We eagerly await Phantom Family Halo’s monstrous double LP, Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die, and we have some news on that front: The Halo will play their record release show Oct. 17 at Zanzabar (2100 S. Preston St., 635-ZBAR). The double LP, which features members of Sapat and The For Carnation, is now available for pre-order at karatebodyrecords.com.

Thanks to everyone who purchased the Rachel Grimes “Book Of Leaves” limited edition LP with sheet music score. We have sold our remaining copies to Japanese label Linus Records, which will distribute them in the land of the rising sun in the coming weeks. The remaining sheet music LPs will appear at your nearest independent record store Sept. 22. That’s only a week (or so) away! We still have plenty of regular LPs available for direct purchase.

Thanks to everyone who came out to The Fervor’s show with The Features last Thursday. We’ve got two more shows this coming weekend, Friday at the Third Annual Homegrown Festival at Fourth Street Live with Squeeze-bot and DJ Matt Anthony, and Saturday at The Nachbar after the U of L-UK Game. Both shows are free! We’ll have pre-order information on The Fervor’s Green Belt split 7-inch with Cincinnati’s own Wussy this coming week, but we assure, you, it sounds incredible. The Fervor will appear at the annual CMJ Festival in New York, so for all our New York friends, stop by Spike Hill in Brooklyn on Oct. 23.

Thursday, Sept. 10
Headliners Music Hall
1386 Lexington Road
584-8088
$12
18+

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.

Hello everyone!

Much ado, so let’s get to it.

Wussy is coming for an in-store and show at Skull Alley next Saturday, Aug. 8. They play at ear X-tacy at 5:30 p.m. As always, in-stores are free and all ages. The Skull Alley show starts at 9 p.m. w/ The Fervor. $5.

A limited-edition, split 7-inch featuring new tracks “No Apology” by The Fervor and “Fly Fly Fly” by Wussy, will be released in October as the second in a series based on karate belts. Only 500 copies will be pressed on green vinyl.

Wussy’s last album, Left For Dead, made uber-critic Robert Christgau’s top 5 in Rolling Stone, and that magazine just gave their new self-titled record four stars. Wussy is out now on Cincy’s very own Shake-It Records.

The Fervor’s 2007 debut, Bleeder, is now being distributed digitally in the U.S. through thinkindie.com. Their track “Same State” appears on Louisville Is For Lovers Vol. 9 alongside Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Lucky Pineapple, Whistle Peak, Teneia Sanders, The Mack and more. Copies of the limited edition, double red-and-white marble vinyl of this compilation are still available direct from karatebodyrecords.com, at ear X-tacy, Underground Sounds and Skull Alley, to name a few.

The Fervor’s keyboardist/lead singer Natalie Felker will appear on the forthcoming solo album from Johnny Quaid, an original member of My Morning Jacket. Felker also designed the cover for Cheyenne Mize & Bonnie “Prince” Billy EP “Among The Gold.” A few copies of this on sky-blue vinyl are still available from karatebodyrecords.com.

The Features return Sept. 10 for a headlining gig with The Fervor opening. The Features’ newest full-length, “Some Kind of Salvation,” has enjoyed rotation on WFPK, and was released nationally May 26. Tickets for the 18-and-over show at Headliners Music Hall are $12, and go on sale July 31 at 10 a.m.

Speaking of belts: The first 7-inch (a.k.a., the white belt) will feature two new songs, “Anita” by Pokey LaFarge and “Lately At A Lesser Table” by Joe Manning, also due this fall. On deck for the “splits” are Shipping News, Three-Second Kiss, Ultra Pulverize, Lucky Pineapple, David Cronin and many more. This series will be released into 2010.

More updates are on the way regarding Invaders’ digital distribution, Rachel Grimes Book Of Leaves on Sept. 22 and new double LP from Phantom Family Halo Oct. 6.

XO,
KBR