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Welcome!! Welcome!! It’s all about the kids. The Kindie Music phenomenon continues to grow. In the last decade, musicians who were parents realized that IT”S IN THE GROOVES! That is an expression that harkens back to there had to be something that falls between Barney and The Wiggles RECORDS. These days we call them Vinyl (but never Vinyls). They are and the Disney teen angst singers. Kids are just like us grown-ups--- not slabs of wax anymore. And yes indeed, there is a resurgence that they like music; they really, really like it. Satellite radio has a 24 hour a continues to annually resurge. We’ve got four this month alone---Team day channel---Kids Place Live. If you are not offering kids music, you are Sleep, Máscaras, Fernando and Nate Allen & The Pac-Away Dots. missing out. Childrens Music is not just a niche for us here at Snap these babies up right now---it’s a happening thing (or as James Burnside, it is a significant portion of our day-to- day business. Brown had been known to say, It’s a Groovemaker!!) And that mini-rant brings us to Caspar Babypants. Yep, Chris Ballew, And what about Fernando? That would be Mr. Viciconte to you. How from the Presidents of the United States of America, is back with his many of you recall him from Monkey Paw---the 90s band, not the 10th album under that pseudonomic moniker. This is BEATLES BABY!, current one? Well there are lots of years under the bridge since then the follow-up to BABY BEATLES! Let’s face it, the Beatles were the most and Fernando’s latest is his 8th solo overall and this has a number of his significant musical artists of the last 50 years so how can you go wrong friends from R.E.M., Richmond Fontaine, Minus 5, She and Him, with their music. Everybody old and young knows it and embraces Delines, M. Ward and more---he has lots of friends and , deservedly so, it….and you can handle it on repeat after repeat in the car far better lots of fans around the world. than that purple dinosaur--- right? Dig it---Caspar Babypants is real and good. Actually, Caspar is REAL GOOD! and so much more…. your friends from bdc…
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AMERICANA
Click, Danny, Holding Up The Sun CD Produced by music legend Jim Scott and with a crack band, Holding Up The Sun is an amazing album and CAT: promises to be the one that breaks new ground for singer/songwriter/guitarist Danny Click. Recorded in DS5211591815 just two short weeks at Scott’s Plyrz Studios in LA, Holding Up The Sun is very fresh and live sounding yet LABEL: DogStar Records still refined, especially in the songwriting. This is what thousands of miles on the road and countless nights UPC: 700261428864 examining the human condition sounds like---real, honest and filled with hope. PRICE: $15.99
Fernando, Leave The Radio On CD Fernando Viciconte, the Portland, Oregon troubadour, has twenty years of local and national acclaim CAT: under his belt. His voice has caused countless publications (Billboard, Magnet, Paste, The Oregonian, No FnG028 Depression, etc) and fellow musicians (Peter Buck, Don Dixon, Steve Wynn) to rave about the feeling it LABEL: Fluff and Gravy Records evokes when Fernando sings his songs of dark despair and faint hope. Three years in the making, Leave UPC: 857674003468 The Radio On features a virtual who's who of Portland's finest musicians, including Buck and Scott PRICE: $12.99 McCaughey as well as members of M.Ward, Elliott Smith, Richmond Fontaine and The Delines. This is a new chapter in Viciconte's ever-evolving musical trajectory, a career marked by creative integrity and an almost painful honesty which attracts fans from high and low that still believe in the redemptive power of rock and roll.
Fernando, Leave The Radio On LP Vinyl CAT: FnG028 LABEL: Fluff and Gravy Records UPC: 857674003451 PRICE: $20.99
BLUES
JC Smith Band, The, Love Mechanic CD Love Mechanic, the latest CD release from the award winning JC Smith Band, includes West Coast Swing, CAT: Chicago Blues, Back Alley, Country, and Funk Based Blues. A blend of original music and artfully CR-CD 006 rearranged covers, Love Mechanic captures the live performance excitement of the JC Smith Band with LABEL: Cozmik Records its’ onstage charisma. JC is the quintessential sharp dressed man who wrings notes from his instrument UPC: 638827999995 that have to be heard to be believed. With an appreciation of the past from the masters (Little Walter, PRICE: $15.99 Eddie Boyd) to their offspring (Electric Flag), JC Smith puts his own stamp on everything he does.
Omar and the Howlers, Live at the Opera House CD This is Omar and the Howlers recorded live at the (now shuttered) Opera House in Austin on August 30, CAT: 1987. Omar Kent Dykes and the classic Howlers lineup from the Hard Times in the Land of Plenty era with BGM 1501 Eric Scortia on Hammond B-3, Gene Brandon on drums and Bruce Jones on bass. Simply put, they were an LABEL: Big Guitar Music unstoppable force to be reckoned with. If your name was Vaughan in Texas with Double Trouble or the UPC: 614511834322 Thunderbirds, you were aware of Omar as the man with that voice and that guitar that meant you’d better PRICE: $15.99 tighten up your doo if you were going to step on the same stage. Omar ruled. No more needs to be said.
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CHILDRENS
Caspar Babypants, BEATLES BABY! CD Creating a second volume of simple, clear, fun, acoustic, sing along covers of classic Beatles songs for CAT: kids ages 0-6 and their parents is what the 10th album from Caspar Babypants is all about. Caspar AE0010 Babypants is also known as Chris Ballew, the twice Grammy nominated songwriter and lead singer for LABEL: Aurora Elephant Music the Seattle rock and roll band The Presidents of the United States of America (Lump, Peaches, Kitty). John, UPC: 614511829922 Paul, George and Ringo sang to life stories of love and joy and those sentiments are clear as a bell for PRICE: $13.99 young ears on this amazing collection!
ELECTRONIC
White Apple Tree, Peach Hat X CD White Apple Tree, the band, stopped touring in 2013 but their songs kept on going. One recently going CAT: GOLD on the Robin Schulz CD. Peach Hat X is an electronic, alt sound with just the right amount of 37EP173 everything. WAT sound has been described as eclectic, complex, occasionally awkward and witty. Hailing LABEL: 37 Records from Southern California, their sound is far from surf rock norm. Lush ambient guitars, quirky sense and UPC: 888295278720 four on the floor kick, create this unique and refreshing take a modern electronic music. They have songs PRICE: $7.99 featured in Gossip Girl, Whistler Blackcomb films(three times), a large German bank commercial for De Guisse Bank, a smash indie film called Kokowaah as well as a new remix on EDM golden boy, Robin Schulz's hit CD, PRAYER.
FOLK
Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy CD They Promised You Mercy is the newest collection of songs by Amelia Curran, Canada's master CAT: contemporary songstress. On this album, Amelia's knife-sharp lyrics find peace and even cheerfulness SIX089 amidst lush layers provided by producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda's nuanced studio vision. The album is a LABEL: Six Shooter Records poised, focused and consummate work that showcases Amelia's singular songwriting talent, and raises UPC: 836766008949 the lyrical bar yet again with its unrivaled eloquence. They Promised You Mercy was nominated for the PRICE: $15.99 2015 Juno Award for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year.
ROCK/POP
Nate Allen & The Pac-Away Dots, Take Out The Trash CD Elements of blues, punk and folk line the foundation of this rock and roll record. Written by an unemployed CAT: workaholic, Take Out The Trash covers the identity struggle between projecting a good image and actually HER 05 being a kind person. The serious-but-hopeful lyrics are contrasted by a lighthearted beat, gang vocals and LABEL: High Endurance Records sometimes a kazoo, banjo or harmonica. Nate Allen (one half of the zany duo Destroy Nate Allen) is a UPC: 735201999678 white man in his 30's taking an stern look in the mirror, acknowledging privilege and pain, and inviting you PRICE: $10.99 to Take Out The Trash.
Nate Allen & The Pac-Away Dots, Take Out The Trash LP Vinyl CAT: HER 05 LABEL: High Endurance Records UPC: 738964887633 PRICE: $20.99
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ROCK/POP
Holly Henry, The Orchard CD This is the second EP from Emmy winning artist Holly Henry. Her breakout performance of Coldplay's CAT: “The Scientist” on season 5 of NBC's The Voice not only garnered a 4-chair turn, but is still in the top 20 of GG002 most popular YouTube videos ever for The Voice. Holly is actively involved in her large and growing social LABEL: Garden Ghost Records media: YouTube 185,000 subs; Face Book 42,000 followers; Twitter 29K; Instagram 20K; Soundcloud 17k. UPC: 798576786229 PRICE: $10.99
Máscaras, Máscara vs. Máscara LP Vinyl Portland's #3 Best New Band of 2015 (according to the Willamette Week), Máscaras' Theo Craig, Papi CAT: Fimbres and Carlos Segovia are three of the most prolific musicians in Portland, between them having PDX011 played in some of the city's most legendary bands over the years, including Sun Angle, Deer or the Doe, O LABEL: Party Damage Records Bruxo, Cat Hoch, Paper/Upper/Cuts, Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, and literally dozens more. Now united as UPC: 889211655809 Máscaras, the three churn out a heavy, instrumental psychedelic stew they call "maximalist indigenous PRICE: $14.99 psych". Their debut album, Máscara vs. Máscara is an urgent & riotous document of a band that Portland has latched onto.
My Brothers and I, Don't Dream Alone CD You could call them "Northwest soul." You could call them "indie-pop." What it boils down to is that My CAT: Brothers and I bring a wide range of influences to their music, creating sounds that are melodic, soulful, ER0017 and danceable on their debut full-length LP, Don’t Dream Alone. This eleven-track collection is comprised LABEL: Expunged Records of warm vocal harmonies, luscious grooves, and undeniable melodies. Recorded at Miracle Lake Studios UPC: 616892324249 with Skyler Norwood at the helm (who’s produced Blind Pilot, Priory and Horsefeathers), the album brings PRICE: $13.99 the energy that floods their live performance. Don’t Dream Alone is the dream - and voice - of five individuals, working as a true collective to create each song. My Brothers and I have stepped outside their comfort zone pushing themselves to bring out their best, working hard to create an album that will resonate with listeners of multiple genres.
Team Sleep, Woodstock Sessions Vol. 4 LP Vinyl It's been 10 years since Deftones singer Chino Moreno and his Team Sleep cohorts have released an CAT: album. This collection, recorded live for Woodstock Sessions includes new material as well as new WS004 versions of older songs. It features Gil Sharone of Marilyn Manson on drums. The album package includes LABEL: Woodstock a digital download card. Sessions/Team Sleep UPC: 685450645133 NOTE: This album will released on October 2nd. PRICE: $19.99
WORLD
Various Artists, Piano in the House CD Adventure Music announces the release of Piano Na Casa (Piano in the House), a recording that features CAT: nine of Brazil’s finest piano players, all performing solo compositions. We hear lively choro, frevo and AM 1101 2 merengue styles, as well as quiet meditations built on rich jazz harmonies. Each pianist has impeccable LABEL: Adventure Music technique and deep imagination, evoking traditions and moods that feel unique to Brazil and yet part of a UPC: 823421110123 global sound.The nine performers on Piano Na Casa are Tiago Costa, Amilton Gody, Karin Fernandes, PRICE: $16.99 Hercules Gomes, Benjamin Taubkin, Julia Tygel, Ze Godoy, Fabio Torres, and Heloisa Fernandes. All enthusiastically enjoyed the collaborative process, noting that pianists rarely get the chance to work together.
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ARTISTTITLECATTYPELISTUPCLABELGENREORDER Click, Danny Holding Up The Sun DS5211591815 CD $15.99 700261428864 DogStar Records AMERICANA Fernando Leave The Radio On FnG028 CD $12.99 857674003468 Fluff and Gravy Records AMERICANA Fernando Leave The Radio On LP FnG028 Vinyl $20.99 857674003451 Fluff and Gravy Records AMERICANA JC Smith Band, The Love Mechanic CR-CD 006 CD $15.99 638827999995 Cozmik Records BLUES Omar and the Howlers Live at the Opera House BGM 1501 CD $15.99 614511834322 Big Guitar Music BLUES Caspar Babypants BEATLES BABY! AE0010 CD $13.99 614511829922 Aurora Elephant Music CHILDRENS White Apple Tree Peach Hat X 37EP173 CD $7.99 888295278720 37 Records ELECTRONIC Curran, Amelia They Promised You Mercy SIX089 CD $15.99 836766008949 Six Shooter Records FOLK Allen, Nate & The Pac-Away Dots Take Out The Trash HER 05 CD $10.99 735201999678 High Endurance Records ROCK/POP Allen, Nate & The Pac-Away Dots Take Out The Trash LP HER 05 Vinyl $20.99 738964887633 High Endurance Records ROCK/POP Henry, Holly The Orchard GG002 CD $10.99 798576786229 Garden Ghost Records ROCK/POP Máscaras Máscara vs. Máscara LP PDX011 Vinyl $14.99 889211655809 Party Damage Records ROCK/POP My Brothers and I Don't Dream Alone ER0017 CD $13.99 616892324249 Expunged Records ROCK/POP Team Sleep Woodstock Sessions Vol. 4 LP WS004 Vinyl $19.99 685450645133 Woodstock Sessions/Team Sleep ROCK/POP Various Artists Piano in the House AM 1101 2 CD $16.99 823421110123 Adventure Music WORLD