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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Cosmonauts - "Cosmonauts" LP Available Now on Permanent Records!

« on: March 28, 2011, 12:40:46 PM »

Gonna have to pick one of these up, I'll be doing a 7" with them this summer...

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: SOON ON VOLAR--Destruction Unit, Digital Leather, Lenguas Largas, and more

« on: March 24, 2011, 04:33:35 PM »

oh great! digital leather!

at the end "infinite sun" it's going to be a 12" EP??

Hi, yes, a 7-song 12" EP.  It rules!  I'll post a track soon.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / SOON ON VOLAR--Destruction Unit, Digital Leather, Lenguas Largas, and more

« on: March 23, 2011, 07:24:49 PM »

I'll have some proper links up soon, and will be offering batch deals for each month's releases, but here's how the next few months are looking.

Available late April:

VOLAR09--Cold Pumas "Dawn Lobby"/"Fourth Date" 7"

VOLAR12--Pope Anything 4-song "Witch Tits" 7" EP

VOLAR13--Destruction Unit "Sonoran" LP

VOLAR14--Dirt Dress "Alligator Lungs"/"Weight of Time" 7"


Available early June:

VOLAR11--Ale Mania "A, Who Sings That Beat?" LP

VOLAR15--Tropicle Popsicle 7"

VOLAR16--Lenguas Largas one-sided 12"

VOLAR17--Digital Leather "Infinite Sun" 12"


this summer:

Cowabunga Babes LP

Uzi Rash LP

Cosmonauts 7"

Listen to some tracks here:  http://soundcloud.com/volar-records/sets/volar-releases

Look at and watch some stuff from our SXSW showcase here: http://volarrecords.tumblr.com/


Volar will also be joining forces with Burger for cassette releases... more "official" stuff in the next day or so.

www.volarrecords.blogspo t.com

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: WELCOME HOME WALKER & the CHEMICALS in San Diego This Sunday

« on: March 11, 2011, 03:43:43 PM »

Gonna try and make it out to this one...

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: NUTS! ISSUE#6 W/ MILK MUSIC + CARRIE KEITH(GUN OUTFIT) FLEXI 7" OUT NOW!

« on: March 11, 2011, 03:43:09 PM »

Got mine a couple of weeks ago, great stuff!

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: BLANK DOGS "IN HERE" 7" PREORDER

« on: March 10, 2011, 04:44:26 AM »

So this shit is going on two years now.  I met Toby in San Diego right when he moved here.  I lived two blocks from him, I worked another two blocks from him.  He tried playing drums for Spirit Photography (and he was awful), and I saw him worm his way into every other aspect that he could of music in town.  There's a lot more I can say, and I'd rather do it later, but for now, I'll say this:  Yes, Rick.  There's plenty of stuff in Toby's past that stays with him--addiction, bad childhood, etc.  I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt even after friends of mine from other cities who knew him closely and dealt with him closely warned me against him.  I saw somebody hurt and trying to do good, and even as people began turning their backs on him, I tried my best to get him through this stuff.  I took a lot, but eventually I really learned that he's a life-long pathological liar, an opportunistic in the biggest sense.  He plays this goth card now because it makes sense, this woe-is-me aspect.  And sure, if you've struggled, you want to make something of yourself.  But Toby has no qualms about who he fucks.  This is miles beyond a record that kinda-sorta came out, whatever.  For me, this is about a person who looks to exploit whomever he can, be it people in bands that he can latch on to, customers for labels that consistently rip people off, girls who are willing to deal with his shit and go along for his goth-as-fuck, fucked-up ride, who don't know better than to devote themselves to a person who treats them like shit.  Toby is smart in his way; he knows music in a certain sense, he knows how to copy shit (he used to show up to barbecues I'd take him to and he'd blast Christian Death on his Ipod...I'd make fun of him, and he didn't get it)...he's sort of his own fucked-up genius in terms of how well he's been able to pull the wool over the eyes of others (myself included), but in the end, he's an exploitative piece of shit in the worst sense.  He doesn't care about anyone but himself.  And yes, he's trapped in his own mind, but it's awful.  It's an awful place to be...he used to gloat to me about how much he could get away with, about the shit he was buying with the money for records that people weren't getting.  Eventually he stopped looking me in the eye as well.  He'd come around and have his girlfriend buddy up to me...it was terrible.  It was terrible to see her try and deal with.  It was terrible to run into him and try and be nice and have him  tell some fucked up, totally fake story, and see her call him out on it.  I started Volar a tiny bit after he started his label, and the entire time, all I could think was that he was a perfect example of how not to do things, not just on a business level, but  moreso on a personal level.  Toby is fucked up, yes.  I know he's had a hard past, yes.  But for me, that doesn't excuse the complete lack of connection to other  people beyond how he can use them.  And Rick, this is where I feel bad.  You're fucking amazing with your support.  I talk about you to people all the time.  But honestly, in my eyes, and in his eyes even moreso, you're another person that Toby can exploit.  Whatever dream he holds onto, he'll use anyone he can, he's that fucked up and and inside his own head.  Sorry, this became a long rant.  Rick,  none of this is anything against you by any means.  I just think that he's obviously made a more than clear example of how not to do things, not just in a business sense, but in a personal sense, and I think that's a big part of what people on this board have been holding on to.  I hope the show goes well for your own sake, I really don't predict anything violent.  I just don't want to see you get exploited as well.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Nerves tribute LP/cass feat. Hunx/Grass Widow/Mantles/Pizzas/Davila/White Wires

« on: March 09, 2011, 05:20:01 PM »

Got this today in the mail, almost lost under a pile of snow! Gotta say i'm really impress with songs on the LP. Davila 666 version is fucking top! So good! Really dig the Moonhearts, So Cow and Shark Toys version too. I really like also when the bands version differ from the original as it's the case with the Mantles and La Face version. Overall that is a pretty awesome tribute! Worth the wait!

Thanks, Meanbean, glad you're enjoying it.  Everything has been sent, so if anyone has any issues and you don't see your records this week (save for international orders), please feel free to email me at volarrecords@gmail.com.  Thanks again to everyone for ordering, we're really proud of this release.  I'll have some announcements to make in the next day or so...Destruction Unit/Digital Leather/Lenguas Largas/Pope Anything/Cold Pumas/Tropicle Popsicle/Ale Mania all coming sooner than later...

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: BLANK DOGS "IN HERE" 7" PREORDER

« on: March 09, 2011, 03:22:57 AM »

Toby is a life-long piece of shit. I dealt with it firsthand in a lot of ways, which says something about me being an idiot sometimes.  Rick, I have all the respect in the world for you, and you're one of the most supportive folks I know, so have at it.  But I will say I'm a bit surprised.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Col Abe/IHRNR/Volar SXSW showcase--Hunx/Davila/Audacity/Flight/etc.

« on: March 08, 2011, 07:26:20 PM »

http://volarrecords.blogspot.com/2011/03/colonel-abei-hate-rock-n-rollvolar.html

So we've got our promo materials and final lineup ready for the viewing public. Last year was a blast, let's hope this year comes at least remotely close.



I put together this little video flyer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWxxP8T9rK8

Here's the full line-up:

Thursday Mar 17
115-145 ? Devon Williams
200-230 ? Blood Beach
245-315 ? Pujol
330-400 ? Ale Mania   
415-445 Flight?
500-530 ? special guests
545-615   No Joy
630-700   La Sera
7:15-??? ? Wax Museums

Fri Mar 18
? DJ Chris Ziegler between bands
130-200 ? Shining Path
215-245 ? Paul Cary
300-330 ? Natural Child (PS) 
345-415 ? Oh Sees   
430-500 ? White Mystery
515-545 ? King Tuff 
600-630 ? Strange Boys 
645-700 ? Vomettes 
700-730 ? DJ Chris Ziegler (LA RECORD)

Sat Mar 19 NERVES DAY
115-145 ? Sandwitches   
200-230 ? Hunx and His Punx
245-315 ? Shannon and the Clams 
330-400 ? Ratas del Vaticano
415-445 ? Audacity 
515-545 ? Davila 666   
600-630 ? Grass Widow 
645-715 ? Personal and the Pizzas
715-???  DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin



Here's a link to a recent interview I did for the San Diego Reader:
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2011/mar/02/interview-craig-oliver-volar-records

Here's a link to Ale Mania's stellar review in the San Diego Citybeat:
http://npaper-wehaa.com/sdcitybeat/2011/03/02/#?article=1187662

ALE MANIA A, Who Sings That Beat?

A little more than a year ago, just about every indie fag worth his bespectacled salt (including myself) was creaming his pants over local garage heroes Beaters and their torrid single, ?Fishage.? The core duo of that group (Jeremy Rojas and Andrew Montoya) made a huge buzz with their previous band, The Sess, before splintering off into Beaters and Ale Mania around 2009. But while Beaters? ?Fishage? made the rounds on the blogosphere faster than news of Thom Yorke?s latest bowel movement, the Montoya-fronted Ale Mania?s ?Rampage,? released around the same time, went ignored. The promise I saw in that bass-heavy blast of garage pop extends into Ale Mania?s first full-length LP. The one-two experimental punch of ?Submersed Space? and ?United States of Abamonation? sounds like Cryptograms-era Deerhunter, while ?LustFulFistFul? and ?Tetherfree? manage to finally marry new-wave and no-wave, creating a highly danceable, almost goth-rock treat. A, Who Sings That Beat??s greatest strength, however, is how well the group balances experimentalism with pop hooks. Similar bands often try too hard to escape their influences and end up sounding so different that they lose accessibility. It?s been a long road for Ale Mania, but the result is a group of mature and gifted musicians who?ve finally created what we all knew they had in them: a masterpiece. myspace.com/wearealemania.

?Seth Combs

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Ale Mania West Coast dates this week 03/03-03/05

« on: February 28, 2011, 10:01:16 PM »

 http://volarrecords.blogspot.com/2011/02/ale-mania-tour-this-week.html

So I'll be tagging along with Ale Mania as they play a few West Coast shows.  They'll have some limited-edition, tour-only copies of the upcoming LP 'A, Who Sings That Beat?', officially available from Volar in late April/early May.

03/03--Hemlock Tavern w/Thralls, Sporting Life



03/04--The Smell w/Audacity, Tijuana Panthers, Nodzzz



03/05--early in-store (4-6PM) @ Burger Records

03/05 (night)--Soda Bar w/Stalins of Sound, Mrs. Magician

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Nerves tribute LP/cass feat. Hunx/Grass Widow/Mantles/Pizzas/Davila/White Wires

« on: February 28, 2011, 09:50:43 PM »

Can't wait for this and the Destruction Unit LP and pretty much everything else you all are releasing.

Well, thank you kindly.  A lot has happened in the past week, and I have to really organize some stuff, but here's how the next few months are looking:

Cold Pumas 7"
Ale Mania LP
Pope Anything 7"
Destruction Unit LP
Dirt Dress 7"
Digital Leather 7"
Lenguas Largas 12" EP
Cowabunga Babes LP
and more TBA...
Uzi Rash LP

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Nerves tribute LP/cass feat. Hunx/Grass Widow/Mantles/Pizzas/Davila/White Wires

« on: February 26, 2011, 10:21:52 PM »

So these came in this week, and most of 'em are out (FINALLY).  Thanks to everyone for being so patient, we just wanted to make sure everything was done right, and it's the biggest project like this I've ever tackled.  All the test presses are spoken for, and EVERYTHING that's been ordered should be out by Monday.  Thank you again.

Craig/Volar Records

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: NEW WHITE FENCE 7"

« on: February 19, 2011, 07:39:50 PM »

Tim doesn't have a proper contact on here, but I still figured I'd take the chance to point this in everyone's direction:

www.whitefenceartcollect ive.blogspot.com

He's involved with a lot of great art-related stuff besides his great music stuff.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: CHEVEU "1000" LP Out Now For US and CAN Orders

« on: February 18, 2011, 04:57:05 AM »

Bryan, I've written you personally about this, but wanted to express a public.  For a little while now, a few folks whom I really trust have been pushing Cheveu onto me, and it wasn't until recently that I really sat down with everything, including the new stuff that's been readily available online.  I'm kinda floored, and just wanted to congratulate you in a public forum for putting out such great stuff.  This is the punk spirit I yearn to find, the weirdness lurking out there that at least a few of us hope to come across in its purest forum.   So thank you to Kill Shaman, to the past-related labels, to Cheveu, for treating us all.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Nerves tribute LP/cass feat. Hunx/Grass Widow/Mantles/Pizzas/Davila/White Wires

« on: February 17, 2011, 07:06:52 PM »

Four test presses left...