This is Basement Pop

                                                         

 

May 6, 2008

 

Landlord is wrapping up their big southern tour. If you saw them shred, we hope you enjoyed. Matte's other rock and roll outfit, Nana Grizol, is hitting the road hard in a few days. Check the fancy tour poster below for dates, or visit their page. Their new record is coming out soon on Orange Twin. Be sure to get a copy. It is good stuff. Also, buy our discs. Our newish catalogue is available to peruse.

 

April 9, 2008

Landlord is hitting the road soon. Dates are posted below. Look on their page for more specifics. In the meantime, sample a couple tracks below. Better yet, buy the disc so you know the words when they come to your town. It will be a good decision. We'll even send you a free Landlord patch or two or three.

                                            

                           (Tossin Seeds) 

                                   (Wallet) 

 

LANDLORD TOUR DATES

APRIL 15th.bloomington IN
16th.- hung over
17th- chattanooga,TN
18th- athens, ga
19th- pensacola, fl
20th -gainesville,fl
21st -jacksonville, fl 2 shows, one day, no cup.
22nd-st.augustine,fl
23rd-deland,fl
24th-orlando, fl
25th- tampa, fl
26th-??????
27th-new orleans, la
28th- ??????
29th- houston,tx
30th- austin, tx
MAY 1st- ft.worth, tx
2nd- oklahoma city
3rd- kansas city
4th-??HELP ST.LOUIS???
5th- carbondale, il
6th- chicago, il

April 7, 2008

Enjoy two clips from the Vera Maleta radio show on WFHB that aired March 19. First clip is "Sugar's Gone." The second clip includes some Vera interview and another sweet Vera tune. Send an email to orders@thisisbasementpop.com and ask for her e.p. You name the price. We dare you.

 Vera Live (Clip 1)

 Vera Live (Clip 2) Listen to Vera talk!

Also get your pants ready for a Landlord tour. They are headed down south. More information to come. The boys are excited and might make stickers. 

March 19, 2008

Sorry for the late notice, Vera Maleta will be live on the airwaves tonight. If you are in the Bloomington area, tune to 98.1 FM. If you are out of the area or working in front of a computer, stream the show at WFHB.org.

Also,  Vera will be playing live at Sweet Hickory tomorrow night. Check her page for the details.

Again, sorry for the late notice.

March 4, 2008

The Basement Pop Sampler hit the airwaves about a year ago, I think. Many of you have it and love it. Many of you don't have and don't know how to love it. Some of you may have tried to love it but our paypal account wasn't cooperating and didn't allow you to love it. That's not fair.

Now that we have gotten things on our business end straightened out, you can order the great sampler cd, which includes all of you favorite Basement Pop players, for just 5 dollars. If you order it this month, we'll be nice and give you any other Basement Pop disc of your choice absolutely free. See our old catalogue to make your decision or tell us you want some Vera Maleta because she isn't in our old catalogue and her music is great. Write to us at orders@thisisbasementpop.com to make your request. Our new catalogue is being fine tuned and will be with you shortly. Thanks for looking.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                   

 

                                                                                                                    

February 27, 2008

Matte Cathcart, This is Basement Pop's only drummer, will be touring the south in March with the newest band on his resume, Nana Grizol. They will be touring alongside Basement Pop contributor, Madline, and even playing SXSW in Autsin on March 12 as part of the Orange Twin showcase.

Nana Grizol includes members of Defiance Ohio, Madeline, The Hot New Mexicans, The Door-Keys, and Neutral Milk Hotel. Theo Hilton writes the songs. They have an album coming out soon on Orange Twin that sounds incredible. Enjoy an older track below. Visit their Myspace page for even more music fun. Most importantly go see them play. Look on Madeline's page for tour details. Send us a message via Myspace for now if you want to order a sampler. We'll send you another CD just for fun because we have them.

Nana Grizol's "Tambourinen Thyme"

Don't forget Vera Maleta this Friday at The Cinemat in Bloomington.

February 25, 2008

Big Time has brought it to his label's attention that his hit song below "All the Tired Horses" is actually an old Bob Dylan tune, appearing as the first track on his 1970 classic, Self-Portrait. Greg, aka Big Time, didn't want to upset his listeners, nor did his label. We are sorry for our mistake. We hope you will forgive us. We still want to encourage you to make your videos. Who knows, maybe even Bob Dylan will see it. Rumor has it, he's all about MySpace. We've yet to get any submissions, so there is still a good shot for all of you. See details below.

Vera Maleta is back from her tour down south and treating Bloomington to a show at the Cinemat on Friday, February 29th. Be sure to check her page for details and to listen to a couple of fresh tracks of her new album. She is keeping busy.

James Beck gets another review on everybody's favorite record reviewing site Erasing Clouds. According to them Badknees turns a Depeche Mode song into a Modest Mouse song. Good job Badknees.

February 20, 2008

Big Time knows how to write songs. This is a fact. The song below is proof. We dare those of you with video cameras and access to real live horses to make a video for this song. The only requirement is that there needs to be a shot of at least one horse (preferably hundreds of them) running in slow motion. What's in it for you if you send it to us? The video will be broadcast right here on this page indefinitely and we'll send you any basement pop cd you want for free and make you a friend on our myspace page.

 All the Tired Horses

In other news, JFBeck, sometimes known as Bad Knees these days thanks to his appearance on an album put out by Asaurus records, gets mentioned in a review on RetroLowFi. The track reviewed is regarded as "absolutely stunning" and he is even compared to Isaac Brock, which is pretty much 100% accurate. Check it out.

In tour news, look for Vera Maleta somewhere in Athens, GA on February 22nd. Check her page for details. We hope to have some Vera samples for you soon to listen and love.

February 11, 20088

Call Me a Taxi is a duo. Algonquin vs. Lake in the Hills. Enjoy the following lost classics recorded at 510 Willow Street in LITH during the early 2000s. Call Me a Taxi will play again soon and record again soon. Stay tuned.

Stereo  

State of Washington 

 

February 7, 2008

Do you like The Bananas? We do. Enjoy five free tracks off of James F. Beck's cover of A Slippery Subject. If you really like it, buy it here. A cover of Forbidden Fruit is in the works.

Don't Touch That Thing

Rebecca

Hopeful Spiders

Slippery Subject

Heard You was a Heartbreaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't forget about The Door-Keys Saturday night. It's at 624 S. Washington Street  in Bloomington. One Reason and Hot New Mexicans are with them. Gonna be big.

February 4, 2008

This is Basement Pop has suddenly gotten busy. Here is an update for now.

Daun Fields, aka Vera Maleta, hits the road from February 15 thru the 23rd with Leah Yeppi. They are making their way down to Florida and back Be sure to be on the lookout for them. Check the MySpace page for specifics. It looks like Vera will be playing a number of shows while she is away, Be sure to track her down and tell her how good she is and buy her music.

James F. Beck, aka BadKnees, makes an appearance on a Depeche Mode Compilation being put out by Asaurus Records.  He covers the tune "Get the Balance Right" (Check out the original version I just found here. ) The compilation comes out Feb. 5 and is hand-packaged in a black velvet sack - all for $6.

The best news of all, The Door-Keys have been back in the garage, gearing up for a big show on Feb. 9 at 624 S. Washington Street  in Bloomington with One Reason and Hot New Mexicans. Be sure to get there to get your seat early. Door Keys will take you down like they always do.

Landlord is talking tour in a bit. Keep sending them your cards and letters.

Dillon Patterson, a California fan, writes and says he's covered a basement pop tune. It is good. Listen and write him letters.