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Nearly 3 years in the making, Abner Trio's second full length is (finally) slated for release on August 24, 2010! Available in LP, Cassette, and Digital (no CDs this time folks), The Giant Crushes You is hands-down the most accomplished documentation of their mathy, artsy, honest, and all-around original blend of indie-rock. Abner Trio have created an album that triangulates exactness, rawness and beauty - building upon their patented sound which has drawn a select demographic of dorky music listeners into obsessive fandom.

The album was recorded and mixed by Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording, mastered and cut to vinyl by John Golden (Melvins, Sonic Youth, etc), and pressed on LP by RTI (perhaps the best vinyl manufacturer in the world).

PRE-ORDER!
Pre-order the LP now for a discounted price of $10 (will be $12 after 8/24):

DOWNLOADS!
Download the first single "You're Gorgeous, Believe It!" HERE

Two days after pre-order began, the Joan of Arc Cassette Box Set sold out. We managed to salvage 5 copies for each release show (in Indianapolis on 8/20 at Melody Inn, and in Chicago on 8/21 at Ronny's) and just 10 copies will be distributed to stores. In order to get your hands on a box set at this point you will need to arrive early to one of the release shows with $50 in hand, or find a badass record store who managed to get their hands on one of 10 copies.

HOWEVER all of the cassettes are still available for individual purchase, and even though you may have missed the boat on the custom box set, you can still pre-order all l0 cassette releases for $49 here:
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Please note that this package deal does not come with any special packaging. Just a white cardboard box, containing each cassette, individually packaged with original artwork and download codes. Individual cassettes will be available for pre-order on August 2.

We love you crazy JOA fans. Thank you.

Jumping between mathy ballads, acoustic meanderings, minimalist experimentation, and post-rock-indie-epics, Chicago's Joan Of Arc have exhibited a fearless artistry in their 14 years of existence. A seemingly inseparable appendage of the group's only consistent member Tim Kinsella, JOA is, in our humble opinion, one of the most unapologetically prolific bands of our generation - both in output and artistic vision.

That is why today we are unbelievably honored to announce that Joyful Noise Recordings will be releasing a limited edition Cassette Box Set- with digital downloads- of the entire JOA catalog. The collection is housed in a custom-built wooden box, elaborately screen-printed, hand-numbered and limited to 100 copies. Each cassette, individually wrapped and featuring the original album art, will also be available for individual purchase and includes high-quality MP3s and lossless audio. This is the first time any JOA albums have been available on cassette.

Official release date for this behemoth is September 14, 2010. We are celebrating with two release shows: August 20th in Indianapolis at the Melody Inn (w/ Marmoset, Jookabox, Abner Trio) and August 21st in Chicago at Ronny's (w/ Abner Trio, Maximum Wage)

Albums included in this Box Set:
Portable Model Of (1997, Jade Tree)
How Memory Works (1998, Jade Tree)
Live in Chicago, 1999 (1999, Jade Tree)
The Gap (2000, Jade Tree)
So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness (2003, Jade Tree)
In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust (2003, Perishable Records)
Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain (2004, Polyvinyl)
Eventually, All at Once (2006, Record Label)
Boo! Human (2008, Polyvinyl)
Flowers (2009, Polyvinyl)

The Box Set can be pre-ordered for $49 here:

Think about it:
All 10 releases on iTunes = $99 and gets you 128kbps mp3s.
Cassette Box Set = $49 and gets you lossless audio files, 320kbps mp3s, and by the way, an amazing one of a kind, hand-numbered box set.

DIGITAL SAMPLER:
For the uninitiated or casual JOA listener, we have taken the liberty of compiling 10 stand-out JOA tunes (one from each album) into a free digital sampler. Download the zip file and get a taste of some of the albums you may have missed.

Download the Digital Sampler here:
joyfulnoiserecordings.com/mp3/jnr50.zip

Sampler Tracklisting:
01. Questioning Benjamin Franklin's Ghost (from Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain)
02. The Hands (from A Portable Model Of)
03. A Tell-Tale Penis (from Boo! Human)
04. The Infinite Blessed Yes (from So Much Staying Alive And Lovelessness)
05. Me And America (or) The United Colors Of The Gap (from The Gap)
06. Explain Yourselves #2 (from Flowers)
07. Eventually, All At Once (from uh, Eventually, All At Once)
08. White Out (from How Memory Works)
09. (I'm 5 Senses) None of Them Common (from Live In Chicago, 1999)
10. Happy 1984 and 2001 (from In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust)

Detroit's Child Bite kick-off their US tour today in support of their newly released album The Living Breathing Organ Summer. An eccentric orchestra of punk adrenaline, avant-garde mortar, and lucid epicurean nightmares, this is an album that is both consistently danceable and brazenly psychotic - drawing influence from the likes of The Jesus Lizard, Devo, and Dead Kennedys with applications of soul, synth, and funk laden quirks. As Subba-Cultcha puts it, "If you want to make someone's head explode, here's your album."

In addition, the always fresh Tiny Mix Tapes just posted an exclusive video for the album's first single Odd Inn. View the amazing video directed by Katie Barkel HERE

TOUR DATES:
Jul 9, 2010 - Indianapolis, IN @ Locals Only
Jul 10, 2010 - Cincinnati, OH @ Mayday
Jul 11, 2010 - Evansville, IN @ Lamasco's
Jul 12, 2010 - Bowling Green, KY @ TBA
Jul 13, 2010 - Nashville, TN @ Little Hamilton
Jul 14, 2010 - Hot Springs, AR @ The Exchange
Jul 15, 2010 - Dallas, TX @ The Nightmare
Jul 16, 2010 - Houston, TX @ Super Happy Fun Land
Jul 17, 2010 - New Orleans, LA @ Circle Bar
Jul 18, 2010 - Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
Jul 19, 2010 - Tallahassee, FL @ Farside
Jul 20, 2010 - Gainesville, FL @ The Atlantic
Jul 21, 2010 - St. Augustine, FL @ Nobby's
Jul 22, 2010 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
Jul 23, 2010 - Athens, GA @ SlopFest
Jul 24, 2010 - Baltimore, MD @ Whartscape
Jul 25, 2010 - Philadelphia, PA @ TBA
Jul 26, 2010 - Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio
Jul 27, 2010 - Providence, RI @ TBA
Jul 28, 2010 - Boston, MA @ Middle East
Jul 29, 2010 - Albany, NY @ Valentine's
Jul 30, 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
Jul 31, 2010 - Cleveland, OH @ Happy Dog
Aug 6, 2010 - Rochester, MI @ The Factory
Aug 7, 2010 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
Aug 8, 2010 - Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar

Joyful Noise Recordings is pleased to release two amazing albums today: Racebannon's Wrap The Body and Child Bite's The Living Breathing Organ Summer!

Child Bite "The Living Breathing Organ Summer":
An eccentric orchestra of punk adrenaline, avant-garde mortar, and lucid epicurean nightmares... With "The Living Breathing Organ Summer", Detroit's Child Bite have created an album that is both consistently danceable and brazenly psychotic - drawing influence from the likes of The Jesus Lizard, Devo, and Dead Kennedys with applications of soul, synth, and funk laden quirks.

ORDER NOW!
LP = $12:
CD = $10:
Cassette = $8:
MP3 = $7:

DOWNLOADS!
Download the first single "Odd Inn" HERE
Plus, check out Magnet Magazine's exclusive of "Paws Perilous" HERE

Racebannon "Wrap The Body":
Never a force content to deliver obvious moves, the new release from Bloomington Indiana's Racebannon sees them joining forces with some friends and releasing...*gasp* a DJ-styled 12" release. Yes folks, Wrap the Body! A collaboration between Racebannon and Jilly Weiss (We Are Hex), and also featuring a full-blown remix from long time friends Yea Big, Kid Static and Stak; this is Racebannon at both their weirdest and yet most recognizable. Yes, the requisite churn, chaos, and darkness are all present and yes, Mike Anderson belts out yet another genre-bending throat-box assault. But the token Bannon weapons collide face-first with programmed beats, samples, and an instantly frenzied vocal contribution from Weiss, who sounds like a banshee possessed by equal parts PJ Harvey, bad acid, and Satan herself. The end result is something that is immediately memorable, catchy, scary, and downright original. Consistent with the format, the 12" showcases the studio cut, as well as instrumental and acapella versions on Side A, and remixes on Side B.

Limited to a one-time pressing of 500 copies (on 180gm vinyl), this is an essential purchase for the Racebannon fanatic, as well as all DJ's and vinyl fetishists.

ORDER NOW!
LP = $10:
MP3 = $6:

STREAM "Wrap the Body" HERE
Also, check out the band's interview in Decibel Magazine for "Best (and Worst) Collaborations" HERE

The new Child Bite album The Living Breathing Organ Summer is now available for PRE-ORDER! Pressed on white/gray vinyl, CD, and Cassette, The Living Breathing Organ Summer is hands-down their most developed, interesting, solid, and insane effort to date - exuding a no-fluff sound that is both consistently danceable and brazenly psychotic.

PRE-ORDER!
LP for $12 here:
CD for $10 here:
Cassette for $8 here:

DOWNLOADS!
Download the new song "Odd Inn" HERE

On June 15, 2010 Joyful Noise will be releasing a very special recording from one of our favorite bands: the Midwestern juggernaut known as RACEBANNON!

Never a force content to deliver obvious moves, the new release from Racebannon sees them joining forces with some friends and releasing...*gasp* a DJ-styled 12" release. Yes folks, Wrap the Body!

Consistent with the format, the 12" showcases the studio cut, as well as instrumental and acapella versions on Side A, and remixes on Side B.

Limited to a one-time pressing of 500 copies (on 180gm vinyl), this is an essential purchase for the Racebannon fanatic, as well as all DJ's and vinyl fetishists.

PRE-ORDER!
Wrap the Body is now available for pre-order here:
It'll cost you 10 bones, and comes with high-quality MP3s.

JNR is proud to announce the release of the upcoming Child Bite album The Living Breathing Organ Summer. Our favorite Detroit-based "post-everything" band is back. After two full-lengths, 2007's epic EP Gold Thriller, a split with label-mates Stationary Odyssey and a 3-part 7" series (including their JNR-released split with Big Bear), Child Bite have finished their latest and greatest album. The Living Breathing Organ Summer is hands-down their most developed, interesting, solid, and insane effort to date...

An eccentric orchestra of punk adrenaline, avant-garde mortar, and lucid epicurean nightmares... The Living Breathing Organ Summer exudes a no-fluff sound that is both consistently danceable and brazenly psychotic - drawing influence from the likes of The Jesus Lizard, Devo, and Dead Kennedys with applications of soul, synth, and funk laden quirks. Do not fret or succumb to the feelings of pretense or fright you might be experiencing. This band is a family, a statement, a hobby, an ethos, an outlet, and a bear hug.

The Living Breathing Organ Summer will be released 06/15/10 (in cooperation with our friends at Forge Again Records) on CD, LP, Cassette & Digital - followed by massive tours throughout the United States.

DOWNLOADS!
Download the new song "Odd Inn" HERE

Joyful Noise Recordings is happy to announce today the signing of Philadelphia-based band Hermit Thrushes. The music of Hermit Thrushes combines touchingly naive bedroom lo-fi with disjointed arrangements, harsh chords, complex rhythms, strange orchestration and awkward melody. This is a thoroughly artful blend of indie rock - like how Captain Beefheart's Magic Band would have sounded had they been raised on Joan of Arc and Polvo, and had a singer that was void of any serious mental illness (though probably not the less serious kind).

The five-piece band, which also shares members with Folklore (fronted by Jimmy Hughes of Elf Power) and Leopulde (Sounds Familyre Records), released their debut "Benaki" on Single Girl Married Girl in June of 2008. The sophomore album and first for Joyful Noise, entitled "Slight Fountain", streamlines the band's chaotic sound into a cohesive batch of songs - successfully balancing their contradictory elements. Slight Fountain will be released June 2009.

Listen to a track from the upcoming album: Snowflake Heart (mp3)

Read all about the band HERE

And Read all about "Slight Fountain" (due out June 09) HERE

Also, the band is touring throughout the month of March. If you are in the area, check them out:

March 13, 2009 - Blacksberg, VA @ The Lantern w/ Facepaint
March 14, 2009 - Knoxville, TN @ Dishaus (formerly The Poison Lawn) w/ Who Knows
March 15, 2009 - Murfreesboro, TN @ New House Pride
March 16, 2009 - Fayettville, AK @ KXUA 88.3 FM & the New Deli
March 17, 2009 - Ft. Worth, TX @ 1919 Hemphill w/ This Bike Is A Pime Bomb
March 18-21, 2009 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
March 22, 2009 - Dallas, TX @ Mountain House w/ Sister Suvi, Takka Takka
March 23, 2009 - Fayettville, AK @ Ameroplace OR Smoke And Barrel w/ Rad Racket and Grandchildren
March 25, 2009 - Nashville, TN @ High Horse Saloon w/ Bows and Arrows
March 26, 2009 - Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light w/ Prizzy Prizzy Please
March 27, 2009 - Asheville, NC @ New French Bar w/ Traxx & Enoch
March 28, 2009 - Lynchburg, VA @ Speakertree Records w/ The Young Sinclairs
March 29, 2009 - Haymarket, VA @ Alex's Howse w/ Vegan Food

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