SNUFFALUFFAGUS IS GOING ON THE ROAD!

Snuffaluffagus, a musical endeavor created by songwriter Chris Braciszewski, was born out of a home studio project in his hometown San Diego and, over the last couple of years, has progressed into a collective of collaborating musicians basing their creative stylings around central ideas and concept albums. Snuffaluffagus' first Gnome Records release of 2008 (Aminals EP) is a prelude to a folk fairy tale (Aminals LP 2009) and is just one of many concepts that strive to promote childlike imaginative states. Developing the theme further, the Aminals LP was available as a coloring book (sold out for the time being) and an album. Snuffaluffagus has spent most of late 2009 and the first half of 2010 piecing together their next album, "Brazil Wood Poetry", a collage and tribute to the golden era of Brazilian tropicalia. Continuing the tradition of moving around the country, the album started in the San Francisco-based analog tape-equipped rooms of Tiny Telephone with Jay Pellici and moved south into a converted barn studio in San Diego. From there, the band moved out east to New York where the orchestral arrangements blossomed. After finishing the album in San Diego, the band will embark on a quest up the coast and into Canada. This album will be released via their own nu-digital label, "Wizard Spit".

What the press is saying:

"a great freak folk fusion album, following in the vain of Fleet Foxes"--And Music Will Set You Free

"If you want to get your bliss on and listen to a folk fairy-tale of sorts, then look no further than Snuffaluffagus’s Aminals LP."-- Plastic Milk

SNUFFALUFFAGUS
06.18.10 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
06.19.10 - San Diego, CA @ The Che Cafe
06.21.10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echo Curio
06.22.10 - Fresno, CA @ The Starline
06.23.10 - Oakland, CA @ the Fort Gallery
06.24.10 - Berkley, CA @ the Starry Plough
06.25.10 - Sacramento, CA @ The Hub
06.26.10 - Reno, NV @ TBA
06.27.10 - Nevada City, CA @ Chief Crazy Horse Saloon
06.29.10 - Eugene, OR @ The Muse Lounge
06.30.10 - Salem, OR @ The Space
07.03.10 - Seattle, WA @ the josephine
07.05.10 - Vancouver, BC @ TBA
07.06.10 - Olympia, WA @ Chez Puget
07.07.10 - Portland, OR @ Ella St Social Club
07.09.10 - Chico, CA @ Coda Cafe
07.10.10 - San Francisco, CA @ TBA
07.11.10 - Santa Barbara, CA @ TBA

Oui FM hosts Tender Forever for a live in-studio performance!

Click to watch a wonderful interview with Melanie Valera of Tender Forever on France's Oui FM. Non-French speakers do not worry, she still belts out her wonderful songs we know and love her for! No Snare is out next tuesday from K Records... get excited!

Watch the new video for Archeology's "White Walls" off of Memorial!

Filter premiered the brand new video from Archeology today for the gorgeous song "White Walls". The treatment for the video was written by the band's own Jason Davis and sees the four band members set in a beautiful location contrasted with the trappings of four white walls. Watch it for yourself! Memorial, the band's first album, has stunned listeners with it's lush harmonies, intricate arrangements and informed lyricism. With a full US and Europe tour in the works for summer through fall, expect big things from this young band!

Visqueen performs "So Long" live in studio!

Don't miss this performance of "So Long" from Jack Rabid's radio show... Rachel Flotard will blow you away with vocals on it but, be fore warned, it's a tear jerker of a performance.

Holy Hail premiers the video for "Feels Like Forever"

The lush love letter to Coney Island that is the video for "Feels Like Forever" premiers today at Aux TV. It's a beautiful video that follows the band on a trip out and back set to the slinky, electro rock sound the band has gained notoriety for. If you haven't heard the new record yet, let us know. The band is currently putting together the details for the album release party in NYC and working on a late summer tour. Keep your eyes peeled for "Feels Like Forever" to come out as their next single soon!

Shellshag's "Resilient Bastard" gets listed in the new issue of Spin!

We all knew it when we heard it for the first time, "Resilient Bastard" is one of the best jams of the year! Now the folks at Spin agree...

From Songs you Must Here Now:

"Brooklyn guy/gal duo reverse engineer a great lost 90's scrunge anthem, but with more sincerely battered heart."

Download it now: "Resiliant Bastard"

SEA OF BEES: SONGS FOR THE RAVENS OUT TODAY!

YEAHH! We couldn't be happier. Listen to what the Portland Mercury had to say, and watch this video for "Gnomes"!



"Mark your calendars now because Songs for the Ravens, the debut full-length album from Sea of Bees, comes out on June 1, and it is, without a doubt, fucking fantastic. Following up last year's The Bee Eee Pee EP, Sea of Bees—the project of Central Valley's Julie Baenziger—have crafted a haunting, ravishing record that contains infinitely sumptuous layers. Baenziger's voice ranges from a child's meow to a wise old woman's incantations, while the songs' gorgeously bone-chilling backdrops feel like a sturdy house being restored to its former beauty after years of neglect—there's some dust and rot and maybe some overgrown vines creeping their way up the walls, but the foundation and frame are as strong as ever. Songs for the Ravens is bound to be one of this year's finest records; as soon as you hear it you're not going to be able to shake it." NED LANNAMANN, Portland Mercury