“Purple Skies, Toxic River,” the acclaimed debut album by Australia’s TV Colours, is in finer record stores today. Alternately, here’s a list of places you can download this record from: iTunes : eMusic : Bandcamp : Rhapsody : Amazon : Google Play If you would rather order an LP pressing of “Purple Skies, Toxic River”…More
In 1995, The Karl Hendricks Trio released the album “A Gesture of Kindness,” featuring cover art by the acclaimed artist Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library, Jimmy Corrigan, Building Stories). Twenty years later, Karl faces medical bills after surgery for oral cancer, and Chris Ware has generously donated the original artwork from this album to help…More
I’ve had a deep appreciation for music that has found its way to New Jersey from Australia for about as long as I’ve known about punk rock, first discovering bands like The Eastern Dark, Exploding White Mice and The Celibate Rifles when I was in grade school. Three decades later, contemporary albums by Ooga Boogas,…More
Comedy Minus One’s re-issue of Silkworm’s “Chokes” is in stores today. While it has been available digitally for a good while now, here’s a list of places you can also download it from: iTunes : eMusic : Bandcamp : Rhapsody : Amazon : Google Play If you would prefer an LP pressing of “Chokes,” order…More
Comedy Minus One has launched a Bandcamp label page that features a first wave of 18 releases, with more on the way. For the next week all CMO titles are each just $5 to download and free to stream. Downloads are available in a variety of high quality audio options pulled from production masters, including…More
PRF Distro launched in September of last year. Thank you for your ongoing support of this new venture! Here are our year-end top ten sellers from the 100+ titles we offer, with links to stream and purchase accordingly. Click on each album’s title for more on each record. (All Comedy Minus One releases and the…More
The basic instrumental tracks for what would become Silkworm’s final record “Chokes!” (cmo007) were recorded in 2005 at Electrical Audio, a few weeks before the death of drummer Michael Dahlquist. The songs were finished later that year and issued on compact disc via 12XU at the close of 2006. Comedy Minus One helped distribute this…More
Driving eight hours from Chicago to Pittsburgh in late June gave me a lot of time to think. So impressed by the quality of the bands I had seen play as well as the quality of the people I had met at the 2014
Perhaps you have already heard Bottomless Pit’s four song set that was recorded earlier this year at KEXP. Now you can watch it too! All four tracks can be found on the band’s most recent album “Shade Perennial.”
For over 20 years Pittsburgh’s Karl Hendricks has been not only a good friend, but one of my favorite musicians. I’m not alone in either of these regards. Karl has personally served as an inspiration to me as a dad, a writer and a small business owner as Karl’s the individual who keeps the excellent…More