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INSOUND. /// Wednesday, 30 /// dispatch from Chris!
DUDES! Its all available at Insound now. So while you're there buying Guero or The Getty Address (which, by the way, is seriously the greatest album of all time), pick up a copy of The Pathways' "Productivity" or The Fugue's "Four Corner Races" or The Morningsides' Debut or The WoWz's Long Grain Rights. Ok!??!?! Ok. Now, back to work, you!!!
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'Four Corner Races' at INSOUND. /// Monday, 28 /// dispatch from Chris!
"Four Corner Races" is now available at Insound! CHECK IT OUT!! Presumably, the other three RiYL releases will be available there shortly. Keep yr eyes peeled!
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Happy Easter! /// Sunday, 27 /// dispatch from Chris!
Happy Easter(!) if you're into that sort of thing. Go eat some eggs and chocolate. Or, if you like The Fugue, go buy their "Four Corner Races" from STICKFIGURE DISTRO in Atlanta, GA (if you don't trust buying from us or something). In their words: "New York City's The Fugue [play] catchy guitar driven spazz rock which will appeal to fans of the Red Scare and Orchid". Oh, and while while we're on the subject, it seems that The Fugue are altering their name to Die Fugue USA. More on that when we have the full scoop.
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International Superhits! /// Saturday, 26 /// dispatch from Chris!
The Pathways played an excellent show at Bar 169 last night. Thanks to all those who came to the show and all of those who bought a copy of the "Productivity" 7-inch! And, a slightly belated thanks to our new friends in Norway, Taiwan and Italy who bought "Productivity" and some other RiYL stuff! We're proud to be officially international. The Pathways will be playing in Boston with Pants Yell! on April 8th and then again at Tommy's Tavern on TAXXX DAY.
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Dream Bitches in the Distro! Like to promote things? /// Thursday, 24 /// dispatch from Chris!
The debut CD from Dream Bitches is available as a distro item in the RiYL RECORDS ONLINE STORE. Cool!!
ALSO: RiYL Records is seeking someone in the NYC area who loves talking to strangers on the phone and enjoys writing and reading emails to help develop the RiYL PROMOTION arm of the label. It won't be a paid position, but you'll get lots of experience, a few free records and you'll feel like a better, more complete person. All interested parties should write to info [at] riylrecords [dot] com and tell us why you think you should be our new, special friend.
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RiYL PROMOTION /// Wednesday, 23 /// dispatch from Chris!
Watch out, it's here: RiYL PROMOTION. The promotion arm of RiYL Records will be servicing its own releases to radio, as well as certain releases from Luv-A-Lot Records and Olive Juice Music.
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PPD = Poughkeepsie Police Department! /// Tuesday, 22 /// dispatch from Chris!
RiYL FUN FACT: Did you know that PPD stands not only for "Postage Paid" but also for "postpartum depression" and "Poughkeepsie Police Department". We shit you not. More items coming to the RiYL Records Online Store soon!
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Advertisements? /// Sunday, 20 /// dispatch from Chris!
So there's a new MYSTERIOUS ANIMALS ad floating around the internet. Have you seen it? Check the RiYL MySPACE if you haven't. Oh, and The Fugue, The Morningsides and The Pathways have received nice nods from Smother.net. Check out the triple threat HERE. Finally, in family-related news, our good pal "Chris Glover" has a free download available at the iTunes music store this week. Get it: "STAND ON YR SEAT". We're sure you'll see his dreaming head all over the place soon...
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RiYL DISTRO OPEN FOR BUSINESS... /// Saturday, 19 /// dispatch from Chris!
Now available in the RiYL RECORDS ONLINE STORE: Dufus - Theis Freedumb 7-inch, Huggabroomstik / Wooden Ghost - Split 7-inch, and Thomas Patrick Maguire - PIssing Streams CD. Way cool! More soon...
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RiYL DISTRO coming soon... /// Tuesday, 15 /// dispatch from Chris!
Recommended If You Like Records will soon enter the distribution business with the addition of two Luv-A-Lot Records releases to our ONLINE STORE. These will be Dufus's Theis Freedumb 7-inch and the Huggabroomstik / Wooden Ghost split 7-inch. More distribution items to come, stay tuned.
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Tangents loves The Pathways! /// Monday, 14 /// dispatch from Chris!
The Pathways got an awesome review at Tangents in the UK, which called the "Productivity" 7-inch "geniuis" and pleaded, "if you've a heart that beats then you need this record." Check out the whole thing HERE.
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Blue Mag loves The Morningsides! /// Wednesday, 9 /// dispatch from Chris!
A new review of The Morningsides 7-inch was posted over at the excellent website, Blue Mag: "On both tracks, the late 60's british pop influences (of both the cockney bad boy and sensitive lad varieties) are tastefully filtered through current lo fi aesthetics, amounting to a quality 7" for any era." Read the whole thing HERE.
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Smother + BrooklynRock love The WoWz!! /// Tuesday, 8 /// dispatch from Chris!
The WoWz just got a glowing "Editor's Pick" review from Smother.net. The review concludes with this advice: "Pick up this CD now from your indie store - there's no excuse for not owning genius like this." We couldn't agree more. Buy it HERE or get it at Kim's or Insound (soon). Read the whole review HERE. Also, peep this NEW(?) PAGE devoted to The WoWz over at BrooklynRock.com.
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Welcome: REBECCA SCHIFFMAN! /// Monday, 7 /// dispatch from Chris!
BIG SUPER ULTRA AWESOME NEWS! We thrilled to announce that this summer RiYL will be putting out a record by the super-talented Rebecca Schiffman. Rebecca's first full-length, the excellent Upside Down Lacrimosa, was released by Some Records back in 2003. You should check out her website, rebeccaschiffm an.com, as well as her page at Some Records, for more info. Rumor has it, Rebecca has plans to start working on new recordings with Peter Toh at Moon Rock Studios very soon. You can check out an untitled acoustic demo they recorded over in the SOCIALISM section, as well as a demo of another song called "Lewis Brothers, Farewell" (which is about two of RiYL's other favorite songwriters, Jack and Jeff Lewis). This project promises to be a wonderful amalgamation of RiYL's past and future, a totally rad confection of awesomeness. We can't wait to hear Rebecca's new recordings.
In other news, we have new souvenirs for sale. Peep the brand-new RiYL Button Packs which are now available in limited quantities over in the RiYL Online Store:
Each pack comes with 5 buttons, one each from The Fugue, The Pathways, The WoWz, Daggerhearts and us, RiYL Records. Buy it in the CAPITALISM section. And pick up a record or two while you're there!!
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"In" Insound soon... /// Thursday, 3 /// dispatch from Chris!
In case you kids don't like buying direct or using PayPal, pretty soon there will be an active one of these that'll let you buy RiYL releases with all yr other favorite records:
Stay tuned here for news on when we're "in" at Insound.
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