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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Babysitter West Coast & US/CAN tours, late-March to mid-June 2013

« on: February 25, 2013, 01:50:39 PM »

Victoria BC's BABYSITTER are going to be doing a lot of touring to support the release of their debut LP, EYE, on Psychic Handshake Recordings.

First up is a run down the West Coast...

march 29-vancouver tba
march 30-astoria @ voodoo room
march 31-drive day
april 1-tba
april 2-oakland tba
april 3-davis @ 1604 Pole Rd. w. monster treasure, easy living
april 4-san francisco @ hemlock tavern
april 5-san pedro @ al hambra room w. the flytraps
april 6-san diego @ tower bar
april 7-tucson @ tucson live music center
april 8-tempe/phoenix @ long wongs
april 9-flagstaff tba
april 10-day off (grand canyon)
april 11-boise tba
april 12-portland @ the know
april 13-seattle @ heartland

Then they are doing a big run through May and June.

For this one we are looking for help with the TBAs. The band is down for any kind of gig. please hit them up @ callbabysitter@gmail.com

may 7-vancouver @ the astoria
may 8-nelson tba
may 9-calgary @ torrid
may 10-edmonton @ wunderbar
may 11-saskatoon @ the fez
may 12-winnipeg tba
may 13-minneapolis @ pine cone castle
may 14-chicago tba
may 15-lexington @ cosmic charlies
may 16-nashville tba
may 17-memphis @ lamplighter
may 18-new orleans tba
may 19-savannah tba
may 20-gainsville @ backyard bar
may 21-tampa tba
may 22-atlanta tba
may 23-athens tba
may 24-durham? tba
may 25-richmond? tba
may 26- ??
may 27-washington DC tba
may 28-baltimore tba
may 29-philly @ kung fu necktie
may 30-NYC tba
may 31-boston tba
june 1-portland maine tba
june 2-?
june 3-st. john?
june 4-moncton
june 5-sackville
june 6-8 halifax (obey festival)
june 9-fredricton
june 10-11?
june 12-13 toronto nxne
june 14 hamilton w. ba johnston?
june 15-montreal (suoni per il popolo festival)

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Victoria, BC band BABYSITTER debut LP, "EYE"

« on: February 25, 2013, 01:41:43 PM »

And distros please get in touch w/ me via graeme@psychichandshake.com

Shaun is in the States with enough copies to service a couple shops and can ship those media mail.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Victoria, BC band BABYSITTER debut LP, "EYE"

« on: February 25, 2013, 01:40:23 PM »

Psychic Handshake Recordings is very happy to finally announce the vinyl release of Victoria, BC band Babysitter's debut LP, Eye.



Since forming a few years back, the band has self-recorded nine full-length cassettes of PACNW rock and roll that recalls The Wipers, Archers of Loaf, and the like. Eye is something like a greatest hits compilation of this material, but the tunes have been re-recorded professionally for maximum punch.

Here's a song: https://soundcloud.com/psychic-handshake/babysitter-talkin-bout-the-new

And here's another one: https://soundcloud.com/psychic-handshake/babysitter-angel-of-death

If you wanna stream the whole thing you can do that here: http://babysitter.bandcamp.com/

You can purchase the record through our webstore, but please forgive the insane shipping rates. Canada Post has discontinued surface shipping to USA/international, so it will be airmail from now on. I have tried everything I can to keep prices low, but I'm at a loss. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm eager to hear.

Buy it now: http://psychichandshake.bigcartel.com/

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Demo Tape / Some songs from the new Pink Noise LP

« on: February 18, 2013, 07:52:30 AM »

Hey you weenies. We went and set up a Bandcamp with some songs from the forthcoming Pink Noise album. It's a full band project now.

http://thepinknoise.bandcamp.com/

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Movies I've been watching

« on: January 24, 2013, 03:16:36 PM »

This skate video looks so killer.  Don't know shit about skate tricks, but the camera tricks are TIGHT.  Here's the whole thing on a dropbox link.  Enjoy!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d6nvjnl5s70a0jb/Pretty%20Sweet%20HD%20%202012.mp4

*The opening sequence was shot with a drone helicopter camera.  i want one!

Thanks!

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Pressing Plants in the U.S.

« on: January 21, 2013, 08:22:33 PM »

I'm bumping this handy thread to ask about folks' experiences in the last year and a half.

First of all, I assume you figured everything out, QH? That's the workflow right there; and you shouldn't have any trouble with bass if you've got a solid pre-master and lacquer. Does the record exist? Do I own it? Should I?

Now me. I was just wondering what people's experiences have been with backlogs and delays amid the increased vinyl production of the last year or so. I have had an LP project tied up for a long time, but I have been assured delays of this sort are almost universal. I'm wondering if anyone out there is still turning good work fast and affordably. Keep in mind that I am in Canada, so I'm generally looking at $0.75 to $1.00 more per record on a 500 press.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Record labels place your 2012 releases...HERE!

« on: December 28, 2012, 08:31:10 AM »

2012:

PSY-009 - Yamantaka//Sonic Titan - YT//ST (repress)
PSY-011 - Krang/Shooting Guns - Split 7"
PSY-012/IPR-001 - Sex Church - Somnambulist 12"
PSY-013 - Babysitter - Eye LP

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Music Shit / Re: Best Songs of 2012 (with link if possible)

« on: December 18, 2012, 12:13:50 PM »

Two songs from the recent Pheromoans LP...

https://soundcloud.com/upset-the-rhythm/the-pheromoans-im-a-you-know

https://soundcloud.com/upset-the-rhythm/the-pheromoans-grab-a-chair

Two songs from US Girls' GEM:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gPGflHGx7A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmLykNwPO64

A song from Hound at the Hem by Slim Twig:

http://slimtwig.bandcamp.com/track/maintain-the-charade

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Music Shit / Re: 2012 Best

« on: December 08, 2012, 09:09:11 AM »

I'm most onboard with Barfunk's list, though I haven't been able to purchase much this year and must infer from streaming songs and such.

What I've heard of the new Pheromoans, Dan Melchior, Horrid Red, Billy Bao, El-P, Swans, Blues Control, Sun Araw/Congos, Evening Meetings, and Goat records sound grand, though I haven't nabbed a one of 'em.

Most enjoyable purchases have been the Ronnies record, Uranium Orchard, Ashrae Fax, Julia Holter, Panopticon Eyelids, Slim Twig's A Hound at the Hem, and US Girls' GEM. Probably some others.

I'm also very into Sex Church's Somnambulist EP and Babysitter's Eye LP, which is more or less out now, but those are records I co/released, so take that for what you will.

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Music Shit / Re: Millenium Punk LPs

« on: November 17, 2012, 08:50:00 AM »

My favourite LP of the decade is Sightings' Arrived in Gold.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Cold Vomit Label, new: Uranium Orchard LP, Heavy Air CS

« on: November 01, 2012, 07:26:26 PM »

The record is really good. Glad to have pulled the trigger, even while I'm relatively unable to drop a mere pittance on a favorably priced record. Next small-time drop is the last of the Bilders/Unwucht drop. I suppose many are stretched too thin to pick up all the records they want?

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: SEX CHURCH Somnambulist 12" PRE-ORDER

« on: October 18, 2012, 01:12:11 PM »

Don't know about the shipping, Shaun can answer.  Just want to add that I also have 5 copies of the latest US Girls single, Rosemary b/w Sed Knife, on Electric Voice Records, and this is an option for the 12" + 7" package.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Cold Vomit Label, new: Uranium Orchard LP, Heavy Air CS

« on: September 28, 2012, 02:57:55 PM »

Just paypal'd for an order to Montreal.  Let me know how much more to send for the shipping. Thanks.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Next Pheromoans album details + free mp3

« on: July 08, 2012, 06:35:08 PM »

Posted track sounds great! This band continues to be great... BELIVE DA HYPE... Fuckin' Scotch Tapes duder took me for about $50 I sent him for a few copies of the Anti-climb record... any copies of this floating around? I still haven't heard it. Shit! Yeah.

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Cities / Re: LISBON

« on: June 24, 2012, 07:57:57 AM »

Would you care to comment on your experiences + any tips? Going to Portugal for 10 days in July.... got some great tips from one of the Sunflare folks + the guy who runs this venue/art space ZDB... but would love to know more.

Also, gonna hit Porto and some places in between (eg. Avanca) so any suggestions would be great.

Also, hitting Barcelona and Brussels, but I've already had a long look at those threads.