Roaring Colonel Records

Purchase : Neon Love Life : "Tuesday Night"+ Love Control video

2011-09-14T16:26:00.008-04:00

Formed in September of 2009, the women of Neon Love Life have spent every Monday and Tuesday night writing and rehearsing in the Broad Ripple neighborhood of Indianapolis, In.

Recorded between late 2010 and early 2011 at Queensize Twin Air Studios, Their debut album "Tuesday Night" is set for release in September of 2011.

Their first effort displays songs ranging from straight-forward, hook-infused rock (Whiskey, Lovers Lie, Indiana), teenage punk (Am Sun, Clark Street), to the more atmospheric, Ghost, an eerie yet abrasive ode to nostalgia, longing, and coming of age.

Lindsay Manfredi and Sharon Rickson are duo front women, alternating rhythm guitar and bass halfway through their live show and complimenting each other's distinctive vocal styles.

Tasha Blackman is every bit of the eccentric, energetic and wild drummer that she alludes and lends her manic vocals on the band's only cover, Teenage Werewolf.

Ashley Plummer supplies catchy and tasteful guitar licks which shine bright on tracks like Whiskey, Grounded, and Ghost.

From start to finish, Neon Love Life's debut album, Tuesday Night, is a blend of rock, punk, and pop with elements that show strength, artistic growth and represents a modern take on 90's rock.

Tuesday Night is an authentic first effort from a band that is unafraid to be themselves, refusing to identify with a single style or genre.

New 7" from Dreamers Of The Ghetto : "Tether" w/ "Heavy Love"

2011-09-09T12:04:00.005-04:00

This month, Roaring Colonel Records will release a new 7" radio edit of "Tether" wtih b-side "Heavy Love" by Bloomington, IN dream rockers Dreamers Of The Ghetto!

HEAR IT!

Tether by Dreamers of the Ghetto

SEE IT!

BUY IT!

New single from Cheyenne Marie Mize!

2011-09-08T21:39:00.001-04:00

Roaring Colonel Records is proud to announce the signing of Cheyenne Marie Mize. She will release her new EP, We Don't Need, on 10" vinyl and digital download on November 8th.

Cheyenne made NPR's Top Ten Discoveries at SXSW this year (http://www.npr.org/2011/03/23/134798853/discoveries-at-sxsw-2011).

I would love it if you'd be willing to give a quick listen to the lead track on the new EP and maybe consider her for coverage on your outlet or keep her and the band in consideration as you're putting touring plans together for your artists in November through 2012.

MP3 : Cheyenne Marie Mize - Wishing Well

We'll also launch a new Cheyenne Marie Mize website in the upcoming weeks - a little sneak peak w/ another new promo photo: http://shinyplaces.com/index.html

Please feel free to share this with those you believe might be interested.

For Review copies, further inquiries and interviews, please contact:
C. Dodge Lile - dodge77@gmail.com
Cell: 317-966-9716

Hotfox to Release “You, Me, and The Monster”

2011-07-11T09:47:00.001-04:00

Roaring Colonel Records is proud to announce the signing of and upcoming release by Bloomington-based band Hotfox. Hotfox will release their debut album at 8:00 PM on July 29th at Indianapolis all-ages venue The Earth House Collective, presented by Kolman Dental. Special guests Slothpop and The Bonesetters will be supporting Hotfox on the bill.

The album, titled “You, Me, and the Monster” was recorded at Queen Size Twin Air studios inIndianapolis and was produced by Tyler J. Watkins. The band’s inaugural album features guest instrumentation from a host of Indianapolis’s music mainstays, including Jon Rogers of Everything, Now!, Dan Snodgrass of The Bonesetters, Casey Tennis of Pravada, Ryan Reidy of Thunders, and Gavin Wilkinson along with The Bears of Blue River. Tickets will be sold at the door for $7. After the release celebration, the album will be available at local record stores as well as online through several outlets including iTunes and BandCamp.

You can preview the album now at BandCamp - http://hotfoxmusic.bandcamp.com

Wanna taste of the band live? Check out this incredible live, video performance of "Mountain Tiger," from the new album, filmed and recorded by Indianapolis live video crew MonkeyEatsMonkey -http://www.vimeo.com/25943917

Hotfox is comprised of 5 members, of which 3 currently attend Indiana University. The band was recently voted Bloomington’s Best Local Band of 2010 (Indiana Daily Student) in addition to championing the National Record Store Day Battle of the Bands in the spring of 2010. Recent Hotfox accomplishments include opening for Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s “Happy Hour at Spriggs” EP release show, opening for Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., touring in support of their latest album release, “It’s a Corporate World”, at the White Rabbit Cabaret and opening for Bear Hands at the Sun King Brewery in celebration of My Old Kentucky Blog’s newest Shuffler release.

For Further Inquiries and Interviews, Please Contact:

Label Contact: Craig Dodge Lile
Cell: 317-966-9716
roaringcolonel@gmail.com

Band Contact: Chris Kauffman
Cell: 317.258.7777
bossfoxmanagement@gmail.com

Andy D : Angels On The Dancefloor

2011-04-17T21:49:00.002-04:00

Andy D opened for Das Racist this past April Fool's Day and and Roaring Colonel Records friends MonkeyEatsMonkey shot this incredible video of "Angels On The Dancefloor!"

Buy Andy D's Songs In The Key Of Magic at his Bandcamp today!

Purchase Burnt Ones' "Black Teeth & Golden Tongues"

2011-01-04T10:09:00.002-05:00

Black Teeth & Golden Tongues was nominated by NPR's All Song's Considered for Album Of The Year and found its way on to more than a few Best Of lists in 2010...

Purchase Black Teeth & Golden Tongues digitally at Bandcamp, iTunes or Amazon, or mail-order a physical version below...

MP3 : Burnt Ones - Gonna Listen To T.Rex (All Night Long)
MP3 : Burnt Ones - Bury Me In Smoke

Mail-Order : Buy Burnt Ones' Black Teeth & Golden Tongues on vinyl LP or CD...

Out Today from Roaring Colonel Records : Burnt Ones & We Are Hex

2010-08-10T13:11:00.005-04:00

Today, Roaring Colonel Records celebrates the release of Burnt Ones' Black Teeth & Golden Tongues and We Are Hex's Hail The Goer!

You can purchase We Are Hex's Hail The Goer at their Bandcamp for only $6! Not only that, you can get their previous album, Gloom Bloom, free for a limited time in celebration of this new release. Or...you can purchase Hail The Goer digitally at iTunes or Amazon, or mail-order a physical version below...

MP3 : We Are Hex - We Are The Goer
MP3 : We Are Hex - Birthplace Of The Mystics

Purchase Black Teeth & Golden Tongues digitally at Bandcamp, iTunes or Amazon, or mail-order a physical version below...

MP3 : Burnt Ones - Gonna Listen To T.Rex (All Night Long)
MP3 : Burnt Ones - Bury Me In Smoke

Buy it digitally (and more) at Bandcamp!

Mail-Order : Buy Burnt Ones' Black Teeth & Golden Tongues on vinyl LP or CD...

Live Video : Burnt Ones : Gonna Listen To T.Rex (All Night Long)

2010-07-02T12:28:00.005-04:00

The Monkey Eats Monkey video crew film Burnt Ones at The Vollrath in Indianapolis.

MEM says, "Seeing Burnt Ones is like taking that first drag off the cigarette of rock and roll. And before you know it, all you want is more. Listen to them in a car from the fifties, wearing clothes from the seventies, with a girl in her twenties."

MP3 : Burnt Ones - Gonna Listen To T-Rex (All Night Long)

Buy it digitally (and more) at Bandcamp!

Live Video : We Are Hex : Cutter/Giver

2010-06-15T14:53:00.002-04:00

This past weekend at The Melody Inn, Roaring Colonel Records/MOKB band We Are Hex was filmed by the MonkeyEatsMonkey crew. These MEM kids are all over Indy these day, and are really putting together some great videos! MOKB is really stoked they are getting so active in the local music scene. Keep it up MEM!

We Are Hex's sophomore album, Hail The Goer, will be available this coming August 3rd.

MP3 : We Are Hex - We Are The Goer
MP3 : We Are Hex - Birthplace Of The Mystics

New from MOKB & Roaring Colonel Records - Burnt Ones : Black Teeth & Golden Tongues (RCR003)

2010-06-03T22:15:00.008-04:00

On August 10, 2010, My Old Kentucky Blog's recently launched label, Roaring Colonel Records, will release Black Teeth & Golden Tongues, the debut album from San Francisco-via-Indianapolis trio Burnt Ones. Hot on the heels of the All Night Long 7-inch (RCR001), Black Teeth & Golden Tongues is a self-produced, 11-song trip through wall of sound séances and blissed out rock 'n' roll, with doses of psych, sun, spit and girl group worship. Too boomy to be lo-fi and certainly not hi-fi, Burnt Ones want to go steady with your ears and leave your mind at home.

Burnt Ones fuzzed out rock 'n' roll is built on hazy melodies and sleazed-out electric rhythm. Their sound recalls Brian Wilson at his most Phil Spector obsessed, the warped pop ears of Joe Meek, sleazy T. Rex stomp and a little Spacemen 3 thrown in for good measure, while staying within throwing distance of like-minded groups such as Thee Oh Sees, Dum Dum Girls and Ty Segall.

Burnt Ones will be touring throughout the later half of 2010 and throughout 2011 in support of Black Teeth & Golden Tongues, with more 7-inches and limited releases due throughout the next year.

PLEASE SHARE/POST :

MP3 : Burnt Ones - Bury Me In Smoke

MP3 : Burnt Ones - Gonna Listen To T.Rex (All Night Long)

MP3 : Burnt Ones - Bring You All My Love

MYSPACE : http://www.myspace.com/burntonesforever

FACEBOOK : http://www.facebook.com/pages/BURNT-ONES/198536556329

Praise for the All Night Long 7inch:

"tough and on fire ... You will probably not be surprised to find out that it rings of salad days T. Rex, but with appropriate modern twists like lo-fidelity." - TheFader.com

"Top 10 Downloads: No one can ever replace the legend that was Marc Bolan, but this 'Metal Guru'-sounding number from the self-described "electric sleaze/bubblegum psych" trio comes pretty close. It will certainly make you want to listen to T. Rex all night long." - NME

"Their four publicly available songs switch between Glam, Surf, Garage, and Lo-Fi ... They fuse 50s pop melodies with glam-rock beats and The Jesus and Mary Chain walls of sound into a hugely enjoyable and catchy signal, it’s the type of music you need to listen to on vinyl and turned up 14, windows akimbo." - listenbeforeyoubuy.net

"Did they fire up T. Rex’s “Metal Guru” on a haunted karaoke machine and then sing a completely different melody over it? ...This track is awesome and they totally weren’t joking about loving T Rex." - You Ain't No Picasso

"Brilliant ... Buy this record. Smoke a bowl/Drink some bourbon/Whatever you do to chill. Put on your headphones. Crank the stereo up to 11. Lay on the floor and stare at the ceiling (or makeout on your vintage couch with a significant other). Listen to the record. Go back to step two and repeat forever." - Totally Crushed Out Mag

"Mix 50's rock and roll, 60's Phil Spector wall of sound, 70's psych and add some sleaze and you got Burnt Ones ... the kind of record that you put on when all your friends come over to get drunk. More hooks, less drone, it's good mix of "sha la la" pop and garage rock. It's rock and roll, before people forgot about the roll and started doing just rock." - killedredrocketrecords.com

Burnt Ones on Tour:

June 2nd - Fort Wayne, IN - The Pint & Slice

June 3rd - Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class!

June 4th - Brooklyn, NY - Party Expo

June 6th - New York City, NY - Pianos

June 7th - Washington D.C. - DC9 w/ MillionYoung

June 18th - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar

June 19th - Nashville, TN - Bettys w/ Heavy Cream

June 21st - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop w/ Vacation Club & The Brothers Gross

June 22nd - Rock Island, iL - Rock Island Brewing Company w/ Peter Wolf Crier

June 23rd - Daytrotter Session

June 23rd - Minneapolis, MN - The Hexagon w/ Leisure Birds, American Cream

June 24th - Chicago, IL - Let's Get Weird @ Evil Olive

June 25th - Lafayette, IN - 815 Union w/ Eric & the Happy Thoughts

June 26th - Dayton, OH - South Park Tavern
June 27th - Indianapolis, IN - The Vollrath - w/ Woven Bones & We Are Hex

New from MOKB & Roaring Colonel Records : We Are Hex : Hail The Goer (RCR002)

2010-06-03T22:13:00.000-04:00

(photo by : gregthemayor)

This August 3rd, Roaring Colonel Records (MyOldKentuckyBlog.com) will release We Are Hex's sophomore LP, Hail The Goer. The music of We Are Hex recalls classic Joy Division, the Cure, Gang of Four, PJ Harvey and the Jesus and Mary Chain, but combines those sounds with the modern ferocity of Nashville Pussy or Ponytail, and yet accomplishes all of that without losing the pop sensibilities of the 50s and 60s, or the urgency of classic punk.

We Are Hex came together in 2008 and moved into a foul Indianapolis neighborhood where they locked themselves away in their studio space, dubbed the Hex Haus. In the spring of 2009, the band released their self-recorded debut full-length, Gloom Bloom, to positive reviews. After a summer of touring, they returned to the Hex Haus to create a new, very different record.

Stripped of the auxiliary instruments and melodies that crowded arrangements on previous releases, the eight tracks on Hail the Goer are provided room to breathe. With delicate flute floating over powerful drums, or dry vocals thrown against a wall of noise, We Are Hex carefully select sonic elements that display their range, without sacrificing the dark, cohesiveness of the record.

We Are Hex will be touring in support of Hail the Goer throughout 2010 and regularly releasing experimental sessions, remixes, video, and new tracks at: hexhaus.blogspot.com and roaringcolonel.com.

Please check out the two album cuts below, and if you are interested in reviewing Hail The Goer, please send your request toroaringcolonel@gmail.com

(cover art by : gregthemayor)

MUST LISTENS! + Share either :

MP3 : We Are Hex - We Are The Goer

MP3 : We Are Hex - Birthplace Of The Mystics

U.S. Physical / Digital release : August 3rd through Roaring Colonel Records
Indianpolis Release : July 24th at Radio Radio

MYSPACE | FACEBOOK

HI-Res Photos & Art : http://dodge77.com/WeAreHex/WeAreHex_HiResPhotos.zip

Session video from "Gloom Bloom" era : http://roaringcolonel.blogspot.com/2010/05/roaring-colonel-records-signs-we-are.html

"This band is fantabulous. The term “genre-bending” does not do them justice. Banshee-like wails erupt (without much-needed early warning system--budget cuts won’t allow it) from lead singer Jilly’s lips and rain sonic volcanic bombs down around your ears with most finding a resonating purchase in your crown region. Much later, these bombs will make beautiful front yards for people in Hawaii that do not know their illustrative career as enchantingly crooned Hex tunes. I can’t say that I’ve been this entranced with vocals from a female lead in quite some time; they just haven’t been hacking it lately. But thanks be to the gods of rock (the only kind worth believing anymore) for giving me something decent to listen to from a gutsy female lead. The music backing her is also very well done-some haunting, electronic-inspired beats backed by excellent reverberating guitar and some plinky-plinks make for a very rewarding listening experience."
-JP - http://www.slugmag.com

"We Are Hex sound like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, except if they were more into Jesus Lizard, Pop Group and Suicide than John Hughes movie soundtracks."
www.detour-mag.com

"I didn't know what to think when I first heard We Are Hex's debut Gloom Bloom. Sure, the obvious influences that the band cites themselves are there (Jesus And Mary Chain, Joy Division and The Cure), but they're almost just in the background. They mix the darker elements that bring them dangerously close to goth-rock with punk rock energy. "INDPLS", the second track, particularly brings Gang of Four to mind. Even somewhat slower still have a real intensity to them. The fact that this was recorded and released by the band, in the house where the band lives doesn't hurt. The Do-It-Yourself attitude combined with a much needed sense of urgency in the music make this one of the strongest debut albums released in a long time."
by: Andrew Ryan Fetter - Print review in Ghettoblaster issue #22

A few more Gloom Bloom reference and press links:

http://hexhaus.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Are-Hex/105232074325
http://wearehex.com/
http://indianapolis.metromix.com/music/article/q-and-a-with/1029949/content
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/we-are-hex-gloom-boom
http://brianwyrick.com/tag/we-are-hex/
http://www.musicalfamilytree.com/band/we_are_hex
http://www.zaptownmag.com/2009/03/happy-together-we-are-hex

Burnt Ones on Off The Beaten Tracks

2010-05-12T01:26:00.001-04:00

Our brethens in session video from across the pond, Off The Beaten Tracks, while down at SXSW 2010, did a fantastic, outdoor, acoustic session with MOKB/Roaring Colonel Records band Burnt Ones. Watch the videos and read what OBT thinks about the band....

Burnt Ones - Sunset Hill :

Burnt Ones - Gonna Listen To T. Rex (All Night Long) :

MP3 : Burnt Ones – Gonna Listen To T. Rex (All Night Long) (album version)

Previous : Burnt Ones on Laundromatinee.com :

MP3 : Burnt Ones - Sunset Hill (live on Laundromatinee.com)

Watch and download their entire Laundromatinee.com session here.

Roaring Colonel Records signs We Are Hex

2010-05-04T23:31:00.004-04:00

Roaring Colonel Records is proud to announce the signing of Indianapolis four-piece We Are Hex. RCR will release We Are Hex's sophomore LP Hail The Goer this July. Check out The Big Easy, from We Are Hex's debut LP Gloom Bloom, part of the Rahdawg Sessions, directed by Nate Karmanski...

Upcoming Shows :

May 14 - The Ottawa Tavern - Toledo, OH
May 15 - The Happy Dog Bar - Cleveland, OH
May 20 - Locals Only - Indianapolis, IN
Jun 6 - Russian Recording - Bloomington, IN
Jun 11 - Southgate House (Parlour) - Newport, KY
Jun 12 - Melody Inn - Indianapolis, IN
Jun 13 - Bear’s Place - Bloomington, IN
Jun 26 - Borg Ward - Milwaukee, WI
Jun 27 - Vollrath - Indianapolis, IN
Jul 17 - Danger Danger Gallery - Philadelphia, PA

Record Store Day Exclusive : Burnt Ones cover Motörhead

2010-04-16T22:40:00.002-04:00

Burnt Ones cover Motörhead as a Record Store Day exclusive!

MOKB, Laundromatinee, and RCR will all be at LUNA Music Midtown, Indy CD & Vinyl, and/or VIBES on this Record Store Day. We'll be handing out free download cards. Get out there and support your local indie record store today!

Burnt Ones perform twice in Indianapolis on Record Store Day...

April 17th (1 pm) - Indianapolis, IN - Indy CD & Vinyl (FREE!)
April 17th (5 pm) - Indianapolis, IN - Luna Music (FREE!)

MP3 : Burnt Ones - Damage Case (Motörhead cover)

Burnt Ones on Laundromatinee.com

2010-04-16T10:00:00.001-04:00

Burnt Ones were featured on Laundromatinee.com yesterday...

Yesterday's write-up:

Indianapolis "echo-sleaze" three-piece, Burnt Ones are the first signees to MyOldKentuckyBlog.com's new record label, Roaring Colonel Records. The band blends glam, psych, garage, surf and 50's/60's girl pop into a lo-fi wash of rock. NUVO says, "Burnt Ones sound like the band at a 1960's zombie prom." In that same article, lead singer, Mark Tester explains the goal behind the new project, "Once you strip it down to the basics of what's good about rock and roll or pop music...that's what I'm interested in." says Tester. "I just want it to be simple.... that's when it's better." Under the fuzz and the the falsetto, that's what you'll find...simple, enjoyable, face-melting, pop/rock without pretension.

The band releases their first 7" tonight and plan for a full-length debut follow-up targeted for mid to late June.

MP3 Session Downloads :

MP3 : Burnt Ones - Bury Me In Smoke
MP3 : Burnt Ones - Sunset Hill

Recorded and Mixed by Jeff DuPont and Kevin Noble
Filmed and Edited by Doug Fellegy, Joe Wallace, and Michelle Castillo

Burnt Ones : All Night Long 7" (RC001)

2010-04-06T15:50:00.004-04:00

April 15th, at Locals Only, Roaring Colonel Records will celebrate it's launch with the release of the first 7" from Burnt Ones! The show is free and you can buy the 7", which comes with a free mp3 download card featuring B-side bonus track Come Back Home, for only $5

Art by William Keihn and Dustyn Peterman

Art by William Keihn and Dustyn Peterman

There are only 300 7"'s pressed. The songs, with the b-side bonus track, Come Back Home, will also be available to purchase through iTunes and various digital outlets.

A-SIDE MP3 : Burnt Ones - Gonna Listen To T-Rex (All Night Long)
B-SIDE MP3 : Burnt Ones - Alright (Sha-La-La)

BONUS 7" ONLY B-SIDE : Burnt Ones - Come Back Home

Buy it digitally (and more) at Bandcamp!