Cleveland's Mr. Gnome joined us @ Stone House Recording for a Halfway House Session during their last tour stop in Grand Rapids. Lucky for you they return to play The Pyramid Scheme on April 14th with special guests Charles The Osprey and The Fencemen . Tickets . Their most recent studio album Madness In Miniature - released in October - has garnered the dynamic duo critical accolades from various publications including Rolling Stone and NPR Music . [...]
Fes2val marks its return to the Grand Rapids landscape on August 27th - this time landing @ Wealthy Theater . Who: Charles the Osprey | Jowls | Beast in the Field | Brontosaurus Bangups | Bram N Dexous | Noblesville | Between Brains Lost Coves | JWPP | Good News | The Kincaids | Stagnant Pools Whee! | Back Alley Knife Show | Boy With Mace When: August 27 2011 12pm - 9pm Cost: $5 advance/$6 day of fes2val [...]
Quite an impressive lineup that includes 4 Halfway House alums as well as some of our favorite Michigan bands. Tickets are $12 per day with a limited number of discounted weekend 3 day passes for $20 - available until July 15th @ the Boiling Pot web page . Fair to say that's ridiculous cheap for the caliber of lineup offered. The event takes place @ Arcadia Creek Festival Place in downtown Kalamazoo - 9/29 to 10/1. For more information about this community event - go [...]
Lots of GREAT music going on this weekend in the Grand Rapids area - starting tonight. . . Photo by Darrin Wassom . THURSDAY (For those of you not going to the Avett Brothers show in Kzoo) Ashley & Alex(The Soil & The Sun), Jacob Bullard and Stationary Travelers - Coat of Many Colors Graham Parsons, The Crane Wives and Those Eighty Acres - Founders Wonderbelly, Justin Stover and Friends - Rocky's [...]
In recent weeks, I’ve been holed up in the Ripple Offices concentrating on getting this label up, running, re-charged so that it could run some more, etc. Y’know, business as usual. And, like any record label/music PR firm/music review blog/music commentary radio show office will, there’s music going on. I haven’t really wanted to listen to too much new stuff because when I’m entrenched in detail oriented work or acts of mundanity (yes, I made up my own word,) I like to have material that I’m familiar with., stuff that I can unconsciously sing or hum to. But, that kinda’ [...]
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Was the last *new* Cover Art really from the holiday season? Boy does time fly. Well, I received this nice slab of vinyl in the mail the other day and I couldn't help it. The camera came out and that led to this: the first Cover Art piece we've done in more than six months. The band is Charles The Osprey and the album is their latest, Consider , out now on Friction Records . And on green vinyl at that! [...]
Friction Records is pleased to announce the new release from Grand Rapids, Michigan's Charles The Osprey . The band's debut full-length, Consider , is due out June 29th on the Michigan-based label and is now availble for pre-order . Limited to 500, Friction is pressing the 12" LP on orange (250) and army green (250) vinyl, each of which will include a free digital download. To grab your own copy, [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 012 Breaking out the big guns for your 'Dirty Dozen' Report. Featuring the Eels, Stone Sour, Yoko Ono, Drake, Mogwai, Nada Surf, Richard Thompson, The Vaselines and more! So much more! DATE: 06-17-10 WRITER: Don Loder Hey there you little so-an'-so-s, So here we go again an' man - I tell ya - I'm not scrimpin' on the portions this week. See, what you wanton wrongdoers and thieves don't know is that, innis game, ya hafta be quick on [...]
Charles The Osprey "Consider" Jun 29 Grand Rapids, Michigan's Charles The Osprey are set to release their debut full-length " Consider " on June 29th via Friction Records. Available for pre-order here . Listen to the track " Scimitar Children and Their Rugs ". On June 26th, they will be playing a record release show at Founders Brewing in Grand Rapids, Michigan with label mates Ozenza .
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