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Radiation City‘s new video for “Find It Of Use” premiered today on IFC! The track is the first single off the band’s highly anticipated EP, Cool Nightmare, out March 6th on Tender Loving Empire. The upcoming EP follows their breakthrough debut album, The Hands That Take You.
The new Y La Bamba album Court The Storm will be out on February 28th and we’re so excited to share it with you! Pre-orders for CD, Gold Vinyl and Extra-Special-Secret-Extreme-Vinyl-Packaging begin on Feb 1. For now though, check out the first single- the svelte, bouncing “Squawk” which highlights the alt-latino vibes, ass shakin’ rhythm and soaring harmonies. Spin is a believer. So is NPR!
Y La Bamba – Squawk by tender-loving-empire
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2011 was one of the best years we’ve ever had. Our bands continually reached new heights of success despite a stifled music industry and our store in Portland continually outdid itself in a time of general economic hardship.
This past year we saw Typhoon grace the stage of “The Late Show with David Letterman”, play huge summer festivals like Lollapalooza, and tour with Portland favs, The Decemberists. Loch Lomond released their stellar record Little Me Will Start a Storm in February and then saw it’s subsequent release in Europe. Loch Lomond was then invited to travel to Europe for a tour, which they did, sharing the stage at times with musical stunners such as St. Vincent and Wye Oak. Radiation City released and re-released The Hands That Take You, went on 3 national tours and experienced wide-spread celebration locally in Portland with a national fan-base growing rapidly. Jared Mees and the Grown Children released their 3rd record to critical acclaim and gave their dedicated fans exactly what they wanted out of a new record. Y La Bamba went on several amazing tours, one with Neko Case, saw their album Lupon get pressed to 180-gram vinyl, and recorded their new record. I think it’s safe to say that most TLE bands feel pretty good about 2011.
2012 will only be that much better. Y La Bamba is already beginning to turn heads with their sophomore release Court The Storm getting mentioned as an album to look forward to on NPR. We’ll be releasing this record at the end of February. Tender Loving Empire will be launching the Priceless Music Project, enabling all our fans to purchase music on a pay-what-you want basis and inevitably altering the terrain on which we stand as a record label. There’s much, much more to look forward to this year but you’ll have to stay tuned as it rolls in. Trust us, 2012 is the new 2011.
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Here’s a re-cap of some accolades our bands received at year’s close from music enthusiasts across the country.
Typhoon
#1 – Paste Magazine’s Best EPs of the Year
Paste Magazine’s #3 Song of the Year – “The Honest Truth”
#3 – 20 Best Albums of 2011 – bePortland
#4 – Paste Magazine’s Best New Bands of the Year
#6 – Willamette Week’s 15 Best Albums of 2011
#10 – Verbicide’s Top 50 Albums of 2011
#19 – NPR’s Bob Boilen’s 20 Favorite Songs of 2011 – “The Honest Truth”
#1 “It Band” – Absolute Punk
Radiation City
#1 – 20 Best Albums of The Year – bePortland
#3 – Willamette Week’s 15 Best Albums of 2011
#6 – Favorite Records of 2011 – Sound on the Sound
Loch Lomond
#5 – Filter Magazine’s Top 10 of 2011
#12 – 20 Best Albums of the Year -bePortland
Are we forgetting any? Post em in the comments! Happy New Year!
Congrats are in order for Typhoon, whose EP A New Kind of House was named the #1 EP of 2011. They had this to say: “Music critics throw around adjectives like “orchestral” and “expansive” all the time these days. But here’s a band that actually deserves such labels.” We heartily agree!
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Portland indie orchestra Typhoon turned many a critical head in 2010 after releasing the critically acclaimed Hunger and Thirst on Tender Loving Empire. The've been named as one of Portland's best new bands by Willamette week, appeared in Amazon.com's top 100 albums of 2010, toured in support of Yann Tiersen and The Decemberists, and opened for the likes of Belle & Sebastian, Explosions in the Sky and The Dandy Warhols. The summer of 2011 took them to Lollapalooza, Sasquatch, Newport Folk Fest and to CBS studios in New York to perform on The Late Show with David Letterman.
A New Kind of House is Typhoon's sequel to their epic 2010 release Hunger and Thirst. With these five multi-movement song cycles, A New Kind of House becomes far more than an EP. This fully realized recording finds the 12-piece ensemble at the height of their powers. Rest assured, you will hear much more from Typhoon in the coming years.
This record is available on limited edition 10-inch translucent clear vinyl, on CD, or digitally.
Typhoon - The Honest Truth by tender-loving-empire
1. The Honest Truth
2. Summer Home
3. Claws Pt. 1
4. Kitchen Tile
5. Firewood
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We’re proud to announce The Priceless Music Project– and innovation new system that’ll allow bands and labels to see music directly to their fans on a pay-what-you-want basis.
The goal of the Priceless Music Project is to ensure that fans are completely content with every penny they spend (or don’t spend) supporting the artists and labels they love. We believe that an unrestricted, pay-what-you-want model coupled with incentives, education and charitable giving is the key to a healthy respectful and most importantly sustainable artist/label/music fan/community relationship.
Read all about it here : The Priceless Music Project
and contribute to the fundraising campaign here: DONATE!
Today, we’re thrilled to announce Court The Storm, Y La Bamba’s much anticipated follow-up to 2010′s Lupon.
Y La Bamba went into the studio this past summer with acclaimed producer and Los Lobos member, Steve Berlin to lay down the tracks for what would become Court The Storm. This album takes YLB’s sound to radical new heights focusing very intently on complex arrangements and layered harmonies. With four of the eleven songs in Spanish, Luz Mendoza, the band’s front-lady embraced her heritage and personal experiences during the writing of the album to create a deeply emotive song experience. Stay tuned for more information on Y La Bamba as it becomes available including specifics on the limited edition release, pre-order specials and much more.
Court The Storm will be released on February 28th, 2012 digitally, on CD and on 180 gram vinyl.
Paste Magazine just release their list of the top 50 tracks of 2011 and Typhoon’s “The Honest Truth” landed the #3 spot topping out the likes of Wilco and Bon Iver!
Go team! Catch Typhoon tonight and Saturday night at Mississippi Studio in Portland, Oregon where they’ll be playing their discography in it’s entirety.
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