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Sleeping Bag is now streaming their new album Deep Sleep in it’s entirety via My Old Kentucky Blog. On their third LP, Dave Segedy (the group’s drummer, songwriter and primary vocalist) has taken the band into heavier, more epic territory. The sunny jangling guitars and fun whistle choruses are gone; obliterated in a full on fuzz-guitar […]
Now Accepting Applications for the Fall 2014 Internship!
Yes, indeed… WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FALL 2014 INTERN SESSION! The three-month session begins Friday, August 22nd, and extends through November 21st. Internship requires a commitment of two four-hour shifts per week at our Indianapolis headquarters. (We apologize out-of-towners, but you actually must be physically present to participate in the internship.) If accepted, […]
Introducing: Divorcee, new band from Yoni Wolf (of WHY?) & his ex, Anna Stewart
We are pleased to introduce you to Divorcee, the new project from Yoni Wolf and his ex-girlfriend, Anna Stewart. The band’s debut EP will be released tomorrow exclusively via the JNR webstore. With their self-titled EP, the WHY? frontman steps out of the spotlight to craft all the music himself, while Stewart sets […]
Conveyor 6/29/14
I wasn’t expecting much of a crowd to be joining me for the free Sunday evening performance of Brooklyn-based Conveyor at JNR the other night, but I was pleasantly surprised. They even ran out of beer. I had seen Conveyor on one prior occasion, and had been taken aback by the technical audacity they so […]
Announcing: ‘Overjoyed’, first album in 13 years from Half Japanese
Pinch yourself. “Overjoyed” is here! Half Japanese’s first album in 13 years shows aggressiveness as well as their friendly charisma. Produced by John Dieterich of Deerhoof, the 12 songs on “Overjoyed” are unlike anything in the bands catalog, each unapologetically positive and surprisingly accessible. Half Japanese was founded in the bedroom of brothers Jad and […]
Announcing: ‘Overjoyed’, first album in 13 years from Half Japanese
Pinch yourself. “Overjoyed” is here! Half Japanese’s first album in 13 years shows aggressiveness as well as their friendly charisma. Produced by John Dieterich of Deerhoof, the 12 songs on “Overjoyed” are unlike anything in the bands catalog, each unapologetically positive and surprisingly accessible. Half Japanese was founded in the bedroom of brothers Jad and […]
Announcing: ‘Overjoyed’, first album in 13 years from Half Japanese
Pinch yourself. “Overjoyed” is here! Half Japanese’s first album in 13 years shows aggressiveness as well as their friendly charisma. Produced by John Dieterich of Deerhoof, the 12 songs on “Overjoyed” are unlike anything in the bands catalog, each unapologetically positive and surprisingly accessible. Half Japanese was founded in the bedroom of brothers Jad and […]
Jad Fair Jackets from Stumptown Printers
The jackets for the Jad Fair “Artist In Residence” series were letterpress printed by Stumptown, a worker cooperative printshop based in Portland, OR. “Contemporary letterpress printing is essentially a relief printing process. If you can imagine a linoleum block or woodcut, where the raised area is the surface that is inked, and other areas are […]
2014 Flexi-Disc series and private stash mid-year additions
What was once thought lost is now found! A few subscriptions have opened up for the entire 2014 Flexi-Disc series. You'll get all twelve flexis for the year, featuring exclusive songs that you won't be able to find anywhere else. These are new, unreleased recordings from 12 of our favorite bands, released monthly on square, single-sided, clear 7" Flexi Discs, and strictly limited to just 1000 copies.
Yonatan Gat’s Tour Dates Announced!
Yonatan Gat is hittin’ the road once again! Be sure to catch him while you can and check out his latest single off of “Iberian Passage”, “Conga Manteca” TOUR DATES 7.18 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right 7.19 Washington, DC @ The Lot at Atlantic Plumbing 7.20 Raleigh, NC @ Slim’s 7.21 Asheville, NC @ […]