Also on the Ouija Radio front, they have been writing like crazy with enough songs ready to put out a whole new album. They wowed the crowd at Stasiu's for the Minneapolis DVD release party with an impressive batch of new material.
We just added the limited edition 4-color silkscreen posters for both the Madison and Minneapolis DVD release parties to the Crustacean webstore on this page. Printed locally by Sam Johnson of Firecracker Studios and with original artwork by award winning illustrator Pat Moriarity
And don't forget only four more days of the early bird sale on our new double DVD. You can get it for only $12 postpaid anywhere in the US and Canada. After August 4th it goes up to the standard retail price of $14. The press is beginning to roll in. Such as a new piece from onmilwaukee.com giving a synopsis of the project along with interviews from Crustacean management.
2008-07-13
Drown Out The Daylights DVD presale
By the weekend we will begin shipping our first mailorders for our long awaited DVD project, Crustacean Records: Drown Out The Daylights, which can be bought in stores beginning on Tuesday July 22nd. In the
Crustacean webstore we will have it on sale for only $12 until August 4th. That price includes shipping in the US and Canada and we will send along a free label sampler. Go right right here to order a copy right now.
Also there is a web trailer available for viewing if you wish to check it out before buying. The trailer can be viewed and downloaded in hi-resolution at the Hinckley Design website or viewed in its youtube format right below.
Don't miss the parties to celebrate the release. The premiere party takes place this Saturday, July 19th at the Majestic Theater screening the main feature of the DVD followed by musical performances by Mad Trucker Gone Mad, The Skintones, The Gusto and Screamin Cyn Cyn & The Pons. The DVD release party at the High Noon Saloon on Tuesday July 22nd at 6 PM showing the DVD extra features and a rock and roll intermission set from Ladybeard.
Then on Saturday July 26th we have our Minnesota premiere party at Stasiu's Place showing the main feature and then live sets from Droids Attack, Awesome Snakes, Ouija Radio, Birthday Suits and Drunk Drivers.
2008-07-04
The Way It Is
The debut full length album by The Gusto is at our offices and ready to ship. You can go direct to the catalog page in the Crustacean Records webstore right here to purchase it for $12 which includes shipping anywhere in the US and Canada. Join us on Saturday July 5th for the Gusto’s CD release party taking place at the Corral Room in Madison. Also our local alternative weekly paper, The Isthmus, is hosting a free download of “Auburn” from the The Way It Is at this webpage
2008-05-07
Crustacean SXSW Showcase Poster from Firecracker Studios available in our webstore
We have a new hand-numbered limited-edition silkscreen poster available from Madison’s premiere print shop Firecracker Studios. It is the poster Sam Johnson of Firecracker designed and silkscreened for our SXSW showcase in Austin back on March 13th. The poster is a large collectible three-color print poster can be purchased from the Crustacean webstore for only $20 postpaid to anyone in the US and Canada and you can view a image of the poster by scrolling down this webpage.
The poster was limited to two runs of twenty five prints and we have less than a dozen left. So if you want to buy a print go to the catalog page and place your order before they sell out
2008-03-31
Crustacean Records in the Isthmus
Madison’s local alternative weekly paper, The Isthmus, has been giving Crustacean lots of love lately both in print and on its website. Last Thursday we had the cover story with the Isthmus writing about the history, current direction and bands + personnel that are Crustacean Records. That article can be viewed on-line right here. Also on their Daily Music webpage they have footage of Droids Attack and Screamin Cyn Cyn & The Pons rocking our Austin showcase at Molotov Lounge as well as SXSW blogs and accompanying pictures from Cynthia of Screamin Cyn Cyn & The Pons.
2008-03-20
SXSW Footage
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Molotov Lounge last Thursday, visited Crustacean reps at the Indie Village or saw any of our bands in Austin last week. We got a great response our first year having a formal presence at the conference. Hinckley Design was there to capture footage and edited together small segments of The Gusto and Screamin Cyn Cyn & The Pons for your viewing pleasure.
2008-03-08
Birthday Suits/Peelander-Z split 7 inch ready to ship
The vinyl arrived last week and we are assembling the packages today. Shipping them early this week arriving before next weekend to most customers. $6 postpaid anywhere in the US and Canada with additional copies of the 7 inch only $3 extra. Foreign orders add $3 shipping per order. You can order right now on the catalog page. They will also be available soon at B-Side Records, The Exclusive Company, Mad City Music, Earwax Records, CheapO Records, Interpunk, Electric Fetus, Extreme Noise and others.
Don't forget to attend the release party on Thursday the 13th at SXSW if you happen to find yourself in Austin next week.
2008-02-28
Crustacean Records invited to Indie Village at SXSW
Crustacean Records is proud to announce its participation in the 2008 Indie Village at the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival on March 13, 14 and 15. The Indie Village sponsored by NAIL Distribution and takes place in the Austin Convention Center as part of the SXSW Music Trade Show and Exhibition. The Indie Village facilitates visibility and a presence for independent labels at the trade show as well as providing a place to meet with representatives from independent record labels.
Representatives from Crustacean Records have committed to be available at the Indie Village from 1 to 2 PM on Thursday the 13th, 3 to 4 PM on Friday the 14th and from 2:30 to 3:30 PM on Saturday the 15th. Those are the base minimum hours, but Crustacean reps will likely be present before and after their scheduled time. We are very honored to be invited to this year’s Indie Village and to be placed on equal footing with some of the biggest independent labels in existence such as Bloodshot, Ryko, Saddle Creek, Relapse and many others.
2008-01-10
Crustacean Records South By Southwest Showcase confirmed
Words fail to describe how happy we are to be awarded our own showcase at Austin, Texas’ 22nd Annual South By Southwest Music Industry Conference and Festival. It is taking place on Thursday March 13th at the Molotov Lounge on Austin’s Sixth Street, legendary around the world as one of the best collection of music venues on the planet.
The co-headliners for the show are Birthday Suits and Peelander-Z. This showcase also serves at the official release party for the split 7” featuring Peelander-Z and Birthday Suits that comes out in March of 2008. Also along for the ride are Crustacean mainstay acts Ouija Radio, Screamin Cyn Cyn & The Pons, The Gusto and Droids Attack. We are encouraging fans of our bands and supporters of Wisconsin rock to make the journey with us as SXSW is the perfect vacation for the fans of live music.
2007-12-11
The Second Crustacean Records DVD Shoot
We are holding the second of two of our DVD recordings and label showcases at the High Noon Saloon this Saturday, December 15th. It is an 18+ show with a low cover charge for over five hours of rock featuring John Kruth & The Destructone Orchestra (8:45), Drunk Drivers (10:00), Awesome Snakes (11:00), The Skintones (12:00) and Mad Trucker Gone Mad (1:10).
Madison’s local alternative weekly paper, The Isthmus, recently printed a brief interview regarding the DVD with Crustacean co-owner Jake Shut which can be viewed here. In addition our film crew, Hinckley Design, has prepared a sneak peak of the DVD that can viewed on-line. It is a Ouija Radio playing Red Eye Fly from our first video shoot at the High Noon back on August 31st. Do keep in mind it is not the final edit and the audio is just off the camera, not the pristine soundtrack that will appear in the movie once the multi-track recording is professionally mixed and mastered.
2007-08-26
Things Fall Apart Opening Night at the Talent Show. Live available on iTunes
The live web only Things Fall Apart release is now available for on iTunes and will be on other download and streaming services as well. Fourteen songs recorded in 2006 and 2007 at the High Noon Saloon and Inferno Nightclub in Madison as well as three song broadcast on WORT 89.9 FM. It features two unrelased new songs and energy galore.
You can bring it up in your iTunes by clicking on the phobos link below
Or you can hear samples of it on the CD Baby page for the release.
2007-07-30
On the road again
We got a couple of our acts on tour for this last month of the summer. The Gusto started a two week Midwest and East Coast tour this Saturday with a show in Minocqua, Wisconsin before heading up to Minneapolis to play the Hot Topic stage at the Warp Tour. The tour heads East soon culminating with a couple nights of shows in New York City before heading back west to Wisconsin.
Screamin’ Cyn Cyn & The Pons kick off their summer tour this Friday, August 3rd, with a show at the High Noon Saloon (also playing The Skintones, Whore Du Jour, Jane Wiedlin of the Go Go’s and Sons of Crack Daniels). From there they head out to the Pacific Northwest, down the West Coast, east to Texas and finally heading north to return home 20 shows later.
We at Crustacean Records wish bon voyage to our hard working acts and are crossing our fingers that no vans break down. To stay in the loop regarding the tour dates check out the myspace pages for Crustacean Records, The Gusto and Screamin’ Cyn Cyn & The Pons
2007-07-23
TV Casualties
On July 5th Buzzed Into Madison debuted a segment to be broadcast on Madison’s CW, a local cable and broadcast channel. It features interviews with Crustacean owners, Chris “Crusty” Langkamp and Jake Shut, as well as footage of the Skintones dominating the stage at the Inferno Nightclub. You can view it on-line right here. Thanks to Madison’s CW, Buzzed Into Madison, Emmy, Stephanie and Cory for deeming us newsworthy.
2007-06-24
John Kruth interview
John Kruth had quite a weekend in New York City playing Friday and Saturday night at the Warsaw opening for The Violent Femmes. A logical pairing since two members of John's backing band, The Eva Destruction Orchestra, are also part of the Violent Femmes touring band, The Horns of Dilemma, in addition to mutual admiration and friendship between the two camps.
Also on the John Kruth end of things Pure Music,, a terrific on-line music magazine is featuring an extensive interview with John Kruth. Alot of it covers the Townes Van Zandt biography that John authored, but he also covers the making of Crustacean release Eva Destruction as well as Splitsville which will be released in the Fall.
2007-05-26
Enter: The Gusto
It is official The Gusto from Madison, Wisconsin is the newest member of the Crustacean Records family. They formed in 2006 and have been playing top notch melodic punk ever since. Crustacean management was already digging on bands the members had been in previously like Funrod and The Gammits MW so it is a natural fit. We will be releasing their debut full length album this Fall.
To hold the masses over in the here and now, we are now selling their 5 song EP in our web catalog for the low price of $5 postpaid. Culture and Shit was recorded in 2006 by Dec from Things Fall Apart the songs reveal their solid early song writing, advanced arrangments and vocal hooks. In addition if you want to listen before you buy we just added two Gusto mp3s, Lumberjack and Auburn, AL, to the Crustacean Records music page.
2007-05-16
Video from the May showcases
A Madison blogger took some video footage of the last weekend's Crustacean Records showcases. He was at the Inferno last Friday and put up video footage of one song each from The Gusto, Screamin' Cyn Cyn & The Pons and Drunk Drivers. Check all the moving pictures out on the Practical Nonsense blog.
Thanks to everyone who came out to get rocked by the Crustacean acts whether you did it in Eau Claire, Milwaukee or either Madison show.
2007-04-26
StonerRock.com embraces Fatal/Error
StonerRock.com has taken a liking to Droids AttackFatal/Error. They gave it a positive review as well as adding "Malachi Crunch" to their on-line jukebox. This website is very influential in stoner/doom metal world so we are overjoyed they are recognizing one of our acts who excels in dishing out heavy riffs.
2007-04-17
New Screamin' Cyn Cyn & the Pons tunes available for download
Thanks to everyone who came out to show some love and rock your shit at the Screamin' Cyn Cyn' & The Pons CD release parties/mini-tour with The Mathematicians. Whether you attended in Minneapolis, Chicago, Madison or Bloomington. Screamin' Target Heart Rate is currently available in the Crustacean webstore, fine independent record stores in Madison and by next week it should be up on Interpunk and in stores throughout the Midwest.
To share our excitement about the new Pon's disc we have added a couple new songs, 20% Gay and If That Bitch, to our
myspace site. In addition, we just added two free mp3s for you to download on the Crustacean Records Music Page, 20% Gay and the revamped accordianized version of Cowboy Song that was also on their debut album, Babysit. So stream it at myspace or download a couple tracks on your computer. Either way you shall quickly recognize the clever humor and catchy songs of this Madison quartet.
2007-04-11
Screamin' Target Heart Rate ready for mailorders
This Wednesday afternoon we will have copies of Screamin' Cyn Cyn & The PonsScreamin' Target Heart Rate at our office and be ready to fill mailorders. The Pons second album, and their Crustacean Records debut, featuring 20 tracks full of sharp humor, catchy songwriting and their trademark cabaret punk madness. Such well loved staples from their live shows as 20% Gay, Set the Table, Pedros, Slumber Party and many more. Vastly improved fidelity over the debut record with production from Wendy Schneider at Madison's renowned Coney Island Studios.
We are selling copies of Screamin' Target Heart Rate in the Crustacean Records catalog for only $12 postpaid anywhere in the US and Canada. You can also get the new album this weekend on the Screamin' Cyn Cyn & The Pons CD release minitour with the Mathematicians. They play Minneapolis on Wednesday the 11th at the Hexagon with Ouija Radio as well. Thursday the 12th they play the Beat Kitchen in Chicago. Friday the 13th they play Madison at the King Club also with Ouija Radio and Saturday the 14th at Uncle Festers in Bloomington, Indiana.
2007-03-08
Crab Outfits
We just set up a cool shop at Cafe Press. You can buy all kinds of custom schwag to show your love for one of Wisconsin's most prolific record labels. Be the first on your block to score all kinds of wicked bad consumer goods with our logo on it. Tons of crap like shirts in numerous styles and sizes, sweatshirts, mouse pads, wall clocks, hats, messenger bags, coaster and even elegant thong underwear if you wanna get crabs without all the work of charming someone into your bed. You can get to our Cafe Press store by clicking the banner on the left side of this page or clicking on the link at the beginning of this paragraph.
2007-02-21
Punk News moves into the pro-snake camp
The rave reviews keep coming in for Awesome Snakes debut album, Venom. Punk News.org loved it as the following on-line review attests to. Also positive reviews for Awesome Snakes just came out in the new issues of Punk Planet and Skyscraper which can be picked up right now anywhere high quality independent music magazines are sold.
2007-01-28
Fatal/Error available for order
We just got copies of the second Droids Attack album at Crustacean offices. We can't say enough about the new record. Both the blitzkrieg rockers as well as the sprawling metal epics. Get it delivered to your doorstep for only $12 postpaid anywhere in the US and Canada. As of today our webstore and Droids Attack shows is the only way it can be acquired.
Speaking of which come out to Droids Attack CD release party on Saturday February 10th at the Annex in Madison, Wisconsin. SIV and Thundersnake are opening.
2007-01-25
Jersey Beat digs Eva Destruction
You can check it out right here. It is the last of six reviews so you got to scroll down a bit. Very positive and meaningful because the Jersey Beat has been one of the best fanzines out there with an uncompromising ethic and an eye for excellence since 1982.
2007-01-04
End of Year Accolades
2006 was quite a year for our little label. A dozen additions to our catalog in as many months and all records we really like. We lost or about to lose a few this year such as SevenOneFive, echo-static and Below the Sound whose last show in Albuquerque on January 12th. On the flipside we saw the rebirth of Mad Trucker Gone Mad as well as new relationships blossom with Awesome Snakes, Hazard County Girls, IfIHadAHiFi, John Kruth, Ouija Radio and Rocket Fuel is the Key.
Thanks you to everyone who supported Crustacean Records and it's wonderful bands last year. Whether you came out to a show, paid for a download, played us on the radio, requested something from us on the radio, bought a CD or wrote something nice about our music in the press. Especially if you did that last one.
Speaking of which our artists have been receiving their share of praise in end of year retrospectives. Ouija Radio’s Oh No…Yes! Yes! was picked at about.com as one of the ten best albums of the year. The City Pages in the Twin Cities picked Awesome Snakes Venom as one of the 10 best albums this year, so did Pulse of the Twin Cities and it was voted #22 by KUOM’s DJ’s, staff, volunteers and listeners.
2007-01-03
Hazard County Girls Divine Armor CD on sale now
We formally welcome New Orlean's Hazard County Girls to the label with the reissue of their Divine Armor CD. We have it available right now in the Crustacean webstore for $12 postpaid to anywhere in the US or Canada. By February it will be available in stores via Carrot Top and Electric Fetus distribution. To find out more about this formidable and sinister metal trio check out their website, their MySpace, their band page on this site or the Crustacean Records music page where we got two mp3s by HCGs available as free downloads.
2006-12-20
New Ones and Zeros
The newest batch of Crustacean releases are now available on iTunes and other legal commercial download sites. They include Eva Destruction by John Kruth and This is Science and Devil Rock Scene Problem both by the Skintones. This is Science is the brand new Skintones disc and Devil Rock Scene Problem is the first Skintones album Rock Scene Problem with the five song Devil Rock EP tacked on for an economical 19 song package of the Skintones early material.
Thus they join all the rest of the Crustacean catalog available in the digital download universe which includes: Venom by Awesome Snakes, All Your Chicks Are Belong to Us by Droids Attack, The Hot Nuggets split from Modern Machines/IfIHadAHiFi, Oh No...Yes! Yes! by Ouija Radio, Stroke of Genius by Rocket Fuel is the Key, Never Get Better by the Skintones, We Are All...+ debut EP by Things Fall Apart, self titled by Big Big Furnace, self titled by Mad Trucker Gone Mad, The Black Album by Mad Trucker Gone Mad, Transmission Impossible by American Death, Spiritual Kung Fu by Plastic, Fountain City Follies by Uncle Eddie, We Will Bury You: A Tribute to Killdozer and The Crust-O-Matic compilation.
2006-12-01
John Kruth Eva Destruction in office and available for web order
Just arrived today here in Madison and ready to ship with domestic orders arrriving to customers by mid-week. Shipping is included for orders in the US and Canada and every purchase includes a free label sampler. Everybody not living in the US and Canada add $3 per order and $2 for each additional item. Go to the general Crustacean Records catalog or to the Eva Destruction page.
2006-11-25
Mad Trucker Gone interviewing
Mad Trucker Gone Mad recently played a show at the High Noon Saloon and the Madsion Music Project was there to capture some of the performance and conduct an interview with the band. It is available for your viewing pleasure on the web right over here.
2006-11-17
New MP3s available for download
We got two new tracks off the new Skintones album "This is Science". We are happy they stuck with us for their third long playing record and we are very confident the new songs will leave you sufficiently rocked.
We also have a couple MP3s for download from the two newest members of the Crustacean Records family. The first of which is Hazard County Girls from New Orleans, Louisiana. They proudly carry on the tradition of crushing southern swamp metal in the path of greats such as EyeHateGod, Nashville Pussy, Mastodon, Alabama Thunderpussy and so on. We are reissuing their second album "Divine Armor", that was put out in May of 2006, but already needs another pressing and with distribution this time around.
The other artist we are overjoyed to begin working with is New York City multi-istrumentalist, author, poet and professor John Kruth. John has a stunning resume having collaborated in the past with Allen Ginsberg, Laurie Anderson, Elliot Sharp, Johnathan Segal and other members of Camper Van Beethoven, King Missle, Meat Puppets, Sam Shepard, John Corigliano as well as performing as a soloist at Carnegie Hall. His new album "Eva Destruction" is released worldwide on Crustacean Records on Tuesday December 12th. The album has been a work in progress began in 1995 and features studio contributions from Brian and Victor of the Violent Femmes, Dan from Die Kruezen, Jason Loveall of the Danglers, John Frankovic of Plasticland and many others.
That is the name of the new Skintones album; their third full length on Crustacean Records. This is Science continues to refine their unholy trifecta of punk, metal and dark humor with just enough pop and classic rock sensibilities to appeal to the masses. It features hard rocking staples of the Skintones live show such as SLA, Freak on Me, Down South, Aegean Breeze and others.
It comes out officially on Saturday November 11th with a CD release party at the High Noon Saloon in Madison. An amazing four band bill with Cats Not Dogs, Bible of the Devil and the Pimps opening. Only $6 for a 21 and up show starting at 10 PM. Be there!
2006-10-18
Ouija Radio climbing the charts
Vitriol Radio has been doing a stellar job on Ouija Radio's college/community/commercial radio campaign. The debut week of 10/3 the new Ouija Radio album was #11 on CMJ Adds. Then last week #108 on CMJ's Top 200. Now this week they climbed into the upper 50% of the CMJ Top 200 with a ranking of #97. It is a gas to see a Crustacean release on the charts alongside legendary bigger indie labels we love as well as crappy, bloated major labels we dislike.
Keep "Oh No...Yes! Yes!" going even higher on CMJ charts. Contact your favorite local or internet radio station and let them know you wanna hear some Ouija Radio!
2006-10-17
Too metal for first class, too short for coach
We at Crustacean would like to salute the Modern Machines on the completion of their first Japanese tour. They flew back today, on a plane that was coincidently carrying Ronnie James Dio and his band back home from tour as well. Apparently Dio flies first class, but his band goes coach.
Being the road dogs that they are, MoMacs are jumping in their van again for tour on Friday with a show in Madison followed by heading down to Gainesville Florida for Fest V and up the East Coast before getting back to sweet home, Milwaukee in mid-November. After that they are taking a well deserved six month hiatus from touring so get some on the road while you can.
2006-10-11
Oh No...Yes! Yes! out now
Finally Ouija Radio's amazing third album is released in stores as of Tuesday the 10th in addition to its previous availability on this very website and via digital download sites like iTunes and its many cousins. It is aleady burning up the CMJ radio charts with it being #11 on the Top Adds chart last week and a debut ranking of #108 in CMJ Top 200 chart this week. As good as the record is, it can only go higher. Another thing to check out is this well written review on about.com for the new album.
Don't forget to come out to support Ouija Radio this weekend for their record release/tour kick off shows in St. Paul, Minnesota on Friday the 13th at the Turf Club and in Madison, Wisconsin at the High Noon Saloon on Saturday the 14th. After that Ouija Radio will be touring North American until mid-December. Please check Ouija Radio's myspace or Crustacean Records myspace for the most up to date tour info.
2006-10-03
New binary delivered right to your modem
iTunes just posted the new album from Ouija Radio a week before the in-store date. It is entitled "Oh No...Yes! Yes!" and in addition to being one of the finest rock and roll albums you are liable to hear in 2006, it is currently burning up the CMJ charts. So call in an request something off it at radio staion of your choosing.
They also put up Things Fall Apart's "We Are All..." which was released to rave reviews this past May. The downloadable version also includes their debut self titled EP tacking on an extra seven songs all for only $9.99
2006-09-28
The Snakey Pages
The City Pages, the big free weekly alternative paper in the Twin Cities, just did a hilarious article/interview with Awesome Snakes. Check it out.
2006-09-27
Download...Yes!Yes!
We just added three new MP3's to the Crustacean Records music page. They are off of Ouija Radio's fanatastic new record Oh No...Yes!Yes! which is released nation wide on Tuesday October 10th, but can be ordered from the Crustacean Records catalog right now. The three songs are Red Eye Fly, Today is Our Last Tomorrow and Sunrise in California and provide a good cross section of the various moods on this amazing album.
2006-09-15
People Like Us!
We have been having some great reviews roll in the last couple weeks, and in the spirit of shameless self promotion allow us to elaborate. First, Things Fall Apart's new EP, "We Are All...", got extreme praise in the venerable DIY punk rock zine Slug & Lettuce. It is not available on-line, but you can view the entire review on the We Are All... catalog page.
We also got great advance reviews coming in for Ouija Radio-Oh No...Yes!Yes! which comes out nationally on October 10th, but is currently only available at Ouija Radio's merch table and in the Crustacean Records catalog. Anyway you can see both reviews on the catalog page for Oh No...Yes!Yes! or at Chain Whipped Magazine and in the Under the Volcano Fanzine.
We got four new mp3s up on the Crustacean music page off of We Will Bury You: A Tribute to Killdozer. All music files are in a fairly compressed format for quick downloads and to encourage you to buy the real thing that sounds even better.
2006-09-07
Somebody say AWESOME! Somebody say SNAKES!
Awesome Snakes sat down with Christopher Bahn at the Minneapolis Onion offices for a thought provoking discourse of snakes and things that front like they are snakes. It will be of particular interest to professional and amateur herpetologists as Danny and Annie actually rate the subjects on an empirical scale of awesomeness. Check it out here.
Awesome Snakes debut album Venom also just got another good review at the 30music website.
Friends and supporters in the Twin Cities should come out for the Bryant Lake Bowl Block Party which features Crustacean Records artists Awesome Snakes and Ouija Radio. Saturday September 16th, free and outdoors in Uptown.
2006-08-22
We Will Bury You: A Tribute to Killdozer available for preorder!
We will finally have our long awaited Killdozer double disc tribute CD, We Will Bury You, in our offices at the end of next week and begin shipping them as soon as we do. With that in mind it is officially time to begin preorders. As a special preorder sale we will be selling copies for only $12 postpaid in the continental US until the official release date of Tuesday September 5th. Go right over here to order it.
On September 5th they go up to their permenant price of $14 which still is a steal for a action packed double disc with nice packaging. And the music you ask, well we got two previously unreleased Killdozer tunes in the form of a bad ass cover of Disco Inferno and a Butch Vig remix of the old Killdozer classic, King of Sex. Also features 26 Killdozer covers from Red Max, Powerwagon, Cash Audio, Kung Pao, Mt. Shasta, Season to Risk, Scrid, The Ed Gein Fan Club ft. Tom Hazelmyer, Leopold, Elvis '77, Ninja School, Haze XXL ft. Paddy Costello, Meatjack, Brainerd, Wendy Bugatti, No Moss, The JJ Paradise Players Club, Gorch Fock, Corruption is King, Droids Attack, Rocket Fuel is the Key, Hunchback, IfIHadAHiFi, Sppedloader, The Skintones, echo-static and liner notes by Butch Vig.
What better way is there to celebrate the upcoming Killdozer reunion show at the Touch and Go 25th Anniversary Party coming up on Saturday September 9th? We are doing a big mailing for We Will Bury You so look for upcoming glowing reviews and request tracks at your local college or community radio station.
It is distributed to stores in North America via Carrot Top and Electric Fetus in North America and by Sonic Redezvous in Europe. We are also to do direct sales to individual stores at wholesale for multiple copies. We Will Bury You can be downloaded exclusively thru iTunes beginning in September.
2006-08-11
Get your Ouija Radio now!
We got oodles of rock and roll goodness from Ouija Radio that we want to send to your house. We have reissued their badly missed 2004 album, Last Night On Earth featuring classics like Old Victrola and Eye of the Storm.
Even more exciting is we are taking preorders for their brand new album Oh No...Yes!Yes! right freaking now. You can't it in stores or other on-line retailers until 10/10/2006, but you can mailorder it from our website or buy it from Ouija Radio's merch table.
Both discs are available for the low price of only $12 postpaid in the lower 48 and include one of our Crustacean Records SXSW 2005 sampler.
2006-08-08
Aye iTunes
We just got a new batch of Crustacean Records albums available for download on iTunes and other digital distributors. They include Awesome Snakes "Venom", IfIHadAHiFi & Modern Machines "Hot Nuggets!", Rocket Fuel is the Key "Stroke of Genius", and Below the Sound "Three".
In the not to distant future look for Killdozer "The Last Waltz", SevenOneFive "We Don't Feel Like This For Free", Ouija Radio "Oh No...Yes!Yes!", Droids Attack "All Your Chicks Are Belong to Us", American Death "Transmission Impossible", Things Fall Apart "We Are All + debut EP", 26 "The Messiah" and We Will Bury You: A Tribute to Killdozer to go live for download as well.
2006-08-03
Copies of Rocket Fuel is the Key's sophmore album Stroke of Genius just arrived at Crustacean HQ. Sounds so good it was worth a couple years wait. Fourteen smart, pummeling and hooky tracks of noisy post punk goodness. Look for them on tour at the end of August and early September including Crustacean Records showcases on 8/31 in Minneapolis, 9/1 in Chicago, 9/2 in Milwaukee and 9/3 here in Madison. You can buy Stroke of Genius for only $12 PP in the lower 48 or download a couple tracks on the Crustacean Records music page .
2006-07-23
These Snakes Get Downloaded
WE just added an MP3 off of Venom, the debut album by Aweosme Snakes. It is a total rocker called, "These Snakes Get High", and is available on the Crustacean Records music page as a free download. You can hear more songs off of Venom streaming on the Crustacean and Awesome Snakes MySpace sites.
Thanks for those who came out to show love for Awesome Snakes in St. Paul for the release party. Venom will be on store shelves on Tuesday July 25th and continues to be available in our webstore for only $12 postpaid.
2006-07-16
Its official.
Below the Sound will be calling it quits sometime in the Spring of 2007 due to bassist/vocalist Dennis Ponozzo relocating to Madison Wisconsin. No official date has been set, but as soon as we know more, we will announce it. Below the Sound will be playing as many live shows as time permits until the end. The band also has plans to write and record a few more new songs that they plan to release early next year.
2006-07-07
Awesome Snakes "Venom" CD available for preorder. Right now!
That's right ladies and gents, we got Venom arriving in Madison on Thursday and we want to ship a bunch of them out to you folks that Friday the 14th. $12 postpaid in the U.S. for a wonderful, catchy and unique blast of weirdo pop garage punk.
Come out Midwest peeps to support the Snakes at their CD release parties. Friday the 14th they are in Madison at the King Club playing with fellow Crustacean act Mad Trucker Gone Mad. Sunday the 16th they are doing their thing at the Note in Chicago. The weekend after on Friday the 21st they do their hometown CD release party at the Turf Club in St. Paul with a full bill of great of Twin Cities locals.
2006-06-15
Venom has arrived
We just got the final master of the debut disc from the Awesome Snakes. Holy shit. First off the production is as the kids say, is “off the hook”. The combination of crackerjack Triple Rock sound dude Ross on the tracking and mixing and renowned Terrarium/Magneto veteran Dave Gardner mastering worked the magic on the final product.
For only two people making some noise, Venom sounds huge. The band is comprised of Annie and Danny from the Soviettes, but if you are looking for a stripped down version of that band you are barking up the wrong tree. The songs are don’t mess around with getting right to business with catchy ass garage rock melodies.
The drums are massive, Annie’s bass walks with authority and charm, and the vocals are perfectly melodic and sometimes hilariously odd depending on what song.
The lyrics are about snakes and things that are awesome all day every day. It all gets tied together and nicely skewed with Danny Snakes’ wild sampling and brief electronica skirmishes in between and during songs. Did we mention P.O.S. of Doomtree/Rhymesayers Entertainment guests on a track? Well now we did. It’s like that in the Twin Cities.
We are moving this sucka into production right now. We will have copies by mid-July. We start taking web preorders no later than July 15th with early delivery. It comes out in stores in N. America on Tuesday July 25th and in Europe in August TBA.
Hit record of the summer.
2006-06-05
Welcome Ouija Radio
Crustacean Records is happy, nay, overjoyed, to announce that Ouija Radio has come aboard as the newest acquisition in our exceptional stable of bands. We will be putting out the fourth record by this veteran Twin Cities indie rock powerhouse entitled Oh No...Yes! Yes!. It is to be released in Europe in the month of August and in North America in early September.
This summer the band will have a light schedule playing shows around the Midwest, but once the new record comes out they will be all over the place. Starting with a UK tour in September to be followed returning to the States for west and east coast tours.
Oh No...Yes! Yes! was created this winter at the premier rock studio and mastering house in the Twin Cities, Terrarium Studios and Magneto Mastering, and worked on by their reknowned engineers, Jacques and Dave (Melvins, Dillinger Four, Nashville Pussy, Soul Asylum, Beck, etc). It is Ouija Radio's most realized outing to date and you can hear some of the new songs on Ouija Radio's myspace.
2006-05-02 Crustacean Records is proud to announce the release of the new Things Fall Apart 4 song CD EP entitled We Are All… coming out on Friday May 12th. That night Firecracker Studios presents the Things Fall Apart CD release show at the Inferno Nightclub on the north side of Madison. Showtime is 10 PM for the release show and Gusto and Straight to Your Brain are the opening acts.
We just added it to the top of our new catalog for only $9 postpaid in the continental US. If you want to hear a couple songs we have them streaming at Crustaceans Record's MySpace site and and you can download one of the songs, Mired in Lockstep, on our music page on this website.
2006-04-23
Crustacean Records is proud to announce that we are partnering with Sonic Rendezvous from the Netherlands to enhance our distribution reach in Europe and beyond. We will be adding 30 releases spanning Crustacean's entire 12 year history to their catalog as well as all of our future musical offerings.
Sonic Rendezvous has a popular on-line store aimed at a European clientele. It also sells CD and vinyl to stores throught Europe in Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Greece, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, and even Japan.
Credit and thanks must go to Dan Dieterich and the boys of Brainerd for doing us a solid by getting us into touch with them.
2006-04-02
Hot Nuggets is here!
We got copies our IfIHadAHiFi and Modern Machines split release, Hot Nuggets at the office and ready to ship. You won't find it in stores until the street date of Tuesday April 18th, but you can order it from our catalog and get it well before the 18th.
It is available on CD for $12 and as a breathtaking and great sounding 12" vinyl picture disc for $14. Those prices are post paid in the continental US and include a free Crustacean records label sampler with 23 tracks.
Hot Nuggets release parties:
4/13 New Moon Coffee House in Oshkosh with Modern Machines, IfIHadAHiFi and Southerly
4/14 early show 8th Note Coffee House in Milwaukee, all ages show with Modern Machines, E=MC Hammer, Electric Pants and IfIHadAHiFi
4/14 late show Onopa Brewing Company in Milwaukee, 21 and up with SevenOneFive, The Awesome Snakes, IfIHadAHiFi and Modern Machines
4/15 UW Madison Memorial Union-Rathkellar, free and all ages show with The Awesome Snakes, IfIHadAHiFi and Modern Machines
2006-03-03
The Mp3 Fairy stopped by the office last night and left steaming piles of audio goodness for you to download. Just head to our music page and double click the download button to receive the rock.
First off we got Mad Trucker Gone Mad's entire set from their live on the radio performance on 2/24. It is over 20 minutes in length so be warned it might take a while to download. Well worth it though as it is an undeniable audio testament of the new Trucker's live prowess.
Second we got a couple tracks off of our upcoming Hot Nuggest split CD and 12" picture disc with six songs each by Modern Machines and IfIHadAHiFi. For your downloading pleasure we got Modern Machines covering IfIHadAHiFi's "Gotta Disappear" and IfIHadAHiFi giving the Modern Machine's song "Ay, Paisano!" an extensive workout.
2006-03-02
We have added some new items to our posters, T-shirts and other stuff page available for you, the consumer.
Like the Crustacean Records T-shirt available in various men's and women's sizes and a vast rainbow of colors.
Or hows about a gorgeous silkscreen poster? We just got them made up by Firecracker last week to graphically celebrate the Crustacean Records showcase coming up on March 10th at the High Noon Saloon.
Or for the discerning record collector we have three of the six test pressings for Killdozer's "The Last Waltz". We got 500 run in red vinyl, but only 6 black vinyl test pressings. Order this rare Killdozer collectible for a low price of only $30 postpaid in the continental US.
Buy or die!
2006-01-31
We are proud to announce that Crustacean Records has begun to work with Choke Distribution out of Chicago. They have added five of our catalog items to their inventory: 26-The Messiah on CD, Soviettes-LP on 12" vinyl, Below the Sound-Three on CD, Killdozer-The Last Waltz on CD and Killdozer-The Last Waltz on red 12" vinyl. This gets Crustacean into hundreds, if not thousands, of more record stores in North America and Europe. If it isn't in stock, the finest indie record stores should be able to order it.
2006-01-24
We just sent out the disc to get our IfIHadAHiFi and Modern Machines split CD and 12" mastered by John Golden in Los Angeles at Golden Mastering. The release date is Tuesday April 18th for both the CD and the vinyl picture disc. It is going to be a really fun record that includes one new original tune by each band, 4 miscellaneous covers and one song by each of the two bands covering each others material. Release parties are in the works for Friday April 14th in Milwaukee and Saturday April 15th in Madison. More details to follow once all venues and opening bands are confirmed or find out more on the Crustacean Records Forum that you can link to off of this page.
2006-01-17
We are proud to announce that our friends at Carrot Top in Chicago have picked up Killdozers The Last Waltz on CD and red vinyl for national distribution. Carrot Top is a great distributor whose main niche are small chains and little indie stores, which is exactly where we want to be anyhow. Long story short, start asking for Killdozers The Last Waltz at all the finest independent record stores and if it is not in stock they should be able to order it for you.
