NEW RELEASE: Ned Oldham 7"

Extremely excited to announce the next release on Gold Robot Records, a solo 7" by Ned Oldham titled Let's Go Out Tonight. This 3-song EP will be a limited pressing (500) on translucent blue colored vinyl. Artwork is provided by the super talented Kevin Earl Taylor. Pre-order a copy now and receive the MP3s instantly. Here's the lead track off the album.

::: Ned Oldham - The One Light

Enjoy!

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Roman Ruins Remix Beach House, Release New 7"

Recently, the always-on Roman Ruins did a remix of Beach House's "Lover of Mine". It's a brilliant little pop rendition for a band he knows a little something about (seeing he sits in on drums for them on various tours). Thanks to the fine folks at Stereogum, Gorilla vs Bear, MyPoproks, HypeTrak, Indiehearts, and other spots or spreading the word.

::: Beach House - Lover of Mine (Roman Ruins Remix)

And, if you haven't got your hands on the limited edition Roman Ruins 7" (pictured above) then I suggest you do so before they're all spoken for. PASTOR/AL contains two tracks, one of which you can sample here.

::: Roman Ruins - The Comedown

Enjoy.

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Superhumanoids remix MMC

There's an awesome new Meanest Man Contest remix by the brilliant Superhumanoids making the rounds (LAWeekly, FMLY) today. Check it out:

::: Meanest Man Contest - Takitani Edit (Superhumanoids Remix)

You might remember the original track off of the limited edition 7" called Designed Entropy I, which also contains original tracks by Roman Ruins, Copy, and Bomarr. More info and ordering can be found here.

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Railcars remixes Paul Rosales

Railcars (aka Aria Jalali) drops another remix on us, this time for the extra talented Paul A. Rosales. Enjoy:

::: Paul A. Rosales - Changed Faster (Railcars ‘Machine Heart’ Remix)

Relatedly:
+ FREE remix EP of the Railcars 12" here
+ Buy the brilliant 7" Cities vs Submarines here
+ Get your hands on the Cathedral With No Eyes 12" here

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New Releases Now Shipping

I have to say these latest two releases just look amazing. Finally have them all packaged and the to-date orders are in the mail. Each one comes with an instant digital download of the tracks (plus some remix goodies). Stream the songs and order the records on their respective pages!

GRR014 - Colossal Yes / The Good Fear [top image]
GRR012 - Roman Ruins (PASTOR/AL) [bottom image]

Just sent off the next record yesterday. It's a secret, but I can say it's the first recordings released by this artist in a few years.

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New Split Release!

Super excited to announce the newest release on Gold Robot Records, a split 7" on colored vinyl featuring two amazing bands: Colossal Yes (Oakland, California) and The Good Fear (Fayetteville, Arkansas). Each band submitted barn-burner 5 minute tracks for the first entry in our ongoing split series. You can pre-order the album now for $5 and instantly receive the MP3's. Preview the tracks here:

SIDE A: Colossal Yes - "Backbiter Blues"


SIDE B: The Good Fear - "Be Like Us"


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Kestral Sound Review

Gold Robot Records is lucky to be part of a new event, called the Kestral Sound Review. Since all proceeds are going to fight breast cancer, we jumped at the chance to help out. The organizers have recruited curators, bands, artists, and DJ's for one show. Here's some details, more can be found over on the event's website.

KESTRAL SOUND REVIEW - VOLUME ONE
THURSDAY MAY 6 2010 @ 8PM
$5 Donation at Door
@ The Tempest (431 Natoma Street, San Francisco, CA 94103)

Curated by:
Rubberband Girl of KALX
Hunter Mack of Gold Robot Records
Patrick Proctor of Hippies are Dead

Performances by:
The Bye Bye Blackbirds
Grand Lake
Misirlou
Meanest Man Contest
DJ Guillermo
Cold Steel Renegade

Art by:
Ted Folstad
KC Skinner

Photography by:
Christine Zona

Sound by:
Yosh! of Faultline Studios

Hope to see everyone there, it's gonna be a rad event!

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New Björn Kleinhenz 10"

We're happy to announce a new Björn Kleinhenz release. This 10" vinyl contains six songs and is being released in cooperation with Jellyfant Records out of Germany. Recorded for his upcoming European tour (see dates here), it will be available in early April. You can pre-order the record now and receive the MP3 files instantly. Here's a free track!

::: Björn Kleinhenz - The Mountain Pt 2

You can also pick up the excellent full-length 12" titled B.U.R.M.A., it's a beautiful album.

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New GRR Shirt - The Trenchcoat

I'm super excited to finally be able to show off the new Gold Robot Records shirt to you all today. It was designed by the brilliant Doe Eyed Design, a super talented dude who has worked on posters and other items for the likes of Ratatat and Andrew Bird. It will be printed in two colors (Coffee and Athletic Grey) on American Apparel Tri-blend T-shirts; all sizes for men and women are available for pre-order now. How much does it cost, you ask? Only $12 plus shipping, which is super cheap! Reserve one today, and you'll have it by the end of February.

PRE-ORDER THE SHIRT NOW

Thanks again for all the support.

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New Etsy Shop for Shirts

Found some extra inventory of our shirts recently so we've set up a small Etsy shop to sell the remainder of these beauties. Cruise on over there and pick one up. (Hint: there's a brand new non-logo shirt coming out pretty soon!)

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Interview about GRR

Recently I did an interview with Jason from the awesome 7inches blog, covering all topics related to Gold Robot Records. Hopefully at least three people find it interesting. Grab the MP3 or stream in below.



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Friday Round Up

+ The internet is all abuzz about the new Beach House single "Norway", so I thought I'd re-share this little video from a while back, taken in Norway. The talented Graham Hill (aka Roman Ruins) provides some percussion in the video, drums for Beach House on many a tour, and played on the upcoming record Teen Dream.

+ Nice interview with Aria/Railcars in Thursday's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle (in print and online). The show last night (at Thee Parkside in SF) was a blast as well, some great opening acts. Also, CMJ reviewed the new album Cathedral With No Eyes, check it out here.

+ Saw this awesome poster for a new CD by Bjorn Kleinhenz, Head Held High On Fearsome Pride is a quick follow-up project to the amazing LP B.U.R.M.A., which you should get yourself a copy of if you fancy some sweet Swedish musical stylings.

+ Did you catch the fact that we've got a few copies of the ultra limited Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 7" Notes For Future Lovers available as part of a catalog bundle special?

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Full Catalog Sale

While doing some general organizing here at GRR HQ, we ran across some copies of the super sold out Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 7" (Notes for Future Lovers b/w Donde Esta Prufrock). So, to celebrate our 10th vinyl release we've decided to bundle our entire catalog together at a discounted rate. For 10 pieces of beautiful vinyl, including the BPB 7", it's $60 including shipping in the United States. We've only got a few of these special bundles available, so act fast. Get it here. Hooray!

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Fox Hands Updates

Thought I'd pass along this strange/wonderful video for the Fox Hands track "Listen to the Walls". The song is off the consistently excellent self-titled EP released here on GRR digitally. We're not the only ones who think the release is quite notable:

Fox Hands is a timid, noisy, jittery kaleidoscope of colourful sounds escaping from a man named Adrian Todd Webb who lives in Virginia, US. His music can perhaps be likened to other topically lo-fi natured artists who instill an old-time simplicity beset with a futuristic technological fascination, resulting in an otherworldly sound. Very much independent, his bursting, rubbery, blinking video for his song ‘Listen To The Walls’ is a fascinating escapade into exploring visually the messy collage of his sounds. Close ups of textures blurry like his voice, the visual effect starring in the video reflects the bend-it-’til-it-breaks rubbery and fuzzy guitar technique played throughout the song. The drums echoed in the blinking frame shifts, it’s another lo-fi troubadour exercising his wit and charm with fantastic results.
- Einstein Music Journal

"C’est le bal des diodes. Toutes clignotent en rythme, pétillantes couleurs qui illuminent la nuit par intermittence. Bleu, vert, rouge, rouge, jaune, bleu, orange ! Aucune ne peut bouger, forcément, on ne saute pas hors du circuit comme ça, mais la dance existe. Elle est onde lumineuse, chatoiement de couleurs. Bleu, vert, rouge, rouge…"
Translation: "This the diodes ball. All of them flash in time, sparkling colours which illuminate the night on and off. Blue, green, red, red, yellow, blue, orange ! None of them can move, of course, it’s not that easy to jump out of the circuit, but their dance occurs. It is made of luminous waves, colours shimmer. Blue, green, red, red…"
- Delicious Scopitone

Couldn't have said it better myself.

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Friday Round-Up

Happy Friday to all the folks out there. It's bright and sunny here in the Bay Area, and we're ready to head out for a weekend of music and horseshoes and general shenanigans. Couple of links for pre-weekend reading:

+ The totally excellent website Birds Sometimes Dance recently reviewed Björn Kleinhenz's new album B.U.R.M.A. and not only gave it a 9/10 but had this to say: "Am I impressed? Very much so. This is the best album I’ve heard in quite a while and it’s easily one of the best to be released in 2009 so far." Read the full article here.

+ Aria is keeping a Railcars tour blog on tumblr which is quite enjoyable. Happy to see that my homeland of Arkansas welcomed him with open arms. Currently in NYC, catch one of his many shows there if you can. Filthy Beats is the latest to say some kind words about the new release.

+ Seamonster is previewing some new songs over on myspace. Rumor has it that you might find some of them on an upcoming vinyl record in the not-so-distant future.

+ Copy along with Atole and E*Rock are playing a Halloween show up in Portland which is where I'd be if I was an Oregonian. Oh, and did you see FADER said some nice things about Copy's track on the Designed Entropy I vinyl?

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GRR on TWITTER

Ok, ok, we've made the jump. So you can now follow all things GRR related on twitter using our handle @goldrobot. We'll post news, freebies, discounts, and all kinds of other things as we get a handle on this newfangled social media contraption. If you've got any rad feeds we need to e aware of then send 'em along. Thanks for following.

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Welcome to Man/Miracle!

There's a new horse in the stable, folks. Oakland's Man/Miracle will be releasing their latest 7" digitally through GRR in mid-February. Additionally, they're hard at work on a new EP so expect some sort of new vinyl release in the not-so-distant future. Here's some of the nice things that have been said about these guys to date.

"With a raucous intro that could be mistaken for a high school pre-game hype up (in a dream world where kids have spare tambourines, yes), Bay-area based Man/Miracle's "Pushing and Shoving" is a bouncy venture into Spencer Krugonics." - Pitchfork

"On their self-titled EP, the band demonstrates a unique sensibility, evoking memories of classic indie-pop bands like The Smiths while still sounding fresh and always danceworthy. That latter trait likely helps in what we've heard are some excellent live shows." - The Bay Bridged

We're really excited to see what comes next for this excellent group. You can still buy the awesome 7" on white vinyl, as well as some other gear, at their online shop

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