Posted by Scott @ 08:08 PM CST [Link] Friday, March 20, 2009 I'm at SXSW when I'm not cruising Austin and the Texas countryside for the best in barbecue and other food that will eventually kill me. Bosque Brown is playing the Asthmatic Kitty/Force Field PR day party at Okay Mountain (1300 block on East Ceasar Chavez) at 5:30 today. Bosque Brown's showcase is at the Habana Bar at 11pm on Saturday. Hope to see you there. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 03:01 PM CST Friday, March 13, 2009 I'm getting ready to head to Austin for SXSW. See you there. Bosque Brown will be playing the Asthmatic Kitty/Forcefield PR day party at Okay Mountain on Friday 20 March and will have their showcase on Saturday 21 March at Habana Calle 6. In the meantime, Bosque Brown just finished a video for "Phone Call": BOSQUE BROWN - "Phone Call" live from James M. Johnston on Vimeo. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 12:48 PM CST Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Yesterday was the official retail release date of Bosque Brown : Baby. Cds should be in stock at your local store and LPs with a bonus 7" will be available for a 31 March release date. Last week, Bosque Brown : Baby was #10 most added on CMJ (College Music Journal) charts. This week, Baby debuts in the CMJ top 200 at #95. Thanks to all of the stations playing Baby. Bosque Brown will be playing an in-store at Good Records in Dallas this Saturday in support of Baby and will also play the following weekend at the NX35 festival in Denton. There is a feature on eMusic with an interview with Mara from Bosque Brown here and a review of the album here. Also, David who directed the film St. Nick (debuting at SXSW) has posted a short review of Baby on his blog with a special outtake mp3 that Mara performed for the film. Additional dates for Unwed Sailor's late March/early April tour have been posted, be sure to catch them in your area. Thanks, :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 02:04 PM CST Wednesday, February 18, 2009 We've received test pressings for Bosque Brown Baby LP/7" and Mt. Eerie Live in Copenhagen 3xLP and are now available for order in the online store. These will begin shipping immediately until they are gone. These are ultra limited and give you the chance of hearing these releases on vinyl before anyone else. Both releases will ship with digital download coupons. Covers/inserts will ship when available for test pressings. Erik Enocksson Farväl Falkenberg LP/7" test pressings will be arriving soon and will also be available for order in the online store. Bosque Brown Baby cd and LP/7" are also available for pre-order. The cds will be shipping out ahead of the 3 March release date and the LPs will ship ahead of their now 14 April release date due to some delays in the bonus 7" mastering. The LP/7" are in thick gatefold jackets and the cds are in digipak sized thick gatefold jackets with covers/inserts printed on deluxe French Parchtone paper. Bosque Brown will be playing SXSW on 21 March at the Habana Calle 6 in Austin, TX. Bosque Brown will also be playing the Force Field PR/Asthmatic Kitty day part on 20 March at Okay Mountain. More bands will be announced soon by Force Field and Asthmatic Kitty. Mara also plays a roll in St. Nick, a film showing at the SXSW film festival. Its world premier will be Sunday 15 March at Noon at the Alamo Ritz 2. It will also be showing on Tuesday 17 March, 2:30pm, and Friday 20 March, 12:30pm, at the Alamo Ritz 2. See you there. New dates for Unwed Sailor touring in later March into April have been posted. More will be added shortly. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 11:12 PM CST Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Lots is going on at btv, so apologies for taking a while for updates. Bosque Brown's Baby is on track for the 03 March release date. Pre-ordering will start soon and test pressing LP sales will also begin. The LP version will feature thick gatefold jackets, a bonus 7", and a digital download coupon. Bosque Brown will be playing South By Southwest. Their showcase will be Saturday, 21 March, 10pm, at the Habana Bar. Mara is also featured in the film St. Nick which will be premiering at SXSW. More details about the film showings will be posted as soon as we know them, but here is a trailer and the Facebook link. Mt. Eerie's Live in Copenhagen 3xLP will be re-pressed. The artwork files have been finalized and we are pushing for a 14 April release date. This edition will feature a digital download coupon as an added bonus. Test-pressing sales will be beginning soon, super limited, so order quickly. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 09:59 PM CST Tuesday, January 6, 2009 I guess I've been a little asleep at the wheel. The press campaign for Bosque Brown's Baby has started and a few blogs have already posted an mp3 for "Went Walking" and some mini reviews. Some kind words and links from the folks at: My Old Kentucky Blog, Gorilla Vs. Bear, BigDlittled, and QuickDF. I'm sorry for the disservice, but Gorilla Vs. Bear also posted an mp3 of Bosque Brown's version of "Silent Night" that appeared on the I'll Stay 'Till After Christmas compilation to benefit Amnesty International. Considered in a special New Year's present instead. Anyhow, take a listen and get excited. We'll be taking some pre-orders for Baby shortly and the cd and LP with bonus 7" will hit stores on 3 March. Also, Starflyer 59 Dial M LP, Soporus 24,110, and Denison Witmer Carry the Weight LP all hit stores today. But you already knew that, didn't you? :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 11:37 PM CST Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Thanks for your support during 2008. It's been a very busy year for us. Unwed Sailor's Little Wars was released in the Spring and toured several times in the US and recently in Europe in support. We were also happy to release Denison Witmer's Carry the Weight and Starflyer 59's Dial M on vinyl. We were very relieved to wrap up the Starflyer 59 Ghosts of the Future 7" series after a lot of hard work coordinating production, assembling 7", and mailing out so many small boxes. We're also very excited about Soporus' first full-length 24,110 arriving just in time for a quiet winter season. 2008 saw the completion of Bosque Brown's Baby album and great progress in our Byul full-length release. Before the end of the year, we sent off Baby to be mastered to vinyl along with Erik Enocksson's Farväl Falkenberg soundtrack. For 2009, we're looking forward to releases from Bosque Brown, Byul, Erik Enocksson, Birchville Cat Motel, Steven R. Smith, and Half-handed Cloud. For those interested in year end lists, Matt Stone (Soporus, Saxon Shore) and I wrote some quick lists for our friends at Tangzine: here and here. Feel free to read and make fun of us. Incidentally, our old friends Christian Wargo (ex-Scientific) and Josh Tillman (ex-Saxon Shore) are in Fleet Foxes who had their Sun Giantep and self-titled full-length selected as Pitchfork's top release of 2008. We're more than happy to sell you copies of their earlier releases. Wishing you the best for 2009... :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 05:10 PM CST [ Archives ]