Our very own Alyssa Kleven was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio this morning about what she likes in music today (that doesn't involved AR of course). Listen to it here, its a couple minutes in:



The Coast are dubbed as "The Next Big Thing" by Arizona State University's daily newspaper, read the feature here.

One for the Team have announced a whole slew of tour dates on their MySpace Page.

Music in the Office:
*MP3: Death Cab For Cutie - "Little Bribes"
*MP3: Micachu & The Shapes - "Lips"

The Coast received a rave review from Absolute Punk and The Culture of Me today.



One for the Team's "Build A Garden" was reviewed today on Music For Robots.

Haley Bonar's show with Andrew Bird was reviewed by the City Pages.

Now, Now Every Children are back in town!

Music in the Office:
*MP3: Mouthful of Bees - "Please and Thankyou"
*MP3: One for the Team - "Best Supporting Actress"
*MP3: The Coast - "Tightrope"
*MP3: The Walkmen - "The Rat"

Eli from We All Have Hooks For Hands posted a video to an unreleased Hooks song. What a goofball.

One for the Team's "Build A Garden" is officially out today and is going for College Radio ADDs. The Team have also posted 15 new European tour dates on their MySpace page.

We opened a new section of our store: the Singles section. There, you can find mp3 downloads of singles from our releases. The first up is "Hail On" by Mouthful of Bees. Remember, the new MOB record will be available digitally next Tuesday!

Music in the Office:
*MP3: Tarlton - "Bol"
*MP3: Dirty Projectors - "No Intention"

Now, Now Every Children are featured in the Village Voice (above), Alternative Press (below) and New Found Glory name-dropped them in the Denver Examiner.


One for the Team are featured in the Toronto Star and Audio Muffin.



Music in the Office:
*MP3: Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"
*MP3: Frightened Rabbit - "Behave!"

Now, Now Every Children are the top story on Fader today.

Haley Bonar is performing with Andrew Bird in Minneapolis tomorrow night at the State Theater.

Music in the Office:
*MP3: Halloween, Alaska - "Champagne Downtown"
*MP3: Fever Ray - "I'm Not Done"

Haley Bonar is playing tonight with Andrew Bird at the Civic Opera House in Chicago and Saturday night in Minneapolis at the State Theater.

One for the Team is playing in Houghton, Mich. and Wausau, Wis. this weekend and A Night In The Box is playing in Chicago, Ill. and Bowling Green, Ken. Check out our TOURS page for details.

Music in the Office:
*MP3: Dirty Projectors - "Stillness Is The Move"
*MP3: Phoenix - "1901" (Alan Wilkis Remix)

Now, Now Every Children Forced to Cancel UK Tour Dates

Due to unforeseen complications with customs while leaving Calais, France for England, Now, Now Every Children were detained and denied access to the UK. After five hours of paper work and frustration, the band is now is staying in Calais, France and have been forced to cancel their UK tour dates.

Now, Now Every Children will be rescheduling these canceled dates for late 2009/early 2010.

The new Mouthful of Bees record is on the horizon. It will be available digitally and for pre-order on April 21 and will be truly out in the world on May 19. Be sure to spend some time on our front page and listen to three new Bees songs.

"Expatriate" by The Coast is now available on the AR Store, pick up your copy today.

Haley Bonar is opening for Andrew Bird tomorrow night at the Civic Opera House in Chicago and Saturday night in Minneapolis at the State Theater.

Now, Now Every Children's European tour is almost over, be sure to catch their UK dates.

Music in the Office:
*MP3: Conor Oberst - "Nikorette"
*MP3: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Zero" (N.A.S.A. Remix)

The Coast's "Expatriate" is now available on iTunes (here) and on our digital store (here).

One for the Team's new EP was reviewed by Pretty Much Amazing yesterday.

Patrick Tape-Fleming of Poison Control Center fame has started a blog, read his review of the new One for the Team EP here and be sure to add it to your blogroll.

Music in the Office:
*MP3: Now, Now Every Children - "Sleep Through Summer"
*MP3: Dirty Projectors - "Knotty Pine"

2009.04.05
drove through insane snow storm in iowa
listened to talking heads "77"
box awesome tonight
good sound, good sound dude, warm sounding room
played solo
missed adam
met many friendly people
was nice to play for them
someone asked me to play a song about the game twister
i played a song called "paper trail"
i think that song is sorta about twister
now at my friend luke polipnick's place
he has made up an amazing futon for me to sleep on
back to minneapolis tomorrow
a few days off with my friends
then back into studio to finish the tarlton lp
bye for now
keep eyes peeled for june tour dates
xoxoxo

-Brett Bullion

One for the Team received a rave review from Absolute Punk today. Read it here.

Now, Now Every Children's interview with Punk Disasters was just posted here. It's hilarious. NNEC also landed reviews from White Tapes and Subba Cultcha.

The Pay What You Want Special this week features Look Down's eternal album, "24/7 Danceforce." Be sure to download your copy here.

Music in the Office:
*MP3: Phoenix - "1901"
*MP3: Telekinesis - "Imaginary Friend"

2009.04.04
just got back from northfield
we played st olaf with haley bonar
nice full room with many smiling faces
much time traveling occurred
wandered around thorson hall
chased after ghosts
played a new song we've been calling "tapes"
the melody of that song was written at 4:30am on april 30th 2007
in ytterboe lounge
lyrics finished this fall
adam off to play with chastity brown tomorrow
i'm driving to lincoln to play all by my lonesome
will play some new songs
then back to studio to finish the tarlton LP
ok 337am here
a snack and then bedtime

-Brett Bullion

One for the Team are featured on Pretty Much Amazing, read the post here.

Haley Bonar is Orange Alert's "Band of the Week." Read the feature here. Haley is also featured on The Frontloader.



One for the Team are featured in this weeks issue of The Onion. The Team are also on the "Hot Artist" list on Elbows and "Best Supporting Actress" is on the Hype Machine's "Popular" list here.

Tarlton and Now, Now Every Children are both still on tour, check out the Tours page for details.

Music in the Office:
*MP3: Tarlton - "Papa Thesis" (Excerpt)
*MP3: One for the Team - "Best Supporting Actress"

New AR artist Sissy Wish received an 8.0 on Pitchfork yesterday, read it HERE.

Pre-order the album or buy the mp3s HERE.

More details on this release will be coming shortly!

*MP3: Sissy Wish - "Dwts"

Now, Now Every Children performed at the Prinzenbar in Hamburg, Germay on March 26 and Concert News took some great photos.

2009.04.01
7pm
record bar
cd rotation in van:
duster - contemporary movement
fat kid wednesdays - shifter car
dylan - time out of mind
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot
flaming lips - soft bulletin

got to venue early.
half price books.
catcher in the rye and franny and zooey.
will read these along with paul tillich "dynamics of faith"
which my friend nathan purchased for me
along time ago

waiting for dinner.
adam - turkey, spinach, chickpea hummus on rye.
brett - something called "i melt you"
water.
will hopefully record some video of us playing music tonight rather
than just messing around in lobbies.

4am
with steve from the record bar.
he is a nice fellow who has been kind enough to let us sleep on his couches.
he said i should make the tour journals less boring.
i will try to.
kearney ne tomorrow.
excited to play music everyday.....
trains are signaling their presence somewhere near,
reminds me of warm spring at college with friends late at night.

-Brett Bullion

The new One for the Team EP came out yesterday and the reviews have been coming in.

Here are a few notable reviews, check them out:

The Tape Blog
Buzzgrinder
PopWreckoning
Pigeons and Planes
Above the Fold
The Frontloader
Perfect Porridge
Pocketfull of Paper
KEXP Blog
Brooklyn Vegan
Largehearted Boy
Absolute Punk
Slowcoustic

Now, Now Every Children are in Berlin, Germany tonight at the Schokoladen. "Cars" charted #160 on the CMJ Top 200 in its 10th week on the charts.

Music in the Office:
*MP3: John Vanderslice - "Fetal Horses"
*MP3: Dirty Projectors - "Knotty Pine"

getting ready for next leg of shows.
adam coming over tomorrow morning to rehearse.
going to learn a new one that no one has heard yet.
it's called "paper trail" for now but maybe that will change once i
finish recording it.
sending emails.
doing dishes.
cleaning room.
setting up my drums and stuff.
green tea.
in rainbows, pinkerton, and kesto in rotation on the hi-fi.
hope to see you this week/weekend...

-Brett Bullion

To pick up your copy, click below:

AR Store (Physical or MP3s), Click Here.

iTunes (MP3s), Click Here.

Try:
*MP3: One for the Team - "Best Supporting Actress"
Listen to 3 songs free here.

Info:
The EP features four new songs, as well as four re-recorded and re-arranged songs from "Build It Up." The album was recorded and mixed entirely by One for the Team in their apartment in Minneapolis. Each individual order will be filled personally by the band and will include unique items sent directly from the band to you. The album's packaging is printed on recycled materials and is assembled and numbered by hand by the band. Only 500 physical copies of the EP will be made, however, the album will be available for MP3 download at the AR Store, iTunes, Amazon and Emusic.