BBR Presents: BIG BULLET FEST

Big news today guys and gals.

First of all, we are excited to announce that we will be releasing our newest compilation, TERMINAL BALLISTICS Vol. 2, on Saturday, April 23rd. To celebrate this release we will be hosting a three day music festival in Shepherdstown, WV featuring many of our artists, as well as some very special guests.

Check out the showcase schedule:

Thursday, April 21st – Kickoff show @ The Blue Moon Saloon
Friday, April 22nd – @ The Church
Saturday, April 23rd – Comp. release @ The Blue Moon Saloon

The compilation will be available on Saturday night for FREE to those attending the showcase, and will be available for FREE online the next day. We are very excited about this. Stay tuned for complete list of performers and other news concerning the festival.

RSVP via Facebook HERE

The Demon Beat LIVE @ The Church – 12/11/10

Check out this live set from The Demon Beat’s 12/11/10 hometown show at The Church in Shepherdstown, WV. It includes the band’s first live performance of material from their new album 1956. Video courtesy of Eric Chen.

Set list:

“Give Me All Your Money”
“Get It”
“Memory Ain’t Enough”
“Poor Enough”
“Movement 4″
“Movement 5″
“You Got It”
“Bad Man”

THE DEMON BEAT – “1956″ NOW AVAILABLE!

It is with great excitement that we announce the new album from The Demon Beat, 1956, is now available for purchase! Simply click the “BUY” link below to be redirected to our BANDCAMP page where you can order a limited edition hand screen printed copy w/ instant digital download, or a digital copy!

Check out the initial press for 1956:

“While the overarching vibe of 1956 ebbs and flows between cymbal crashing, distorted blues and hear-a-pen-drop quiet verse parts, The Demon Beat nails the loud/soft dynamic and fits the sound on 1956 into some of their previous hard rockin’ bluesy material. It’s nothing like “This Is No Fun,” or “Make My Move,” off last year’s Shit, We’re 23, more like the sound of “You Only Love Me When You’re Stoned,” off the Caustic Eye/Bud Caroll split they put out. A great sound, just a divergence from any pop or punk feel they’ve had.

Everybody who’s followed The Demon Beat to this point can tell they have a kind of throwback sound and style. But until now it’s been mainly a 60’s and 70’s feel. Pulling the 50’s into their sphere of influences only makes The Demon Beat that much more appealing to rock fans. While not much longer than a half an hour and recorded in just a few days, 1956, like a lot of The Demon Beat’s songs, seems years in the making.” – WVRockscene

WVRockscene also named 1956 one of their TOP 10 CDS OF 2010

“As an incurable fan of what-if, I’m drawn in by how the band bemoans the loss of opportunity and wonders how the course of rock & roll would have shifted if things had been different. There’s something sympathetic but also devilish about picking apart the bones of what could have been and pinpointing precisely when someone’s star started to fade…1956 is the conceptual mass heretofore hinted at around the edges of the Demon Beat’s releases. This is the sound of an awesome band studying the past to build the foundation of something incredible in the future.” – Rock O’ Clock

“The band has progressed quite a bit since last year’s Shit, We’re 23 and are almost in full on stoner rock mode with this album. If I had to describe it in one word it would be “epic”. Most of the 5 songs are around 8 minutes long, they blend seamlessly into each other, are simply titled “Movement 1″, “Movement 2″, etc, and the whole thing just begs to be listened to with gigantic headphones on your ears and mind altering substance of choice in your brain. Which is, I’m pretty sure what they were shooting for with this.” – A Truer Sound

NEW ALBUM FROM THE DEMON BEAT – “1956″

We apologize for our lack of updates recently, but believe us, there has been A LOT going on. And it is in celebration of these happenings that we are ecstatic to announce that The Demon Beat will be releasing a brand new full-length on New Year’s Eve!

With 1956, The Demon Beat has expanded upon more spacey and psychedelic elements from previous records to make something entirely new altogether. The album was recorded in two long takes with minimal overdubs, so what you hear is about as bare-bones and pure as the band can get. It’s three guys in a basement, and the organic feel and overall chemistry of the band is at an all-time high here. Lyrically inspired by the famous Carl Perkins car wreck of 1956 that left him hospitalized while Elvis Presley rose to fame after recording a cover of Carl’s famous “Blue Suede Shoes”, 1956 is an ambitious and sonically deep album.

Check out this promotional teaser video:

The album will be available for physical purchase at The Demon Beat’s big NYE show at the V Club in Huntington, WV. Mail orders for physical copies will go up around this time as well as digital downloads.

Dandelion Snow + Stay Vocal ReUse & Schmooze Tour

Dandelion Snow is hitting the road once again in the next couple of days, but there is something extra special about this particular tour. Songwriter Roger Harvey and Stay Vocal founder Alex Eaves will be traveling the country to play tunes and talk shop on green living. There will be limited edition t-shirts for sale during the coffee shop tour that come with an exclusive DS mp3. They’re calling it the ReUse & Schmooze Tour, and it is coming to a city near you. Check out these dates:

  • 9/23 @ Cinnaholic – Berkeley, CA
  • 9/24 @ The Daily Brew Coffee House – Montabello, CA
  • 9/25 @ Fletcher Cove Park (ReRip’s Future of Surfing Event) – San Diego, CA
  • 9/26 @ Conspire Coffee – Phoenix, AZ
  • 9/26 @ Catalyst Info Shop – Prescott, AZ
  • 9/27 @ Winning Coffee – Albuquerque, NM
  • 9/ 28 @ Folsom St. Coffee – Boulder, CO
  • 10/1 @ Cafe Ballou – Chicago, IL
  • 10/3 @ Commonwealth Press – Pittsburgh, PA
  • 10/4 @ InFusion Coffee – Philadelphia, PA
  • 10/5 @ Koffee on Audubon – New Haven, CT
  • 10/6 @ Jam n’ Java – Arlington, MA
  • 10/7 @ The Rockin’ K Cafe – Bridgewater, MA

(Also, don’t miss Dandelion Snow w/ Tim Barry @ 31st St. Pub in Pittsburgh on Oct. 9th, and w/ Frank Turner @ Brillobox in Pittsburgh on Oct. 25th!)

Check out this sweet write-up from the Sundance Channel about the tour!

Pre-order new Dandelion Snow album and get a free download!

We are all insanely excited here at BBR for the new Dandelion Snow album, The Grand Scheme Of Things. The album will drop on June 1st, but if you pre-order right now you can get an exclusive instant download! This album was produced by Chris Barker of legendary punk band Anti-Flag, and many other amazingly talented people have put in work as well to make this a really incredible record. Check out http://www.dandelionsnow.com right now to pre-order the album and check out an awesome music video for the title track!

Here is what Roger from Dandelion Snow had to say about the album:

“Lots of time has been put into this and I’m really excited for The Grand Scheme Of Things official release on the 1st of June, and have been getting ready for a string of shows on the East Coast. Visit http://www.dandelionsnow.com/tour/ for more information on my upcoming shows, and please come out and say hi. :)

Thank you so much for listening and please take the time to visit http://dandelionsnow.com/ and stream two exclusive songs from my album, see the music video for the title track from the record, & reserve your very own limited hand-numbered pressing of The Grand Scheme Of Things, with an instant download.

… And as always there are lots of good things in the works so keep your ear to the ground.”

XO ~ Roger

New album from The Dreadful Horoscope!

Morgantown, WV psych-folk collective The Dreadful Horoscope has just released a sprawling self-titled debut full length album. Laced with ambient noise elements built around the solid songwriting of Jacob Matz, The Dreadful Horoscope’s new record is a breath of fresh air for the folk community. Be sure to check it out for only $5 by going HERE.

New Dandelion Snow album produced by #2 of Anti-Flag announced!

Dandelion Snow and BIG BULLET RECORDS are extremely proud to announce The Grand Scheme Of Things, the new album from Dandelion Snow, due out on June 1st. The album was recorded by Chris “#2″ of Anti-Flag, and showcases singer-songwriter Roger Harvey’s delicate balance of fiercely passionate songwriting and punk dedication.

There will be plenty more to come about Dandelion Snow and The Grand Scheme Of Things over the next few weeks, but for right now go sign up for Dandelion Snow’s mailing list and receive a FREE MP3 from the new record!

And don’t miss Dandelion Snow at these upcoming shows:

4/23 – WBRS 101.1 FM The Coffeehouse – Waltham, MA
4/23 – The Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
4/25 – The Fire – Philadelphia, PA
5/1 – Dan’s Auto Body – Hershey, PA
5/8 – The Charleston w/ The Demon Beat – Brooklyn, NY
5/30 – The House of One Accord – Harrisburg, PA
6/4 – Triumph Brewing Company – Philadelphia, PA
6/5 – The Blue Moon Saloon – Shepherdstown, WV

Live PBC set up for FREE download + The Demon Beat tour

Rowdy alt-country rebels Prison Book Club have a gift for you. You can now stream/download select songs from their recent set at The Blue Moon in Shepherdstown, WV for FREE! Check it out below:

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Also, The Demon Beat begin a crazy stretch of shows tomorrow night at Golden West in Baltimore, MD w/ Hammer No More The Fingers and Lizz King. Check out all of their shows at our TOUR section.

Get our Valentine’s Day compilation for FREE!

It was very difficult, but we somehow managed to keep this a secret until today.

We are unbelievably stoked to give you What’s Love Got To Do With It?, our take on some non-traditional love songs.

That’s all we’ll say about it. We put extreme amounts of effort and care into this, and we are very proud of the result. It is our Valentine’s Day gift to you. We love you all.

Click the album cover below for a free download complete with artwork and in-depth liner notes/track listing:

1.) The Demon Beat – Double Shot of My Baby’s Love (The Swingin’ Medallions)
2.) Dandelion Snow – Like A Summer Thursday (Townes Van Zandt)
3.) The Okay Win – You Send Me (Sam Cooke)
4.) BLACK FAG! – It’s Friday, I’m In Love (The Cure)
5.) Greg Loftus – Molly’s Lips (The Vaselines)
6.) The Goddamn Hills – My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion)
7.) Jude Universer – Desert Island (The Magnetic Fields)
8.) Andrew LaCara – Test Pattern (The Thermals)
9.) Orchestral Score – I Will Wait For You (Connie Francis)
10.) Tucker Riggleman – Raining In Darling (Bonnie “Prince” Billy)
11.) The Demon Beat & Dandelion Snow – I Just Want To Make Love To You (Muddy Waters)