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We had a terrible ice storm in mid-Michigan this year, for anyone who doesn’t live in the midwest or was smart enough to stay inside and not talk to anyone or get online for the last week. As a result, the annual “holiday” nonsense release from Bemuda Mohawk and GTG was delayed and some tracks didn’t get finished. But we got it out now! 19 tracks ranging from sincerity to depravity, much of which was recorded under the influence of various kinds of whiskey. New music from The Plurals, Frank and Earnest, CrookedSound, Hunky Newcomers, middleman, Sleeping Timmy and close GTG friends like Cavalcade, the Chortys (feat. members of City Mouse and Rumspringer), Bluffing the Ghosts, etc etc as well as the debut from MI/CA sultry transcontinental chillers Moist Things, Toledo scum rockers Holloway Flasher, bummed out folker guy Mitch Murphy and the Doves, heart of gold Chicago punks Pink Eyes, as well as the return of Snohawk legends Foxy Cyrus, Cabin Fever, and Neon Tuesday, and more! Listen, download, share, enjoy. Hard copies will be available at various BMP/ GTG parties over the next week or two in Lansing. E-mail us at gtgrecords at gmail dot com if you want a copy and live out of state. Finally, a jam to ring in the new year.

This one’s been in the works for awhile! Two new songs each from The Plurals and our beloved San Pedro brethren Black Sparrow Press! Each band turns in a complementary cut of noisy, melodic rock ‘n roll equal parts punk abandon and singer-songwriter introspection. Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl, this is a co-release by GTG, Something Dancey, and Minor Bird Records. Pre-order it now (until 12/24)  and you’ll get a bonus disc of rarities that will never be available anywhere else and a love note from a member of one of these fine organizations. $7 includes shipping for this once-in-a-lifetime offer! HOLIDAYS

We’ve got it in the store now!

Narc Out the Reds “Have Just Enough to Cover Up” CD (GTG067)

The third release from these Lansing favorites continues the streak of paranoia-infused “prog pop” with a greater emphasis on the “progressive” this time around. Over the course of these five songs the influence points pivot from New Wave of British Heavy Metal riffs to Cure-ish atmospherics to vocal melodies that would do Freddie Mercury proud with a foray into beat poetry (!?) along the way. Instead of being disjointed, however, this is clearly the work of a band with a vision and the whole thing plays well as a continuous suite. Crisply recorded and mixed by our own Isaac Vander Schuur and mastered by knob fiddler extraordinaire Glenn Brown, we highly recommend you cover up with this EP for the winter. $5

Narc Out the Reds “…Have Just Enough to Cover Up” EP/CD (GTG067) is coming out of a set of speakers near you. We’ll have it in the store next week but tomorrow night (November 13, 2013) there’s a release party at the Avenue in Lansing. Starting at 8 PM there will be a soiree set to the sounds of the new EP, followed by live performances by Nick Merz, Calliope, New Day Dreamers, the Playback, and then Narc Out the Reds themselves. Here’s an event thing for the release party. This new EP is rock-solid, full of adventurous instrumentation but heavy on the melody – a group that’s been called “paranoid prog-pop” keeps getting more progressive and catchier while still kinda making you uncomfortable. Kudos! To promote the EP the boys will also be playing in Mt. Pleasant, MI on November 14 at Rubbles and Petoskey, MI at Johnny’s Suicide Garage on November 15th.

Hey! We have a youtube channel. Here’s some recent stuff:

That’s all stuff by Plurals and Hat Madder folks, two bands that have no shows scheduled for a few months. But you can see these people this month:

11/8/13 – Not the Bees @ Roxy & Dukes (Dunnellen, NJ) w/ The Cryptkeeper Five
11/9/13 – Hunky Newcomers @ Mac’s Bar (Lansing, MI) w/ Antiseen
11/13/13 – Narc Out the Reds @ The Avenue Cafe (Lansing, MI)
EP RELEASE SHOW w/ Calliope, the Playback, Nick Merz
11/14/13 – Narc Out the Reds @ Rubbles (Mt. Pleasant, MI)
11/15/13 – Narc Out the Reds @ Johnny’s Suicide Garage (Petoskey, MI)
11/16/13 – Frank and Earnest @ Mac’s Bar/ Punks vs Pokes (Lansing, MI) w/ Flatfoot
11/16/13 – Not the Bees @ Ding Dong Lounge (NYC)
11/23/13 – Frank and Earnest @ Mac’s Bar (Lansing, MI) w/ Failures Union, Cheap Girls
11/23/13 – Not the Bees @ Warehouse Motor Club (Middlesex, NJ)
11/27/13 – Tommy Plural & Ben Hassenger @ Crunchy’s (East Lansing, MI)
11/27/13 – Honah Lee @ Mill Hill Basement (Trenton, NJ) w/ Molly Rhythm
11/29/13 – Cat Midway @ Flint Local 432 (Flint, MI) w/ Jeremy RR

Also, check in on the City Mouse tour dates they have posted. Besides being our good friends and stuff, the California soulful pop-punk trio boasts our own Nich Plural on bass for this tour.

GTG Fest 2013 was a raging success!

Thank you so much to everyone that played, came to, and helped out for GTG Fest 2013. It was our best year yet! That’s sincere, we would own up if it didn’t compare to last year or something. Big thanks to people who donated raffle prizes – Golden Harvest, Schuler Books, the Record Lounge, Harrison Roadhouse, Corie Parkhill, Craig Horky… am I forgetting someone? I didn’t put the raffle together, I have an excuse. But serious thanks. We also could not have done the show without Eric and his Mystery Garage, nor the fine people at the Avenue Cafe. Let’s do it again!

When we went to promote the show on the Impact last Thursday we put together a mix CD of bands playing at GTG Fest. We didn’t get through the whole thing on the air, but I’m putting it up for free download at the brand new free downloads section of the website. Check it out! Relive the memories, or feel bad that you weren’t there. There’s also some cool archival stuff on that page, so there’s lots of stuff to relive and/or feel bad about.

GTG Fest 2013 is this weekend! Whoa!

Friday October 11, 2013
The Avenue Cafe
Doors at 7 PM / $5

The Hat Madder
Calliope
Frank and Earnest
Narc Out the Reds
The Jackpine Snag
Terror Terror Oh My
The Chirps
Drinking Mercury
Noxon Wenzel
Hit Society

Help!

Honah Lee, our fine party rocking songsmiths and New Jersey chapter leaders, are trying to win a spot on the Weezer Cruise, which is a cruise and music festival of sorts curated and headlined by Weezer. Honah Lee are participants in a contest where if they can get the most “likes” on a youtube video they will get to play on the cruise. There’s no way something like this won’t be fun, and, don’t worry, Weezer mostly plays early stuff at their shows anyway.

So here’s the link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rcn_CCaH_A
You have to “like” the video itself for the vote to count. Just takes a second!

When the wee Plurals started this whole GTG Records thing years ago we had no idea it would grow into such a fantastic community of great bands and good people. We actually had no idea what we were doing or why we were doing it. Still don’t! So it’s a great feeling that it’s grown into a cross-country endeavor and this weekend we get to celebrate  all of this everything with the first ever GTG Fest East in Trenton, NJ at the Mill Hill Saloon on Saturday September 14th. The guys in Honah Lee put this shindig together and they are just one of the many people we’ll be stoked to see. There’s two stages of non-stop awesome, sure to blow the doors off the place…. so, anyone who’s anyone should come. Here’s a facebook event thing for it, and here’s the lineup:

DOORS 8PM

THEM DEMO MOUNTAIN BOYS – Downstairs, 8:15 – 8:35

THE TIMID ROOSEVELTS – Upstairs, 8:40 – 9:10

NOT THE BEES – Downstairs, 9:15 – 9:45

RAY STRIFE – Upstairs, 9:50 – 10:20

THE HUNKY NEWCOMERS – Downstairs, 10:25 – 10:55

THE HAT MADDER – Upstairs, 11:00 – 11:30

THE PLURALS – Downstairs, 11:35 – 12:05

MOLLY RHYTHM – Upstairs, 12:10 – 12:40

HONAH LEE – Downstairs, 12:45 – 1:15

Leading up to this madness The Plurals and Hunky Newcomers will be doing a tour from Michigan to the east coast and back, and The Hat Madder will be doing a similar jaunt of their own. Here’s the dates for that:

The Plurals & Hunky Newcomers Dates:

9/11 – Columbus, OH @ Cafe Bourbon St
9/12 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Place Bar and Lounge
9/13 – North Plainfield, NJ @ The Bees Nest (GTG East pre-party w/ Honah Lee and Not the Bees)
9/14 – GTG Fest East
9/15 – Allston, MA @ O’Brien’s
9/16 – Plattsburgh, NY @ ROTA Gallery
9/17 – Buffalo, NY @ Broadway Joe’s
9/18 – Canton, OH @ Buzzbin Music and Art Shop

The Hat Madder Dates:

9/12 – Columbus, OH @ The Tree Bar
9/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
9/14 – GTG Fest East
9/15 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks

It’s good to be out east this week folks!

tommyplural

In late June we held a release party for the self-titled debut EP by Cat Midway. Well it’s finally up in the GTG webstore! To make up for our, er, “punk” tardiness, from now until October 1st if you order the Cat Midway LP we’ll toss in any in-print GTG CD for free! Leave a note in the order (or just let it be random). If you really want an out-of-print CD we’ll see what we can do! Now for the spiel: This record is the debut LP by Cat Midway, the Lansing-based self-described “one-woman band with pots and pans, a guitar, some pills, and a tambourine!” Cat Midway cites influences ranging from the Ramones to Lucinda Williams, and the resulting music is a quietly intense spin on folk music conventions with a punk attitude throughout. Expertly recorded by Corey Derushia at Troubadour Recording in Lansing, MI, 12-inch LP manufactured at Archer Records in Detroit; it’s great. Get it for $10!

Digital download available here.