
06. Space Baby
07. Supply and Demand
08. Huzzah
09. Dance Machine
10. Glodyany, 1972

Witch's Hat Live:
Mar 1 2007 Eastside Tavern Columbia, Missouri
Mar 16 2007 Blue Fugue Columbia, Missouri
Mar 28 2007 Mojo's Columbia, Missouri
Mar 30 2007 Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, Kansas
Apr 1 2007 Goofy Foot Omaha, Nebraska
Apr 4 2007 Hall Mall Iowa City, Iowa
Apr 5 2007 TBA Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 6 2007 Riverwest Commons Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 7 2007 Klinic Bar Madison, Wisconsin
Apr 12 2007 Gojangle 1 Chicago, Illinois
Apr 19 2007 Arlene's Grocery New York, New York
+ US Tour Coming Soon!

For more information, visit:
www.myspace.com/witchshat
www.emergencyumbrella.com
www.myspace.com/emergencyumbrella

FFR + CMJ = ROAD TRIP!

Mary Nguyen of The Columbia Tribune tagged along with FRR to The CMJ Music Marathon 2006 and wrote a cool article about the trip! You can read all about it: here

NEW ELLIE COME HOME RECORD STREETS TODAY

www.myspace.com/elliecomehome
www.elliecomehome.com

Jenn plays cello+++Maura plays violin+++Seth plays piano+++Matt plays bass+++Joey plays drums+++And there is singing:

http://www.elliecomehome.com/safe.mp3
http://www.elliecomehome.com/fliptheswitch.mp3
http://www.elliecomehome.com/premonition.mp3
http://www.elliecomehome.com/ididntnameyou.mp3

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ELLIE COME HOME BIO:

Ellie Come Home is nothing less than a five-person orchestra. The band began in 2005 as a chamber trio with piano, violin and cello. In early 2006, they expanded to include bass and percussion, which has given them more power than a lightning bolt from Zeus. ECH is like a classical danish with a creamy indie-rock filling. They're like Beethoven if he drank PBR and watched reruns of "Dawson's Creek."