Photo by David Ewald Out of print physically for eons and never previously available digitally in most cases, the entire Joel R.L. Phelps discography is now on Bandcamp for high quality free streaming and reasonablly-priced downloading. Today is also Joel’s birthday. Happy birthday, Joel. We love you. “Customs” Customs by Joel R.L. Phelps & The…More
For those of you who go to record stores that still put their new releases out on Tuesdays, Mint Mile’s “In Season & Ripe” 12″ (cmo029) is now available. For those of you who go to record stores that now put their new releases out on Fridays, give it a couple days. For those of…More
Dear Michael, Somehow, it has been ten goddamn years since you died. I vividly remember sitting in a small back porch office while visiting Toronto in July of 2005, going through my webmail in reverse chronological order. There was a mailing list for fellow music folks I subscribed to then, and as I hastily deleted…More
A photo posted by John Yingling (@theeworldunderground) on Jun 20, 2015 at 11:59am PDT Stream Mint Mile’s set from the 2015 PRF BBQ directly below these words. Tim Midyett – Baritone 12-string acoustic guitar, vocal Andrew Cohen – Acoustic guitar Howard Draper – Steel guitar Matthew Barnhart – Bass Greg Norman – Trumpet Jeff Panall…More
Photo by Liz Bustamante Here’s the Comedy Minus One newsletter for July 2015.
“In Season & Ripe” (cmo029) is the first record by Mint Mile. There are four songs on this 12”. Jeff Panall (Songs: Ohia) played the drums. Andrew Cohen (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit) played acoustic guitar. Howard Draper (Tre Orsi) played slide guitar and organ. Matthew Barnhart (Tre Orsi) recorded the drums and did much of the…More
Here’s the just-released video for “The Neighborhood” by TV Colours, the opening track off their killer LP “Purple Skies, Toxic River.”
“Purple Skies, Toxic River,” the acclaimed debut album by Australia’s TV Colours, is in finer record stores today. Alternately, here’s a list of places you can download this record from: iTunes : eMusic : Bandcamp : Rhapsody : Amazon : Google Play If you would rather order an LP pressing of “Purple Skies, Toxic River”…More
In 1995, The Karl Hendricks Trio released the album “A Gesture of Kindness,” featuring cover art by the acclaimed artist Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library, Jimmy Corrigan, Building Stories). Twenty years later, Karl faces medical bills after surgery for oral cancer, and Chris Ware has generously donated the original artwork from this album to help…More
I’ve had a deep appreciation for music that has found its way to New Jersey from Australia for about as long as I’ve known about punk rock, first discovering bands like The Eastern Dark, Exploding White Mice and The Celibate Rifles when I was in grade school. Three decades later, contemporary albums by Ooga Boogas,…More