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We’ve got tapes! ‘(S)HITS’ from Houston’s own Committeemen [RD020] is now in physical format.Grab one at the next show. ...
12/08/2025

We’ve got tapes! ‘(S)HITS’ from Houston’s own Committeemen [RD020] is now in physical format.

Grab one at the next show. Available on Bandcamp soon.

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// NEW RELEASE // RD024 // Young Elk - Calm Down LP // Marking ten years of collaboration, the newest album from Portlan...
11/11/2025

// NEW RELEASE // RD024 // Young Elk - Calm Down LP // Marking ten years of collaboration, the newest album from Portland-based closes out the decade with introspection and release. ‘Calm Down’ was written when frontman Ezekiel J. Rudick was questioning a lot of things about his identity. His thoughts went as deep as the complexities of being in a marriage, and also strayed toward the idea of being in a band. He notes, “I was also figuring out how to process the toxicity of my family after realizing their implications in childhood trauma and abuse.” ‘Calm Down’ is an attempt to bring peace to a restless, weary soul plagued by family, a failing marriage, and questions about our daily relationships. // Written and recorded by Young Elk // Engineered by Bruce Reed // Mixed by Matt Thompson // Mastered by Gus Elg // Streaming now and on limited edition vinyl. //

// NEW RELEASE // RD020 // Committeemen’s sophomore EP is out today! (S)HITS is four blistering tracks of sweaty griping...
11/04/2025

// NEW RELEASE // RD020 // Committeemen’s sophomore EP is out today! (S)HITS is four blistering tracks of sweaty griping that balances societal commentary with gas station grit. // The final single, ‘Control’ takes governmental restrictions to task. Using religious ideology to limit lifesaving healthcare and create dangerous situations for women in Texas and around the country, the powers that be exert backwards methods on the populace to ensure an impoverished workforce dependent on the almighty dollar at the expense of actual rights and freedoms. // Produced by Ceej Burton .recordings // Written and performed by // Art by Matt Kast

// NEW SINGLE // ‘Fist Fight’ from Young Elk’s forthcoming LP is out today. It is a tender scene from the final days of ...
10/17/2025

// NEW SINGLE // ‘Fist Fight’ from Young Elk’s forthcoming LP is out today. It is a tender scene from the final days of singer Ezekiel J. Rudick’s marriage as he grappled with his wife’s deep, enduring love for him, her concerns about his health, and his inability to deal with a traumatic past. // Engineered by Bruce Reed // Mixed by Matt Thomson // Mastered by Gus Elg

// NEW RELEASE // RD021 // ‘Sundial’ is here at last! The debut LP from Portland’s own Simples Shapes is out now. It’s ...
10/03/2025

// NEW RELEASE // RD021 // ‘Sundial’ is here at last! The debut LP from Portland’s own Simples Shapes is out now. It’s been 3 years since the Soundtrack EP, and the band has been busy concocting this tour de force. Honing in on their own particular sound with carefully modulated energies and emotive lyrics, the Shapes have fully blossomed. // Available for purchase on // Streaming everywhere. // Cassettes coming soon. // Written and recorded by Simple Shapes . Mixed by Joe Anderson at //

// The new LP is almost here! Pre-order now or snag it on Friday on October 3rd. //
10/01/2025

// The new LP is almost here! Pre-order now or snag it on Friday on October 3rd. //

// NEW SINGLE // The first single from Young Elk’s third full-length album, ‘Silver Bullet’ investigates the complexity ...
09/26/2025

// NEW SINGLE // The first single from Young Elk’s third full-length album, ‘Silver Bullet’ investigates the complexity of a mother/son relationship. It investigates how codependence and control often become a quick fix, a silver bullet, just some medicine to make the pain go away. However, we all know it never works like that, and if a mother has not done work on herself, that medicine becomes poison for everyone involved. // Written and recorded by Young Elk // Engineered by Bruce Reed. Mixed by Matt Thomson. Mastered by Gus Elg at // Full LP out 11/11/25

// NEW RELEASE // RD022 // Over the moon to announce the debut EP from Brooklyn-based Perish ( )! Born out of Katie Call...
09/12/2025

// NEW RELEASE // RD022 // Over the moon to announce the debut EP from Brooklyn-based Perish ( )! Born out of Katie Callihan’s solo project, the band really came together while recording in Rhode Island at Big Nice Studio. Nodding toward the stylings of Big Thief, Mothers, and Sharon Van Etten, Perish is nevertheless an independent voice. Callihan’s lyrics revolve around ruminations on autonomy, love, and finding oneself in the urban environment, while the music sways between intimate quiet and full-band revelry. Perish is Callihan, Sam Lopane, Austin (Chappie) Chappell, and John Dockery. // The EP was recorded/mixed/mastered by Bradford Krieger at Big Nice Studio. // Streaming everywhere and available for purchase on Bandcamp. // Band photo by Aubrey Dockery



COMING SOON // The debut EP from is out Friday, September 12th! Pre-order is available on . // Link in bio. // Photo Cr...
09/10/2025

COMING SOON // The debut EP from is out Friday, September 12th! Pre-order is available on . // Link in bio. // Photo Credit: Aubrey Dockery

// NEW RELEASE // RD023 // It’s finally here! Alexei Shishkin’s ‘Good Times’ LP is out today. // “Good Times is a collag...
09/05/2025

// NEW RELEASE // RD023 // It’s finally here! Alexei Shishkin’s ‘Good Times’ LP is out today. // “Good Times is a collage of spur-of-the-moment inspiration. Process-wise, the album features surrealist techniques (automatism, collage, improvisation) both in the music and the lyrics. It was created from scratch in four days at Big Nice Studio in Lincoln, RI. For me, it was a vacation and a chance to play music with friend and producer Bradford Krieger. No road maps, no strategies, no blueprints. We started with a few loose, solo bass lines from Dave Kahn, around which Bradford and I built up the album. In a way, Good Times serves as a diary that tries to capture a lucid yet fleeting, four-day escape from reality.” – AS // Recorded at // Streaming everywhere and available for purchase on // // Press by Jamie Halliday //

// NEW SINGLE // Simple Shapes - ‘The Beast of Glacier County’ // The sweetest song about roadkill you will ever hear. T...
09/05/2025

// NEW SINGLE // Simple Shapes - ‘The Beast of Glacier County’ // The sweetest song about roadkill you will ever hear. This is the final single from Simple Shapes’ Sundial LP and recalls a specific childhood memory of songwriter and frontperson Pete Bensen. They recall a time growing up in western Montana when the body of a dead deer that had been struck by a drunk driver, and which local officials dragged their feet in acting upon, attracted a young and hungry bear, who instead found and killed the neighbor’s pet goat. The next-door neighbor, who had just gotten home from the hospital and was still using a wheelchair to get around, wheeled himself out to his back porch, where he shot and killed the bear. In this song, Bensen speaks to the bear, perhaps violent, but also young, naive, and hungry. // Streaming everywhere. // Sundial is available for preorder on // // Mixed by Joe Anderson at He***te Studios

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