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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: TABLE SUGAR (Oly) Sept. Western USA Tour

« on: August 21, 2018, 10:40:14 AM »

maybe try hitting up diabolical records in slc? they contacted krs about doing a lithics show and the band said they had a great time.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Heavens to Betsy 'These Monsters are Real' 7"

« on: August 16, 2018, 10:17:14 AM »

Kill Rock Stars is proud to announce that riot grrrl pioneers Heavens to Betsy?s debut 7? ep, These Monsters Are Real, has been re-mastered from the original tapes by Adam Gonsalves and is available digitally for the first time ever in honor of its 25th anniversary!

Formed by bassist/vocalist Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney, Filthy Friends) and bassist/drummer Tracy Sawyer (The Lies) in Olympia, WA in 1991, Heavens to Betsy made their debut at the legendary International Pop Underground Convention. Alongside their peers like Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and Team Dresch, they ushered in a new era of feminist punk whose influence continues to be felt today!

Available on your choice or red or black vinyl at https://heavenstobetsykrs.bandcamp.com/album/these-monsters-are-real

Also available...

Wimps - Garbage People lp/cs/cd/digital

Lithics - Mating Surfaces lp/cs/cd/digital

Taiwan Housing Project - Veblen Death Mask lp/cs/digital

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Lithics 'Matings Surfaces' lp/cs/cd/download

« on: July 30, 2018, 02:10:29 PM »

Hand numbered "dinged corner" version now available at a discounted price.

"Is it bad? No."


http://lithics.bandcamp.com/album/mating-surfaces

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Lithics 'Matings Surfaces' lp/cs/cd/download

« on: May 25, 2018, 03:54:04 PM »

In-stores today.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Wimps 'Garbage People' pre-order

« on: April 11, 2018, 09:49:39 AM »

Wimps 'Garbage People'
lp/cs/cd/digital
(Kill Rock Stars)

Seattle?s Wimps (Rachel Ratner, Matt Nyce, and David Ramm) are back with their third album, Garbage People, out July 13th on LP, cassette, CD, and MP3! Known all over as one of the premiere ?plenty of nonsense? guitar/bass/drum groups, Garbage People finds Wimps taking a sonic leap forward (there?s saxophone, keyboard, and juuuust enough cowbell) and lyrically (subject matter ranges from gender pay inequality, decline of bee populations as a result of climate change, insomnia, and wanting to steal a pizza ... but only if it?s cheese!) On Garbage People, Wimps have successfully filtered the best parts of 70?s Rough Trade, the International Pop Underground 7? series, Devo, The B-52s, the Breeders, etc. into a unique and timeless sound that appeals to playlist streaming teens AND adults who own over 500 records.

Pre-order at http://thesewimps.bandcamp.com/album/garbage-people

Also available from Kill Rock Stars:
Lithics 'Mating Surfaces' http://lithics.bandcamp.com/album/mating-surfaces
Dana Gould 'Mr. Funny Man' http://danagould.bandcamp.com
Taiwan Housing Project 'Veblen Death Mask' https://taiwanhousingproject.bandcamp.com/album/veblen-death-mask


Kill Rock Stars is distributed by Redeye Worldwide

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Lithics 'Matings Surfaces' lp/cs/cd/download

« on: March 08, 2018, 08:32:36 AM »

Lithics 'Matings Surfaces'
lp/cs/cd/download
(Kill Rock Stars)

Mating Surfaces is the second full length from Portland, Oregon's Lithics. Twelve tightly wound fragments of brittle abstract twin guitar, impellent rhythm, and absurd, imagistic lyricism.

"A stern danceable sound that summons cut up snapshots of Su Tissue and Mark E Smith, an imagined landscape where Captain Beefheart hits that 99 Records ?Too Many Creeps? beat."
-Layla Gibbon (Maximum Rocknroll, Skinned Teen)

pre-order at http://killrockstars.bandcamp.com/

Still available: Taiwan Housing Project 'Veblen Death Mask,' Dana Gould 'Mr. Funny Man'

Coming sooner than later: new albums from Wimps, Kinski, and Emily Heller

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / Re: WTB Go Team - Archer Come Sparrow tape

« on: February 11, 2018, 02:15:58 PM »

i have it and can make you a copy.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: are there any good stand up comedians these days?

« on: February 07, 2018, 09:31:26 PM »

i like emily heller and kurt braunohler a bunch, but i also work with them so...

Well, look at the namedropper over here. I sat just a few rows away from Tom Wopat on a flight from Nashville to Detroit back in 1987, and you don't see me bragging. Hell, I spoke to Art Bell on open lines Friday and he hung up on me... but do I htoot my own horn. .44 Caliber Killer Ronnie Johns attended my middle school and high school, but do I try to gain street cred by referencing him?

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

haha... guess i had that one coming.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: are there any good stand up comedians these days?

« on: February 07, 2018, 02:44:22 PM »

i like emily heller and kurt braunohler a bunch, but i also work with them so...

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: record labels place your 2018 releases...HERE!

« on: January 10, 2018, 11:31:53 PM »

new wimps and kinski albums + a marnie stern reissue from kill rock stars in 2018. <3

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: Taiwan Housing Project (members of Little Claw + Harry Pussy) tour dates

« on: July 13, 2017, 08:33:58 AM »

updated ye olde tour dates. The band will also be doing a live stream on pressuredrop.tv on 7/2

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Taiwan Housing Project (members of Little Claw + Harry Pussy) tour dates

« on: June 22, 2017, 01:41:03 PM »

Taiwan Housing Project is touring the USA this summer in support of their debut album, Veblen Death Mask (out now on Kill Rock Stars)

http://taiwanhousingproject.bandcamp.com/album/veblen-death-mask

UPDATED DATES

 
Jul 20, 17 Cambridge MA -  The Sinclair *W/Thurston Moore
Jul 21, 17 New York NY -  Bowery Ballroom *W/Thurston Moore
Jul 23, 17 Des Moines IA -  Vaudeville Mews 
Jul 25, 17 Missoula MT -  The Badlander
Jul 26, 17 Spokane WA -  Baby Bar 
Jul 27, 17 Seattle WA -  Chop Suey 
Jul 28, 17 Tacoma WA - The Valley Pub 
Jul 29, 17 Olympia WA - Westside Lanes (O'Malleys) 
Jul 30, 17 Portland OR - The Know  w/ Lithics
Jul 31, 17 Eugene OR - Luckey?s Club 
Aug 1, 17 San Francisco CA - Knockout 
Aug 2, 17 Long Beach CA - 4th Street Vine 
Aug 3, 17 Los Angeles CA - Zebulon Concert Cafe 
Aug 4, 17 Phoenix AZ  -Valley Bar
Aug 6, 17 Denver CO  - Hi Dive 
Aug 8, 17 Lawrence KS - Replay Lounge 
Aug 9, 17 Louisville KY - Kaiju
Aug 10, 17 Columbus OH - Ace of Cups 

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / wimps se usa tour dates

« on: June 06, 2017, 06:41:59 AM »

kill rock stars recording artists wimps  will be playing their first ever shows in texas, louisiana, georgia, and florida this month. whoa!

tour dates...

6/18 Austin, TX @ Cheer Up Charlies
6/19 Houston, TX @ Walter's Downtown
6/20 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
6/21 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
6/22 Savannah, GA @ El-Rocko Lounge
6/23 Orlando, FL @ Will's
6/24 Tampa, FL @ Transitions
08/25 Eugene, OR @ Hi-Fi Music Hall w/ Filthy Friends (members of sleater-kinney, r.e.m., the fastbacks, young fresh fellows)
08/26 Portland, OR @ The Know

mp-free live ep recorded at xray.fm available now at bandcamp at https://thesewimps.bandcamp.com/album/xray-fm-session-2

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Taiwan Housing Project - Veblen Death Mask pre-order

« on: May 02, 2017, 06:57:15 PM »

album is now streaming care of noisey https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/taiwan-housing-project-want-to-rob-you-of-your-levity

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Taiwan Housing Project - Veblen Death Mask pre-order

« on: April 23, 2017, 03:18:08 PM »

another THP track premiered at npr. WHA!??! http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/04/18/524373778/taiwan-housing-projects-ideal-body-alignment-will-re-align-your-brains