Photo credit: Bradley’s Almanac Bottomless Pit’s third album “Shade Perennial” comes out on October 29th and in the subsequent months the band will be playing a number of shows across multiple time zones in support of this stellar record. Dates include… 2013: Sunday, November 3 – Off The Record at Saki – Chicago, IL All…More
A few associated titles are gradually being added to the Comedy Minus One on-line shoppe. In addition to our label’s fine releases you can now pick up “Gala,” the first album in nine years by Joel R.L. Phelps and The Downer Trio (12XU / $15) and/or the debut compact disc by Chicago trio Light Coma…More
Comedy Minus One is putting out the new Bottomless Pit record. This unto itself is exciting news, but what if we told you the album (the cover of which is pictured above) was going to be released on Lp + Cd before the close of next month and that preorders should start shipping in the…More
“America is a country of second chances.” Who said that originally? Someone who more than likely did something pretty terrible once, I’d imagine. Since we picked up ~300 gorgeous SKWM t-shirts at Commonwealth Press, it has been alarming how many people have seen the above image and asked how they could get said garment, oblivious…More
Roughly 22 years in the making, Eleventh Dream Day’s collection of long-lost 1991 recordings titled “New Moodio” is available in record stores and via all of your favorite digital providers as of today. iTunes : eMusic : Rhapsody : Amazon You’re encouraged to learn more about the history behind a record Comedy Minus One is…More
Today marks the midway point in Comedy Minus One’s three-tiered preorder program for our reissue of Silkworm’s 1994 album “Libertine.” In addition to options that include simply the vinyl + CD ($20) and the record/CD + a vintage shirt reconstructed ($40), there is a third level where for $75 you will receive… -A copy of…More
“Very few bands make even one great album. Silkworm made several, and this is the first.” – Steve Albini Comedy Minus One announces a long-overdue deluxe reissue of Silkworm’s out-of-print 1994 album “Libertine” (cmo019), the third and final full-length record by the band as a quartet. This is a double 12″ pressing with a supplementary…More
The Karl Hendricks Trio, Heather Loves Silkworm and a rare public screening of the documentary Couldn’t You Wait? all at Brillobox. If you don’t already live in western Pennsylvania, there’s just over a month to move there.
Comedy Minus One’s next project is an album from one of our all-time favorite bands, Chicago’s Eleventh Dream Day. We will be releasing the record “New Moodio” (cmo025) on May 14th, 2013 in as a limited run of 500 LPs. If the title “New Moodio” sounds slightly familiar, it should. “New Moodio” is Eleventh Dream…More
The long-awaited documentary about the rock band Silkworm is available today. You can finally download “Couldn’t You Wait?” for just $5, but you should probably spring for the well-worthwhile $10 “Live Worm” or an deluxe $20 edition that includes over three hours of bonus material in addition to the 95 minute film.