GILGONGO RECORDS

OLD NEWS.

(4/18/08).
There's a label feature on Gilgongo in this months batch of FOXY DIGITALIS writings.
Check out the piece, here: http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/features.php?whichlh=79

Few new things in the distro, Meneguar's brand new weirdo record of oddly arranged songs.
It's great, as is the new PARADOX #10, a book/zine collection of collages from American Tapes
projects, limited as all AMTAPES ae, but beautifully / professionally done, and comes with a CDr or
scathing John Olson meanderings.

(4/5/08).
Two new JAMES FELLA CDRs out now!
"Salvaged Tape" - a collection of rescued recordings from various cassettes.
"Meditation Music for..." - audio CDr of a piece used for absentee live set on 3/27/08.
More info and ordering info, here.

Still BRAND NEW:
FRENCH QUARTER - s/t CD (CD only version of the s/t LP/CD).
FOOT VILLAGE - "Friendship Nation" LP.
LITTLE WOMEN - "Teeth" LP.

Still UP NEXT:
MARRIED IN BERDICHEV - Limited Edition 7"
THE JUNIPER STRAIN - discog LP/CDr.

Weird times here in Tempe, AZ.
Trust me, I'm being honest.

(3/19/08).
FOOT VILLAGE - "Friendship Nation" LP is OUT NOW! Order: here.
(should be in "stores" towards the begining of April, same with the French Quarter s/t CD version and
Little Women - "Teeth" LP. Feel free to ask your local shop to pick these up for you if you'd prefer to not
do it over the "world wide internet".

March continues to be a crazy // insane month. Awesome shows, literally every day. The Foot Village / Friends
Forever / Old Time Relijun / Soft Shoulder / Twin Crystals one was a blast, but then again, so has been
seeing / playing / killnig time with (VxPxC), These Are Powers (check this band out, incredible!), Mt. Eerie, Extra Life,
The New Bloods + Magic Johnson, Mika Miko and so on,... check the "tours" page if you're in Arizona, there's an
on going list of all of the shows that are going on this month!

FRENCH QUARTER / JAMES FELLA / BRI WHITE - west coast tour in JUNE! Get in touch if you'd liek to help
with a show in your town!

Hope everyone is well! // Thanks!

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(3/8/08).
Hectic times!

FRENCH QUARTER - s/t CD version is out now!
LITTLE WOMEN - "Teeth" LP is also out now!
"out now" meaning: you can buy them off of this website.
These should start showing up in stores towards the end of April.
FOOT VILLAGE - "Friendship Nation" LP will be out around the same time.
However, they'll have their copies with them next week at SXSW.

Here in Phoenix, "March Madness" aka SXSW traffic month continues,...
Amazing shows from (VxPxC), Mount Eerie and These Are Powers this week.
Tomorrow night, Bri White will be playing with Kimya Dawson at Trunkspace.
And next week, Mika Miko, No Age and George Moshington at Trunkspace on Monday.
Old Time Relijun, Foot Village, Friends Forever, Kevin Shields, Twin Crystals, Soft Shoulder at Trunkspace on Tuesday.
check the "tours" part of the site for the whole Month's list of shows!

Hope everyone is well, feel free to get in touch!

(3/1/08).
Things have been hectic, very busy, but overall okay. March is always the worst / best for shows, at all free time outside
of normal work gets eaten up by amazing bands playing on their way to / from SXSW, it just happens. I'm playing 10 times
thing month in various bands / projects, and that's exciting, but also a bit much.

Check out the "tours" section of the site if you'd like to see what's going on, or live here in Phoenix and want
to come hang out!

That being said,...
Little Women's debut LP "Teeth" will be available to buy online next week, it should be in some stores and all of that mid March,
the 18th more than likely. If you'd prefer to pick it up from your local shop, ask them and point them in Revolver USA's direction.
If they order for their store from Revolver, they can get it, and then you get it when you actually pay for it, and the store
makes a few bucks too.

At the same time: French Quarter's s/t LP/CD will also be re-released as a CD-only version, in the nearly obsolete "jewel case"
packaging, popular in the 1990s and early 2000s. Same deal, feel free to ask your local shop to grab a copy for you, and if you
live in a city with a record store that has an A.I.M.S. listening station, this is supposed to be in the April edition.

2/09/08
LITTLE WOMEN - "Teeth" LP - out 3/04/08.
update in the next couple of days,...
new James Fella CDr
new Soft Shoulder "commercial"
bunch of new stuff will be added to the distro in the next couple of days.
Will do another update then!

BLOG RELOCATION: http://www.gilgongorecords.com/blog

1/13/08
People who live in Arizona, please take part in this event:

Tuesday 1/15/08 @ Trunkspace (Phoenix).
FRENCH QUARTER / MARRIED IN BERDICHEV
JAMES FELLA / BRI WHITE / FOOT OX
8:00 info: get in touch!

It will be a tour kickoff show for FRENCH QUARTER.
few week west coast tour: (click here for dates!)

Next up: LITTLE WOMEN - "Teeth" LP. Debut LP from NYC prog / jazz group, features
Ben from Zs and art by Mick Barr (Orthrelm, Crom-Tech, Quixotic, etc).

few new things in the distro (which you can get to by clicking here).
(such as: PRE's debut LP and CHEAP ART's demo tape (both are so good)).

Hope everyone is well!

12/20/07.
FRENCH QUARTER - s/t LP (comes with CD version) is OUT NOW!
additional info and ordering info, here. (will not be in stores until mid-January)!
Sorry for the delay! Very excited that this great record is ready to enjoy!

12/5/07.
SEE SHEARING PINX + MUTATORS ON TOUR, WEST COAST / RIGHT NOW.
Got some more (last copies!) of the ShPx / Silver Daggers 7"s, so the below deals are still good!
Update in a couple weeks: lots of new distro things and the French Quarter LP as well!

11/25/07.
A quick heads up, just got copies of SHEARING PINX' "Ultra Snake" LP, which Nic of the Pinx released on his own
label, ISOLATED NOW WAVES! They are $13 on their own, or you can do this,...
- "Ultra Snake" LP + "Poison Hands" CD (Gilgongo). $20ppd
- "Ultra Snake" LP + "Poison Hands" CD (Gilgongo) + "Caves" 7" (DNT) - $23ppd
- "Ultra Snake" LP + "Poison Hands" CD (Gilgongo) + split 7" w/ Silver Daggers (Arbor) - $23ppd
- "Ultra Snake" LP + "Poison Hands" CD (Gilgongo) + "Caves" 7" (DNT) + split 7" w/ Silver Daggers (Arbor) $26ppd.

If you're interested, get in touch fast, don't have many of the 7"s! More news and the such soon!

James / jamesfella@hotmail.com

11/18/07.
While FRENCH QUARTER is finishing up his US tour with Alas, Alak, Alaska and Foot Ox (and getting home in
time for a TEMPE Thanksgiving), ZS are playing a string of shows with The Locust, Sleeping People and Yip Yip.

11.17.07 - Valentines 17 New Scotland Ave., Albany NY. 8pm and $12advance/$15@door.
11.18.07 - The Living Room 23 Rathbone St., Providence, RI. 7pm, $12.
11.19.07 - Maxwell's 1039 Washington St., Hoboken, NJ. $12advance/$15@door.
11.20.07 - Knitting Factory 74 Leonard Street, New York, NY. 8pm, $12advance/$15@door.
11.21.07 - Ottobar 2549 N. Howard St., Baltimore, MD. 10pm, $12advance/$14@door.

Also, in case you missed it (as this is somewhat old news now), ZS were played on the Howard Stern show several
times. In the words of ZS: "The newest Zs release Arms was "played" on the Howard Stern Show yesterday morning.
It may not be the most flattering praise of our album, but its pretty damn funny. We'd be more than psyched if 'Balk'
became the intro into Robin's news segment..." Howard and crew also made their own Zs-esque band, also very
perfect. They say they will open the show with the Locust on 11/20 at the Knitting Factory,... will they?
clips...
http://www.zzzsss.com/mp3/zs_stern.mp3
http://www.zzzsss.com/mp3/zs_stern3c.mp3

Also, if you have any interest, you can vote for Zs' "Arms" in the "Avant Garde Album of the Year" via the Plug Awards,
here: http://www.plugawards.com/general_vote.php

Backing up,.. FRENCH QUARTER's first full length record, a s/t LP (that comes with a CD), will be out fairly soon. The
promos (reviews and stores and rrrradio copies) will all go out at the same time next week! If you have something
going on where you would like a copy for review or radio play (of this or ANY OTHER Gilgongo stuff) please just get
in touch!

I just moved in to a new place, Bri White and I, which we are very happy with, in downtown Tempe. We're still settling
in, and there's not internet connection until next weekend (so sorry for slow and short replies to e-mails in the meantime).
Lot's of cool stuff going on, Aids Wolf played here and were fantastic, I played a solo set with them which ended with a
sax jam in the corner closet of Modified,... Demons play tomorrow night, a fantastic Meneguar / Pillars and Tongues / Bri
White house show in Phoenix a couple of weeks ago,... Pukers (Andy from Raccoo-oo-oon and friends) play 12/8 at
Trunkspace, and Stay Fucked on 12/10 also at Trunkspace.
Hope everyone is well!

10/08/07.
SOFT SHOULDER - "Hit Single" 7" is OUT NOW!
JAMES FELLA - "5:59" lathe 7" is OUT OF PRINT!
ZS - "Arms" LP + "Buck" CD for $17ppd is an infinite "deal"!

Please check out GOWNS, who are on tour right now, and awesome.
"real update" later this week!
Thanks // James

10/06/07.
ZS - "Arms" LP is OUT NOW!
JAMES FELLA - "5:59" lathe 7" is OUT NOW! (e-mail for a copy, very limited).
SOFT SHOULDER - "2 Song Hit Single" 7" - few weeks!
FRENCH QUARTER - s/t LP+CD - late Oct (he has 50 tests with him, now)!
THE JUNPER STRAIN - LP+DVDr - late Oct (?).

9/3/07.
ZS - "Arms" LP will be out Sept 25th, but you can now order it here. I will be in Portland from the 5th to the 10th,
so all orders will ship out on the 11th or 12th. If you order between now and then, and perhaps a little after, you
have the option of getting the LP AND Zs' "Buck" (live) CD for $17ppd total. Both options are already up, here.

SOFT SHOULDER's new two song 7" will be out a few weeks later, with FRENCH QUARTERS' long overdue first
proper full length soon after that. It will be an LP-only release, all of which will come with "real" CDs inside them.
Stephen will be going on a couple-month-long-tour in October and November, with another central AZ singer / song-
writer / genius, Teague Cullen (Foot Ox).

Some new non-Gilgongo releases that are related and out there,... a new Tent/City CDr on Arbor CDr and a new
James Fella (okay, me) cassette on JK Tapes. Both are low-runs, check them out quick if you're interested + can.

Hope everyone is well, summer is almost over, more over 110+ days ever this year. Very hot and awful.

9/2/07.
LUKE H from Australia, please e-mail me regarding your order, I am not getting replies to my e-mails to you.

8/12/07.
SOFT SHOULDER - 2 song 7" - Sept.
ZS - "Arms" LP - September 25th.
THE JUNIPER STRAIN - LP+CDr - Sept / Oct.
FRENCH QUARTER - s/t LP+CD - Oct / Nov.

Lot's of work need to be done on all of these, mostly just physical labor, but they are getting there.

Some new stuff in the distro, Raccoo-oo-oon's newest improv LP (recorded the same time as the material on the 7"
and "Behold Secret Kingdom", Heartwarmer's "Honeymoon" LP, which after being one of my favorite things for
years now as a burned CDr, is now finally available in the most beautiful and perfect packaging possible, I love it, and
a new 7" from Vancouver's Mutators, who just played an awesome show with Soft Shoulder here in Phoenix, total
punk / grunge / death. All this and lots more: store / distro.

Hope everyone is doing well // feel free to get in touch: jamesfella@hotmail.com

7/20/07.

(((TOURS))).

RACCOO-OO-OON and BINGES just finished up the western half of Raccoo-oo-oon's summer long US tour. TENT/CITY
played the AZ and southern California shows, which were all extremely incredible and full of wonderful people / at
some fantastic places. The Tent/City sets were all over the place, including in the middle of the woods outside of
Che Cafe in San Diego, and with the LA show at the Smell ending with a good hundred or so small telephone bells
being thrown at each other by everyone in the front room of the Smell. ...a huge thanks to the guys from the VxPxC
crew in LA, who hooked everyone up with a second LA show at their awesome gallery space, Echo Curio. ...and
to Britt / NNF fof helping co-ordinate all of that mess too! Keep an eye and ear out on a Binges / Tent/City split of
some sort this fall!

SHEARING PINX are on the road right now, wrapping up a lengthy US tour. They have a limited edition version of their
new LP, "Ultra Snake" with them. I think it's every bit as awesome as the "Poison Hands" CD on Gilgongo, and
honestly love those guys / girl more than anything else, such nice people and I love what they're doing so much. There
is a write-up / interview with them in the new issue of SKYSCRAPER magazine (#25) which is out NOW! On tour with
them is Portland's Meghan Remy, who's solo project U.S. GIRLS is playing most of the shows. She has a CDr of material
under that name with her, and I recommend getting it because it's fucking awesome.

NIGHT WOUNDS are also about half-way through a U.S. tour as well. They'll be coming through Phoenix next week and
I'm pretty stoked, I haven't seen them play in over a year now. The three way split 7" with Soft Shoulder and Knit Witch
is still supposed to be going down, but in the meanwhile they have copies of their LP on Woodsist and CD on Corleone
with them, and have some other awesome things in the works, including a split lathe 7" with TWIN CRYSTALS on the
PERFECT lathe label, Deer and Bird from Vancouver.

((NEWS)).

Myself and some other label people have been having some issues with the notifylist e-mail list system, basically meaning:
some messages that are sent out are never received by anyone, and just posted to the lists' archive. Obviously very
annoying. ...if this does not show up in my own inbox, I am going to resend it once or twice, so I apologize if any of you get
this one more than once. ...I'm looking for a good replacement for the list, I love how basic and easy this one is, but I think
it goes without saying that an improvement would be the ability of people on the list to get the messages, right?

The BRI WHITE / JAMES FELLA split 7" is out now, but not in stores at all yet. It will actually probably end up in the regular
European spots before the stateside spots, which is sort of silly, but just how it went down on this one. I have ink all over
my hands, as I just finished up dubbing and painting another Bri / James split, this one a short tape (which will be released
on C-Salt, the "recordable media" part of Gilgongo), 4 new guitar songs from Bri and one noise / guitar collage from me, all
of which was recorded while I was visiting Bri up in Portland last week, which was fantastic. I love Bri, and despite that
fact that it was hot and muggy, we had a ton of fun. (Which included meeting Val from Double Fantasy records and
checking out Exiled, my new favorite record store, and eating freshly baked green olive bread).

There is a new SOFT SHOULDER 7" which will be done sometime in August, a two song 45rpm "hit single" 7", which will
be a juke-box sort of record, all of which will come with those plastic 45 adapters and with individually hand-painted /
recycled 7" covers, in a run of 600 more than likely. Soft Shoulder also recently released a noise CDr on Chicago's
ARBOR label.

A little after that, ZS' new studio full length "Arms" will be out. Everything is here and ready, just in the production process
and waiting on the CD version to be ready, which will be coming out on Planaria Inc from NYC. After that, hopefully FRENCH
QUARTER's LP/CD can see the light of day!

Some other stuff planned for fall that I'm ultra excited about, an LP of SILVER DAGGERS radio-recorded material, an LP for
Little Women (Ben from Zs' other prog/jazz unit) and a CD compiling my own recent recordings / releases.

Hope everyone is very well, please get in touch with any questions or anything at all.

7/7/06.
SHEARING PINX are the best band / people in the world, go see them on tour, now.
Makes me sad that you only get to spend a few hours with such great people.

I will be in Portland from Tuesday 7/10 - Sunday 7/15. Anything ordered (in the past couple
of days and) before Monday will go out on tuesday before I leave. (This includes copies
of the newest releases to Forte, Gilgongo's European distributer).

When I get home, new mailing list. The one I've been using has been messing up a bunch,
not just for me, but for a few others who use the same service.

I'll have my computer with me, just obviously not records.
Questions // good input on places to hit up in PDX, ect - jamesfella@hotmail.com

Hope everyone is well!

MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/gilgongorecords
Get in touch for anything at all. jamesfella@hotmail.com

7/5/07.
Jamie Stra - blind_superhero@yahoo.co.uk - my e-mails to you are being returned as
undeliverable. Please get in touch with another e-mail address or on the Gilgongo
myspace maybe? Sorry.

7/4/07.
The five shows Tent/City played with Raccoo-oo-oon and Binges were incredible, some of
the most memorable shows I've ever played, from a set that was 100 feet into the thick
forest that surrounds the Che Cafe, to a set that ended with the entire front room of the
Smell screaming and throwing small telephone ringer bells at each other, to a super warm
Echo Curio show to a packed gallery of the most appreciative and positive people ever, to
playing with so many rad bands in such a short amount of time (Foot Village, Deep Jew,
Bobby Birdman, Lucky Dragons, Pocahaunted). Really great people + shows.

PORTLAND: I had Bri's e-mail address wrong on the last update. She is still totally into
playing whatever shows you've got going on, only this time around I'll supply a working
e-mail address: timeforawalk@gmail.com.

Can't wait: Shearing Pinx / U.S. Girls (M. Remy) / Soft Shoulder - here in PHX, 7/5 at Trunkspace.

Hope everyone is well!

MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/gilgongorecords
Get in touch for anything at all. jamesfella@hotmail.com

6/20/07.
BRI WHITE / JAMES FELLA - split 7" is out now! I'm really excited about how this came
out, though I wish Bri was here for me to share the fun putting all of these together!
She is currently living up in Portland! If you or someone you know sets up shows in the
area, get ahold of her, she is totally ready to start playing! timeforawalk@hotmail.com.
Meanwhile, I'm doing some solo shows of my own down here, keeping busy, ect.

ZS' "Arms" LP will be out this summer, probably towards the end (to coincide with the
release of the CD version on Planaria). Also soonish, Phoenix singer-songwriter FRENCH
QUARTERS' first proper full length CD/LP will be out, a 2 song Soft Shoulder 7" as well
(probably 500 copies, all with hand "painted" covers).

Lots of touring going on this summer! Raccoo-oo-oon, Night Wounds, Shearing
Pinx, Tent/City and French Quarter are all gonna be on the road. See: TOURS.

Please check out "catalog and distro" for lots of non-Gilgongo releases in addition to the
the things that have come out on the label. I've got a TON of copies of the CD version of
Raccoo-oo-oon's new full length "Behold Secret Kingdom", which came out on my sister
label from Sweden, Release the Bats!

Hope everyone is doing well! Another hot AZ summer is here in full force! Eesh!

6/1/07.
TENT CITY - "Drought" LP is finally out, now! The record is clear and one-sided,
the B-side is dual and multi-colored silk-screened, with a 20 minute set on the other.
We're all really excited about this being finished, and are really happy with how it
came out. Check more info out, here: RECORDS / ORDER. Stores: Although this is
limited to 330 copies total, REVOLVER USA will have copies in a week or so.

Up next: Bri White / James Fella - split 7"
After that: Zs - "Arms" LP, Soft Shoulder - 2 song 7"

5/14/07.
Raccoo-oo-oon and George Moshington 7"s are both out now.
Raccoo-oo-oon is on tour for 3 months with Binges, GO CHECK THEM OUT.
A week of AZ and So-Cal shows will be with Tent City - who's "Drought" LP is
finally just about ready to be considered "out".

After that, Bri White / James Fella split 7" and Soft Shoulder - 2 song 7".

There's some copies of Raccoo-oo-oon's new LP, "Behold Secret Kingdom" in
the DISTRO section, copies of the CD version are on the way. Lot's of other new
and random stuff too.

Hope everyone is very well, things are weird and crazy. It's also really hot here.

5/4/07.
RACCOO-OO-OON - s/t 7" - OUT NOW!
next week, week after,...
GEORGE MOSHINGTON - s/t 7".
TENT CITY - "Drought" LP.

4/6/07. = SPRING RE//CAP.
MADE A MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/gilgongorecords
Has some MP3s from current and upcoming records.

3/20/07.
SOFT SHOULDER / SHEARING PINX - split c-20 cassette out now on Isolated Now Waves!
If you live in Canada, pick it up from them! Isolated Now Waves
For people in the states, I have copies for the distro, here.

3/09/07.
GANG WIZARD - "The Atlas of Cancer" LP
BABY GECKO / SOFT SHOULDER - split 7".
BOTH OUT NOW!

Europe: I hope you're all enjoying RACCOO-OO-OON right now!

2/12/07.
SHEARING PINX - "Poison Hands" and ZS - "Buck" CDs are both out now!
BABY GECKO / SOFT SHOULDER - split 7" in a few weeks most likely.
Zs have a couple of weeks left of their huge US tour, check them out!
Here in Phoenix, 2/16: ZS + TENT CITY @ Trunkspace.

1/19/07.
A++ / Soft Shoulder - split live cassette (Not Not Fun).
Tent City - "Cascade Trinkets" CDr (Night People).
Both out now! I've got copies of both, but go check out what these labels are up to!

1/10/07.
Night Wounds 7" is out of print. Pick up their new LP / CD, it's great!

1/9/07.
If you would like a copy of Night Wounds' "Rat Magic" 7", now's a good time to order.
These are just about gone and there's no plans to have them repressed.
If you haven't checked out their full length, "Allergic to Heat" (LP on Woodsist, CD on Corleone),
you really should, it came out great. Three way split 7" with Knit Witch and soft Shoulder out soonish.

Woods' new full length, "At Rear House" is out now! CD on Shrimper, LP will be on Woodsist soon.
It looks and sounds great, Tempe, AZ is going crazy over it, I swear. I'll probably have a bunch of the LPs.

Lot's of half finished projects which will come together soon. Again, sorry.

Happy New Year! 2007 seems like it's going to be great.

12/27/06.
I just got 10 copies of the GRIME HUT cassette. It's a live set recorded earlier this year.
GRIME HUT is members of Night Wounds, Shearing Pinx and Pretty Thigh.
Free noise jams / no planning slams. Already out of print, so: (buy from the distro).

12/24/06.
JAMES FELLA / SHIVERS - split CDr (C-Salt). OUT NOW!
NIGHT WOUNDS - "Allergic to Heat" LP out now on Woodsist. The record looks and sounds great.

Many records for sale, here: "GILGONGO TRAVELING RECORD STORE".

11/07/06.
Interview about the label in Phoenix Art Space. read it: here.

11/06/06.
Out now: French Quarter - "Live in the Alley Behind the Elna Rae House" live CDr (C-Salt / Gilgongo).
also now: James Fella - "Nomadic Sounds" C-10 cassette. (C-Salt / Gilgongo).

Lot's of records coming out soon. Sorry things have been so slow. However, between now and
christmas, the Tent City and Juniper Strain LPs will see the light of day,... the Shearing Pinx CD,
Baby Gecko / Soft Shoulder split 7" and Zs' "Arms" LP as well.

10/01/06.
This summer has been really weird. I'm pretty sure I'm insane, or at least on my way there.

Anyway, "news",...
NIGHT WOUNDS' awesome full length, "Allergic to Heat", will be out soon as an LP on Woodsist,
which is Jeremy from Woods / Meneguar / Fuck It Tapes' label, and as a CD on Corleone. Both
labels are awesome. WOODS have a full length CD coming out soon on Shrimper, extremely excited
for that too. Aside from the two split 7"s, SOFT SHOULDER are also going to do one of the many in a
series of split cassettes that SHEARING PINX are doing with other bands on Isolated Now Waves.
TENT CITY's "current" releases are all out of print, but aside from the upcoming LP, there's going to be
a CDr of studio recorded material on Arbor CDr, and a cassette on Tape Tektoniks from Germany.
There might be a few self-released things coming up here and there too. Tape Tektoniks is also doing
a split CDr of myself and Shivers, which is a project of Ulf's, who runs the label. I'm going to do a US
version on C-Salt. Our two versions will have different art.

Tons of new stuff in the "distro" or whatever you would like to call it. Check it out.

Really excited about all of the upcoming releases.
Thanks for everyone who's been so supportive and rad and awesome. "Love", very much so.

8/30/06.
Fathers Day - "I Don't Want To Do This" 7" OUT NOW!
James Fella / Treetops - split CDr (on C-Salt) OUT NOW!

8/12/06.
Soft Shoulder sold out. We have a myspace: http://www.myspace.com/softshoulderfromtempe

8/02/06.
Out now:
FATHERS DAY - "I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS" 7" (early version) available from the band only.
Normal version should be out in several weeks. Meanwhile, check out a live video from a halloween show on 7-29-06!
Also meanwhile, check out the piece on their frontman, Ryan Avery, in this week's Phoenix New Times. He's on the cover.
REINDEER TIGER TEAM 7" - Out of Print. (Try some places from the links section).

7/26/06.
REINDEER TIGER TEAM 7" - LAST copies, if you want it, now's a good time to get one.
"DRY TRIBES: LIVE IN TEMPE, AZ" - Tent City / Quintana Roo / Black Monk / Haunted Castle - CDr. Out NOW. (Not Not Fun).

7/22/06.
Shepards CS (Fuck It Tapes) and Shepards / Quintana Roo CS (Fuck It Tapes / Not Not Fun) out now!
(Shepards: Woods + Lucas / Nonhorse + more. Quintana Roo: Knit Witch / Robedoor / Not Not Fun folks).
Both bands play celestial / cerebral drone. QR have a site and some rad tapes, here.

Wigwam / Tent City split cassette (Not Not Fun) = OOP. however,...
Haunted Castle / Black Monk / Quintana Roo / Tent City - live in Tempe, AZ - CD-R (Not Not Fun) = out soon!
I have an article in the last issue of Heartattack (#50), which is also out now. Sad to see it go.

stuff in AZ.
7/29/06 - HALLOWEEN SHOW! at Trunkspace, Phoenix! (Seriouslty, you need to wear a costume)!
w/ Pretty Thigh. Fathers Day. Soft Shoulder. Cottages. Miami Heat. Travels (With My Aunt). (click for flier).
7/31/06 - Mika Miko. Red Dress Press. Pretty Thigh. (at Cottage House - Flagstaff, AZ).
8/03/06 - Abe Vigoda. Bark Bark Bark. Soft Shoulder. (at Trunkspace - Phoeniz, AZ).

7/15/06.
Check out Reindeer Tiger Team on tour with Paranthetical Girls, west coast, right now.
Hit their myspace for accurate data on the shows!

Wigwam / Tent City - split cassette is out now. Buy it from Not Not Fun.
Night Wounds - "tour" cassette is out now. Buy it from Fuck It Tapes.
Woods / Raccoo-oo-oon - split LP on Not Not Fun is OOP, but I have a few copies, here.
James Fella - "Sound Recordings #1" is out now on Gilgongo via C-Salt.

6/25/06.
Night Wounds / Kiosk / Hot Girls Cool Guys / Finally Punk all played / stayed here a couple days.
First show was at Modfiied, second show was at Ryan's house in Tempe, both totally ruled.
All four of these bands are on full US tours and you definatly should be heading out to see them.
Night Wounds and Hot Girls Cool Guys - tour just started, going counter-clockwise from LA.
Kiosk and Finally Punk - tour's half way over - still hitting the east coast, midwest.

Kiosk are flying from Chicago back to LA and playing another show there before flying back
home to Australia. I think there's a chance Soft Shoulder might go out and play it, but I think I'll
be heading out for it regardless. This band is super fun and beyond sweet people, and seeing as
they are from Australia, I doubt I'm going to see them in another month or two, you know?

The Juniper Strain and Tent City LPs showed up, but had to send them back because they were
all shaped like bowls. Both LPs are one-sided, and I guess the blank stamper the plant used on
both of them was not correctly made. It's not a big deal, they're getting repressed, but it's still
annoying. ...Not sure when George Moshington 7" is happening, I'm really just helping out on that
one. Knit Witch / Night Wounds / Soft Shoulder 7" is gonna have to wait till Night Wounds are done
with tour.

Stuff going on in Arizona.
6/24/06 - Soft Shoulder is playing a benefit at Trunkspace to help pay for an A/C installation.
6/26/06 - Fathers Day and George Moshington are opening for Good Riddance. Should be hilarious!
6/27/06 - The Blow. YAGHT. Thunder Sundress. Soft Shoulder. + more. (Trunkspace - Phoenix).
6/28/06 - Haunted Castle. Black Monk. Quintana Roo. Tent City. (Ryans house, Tempe - get in touch)!
7/15/06 - Zs and Tent City. (Trunkspace - Phoenix). (World/Inferno are playing at Pkush in Tucson)!
7/18/06 - Byron House, Noumena, Blue Shift, and ??? (Trunkspace - Phoenix).
7/19/06 - Plague of Dandelions. Soft Shoulder(?). (Ryans house, Tempe - get in touch)!
7/29/06 - Pretty Thigh. Fathers Day. Soft Shoulder. Cottages. Miami Heat. (Trunkspace - Phoenix).
7/31/06 - Mika Miko. Red Dress Press. (Cottage House - Flagstaff).
8/03/06 - Abe Vigoda. Bark Bark Bark. Soft Shoulder. (Trunkspace - Phoenix).

Hope everyone is doing great!

6/6/06.
Woods dropped off most of the tour with Raccoo-oo-oon due to Lucas / Nonhorse having
a lot of stuff stolen during a break in before they left. (He couldn't go with). However, their
awesome split LP with Raccoo-oo-oon is out on Not Not Fun. It's just fantastic! They have a
full length coming out on Shrimper in the near future.

Night Wounds' "Allergic to Heat" full length is coming out on Jeremy's (WOODS) label, Woodsist.
They have a cassette coming out on his cassette label as well, Fuck It Tapes. June / July, they
are doing a huge full U.S. tour with Hot Girls Cool Guys, a bunch of those dates will line up with
Kiosk and Finally Punk's tour too.

Reindeer Tiger Team's 7" is running low on copies, I might do a repress later, but it depends on
lots of things. In the meantime, there are plenty of copies of the CD version available from both
them and myself. (They did a CD version independantly at the same time that the 7" came out).
Also, they are leaving AZ and moving to NY, which is unfortunate, because even though we
don't spend as much time together as I wish we would, I love those quys a real lot.

Tent City have some releases coming up other than the 12",... a split cassette with Wigwam on
Not Not Fun, a few self-released things (a VHS, a CD-r that comes with pieces of the rug from the
stage at Stinkweeds, Tempe - which recently closed and the release will pat tribute to), and a
release on Arbor CDR too.

Stuff going on here in Arizona.
6/07/06 - Worms. Soft Shoulder. at 36 Chambers in Tucson.
6/08/06 - Iron Lung in Phoenix. at??
6/10/06 - Coughs. Dynasty. Soft Shoulder. at Trunkspace in Phoenix.
6/19/06 - Night Wounds. Kiosk. Hot Girls Cool Guys. Finally Punk! Soft Shoulder. at Modified in Phoenix.
6/28/06 - Haunted Castle. Quintana Roo. Black Monk. Tent City. at Ryan's House in Tempe.

5/7/06.
RACCOO-OO-OON and WOODS (w/ NONHORSE) MAY TOUR.
mostly just the East (unfortunatly for me), but playing a few shows with some
awesome folks, such as Sword Heaven, Wigwam and Haunted Castle.
dates and lots of info on Raccoo-oo-oon's site: RACCOO-OO-OON.
NIGHT WOUNDS - JUNE / JULY TOUR.
a bunch of these shows will line up with Kiosk / Finally Punk's tour. (Such is the
case here in Phoenix, AZ). Whole things should be a serious blast! They're live
cassette should be coming together sometime soon on neighbor cassette label,
Workout Tapes. Also, their LP should be out by tour!
dates and info as stuff get's set up, here: NIGHT WOUNDS.

updated - 4/26/06.
The Juniper Strain and Tent City records have been sent out into the wide world
to be turned into large circles that will be used on record players in a couple of
months. I'm totally excited for both of these. After that, a three way split 7" with
Knit Witch, Night Wounds and Soft Shoulder. I'm extremely stoked on that too!

Be sure to check out Night Wounds this summer when they pass through your
town on a full U.S. tour with Hot Girls Cool Guys. Super nice people and a blast to
see play. They have an LP in the works which is supposed to be out by the time
they hit the road, and as I found out while riding through only the most dangerous
neighborhoods of LA in early April, it's really good.

Also, I am going to be leaving Tempe for about four months. Not a big deal or anything,
but I'll only be checking to PO Box like twice a week at most. I'm pretty excited for my
return in September though, definatly. In the meantime, sorry for slacking on stuff,
specifically personal communications. I've been super busy packing stuff up for my
temporary move, and not stop music stuff. (Just played three days in a row). I've
had very little free time with all of that stuff on top of work, so, just saying, sorry.

While I'm gone, I'll have plenty of time to zone out and do stuff. I'm pretty excited.

Lot's of awesome things going on in Phoenix lately. Here's what I'm up to,...
4/29/06 - Ryan Avery's "REAL COACHELLA" (Trunkspace - Phx, AZ).
5/02/06 - Stephan Flynn / Tent City (collab?). 8-Bit Porno. (Trunkspace - Phx, AZ).
5/09/06 - Coke Ballons. Soft Shoulder. + more. (Trunkspace - Phx, AZ).
5/23/06 - Exceptor. Tent City. Black Air (Oscilating Innards, Pedestrian Deposit, Rita collab). (Modified Arts - Phx, AZ).
5/25/06 - Shoplifting. Red Dress Press. Soft Shoulder. Silkwood. (Modified - Phx, AZ).
6/10/06 - Coughs. Dynasty. Rose for Bodhan. Soft Shoulder. (Trunkspace - Phx, AZ).
6/19/06 - Night Wounds. Kiosk. Hot Girls Cool Guys. Finally Punk. Soft Shoulder. (Modified Arts - Phx, AZ).

real fast (again!) - 4/7/06
Thursday, April 20th.
The One AM Radio. (Hrishikesh Hirway).
Khale. (of Sun, Cancelled).
Wool Gathering.
10:00pm. $5 at Stinkweeds Records (in Tempe).
any questions or anything, get in touch: jamesfella@hotmail.com

Seriously honestly, real update in the very near future.
Stuff gets busy, you know, big wheels keep on turning!

real fast - 4/4/06.
Tonight on ASU campus here in Arizona, Steven Reker (Reindeer Tiger Team), Yolanda
Bejarano (Snow Songs, Chula), Aaron Gerwien (Black Feet) and Robin Vining (Sweet
Bleeders, Colorstore) will perform their pieces written in reaction to several pieces of art for an
instalment: ART INSPIRES MUSIC: Interdisciplinary Gallery Project 3. There will be listening stations
to listen to the songs in their recorded format, and I believe that they will be available to purchase in the
form of a CD-r, sold at the gallery. More info, here: http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/artinspiresmusic/index.html

Real update, soon. Hope everyone is doing great!

updated - 3/20/06.
The Juniper Strain demo has been remastered and sounds awesome! I would have been totally happy
releasing it the same exact way that they sounded 5 years ago, but this just makes it even more
exciting. The extra song is a rougher sounding demo of a song I'm not sure I even remember! Things
are going to start rolling with this 12" in the next week.

At the same time, the Tent City 12" is just about ready to be sent off. It will be a live recording of a set
from last month at Trunkspace, from a show played with amazing musicians and wonderful people, The
Dead Science, who if you have not heard, I highly reccomend checking out. Tent City has some other
projects that will hopefully come together in the near future too! More info on the "Tent City project and
campaign for FREEDOM", here.

Also, I added a bunch of "distro" stuff that I have in a box in my room. Please be sure to e-mail before
paying though, because I only have a few copies of some of them. ....here.

I have a very full plate for the next couple of weeks, so if I lag on replying to e-mail by a day or two,
sorry in advance. Here's what's going on!...
3/20/06 - An Albatross. Racebannon. Gospel. Landmine Marathon. - Modified.
3/21/06 - Dirty Projectors. - Stinkweeds (PHX). also, might see Jana Hunter. - Rythem Room.
3/22/06 - Meneguar. Matt + Kim. Old Haunts. Spider and the Webs. House show in Flagstaff.
3/23/06 - Meneguar. Matt + Kim. Spores. Night Wounds. Baby Gecko. Soft Shoulder. - Trunkspace.
Friend Anne from Massachusetts will be in town during this time as well,... tons of stuff going on for sure!

Also, friends in the LA area,... I will see you very soon!
3/31/06 - Night Wounds - show at skate park(?) or Mika Miko (at the Smell?) or just hanging out(?).
4/01/06 - Meneguar. Matt and Kim. Mika Miko. Abe Vigoda. Barr. Gowns. Knit Witch. at the Smell.
...way excitied for this show on the 1st,... seems too awesome to be true! Hope it's not an April Fools!

I wrote an article in the new HeartAttack. (#49). If you would like a copy, ask for one, because I just got a
box of like 30 of them. Next issue is going to be the last issue, and when I have more time and space, I'll
explain why I feel really bad about it. In the meantime, I feel like I'll barely have time to write something for
this last issue before the upcoming deadline.

Hope everyone is doing 100% awesome!

3/01/06.
Things available,...
(3). Woods - "Ram" 7" - $4ppd.
(2). Night Wounds - "Rat Magic" 7" - $4ppd.
(1). Reindeer Tiger Team - "s/t" 7" - $4ppd.
+ some other things. Check: "records/order" for all of that.

Soon,..
(4). The Juniper Strain - (vinyl reissue of) demo (plus unreleased song). MP3 here: sounds.
(5). Tent City - one-sided 12" (?).
(non-gilgongo). James Fella - "Bedroom Drone Vs. Broken Phone" C-45 cassette. (C-Salt).

Details on The Juniper Strain record are getting worked out.
Hoping the Tent City thing can happen right after that.
More info on the "Tent City project and campaign for FREEDOM", here.

2/11/06.
Yesterday, I did a show in my living room for Brian Miller and Kevin Shields (Eva), the wonderful
folks behind Deathbomb ARC. Whole night was magic! There was blood, a smashed guitar, secret
start tent jamming, thrown amps and a lot of packaging tape. Please check them out as they travel
across the country. Noise artist Pedestrian Deposit is on tour with him, and he is fantastic as well!
more info: Brian Miller + "Kevin Shields".

I have copies of a Tent City 3" CD-r called "Coccoon" for sale.
I also have a "Valentine CD" that I made for Valentines Day this year (instead of cards as usual).
If you would like one, send me something in trade. If you don't want to do that, $2 will do I suppose.
It's a mix of drone, noise, weird guitar riffs and clarinet squeeks.
More info and MP3s from both of these: records / sounds.

(2/05/06).
Some shows comping up in Phoenix,...
2/09/06 - Brian Miller + "Kevin Shields". Pedestrian Deposit. 8-Bit Porno. Tent City. - 1521 HOUSE.
2/21/06 - Dead Science. Reindeer Tiger Team. Tent City. - Trunkspace.
2/24/06 - Health. Horse Thieves. Get Destroyed. Soft Shoulder. Virgins. - Modified Arts.
(A note on Get Dstroyed,... they are this side of y2k's Crossed Out. Seriously awesome).
3/14/06 - Dada Swing. They Shoot Horses. Soft Shoulder. - Trunkspace.
3/23/06 - Meneguar. Matt + Kim. Spores. Night Wounds. Baby Gecko. Soft Shoulder. - Trunkspace.
(I strongly urge you to see Menguar when they come through your town. Totally amazing band).

My friend Ryan recently started a cassette label called WORKOUT TAPES.
He recently did one for a singing/songwriting neighbor, "French Quarter" which came out great.
Next up: an amazing sounding Night Wounds live set with the best art of all time, just about.

Some friends and I recently started a project called TENT CITY. We're busy, but not with practicing.

1/21/06.
Next,.. The Juniper Strain - (vinyl reissue of) demo.

(1/21/06 - Woods MP3 is up now, here).

Woods 7" is now available, and it looks and sounds wonderful.
There are 1,000 of them, all on opaque white vinyl. The photograph
of the ram (in the woods) on the cover is just so vivid, it came out
perfectly. I'll have an MP3 up soon. Meanwhile, one off of their CD /
double cassete is available here. (The CD version of that will be out
soon on Releas the Bats from Sweden. I'l have copies of that, and
they will have copies of this 7". I believe you can still buy the double
cassette from Jeremy (of Woods)'s label: Fuck It Tapes).

That sounds confusing. To rephrase all of it...
Woods - "Ram" 7" is out now / available here.
Woods - "How to Survive In / In the Woods" 2 X cass. - Fuck It Tapes.
Woods - "How to Survive In / In the Woods" CD. (soon). - Release the Bats.

I did a show for Night Wounds in my living room on Saturday, January 7th.
It was absolutly amazing. Fathers Day (who are from here) played too. It
was also the first show for a new band I am doing, which is currently
called Soft Shoulder, though that is only temporary. The entire night was
an amazing, fun and positive thing, and I am in love with the whole world
at the moment. (Specifically Night Wounds, Fathers Day, and the tons of
people who crammed themselves into my small house to see some very
loud bands play and share something beautiful).

12/20.05.
The Woods 7" should be out a week or two after New Years.
The CD version of their amazing double cassette should be done
right around the same time on Release the Bats!

Night Wounds' split 7" with Coughs is out now, and part of a 7" series
that Not Not Fun is doing called "Bored Fortress" (which includes other
AMAZING bands like Silver Daggers, Raccoo-oo-oon, Hospitals and more).
This is the first one, and it came out great! More info is available here.

9/29/05. (and 10/14/05).
Next: Woods - "Ram" 7".

Steven, of Reindeer Tiger Team, also has a project of his
own, which he calls Wonderful Wednesday. He writes some
really beautiful songs, and recently posted one of them on a
new myspace thing: HERE.

I wrote a work related collumn in the new HeartAttack, I
believe it's issue #47. The issue was work-themed. It also
features one of the best ads I have ever seen, courtesy of
The Electric Human Project. Definatly worth the look.

"The Woods" are now going by "Woods". Their 7" will be
called "Ram", and I'm very excited for it. In the meantime,
they have a double cassette available on Fuck It Tapes.
http://www.fuckittapes.com. This should be out in a couple
of months.

Lot's of awesome shows in Arizona in October,... The
Gossip, Love as Laughter, Wolf Eyes, and Prurient (or Black
Dice and Growing, same night - different cities), Medications,
Sleeping People, ect, ect.

Also, my friend Coolgroove and I are heading out to San Diego
on Halloween for Rocket from the Crypt's last show! They are
renting out a hotel for it, and it looks like it's going to be pretty
amazing! If you're going, get ahold of me!

8/2/05.
Next: The Woods - 7".

In the past several weeks, I've seen Wives, Crime Desire
and Wierd War all play some pretty awesome shows.

I am pretty excited about (probably) heading out to San
Diego at the end of the month to see a ton of bands play
a multiple day thing at Che Cafe, including Friends Forever,
Night Wounds, Mika Miko, and many more. I don't know
where or how FF will play there,... hopefully the place won't
burn down!

7/7/05.
Sorry for the delay on an update! The Night Wounds 7", which is
called "Rat Magic", is out now, as in today! They are $4ppd, and
100% ready to go! More info on that, here: records/order.

Night Wounds have a bunch of other records planned, including splits
with the amazing Coughs from Chicago (7"), and Die Fugue USA (10").
They're also getting settled into LA super fast, already jamming with
people and they've got several shows in the near future.

I am definatly open to trades, and if you do a distro / mailorder, just
get in touch if you'd like some copies at wholesale. In Europe,
our releases will be available though Adagio 830, which is a label and
distro run by Robert from the awesomely loud band, Zann. I hope to
have things available from other places in the near future, so we'll
see. (Some other Euro / non-US, as well as US distros).

Phoenix has been very hot lately. Hot as in heat, not as in awesome.
Though I'm seeing Tussle tonight and Scout Niblett on friday. That's good.

5/20/05.
I will be out of town until June 1st, so an apology in
advance for a lack of reply in e-mails and other online
garbage until then. (Sorry)!

I am driving to Chicago and hanging out there for a few
days, then flying back and heading out to San Diego to
see the Gossip play. I'll be back in town for a couple of
days, and then I will be out in LA for a couple more to see
Shoplifting play a few shows.

The Night Wounds 7" should be waiting for me at home
when I get back from San Diego! I'm going to take Night
Wounds copies to them in LA.

Also, I haven't seen the new Heartattack yet, but the ad I
ran says that Night Wounds are doing a summer tour
with Black Castle. They aren't, as they are moving to LA
instead.

Reindeer Tiger Team leave for tour today. Please try to
check them out! They are completely wonderful live, and
two of the nicest boys ever!

Check these places for dates:
http://www.reindeertigerteam.com
http://www.myspace.com/reindeertigerteam

They put a couple of new songs on their myspace!
(Wells and Murderous Thumbs are new and awesome!).

When I get back in town, I plan on making lots of music
(both on my own and with other people who I love). I also
plan on making a ton of mix tapes with neat art and ect,
and maybe selling them for a few dollars on here to anyone
who might want one.

Hope everyone is doing really well!

Thanks! - james. / jamesfella@hotmail.com

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5/2/05.
Night Wounds aren't touring with Black Castle anymore,..
instead, they will be moving to LA in June, which is neat for
me, as traveling to Maine, or Baltimore for that matter, to see
them play would be quite an expensive endeavor.

The test presses of their 7" are being done tomorrow, so hopefully this
will be done by June 1st as originally expected!

Reindeer Tiger Team's site is up now. Their tour dates are there.
E-mail them if they are playing your area and you are interested in
information on the show. After their initial month or so on the east
coast (they get to play with and see La Mi Vida Violenta, which I'm
pretty jealous about), they will be going up the west coast with the
band Sail On, Sailor!

Thanks! - james. / jamesfella@hotmail.com

4/14/05.
The Night Wounds 7" is done being mastered and should get
to the pressing plant next week. I'm really hoping that this will
be out in time for their tour this summer....

Black Castle / Night Wounds.
(BLACK WOUNDS IN A NIGHT CASTLE TOUR)
camp anorexia: (you can preorder their tour split 7" here)

Reindeer Tiger Team's site is up now. Their tour dates are there.

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3/30/05.
The One AM Radio show in our living room was very nice.
I've never been around so many respectful, polite people, it
was honestly kind of strange. I'm really glad so many people
showed up on such a short (like a week's) notice.

If you can help with shows on the east coast / south east, you
really definatly should. Please check these dates,...

Black Castle / Night Wounds.
(BLACK WOUNDS IN A NIGHT CASTLE TOUR)
campanorexia: (you can preorder their tour split 7")

Reindeer Tiger Team.
(SUMMER TOUR 2005).
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3/25/05.
For people in the Phoenix area,...
THE ONE AM RADIO.
SUN, CANCELLED.
@ 1521 E. Williams St. Tempe, AZ
(we're right by Stinkweeds, Mapquest us).
8:00 or so. $3 This is a last mnute house show.

Night Wounds 7" should be going out to be mastered soon.
In the meantime, you can pre-order their split one-sided 7"
with Black Castle here: campanorexia (e-mail them and ask).
This label recently did a Black Castle LP, and this 7" is going
to be part of a series, another of which will be a split with Aids
Wolf (Seripop people) and The Fugee.

Reindeer Tiger Team are trying to put together a US tour.
Here are possible dates: let me know if you can help!!!!
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3/18/05.
Reindeer Tiger Team 7" is / has been out! They've been playing
tons of terrific shows in the Phoenix area and their new songs
are better than ever. If you live near here, you should definatly
be checking them out.

Night Wounds are done recording for their 7" and it should be
ready to go really soon. There's an MP3 up. They also have an LP
and a couple of splits coming out soon, so be sure to save some
$$$ from your next few checks!

If you live in Phoenix, Hrishikesh Hirway, aka The One AM Radio,
is going to be playing in the living room of the house I live in, which
is more or less across the street from Stinkweeds, on Saturday
March 26th. E-mail me for directions. It'll be $3-$5 donation, not
sure what time we will do it at yet.
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