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FT109 Crushed Ice ‘Nights & Weekends’ out April 29th 2022!
Crushed Ice’s Nights and Weekends could equally be titled Pandemic Puzzle – A Great Big Wonderful World. As the globe went into lockdown in early 2020, Dave Laney (Milemarker, Challenger, Auxes) reached out to a handful of long time friends and collaborators, pitching the idea of an Exquisite Corpse-style recording project with the promise that…
FT100 – The Poison Arrows – War Regards – Out Feb 25 2022 – Pre-order Vinyl, Cassette and Digital Now!
PRE-ORDER VINYL, CASSETTE, AND DIGITAL HERE! Chicago’s The Poison Arrows’ 4th album ‘War Regards’ is out worldwide February 25, 2022. It was supposed to be released in the spring of 2020 but was delayed due to the pandemic. Tours in the US and Europe were cancelled. Adam moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Justin…
FT107 – The Poison Arrows – I Can’t Quite Get Organized – Digital EP – Out October 8 2021
Quick Overview:After getting 2020’ed with their EU and US tours cancelled and their 4th album release placed on hold, The Poison Arrows are gearing back up. Their new EP I Can’t Quite Get Organized features one new track and four previously unreleased remixes. They have confirmed their first two shows back on stage with one…
Forever Era and Sheet Ghosts Singles for Bandcamp Royalty-Free Friday December 4 2020!
To honor the radness of Bandcamp waiving their fees periodically this year, and to throw a middle finger up to the year 2020 itself, we are releasing two new singles before the end of the year, on December 4th! We are mega-stoked to announce the first track, “Patterns Per Partition” by Forever Era, a collaboration…
FT105 – Sheet Ghosts – ‘Did It Ever Happen?’ EP – Out October 23rd 2020!
FT105 – Sheet Ghosts – Did It Ever Happen? EP Out October 23 2020! The presence of Sheet Ghosts first haunted the mind of Ben Crowell, which he used as a means to pay tribute to his lifelong love of horror movies and their accompanying soundtracks. Teaming up with Matt Christensen (Zelienople), the two created…
FT103 – My Way My Love – “Tentacle Entertain” – July 3 2020
FT103 – My Way My Love – “Tentacle Entertain” Single is Out July 3 2020. Tis a total banger (do people still say that?!)https://file13records.bandcamp.com/album/tentacle-entertain
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