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JULY 2016 NEW RELEASES

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A DIVISION OF ALLEGRO MEDIA GROUP

R.I.P. PRINCE (1958 –2016)

The music world lost a true original in April 2016, when musical innovator Prince passed away.

We briefly sold out of SquidHat Records’ recent tribute to the unique and eclectic artist. Happily, the album is now available again, with 13 exclusive tracks of popular Vegas punk bands covering Prince’s greatest hits. From the face-melting hardcore of Guilty By Association to the soulful guitar heroics of Mercy Music and beyond, this special homage to the musical legend is sure to thrill all Prince fans. Available on both CD and vinyl!

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TOP 10 RECENT RELEASES

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Anthony Braxton 3 Compositions [EEMHM] 2011

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The Alogorithm Brute Force

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Eliades Ochoa Guajira mas Guajira

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Thomas Köner Tiento de la Luz

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World Be Free The Anti-Circle

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Jozef van Wissem When Shall This Bright Day Begin

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Arryan Path Chronicles of Light

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PunkSexy: A Las Vegas Punk Rock Tribute to Prince

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Emily Maya Mills By a Thread

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Ernst Reijseger Salt and Fire

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Marc Ribot

The Young Philadelphians: Live in Tokyo Selling Points

• Features guitarist Mary Halvorson, #7 in NPR’s Jazz Critics Poll Top 10 list for 2015.

• Drummer G. Calvin Weston, a jazz critic’s darling, has recorded extensively for Amulet Records (Billy Martin, Medeski, Martin & Wood), performed with Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time and John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards, and had lengthy runs with James “Blood” Ulmer and James Carter.

• Bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma is well known for his albums as bandleader on the Gramavision label, and for his work with Ornette Coleman during the ’70s and ’80s.

• Marc Ribot is a widely recognized original on the guitar, and a first-call guitarist for such musicians such as T Bone Burnett, Tom Waits, and Elvis Costello.

• CD includes bonus track “Do It Anyway You Wanna.”

• RIYL: Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, John Coltrane.

Media & Marketing • Targeted press mailing.

• Promo via social media outlets.

Marc Ribot’s The Young Philadelphians — featuring jazz critic favorites Mary Halvorson on guitar, Jamaaladeen Tacuma on bass, and G. Calvin Weston on drums — pays tribute to twin legacies: the mind-blowing harmolodic punk-funk of Ornette Coleman’s first Prime Time band and the sweet, optimistic pulse of 1970s Philly soul. Forever young, forever Philadelphian, forever fixated on the moment before dance went digital, and stuck in the groove like a scratch in your favorite record!

“Marc Ribot’s creativity and versatility astound, confound, and frighten.”

“Bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma’s … playing is as majestic as ever.”

“G. Calvin Weston — an avant-garde jazz-funk heavyweight.”

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Marc Ribot: guitars, vocals Mary Halvorson: guitars Jamaaladeen Tacuma: bass G. Calvin Weston: drums CD Track Listing: Love Epidemic • Love TKO • Fly, Robin, Fly • TSOP • Love Rollercoaster • Do It Anyway You Wanna • The Hustle Vinyl SIDE A: Love Epidemic • Love TKO • Fly, Robin, Fly • SIDE B: TSOP • Love Rollercoaster • The Hustle Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle

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“Guitar trailblazer Mary Halvorson turns jazz on its head … just as likely to pick out intricate, harmonically and melodically complex lines of stunning beauty as she is to unleash a violent spray of atonal, harshly distorted six-string noise.”

Genre: Jazz Label: Yellowbird CD: EJW YBR 7760 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 7/1/16 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Angelspit Cult of Fake

Selling Points

• Full U.S. tour in Summer 2016 (dates TBA).

• Sixth studio album, and first release with Negative Gain.

• Previous releases on Metropolis Records and Crash Frequency.

• RIYL: KMFDM, Front Line Assembly, Skinny Puppy.

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PR by Christian Bankes at High Road Publicity.

Ads in RE:GEN and Sonic Seducer.

Strong social media following.

Preview tracks on SoundCloud.

Cult of Fake is Angelspit’s sixth studio album, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the release their first full-length album, Krankhaus. Musically, Cult of Fake uses the harsh industrial percussion sampled from Angelspit’s early albums, but this time they have mixed these sounds with clubdestroying beats to produce their first album with a focus on dance music.

Genre: Electronica Label: Negative Gain Productions CD: NEG 82501 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 Street Date: 7/1/16 d

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Zoog Von Rock: vocals, production

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Track Listing: Thanks For Your Cooperation • Eat Volts • Cult Of Fake • New Devil • I Am Trouble • Breath • Out For Blood • Happy Murderland • Sky High • On The List • Disaster Porn • My Little Blade

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Key Markets: Hometown: Chicago. Also: Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Boston, Miami, Orlando, Austin, Dallas, New York

“With a greater emphasis on melodic hooks and dance beats, Angelspit continues to forge its own path, sounding like no other band, and managing to infuse a little fun along the way.”

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“You can definitely dance to this album, the genius of it lies right there. It’s disarming … [but] these are some of the darkest Angelspit songs ever.”

“After a decade since their debut album, Krankhaus, Angelspit has shown no lull in committing aural violence … with their new album … the band showcases new lyrical structures, complex guitar chords, and guest collaborators.

However none of this is at the expense of Angelspit’s signature flavor.”

“Track after track of accessible, infectious industrial that is altogether danceable, memorable, and packed with satisfying scorn.”

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Third full-length album from Mario Diaz de Leon’s Oneirogen, one of the leaders of the New York underground scene.

Print and banner ads with various outlets.

Facebook & email campaigns with over 100,000 targets.

RIYL: Atari Teenage Riot, Tim Hecker, Sunn O))).

Using an array of hypnotic synthesizer riffs, pummeling percussion, distorted vocals, and surging noise, Mario Diaz de Leon has crafted a powerful work of heavy electronic music, and an incantatory journey through primal and dark creative forces. Convivium is his third album under his Oneirogen alias, following the Plenitude EP released in 2015. In addition to his work as Oneirogen, Mario Diaz de Leon is highly active as a composer of modern classical music (with a 2016 commission from the LA Philharmonic and releases on Tzadik and Denovali), and is the frontman of Luminous Vault, his recently formed death metal band. Envisioning all of his activity as part of a spiritual practice, he considers Oneirogen to be the most personal side of his work.

“Mario Diaz de Leon ... creates vivid canvases for acoustic instruments and electronics.” — NEW YORK TIMES Track Listing: Siege • Sacrum • Rupture • Convivium • Engulfment • Cordium • Held Key Markets: Hometown: New York. Also: Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Denver, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle, Austin

Oneirogen Convivium

Genre: Electronica Label: Denovali Records CD: DNV 261 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 Street Date: 7/1/16 d

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Selling Points

• Long sold out on vinyl — finally available again after eight years!

• 180-gram vinyl with thick matte cover and free download.

• Print and banner ads with various outlets.

• Facebook & email campaigns with over 100,000 targets.

• RIYL: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, A Silver Mount Zion, Low.

The debut release from Her Name Is Calla is finally available again, thanks to this reissue with new packaging and artwork. Formed in 2003, Her Name Is Calla have since expanded to a five-piece band.

Encapsulating brass, strings, pianos, and anything else at their disposal, they craft songs and music that have a heart. That heart may not always be the one people are used to, not the bright red shining symbol of love and hope, but a heart somehow more personal.

A classic of the genre, now available again after eight years!

“HNIC smash the compass that flickers between rage and timid frustration and become conquerors of all.” — NME 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

Her Name Is Calla The Heritage

Genre: Alt Rock Label: Denovali Records VINYL: DNV 32 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 1 LP Jacket, Box Lot 40 Street Date: 7/1/16 d

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The first release of HNIC finally available again!

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SIDE A: Nylon • New England • Paying For Your Funeral • SIDE B: Wren • “Motherfucker! It’s Alive And It’s Burning!” • Rebirth

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Debut physical release after multiple digital-only releases on Michael Idehall’s Belzebez label.

Limited to 500 copies, with design by T. Ekerlund of Trepaneringsritualen.

Promo mailing to websites/blogs/magazines/podcasts devoted to ambient, industrial, noise, and metal.

RIYL: Trepaneringsritualen, Michael Idehall, November Novelet.

Tvlpa are an anonymous group of musicians from Gothenburg, Sweden, whose core members are sorcerers working within the Draconian current of occultist Thomas Karlsson’s Left Hand Path initiatory order, the Dragon Rouge. A sigil of sound, each piece is assembled with intent, opening gateways and guiding the listener through passages inaccessible to all but the most resolute and fearless. “[If] you’re looking for Ritual Music with an emphasis on actual ritual, you can find no works finer than these. Composed with both desire and design, these are not just random tracks created by a few friends, but workings constructed with intent in mind.” — Plague Haus Track Listing: Dragon Mound • Khk-Amdjar • Mountain Sermon • The Becoming I • Ko-Phu • Baukha • D· aka ¯ Yantra • Void Shaped Mudra • Descent and Rebirth Key Markets: Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle

Tvlpa Mountain of the Opposer Genre: Avant Rock Label: Malignant Records CD: MGN 95 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 40 Street Date: 7/1/16 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT d

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Former members of legendary Vegas punk band The Peccadilloes.

Strong social media presence; Facebook and Google ad campaigns.

Service to press, radio, and online media.

Retail kits including posters and countertop displays available.

Full-page ads in Substream, NY Waste, Vegas Rox, and Razorcake.

Extensive radio campaign to college radio via Pirate Promotions.

RIYL: Rancid, Fear, Dead Kennedys, Green Day, Gallows, Blink-182.

The long-awaited sophomore album from The Gashers, a three-piece band from Nevada with deep roots in Vegas punk history, dynamic chops, and some serious anger issues! Jason, Sandy, and James helped form the iconic Peccadilloes in 2003, and — after releasing four full-length CDs, playing countless sold-out shows, and building a huge, loyal following — they wanted to try something new. In 2011, the three formed The Gashers and released their debut Law Is Not Order, giving a fresh new voice to everything punk is supposed to be.

They defy category and redefine DIY, all while holding true to their old school roots.

Track Listing: Paralyzed • Utopian Misery • Rusted Trust • Roadside War • Wasted Few • Right Handed Rights • Bender • Cannibalistic Cows • Andy Crews • Thicker • Man Or Monitor Puked On • Tim Can • Curtains Key Markets: Hometown: Las Vegas. Also: San Diego, Chico, Fresno, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Reno, Salt Lake City

The Gashers In Trust We Bleed Genre: Punk Label: SquidHat Records CD: SQD 3760 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 100 Street Date: 7/1/16 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT d

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RECENT NEWS & REVIEWS FOR NAIL-DISTRIBUTED RELEASES Jozef Van Wissem When Shall This Bright Day Begin

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POP MATTERS: “Gorgeous, haunting, mesmerizing … seductive and virtuosic … Dutch minimalist composer Jozef Van Wissem moves away from contemporary classical music and towards experimental folk on his new album When Shall This Bright Day Begin. It’s a gorgeous, haunting, mesmerizing twist that pays big dividends on his new single ‘Ruins,’ which features the incomparable Zola Jesus. Meanwhile Van Wissem’s lute playing is seductive and virtuosic, as its warmness pulls the listener deep into the music only to be slayed again by Zola Jesus’ ethereal vocals.”

Anthony Braxton 3 Compositions [EEMHM] 2011

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PITCHFORK :: 8.2 RATING: “The legendary modern jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton has released more than 100 albums in his career. For those looking for an entry point, he recently released several box sets highlighting his charming, insightful approach to the avant-garde.”

BUFFALO NEWS: “The most stunning gesture to come out of the jazz vanguard on disc in years … In it you’ll hear how many light years Braxton has traveled.”

Also featured by BROOKLYN VEGAN, THE QUIETUS and CLASH MAG!

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CD HOT LIST: “Two essential reissues from guitarist Sarah Lipstate, who records under the name Noveller and makes some of the darkest, lightest, densest, most gossamer, and all-around loveliest instrumental guitar music around … You need to hear it.”

World Be Free The Anti-Circle

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PUNK NEWS: “Truly a supergroup in every sense of the term … Their debut album rocks with the mélange you’d expect from such a diverse body of musicians.”

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SF WEEKLY: “One of the most consistently inventive stand-up comedians working today.”

Mary Halvorson Meltframe

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POP MATTERS: “There’s something deeply fearless about Mary Halvorson’s new album, Meltframe … [a] mesmerizing new solo guitar record.”

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Label: Revelation Records CD: RHQ 162 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 NOW AVAILABLE

Greg Proops In the Ballpark

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