“The Weight”
Cassette Community Records
Indie Noise Pop
New Orleans’ Caddywhompus is one of my favorite active bands. They’re just doing everything right. They have catchy songs, a mind blowing live show, innovative guitar sounds, interesting time signatures, full sounding noise parts……
Song of the Week: “Company” by Caddywhompus
BRAND SPANKIN NEW, Y’ALL.
You can get this, another new Caddy track, as well as a bunch of amazing new songs from other artists on the first compilation our dear friends over at Chinquapin Records just released! (click below to check it out)
We are working with Chinquapin to release this track as well as the rest of the new Maze Demos. They will be released on cassette with The Weight as well as the rest of the Caddywhompus discography!
(click below 2 pre-order)
Random Caddy Fact: Chris & Sean have known each other since Kindergarden!
it’s that special time of year again & this time we have 6 new albums up for download!
Head on over to our website & get familiar with the new set up while getting a ton of free music!!! All of the albums can be found are under the RELEASES tab!
Help spread the word & give your friends free music too! You can invite them to the Download Day Facebook event HERE!
Here are the new albums we put up today- ENJOY!
The long awaited release from New Orleans based pop-punk group The Lollies. 10 well composed songs with introspective lyrics. The band spent almost a year self recording / mixing these tunes.
The Rooks - I Can’t, I Won’t, Give Up:
8 New tracks from The Rooks – New Orleans based Pop-Punk group with Rob Landry, Brian Pretus, and Greg Rodrigue. The songs range in lyrical subject matter from perseverance through mental obstacles to existential place in our world, to dealing with lies from loved ones. From the heart.
Marathon - In Between the Seasons:
This is the first EP from Marathon, They are a hard working, creative, and unique group out of New Orleans, Louisiana. They play a blend of math rock, melodic punk, and heartfelt indie rock. For fans of: maps and atlases, american football, & godspeed you! black emperor.
Lisabi - Au Diable Les Bananes:
New friends from Brazil! Their songs say quite a bit about their ambition & ethics. They are looking to make honest punk music with raw energy. They use a number of different musical stylings to get that across. They list their influences as: Fela Kuti, Fugazi, Refused, The Flaming Tsunamis, & Bomb the Music Industry!
Murphy’s Kids- The Anthemic Pandemic:
Murphy’s Kids follows up their last release, Departures, with this hard hitting, super-hot-jamz testament to living your life to the fullest.In typical Murphy’s Kids fashion, the record is drenched in reggae and funk colors with a splash or two of punk rock near the middle of the record. This record really has it all: skafunkrastapunk, if you will. Killer horn and guitar solos, solid, almost-gospel drumming, lots of weird effects, and catchy, relevant lyrics.
Swear Jar - Spring 2010 Tour Sampler:
Fun. These guys are certainly that. Straight forward heartfelt punk from the land of Connecticut. There’s a lot we could say about this band and the people that are / were in it, but…. I think we will leave that to them.
It’s better than Christmas!
-Dominique
WIN PRIZES WHILE HELPING SAVE THE GULF!
The Oil Spill:
We are doing what we can to spread the word about this man-made ecological disaster that has adversely effected this place we call home. We could use your help.
Starting on April 20th, 2010, 205.8 million gallons of crude oil leaked into the Gulf. The graphic below is a day by day explanation of what happened.
Head Above Water:
This is a free compilation we released to raise awareness about the impacts of the Gulf Oil Spill. All the proceeds from the donations received will go straight to the Gulf Restoration Network.
communityrecords.org/headabovewater
T H E C O N T E S T:
Prizes!:
1st place - a signed Community Records vinyl of your choice, a t-shirt in your size, the Block Party DVD, a handmade certificate stating how much you RULE , a love letter from the gang, & a ‘Follow’ back on Tumblr.
2nd place- A t-shirt in your size, Block Party DVD, a love note, & a ‘Follow’ back on Tumblr.
3rd place- The Block Party DVD, a love note & a ‘Follow’ back.
ALL PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE THAT HUMBLE FUZZY FEELING OF DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE.
Rules:
1) Simply ‘Reblog’ this post and try to get as many people as possible to reblog it from you. This is your chance to get creative! (Talk about the oil spill, post your favorite song(s) from the compilation, send out smoke signals, etc!)
2) The contest will end when we reach 275 followers. We will be sure to keep you updated on when we’re almost there.
3) Once the contest is over, You need to screen capture (Don’t know how? Let me Google that for you!) how many reblogs you got from this post & send an E-mail with the following format:
TO: communitystreetteam@gmail.com
SUBJECT: I GOT [insert number here] REBLOGS! HOORAY!
Your Name:
E-mail:
Mailing Address:
T-Shirt Size:
Preferred Vinyl:
Your favorite color (just wondering…):
& MAKE SURE TO ATTATCH THE SCREEN CAPTURES OF YOUR REBLOGGED POSTS!
SPREAD AWARENESS. NOT OIL,
Dominique
This rad band that D-Ray is in just had a fun weekend of release shows here in New Orleans & Baton Rouge! Their album Hermosa is up for sale in the C-Rex store!
(click the artwork fo’ da sto’)
It also comes with some awesome homemade packaging!
(yes..that is some of the plaid i was talking about.)
For the digital files, check out their Bandcamp site!
Here is a video of them playing at the Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge via Jonathan Tillman of Phantom Party Records!
Go D-Ray!
<3
Dominique
P.S. you can RECOMMEND us, if you’d like ;)
FIRST: NEXT TUESDAY- JANUARY 4th- COMMUNITY RECORDZ IS SPONSORIN’ A SHOW!
& what a show it shall be!
Lemuria: (need I say anything else?!) Buffalo, NY
The Chatty Cathies: punk from Lafayette, LA
Marathon: rawk from New Orleans, LA
Dominique LeJeune: (that’s me!) NOLA folk.
This Is Your Life: melodic hardcore from Richmond, VA
G-erg & D-yar will have a table set up with merch ‘n’ thingz!
Pawty.
SECOND: THE CARAVAN
teaming up to make the journey from NOLA to the show in Baton Rouge!
The (condensed) Plan:
-Arrive at Greg’s coffee-shop, Hey!Cafe (4332 Magazine St.) @ 4:30p.m.
-Grab yourself a cup of complimentary coffee.
-Hit the road @ 5:00
-Have. fun.
THIRD: CADDYWHOMPUS WINTER TOUR
If your in the South East area over ther next two weeks, Daddywhompus is hittin the road with their bestest pals, Sun Hotel!! So if your around, pay them a visit. They would love you have you.
Here are the dates:
12/27 Lafayette, LA -Artmosphere
12/28 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
12/29 Shreveport, LA - Dalzell House
12/30 Little Rock, AR - ACAC
12/31 Fayetteville, AR - Sound Warehouse
1/1 Memphis, TN - The Dairy House
1/2 Nashville, TN - Little Hamilton Collective
1/3 Athens, GA - Go Bar
1/4 Savannah, GA - The Wormhole
1/5 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit’s
1/6 Tallahassee, FL - Spencer’s Hou$e
1/7 Birmingham, AL - The Nick
1/8 Jackson, MS - TBA
!!!!!!!!!,
Dominique
So I’m pretty sure FTA + Maddie have, or are about to have, landed in the U.K….Heck yes!
Maddie has a twitter account which you can follow for more personal updatez.
HERE ARE THEIR U.K. SHOWS:
TUES SEP 21st - King’s Lynn - Bar-Red
WED SEP 22nd - High Wycombe - Nag’s Head
FRI SEP 24th - Plymouth - White Rabbit w/ The Skints, Jaya The Cat
SAT SEP 25th - London - Underworld w/ The Skints, Jaya The Cat
SUN SEP 26th - Derby - Old Bell Hotel w/ The Skints, Jaya The Cat
MON SEP 27th - Northampton - Soundhaus
WED SEP 29th - Hull - The Adelphi Club
THURS SEP 30th - Bradford - Gasworks Bar
SAT OCT 2nd - Halifax - The Old Cock
Here in N E W O R L E A N S:
Caddywhompus has two showz coming up!
The first one is this Friday September 24th. (click the flyer for da facebook event)
and is with their friends Sun Hotel (who happen to live in the apartment above the Community Records house) and The Eastern Sea
and the second one is the following Wednesday September 29 @ The Big Top with Tera Melos and Smiley With A Knife.
Pawty.
-Dominique
