Fellow Project / GSD aka Raptorman Tour 2011!!

** for those of you who dont know GDS has changed their name to “Raptorman”**

April 15th - Lowell, MA @ The Ant Cellar w/ Fuge, Short Fuse burning, and Tragwag

April 16th - Boston, MA @ OBriens  w/ The new warden and Yale, MA

April 17th - Keene, NH @ The Starving Artist - w/ Young Mountain

April 18th - Plattsburgh, NY @ OTA Art Gallery w/ Welton Keating

April 19th - Montreal QC @ l’ESCO w/ Prevenge, Sober Dawn

April 20th - Toronto @ The Smiling Buddha w/ Attention

April 21st - Hamilton @ Doors

April 23rd - Buffalo, NY @ Sugar City w/ white whale, KDC

And if you haven’t already pick up FELLOW PROJECT’S Boots 7 inch what are you waiting for? Order at http://www.roklokrecords.com

http://www.myspace.com/fellowproject
http://www.myspace.com/goselldrugs

It seems like every release I have lately is a long time in the making but such is the struggles of balancing real life with what I want to do with the label. So it would seem that this one would be no different…Every release I do is an absolute labor of love but this release definitely holds a special place in my heart. THE ONLY GHOST IN TOWN is a solo project by my friend Dan who is better known for holding down the low end in the excellent New Jersey based indie rock band By Surprise. Dan and I started exchanging emails back and forth discussing our mutual interest various indie rock and indie pop bands as well the aesthetic of lo fi culture. After awhile he let me know about this little project he had been cooking up. Within the first 15 seconds of the song “Like Candy” I was absolutely hooked on every fuzzy guitar note and reverb soaked vocal melody. And with each subsequent song that he sent me it just got better and better. To the point where I told him I had to release the songs in some manner on Rok Lok. We discussed it and felt that the cassette format would be ideal for this music. Personally, it brings me back to my roots of getting interested in DIY music by consuming Shrimper Records tape releases.

THE ONLY GHOST IN TOWN plays super infectious lo fi indie pop/shoegaze that is in the vein of bands like Further, The Summer Hits, Drop Nineteens, Veronica Lake and Jesus & Mary Chain. Short bursts of fuzzed out pop tunes that begs multiple replays. This pro duped tape is imprinted on white clam shells and packed in beautiful full color artwork. Limited to 100 pieces. $5 PPD in the US.

on Myspace http://www.myspace.com/theonlyghostintown
Free Stream & Download the track “Aware” on LastFM http://www.last.fm/music/The+Only+Ghost+In+Town/The+Summer+was+Over+Before+it+Began

DOWNLOAD ROK LOK RECORDS FREE SUMMER MIX!!!

In another step in getting with the times I have assembled a sampler of sorts that has tracks from upcoming and recent releases as well as some older but still available (and rad too boot!) releases. Download it for free here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=20F37VXH


FELLOW PROJECT 7 INCH COMING SOON

There are several reasons I feel awful that this record has been so delayed, firstly as my responsibility to the band to get their record out but probably more importantly is that these songs are so incredible that it is absolute crime that it isn’t on everyone’s turntable right now. If you need further convincing please stream the 7 inch in its entirety on Last FM (see link below). Fortunately, for fans of awesome music won’t have to wait much longer as this incredible 4 song ep is in production and should be out soon. Amazing, rocking indie rock with great lyrics and vocals. Take the lyrical gusto of Lou Reed channeled through stuff like Television, The Modern Lovers and The Feelies with a bit more of a modern approach. I even hear early Cursive in here. Indie rock that actually rocks. Features members of Bridge & Tunnel, and Yes Sensei as well as ex On the Might of Princes. A pressing of 300 pieces with a full color cover and insert
http://www.myspace.com/fellowproject
Stream the 7 inch on Last FM http://www.last.fm/music/Fellow+Project/7+inch 


LAST CALL ON THE DUDE JAPAN/WEED HOUNDS “SPLIT” 7 INCH

I just wanted to let everyone know that I am down to 3 copies of the Dude Japan/Weed Hounds “split” 7 inch. Get your copy now or miss out!! There are a few mailorder sites that have copies as well :

http://jigsaw-records.com/
http://blog.lostsoundtapes.com/
http://deadbrokerecords.com
http://www.parasol.com/

Additionally, fellow labels please get in touch about trades. And for artists/bands without labels get in touch as well so I can carry your stuff in the distro.

UPCOMING RELEASES

-DUDE JAPAN “Simple Living” cd-r (Following up the split with Weed Hounds here is a brand spanking new song 6 song ep. Contuining to pilfer only the finest to create their blend of super melodic, buzzing guitar indie rock pop bliss. For fans of Velocity Girl, Superchunk, Further, Archers of Loaf, Tiger Trap, etc. Includes a Tiger Trap cover!!!! A ultra cool tape version is coming on Lost Sound Tapes. If you haven’t already be sure to pick up DUDE JAPAN demo (aka “Teenage Summer EP”) tape version on Dead Broke Records which has three exclusive tracks not available on the cd-r. DUDE JAPAN is currently at work on material for a full length as well as some split 7 inches, if any labels are interested in helping release these please get in touch.)
http://www.myspace.com/dudejapantheband http://blog.lostsoundtapes.com/
http://www.deadbrokerecords.com


-V/A “I Know Why They Call It Pop” tape (After a period of submissions and compiling a solid track listing that speaks solidly to what was intended with this project I am thrilled to basically have this ready to go to press once the Fellow Project 7 inch returns. Rachel Wolf, whose artwork has been featured in the various Weed Hounds releases has been kind enough to lend her talents to this project. I think people who enjoy lo fi bedroom music will enjoy this release a great deal and appreciate the passion and honesty in every track showcased here. With so much focus on touring powerhouses or full bands lost in the shuffle most of the times are the people that just do music for fun for themselves in their bedrooms and maybe only sharing with a handful of friends. And for too long comps have been reduced to a marketing tool, this project hopes to reconnect and find something special within the format and use it as a platform for folks who don’t have the opportunity to share their music and art at shows they way bands do. This compilation is to document those creative individuals and the music they create in their bedrooms. Inspired by the lo fi movement of 90s 4 track culture, Shrimper Records and modifying the title of an essential 90s indie rock compilation (“Why Do You Think They Call it Pop” on Pop Narcotic Records) this tape limited to 100 pieces will host a variety of different sounds ranging from indie pop, shoegaze, folk, ambient, post punk, noise, etc.)

-SANDY CITY “Surfin’ WA” 12 inch (Amazing West Coast lo fi indie surf punk. For fans of Eric’s Trip, The Beach Boys, Husker Du, Cause Co-Motion, early Tullycraft and Crayon. The tape version on Fox Pop Recording Co has been blowing my mind for months now and I can’t get it to leave my tape deck. 300 one sided silk screened 12 inches. As a side note be sure to pick up there absolutley awesome “Nice Hat!” 7 inch on Party Ngg)
http://www.myspace.com/sandycitywa


Distro Update:

A Flower Kollapsed “Brown Recluse” 10 inch (restock)
Charlie McAllister “Wheel of Fortune” 7 inch
Cherry Point/Dance Wounds “split” cassette
Cowboys Became Folk Heroes “Discography” lp
Dolcim “Guillotine Ride” cassette
Fellow Project/Thousandaires “split” 7 inch
Fire Team Charlie “And Everything Will Be Undone” 10 inch
Her Breath on Glass “Building Monuments to Survival” lp (restock)
Men As Trees “Weltschmerz” tape Moon Socket “It’s the End of the Trip” 7 inch (restock)
Sinaloa “s/t” one sided 12 inch Sloane Peterson “Second Chances” 7 inch
Suffix “s/t” cassette
Tugboat 3001 ad “First Tell Me Your Name” 7 inch (restock)
Weed Hounds “Best Friends” 7 inch


Check out the online distro filled with vinyl, tapes and cds at http://www.roklokrecords.com
Rok Lok Records on Last FM http://www.last.fm/label/Rok+Lok+Records
Rok Lok Records on Myspace http://www.myspace.com/roklokrecords