SL IN SEPTEMBER

SPIDER BAGS “PAPA WAS A SHITHEAD” 7” SINGLE & CROSS “DIE FOREVER” 12” LP Coming 9/25/12 on Sophomore Lounge. Could not be more excited about the month of September.

CHRISTMAS BRIDE

“PLANET EARTH’S MOTTO…” REVIEW ON WAX TRASH BLOG (RATING: 7.2/10) This 12 song LP is based primarily on the notion that even if brevity’s not the soul of wit, it may be the soul of songwriting…despite the title. The band was meant to be, according to frontman Davey Hart, ‘an experiment in rapid, unfiltered songwriting…indulging [...]

GLUE, GREEN GLITTER

GIVING UP VIDEO PREMIER ON YVYNYL. (It’s actually on baby blue vinyl, not green glitter, though that would be cool!) Giving Up – Glue, Green Glitter There’s something endearing about this sloppy iPhoned, devil-may-care video from band from Garner, Iowa. All sorts of hand-held shots of them making fun on the road, on the beach. [...]

DAVID LETTERMAN

LINZY P (OF FIELDED) PERFORMING W/ J.T.B. LAST NIGHT ON THE LETTERMAN SHOW!

GIVING UP

GIVING UP & X MAS BRIDE 12”S OFFICIALLY OUT TODAY! All pre-orders have shipped. Here’s another real nice review of “(peace sign/frown face)” from Brian at American Gloam. I have this weird habit of killing two birds with one stone when I’m stuck on the couch and wanting to succumb to my need to be [...]

NEW REVIEWS

NORMAN RECORDS REVIEWS TWO NEW SL RELEASES. Now for sale in their webstore. THE CHRISTMAS BRIDE “PLANET EARTH’S MOTTO…” (4 out of 5 stars) Trash-pop doyens Sophomore Lounge’s last outing, the debut 7” from Tropical Trash, totally popped my skull so it’s nice to see we’ve got some more stuff in from them this week. [...]

SPIDERBAGS

SPIDER BAGS “SHAKE MY HEAD” COMING 8/7/12 ON ODESSA. Artwork by Mikie Poland of Aethletics. Now streaming on bandcamp: http://spiderbags.bandcamp.com/album/shake-my-head Buy it at Odessa: http://www.odessarecords.com/artists/spiderbags 7” single coming soon on Sophomore Lounge.

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL

TROPICAL TRASH IN MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL. A unfavorable review, followed by a top-ten list… Top Tens from MRR #350 • July 2012 Inconceivable! Every month, a couple weeks after the magazine comes out, we post our reviewers’ monthly top tens from the latest issue of Maximum Rocknroll. This one’s from MRR #350, the July 2012 special [...]

GIVING UP

“(PEACE SIGN/FROWN FACE)” REVIEW ON CACTUS-MOUTH. Today is a Sophomore Lounge Records double feature! Earlier today on PORTALS I posted about the upcoming album from The Christmas Bride that the label is putting out. And now here I am featuring Giving Up’s (peace sign / frown face) the second of their two upcoming LP releases. [...]