Crotalus Records

06/18/2025

Catch our very own Rattlesnake Gospel's reunion show this Friday at ! They waited too long to make an actual flyer, so this is what we get.

10/15/2021

Out today!
CRG-2103
Anthony St. James
'Songs of Anthony St. James'

For his debut album, Pennsylvania-via-Baltimore singer/songwriter Anthony St. James constructed a studio space in his dim, uncomfortable basement and brought only the essentials: string lights, bourbon, some beat-up guitars and, perhaps most important, a declined invitation to his 20 year high school reunion.

“Adolescence, early 20's… I think those years are tough even under the best of circumstances. I wanted to tell some honest stories about my friends, and the company I kept in those days who lived them under some of the worst circumstances.”

With a title that nods to Leonard Cohen and working-class poetry celebrating the lonely, desperate, and the down-but-not-quite-out, 'Songs of Anthony St. James' is the sound of a sympathetic troubadour serenading lost souls in a dark bar with their own ghost stories.

These are hard luck tales, but there are glimmers of hope in the heartbreak, and even the bleakest moments are uplifted by being played in major keys. You’ll hear hints of Springsteen’s Americana, early Tom Waits and a 'Workers Playtime' Billy Bragg, but the sounds & stories on 'Songs of Anthony St. James' are all his own.

10 track album

10/10/2021

'Songs of Anthony St. James' releases next Friday, October 15th!

07/26/2021

"Raw... honest... intimate... classic acoustic Americana rock songs. 4.3/5 stars." (Hidden Sound)

Debut album by Pennsylvania folk-blues singer/songwriter Andy Circus available everywhere now!

13 track album

07/09/2021

Andy Circus: 'Film Club 20/20'
The debut album, out everywhere July 2021
Stream & download the bluesy, CBGBs-tinged single “James” now!

track by Andy Circus

06/16/2021

Join our own Chris Stringer for a livestream set on Saturday July 3rd at 8PM EST!

Chris Stringer Livestream Concert

05/15/2021

Out now!
CRG-2101
Anthony St. James
"Leaving on the Train" (digital single)

From Anthony: "Sometimes trains take you on new adventures to far away places… and sometimes they take the one you love on new adventures to places far away from you."

“Leaving on the Train” is the first official single from his debut album Songs of Anthony St. James, due out September 24th.

Single from debut album 'Songs of Anthony St. James' out 9/24/21 on Crotalus Records!

01/29/2021

Our own Chris Stringer&The Rocketeers at the 1:04:00 mark! You needn't own a Volkswagen to listen & enjoy:
https://m.mixcloud.com/vdubradio/dj-lainey-laineys-mixtape-1801-27012021/

01/22/2021

Issue #2 of House in the Sand magazine is out now, featuring a piece on our label & family! Tune into their Instagram Saturday at 4:00 pm (11:00 am EST) for a live Q&A discussion with HITS founder Vanessa Jetwash, and our own Chris Stringer!

01/18/2021

Read all about where we came from, and where we're going in the 2nd issue of House in the Sand magazine, available tomorrow! Get your copy at houseinthesand.bigcartel.com.