NEW RELEASE TOMORROW!
It’s official! Tomorrow marks the day when husband&wife’s brand new record Proud Flesh sees the light of day. Preorders of the CD version are already shipping, not to mention the album being available early on bandcamp and at h+w shows. Tomorrow it will be available at your local record shop, or wherever fine CDs are sold, AND from itunes, amazonmp3 and a host of other online retailers.
the hub ‘n dub fellas are also on tour at the moment. If you just can’t make it to a show (we’re sorry for you) but, you can keep with the tour via the husband&wife tour blog that is updated daily by the band.
ALSO, Frank Schweikhardt is on tour once again. get those dates here. Frank’s working on a brand new album and his set at XRA fest was definitely a favorite amongst everybody there. Catch him solo while there’s still time before he blows up into a major pop sensation!
There is another big announcement coming from us very soon, but we can’t spill the beans just yet. For a clue, you can feel free to check out the Bro. Stephen tour blog and try to catch one of his upcoming shows. This is going to be big, BIG NEWS!
I’m writing in a hurry right now, so hopefully i didn’t leave anything out. expect more frequent updates in the coming weeks as things start to settle down for us a bit.
TTYL!
XRAfest 3.0
It’s that time again……XRAfest is upon us!!!
This year is more action-packed and better than ever, for real. Not only are you getting two nights of XRA-ness dribbled down your sweet little chin from the entire XRA roster, there are loads of surprises coming at you, too.
One: Alexander the Great haven’t played a show in almost 4 months. Not locally, not anywhere, and they’ve got a heavenly host of funky new jams to get your butt shaking. I’m really banking on their entire set being a raucous rowdy mess the likes of which has never been seen. And that’s a lot of $5 words, but i’m serious. get ready to party.
Two: Rodeo Ruby Love are playing a bunch of moldy oldies. Fans of Your Love Has Made Everything Beautiful will not be disappointed. In fact, they’re practicing in the other room right now as I type this, and it’s like I’m hearing these songs for the first time all over again. I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS SHOW!
Three: husband&wife are doing an entire set dictated by YOUR requests. Anything goes…If there’s a song from the husband&wife back catalog that you’ve just been dying to hear, simply send a little e-mail to hello@xrarecords.com and let us know what it is. it’s JUST that easy. get the requests in quick though, because there isn’t much time left for the dudes to rehearse.
and those are just the surprises we’ve been warned of!
September 24 and 25 are the dates. Russian Recording and the Bishop are the venues. Bloomington, IN is the town, and 8 measly dollars gets you in both nights. (or $5 each if you’re a wimp). There will also be plenty of things happening during the day saturday if you’re coming in from out-of-town. just shoot us an email if you want to hang!
XRA on Insound and Daytrotter
It’s official! Starting now, a handful of our new releases are available from Insound.com!
You’re already picking a bunch of stuff up from them, so next time you’re browsing around over there go ahead and throw some Alexander the Great, Doug Burr, husband&wife, Metavari, Rodeo Ruby Love, or Starflyer 59 albums in your cart. It’s just that easy. Or, as always, you can totally get this stuff directly through our mailorder catalog. Either way, YOU win!!
Another bit of exciting news for you non-physical, internet-realm, mp3 download types out there (i’m looking at you, teenagers!)…Every Rodeo Ruby Love album, even the out-of-print ones and never-before-released-as-mp3s ones are available as high quality downloads for real cheap from our friends at Daytrotter.com
get ’em while they’re hot!
Starflyer 59 preorders begin now
We just posted the preorder form for Starflyer 59‘s OLD in the catalog. Get them while you can….
Also, Doug Burr orders are shipping now!
Doug Burr, Starflyer 59, and more…
Hi Folks,
Bad news first…thanks a million to everyone who has preordered the new Doug Burr album O Ye Devastator so far. Unfortunately, there has actually been more than one printing error made during the production of the album. None of it is our fault, but we still have to suffer the consequences. So, just to let you know, everything should be here no later than next week and all of the orders will be shipping ASAP once all the parts arrive. Thanks for being so patient.
On to the good news! We’re really pleased to (finally) officially announce that we will be releasing the world’s first and only vinyl edition of Starflyer 59‘s classic album Old in August! August 10 to be exact. As many of you know, that’s also the same day as the release of the brand new SF59 album the Changing of the Guard…stayed tuned for more info on how to get both of these new releases as one sweet package deal. The preorder for Old should be up on the catalog page in a couple of days. And on a related note, we have a VERY SMALL number of Old test pressings that are for sale right now until they are gone. If you’re interested in such things, feel free to send $40.59 to michaeldwayneadams@gmail.com via paypal and we’ll get one out to you right away.
More good news! husband&wife recently turned in to us the final mixes for their new album Proud Flesh and it is a real rocker! The mastering date is this Sunday. we’ll try to give you a preview sometime after that, but until then, you can just dream about how great it’s going to be to finally hear this album! Look for an October release date for this one.
Rodeo Ruby Love and Metavari are still on tour, and on opposite ends of the country! try to catch the one that’s closest to you if you can, before it’s too late!
And one last thing…planning has gotten into full-swing for this year’s XRAfest. More info soon, but be prepared to party in September!
