SOFT TARGETS
Don't Put Out
CD RC013
Having jumped the sophomore slump and gotten over on the hump, Soft Targets return with their third full-length for RoosterCow. Some short punk rock blasts co-exist with some stretched out grooves in typical Softie fashion. This may be their best effort to date. Recorded by Poulin @ Armitage Shanks in Logan Square, Chicago. Priced to move. $6.00 CD.
SOFT TARGETS
Soft Targets Must Be Destroyed!
CD RC012
Soft Targets Must Be Destroyed! is the sophomore effort from the prolific rock band Soft Targets. This new record from the Softies completes the Soft Target's trilogy of records bestowed with exclamatory sentences for titles (?!!). Ten songs of pop, punk, rock and shoe-gazing bedazzlement. $6.00 CD.
SOFT TARGETS
We Hate You Soft Targets!
CD RC011
The Soft Targets debut full-length features 12 tracks of indie rock and rocking pop. Recorded by Kris Poulin at O.G.D.M.U. in Logan Square this release looks and sounds great. Is that a trombone I hear? Why yes. Yes, it is a trombone. $6.00 CD.
SOFT TARGETS
Whatever Happened to
Soft Targets?
CD RC010
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! $5.00 CD EP.
SOFT TARGETS
"(Let it) Ricochet" b/w "Straight Line"
7" RC008
The seven inch debut from Chicago rock sensation, Soft Targets. These two gems were recorded at Semaphore with Eric Block. Cover art by Chris Auman. Limited edition of 300 copies. Order yours today! $5.00 7".
KASPAR HAUSER
"4-time Winner" b/w "Western"
7" RC006
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! $4.00 7".
THE MEANS
The Means EP (a.ka. "Gimme the Creeps, Steve"
7" RC002
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, this sounds and looks great! Includes 12-panel fold-out poster by Jason Fredrick. $4.00 7".
ROOSTERCOW DISCOGRAPHY
RC001 REAGAN NATIONAL CRASH DIET Administration EP CD
RC002 THE MEANS The Means EP (a.ka. "Gimme the Creeps, Steve") 7”
RC003 DECIBATORS/RNCD Split 7"
RC004 THE CLERICS The Clerics EP 7"
RC005 REAGAN NATIONAL CRASH DIET Sucktastic! dbl 7"
RC006 KASPAR HAUSER "4-time Winner" b/w "Western" 7"
RC007 REAGAN NATIONAL CRASH DIET Sucktastic! CD
RC008 SOFT TARGETS "(Let it) Ricochet" b/w "Straight Line" 7"
RC009 THE CLERICS Magnae Quassationes CD
RC010 SOFT TARGETS Whatever Happened to Soft Targets? CD
RC011 SOFT TARGETS We Hate You Soft Targets! CD
RC012 SOFT TARGETS Soft Targets Must Be Destroyed! CD
RC013 SOFT TARGETS Don't Put Out CD
RC014 SOFT TARGETS Above the Arctic Circle CD
ROOSTERCOW NEWS
NEW SOFT TARGETS CD
(ALMOST) FINISHED
After several months of recording and mixing business, the new Soft Targets full-length has advanced forward a giant step and is ready for mastering. The ten song disc is the fourth LP and was recorded by Kris Poulin at O.G.D.M.U. The cover art and the rest of production should be completed this summer so again, so we're looking at a fall release.
REAGAN NATIONAL CRASH DIET DOUBLE GATEFOLD SEVEN INCH ON WHITE VINYL
Hey, it's the 8th Anniversary of the release of RNCD's totally awesome Sucktastic EP. This five song double 7" was the fifth official release for RoosterCow. It still sounds and looks great today and there are a few dozen copies still available. Buy one today. Hell, but two!
SOFT TARGETS LIVE AT THE MUTINY
Soft Targets return to The Mutiny to celebrate singer/guitarist Chris Auman's 40th Birthday (holy shit!). As old as this relic is, Auman still knows how to bring the rock. Or does he? Come out and see for yourselves. Mean Ohio are also on the bill as are Extra Special Guests TBA & the TBDs (wink, wink) who play your favorite punk rock songs from the '70s and beyond. That's Friday, April 23rd, 9pm. 2428 N. Western. No cover! Hey Phantom Works fans! Phantom Works just got added to the bill. Another reason to come out on the 23rd!
CLERICS GUITARIST GOES ROGUE
The Clerics, a well-known three-guitar rock music group, have recently been shaken to the core. Clerics #1 guitarist, Tim Davison, has forsaken the instrument. After receiving a banjo as a Christmas gift, the former guitarist has increasingly focused his attention on the twangy 5-string instrument. Without notice to his bandmates, Davison deleted all guitar tracks from their forthcoming, as-yet unnamed release. In their place he has promised to re-record banjo tracks. Though not yet a polished banjo player, his enthusiasm for the instrument is palpable.
CIRCUS LUPUS DEMOS ON CHUNKLET.COM
Hundreds of millions of years ago, Soft Targets guitarist, Reg Shrader, played bass in the original, Madison WI configuration of Circus Lupus. Check out the Chunklet website for some killer demos from that incarnation of the band before they moved to DC. These demo tapes were donated by Circus Lupus/Monorchid/Red Eyed Legends frontman, Chris Thomson. Read more about that donation here.
CLERICS SPOTTED IN MICHIGAN ATTIC
There are rumours that the elusive and reclusive Clerics (pictured above L-R: Paul Johnson, Chris Butler) came pretty damn close to finishing their sophomore album this past fall. Not only that, certain sources have confirmed that the Flab Four even spent a weekend drinking and recording music in a remote Michigan location. Should either of these rumours prove true, you will read about it here first. Until such a time as new Clerics music becomes available for the planet to enjoy, please consider purchasing one of their RoosterCow releases before they are gone forever.
SOFT TARGETS TO RECORD NEW ALBUM
Soft Targets (pictured above driving their van to a gig at the Bottom Lounge) are scheduled to return to the studio this month to start recording their fourth full-length CD for RoosterCow Records. Engineer Kris Poulin will once again be at the helm. Any release date would be impossible to predict at this time, but surely a late summer/early fall 2010 release would not be out of the question.
INDIAN BOUNDARY LINE
NEW FILM BY TOM COMERFORD OF KASPAR HAUSER
The premiere of Tom Comerford's (Kaspar Hauser) new film Indian Boundary Line will be February 4th, 2010, at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street @ 6pm. This particular screening is a part of Conversations at the Edge, presented by the Department of Film, Video, New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
SOFT TARGETS PHOTOS
Soft Targets got their picture taken—a whole bunch of pictures taken—this past summer. They were all spectacular as The Softies are smolderingly handsome, however, the above and below photos are a few of the better ones. Thanks to photographer Jenny Runde.
In case you missed the pleasing irony of the above photgraph, that is the Civic Opera House there in the background—but the Soft Targets play rock & roll which is the opposite of opera!
NEW CD BY SOFT TARGETS
Well, what the fuck do you know, Soft Targets have released their third full-length for RoosterCow Records. The ten tracks that compose Don’t Put Out were recorded by engineer Kris Poulin (Pinback, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Smog) at Armitage Shanks in Logan Square during the early winter months of 2009. This disc features all the Soft Targets trademarks; there’s the short bursts of punk rock energy on “When the Apocalypse Comes,” and “Idiot Clause” (a song sung by new drummer Chris Negrete). And there are longer sonic stretches too, as on the disc opener “Figure it Out” and the slightly eerie “Some Days.” Reg Shrader takes on vocals for a cover of “Frustration” by the psychedelic garage band, Mystic Tide, featuring some manic guitar work from Adam Scott (The Peelers, The Mediums). Don’t Put Out ends big with “Big Cats” getting a little help from former Soft Target bassist/vocalist, Tina Finch.
THE CLERICS
Magnae Quassationes
CD RC009
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. $6.00 CD.
THE CLERICS
The Clerics EP
7" EP
RC004
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. $4.00 7".
DECIBATORS/REAGAN NATIONAL
CRASH DIET
Split 7" RC003
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. $4.00 7".
REAGAN NATIONAL
CRASH DIET
Administration
CD RC001
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. Covers were hand silkscreened by Jason Fredrick. $5.00 CD.
REAGAN NATIONAL CRASH DIET
Sucktastic!
CD
RC007
We'll let Punk Planet say it, 'cause they said it best:
"The much needed CD reissue of the already classic double 7" inch from this wacky, sloppy Chicago-area band with dual male/female vocals... totally wild. Includes three bonus tracks, two of which were recorded at the Fireside Bowl."
They're totally right! $5.00 CD.
REAGAN NATIONAL
CRASH DIET
Sucktastic!
DBL 7" RC005
Five raw and rockin' songs on a double platter of delicious WHITE VINYL, served in a silk-screened gatefold sleeve. For those of you who have long abandoned your turntables, you're gonna wanna dust 'em off for this gem. Recorded after hours at the now-defunct Acme Studios in Chicago by K.P. $6.00 x2 7".
PRESSURE COOKER
Compilation of the Chicago Underground Music Scene
FB001
Hard-to-find compilation of the Chicago Underground in the early 90s. A real who's who and what's what and—huh? 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! $5.00 CD.
TEAM SATAN
"Devil Made Us Do It" b/w "1996"
7" OW9701
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. $4.00 7".
TEAM SATAN
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". $4.00 CD-R.