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Collector’s Edition: Innovative Packaging and Graphics, by Stuart Tolley, “brings together 180 contemporary examples of specialist, deluxe, limited edition, large format graphic design that has been created for the music, book and magazine industries.” We’re thrilled that Stuart Tolley included Kishi Bashi’s singles boxset in his book, especially considering the humbling works accompanying. There’s a lot […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 @ […]
JNR shwag adds rock cred to new TV show
Check out the trailer for “Red Band Society,” and see if you notice any JNR merch. So far we’ve found DMA, Sebadoh, Kishi Bashi, Son Lux, Memory Map, Sleeping Bag, and David Yow in the background!
Kishi Bashi at the Metro- A Retrospective
Don’t you wish you were there?
Preview: Conveyor at Joyful Noise HQ on Sunday, July 29th!
This is a really exciting time of year to see shows. Everybody and their mom is going to be on tour the next few weeks. Even I’m going to be on tour, and I never do stuff like that. Part of the thrill of booking a tour is that you discover great new bands […]
Yonatan Gat @ JNR
When: Wed. June 4th Where: Joyful Noise Recordings Who else: Yip Deceiver, Oreo Jones I arrived late, per usual, just catching “Thanks, we’re Yip Deceiver” before the in-between-sets music faded in and the first band began breaking down their equipment. I quickly found a familiar face, asking what I had missed, if I could […]
My Three Minutes of (peculiar) Glory
My name is Josh Turner and I am an intern here at Joyful Noise. Last Thursday morning, I had the most peculiar experience. I put on makeup, and under bright lights and the eyes of millions, had a jovial chat with and played guitar for a former NFL star defensive end. It sounds like an […]
Jad Fair and Danielson Team Up, Create Bliss
The second LP out of the 4 album collab project from Jad Fair has been announced recently and I was lucky enough to be able to check it out pre-release. Here’s my take: From the very start of this record, the opening track “Go Ahead” shows Daniel Smith basking in all of his freak-folk glory. […]