Launching this month is the Rok Lok Records Singles Club cassette series. Listen to the first batch on Bandcamp!
OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM (for fans of Jens Lekman, Mt Eerie)
http://roklokrecords.bandcamp.com/album/singles-club-1
THE ONLY GHOST IN TOWN (for fans of Further, Summer Hits, Lenola)
http://roklokrecords.bandcamp.com/album/singles-club-2
MONOGAMY (for fans of Refrigerator, Paste, Sentridoh)
Check out a video for the song “Unsung” by MONOGAMY which will be on their upcoming 3 song cassette on Rok Lok Records. This cassette is a part of the first batch of tapes in the Rok Lok Singles Club Cassette Series.
This is a brand new STARS ARE INSANE song called “A Little Something” that will be appearing exclusively on a upcoming compilation on Correspondence Tapes.
Stars Are Insane ”The Empty House” cd-r is a collection of previously unreleased songs presented in a proper album form and is out now on Rok Lok Records. This was the batch of songs that was originally intended to be the follow up to 2001’s Gay. Full color cover in a dvd case, full color insert, hand stamped cd-r, numbered and limited to 25 pieces and 13 tunes- all for $5 PPD.
Stream two brand new releases coming out on Rok Lok within the next few weeks.
DEEP POCKETS Demo cassette
http://roklokrecords.bandcamp.com/album/demo
(indie rock in the vein of Pavement, Silkwork, Sebadoh, etc)
STARS ARE INSANE A Plan…A Perfect Disaster cd-r
http://roklokrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-plan-a-perfect-disaster
(6th album. lo fi folk/shoegaze hybrid. For fans of Dump, Sentridoh, My Bloody Valentine, Red House Painters)
Finally! The long awaited “I Know Why They Call It Pop” tape comp will be available for order hopefully by the end of the week, but in the mean time feel free to stream it in its entirety at Bandcamp. Check it out:
http://roklokrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-know-why-they-call-it-pop
Two new STARS ARE INSANE songs, “Brace Yourselves” and “The Closest I Got to Portugal” from the upcoming sixth album A Plan…A Perfect Disaster have been posted on the Myspace page. A Plan…A Perfect Disaster cd-r is due out at the end of October from Rok Lok Records. A download will also be available via Bandcamp.
Check out the two new tunes at http://www.myspace.com/starsareinsane
Later this week the “I Know Why They Call it Pop” tape compilation is going to press. Speaking of which…
I want to sincerely thank everyone who submitted music to the “I Know Why They Call It Pop” tape compilation and for everyone’s kind anticipation. I didn’t foresee the delay in putting this together but when it came down to it I just wanted to make the best damn compilation that I possibly could. So without further delay I would like to formally announce the track listing for the “I Know Why They Call It Pop” tape comp. If you are on this list and I haven’t been in touch with you please drop me a line so I can get your address to send you some tapes. The artwork is being finalized right now and it will be going to press in a next week, for real. The final tape will be in a yellow clam shell with a full color j-card and a fold out insert. And did I mention that all of these tracks are exclusive to this comp? So…drum roll please…
side a
1. Tiny Sheep “Eyes or Something Like It”
2. Sloane Peterson “Bridges”
3. Babe Florida “Pe de Amoras”
4. Blanket Truth “Hide Yourself”
5. The Only Ghost in Town “See You Around the Galaxy”
6. Hi Guy “Hey Lady”
7. Screen House Music “January 14 2009”
8. Tyler Kuliberda “Pop Song #2”
9. Sure Toss “Another Girl of My Dreams”
10. Destructasaurus Rex “youknowhatimsayin?youknowhatimean?”
side b
11. Beta Male John Wayne “Pieces In”
12. Swell As Hell “Painting Naked By the River”
13. Shaolin Finger Jab “Shaolin Dream”
14. Golden Gurls “Shelved”
15. Animauled “Plaster Cast of Semenya “
16. Howard the Duck “Pug Life”
17. Big R “Just Wait Enemy Coming”
18. Stars Are Insane “I Said It”
19. Little Swimmers “Stand Like the Child of a Ghost”
And if you are going “who?” then good. This project is intended to document the music people play and record in their bedrooms, basements, garages, etc just cause with out a care of a scene, record label, or whatever. Some of these projects never have recorded more than one song and perhaps maybe never intended to share their music with anyone outside of a small group of friends. While some of these projects are a little more established or prolific in that they make a 50 cd-rs or tapes of their latest album or whatever. The main point is that I feel these projects, while all different in their own way a capture a spirit that personally I feel is lost in the majority of independent music. From hipsters touting lo fi as an fashion accessory to bands with their comical yet biblical in nature bios/press kits. All of it seems so removed from what I love about indie rock. I grew up worshiping the output of labels like Shrimper, Sonic Enemy, K Records, Catsup Plate, X-Mas and Flannel Banjo. This is my tribute to those labels and the wonderful artists they have released records for over the years. It is also serves as a tribute to the wonderful Pop Narcotic compilation “Why Do You Think They Call It Pop?” which has been one of my favorite compilations for nearly 15 years now. That compilation as well as many other great comps releases in the 90s were special and served as means to define and document as opposed to just being some crass marketing tool that ends up never being listened to. I feel strongly that “I Know Why They Call It Pop” follows in the footsteps of all those great comps I spent my youth listening to and will be something that you will want to listen to.
