NEWS
Soft Targets have found a new drummer! What's that? You didn't know they were looking for a new drummer? Well, yeah, they were. Chris Negrete has joined the band. Chris is also drummer in local Chicago rock unit, Vamplifier. The new line-up will debut May 22 at the Darkroom, 2210 W. Chicago. Doors @ 8pm, cover is $7. With power pop rockers, Farewell Captain and Ellie Maybe Experience. While you're here, buy some stuff. Thanks.
RELEASES
RC011 SOFT TARGETS "We Hate You Soft Targets!" CD
Soft
Targets new CD, "We Hate You Soft Targets!" is out and trust the
honest folks at RoosterCow to tell you that it is pretty sweet. This disc finds
the Soft T's stretching their legs even more on this their debut full-length.
Is that a trombone I hear? Why yes. Yes it is a trombone. Recorded by Kris Poulin
at O.G.D.M.U. in Logan Square, with cover art by Chris Auman, this looks and
sounds great. $9.
RC010 SOFT TARGETS "Whatever Happened to Soft Targets?" CD EP
Chicago's
Soft Targets deliver an "icy-cool postpunk sound halfway between the Only
Ones and Joy Division" (Sharp Darts, Chicago Reader) on this five
song CD EP. Recorded at Electrical Studios with engineer Kris Poulin. Order
several copies today! $6.
RC009 THE CLERICS Magnae Quassationes CD
This
eight song CD by Chicago's reclusive Clerics,
might just be the great lost record of the beginning part of the twenty-first
century! If you took all the great (and not so great) bands the member of the
Clerics have been in over the years, and laid them end to end, they'd reach
to Milwaukee! Magnae Quassationes (that's Latin for Great Shakes) was
recorded by Scott Ramsayer at Two Rooms Studios in Chicago in June of 2005.
After fermenting for over a year in the overdub & mixing process, this soon-to-be
classic batch of guitar-laden rock is now available for public consumption.
$7.
A few positive reviews of the new Clerics disc, for your reading pleasure:
"Describing the Chicago Sound is difficult, but hearing The Clerics leaves zero doubt that they are a band from these parts. This quartet, which has just released the irresistible "Magnae Quassationes" (Roostercow), has an approach that fits that weird Chicago post-rock sound, which is the aural equivalent of visiting a very familiar room after someone has moved all the furniture six inches to the right. It's all there, but something is just a bit off."--Kevin Williams, Chicago Tribune
"The Clerics find some nice moments on "Magnae Quassationes," the band's debut record, eight quick songs of jangly guitar spewing and sensitive vocal drawl. The intriguing piece of The Clerics puzzle--that's missing, oddly--is that there is no bassist, just three guitars, vocals, drums. Some added sounds in studio, of course, but the essential lineup includes no bassist. And they pull it off, and without the angular and darting musical complexity of a Sleater-Kinney."--Tom Lynch, New City
RC008 SOFT TARGETS (Let it) Ricochet b/w Straight Line 7"
The seven inch debut from Chicago's newest rock
sensation, Soft Targets! At the time of this recording (February
2006) Soft Targets featured former members of Seam,
Reagan National Crash Diet, Vambo
Marble Eye and a member of the Clerics. These two gems were recorded at Semaphore
with Eric Block. Cover art by Chris Auman. Limited edition of 300 copies. Order
yours today! $4.
Click on image for a closer view RC007
REAGAN NATIONAL CRASH DIET Sucktastic! CD
We'll let Punk Planet say it, 'cause they really hit the nail: "The much needed CD reissue of the already classic double 7" inch from this wacky, sloppy Chicago-area band with dual male/female vocals. It sounds like what a Plan-It X band doing garage rock would sound like: totally wild. Includes three bonus tracks, two of which were recorded at the Fireside Bowl." $5.
RC006 KASPAR HAUSER 4-time Winner b/w Western 7"
RoosterCow and Spacesuit Records have teamed up to bring you a tasty 7" platter from Chicago's own Kaspar Hauser (led by indie filmmaker Tom Comerford). Like all RoosterCow releases, these are part of a limited run--only 300 were pressed, so scoop one up today! $3.
RC005 REAGAN NATIONAL CRASH DIET Sucktastic dble 7"
RC004
THE CLERICS The Clerics 7"
EP
RC003
DECIBATORS/RNCD Split 7"
Five raw and rockin' songs on a double platter of delicious
white vinyl, served in a silk-screened gatefold sleeve. For those of you have
have long abandoned your turntables, you're gonna wanna dust 'em off for this
gem. Recorded afterhours at the now-defunct Acme Studios in Chicago by K.P. $6.
Despite a recent spike in sales, The Clerics EP
is still available. Don't miss out on this lo-fi gold. Features former members
of New Rob Robbies and an ex-member of Cincinnati's
Fairmount Girls. $4.
Decibators and Reagan National Crash Diet fans will be excited to learn that there are a still a few copies available! Features one song apiece from two great Chicago bands. The RNCD side features cover art by Mike Dixon. $3.
RC002 THE MEANS The Means EP a.k.a. Gimme the Creeps, Steve 7" EP
RC001
REAGAN NATIONAL CRASH DIET Administration EP CD
Columbus may not have discovered America but you can be
one of the first ones to discover Columbus, OH's The Means and their much anticipated
four song seven inch EP. Recorded by Kris Poulin at Acme Studios in Chicago, mastered
by John Golden in sunny California, this sounds and looks great! 300 limited edition
on black vinyl with 12-panel fold-out poster by Jason Fredrick. (Check out Jason's
new band, Love Story in Blood Red)
$4.
The well-received debut EP from RNCD and the inaugural release
for RoosterCow Records, Administration is ground zero for the evolving
Reagan National Crash Diet sound. Recorded in late 2000/early 2001 this record
shows where The Diet was after only little more than six months of playing together.
Only about 50 of these are left. Covers were hand silkscreened by Jason Fredrick
of The Means/Love Story In Blood Red. $5.
BAND SITES:
Reagan
National Crash Diet
Decibators
The Means
Team Satan
Kaspar Hauser
Soft Targets
The Clerics
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OFF-WHITE RECORDS
TEAM SATAN Devil Made Us Do It / 1996 7"
Lo-fi
basement rock from Chicago. This dynamite devil rock unit featured future members
of Chicago's Decibators, and Reagan National Crash Diet, Virginia's Alabama
Thunder Pussy, and Colorado's Harvey Knuckes. Hand-silkscreend cover. $3.
*Get a free 1" Team Satan button with your order!
TEAM SATAN RECORDS
TEAM SATAN 1996-1998 CD-R
The
best of the worst and the worst of the best, this 60+ minute CD-R captures the
raw sound of Team Satan rocking out for each other in their basement lair. Also
included are thirteen never released songs recorded by Kris Poulin at the Lab
East on Memorial Day 1998. Also includes a live version of the hit single "John
Peters". CD-R: $4
FURBALL RECORDS
Pressure Cooker compilation CD
Hard
to find compilation of the Chicago underground in the early 90s. Songs by Conduscent
(featuring Bobby Conn), Scissor Girls (featuring Azita of Bride of No No), Trenchmouth
(featuring Damon Locks and Wayne Montana of The Eternals and Fred Armisen of
SNL fame), Flying Luttenbachers, Loud Lucy, Hog Lady, Wickerman and more! $5.