Kishi Bashi Holiday SnowFlexi 7” Joyful Noise Recordings [2012] ‘Tis the season for a “snowflexi” from Kishi Bashi just in time for the holidays. This original song “It’s Christmas But It’s Not White Here In Our Town” features Bashi using the same whimsical vocal style that made his debut, 151a, so engaging. It may not … Read more
Sleeping Bag Women Of Your Life Joyful Noise Recordings [2012] Fire Note Says: Sleeping Bag’s sophomore record is another great slice of well-done slacker rock! Album Review: I am a big sucker for slacker rock and Bloomington, Indiana band Sleeping Bag nail it. Their self-titled debut was just out last year in August and ended … Read more
How about a Holiday vinyl? Just in time for the season is the first of an annual tradition at Joyful Noise Recordings called the “SnowFlexi”! This edition features an original Christmas song from Kishi Bashi, “It’s Christmas, But It’s Not White Here In Our Town”. You may not know Kishi Bashi but probably have already heard … Read more
Don Caballaro Gang Banged With A Headache, And Live Joyful Noise Recordings [2012] Fire Note Says: The new Don Cab is intense, brutal, and also a great introduction to the Math Rock pioneers! Album Review: Gang Banged With A Headache, And Live, is an ‘authorized bootleg” from Math/Instrumental Rock dynamos, Don Caballaro. This is one … Read more
If you missed out yesterday then make sure you click on over to Joyful Noise Recordings as they will be selling test pressings of their 2012 releases all week. You can see the entire list of items below, along with what day they’ll be going up for sale. Make sure you sign up for the email … Read more
Stripped-down, unblighted, bedroom pop songs… about girls. Women Of Your Life is the intimately facile sophomore album from indie-slackers Sleeping Bag. The Bloomington, Indiana based trio is spearheaded by Dave Segedy, who is the group’s drummer, songwriter and primary vocalist (that’s right: a drummer who writes and sings all the songs!). Specializing in simple and … Read more