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7.20
We're happy to announce the debut solo album from Tim Kasher (Cursive / The Good Life). The Game of Monogamy comes out on 10/5. Check out Tim's Facebook page here.
7.14
Land of Talk's new track, "Swift Coin," has premiered on Stereogum. The new album, Cloak and Cipher can be pre-ordered here.
The Mynabirds will be performing live on KEXP tomorrow, 7/15, at 12pm PST. 90.3 FM in Seattle and worldwide at kexp.org.
7.08
The Boston Phoenix lists The Mynabirds as
best new band in Nebraska. Check it out here.
6.21
The Mynabirds perform on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert. Watch it here.
6.03
The Mynabirds will be checking in every couple days from tour for Spinner.com's "Road Report" series. Check out the first post, and stay tuned for more at Spinner.
6.02
The Mynabirds are on NPR's World Cafe. Check it out here.
5.26
Land Of Talk's new record, Cloak & Cipher, comes out August 24th! They're kicking off a short tour in Cleveland tonight. Check 'em out if you can.
Land Of Talk is playing an acoustic in-store at Cleveland's Music Saves tonight at 7:30pm.
5.19
Deal of the Day! The Mynabirds' What We Lose In the Fire We Gain In the Flood is only $6.99 on iTunes for a limited time. Check it out here.
5.18
Tune in to NPR for Fresh Air today. Critic Ken Tucker reviews The Mynabirds' debut album, What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood. Check it out here.
Baeble Music has posted a "Guest Apartment Session" with Laura Burhenn of The Mynabirds. Watch it here.
5.17
The Mynabirds' new video for "Numbers Don't Lie" premiered today on Pitchfork TV. Watch it here.
5.11
Tune in to RadioK at 1PM CST for an exclusive in-studio with The Mynabirds!
The Mynabirds are Paste Magazine's Artist of the Day .
4.28
Reviews are pouring in for The Mynabirds' What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood. Check out what Pitchfork had to say here, and you can read many more on The Mynabirds reviews page.
4.14
The Mynabirds' "Let the Record Go" premiered on Prefix. Check it out here.
4.08
Land of Talk perform one of the sweetest love songs of 2009 "Some Are Lakes" in a studio for Yours Truly and a handful of contest winners. Plus bonus footage of Lizzie playing "Magnetic Hill" in the streets of San Francisco. Watch it here.
4.06
The Mynabirds are featured on NPR's All Songs Considered: Spring Music Preview. Listen to "Give it Time" here.
3.24
UUVVWWZ and Neva Dinova's Jake Bellows both have new websites! Check them out at uuvvwwz.com and jakebellows.com.
3.09
Cursive's new single, "Discovering America," is now available at our online store and major digital music retailers. The song is a caustic appraisal of the mistreatment of the American Indian community and Cursive will be donating all profits from its sale to the American Indian College Fund, the nation’s largest provider of private scholarships for American Indian students. An exclusive stream of “Discovering America” premiered on Stereogum yesterday; check it out here.
3.03
Land Of Talk's video for "It's Okay" just got nominated for a JUNO award! Check out the video here.
2.17
Check out Orenda Fink's new video for "High Ground" at popwreckoning.com
2.12
Hear some new Bright Eyes and Neva Dinova songs from the One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels (2010 Reissue) here.
2.09
Land of Talk's "It's Okay" is the free video of the week on iTunes. You can download it here.
The Rural Alberta Advantage have a tour bl g called "Road to the Olympics" on Exclaim. Check it out here.
1.21
Following the events of last week, Orenda Fink has written a little about her experiences in Haiti. She's traveled there multiple times, and has formed a special relationship with the country. Please read her thoughts on her website. We'll be offering a free download of Orenda's debut album, Invisible Ones for the rest of the month. We hope it will inspire you to donate to the relief effort if you can.
1.20
We are pleased to announce the new project and release from Laura Burhenn of Georgie James. Her new band, The Mynabirds, will release their debut album, What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood, on April 27. To tide you over until then, there is a free track from the record in their downloads section. Enjoy the music and stay tuned for more from The Mynabirds!
1.07
Cursive is hitting the road with Alkaline Trio beginning Feb. 16th. Check the tours page for all the dates and ticket links.
12.14
The Rural Alberta Advantage will be performing live on KEXP Saturday, 12/19 @ 1pm.
12.11
Bright Eyes' I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning has been added to another "best of the decade" list, this time coming in #50 at Rolling Stone. The record has is also #5 on Paste's Albums of the Decade, #31 on NME's Top 100 Records of the Decade , and the song "We Are Nowhere And It's Now" on is on NPR's Most Important Recordings of the Decade.
12.08
Sebastien Grainger live at Radio Room is Live. Watch it here.
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson's Summer of Fear is #11 on SPIN's '40 Best Albums of 2009'.
12.03
The Rural Alberta Advantage have been nominated in Pitchfork's 2009 Readers Poll. Vote here.
10.22
A Christmas Albumis now available on 180g white vinyl! This is the first time the album has been available on vinyl and features exclusive vinyl only cover art. All orders come with an instant MP3 download! This release will not be available in stores and all proceeds will go to benefit the Nebraska AIDS Project. Check it out here.
10.21
Feral Harmonic, the new record from Old Canes, is in stores now. Check out a video clip of the handmade package assembly here.
10.16
Check out the profile of The Rural Alberta Advantage in SPIN Magazine.
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson will perform on KEXP's Live Broadcast from New York during CMJ on Wednesday 10/21 at 12pm EST.
10.12
Sebastien Grainger is interviewed and plays for CBC Radio's "Definitely Not The Opera". Check out the podcast here and a video preview here.
10.09
There have been some great reviews of the new Orenda Fink record over the last few days. Check out what All Music, Culture Bully, Pop Matters, and Stereo Subversion have to say about Ask The Night. There are also great print reviews in the new issues of Alternative Press and Bust.
Spin reviews Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson's Summer of Fear. Read it here.
10.05
Cursive perform three songs for LiveDaily Sessions. Watch it here.
9.22
Spinner has premiered Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson's "The Sound" from Summer of Fear. Listen to it here. The full record is now for sale at Itunes and the Saddle Creek store.
Cursive's Dayrotter session is live. Check it out here.
Cursive's "Let Me Up" video premieres today at Stereogum.
Cursive Live at Radio Room has gone live. You can watch the show here.
9.17
The Rural Alberta Advantage were interviewed on Milwaukee's WUWM. Listen here.
9.14
Cursive recorded a live session at Luxury Wafers. Watch it here.
9.09
The Old Canes track "Little Bird Courage" from the upcoming album Feral Harmonic premiered on Stereogum today. Have a listen.
9.08
O+S, released a digital video single for "We Do What We Want to" on Itunes. You can order it here.
9.03
Cursive's Tim Kasher plays 3 acoustic songs for The Tripwire. Watch it here.
9.01
Sebastien Grainger and Land of Talk have been nominated for
the 2009 ECHO Songwriting prize, presented by SOCAN. Vote for them here.
8.31
Orenda Fink's "High Ground" will be KCRW's Today's Top Tune on September 2nd. Check it out here.
8.21
The Rural Alberta Advantage recorded a live session at Luxury Wafers. Watch it here.
8.17
The Rural Alberta Advantage are interviewed and play in Central Park for ABC News' Amplified. Watch it here.
8.12
Please welcome Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson to the Saddle Creek family. We're excited to announce the release of his sophomore album Summer of Fear on October 20th. More info to come. In the meantime, visit Miles on Myspace.
7.10
We are happy to announce two of our upcoming fall releases!
The second solo record from Orenda Fink, Ask The Night, will be released on October 6. And we are welcoming a new band to the roster...Old Canes! The second full length from Appleseed Cast frontman Chris Crisci will be released on October 20. Stay tuned for more info on both of these records!
Old Canes' Early Morning Hymns and Orenda Fink's Invisible Ones are available in our online store.
7.09
Sebastien Grainger, Land of Talk and Tokyo Police Club have been nominated for Artsist of the Year at The Verge Music Awards. Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains have also been nominated for Album of the Year. You can cast your vote here.
Stereogum has posted the new Japancakes video feauring Orenda Fink. Watch it here.
7.06
Dan Harris of ABC News interviewed Land of Talk's Lizzie Powell. Watch it here.
6.22
Cursive will be performing live in-studio on KEXP on 6/24. You can listen live at 90.3 FM in Seattle & worldwide at KEXP.ORG.
6.19
Radio K in Minneapolis is airing an in studio with The Rural Alberta Advantage on Monday, June 22nd at 2pm.
6.12
Two Gallants feature alongside Belle And Sebastian, Sonic Youth, Portishead, and many others in the new All Tomorrow's Parties film. See the film June 25 at the Ford Ampitheatre in Los Angeles. For full info, news on screenings and tickets, and a trailer check out http://ourtrueintent.com.
6.11
The premiere of Cursive's video for "I Couldn't Love You" is up at AOL. Watch it here.
6.10
UUVVWWZ is featured on Magnet. Check it out here.
5.28
Babelgum has posted a video of Cursive's performance of "What Have I Done?" at Dig For Fire and Other Music's SXSW Lawn Party 2009. Watch it here.
5.26
The pre-orders for our two new bands are up! Hometowns by The Rural Alberta Advantage, and UUVVWWZ by UUVVWWZ will be released on July 7th. If you pre-order, your CD or LP will be shipped two weeks early on June 23rd. You won't have to wait that long to listen to it though. Upon purchase, you'll receive a link to download the entire album in 320 Kbps MP3's!
5.15
Cursive performed three songs for Lakefever Sessions. You can check out the videos and photos from the session here.
5.07
Crawdaddy! magazine is featuring exclusive video footage of Sebastien Grainger playing “American Names” and “Renegade Silence” from the Hot Freaks! day party at this year’s SXSW.
4.30
We are excited to announce two new band signings today, The Rural Alberta Advantage and UUVVWWZ. Debut full-lengths from both bands will be out July 7th.
4.13
Cursive perform 5 songs at ShockHound.com. Watch it here.
Oregon Public Broadcasting has posted an in studio performance and interview of O+S. Check it out here.
4.06
O+S are featured on NPR's All Songs Considered. Listen to it here.
Late Night with David Letterman will be rerunning the episode with Cursive's performance of "From the Hips" tomorrow night (4/07).
4.01
Watch acoustic performances of three songs from Cursive's new album, Mama, I'm Swollen at SPIN Sessions: Cursive Unplugged.
Cursive also has an interview and performance from SXSW at Roxwel.com.
3.30
Ladyfinger (ne) is the band of the week over at Beyond Race. Check out the feature here.
3.27
Cursive performed "From the Hips" acoustic at SXSW. Check it out here.
3.26
Check out the new Ladyfinger (ne) video for "Little Things" on YouTube.
3.23
Cursive stopped by the SPIN/MySpace Music Loft at SXSW for an interview. You can watch it here.
3.19
Cursive performed "From the Hips" off their new album, Mama, I'm Swollen, on Late Night with David Letterman. You can watch it here.
3.13
To celebrate Record Store Day 2009 (April 18th), Cursive and Ladyfinger (ne) have paired up for a limited edition split 10" picture disc featuring one album track and one previously unreleased track from each band. Check here for participating stores.
3.01
March 10th will mark the release of Mama, I'm Swollen, the sixth studio album from Cursive. As of today, March 1st, Mama, I'm Swollen in MP3 format is available for $1 exclusively in the Saddle Creek Online Store. On March 2nd, it will be $2, March 3rd, $3, March 4th, $4, etc, etc... until March 10th when the record hits the shelves, at which point the MP3 files will remain at their regular price of $9.
This promotion only applies to the digital MP3 version of Mama, I'm Swollen. CD and Deluxe LP physical editions are also available, and include an instant MP3 download of the record, deluxe art and a download card for additional bonus music and videos.
2.24
A couple tracks from Cursive's upcoming album, Mama, I'm Swollen, are now streaming online. Listen to "From the Hips" at absolutepunk.net and "I Couldn't Love You" at PopWatch on Entertainment Weekly.
2.12
Aversion.com posted a feature on Ladyfinger (ne). Read it here.
2.09
Dusk, the new record from Ladyfinger (ne), is the Amplifier Featured Album Stream right now. Take a listen to the full record here.
Also check out new tracks from our upcoming March releases from Beep Beep and O+S. Beep Beep's "Secret's For the Well" is available for download in the online store, and "We Do What We Want To" from O+S premieres today via Stereogum's Gum Drop. Both records are now available for pre-order in the online store!
1.23
Follow Cursive's 2009 winter tour videos on our youtube channel.
12.19
Sebastien Grainger sat down for an interview with IFC.com. Check it out here.
12.05
WGNtv.com has posted an interview with Sebastien Grainger. You can check it out here.
12.03
Holiday Special! We have free first class shipping on orders of $25 or more in our online store.
12.02
Tokyo Police Club will be performing on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on December 10th.
11.25
Sebastien Grainger recorded a session in The Current studios yesterday. Check it out here.
Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor will be performing as Azure Ray on Morning Becomes Eclectic on Wednesday, November 26th at 11:15 AM (PST).
11.20
Tokyo Police Club will be hosting MTV2's Subterranean tonight (early Friday morning) at 1:00 AM. Be sure to check it out or set that DVR.
Georgie James and Tokyo Police Club both have videos up for Subterranean's "Best of '08" list. Go here and click VOTE for the full list of videos. You can vote as many times as you want. This will be your second most important vote of the year!
11.14
Neva Dinova is featured on this weeks Tuned In with Nic Harcourt. Check it out here.
11.04
Tokyo Police Club will be performing on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Wednesday, December 17th.
10.10
Tokyo Police Club got a shoutout on Desperate Housewives. Check it out here.
10.01
Tokyo Police Club were interviewed on MTV2's Subterranean Podcast. Listen to it here.
9.22
A couple nice videos of Neva Dinova's Jake Bellows have been posted at theyshootmusic.at.
9.18
Land of Talk - Some are Lakes is now available as 320 Kbps MP3s from our online store. Pre-order the album today and you'll receive a code to download the album immediately. We will ship your order on September 23 -- two weeks before street date!
9.16
Land of Talk is featured on NPR's All Songs Considered. Listen to it here.
8.19
Rhapsody will be airing a live webcast of Two Gallants on Wednesday 8/20. You can watch it here.
7.30
Neva Dinova has four live performances and an interview up now at Roxwel.com.
7.17
We'd like to welcome Land of Talk and Sebastien Grainger to the Saddle Creek family. We're tremendously excited to be working with both of them. Look for full length releases in October. Sebastien Grainger's American Names digital EP is available now!
Georgie James' episode of NPR's Project Song has been nominated for an Emmy in the category of New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming! Check out the episode here.
7.10
Earlier today in San Francisco Maria Taylor's van was broken into. We're hoping some of these items may turn up online or in local San Francisco pawn shops. Please take a look at this list and keep your eyes open! If you have any information or are ready and willing to help us keep watch on ebay, craigslist, etc send a message to info@saddle-creek.com
Stolen Gear:
Left-handed RED Gretch Tennessee Rose Guitar
Left-handed Martin Acoustic Guitar
Left-handed WHITE American Fender Precision bass (w/ green pick guard)
Right-handed PURPLE Fender Jazz Bass guitar
Right-handed 1976 BLACK Les Paul Deluxe
Right-handed Alvarez acoustic guitar (Hand painted white w/ black swirls. Guitar strap is nailed on)
Boss Tuner Pedal
Boss distortion Pedal
7.08
Self-titled Daily has posted a studio update from Tim Kasher of Cursive. Check it out here.
7.07
Son Ambulance is the Artist of the Day at SPIN.com. Check it out here.
6.12
Sound Opinions is a weekly rock and roll talk show hosted by Chicago Sun-Times' Jim DeRogatis and Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot. On this week's episode, Cursive sits down with Jim and Greg live in their hometown to perform some never-before-heard tracks. Find out when Sound Opinions airs in your area, or subscribe to podcast at soundopinions.org.
6.02
Oregon Public Radio just posted a new interview and live session with Georgie James. It was taped during their acoustic west coast tour a couple months ago. They played 6 songs, including 2 covers! check it out here.
5.22
Neva Dinova has a video interview on prefixmag.com. Check it out here.
5.16
Georgie James dropped in on the Fuel TV folks during their recent west coast tour. John and Laura, as an 'acoustic duo', performed "Cake Parade" and "Need Your Needs".
John Davis, of Georgie James, has his very own specialty show on XM Radio! The show is called 1, 2, 3, 4 More More More, and it's on every Saturday at 4pm eastern time on the XMU Channel (43). He'll be playing lots of classic power pop, new wave, punk, post-punk, indie rock and more. You'll also hear a good helping of the bands of today that are keeping the tradition going. For playlists, show info, links to bands you hear on the show, special guests, etc, check out the myspace page for the show.
5.13
Cursive will be the special guests on an upcoming edition of Sound Opinions. The performance and interview taping will take place at 3pm on May 19 at The Waiting Room in Omaha. Admission is free.
5.12
Check out the new Tokyo Police Club video for "In A Cave". It was part of MTVU & Best Film On Campus' "Breaking the Video" Competition. TPC choose Olan Rodgers and his cup on a string telephone idea to direct.
Cursive stopped by the Daytrotter studios last month to record a short set before their Iowa City show that night. The set consists of one Cursive classic, and two brand new songs! Check it out here.
4.30
Synthesis.net did an interview at SXSW with Neva Dinova's Jake Bellows. Check it out here.
4.29
Neva Dinova performed a couple songs in The Current studios. Check them out here. You can watch their music video for "Clouds" here.
Also, be sure to check out Tokyo Police Club's interview and performance airing on Wednesday night at 8:30pm on YrockOnXPN.org, and live on air at 88.5fm in Philadelphia.
4.17
Independent record stores across the country will be celebrating Record Store Day this Saturday, April 19th with giveaways, special releases, in-store performances and goodie bags for customers. Check out the list of participating stores here to find the store closest to you to support. If you're in the Omaha area, be sure to swing by Homer's in the Old Market at 2pm for a solo acoustic set from Jake Bellows of Neva Dinova.
4.14
Tokyo Police club will be performing at the Virgin Union Square Megastore on April 22nd. If you purchase the new CD/LP Elephant Shell at the Union Square location you'll receive a wristband for priority entrance to the performance and meet & greet. Space is limited, so please arrive early. 7:00 PM, meet and greet following performance.
4.08
Broken Spindles' new limited edition album Document Number One is now available. You can order it here.
3.26
Tokyo Police Club have been invited back to play on The Late Show with David Letterman on April 23rd. Set those tivos!
Also, TPC’s "In A Cave" has been selected by our friends at The Current as their song of the day on April 9th.
3.25
TPC’s debut album Elephant Shell is now available digitally on our online store. (320 Kbps non-DRM MP3’s) In addition to the instant album download, you’ll receive another link via email on April 8th for a 5 track remix bonus disc featuring remixes by Dntel, Field Music, The Good Life, Tom Campesinos, and Flowers Forever.
We’ve made the special edition CD and 180 gram LP available for pre-order as well. The special edition CD comes with the remix bonus disc. The 180 gram LP comes with a digital download card so you can download the album and remixes. They will ship from our Omaha headquarters on April 8th, two weeks before street date!
So you want the CD or LP, but April 8th is too long to wait to put the record on your ipod? No worries. When you pre-order Elephant Shell on CD or LP you’ll receive a link instantaneously via email to download the entire album.
Order:
DIGITAL
LTD. EDITION CD + DIGITAL
180 GRAM LP + DIGITAL
3.21
Check out Georgie James on MTVU's Backstage Pass!
3.03
Check out Georgie James' live performance on Soundcheck here.
2.18
Georgie James' "Need Your Needs" is on the new KEXP podcast. If you are not already a subscriber you can subscribe on itunes or KEXP.
Broken Spindles has a new limited edition album available at brokenspindles.com. Visit the site for details/ordering info.
2.11
Congratulations to Saddle Creek graphic artist Zack Nipper for winning the best record packaging Grammy last night for Bright Eyes' Cassadaga!
2.07
Georgie James will be performing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on Wednesday 2/27. They will be releasing a digital single of Cake Parade on 2/19, as well as a 7" through our online store soon after. Stay tuned for more info.
2.06
We are very pleased to announce that Georgie James has been selected as one of MTVU's Freshman 5 for the spring semester! MTVU will be featuring the band in a number of different ways. (interviews, backstage pass, live shows, etc). You can vote for "Need Your Needs" as your favorite Freshman 5 video at here.
2.05
John Davis from Georgie James will be the guest host for the month of February on the XM's AIRTime radio show on XMU (Channel 43). The first show airs on Tuesday the 5th, and on every Tuesday night in February at 10pm Eastern/7pm Pacific. There are encore airings on Wednesday at 2pm Eastern/11am Pacific and again on Thursday at 6am Eastern/3am Pacific.
1.30
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band will be playing
Feb 1, 2008 at Pasaguero. The address is Motolinia 33 Col. Centro, Mexico.
1.29
Have you ever had a question you wanted to ask Georgie James? Well now is your chance. John and Laura are filming a 'Backstage Pass' segment for MTVU at the end of February. As part of the program, they will be answering some fan questions. To submit a question go here. The deadline for questions is February 29th.
1.29
Eric Bachmann performed live and was interviewed on Soundcheck. Listen to the segment here.
1.10
Two Gallants' performance on Jimmy Kimmel (originally 1/3), will be repeating again on 1/11. Watch the performance here. 2Gs also played 'reflections of the marionette' that can be seen on EW.com's PopWatch section.
1.09
Happy New Year! We wanted to start off 2008 with a quick reflection back on what 2007 had to offer. We've once again teamed up with our friends at Bittorrent.com to bring you a brand new MP3 sampler. As a New Year's gift we are making songs from each of our 2007 full-length releases available as part of a free sampler. Including songs from Maria Taylor, Bright Eyes, Two Gallants, Georgie James, The Good Life, and Art In Manila. This is the first time these songs have been available free of charge. Enjoy!
1.08
Click here to view a slideshow of Zack Nipper's Grammy nominated artwork for Bright Eyes' Cassadaga.
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