Asaurus records and Colin Clary

I love nice cd packagings - especially nowadays, when the only time i ever use the actual cd is to rip the mp3s to my computer/ ipod - nice cd covers and inserts are what make it all worthy buying physical copies of cds rather than just digital downloads.

And what a big smile i had on my face when i received a parcel from Asaurus records this weekend. Asaurus has been around for almost 6 years and I still can't believe i had never ordered from them before. They are AMAZING!!!

Home to some awesome bands like Colin Clary, pants yell!, the diskettes, sinkcharmer, the mathletes, the fainstest ideas, and lots others, Asaurus is a small CD-R label based Athens, GA. It's run by artists and musicians, and they really put an effort in making things nice and special, all their releases come in handmade packaging, and just to give you an idea of how good these guys are: Colin Clary's, "sweater weather" comes inside a sweater, and the diskettes self tittled album comes inside a 5.25" floppy disc.

The main reason I placed this order was for Colin Clary's new album - Apocalypse yow! - which, after listening to it nonstop all weekend, is definitely one of my top favourite albums of the year. With 17 songs in just over 30 minutes, Apocalyse yow! delivers some very sweet melodies and real good lyrics to go with them. And it comes inside a real, working, paper foturne teller.

Get a taste for the album here:

Colin Clary - Blowing off the sun
Colin Clary - Top secret secret project
Colin Clary - Action figure

and go visit Asaurus store.

Popcast #10 - Songs That Tullycraft Have Covered

Hello! we're very excited about the upcoming release of a new Tullycraft album, due out on Magic Marker records on Oct 23rd! eee! In preparation we've done a new popcast based on songs that Tullycraft have covered. In a lot of cases like Helen Love's 'Girl about Town', BMX Bandit's 'Kylies Got a Crush on Us', we had first heard the Tullycraft version, and as we discovered more and more songs that Tullycraft had discovered, we had somewhat of a running joke 'do Tullycraft write any of their own songs?'! hehe. One inclusion is from Sean Tollefson's pre-TC band, Six Cents and Natalie, which being his own song, i'm not totally sure it counts as a cover, but if you've not heard this version, its fun to compare them! There are some covers we've missed out, like New Order's 'Loveless' or Thompson Twins's 'Hold Me Now', we've opted just to go for the more tweepop covers they've done - have we missed any others out?

Track Listing is:
The Judy's - She's Got The Beat
The Bartlebees - Miracles are hard to find
Benji Cossa - Knock Out
six cents and natalie - christine, north dakota
Helen Love - The Girl About Town
The 6Ths - Falling Out Of Love (With You)
Johnathan Richman - They're Not Tryin' on the Dance Floor
BMX Bandits - Kylie's Got a Crush On Us
The Judy's - Mental Obsession
The Pooh Sticks - Heroes And Villains
Jim Guthrie - Who Needs What

Download the popcast here

thanks!
thor + camila
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