NYC’s TEE PEE Records To Showcase at CMJ Music Marathon, Pop Montreal International Music Festival
NYC’s TEE PEE Records To Showcase at CMJ Music Marathon, Pop Montreal International Music Festival
Highly Respected Rock Record Label Rolls Out Free 17-Song Label Sampler via Facebook
New York City based independent rock label TEE PEE Records has announced plans to showcase at two of North America’s most celebrated music festivals in the coming weeks. On Thursday, September 22, TEE PEE will proudly showcase an array of its artists at the 10th annual POP MONTREAL Festival, an annual music festival occurring in Montreal, Quebec. Artists slated to appear include Canadian psychedelic rockers QUEST FOR FIRE, fast-rising Brooklyn stargazers NAAM, Toronto hardcore punks BURNING LOVE and Brooklyn “astral metal” band ELKS. For additional details on the showcase, visit this location.
The following evening (September 23), TEE PEE will bring the family to Toronto, ON with a supercharged show at The Silver Dollar Room. QUEST FOR FIRE and ELKS will bring the rock and the whole shebang will conclude with a (super loud) performance from NAAM. For full details, click HERE.
RED SPAROWES CONFIRMED TO HEADLINE NEW WEIRD AMERICA FESTIVAL, SATURDAY, JULY 2nd.
Respected rock label TEE PEE RECORDS and the LA Record will present the second annual “NEW WEIRD AMERICA” Festival on Saturday, July 2 at the Nomad Gallery (1993 Blake Ave, Los Angeles). Following the success of the 2010 NWA Fest, this year’s installment promises an even “bigger and better celebration of the arts” that will open with a very special group art show titled “Twin Infinities” at the Nomad on Friday, July 1.
On July 1, all eyes will be focused on the “Twin Infinities” art show and festival launch at the Nomad. The event will kick off at 6:30 PM and feature original artwork and photography from such well known artists as Melinda Beck, Ross Farrar (of Ceremony), Tim Kerr, Stephen O’Malley (SUNN O))), etc.), Mike Watt (Iggy and the Stooges, The Minutemen) and many, many more. A “very special musical guest” will also be performing. RSVP via the event’s Facebook event page at this location .
TEE PEE RECORDS TO RELEASE THREE ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY FROM ACCLAIMED LOS ANGELES ROCK BAND BLUEBIRD
Retrospective Collection Highlights LA Band’s Masterful Balance of ‘Pop Sensibility and Sonic Battery’
On August 13, Tee Pee Records will proudly issue Saguaro (1995-2003), a deluxe triple CD collection of the very best from celebrated Los Angeles rock band BLUEBIRD. Saguaro (1995-2003) gathers peak performances culled from BLUEBIRD‘s critically-acclaimed 2003 Dim Mak-issued album Hot Blood (mixed by Joe Baressi, with guest appearance by MC5’s Wayne Kramer) and reaches all the way to the quintet’s 1997 self titled debut, Bluebird. The discography also includes tracks from the entrancing collaborative album, Black Presence(2003), which was created in a series of freeform jams with BLUEBIRD and members ofQueens of the Stone Age, Earthlings, White Zombie, Pleasure Forever and others as well as the critically acclaimed EP High Atmosphere (1999), the band’s breakout album The Two (2000, Dim Mak) and selections from various singles and compilation tracks which serve to further elucidate BLUEBIRD‘s unique sound. (more…)
Tee Pee Records SXSW Lineup
Tee Pee Records will be present at the 2011 SXSW Festival with three HUGE shows planned! All information is below.
Tee Pee Updates
Night Horse announces dates w/ The Fucking Wrath and Fireball Ministry!
2/11 Ventura, CA @ Zoeys Café w/ The Fucking Wrath
2/12 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern w/ The Binges + Electric Sister
2/24 Los Angeles, CA @ The Viper Room w/ Fireball Ministry + The Fucking Wrath
2/25 San Diego, CA @ The Shakedown w/ Fireball Ministry + The Archons
2/26 Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar w/ Fireball Ministry + Wulfbane (more…)
TEE PEE RECORDS TO SHOWCASE AT 2011 SXSW FESTIVAL
ESTEEMED ROCK LABEL ANNOUNCES SPRING EUROPEAN LABEL TOUR
Top 20 of 2010 – Bill’s Picks
2010 was a great year for music. There was so much good stuff released it was very hard to figure out what belonged where. I’ve been pondering over my list for a few months actually and really had a hard time figuring out who went where. This list is by no means definitive. There were a lot of albums released this year that could probably be on this list, but then again, I didn’t have time to listen to everything. Jake and I share similar taste so we’re going to have some of the same picks. Enough of the chitter chatter, on with the list.
20. Zed – The Invitation – I “liked” these guys on Facebook by mistake. I thought they were a Russian band called Zoe. It’s funny how a mistake can turn into a good thing. I discovered a great album, wrote the first review of it for them and I get to kick Mark’s ass in Words with Friends from time to time. He’s pretty good at it too. This album is one of the best independent releases of 2010 and I can’t wait to hear what 2011 and beyond holds for these guys.
19. Sea of Air – Sea of Air EP – Until I ordered the Night Horse 45’s that were released earlier in the year I had never heard of this band. They’re not real active online, I don’t think they have Myspace page either. Heck, when I wrote about their EP, it took them a few weeks to notice it on their Facebook page. Anyhow, these guys have stuck with me since.
Current Rotation: 11/30/2010
Since this is the first installment of my new feature, perhaps I should introduce it. As we at The Soda Shop are constantly finding new music to be addicted to and rediscovering old favorites. Instead of selfishly keeping my listening pleasures secret, I decided I should share with the world. I’m still unsure of how frequent these features will be. I expect they may be posted bi-weekly or monthly. (more…)
ANCESTORS & NIGHT HORSE SPOTLIGHTED IN “GO ON TOUR”, A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY
LOS ANGELES HARD ROCK BANDS ANCESTORS & NIGHT HORSE SPOTLIGHTED IN “GO ON TOUR”, A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY PRESENTED BY CONVERSE
FAST-RISING AMERICAN BANDS’ BRIMSTONE FILMED DURING EIGHT DATE TOUR OF WESTERN EUROPE
This past spring, two American rock bands embarked on a ten date tour of Western Europe. Celebrated, Los Angeles groups ANCESTORS and NIGHT HORSE traveled to Germany, Belgium, Italy, Austria and the UK as part of a run of live shows bookended around the 2010 Roadburn Festival, an event billed as “Europe’s leading underground festival for psychedelic, avant-garde, doom or any other variation of leftfield sonic pleasures,” where each performed to rousing response. Both bands captured the journey digitally and part one of the resulting short film – the Converse-presented “Go on Tour” — is available for viewing now at Converse.com. (more…)
Bandcamp Recommendations 10/21/2010
Happy Thursday everyone! Today I bring you my usual present, links to some cool and free music. Well, everything presented is free but there are cases where the bands offer a name your price. If you like it, you should donate what you can, buy a physical copy of the album, attend a show or buy some other merchandise so that they can continue to bring you cool music. With that said, on with the show.
You need this one! This is some great psychedelic rock.
“The foursome of John G., A.D., Reverend Ryk, and nimble sledge-drummer G pull you through torrents to a distortion crescendo of white-water noise. Sonically dark and weighty, Black Science swell with meters and phaser-effected guitars similar to those of the band Trans Am.” — TRENT MOORMAN, The Stranger (www.thestranger.com)
If you read this site then you’ve most likely at some point visited the Exploding in Sound blog. They have a knack for putting out great comp albums. Here’s their latest entry that has a lot of great groups like Night Horse and Alberta Cross. There’s 21 tracks total.
Here’s some female fronted hard rock that’s also part punk from a band called Vagina Panther.
11 tracks of white hot guitar sludge with producer/engineer Mario “J” McNulty (Ravonettes, Anti-Flag, David Bowie) at New York City’s infamous Looking Glass Studios right before it was shuttered.
Claiming influences such as signs written in poor English, bands that think they’re Jesus and fucked up train rides, Vagina Panther makes magic out of these touchstones. Vagina Panther is Dead June on vocals, Kit Days on Guitar, Johnathan Swass on Bass and Trent Good on Drums.
Next up is Arenna. They are from Spain. They play some kick ass desert stoner rock. This is their 2007 set of demos. Despite being demos, these sound really really good.
Next up is some cool progressive hard rock/metal. The band is Sinch. This is their Project Bluebird EP. This 6 track EP runs a cool 30+ minutes.
The Soda Shop Needs Help
As Jake posted on Facebook a few days ago, we’re looking for help. Him and I focus a lot on the rock side of things and we tend to neglegt the doom and sludge portion. Because of that we’re looking for a contributor or two to help add give those two other genres a little bit more exposure. Here is what we’re looking for:
Some writing experience preferred but not required. Please submit a few samples of your work. Samples may be cut and paste into an email, a URL or any other form.
We’re looking for people passionate about the doom and sludge genres of music. If you don’t absolutley love doom and sludge then still feel free to submit but keep in mind that doom and sludge is out top priority.
Must have both a Facebook and WordPress account. Knowledge of both also required. No HTML experience required but it certainly doesn’t hurt.
Contributors will be required to review doom and sludge albums and post the reviews on The Soda Shop blog and post links on The Soda Shop Facebook page. Whenever possible, post about doom and sludge related news onto the blog and Facebook page. Keep in mind, this is more or less done in your spare time. You put in what time you can and contribute as much as you can. We aren’t looking for someone that’s going to post something once every few months, please don’t bother if you’re that type.
Now this doesn’t pay money. We’re all as broke as the next person. We can pay you by giving you our thanks and from time to time, free music. Look at it as more of a way to unleash some of your creative side. We’re not as big as Rolling Stone so we don’t see they type of traffic and submissions they do. Perhaps with your help though we can get there.
After all that your still interested, well send an email to bill.goodman@thesodashop.us with your name and samples.
Night Horse Post New Video
Night Horse have updated their Youtube channel with the official music video for the song “Rollin’ On” which is off of their latest album, Perdition Hymns. Read the review of the album here and check out the video.
Tee Pee All Hallows Eve Party + More
TEE PEE RECORDS AND SPACELAND proudly presents “ALL HALLOWS EVE”
Thursday, October 28 & Friday, October 29
Spaceland (1717 Silver Lake Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026)
Featuring:
Night one: BLACK COBRA, ANCESTORS, BLACK MATH HORSEMAN & LANTVRN
Night two: BIG BUSINESS, NIGHT HORSE, THE FUCKING WRATH, THE SHRINE
* Special kick off performance by JASON SIMON on October 27 @ Vacation Vinyl
Pop Montreal 2010 presents the TEE PEE Records Showcase
Saturday, October 2
Katacombes (1635 St-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2X 2S9)
Featuring:
PRIESTESS
NAAM
MIRROR QUEEN
THE MAIN STREET GOSPEL
NORDIC NOMADIC
Purchase Jason Simon’s debut self titled album on CD or Vinyl.
White Color vinyl is limited to 500 copies and available while supplies last. Click on the cover image below to purchase.
Tee Pee News – Night Horse, Jason Simon, More
Vote for Night Horse on ZippoEncore.com ! If Night Horse comes in first Zippo will make 50 custom Night Horse lighters! Vote HERE .
Purchase Jason Simon’s debut self titled album on CD or Vinyl.
White Color vinyl is limited to 500 copies and available while supplies last. Click on the cover image below to purchase.
Tee Pee Fall 2010 Showcases:
Pop Montreal 2010 presents the TEE PEE Records Showcase
Saturday, October 2
Katacombes (1635 St-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2X 2S9)
Featuring:
PRIESTESS
NAAM
MIRROR QUEEN
THE MAIN STREET GOSPEL
NORDIC NOMADIC
TEE PEE Records and CMJ present:
The 2010 TEE PEE Records CMJ Showcase
Friday, October 22
Union Pool (484 Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211)
Featuring:
PRIESTESS
NAAM
QUEST FOR FIRE
MIRROR QUEEN
THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX
HOPEWELL
WEIRD OWL
THE MAIN STREET GOSPEL
TEE PEE RECORDS AND SPACELAND proudly presents “ALL HALLOWS EVE”
Thursday, October 28 & Friday, October 29
Spaceland (1717 Silver Lake Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026)
Featuring:
Night one: BLACK COBRA, ANCESTORS, BLACK MATH HORSEMAN & IMAAD WASIF
Night two: BIG BUSINESS, THE FUCKING WRATH & 2 SPECIAL GUESTS TBA!
* Special kick off performance by JASON SIMON on October 27 @ Vacation Vinyl
Purchase Advance Tickets HERE .
Review – Rival Sons – Before The Fire
I’d like to thank The Soda Shop follower Jim P. For turning me onto this next band. Without him I doubt I would have run across Rival Sons. Rival Sons is a four piece band hailing from southern California. They play an awesome brand of late 70’s classic/hard rock. Think early Aerosmith. Vocalist Jay Buchanan even sounds a bit like Steven Tyler. While the comparisons are there, this band is not an Aerosmith tribute band.
The opening track “Tell Me Something” reminds me a bit of “Walk The Line.” More so in the way the song is structured and not so much as the way the song sounds. “Memphis Sun” is a big blues rock sounding song that gets pretty epic as it continues. It’s easily my favorite track on the album. The fourth track, “Angel” is just as great and epic. “Pocket of Stones” will rock your ears out til it bleeds. With track 6, “The Man Who Wasn’t There” the band band brings it down a few notches. The song is a much slower in both tone and tempo. “On My Way” is another bluesy track with that mixes the speed and is an epic song that wouldn’t surprise me if it wounded up on a movie soundtrack. The album ends with “Nanda-Nandana” which is a faster and upbeat tune and incorporates some different styles and sounds.
This album really took me by surprise. I’ve listened to it at least 10 times in the last 3 days. I’m currently listening to it as I write up this review. The album is for just about everyone. Whether you like old school 70’s, classic rock, hard rock and/or southern rock or bands like Aerosmith, Night Horse, Dirty Sweet or even Graveyard , you’ll like this. The album was released last year directly through the band. Check out what they have to offer on their sites.Leave your comments below, let us know what you think.
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Review – Night Horse – Perdition Hymns
Recently I reviewed Night Horse’s first album The Dark Won’t Hide You. I loved the album and wondered why I didn’t hear of them earlier. The only downside was the album was a bit short even with the web only bonus track. I was delighted when I found out that the band was less than a month away from releasing their sophomore followup. That album is now here and it’s called Perdition Hymns released through Tee Pee Records.
I’m going to go out on a limb right now and say that this album is going to be up for album of the year. It is a great album. What makes it so great is that unlike a lot of albums where each song is pretty much the same from song to song, this album each song is completely different than the last one. The speed, tempo and tone is so different you’d think that you were listening to a different album each time. The album is well mixed. At no time is one instrument dominate over the next and they don’t even drown out any lyrics or vice versa. Singer Sam Velde reminds me a lot of Chris Robinson in his style.
The album is such a throwback to southern classic rock with a mix of modern and gives it a nice even balanced sound. Think bits of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Crows and some Led Zeppelin. This is one album that will definately stand the test of time. Many years from now this album will be looked at as a classic and must own album. Night Horse have really outdone themselves with this album.
The album rocks your socks off with the starting track “Angel Eyes” up until the 5th track “Black Clouds.” “Black Clouds” slows it down a bit and mixes some Allman Brothers and Skynyrd. It’s got a little country in it as well. It’s a different pace from the beginning and it also shows that the band is not a one dimensional one.
The album closes off with the track “Same Old Blues” which, like “Black Clouds” is a slower song. It’s a cover originally written by song writter Don Nix. It incorporates some piano and organ. Its nod to southern blues rock, real mellow and the perfect track to close out an already impressive album.
This is one album that you don’t want to be without. If you liked their first album you’ll be pleased that it is as good, no, better then their first album. I believe that this album will pop up in many top 10 lists at the end of the year and is already in the running for album of the year on my list. Where will it end up on yours? Let us know in the comments.
Night Horse Interviewed On Noisecreep
California rockers Night Horse are all set to unleash their new album, Perdition Hymns on August 3rd. Recently they talked with Noisecreep abou the album.
“To make it timeless, I believe you have to be true to the nature of a group’s sound and spirit,” vocalist Sam James Velde told Noisecreep. “I think it starts with writing well-crafted songs that speak to the heart of the group’s sound. Then picking the right songs that flow together in a cohesive manner.
“Night Horse is a band heavily, heavily influenced by rock ‘n’ roll. With that said, we love all eras of rock ‘n’ roll and have never taken a ‘retro’ approach.
‘Perdition Hymns’ was recorded in five days, which left little margin for error, retakes or sleep. It also required an arsenal of faith in the man twiddling the knobs. “Matt Bayles had to really take the role of drill sergeant,” Velde said. “There wasn’t a moment for down time. We just came in every morning at the crack of dawn and just started recording.
Check out the entire article over at Noisecreep.
A Plethora Of Tee Pee News
The various items comes via Tee Pee Newsletter and various Myspace blog posts.
Sweet Apple add more tour dates including shows with Guided By Voices!
Ancestors have announced October tour dates with new Tee Pee Records labelmates The Fucking Wrath! Be sure to check out The Fucking Wrath at The Power Of The Riff Festival August 8th in Los Angeles!
Night Horse have announced dates in August and October. Stay tuned for September tour dates with Radio Moscow!
Hopewell will be touring with The Dandy Warhols this November!
Imaad Wasif is currently on tour with The New Pornographers and will be touring Europe and UK this September!
Quest For Fire is supporting Black Mountain this weekend and has added Canadian album release shows. More tour dates soon! Lights From Paradise is out August 31st!
Spindrift begins a West Coast tour this weekend and will be supporting Black Mountain on select dates!
The Warlocks have announced a November European/UK tour!
Kreisor performs at Pianos in New York City Tonight!
Check out the Tee Pee Tours Page for details on all.
A limited number of Ancestors and Night Horse (preorder below) European Tour t-shirts are still available in the Tee Pee Webstore .
NIGHT HORSE – PERDITION HYMNS is now available for preorder on CD and Limited Edition 2LP (color vinyl limited to 500 copies). Head to the Tee Pee Webstore to purchase your copy! Stay tuned for news on limited edition Night Horse bundles.
The Main Street Gospel – Love Will Have Her Revenge
Check out the MP3 Premier of “I Won’t Be Staying” on Shockhound.com
Click on cover image to purchase.
with performances by:
Lecherous Gaze (x-Annhilation Time)
Righteous Fool (members of C.O.C.)
The Shrine
Semen Sundae
DJ Sets by Greg Anderson (Southern Lord) & Sam James Velde (Night Horse)
New Night Horse Album Up For Pre Order
Tee Pee artist Night Horse have announced that their upcoming album, Perdition Hymns, is now up for pre order through the Tee Pee webshop. It’s available in one cd or 2 LP formats. The album is due to hit on August 3rd, 2010.
Review – Night Horse – The Dark Won’t Hide You
Well where do I begin? Well holly shit for starters. Night Horse is a kick ass rock band from L.A. They play some of the finest southern blues hard and classic rock music you’ll ever hear.
I’m not quite sure how I came across them but I do know that it was a while ago. I put the album on my phone because I thought the album cover looked neat. Well here I am a year later and I finally listened to them and man am I blown away. I would even go a far as to say that they are Tee Pee’s equivalent to Sasquatch. They do share a similar sound and style but Night Horse kicks it up just a tad but more.
The album is their debut from 2008 and it’s called The Dark Won’t Hide You. The songs are a hard rocking from the first note of “Don’t Need Your Lovin'” to the very last track “Heart And Soul” which is a bonus track. Each song has a different mix of the genres listed above. This album is so good and diverse that it’s really hard to pick a favorite. My only complaint with the album is that it’s a bit on the short side with 7 songs and 38 minutes long.
This review may be nearly 2 years late but it’s never to late to review any good album regardless of its age. Not only that but the band has just recently released a 3 track EP for free on their website in anticipation for their follow up album, “PERDITION HYMNS” which is due out August 3rd on CD and double LP.You can get it through their Myspace page.
Night Horse Links Myspace / Facebook / Tee Pee
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Night Horse “Sympathy Ain’t Free” EP Is Now Available
This one comes via Tee Pee Records blog
Head to http://nighthorsemusic.com/ and enter your email address. The free EP will be delivered to you via email.
The EP features “Rollin On” off of the upcoming Tee Pee release “Perdition Hymns” as well as two exclusive songs not available on the album, “Sympathy” and an acoustic version of “Black Clouds”
Tee Pee Records Update
Exclusive Ancestors and Night Horse T-Shirts are now available in the Tee Pee webstore . Limited runs and sizes are available. These t-shirts were only available on the recent Ancestors / Night Horse Roadburn Tour.
Ancestors ‘Of Sound Mind’ T-Shirt
Ancestors ‘Neptune With Fire’ T-Shirt
Night Horse ‘Headress’ T-Shirt
LA Weekly has premiered the brand new Night Horse track ‘Rollin On’ from their upcoming album ‘Perdition Hymns’ due out August 3rd. ‘Rollin On’ will also appear on a free EP Night Horse EP titled ‘Sympathy Ain’t Free’. The EP will be released on June 15th. Fans can download the EP by signing up to the Night Horse email list on the band’s website .
MP3 Download: LA Weekly Premier ‘Rollin On’:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/mp3/mp3-exclusive-night-horse-rollin-on/
We are proud to announce that Jason Simon of Dead Meadow is releasing his self titled debut solo album on Tee Pee Records. Release date: September 14th!
NAAM will be opening for DEAD MEADOW at tonight’s ROCKS OFF CONCERT CRUISE! Enter the code “naam” via the link below and get $5 off advance tickets!!
Night Horse New Album On The Way
Tee Pee has made a small announcement about Night Horse.
Night Horse return with their highly anticipated sophomore effort Perdition Hymns, produced and mixed by Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Mastodon, The Sword). Release date August 3rd, 2010!
Check Tee Pee’s website for updates.
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