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Starflyer 59 : The Changing of the Guard LP

btv will be releasing the vinyl version of Starflyer 59’s forthcoming album, The Changing of the Guard. It will be in a thick old-school tip-on style gatefold jacket with a bonus 7″. The mastering is wrapping up shortly and once everything has been shipped off to the plant, pre-orders will begin. The official release date for the cd is 10 August and the vinyl will be shipping to arrive in time. The artwork for steven r. smith’s one-sided LP, floor of the sky, is complete and on its way to the printer. Our good friend Tim is lined up for the etching, so everything is moving along.  Pre-orders will commence shortly. Our friend Erik has released the most recent steven r. smith album, cities, on his label Immune Recordings. You can get the LP with download coupon directly from Immune or the btv store. For everyone awaiting Erik Enocksson’s Farval Falkenberg, the jacket design has been completed and is just awaiting final approvals before being sent to the printer. Now we not only have ID card printers, that’s reality. Pre-orders for this LP will begin once the jackets are being printed. :::scott:::

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Happy New Year!

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.…Continue readingHappy New Year!

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I’ve made some updates to the Unwed Sailor tour plans in late May/June with Sybris, a few more dates have been filled in. They’ll be doing quite a few West Coast dates for the first time in a long while. Pop Matters has a nice review up of Little Wars. There’s a little show recap from the NYC Knitting Factory show at Loose Record. Another review is up at The Silent Ballet and one more at Beatbots. Foxhole hit the road starting on Friday for a week with Interstates. This is a special treat and hopefully the start of more live performances. Yndi Halda are planning to be in the US this August for a two week tour. We’re beginning the official plans now. The colored vinyl final installments of Starflyer 59’s Ghosts of the Future 7″ box set are on their way. Most of the black vinyl final installments are on their way as well and the remaining ones will go out today or tomorrow. I try to send out all of the orders by priority based on subscription date and these things do take quite a while to assemble and mail out. Steven R. Smith has finished up…Continue reading