Get it! The latest GTG release, a four-way split cassette featuring two new songs apiece from Bong Mountain, Bluff Called, Protected Left, and Frank And Earnest! Available digitally and on cassette, get your copy now!
Stream it too!
Sorry I used the word “fortnight.” GTG bands and friends are playing in (mostly) Michigan and New Jersey in the next couple weeks. Mark ’em down!
7/23/16 – The Stick Arounds & the Devils Cut @ The Green Door (Lansing, MI)
7/23/16 – Bong Mountain, Undesirable People, Typesetter, Cardboard Swords @ The Sanctuary (Detroit, MI)
7/24/16 – Honah Lee @ Roxy and Dukes (Dunellen, NJ)
8/1/16 – Some Plurals, The Arrangement, Poet Radio, & Deacon Earl @ The Green Door
8/3/16 – Some Plurals & Red Teeth @ Curly’s (Buffalo, NY)
8/4/16 – Narc Out the Reds, Stocksmile, Lucy, & Larson and Killin @ The Avenue Cafe (Lansing)
8/4/16 – Some Plurals, Red Teeth, Idiot Boy & Husky Bundles @ Mill Hill Basement (Trenton, NJ)
8/6/16 – Some Plurals & Red Teeth @ Punk Rock Picnic (Bethlehem, PA)
8/7/16 – Some Plurals & Red Teeth @ Blind Bob’s (Dayton, OH)
THEN…
8/10/16 – Carm @ TBA (Pittsburgh, PA)
8/11/16 – Carm @ Kung Fu Necktie (Philadelphia, PA)
8/12/16 – Carm, Dreadpool Parker, Alpha Rabbit & Meko Brando @ Mill Hill Basement
8/13/16 – Carm @ Buzzbin (Canton, OH)
THEN… there’s City Mouse and (real) The Plurals shows in the midwest, more local shows, news about GTG Fest… the rest of the summer is, to quote Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty “a hot one.”
Posted in Bong Mountain, Carm, Dreadpool Parker, Honah Lee, Live, Narc Out the Reds, Red Teeth, The Devil's Cut, The Plurals, Tour
Tagged A Hot One, GTG Records, summer 2016
I get excited about every show I play. You never know how a show is really going to go, it could look like it’ll be a great crowd and then the response is tepid… the room could be empty before you start and then suddenly fill up with enthusiastic, awesome people. The band could be a well-oiled machine but then inexplicably fall off the rails for no real reason, or you could be under-rehearsed and then totally nail the set. Every show has the promise of something new and exciting and I hope that never changes.
This Friday I’ll be playing the first proper show in over two years by my very first band Drinking Mercury. We’re playing at GTG House with Brook Pridemore, Elroy Meltzer, and Rent Strike. This band has continued to exist for over 16 years because the sheer joy of making music together is something that we can’t get away from and even when we don’t do anything for extended periods of time we can always pick it back up where we left off. We’re currently recording for a new split LP that we’ll all be talking about plenty in the not-too-distant future but as is the nature of the band it could be another little while before we play live again and, well, playing live is incomparable to anything else. Get some insights into our recording and rehearsal process on the band facebook page and try and get as excited as us.
I don’t really have more to add. Just excited! Being excited is cool, right? Kids still use that word still… “cool”? – Tommy
Posted in Drinking Mercury, GTG House Shows
Tagged 2016, Brook Pridemore, Drinking Mercury, Elroy Meltzer, GTG Records, pointless, Rent Strike
Jeremy Porter & The Tucos brought their Detroit-made powerpop n’ roll to GTG House when they were touring with the Plurals earlier this spring and we’re happy to kick off the summer-ish time by releasing the latest episode of GTG Sessions, featuring four tunes by this power trio. Check out more of their music and tour dates here.
Posted in GTG Sessions, Live, Music Video
Tagged Detroit, GTG House, GTG Records, Jeremy Porter, Lansing, Live, The Tucos
Current events for the GTG family in Lansing, MI this May. Thanks as always to Corey Marie for the sweet flyer-age.
Check it out! Shows at the Avenue, Mac’s, Green Door, house shows galore, Record Store Day, etc etc! Spring!
Posted in GTG Records, Live
Tagged 2016, April, GTG Records, Lansing, Shows, The Hat Madder, The Plurals
The great Lansing duo Red Teeth release their first 7-inch via GTG this week! Thursday March 17th at The Avenue Cafe (which also doubles as a tour-homecoming-of-sorts show for The Hat Madder) this four song slab of wax will be available to the public for the first time and it is not to be missed. Light Bender (GTG083) showcases the frantic, angular instrumental skills of the two brothers that compose Red Teeth while cramming in enough fuzzy hooks to not completely melt your mind over the record’s 14 explosive minutes. The record boasts a timeless production sound – care of Funender mastermind Colin Such – with nods to classic hardcore and post-punk that maintains plenty of edge to still not seem like throwback music. This is the real deal! Check out “Light Bender, Sound Bender” below and click here for the release party event info!
Posted in Album, GTG Records, Red Teeth
Tagged 2016, Best Album of 2016, GTG Records, Lansing, Red Teeth
So much good stuff happening in March, and this is just in Lansing! Stay tuned for further updates about tours by The Hat Madder, Honah Lee, and The Plurals!!
The Plurals’ third album An Onion Tied To My Belt will be out July 21st, 2015 and the release party as well as the kickoff show for The Plurals summer tour is July 18th at The Avenue Cafe in Lansing. This is all coming up really soon, and the deadline to pre-order is July 17th! 12-inch vinyl and 4.65 inch CDs will both be available, and it’s a co-release by GTG, Infintesmal Records, and Diet Pop Records. You can pre-order the record right now!
Pre-order vinyl for $15, including shipping:
Pre-order CD for $10, including shipping:
Pre-order BOTH vinyl and CD for $20, including shipping:
All pre-order packages come with a new Plurals poster as well as a bonus CD of compilation songs and some demos.
Here’s stuff from the record!
and the latest GTG Session!
Posted in Album, GTG Records, The Plurals
Tagged 2015, An Onion Tied To My Belt, Best Album of 2015, GTG Records, New Release, Pre-Order, The Plurals
GTG RECORDS 