August 2012
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EXCLAIM! Indian Handcrafts Reveal Sargent House...
Back in January, we learned that Toronto noise rock duo Indian Handcrafts had signed with U.S. label Sargent House to deliver the follow-up to their self-titled 2011 debut. Nearly eight months later, the band have finally unearthed the details. First thing’s first, the record is called Civil Disobedience for Losers, and it will hit store shelves October 30th. The 11-song sophomore set was...
July 2012
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East Village Radio Recommends: synth-punk trio No...
Should you require an eye-opener, may we suggest forgoing your usual three shots of espresso and giving the debut by Ireland’s No Spill Blood a listen. On their just-released Sargent House EP, Street Meat, the Dublin three-piece whips up a bone-shaking torrent of aggression from drums, bass & synthesizer. Admittedly, we don’t know much about what the kids are jamming into their ear holes on...
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SPIN Premiere: Indian Handcrafts' Melvins-Fried...
Canadian duo Indian Handcrafts are the latest in a short, ecstatic tradition of sludge-pop twosomes like Big Business, Seawhores and Tweakbird, who mix anthemic hooks with Lysol-drenched downtuned muckery. And like all those bands, they’re currently crewing with the mighty Melvins, scoring both Melvins drummers (Dale Crover and Coady Willis) and their longtime producer Toshi Kasai for...
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Deafheaven's DEMO Remastered on Limited Vinyl -...
Deafheaven’s first release demo has been remastered and is available for the first time ever on Vinyl 12” courtesy of Sargent House. You can pre-order it separately or take advantage of this limited bundle offer that includes a vinyl slip-mat and t-shirt printed on American Apparel with a copy of demo on Vinyl. Orders will ship on or around October 1st. ORDER HERE
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Good Old War Will Perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live -...
Good Old War will be performing two songs from their album Come Back As Rain on Jimmy Kimmel Live on August 14th! Sorry, the tickets to attend are already sold out - (damn that was fast) But you can still Tune in to ABC and watch it on Television!
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BBC Music Live Show Review: Adebisi Shank -...
DON’T MISS ADEBISI SHANK ON THEIR US TOUR WITH FANG ISLAND Adebisi Shank, Toby Kaar at Bunatee Bar, Belfast - Thursday July 26th Given that tonight’s gig in the Bunatee Bar is first and foremost an opportunity for Dublin rockers Adebisi Shank to test out new material as part of their “New Tunez” tour, it would be natural to assume that they might be a tad rusty on the...
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Ghettoblaster Magazine Features: Marriages
Marriages is featured in the new issue of Ghettoblaster Magazine Issue # 32 with Aesop Rock on the Cover - we love this publication - Support them by ordering the issue or even better SUBSCRIBE and you will get a great magazine with Music/Art/ Film and more! to see this full feature piece and so many other great bands! Don’t Miss Marriages on Tour with Russian Circles and Chelsea Wolfe...
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Zechs Marquise Begin US Tour with Fang Island &...
Zechs Marquise will be keeping it live and on the road. Just finishing up their co-headline tour tonight, July 27th in Philadelphia with And So I Watch You From Afar the El Paso boys will get no rest and immediately will join up with more Sargent House family for some US shows with Fang Island and Adebisi Shank. Then they head off for their first Headlining European Tour in support of their...
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Raves Across the Board for Chelsea Wolfe's First...
Chelsea Wolfe’s Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs will be released worldwide on October 16, 2012 on Sargent House on Vinyl, CD and Digital. Don’t miss Chelsea Wolfe on tour in support of her past album Apokalypsis and her upcoming follow up electric album that will also come out on Sargent House in Early 2013. Chelsea and her band will be on the road all of August with...
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Omar Rodriguez Lopez Featuring Teri of Le...
Octopus Kool Aid is an album that was completed in Feb 2011 and sat in the wild strawberries vault until its SURPRISE! release today on July 24, 2012. This is the first ORL album that features vocals by Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes and we assure you it’s not going to be the last… wait until you hear what’s coming. Don’t miss them all together on tour either. TOUR...
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Fang Island Interview: The Island of Happy...
The Providence/Brooklyn trio Fang Islandmakes over-the-top, uplifting rock music that could put a smile on the face of even the most belligerent, hateful, misanthropic pessimist.
The band’s sophomore album, “Major,” is out this week on Sargent House, and it’s even more absurdly ecstatic than their 2010 debut. From flashes of classical piano (“Kindergarten”) to bizarre combinations of hair-metal,...
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Tera Melos Perform " When Worms Learn To Fly" for...
Tera Melos stopped in for a sweet video session while they were in Dublin with our pals over at Cock And Bull TV. Here is a bonus track from that session of classic track ‘When Worms Learn To Fly” from the album Drugs/Complex. Big thanks to Charthouse Recording for the audio recording as well. You can see more from this session and their last one with Tera Melos HERE.
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Happy Birthday CGAK
Man, CGak we have been together so long you already know the Birthday Blog drill and you also know that I love you to death you freaky, badass Drumming monster. I hope you and the RX Bandits gang are doing up your Birthday right over in Brazil right now. Love You Mr Christopher Tsagakis, but you already knew that… HB/XO/CP
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Thanks For Being Born Caitlyn Margulis - Happy...
Wow, July is a busy Birthday month over here. Happy Birthday to my right hand girl! Miss Caitlyn Margulis. Man, I don’t know how any of our bands would have merch or make it on time to shows without you. You have changed my life being so damn good at what you do and loving our bands the way you do. You were born to be in this house girl!! I love you and am truly grateful for you. From...
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Alarm Magazine Feature Pedal Steel Music Lesson:...
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And this August 2012 don’t seeing Greg Burns and Emma Ruth Rundle of Red Sparowes new band Marriages on Tour with Russian Circles and Chelsea Wolfe MARRIAGES TOUR DATES HERE
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So You Think You Can Dance To Lisa Papineau & Jun...
Lisa Papineau sings on this track of Jun Miyake’s entitled “The Here And After” and well it was danced to on So You Think You Can Dance Season 9.. Go Mimes!
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Happy Birthday to Marc Jetton - My Rock
Happy Birthday to my one and only Sargent Marc. My partner in crime fighting. People may think that I do everything here at Sargent House but that’s a big fat lie. Without Marc Jetton this house would be a shed. You are the man behind the scenes, my partner in this all. Damn, it’s crazy to think you are turning the big dirty 30 today. When I met you and stole you from Interscope you...
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Cock & Bull TV: Audio Interview with Cathy About...
This podcast was meant to be about interviewing musicians, but 4 episodes in and we’ve already veered off course! But we feel it’s with good reason, Cathy is the driving force behind one of our favourite labels Sargent House. We thought it would be interesting to talk with Cathy about the music that shaped her personal tastes and inspired her to start her own label…. and of course listen to some...
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COS Premiere: Crypts "Territories" Debut Album and...
Back in 2009, Seattle’s post-hardcore outfit These Arms Are Snakes put the kibosh on their seven-year run. In the aftermath, vocalist Steve Snere was looking for a different musical enterprise. “I needed a change of pace… to take myself out of the guitar-based rock world, he explains. Joining forces with programmer Bryce Brown and visual artist Nick Bartoletti, the trio formed Crypts,...
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NPR Song Premiere: Chelsea Wolfe's "The Way We...
Photo by Kristin Cofer / Words by Lars Gotrich
Chelsea Wolfe I’m usually a fan of “between” albums — the ones that break away from an artist’s established sound, either tentatively or extravagantly, exploring the extremes of inspiration. These records are often misunderstood upon immediate release, but offer clues to an artist’s discography over time. Tim...
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Alarm Magazine Feature Interview: Inside Sargent...
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Alarm Magazine: Omar Rodriguez Lopez Cover Story
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More Reviews for Fang Island's Major / SPIN/ TORO/...
FANG ISLAND: Major Sargent House, 45 minutes Rating: 5/5 Fang Island’s “Daisy” is one of the most joyous songs I’ve ever heard. Its lyrics are cryptic, and that feels right – the emotional high it replicates is hard to put into words. Its surrounding album, the band’s self-titled debut, took a long time to emerge from that shadow. Thankfully their sophomore effort Major doesn’t so closely...
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UK Reviews Coming In for Fang Island's Major =...
Fang Island’s new album Major is out on July 24, 2012 in North America and will come out in Europe on July 30, 2012. The UK press is already starting to weigh in and so far so good! Fang Island make cheesy riffs and top-of-your-voice sing-alongs seem the most vital musical elements, ever. Their unabashed enthusiasm for all-embracing, utterly accessible noise-with-pop-nous is incredibly...
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Alarm Magazine: Best New Albums Of The Week - July...
Fang Island: Major (Sargent House)
Anthemic rock quintet Fang Island described its self-titled debut as “the sound of everyone high-fiving everyone” — a statement that’s both accurate and destined to lead profiles for the duration on the band’s existence. Its sophomore effort, Major, builds on the theme. The release features more singing than the first album, which relied heavily on riffs,...
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This Town Needs Guns' Animals Gets Re-Issued On...
This Town Needs Guns classic album “Animals” has been repressed by Sargent House on CLEAR VINYL and is now available and shipping right away. It has the original UK tracklisting and comes with a free Download. You can also add on their new 7” or the Animals CD for just $5 extra. Check it out and ORDER YOURS HERE
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VICE Magazine: Live Review of Fang Island's New...
I find that the “X All The Y” meme sums up Fang Island pretty well. Indulge me. Fist: Aloft, mid-pump, in triumph. Fang Island’s music, if anything, is triumphant, and makes you want to punch the air above you in the face.
Mouth: Gaping, yelling a melody, or “yellody,” if you will. The mouth also has many, many teeth. And fangs are a type of teeth. Arguably the best type of teeth.
Eyes:...
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Get To Know No Spill Blood: Interview & Early...
Check out an interview with Matt & Ruadhan of No Spill Blood as well as a live video performance of their track Good Company, courtesy of Community of Independents. No Spill Blood are the newest band to be signed to Sargent House they are from Dublin Ireland and we met them via Lar Kaye (guitar player from our very own Adebisi Shank) who plays Drums in this band. Their debut EP called Street...
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Deantoni Parks' DMAGINATION Video & Pre-Order...
Deantoni Parks - DMAGINATION (2:08) Directed by: Bruno Levy Concept by: Deantoni Parks, Zachariah Parks, Bruno Levy Cast: Deantoni Parks, Monica Uchiyama Musical Score: Deantoni Parks Label: Rodriguez Lopez Productions / Sargent House
PRE ORDER THE NEW ALBUM Deantoni Parks’ debut solo album “Touch But Don’t Look” will be released digitally everywhere on July 31, 2012 via...
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Deafheaven's DEMO Remastered and to be released on...
Deafheaven’s debut from 2010 simply called Demo has been remastered by Jack Shirley and is getting a proper vinyl release, courtesy of Sargent House. The 12” will be Limited to 1000 copies. The band is currently writing their follow up to Roads To Judah which will be recorded this year and then released by their label Deathwish, Inc. Stay tuned for more news on that release as well as...
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Even Vice Magazine is All Smiles for Fang Island's...
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When has a Record Label changed your life? (A note...
Wow, Kenny Remster your blog made my day. Much love to you.
I suppose it began in 2003, this was the year RX Bandits’ The Resignation was released, though at the time, I had only heard bits and pieces of their music. Coincidentally, this was about the same time I started drumming. A year later, the ground-work of my drumming had been laid, with a few months worth of lessons and playing along to...
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Happy Birthday to Ben Chisholm aka @RevelatorBC
Today is Ben’s birthday and for all of us over here that’s a really big deal! I don’t know what I would do with out this Revelator in my life. He not only plays in Chelsea Wolfe’s band he also produced and recorded the new acoustic album for her entitled Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs and it just bowled me over what an amazing job he did. Having Ben and...
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QRO Magazine's Live Review // Zechs Marquise //...
And So I Watch You From Afar and Zechs Marquise both trade in intricate instrumental music that often gets lumped into post-rock by default. However, one listen demonstrates how different these bands are from each other, as well as the rest of the post-rock world. Those with the luxury of catching their current summer co-headlining U.S. tour can witness this firsthand.
Given how intricate and...
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CMJ's Cover Boys Are Fang Island For Most Added...
Fang Island’s new album Major gets 89 Adds in it’s first week out on College Radio, making them the CMJ Cover boys for the week of July 17th, 2012. WAY TO GO MAJOR!
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CHELSEA WOLFE to release Roadburn set on vinyl in...
Happy days at the Roadburn Records offices. After announcing the release of Black Magician and White Hills US release last week, we have other news we like to share with you. LA chanteuse Chelsea Wolfe will release the set that she and her band played at Roadburn 2012 through Roadburn Records in September (limited to only 500 copies). The set (which you can listen to below courtesey of VPRO’s...
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Fang Island Take their Major Tunes out on Tour...
Fang Island will be headlining across our great land - bringing the good times and their new tunes from their album Major to all. Joining up with them will be friends and Sargent House family Zechs Marquise and then the Irish lads, Adebisi Shank. Man, if ever there was a tour that could be called Party Rock. I deem it this one. SEE ALL SHOW DETAILS, TIX & UPDATES
FANG ISLAND ‘MAJOR’ 2012...
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The Guardian // July's Best Music From Around The...
IRELAND: Nialler9 No Spill Blood - Good Company (Free Download) Formed from members of Adebisi Shank, Elk, Magic Pockets and Hands Up Who Wants To Die, No Spill Blood’s first EP “Street Meat” is released this month on Sargent House, home to Fang Island, Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Le Butcherettes. If you’re familiar with any of the bands mentioned then it won’t...
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Album Reviews: The 405 & 402 Productions LOVE Fang...
An enigmatic fist pump, a rapturous applause, a shiny star on the front of your homework, Major by Fang Island is a victory for not taking yourself too seriously and for remembering that the roots of adulthood maturity are buried in childhood innocence. It’s also a reminder that the best songs are sometimes simply the ones that have the guitar playing as loud as possible.
The success of...
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Indian Handcrafts: Live Review of EdgeFest 2012
The mainstream music fans that comprise the majority of the Edge listenership was getting their indie education, and they were loving it. From harmonious to the heavy, the Darcys made way for hard rockin duo Indian Handcrafts on the Edgefest side stage. Daniel Brandon Allen (guitars/vocals) and Brandyn James Aikins (drums/vocals) were walking paradoxes; completely peaceful and relaxed on stage,...
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Modern Drummer: John Clardy of Tera Melos Blogs It
Hi, everyone. I’m John Clardy from the band Tera Melos. We recently finished a European tour that had us playing fifty-nine shows in sixty days, from as far west as Galway, Ireland, and Porto, Portugal to the easternmost point of the tour, in Ufa, Russia.
One of the greatest things about touring is getting to see all the many places in the world where music can take you. I’d played all over...
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Happy Birthday to Chase Ortega
Great people and all the Original OG’s of Sargent House seem to be born on this day (see also Brian Cook). A lot of you don’t know this, but Chase Ortega truly is the original, original OG at Sargent House. He is the first guy I ever hired to work with me here and he’s still rocking it with me. What would I do without him? Happy Birthday my friend, I love the care you take in...
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Happy Birthday Brian Cook
Well, another year passes and I’m so grateful to have you still in my life, wow how time flies. When I think about the day we met and how you were the “oldest” guy in These Arms Are Snakes. Well that was 7 years ago pal and now you are the “oldest” guy in Russian Circles. You are such a huge part of my life and have been in it pretty much since the beginning of...
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Good Old War Amazing Eyes REMIXES - Who Should...
We have gotten so many great entries to the Good Old War “Amazing Eyes” Remix Contest hosted by Indaba Music . We’d love to have your help in deciding who should be the winner, because Sargent House will be releasing it officially on Itunes. So CLICK HERE to go listen and vote for the one you think is the best. Voting ends July 25, 2012. Sweet.
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AU Magazine Listen: Crypts – ‘Fancy’
Advance warning on a seriously dark new band and album from ex-These Arms Are Snakes vocalist Steve Snere. Crypts, completed by programmer Bryce Brown and visual artist Nick Bartoletti, release their self-titled debut on September 4 via Sargent House with the video for ‘Fancy’ available to check out below.
Recorded in Seattle with producer Erik Blood (the man behind Shabazz Palaces’ 2011 album...
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Fun Fun Fun Fest = Fun x 3 for Sargent House
We are so happy to have three of our bands playing this years Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas we’ve got Omar Rodriguez Lopez group who will have Teri from Le Butcherettes joining them, Fang Island and Deafheaven as well as our old pals and alumni the riff monsters that are Red Fang. Last year we had so much fun down there with Russian Circles, Boris, Le Butcherettes all playing the fest...
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Zechs Marquise Air their Dirty Laundry
Zechs Marquise stopped in to the Laundromat while in LA right after their tour with At The Drive In and aired their dirt to Dirty Laundry TV. DON’T MISS ZECHS MARQUISE ON TOUR NOW
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NPR First Listen: Fang Island 'Major'
It’s hard to deny the inclination to describe Fang Island with flashy ALL CAPS words more often found in old-time comic-book battles (Bang! Pow! Excelsior!), because this is a band worthy of grandiosity. The group’s music and spirit demands it, as if anything less would be like watching a volcano spew lava and responding with an uninspired “meh.”
On Major, out July 24,...
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Deantoni Parks Touch But Don't Look out on July...
On July 31, 2012 the solo album by Deantoni Parks will be released on Rodriguez Lopez Productions / Sargent House. It’s an honor to be part of this because to Omar and myself we believe he is one of the greatest living drummers on earth. GO D! Check out the track Make My Day from the new album here:
