We've been asked by Rubber Gloves again this year to curate an evening of their annual "Free Week".
Please join us Friday, September 3rd for a free showcase featuring Nervous Curtains, NSP, Pinkish Black (ex-Great Tyrant) and Delmore Pilcrow.
We are extremely excited to finally announce we'll be hosting the dual record release show for our good friends and Paperstain Recording artists Dust Congress and Drink To Victory on Saturday, August 28th at Rubber Gloves; with Daniel F Doyle and a final performance by Drug Mountain. This is deffinetly not a show worth missing.
The fifteenth episode of the Gutterth Podcast features songs by Dust Congress, Sleep Whale, a Nervous Curtains remix by Florene, Power Animal, The Great Tyrant, Dear Human, George Quartz, Shiny Around The Edges, Vexed UK, Daniel Folmer, Monastery, JM Reimer, The Family Circuits, and an exclusive interview and live recording with Florene.
The Dallas Observer has posted the ballot for the 2010 Music Awards.
Below are our picks of bands that we have worked with. All of them are excellent.
See the full ballot and more info here.
BEST GROUP
Mount Righteous
RTB2
BEST SOLO ACT
Ryan Thomas Becker
Doug Burr
Glen Farris
Sarah Jaffe
BEST ALBUM
Dour Burr - O Ye Devastator
Sarah Jaffe - Suburban Nature
BEST SONG
Sarah Jaffe - "Clementine"
BEST BLUES ACT
New Science Projects
RTB2
BEST HARD ROCK ACT
The House Harkonnen
Record Hop
True Widow
BEST ELECTRONICA/DANCE ACT
Florene
BEST EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE ACT
Dear Human
Mount Righteous
Nervous Curtains
Shiny Around The Edges
Sleep Whale
BEST METAL ACT
Akkolyte
Fair to Midland
Shaolin Death Squad
BEST FOLK ACT
Doug Burr
Dust Congress
Glen Farris
Sarah Jaffe
BEST JAZZ ACT
Yells at Eels
BEST MALE VOCALIST
Ryan Thomas Becker (RTB2)
Doug Burr
Nick Foreman (Dust Congress)
BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Sarah Jaffe
Sabra Laval
BEST INSTRUMENTALIST
Ryan Thomas Becker (RTB2)
Glen Farris (Doug Burr)
Sean Kirkpatrick (Nervous Curtain, The Paper Chase)
BEST RECORD LABEL
Gutterth Records (Ryan Thomas Becker, Dear Human)
Spune Records (Telegraph Canyon, Doug Burr)
BEST PRODUCER
Matt Barnhart (Shearwater, Shiny Around The Edges)
Justin Collins (RTB2, Spooky Folk)
John Congleton (St. Vincent, Sarah Jaffe)
BEST VENUE
Dan's Silverleaf
Granada Theater
Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios
BEST RECORD STORE
CD Universe
Good Records
Recycled Books
BEST BOOKING AGENT(S)
Chelsea Callahan (The Double-Wide, Renfield's Corner)
Granada Theater
Gutterth Productions (various venues)
Parade of Flesh (various venues)
Spune Productions (Hailey's Club, Lola's Sixth)
Kris Youmans (The Loft, Palladium Showroom)
BEST MUSIC ADVOCATE
Chelsea Callahan (The Double-Wide, Pre-Kindle)
Chris Flemmons (NX35 Conferette)
Gutterth Productions (booking, record label, podcasts)
Jeff Liles (Kessler Theatre)
BEST RADIO SHOW/PODCAST
"The Good Show," Saturdays at 9 a.m. on KTCU-88.7 FM The Choice
Gutterth Podcast (gutterth.com/podcast)
"The Local Edge," Sundays at 11 p.m. on KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge
Track by Track with Paul Slavens (artandseek.net)
BEST BLOG
Day Bow Bow (daybowbow.net)
Subservient Experiment (subservientexperiment.com)
We Shot JR (weshotjr.com)
We've been nominated in four categories for this year's Dallas Observer Music Awards! for "Best Record Label, Best Booking Agent(s), Best Music Advocate and Best Radio Show/Podcast"
The Dallas Observers' blog DC9 posted an aritcle on our most recent Podcast!
"As far as local podcasts go, it's real tough to beat the Gutterth Podcast, which this week released its 14th installment since launching in the spring of 2009. The new one's kind of a doozie, too, featuring previously unreleased tracks from Glen Farris, New Science Projects, The Angelus, Sabra Laval and, oddly enough, an exclusive cover of a Drink to Victory song from Dust Congress. The main subject of the podcast, however, is Sarah Jaffe--naturally, as, tomorrow night at Sons of Hermann Hall, she'll be celebrating the release of her debut full-length, Suburban Nature. For her portion of the podcast, which includes an interview, Jaffe hops on over to Gutterth HQ to perform live takes on her song "Clementine," an unreleased song called "So So Sweet" and even a gorgeous cover of Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel No. 2." Speaking of Jaffe: In this week's paper, you can read my take on her new disc. To sum it up for ya: The disc is phenomenal, and Jaffe's a hell of a talent; the only thing holding her back at this point, perhaps, is her own nerves. She's working on that, though, she says, and you can see the fruits of that labor tomorrow night at Sons. And maybe for free, too. The folks at Kirtland Records, who are releasing Suburban Nature, have been kind enough to pass along a free pair of tickets to tomorrow night's affair, which finds Jaffe sharing a bill with Seryn, who she recently told me was her "new favorite band in Denton." Want the free passes? Be the first to email me right now with the words "Nature Calls" in the subject line and they're yours. Good luck!."
The fourteenth episode of the Gutterth Podcast features songs by Sean Kirkpatrick, Glen Farris, Delmore Pilcrow, The Angelus, New Science Projects, Doug Burr, Sabra Laval, The Paper Chase, Dust Congress, Roy Robertson, The Boxcar Bandits, Daniel Folmer, Fishboy, and an exclusive interview and live recording with Sarah Jaffe.
We're excited to announce we'll be teaming up with P.A.N.T.S. and Pan-Ector again
to bring you another "Dead Week Print Show" on Saturday, May 8th at Rubber Gloves
with Melting Season (Bruce Blay of Sleep Whale), George Quartz (of Faux Fox) and Florene!
The thirteenth episode of the Gutterth Podcast features songs by Sarah Jaffe, Ryan Thomas Becker, Melting Season, Fra Pandolf, Sunnybrook, Drink To Victory, My Empty Phantom, The Timeline Post, Northern, and an exclusive interview and live recording with Power Animal.
"Our DC9 Live at El Sibil series just keeps trucking along, don't it? Sure does. And, as such, last week, we welcomed Denton's The Timeline Post in to film the 14th episode in the ongoing series. Not exactly the chattiest band, I'll admit. But that's fair enough: The once-upon-a-time Sulphur Springs-based band seems to prefer that its songs do the talking. Want more? OK: In one of the few reveals the band did allow in the short interview above, frontman Bryon Mantooth admits that the band's catalog is largely centered around skepticism. Of what, exactly? "Of God," Mantooth says. With song titles like "Wedding Bell Murders" and "Kill The Girl," though, I'm thinking Mantooth's skeptical of some other stuff as well, but I won't argue with him. Or with the appeal of the band's latest release, Slow Descent, a visceral, in-your-face release filled with more than its share of angst and volume. Watch the above clip and you'll see what I mean."
"Last week at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, the guys from Dear Human released their brand new self titled EP. If you already know about Dear Human, it is no doubt because you have been to one of their live shows. The experience of Dear Human live is simply remarkable. They deliver their music at a breakneck speed with tremendous amounts of confidence behind each and every note. Which is something they, thankfully, replicated to a shockingly large degree on the new EP. The seven track album is actually quite good in a lot of areas, especially considering that it was recorded in only one month at the house of Michael Scroggins, the band's bass player. Much like one of their live show's, the band is on full attack mode throughout the entirety of the album. When each song begins, you have no idea where it is going to end up or how it will get there. It is one of the best feelings to have when listening to a piece of music, to be completely surprised by where the band decides to take it. Dear Human's scenic journey through the album has a ton of twists and turns without ever loosing focus, and is thoroughly enjoyable to listen to. While this album is absolutely worth checking out, it falls short of the magnificence of the band's live show. It is on stage where these guys really shine their brightest. However, I will say that Scroggins definitely has a bright future ahead of his as a producer should he choose to go that route. But Dear Human, to this point, is a band you MUST experience in concert if you want to truly experience them! It really is one of the finest live shows in Denton. Here are a couple songs performed live that you can hear on the new EP. Trust me, while these ARE great videos, they don't do justice to what the band is really like live! Nor to how the songs sound on the new EP for that matter!"
Dear Human's debut EP "Dear Human" is AVAILABLE NOW on Gutterth Records!
Please join us tonight, March 26 at Rubber Gloves in Denton to celebrate the release
with performances by Babar, New Science Projects, Handbrake, Geistheistler and Dear Human.
"Gonna go the honesty route here and openly admit that, quite unfortunately, we don't really know all that much about Denton's Dear Human--except that the four-piece hates the Insane Clown Posse and people named Steve, apparently, and that it missed its opening slot for HEALTH at NX35, which we were sponsoring, natch. But we do know this: The band will be hosting a release show for its debut, self-titled , seven-track EP at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in Denton on Friday night. And now we kinda wish we knew a little bit more; the disc is an impressive collection of instrumental math-rock, boasting influences from the often opposing post-hardcore and ambient genre realms. It's kinda head-spinning. And calming at the same time. So, yeah, our interest has been piqued--and, in turn, we're gonna try and dig up some more info on the band to pass along to you, dear readers. ASAP. In the meantime, the folks at Gutterth, who are releasing the disc, have been kind enough to offer us up an mp3 to pass along for your listening and downloading pleasure. Check out "Waiting" after the jump. This one kinda eschews the ambient element that other tracks on the EP boast. But it also might be the most impressive track on the album, thanks to its near-disregard for any tangible time structure."
The twelth episode of the Gutterth Podcast features songs by Parata, The Heartstring Stranglers, Kaboom, Babar, Handbrake, Silk Stocking, RTB2, Florene, New Science Projects, Shiny Around The Edges, Kampfgrounds, Geistheistler, and an exclusive interview and live recording with Dear Human.
We just picked up the physical copies of the new "Dear Human EP and they look/sound great!
Please join us this Friday, March 26 at Rubber Gloves in Denton to celebrate the release
with performances by Babar, New Science Projects, Handbrake, Geistheistler and Dear Human
"I had to get on here and just do a mini-review of one of my new favorite albums: The Timeline Post: Slow Descent. Full disclosure: one of the members is a contributor to this site. That said, this album is still really great. While not quite a concept album, there are certain thematic undercurrents that weave throughout the album's running time. It just so happens that those undercurrents are neatly tied up into the record's title: Slow Descent. The title is apt both musically and lyrically, as each element work together to lull the listener into an ever deepening chasm of despair and misfortune. That may sound hyperbolic, but it's difficult to listen to this record without feeling at least on some small level a sense of being lost in the dark. It's a record of beautiful questions that don't have any answers. And one that I don't think will leave my CD player for quite some time."
