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Oct 11 2012

Mecca Lecca’s 2012 CMJ Showcase @ Rock Shop on October 16th

MECCA LECCA CMJ SHOWCASE

Tuesday, October 16 @ Rock Shop (Brooklyn)

Featuring Performances by:
Friend Roulette, Zula, Making Movies, Rice Cultivation Society,
Joshua McCormack, Howth, Sean0Sean

On Tuesday, October 16th, Mecca Lecca will be hosting its CMJ showcase at Brooklyn’s Rock Shop, in collaboration with our good friends at The Record Machine. The showcase will provide a glimpse into Mecca Lecca’s crystal ball. Sean0Sean will be making their debut as a live band. Joshua McCormack will be making his Brooklyn debut with a solo set. Rice Cultivation Society will be playing material from their forthcoming Mecca Lecca debut. And to complete the quartet of Mecca Lecca artists on the bill, Howth will continue to display why they’re one of Brooklyn’s finest treasures. Kansas City Latin rockers Making Movies will be representing our pals The Record Machine. And in addition, the incredible locals Friend Roulette and Zula will round out the night’s bill.

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SeanØSean

Mixing the colors of west-coast pop with the mechanical rhythms of east-coast art rock, Jersey City-based Sean0Sean carves his own angles on Arch Envy, using unusual harmonies and declarative statements with hints of later Pavement and Elvis Costello.

Howth

“There’s a warm intimacy at work in their Fleet Foxes-esque sound, and their latest album Newkirk is a gorgeous example of the quieter side of the Garden State’s music scene.” — Paste Magazine
Listen: Howth – “Secret Goldmine”
Listen: Howth – “Out In Eagan”
Watch: Howth – “Needles & Pins”
Watch: Howth – “Grand Marais”

Joshua McCormack

“Starting on keyboards, Joshua McCormack has dabbled in metal, acoustic Bjork covers, and the vocal lessons of Seth Riggs, who coached Michael Jackson and Prince. McCormack has developed into a wildly eclectic musician.” — Epitonic

Rice Cultivation Society

“Rice Cultivation Society’s music is notable for it’s incorporation of diverse musical elements and genres, such as delta-blues, guitar rock, found sounds, jazz, pop, and folk. The lyrics often paint a picture of the world in which every experience, person, and thing has a vivid and inexplicable interior life, where ideas and events connect where they are least expected to. The combination creates songs with an overall sense of warmth and character that invite the listener to get lost inside of their twists and turns, both in meaning and form.” — Deli Magazine

Making Movies

“I can’t think of another band in KC that has its shit more together — both musically and in terms of doing what it takes to be a viable, successful band.” — The Pitch

Zula

“Delving into underlying feelings and suggestions, and toying with unusual musical ideas, Zula updates the existential art rock of Radiohead’s “Kid A” era for the DIY generation.” — Deli Magazine

Friend Roulette

“Their songs are eclectically and musical in the purest sense of the word, the way Van Dyke Parks’s music is real musician’s stuff.” — The Austinist

Listen: Friend Roulette – “Hi, Hello”
Listen: Friend Roulette – “On Her Own Tonight”
Watch: Friend Roulette – “Hi, Hello”

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Jul 25 2012

Howth Shares Free “Secret Goldmine” EP / Heading on Tour

Download the Free Secret Goldmine EP

Download: Howth – “Secret Goldmine”
Download: Howth – “Joseph”

There is something magical about songwriter Carl Creighton and his band Howth. In the past couple years, Howth has released a pair of LPs, but those records do not tell the whole story. Creighton has been writing songs at a prolific rate. Overflowing with songs and more than ready to record another LP, Howth has decided to give away a new EP featuring a pair of new songs that show Creighton’s range as a songwriter, as well as the band’s range as performers. Engineered & Mixed by Mike Caffrey at Converse Rubber Tracks Studio in Brooklyn, NY, “Secret Goldmine” captures Howth’s poppier side in ways we’ve never seen before. Meanwhile, self-recorded ballad, “Joseph” is as sweet as it gets. Additionally, the Secret Goldmine EP includes an epic live version of “Out In Eagan” captured by NYC Taper at the band’s record release show at Mercury Lounge in May.

Catch them all over the United States throughout the months of July and August.

7/27- Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s w/ Miracles of Modern Science, Vows
7/28- Philadelphia, PA @ Venue TBA
7/29- Washington DC @ Velvet Lounge w/ Double Saginaw Familiarity, Orchard Wall, This Old Ghost
7/30- Richmond, VA @ The Camel w/ This Old Ghost, Apache Radio, Kindling Kind
7/31- Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight w/ Baobab, Virgins
8/2- Athens, GA @ Flicker Bar w/ Black Moon
8/4- Austin, TX @ Lambert’s w/ Royal Forest
8/6- Tempe, AZ @ Long Wong’s
8/7- Los Angeles, CA @ Lot 1 w/ Steffaloo
8/8- Oakland, CA @ Actual Cafe w/ Birdseye
8/11- Portland, OR @ Badlands *Acoustic Afternoon BB-Q!*
8/11- Portland, OR @ Alberta St. Pub w/ David Ramirez
8/12- Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
8/14- Boise, ID @ Red Room
8/15- Denver, CO @ Unit E w/ Rubedo
8/16- Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar w/ Secret Cities, Spirit Is The Spirit
8/17- St. Paul, MN @ Wild Tymes
8/18- Milwaukee, WI @ Venue TBA *Battlecry Presents…*
8/19- Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
8/20- Rock Island, IL DAYTROTTER!
8/21- Grand Rapids, MI @ DAAC w/ Chanical Fields, Big Dudee Roo
8/23- Toledo, OH @ Ottawa Tavern
8/24- Pittsburgh, PA @ Howlers Coyote Cafe w/ Too Young, Butter Birds
8/25- Brooklyn, NY @ Cameo Gallery w/ Home Video, Port St. Willow

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Mar 11 2012

HØLAS Teams Up with Chicago Skyway For “The Glacial Meltdown” Maxi-Single

It’s been nearly a year since Indiana duo HØLAS dropped their icy-themed debut winter. The band recently expanded and will be making their official debut as a trio at The Darkroom in Chicago tongiht (Sunday March 11th) with The Grownup Noise.

Never ones to follow the conventional paths of rock bands, HØLAS has teamed up with Chicago-based house DJ Chicago Skyway for their new maxisingle “The Glacial Meltdown.” “The Glacial Meltdown” is a full on re-imagining of album centerpiece “The Glacial Anthem.”

HØLAS+CHICAGO SKYWAY
The Glacial Meltdown

1. THE GLACIAL MELTDOWN / Chicago Skyway REMIX
2. THE GLACIAL mexiMELT / Chicago Skyway REMIX
3. THE GLACIAL ANTHEM* (CD Only Bonus track)
4. WINTER, grey* (CD Only Bonus Track)
5. THE GLACIAL FLIGHT SONG**

* from the album WINTER
Mixed and Engineered by Josh Hanchar

** LIVE acoustic performance from
Flying Around the Sun on WJOB
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Hølas is Mike Lukich, Christopher G. Leather, and Kevin Cronin.

MECCA LECCA Recording Co. © 2012

Hølas would like to thank
Sean Hernandez, Josh Hanchar,
Mark Mybeck, Natalie, Violet, Jolene, +Jonny Leather.

A little about Chicago Skyway via Little White Ear Buds.com:

“A Chicago native who joined its house scene in the late 80′s, first as a teenage party-goer and then as part of a DJ duo with his older brother, Hernandez learned the art of working a crowd for years before starting in on production. Once he did, he lavished attention upon his hardware, mastering the basics and absorbing every intricacy. It was only in 2007 that he began seriously submitting his music to labels both in Chicago and abroad, finding homes for his refined yet spazzy house tunes on M>O>S Recordings, Eargasmic Recordings, and Uzuri.”

eargasmic recordings presents chicago skyway ‘influences’ from Eargasmic Recordings on Vimeo.

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Feb 26 2012

Watch: Unicycle Loves You Get Crazy on Chic-A-Go-Go

Unicycle Loves You recently made a visit to Chicago’s wild Public Access show Chic-A-Go-Go. Watch the trio perform “Wow Wave Cinema” while dancing around with a mixture of children and bizarre creatures.

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Dec 05 2011

New Unicycle Loves You Single: “Wow Wave Cinema”

This fuzzy little pop gem is Unicycle Loves You’s second single released in support of Failure (out 2.14.12). “Wow Wave Cinema” is instantly catchy but flavored with enough feedback and psychedelic twists and turns to avoid ever being referred to as sugar pop. Failure is Unicycle Loves You’s third release, and first with Mecca Lecca.

Unicycle Loves You – Wow Wave Cinema

and if you haven’t heard it yet, be sure to check out their first single “Sun Comes Out (And I Don’t Care)”


Unicycle Loves You
Failure
Release Date: February 14, 2012 [vinyl, cd, digital]

01 Garbage Dump
02 Wow Wave Cinema
03 Failure
04 Piranha
05 Bitch Eye
06 Separate Places
07 Brand New Pillow
08 Sun Comes Out (And I Don’t Care)
09 Oh, Rebecca
10 Master Medical Driveway

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