✨ IC Community Weekly #30
✨ IC Community Weekly #30
ft. Elliott Fullam, Rae Fitzgerald, Proper, new Godcaster + Ev Bird singles, a SLAP RASH EP announcement, a Hella reissue from KRS, a Velocity Press launch, a job at Secretly Group, events & more!
Hey and welcome to a new edition of IC Community Weekly!
In the week where Burning Man turned in to a mud bath and a Jeff Rosenstock tweet on Labor Day started a discourse about venue merch cuts (with Steve Albini, Car Seat Headrest, Helado Negro, Sweet Pill and more sharing their experiences in response) the IC community, as usual, released lots of great music.
Keep scrolling for that, but first, some general community bits…
IC co-founder Hunter published a breakdown of the new "Artist-Centric" system of calculating streaming royalties vs. the Pro Rata system we know and hate. If anything looks wrong or you have any Qs he’d love to hear ‘em (just hit reply)
A reminder that Sipsman’s Record Fair is this weekend between 12pm-5pm at Transfer Co. Ballroom, as part of Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC. Labels include Psychic Hotline, Merge and Double Double Whammy!
Topshelf Records hired Tyler Andere (formerly at Father/Daughter and Portals) to do their PR from Sept 25th - if you’re a music / pop culture writer they’d love to be in touch - tyler@topshelfrecords.com
Pack is launching a publishing arm - Pack Publishing. First signings include CONNIE, Internet Girl and Swansea Skag.
Cool Shit Cool People, headed up by friend of IC Maria Gironas,
are looking for new people to work with in music, tech, the creator economy, and social impact. Hit them up: maria@coolshitcoolpeople.co
NEW IC CATALOGS
A very warm 🤝 to…
Invada Records, an indie record company founded by musician & producer Geoff Barrow (Portishead, BEAK>, Ex Machina), and promoter and venue owner Paul Horlick. It was founded in 2003 in Bristol, UK and has released music by the likes of Julian Cope, The KVB and Sleaford Mods, as well as soundtracks for movies like Drive, Ex Machina and Solaris and video games like Far Cry 3 and 4 and Watch Dogs.
Bisaria Records, an indie label set up by the California-based artist Bisaria to surface the latest in dance and electronic music.
Ardenwood Entertainment, a new indie label that’s so far released music by the likes of Velvet Dreams and Vijay.
JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY
🧑💻 Secretly Group are looking for a Director of Projects whose prime mission will be to lead and mentor a growing team of Project Managers and Project Coordinators, identifying label priorities and ensuring effective strategies to bring their records to market - apply here.
NEW RELEASES
ALBUMS
🎧 Kill Rock Stars released End of Ways, the second full-length by musician and actor Elliott Fullam, a blend of home and studio recordings that “…demonstrates an unparalleled mastery of musical storytelling” (Illustrate Magazine). It’s available on digital now and to pre-order on vinyl.
🎧 Keeled Scales released the new record from Rae Fitzgerald, a self-described queer midwesterner “…who writes autobiographical songs that drift between ethereal wanderings and intimate confessions.” The record, Say I Look Happy, features contributions from Chaz Prymek (Lake Mary); Lucas Oswald (Shearwater), Jeff Johnston (Okkervil River) and many others and is available to stream now and on CD from next week.
🎧 Father/Daughter released Part-Timer, the new EP by New York based trio Proper today, which “…weaves transformative tales, diverging from the tired music industry grind through their signature blend of alt rock and emotional punk”.
SINGLES
🎧 Ramp Local released a new Godcaster single Lady Said a Body a “psychedelic fable” that “…unfurls from gently sparkling keys and flickering synthesizers to a mesmerizing, hallucinogenic wall of drum, bass, and electric/acoustic guitars.”
🎧 Royal Mountain released a new single by Montreal-based artist Ev Bird - an end of summer jam called Razz.
🎧 Sipsman released Every Step Is an Ocean by Katie von Schleicher, lifted from her incoming fourth record A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night, which comes out October 20th - pre-order.
🎧 Sooper released the new Sen Morimoto single Bad State, taken from incoming record Diagnosis, which comes out on November 3rd - pre-order.
PRE-ORDERS
🎧 Fire Talk announced that they’re releasing Catherine Special, the new EP by brother-sister duo SLAP RASH. Hailing from Manchester, UK, the band has been building their reputation as a visceral live act since they started out in 2019, with their “…masterclass in balancing a punk ethos and carefully employed restraint” Check out new single Griefcase and pre-order their record, available October 27th.
🎧 Get Better announced the new record by LA “queencore” band Hit Bargain (ft. ex members of Beach Fossils & Cold Beat). It’s called A DOG A DEER A SEAL and comes out November 10th. Pre save/pre-order.
RE-ISSUES
🎧 Kill Rock Stars reissued the Hella record Hold Your Horse Is and it was hailed Best New Reissue in an 8.3 review from Pitchfork. Copies of all variants sold out in a day but more info coming soon on additional stock - in the meantime, stream the remastered album + previously unreleased demo versions of The Republic of Rough and Ready + City Folk Sitting, Sitting.
🎧 Chapter Music released the the first ever vinyl edition of Finally, their overview of the 1990s recordings of Connecticut songwriting icon Kath Bloom, which were originally released on CD in 2005.
NEW SIGNINGS
✍️ Slumberland welcomed New Jersey power pop band Lightheaded to their family! Their new EP Good Good Great! is out October 13th on cassette/digital but ahead of that first single Mercury Girl is available to stream.
VIDEOS
🖥️ Elliott Fullam (Kill Rock Stars) performed his song End of Ways for FLOOD Magazine’s Neighborhoods series against a scenic backdrop outside of the historic Waterloo Village in New Jersey:
INTERVIEWS
🎙️ Kyle Meredith from WFPK talked to Julia Steiner of Ratboys (Topshelf Records) about the band’s latest album, The Window and working with Chris Walla from Death Cab For Cutie:
🎙️ Vulva Voce, the string quarter who won the nonclassical Battle of the Bands contest this year, talked to contemporary classical music magazine PRXLUDES about their formation and genre-defying performances - read the interview here
SHOWS, TOURS + EVENTS
🎤 Being Dead (Bayonet Records) are playing a live show in NYC at Baby’s All Right on September 12th with support from This Is Lorelei and Dirt Buyer and DJ sets from Beach Fossils and Bayonet | TICKETS
📖 Velocity Press is holding a launch party for A Darker Electricity: The Origins of the Spiral Tribe Sound System by Mark Angelo Harrison on September 21st at the Wildcard Brewery Barrel Store in Walthamstow, London | TICKETS
🚌 good morning (Polyvinyl) have announced a tour of the US west coast in October | TICKETS
📆 UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS
+ check out the newly public 🎟 Events Directory for more conferences, festivals, record fairs, webinars, etc!
Sept 7th - 9th ‣ Waves (Vienna, Austria)
Sept 9th - 10th ‣ Lollapalooza Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Sept 14th - 16th ‣ by:Larm (Oslo, Norway)
Sept 15th - 17th ‣ Riot Fest (Chicago, IL, US)
Sept 19th - 20th ‣ FFWD London (London, UK)*
Sept 20th - 23rd ‣ Reeperbahn (Hamburg, Germany)
Sept 21st - 24th ‣ Louder Than Life (Louisville, KY, USA)
Sept 26th - 28th ‣ Future Music Forum (Barcelona, Spain)
Sept 30th - Oct 1st ‣ Sound On Sound (Bridgeport, CT, US)
Oct 3rd - 5th - Production Music Association Conference (LA, CA, US)
Oct 3rd - 6th - Ireland Music Week (Dublin, Ireland)
*we’ll be there
That’s all for this one! Stay safe and we’ll catch you next week for more.
- Adam & the Infinite Catalog crew
If you’re an IC catalog or creator and there’s anything you want to be sure we mention next time, just reply and let us know - this goes out to 2000+ inboxes every week!