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Zookeeper

Pink Chalk

Selling Points

• From the legendary frontman of Mineral and The Gloria Record. • Mineral reunion tour begins shortly after release! • Will be promoted at sold-out shows countrywide. • RIYL: Mineral, The Gloria Record.

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Press and PR handled by Beartrap PR. Reviews in key media, from Pitchfork to NPR. Album premiere hosted at popular websites. Mass media e-mail to thousands of followers.

Zookeeper’s triumphant return shouldn’t be overshadowed by the reunion of ringleader Chris Simpson’s legendary project Mineral, a band that played a pivotal role in bringing emo into the mainstream in the nineties. The two are very different animals, and while Mineral may bask in the warm wave of nostalgia, Zookeeper is still Simpson’s most evocative and mature vehicle. On their latest effort, Pink Chalk, Simpson’s voice guides us through an orchestra of soft landscapes painted by piano, guitar, lap steel, horns, and percussion that will likely garner comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel, Belle & Sebastian, and Wilco. A can’t-miss! “A bit of an emo legend.”

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Count Your Lucky Stars VINYL: CYL 79 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

“A brilliant time capsule.” D

MINERAL REUNION TOUR

Chris Simpson: guitar, vocals Ben Lance: guitar Joe Salinas: bass Doug Walseth: pedal steel Ben Houtman: keys Seth Woods: bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals Matt Roth: bass Cully Symington: drums Michael St. Claire: trombone Matt Bricker: trumpet Gil Del Bosque: saxophone SIDE A: Conclusions • Universe Song • Beam With Us • I Never Knew • Dark Road • SIDE B: Ain’t Playing • When I Had My Legs • Bloodhounds • Pink Chalk • Two Part Invention Key Markets: Hometown: Austin. Also: New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle

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September 4 Brooklyn, NY – St. Vitus September 5–7 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom September 8 New Haven, CT – Center Church September 9 Washington, DC – Black Cat September 10 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club September 11 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer September 12 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop September 14 Chicago, IL – Riot Fest September 15 Columbus, OH – Skully’s September 16 St. Louis, MO – Firebird September 17 Kansas City, MO – The Record Bar September 19 Denver, CO – Riot Fest October 22 San Francisco, CA – The Independent October 23 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill October 24–25 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy October 26 Pomona, CA – The Glass House October 27 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom November 2 Gainesville, FL – Fest 13 November 3 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade November 4 Greensboro, NC – The Blind Tiger

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Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp The Darkseid Recital

Selling Points

• Two of the most acclaimed instrumentalistcomposer-improvisers working today! • Brand-new collection of cosmic lieder. • Distilled from NYC engagements at Jazz Standard and The Stone. • An unimpeachably potent work, devoid of cliché. • RIYL: Sun Ra, Final Crisis (Grant Morrison), Matthew Shipp, Darius Jones.

Media & Marketing

• Full service to press/e-media. • Service to college/non-commercial radio. • Ads with New York City Jazz Record and Point of Departure.

Genre: Jazz Label: AUM Fidelity CD: AUM 88 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 40 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Darius Jones: alto saxophone, compositions Matthew Shipp: piano, compositions

Track Listing: Celestial Fountain • 2,327,694,748 • Granny Goodness • Gardens of Yivaroth • Lord of Woe • Life Equation • Sepulchre of Mandrakk • Divine Engine • Novu’s Final Gift Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington DC, New Haven

The inter-generational partnership of alto saxophonist Darius Jones and pianist Matthew Shipp seamlessly meshes the talents of two of the most restlessly inventive and deeply gifted instrumentalistcomposer-improviser-leaders working today. This singular duo project was first revealed in 2011 on the 13-part song cycle Cosmic Lieder, widely hailed as a wholly original and deeply compelling work of great emotional and intellectual heft, and seemingly arriving from the future. Since then, Jones and Shipp have continued to develop and broaden their exclusive language live in performance. The Darkseid Recital is their brand-new album of cosmic lieder, triple distilled from NYC engagements at Jazz Standard and The Stone. It is yet another unimpeachably potent work, devoid of cliché. The approaches here range widely, from entrancingly lyrical and gentle ear candy to liquid flows of notes designed to caress to a shredding intensity that can potentially be quite frightening. All of them are rendered with laser-sharp focus with intent toward catharsis, resulting in a whole that is both warmly accessible and uncompromisingly inventive.

“A form of pure expression that transcends notions of genre or style.”

“Wonderfully dense with information and ideas.”

Previously AVAILABLE Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp Cosmic Lieder

Darius Jones Quartet Book of Mæ’bul (Another Kind of Sunrise)

CD: AUM 66 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

CD: AUM 72 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

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“This engrossing union fascinates for its emotional and conceptual richness.”

Farmers By Nature

(Gerald Cleaver, William Parker, Craig Taborn) Love and Ghosts Selling Points

• The fully improvised communion of three internationally renowned masters. • Features two concerts recorded in highest fidelity on their inaugural European tour in 2011. • Craig Taborn’s two albums for ECM Records have resulted in a massive wave of media attention. • William Parker’s last release, the Wood Flute Songs set, was featured on several Best of 2013 lists. • RIYL: Craig Taborn, William Parker, Gerald Cleaver.

Media & Marketing

• Full service to press/e-media. • Service to college/non-commercial radio. • Ads with New York City Jazz Record and Point of Departure.

Farmers By Nature is the phenomenal trio of drummer Gerald Cleaver, bassist William Parker, and pianist Craig Taborn, each an internationally renowned master musician-improviser-composerbandleader. When they work together as FBN, it is as a complete musical collective; every communion is an auspicious and deeply rewarding event. They are without question one of the finest improvising units in the world today. Love and Ghosts is their long-awaited third release, following 2011’s Out of This World’s Distortions, and was recorded during their inaugural tour of Europe that same year. The rapidly varying landscapes they traveled through, and the blessed ability to freely cross borders as citizen musicians, inform the two extraordinarily fertile nights of sound fluency and invention captured in highest fidelity and presented here.

“The gems hidden in this sonic earth are plentiful, poetic, and remarkable.”

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Gerald Cleaver: drums, percussion, compositions William Parker: bass, compositions Craig Taborn: piano, compositions DISC ONE: Love and Ghosts • Without A Name • Aquilo • Seven Years In • Massalia • DISC TWO: The Green City • Bisanz • Comté • Castle #2 • Les Flâneurs Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Detroit, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle

“A bracing musical adventure done with consummate authority.” Previously AVAILABLE Farmers By Nature Out of This World’s Distortions CD: AUM 67 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 D

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“Masters of rhythmic intrigue.”

Genre: Jazz Label: AUM Fidelity CD: AUM 8990 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 2 Digipak, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Selling Points

• Debut album from rising comic Nate Fridson. • Recorded live at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase in Ann Arbor, MI. • RIYL: The Sklar Brothers, Nate Bargatze.

Detroit-born, Brooklyn-based comedian Nate Fridson has been called “smart,” “original,” and “better than I expected” by both peers and audiences alike. A “talented writer with an ear for sarcasm,” and “a man who’s willing to use other people’s quotes in his bio.” The material on this debut album is edgy, yet clean, and also sometimes it isn’t those things. Best Guy So Far confronts relationships, music, dating, family, sports, and anything else Nate finds even remotely interesting — he’s easily distracted. He can be seen regularly at the show he hosts Sunday nights at Beauty Bar in Manhattan.

Nate Fridson Best Guy So Far

Genre: Comedy Label: aspecialthing records CD: ATG 48 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 60 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

Track Listing: Good Start • Unexpected Compliment • First Comes Divorce, Then Comes Marriage • ...And He’s a Jew! • Rap Music • Pops • The Pretty Good Generation • Pick Up Basketball • Hey Man • Not a Choice • The Worst Kind of Liberal • Hard Hitting Political Comedy • Fight Connoisseur • A Whole New Fight • When I Was 12 • Best Guy So Far • The World is Not For You • One-Sided Love Stories • The Weirdest Compliment • Mrs. Rubin • Beat Him Like a Rented Mule • Horse Racing Key Markets: Hometown: Detroit, New York. Also: Ann Arbor

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• Nashville-produced, rocked-up country music with powerhouse vocals. • Press releases will be distributed to TV & radio, print & online publications, and venues. • Ads via targeted Facebook campaigns between May and August. • RIYL: Miranda Lambert, Sugarland, Lady Antebellum, Sara Evans.

Jennifer DePalma, Brent Duersch, and Laurie Heltsley — the members of Cincinnati-based trio Jamison Road — make it instantly apparent that they were meant to make music together. Thoughtprovoking lyrics, powerhouse vocals, soul-wrenching harmonies, and high-octane guitar playing combine to make the unique and unforgettable Jamison Road sound. Track Listing: Already Gone • Maybe Tonight • Bourbon and Bibles • Broken • Friends Like These • Let it Rain • Seventeen • Better Off • Jeanie’s in the Bottle • Go it Alone • So I Run • Goodbye Tune

Jamison Road Let It Rain

Genre: Country Label: Sojourn Records CD: SOJ 43 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Key Markets: Hometown: Cincinnati. Also: Dayton, Cleveland, Columbus, Louisville, Lexington, Greenville, Bowling Green, Lexington, Nashville

UPCOMING DATES

August 16 Cincinnati, OH – Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill August 23 Wellington, OH – Lorain County Fair September 12 West Harrison, IN – St. Leon BBQ Smoke Fest September 13 Bellevue, KY – Bellevue Second Saturday Concert Series

Selling Points

Debut album from the former masterminds behind Revolting Cocks. Limited edition vinyl version also available. Select U.S. tour dates to coincide with the release. Facebook and Google ad campaign to coincide with the release. Press servicing by Another Reybee Production (The Birthday Massacre, Yellowcard). • Additional in-house servicing to press, radio, and club DJs. • RIYL: Revolting Cocks, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Skinny Puppy. • • • • •

Christopher J. Connelly and Jason C. Novak bridge the gap between Wax Trax!-era industrial and the future sounds of mass corruption with huge mechanized rhythms and bone-crushing noises that stretch from 2014 all the way back to 1985 … long, endurance testing, panic-attack hit songs that you can drive around at night to, sweating dry-ice and smoking your chemical-weapon blunts. Track Listing: Skeemy Gates • Alpha male Bling (shower me!) • Guilt Speed & Carbon • Ah Don’ Eat Meat Bitch! • Cock Ripped to the Giddy Tits • Silikon Suckaz • Drug-a-bug* • TKO Mindfuck (feat. Richard 23) • Cocaine in my Brain Key Markets: Hometown: Chicago. Also: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tampa, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh

Cocksure TVMALSV

Genre: Industrial Label: Metropolis Records CD: MTP 948 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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VINYL: MTP 948 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot TBD Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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First new material in 10 years. Prequel to upcoming full-length album. Promos sent to magazines and radio stations for airplay and reviews. Announced via mailing list (1,800+ impressions), as well as Facebook, SoundCloud, and YouTube. • Ads with Zero Tolerance, Obskure, and Rock A Rolla.

“A dark inferno, with growling vocals, pounding percussion, classical sounds, ritual chants and a sacred atmosphere.” — FUNPROX Track Listing: Plague Walk My Earth • Definition Of Being Alive • Silent Cold Body • Venereal Comatose/Closed My Eyes • Left Arm Right Arm As My Path • Gaudium Et Alia Vitia • Ignis Et Scalpello/ Angel Meat • Three Three Three Key Markets: New York, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago

In Slaughter Natives Cannula Coma Legio

Genre: Industrial Label: Cyclic Law CD: CYC 70 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Since the late ’80s, the enigmatic Jouni Havukainen has been responsible for some of the brashest and most intense releases of the post-industrial genre. This new CD can be seen as a prequel of things to come, with three brand-new tracks in which we see ISN delve into more obscure ambient territories. Alongside these new pieces, the CD features reworked, remixed, and upgraded material used during live performances, giving new life and direction to some well-known passages and lesser-known tracks with ISN’s trademark bombastic sound and vocals. A brand new album is scheduled for release in late 2014, and this CD serves as the perfect appetizer while we wait for the main course.

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Selling Points

• Produced/mixed by Matt McClellan (O’ Brother) at Glow in the Dark Studios in Atlanta. • Mastered by Chad Wahlbrink (Pomegranates, Timbre). • Appeared at Richmond’s Fall Line Fest 2013 alongside Neon Indian, Cold Cave, Hop Along, and Pity Sex. • RIYL: Jimmy Eat World, Brand New, Knapsack, Balance & Composure.

The members of Better Off are no strangers to the Nashville alt-rock scene, having played in various other projects in the area, but this new incarnation undoubtedly sees this group of musicians at their peak… or on their way to it. The album they’ve created in (I Think) I’m Leaving feels remarkably mature and developed for a debut release, sure to excite fans of a wide range of tastes. Comparisons to the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Brand New, and Knapsack seem fitting, yet Better Off provide enough of their own take on the sound to create a unique brand of emotional rock. These are stirring, well-crafted songs that reveal themselves more and more with each subsequent listen.

Better Off (I Think) I’m Leaving

Track Listing: Hello (Blues) • The Price Is Never Right • Sick, Sad, Sons • A Fool Walks Into a Bar and Cries Wolf • 1991 (Alive) • Letting It In/Making It Go • Keeping Watch • Next Step is Out the Door • Inside • Living Tired • Garden State of Mind

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Blood & Ink Records CD: BNK 1055 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 D

Key Markets: Hometown: Nashville. Also: Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Orlando, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas

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After delivering their first 7” EP Spite to satiate the hunger of the hardcore masses, the first Sheer Terror full-length in 18 years is about to drop on our heads like a bag of cinder blocks. Recorded in early 2014 by Dean Baltulonis at Thump Studios in Brooklyn, Standing Up For Falling Down pulls no punches. “I am so fucking proud of my band!” says Paul. “There was never a NYHC/punk record that ever sounded like this … hard as fucking nails!” In the longstanding tradition of Sheer Terror, this record is everything you know and love, and then some. Paul Bearer delivers one of his greatest vocal performances to date, and the band is harder and tighter than ever. From the brutal pummeling of “Heartburn in G” to the melodic melancholy of “Sandbox Tonka,” there’s plenty of gritty, dirty, hard-driving punk here.

Sheer Terror Standing Up For Falling Down Genre: Hardcore Label: Reaper Records CD: RPE 68 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

VINYL: RPE 68 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Gatefold LP Jacket, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 D

First full-length released in 18 years! Recorded by Dean Baltulonis at Thump Studios in Brooklyn, NY. LP pressed on color vinyl includes digital download. Online and print promotion through specialty outlets. RIYL: Agnostic Front, Celtic Frost, Negative Approach.

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Track Listing: Heartburn in G • Ain’t Alright • Weird, Jealous, and Fat • Boots, Braces & Alimony • Coffee, 5 Sugars • Did You Just Meet Me? • Love You Like a Leper • Sandbox Tonka • The Revenge of Mr. Jiggs • Cigarettes & Farts • Singalongastupid Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco

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First release ever on 12” vinyl! Recently featured on American’s Songwriter’s “Acoustic Café.” Invited to perform at Hardly Strictly and the AMAs. Tour booked for late August/early September. Full PR campaign serviced through Joan Myers Media. Full radio campaign serviced through A Man A Plan A Canal. Targeted Facebook ad campaign to coincide with release. RIYL: Steve Earle, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Neko Case, Fred Eaglesmith, The Band.

South represents a fresh creative step for Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, while embodying the qualities of rootsy musical uplift and quirky lyrical depth that have long distinguished the ensemble’s varied output. The album’s largely acoustic yet reliably punchy arrangements showcase the three songwriters’ multiple strengths, while their organically energetic performances maintain the vibrant chemistry that’s kept Blackie a consistently vital and distinctive musical force. SIDE A: North • South • Gotta Stay Young • I’d Have to be a Stone • Blow Me a Kiss • Summertime’s Over • SIDE B: Everything I Am • I’m Still Loving You • Reinventing the Wheel of Love • Try Try Try Again • Fleur De Lys Key Markets: Hometown: Nashville. Also: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, Austin, Denver, Charlotte, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings South Genre: Alt Rock/Americana Label: File Under: Music VINYL: FUM 40 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 D

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Selling Points

• Now available on vinyl! • Produced by two-time Grammy® winner Joe Marlett (Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age). • Recorded at Signature Sound in San Diego. • Full PR campaign serviced through Joan Myers Media. • Full radio campaign serviced through A Man A Plan A Canal. • RIYL: Queen, Supertramp, Queen Lizzy, FUN.

SIDE A: Best of You • Fancy Pants • I Got Love • Better Things To Do • SIDE B: Thunder And Lightning • Teacher • Seventeen • It Will Never End Key Markets: Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Minneapolis, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Nashville, Austin, Dallas, Miami

Bend Sinister Animals

Genre: Alt Rock Label: File Under: Music VINYL: FUM 41 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 D

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Recorded in San Diego with Grammy® -winning producer Joe Marlett (Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age), Animals is what happens when a band lets go of the shackles of ego and releases exactly the kind of album they want to release. The influences run rampant, from the blistering British metal of “Thunder and Lightning” to the breezy tongue in cheek pop of “Fancy Pants.” Listening to Bend Sinister is like digging through crates of records at a thrift store: Deep Purple and Wilco follow Judas Priest, while Harry Nilsson sits next to Thin Lizzy.

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Have played SXSW and Fun Fun Fun Festival. Once featured in a GQ photo shoot! A favorite punk radio shows and zines including Maximum Rock & Roll. Press/new media by Josh Bloom, Fanatic Promotion. Album serviced to select college radio stations. Video for “Obama” filmed in May 2014. Digital single drops in June/July 2014. Controversial “Prickstarter” crowd funding video launches in May 2014. RIYL: The Upper Crust, Tenacious D, Bob Roberts, Peelander-Z, Gwar.

One-percenter punk veterans Yuppie Pricks return with a punk/metal hybrid of scathing and hilarious social commentary disguised as Republican manifestos set to music. “Like Gwar goes Wall Street.” — EXCLAIM!

Yuppie Pricks Appetite For Consumption

Genre: Metal Label: Chicken Ranch Records CD: CHX 1072 VINYL: CHX 1072 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Price Code: 2E (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Number of Discs: 1 CD Wallet, Box Lot 30 LP Jacket, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 Street Date: 8/12/14 D

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Track Listing: Corporate Welfare Whores • Phoning It In • First World Problems • Vegas Party • Obamacare • Life is Easy • Suck My Gold Dick • You’re Fired • Country Club Days • Obama • My Posse’s On Wall Street Key Markets: Hometown: Austin. Also: Dallas, New York, Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles

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Second single from Nashville buzz band Bully. Touring extensively in 2014, including Austin City Limits festival. Have been written up in NME and other indie blogs. Frequent mentions in Nashville and regional newsweeklies. RIYL: Best Coast, Juliana Hatfield, Dinosaur Jr.

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“Plays out like a nostalgic love letter to classic pop-punk, fused with a modern, lo-fi, anti-pop approach. It’s a quick, energetic romp and a sure indicator that Bully are one band you definitely need to keep an eye on this year.” — ALTERNATIVE PRESS “A blitzing pace, with pop punk influences tearing through and splintering the surface.” — THIS IS FAKE DIY Track Listing: Milkman • Faceblind

Bully Milkman

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Chicken Ranch Records 7-INCH: CHX 1071 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 D

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Key Markets: Hometown: Nashville. Also: Atlanta, New York, Austin, Washington DC

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Follow-up to their 2011 debut album. Features a cover of Black Sabbath’s “Fairies Wear Boots.” Produced by Rich Robinson. Mastered by T Dallas Reed. Partnered with Southern Cross PR in the U.S. Collaboration with genre-specific web sites, blogs, and internet radio. Ads with Classic Rock Magazine. RIYL: Clutch, Black Sabbath, Orange Goblin, Guns N’ Roses, Foghat.

The big, bad, biker boogie rock of Grifter returns with the long-awaited follow-up to their 2011 self-titled debut! The Return of the Bearded Brethren shows the British trio carrying on in their bluesy, seventiesinspired way, unveiling greater dimensions to their whiskey-soaked barroom rock stylings and showing off a bit more of the musical muscle that made their debut album a hit. “Killer riffs, engaging hooks, and impressive songs.” — THE OBELISK Track Listing: Black Gold • She Mountain • Paranoiac Blues • Princess Leia • Bow Down to the Monkey • Braggards Boast • It’s Not Me, It’s You • Fire Water • Return of the Bearded Brethren • Fairies Wear Boots Key Markets: Dallas, Nashville, Atlanta, Houston, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh

Grifter The Return of the Bearded Brethren Genre: Rock Label: Ripple Music CD: RPL 2393 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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VINYL: RPL 2386 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 10 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Selling Points

• Former guitarist of Crank County Daredevils. • Tours scheduled for the U.S. and Europe. • Third solo release; his first, Get Me Back To You, sold over 3,000 units via word of mouth. • Online promotions via Facebook. • Serviced to college, rock, and satellite radio. • Serviced to 100+ press outlets for reviews. • Ads with in Maximum R&R and Punk Globe. • RIYL: Warren Haynes, Gov’t Mule, Clutch, Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Track Listing: Lay To Waste • Kings Never Sleep • Black Widow • Walking Wounded • Menace To Society • Wouldn’t Listen • Stood Your Ground • Hittin’ The Bottom • 16 Tons • Hasta La Muerta Key Markets: Hometown: Raleigh. Also: Atlanta, Austin, Memphis, Chicago, Los Angeles

Rory Kelly Kings Never Sleep

Genre: Rock Label: Rusty Knuckles CD: RTK 25 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Call forth Rory Kelly’s name on Pandora Radio, and you’ll find him mixed into the company of artists ranging from ZZ Top to Motörhead. Blame it on the heady highs in the air that permeates the Black Mountains of North Carolina, but the state has produced an artist that is bringing new dimension to the tour de force that is America’s beloved Southern Rock. A player in league with prodigies, Kelly is a self-taught musician who picked up the guitar as a boy and cut his chops in the rural town of Marion. While his mother slung drinks behind the bar, Rory strummed alongside his father, drummer Mike Kelly, in a family-dominated house band in a local music dive.

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• Electronic artist The Eye of Time surprises with a purely classical piano and cello album. • Thick cardboard digipak covers. • Full album stream premieres at target media. • Print and banner ads with various outlets. • Facebook campaign with over 100,000 targets. • Email campaign with over 15,000 targets. • RIYL: Philip Glass, Yann Tiersen, Clint Mansell, Max Richter.

The Eye of Time Acoustic

Genre: Avant Rock Label: Denovali Records CD: DNV 202 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 D

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The Eye of Time is the solo project of French musician Marc Euvrie. His musical development is deeply connected with the French DIY punk and hardcore scene, though he has been classically trained as well. He used to play in several bands before he began to translate his personal reflection of our complex world into music, which initiated The Eye of Time. Where the previous record disclosed the coldness of our time, destructing everything that is meant to be our deep nature and presenting the despair of our situation, Acoustic embarks on a little glimpse of hope, finding some strength to keep fighting for the nature of things and their vital qualities. Track Listing: Dead Sea, Cisjordan, 150.000 • Rondane, Norway, 750 • Catalonia, Spain, 1936 • Treblinka, Poland, 2 August 1943 • Exarchia, Athens, Greece, September 2008-February 2009 • Somewhere, 2041 Key Markets: New York, Los Angeles, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle, Austin

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Best known as half of post-classical/electronica duo Piano Interrupted, London-based French producer Franz Kirmann goes back to his electronic roots with Meridians, his second album. Strongly influenced by movies (he cites filmmakers Wong Kar Wai, Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergio Leone, and David Lynch among his musical influences), Kirmann has a weakness for walls of sounds and fragile melodies, which to him are the sonic equivalent of slow-motion sequences, travelling shots or landscapes in cinemascope.

Franz Kirmann Meridians

Genre: Avant Rock Label: Denovali Records CD: DNV 203 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14 D

Second solo album from half of the electronica duo Piano Interrupted. Thick cardboard digipak covers. Full album stream premieres at target media. Print and banner ads with various outlets. Facebook campaign with over 100,000 targets. Email campaign with over 15,000 targets. RIYL: Cliff Martinez, Clint Mansell, Max Richter.

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Track Listing: Dancing on the edge of the void • He watched as she disappeared into the crowd • That day we threw the keys out the window • They drove all night only to find themselves back where they started • Where did we go wrong? • Glider • Only when your eyes are closed • Good morning bright star • Excelsior • Ghost of a smile • With such sweet despair • You fall in love with someone else Key Markets: New York, Los Angeles, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle, Austin

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Highly acclaimed debut, now available on vinyl. Heavy 180-gram vinyl includes free download. Thick matte gatefold cover with special 3-D printing. Nominated for the Czech Grammy®. Full album stream premieres at target media. Print and banner ads with various outlets. Facebook and email campaign with over 100,000 targets. RIYL: Cat Power, Fiona Apple, Jessie Ware, Bat For Lashes.

Sara Vondraskova, known by her stage name Never Sol, is a Czech singer and composer based in Prague. Writing her first songs at the age of 15, and studying music for eight years at the conservatory, in 2011 she started to play her songs at one of the most vibrant Bohemian venues in Prague, Cafe V Lese. Shortly after her first concert, producer Jan P. Muchow contacted her and the two-year composition process of debut album Under Quiet began. SIDE A: Lake • Hands • Run with the Wolves • SIDE B: Places • Breathe • Lay Down • SIDE C: The Dive • Eyes Skin Moves • Burning • Saint Fly (Kaca & Sara) • SIDE D: Zero • Femme Fatale • Hands (Acoustic Version) • Places (Roman Fiordmoss Remix) Key Markets: New York, Los Angeles, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle, Austin

Never Sol Under Quiet

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Denovali Records VINYL: DNV 195 Price Code: 3N (SRP $38.99) Number of Discs: 2 Gatefold LP Jacket, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 8/12/14

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• A melodic, alluring album from one of the leading artists of West Coast avant garde music. • Heavy 180-gram vinyl includes free download. • Thick matte covers and printed inner sleeves. • Full album stream premieres at target media. • Print and banner ads with various outlets. • Facebook and email campaign with over 100,000 targets. • RIYL: Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins.

“Gloomy drones, disembodied textures, crumbling film samples, and crunching field recordings are smashed together in Pyle’s refreshingly modest fashion, and the result is disarming and delightfully seasonal.” — FACT SIDE A: Your Lips Against Mine (feat. Sophia Hamadi and Denmother) • Make-Out In The GDR • Hey Baby • SIDE B: Fade For Miles • Never Gonna Die • Melt Into Me Key Markets: Hometown: San Francisco. Also: New York, Los Angeles, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle, Austin

Ensemble Economique Melt Into Nothing

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Denovali Records VINYL: DNV 200 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 50 Street Date: 8/12/14 D

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Ensemble Economique is Brian Pyle of Starving Weirdos and RV Paintings. His solo project (hence the slightly ironic moniker) released various albums, splits, and EPs on labels such as Digitalis, Amish, Not Not Fun, Dekorder, and Clan Destine before joining forces with Denovali Records in 2012.

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Previously appeared as a three-song digital-only EP. Now on vinyl, including four remixes and new artwork. Heavy 180-gram vinyl includes free download. Thick matte covers and printed inner sleeves. Full album stream premieres at target media. Print and banner ads with various outlets. Facebook and email campaign with over 100,000 targets. RIYL: Boards of Canada, Pole, Hauschka, Four Tet, The Notwist.

Refining John Lemke’s blend of prepared piano and field recordings with hand-crafted beats and swampy bass lines, this deeply moody and danceable release bends genres with refreshing ease. Working across a variety of media, Lemke explores all things sonic through live performance, sound design, and his work as a documentary film composer. The Walizka EP is his latest solo release on Denovali Records.

John Lemke

Walizka Genre: Electronica Label: Denovali Records VINYL: DNV 201 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 50 Street Date: 8/12/14 D

SIDE A: Walizka • Kompass • Drift • SIDE B: Walizka (Piano Interrupted Remix) • Kompass (SaffronKeira Remix) • Kompass (Everyday Dust Remix) • Drift (Petrels Remix) Key Markets: New York, Los Angeles, Tampa, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle, Austin

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• New electronic songwriter from Portland. • Part of the new wave of electronic artists using James Blake as a template rather than EDM DJs. • Promo push to college radio in Summer 2014. • Review copies to Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, XLR8R, and more. • RIYL: Gold Panda, Flaming Lips, Woods, Animal Collective.

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Debut single from Portland native with psych-electronic songwriting that brings to mind Flaming Lips, Animal Collective, or Hot Chip. “For fans of Panda Bear … groovy, tripped-out electronica.” — WILLAMETTE WEEK “Sonically resembling some stoned fusion of Animal Collective and Hot Chip … adds a solid new layer to Portland music that contends with the best.” — THE DELI MAG

Ali Muhareb Walkin’ b/w Thunder & Lightning Genre: Electronica Label: Metal Postcard Records 7-INCH: MPC 96 Price Code: E (SRP $7.99) Number of Discs: 1 CD Sleeve, Box Lot 20 Street Date: 8/12/14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT D

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Track Listing: Walkin’ • Thunder & Lightning Key Markets: Hometown: Portland. Also: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Washington DC, Austin, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Madison

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