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2010-12-28T07:26:00.004-05:00

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YEAR END UPDATE

Hello All,

So what happened with 75orLess in the past year? At the review website, the number of writers slowly dwindled until it was obvious by October (our ninth year anniversary!) that to keep the website fresh with new content regularly, we would need to expand beyond just posting reviews. So, starting the first week of 2011, that is the plan. The updates you usually see on this blog page will be taking place at the review website.

As for the music label, we kept busy the entire year promoting live shows and eventually releasing 21 cds in 2010. February 2011 will be the label's fifth anniversary, during which we have had a total of 96 releases.

In the first half of 2011, 75orLess will release an EP from Broadcaster, two full lengths from The Masons, the first of three already completed EP's from Walltrax (a diePods side project), a full length from Lloyd's Llamas, a split 12inch by The Blood Moons & Six Star General, a new EP from Mike Mountain, and a full length album recorded entirely at the 75orLess house from Baylies Band.

The Providence Phoenix has Mark Cutler, Coma Coma and Six Star General in it's 2010 Top Ten Local releases list. .

Click here for a free 14 song sampler from various 2010 label releases including Girl Haggard, Coma Coma, The Jesse Minute, Suicide Bill, The Doll Eyes, Skinny Millionaires, Six Star General, Eight Pictures, Found Dead In Trunk and Ming Toro.

Big thank yous to everyone who helped out, purchased the label releases, visited the website, the clubs who let us book shows, the writers, and especially the bands themselves who understand that we are a tiny organization, working without pay and on very limited budgets to promote their music.

Here they are, in reverse order, all 21 of the 2010 releases.

Suicide Bill and The Liquors - Good Morning Breakfast, F#$% You Lunch
Six Star General - Six
Eight Pictures - Millions of Faces
The Doll Eyes - Too Many Feelings
Before The Masons
The Skinny Millionaires - Sleeping Dogs Lie
Found Dead in Trunk - The Fried Demon Sessions EP
Six Star General - Pipeline
Ill Ease/Lazer Crust - A Double Edged Sword Reversed split cd
Girl Haggard - Country and Eastern
Crotchthrottle - Slap Fight at the Coffee Shop
The Jesse Minute - Shut Up and Play
Wolverton Brothers - Crooked
Ming Toro - self titled ep
Coma Coma - Chateau Rex
The Jesse Minute - This Happened Live at AS220
Mustache Ride - Live in Sneakytown
Mustache Ride - 20,000 Leagues Under the Scene
Baylies Band - Man Ray & Vague Knitting
Nature/Nurture - EP002
Mark Cutler - Red

Below are details on all of the releases. You can purchase them all here.

75OL-107 Suicide Bill and The Liquors - Good Morning Breakfast, Fuck You Lunch!

Lo-Fi rock and roll songs specifically recorded to be played very loudly on the stereo of a delivery vehicle. Do you like sloppy music with some kind of feeling? Suicide Bill and the Liquors do and try their damnedest to present 12 examples on this record. The songs sound pretty good on the CD player in Bill's work car and the cassette deck in your Mom's Escort. $7.00 postpaid.

75OL-100 Six Star General - Six

Their sixth studio album. Recorded over two sessions in Fall 2010, one in October with Kraig Jordan (who also added keys to some songs) at Plan of a Boy in Providence and a second in November with Scott Rancourt at Summing Point in Newport. A mixed batch - three instrumentals, a few long psych-rock jams, an ode to the lead singer of The diePods, and short bursts of weirded out pop rock. In all, just about 45 minutes of music from outer space. $7.00 postpaid.

75OL-111 Eight Pictures - Millions of Faces

Eight Pictures is UK based songwriter and instrumentalist Stephen Guy. Millions of Faces takes the best eleven tracks from his two self released albums 'Fairground in the Trees' and 'Music for a Northern Road Movie'. The tunes on this album are melodic, indie, fuzzy pop songs and instrumentals. You won't see Eight Pictures playing live and all tracks are recorded at home on an eight track studio. For fans of Apples in Stereo and the Jesus and Mary Chain. Limited to 75 silkscreened numbered copies. $6.50 postpaid.

75OL-109 The Doll Eyes - Too Many Feelings

"Too Many Feelings", the first full length album by Rhode Island and Massachusetts punk-bar band quartet The Doll Eyes, tells the tales of flawed working men whose scales precariously balance virtue and vice. This furious 37 minute disc includes 6 tracks previously released on the 666 CD Split Volume 1 and seven new tracks. Limited to 125 silkscreened copies. $6.00 postpaid.

75OL-101 The Skinny Millionaires - Sleeping Dogs Lie

Despite the band having many revolving members, the foundation is Mike O'Donnell, who wrote all the songs, recorded 90% of the album himself, and played all the instruments except the violin on most of it. Violin was done by wiz kid Meghan O'Connor. Despite being stabbed 3 times, lighting his face on fire at a show, and having two separate blood transfusions, this album became a sort of "I'll finish this thing if it kills me" type project, and took about 4 years to finish. The album was started upon Mikes return from Seattle around late 2006 early 2007. It was recorded by Scott Rancourt at Summing Point, and has a few garage rock burners, but is mostly a mix of dark themed folk songs with lush string arrangements and beautiful female backup vox, written by a guy who grew up in punk bands. Folk-noir, maybe. It also features guest vocals by rising star John McCauley, of the band Deer Tick, and Kevin Cole of The Turbo AC's, and the cover art designed by Grammy-nominated illustrator David Jorgensen, most famous for illustrating The Velveteen Rabbit and Goodnight Moon. $10 postpaid.

Also available as a digital download here.

75OL-108 Before The Masons

It was left for lost in a cross-country move 15 years ago. It was found in a shoebox, inside of a suitcase, down in the basement. It contains over 50 minutes of rock songs, pop songs, instrumentals, experiments, soundscapes and answering machine messages put to music. Recorded from 1991-1992 on one 4 track in 3 apartments. A musical diary. A sonic time machine. Travel back almost 20 years to the time Before The Masons. $6 postpaid.

75OL-104 Coma Coma - 'Coma Cola' white t-shirt with logo 11" x 3", centered on front in red ink. White shirts only. Haynes Heavyweight 100% Preshrunk Cotton short sleeve shirt. Sizes available are S, M, L, or XL. Shirt size will be confirmed before shipping. $10 postpaid.

75OL-099 Found Dead in Trunk - The Fried Demon Sessions

Found Dead in Trunk's Lee Malone is trapped in a personal madness that he can't escape from and these songs are proof of the descending madness that slowly engulfs your trailer park. Limited to 125 silkscreened copies. $6.50 postpaid.

75OL-106 Six Star General - star logo with lightning bolt t-shirt, logo 7" x 7", centered on front in red and black inks. Charcoal shirts only. Gildan Preshrunk 100% Cotton short sleeve shirt. Sizes available are S, M, L, or XL. Shirt size will be confirmed before shipping. $10 postpaid

75OL-094 Six Star General - Pipeline

Eleven tracks, recorded live at WMBR's Pipeline show in March 2010. Limited to 100 silkscreened copies. $7.00 postpaid.

75OL-105 Mark Cutler - Red album cover t-shirt in red and black inks on white Gildan Activewear Ultra Cotton Heavyweight t-shirts. Logo sized 10" x 10" and centered on front. Sizes available are S, M, L, or XL. Shirt size will be confirmed before shipping. Limited to 40 shirts. $15.00 postpaid.

75OL-098 Ill Ease / Lazer Crust - A Double Edged Sword Reversed (Double EP) CD

Louisville-based Lazer Crust toggles between candid torch ballads, explosive '60s style R&B, unironic glam rock, and a lo-fi indie pop aesthetic, Lazer Crust holds a singular vision while expanding their tectonic sonic palette. Ill Ease was initially a recording project, born sometime around 1998, when an old 8-track, a haunted piano and a guitar amp with no off-switch for the vibrato were left in an abandoned auto shop in Brooklyn. $6.00 postpaid.

75OL-103 Coma Coma - Blue t-shirt with band Logo 7" x 7", centered on front in red and white inks. Blue shirts only. Haynes Heavyweight 100% Preshrunk Cotton short sleeve shirt. Sizes available are S, M, L, or XL. Please indicate size in Paypal notes when ordering. $10.00 postpaid.

75OL-096 Girl Haggard - Country and Eastern

Formed in December 2008, Girl Haggard's goals were simple and easily attained: play rock 'n roll/country music, play it loud and fast, while drinking beer and whiskey. The newly-formed band played their first show in February of '09. All were instantly addicted, and it seemed they were onto something too; people were into what they were doing! So began a non-stop stream of live shows, each one better and more booze soaked than the last, gaining accolades along the way; nominees for Breakthrough Act of the Year in 2009 Providence Phoenix, winners of Best Americana Act of the Year in Motif Music Awards. Pausing the gig-blitzkrieg just long enough to record, the country punk quartet is now releasing their debut album "Country and Eastern", to help get you through those long, sleepless, lonely, sober nights between shows. Limited to 125 silkscreened copies. $8.00 postpaid.

Also available as a digital download here.

75OL-102 Coma Coma - Black t-shirt with logo sized 9" x 5" and centered on front in yellow ink. Black shirts only. Haynes Heavyweight 100% Preshrunk Cotton short sleeve shirt. Sizes available are S, M, L, or XL. Please indicate size in Paypal notes when ordering. $10.00 postpaid.

75OL-090 Crotchthrottle - Slap-Fight at the Coffee Shop

Crotchthrottle is an enigma wrapped in a mystery stuffed in a taco, and deep fried in inscrutability. Details on the precise band line-up and history are hazy, but Jeremy Withers (of The Inclined is somehow involved. Some have said that this is his attempt to cash in on the recent abstract noise-drone boy-band trend, while others claim he is a mere studio lackey controlled by the shadowy Heiemeier Axia. Whatever the facts may be, the music is clearly the product of a deranged mind (or possibly a malevolent hive-mind) bent on hypnotizing the youth of America with repetitive "motorik" rhythms, constantly shifting drones, odd song structures and studio-manipulated melodies. Limited to 50 copies. $5.00 postpaid.

75OL-095 The Jesse Minute - Shut Up and Play

"Shut Up and Play" is the The Jesse Minute's latest studio release featuring a new rhythm section and renewed overall dynamic. The band underwent renovations following their June tour last summer and have been firing on all cylinders ever since. This release includes songs written over the past six months, plus new takes on unreleased favorites from their 2006 demo. Recorded and produced by Richard Marr at Galaxy Park Studios in Allston Rock City. This is female fronted pop punk that's ablaze with rock, indie and straight up punk overtones....always memorable and never predictable. Limited to 250 silkscreened copies. $8.00 postpaid.

75OL-084 Wolverton Brothers - Crooked

"Crooked" is the Wolverton Brothers' newest release with seven songs clocking in at about 35 minutes, and marks a re-collaboration with record producer, Sir John Curley. This is a collection of songs about the extra-legal world around you, abuse of progeny, one about happiness, all finished with a special recipe. Its guitar rock, and it is more ectomorph than ever, showing off their gifts without any adornment. The Wolverton's unique sound continues to charge ahead, and for the better. Limited to 250 silkscreened copies. $8.00 postpaid.

75OL-093 Ming Toro - self titled ep

The musical quintet known as Ming Toro rises up from the industrial-waste-ridden flood plains of Pawtucket, RI, to smash you right in the adam's apple. Their special brand of seriously noisy indie rock is sure to cut through even the thickest tinnitus and tickle the shadows of the inner ear. Fans of garage rock, new wave, and certain sub-species of postpunk will not be disappointed! Co-release with Bucket Republic. Original copies included free 'Ming Toro Live at AS220 2010'. $7.00 postpaid.

75OL-088 Coma Coma - Chateau Rex

The full length 12 song debut from the Rhode Island-based trio incoporates all three members musical ideas and sound. Recorded at Summing Point in Newport, RI by Scott Rancourt in the winter of 2009-10, the album offers an eclectic look into the bands unique style of stoner/math rock. Influences include Fugazi, Radiohead, Jawbox, and Silkworm. $6.00 postpaid

75OL-097 The Jesse Minute - This Happened... Live @ AS220

This happened on March 1, 2010 at AS220 in Providence RI. Recorded, mixed and mastered by the band. This first live album release includes songs from both "Do or Die" and the forthcoming July 2010 release "Shut Up and Play". The band puts on a great live show and this ten song recording captures that energy. Limited to 110 copies. $5.00 postpaid

75OL-092 Mustache Ride - Live in Sneakytown

Recorded live at The Common Pub on Robert Downey Jr's Birthday (April 4th) in 2009. In this masterpiece are included previously unreleased tracks and a couple of covers (Jawbreaker's Bad Scene Everybody's Fault & Alkaline Trio's My Friend Peter). Fourteen songs in all. $7.00 postpaid

75OL-091 Mustache Ride - 20,000 Leagues Under the Scene

Recorded in 2005 at Satellite Studios w/ Emerson Torrey Sr and originally released in 2006 on Red Tide Records. Lots of relationships were added and dropped during the making of this record. Influences include Jawbreaker, Lagwagon, Decendents, and Against Me. Twelve tracks. $7.00 postpaid

75OL-089 Baylies Band - Man Ray & Vague Knitting

Baylies Band release their new album of all new material and third album for 75orLess. Recorded in Miami just prior to playing the International Noise Conference at Temple Of Bon Matin Headquarters. This record is an instrumental tribute to Terry Riley, John Cage, and the Flaming Lips. Songs 1 and 2 are the same length and in "C" like the Terry Riley classic. Song 3 is songs 1 and 2 combined, so instead of 4 keyboard players, a drummer and bassist, you double your fun. For fans of Blind Idiot God, Saccharine Trust, Faust, US Maple, 6 Finger Satellite, Sonic Youth, Acid Mothers Temple, and Tortoise. Put the two 23 minute songs together (for a third song) and you get a 69 minute sonic orgy for your listening pleasure. Limited to 200 silkscreened copies. $7.00 postpaid

75OL-087 Nature/Nurture - EP002

The second EP release from New Bedford's Nature/Nurture. Now expanded from a trio to a quartet, N/N stowed away in the Wamsutta Mills over the winter months in their freezing space and tracked the songs you hear on this EP. The shorter, noisier sound of EP001 has given way to longer, more nuanced songs with softer dynamics and a few keyboards added to the familiar wall of distorted guitars, bass, and drums. The entire mess was mixed and mastered into shape by Brian Cass of Overclock, Inc. Featuring re-recorded versions of 006 (from EP001) and 008 (from the now unavailable NBRock.net compilation) and 4 brand new songs. 100 silkscreened copies. $6.50 postpaid

75OL-086 Mark Cutler - Red

'Red' signals the return of Mark Cutler as a solo artist (with the help of many gifted friends including co-producer Emerson Torrey). A gifted guitarist and award-winning singer/songwriter from Providence, Rhode Island, Mark continues to add unique entries to the great American songbook and leads a variety of roots-rock bands. He spins tales about men who drink alone or hover over a lover. He sings stories about ghosts, midget wrestlers, walking in the woods, walking in the night, being remembered, just being alive and getting used to this. Like the character Travis Bickle, Mark will 'play anytime and anywhere' and sometimes he’ll show up alone with his guitar and sing for you whether you like it or not. Limited to 225 screen printed numbered copies. $12.00 postpaid

2010-12-24T11:21:00.001-05:00

the clash, husker du, iris demint, mission of burma, babes in toyland

Shiny Grey Monotone has Husker Du 10-17-87.

NYC Taper has Mission of Burma 12-5-10.

Big O has Iris Demint 9-18-94.

13th Floot Vendetta has The Clash 'Live at Gateshead Station 1985'.

Mondo Demuebles has Babes in Toyland live 1993.

2010-12-17T08:55:00.002-05:00

Cat Power, Melvins, Bardo Pond, Mission of Burma, Olivia Newton John and When The Bow Breaks compilation

NYC Taper has Mission of Burma 12-5-10.

Big O has Olivia Newton John 11-28-10.

Know your conjurer has Bardo Pond 12-4-10.

Chunklet has When The Bow Breaks compilation (DC & Athens Bands Live in VA Beach '86-'88).

Shiny grey monotone has The Melvins 11-6-96.

Captains dead has Cat Power BBC sessions.

2010-12-10T05:53:00.000-05:00

low, david bowie, tom petty, jeff tweedy, alejandro escovedo, godspeed you black emporer,die kruezen

Swan Fungus has Godspeed You Black Emporer 3-3-03.

Forest Roxx has Die Kreuzen live 1983.

Grateful Breed has Tom Petty 8-3-99.

Daytrotter has a session from Alejandro Escovedo.

NYC Taper has Jeff Tweedy 12-4-10.

Captains Dead has David Bowie live 1974.

Low is offering a free live ep in exchange for your email address.

2010-12-03T15:46:00.005-05:00

Black Sabbath, Suuns, Bardo Pond, Husker Du, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Captains dead has Black Sabbath live 1970.

Daytrotter has a session from Suuns.

Shiny grey monotone has Husker Du 7-5-80.

Big box of tapes has Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 10-12-85.

NYC Taper has Bardo Pond 11-20-10.

2010-11-19T08:25:00.002-05:00

The rolling stones, Jonathan Richmond and the Modern Lovers, The Extra Lens, The Black Angels, Man or Astroman

Big 0 has The Rolling Stones January 21, 1973.

Know your conjurer has Jonathan Richmond and the Modern Lovers live in Amsterdam 1977.

NYC Taper has The Extra Lens 10-21-10.

Daytrotter has The Black Angels.

Southern Shelter has Man or Astroman 11-5-10.

2010-11-12T06:00:00.000-05:00

the pixies, spacemen 3, bruce springsteen, built to spill, gillian welch and david rawlings

Big O has Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Revival demos.

Know Your Conjurer has Spacemen 3 8-22-89.

NYC Taper has Built to Spill 10-5-10.

Captains Dead has Bruce Springsteen's "The Ties That Bind" compilation.

The Pixies are offering a free live EP in exchange for your email address.

2010-11-04T06:48:00.002-04:00

warpaint, dinosaur jr, the sun ra arkestra, shellac with david yow, pavement

NYC Taper has Pavement 9-23-10.

Captains Dead has an undated Dinosaur Jr show.

Big O has the Sun Ra Arkestra 10-21-92.

Shellac and David Yow as the Sex Pistols 10-31-98.

Know Your Conjurer has Warpaint 5-20-10

2010-10-29T10:14:00.001-04:00

apples in stereo, the clash, john vanderslice, tegan and sara, the lilys

NYC Taper has John Vanderslice 10-21-10.

Bradley's Almanac has The Lilys at ATP 2008.

Captains Dead has The Clash 8-17-82.

Flat Response has The Apples in Stereo 10-22-10.

Daytrotter has a session from Tegan and Sara.

2010-10-22T10:10:00.005-04:00

Bob Dylan, Pavement, Nick Cave, Drag the River, Poster Children

Big O has Bob Dylan 10-20-94.

Captains Dead has Nick Cave 5-21-08.

NYC Taper has Pavement 9-19-10.

Daytrotter has a session from Drag the River.

The Power of Independent Trucking has the Poster Children's ultra-rare Toreador cassette.

2010-10-15T09:35:00.005-04:00

neil young, built to spill, the evens, jello biafra with the melvins, bad brains

Captains Dead has Neil Young 11-15-76.

NYC Taper has Built to Spill 10-6-10.

Big O has The Evens 2-25-07.

Wild Devil Rules has Jello Biafra with The Melvins 6-20-05.

Patriots of the Wasteland has Bad Brains 7-2-91.

2010-10-08T15:04:00.000-04:00

taking the week off. enjoy.

2010-10-01T08:48:00.004-04:00

Superchunk, The Smiths, Led Zeppelin, Glossary, Archers of loaf

NYC Taper has Superchunk 9-19-10.

Weekender has The Smiths 8-26-86.

Big O has Led Zeppelin 6-23-77.

Kelly Kneiser from Glossary has free ep for download.

Captains Dead has Archers of Loaf 1-2-98.

2010-09-24T08:32:00.005-04:00

Pavement, Unsane, The Stone Roses, Acid Mother's Temple, Nikki Sudden, The Ramones, Neil Young, Admiral Radley

NYC Taper has Pavement 9-21-10.

Shiny Grey Monotone has Unsane 8-27-10.

Weekender has The Stone Roses 5-21-95.

Know your conjurer has Acid Mother's Temple 3-27-10 and
The Ramones 1-31-78

Nuzz prowling wolf has Nikki Sudden 2-17-06.

Daytrotter has a session from Jason Lytle's new project Admiral Radley.

Captains Dead has Neil Young 11-15-76.

2010-09-17T10:56:00.009-04:00

Spoon, Melvins, Elvis Presley, Damon and Naomi, Wooden Shjips, John Vanderslice

NYC Taper has Spoon 9-13-10 and Wooden Shjips 9-6-10

Shiny Grey Monotone has Melvins 4-18-99.

Big O has Elvis Presley 8-3-69.

The Flat Response has Damon and Naomi 10-16-10.

John Vanderslice has released a free EP download, Green Grow The Rushes.

Girl Haggard's 'Country and Eastern' has been released. Formed in December 2008, Girl Haggard's goals were simple and easily attained: play rock 'n roll/country music, play it loud and fast, while drinking beer and whiskey. The newly-formed band played their first show in February of '09. So began a non-stop stream of live shows, each one better and more booze soaked than the last, gaining accolades along the way; nominees for Breakthrough Act of the Year in 2009 Providence Phoenix, winners of Best Americana Act of the Year in Motif Music Awards. Pausing the gig-blitzkrieg just long enough to record, the country punk quartet is now releasing their debut album "Country and Eastern", to help get you through those long, sleepless, lonely, sober nights between shows. Nine tracks in total. You can download the track Modern Lovers. This is limited to 125 silkscreened copies. Only $8.00 postpaid. Pick up a copy over at the label website.

2010-09-10T08:59:00.004-04:00

Built to spill, melvins, Bob Dylan Patti Smith, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Justin Townes Earle

NYC Taper has Built to Spill 9-2-10.

Bradleys Almanac also has Built to Spill 8-4-10.

Shiny Grey Monotone has Melvins live and rare tracks.

Big O has Bob Dylan 6-22-07 and Patti Smith 5-15-78.

Know your Conjurer has Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 6-8-84.

Daytrotter has a session from Justin Townes Earle.

2010-09-03T09:00:00.005-04:00

Jeff Tweedy, Rolling Stones, Mission of Burma, Rocky Votolato, Eux Autres

Captains Dead has Jeff Tweedy 8-15-10.

Big O has Rolling Stones Some Trax 2XCD.

Son of Zamboni has Rolling Stones Unsurpassed Masters 4XCD 1963-1971.

The Flat Response has both Mission of Burma 8-14-10 and Eux Autres 8-26-10.

Largehearted Boy finds a Daytrotter session from Rocky Votolato.

2010-08-27T10:47:00.004-04:00

Superchunk, Silver Jews, Bob Dylan, Graham Parker, the long out of print Smack My Crack compilation

Captains Dead has Superchunk 9-26-97 and the Silver Jews Tanglewood Numbers demos.

Big O has Bob Dylan's Days of Thunder live 1986.

Music Ruined my Life has Graham Parker live 1979.

Salmagundi Syncopation has the long out of print Smack My Crack compilation.

2010-08-20T06:46:00.002-04:00

the jam, the apples in stereo, deerhunter, wayne kramer

Southern Shelter has The Apples in Stereo 8-13-10.

NYC Taper has Deerhunter 8-12-10.

Big O has The Jam 11-30-80.

Daytrotter has a session from Wayne Kramer.

2010-08-13T10:22:00.005-04:00

Arcade Fire, Unrest, Patti Smith, Spiritualized and the Dusted at Oz compilation

Bradley'salmanac has Arcade fire.

WFMU blog has Unrest live in studio 7-20-10.

Big O has Patti Smith 4-24-2010.

Forest Roxx has the Busted at Oz compilation.

Captains Dead has Spiritualized 7-1-10.

2010-08-06T06:31:00.000-04:00

black keys, elvis costello, yo la tengo, phosphorescent, built to spill, the national, sparklehorse tribute

Southern Shelter has Phosphorescent 11-7-08.

Music Candies has “I Wish I Had a Horse’s Head” Tribute to Sparklehorse.

NYC Taper has Built to Spill 7-28-10, The National 7-29-10, and The Black Keys 7-28-10.

Big O has Yo La Tengo 7-17-10 and Elvis Costello 11-8-07.

2010-07-30T10:27:00.006-04:00

Superchunk, The Beach Boys, Social Distortion, Big Black, The Flaming Lips, Man or Astroman

Captains dead has Superchunk 5-30-93.

Big O has Beach Boys Leggo My Ego rehearsals, outtakes and alternates from the Pet Sounds sessions.

Nuzzprowlingwolf has Social Distortion 9-18-92 .

Know your conjurer has Big Black 1-10-87.

NYC Taper has The Flaming Lips 7-26-10.

Daytrotter has a session from Man or Astroman.

Crotchthrottle is an enigma wrapped in a mystery stuffed in a taco, and deep fried in inscrutability. Details on the precise band line-up and history are hazy, but Jeremy Withers (of The Inclined) is somehow involved. Some have said that this is his attempt to cash in on the recent abstract noise-drone boy-band trend, while others claim he is a mere studio lackey controlled by the shadowy Heiemeier Axia. Whatever the facts may be, the music is clearly the product of a deranged mind (or possibly a malevolent hive-mind) bent on hypnotizing the youth of America with repetitive "motorik" rhythms, constantly shifting drones, odd song structures and studio-manipulated melodies. "Slap-Fight at the Coffee Shop" has 12 tracks in total. You can download the track Quick Pickle or pick up a copy at the label website for only $5.00 postpaid.

2010-07-23T10:00:00.007-04:00

Elf Power, Liars, Pavement and Calexico

Southern Shelter has Elf Power 7-16-10.

Daytrotter has a session from Liars.

Captains dead has Pavement 10-14-99.

Largehearted boy finds Calexico Live in Nuremberg

The new studio album from The Jesse Minute "Shut Up and Play" is now released, featuring a new rhythm section and renewed overall dynamic. The band underwent renovations following their June tour last summer and have been firing on all cylinders ever since. This release includes songs written over the past six months, plus new takes on unreleased favorites from their 2006 demo. Recorded and produced by Richard Marr at Galaxy Park Studios in Allston Rock City. This is female fronted pop punk that's ablaze with rock, indie and straight up punk overtones....always memorable and never predictable. 14 tracks. 250 numbered silkscreened copies were made, but the label is limited to 25 copies. You can download the track Pathetic. and pick up a copy at the label page for only $8.00.

2010-07-16T07:20:00.011-04:00

Metric, The Who, Johnny Thunders, Elvis Perkins in Dearland and Paul McCartney

Daytrotter has sessions from Metric and Quasi.

Big O has The Who 9-29-69.

Nuzz prowling wolf has Johnny Thunders 5-1-82.

The flat response has Elvis Perkins in Dearland.

Big O has Paul McCartney 6-27-10.

Wolverton Brothers "Crooked" has been released. "Crooked" has seven songs clocking in at about 35 minutes, and marks a re-collaboration with record producer, Sir John Curley. This is a collection of songs about the extra-legal world around you, abuse of progeny, one about happiness, all finished with a special recipe. Its guitar rock, and it is more ectomorph than ever, showing off their gifts without any adornment. The Wolverton's unique sound continues to charge ahead, and for the better. This is $7.00 postpaid and is limited to 250 silkscreened copies, while the label is limited to 25 copies. You can download the track Spooky Magic Costume Shoppe or pick up a copy on the label webpage.

Ming Toro's self titled ep has also been released. The musical quintet known as Ming Toro rises up from the industrial-waste-ridden flood plains of Pawtucket, RI, to smash you right in the adam's apple. Their special brand of seriously noisy indie rock is sure to cut through even the thickest tinnitus and tickle the shadows of the inner ear. Fans of garage rock, new wave, and certain sub-species of postpunk will not be disappointed! Bucket Republic. You can download the track The Germ. Only $7.00 postpaid and the first 25 orders receive free 'Ming Toro Live at AS220 2010' cd. Order over at the label webpage.

2010-07-08T11:42:00.007-04:00

radar bros, superchunk, beach boys, grateful dead, The go-betweens, flaming lips, captain beefheart

Daytrotter has a session from the Radar Brothers.

The Flat Response has Superchunk 6-19-10.

Captains Dead has The Beach Boys and the Grateful Dead 4-27-71.

North Marine Drive has the Go-Betweens live kcrw 1987-88.

Big O has The Flaming Lips 5-2-06 and Captain Beefheart's shiny beast demos 1978

Elvis Costello, Primal scream, Melvins, Fiery Furnaces and stage banter by Bob Weston from Shellac

2010-07-02T09:04:00.009-04:00

bob weston, melvins, elvis costello, primal scream, fiery furnaces

Big O has has elvis costello june 21, 2010.

Nuzz prowling wolf has Primal Scream at Glastonbury 2005.

Shiny grey monotone has melvins 3-7-04.

NYC Taper has Fiery Furnaces: June 26, 2010 Mercury Lounge.

Chunklet has stage banter by Bob Weston from Shellac.

Out now, the full length debut from the Rhode Island-based trio Coma Coma "Chateau Rex". Recorded at Summing Point in Newport, RI by Scott Rancourt in the winter of 2009-10, the album offers an eclectic look into the bands unique style of stoner/math rock. Influences include Fugazi, Radiohead, Jawbox, and Silkworm. You can download the track Lightning Bolt and pick up a copy at the label website. Only $6.00 postpaid.

Riverboat gamblers, Wilco, Modest mouse and The Melvins

2010-06-24T09:21:00.026-04:00

modest mouse, riverboat gamblers, the melvins, wilco, kinks

Daytrotter has The Riverboat Gamblers.

NYC Taper has Melvins 6-18-10 and Wilco 4-3-10.

Captains Dead has Modest Mouse’s tube fruit all smiles and chocolate.

Big O has The Kinks "The Songs We Sang For Auntie" bbc session outtakes 1964-94

The Jesse Minute "This Happened... Live @ AS220" is now out. Recorded on March 1, 2010 at AS220 in Providence RI. This first live album release includes songs from both "Do or Die" and the forthcoming July 2010 release "Shut Up and Play". You can download the track Sunday Driver. This is limited to only 110 silkscreened copies and is only $5.00 postpaid.

Also released this week, Mustache Ride "Live in Sneakytown". Recorded live at The Common Pub on Robert Downey Jr's Birthday in 2009. Hands down the greatest live recording since Sammy Davis Jr's The Candyman Live at The Stardust 1966. In this masterpiece are included previously unreleased tracks and a couple of covers (Jawbreaker's Bad Scene Everybody's Fault & Alkaline Trio's My Friend Peter). You can download the tracks Captain and Cigs 4 Breakfast. Only $7.00 postpaid.

You can pick these up at the label webpage.

2010-06-15T11:02:00.013-04:00

tom waits, child bite, neil young, bunnygrunt, jay farrar, jimi hendrix, the fluid, damien jurado

NYC Taper has Bunnygrant 5-23-10.

Captains Dead has Tom Waits 4-19-74.

NYC Taper has Jay Farrar 6-4-10.

Daytrotter has a session from Childbite.

Big O has Jimi Hendrix' First Rays of the Rising Sun and Neil Young - Holes In The Archives Volume 1.

Flat Response has The Fluid 6-13-09.

Flat Response has Damien Jurado 4-5-09.

Largehearted boy finds WEEN live at Bonnaroo 2010.

2010-04-13T06:46:00.007-04:00

brief update on things

Free Dowload: Coma Coma covering Sparklehorse's "Happy Man" live on April 10.

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RECORD LABEL RELEASE SCHEDULE FOR APRIL AND MAY

Crotchthrottle - Slap-Fight at the Coffee Shop
Baylies Band - Man Ray & Vague Knitting
Coma Coma - Chateau Rex
Nature/Nurture - EP002
Mark Cutler - Red
Wolverton Brothers - Crooked EP

UPCOMING 75ORLESS LIVE MUSIC SHOWCASES

SATURDAY MAY 1
The 201 in Providence
The Jesse Minute
Two Fisted Law
Six Star General
Chris Evil & the Taints
9pm
21+

SATURDAY MAY 15
The Common Pub in Bristol
Six Star General
The diePods
The Propellers
9pm
Free
21+

2009-12-22T06:01:00.003-05:00

Ick has a fitting post to end the year on, The Clash 11-27-1982.

Everyone have a very safe and warm holiday season and also a great 2010.

2009-12-11T05:33:00.000-05:00

talking heads, ted leo, jay reatard, thee oh sees, spiritualized, mountain goats tribute

Southern Shelter has jay Reatard 12-2-09.

Daytrotter has a session from Thee Oh Sees.

Swan Fungus has Spiritualized 3-31-98.

Big O has Talking Heads 8-5-83.

NYC Taper has Ted Leo 12-6-09.

Largehearted Boy brought my attention to "Hi, We're Not The Mountain Goats", a
Mountain Goats Tribute compilation.

Now available, you can download a free twenty track sampler featuring music from various 2009 75orLess Records releases. just click here.

2009-12-04T06:43:00.000-05:00

pavement, meat puppets, porn orchard, dinosaur jr, explosions in the sky, the pixies, iggy and the stooges, cat power, sonic youth, mountain goats, fletch, thx1138, dogs in space

NYC Taper has The Pixies 11-23-09, Sonic Youth 11-24-09, Meat Puppets 11-25-09, Dinosaur Jr 11-21-09, and Mountain Goats 12-1-09

Big O has Iggy and the Stooges 11-7-09.

Chunklet has demos from Porn Orchard.

Egg City Radio has the soundtracks from THX1138, Fletch and Dogs in Space.

Captains Dead has Explosions in the Sky 4-14-08, Pavement 10-14-99, and Cat Power 1-23-08

2009-11-25T06:04:00.000-05:00

no update this week due to the holiday, however here are some websites you should visit on a regular basis. everyone stay safe and warm.

big o

captains dead

daytrotter

egg city radio

largehearted boy

nyc taper

southern shelter

abc afterglow

anthems from the alleyways

commercial zone

constantinople music

digital meltdown

fat old punk

forest roxx

la red underground

monument club

map ref 41n 93w

mystic chords of mystery

nuzz prowling wolf

phoenix hairpins

playing snuggle bunnies

shotgun solution

shiny grey monotone

total destruction

zamboni soundtracks

2009-11-20T15:28:00.001-05:00

dexateens, the jesus lizard, television, bobby bare jr

NYC Taper has The Jesus Lizard 11-16-09.

Patch n Dent has the Dexateens 10-23-09.

Captains Dead has an undated Television show.

Daytrotter has a session from Bobby Bare Jr.

2009-11-06T05:46:00.000-05:00

vic chestnutt, the bee gees, meat puppets, kris kristofferson

Daytrotter has a session from Kris Kristofferson.

Big O has Bee Gees outtakes 1967-74.

Southern Shelter has the Meat Puppets 10-24-09 and Vic Chestnutt Band 11-2-09.

2009-10-30T05:52:00.000-04:00

the who, neutral milk hotel, mix master mike, the pixies, magnolia electric company, sesame street, bonnie prince billy

Eggcity Radio has some Neutral Milk Hotel live shows from 1997-98 and also some demos and outtakes plus some late seventies Sesame Street records.

Daytrotter has a session from Magnolia Electric Company.

Captains Dead has The Gutter Twins 8-30-08 and The Pixies 10-14-09.

Big O has Bonnie Prince Billy 8-14-09 and The Who 1969 acetates.

You Ain't No Picasso has Mix Master Mike 9-16-04.

2009-10-23T05:56:00.000-04:00

bob dylan, the vaselines, faust

to die by your side has a live session from the Vaselines.

Big O has two discs of outtakes and remixes from Bob Dylan's Infidels release.

Southern Shelter has Faust 10-10-09.

2009-10-16T05:10:00.000-04:00

flaming lips, japan, captain beefheart, buddy hackett, circulatory system, monorchid, loney dear, built to spill, om, blondie, the stooges, mountain goats

Southern Shelter has Circulatory System 10-10-09.

Chunklet continues posting their collection of rare Washington DC recordings with a 1996 demo from Monorchid.

Bradley's Almanac has Loney Dear 5-6-09.

Egg City Radio has Japan 2-7-81 and Buddy Hackett's 1963 release "How You Do".

NYC Taper has Om 10-11-09 and Built to Spill 10-12-09.

Big O has The Stooges 4-5-07, Blondie 9-21-77, Flaming Lips 5-2-06, and Captain Beefheart's The Spotlight Kid outtakes 1971-72.

Pop Headwound has video of the Mountain Goast appearance on the Stephen Colbert show.

2009-10-09T05:14:00.000-04:00

the time, sunn, decemberists, jay reatard

Ick Music has The Time 3-19-83.

Southern Shelter has three recent shows from Sunn.

NYC Taper has shows from Jay Reatard 10-1-09 and The Decemberists 9-19-09.

2009-10-02T06:30:00.001-04:00

david bazan, rolling stones, latoya jackson, pride parade

Daytrotter has a session from David Bazan.

Eggcity Radio has two shows from LaToya Jackson, arguably the most talented of all the Jacksons (not named Tito)

Southern Shelter has Pride Parade 9-12-09

Big O has more outtakes from the Rolling Stones, this time from Exile on Main Street.

2009-09-25T05:24:00.000-04:00

john vanderslice, david bazan, maserati, son volt, rolling stones, of montreal

bradleys almanac has a house show from David Bazan's recent tour.

NYC Taper has Of Montreal 9-18-09 and Son Volt 9-17-09.

Captains Dead has the Rolling Stones 2-24-73.

Southern Shelter has Maserati 9-19-09.

KCRW has an instudio performance from John Vanderslice.

Big O has the Rolling Stones Sweet Black Angel 1968-70.

2009-09-18T08:45:00.000-04:00

the feelies, superdrag, circulatory system

Daytrotter has an instudio session from Superdrag.

NYC Taper has the Feelies 9-13-09 and Circulatory System 9-9-09.

2009-09-11T05:46:00.000-04:00

afghan whigs, paul westerberg, hopewell, drive by truckers, boo radleys, sugar

Daytrotter has an in-studio session from Hopewell.

Captains Dead has Sugar 11-19-94, Paul Westerberg at KFOG 9-12-96, Drive by Truckers 1-19-02, The Boo Radleys 9-13-03, Afghan Whigs 11-4-98.

2009-09-04T05:10:00.002-04:00

the who, bob dylan, built to spill, these united states, dungen, mew, rem

nyc taper has these united states 8-28-09, dungen 8-14-09 and mew 8-26-09.

Captains Dead has Built to Spill 1-2-08.

Big O has Bob Dylan 7-5-09, rem 4-20-84, The Who 1969-70 and 9-29-69.

2009-08-21T05:37:00.000-04:00

no update again this week. in the meantime, purchase a gg allin bobblehead.

2009-08-14T04:54:00.001-04:00

on vacation this week, no updates.

2009-08-07T04:48:00.000-04:00

sun kil moon, patterson hood, harvey milk, daniel johnston, mekons

Captains Dead has Sun Kil Moon 9-6-08.

Southern Shelter has two recent shows from Harvey Milk.

NYC Taper has Mekons 8-1-09.

Daytrotter has Daniel Johnston and Patterson Hood.

2009-07-31T05:38:00.000-04:00

killdozer, magnolia electric co, tortoise, black sabbath, built to spill, oneida, conor oberst

NYC Taper has Conor Oberst 7-18-09, Built to Spill 7-19-09, Tortoise 7-21-09, and Oneida 7-24-09.

WOXY Blog has a live session from Magnolia Electric Co.

Captains Dead has Black Sabbath 8-5-75.

Swan Fungus has Killdozer 11-4-08.

2009-07-24T05:45:00.001-04:00

thermals, bruce springsteen, yo la tengo, dennis wilson, rolling stones, tribute to weezer

NYC Taper has Yo La Tengo.

Pterodactyl Squad has an 8 bit tribute compilation to Weezer.

Licorice Pizza has the Rolling Stones Oakland 1969.

Daytrotter has a session from the Thermals.

Big O has Dennis Wilson rarities and Bruce Springsteen 6-27-09.

2009-07-17T05:10:00.000-04:00

sonic youth, wilco, tullycraft

NYC Taper has Wilco 7-13-00.

Bradley's Almanac has Tullycraft 6-12-08.

Two recent Sonic Youth shows have been made available. Southern Shelter has the 7-13-09 and Ohm Park has 6-28-09.

2009-07-10T04:15:00.002-04:00

moe tucker, spoon, the sunshine fix

Southern Shelter has The Sunshine Fix 4-28-04 and Moe Tucker 2-15-02.

Captains Dead has Spoon 11-8-07.

2009-07-03T04:09:00.001-04:00

Big O has michael jackson 7-16-96

everyone have a safe and relaxing holiday.

2009-06-26T05:51:00.008-04:00

the bats, sunn, the wooden birds, lou reed, apples in stereo

WFMU Blog has Sunn 5-29-09 and The Bats 5-28-09.

Luxury Wafers has an in studio session from The Wooden Birds.

Captains Dead has the Apples in Stereo 3-26-07.

Big O has Lou Reed 5-14-74.

NEW RELEASES FROM THE 75ORLESS RECORD LABEL

von Doom has released "The Descender". Ideal barroom rock and indie-soaked pop, influenced by The Replacements, Dinosaur Jr, The Smithereens, and Pavement. Teetering between just too hip and just plain odd, von Doom, is the retro-hyper-active quartet. The title track is available for free download.

Guitarist and vocalist Eric Fontana has released "Studies in R + B" with his quartet The Ultra Fine Reducers. A longtime fixture on the Providence music scene and musical theater for Trinity Rep and Perishable Theater, Eric was a member of Mother Jefferson in the late nineties and a current member of Hope Anchor. His solo work has previously appeared on the 75orLess 2006 PARL 2XCD Benefit compilation. "Studies in R + B" is a musical road trip of various eras, geographical locations and styles of American Rhythm and Blues music, as seen through the eyes of a modern indie pop-rock mutt. Influences include Paul Westerberg, Jack White, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Redding, Etta James, Buddy Guy, and Big Mama Thorton. You can download the track Happy Time.

Suicide Bill and the Liquors have released "The Devil Said "Hi" to Bill". You can download the title track.

Cliffs & Bangers' "Short Tracks No Brakes" is also now out. Based out of Newport, RI, C&B play powerful surf rock and are RI's answer to Dick Dale, The Ventures, and Man or Astro-man. Download the track Squid Hunter.

The Jesse Minute's "Do or Die" is now out. A split release with Red Tide Records, the 12 songs on "DO or DIE" were culled from a recent 25 song, 3 day DIY recording session. Download the title track Do or Die.

All releases are available for purchase over at the label webstore.

2009-06-19T05:14:00.001-04:00

decemberists, meat puppets, the vaselines, fiery furnaces

NYC Taper Fiery Furnaces 6-11-09, The Decemberists 6-10-09, and Meat Puppets 6-11-09.

WFMU Blog has The Vaselines 5-28-09.

2009-06-12T05:58:00.001-04:00

dinosaur jr, vic chestnutt with elf power, animal collective, miles davis, mike watt

Captains Dead has Vic Chestnutt with Elf Power 2-6-09.

Daytrotter has an in studio session from Dinosaur jr.

Archive dot org has Mike Watt 5-20-09 (also look for the 5-10-09 show which has a much better recording quality).

Art Decade has Miles Davis 6-20-70.

Kino Video has rare videos and live clips from The Clash, The Cure, Mission of Burma, Lyres, Gang of Four, Dead Kennedys and many others.

Ohm Park has Animal Collective 10-14-08.

2009-06-05T05:24:00.006-04:00

Six Star General's "Spaceship to Planet Cookie" t-shirts are now available. There were only 25 shirts made and they are going fast. Spaceship to Planet Cookie was released in December and has earned two nominations for Album of the Year, from both Motif Magazine and the Providence Phoenix. You can order a shirt from the label website and don't forget to include size and color info.

Found Dead in Trunk's "Kerosene Cocktail" has been released. "Killed by Death" inspired Connecticut lo-fi punk band featuring former members of Stark Raving, The White Pigs and Sanity Assassins. You can dowload the track Prescription for Suicide or order a copy from the label website.

thrones, nick cave, sonic youth, my bloody valentine, vic chestnutt with elf power, the cars, the sleeptalking dion mcgregor

Daytrotter has Vic Chestnutt with Elf Power.

Captains Dead has The Cars 9-14-78.

Southern Shelter has Thrones 5-26-09.

Egg City Radio has a collection of out of print My Bloody Valentine EP's and a few albums by the sleeptalking Dion McGregor.

Big O has Nick Cave 1-7-09 and Sonic Youth 4-19-06.

2009-05-29T06:13:00.004-04:00

jay bennent, mogwai, lucero, portastatic, william elliott whitmore

Bradley's Almanac has Mogwai 9-21-08.

I am Fuel You are Friends has some unreleased live tracks from Lucero.

Daytrotter has a new session from William Elliott Whitmore.

With the untimely passing of Jay Bennent this past week, many websites posted some great live shows. Big o has Jay Bennent and Ed Burch 8-14-02, Aquarium Drunkard has Yankee Hotel Foxtrot demos, outtakes and alternate versions, and Captains Dead has Jay Bennent and Edward Birch The Palace at 4am rough mixes, Jay Bennent and Jeff Tweedy 7-25-99, Wilco 11-5-99 and also Portastatic 8-9-94.

2009-05-22T05:52:00.000-04:00

william elliott whitmore, rolling stones, spoon, afghan whigs, guided by voices

Popdose has Spoon 11-8-07.

Flat Response has William Elliott Whitmore 4-29-09.

Selective Service has outtakes from Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers and Get Your Leeds Lungs Out 3-13-71.

Captains Dead has Guided By Voices 6-17-04, Rolling Stones 9-18-97,and the Afghan Whigs 4-5-94.

2009-05-15T05:01:00.001-04:00

meat puppets, john vanderslice, mogwai, built to spill, afghan whigs

NYC Taper has two Mogwai shows from 4-28-09 and 4-29-09.

Bradley's Almanac has John Vanderslice 3-25-09.

Daytrotter has the Meat Puppets in studio session.

Aquarium Drunkard has Built to Spill 4-9-99.

Mystic Chords of Memory has three shows from Afghan Whigs in 1999.

2009-05-08T05:27:00.000-04:00

2009-05-01T05:37:00.000-04:00

the hold steady, rolling stones, neko case, dinosaur jr, p-funk, radiohead

Six Eyes has both Neko Case on CBC Radio 2009 and Radiohead 4-1-08.

Big O has the Rolling Stones 6-20-72.

Southern Shelter has Dinosaur jr 4-20-09.

Art Decade has P-Funk 11-1-78.

Daytrotter has the Hold Steady at SXSW 2009.

2009-04-24T06:49:00.001-04:00

of montreal, pink floyd, dj screw, mogwai, the band, mitch hedberg, dinosaur jr, cleaners from venus

Big O has Pink Floyd 9-17-69.

Ohm Park has Dinosaur Jr 4-1-09.

Anyone's Guess has The Band 11-25-76.

NYC Taper has Of Montreal 4-15-09.

Captains Dead has Mogwai 5-3-06.

Egg City Radio has more Mitch Hedberg, DJ Screw's Codeine Fiend, and three Cleaners From Venus cassettes from 1982-84.

2009-04-17T09:12:00.000-04:00

Saturday April 18 is Record Store Day and the Newbury Comics on Route 2 in Warwick is celebrating by having a full day of live performances in-store. Although there is music both before and after them, the true headliners of the day are Deer Tick, who will be starting their show at 2pm. The full schedule and times are:

Eric Fontana 12:45pm
Deer Tick 2:00pm
The Blood Moons 4:00pm
The Propellers 5:30pm
Six Star General 7:00pm

Of course, it's totally free and the store will have free giveaways throughout the day. Many labels such as Sub Pop and Matador have exclusive releases that will be available in very limited quantities.

david bowie, mitch hedberg, bob dylan, kiss, tone loc

Egg City Radio has a collection of Mitch Hedberg shows.

Licorice Pizza has Kiss 10-21-74.

Pop Dose has David Bowie 4-11-78.

Big O has Bob Dylan 6-20-78.

Paul's Pond proves once and for all that Tone Loc's Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina were the exact same song.

2009-04-10T04:53:00.010-04:00

alice cooper, john vanderslice, calexico, mountain goats

Big O has Alice Cooper 4-22-72.

NYC Taper has John Vanderslice 3-27-09.

Bradley's Almanac has Mountain Goats 3-25-09.

Captains Dead has Calexico 1-24-09.

2009-04-03T05:57:00.001-04:00

iron & wine, elvis presley, pylon, long winters, stephen malkmus, mountain goats, bob mould, we are the world

Southern Shelter has Pylon 10-31-08.

NYC Taper has Mountain Goats 3-27-09.

Big O has Elvis Presley 8-13-70.

Bradley's Almanac has the Long Winters 3-29-07.

I am Fuel You are Friends has Iron & Wine 11-29-07.

Egg City Radio has the We Are The World album. I have forced myself to listen to this twice over the past week. It was fun to listen to the title track and attempt to identify all the singers, as they come and go so quickly. Overall, it is horribly bad (the Chicago track is the worst) and the best is the Tina Turner track (wow, I really did type that).

Daytrotter has in studio sessions from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks and Bob Mould.

2009-03-27T06:20:00.000-04:00

jonathan richmond, will oldham, iggy pop and david bowie, bruce springsteen

Captains Dead has Bruce Springsteen 2-5-75 and Will Oldham 10-10-98.

8106 has Iggy Pop and David Bowie 1977 (i think).

Big O has Jonathan Richmond's 1981 Lost Album.

2009-03-20T06:14:00.003-04:00

harvey milk, will oldham, rolling stones, the feelies, neil young and crazy horse, neko case, spoon, monks of doom, iron & wine with calexico, 50 foot wave

Bag of Songs has The Feelies 3-13-09.

Southern Shelter has Harvey Milk 2-26-09.

Pop Drivel has Neko Case live on CBC Radio 3-4-09.

Six Eyes has Spoon 10-23-07.

NYCTaper has the Monks of Doom 3-13-09.

Captains Dead has Rolling Stones outtakes from 1969-72 and Will Oldham on KUSF 10-8-98.

Big O has Neil Young and Crazy Horse 3-11-76, and Iron & Wine with Calexico 10-22-05. I highly recommend their covers of Wild Horses and All Tomorrow's Parties.

Largehearted Boy finds 50 Foot Wave 3-14-09.

If you are in the Providence area this weekend, there is a free 75orless show at Houlihan's Tavern in East Providence with Suicide Bill, The Propellers, Mustache Ride and Six Star General. No cover, 21+, music starts around 9pm. Cheap cds from all the bands and even cheaper t-shirts, pins and stickers will be available. The bar is located almost directly under the Washington Street Bridge on the East Providence side. Aim for the water with your car and you will find it.

2009-03-13T06:05:00.004-04:00

beastie boys, air supply, elliott smith, leonard cohen, yo la tengo with sun ra's arkestra, stevie wonder, pavement

Aquarium Drunkard has Stevie Wonder 1-31-74.

Captains Dead has Elliott Smith 4-13-99, Pavement 10-14-99, and the Beastie Boys 12-6-04.

Big O has Yo La Tengo with Sun Ra's Arkestra 12-28-05, Air Supply 10-22-82,
Johnny Cash 10-26-72 and Leonard Cohen 2-19-09.

Coma Coma "Live at Jakes" is now released. A quick follow up to their debut EP, the improvised guitar solos meld seamlessly with a pulsating rhythm section that explores their sonic landscape, while the organic vocals give the songs direction. Seven tracks, including a cover of Ween's "Baby Bitch", recorded live at the late, lamented Providence venue in December 2008 by Jeff Bright from Sambello Studios. Only $6.00 postpaid, this release is limited to 75 numbered, silkscreened copies. You can download the track 4th of July and purchase a copy over at the label website.

2009-03-06T05:08:00.000-05:00

no update this week due to a flu outbreak at the 75orless headquarters.

2009-02-27T05:26:00.000-05:00

unrest, pontiak, the soft machine, bedhead, bob dylan, sonic youth, slint

Egg City Radio has Slint 3-3-89 and The Soft Machine sometime in 1970.

Bradley's Almanac has Bedhead 4-20-98.

Big O has two Bob Dylan shows, the first from 6-15-88 and another from 6-24-88.

Daytrotter has an in-studio session from Pontiak.

Chunklet has a great article on Unrest as well as a live show from 1993.

Largehearted Boy hooks you up with the Sonic Youth live archives.

2009-02-20T05:49:00.003-05:00

andrew bird, elf power, morrissey, the heartless bastards, jeff tweedy, lucero

The Flat Response has Jeff Tweedy 8-18-06.

Ohm Park has Andrew Bird 1-27-09.

Southern Shelter has Elf Power 2-7-09.

NYC Taper has both Lucero and the Heartless Bastards from 2-6-09.

Big O has Morrissey 2-11-09.

If you are in the Providence area, there is a 75orLess Live Showcase with The Blood Moons, Volcano Kings and Six Star General at Houlihan's Tavern in East Providence RI.

The bar is located almost directly under the East Providence side of the Washington Street Bridge. The show is absolutely free and the music should start about 10pm. As always, there will be cheap cds and t-shirts available. I also hear there will be free cake. The show is also the five year anniversary show for Six Star General, who have promised to dust off some songs they haven't played in a couple years.

2009-02-13T05:13:00.000-05:00

devo, vic chestnutt and elf power

Egg City Radio has the second batch of Devo rarities.

Southern Shelter has Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power 2/7/09.

Enjoy a live clip of The Cramps performing "The Way I Walk" from 1978. Not a huge fan but when i was in high school in 1987, i found a cassette copy of "Bad Music For Bad People" lying in the school parking lot and after asking the most likely suspects and no one claiming it, i kept it. to this day, it's one of my favorite all time records. Thanks, Lux.

A detailed article on the music paths of Mark Lanegan.

Here is a 360 view of the legendary CBGB's bathroom, before it was packed up and taken to Las Vegas. It really is going to be like Futurama someday.

2009-02-06T06:16:00.006-05:00

turbonegro, will johnson, the boredoms, heartless bastards, my morning jacket

Egg City Radio has the Boredoms with 77 drummers 7-7-07 and a few collections of rare Devo.

Daytrotter has a session from Heartless Bastards.

Captains Dead has Will Johnson August 2008.

Big O has Turbonegro 6-16-05.

Largehearted Boy finds DJ BC's Ziggy Stardust remixed and My Morning Jacket 2-4-09.

The Propellers "2" has been released. The Propellers took to recording in the humid New England summer of 2008, sculpting their sophomore art rock record. The album covers a variety of themes: a lullaby for a petulant child, revenge murder on a underground train, friendship, love, loss, and a celebration of life's foibles. Recorded in a Rhode Island basement by the bassist, and mixed by the drummer, "2" is truly a DIY effort. Total budget: $0.00. Total recording cost: $0:00. This release is limited to 150 silkscreened copies, while the label is limited to only 25 copies. You can download the track Lifted and purchase a copy over at the label webpage.

Jonny Jones Benefit Tonight in Newport

On Friday February 6 at Jimmy's Saloon in Newport, The "Jonny Jones Jam", a musical fundraiser for Jonny Jones will be held. You probably know Jonny from his many musical projects here in the Ocean State over the years - Mother Jefferson, Backwash, 2 Guys and Another Guy and others. He has some medical bills to pay off and a ton of his friends have gotten together to help him out. Raffles, food and a lot of bands. The suggested donation is anywhere from $10-20 bucks and the music starts at 7pm. Appearing will be:

The Diepods

The Ravers

Primitive Ritual

The Magnificent 7

2 Guys & Another Guy

Dopey Lopes

The Skinny Millionaires

von Doom

Frankie the Drill

Positive Outlook

Suicide Bill & the Liquors

Eric Fontana

2009-01-30T05:08:00.005-05:00

the breeders, talking heads, steve earle, rox sexsmith, fishboy

Pop Dose has Talking Heads August 1983.

I am Fuel You are Friends has Steve Earle playing live covers of Townes Van Zandt songs.

Mystic Chords of Memory has The Breeders 11-11-08.

Daytrotter has live sessions from both Fishboy and Ron Sexsmith.

Two new releases from the 75orless label this week.

Minky Starshine's Unidentified Hit Record is like listening to a box of old 8-tracks in your Uncle Don's basement. Recorded primarily by x-Hot Rod Circuit Michael Poorman at Strangeways Recording in Providence, R.I., Minky also teamed up with pal Ken Stringfellow (Posies, Big Star) in Paris, France at Le Domicile Studio, and with Chris Manning (Jellyfish, Guster) out at Salamander Sound in sunny California. This refined line-up features Mike Musburger (Posies, Fastbacks) on drums. You can download the tracks Good to Me or Millennium Wheel.

Changing musical gears completely, Nature/Nurture has released EP001. An instrumental trio born in Fall River, Massachusettes and raised in the Wamsutta Mills of New Bedford. Sounds like Shellac, Minus the Bear, Isis and At the Drive In having a bar fight, minus all the yelling. Download the track 002. Both releases are only $6.00 each including shipping.

2009-01-23T06:19:00.002-05:00

debbie harry, spiritualized, animal collective, bob dylan, black sabbath, jesse sykes and the sweet hereafter

NYC Taper has Animal Collective 1-20-09.

Pop Dose has Black Sabbath 4-26-70.

Daytrotter has an in-studio session with Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter.

Big O has Bob Dylan 1984-85 and Debbie Harry 7-13-91.

Captains Dead has Spiritualized 12-9-07.

free nate laban downloads

Nate Laban made the trip down from New Hampshire in early January and played a few songs for us live in-studio. You can download the following tracks:

Tomorrow
Guarded
Tonight
Pills

2009-01-16T05:38:00.000-05:00

nirvana, superchunk, explosions in the sky, camper van beethoven, joy division, led zeppelin, built to spill, phosphorescent, olivia tremor control

NYC Taper has both Camper Van beethoven shows from January 9 & 10, 2009.

Egg City Radio has Joy Division 3-14-79.

Anyones Guess has Explosions in the Sky 3-21-08.

Southern Shelter has Olivia Tremor Control 4-15-05 and Phosphorescent 10-27-05.

Captains Dead has Superchunk 2-11-92 and Built to Spill live April 2005.

Big O has Led Zeppelin 4-24-69 and Nirvana 1-8-94.

2009-01-09T05:55:00.000-05:00

wilco, jah wobble, patti smith, ted leo, death vessel, rolling stones

Captains Dead Ted Leo and his Pharmacists 4-30-07.

Daytrotter has Death Vessel.

Licorice Pizza Rolling Stones Stripped Companion.

Big O has Patti Smith 12-31-08 and Wilco 6-28-05.

Egg City Radio has Jah Wobble's 1980 release V.I.E.P.

2009-01-01T06:31:00.007-05:00

82 free mp3 downloads from the 75orLess catalog

Suicide Bill live in-studio December 2008
Girl Like That (NRBQ)
Pissed Kristofferson (Six Star General)
French Toast Strange
Live tracks 75orLess Summer Music Fest Aug 8-15, 2008
von Doom - Gravitational
Killing Pablo - Choke
Six Star General - Tree Partner
The Blood Moons - Dead and Gone
Chris Evil and the Taints - Sick and Tired
The Propellers - Lifted
The Diggers - Act IV Endless Waves of Time
Coma Coma - The Fifth
Free mp3s from our releases
Memory Men - Sudden Flash
Frenzy of Tongs - The Traffic
Clouds and Monsters - Don't Pray
Coma Coma - Urban Death Maze
Alien Father - Sales On Boats....Beautiful
The Diggers - Chinese Checkers
The Empire Shall Fall - Kingdom
Nate Laban - Chubby
Dopey Lopes - Girl in the Pizza Store Window
Next - All of Shat
Two Guys and Another Guy - Life's Harsh Reality
15er - If You Don't Stand for Anything
Tanked 4M - Makers Mark
Mustache Ride - Viceroy
The Diepods - Slip Up
Turn Blue - When the One the Sun Names
Fashion Failures - Society's Flaw
Johnny Carlevale - If I Didn't Have Bad Luck
The F.I.D.'s - Mummy vs Robot vs Me
Lame Drivers - Superbomb
Turnpike Glows - Forecasts
Staggering Statistics - Pixelated Ones and Zeros
Cowboy Steve K - I've Got Some Gum
Ben Pilgrim - God Should Have Made You Ugly
Chris Evil and the Taints - Watch You Die
MW Ensemble - Apartment
von Doom - Gravitational
Barn Burning - You Are The Highway
The Inclined - Is That Enough?
The Followers - Has Its Moments
The Propellers
Lifted
Crop Circles
Colt State
Suicide Bill
Suicide Summer
Alligator Arms
Original Lonely
Torches
Vint Spiders
Deshingling
Guntaard
How Does It Feel to be Named Chip?
Trot Along Pony
Deviants Night Out
Please Buy My Junk
Buttercup Calf
Spraying Black and Gold
Get Naked and Roll Around In It
Sharks Come Crusin
Santo Allo
Cape Cod Girls
Killing Pablo
The Eunich from Munich
The Cold War
Tender Truth
Fred Kendal Abong
Vultures
Six Star General
Drowning in Garbage
Hamburgini
Warm Smile
Sun Up Pants Down (Jordan Kitchen Sink Remix)
The Spectacular Fantastic
Tiny Little Heart
Try Try Try
Baylies Band
Let's Get Stabbed
Prince of Providence
A Passing Feeling
Book of Matches
Red Gold
Nathan Xander
Trial by Fire
Clouding Over
The Masons
Spaceman
Undertow with Bob Kendall
Kill Kill Kill
Under the Thumb
Screw of Damnation

2008-12-26T09:00:00.004-05:00

Suicide Bill recently stopped by the 75orLess house and helped us test out our new eight track digital set up. We crammed into the lab and Bill ran through three songs, playing two covers and an unreleased song from his forthcoming 75orLess release.

You can download each of the following tracks

1. Girl Like That (NRBQ)
2. Pissed Kristofferson (Six Star General)
3. French Toast Strange

or download a zip file with all three.

2008-12-23T05:49:00.003-05:00

Three new releases today. The first is New Hampshire's Nate Laban "Is Wearing Yellow". Nate is best known for his work with the punk rock band The Frosting. The album is a collection of 16 songs ranging from piano confessionals to organ-driven murder ballads to fleshed out demos of songs originally made for The Frosting. Recorded August through October of 2008 in his pieced together home studio, all instruments on the album were recorded and performed by Nate with the exception of one track. This release is limited to 150 silkscreened copies. The label is limited to 25 copies.

The second is electro synth-pop band Providence, RI's The Inclined and their release "The First Day of Many" The Inclined, Bill Paukert (vocals, synths, programming, drums) and Jeremy Withers (bass, guitar, fuzz) have been playing together since 2000. After a number of lineup changes, the pair decided to change their basic indie-rock approach to accommodate their growing electro-pop leanings. Having now embraced the studio as an instrument and compositional tool, they have distilled their love of bass fuzz and synchronized arpeggiation into their first full album. This release is limited to 50 silkscreened copies.

Six Star General's "Spaceship to Planet Cookie" is now available. Six Star General releases their first collection of new material in fifteen months. Recorded during an all-day session with Scott Rancourt at Summing Point in November 2008, it features thirteen tracks over 31 minutes. As per their contract requirements, it contains two instrumentals. Influences include Minutemen, Devo, and Husker Du. This is limited to 100 silkscreened copies.

All are available for purchase over at the label website.

2008-12-19T06:19:00.000-05:00

bonnie prince billy, crooked fingers, oneida, pearl jam, of montreal, ween, pylon, jucifer, mogwai

NYC Taper has Pylon 12-15-08, Of Montreal 12-16-08 and Oneida 12-13-08.

Daytrotter has Crooked Fingers.

Largehearted Boy finds Ween 12-13-08.

Ohm Park has Mogwai 9-8-08.

Southern Shelter has Jucifer 1-8-07.

Aquarium Drunkard has Bonnie Prince Billy with the Anomoanan 8-5-06 and 8-6-06.

Captains Dead has Pearl Jam October 1990.

2008-12-12T05:18:00.002-05:00

momus, bruce springsteen, the wedding present, the new year, pavement, sting

Ick Music has Bruce Springsteen's Santa Boss is Coming to Town compilation.

Bradley's Almanac has The Wedding Present 10-6-08.

Momus is making his out of print albums available for free download. Here is The Poison Boyfriend originally released on Creation Records in 1987.

Funeral Pudding has two Pavement shows, 4-21-97 and 12-4-92.

Largehearted Boy lets you know that Eric Tamm has made his book Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound available for free download.

The website has an interview and songs of an unknown origin from The New Year.

Next to Don Henley, few people suck the life out of rock and roll more than Sting. Big O has Sting from June 1993.

No Qualms compilation has been released. This double cd features 150 minutes of music by 43 bands, the majority of which are from Rhode Island, the homebase of 75orLess. Other performers on this compilation are from such diverse locations as Wisconsin, New Jersey, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Chicago, New Hampshire, Los Angeles, Connecticut, New Hampshire and France. Lots of free songs to download. This release is limited to 100 silkscreened copies and is only $7.00. You can order a copy over at the label website.

Track Listing

DISC ONE

1. Clouds & Monsters - Don't Pray

2. Memory Men - Sudden Flash

3. Coma Coma - You'll Find Out

4. MW Ensemble - Layers (live)

5. Killing Pablo - Student Film

6. The Spectacular Fantastic - Try Try Try

7. Alien Father - Sails on Boats... Beautiful

8. Prison or the Moon - Newport Directory

9. The Diepods - Slip Up

10. Six Star General - Drowning in Garbage

11. Fashion Failures - Serial Killer

12. Wolverton Brothers - That's Right!

13. Mustache Ride - Viceroy

14. The Jesse Minute - Milo

15. The Diggers - Song for the Space Mouse

16. von Doom - Black Light

17. The Propellers - Lifted

18. The RHD Players - Begging, Kicking, Screeching

19. Turn Blue - When The One The Sun Names (Happens Briefly)

20. Ben Pilgrim - I Will Hold Her Hand Again

21. Pop Rox - Pensacola

22. Nathan Xander - Trial By Fire

23. Suicide Bill - Suicide Summer

DISC TWO

1. Hope Anchor - Super Collider

2. Tanked 4M - Makers Mark #4

3. The Inclined - Just Not The Same

4. 15er - If You Don't Stand for Anything

5. The Dial MZ - Music from the Myth

6. The Masons with Bob Kendall - Undertow

7. Two Guys and Another Guy - Life's Harsh Reality

8. Next - All of Shat

9. Dopey Lopes - Girl in the Pizza Store Window

10. The Blood Moons - Downtown

11. The Cobra-Matics - Rocker

12. Nate Laban - Chubby

13. The Skinny Millionaires - No Imagination

14. Minky Starshine - Good to Me

15. Sharks Come Cruisin - Santo Allo

16. Baylies Band - Prince of Providence

17. Kill Kill Kill - Under the Thumb

18. SPVRS - Dragnet

19. The Empire Shall Fall - Kingdom

20. Guntaard - Deviants Night Out

2008-12-05T06:23:00.003-05:00

mercury rev, my bloody valentine, afghan whigs, damien jurado

captains dead has Afghan Whigs 10-8-92 and My Bloody Valentine 9-22-08.

Ohm Park has Mercury Rev 11-24-08.

Largehearted Boy finds a tribute to the Magnetic Fields.

Daytrotter has a session with Damien Jurado.

I see catbird has chimed in on the best of list issue thats floating around. i hold his website in the highest regard and although i am a bit confused by what he is saying, i agree with him - stop overthinking things.

A best of list is simply the releases that a person enjoyed the most in the past year. their selections shouldn't be required to have changed their lives. and maybe a year from now some of the releases don't hold up and aren't listened to as much- big fucking deal. it's supposed to be a snapshot of what you enjoyed the most in the past year. agree, disagree, whatever. read it and move on to the next list. Make a list of your own, read others lists, maybe you will discover an album you missed. i tend to not bother to read them for two reasons-

1. there are too many
2. i trust my own ears over most reviews or lists

i have never really revisited my own best of lists but i am sure there are many i would regret and never listen to anymore but it doesn't change the fact that at the end of that year, when i made the list, i felt that those releases were my favorites for the previous year.

some people are sincere in their lists and others are not but when catbird namechecks Ian Curtis, Joe Strummer and equates music to lust, heartbreak, anxiety, and confusion and then two lines later wonders if we are in danger of taking the fun out of music, i may just be too drained from real life to feel any of those unpleasant emotions through music. i am jealous of him that he has digested the amount of music he has and still feels those things. to equate it to television, i tend to avoid shows that foist more drama into my life because life is dramatic enough. the last thing i need is to escape into a fantasy world for an hour that i spend stressing out over a fictional character.

the short version- stop looking at other people's lists and sneering or questioning their motives. be confident in your own choices and stop pretending you are better than anyone else. if someone enjoyed something more than you, so be it.

2008-11-28T05:09:00.000-05:00

jay bennent, centro-matic, mountain goats, south san gabriel

Southern Shelter has both shows from Centro-matic and South San Gabriel on 11-21-08.

Rock Proper has the new Jay Bennent album for free download.

Largehearted Boy finds Mountain Goats 11-3-08.

2008-11-21T06:21:00.000-05:00

lou reed, cat power, mountain goats, beck, neil young and crazy horse, stereolab

Captains Dead has Neil Young and Crazy Horse 1978.

Largehearted Boy finds the Mountain Goats 11-7-08.

Southern Shelter has Stereolab 9-27-08.

Pop Drivel has Beck on KCRW 11-18-08.

Six Eyes has Cat Power black sessions 1-23-06.

Big O has Lou Reed 12-1-76.

Rollo Grady has a collection of tracks from KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Host Nic Harcourt said goodbye to the station this week and his contribution to pioneering live performances and the internet should not be forgotten.

2008-11-14T06:37:00.000-05:00

of montreal, scarce, wings, june of 44, paul westerberg, pavement

Captains Dead has Pavement 6-26-92 and June of 44 6-27-95.

Bradley's Almanac has Scarce live on WMBR 11-4-08.

Ohm Park has Of Montreal 10-31-08.

Big O has Paul Westerberg 2-27-05 and Wings Venus And Mars Outtakes Are Alright Tonight.

2008-11-07T05:01:00.000-05:00

killdozer, replacements, mountain goats, deerhunter

Captains Dead has The Replacements 4-5-85.

Largehearted Boy finds The Mountain Goats 3-22-08.

Southern Shelter has Deerhunter 10-31-08.

WFMU Blog has Killdozer 11-4-08.

2008-11-04T05:48:00.002-05:00

New Bedford, Massachusetts's The Diggers have released their self-titled debut album on 75orLess Records. From 16 plus minute epics to groove laden jams to I just can't contain myself rockandrolla, The Diggers have something to prove with their left field way of thinking. Recorded by themselves in the depths of the Wamsutta Mill, The Diggers are finally taking their (mostly) instrumental madness to the masses. Influences include Led Zeppelin, An Albatross, Neil Young, Pink Floyd. The ten track release is limited to 150 silkscreened copies, while the label is limited to 25 copies for sale through the website. You can download the track Chinese Checkers and purchase a copy over at the label website.

2008-10-31T04:58:00.003-04:00

The Providence Phoenix profiles Von Doom, who will release their second album on 75orLess Records this coming December.

The next 75orLess Live Showcase is Saturday November 15 at The Penalty Box in Providence featuring THE DIEPODS, SIX STAR GENERAL, THE DIGGERS AND SUICIDE BILL.
21+
NO COVER.
9 PM.

my bloody valentine, paul westerberg, oxford collapse, ramones, bruce springsteen, low, john vanderslice, matador compilation

Bradley's Almanac has My Bloody Valentine 9-21-08.

WFMU Bloghas Low 9-20-08.

NYC Taper Oxford Collapse 10-21-08 and John Vanderslice 10-18-08.

Of Mirror Eye has The Ramones Live Rock and Roll College.

Captains Dead has Bruce Springsteen 12-2-02 and Paul Westerberg 9-12-96.

Largehearted Boy hooks you up with a link to Matador's Fall 2008 Intended Play Comp.

2008-10-24T17:26:00.000-04:00

Alien Father's "Knives With Journalism" has been released. Originally released in May 2008 on Brother and Brother Records, Knives With Journalism was recorded by Alex Seiz in a barn in New Jersey. Knives with Journalism is the second record by noise-shambolic-satanic-sludgecore, pop-gloom-shoegaze, psych-garage three-piece Alien Father. Ten tracks of brooding keyboards, zambonian synths, hyperdelic guitars, and drums. Ten tracks, extremely limited release, only fifty copies in total and the label only has twenty five for sale. You can download the track Sail On Boats... Beautiful and purchase a copy over at the label website.

2008-10-21T05:59:00.002-04:00

Coma Coma's "Does Your Remote Control Have A Remote Control?" has been released. Their debut release, a co-release with Redtide Records, consists of 6 songs over 26 minutes and was recorded by the trio at Satellite Studios with veteran rocker Emerson Torrey (The Raindogs, The Schemers, The Dino Club) as engineer. The end result is six creative and energetic tracks fueled by large quantities of cheap beer. Some influences include the Flaming Lips, Pavement, Fugazi, and the Super Furry Animals. You can download the track Urban Death Maze and purchase a copy over at the label website.

2008-10-15T05:24:00.002-04:00

75orLess Compilation seeking bands

For the third consecutive year, 75orLess has decided to release another fall/winter compilation. Here's the info:

It is absolutely free for the bands.
Bands retain all rights to their music and it will not be reused without permission.
There will be 100 numbered copies made.
Each band will get a copy.
40 copies will go out as promos.
The remaining copies for $6.00 at the 75orLess Records website.
This comp will be mastered, so unmastered material is welcome.
WAV, AIFF files will be needed. No Mp3 files under any circumstances.
Music is due by October 25.
This will have a late November release date.
This will be a double cd release on 75orLess Records.

If interested or you have any questions, please contact the label at:
info [at] 75orless.com

Thanks

2008-10-10T05:27:00.000-04:00

guided by voices, kadane brothers, stereolab, beach boys, meat puppets, dinosaur jr

Bradley's Almanac has the Kadane Brothers 7-12-08.

Aquarium Drunkard has some Beach Boys 1967 rehearsals.

Captains Dead has Guided By Voices 7-30-99.

NYC Taper has Stereolab 10-2-08, Meat Puppets 9-28-08, Dinosaur Jr 9-26-08.

2008-10-03T06:31:00.000-04:00

beck, spoon, giant sand, okkervil river, my morning jacket, spectrum, sun kil moon, the headphones, parliament funkadelic, brian jonestown massacre, richard buckner and doug gillard, my morning jacket, cracker

Captains Dead has Sun Kil Moon 9-6-08, Richard Buckner and Doug Gillard 5-6-06.

Musical Justice has Giant Sand 9-19-08, My Morning Jacket 9-23-08 and Cracker 9-11-08.

Cameraphonic has The Headphones 5-24-08.

Of Mirror Eye has an undated Parliament Funkadelic show.

The Decibel Tolls has Brian Jonestown Massacre and Spectrum live at the recent ATP festival.

Largehearted Boy finds Spoon 9-22-08.

Pop Drivel has Okkervil River on KEXP 9-17-08.

I am Fuel You Are Friends has Beck 4-28-03.

Here you can see Turnpike Glow's music video for Sporco Impossibile.

Kaiser Cartel were recently interviewed by Mainstream Isn't So Bad.

2008-09-26T06:08:00.002-04:00

the feelies, liz durrett, jeff buckley, dex romweber duo, queens of the stone age, sigur ros, bruce springsteen, unclue tupelo

Southern Shelter has the Dex Romweber Duo 9-17-05 and Liz Durrett 9-12-08.

Ick Music has Bruce Springsteen 11-17-90.

Captains Dead has Queens of the Stone Age demos, Uncle Tupelo 4-29-94 and Bruce Springsteen 9-25-96.

Broadcaster House has Jeff Buckley live tracks.

NYC Taper has The Feelies 9-20-08 and Sigur Ros 9-18-08.

If you have never been over to Daytrotter, I highly encourage you to check them out. Some of my favorite recordings from the past few years have been downloaded from that site. Although they have a massive list of sessions, here are my personal favorites:
nina nastasia
kelley stoltz
david bazan
william elliott whitmore
centro-matic
mountain goats
will johnson
walkmen
felice brothers
spoon
john vanderslice
quasi
phosphorescent
frog eyes
bonnie prince billie

a bunch of bands that should be in the rock and roll hall of fame but are not

(eligible based on 25 years since their first album)

most deserving to least deserving:
Lou Reed
Frank Zappa
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Three Dog Night (13 gold albums, Twenty One Top 40 hits, Three #1 hits)
Rush
Moody Blues
Genesis/Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins
Alice Cooper
Journey
Grand Funk Railroad
Kiss
T Rex
America
Abba
The Cars
The Guess Who
Deep Purple
Yes
Cheap Trick
Hall and Oates
Thin Lizzy
Link Wray
Dick Dale
Herman's Hermits
The B-52s
The Cure
Devo
Brian Eno
Sonic Youth

bands that are already in which is why all of the above deserve to be in too:

The Pretenders
The Police
The Ramones
The Talking Heads
Jackson Browne

2008-09-19T05:25:00.001-04:00

andrew bird, jeff tweedy, fleet fixes, elvis costello, ben lee, queens of the stone age, mogwai, geraldine fibbers, cracker, kurt wagner and calexico, south san gabriel, syd barrett, freakwater, beirut, alejandro escovedo, ac dc

Captains Dead has Kurt Wagner and Calexico 4-17-99, Ben Lee 6-17-04, and Jeff Tweedy 4-5-08.

Ick Music has AC DC 10-16-79.

Flat Response has South San Gabriel 9-9-08.

Big O has Elvis Costello 10-22-77.

Pain or Pan has Syd Barrett outtakes.

Metal Bastard has Queens of the Stone Age outtakes.

Aquarium Drunkard has Fleet Foxes 6-18-08.

Largehearted Boy finds two Mogwai shows, one from 9-6-08 and another from 9-13-08.

Broadcaster House has Freakwater 4-17-98 and The Geraldine Fibbers 4-18-96.

Music Justice has Cracker 9-6-98, Beirut 3-16-07, Alejandro Escovedo 9-9-08, and Andrew Bird 8-24-03.

Nathan Xander's Swiftly, Surely has now been released. This 7-song mini LP was recorded in one day and originally released in August 2007 on the artist's own imprint Aww...Rats. Based out of Chicago, he has toured extensively since the release. Swiftly, Surely bounces back and forth between mellow country, folk and heavier slow core, drawing inspiration from My Morning Jacket, Townes Van Zandt, Kris Kristofferson, and Neil Young. This is limited to 150 silkscreened copies and only $8.00 postpaid. You can download the track Clouding Over and purchase a copy over at the label website.

Along with RedTide Records, 75orLess will be co-releasing both Nate Laban's "Is Wearing Yellow" and Coma Coma's albums this fall.

The September issue of Performer Magazine has reviews of both Suicide Bill and the Liquors and Sharks Come Cruisin.

2008-09-12T06:08:00.000-04:00

pavement, rolling stones, nada surf, bruce springsteen, andrew bird, nirvana

Faronheit has Andrew Bird 9-3-08.

Cameraphonic has Nada Surf 8-30-08.

Chez Lubacov has Nirvana singles and b-sides.

Addicted to Vinyl has a collection of live Bruce Springsteen tracks.

Captains Dead has Pavement 6-11-92 and the Rolling Stones 11-9-69.

Broadcaster House also has Pavement from 8-26-94.

2008-09-05T07:34:00.000-04:00

husker du, bob dylan, the melvins, the national

Southern Shelter has The Melvins 8-18-08.

Bradley's Almanac has The National 6-13-08.

Captains Dead has Husker Du 3-10-84.

Big O has Bob Dylan live 1976.

2008-08-29T05:02:00.012-04:00

Guntaard's "Rubarb in the Hoo-Ha" has been released. Recorded between April 1996 and May 1998 on a Tascam 4 track cassette and forgotten about, the five members of Güntaard have never all been in the same room at the same time but were all fueled by the same things- bong hits, failed relationships, and unemployment. Using traditional instruments such as guitars, bass, and keyboards as well as drum machines, screwdrivers on metal tables, tape loops, television sets, electronic toys with dying batteries, they recorded over 100 songs in this two year period. Rhubard in the Hoo-Ha is a collection of songs that are heavy on the drum machines and distorted vocals. For fans of Ween, Trollin Withdrawal and Butthole Surfers. Released is limited to 50 silkscreened copies on brown jackets. The How Does It Feel To Be Named Chip EP is available here as a free download until September 15. This online only EP features four of the tracks from the Rhubarb in the Hoo-ha release, which you can purchase over at the 75orLess Records label website.

Here is a selection of live tracks from some of the performers at the 75orLess Summer Music Fest that took place between Aug 8-15 in New Bedford and Providence.

von Doom - Gravitational
Killing Pablo - Choke
Six Star General - Tree Partner
The Blood Moons - Dead and Gone
Chris Evil and the Taints - Sick and Tired
Suicide Bill - Alligator Arms
The Diggers - Act IV Endless Waves of Time
The Propellers - Lifted
Coma Coma - The Fifth

HERE IS A LINK TO A ZIP FILE WITH ALL THE LIVE TRACKS.

Over thirty free mp3s from the 75orLess Record label

Also, here is a collection of free downloads from more 75orLess bands. All of the bands have been kind enough to allow these songs to be available.

The Propellers
Crop Circles
Colt State
Man On Edge
Suicide Bill
Alligator Arms
Original Lonely
Torches
Vint Spiders
Deshingling
Guntaard
Spraying Black and Gold
Get Naked and Roll Around In It
Killing Pablo
The Eunich from Munich
aHOFF
The Cold War
Tender Truth
New Romance
Fred Kendal Abong
Messy
Vultures
Six Star General
Hamburgini
Sun Up Pants Down (Jordan Kitchen Sink Remix)
Smokers Tooth Polish
The Spectacular Fantastic - Tiny Little Heart
Fashion Failures - Society's Flaw
Baylies Band - Let's Get Stabbed
Frenzy of Tongs - The Traffic
Ben Pilgrim - God Should Have Made You Ugly
Chris Evil and the Taints - Watch You Die
The Inclined - Is That Enough?
The Followers - Has Its Moments
The Masons - Spaceman
MW Ensemble - Apartment
Sharks Come Cruisin - Cape Cod Girls
von Doom - Gravitational
Barn Burning - You Are The Highway
Kill Kill Kill - Screw of Damnation

2008-08-22T05:39:00.000-04:00

butthole surfers, neil young, my morning jacket, deerhunter

Southern Shelter has Deerhunter 8-15-08.

Music Justice has My Morning Jacket 8-16-08.

Egg City Radio has Butthole Surfers 1985.

Big O has Neil Young 1-29-73.