Felt appropriate to post this on Labor Day. Here are the merch cuts being taken by the venues on this upcoming tour. This is going to cause us to sell our merch for higher prices than we'd like to at certain venues. We think that sucks. 1/

Feel like I hear TONS of people speaking these days about how US artists/musicians/writers shouldnt expect a living wage for their work. What if instead of shaming people asking for fair compensation we advocated for governmental/institutional assistance. Creative labor is work💯

"To constantly preach hope can feel like its own kind of betrayal. Sometimes abandon is required. Recklessness. Catharsis" We've got the pleasure of sharing 'Rosy', the latest single from Nico Hedley's upcoming LP on Ruination Record Co.. varioussmallflames.co.uk/2023/09/05/nic…

My favorite song from the upcoming EP 🥰 Thanks Stereogum

Let’s meet the members of Flat Mary Road. Today it’s Alex Lewis Sign: cancer Instrument: guitar Favorite guitar fret: 9th Nickname: professor impossible Come see him play something on the 9th fret PhilaMOCA 9/23!

I absolutely adore the gorgeous video Dan Papa made for Flat Mary Road's latest single "The Announcement", an all Super 8 snapshot montage of Philly life. It's also probably my favorite tune on the record. Check it out here: youtube.com/watch?v=iL6-gO… via Whatever's Clever

🎸 Our new album "Little Realities" is out today on vinyl + digitally via Whatever's Clever. Bandcamp: flatmaryroad.bandcamp.com/album/little-r… Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6Yms92zs… Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/littl… Thanks for listening!

Flat Mary Road break through with Little Realities and deliver jangly, hook-laden power-pop with a touch of Harry Chapin thrown in for good measure. ➡️ tinyurl.com/FlatMaryRd #PMPick Flat Mary Road's Little Realities is out now via Whatever's Clever.

Aight everyone back to zines and cassettes and conversations with people

The sole release from the experimental collective Family Dynamics gets the long-awaited vinyl treatment, and it’s an exquisite, impossible-to-classify gem. ➡️ tinyurl.com/FamilyDyna #PMPick out Friday via Whatever's Clever. - @Ingalls1969

Music sites/blogs that you should be following! I'm sure I'm forgetting some so tell me who I missed. We are ready for the new blog era! The Alternative Austin Town Hall Brad E. Rose / Foxy Digitalis listening wind Merry-Go-Round Magazine Post-Trash Rosy Overdrive 🏳️‍⚧️ SMALL ALBUMS @treblezine Various Small Flames

This brilliant album comes out this Friday and a very special, limited vinyl edition will be available exclusively at independent record stores! Please ask your local shop to stock this gem, and if you happen to have your own shop, please order from our distributor, RedEye!

SERVICE by Family Dynamics is out today! familydynamics.bandcamp.com/album/service RIYL: Tuxedomoon, early 80s Psychic TV, Jewelled Antler Collective, Robert Wyatt, Mariah, Kate NV, early Animal Collective, Tower Recordings, Legendary Pink Dots, Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Excellent review of the Family Dynamics record at Sputnikmusic! “Put this on, dim the lights, and gaze to the moon, because Service is about to put a spell on you.” sputnikmusic.com/review/87840/F…

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Neighboring Sounds (BCore Disc/sncl records / andy/Friend Club Records/FriendofMineRec/Flight Mode), Flat Mary Road (Whatever's Clever), and @QuiteSwimmingly, plus a compilation from Danny Ingram (@ProtoRetro/Country Mile): rosyoverdrive.com/2023/11/27/pre…

Really appreciate Rosy Overdrive 🏳️‍⚧️'s close listening and nice words about Flat Mary Road's (still) new album "Little Realities": Read here: rosyoverdrive.com/2023/11/27/pre… Whatever's Clever

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More Incredible albums of 2023 that need to be heard: The Striped Bananas – Rayguns Of Love (Self Released) @thestripedbanan Laura Wolf – Shelf Life (Whatever’s Clever / AudioSport) @whatevsclevrecs personality of a rock

Full Blown Meltdown I can't pick just one but: Keeled Scales L⎈ST MAP @OrindalRecords Fika Recordings john jervis Fortuna POP! Whatever's Clever Bella Union Dead Oceans Ruination Record Co. Full Time Hobby (archive) Audio Antihero

Guess what?! You can now own “Esopus”—our jangly bop about a dog, a creek, a clementine, & a botanical garden—on a very cool physical object, a playable postcard you can place on your turntable! Thanks to VinylPost.co! Very limited edition of 50! fieldguides.bandcamp.com/album/esopus