Headed for the Ditch - A Michigan Tribute to Neil Young (LP)
Various Artists - LPR-001 - $15
LP Records' debut release features 11 superb Michiganian indie rock bands covering Neil Young at several different stages of his career. Pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl with a gatefold jacket and 16 page hand-sewn booklet with handwritten liner notes from the artists.
Not A Real Band (7" EP)
The Drinking Problem - LPR-002 - $5
Detroit supergroup 'The Drinking Problem' make their debut with this 7" EP. Proving dynamite comes in small packages, this diminutive disc contains five pithy pop songs (look it up). Featuring members of Detroit area favorites The Hard Lessons, The Sights, The Pop Project, and Solitary States.
The Orion Songbook / Way Upstate and the Crippled Summer pt.1 (2LP)
Frontier Ruckus - LPR-003/QSR-010 - $20
A quick google search will yield many glowing reviews of this critically acclaimed debut from Michigan's Frontier Ruckus. Now fans of analog may purchase this masterpiece on two LPs in a gatefold jacket, featuring even more intimate artwork and an 11x17 poster. Perhaps most exciting of all, this vinyl release includes an exclusive new six-song EP, 'Way Upstate and the Crippled Summer pt. 1', delving even deeper into the Orion mythology. CD originally released on Quite Scientific Records.
A Choice of Catastrophes (cd-r) / The Dynamic State of Body Constituents (7" EP)
Syscrusher / The Casionauts - LPR-004/HC-005 - $7
Lansing's incontrovertible kings of synthesis, Syscrusher, burn out brightly with this first and last offering - A Choice of Catastrophes. A concept rock opera inspired by the Isaac Asimov novel of the same name, this epic pop/prog/metal masterpiece features many layers of dueling synthesizers, as well as guest performances by Michigan indie luminaries Chris Bathgate, Matt Milia and Zach Nichols of Frontier Ruckus, Will Yates of Zoos of Berlin, Ian Graham of Cheap Girls, Alfonso Civile of Know Lyfe, and more! We're bending our own rules to release this cd-r, because it kicks ass. Included in this package is The Casionauts' final recorded output, The Dynamic State of Body Constituents 7". This picture disc, originally released on Detroit's Hell City Records, contains all of the sass that made The Casionauts Lansing's favorite dance band, and hints at the more complex songwriting that founding members Ryan Balderas and John Krohn would eventually flesh out as members of Syscrusher.
DCLXVI (7" EP)
Good Teeth Gold Teeth - LPR-005 - $5
Due out mid-December 2009. Description coming soon...
Silver/Gold (12" 45rpm maxi-single)
The Sights - LPR-006 - $10
Legendary Detroit rockers The Sights make their triumphant return after a two year hiatus with this 12" maxi-single, foreshadowing greater things to come. Eddie Baranek and a fresh new lineup deliver all the brash guitar-driven rock and roll that Sights fans have come to expect - with smarter, sharper songs and a more evolved lyrical perspective that one only develops by having lived a little on both sides of the tracks. Featuring four new originals on the A-side and a thematically colored, silkscreened B-side, this record comes dressed to impress. Recorded and pressed in Detroit at Ghetto Recorders and Archer Record Pressing, this piece of wax vibrates to the frequencies of a city and scene that will always exist - regardless of fleeting dalliances from the national media.