The Horror The Horror Tour
Asheville, NC band, The Horror The Horror are going on a month long tour starting August 18th in support of their debut EP "Muscle Memory," which Edible Onion will be releasing on cassette. The Horror The Horror was started by Shantron Distrakto, and features Benjamin Schurr, Shaina Kapeluck, and Emilja Frances of Br'er. The tour kickoff/record release show is August 18th in Asheville, NC at the Bobo Gallery at 8PM. TOUR DETAILS
Videos from Salon in May
Back in May, Bryce Hample (Hedia, Yoda's House) came to town with his project Reighnbeau, and we set up a show for him at our friend Ross Lipton's apartment, where Ross holds periodical salons. The night wound up being packed with performers, including a last minute appearance by Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa, a poetry reading, and a couple of improv sets. We were lucky enough to have local videographer Sean Suter in attendance to film some of the music that happened, and I have included his three videos below for your enjoyment. WATCH VIDEOS
Preorder All Saints' Day on Vinyl
On August, 31st, we will be releasing The New Heaven And The New Earth's debut EP, All Saints' Day on vinyl. Last year we released the EP on cassette, and in a similar fashion we have prepared a vinyl version, complete with cut out stained glass windows made with foil and markers. This version includes a lyric booklet designed and illustrated by Darian Scatton, and each record label is hand colored. You can pre-order your copy now for $5 off if you order before the release date. Go here for more details.
Preorder the Br'er & The Chord And The Fawn Split 12"
On August, 19th, we will be releasing a split 12" between Br'er and The Chord And The Fawn. You can pre-order your copy now for $5 off if you order before the released date. Go here for more details.
New Heaven @ The Ox July 30th
Photo by Courtney Ballantine
The New Heaven And The New Earth will be playing their first show in Philadelphia since getting back from tour last month, and will be sharing the stage at The Ox with True Womanhood from DC, Bambara from Athens, and Norwegian arms from Philadelphia. DETAILS
A Stick And A Stone Record Release Show
On July 24th, A Stick And A Stone is having a record release at the Magic Mosaic Gardens on South St. in Philadelphia. A Stick And A Stone is the songwriting project of Philadelphia resident, Elliott Harvey, and his album Opal Nightly was just released on CD by Exotic Fever Records. Opal Nightly was written by Elliot over the past four years, and recorded, mixed, and mastered by Bill Moriarty. A number of Edible Onion collaborators also show up on the album, including Darian Scatton, Ross Lipton, Jeff Russo, Dan Angel, and Benjamin Schurr. DETAILS
Snow Caps / Scott Churchman Tour Kickoff
Photo by Albert Yee
On July 22nd, Snow Caps and Scott Churchman will be kicking off a week long tour of New England at the M Room in Philadelphia with Folklore and Ham 1.
DETAILS & DATES
A Cure For The Broken-Hearted Revealed!
The compilation album is an oft-abused tool of record labels and music collectives to promote the music they are releasing in a cheap and quick manner. They usually include an impressive number of artists and songs; however, most of the time, less than a handful of them are worth listening to and the packaging usually leaves much to be desired.
Here at Edible Onion, we have put together a very special collection of songs that we hope will not end up underneath your car seats, and to prove that we are serious about it, we are releasing it in a run of 1000 accordion books. Each book is made with home-made book cloth and assembled by hand. The books are printed on a beautiful, recycled speckletone paper and each one is hand-numbered. The artwork features watercolor illustrations and handwriting by Darian Scatton, who also designed the packaging.
We kept the number of songs relatively low so we could craft an album that flows well, feeling more like an actual record and less like a collective of scattered songs that don't belong together. Most of the artists on the compilation are from Philadelphia with the exception of two, and many have either appeared on our last compilation, or appeared on other releases we have done. We are very excited to bring you this collection of old and new Edible Onion artists, and hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Order it here.
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New Heaven Tour & Kickoff Show
Flyer by Courtney Ballantine
Starting on May 19th, The New Heaven And The New Earth will be touring in support of the 12" version of their EP, All Saints' Day, which we originally released on cassette last year. The 12" will be officially released later this summer in July, but they will have copies available for sale on their tour. They are having a tour kickoff show on May 19th at Castle Gay (5th & Federal) in Philadelphia. FURTHER DETAILS
A Cure For The Broken-Hearted
In May, Edible Onion will be releasing a compilation called A Cure For The Broken-Hearted. It features a number of artists we have worked with in the past, in addition to some new ones we are proud to welcome aboard. Each copy of the compilation will come in its very own accordion style book, filled with watercolor illustrations and information about the songs. In anticipation of the release, we are going to stream a different song from the compilation each week, leading up to its official release in May. Enjoy!
Week 12: Listen to "Fields" by Snow Caps
Reighnbeau Come to Philadelphia
Bryce Hample of Hedia is currently on tour with another project of his called Reighnbeau, which is a duo of drums, guitar, clarinets, bells, and melancholic droney ocean waves. In case you are unfamiliar with Mr. Hample, he is a multi-instrumentalist from Albuquerque, where he records and performs in a number of different projects including Yoda's House, Rabbit, and the aforementioned groups. One of the instruments he plays is the wonderful viola de gamba, which was played during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, and he has contributed a piece to our upcoming compilation, A Cure For The Broken-Hearted, that makes ample use of that and a number of other sounds. He is playing in Philadelphia on Saturday, May 15th with Reighnbeau. The show is part of an off and on series of salons hosted by Ross Lipton (Br'er, A Three Ring Circus, Brothers Tadzio) in his living room at 43rd & Spruce. Email us if you are interested in coming so we can give you directions. There will be a number of performers, including an electronic set by Benjamin Schurr of Br'er and Charles Cohen of Lopass Mates and Color is Luxury as well as a ton of free food.
Br'er & The Chord And The Fawn Split 12"
This summer, we are releasing a split 12" between Br'er and The Chord And The Fawn. Each 12" will be packaged in a hand-cut & hand-sewn, felt 12" sleeve with your choice of three colors (green, baby blue, pink). Each side contains an EP by its respective band. Br'er's side is a brand new EP called The Soft Mountain, recorded last summer in Asheville, North Carolina. The Chord And The Fawn's side contains their self-released, 2008 EP This Has To Be Meant To Be. DETAILS
Lopass Mates Video
The Lopass Mates are made of Philadelphia noise legend Charles Cohen and Br'er co-founder Christian Mirande. Here is a video of them shot on March 31st by Sean Suter and Sean Traynor with sound engineered by Kevin Quann.
Space Sluts @ JR's May 1st
Brian Reichert's band Space Sluts is playing at JR's in South Philadelphia on May 1st. Brian Reichert is a local musican who appeared on the first Edible Onion compilation, and also contributed a song to the new one out in late May. Brian will be selling a split cassette tape he made with Br'er for the show. DETAILS
New Heaven & Snow Caps @ Scott Churchman's Record Release Show
Our friends at Single Girl Married Girl Records are releasing Scott Churchman's second album, Monster, and they are having a record release show for it at The Ox on April 10th. In addition to Scott Churchman, The New Heaven And The New Earth & Snow Caps will be playing, as well as Ramona Cordova. DETAILS
Upcoming New Heaven Performances in Philly
Photo by Rachel Pfeffer
New Heaven is performing two shows in the coming weeks in Philadelphia. The first of which is at the Highwire Gallery in Fishtown on February 20th, the second of which is with Teeth Mountain at the Danger Danger Gallery on March 1st. DETAILS
::: Tour News - January 16th, 2009 :::
Br'er Tour This Spring
Photo by Paul Rosales
This March, Br'er are hitting the road again for a five week tour around the east coast and midwest. They will be touring in support of "Filled With Guilt & Diamonds" and a new 12" that will be coming out on Edible Onion later this year. Details on that will be coming shortly. The lineup will consist of mainstays Benjamin Schurr and Darian Scatton, in addition to Hyden Weiner-Grossman playing synths. TOUR DATES
::: New Release - October 27th :::
Br'er: Filled With Guilt & Diamonds 12" EP
Edible Onion is proud to announce the pre-release sale for its first 12" vinyl release, Br'er's EP "Filled With Guilt & Diamonds." We are releasing the EP on 180 gram vinyl, and comes packaged in a screen printed, double gatefold sleeve with the lyrics laid out inside surrounded by ink drawings. Features a bonus track called "Centralia". Only 400 will be available! Comes with a digital download link. Buy It!
"Filled With Guilt & Diamonds" runs the gamut between more accessible pop songwriting and noise music that is heavily influenced by modern classical and avant-garde composition. "Painted Lady" is intricately arranged shoegaze pop and includes Nat Baldwin (Dirty Projectors) on upright bass. Its explosion of color at the end is in stark contrast to the mechanized horrors of album closers, "Sugar Bear," a voice and noise piece including Charles Cohen, and "Catch a Falling Knife," an avant-garde chamber pop song rife with organ, baritone sax, piano, harp, and noise. The album represents the schizophrenic nature of Br'er and showcases the two primary focuses that exist in Schurr's songwriting, blistering pop arrangement, and dissonant noise music.
::: New Release - Mon, Feb 2nd :::
Br'er: I'm a Kid Again / I'm Sorry Mom Single
Edible Onion is proud to announce its first vinyl release, a 7" single from Br'er, featuring alternate recordings of "I'm a Kid Again" and "I'm Sorry Mom." The two tracks orginally appeared on Br'er's debut full length "Of Shemales and Kissaboos," and have long been audience favorites in Br'er's live sets.
The version of "I'm a Kid Again" featured on the 7" was orignally recorded by Audio Confusion in Mesa, Arizona, during Br'er's first US tour. "I'm Sorry Mom" was recorded mostly live by Dan Angel in Philadelphia on his digital sixteen track. The songs as they appear here capture the raw, chathartic sound that characterized the group's early live performances, and differ dramatically from their melancholy readings on "Of Shemales and Kissaboos."
As with every Edible Onion release, each "I'm a Kid Again/I'm Sorry Mom" 7" is packaged in handmade art. For this release, each record jacket has a hand painted outer jacket, with vellum windows cut out to reveal a hand painted inner jacket. The painting was done with a mixture of acrylic and watercolor paint on oak tag (outside) and American Masters printmaking paper (inside). As well, all of the text is handwritten.
Available at Repo, A.K.A. Music, Long in the Tooth, The Marvelous & The Philadelphia Record Exchange in Philadelphia; APOP in St. Louis; Reckless Records in Chicago (Milwaukee Ave.); Treehouse Records in Minneapolis; and Eclipse Records in St. Paul.
