Sun Gods in Exile & a SXSW 2009 Update...

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Happy 2009! We sure hope that it is a giant improvement from 2008.  Anyhow, we have a few new things to report to you and here they are.

Mike Saputo has completed the artwork for our 2009 SXSW poster  (check out the tour date page to view it)... and we have pretty much finalized our 2009 SXSW line up @ The Room 710 which is now the following:

Night:
Solace
Shame Club
Mos Generator
Roadsaw
Valis
Ironweed

Happy Hour:
Whitey Morgan & The 78's

Day:
Dixie Witch
Iota
Tia Carrera
Sabbath Crow
Sun Gods In Exile
Magnet School
Tba
Tba

We have a few early spots to fill yet, but we will be working those out with the folks at the club as we are in talks of opening the club up for a "Rock n' Roll Breakfast" and starting the day off nice and early in the morning. Looks like March 20th is going to be a very like day for Small Stone & the Room 710 staff.

Please Welcome Maine's Sun Gods In Exile to The Small Stone Roster. The band which consists of past members of both Cortez and Ocean, have been working on their debut album over at Mad Oak in December and we loved what we we hearing. Classic American rock in the vein of both Dixie Witch and The Brought Low, with a hint of early Aerosmith tossed in for good measure. Sounds like a winner to us. The bands debut album will be hitting the streets later this year.

Five Horse Johnson, Sons Of Otis, Giant Brain, Solace, & More...

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

So, a few folks have been asking about FHJ, so here is what we know (directly from the band I might add)... Five Horse Johnson are currently taking a break from touring and are busy working on material for their next full length album. The band will enter the studio sometime in 2009 when all of the jams are ready for the recording studio. There will also be a greatest hits album called "Sweetwater Gasoline" that is being released in Australia only and will consist of tracks from their following albums: "Double Down", "Fat Black Pussy Cat", "The No.6 Dance", "The Last Men On Earth", and "The Mystery Spot".

We are just about to send the new albums from Giant Brain and Sons Of Otis to the plant. We should have them back late January, so save some of your Hoilday cash for those two recordings. Between the both of them, there is well over two hours of heavy music and arty jams to help cure your Winter doldrums. Giant Brain's "Thorn Of Thrones" is currently available on Itunes, and Sons Of Otis "Exiled" should be up on the Itunes Store next week (we hope).

Solace will be wrapping up the vocals & mixing on their fourthcoming album "A.D." sometime over the next month at Mad Oak Studios in Allston, MA. The band has a deadline to meet if they want to have copies of their new album at SXSW, where the will be headling the Small Stone Showcase at the Room 710 on Friday March, 20th 2009. Not to mention, we have the majority of the finished artwork in our hands, so things are looking good. You can most likely plan on having  "A.D." ready for mass consumption by March!

Attention Los Natas, where is your new album? You guys have not checked in with us since your last trip to Europa. Anyway, we hope to be releasing the new album from Los Natas somtime during the first half of 2009. When we finally hear from them, we will let you know an exact release date.

Also on the horizon in 2009,  new albums from The Brought Low, Sasquatch, Shame Club, Valis, Red Giant, Mos Generator, Tia Carrera, Throttlerod, and possibly a few acts that you have not even heard of yet. Hell, maybe we can get Dixie Witch to fire up their new one as well...

Happy Holidays!

Pre-Holiday Update...

Friday, November 21, 2008

We are happy to announce that new tracks from both Dozer's "Beyond Colossal" and Hackman's "Enterprises" are now up on our Jukeboxxx, sorry for the delay.

Valis will be finishing up their new album in the next few weeks with former grunge master Jack Endino. We have heard one track so far, it was rippin'! The new Valis album "Blood On Blood", will be coming out sometine in the early Spring of 2009.

The new Sons Of Otis album "Exiled" is now 100% finished. We will be sending to the plant over the holidays, and it will be hitting the streets early in 2009.

Finally, we have firmed up our SXSW 2009 line up, so here goes:

The Evening Small Stone Label Showcase: Solace, Shame Club, Mos Generator, Roadsaw, Valis, & Ironweed.

The Small Stone Day Party: Dixie Witch, Tia Carrea, Iota, Sabbath Crow, Magnet School, and two or three others. We will keep you posted as we add acts to the day event.

Both events will take place on Friday, March 20th @ the Room 710 in Austin, TX.

Dozer and Hackman are in the house...

Monday, November 3, 2008

The new Dozer and Hackman cds arrived today. If you pre-ordered either album (or both) from the Small Stone Online Store, your order will be shipping out later today. Also, the fine folks at GMR in Sweden will be releasing the vinyl version of Dozer's "Beyond Colossal" in a few weeks. Time to get back to work. We have lots to do and a short amount of time to get it done!

Dozer, Hackman, & CMJ 2008...

Saturday, October 18, 2008

We have added the new releases from both Dozer & Hackman to the Small Stone Online Store. We should have them both in our hands any day now.  So, the sooner you order, the sooner you will get 'em. All pre-orders will go out the same day that UPS drops the boxes off here at Small Stone HQ

Also, for those of you will be in the Tri-State Area next weekend, the Small Stone CMJ Showcase is next Friday (the 24th) @ The Trash Bar in Brooklyn, NY. Free Booze from 8pm-9pm, and many an hour of excellent rock jams from the men of: Hackman, Ironweed, Throttlerod, Shame Club, The Brought Low, and Roadsaw. We hope to see many of you there. If you need directions, just Google The Trash Bar & Brooklyn, NY.