It’s almost drink your face off and stumble around CMJ time here in NYC and Ford & Fitzroy will be standing tall and playing their asses off at Rehab on Saturday, Oct 25th.  It’s a $5 show and should be nice and solidly packed, so we’d definitely recommend getting there a bit on the early side and getting up nice and close to the stage to see these guys before they explode.  Check out some tunes at Largehearted Boy and see Glenn’s NYC Music Survey in NY PRESS here as well as the list of bands that are “destined to one day rule the NYC music scene alongside Sonic Youth” (which, of course, includes F&F) right here.

Get on it and get ready!

Ladies & Gentleman, we’d like to introduce you to the the newest band on The Cougar Label, Ford & Fitzroy.  We’re quite happy to be releasing their debut album, Canyons, on November 11th.  They pulled us in to their sound from way down the hall at our practice space… and it’s rare rare thing when a song’s hooks actually permeate foot thick walls and turns in a hallway.  We loved the songs before we saw them live, and couldn’t get enough once we did.  So, needless to say, we’re very excited to have them on board!

Check out some of the tunes from the new record here.

And, even better, see them live at the Pull-Out Method Daytime Showcase on OCT 25th at Rehab during CMJ!

This Thursday, 10/2, set your DVR to record Joe Biden pummeling Sarah Palin and get down to Union Hall because Doug Keith is playing a FREE SHOW!  The show is the 2nd of many to come were Doug is backed by a full band of allstars (Featuring Kendall Meade, Margaret White, Craig Chin, Lindsay Sullivan and Ben Lord) and it will be a great night… finishing off with Ed Laurie, a great musician who’s over from the UK.  Be sure to get your hands on an EP sampler of Doug’s upcoming album Here’s To Outliving Me. 

Doug Keith Band
Thursday, October 2nd @ 9pm

Union Hall
702 Union Street @ 5th Avenue
Park Slope, Brooklyn 11215
www.unionhallny.com 

Launching today, At Home Anywhere is a new podcast series where we will be bringing bands traveling through NYC into The Fort, a 1200 sq. ft. recording studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn to record a few tracks that we will then give to you for FREE.

We are truly honored and excited to be kicking things off with three songs from Chicago’s post-rock trio Dianogah.  They are long time favorites of ours here at the label (we’ve been hooked ever since As Seen From Above came out in ’97) and we really couldn’t be happier to be starting things off with them.  The tracks were recorded on June 24, 2008 on the band’s U.S. tour in support of their new album qhnnnl (Out now on Southern Records) and feature Stephanie Morris of The Pawner’s Society on “Piñata” as well as on a fantastic cover of The Handsome Family’s “Stalled.”  It’s great great stuff.
 

The tracks are:
01. Piñata Oblongata
02. Snowpants
03. Stalled 

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Tonight, Sept 5th at Union Hall.  Brooklyn, NY.

Clair

10pm (a farewell show to their guitarist)

KaiserCartel

9pm (a welcome home show from weeks of touring)

Doug Keith

8pm (featuring members of Mascott, Clair & Up The Empire)

All in all, a kick ass night.
Doors at 7:30.  $10.

Big news coming next week!  Til then.

Just a quick update for today…

Doug Keith is playing this THURSDAY, AUG 21 at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC.  He’s on at 11pm sharp… and to make it all the more better…  he’ll be playing with a full band!  The band will consist of Ben Lord (Up The Empire), Kendall Meade (Mascott), Lindsay Sullivan (Clair) and Margaret White (Portatastic).  Pretty Sweet!

This should be enough to hold you over until our next big bash when we take over Union Hall on Sept 5th with Cougar past & present…  Doug Keith, KaiserCartel & Clair all together.  Kickin’ Ass, Takin’ Names (on the mailing lists) and drinkin’ up.  Mark your calendars, people!