✨ IC Community Weekly #22
ft. Don Giovanni's 20th Anniversary, new music from JayWood, Palehound, Lindsay Lou, Kolb and Luiza Lian, a Xiu Xiu box set, tour dates, industry events & more!
Hey and welcome to a new edition of IC Community Weekly!
In the week where a Taylor Swift fan’s orchid marbled Speak Now vinyl accidentally came pressed with 'creepy' 90s electronic music (from this recently released comp featuring a rare Cabaret Voltaire track), you - as usual - released lots of great music. Keep scrolling for that as well as new signings, upcoming gigs, industry events, and more!
While we have your eyes up here though, some news from the community:
Don Giovanni announced they’re celebrating hitting the 20 year milestone with a weekend long party in Philly in October. Check out the lineup later in the email and get ticket here
Also celebrating an anniversary this year are ZZK, who are commemorating 15 years in the business with a t-shirt designed by longtime collaborator Freshcore - get yours here
And Ransom Note are at the week-long Love International festival in Tisno, Croatia this week. In case you also happen to be there, they’re taking over the Olive Grove on Friday night with their long time friends Klasse Wrecks.
Also, a handy resource for the community was released this week by Worldwide International Network (WIN), who unveiled their ISRC Factsheet. The easy-to-understand 2-page resource, available in 6 languages, gives valuable insights into the importance of the ISRC code and how to properly implement it.
- Adam & the Infinite Catalog crew
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NEW IC CATALOGS
A very warm 🤝 to…
Amori Sounds, a black-owned production music group based in the Bronx, founded in 2017 by Lovett "Vett" Evans
Puntilla Publishing, which started in 2011 in Havana, Cuba, offers digital management and marketing services to artists, as well as record label services and music/video distribution.
NEW RELEASES
🎧 Polyvinyl released the excellent new Palehound record, Eye On The Bat, today, - get into it!
🎧 ZZK Records released Eu Estou Aqui, the new single by Luiza Lian “…a spoken word song with influences ranging from Brazilian jazz to Andean folklore, with references to Jorge Ben Jor and Manu Chao”. Listen to it here
🎧 Earth Libraries released the latest Batty Jr album Do A U E, self-described as “enchanted rock” and “dish folk”. Check it out here
🎧 KRS Nashville shared Nothing Else Matters, the new Lindsay Lou single (ft. Jerry Douglas). It’s the second single off the forthcoming album, Queen of Time, out September 29th! Stream the track across all platforms here
🎧 Don Giovanni released Child Ballads: The Final Six, a new album from The London Experimental Ensemble with Richard Thompson, Wesley Stace, Sivert Hoyem, Marissa Nadler and Gina Fergione. Get your copy here
+ they also released the new album by Western Massachusetts trio Longings, who Pitchfork described as a band that have “…found their considerable power at the blackened cross-section of cold post-punk lurch and direct, brutal rhythms." Dreams In Red is their second full length record and is available to order and stream here
PRE-ORDERS
🎧 🖥 Royal Mountain announced the new JayWood EP, Grow On, will be out August 11th, the follow up to his Polaris Prize longlisted album, Slingshot. Check out the video for new single Dirk Gently (Know Yourself):
🎧 Polyvinyl announced that you can now pre-order the Xiu Xiu 20th Anniversary Cassette Box Set, which is limited to 300 and signed & hand-numbered by Angela Seo and Jamie Stewart. The box set includes 16 full-length audio cassettes (15 regular Xiu Xiu albums + 1 special compilation of 7” singles, covers and deep cuts from Xiu Xiu's Bandcamp), a pocket size lyric book, and liner notes for each album by Jamie Stewart. Ships August 25th.
🎧 Ramp Local announced that the new Kolb EP Power of Thought, recorded with a live band on reel-to-reel by Ramp Local alum Paco Cathcart (The Cradle, Big Neck Police, Sweet Baby Jesus), is out August 11th and you can pre-save/pre-order it here. In the meantime, check out the title track:
VIDEOS
🖥 Fruit Bats (Merge) stopped by the KEXP studio and played a few songs:
SHOWS, TOURS + EVENTS
🥳 Don Giovanni, best known for developing artists like Screaming Females, Mitski, Waxahatchee, Laura Stevenson, and Moor Mother, announced their 20th Anniversary Expo, taking place October 6th and 7th at the First Unitarian Church in Philly. The event also includes the Don Giovanni and Friends record/book/art fair, featuring acoustic performances by The Homeless Gospel Choir, Kym Register, She/Her/Hers, Maura Weaver. It’s an all ages event too - check out the line-up below and more info and ticket details here
🎤 nonclassical are celebrating the release of new album Disruptive Frequencies with a show at Kings Place in London tomorrow (July 15th). If you’re in town, head on down to enjoy live performances of music from the album by Dushume, NikNak, Bantu, Poulomi Desai, Dhangsha, and Nikki Sheth | TICKETS
.🚌 Ex Hex (Merge) are playing some East Coast shows in September! | TICKETS
🎤 deathcrash (Fire Talk) are supporting Codeine (!) at their show in Paris on September 7th | TICKETS
🚌 YHWH Nailgun (Ramp Local) are doing a West Coast tour later this year supporting Brooklyn band Geese | TICKETS
🚌 Mia Joy (Fire Talk) are hitting the US West Coast with Deeper (Sub Pop) starting this September | TICKETS
🗓️ At the end of the month, Green Apple Books is hosting a Madeline Kenney (Carpark) listening party to celebrate her new album A New Reality Mind, which Stereogum calls “…sweeping and cinematic, filled with glimmering synths and building momentum” - more info here
📆 UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS
+ check out the newly public 🎟 Events Directory for more conferences, festivals, record fairs, webinars, etc!
July 14th - 16th ‣ Pitchfork Festival (Chicago, IL, US)
July 22nd ‣ Visions Festival (London, UK)
July 27th - 30th ‣ Calgary Folk Music Festival (Calgary, Canada)
July 27th - 30th ‣ Camp Bestival (Dorset, UK)
July 28th - 30th ‣ Newport Folk Festival (Newport, RI, US)
July 31st - August 3rd ‣ VenueConnect (Pittsburgh, PA, US)
August 3rd - 6th ‣ Lollapalooza Chicago (Chicago, IL, US)
August 4th - 6th ‣ Newport Jazz Festival (Newport, RI, US)
August 7th - 10th ‣ DJX (DJ Expo) (Atlantic City, NJ, US)
August 8th - 10th ‣ Record Store Day Summer Camp (New Orleans, LA, USA)
That’s all for this one! Stay safe and we’ll catch you next week for more.