Welcome to a brand new update from Absolutely Kosher Records. We have new releases and we're not afraid to use them.

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ABSOLUTELY KOSHER AT SXSW

all dates in lovely Austin, Texas

Wednesday, March 15th @ Habana Calle 6 patio, 709 E. Sixth across from Emo's, 8:30pm - Absolutely Kosher Showcase w/ Goblin Cock, Pidgeon, Ex-Boyfriends, Frog Eyes, and Say Hi To Your Mom

Wednesday, March 15th @ Emo's, 2:45pm - Emo's Day Party - Charles Bissell (Wrens) solo set, Shearwater, Evangelicals, Deathray Davies, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, etc.

Wednesday, March 15 @ The Lair Upstairs, 300 E. 6th St. (at San Jacinto), 5pm - SxSW 'I'm Totally Blogging This When I Get Home' party w/ Charles Bissell (Wrens) solo set, The Hourly Radio, Pompeii

Thursday, March 16th @ End of an Ear Records, 2209 South First Street, noon - free bagel brunch/in-store w/ Pidgeon, Ex-Boyfriends, & Frog Eyes (we're having bagels overnighted from H&H Bagels in NYC!)

Thursday March 16th @ Red 7, 611 E. 7th St. (at Red River) 1:00 pm - SxSW Team Clermont party w/ Charles Bissell (Wrens) solo set, Tapes 'n Tapes, Field Music, King of France, etc.

Friday, March 17th @ Emo's IV, 6th and Red River (formerly K Bar, now owned by Emo's), 5:15 - Force Field PR/SCD day party (starts at 12:30pm) w/ Frog Eyes, Castanets, Evangelicals, Karl Blau, Psychic Ills, My Brightest Diamond, Horns of Happiness

Friday, March 17th @ Waterloo Records, 600A N. Lamar, 4pm - In-Store w/ Goblin Cock

Saturday, March 18th @ Antone's, 5pm - Invite-only party (starts at 1) w/ Goblin Cock, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Nicolai Dunger, Death Vessel and Black Heart Procession

Saturday, March 18th @ Molotov Lounge, 9pm - Charles Bissell (Wrens) solo set at 9pm and accompanying Western Keys at 10
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IN STORES NOW:

Ex-Boyfriends - Dear John CD - The debut album by these San Francisco pop wunderkinder. SPIN.com named them band of the month for February plus rave reviews from Out, the Advocate, the SF Bay Guardian and over a dozen blogs mark this the earliest summer pop smash ever to smack your ass on the dancefloor. On tour now.

Listen to "Him For Me" from Dear John
Visit Ex-Boyfriends' home page
Visit Ex-Boyfriends' My Space page

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Goblin Cock – Bagged and Boarded CD/limited picture disc LP * Lord Phallus, Bane Ass-Pounder, King Sith, Braindeath and Loki Sinjuggler unleash their mighty debut of Sabbath-metal upon the world. Nothing can stop it. Rumor has it Rob Crow of Pinback is in this band under an alias. I believe it. Spreading like Hellfire.

Listen to "Stumped"
Watch the video for "Stumped"
Visit Goblin Cock's My Space page

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The Dead Science – Frost Giant CD * Seattle trio showers you in honey and feathers with an incredible album of art-damaged rock-jazz. All those hyphens are frustrating, but what do you do if you're one of the most original bands currently in music? Think Roxy Music eating Deerhoof alive with a glass of Chet Baker's voice and you're in firing range. This band just keeps getting better and better. On tour with Xiu Xiu now.

Listen to "Drrrty Magneto"
Visit The Dead Science's My Space page
Visit The Dead Science's home page

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NEW ARRIVALS AT THE WEB STORE

The Ladies - They Mean Us CD/LP (Temporary Residence) Rob Crow (Goblin Cock, Optiganally Yours, Other Men) and Zach Hill (Hella, Team Sleep)

Sunset Rubdown - Sunset Rubdown CDEP (Global Symphonic) A new EP of recordings by Montreal's mighty Sunset Rubdown, due to ship in January. Another step forward for this incredible talent.

Nothing Painted Blue - Taste the Flavor CD (Shrimper) The looooong-awaited final Nothing Painted Blue album courtesy of Franklin Bruno and his cohorts Peter Hughes and Kyle Brodie and the fine folk at Shrimper Records.

The Dead Science / Xiu Xiu split 7" (Deathbomb Arc) The Dead Science (with the assistance of the late, great Shooby Taylor, the Human Horn) and Xiu Xiu (fronted by Oxbow's Eugene Robinson) share a slab o' wax.

Wrens - Meadow green t-shirt (dark green and gold on olive green) You asked for it - a brand new Wrens shirt, this one designed by Jason Munn of Small Stakes.

Sunset Rubdown - Snake's Got A Leg (Global Symphonic) The first collection of recordings by Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes). Rough, ragged and gorgeous.

Absolutely Kosher - goblin logo t-shirt (black ink on a green tee) The new Absolutely Kosher logo designed especially by artist Mike Sutfin for the Goblin Cock album depicting a goblin's head holding a dagger in its mouth. Wicked.

Goblin Cock – cover art full color t-shirt (11 colors on black) If it didn't get us in trouble, we'd guarantee that this'd get you sent home from school. Maybe even grad school.

Xiu Xiu - Knife Play & A Promise LP's (Absolutely Kosher) This long-unavailable LP(originally with a poster and no jacket) is back with a brand new color jacket.

Xiu Xiu – Life and Live (Xeng) new live import CD

Xiu Xiu / Devendra Banhart split 7” (Kill Rock Stars)

Xiu Xiu – Kill For Xiu Xiu t-shirt (red, white and blue on black)

The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up – Picks Us Apart artwork t-shirt (black on cardinal/cranberry)

Bottom of the Hudson / Coyote split 12” (Hot Dog City)

The Hidden Cameras – Learning the Lie: 4-Track Demos limited double 7” (Evil Evil)

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COMING SOON:

APRIL 18:
Frog Eyes - The Bloody Hand
Frog Eyes - The Golden River
We're reissuing Frog Eyes' first two albums with extra tracks on April 18, just prior to the band's tour with Sunset Rubdown in May (dates below). Spencer Krug will be doing double duty playing in both bands.

Frog Eyes' first album, The Bloody Hand, originally released in Canada on Global Symphonic and never widely available in the United States (or other countries), will have the entire second Blue Pine album (title: Seagull Is On The Rise) appended to it. Blue Pine was Carey Mercer and Michael Rak's band prior to Frog Eyes. (Their self-titled first album was also released by Global Symphonic.)

Frog Eyes - The Bloody Hand
1. Sound Travels From The Snow To The Dark
2. The Fox Speaks To His Wife Who Is Not Quite Sure
3. Krull Fire Wedding
4. The Mayor Laments The Failures Of His Many Townfolk
5. Our Lordship Has Devised A New Billing System
6. The Horse Used To Wear A Crown
7. The Fruit That Fell From The Tree
8/9. Silence But For The Gentle Tinkling Of The Flowing Creek
10. The Hardest Night To Sleep In The Swamplands
11. Libertatia's National Lullaby

extra tracks: Blue Pine - Seagull Is On The Rise
12. Seagulls On The Rise
13. One Considers Sailing On
14. Tyranny of Sight and Tyranny of Seeing
15. Picture Framing
16. "Buttercup"
17. Drinking: The Song
18. Body Body
19. Lost in a Godless Sea
20. Before They Was Killed in a Car Crash

Frog Eyes' second album, The Golden River, also released in Canada by Global Symphonic and here in the U.S. by the now defunct Animal World label, will have tracks from the Emboldened Navigator 7" (released by Soft Abuse) and unreleased recordings from an earlier session for the album that was never released (save for two tracks that overlapped with The Bloody Hand sessions). This session included Spencer Krug (Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade) on keyboards rather than Grayson Miniely (who played on the sessions that became the album proper). Three of the songs from those sessions wound up on other releases, but have been preserved here for continuity.

Frog Eyes - The Golden River
1. One in Six Children Will Flee In Boats
2. Time Reveals Its Plan At Poisined Falls
3. Masticated Outboard Motors
4. Miasma Gardens
5. A Latex Ice Age
6. Orbis Magnus
7. Time Destroys Its Plan At The Reactionary Table
8. Soldiers Crash Gathering In Sparrow Hills
9. World's Greatest Concertos
10. Picture Framing The Gigantic Men Who Fought On Steam Boats
11. The Secret Map Flees From Plurality

extra tracks: Frog Eyes - Emboldened Navigator and the Seagull Dots
12. The Fruit that Ate Itself (originally on The Bloody Hand)
13. Meadows and Madames and So Forth
14. A Latex Ice Age
15. Picture Framing and Some Other Dark Shit
16. American Waltz for the Good Americans
17. One in Six Children Will Flee in Boats
18. ?
19. Spencers' song for Carey to officially sing
20. I Hope My Horse Don't Make No Sound
21. A song once mine now no longer mine (originally on Sunset Rubdown's Snake's Got A Leg)
22. "Shots"
23. Libertatia National Lullaby (originally on The Bloody Hand)

Frog Eyes are busy recording their new album tentatively set for an autumn release on Absolutely Kosher. Frog Eyes' principal songwriter Carey Mercer considers the first three albums (the two being reissued plus The Folded Palm) a trilogy, so expect some space between them and the new record. The band has also just finished a nineteen-minute CDEP comprised of a single song (in several parts) for the Spanish label Acuarela which U.S. fans will be able to purchase from Absolutely Kosher later this spring.

MAY 2:
The Court and Spark - Hearts
Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
Well, nobody ever accused us of taking the easy road and being a strict genre label (though there was one European website who claimed all of our bands were influenced by Yo La Tengo).

More on these two incredible records in a few weeks. For now, see you in Texas.

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ON TOUR NOW

THE COURT & SPARK

  • Thu, 5/18 - Los Anglees, CA @ The Echo (18+)
  • Fri, 5/19 - Tucson, AZ @ Plush (21+)
  • Sat, 5/20 - Phoenix, AZ @ Modified (AA)
  • Mon, 5/22 - Lubbock, TX @ Whiskey River (18+)
  • Tues, 5/23 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory (AA)
  • Wed, 5/24 - Dallas, TX @ The Cavern (18+)
  • Thurs, 5/25 - Austin, TX @ Emo's w/ Brothers and Sisters (AA)
  • Sat, 5/27 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Red Star Bar (18+)
  • Sun, 5/28 - Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone (21+)
  • Tues, 5/30 - Murfreesboro, TN @ Grand Palace w/ The Carter Administration & Hands Down Eugene (18+)
  • Wed, 5/31 - Newport, KY @ Southgate House Parlour (18+)
  • Thurs, 6/1 - Columbus, OH @ Little Brothers (18+)
  • Fri, 6/2 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern (21+)
  • Sat, 6/3 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Entry (21+)
  • Sun, 6/4 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium (AA)
  • Tues, 6/6 - Seattle, WA @ the Crocodile (21+)
  • Thurs, 6/8 - Portland, OR @ Towne Lounge
  • Wed, 6/28 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
  • Thurs, 6/29 - Denver, CO @ The Larimer Lounge
  • Fri, 6/30 -Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar
  • Sat, 7/1 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
  • Sun, 7/2 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Kraftbrau
  • Wed, 7/5 - Cambridge, MA @ TT the Bears
  • Fri, 7/7 - New York, NY @ the Mercury Lounge
  • Mon, 7/10 - Washington, DC @ Warehouse Next Door
  • Tue, 7/11 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend
  • Thurs, 7/13 - Houston, TX @ Walter's
  • Fri, 7/14 - Austin, TX @ Emo's

DEAD SCIENCE

  • Tue, 6/27 - San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine w/ Anni Rossi
  • Wed, 6/28 - Albany, CA @ Ivy Room w/ Anni Rossi
  • Thurs, 6/29 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo w/ Anni Rossi
  • Sat, 7/1 - San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe w/ Anni Rossi
  • Sun, 7/2 - Tuscan, AZ @ Solar Culture
  • Mon, 7/3 - Phoenix, AZ @ Paper Heart
  • Wed, 7/5 - Denton, TX @ Haileys w/ Anni Rossi
  • Thurs, 7/6 - Austin, TX @ Emo's w/ Anni Rossi
  • Fri, 7/7 - Houston, TX @ Super Happy Fun Land
  • Mon, 7/10 - Atlana, GA @ Lenny's w/ Anni Rossi
  • Tue, 7/11 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend w/ Anni Rossi & Court and Spark
  • Wed, 7/12 - Washington, DC @ Warehouse Next Door w/ Anni Rossi
  • Thur, 7/13 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church Chapel w/ Anni Rossi
  • Fri, 7/14 - New York, NY @ Knitting Factory w/ Anni Rossi
  • Mon, 7/17 - Chambridge, MA @ T.T. The Bear's Place w/ Anni Rossi
  • Tues, 7/18 - Montreal, QC @ Sala Rossa w/ Anni Rossi
  • Fri, 7/21 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern w/ Anni Rossi
  • Sat, 7/22 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club w/ Anni Rossi
  • Sun, 7/23 - Iowa City, IA @ The Mill w/ Anni Rossi
  • Tue, 7/25 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudville Mews w/ Anni Rossi
  • Wed, 7/26 - Lincoln, NE @ Duffy's
  • Thur, 7/27 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar w/ Anni Rossi
  • Fri, 7/28 - Denver, CO @ Hi Dive w/ Anni Rossi
  • Sat, 7/29 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court

THE DUDLEY CORPORATION

  • Sat, 6/17 - Cork, IRE @ Cypruss Avenue
  • Thurs, 6/22 - Belfast, IRE @ The Empire w/ Oppenheimer
  • Fri, 6/23 - Dublin, IRE @ The Boom Boom Room w/ Oppenheimer

EX-BOYFRIENDS

  • Sun, 6/11 - San Jose, CA @ San Jose Gay Pride
  • Wed, 7/5 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord

FROG EYES

  • Thurs, 5/18 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern w/ Sunset Rubdown (21+)
  • Fri, 5/19 - Toronto, BC @ Opera House w/ Sunset Rubdown (19+)
  • Sat, 5/20 - Montreal, QC @ El Salon w/ Sunset Rubdown (AA)
  • Mon, 5/22 - New York, NY @ the Mercury Lounge w/ Sunset Rubdown & Beirut
  • Tues, 5/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Sunset Rubdown (AA)
  • Wed, 5/24 - New York, NY @ the Mercury Lounge w/ Sunset Rubdown (21+)
  • Thurs, 5/25 - Cambridge, MA @ TT the Bearsw/ Sunset Rubdown (18+)
  • Fri, 5/26 - Hanover, NH @ Fuel Rocket Club w/ Sunset Rubdown (AA)
  • Sun, 5/28 - St. Louis, MO @ Lemp Arts
  • Mon, 5/29 - Denver, CO @ the Hi-Dive
  • Wed, 5/31 - Seattle , WA @ The Sunset

GET HIM EAT HIM

  • Fri, 8/4 - Columbus, OH @ Andyman's Treehouse (21+)
  • Tues, 8/8 - Denver, CO @ Hi Dive w/ Evangelicals (AA)
  • Wed, 8/9 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court (AA)
  • Fri, 8/11 - Seattle, WA @ The Paradox
  • Sat, 8/12 - Portland, OR @ Towne Lounge
  • Mon, 8/14 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
  • Wed, 8/16 - Phoenix, AZ @ Modified
  • Fri, 8/18 - Denton, TX @ Haileys
  • Sat, 8/19 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
  • Tues, 8/22 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
  • Wed, 8/23 - Washington, DC @ Warehouse Next Door
  • Thurs, 8/24 - Philadelphia, PA @ the Khyber
  • Fri, 8/25 - New York, NY @ the Mercury Lounge
  • Sat, 8/26 - Somerville, MA @ PA's Lounge

MOGGS

  • Thurs, 5/18 - Auckland, NZ @ Schooner
  • Fri, 5/19 - Hamilton, NZ @ Ward Lane
  • Sat, 5/20 - Wellington, NZ @ Indigo
  • Thurs, 6/15 - San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern w/ Polar Goldie Cats
  • Fri, 6/16 - Portland, OR @ Towne Lounge w/ Polar Goldie Cats & Ferocious Eagle

PINBACK

  • Thurs, 4/20 - Santa Barbara, CA @ UCSB - The Hub w/ The Jade Shader
  • Fri, 4/21 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's 365 Club w/ The Jade Shader
  • Sat, 4/22 - Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan w/ The Jade Shader
  • Sun, 4/23 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox Showroom w/ The Jade Shader
  • Mon, 4/24 - Vancouver, BC @ Plaza Club
  • Tues, 4/25 - Moscow, ID @ Sub Ballroom
  • Fri, 4/27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot w/ The Jade Shader
  • Sat, 4/28 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater w/ The Jade Shader
  • Sat, 4/29 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
  • Tues, 5/2 - Newport, KY @ Southgate House
  • Wed, 5/3 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
  • Thurs, 5/4 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
  • Sat, 5/6 - Boston, MA @ Paradise
  • Sun - May 7 - Higher Ground - S Burlington , VT
  • Mon - May 8 - Space - Portland , ME
  • Tue - May 9 - North Six , Brooklyn , NY
  • Wed - May 10 - Irving Plaza , New York , NY
  • Thu - May 11 - North Star , Philadelphia , PA
  • Fri - May 12 - Black Cat - Washington , DC
  • Sat - May 13 - Cats Cradle - Carborro , NC
  • Sun - May 14 - The Social - Orlando , FL
  • Tue - May 16 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale , FL
  • Wed - May 17 - Jack Rabbit's - Jacksonville , FL
  • Thu - May 18 - Roxy Theatre - Atlanta , GA
  • Fri - May 19 - High Note Lounge - Birmingham , AL
  • Sun - May 21 - Blue Note - Columbia , MO
  • Tue - May 23 - Dickson Theatre - Fayettevile , AR
  • Wed - May 24 - Hi Tone Cafe - Memphis , TN
  • Thu - May 25 - Chelsea's Cafe - Baton Rouge , LA
  • Fri - May 26 - Emo's - Austin , TX
  • Sat - May 27 - Hailey's - Denton , TX
  • Mon - May 29 - The Clubhouse - Tempe , AZ
  • Tue - May 30 - Avalon - Los Angeles , CA
  • Wed - May 31 - Bimbo's - San Francisco , CA

SUNSET RUBDOWN

  • Thurs, 5/18 - Chicago, IL @ Schuba's Tavern w/ Frog Eyes (21+)
  • Fri, 5/19 - Toronto, BC @ The Opera House w/ Frog Eyes (19+)
  • Sat, 5/20 - Montreal, QC @ El Salon w/ Frog Eyes (AA)
  • Mon, 5/22 - New York, NY @ the Mercury Lounge w/ Frog Eyes & Beirut
  • Tues, 5/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Frog Eyes (AA)
  • Wed, 5/24 - New York, NY @ the Mercury Lounge w/ Frog Eyes (21+)
  • Thurs, 5/25 - Cambridge, MA @ TT the Bears w/ Frog Eyes (18+)
  • Fri, 5/26 - Hanover, NH @ Fuel Rocket Club w/ Frog Eyes (AA)

THE WRENS

  • Sat, 9/16 - Boston, MA @ the Middle East
  • Fri, 10/13 - Columbus, OH @ Little Brothers
  • Sat, 10/14 - Newport, KY @ Southgate House

XIU XIU

  • Sat, 6/17 - Guadalajara, Mexico @ Fbloko (AA)
  • Thurs, 8/3 - Olympia, WA @ Capitol Theater (AA)

 

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