ROBERT STILLMAN ANNOUNCES NEW LIVE ALBUM SOMETHING ABOUT LIVING, SHARES TITLE TRACK Posted 08 Oct 2024

“Stillman communicates through layered jazz arrangements, playing most of the instruments himself but conjuring the sound of a full ensemble—one with the ability to mystify, dazzle, and soothe with every twist.” – Pitchfork

On October 25, Orindal Records (US) & Kit Records (UK) will release Something About Living, a collection of live recordings by experimental jazz composer & multi-instrumentalist Robert Stillman. The music was captured over the course of Stillman's time as both live saxophonist & solo support act for The Smile on their 2022 world tour. Something About Living weaves excerpts from various theater and arena shows along the tour’s North American routing into a seamless whole, creating a 40-minute program that represents an expanded version of Stillman’s ever-transforming live set.

Here's a live video of Robert Stillman performing the album's title track, "Something About Living," at The Factory in Chesterfield, Missouri:

Something About Living is the product of a steady, on-stage evolution that happened over the course of the nearly 60 shows opening for the Smile across the EU, UK, US, Canada and Mexico. However, the creative origins of the set began in relative isolation during the pandemic, through Stillman’s work on projects like his multi-media installation Unseen Forces and his monthly broadcast for Margate Radio, both of which drew upon solo improvisation using saxophone, cassettes, Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, and effects.

Pre-order Something About Living on Coke bottle clear vinyl, classic black vinyl & digital formats HERE.

Advance Base returns with a new album, single, video & tour! Posted 24 Sep 2024

Horrible Occurrences, the new album by Advance Base, is out December 6, 2024 on Run For Cover / Orindal Records. The album's lead single, "The Year I Lived in Richmond," is out now, along with an animated music video by Aaron Sewards.

Horrible Occurrences was recorded by Owen Ashworth, alone in his basement in Oak Park, IL. Jason Quever mixed the album. Matthew Barnhart mastered the album. Dan Black designed the packaging. The landscape on the album's cover was painted by Owen's great great grandfather, George L. Berg, long before you or I were born.

You can read more about Horrible Occurrences & stream "The Year I Lived in RIchmond" plus new mixes of three previously released singles on Advance Base's Bandcamp page.

Pre-order Horrible Occurrences vinyl, CDs, cassettes, t-shirts & hats on the Run For Cover site.

Advance Base is on tour! Say hi to Owen & ask him all about the new album, if you feel like it.

ADVANCE BASE ON TOUR
Sept 24- Bethlehem, PA @ The Ice House (w/ william h. travis)
Sept 25- Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ Cass McCombs)
Sept 26- Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's (w/ Cass McCombs)
Sept 27- Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar (w/ Cass McCombs)
Sept 29- Richmond, VA @ a house (w/ Nicole Yun & Lamplight) (email advancebase@gmail.com for details)
Oct 01- Durham, NC @ Duke Coffeehouse (w/ Moon Racer)
Oct 10- Milwaukee, WI @ Lilliput Records (w/ Apollo Vermouth & Katie Malco) 7PM
Oct 11- Madison, WI @ Communication (w/ Loveblaster & Katie Malco)
Oct 13- Minneapolis, MN @ Cloudland (w/ alone-a & Katie Malco)
Oct 14- Omaha, NE @ Reverb (w/ Katie Malco)
Oct 15- Iowa City, IA @ PS1 (w/ Katie Malco)
Oct 16- Chicago, IL @ The Hideout (w/ Jake McKelvie & Mint Mile)
Dec 6- Louisville, KY @ Surface Noise
Dec 7- Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern
Dec 8- Nashville, TN @ Drkmttr
Dec 9- Chattanooga, TN @ Woodshop
Dec 10- Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
Dec 11- Asheville, NC @ Static Age
Dec 12- Greensboro, NC @ Etc.
Dec 13- Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506

Advance Base & Katie Malco October 2024 Midwest Tour Posted 11 Sep 2024

ADVANCE BASE & KATIE MALCO
Oct 10- Milwaukee, WI @ Lilliput Records (w/ Apollo Vermouth) 7PM
Oct 11- Madison, WI @ Communication (w/ Loveblaster)
Oct 13- Minneapolis, MN @ Cloudland (w/ alone-a)
Oct 14- Omaha, NE @ Reverb (w/ James Schroeder)
Oct 15- Iowa City, IA @ Public Space One

ADVANCE BASE (NO KATIE MALCO)
Oct 16- Chicago, IL @ The Hideout (w/ Jake McKelvie & Mint Mile)

KATIE MALCO (NO ADVANCE BASE)
Oct 17- Chicago, IL @ Color Club (w/ Henry True)

Cass McCombs- 2000-2004 Demos, Live and Radio tape & tour Posted 01 Jul 2024

CASS MCCOMBS is reissuing early favorites Not the Way, A & PREfection via 4AD on September 6, & Orindal is releasing a companion cassette of rarities from the era. 2000-2004 Demos, Live and Radio is now available for pre-order HERE.

Watch the music video for "Sacred Heart (Demo)" from 2000-2004 Demos, Live and Radio, directed by the skater Jerry Hsu.

Cass McCombs is touring select US cities w/ Papercuts (West Coast) & Advance Base (East Coast) in September. Ticket links are HERE.

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone- Twinkle Echo vinyl reissue Posted 28 Jun 2024

It's the 21st anniversary of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone's 2003 album Twinkle Echo & Orindal Records is reissuing the album on "Corolla Blue" & Classic Black vinyl. Pre-order your copy now to receive it before the August 9 release date & read Owen Ashworth of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone's personal essay about Twinkle Echo HERE.

To celebrate the new 21st anniversary vinyl edition of Twinkle Echo, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone will perform a one-off live set at the Hideout in Chicago on Wednesday, July 31 opening for Sinai Vessel & Little Kid. He'll be playing Twinkle Echo songs on the same dusty old Casio keyboards that they were originally recorded on. Tickets are on sale HERE.

Little Kid & Sinai Vessel Eastern U.S. & Canada tour Posted 07 Jun 2024

Later this summer, Toronto, ON's own Little Kid will hit the road with Keeled Scales' latest signee, Sinai Vessel (Asheville, NC). They're kicking their tour off in Chicago before heading east through Ontario to Montreal & then down the eastern coast of the United States. Don't miss these two powerhouses of gentle poetic expression live on stage! Get your tickets HERE.

Little Kid will have vinyl & cassette copies of their stunning Orindal Records debut A Million Easy Payments for sale on the merch table. Here's the band performing "Bad Energy" from A Million Easy Payments live at a church in Toronto.

The Cool Cloud of Okayness by Tara Jane O'Neil is out now! Posted 26 Apr 2024

The Cool Cloud of Okayness, the divinely psychedelic new album by Tara Jane O'Neil, is out now!

"At times atmospheric, at other moments rhythmically pulsating, and with O’Neil’s vocal and instrumental presence lending cohesiveness to the whole, the set can be described as retro-futuristic but in an invigorating way, avoiding retread." - The Vinyl District

"O’Neil has been a rock musician for over three decades, and she sounds just as free and driven as she did at the beginning." - Rosy Overdrive

Find The Cool Cloud of Okayness on your preferred streaming service HERE.

Purchase "cloud" color vinyl, classic black vinyl & downloads direct from Orindal HERE.

The Cool Cloud of Okayness vinyl is also available from our distributors available for wholesale purchase from our distributors The Business & Revolver/Midheaven.

UK customers can purchase The Cool Cloud of Okayness vinyl from Juno Records.

Customers in Europe can purchase The Cool Cloud of Okayness vinyl from HHV (DE) & Clearspot (NL).

Customers in Japan can purchase The Cool Cloud of Okayness vinyl from Tobira Records & Disk Union.

CD edition of The Cool Cloud of Okayness is available in Japan from Sweet Dreams Press. (Imported Japanese CDs will be available to US customers from Orindal soon.)

Watch the music video for "Glass Island" directed by Harry Dodge:

Tara Jane O'Neil live dates:
May 06, 2024- Ojai, CA @ Kim Maxwell Studio (w/ Setting)
May 23, 2024- Los Angeles, CA @ Scribble (w/ Advance Base & Karima Walker)
May 24, 2024- Ojai, CA @ Greater Goods (w/ Advance Base & Karima Walker)
May 26, 2024- San Francisco, CA @ Makeout Room (w/ Advance Base & Karima Walker)
June 12, 2024- Portland, OR @ Turn! Turn! Turn!

Duffy x Uhlmann East Coast & Midwest tour Posted 24 Apr 2024

Duffy x Uhlmann are hitting the road in May, taking their intuitive & meditative guitar duets down the Eastern & Midwestern United States. Don't miss these rare & intimate instrumental duo shows! You'll find ticket links HERE.

**Please note that the May 9-11 shows will no longer include Tara Jane O'Neil, who unfortunately has to postpone her Midwest tour. Instead, Lia Kohl + Whitney Johnson will now support the May 9 Chicago show, Nathaniel Russell will support the May 10 Bloomington show & Jungle Boogie will support for the May 11 Louisville show.

Advance Base & Karima Walker May/June Western U.S. tour + Advance Base & Dan Wriggins June Western Canada tour Posted 02 Apr 2024

Flyer by Germán Benincore

Fellow Orindal Records recording artists & real life friends Advance Base (Chicago, IL) & Karima Walker (Tucson, AZ) are embarking on an extensive tour of the American Southwest & Pacific coast in May & June! The tour will include three California shows with Tara Jane O'Neil & two British Columbia dates with Dan Wriggins (of Friendship). All of these people are also friends, by the way. Everyone is friends! We're slowly collecting ticket links for all of these shows on the Orindal tour dates page.

(Owen Ashworth of Advance Base, Karima Walker & Dan Wriggins on tour in Milwaukee, WI a couple years back)

After the British Columbia dates with Karima Walker, Advance Base & Dan Wriggins will continue east through Canada, playing shows in Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba, ending with a June 9 show at The Handsome Daughter in Winnipeg. Before you know it, all of the Canadian ticket links will be up on the Tour Dates page.

Hope to see you out there! 🇺🇸 🇨🇦

Tara Jane O'Neil announces new album & shares first single "Curling" Posted 28 Feb 2024

Photo by Rachael Cassells

On April 26, Orindal Records will release The Cool Cloud of Okayness, the new album by Tara Jane O'Neil.

The Cool Cloud of Okayness was written amidst the skirmishes and shuffle of the seven years since her last song based album (although there has been a fascinating array of collaborations, tributes, rarities, and experiments released in the interim). Recorded by TJO at her home studio in Upper Ojai, California, a studio built on the ashes of the home lost to the Thomas Fire.

Many of The Cool Cloud of Okayness’s nine tracks were developed in the time between the wildfire and the rebuilding, between lockdown and reopening. TJO, her partner (dancer, choreographer and frequent collaborator) Jmy James Kidd and their dog sheltered from the storms in the high desert of Southern California and the deep suburbs of Louisville, KY. In these locales were discovered the improvised bass guitar figures to Kidd’s dance which transformed into songs during pandemic isolation, then brought to the ensemble of drummer/percussionist Sheridan Riley (of Alvvays), multi-instrumentalist Walt McClements, and on a couple, guitarist Meg Duffy (of Hand Habits & Duffy x Uhlmann). They build and gleefully destroy and rebuild again. There is joy in the ensemble’s shared queer identity- an identity that refuses to be agreed upon. This record too challenges any easy genre or definition. This record is sculpture and portrait of times and loved ones gone past. It is spiritual and it is psychedelic. TJO’s deft production and rock-solid bass playing hold the center, and her spectral guitar and singing voice carry the message.

Listen to The Cool Cloud of Okayness’s first single, "Curling," here:

Find "Curling" on your preferred streaming service HERE.

Pre-order The Cool Cloud of Okayness on Cloud vinyl, Classic Black vinyl or digital formats HERE.

Tara Jane O'Neil is playing a handful of U.S. live dates around the release of The Cool Cloud of Okayness, including some May California dates w/ Orindal labelmates Advance Base & Karima Walker. Get your tickets HERE. **Please note that Tara Jane O'Neil's May Midwest tour dates are being rescheduled.**

A Million Easy Payments by Little Kid is out now! Posted 22 Feb 2024

A Million Easy Payments, the new album by Little Kid, is out now! Find it on your preferred streaming services HERE.

From Rosy Overdrive's review of the album:

"Little Kid are a Toronto folk band led by singer, lyricist, and multi-instrumentalist Kenny Boothby and also featuring drummer/guitarist Brodie Germain, bassist Paul Vroom, and drummer Liam Cole. A Million Easy Payments is the group’s debut for Orindal Records, and Boothby’s delicate but weighty writing is such a natural fit for the label that I was surprised to learn that they’d been releasing music independently since the early 2010s and weren’t just scooped up by the home of Dan Wriggins and Owen Ashworth and Ruth Garbus the minute they formed. Then again, A Million Easy Payments does feel like the work of a band that’s been at it for a while, both in its glove-like renditions of Boothby’s writing and in its impressively-amassed list of guest contributors (Aaron Powell of Fog Lake on vocals, Seth Engel of Options on percussion, Peter Gill of 2nd Grade on pedal steel, Eliza Niemi’s cello). The record’s eight songs range from swirling, multi-layered orchestral folk rock to breezy alt-country to quiet near-slowcore, with contributor Megan Dunn’s banjo, Niemi’s cello, and Boothby’s voice holding it together at the seams."

Watch the video for album track "Somewhere in Between," directed & animated by Aly Levy:

Some words from Little Kid's Kenny Boothby:

A Million Easy Payments is Little Kid’s seventh album, and it’s the one that took us the longest to finish. Our previous three albums were each written and recorded over the span of about a year, and when we started recording this one in 2019, we had plans to keep up that pace.

Of course, the pandemic came along a few months later and led to a lot of changes in our lives: financially, geographically, philosophically… Out of necessity, the album ended up being recorded and written in short bursts, often several months apart, for the next three-and-a-half years. The resulting album is one of our most eclectic, with songs that take influence from more far-reaching sources, recorded in varying styles, circumstances, and fidelities.

Yet, the album feels unified. The title A Million Easy Payments isn’t directly related to any particular song but it feels connected to all of them. The repetition in a lot of these song structures might resemble the mundanity and helplessness of seemingly infinite, regular payments. There’s a certain exhausted despair, mixed with a bit of humour. Some of these songs get more personal than ever, while some of them contain the most ridiculous jokes I’ve managed to work into my writing. The best ones have a bit of both.

Maybe it’s because it took so long to finish, or maybe it’s because it’s our best work yet, but I feel especially excited to finally share this album with you now. Thank you for listening.

Order your copy of A Million Easy Payments on vinyl, cassette or digital formats HERE.

Little Kid will play two A Million Easy Payments album release shows in March. Tickets are moving fast, so get yours now!
March 22, 2024- Toronto, ON @ Tranzac (w/ Advance Base & Eliza Niemi)
March 23, 2024- Montréal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo (w/ Advance Base & Laughing)

Listen to Little Kid's new single "Somewhere in Between" ahead of their February 23 album release Posted 13 Feb 2024

(Photo by Pat McKenna)

Toronto, ON indie rock band Little Kid have released "Somewhere in Between," the third & final advance single from their forthcoming album A Million Easy Payments (out February 23 on Orindal in the US & Gold Day in the UK). A fan favorite from the band's recent live sets, “Somewhere in Between” is as driving & catchy as any song you could hope to discover on alternative radio, showcasing the sunnier side of Little Kid. The single features sterling performances by Little Kid’s core band members Brodie Germain (drums & percussion), Paul Vroom (bass & percussion) and lyricist Kenny Boothby (vocals, guitar, piano & Casio SK-1).

From Little Kid's Kenny Boothby:

“Somewhere In Between” was the last song I wrote for A Million Easy Payments, and one of the
last ones we recorded. We had been struggling to make a coherent tracklist from the songs we had finished, and “Somewhere” kind of cracked it open for us. I think we needed a song with a bit more energy to lift the second side a bit.

The lyrics for this one came together quickly once I stumbled on the “somewhere in between” line to end the choruses. A lot of the songs on the album deal in extremes: “What Qualifies as Silence,” “Nothing at All,” “Bad Energy.” It felt important to have a song about the space between those types of binaries. The lyrics depict a person leaving an unsatisfying relationship. It’s not autobiographical, but I pulled a lot of images from my life and from my own (very satisfying) relationship with my partner.

The demo was about a minute longer, with two more choruses at the end, but my friend Keira correctly suggested cutting it down a little and leaning into the “radio-friendliness.” By Little Kid standards, this is a very short and snappy pop song. But when it came time to lay out the lyrics for the album insert, I realized it still has quite a lot of words because every chorus is different. I wrote this one pretty soon after “Bad Energy,” and I was clearly still on my work-in-as-many-internal-rhymes-as-possible kick. The rhythm of the melody really lent itself to that approach, and it’s a very satisfying song to sing.

This is the only song on the album that I did with only Brodie and Paul, who have made up the core of the Little Kid lineup for the better part of the last decade. We had a lot of fun recording it, and I think that comes through. We’ve played it at every show since we recorded it, and it’s always the one people ask about afterward. I am excited to finally share it ahead of the album release next Friday.

A Million Easy Payments “Brick” color vinyl LPs, classic black vinyl LPs & cassettes are shipping now! Order your copy HERE.