Bad Astronaut “Acrophobe” LP (available in Whiskey Coke and Black vinyl)

Bad Astronaut “Acrophobe” LP (Set of all 4 Colors)

While I have been talking about this for quite some time, I am very proud to say that the pressing for Bad Astronaut’s “Acrophobe” is finally happening. I was really hoping to have them done in time for the Bad Astronaut shows in July, but unfortunately, that did not happen. I received the test pressings late last week and spent a lot of time with them over the weekend. The test pressings are approved and if all goes well, I will have finished records by the end of September. I will be sure to keep you posted.

The pressing info is as follows:

150 on transparent brown (whiskey coke colored vinyl, Vinyl Collective Exclusive)
250 on white vinyl (Hot Topic Exclusive Color)
300 on solid baby blue (light blue) (Joey Cape/Bad Astronaut exclusive color, available from Joey Cape)
300 on black vinyl (represses will be on black vinyl)

Before anyone freaks out about the exclusive colors and your ability or lack of ability to get each variant, I have worked it out with Joey and Hot Topic to offer 50 sets of all 4 colors through our store. But after those sets are sold out, the only way to get White is at Hot Topic and the only way to get Solid Baby Blue is from Joey Cape.

I will be offering a test pressing contest for all who pre-order the record; good luck. I am really honored to have something to do with this album. While I am planning on releasing the other Bad Astronaut records in the future, there is no timeline for when these will come out.

While I have been talking about this for quite some time, I am very proud to say that the pressing for Bad Astronaut’s “Acrophobe” is finally happening. The pre-order for this record will be on Thursday, September 2nd (sometime during the A.M.). I was really hoping to have them done in time for the Bad Astronaut shows in July, but unfortunately, that did not happen. I received the test pressings late last week and spent a lot of time with them over the weekend. The test pressings are approved and if all goes well, I will have finished records by the end of September. I will be sure to keep you posted.

The pressing info is as follows:

150 on transparent brown (whiskey coke colored vinyl, Vinyl Collective Exclusive)
250 on white vinyl (Hot Topic Exclusive Color)
300 on solid baby blue (light blue) (Joey Cape/Bad Astronaut exclusive color, available from Joey Cape)
300 on black vinyl (represses will be on black vinyl)

Before anyone freaks out about the exclusive colors and your ability or lack of ability to get each variant, I have worked it out with Joey and Hot Topic to offer 50 sets of all 4 colors through our store. But after those sets are sold out, the only way to get White is at Hot Topic and the only way to get Solid Baby Blue is from Joey Cape.

I will be offering a test pressing contest for all who pre-order the record. I am really honored to have something to do with this album. While I am planning on releasing the other Bad Astronaut records in the future, there is no timeline for when these will come out.

Pre-order will happen on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 sometime in the A.M. (MST)

Listen to “Falling Apart” by THE GAMITS!

Stop what you are doing and go visit Paper and Plastick so you can hear the first song posted from the Gamits’ upcoming album, “Parts”. I believe that Paper and Plastick are accepting pre-orders now for the CD version of the new album, but in early September (date to be announced), we (Suburban Home/VC) along with Paper and Plastick will be posting pre-orders for the Gamits’ new album on vinyl, CD, and digitally. Here is a breakdown of the first pressing for Parts:

“plaid mix” – blue, white, red and black mixed x 200 (I think this will be the SH/VC/Gamits exclusive color)
“concrete” – gray and black shimmer x 400
“parts” – blue and white swirl x 200
“logo” – red and black swirl x 200

So go listen to the song, let us know what you think, and be very excited for the Gamits’ upcoming album. I can’t stop listening to it and just can’t wait for everyone to give it a listen.

The Gamits CD release show is on Saturday, September 4th, at the Gothic Theater w/ Crestfallen.

That’s right my friends, the long overdue vinyl pressing of Drag the River’s Closed is in production right now. I’m not really sure why it took us this long to put the album on vinyl, but it is happening. As a matter of fact, I received the test pressings late last week and the test pressings are approved. Because of this, I have decided to post the pre-order for this record on Thursday, August 19th. The 1,000 piece pressing will be pressed on 3 colors:

150 on Whiskey Coke colored vinyl (special 15th Anniversary color)
400 on Gold vinyl
450 on Black vinyl (all future pressing will be on black vinyl)

I originally planned to press a number of our records and repressed records on Whiskey Coke colored vinyl for our 15th Anniversary weekend, but being that vinyl always takes forever, we will just offer these special edition records for sale on our website. Expect each that edition to go fast. We think that there is a good chance that the vinyl will be done in time for our 15th Anniversary weekend but you never know.

Depending on the day, this is my favorite Drag the River album. The album features so many great songs like “Medicine”, “Get Drunk”, “Calloused Heart”, “Forgiveness”, and so many more. If you haven’t heard the album in a while, take a listen to this full album stream.

Expect news soon on vinyl pressings of Austin Lucas’ “Collection”, I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House’s “The Sounds of Dying”, Bad Astronaut’s “Acrophobe”, This Charming Man’s “Every Little Secret”, Tim Barry’s “Laurel St Demos” (repress), and more.

The Onion’s AV Club just posted an interview with the vocalist of the Gamits, Chris Fogal. It is a nice, short interview conducted by the Onion’s Matt Schild, someone who was around when the Gamits were active. I highly recommend taking a moment to read the interview. Chris and Matt discuss the reunion, trying to make it as a band, the upcoming album, thoughts on “Antidote”, and more.  If you live near or around Denver, make sure you come out for their reunion show tomorrow at the Bluebird Theater (and pre-party at Lost Lake). One thing I wanted to add was that the Gamits final show in Denver was December 18th, 2004. Man, that was a long time ago.

Better now than never again: The Gamits regroup for one more go-around [Onion's AV Club]

That’s right, not only are the Gamits coming back into our lives with their first show in over 5 years on Friday, August 6th (at the Bluebird Theater), we are having a Happy Hour/Pre-party at Lost Lake before the show. We figured that before we head over to the Bluebird to see what will be an incredible show, we could all have a few drinks at more affordable prices. Not only that, but we will be playing the Gamits’ new album, “Parts” in its entirety for all to hear. And we will end the pre-party by doing a Car Bomb (a shot that is half a pint of Guinness with a shot consisting of Jameson Irish Whiskey and Bailey’s Irish Cream that you drop into the beer). This was our shot of choice when the Gamits were active and we figured we would bring it back. Here is how everything will go down:

When: Friday, August 6th starting at 5pm
Where: Lost Lake Lounge, 3602 E. Colfax Ave (right down and across the street from the Bluebird)
What: Pre-party, hang out session, and album listening party
Times: Starts at 5pm, We will begin listening to The Gamits’ new album, “Parts”, at 7pm, and we will all do a mass Car Bomb at 8:17pm (get your orders in early so that the bartenders can line em up); we will then make our way to show which starts at 9pm.

I hope to see every single one of you out for the Pre-party and the show. It is gonna be epic. Can you imagine having 50 people doing Car Bombs all at the same time?

We are proud to announce that The Gamits’ new album not only has a new title, “Parts”, it has a new partner. “Parts” will be co-released by Paper and Plastick, the label owned and operated by Vinnie Fiorello (of Less Than Jake). Our good friend Matt Yonker (of Teen Idols/Bullets to Broadway) reminded us that Vinnie was a big fan of the Gamits and he originally suggested the possiblity of doing a split 7″ with Bullets to Broadway on Paper and Plastick. As the discussion continued, it was proposed that Paper and Plastick be involved with the release of The Gamits’ new album.

Vinnie said of the Gamits, “.. Antidote came out and it caused a tidal wave in my music collection. It eclipsed every other cd in its way – I fell in love with the band all over again – it took all the hooks from their previous records and mixed it with tension and depression- all the things mixing in my head at the time. The Gamits always have been a gem among the music i own and when I had the chance to help out with the new record, how could I not jump at the chance to work with a band that has been my soundtrack…”

We are honored to be able to work with Vinnie and Paper and Plastick. “Parts” is going to blow you away.

The Gamits have finished recording their new album and we expect to have it out in October. The Gamits will be playing their first show in over 5 years on Friday, August 6th and the Bluebird Theater with Only Thunder (one of their last shows) .

You can listen to The Gamits “Antidote” in our listening station.

Last week, Austin Lucas came through Denver on his tour with Cory Branan. The show was one of those really incredible shows that reminds you of why you stay out so late on a school night and end up drinking a few too many beers. Cory Branan who played right before Austin was fantastic as always (even though he was super dead from pulling an all nighter the night before in Vegas). While I always love seeing Cory, I have to say that Austin Lucas was absolutely on point and the night was all his.

The photo you see above is one of many that Tiffiny Kallina from The Ruckus took. She also did a show review to accompany the photos and will soon be publishing an interview with Austin Lucas. You can see the show review and photos here.

Our friends at Punknews have started to do a podcast. While I haven’t yet listened to it (will do so shortly), the podcast features music by Austin Lucas, My Heart to Joy, Comadre, Coliseum, along with commentary by Bryne Yancy, Adam White, and Richard Verducci (Punknews writers). Stream or Download their podcast here.

Those of you waiting for the vinyl release of “Collection”, your wait will soon be over. I am planning to have the vinyl done in time for Suburban Home Records’s 15th Anniversary. Expect a special exclusive color available only to people who attend our 15th Anniversary. News will be posted soon.

And if you haven’t yet downloaded our latest mix tape, Suburban Home Records Mix Tape #5, you have to download it for the Austin Lucas demo of “Sleep Well”, a song that Austin has been playing out on the road and a song that absolutely owns. Download the mix at this link.

If you follow our newsletter, you probably read that Austin Lucas ended his set in Denver by doing an A cappella version of Boyz II Men’s It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye. It was amazing. Don’t be surprised if some time from now, I convince Austin Lucas to put out an ep of covers of old hip hop and R&b tunes.

I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House “The Sounds of Dying” CD w/ FREE beer coozie and instant download
I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House “The Sounds of Dying” 320 Kbps mp3 or Flac (only $5.99)

Our good friends at Hot Leathers (who sponsor I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch and Two Cow Garage) have been so kind as to offer one lucky individual the opportunity to get a $250 gift certificate at Hot Leathers.  All you have to do for a chance to win this gift certificate is pre-order “The Sounds of Dying”. We will select one winner and send them the gift card. You can pre-order by clicking one of the 2 links above and if you missed out on the earlier posts, I highly recommend you check out the following to sample “The Sounds of Dying”:

• Stream the entire album 1 of 3 ways: On Bandcamp, on our Listening Station, or through ourStreaming Html Player
• Download Suburban Home Records Mix Tape volume 5, “Someone’s Gonna Die” (30 song mix tape inspired by I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House)
• Download Nine Bullets’ one year podcast which features “Ghost” from “The Sounds of Dying”
• Visit Sonofabitch’s Myspace page to listen to “Hallelujah”

Have you listened to the Sounds of Dying yet? What do you think? Good luck on the contest, and thanks Hot Leathers for being so generous.

I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House “The Sounds of Dying” CD w/ FREE beer coozie and instant download
I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House “The Sounds of Dying” 320 Kbps mp3 or Flac (only $5.99)

So every day this week, we have shared a little something from I Can LIck Any Sonofabitch In the House’s Suburban Home debut, “The Sounds of Dying”. Now, we are offering a pre-order for their new album on CD or digitally. While the album won’t be in stores til late August, you can get an instant download of the album right now. Pre-order the CD and you will get 320 kbps mp3s of the album instantly and a FREE beer coozie. Or you can order the album digitally through our bandcamp store either as 320 kbps mp3s or on Flac (for only $5.99). Expect more releases on bandcamp soon. The CD will ship in about 3 weeks.

If you missed out on the earlier posts, I highly recommend you check out the following to sample “The Sounds of Dying”:

• Stream the entire album 1 of 3 ways: On Bandcamp, on our Listening Station, or through our Streaming Html Player
• Download Suburban Home Records Mix Tape volume 5, “Someone’s Gonna Die” (30 song mix tape inspired by I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House)
• Download Nine Bullets’ one year podcast which features “Ghost” from “The Sounds of Dying”
• Visit Sonofabitch’s Myspace page to listen to “Hallelujah”

After having been a big fan of this band for years, I was amazed to find out that they had finished up an album that was never released, and I was blown away to have had the opportunity to release this album. I really hope you give it a listen. It might be the heaviest Americana record I have ever heard. Those of you waiting for it to come out on vinyl, we will have it out on vinyl before Suburban Home’s 15th Anniversary.

I’ll be the first to admit that our small label doesn’t have the reach the bigger guys have to get the word out and about. If you know someone who might dig this, please tell them to check it out. Please share our mixtape and streams on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, your blog, or wherever you can share such things. I really appreciate it.