5/10/2012
Haven’t updated in a while but here is what is up. I have been planning the second annual TREASURE FEST and it has been a full time job. Not like a full time job where I work all the time, more like one where I drink coffee, field calls, and play with my dog, you know working from home. I really can’t complain. My wife probably will, with good reason too, I am draining our bank accounts with my bad hobbies. After May 19th it will be back to work in the real world. Sad day. Also sad is the passage of Amendment One, which defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman. It also strips rights away from single mothers too. Really bummed about the ramifications, all i can do is be glad that I voted against.
Next up on the slab is the Late Bloomer demo tape. Its a demo tape and it sounds rad. Really sweet DIY recording, lots of shred. Basically everything about the early 90s that makes you happy. Some Dinosaur, Jr., Jawbox, Superchunk and a little Husker Du fuzz. After that, and definitely more noteworthy, is the Old Flings LP. The band is wrapping up recording and after some mixing and mastering it should be off to the plant. Might be an early August release, just be patient. I heard some rough tracks. Someone described it as Quicksand mixed with Jawbreaker and I think that is a fitting descriptor. Throw in some Texas is the Reason too and you got Old Flings. This record is going to rock your world and Bitter Melody Records is helping us release it. Couldn’t be more stoked.
Check out Treasure Fest II. It features over 60 bands over two days in Charlotte, NC. All for only $25!!! You can buy a ticket from our webstore or you can buy a physical ticket from Lunchbox Records. You can also buy one from the Treasure Fest website. The fest features a slew of Self Aware bands (duh!), Old Flings, Just Die!, No Power, Mike Bell & the Movies, Andy the DoorBum, Pullman Strike, and newcomers Late Bloomer (demo tape out soon). Check out the website, facebook and twitter.
www.treasurefest.blogspot.com
Lastly, I picked up a lot of distro items that I haven’t been able to post on the webstore yet. Check it out.
LPs: (all LPs $10 unless noted)
(2) Timeshares “Bearable” (Kiss of Death)
(2) Houseboat “Thorns of Life” (Kiss of Death)
(3) The Soviettes “LP2″ (Kiss of Death)
(2) The Measure (SA) “One Chapter in the Book” (Kiss of Death)
7″s: (all 7″s $4 unless noted)
(3) Panzram “A New Mental Disorder For Youth in Disapproval” (Drugged Conscience)
(3) SFN “Itchinger” (Drugged Conscience)
(3) Rubrics “Sow Your Seeds” (Sidejar)
(2) Bandname/Shatshorts “split” (Self Released)
(1) Fyfan “Ingen Framtid” (No Way)
(2) Rogue Nations “Regi Mentle Rides Again” (Suicide Watch)
(1) Liar’s Academy “S/T” (Goodwill)
(1) Day of the Dead/The Damage Done “split” (Goodwill)
(2) Signs of Hope “First and Foremost” (Goodwill)
(2) Secret Police “They’re Everywhere” (Total Destroy/Rest Assured/Crapoulet)
(1) Unwelcome Guests/The 255s “split” (Kiss of Death)
(1) Fellow Project/Go Sell Drugs “split” (Kiss of Death)
(1) Get Bent/Jean Claude Jam Band “split” (Kiss of Death)
(3) 1994! “Most Deaf” (Kiss of Death)
(3) Caves “S/T” (Kiss of Death)
(3) Senders “Recovery” (Kiss of Death)
(2) The Measure (SA)/New Bruises “split” (Kiss of Death)
(3) Little League/Backpocket/Small Talk/Senders “4-way split” (Kiss of Death)
(3) Teenage Softies/Stolen Parts “split” 7″ (Kiss of Death)
CDs: all $5 unless noted
(3) In the Red “Volume 1″ (Kiss of Death)
(2) Whiskey Trench “Television” (Kiss of Death)
(2) New Bruises “Transmit! Transmit!” (Kiss of Death)
(2) Monikers “Eat Your Young” (Kiss of Death)
(1) Monikers “Wake Up” (Kiss of Death)
(3) The Measure (SA) “One Chapter in the Book” (Kiss of Death)
(2) VRGNS “Miscarriage” (Kiss of Death)
(2) Witches With Dicks “Manual” (Kiss of Death)
(2) Unwelcome Guests “Don’t Go Swimming” (Kiss of Death)
(5) Houseboat “Thorns of Life” (Traffic Street) $7
www.selfawarerecords.storenvy.com (for rest of webstore)
3/27/2012
Copies of both 7″s are now available in our webstore, please check ‘em out. Almost out of Nö Pöwer records. InkBlot, the other label that helped put it out, still has a lot of copies (for now). Mike Bell‘s 7″ is going strong, please pick up both while they are available. Next up on the plate isn’t necessarily a record, but my big plan is to join Just Die! for 10 days up and down the east coast. Please come out and buy some records/distro items so that we can put out stuff for the rest of the year. Next up, on the release front is the Late Bloomer demo tape. LB features members of Obstruction, Pullman Strike, Meth Mountain, Planet Piss, Horse Thief, and Nations, among others. We are pretty excited for the release. After that we are going to repress the Band Name LP at some point and start gearing up for the Old Flings LP. Its gonna be a busy year.
Lastly, I posted the Meth Mountain “Discography” for FREE in the download tab. If you never got to check them out here is your chance. We still have copies of the 7″ available. If you like what you hear please show support and buy a record!!!
selfawarerecords.storenvy.com (BUY SOME DISTRO ITEMS/RECORDS)
3/2/2012
We will have copies of the Mike Bell & the Movies 7″ on Sunday (3/4). We are really excited to support such an awesome band. They are touring down to SXSW and back so if they are coming through your town then please come out. We also just approved the tests on the Nö Pöwer 7″, so that is exciting as well. The records should be in soon. In other news, Just Die! just got “signed” to Goodwill Records out of Germany and they will be releasing a 7″ for the label. Very excited that people are starting to hop on the Matt Evans fan train, it’s about time and its also a good so that Steve Shell doesn’t kill everyone from too much World of Warcraft. If you bought the new records, then head over to the download page and pick up your free download. Lastly, we posted a FREE download of Neil Mauney’s (Pullman Strike, Late Bloomer) solo ep, so go check it out. In other Neil Mauney news, the Late Bloomer demo cassette is getting mixed and should be out by the end of March if all goes well. Pretty awesome stuff. Go check out our webstore and go pick up some records so I can feed my dog.
2/15/2012
Nö Pöwer features ex members of Grids (Luchbox/Inkblot/Made in Kansas), Meth Mtn (Self Aware/Lunchbox) and Obstruction (Lunchbox). Somewhere in that mixture of loud, fast, and noisy you have NO POWER.
If you are a fan of Japanese hardcore (Framtid, Bastard), early American hardcore (Siege, SSD), and d-beat (Discharge, Disclose) then you can’t go wrong with this 7″. Some of the loudest and most raw shit you will hear this year, I shit you not.Vinyl is randomly mixed colored. Features a digital download card so you can rage to it in your shitty car your parents bought for you.
A1. New Answers
A2. No Axis
B1. Soundwave
B2. No A.C.
http://www.nopowerclt.blogspot.com
Distros, Record stores hit me up for wholesale prices!!! Preorder the record in our store.
2/10/2012
Here is the cover for the Mike Bell & the Movies 7″, “Stuck In a TV.” Mike Bell and the Movies features members of Algernon Cadwallader, Bandname, and Dangerous Ponies. If you like your rock and roll dipped in Elvis Costello, rolled in some Pavement and Stephen Malkmus. Preorder your copy now and help keep Mike Bell on the road and out of the workplace. He deserves it and you deserve to have some new music in your ears.
http://selfawarerecords.storenvy.com/products/259143-mike-bell-the-movies-stuck-in-a-tv-7-self-aware
1/11/2012
If you are reading this then I would like to thank you for checking out the new site. There are still a few kinks to work out but I’m digging the simplicity. It also isn’t so damn depressing on this.
We already have a stacked year with releases and I am really stoked about all of them. First up is Mike Bell & The Movies’ debut 7” “Stuck In a TV”. If you like Elvis Costello, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, or just simply good tunes then do yourself a favor and pick this up. It also doesn’t hurt that his backing band, The Movies, are Joe Reinhart and Peter Helmis of Algernon Cadwallader. There I said it.
Next up is Charlotte, NC, powerhouse d-beat band, No Power’s 7”, “No Axis”. Its really raw. So raw that if you were to consume it you might get food poisoning, but it’s a record so your ear holes will get poisoned, in a good way though. We also are having the pleasure of splitting this release with Ink Blot Records, and we are stoked. Just in case you are asking, “who the fuck is No Power?” then here ya go. The band features member(s) of Meth Mtn., Obstruction, and most importantly, Grids. It also features some of the most solid punx in the queen city.
After that we have some other stuff in the pipelines if the cash doesn’t dry out. We are working with Bitter Melody Records on the Old Flings LP, then we are working with a new band, Late Bloomer, featuring members of Meth Mtn., Obstruction, Pullman Strike, Scout, Planet Piss and Horse Thief. From my ears it sounds like Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr., Jawbox and Mudhoney lumped into one. Into it, can’t wait to see where it goes.
Lastly, on the horizon we have a split CD featuring Matt Evans and Roz Rizkin of the Rice Cakes. Then if all is well we will have a split LP from Calormen and One Another. Might be a little bit but it will be astounding whenever it rears its ugly head. There are also some mumblings of a 2nd LP from Pullman Strike. It seems like 8-10 new songs are already churned out, just tightening things up and looking for a studio.
It’s gonna be an amazing year, and by the way, issue 9 of the zine is now available in the webstore. Thanks for your support. My hands are tired.
8/26/2011
So we have a couple new releases out as we speak and in a few weeks. First up is the long awaited release from Just Die!. Their new LP “A Momentary Lapse in Positive Thinking” is the most brutal thing they have done and you should pick it up while it is still available. I will only have a very small amount of the records in stock so get it from me while you can. If you like fast punk/hardcore that brings you back to the mid to late 90s and the early 00′s then this is your bag. Think Tear It Up, The Spark, and Paint It Black mixed with Kid Dynamite. Good shit.
Next up, and due out September 9th is the debut full length CD from Charlotte’s Pullman Strike. This is a little bit different than anything we have released but good tunes is good tunes, no matter what the genre. Their album, “People We Know” features ten tracks of shit kicking rock and roll mixed with alt-country. Think Lucero, Slobberbone, and Uncle Tupelo mixed with the working man aesthetic and punk vibe of Avail. Not a country/punk band but definitely a band that writes americana/indie steeped in DIY ethic.
Pick up both releases at our webstore and you can stream them now at their respective bandcamp pages.
Just Die: http://www.justdiehardcore.bandcamp.com
Pullman Strike: http://www.pullmanstrikenc.bandcamp.com
6/29/2011
So the Andy the Doorbum//Yardwork “split 7inch” is finally here and the official “street” date for it is July 6th. Both bands are going on tour in support of their new release. Andy is going on tour with the infamous Emotron and it should be pretty crazy wherever they may roam. Yardwork is a bit more mysterious and I really am not sure where their tour is taking them. It seems like they know and that is all that really matters.
We also have a new zine out that we have been talking about for about half of the year and it is finally here. We did a short run a few months ago but sadly they ran out really fast so if you didn’t get to pick it up then, you have another chance. Go check out our webstore and say hello to our bands on tour. Here are Andy’s tour dates…
Doorbum/Emotron Summer Tour Schedule:
Wed. July 6th – The Milestone – Charlotte, NC
Fri. July 8th – JAX – Blacksburg, VA
Sat. July 9th – Hall House – Proctorville, OH
Sun. July 10th – 123 Pleasant St. – Morgantown, WV
Mon. July 11th – South Park Island – Morgantown, WV
Tues. July 12th – TBA – Johnstown, PA
Wed. July 13th – The Space @ Greenstar – Ithaca, NY
Thurs. July 14th – TBA – Olean, NY
Fri. July 15th – The Bird House – Buffalo, NY
Sat./Sun. July 16th/17th – TBA – Canada
Tues. July 19th – ROTA Gallery + Studio – Plattsburgh, NY
Thurs. July 21st – TBA – Mexico, ME
Fri. July 22nd – TBA – Lowell, MA
Sat. July 23rd – Local 121 – Providence, RI
Sun. July 24th – TBA – Brooklyn, NY
Tues. July 26th – Alamo – New Brunswick, NJ
Wed. July 27th – Danger Danger – Philadelphia, PA
Thurs. July 28th – TBA – Philadelphia, PA
Fri. July 29th – The Moose Lodge – Richmond, VA
Sat. July 30th – Crayola House – Harrisonburg, VA
Sun. July 31st – Snug Harbor – Charlotte, NC
5/05/2011
Happy cinco de mayo! first off I wanted to let you know that Band Name, our darling friends, are going on tour. Here are the dates…
May 05th @ Lulu’s in Brooklyn w/The Wagers
May 06th
May 07th @ University of New Haven, CT w/The Guru
May 08th @ Babetown, Amherst MA w/Hot Mess, K-Holes
May 09th @ Wacky Castle, Boston w/The Clippers and Sneeze
May 10th @ The Animal House, Montreal
May 14th @ The Strut in Kalamazoo MI, w/The Philly Crawlers
May 15th Chicago IL
May 16th @The Lang Lab in South Bend, In w/Squirm Orchestra
May 17th Cincinnati OH
May 18th @ the Pilot Light in Knoxville TN
May 19th @ Wonder Root, Atlanta w/The Clap
May 20th @ Treasure Fest, Charlotte NC
w/Algernon, Snowing, and more
…Treasure Fest is coming up on us pretty quick. The dates are May 20th and the 21st. Come out, buy a ticket from our webstore if you’d like. Check out the TF blog while you are surfing the net and see all the records you can win if you just simply buy a ticket.
On the Self Aware front, the zine is still not out (whoops). The Matt Evans preorders shipped but we are currently changing download card companies as we speak, so hold on to your butts.
http://www.treasurefest.blogspot.com
3/20/2011
The current issue of SELF AWARE zine #8, should be out in about a week. It has been a long time coming and some of the contents may be a little bit dated but with all of shit on our plates, I don’t feel bad about it at all. This issue is stacked with awesome stuff. This issue features interviews with the legendary EYEHATEGOD, Punch, and a piece on The Measure’s impending demise. You can also expect the usual columns, reviews and short opinion pieces as well as a few other different things. Please support!!!
Next on the agenda is two releases on the label front. First off, we are releasing Matt Evans’ solo EP, “Senseless”. The B side will feature Matt’s backing band, Old Flings. All of this will be released on pro-printed cassette limited to 100 copies with digital download cards. Shortly after that we will be releasing the split 7″, from Yardwork and Andy The DoorBum. Both are Charlotte locals who have made an impact on the regional scene over the past couple years. We will announce more through the facebook/twitter pages.
We are still working on getting a new site, so be patient with us. We have been very busy with our 9 to 5′s, a big fest we are planning, TREASURE FEST, and my wedding in November. It’s all adding up and it takes a huge toll on your free time. On top of all this I am booking shows for other bands and my own. Please check out all of our other ventures in the mean time…
selfawarerecords@gmail.com (label)
selfawarezine@gmail.com (zine)
selfawareprinting@gmail.com (screenprinting)
charlottebooking@gmail.com (booking)
12/05/2010
The Bandname album is now out and the response has been good. If you haven’t picked up your copy then go on over to the SELF AWARE webstore and pick it up today. We have finally finished updating the new webstore and have most of our many distro items listed there for your buying pleasure. The prices are ridiculously cheap so don’t hesitate. Bandname also has CDs available of the new album if you aren’t too into vinyl. We also have SELF AWARE shirts, stickers and buttons available now. The newest issue of the zine quickly sold out but we plan on printing more so be sure to pick up what is the 7th issues when it becomes available again. We are planning on working on a new site in the near future and will keep you updated with the next release when that information becomes available.
10/11/2010
So, the album is at the presses and should be available in time for FEST. Bandname will be having a record release November 20th in Philadelphia at El Bar. If you would like to secure your copy before then, then send $12ppd to selfawarezine@gmail.com.
9/19/2010
Bandname’s LP, “Breakfast” is moving right along and should be on its way to be pressed by the end of the week and available in time for FEST. Speaking of FEST, We are proud to announce that we have a table at the flea market in Holiday Inn, which coincides with check-in. If all goes well, you will see the 7th issue of SELF AWARE zine and the 7th release which is the Bandname LP. If you are interested in the LP, send $12ppd to selfawarezine@gmail.com and receive your copy before the distros get them.
In sad news, our webstore is dead, so buying all of our distro releases is going to be kind of hard until we get it all sorted out. I hope to have another store up and running in time for the release of the Bandname LP, but until then, we are just gonna have to be sad.
8/11/2010
I can’t believe it has been two months since the last update. Things have been slow on the record front while we wait for the Bandname LP “Breakfast” to be mastered. In the time being we’ve been working on the new zine, our 7th issue, and talking about the future. We are working on making download cards for band for super cheap so if it all works out then you might see a Self-Aware download card in the Bandname LP.
We have been chatting with Charlotte, NC, locals, Calormen (members of Wretched, Harvard), about doing an unorthodox release. I don’t want to give too much away but the release will be primarily digital with some bells and whistles. It may take a few months before a proper “release” of the ep, “And The World Grew Stranger”, due in part to their other bands’ touring schedules, but there will be progress. In a few days, you should be able to get a taste of the new album, on the site, but for the time being, check them out on their myspace…
http://www.myspace.com/calormen
6/10/2010
So we are still slowly working on making the site look really snazzy but for now, what you see is what you get. Also, we have big news to unveil.
The METH MOUNTAIN discography tape is finally out as is the new zine. It took awhile and is sorely behind schedule but I can’t complain because both look great. The tape has 18 tracks and some unreleased songs by the young but now dead band featuring members of Grids, Obstruction, Lowbrow, Young and in the Way and Pullman Strike and also has a digital download card for your listening pleasure. The zine has interviews with the legendary screamo band, Raein and the always amazing Make Do and Mend and some histories on Concrete Sox, Dag Nasty and Entombed. Also features some jibs from Algernon Cadwallader and Bandname.
Purchase both, the zine and tape together, for $5. either hit me up on email for go to our webstore. either way I will hook you up with some ultra cheap shipping. Be excited!!!
4/22/2010
The site is still under construction but I felt the need to elaborate on a couple things that I mentioned in the last post. We currently wrapping up our first release for 2010 which is the final recorded output of Meth Mountain before their breakup early this year. On top of it having what would have been their next ep it also includes allof their recorded output and compiles it into a cassette tape. The cassette discography will have a digital download card since you can’t put tapes on your ipod. Also mentioned was the spring issue of Self Aware Zine. This will be our 6th issue so be excited. The issue will feature interviews with Raein, Make Do and Mend and also feature shorter pieces on Algernon Cadwallader and Philadelphia’s own, Bandname among a slew of reviews and interesting tidbits. If all goes well the zine should be done in a manner of weeks!
On the aforementioned band, Bandname, we will be releasing their debut LP which is tentatively entitled, “Breakfast.” If all goes as planned you can expect a late summer/early fall release. We are also trying to get some shirts, buttons and stickers printed so you can “rep” us hard.
4/16/2010
So the site is under construction so there aren’t many pretty images to be seen. I apologize so for the time being please feel free to go to our webstore and/or look at our old “site” here.
We can also be followed on facebook and myspace if that makes you feel any better. We are busy with things so don’t write us off yet as lazy. We are currently wrapping up a late spring edition of the zine and are slowly working on releasing a tape and what will be Self Aware’s first LP!!!