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Welcome Mister Goblin to the Spartan Family. New Album "Frog Poems" Out April 26th.

Welcome Mister Goblin to the Spartan family. We're thrilled to release the brilliant new album Frog Poems on April 26th. Listen to the brand new single "Goodnight Sun" everywhere you get music here and pre-order the album on limited edition LP / digital now. When Sam Goblin’s post-punk operation, Two Inch Astronaut, disbanded it was an opportunity for reinvention. An opportunity to experiment. An opportunity to explore the idea of letting a lack of a unified sonic direction be the direction. Pulling from a kaleidoscopic array of influences spanning from the early 2000’s tongue-in-cheek storytelling traditions of bands of Pedro the Lion...

Watch Sisters' "Black Stars" Music Video and Catch Them On Tour This March

Watch Sisters' druggy new music video for "Black Stars." The song appears on the band's debut album Leecheater which is out everywhere now. Catch them on tour in the Midwest next month.3/19 - St. Louis, MO - Platypus3/20 - Chicago, IL - Sub-T (Downstairs)3/21 - Lexington, KY - The Green Lantern Bar3/22 - Tolono, IL - Loose Cobra3/23 - Kansas City, MO - Minibar

New Ghost Work Album "Light a Candle for the Lonely" Out March 8th

We’re thrilled to announce that Ghost Work's new album Light a Candle for the Lonely will be released everywhere on March 8th. Ghost Work is a story of escaping cycles, the power of reconnection, and balancing the formative past with an unrevealed future. While time moved forward in fits and starts for Sean Husick (Milemarker), Erin Tate (Minus The Bear), Aaron Stauffer (Seaweed), Dustin Perry (Snapcase), the urge to continue to create remained constant. At its core, Light a Candle For The Lonely is a meditation on the stark contrast between the natural beauty of our world and universe and the uncertainty and de-evolution...

Pohgoh Premieres New Music Video for "Hammer"

We're thrilled to share Pohgoh's new music video for "Hammer." The song was inspired by singer Susie Ulrey’s struggle with multiple sclerosis, and its video is a timelapse of a digital painting of Susie created by animator Michael Knapp (Spies In Disguise, the Ice Age franchise, etc.) “‘Hammer’ is such a disarmingly personal, honest and hauntingly beautiful depiction of what Susie wrestles with internally and externally,” Michael says. “It really resonated with me and brought to mind things my dad (also a musician) expressed to me while he struggled with Parkinson’s disease. In this painting, I was trying to convey...

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Knapsack's "This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now"

We’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of Knapsack's third and final album This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now which was originally released on September 8th, 1998. To commemorate the milestone, we're proud to present a new music video for "Katherine The Grateful," that pulls content from our This Version of Truth book which was included with the band's recent box set. Take a trip down memory lane and pick up the album on vinyl, now fully remastered and featuring the out-of-print bonus track "Less Than" here.

Welcome Milliseconds to the Spartan Family. Debut Album "So This Is How It Happens" Available October 13th

Welcome Milliseconds to the Spartan family! The band features Eric Axelson and Joe Easley (The Dismemberment Plan) and Leigh Thompson (The Vehicle Birth). We are thrilled to release the band’s debut album So This Is How It Happens on October 13th. Recorded with J. Robbins (Jawbox / Burning Airlines / Government Issue), the album covers a wide sonic territory swerving not only through the band members' previous projects, but also through the haunts of bands like the Replacements, Hot Snakes, and the Kinks. Listen to the first single “Time and Distance” exclusively at Stereogum and pre-order the album on limited...