✨ IC Community Weekly #41
ft. your holiday sales, this weekend's PDX Record Label Fest, a new record from Get Wrong, a Xiu Xiu reissue, an incoming Ducks Ltd. album, a big 2024 events directory update & more!
Hey and welcome to the latest edition of IC Community Weekly.
In the week where Taylor Swift became the first Person of the Year to be recognized for success in the arts, the IC community once again released more great music than you can shake a holiday stick at.
Keep scrolling for that, but first, some general community news…
We’ll be at the A2IM Holiday Party next week in NYC - if you will be too and wanna meet up reach out to Ari directly!
A reminder that we’re proud sponsors of this weekend’s PDX Record Label Fest, a celebration of Portland, Oregon’s diverse and abundant music community, taking place at the Chapel Theatre Annex in Milwaukie. You can expect: DJs, live music, snacks, drinks, raffles, and over 15 local record labels showcasing their wares.
With the recent flurry of dates and lineups confirmed for 2024 festivals and conferences we've updated the Events Calendar for next year.
👋 If you’re an IC catalog and you’ve got news, releases, or other fun stuff you want us to include, just reply and let us know - this goes out to 2500+ inboxes every week!
END OF YEAR SALES
Father/Daughter have taken 30% off the price of every item on their site until this coming Monday (December 11th) and are offering a free sampler and ornament with every purchase (while stocks last)
Paradise of Bachelors are celebrating Krampus Day and Repeal Day this week by offering a 25% discount on all non-preorder items on their website & Bandcamp stores through December 13th. Use coupon code KRAMPUS
Get Better Records have 25% off everything site-wide until December 31st
Merge have a Holiday Store that ruins through January 1st with various deals including coupon code MERRYMERGE - use it at checkout to get 20% OFF orders $50+ (doesn’t apply to pre-orders, bundles, box sets, or already discounted items)
Fire Talk have up to 40% off everything on their entire catalog as well as $5 off orders over $50, $10 off + free shipping on orders over $75 and $20 off orders over $100 (UK sale here)
Innovative Leisure are offering free shipping through December 22nd. Only available to orders shipped in the USA.
Ramp Local have a Winter Sale - use the code RMPLCL23 at checkout for 40% off your order
ZZK Records are offering a 20% discount on their ZZK and AYA Records releases and merch stocked on Bandcamp using the code zzklovesyou in celebration of their 15th anniversary! Offer ends 25th December.
Polyvinyl has a The Year Ends Sale where you can snag limited edition vinyl, including exclusive variants and test pressings from your fave artists such as American Football, Jay Som, of Montreal, STRFKR and more - with up to 70% off
Kill Rock Stars have 20% off everything in their Bandcamp and KRS store - use code tata2023 at checkout
Sipsman have a holiday store (their first ever!) on Bandcamp. You just need to email them with receipt of donation to UNRWA, Doctors Without Borders, or Palestinian Youth Movement, or show them a receipt that you’ve signed up to DSA’s No Money for Massacres Solidarity Phone Bank, and they’ll give you a 30% off coupon for use on anything in the Sipsman store
Double Double Whammy have up to 70% off 80 items in their store
JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY
🧑💻 Omnian Music Group are looking for a Product Manager to take on a dedicated roster of artists across their three core labels - Captured Tracks, Sinderlyn and 2MR. More details here and to apply send Resumes to jobs@omnianmusicgroup.com with the subject heading: Project Manager position.
NEW RELEASES
ALBUMS
🎧 Father/Daughter (and Oxford based label Alcopop!) released the self-titled debut EP by Get Wrong, the UK pseudo-supergroup featuring members of Martha and The Spook School.
🎧 2MR released Liz & Lauren EP, the new record by Detroit-born, Brooklyn-based producer Lauren Flax.
🎧 Raw Tapes released Puzzles Vol. 5, the latest instalment in their compilation series, offering a vibrant and soulful glimpse into the label's essence.
SINGLES
🎧 Polyvinyl released two new songs by the Australian duo Good Morning - One Night, a maximalist distorted spin on Carole King written by Liam Parsons and Real I'm Told, an introspective look inside the world of bandmate Stefan Blair.
🎧 Earth Libraries released Act2ualize the latest single by western-infused synth pop band Pelvis Wrestley and announced their sophomore LP, ANDY, or: the Four Horsegirls of the Apocalypse.
🎧 H1 Massive released Here Comes Your Ghost, the new single by Vinyl Station today, taken from their forthcoming EP Answer Slow.
REISSUES
🎧 Kill Rock Stars announced that its experimental and avant-garde label offshoot 5RC will reissue the intimate and unsettling (as ever) 2005 Xiu Xiu record La Forêt on 23rd February - the first time it’s been available on vinyl in 15 years! The sunset swirl vinyl is limited to 1,000 copies and will include a download card with a "Drunk Commentary" by Jamie Stewart - Pre-order
🎧 Merge announced that two of the most celebrated albums by M. Ward - his 1999 solo debut Duet for Guitars #2 and 2003’s Transfiguration of Vincent - will be pressed on Merge vinyl for the very first time on January 26th - Pre-order
PRE-ORDERS
🎧 Kill Rock Stars announced the deluxe edition of Foreground Music by Ron Giallo will drop on February 9th. Pre-orders are available today along with 2 additional versions of I Love Someone Buried Deep Inside of You.
🎧 Royal Mountain and Carpark announced Harm's Way, the new record by Ducks Ltd. will be out February 9th. They also shared a video for new track Hollowed Out, which you can watch here.
🎧 Carpark have announced that @ will release their EP, Are You There God? It's Me, @ on January 12th, a record that’s “…full of soul searching and sonic experimentation…. a spiritual saga for the digital age.” Their first single from it, Soul Hole is out now with a new video directed by Devon Voelkel.
📖 Velocity Press announced Write Lines: Adventures in Rap Journalism, the new book by writer and journalist Andrew Emery, which tells the tale of hip-hop writing from the inside. The book, “a hilarious, anecdote-studded tale that takes in hip-hop’s first ever magazine and lifts the lid on rivalries, squabbles and how music journalism really works”, is available to pre-order here ahead of its release on March 8th.
NEW SIGNINGS
✍️ PREACH Records has been on a signing spree this year and these artists are all now on their roster: Gomey, Dylan Dunlap, Miller Blue, BRIDGE, Allegra Miles, Bando., Cap1talA, John Givez, India Thieriot, Tim Schou, Julius, Andy Kong, Zealyn, Joe Trufant, Noori Belai, Bungalow Collect and Julianna Townsend
VIDEOS
🖥️ Polyvinyl released a kaleidoscopic video for Armatron, the newest track from STRFKR by Edward Carvalho-Monaghan (who also designed the single art).
INTERVIEWS
🎙️ Jack Tatum from Wild Nothing (Captured Tracks) spoke to The Creative Independent about the power in creating imaginary deadlines, using recordings as time capsules, and learning how to follow a whim.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
🖥️ The latest outing of a new section where I'll choose a video I love from YouTube’s treasure trove of music videos, live performances and curiosities.
This week: The amazing Jonathan Caouette documentary about much-missed UK festival by the sea All Tomorrow’s Parties. It’s made up of footage contributed by fans, musicians and filmmakers and features spontaneous, al fresco Lightning Bolt and Daniel Johnston performances, A Hawk and A Hacksaw playing in an amusement arcade, an awkward David Cross set, Grizzly Bear playing on the beach and much more.
📆 UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS
+ check out the 🎟 Events Directory for more conferences, festivals, record fairs, webinars, etc!
Dec 9th ‣ PDX Record Label Fest (Portland, OR, US)*
Dec 9th - 10th ‣Primavera Sound Bogotá (Bogotá, Colombia)
*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