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Ben Sollee / Half Off Learning To Bend w/ Donation

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:48:47 +0000

From now until Friday, Jan. 27, anyone who donates to Ben Sollee’s Half-Made Man PledgeMusic campaign and can show proof of donation will receive 50 percent off Learning To Bend LP. Send proof of donation to kbrrecords@gmail.com and order via PayPal from our webstore. NOTE: You must order the LP through our webstore or using kbrrecords@gmail.com. Regular shipping charges still apply.

Ben Sollee / Australian Tour Dates Posted

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:06:14 +0000

Check the itinerary here.

Copies of Ben’s debut album Learning To Bend are back in stock on LP and available from Carrot Top Distribution, Ltd.

Ben Sollee / Learning To Bend LP Repress In Stock

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:56:16 +0000

Learning To Bend, the critically acclaimed debut album from Ben Sollee, has been repressed on vinyl and is back in stock in our webstore for $10 (shipping not included). NOTE: All orders will ship after Jan. 10.

Ben Sollee / UK

admin — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:59:17 +0000

Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore join Billy Bragg this winter in the United Kingdom. Ben Sollee’s breakthrough album, “Learning To Bend,” is available on LP in the UK both to retailers and directly from Code 7. Only 500 copies of the limited edition LP were pressed, and they come on 180-gram white vinyl, with new artwork designed by Mad Pixel.

Dec. 1: Forum – Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Dec. 2: Rock City, Nottingham
Dec. 4: 53 Degrees, Preston
Dec. 5: Penrith Leisure Centre, Penrith
Dec. 6: Arches, Glasgow
Dec. 8: UEA, Norwich
Dec. 9: Assembly Leamington LTD, Warwickshire
Dec. 10: De La Warr Pavillion, East Sussex
Dec. 12: 02 Academy Bournemouth, Bournemouth
Dec. 14: Millennium Music Hall (UK), Cardiff

Ben Sollee adds more dates

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:37:15 +0000

Ben Sollee continues his U.S. tour and more dates are below. Copies of the limited edition white vinyl version of his critically acclaimed debut “Learning To Bend,” with new artwork, is still available through RED Distribution, CD version through SonaBLAST! and digital through iTunes. Be sure to pick up “Dear Companion,” his album with Daniel Martin Moore, out now on CD and digital via Sub Pop.

May 12: eTown Radio Show @ Boulder Theater, Boulder, Colo.
June 5: Clack Mountain Music Festival, Morehead, Ky.
June 18: Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Telluride, Colo.
July 16: Master Musicians Festival, Somerset, Ky.
July 24: HullabaLOU Music Festival, Louisville, Ky.
Oct. 8: Grand Theatre, Frankfort, Ky.
Oct. 15: UNC-Wilmington, Wilmington, N.C.

Ben Sollee’s Oxfam Unwrapped doc up now on Vimeo

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:27:30 +0000

Oxfam Unwrapped – Ben Sollee from marty benson on Vimeo.

Copies of the limited edition 180-gram white vinyl LP of Learning To Bend with all new artwork by Mad Pixel are available now at ear X-tacy, karatebodyrecords.com, SonaBLAST!, RED Distribution, through Code 7 in the UK, Mandai in Benelux territories, and at all Ben Sollee shows.

Ben Sollee new dates with Carrie Rodriguez, Erin McKeown, TxT

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:35:19 +0000

Ben Sollee keeps trucking through the winter, joining Trampled By Turtles, Carrie Rodriguez and Erin McKeown. He recently completed another Pedaling Against Poverty tour of the south, and in February, he and Sub Pop recording artist Daniel Martin Moore will release Dear Companion, a new CD produced by Yim Yames, to help fight against mountaintop removal in Appalachia.

Don’t forget: Special edition copies of Sollee’s 2008 debut album, Learning To Bend, are still available on 180-gram white vinyl, with all new artwork from Mad Pixel. This is a onetime pressing.

Ben Sollee dates:
Dec. 16: Aspen, Colo. @ Belly Up*
Dec. 18-19: Denver, Colo. @ Bluebird Theatre*
Jan. 20: Northampton, Mass. @ Iron Horse Music Hall#
Jan. 21: Norfolk, Conn. @ Infinity Hall#
Jan. 22: Fairfield, Conn. @ Fairfield Theatre#
Jan. 24: Hoboken, N.J. @ Maxwell’s#
Jan. 26: Portland, Maine @ Longfellow Square#
Jan. 27: Cambridge, Mass. @ Club Passim#
Jan. 29: Arlington, Va. @ Iota#
Jan. 30: Arden, Del. @ Arden Concert Guild#
Jan. 31: Charlottesville, Va. @ The Southern#
Feb. 2: Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Rex Theatre#@
Feb. 3: Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Wealthy Theatre#@
Feb. 4: Auburn Hills, Mich. @ Callahan’s#@
Feb. 5: Benton Harbor, Mich. @ The Livery#@
Feb. 6: Kent, Ohio @ Kent Stage#@

*w/ Trampled By Turtles
# w/ Carrie Rodriguez
@ w/ Erin McKeown

Robotic Empire, Vinyl Collective now selling KBR wax

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:07:51 +0000

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.

White Book Leaf Bend

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:28:52 +0000

Rachel Grimes (Rachel’s, King’s Daughters & Sons) new solo album, “Book Of Leaves” is in stores nationwide now on LP/CD and through ThinkIndie.com network in digital MP33.3 format. Visit your nearest local independent record store (if you’re looking for a list, visit Thinkindie.com). Vinyl is also available direct at karatebodyrecords.com for Kentucky, U.S. and international customers.

Rachel will celebrate the release of the album with two shows this week in Chicago, Sept. 24-25, at PianoForte, with the New Millennium Orchestra Trio. Visit rachelgrimespiano.com for ticketing information.

“Lately at a Lesser Table” by Joe Manning, and “Anita” by Pokey LaFarge, from the forthcoming White Belt split 7-inch, as well as The Green Belt split single featuring “No Apology” by The Fervor and “Fly Fly Fly” by Wussy, are now at WFPK-FM Radio Louisville. Visit wfpk.org to request. The Fervor’s next Louisville show will be Nov. 6 at Zanzabar. Green Belt 7 inch copies will be available at this show. We will be joined by very special guest The Smug Brothers, which features former members of Guided By Voices. Details on that show in the coming weeks.

Phantom Family Halo’s double LP “Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die” will be formally released Oct. 6, with a record release show schedule for Oct. 17 at Zanzabar (2100 S. Preston St., 635-ZBAR) with Softcheque. Also on Oct. 17, Invaders debut at Broad Ripple Music Fest in Indianapolis. Set times forthcoming.

Ben Sollee will appear at this year’s Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, Texas on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at The Wildflower Center. Copies of “Learning To Bend” on 180-gram white vinyl are still available from karatebodyrecords.com. This is a onetime pressing of 500 copies, and we only have about 30 left, so once they’re gone, they’re gone!

XO,
KBR

Ben Sollee rips the ACL

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:42:53 +0000

That’s Austin City Limits, not to be confused with common athletic injuries. Ben plays at 12:30 p.m. Sunday on the Austin Ventures stage.

Austin City Limits takes place from Oct. 4-9, and all passes to the festival are officially sold out.

However, copies of Ben’s critically acclaimed debut, “Learning To Bend,” on custom, white, 180-gram vinyl, are still available from KBR.