Joe Manning will perform with special guests May 29 at The Brown Theatre, where he’ll for Oscar-winning duo The Swell Season. Tickets are $35 and the show begins at 7 p.m. Details are here. Manning’s previously unreleased song, “Lately at a Lesser Table” appears on the limited edition White Belt 7-inch with Pokey LaFarge. You can find copies of this at the show, via our site or at Underground Sounds in Louisville.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Today — okay, well … tomorrow, but come on, we’re excited! — Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die, the new double LP by Phantom Family Halo, arrives at ear X-tacy and Underground Sounds in Louisville. Each vinyl copy bought in the store, sold directly by the band or through us here at Karate Body comes with a free download card for a digital copy of the album. The double LP is 18 tracks of unbridled passion, close-quarter sincerity, epic and uncompromising experimentation. You’ll need time to digest this one, so we’re waiting until Nov. 20 for the record release show at Zanzabar (2100 S. Preston St., 635-ZBAR) in Louisville. Nov. 27, PFH embarks on a tour of the east coast and Canada with Young Widows and Russian Circles. This will be one of the most talked about tours this fall. Tour dates below.
NOV 27 – Detroit MI, Magic Stick
NOV 28 – Buffalo, NY Soundlab
NOV 30 – Milford CT, Daniel Street
DEC 1 – New York NY, Bowery Ballroom
DEC 2 – Cambridge MA, The Middle East
DEC 3 – Washington DC, DC9
DEC 4 – Philadelphia PA, First Unitarian Church
DEC 6 – Montreal QC, Il Motore
DEC 7 – Toronto ON, Lee’s Place
DEC 9 – Kalamazoo MI, The Strut
DEC 10 – Cleveland OH, The Grog Shop
DEC 11 – Louisville KY, Skull Alley
Also @ Ear X-tacy and U Sounds is The White Belt! Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered and patiently waited for this, the first in a nine-belt series. Featuring “Anita” by riverboat soul provider Pokey LaFarge and Louisville ghost-song storyteller Joe Manning, this limited edition split 7-inch comes on white vinyl, and is also available here on our website, as well as the artists themselves. Packaging was done by Jeff Mueller at Dexterity Press, and mastering of the series is handled by Kevin Ratterman at The Funeral Home. Manning performs a very special 7-inch release show Oct. 29 at Skull Alley with Spirits of The Red City, Elephant Micah and Sunset. LaFarge is on tour through December. Check his website for further details.
Out today is the special edition gold vinyl from Austin-based Ume. The Sunshower EP is a rockin’ fuzz freakout that will be available on Ume’s current east coast trek up to CMJ. Look for the 10” EP at their upcoming show in Lexington at The Green Lantern this coming weekend. There are only 500 copies of this one, too, so get yours soon. Ume, who just completed a west coast trek with Meat Puppets, Trail of Dead, Dead Confederate and The Secret Machines, will appear at next week’s CMJ Festival in New York City.
Check back here tomorrow evening, when we will have another announcement about something green. —XO, KBR
Pre-order The White Belt split 7-inch single featuring “Anita” by Pokey LaFarge and “Lately at a Lesser Table” by Joe Manning now here at karatebodyrecords.com. Limited edition 300 copies are available on white vinyl. No digital, only wax. Pokey’s on the road for the rest of the year. See tour dates below:
Sept. 12: Unique Ink w/ Zoe Boekbinder, Fredricktown, Mo.
Sep 17: Mo’ Daddy’s w/ Rum Drum Ramblers and Woody Pines, Asheville, N.C.
Sept. 16: Al’s Bar w/ Rum Drum Ramblers, Lexington, Ky.
Sept. 18: WDVX Blue Plate Special @ Square Room One w/ Rum Drum Ramblers, 11 a.m., Knoxville, Tenn.
Sept. 18-20: Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion, Bristol, Va.
Sep 22: Fat Matt’s Rib Shack w/ Rum Drum Ramblers, Atlanta, Ga.
Sep 23: Two Urban Licks w/ Rum Drum Ramblers, Atlanta, Ga.
Sep 24: Twain’s Brew Pub w/ Rum Drum Ramblers, Decatur, Ga.
Sep 25: JJ’s Bohemia w/ Rum Drum Ramblers, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sep 26: Summit City Lounge w/ Rum Drum Ramblers, Whitesburg, Ky.
Sep 28: Southgate House w/ Andy Friedman & the Other Failures, Newport, Ky.
Sep 29: Norm’s River Roadhouse w/ Andy Friedman & the Other Failures, Nashville, Tenn.
Oct 8: Tres Hombres, Carbondale, Ill.
Oct 9: Casa Cantina, Athens, Ohio
Oct 10: Shadow Lounge, Pittsburgh, Penn.
Oct 11: Jalopy Theater, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Oct 13: Der Maennerchor, Harrisburg, Pa.
Oct 14: Outback Lodge, Charlottesville, Va.
Oct 15: Rhumba Cafe w/ the Razers, Columbus, Ohio
Oct 16: Black Sparrow w/ Woodstove Flapjacks Stringband, Lafayette, Ind.
Oct 17: Blues City Deli Street Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
Oct 18: Off Broadway *CD RELEASE*, St. Louis, Mo.
Oct 21: Blue Fugue w/ Hooten Hollers, Columbia, Mo.
Oct 23: The Pizza Shop Collective, Omaha, Neb.
Oct 24: Jammer’s Roadhouse, Odessa, Neb.
Oct 25: Swing Station LaPorte, Colo.
Oct 28: Moe’s w/ Mayhem String Band, Denver, Colo.
Oct 29: Oskar Blues, Lyons, Colo.
Oct 30: Front Range BBQ, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Oct 31: McCabe’s Tavern, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Nov 2: Burt’s Tiki Lounge, Salt Lake City, Utah
Nov 3: Pengilly’s Saloon, Boise, Idaho
Nov 5: Green Frog Acoustic Tavern, Bellingham, Wash.
Nov 6: Sirens Pub, Port Townsend, Wash.
Nov 7: Conor Byrne Pub w/ Sassparilla, Seattle, Wash.
Nov 8: Alberta St. Pub, Portland, Ore.
Nov 11: Sam Bond’s Garage w/ Blair St. Mugwumps, Eugene, Ore.
Nov 12: Stillwater, Ashland, Ore.
Nov 13: Cecil’s, Garberville, Calif.
Nov 14: Three Foods Cafe, Arcata, Calif.
Nov 15: Amnesia, San Francisco, Calif.
Nov 19: Mia’s Lounge, Flagstaff, Ariz.
Nov 20: Taos Inn, Taos, N.M.
Nov 24: Continental Club w/ The Umbrella Man, Houston, Texas
Nov 26: Chelsea’s Cafe, Baton Rouge, La.
Nov 27: Parrish Baker’s Pub, Oxford, Miss.
Nov 28: Martins w/ Mayhem String Band, Jackson, Miss.
Dec 10: Mo’ Daddy’s, Asheville, N.C.
Dec 11: Green Lantern, Lexington, Ky.
Yes …
Pre-order has now been set up for Book of Leaves, the new LP by Rachel Grimes; Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die double LP by Phantom Family Halo; and The White Belt, the first split 7-inch single in the 9-part Belt Series, featuring new material by Pokey LaFarge and Joe Manning.
Street dates are Sept. 22 and Oct. 6 respectively. Pre-order via PayPal right here on karatebodyrecords.com.
Only 25 copies of the special edition Book of Leaves LPs with an original sheet music score remain. The rest will be sold at independent record outlets that are part of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores/Think Indie.
A digital vinyl transfer — 320kbps MP3s taken directly from the vinyl — of the entire Book of Leaves album will be made available at Think Indie’s digital store Sept. 22, the same day the LP arrives in stores nationwide.
Customers who purchase either version of the Book Of Leaves LP at one of our nation’s fine independent record stores will receive a complimentary download code. (NOTE: This applies only to customers who buy the LP in stores). Visit Think Indie for the store nearest you.
White Belt and Phantom Family Halo pre-orders will ship after Sept. 15.
Details on the digital version of Phantom Family Halo’s Monoliths will be announced later this week.
Coming soon: The Green Belt: The Fervor & Wussy offer two of their newest; Rachel Grimes tour dates; Phantoms on the road.
O,
KBR
Karate Body Records is proud to present the first of 9 in a series of split 7 inches. The series will consist of nine singles, from 18 artists. All limited edition, all on colored vinyl with custom packaging. These will not be available digitally.
We kick things off with The White Belt, and two new songs by two fine craftsmen — “Anita” by Pokey LaFarge and “Lately At A Lesser Table” by Joe Manning.
Both artists bring a unique symmetry to this belt, each celebrating their own brand of old-world classicism shot through with youthful, literary vitality.
This single is limited to 500 copies, 300 of which will be sold by Karate Body directly and in stores. The other 200 will be divided among the two artists for sale at their shows.
Pre-orders for The White Belt start Sept. 1, when you’ll be able to order through PayPal on our site.
