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We are excited to introduce you to the new project known as Ko. Ko is the pseudonym of Kristin Newborn: vocalist, guitarist, and downright badass. From the age of 18, Kristin was classically trained by a religious cult show choir. No foolin’. But as fucked up as that experience must have been, Kristin emerged victorious. […]
Half Japanese – first album in 13 years – Out Now!
Pinch yourself. Overjoyed is finally here! Half Japanese’s first album in 13 years shows aggressiveness as well as their friendly charisma. Produced by John Dieterich of Deerhoof, “Overjoyed” is unapologetic onslaught of positivity. Each of the 12 songs contain a deep purity, exceptionally rare amongst “reunion albums”. In the words of Pitchfork, the band “haven
Stream the new Sleeping Bag album “Deep Sleep”
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 […]