ART DEPARTMENT! DEC. 14TH!

Really psyched for this- Art Department headlines their first show in over a year and only Baltimore show of 2011! Also playing are Other Colors with a new-ish lineup/set, local song-slinger Dave Fell (White Life, Adventure) doing a probably very funky solo set, and Athens maximal pop wunderkinds Quiet Hooves.

Flawless lineup here, folks, and one of the better shows we've had the pleasure of helping put together- seriously, don't miss it. Here to RSVP.

TONIGHT: Other Colors, Hear Hums, Rod Hamilton, Amy Reid

Cool little show at the Penthouse Gallery tonight to help fight those bad Monday vibes.

Other Colors will be performing their first show with a trio live line-up; also performing are Hear Hums (from Gainesville, FL), Rod Hamilton (from Avocado Happy Hour) and Amy Reid (from Ineveryroom).

Click here to RSVP.

Tomorrow: Natural Child, Holy Ghost Party, Tremors II

Psyched for this! Click here to RSVP.

GenPop Presents: Dustin Wong, Hume, Rod Hamilton

Be sure to catch this excellent lineup of talented musical polymaths tomorrow night at Metro Gallery. Click here to RSVP.

Don't miss: Dead Rider, Holy Ghost Party, Microkingdom

Be sure to head over to the Golden West on Sunday to catch Dead Rider (U.S. Maple side-project), Holy Ghost Party (first show with a new full-band formation!) and the always explosive Microkingdom.

Click here to RSVP.

Three Other Colors shows this week:

Sept. 15th - Harrisonburg, VA @ the Beach House
Sept. 16th- Roanoke, VA @ Bazaar Consignments
Sept. 17th- Baltimore, MD @ Windup Space

Click on each show to RSVP; and check their Facebook page and site for updates...

Holy Ghost Party, Co La tonight @ Metro Gallery

Holy Ghost Party will be performing tonight at the Metro Gallery, where they'll be premiering their new live lineup. We'll be on hand to sell copies of the new Holy Ghost Party vinyl, as well as other jams recently out on GenPop.

The show is the second of two opening nights of IRL, an exhibit of concert photographs put together by the fine folks over at Bmore Musically Informed and Friends Records. Also performing are Co La, Deradoorian and Maximillion Dunbar.

Photos: Other Colors, Flock of Dimes @ Soft House

Photos from the Sept. 3 Soft House show- thanks to Michael Smith for taking these...

Tonight: Holy Ghost Party LP release show @ Soft House

Tonight, the Soft House hosts a great local lineup headed by Flock of Dimes (Jenn Wasner from Wye Oak) and Holy Ghost Party, whose LP comes out today on GenPop. Also on the bill are Other Colors and Real/Cool Magic.

Click here to RSVP.

HOLY GHOST PARTY debut LP out Sept. 3rd!

HOLY GHOST PARTY- Holy Ghost Party LP (GEN-004)
Release Date: September 3, 2011

1. Chef Soldiers
2. Cuba
3. Tricky
4. Shit House Luck
5. Toys
6. Paradox
7. The Point
8. Breakfast
9. Wait
10. Beach Whole

Debut album of atmospheric experimental pop, featuring two members of local powerhouse Dope Body. This project tones down the volume of that band a bit, in favor of heady, creatively spacy songcraft.

Indeed, one may be tempted to throw the overused words "chillwave" and "tropical" around, but those labels fail to fully capture the layered kitchen-sink production, dub-inflected rhythms and oddly memorable hooks on this album.

Be sure to catch them at the record release show at Soft House on Sept. 3rd with Flock of Dimes, Other Colors, and Real/ Cool Magic, where we'll have copies available. You can also order the LP (which includes a free digital download) over at our bandcamp page.

FOSSIL EYES SUMMER TOUR!

Fossil Eyes are getting ready to hit the road in support of their forthcoming cassette on GenPop. The tape, containing eight new songs, will be available at the upcoming shows & very soon (in digital and physical form) at our bandcamp page.

See if they're bringing their "post-boredom psychedelic pop" to a town near you. And be sure to check their facebook page for updates.

July 22nd- Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio #

July 23rd- Pittsburgh, PA @ Doo Wop Mansion #

July 24th- Cleveland, OH @ The Happy Dog #

July 26th- Louisville, KY @ TBA

July 27th- Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light

July 28th- Greensboro, NC @ Legitimate Business*

July 29th- Raleigh, NC @ King's Barcade*

July 30th- Charlotte, NC @ Sewercide

July 31st- Rock Hill, SC @ Sweat Lodge

Aug 2nd- Harrisonburg, VA @ Blue Nile

Aug 3rd- Charlottesville, VA @ Al Hamraa

Aug 4th- Richmond, VA @ Sprout #

Aug 5th- Allentown, PA @ Scheme City

Aug 6th- Baltimore, MD @ Whole Gallery (H&H)

* with Ed Schrader's Music Beat

# with White Laces

JUNKERS morphs into FOSSIL EYES

After a series of unforeseen events, including personnel changes and an unpleasant email interaction with a certain Polish band threatening legal action for use of the same name (!), it seemed as if Junkers were doomed to disappear off the musical map forever.

But we’re happy to report that the band has soldiered on, newly invigorated as a three-piece under the name Fossil Eyes. They've got demos of two new songs up on a new myspace page, with more to come. From the sounds of it, they’re beginning to push their garage-based sound in new directions, which is certainly an exciting development.

You can peep the new material over at our Bandcamp page as well, which also contains a virtual 7-inch of four songs recorded by the original lineup last summer.

* OTHER COLORS ~ Other Colors CD (GEN-003) *

OTHER COLORS- Other Colors CD (GEN-003)
Release Date: March 2, 2011

1. New Normal
2. Forgot About Fun
3. Making Shadows
4. Make Your Move
5. Eastern Tunnel
6. Living Non-Living
7. Greasy and Bored
8. You Are a Ghost
9. Better Than Old

Nine songs of future folk/rock and lo-fi spectralist pop ambitions from this new Baltimore outfit. Distorted harmony vocals, bass melodies and percussion anchor layers of compressed keyboards, guitars, and tape sounds to create “a skewed miniature of something vast”, to quote a fan of an earlier incarnation of this band. Oh, and the songs are pretty catchy, too.

Limited to 100 copies with handmade packaging and unique silkscreened covers.

$6- postpaid (US)
$8- Canada
$10- World
paypal: genpoprecords@gmail.com

Or you can purchase it (CD or digital download) at our new Bandcamp page.

Reviewer love for two GenPop acts

In case you missed it, two groups on GenPop got some nice press recently:

The Art Department LP made Baltimore City Paper’s list of Top 10 Best Local Albums for 2010.

And the Junkers 7-inch EP received an extremely flattering review over at the 7-inches blog.

Unfortunately, both of the above groups are on a bit of a hiatus, as was this label and blog. But look out for big things from some newer GenPop acts in 2011.

ART DEPARTMENT tour dates

We're proud to announce that The Art Department are about to embark on a brief tour in support of their Paperwork/Birdwork LP, out now on GenPop.

Check out the dates, as these dudes may be bringing their rapid-fire nervy pop outbursts to a town near you:
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8/26 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - DANGER DANGER GALLERY w/ Ed Schrader and TJ Kong
8/27 - NEW YORK CITY - DEATH BY AUDIO w/ Knight School and Ed Schrader
8/28 - BOSTON, MA - WHITEHAUS w/ Generifus, Black Nash, The New Highway Hymnal
8/29 - BURLINGTON, VT - MONKEY HOUSE w/ SUSAN
8/31 - BUFFALO, NY - The SOUNDLAB w/ Black Umbrella
9/1 - WATERLOO - The Circus Room w/ Darren Eedens, Ingrid Gatin and Half Moon Run
9/2 - DETROIT, MI - TBA
9/3 - CHICAGO, IL - The Hideout w/ Altered States and Cool Memories
9/4 - INDIANAPOLIS, IN - House show w/ Scribble Class, Slothpop

OTHER COLORS shows & album preview! ***

"Future folk-rock" phenom Other Colors just posted a few rough mixes from their forthcoming album, as well as announced some Baltimore-area shows over at the myspace. From a cursory listen, it sounds like it'll be a doozy, with plenty of fractured, droney pop and fuzzy instrumental action to go around.

Check it out, and look out for their debut CD from GenPop later in August.

* ART DEPT. LP out August 15th! (pre-order NOW) *

The Art Department- Paperwork/Birdwork LP (GEN-001)
Release Date: August 15th, 2010

Side A
1. Let's Imply Stuff
2. I Am Yr Censor
3. Get On
4. Not Called The Shots
5. Second Nature
6. Axe To Grind

Side B
7. We Are In Court
8. Standin' Around
9. Carolyn
10. Nothing With Ain't
11. Small Net
12. Pains Me

Baltimore's favorite bizarro pop band finally commit their best songs to vinyl. The album consists of two distinct sides: "Paperwork" was recorded with members of Quiet Hooves in Athens, GA in Summer 2009, and "Birdwork" with Chris Freeland (Oxes) outside Baltimore in January 2010.

Like the rapid nature of these songs, this 12-inch LP spins at a quick 45 rpm, and also comes with a free digital download. Limited to a slim 350 copies.

We’re really excited about how this thing turned out… won’t be officially released for another two weeks, but pre-order it from us right now…

$14 postpaid (US)
$16 (Canada)
paypal – genpoprecords@gmail.com

- ELEPHANT MICAH live clips -

Our longtime pal Joe in Elephant Micah just completed an extensive U.S. tour this spring. In case you missed out, here are some choice clips from that excursion.

When you're done watching, check out the Elephant Micah site and buy a record or two. The guy recently piled a few more worthwhile releases onto an already massive discography you'd be wise to check out.

"Still Life Blues" Live on WNYC (New York)


"Loop and Lil" at 2640 Space (Baltimore)

* JUNKERS shows this spring *

Those boys in Junkers will be playing a bunch of east coast dates this spring in support of their new and entirely fresh 7-inch EP:

Sat, March 27 - Philly, PA @ Marbar
Mon, March 29 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle w/ King Khan & the Shrines, Fresh and Onlys
Tues, March 30 - Baltimore, MD @ Jesus Camp w/ Bellys, The Spooks
Tues, April 20 - Baltimore, MD @ Golden West Cafe w/ Harlem, Eternal Summers
Wed, April 21 - Philly, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie w/ Harlem, The Spooks
Thurs, May 13 - Philly, PA @ the Ox w/ Party Photographers, The Spooks, Wild Harem
Fri, June 11 - Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar w/ Far Out Fangtooth

~ ART DEPARTMENT shows in March ~

Art Department is playing a trio of gigs this month you should know about:

Sun., March 7 - DC @ Paper Sun w/ Quiet Hooves

Mon., March 8 - Baltimore @ Home Room (Open Space) w/ Quiet Hooves, Sea of Dogs

Wed., March 24 - Baltimore @ Metro Gallery w/ Bachelorette (cancelled)

As their upcoming LP Paperwork/Birdwork won't be ready for another month or two, the dudes will have cd-r copies of the album for sale.

Also of note: the two shows this weekend are with the Athens band Quiet Hooves, members of which played various instruments on the "Paperwork" portion of the new album.