LOOK WHAT JUST SHOWED UP.

CLEAR VINYL, PEOPLE.

HOLY CRAP, JAWBREAKER.

JAWBREAKER
UNFUN
BLACKBALL RECORDS 3.30.10

Blackball Records presents the 20th anniversary edition of Jawbreaker's beloved 1990 debut album Unfun--twelve groundbreaking tracks (sixteen on the CD) that captured the very inception of emo's big band and launched a galaxy of young, earnest bands and the scenes that love them.

Unfun has been remastered by John Golden from the original analog tapes; the increased sampling rate boosts some of the bottom end and mid-range. It sounds fucking awesome. The vinyl version is available for the first time since 1992, and the CD and download versions of the record include the three-song Whack & Blite EP, as well as the 7-inch mix of "Busy" as an unlisted bonus track. This reissue features restored original artwork, and all formats include additional band photos from the time of recording. The CD comes with a 24-page booklet with the Whack & Blite insert reproduced in its entirety.

"Want" and "Fine Day" were in heavy rotation on college radio back in the day, and remained set list staples throughout Jawbreaker's run. Unfun wound up on a lot of fanzine top ten lists, and even the mainstream press took notice. Rolling Stone called it "a feast of heavy melody and righteous braying that roars along with all the spit and spirit of Husker Du's New Day Rising."

ONLINE:
WWW.BLACKBALLRECORDS.COM
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JAWBREAKER
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/JAWBREAKER

TRACKLISTING:
1 Want
2 Seethruskin
3 Fine Day
4 Incomplete
5 Imaginary War
6 Busy
7 Softcore
8 Driven
9 Wound
10 Down
11 Gutless
12 Drone
13 Lawn
14 Crane
15 Eye-5
16 Busy (7" mix) (Bonus Track)

CONTACT:
Joan Hiller Depper, Nathan Walker, Riot Act Media.
Joan AT riotactmedia.com
Nathan AT riotactmedia.com
206.890.9906

The Lights new album, Failed Graves, out nationally on April 27th!

Holy crap! I can't tell you how stoked we are to work with one our favorite bands of all time, the Lights! Their full length album, Failed Graves, is out everywhere at the end of April on Wäntage USA and shit is going to get heavy around the Riot Act Offices... stay tuned for more, way more, on this trio.

"In pre-anesthesia times when Doctors performed brain surgery, patients threw back whisky and bit down on leather to cope with the pain. Conscious, with their skulls opened, they encountered so much pain that they entered a trance like state of suspended hallucinatory shock where all was beautiful, no pain. This is what happens when you listen to the Lights." Trent Moorman, Seattle Weekly

"The coolest thing about the Lights is how they are able to take their UK post punk influences, travel up to the mountains to some isolated shack and boil them down in a still and come up with something that sounds like wild mountain men doing angular punk rock. Listening to the Lights reminds me of stuff like Gang of Four, Johnny Horton, Neil Young, New Model Army and Eleventh Dream Day, but they don’t really sound like any of those. The Lights have done something that many before them often fail to do, distill their influences into something acerbically unique." the Finest Kiss

"The Lights' sound has grown from the starker efforts of the past to a lusher and more detailed document that embellishes the band's angular, aggressive sound with sharper pop sensibilities." Hannah Levin, Rocket Queen

Here's a video from their last album from none other than Lynn Shelton, director of Humpday and MTV's upcoming $5 Cover Seattle (which the band costars in!), for the song "Setting Sun."

Jared Mees & the Grown Children shake the blues away and offer up their newest studio effort "Shake" from their 2010 Tour Ep!

Kicking off their March tour tomorrow (dates here), the band shares this six minute rave-up where the band attempts to shake off winter's grip. Around the 3:00 minute mark, the band splits open into the joyous celebratory sound we know and love them for...

Feel free to share "Shake" on your site, blog, radio show or podcast and, as always, get in touch for interviews, guest list or anything else you may need. This is easily the most fun band on our roster.

New Boy Eats Drum Machine album, Hoop & Wire, out now!

"His latest, Hoop + Wire neatly balances his charming exuberance with an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to musical composition." Ezra Ace Caraeff, Portland Mercury

"On Hoop + Wire, Ragel meticulously builds up sounds, layering chunky guitar chords, drum breaks, bass synth, turntable scratches and saxophone blurts over warm, hummable melodies. Despite his collage-like approach, Ragel is actually playing all the instruments, not sampling from other sources." Michael Mannheimer, Willamette Week

"Boy Eats Drum Machine is danceable, humable, singable, driveable, relatable and at times relentlessly catchy. There are tunes on "Hoop+Wire" that will lodge in your brain and won't be annoying. These are melodies that take work." Ryan White, the Oregonian

RIOT ACT MEDIA/ SMOKE SIGNALS/ TENDER LOVING EMPIRE PRESENTS: THE PORTLAND INDIE INDUSTRIES PARTY. SXSW 2010.

Saturday, March 20th.
THE LIBERTY BAR.
1618 1/2 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702
FREE / 21+ / 11am - 6pm

WITH (in no order--MORE BANDS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON):
Finn Riggins (BOISE, ID)
Jared Mees & the Grown Children (PORTLAND, OR)
Boy Eats Drum Machine (PORTLAND, OR)
World's Greatest Ghosts (PORTLAND, OR)
Blunt Mechanic (SEATTLE, WA)
Shellshag (BROOKLYN, NY)
Carolyn Mark (VICTORIA, BC)

SET TIMES & MORE ANNOUNCED SOON!

Sea of Bees last night in Portland

Well, well, well... Joan and I had our mind's blow last night when we had our first chance to see Sea Of Bees live. Her voice is from another dimension! Sorry for the poor video quality, if you need to, close your eyes and be swept up in the magic of this song.

Sea of Bees "the woods" live in Portland, OR from Riot Act Media on Vimeo.