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News - 07-14-10
O Paon Full Length!

Chicago Independent is proud to announce multifarious French Canadian artist Geneviève Castrée’s new project, Ô PAON, has finished her first full-length named 'Courses' to be released via LP and CD on 09/07/2010. This is a follow up to her debut 7" from late last year and is a natural but more mature and realized progression than Castree's earlier work as Woelv (K Records) and collaboration with the Watery Graves (Marriage).
'Courses' is the result of four trips to Montréal's infamous Hotel2Tango over two years under the guidance of producer/engineer Theirry Amar (GSY!BE/SMZ) and is a dark and beautiful record that features many key-players from Montreal's arts community/Constellation family including Thierry Amar, Nadia Moss, Sophie Trudeau, Jonah Fortune, Julie Houle and David Payant. (See

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News - 07-12-10
ATP announces retail contest for ATP NY Festival!

ATP is generously offering 4 tickets for the entire ATP NY festival in September to the retail store that creates the best in-store display featuring ATP artists!

Check out ATP's site for all of the details on the weekend festival...

ATP NY 2010

Here are the contest details from the label:
We would like to offer 4 tickets for the festival and a 4 person room in
festival accommodation (transport/transfers not included) - for the store
who does the best instore display promoting this and featuring primarily the
releases by ATP artists / and also other festival artists. (Display
must be up for at least a week to be eligible.)

We'll then judge your display - Submit your photographs by 11th August.
Winner will be announced on 13th August.

The Festival takes place on Labor day weekend - 3-6th September

Other artists to play at the festival / full line up is as follows:

Friday 3rd September - Don't Look Back - Line-up so far with more TBC

* Iggy and the Stooges - Performing Raw Power
* Sleep - Performing Holy Mountain
* Mudhoney - Performing Superfuzz Bigmuff + Early Singles
* The Scientists - Performing Blood Red River (First Ever U.S. Show!)

Saturday 4th September - Curated by ATP

* Sonic Youth
* Explosions In The Sky
* The Breeders
* Fuck Buttons
* Hallogallo 2010 (Michael Rother & Friends Present NEU! Music)
* Tortoise
* Shellac
* The Books
* Bardo Pond
* BEAK>
* Papa M
* Apse
* Sleepy Sun
* Fursaxa
* Text Of Light (feat Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth)
* Avi Buffalo
* Sian Alice Group

Sunday 5th September - Curated by Jim Jarmusch - Line-up so far with more
TBC


* Sunn 0))) and Boris present Altar
* Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
* Raekwon
* Girls
* Fucked Up
* Dungen
* Wooden Shjips
* The Black Angels
* The Greenhornes
* Vivian Girls
* White Hills

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Upcoming Releases
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Constellation

 
 

Available 2010-09-07
Eric Chenaux is one of Toronto's most prolific and respected musical iconoclasts, an experimental guitar virtuoso with over two decades of dedicated and diverse service to an artistic community...
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Constellation

 
 

Available 2010-09-07
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Delmore Recordings

 

Available 2010-09-07
In 1970, Gary Stewart, future King Of The Honky-Tonks, was five years from his first #1 record, “She’s Acting Single, I’m Drinking Doubles,” and living in a beat-up trailer near Franklin, TN...
Riley-Grandma Riley
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Delmore Recordings

 

Available 2010-09-07
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Ô Paon-Courses Ô Paon
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Available 2010-09-07
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Las Nurses-Just So Pretty Las Nurses
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Rococo Records

 

Available 2010-09-07
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Dischord Records

 

Available 2010-09-21
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Pass And Stow (Remastered)
Dischord Records

 

Available 2010-09-21
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Martha Martha's Vineyard Ferries
In The Pond
Sickroom Records


Available 2010-09-21
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None Hundred (with CD)
Sickroom Records


Available 2010-09-21
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ATP Recordings


Available 2010-10-05
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Aurora Borealis


Available 2010-10-05
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Graveface


Available 2010-10-05
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La Societe Expeditionnaire

 

Available 2010-10-05
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O.I.B. Records


Available 2010-10-05
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Gira Gira
Upset! The Rhythm

 

Available 2010-10-05
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Available 2010-10-19
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Dag With Shawn (w/MP3)
Dischord Records


Available 2010-10-19
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Blue Water White Death-Blue Water White Death Blue Water White Death
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Graveface


Available 2010-10-19
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Mount Eerie-Song Islands Vol. 2 (with download) Mount Eerie
Song Islands Vol. 2 (with download)
P.W. Elverum & Sun Ltd.


Available 2010-10-19
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Trouble In Mind


Available 2010-10-19
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