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Mike Adams on Tour!
In anticipation of his upcoming album, Best of Boiler Room Classics (out May 5th), and fresh off the heels of his new single “I’m Worried”‘s premiere on Pitchfork, Mike Adams is heading out on tour! Catch the man and his band of Bloomington’s finest (including Joyful Noise’s own David Woodruff on bass) in a town near you, […]
Joyful Noise Showcase Saturday May 3rd in Chicago
We would like to announce the first ever Joyful Noise Recordings Showcase!! *********ATTENTION VIPS******** Login and checkout the VIP ONLY special admission price! Saturday May 3rd in Chicago at The Burlington featuring Victor Villarreal, Busman’s Holiday, Memory Map, and DMA . It’s part of the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival. It’s the sixth annual […]
Want Kishi Bashi to play your living room? (attn: London & Paris)
In just a few days from now Kishi Bashi will be traveling to London & Paris on a quick promo tour (giving interviews, filming video sessions, etc). We thought it would be super fun to arrange for Kishi Bashi to play an intimate living room show in both London (on Tues April 15) and Paris […]
Jad Fair Melts Faces at First Friday
This month, Joyful Noise was fortunate enough to host a stage and gallery space for the soft spoken, spastic, freak strummin’ styling of Jad Fair. Presenting the audience with only himself and a hand painted electric guitar, Jad noised his way through a very intimate and charismatic set. There was never a dull moment […]
Mike Adams Show feat. Busman’s Holiday and JNR’s own David Woodruff!
Busman’s Holiday just released their album “A Long Goodbye” this week! Watch them on our friend Mike Adams’ show. With a special appearance by our designer and all-around awesome gentleman David Woodruff. Enjoy!
Flexi Delays… The Wait is Almost Over!
Finally! The wait is almost over!! The January and February flexis are scheduled to arrive to our office on Wednesday and we will be working non-stop to ship them out by Thursday afternoon. (If you ordered a Wooden Flexi Box, then it will also be included in this shipment.) We are SO sorry about the […]
Vaadat Charigim LP Release Party at Joyful Noise Last Night!
Last night Vaadat Charigim held their “The World Is Well Lost” LP release party at the Joyful Noise studio and invited their Warm Ratio label-mates Sapphic and Joyful Noise’s very own, Sleeping Bag, to join in on the debauchery. Sapphic, a post-punk duo hailing from Grand Rapids, MI, opened the show out. Their drone like […]
New Kishi Bashi: album details announced!
Yep, Kishi Bashi has a new album on the horizon! The new album is titled “Lighght” (pronounced “light”) and will be released worldwide on May 13 via Joyful Noise. Yep, that’s the insane cover art pictured above. The album takes its title from the one-word poem by minimalist poet Aram Saroyan. Musically the album expands […]
Sebadoh Winter Tour 2014 – Recruiting Digital Street Team!
Sebadoh’s next US tour kicks off on February 5th. We would love to have your help in spreading the word about the show you’ll be attending. If you’d be able to do some special Facebooking and Tweeting about the show we will happily give you a limited edition screen-printed tour poster designed by LandLand signed to […]