Dromedary Records

09/27/2025

"Poet, musician, and eternal shape-shifter Karen Schoemer has announced her new album August, arriving November 7 via Dromedary Records. The project, a genre-blurring exploration of language and sound, pulls together an impressive constellation of collaborators: Mike Watt, Amy Rigby, Steve Almaas, Madeline Darby & Body Memory, Zak Boerger, Eric Hardiman, Parashi, Wednesday Knudsen, and more." has an excellent interview with Karen Schoemer today. We're about a month away from the release of "August," but you can preorder and stream a track today at our webstore (link in first comment).

Poet, musician, and eternal shape-shifter Karen Schoemer has announced her new album August, arriving November 7 via Dromedary Records. The project, a genre-blurring exploration of language and sound, pulls together an impressive constellation of collaborators: Mike Watt, Amy Rigby, Steve Almaas, Ma...

09/27/2025

"For 48 hours, this sleepy town, its residents and its visitors had been the most welcoming crew, nearly luring me into some sort of indie rock Twilight Zone." reviews just about every act at Dromfest '25 for and has some great things to say about the vibe of the weekend. It's nice to go back and revisit that energy a month later - it's still with me!

On Sunday morning, August 31, I was sitting outside of the Avalon Lounge in Catskill, New York, eating a breakfast sandwich. There were 15 minutes to go before the club hosted a screening of Chris Wilcha’s documentary Flipside. While soaking up the morning sun (and breakfast), I nearly jumped a co...

09/25/2025

Beautiful Moviola review from The Agit Reader. It’s always so refreshing to read insightful, well written reviews.

Album review: Earthbound by Moviola, the Columbus band's ninth album, out on Dromedary Records.

09/05/2025

We’re thrilled to announce we’ll be issuing the debut album by acclaimed poet Karen Schoemer, of the band Sky Furrows. “August” is a collection of 31 poems, each titled for the 31 days in August. Featuring musical accompaniment from Eric Hardiman, Mike Watt, Oli Heffernan, Amy Rigby, Parashi, Steve Almaas and more, “August” releases next month, but you can preorder it on CD or the high resolution digital format of your choice, and stream the beautiful “August 30” by visiting our Bandcamp page today (link in first comment).

09/04/2025

Moviola's "Earthbound" has been out for five days, and in five days it's already the most streamed track on Dromedary's Bandcamp page - 1,000 more streams than the next song! We've been on Bandcamp since 2012 and have around 500 songs up there! You can buy a copy at our Bandcamp store - available on vinyl, CD, and the high-res digital format of your choice

VIsualizer for "Earthbound," from the LP "Earthbound" by Moviola. Out August 29 on Dromedary Records.visit dromedary-records.comMoviola isGreg Bonnell - dru...

09/02/2025

Not to disrupt the Dromfest afterglow or anything, but Moviola have a brand new record out, the title track "Earthbound" is already the most-streamed song on our Bandcamp page EVER (we've been on there since 2012), and ROSY OVERDRIVE just gave it a lovely review. "a record that invites repeated listening, with the make-up of an album with surprising depth." Thank you - listen and buy the LP now (link in first comment)

09/02/2025

Photo: Jess Giacobbe

09/02/2025

First, and most importantly: I said some words from the stage last night and in my desire to speak from my soul and not from notes, I neglected to mention something really important:

Dromfest could not exist as it is without Liam, Laura, and the staff at the Avalon Lounge. The Avalon is a wonderful little gem that is a safe space for people to come as they are, and be who they want to, without fear or judgement or worry about personal safety. It provides a location for outsider art to exist in an area that desperately needs it. This weekend their staff welcomed hundreds of people at all hours, from early morning right through the wee hours of the night, keeping us fed and serving us drinks, providing a space to gather. While we were all partying, they WORKED all weekend long, and never stopped smiling.

I’ll also take the opportunity to once again thank the excellent folks at Return Brewing, Left Bank Ciders, Spike’s Record Rack, and Cafe Joust for providing space and for being amazing. And thanks to Mike Abbate, Chewy Altamirano, Hannah Crisafulli, Jonathan Crisafulli, Ryan Crisafulli, Nick D’Amore, Ian Donahue, Kaitlyn Flanagan, Jess Giacobbe, Ian James, Chris Newmyer, Lysa Opfer, Ben Seretan, Gerry Smith, Ryan Traster, and all five guys in Moviola for backline, merch, gear hu***ng, sound, and photography. Thanks to Oscilloscope Pictures and the Steve Keene Art Store for adding great storytelling and visuals to the weekend. And thanks to Smashed Plastic for the swag bags, O Positive for providing the free narcan and fentanyl test strips we gave away all weekend, all the folks who purchased the VIP passes that will enable us to donate almost $1,000 to the Greene County Food Pantry, and all the folks who bought “secrets" that will enable us to donate a chunk of money to Access Supports For Living for mental health and substance abuse services in the Hudson Valley. We’ll also be donating around $700 from sales at the Steve Keene Art Store to WGXC.

And I can’t possibly thank a bunch of people without thanking Sandy, who did so much to make this weekend special for everyone. 34 years ago I married the best human and ever since, life has been the greatest party.

08/29/2025

"In a pop world obsessed with the next big thing, 'Earthbound' reminds you of the power of sticking around, of putting down roots, of making music that feels as familiar and vital as pouring a cup of coffee and watching the sun come up. This is music you share with friends, because it sounds like friends are making it." A wonderful review by Jim Testa in his Constant Listener Substack (link below). And with that, "Earthbound" by Moviola is OUT TODAY on all platforms, streaming and otherwise, available for purchase on LP, CD and the high resolution digital format of your choice. I'm absolutely thrilled with this record, and even more so that it's coming out as we get ready for Dromfest.

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08/28/2025

Happy Thursday! was kind enough to premiere Moviola's "Earthbound" album IN ITS ENTIRETY, with comments from the band on each and every song. Visit Magnet (link below) to give a listen to this excellent LP, and get yourself hyped for the weekend!

After more than 30 years, perhaps it’s time we got comfortable with the fact that Moviola isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Earthbound (Dromedary) is the latest in string of “comeback” albums for the Midwestern indie-rock stalwarts. On its 11th release and first in three years, Moviola soun...

08/27/2025

Thanks to for sharing "Earthbound," the title track and video from the forthcoming Moviola album. I do love this song, and I hope you do too; it's a lazy ride on a meandering creek, the first time I heard it I was sitting in the sun at with a bunch of friends and the band was right in front of me on the patio, the first time I'd seen them in 30 years. I'm going to hear it again in three days.

This Friday, the Columbus, Ohio indie rock collective Moviola will unveil their 11th LP in 30 years, called Earthbound. Its release falls on the same

08/20/2025

Want to hear Moviola's "Earthbound" before everyone else? Want to chat with the band? Want to buy the record at a discount price? Then join us on Tuesday the 26th at 8pm eastern for a special "Earthbound" online listening party! Bandcamp listening parties are a ton of fun, it's a cool opportunity for music listening to be an actual social thing people do together, rather than jamming earbuds into your ears and doing it alone. Let's hang together next Tuesday and listen to this excellent new album.

Listening Party from Dromedary Records.