Karate Body » Invaders http://www.karatebodyrecords.com Louisville, USA Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Invaders, “Dig A Hole” http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/invaders-%e2%80%9cdig-a-hole%e2%80%9d http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/invaders-%e2%80%9cdig-a-hole%e2%80%9d#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:48:11 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=2893 Continue reading →]]> We are pleased to announce that in spring 2012 we will release Dig A Hole, a new studio album from Invaders that was recorded two years ago at The Funeral Home in Louisville, Ky., but never formally released. This will be digital-only.

The band’s 2009 debut CD Floating is in stores now via Carrot Top Distribution, Ltd., and digitally on iTunes and Amazon.

More details to follow.

]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/invaders-%e2%80%9cdig-a-hole%e2%80%9d/feed 0 ‘Floating’ sold out! http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/%e2%80%98floating%e2%80%99-sold-out http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/%e2%80%98floating%e2%80%99-sold-out#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:23:00 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=546 Continue reading →]]> invadersfrontweb

We couldn’t love you all anymore than we already do, but we do! Invaders’ Floating CD is now sold out. The digital version is available from Think Indie, and the album will be available from iTunes and other digital retailers in the coming weeks.

XO,
KBR

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]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/invaders-free-in-indy/feed 0 Phantom Family Halo, Invaders in Lexington http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/phantom-family-halo-invaders-in-lexington http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/phantom-family-halo-invaders-in-lexington#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:17:19 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=427 Phantom Family Halo adds yet another tour date. This time, it’s closer to home. Invaders open.

Thursday, Nov. 19
Al’s Bar
Lexington
9 p.m. doors

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KBR is pleased to announce that Invaders have been confirmed to appear at The Broad Ripple Music Fest in Indianapolis on Saturday, Oct. 17! Their debut CD is also now available overseas in Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands through Mandai Distribution.

]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/invaders-at-broad-ripple-music-fest/feed 0 Gentle reminder … http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/gentle-reminder-%e2%80%a6 http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/gentle-reminder-%e2%80%a6#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:09:38 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=368 Continue reading →]]> The Decibel Tolls/Transpanther Group Present:
Marmoset
Invaders
The Harlequins
Friday, Sept. 18
@ Skull Alley
8 p.m., $7
1017 E. Broadway
www.skullalley.net
Louisville
All Ages (Yes, there’s beer, too)

Third Annual Homegrown Music Festival
WFPK DJ Matt Anthony
The Fervor
Squeeze-bot
@ Fourth Street Live Atrium
Louisville
Friday, Sept. 18
8 p.m., Free
All ages (but beer for the old folks,  too)

The Fervor
Mandelbrots
@ Nachbar
Saturday, Sept. 19
969 Charles St.
Louisville
10 p.m., Free
21+

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Their debut CD “Floating” is available now for $10 direct from us, and we’ll have them at the show.

For now, trackage:
“Charmer”
[audio:http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/audio/Charmer.mp3]

“Couldn’t Come”
[audio:http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/audio/Couldn_t Come.mp3]

]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/invaders-added-to-boomslang-afterparty/feed 0 All roads lead to … http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/all-roads-lead-to-%e2%80%a6 http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/all-roads-lead-to-%e2%80%a6#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:30:01 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=253 Continue reading →]]> Ben Sollee
Aug. 25: Nashville, TN: The Belcourt Theatre w/ Vienna Teng
Aug. 29: Knoxville, TN: Stone Wall Gardens
Aug. 30: Charleston, WV: Mountain Stage
Limited edition copies of “Learning To Bend” on white, 180-gram vinyl still available right here.

Rachel Grimes
Oct. 8: Louisville, KY: 21C Museum (Book Of Leaves CD/LP release)
Oct. 9: Lexington, KY: BoomSlang
Oct. 12: New York, NY: Le Poisson Rouge w/ Sarah Cahill
“Book Of Leaves For Solo Piano” LP available for pre-order Sept. 1. In stores domestically Sept. 22.
First 100 copies come with original sheet music score.

Invaders
Sept. 18: Skull Alley w/ Marmoset
Oct. 10: Lexington, KY: Al’s Bar (Boomslang Afterparty)
Debut CD “Floating” available here and now.

The Fervor
Aug. 22: Whitesburg, KY: MARS Fest
Sept. 10: Louisville, KY: Headliners w/ The Features
Oct. 16: Cleveland, OH: Wilbert’s
Oct. 20: Washington, DC: The Red & The Black Bar
Louisville Is For Lovers Vol. 9, featuring The Fervor’s exclusive track, “Same State,” still available. Limited edition pressing of 500 double vinyl LP on red and white marble. Split 7-inch with Wussy on green vinyl coming in October.

Teneia Sanders
Aug. 26: Louisvile, KY: Stevie Ray’s  Blues Bar; 9 p.m.
Aug. 29: Milltown, IN: Blue River Cafe
Louisville Is For Lovers Vol. 9, featuring Teneia’s exclusive track, “Jane’s Song,” still available.

Deer Meet
Aug. 28: Louisville, KY: Derby City Espresso
Sept. 9: Louisville, KY: Skull Alley
Oct. 3: Louisville, KY: Pour Haus
Louisville Is For Lovers Vol. 9, featuring Deer Meet’s exclusive track, “Take Me High,” still available.

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Bongiorno!

Invaders’ debut CD “Floating” is now available for digital purchase from Think Indie, an arm of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores. A track from that album, “Couldn’t Come,” is now available for free download!

Invaders perform Friday, Aug. 7, at Glassworks with D. Rider (ex-U.S. Maple), Buffalo Bill and Ben Purdom. Show starts at 8 p.m. $7

]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/floating-distributed-nationally/feed 0 The Decibel Tolls reviews “Floating” http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/the-decibel-tolls-reviews-%e2%80%9cfloating%e2%80%9d http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/the-decibel-tolls-reviews-%e2%80%9cfloating%e2%80%9d#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:02:06 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=183 Continue reading →]]> Michael Powell reviews:

Louisville’s Invaders might just be my favorite local act. They certainly could be the second loudest (Lords takes first place for obvious reasons). Invaders triumphantly achieve the coveted position of being difficult to categorize, which should by default pique your interest. Floating, their recently released debut for local label Karate Body, is a treble-heavy, noisy, yet viscerally accessible and pop-oriented body of work.

Invaders certainly take advantage of, in some ways, the resurgence of the no-fi aesthetic a la Psychedelic Horseshit and Times New Viking. However, Invaders rely on extremely tight song structures compared to the loosey goosey dissonance of the aforementioned. Snakey guitar, heavily distorted and subdued vocals, punchy rhythm, and general scratchy psychedelia rule over Floating, and the record is able to weave through oft disparate tempos and moods while remaining consistent and cohesive.

Invaders drift in the drug laments of Spacemen 3 on “Head Full of Rocks” (accompanied by the excellent backing vocals of the Sandpaper Dolls’ Amber Estes) and the noise pop of really early Yo La Tengo on “The Flu.” “Charmer” amalgamates a garage punk ethos with a decidedly shoegazey flavor. “Centipede” is pure stoner rock – Hawkwind, Dead Meadow, etc. And the title track sounds exactly like it should – ride heavy percussion, 4AD evocative dreamy textures, and a vaguely romantic swagger juxtaposed against late ’60s acid melodies. Light a doob and get lifted.

Invaders evidently love all the same music I love. Hence, I love Floating.

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