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White Belt news

March 28, 2010

We’ve had some copies of The White Belt split 7-inch with Pokey LaFarge and Joe Manning returned to us from a distributor. There are 34 copies, and we’ll be selling them for the same price, $6, not including shipping. The PayPal codes will be up later this week, or you can pay via PayPal using our e-mail address, kbrrecords@gmail.com. In other news, Pokey will perform at the 2010 Newport Folk Festival Aug. 1!




Wussy among year’s best; new dates

March 9, 2010

Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli on Brooklyn Vegan.
Blurt Magazine: Jason Gross and Steve Rosen
WFPK (Louisville): Stacy Owen
KEXP (Seattle/NYC): Don Slack
Damanbly (UK): George Gargan

New tour dates below:
March
20
Northside Tavern, Cincinnati
10 p.m. with Fists of Love

March 25
Darkroom, Chicago
9 p.m.

March 26
Ed’s Bar, Winona, Minn.
TBA

March 27
Sauce, Minneapolis
9 p.m.

April 1
Cincinnati Zoo
early show, all ages

April 10
South Park Tavern, Dayton, Ohio
10 p.m. with Drexel

April 14*
The Smiling Moose, Pittsburgh

April 15*
The Fire, Philadelphia

April 16*
Cake Shop, Manhattan, N.Y.

April 17*
Spike Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y.
*w/ The Fervor

Limited edition Green Belt split 7-inch with The Fervor for sale now. Green translucent vinyl in custom matchbook packaging. Wax only.




Wussy, The Fervor in Ohio

February 23, 2010

Wussy and The Fervor play this Friday, Feb. 26 at Beachland Tavern in Cleveland, Feb. 27 at The Treehouse in Columbus. The Green Belt split 45 RPM will be on sale at these shows, as well as ear X-tacy and Underground Sounds in Louisville, Shake-It in Cincinnati and karatebodyrecords.com.




The Fervor announce new tour dates

February 1, 2010

Is split-mate a word? Screw it. We’re usin’ it anyway. The Fervor will do some damage this winter with Wussy, including two shows with Wussy, their partners on The Green Belt split 7-inch we released back in October. The single is wax only and limited to 300 copies, of which we have less than 200 left. Stay tuned for news on The Fervor’s forthcoming album, due out later this year, as well as more spring dates with Wussy.

Feb. 5: Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie’s
Feb. 26: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern*
Feb. 27: Columbus, OH @ Treehouse*
March 12: Chicago, IL @ Darkroom Bar
* w/ Wussy




White Belt sold out!

January 16, 2010

We are sold out of The White Belt split 7-inch!
Pokey’s on tour now.

Thanks everyone!
KBR




The Fervor in Ghettoblaster

January 3, 2010
Photo: Natalie Biesel

The Fervor appears in the magazine’s “Stomping Grounds” feature. Limited edition Green Belt 7-inch with Wussy on sale now at the following outlets:
Shake-It (Cincinnati), Underground Sounds, Skull Alley, ear X-tacy (Louisville), Robotic Empire (Washington) and The Vinyl Collective (Colorado). The single comes on translucent green vinyl in matchbook-style packaging designed by Dexterity Press.




Robotic Empire, Vinyl Collective now selling KBR wax

December 14, 2009

Two online vinyl outlets, Robotic Empire and The Vinyl Collective, are now carrying copies of Louisville Is For Lovers Vol. 9, Ben Sollee’s Learning To Bend, The White & Green Belts, (Joe Manning, Pokey LaFarge, The Fervor and Wussy), Ume’s Sunshower EP, Rachel Grimes’ Book Of Leaves and Phantom Family Halo’s 2XLP Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die.




Pokey LaFarge announces more U.S./UK dates

December 14, 2009

U.S.
Dec. 17: Edwardsville, Ill. @ Stagger Inn w/ Kentucky Knife Fight
Jan. 9: St. Louis, Mo. @ Schlafly Bottleworks
Jan. 16: Carbondale, Ill. @ Tres Hombres

U.K.
Jan. 22: London, UK @ Brooks Blues Bar
Jan. 23: Topsham, UK @ The Globe Hotel
Jan. 24: Brighton, UK @ The Prince Albert (all day event)
Jan. 27-28: Glasgow, Scotland @ Celtic Connections Festival
Jan. 29: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne @ Jumpin’ Hot Club
Jan. 30: West Sussex, UK @ Blue Coconut

U.S.
Feb. 5: Augusta, Ga. @ Stillwater Taproom
Feb. 18: Carbondale, Ill. @ Tres Hombres

Limited edition copies of The White Belt Split 7-inch with Pokey and Joe Manning is on sale at karatebodyrecords.com, ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds and Skull Alley.




Wussy in Cincinnati Magazine, first 2010 tour dates announced

December 13, 2009

Wussy is profiled in the latest edition of Cincinnati Magazine. The band has also been nominated for four CityBeat Magazine Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. Vote here (e-mail address required).

The limited edition Green Belt 7-inch with The Fervor is available here, at ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds, Skull Alley (Louisville), and Shake-It Records (Cincinnati). Both bands head to the East Coast in April, but for now we’ve got a few tour dates confirmed.

New tour dates announced:
Dec. 26: Cincinnati @
Northside Tavern
Dec. 27: Dayton, Ohio @ Canal St. Tavern w/ Heartless Bastards
Jan. 22: Lexington, Ky. @ Cosmic Charlie’s
Jan. 23: Whitesburg, Ky.
@ Summit City
Feb. 19: Indianapolis, Ind. @
Melody Inn
Feb. 26: Cleveland @
Beachland Tavern w/ The Fervor




Pokey LaFarge tonight @ Captain’s Quarters

December 13, 2009

Pokey LaFarge performs tonight at Captains Quarters. Copies of The White Belt split 7-inch with Joe Manning are moving fast. You can order them at ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds and Skull Alley.