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
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
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
Comedy Minus One’s re-issue of Silkworm’s “Chokes” is in stores today. While it has been available digitally for a good while now, here’s a list of places you can also download it from: iTunes : eMusic : Bandcamp : Rhapsody : Amazon : Google Play If you would prefer an LP pressing of “Chokes,” order…More
Comedy Minus One has launched a Bandcamp label page that features a first wave of 18 releases, with more on the way. For the next week all CMO titles are each just $5 to download and free to stream. Downloads are available in a variety of high quality audio options pulled from production masters, including…More
PRF Distro launched in September of last year. Thank you for your ongoing support of this new venture! Here are our year-end top ten sellers from the 100+ titles we offer, with links to stream and purchase accordingly. Click on each album’s title for more on each record. (All Comedy Minus One releases and the…More
The basic instrumental tracks for what would become Silkworm’s final record “Chokes!” (cmo007) were recorded in 2005 at Electrical Audio, a few weeks before the death of drummer Michael Dahlquist. The songs were finished later that year and issued on compact disc via 12XU at the close of 2006. Comedy Minus One helped distribute this…More
This month's headlines: Silkworm "Libertine" re-issue out now! Bottomless Pit shirts and live sessions! Minutes video! Read on!