2008-04-27
SHIBBOLETH - EXPERIMENT IN ERROR IN STOCK NOW
The new Shibboleth CD "Experiment in Error" is available now!
Shibboleth is Rich Martin (keyboards) along with Chomsky members Don Cento(guitars)and James Driscoll (the bass). The band performs with a revolving cast of superstars on the drumset, but joining them on Experiment in Error is Jim White (Allison Kraus). The album was recorded under the watchful eye of Stuart Sikes (White Stripes, Loretta Lynn, Cat Power, Modest Mouse)
"Experiment in Error is a grander Montage of more than occassional brilliance" Buddy Magazine
"The group's endlessly likable, jaunty surf pop is like the best '60s game show theme song I've never heard" Dallas Observer
"Quixotically exotic, at once conjuring Duane & eddy, Bert and Ernie and Ennio Morricone, Shibboleth's existentialelevator music rocks. Here's hoping we get stuck between floors" Modern Luxury Dallas
2008-04-07
PPT - DENGLISH CD / DVD IN STORES APRIL 15
The new PPT CD / DVD arrives in stores on Tues. March 15. You can buy it now at our store link, all orders ship same day.
Come celebrate with the guys at the following release events:
Sat. April 12 at Mokah in Deep Ellum
Sat. April 12 PPT will appear on the Gordon Keith TV show on WFAA channel 8 in Dallas 11:30 PM
Mon. April 14 at Tephejez 226 Elm St. Dallas (free CD / DVD with $10.00 cover)
Thurs April 17 at Doublewide-Dallas with Glen Reynolds
Denglish downloads are also available at iTunes, Amazon.com, Rhapsody, Zune and others.
2008-02-04
IDOL RECORDS 2008 SXSW SHOWCASE
Idol Records will host an official SXSW showcase on Fri. March 14 at The Wave 408 E. 6th St in Austin, TX. The following Idol bands will play:
Black Tie Dynasty
The Crash That Took Me
PPT
Watershed
Glen Reynolds
Mitra
This will also be our first official party celebrating our 15th Anniversary, so there will be some special surprise guests.
2007-10-09
THE CRASH THAT TOOK ME PRE-RELEASE SALE
We are doing a special pre-release sale for the debut album from The Crash That Took Me at the Idol on-line store. All CD's ordered through this Sunday Oct 14 will be for a special pre-release price of $10.00 including free First Class shipping (International orders add $3.00). Go to: www.idolrecords.com All orders ship same day.
The Crash That Took Me will also do a CD release show this Friday Oct. 12 at Sons Of Herman Hall (3414 Elm St Dallas, TX) The Crash That Took Me features members of [DARYL] and Black Tie Dynasty and features guest appearances from members of The pAper chAse, Polyphonic Spree and the Earlies. Check them out at www.myspace.com/thecrashtattookme
2007-08-09
Watershed Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust II Pre-Sale
The new live album from Columbus, Ohio rock heroes Watershed is available now from our store page and iTunes. The CD arrives in stores on Sept. 11. It contains 13 of the bands hits live, the way they were meant to be heard.
2007-06-06
FREE IDOL RECORDS SAMPLER CD WITH MAILORDER PURCHASE
For a limited time we are giving away a free Idol CD Sampler with each mailorder purchase including songs from Glen Reynolds, Black Tie Dynasty, The Fags, Mitra, PPT, Watershed & Sponge.
2007-04-10
Glen Reynolds In Between Days CD Available Now!
We are doing a pre-release sale for the debut Glen Reynolds CD now on our store page. Plus you get a free poster. All orders ship same day. The album arrives in stores on June 5th, order now and be the first on your block to have it.
2007-03-09
IDOL DOES SXSW
Idol Records is gearing up for another big trip down I-35 for SXSW 2007 in Austin, TX. Here are the showcases we have scheduled:
Black Tie Dynasty is playing on Wed March 14, 9:00 PM at The Tap Room at Six (114 W. 4th St. Austin, TX) www.myspace.com/blacktiedynasty
Black Tie Dynasty will also be playing on Sat. March 17 at 6:00 PM at the FOUR ON THE FLOOR PARTY located at: 1604 San Antonio Austin, TX (between 15th & 16th) Free food from Fancy Pants Tamales (vegan & vegetarian)
PPT is playing Sat March 17, 9:30 PM at Visions (614 E. 6th St. Austin. TX) www.myspace.com/pptmusic
Mitra is playing Sat March 17 at 6:00 PM at Headhunters (720 Red River Rd. Austin, TX) www.myspace.com/mitramusic
2007-02-19
Idol signs Glen Reynolds
Idol Records is proud to announce the signing of Glen Reynolds for his first solo release. Glen was the guitar player for Dallas rock / pop group Chomsky that rose to national prominence with their 2 albums on Idol Records including A Few Possible Selections for the Soundtrack Of Your Life and Onward Quirky Soldiers which spawned 2 radio hits “00:15:00” (fifteen minutes to rock) and “Gravitate”.
The album In Between Days will hit stores late spring Check out some advance music at http://www.myspace.com/glenreynolds
2007-01-06
NEW PPT AND BTD AVAILABLE NOW
The new limited edition Black Tie Dynasty CD single / EP "I Like U" and PPT CD & DVD "Tres Monos In Love" are available now on our store page. PPT arrives in stores nationally on Jan. 30th.
2006-11-22
BLACK TIE DYNASTY "I LIKE U" / CHRISTMAS SINGLE
We are taking pre-orders on our store page for a special limited edition CD single for "I Like U" that also includes an original Christmas song "Christmas Time" featuring PPT and 2 other new songs. All orders ship first week of December.
2006-07-25
THE FAGS-LIGHT 'EM UP AVAILABLE NOW ON ITUNES
The Fags long awaited new release "Light 'Em Up" is available now exclusively on iTunes. Head over to iTunes and listen or purchase
downloads and leave a review of the release. The CD will hit stores on
Oct 31, 2006.
2006-06-02
MITRA ALL GODS KILL AVAILABLE AT IDOL STORE & ITUNES NOW
The debut Mitra CD "All Gods Kill" featuring members of Speedealer & Billyclub is available now at iTunes and our on line store now. All order shipp same day via First Class Mail
The CD hits stores nationally on July 18
2006-04-19
BLACK TIE DYNASTY "MOVEMENTS" IN STOCK NOW
"Movements" is in stock now on our store page. All orders will ship same day via First Class Mail. The CD arrives in stores on Tues April 25th.
2006-04-09
BLACK TIE DYNASTY NOMINATED FOR BEST SONG
Black Tie Dynasty were nominated for "Best Song" for "Crime Scene" from their stellar debut release "This Stays Between Us". Idol Records was also nominated for Best Label. Go to
http://dallasobserver.com/musicawards/2006musicpoll to cast your votes.
2006-03-31
BLACK TIE DYNASTY TENDER SINGLE
The "Tender" single from Black Tie Dynasty continues to amaze, having now spent 4 weeks on the Billboard National Top 100 Singles Sales chart and climbing all the way to #1 last week in Dallas / Fort Worth. To celebrate, every mail order that comes in for the next week will receive a free copy. It's also available at iTunes.
You can stream the entire CD on our "radio" link.
2006-01-29
NEW EXCLUSIVE ON-LINE RELEASES AVAILABLE
We have 2 limited on-line only releases available in our store including the new Black Tie Dynasty-Tender CD single and The Fags limited edition tour CD.
These CD's will not be available in-stores and are both limited edition, so order now while you can.
2005-09-07
SPONGE THE MAN IN STOCK NOW
The new Sponge CD "The Man" is in stock now on our online store. All orders ship same day via First Class US Mail. The CD hits stores nationally on Oct. 5th 2005. Check our www.myspace.com/spongetheman for samples.
2005-08-17
IDOL RECORDS 2005 CMJ SHOWCASE
Idol Records will have a showcase at Fri. Sept 16th at Continental Club 25 3rd Ave. New York with:
12:40 SPONGE
12:00 WATERSHED
11:20 BLACK TIE DYNASTY
10:40 [DARYL]
10:00 COLD CASH MACHINE
2005-05-06
DALLAS OBSERVER MUSIC AWARDS
The Flickerstick Tarantula CD was voted BEST ALBUM at the 2005 Dallas Observer Music Awards.
Idol Records was also voted BEST LABEL for the 4th year in a row! Thanks to all that voted. Check it out at: http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/current/news/feature.html
2005-02-18
Idol Records New Releases
The New Watershed CD-The Fifth of July is in stores now!
The new Black Tie Dynasty CD is available now from Idol Records and hits the stores nationally on March 8th.
Both CD's are also available now from iTunes and audiolunchbox.com
2005-01-19
New Releases Available
We are now taking pre-orders for our new 2005 releases from Watershed & Black Tie Dynasty. These orders will ship before the in-store dates, so you can be the first on your block to have them. All mail orders also recieve free stickers and other goodies we have laying around.
2004-12-28
NEW YEAR SHOWS / RELEASES
Idol Artists will be rocking in the New Year, Here are a few hottest shows, to bring in 2005:
Skeemin’ NoGoods | Dec 31 | Detroit, MI
Sponge | Dec 31 | Hamtramck, MI
Watershed | Dec 31 | Columbus, OH
Idol Records is putting the final touches on our first batch of releases for 2005 including:
Watershed-5th Of July
Black Tie Dynasty-This Stays Between Us
Vital Idol-Vol. #2 (featuring new tracks from The Fags, Sponge, Black Tie Dynasty, Watershed & more).
2004-11-11
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM IDOL
The Holiday season is upon us and there is no better Soundtrack for those Holiday festivities than our Christmas CD Electric Ornaments. Featuring 18 Holiday Classic and original songs from your favorite Idol artists and friends. We are offering this CD direct from our store for $10.00 ppd. You can also buy the download version at iTunes and audiolunchbox.com
Artist and Song Selections include:
1. The Mag Seven-Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
2. Centro-matic-Fuselage (It’s Starting To Look Like Christmas Once Again)
3. The Deathray Davies-I Got Coal
4. Vibrolux-I’ll Be Home For Christmas
5. Chomsky-Christmas Time Is Here
6. Valve-Lincoln Shore
7. Clumsy-Roamin’ Holiday
8. Viva Maxitone-You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
9. Adventures Of Jet-Waiting On Christmas
10. Chao-Just Fine
11. [DARYL]-A Wonderful Christmas Time
12. Pinkston-Father Christmas
13. Slowride-The Christmas Song
14. Pleasant Grove-Five Minutes Of Snow
15. Crash Vinyl-Snow Miser
16. The Falcon Project-Little Drum n’ Bass Boy
17. Jasper Stone-Saddlin’ Up Christmas Morning
18. Darlington-Xmas
2004-09-08
New Idol Releases
THE HITS ARE FLOWING AND TOUR VANS ARE ROLLING!!!
Flickerstick "Tarantula" is in stock and available now from our on-line store. Their long awaited 2nd studio album will hit stores on October 5th, 2004. Produced by Keith Cleversley (Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Urge Overkill) and recorded at Playground studios in Chicago. National tour throughout Oct / Nov. (see calendar page for dates)
Order the CD today at http://www.idolrecords.com/catalog/index.php for a special limited time price of $12.00 ea. or 2 CD's for $20.00 including shipping. All orders ship same day.
Downloads will be available from iTunes and Audiolunchbox.com on September 14, 2004.
[DARYL] "Ohio" (IN STOCK NOW) features 14 new songs produced by Stuart Sikes (White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Loretta Lynn) and features special guest appearances from members of Cursive, Polyphonic Spree, Old 97's, Centro-matic, The pAper chAse and others. The national release date is October 5th, 2004 and will be playing a CD release party on Sat. Sept. 25th at Sons of Hermann Hall in
Dallas followed by a national tour in Oct / Nov.
Available now via Idol on-line store, on sale for a limited time 1 CD for $12.00 or 2 CD's for $20.00 including First Class shipping.
Purchase downloads at: http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=14233
Skeemin' NoGoods (self titled)
New punk band featuring Fags front man John Speck and a cast of Detroit All Stars. 27 minutes and 29 seconds of FOOT UP YOUR ASS! hits stores Oct 5th. Check out http://www.musicianmp3.com/search_details.cfm?adinfoid=2607 for a preview.
Pre order the CD today for a special limited time price of $12.00 or 2 CD's for $20.00 including shipping. Orders will ship in early Sept.
Or purchase downloads at: http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=10087
New 7" split single from The pAper chAse & Will Johnson (from Centro-matic) Available now.
1. The pAper chAse covering a version of Will Johnson's "The Riot Jack"
2. Will Johnson covering a version of The Paper Chase's "I Did a Terrible
Thing"
You non analogue types can order downloads at iTunes and
http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=14226.
The New GBH CD "Cruel & Unusual" is in stores now and the band will start a US Tour on Sept. 13th with The Circle Jerks. Check our tour page for dates.
Vital Idol Vol. 2 coming this fall.
2004-07-30
IDOL NEWS
It's busy times at Idol Records.
The new GBH CD "Cruel & Unusual" hits stores on August 10 and the band will be doing a U.S. tour in September with The Circle Jerks. The CD is available via download now at iTunes and audiolunchbox.com
The split release from The pAper chAse & Will Johnson is also available now on iTunes and audiolunchbox.com The limited edition 7" (500 copies) will be in stores on August 17 but you can order it now direct from Idol Records for $4.00 ppd.
Idol Records has just signed Flickerstick and will be releasing their long awaited 2nd studio album "Tarantula" on October 5th. Recorded in Chicago by Keith Cleversley and additional recording by Tim Patalan (The Fags, Sponge) and Paul Williams (Polyphonic Spree). The first single "Teenage Dope Fiend" will go to radio in early September. The band hits the road in late Sept. starting with the West cost.
The Fags will return to Dallas to play Edge Fest on Sat. August 7th at Smirnoff Amphitheatre. They are currently in the studio working on their debut release for Sire Records.
Other Idol releases
GBH-Cruel & Unusual CD In stores August 10
pAper chAse & Will Johnson split 7" single in stores August 17
Cold Cash Machine-Memory Overdose CD In stores August 17
Skeemin' NoGoods-Skeemin' NoGoods CD in stores October 5
[DARYL]-Ohio CD in stores October 5
Watershed-5th of July CD in stores October 5
Flickerstick-Tarantula CD in stores October 5th
2004-07-07
New Releases & Mailorder Update
We have made some improvements to our online ordering on the Idol Records web site. We now take direct payments via Pay Pal so we can insure better customer service on all orders. We have also lowered our prices on most of our titles, with some of our catalog full length CD's as low as $8.00 ea. and EP's as low as $4.00 each. All prices include First Class shipping and will be shipped out the same day they are received. Click the catalog link to check it out.
Skeemin' NoGoods
Comprised of three of Detroit’s most renowned purveyors of ass-kickin’ noise, the Skeemin’ NoGoods are well versed in the art of dishing out some rock ‘n’ roll fury. Singer/guitarist John Speck (The Fags, Hoarse, The Paybacks) Drummer Chuck Burns (Speedball, Seduce)and bassist Ron Sakowski (Necros, Laughing Hyenas, Easy Action) have been showing the kids how it’s done for years. And together, as the Skeemin’ NoGoods, they have taken their collective knowledge of breakneck, chord-mashing rock and punk and forged it into a formidable 11-song platter for Idol Records and will be released on October 5th. But you can buy it NOW via download at Audiolunchbox.com at
http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=10087
GBH
GBH is one of the most uncompromising bands in the world. Originally formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England, their first album “City Baby Attacked By Rats” was released in 1982 to critical acclaim and it’s follow up City Baby’s Revenge” released in 1983, fortified the GBH sound-noisy and distorted hardcore punk rock. All through the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s GBH has continued to release records and tour the world. GBH have toured everywhere including the USA, Europe, Japan, Russia, Israel, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. Bands like Metallica, Nirvana, Rancid, Sepultura and Slayer have all cited GBH as an influence. Idol Records will release GBH-Cruel & Unusual on August 10 But you can buy it NOW via download at Audiolunchbox.com at http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=10086
pAper chAse & Will Johnson
Idol Records will be releasing a limited Edition split 7" single on August 17. The pAper chAse & Will Johnson (Centro-matic & South San Gabriel) are two of the most prolific and hard touring indie rock artists in America, on this release they will be covering each others' songs, with The Paperchase doing a version of Will Johnson's "The Riot Jack" and Will Johnson doing a version of The PAper chAse's "I Did A Terrible Thing". The songs will also be available from iTunes and Audiolunchbox.com and direct from Idol.
THE FAGS
The Fags have been signed the legendary Seymour Stein and Sire / Warner Brothers Records. They are recording their debut full-length at the Loft, as usual, with their very own Tim Patalan producing. The band been hard at work on new music. You can catch a preview Saturday, September 4th at the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival, in downtown Hamtramck (in Detroit). It's John's birthday, IT'S FREE, so don't miss this chance to catch the boys live!
The Fags 5-song EP on Idol records is available at record stores everywhere and is for sale via download at Audiolunchbox.com at: (http://audiolunchbox.com/album?a=7595) and at iTunes.
[DARYL]
Just finished mixing their next album "Ohio" for Idol Records and will be in stores October 5th. Ohio was produced by Stewart Sikes (White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Loretta Lynn) and will feature guest appearances by members of Cursive, Old 97's, Centro-matic, pAper chAse and The Polyphonic Spree. Get ready for an amazing record!
[DARYL] self titled CD and Uneven Surfaces EP are available at record stores everywhere and direct from Idol at new low prices:
Here's our current full release schedule:
GBH-Cruel & Unusual CD In stores August 10
pAper chAse & Will Johnson split 7" single in stores August 17
Cold Cash Machine-Memory Overdose CD In stores August 17
Skeemin' NoGoods-Skeemin' NoGoods CD in stores October 5
[DARYL]-Ohio CD in stores October 5
Watershed-TBA CD in stores October 5
2004-04-19
IDOL RECORDS NEWS
Idol Records was voted "Best Label" again this year in the 2004 Dallas Observer Music Awards. Thanks to everyone who voted for us.
We have several amazing new releases in the works, starting with the new [DARYL] CD "Ohio" and a split release from Will Johnson of Centro-matic and The pAper chAse. We also have new projects in the works from Watershed and GBH (Talk about a diverse roster) and we have several new signings that we will be announcing soon that we're very excited about. Stay tuned for more info!
We have signed signed deals with several
online download music distributors including iTunes, Rhapsody and Audio Lunchbox. Our catalog will go online in the next few weeks and we already have our first batch of releases live at http://www.audiolunchbox.com/label?store=190
Fire up your iPods and get busy!
