Good people of the Internet, Greetings again from Comedy Minus One, an independent record label. Thanks to your support in our first year of existence, we were able to buy the adorable baby pictured above! On to the news…
Now gracing the walls of the Comedy Minus One HQ, two silkscreened posters by Mike Budai. The top piece is from Silkworm’s final show in Pittsburgh. Below you’ll find art from last year’s Bottomless Pit / Karl Hendricks Rock Band bill at Brillobox. The photos don’t do these gorgeous prints justice.
The time has come to meet Obits. They’re four men from Brooklyn. More specifically, Obits are: Rick Froberg, Scott Gursky, Sohrab Habibion and Greg Simpson. Former members of Hot Snakes, Edsel, Drive Like Jehu, Kids For Cash and Shortstack. Before their debut full-length is released on Sub Pop in the first third of 2009, the…More
After a far-too-long wait, physical copies of the new Bottomless Pit 12″ “Congress” are now available in the Comedy Minus One store. Those of you who placed advance orders will have your records mailed later today. Thank you for your patience and sorry about the delay. Listen to the song “Fish Eyes” above.
Was tipped to these two clips from Bottomless Pit’s show last weekend at Knitting Factory in New York. The one above these words is of “Dead Man’s Blues.” The embedded video below where I am typing is the set-closing “Human Out Of Me.”
Remarkable. For a starting bid of just fifty cents, you can apparently pay for a creased Bottomless Pit “Hammer of the Gods” poster that we’d have sent you for free had you just asked. I’m not one to tell you how to spend your money, but…
Photo: Jeremy Farmer Bottomless Pit played two songs on KEXP this afternoon (“Dogtag” and “Winterwind”) as part of the Live From Chicago series. For more photos, click here.
Our 11th release in the past nine months has entered the fancy digital portals. The Karl Hendricks Trio’s “A Gesture Of Kindness,” pictured above with ace cover art by Chris Ware, is now available on all major download services, including iTunes, eMusic and Rhapsody.
While on tour in Los Angeles last month supporting “The Hann-Byrd Ep”, Oxford Collapse had the good fortune to meet the record’s namesake, actor / statesman Adam Hann-Byrd. Jumanji!
Because all the young people are doing it, we made our own muxtape – featuring one song from each Comedy Minus One release. Hopefully we’ll be able to fill in that 12th track soon…