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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / SALE Destruction Unit LP, Digital Leather 12", Christmas Island 12", Nerves trib

« on: October 31, 2012, 04:36:53 PM »

In the capitalistic spirit of the holidays, we're offering a sale over the next few days on some of our titles in order to clear out some room and help gear up for the next big batch of releases.  Head on over here--http://volarrecords.blogspot.com/2012/10/helloween-sale-christmas.html--to listen and buy. 
HAPPY HELLOWEEN

CHRISTMAS ISLAND--POISONER 12" LIMITED RED VINYL--$8

DESTRUCTION UNIT--SONORAN LP--$10

DIGITAL LEATHER--INFINITE SUN LIMITED RED VINYL--$8

6X2X12 US/CANADA POST-PUNK COMP (FT. SHARP ENDS/O VOIDS/DEFEKTORS/BEATERS/ALE MANIA/SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY) LIMITED WHITE--$4

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: New BS - Ratas Del Vaticano 2x7" and Dave Rata LP NOW AVAILABLE!

« on: October 31, 2012, 04:27:06 PM »

Awesome!  I'll order soon.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: Destruction Unit October Tour

« on: October 19, 2012, 02:49:59 PM »

Tour info and streaming links for D. Unit's Sonoran LP and D. Leather's Infinite Sun 12", both released last year on Volar.  Limited color vinyl of both still available.

http://volarrecords.blogspot.com/2012/10/destruction-unitdigital-leather-tour.html

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: Destruction Unit/Digital Leather tour

« on: October 19, 2012, 02:48:14 PM »

Sorry guys, was in a rush when I posted this and missed the already-existing post regarding the tour.  Moderators, please feel free to delete this thread if you want?

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Destruction Unit/Digital Leather tour

« on: October 19, 2012, 02:52:54 AM »

Surprised there hasn't been anything about this on here, but Destruction Unit (Ryan Rousseau of Reatards/the Wongs/Earthmen and Strangers/Tokyo Electron) are heading out on tour for couple of weeks through the Midwest/Northeast/South starting tomorrow, with Digital Leather on board for some of the shows.  The tour reunites two guys--DU's Rousseau and Shawn Foree of Digital Leather--who got to know each other through their close involvement with Jay Reatard, producing their own greatness in the process.  I did my best to--in shorthand--tie together the relationship between the three of them as the tour starts tomorrow.  Read about everything and check out links for both bands here--http://volarrecords.blogspot.com/2012/10/destruction-unitdigital-leather-tour.html.

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Music Shit / Volar Records feature and free sampler over at Impose Magazine

« on: October 17, 2012, 09:27:05 PM »

The folks over at Impose Magazine were nice enough to run a little feature on the label, and I've included a downloadable mix of tracks from every release so far, including a few upcoming (Eat Skull, Beaters, Tar Halos, etc.).  You can read the feature here and make fun of me on the message board-- http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/volar-records --, or go straight here and download the thing and still come back and make fun of me-- http://soundcloud.com/volar-records/sets/impose-on-volar.  Thanks!

craig/volar records
www.volarrecords.blogspo t.com

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Window Twins-Wish LP (Tim Cohen-F&Os, Jon Bernson-Exray's)

« on: October 16, 2012, 04:10:00 PM »

The cassette and a nice, affordable download are available today over crashsymbols.tumblr.com, or preorder the vinyl, available in November, for an immediate download over at http://volarrecords.blogspot.com/2012/10/window-twins-wish-lpcassettedigital.html, which also includes the new video for "The Sky is Black" as well a nice interview with Bernson via Interview Magazine.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: Shannon & the Clams/Audacity/Nerves trib. LP/Trop Pop IN STOCK NOW

« on: October 16, 2012, 04:08:11 PM »

Still have plenty of limited color copies of all of these releases.  Thanks.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: SOON-7"s by Eat Skull, Beaters, Far Corners, Stalins of Sound, Audacity/Big Eyes

« on: October 16, 2012, 04:06:33 PM »

Finally some proper info/art/linkage for the group of records at the link below:

http://volarrecords.blogspot.com/2012/10/strange-mutation-box-set-vol-1-7s-by.html

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: SOON-7"s by Eat Skull, Beaters, Far Corners, Stalins of Sound, Audacity/Big Eyes

« on: October 10, 2012, 02:43:45 PM »

psyched for the eat skull 7"! is volar putting out the eat skull III lp?

Me too! I've known Rob for years and told him a while back that he had an open offer if he ever wanted to together.  He hit me up out of the blue with this stuff, really glad he did.  The LP is coming out sometime this winter on Woodsist, looking forward to that as well.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / 7"s by Eat Skull, Beaters, Far Corners, Stalins of Sound, Audacity/Big Eyes

« on: October 09, 2012, 09:34:27 PM »

I'll have more said about all of this soon, but Volar Records has a bunch of stuff coming out in December, with preorders available for limited color, mail-order-only vinyl.

First up is a series of 7"s, which can be purchased individually or together as the Strange Mutations Singles Series Vol. 1 package.  $6 each for the individual records, or $30 PPD for the box set.  Limited to 200 copies of the specially packaged set.  Info below.

STRANGE MUTATIONS: SINGLE SERIES SET VOL. 1
PREORDER over at http://volarrecords.bigcartel.com/product/preorder-strange-mutations-singles-series-set-vol-1
Volar Records' first proper singles series, Strange Mutations, collected here in its first volume. Set comes specially packaged. Set of five colored 7"s includes:

Strange Mutations 7" Series Box Set:
Beaters--"Jester" b/w "911=11"
Eat Skull--"Where'd You Go" + "Medication Time" b/w "Jefferson Angel"
Stalins of Sound--"Pool of Piranha" + "Panik" b/w "Rapture in Blood
Far Corners--"Sanity Suck" + "Not So Hot Right Now" b/w "Asleep Since the 70s"
Audacity/Big Eyes split 7"--"Bottle It Up" b/w "Half the Time"

Hit up volarrecords.bigcartel.com to preorder limited color copies of the records for $6 each or the entire set for $30 PPD.

Go here to listen to everything--http://soundcloud.com/volar-records/sets/strange-mutations-vol-1

We've also got the debut LP by San Diego psych/noise outfit Tar Halos, Wine Hand.  You can listen to the LP's lead off track, "Broken Clocks," here:

http://soundcloud.com/volar-records/tar-halos-broken-clocks

And also, the debut LP by UK atmospheric/noisy synth outfit Soft Riot, No Longer Stranger.  Check out that LP's opening track, "Holding Cash in Fields of Ash", at the link below:

http://soundcloud.com/volar-records/soft-riot-holding-cash-in

Again, preorders of those are available at volarrecords.bigcartel.com.

For folks here on TermBo and here only, I'm offering up to twenty hand-labeled and numbered copies of test pressings to go out before the official records come out.  $5 for the 7"s, $10 for the LPs.  Please email me at volarrecords@gmail.com (or just PM me on here) if you're interested.  Thanks!

craig/volar records

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Shannon & the Clams/Audacity/Nerves trib. LP/Trop Pop IN STOCK NOW

« on: September 22, 2012, 05:44:48 PM »

Wanted to let folks now that these are all in stock now.  Check the link below for more info and trax and stuff.

http://volarrecords.blogspot.com/2012/09/www.volarrecords.bigcartel.com.html

Happy to finally announce that, amidst plenty of frustration with my pressing plant, the Shannon and the Clams "Gremlins Crawl" b/w "White Rabbit" (Jefferson Airplane cover--stream both tracks below), the limited color repress of Audacity's "Ears and Eyes" 7" EP, the limited color repress of the Nerves tribute LP, and the limited color repress of the Tropical Popsicle's--"Beach With no Footprints" 7", are all finally on their way and will be shipping next week when I get back in town.  Have a listen to everything below, peruse our store at volarrecords.bigcartel.c om to purchase the mailorder color copies of some of these titles, and thanks for your patience.

This 7" is part of a three-at-once release along with 1-2-3-4-Go! Records out of SF and Surfin' Ki out of Italy, who will be releasing the "Ozma" b/w "Angel Baby" 7" and "Ozma" b/w "Muppet Babies" 7", respectively.  The last couple of years have proven to be pretty busy following the band's release of a handful of 7"s and their Sleep Talk LP on 1-2-3-4-Go! (you can find all this stuff over at the Clams' website), and with Shannon Clam splitting musical duties between the Clams and Hunx and his Punx and guitarist Cody Blanchard enjoying time with his solo venture, King Lollipop, as well as thrashing it up in Volar labelmates Uzi Rash.  The Clams are also heading out on tour next week, and you can check out those dates, as well as "Gremlins Crawl" and "Ozma" from 1-2-3-4-Go!'s 7" below.  We've got 100 orange vinyl and 100 yellow vinyl, mailorder only, as well as plenty in black. over at our Volar Big Cartel... $6 color, $5 black.

Also available is the color repress of Audacity's "Ears and Eyes" 7" EP on red vinyl, limited to 70 copies, mailorder only (order it here!). The band is embarking on a short West Coast tour next month with Nu Sensae, and then a bigger US tour starting in early November with their good friends in Big Eyes.  I'll have some upcoming news regarding the first Volar singles series, a box set that'll be available in the next few months... one of the 7"s will be a split with Audacity and Big Eyes.  Dates TBA announced sooner than later... $5.

Also, we've repressed San Diego goth/psych act Tropical Popsicle's first 7", "Beach With No Footprints" b/w "Always Awake in Shadows" in a limited color format, just in time for their upcoming "Ghost Beacons" 7".  $5

And last but not least, Under the Covers Vol. 2: A Tribute to Paul Collins, Peter Case, and Jack Lee (of the Nerves) on limited red vinyl.
Includes tracks from GRASS WIDOW, READING RAINBOW, WHITE WIRES, HUNX & HIS PUNX, THE MANTLES, WHITE FENCE, AUDACITY, PERSONAL & THE PIZZAS, DAVILA 666, LE FACE, TIJUANA PANTHERS, SO COW, NEVEREVER, MOONHEARTS, SHARK TOYS, RATAS DEL VATICANO, FORGERY SERIES, and COWABUNGA BABES.  $12

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Window Twins-Wish LP (Tim Cohen-F&Os, Jon Bernson-Exray's)

« on: September 06, 2012, 01:58:24 AM »

PREORDER the limited color vinyl for this.

SF-based Window Twins, the joint project of Jon Bernson (Exray's/Ray's Vast Basement) and Tim Cohen (Fresh and Onlys/Magic Trick), are gearing up for the release of their sophomore effort, Wish, on October 16th via Volar Records on vinyl and Crash Symbols on cassette, following their debut LP, I Am This Tall City, released in 2009 via Howell's Transmitter. In the time since that first WT record, Bernson has kept busy with Exray's, who, among other things, saw their track, "Hesitation," from their first self-titled LP, wind up in David Fincher's The Social Network, and recently released their sophomore LP, Trust A Robot. Cohen has been especially busy lately, what with the recent release of his solo project Magic Trick's second LP, Ruler of the Night, on Hardly Art, and the upcoming Fresh & Onlys LP, Long Slow Dance, out in September on Mexican Summer.

Preorder the limited-color, mailorder vinyl LP for $14, the cassette for $5, and both as a set for $16, over at volarrecords.bigcartel.c om.  Listen to some already posted stuff below, including affiliated projects, and read Pitchfork's just-posted glowing review of the new Fresh and Onlys LP, Long Slow Dance, out yesterday on Mexican Summer.


http://soundcloud.com/volar-records/window-twins-two-left-feet

"Two Left Feet" video by BrokenMachineFilms.com:
https://vimeo.com/44734158

Soundcloud link:
http://soundcloud.com/volar-records/window-twins-thunder-and

"Thunder and Lightning" video by Colin Held and Jon Bernson:
https://vimeo.com/43635368

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

« on: August 30, 2012, 03:37:09 AM »

I have to kind of admit that this song's not that bad, actually.  But I'll also admit that Toby's one of the most psychotic people I've ever spent more than a few minutes around.

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

« on: August 30, 2012, 03:34:42 AM »

http://blessuregraveband.bandcamp.com/track/water

New Blessure Grave song. The band is active and touring.

OH LOOK SOMEBODY HAS A PICTURE OF HIMSELF MOPING AND MOODY ON HIS BED

I lived down the street from him when all this label debacle shit went down.  He's as much of a piece of shit as anyone who's never met him can imagine.