When Calvin listed off his top-five tour essentials, he said he likes to bring a lot of green tea. What type of tea did he say is his favorite?
The answer to this question can be found on our weblog. To enter, send your name and your answer to the trivia question to eric@krecs.com. (Be sure to send it from an email address we can contact you at in case you win.)
We’re giving away a free copy of the new LP by The Hive Dwellers, Hewn From the Wilderness [KLP241]. This is Calvin’s first full-length to come out in five years, and it’s amazing! To enter to win, answer this question correctly:
When Calvin listed off his top-five tour essentials, he said he likes to bring a lot of green tea. What type of tea did he say is his favorite?
The answer to this question can be found on our weblog, and submissions have to be in by Monday, June 4th. To enter, send your name and your answer to the trivia question to eric@krecs.com. (Be sure to send it from an email address we can contact you at in case you win.) We’ll be posting a video next Tuesday to announce the winner. Good luck!
Kendl Winter just sent us this video for her song “Sharp Stones” (off of her K debut, Apple Core [KLP224]), made by her friend Maureen Hart Milligan. Gorgeous!
Motorbikes, the project of singer/songwriter Paul Benson, is trying to get enough money to master and press his new record, Notion Free, on vinyl. Paul is playing with LAKE and Mount Eerie these days, and it’d be awesome if you could support his project! Check it out over at his Kickstarter.
This is a freckled, summery song, written for all of your next mixtapes. Lovers Without Borders (Karl Blau, Allen Peril, and Jessica Bonin) will be putting out a single in our International Pop Underground series of 7” singles soon! Keep your eyes peeled.
Angelo Spencer did a remix of “The Hunch,” a song by the wondrous Maxines. He sent it over this morning, and it sounds otherwordly—transmitted from some martian station, intercepted by earth as a wonderfully stuttering mess. This is a true alien jammer.
What was the name of the 20 minute film by Vanessa Renwick that TJO most recently scored?
The answer to this question can be found on our weblog, and submissions have to be in by Monday, May 21st. To enter, send your name and your answer to the trivia question to eric@krecs.com. (Be sure to send it from an email address we can contact you at in case you win.) We’ll be posting a video next Tuesday to announce the winner! Good luck!
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From the vault, KARP EP “DD Fantasy” (1997)
Have you seen the KARP documentary yet?
Jeremy Jay and his band have been practicing down in Dub Narcotic Studio all this week, from early in the morning until late at night. They’ve got an amazing work ethic. It’s been great listening to them for the past few days, but now they’re heading out to tour the United States. Tonight they’re playing in Portland, OR, and then tomorrow they’ll be back here in Olympia to play at Midnight Sun. If they’re coming to your city, check them out!
Tons of shows with K artists are happening this weekend!
1/26/2012 (TONIGHT!):
- Angelo Spencer @ The Tractor Tavern in Seattle w/ GRAVELROAD
Kendl Winter’s new LP, The Mechanics of Hovering Flight, and The Maxines’Drugstore 7” officially release today! Behold our celebration piece, delicious vegan Monkey Bread. (The Monkey Bread was made by our intern (and highly talented vegan baker) Katy Hampton). Three cheers to delicious folk & rock and roll!
This is incredible. Phil Elverum (of The Microphones and Mount Eerie) is doing karaoke to a Li’l Wayne song. He busts some killer moves, and his rapping skills are impressive to say the least. This was presumably shot by Arrington de Dionyso.
Mount Eerie’s new Dub Narcotic Disco Plate, Distorted Cymbals, will be released on February 7th.
Here’s a video of Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets playing a couple of songs on a boat, part of a new web-series called Fishing With Clyde. After the song, there’s a discussion of bees and peanuts, as well as George Washington Carver—or just “Carve” to his friends. There’s even a puppet show, featuring the voice of Karl Blau!
This is Emily Beanblossom. She plays in the band Christmas, but is coming out with a new LP on K this spring under the name Ruby Fray. The new record is called Pith, was recorded at Dub Narcotic Studio, and sounds fantastic.
The Maxines playing live at the Timberland Library here in Olympia (our library is the coolest, in case you couldn’t already tell). Playing the drum set along side Kelly is Matt’s six-year-old nephew, Charlie, who, I’ve gotta say, is pretty awesome. Check it out!
