IT’S ALIVE!! (preorders, that is)
Dudes, you gotta check out the catalog page! Starting right now you can preorder both of our brand new summer releases!
First, Rodeo Ruby Love‘s new album, This is Why We Don’t Have Nice Things (6/29/10) is available for a mere $10! If you didn’t catch the album stream at the end of last month, let me tell you what you’re missing. This is without a doubt RRL’s finest work yet. Recorded in Indianapolis by Wes Deboy (Arrah and the Ferns) and mixed in Kansas by Ed Rose (the Get Up Kids, Appleseed Cast, Kill Creek) “…Nice Things” is the most focussed, punchy, polished, high energy, sing-a-long record that Zack and Co. have made yet. And that’s really saying something considering their other records are like the best things ever. Take a listen to “America’s Funniest Home Videos” in the player next door if you don’t believe me. You have two weeks to preorder and receive a special little gift made just for you by the band!
Second, we’re stoked off our nuggets to tell you that you can also now preorder the new LP O Ye Devastator by our friend and Texan Doug Burr, right over there at the “catalog” page. If you don’t know Doug’s music yet (and you will soon!) a lot of names like Tweedy, Kozelek, Jim James, and Bon Iver get tossed around when people are being introduced to him. All fine comparisons, but believe me, especially on this new record, Doug’s definitely got a beautiful brooding melodiousness all his own. If you’d like to see what Doug has to offer before you commit to buying the LP (which also comes with a digital copy of the album) check out this jam packed info page at Spune.com. There’s all kinds of music and great looking video over there that i’m confident will make you want to order this thing album as soon as you can!
That’s all the preorder news we have to offer for now, but the summer is just getting started. We’ll try to be free with as much info as we can regarding the other new stuff coming down the tube….another Starflyer 59 LP, new husband&wife material, an Alexander the Great 7″, AND a Bro. Stephen 7″…we’ll see how much of that we can squeeze out before this year is over. I’ll bet we can do it all! Help us….buy something!
Either/Or on XRA
It’s official! as of right now you can get the new Either/Or collection, Greatest Hits, Vol. I, available only on i-tunes! Greatest Hits, Vol. I compiles all three limited edition Either/Or albums, all 47 tracks, into one massive onslaught of short bursts of Jimi Mann’s insane personality and quirky songwriting (not song finishing, he doesn’t bother).
In celebration of this digital release, Either/Or is hitting the road this month with husband&wife. here are the dates:
January 14 – Kalamzoo, MI
January 15 – Detroit, MI
January 16 – Lansing, MI
January 17 – Pierceton, IN
January 20 – Bloomington, IN
January 22 – Terre Haute, IN
January 23 – Ft. Wayne, IN
January 24 – Muncie, IN
more info for all of these shows is available on the tour dates page.
also, check this out!
Hear the new Rodeo Ruby Love album…for FREE!
Two days only: That’s today and tomorrow, our good buddies over at Musical Family Tree will be streaming the brand new Rodeo Ruby Love album This Is Why We Don’t Have Nice Things in it’s entirety…absolutely FREE!
but…..the record doesn’t come out until June 29, why is this happening? is this real life? Yes, it is! RRL is getting ready to hit the road in a major way this summer and the first of their summer shows are happening right here in good ole Indiana, starting tomorrow with a cd release show/party in Indianapolis! Listen to the record, come to the show, buy the record, buy a t-shirt, party til you drop and prepare yourself for the greatest summer of all time!
Cigarette Juice!
Good news abounds! here we go…..
XRA is very pleased to anounce that we have teamed up with our friends over at Velvet Blue Music and Spune Productions in order to bring you the brand new LP, O Ye Devastator, from TX native and incredible songsmith Doug Burr! The CD and digital versions of the album will be available May 4th from VBM, with the vinyl version quick on it’s heels right here at XRA. We don’t have an official release date yet for the LP, but that information, along with preorder info for the LP (including a digital download) will be making an appearance here very soon.
In the meantime, check out the single RED, RED from O Ye Devastator that’s tearing up the web right here.
in other news, the brand new Metavari 12″ ep will be arriving this week and shipping as soon as we can get them screened and assemebled. This music is supreme, and only 100 copies exist! (are you kidding me!!?!?) so don’t wait….get them fast. preorder it here.
AND, the new Rodeo Ruby Love album This Is Why We Don’t Have Nice Things will be available for preorder soon. The first single from the album, America’s Funniest Home Videos is circulating the web presently and making some waves. Check it out and get psyched for this record. It’s their best yet…no joke!
Oh! and I almost forgot…one more “more info/preorder coming soon” announcement….We’re super excited to announce that we will be giving Starflyer 59’s classic 2003 album Old the vinyl treatment very soon. Martin, Cloud, Lenz, AND Swift in a trippy rocking floyd-esque haze! What a lineup! it’s looking like August for a release date, but we’ll nail that down soon and make it known.
spooked ya!
New Rodeo Ruby Love Album
That’s right, folks. Right now it is time to mark your calendars for June 29, 2010. That is the day that Rodeo Ruby Love’s brand new full-length album, This Is Why We Don’t Have Nice Things will be available from us, your favorite record store, and a whole host of internet-based digital music sellers! The new album was recorded in Indianapolis by Wes Deboy (Arrah and the Ferns), and mixed in Kansas by Ed Rose (the Get Up Kids, Appleseed Cast, Kill Creek, Canterbury Effect) and it sounds incredible!
What’s that you say? You’d like to hear a song from this outstanding new album? No problemo! Next Monday (4/5) Indianapolis’ own NUVO will be debuting the album’s lead-off single America’s Funniest Home Videos, and we are absolutely certain that you’re going to be impressed. don’t forget to head over there first thing monday morning and give your ears a thrill.
One more thing…RRL is also hitting the road in a major way in support of this record. in the next few days we’ll be listing TONS of US tour dates, including some first-time west coast dates for Rodeo Ruby Love!
Listen to the single, buy the album, catch a show on tour, have a blast. Doctors Orders!
