January 2012
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FREE Contract Advice. No More Signing Deals that...
I am setting up a FREE advice email for any bands out there that have been sent a written contract to sign by a label, booking agent, marketing firm, label scout, manager - whatever. I’m begging all bands to NEVER just sign without first getting some real advice and understanding of what it is you are agreeing too. I started Sargent House as a manager and in that time I have seen some of...
December 2011
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Happy Birthday to Marc StSauveur Jr
Happy Birthday to Marc StSauveur Jr today. It’s not easy having your Birthday be on New Years Eve. I know this because mine always landed on or around Thanksgiving and my poor brother’s is on Christmas, talk about getting the B-day shaft! But I will never forget it’s your Birthday Sauce because I love you big man, you bring the High to the Five in Fang Island and you are not...
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Alarm Magazine Names Their Top 50 Albums - We've...
We can always count on Alarm Press for their great taste. So it’s not a surprise that they picked 5 of our albums on their Top Albums of 2011 List. Including: Adebisi Shank, And So I Watch You From Afar, Hella, Russian Circles & Zechs Marquise. Sadly the list is referred to as the Unheralded Top 50 because they are one of the few publications that look beyond the same cut...
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LA Times Pop & Hiss' Todd Martens Top Albums of...
On May 10, the No. 1 act on this list officially released its new album. Not a day has gone by since when I didn’t listen to at least one song from that CD.That made picking a favorite release in 2011 a rather easy task, but what follows are 14 other albums I still can’t wait to hear again. There will be no extended essay or grand cultural commentary here, just some artists I...
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Our Stage Names Zechs Marquise in its List of The...
Zechs Marquise live clip of Mega Slap from the album Getting Paid.
“Speaking of artists this very column might have hipped you to, Zechs Marquise is mainly known for their connection with the weird and wonderful world of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, of The Mars Volta fame. ZM is chiefly occupied by Omar’s brothers, and Getting Paid‘s punchy, powerful mix of jazz fusion, progressive rock, ’70s...
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This Is Not A Scene Interview with: Deafheaven
Bay Area darlings Deafheaven were one 2011′s more pleasant surprises. A poetic union of post-rock, shoegaze and black metal captured the attention of the entire metal community, and a successful tour with Russian Circles stole the hearts of their fans. Debut album “Roads to Judah,” released through Deathwish in April, found its way onto the selective year end lists of Pitchfork and NPR,...
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Russian Circles' Brian Cook Gives Seattle Rock Guy...
Ten albums Brian Cook really liked in 2011, in no particular order with links to stream. Death Grips - Exmilitary Helms Alee - Weatherhead Christina Vantzou - No. 1 Steve Hauschildt - Tragedy & Geometry Adebisi Shank - This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called… Rotten Sound - Cursed And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs Bloodiest - Descent Moholy - Nagy – Like Mirage Triumph of Lethargy...
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Australian Musician Magazine Video Interview with...
Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes video interview with Australian Musicians Magazine.
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The Copenhagen Post's Top International Album...
1. Deafheaven, Roads to Judah A black metal band on a hardcore label whose debut release has a grand total of four tracks sounds like a recipe for disaster, but it’s actually the makings of the best extreme metal album of 2011. Despite seeming like diametric opposites, deafheaven’s despair via black metal finds a perfect partner in the elongated soundscapes of shoegaze, Roads to Judah is...
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Christmas Miracles Do Come True! New Holiday Song...
Happy Holidays from Adebisi Shank
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Circuit Sweets Rad Releases of 11' Tera Melos'...
Rad Releases ‘11- Tera Melos
Continuing our Rad Releases feature is a band who have not only made our year here at Circuit Sweet but also been a regularly featured band throughout the past 12 months. We have the honor in speaking to Tera Melos to find out their top releases.
In June of this year Circuit Sweet had the honour of meeting Nick Reinhart after witnessing a tight...
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Ear To The Ground Live Review: Good Old War At...
We got a chance to sit down with Good Old War guitarist Dan Schwartz before the Cleveland House of Blues show on Sunday night. Dan was kind enough to give us some info on the upcoming album and subsequent tour. We’re excited to share our impressions of the future plans as well as the show itself. Suffice it to say we loved it.
Dan explained that the new album still uses the same...
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Guitar World Names Wata from Boris in Top 10...
Wata from Boris “Tight, skilled and never a dull moment, Japanese trio Boris are known for combining metal, noise, psychedelic rock, ambient and pop to create their own unique take. Launched in 1996, the band has recorded 17 studio albums. Drummer-vocalist Atsuo, bassist-guitarist-vocalist Takeshi and guitarist-vocalist Wata rely on instinct and raw emotion to guide their creative...
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Pitchfork's Guest List: Russian Circles List their...
Russian Circles contribute their list of Albums to check out from 2011 for Pitchfork’s end of the Year Guest list. And a big thanks to Russian Circles for introducing us to Deafheaven and bringing them into the Sargent House family.
Craft: VOID Do you know how long we’ve been waiting for this album to finally come out? They’ve been posting teasers about it for a couple of...
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COS: Big Sir New Album Song Premiere "Ready On The...
Big Sir, the Los Angeles-based project of vocalist Lisa Papineau (ME & LP, M83, Air) and The Mars Volta bassist Juan Alderete, will release their third album, Before Gardens After Gardens, in February. The two composers’ articulate, electronic-tinged blend of R&B, jazz, and hip-hop falls somewhere between Papineau’s acoustic solo work and Alderete’s forays into prog-rock as part of...
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Chicago Tribune: Top Concerts of 2011 In At #1 LE...
Greg Kot Music critic Here are my favorite concerts from 2011:
1. Le Butcherettes at Lollapalooza, Aug. 5: Teri Gender Bender, aka Teresa Suarez, wears a red-stained butcher’s smock and flings her high-heels into the crowd, the better to stomp, twirl, somersault and stage-dive, while working her three-piece garage-punk band to exhaustion. She assumes a new personality every few ...
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Relix Live Review: Good Old War at Brighton Music...
Good Old War, the indie trio out of Philadelphia, dropped in on the Brighton Music Hall in Allston, MA for a show that was…well, everything a show in a packed club on a Saturday night should be: loud, rollicking, arms-in-the-air fun.
The band features Tim Arnold on drums, Dan Schwartz on guitar and Keith Goodwin on keyboard (the name Good Old War derives from portions of each of their last...
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Paul McCartney and Adebisi Shank - Shankly Having...
They say they are not making a new one this year so I’ll have to use last years Holiday Song. Happy Holidays from Adebisi Shank and Paul McCartney.
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2011 Our Year In Review
What a year. Sargent House and Rodriguez Lopez Productions artists put out some damn fine albums this year and we encourage you to take a listen to any you may have missed, we have put a link to stream in full each of them. We are also very excited for 2012 we’ve got a load of great music coming your way from Big Sir, Good Old War, Fang Island, Adebisi Shank, This Town Needs Guns, Omar...
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Guitar World Names Its Top 50 Albums of 2011...
29. Russian Circles - Empros Released: October 25, 2011 (Sargent House)
Click to See Full Top 50 List
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Tonight on 91.9 WFPK Radio Louisville : Interview...
9pm-1am – FPK’s Afterdark with Sean Cannon 10pm EST / OR 7pm PST Tune in online for the Interview Hour with Cathy Pellow owner of Sargent House. I will be rambling on about the usual stuff I ramble about.
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Sargent House / RLP's "We Love You" Holiday Free...
Ho, Ho, Ho. You know us over at Sargent House and Rodriguez Lopez Productions, we like to turn people onto music, and we like to thank the people that support us and all our bands over here. So on December 23, 24 & 25 we will be giving away up to 100 FREE downloads each day of our albums so that you can try something NEW, or so that you can finally get that album you wanted but have just been...
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Fang Island's Life Coach Is the Score to This Life...
I love fan made videos, thanks Josh Pfaff for sharing your Fang Island “Life Coach” video with all of us. Made me smile.
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Jeph Jacques Best Albums of 2011 - Best...
#4 And So I Watch You From Afar- Gangs
OH MY GOD WE WON THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE LOTTERY AND WE’RE SPENDING THE LOTTERY MONEY ON A FUCKING ROCKET SHIP AND WE’RE GONNA GO CARVE A HUGE DICK ON THE MOON WITH A GIANT LASER WE PUT ON THE ROCKET SHIP AND ALL OF OUR PETS HAVE BECOME IMMORTAL AND WE JUST MADE OUT WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON WE’VE EVER MET AND IT TURNS OUT THEIR MOM...
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Kicking Against The Pricks : An Album of the Year...
Speaking objectively, there were better and more elaborate albums that 2011 had to offer. Bolder, though? Not really. Thinking about music in 2011, especially in the “indie” sense of the word, terms like “safe,” “sanitary,” “sterile” come to mind. The threat of a non-accessible, non-commercial and non-saccharine underground being bolstered by do-it-yourself record labels seems more...
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Deafheaven's Headline European Tour February 2012
Deafheaven will be going to Europe in February for their first tour overseas. Joining them on their Headlining tour on all shows will be Hierophant. Check links to supports and venue information.
DEAFHEAVEN & HIEROPHANT EUROPEAN TOUR 2012 Feb 03 - Antwerp, Belgium @ JH Kavka w/ La Dispute, Former Thieves Feb 04 - Essen, Germany @ Cafe Nova Feb 05 - Hamburg, Germany @ Astra Stube Feb...
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Omar Rodriguez Lopez Trio live from Melbourne
Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Juan Alderete & Deantoni Parks make up the ORL Trio. They just played a Sold Out Australian tour. Thanks to CarbieWarbie for this video from one of the 2 Sold out Melbourne shows.
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Brooklyn Vegan's Top 30 Heavy Albums / Deafheaven...
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Remezcla: Q&A: Make no mistake, Le Butcherettes...
Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes has undeniably become one of the most exciting performers in rock right now. Since winning both “Best New Artist” & “Best Punk Record” honors at Mexico’s Indie-O awards in 2009, Teri and Le Butcherettes have taken their butcher rock diatribe to new heights. Under the mentorship of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Le Butcherettes have tightened their sound into...
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Good Old War 's Come Back As Rain Pre-Orders &...
Good Old War’s new album “Come Back As Rain” is now available for Pre-Order. Pictured above is the Deluxe bundle limited to just 300 orders with special items that will not be available separately. We also have CD & Vinyl bundle deals available and of course you can also just order the CD or Vinyl separately. The album comes out on March 6, 2012 in stores but all...
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ARTICLE: What Independent Book Publishers Can...
Cool article where they compare Sargent House to Indie Publishing (Read Full Article) Managing Bands For The Sake Of The Music
In 2006, Cathy Pellow saw that one her favorite bands, RX bandits, was nearing its demise. Frustrated by bad experiences with the music industry, the band was ready to throw in the towel and never look back. But Pellow, a big fan, didn’t let them. Instead, she...
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Paste Magazine's Good Old War Song Premiere:...
Indie-folk trio Good Old War will release their third full-length album Come Back as Rain on Sargent House March 6, 2012. The album was recorded last spring in Mike Mogis’ (Bright Eyes, Cursive) Omaha, Neb. studio and was produced by Jason Cupp.
The album will be the band’s first since their self-titled effort in 2010. Vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Keith Goodwin said the album was...
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Marriages Renew Their Vows with Sargent House
We are so happy to announce that Sargent House will be managing and putting out the first release of the new band Marriages featuring Emma Ruth Rundle, Gregory Burns and David Clifford of our very own Red Sparowes. We love when our family has kids and this is their new baby. Some of you may wonder how did it all start? Does this mean Red Sparowes is over? No, of course not! But a funny thing...
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Gypsyblood Superstition REMIX
Remix of the Gypsyblood track Superstition from the album Cold In The Guestway
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Dirty Impound New Artists To Notice: Zechs...
Getting Paid (released September 27) is a work best enjoyed dressed in a velvet suit whilst sucking down whippets on a round sofa as monkey butlers peel grapes and mix cocktails. At least that’s the sort of strange scenes from the gold mine that shake loose inside one’s mind while the second album from Zechs Marquise spins. This beatifically bug-fuck album dips into early 70s Miles Davis...
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LA WEEKLY Names its TOP 5 Live Shows in Los...
3. Iggy and the Stooges, Le Bucherettes Hollywood Palladium, December 1st
“A Stooges show is unlike any other,” wrote Henry Rollins after their recent performance. “It’s like the chase scene in an action film. It’s like watching a boxing match that goes the distance. It is not just another night out — it is a chapter of your life.” Indeed, a Stooges...
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Russian Circles Land the #1 Album in Iann...
01. Russian Circles /Album: Empros Label: Sargent House
Why I Chose This: In reality Russian Circles and Tom Waits have tied for first. I place this instrumental album ahead of Waits simply because he’s a fucking legend and these guys aren’t…..yet. Russian Circles have completely outdone themselves with Empros. They have made a perfect record, an album so flawless that every time I listen...
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The Horn: Live Review: Zechs Marquise at Antone's...
Zechs Marquise performed at Antone’s in Austin, Texas on Friday, Nov 9th, 2011. Opening up for the prog-rock outfit were locals Parking and Equals…
…Zechs Marquise is like the Japanese anime character they are named after: unpredictable and unrelenting in their lightning-fast transitions between funked-out interludes and psychedelic rock passages. Rodriguez-Lopez brothers...
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Adebisi Shank Audio Interview with Explore Music
Mick Roe, drummer of Adebisi Shank joins Sully to talk about their music, Ireland, foot clan masks, zebras, and how a drummer runs a record label, Richter Collective.
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Tastemakers Review: Good Old War Live at Brighton...
Good Old War played Brighton Music Hall on December 10th to a sold-out house and, as expected, they brought it down. The opener, Val Emmich (better known as Jamie the coffee guy from 30 Rock – “I’m totally gay for Jamie!”), was a last minute addition to the tour, and played with only his own acoustic guitar and a second guitarist instead of his band, The Veeries. His songs were good, but I...
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Deafheaven's Roads To Judah - On End of Year...
Deafheaven’s album Roads to Judah out now on Deathwish, Inc has been ending up on a lot of Best Metal Album of 2011 Lists. We agree, the album kicks serious ass.
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Tera Melos: Violitionist Sessions 3 Live Track...
3 QUESTIONS ONE: What’s behind your obsession with The Simpsons? Nick Reinhart: Someone came up to our merch table the other day and said “Hey! I’ve got a question! What’s the deal with The Simpsons obsession?” And Nathan and I were just like, “What do you mean?” Nathan Latona: I asked him, “Have you ever watched The Simpsons?” It’s not like it’s not a deep show on many levels, and it’s not...
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Indie 30: RECORD REVIEW: AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM...
Originally released in Ireland and Europe earlier this year, Gangs, the second release from the honest, hard working Northern Irish post rock band And So I Watch You From Afar recently received a much deserved North American gong through Sargent House taking the then quartet’s music to a much wider audience. Following up their heavy sounding self titled debut with an equally muscular...
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The IPaintMyMind Print Series : "Animal Pharm" by...
“Animal Pharm” by SONNY KAY for The IPaintMyMind Print Series Print size: 26”x26” / Image size: 24”x24”
“This print, Animal Pharm, took shape slowly over the past year. It might even hold the record for the longest gestation of anything I’ve made (not including the albums with finished art that ORL occasionally just doesn’t put out)....
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Boris ' New Album Debuts #1 Most Added on CMJ
Boris’ “New Album” is the #1 most added on CMJ in it’s debut week. Nice. If you haven’t heard it yet you can stream it at SPIN in full - New Album is now available everywhere. Purchase CD or Vinyl
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Deafheaven Makes the Best New Bands of 2011 List...
Deafheaven:
Meshing the trance-inducing atmospherics of Burzum-derived black metal with the towering beauty of early-‘90s shoegaze is nothing new, but San Francisco’s Deafheaven does so with such vibrancy on their first album Roads to Judah (Deathwish, Inc.). The sky’s the limit with this band.
Stream Roads to Judah here.
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GOOD OLD WAR - Acoustic & Chat Livestream from New...
Good Old War will be doing a live acoustic & chat session on Livestream this Thursday, Dec 15 at 4pm ET that’s 1pm PST. Tune In to hear some classic and some new jams from their upcoming album Come Back As Rain out this March 2012 on Sargent House . The album is so sweet! We are overjoyed
Tune in on 12/15 here: http://www.livestream.com/goodoldwar
