Waited So Long...

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY TO US, BIG BLOOD!

After 11+ years of working alongside each other, my friend & colleague in Print at MECA, Elizabeth Jabar and I set forth to create a space entirely crafted,  printed, & sewn by us and our community of Printmakers here in Portland.

Please join us Nov. 8th from 5-8pm for coffee, music and viewing of this collaboration of epic proportions! 

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F U T U R E + M O T H E R S 
Tent, Text + Totem
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Elizabeth Jabar +Colleen Kinsella

The World Over
2012 MECA Faculty Exhibition
November 7, 2010 – December 22, 2012O
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art (ICA at MECA) in Portland

Featured artists include Jeffrey Clancy (Metalsmithing & Jewelry), Elizabeth Jabar (Printmaking) and Colleen Kinsella (Printmaking), Adam Manley (Woodworking & Furniture Design), and Gail Spaien (Painting). All are current faculty members of the BFA program at Maine College of Art. The World Over is the sixth in MECA’ s series of juried thematic faculty exhibitions. This exhibition was juried by Amie Scally, Deputy Director/Curator of White Columns, New York.

Please join us and our families on Thursday Nov. 8th from 5-8pm for the Opening Reception. 

11.08.12 Opening Reception, 5-8pm. 

12.08.12 Performance, 7:00pm Alhan Middle Eastern Ensemble performs in the Tent.

Free and open to the public.

ICA, Maine College of Art
522 Congress St
Portland.ME
0 4106

http://www.flickr.com/photos/colleenkinsella/

http://meca.edu/meca.edu/ica

Big blood "The Grove" Live

Thanks to Erik for shooting the video.
Thanks to Oak & the Ax for their beautiful venue!

Also a review on FoxyDigitalis of BR> GARM

BR Garm, “The 78th Morningtide” LP

October 10, 2012

By Matt McDowell

Terms like ‘freak-folk’ and ‘psych’ have been tossed around like so much confetti over the past few years, seemingly applied to anyone that has a delay pedal and oftentimes the results have very little to do (in my mind anyway) with the psychedelic experience. This album, however, is the polar opposite of that statement. You can apply generic descriptors to it and they would fit, but they just wouldn’t completely convey just how feral and imaginative it is. You can practically hear this guy’s brain melting onto the tape.

BR Garm is the work of Brendan Evans (Visitations, Strange Maine, Dark-Urrru, etc.), this being his first vinyl release with this project and, incidentally, the first vinyl release on Dontrusttheruin, home label of the Big Blood family. With lines like “My mind is gone/And I don’t want it back” and “Sittin’ on the back porch drinkin’ wine/Sittin’ on the back porch waitin’ for the end of time,” the whole thing has a dystopian punk edge to it that I find quite refreshing in these days of synth bliss-outs. The desperate urgency in his delivery is like the aural equivalent of being 16 and taking acid at the carnival in your shitty backwater hometown, sneaking off to smoke cigarettes behind the Laundromat and make out with your first love, not sure if you’re insane or if it’s just the buzz. The hellish lock groove at the end of side one only serves to drive the paranoia home.

At the core, Garm is just a man and an acoustic guitar, but along the way he’s accompanied by blazing squalls of fuzz, demented background vocals and pretty much whatever else he had lying around from the sounds of it.  This is a ‘bedroom-pop’ classic that could’ve come straight outta 1994, but also calls to mind earlier home-recording pioneers like The Great Unwashed and even a hint of R. Stevie Moore. Packaged in a full color jacket with killer artwork by Hilary Irons, it even comes with a songbook with lyrics and chords if you want to play along! It’s been out for several months, but they only made 500 of these puppies. Get it from Time-Lag.

Don’t Trust the Ruin

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!!New!! Tapes & CD-R's from Dontrustheruin

Id M theft Able – Head Down inna Vitamin Blush CD-R/Cassette - dttr 034

Amazing new album from Id M Theft Able. One of our greatest (Maine/US/Earth) performer/composers. 

A highly evolved album, super thoughtful and well crafted. Each piece is a journey unto itself and always serves as a microcosm to the whole. In every sense Id M theft able’s output could only be made by him, and in our opinion has no rivals. 

In a league all it’s own. Out on both tape & CDR!

Hand made and screen printed (11 songs, 51 minutes)

Sam Gas Can – Supreme Power – CD-R/Cassette - dttr 035

One of our favorite dttr releases.

Personal, funny, spirited and loose Sam does it yet again. 

Proving that music is alive and well. At times there is almost a feel of listening to an old radio program, while retaining all the personal touch of a masterful bedroom recording. We are pretty addicted to this one and can’t stop listening. Double release- tape & CDR!

Hand made and screen printed (12 songs – 31 minutes)

 

Mudang Rouge - Fantasy Horizon – CD-R – dttr 036

From New York to the moon and back.

 Mudang Rouge is a force to be reckoned with. 

Chuck Bettis, Jerry Lim, Evan Rapport, and Josh Blair create bone-chilling pieces,with a complete and total disregard for boundaries.Each player brings his own style and voice to create a quilt of sound. 

For those looking for a reference…

Coltrane/The Boredoms/Fahey/Ikue Mori/Can/Sun Ra/Haack

Improvisation of the highest order.

Hand made and screen printed (12 songs - 52 minutes)

 Listen for free here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mudang_Rouge/Fantasy_Horizon/

http://youtu.be/CNabHWfuLVs

AAAAAAAAAAAAnd a fresh bit of old news…

 we just put up a bunch of releases on cassette including:

Big Blood Old Time Primitives & Dark Country Magic

As well as new stuff by Garm  & Therapy Tapes!

Also be sure to check the 4 tapes for $20.00 here.

Big Blood playing @ The Oak & The Ax, Sept. 29th

Live @ the Oak + The Ax

September 29th, 2012!!!

140 main street
Suite 107-Back Alley

Biddeford, ME 04005

 http://theoakandtheax.blogspot.com/

Big Blood

Jeffrey Lewis

Video Nasties(Brendan & Chris of Visitations)

Tom K

Colesax in Crux(Adinah of Batshelter)

Hyena

New releases Old Time Primitives on tape, IDMTheftable,
 Mudang Rouge &  Sam Gas Can.

The biggest news of all...Q Ball's first day of First Grade!!!!!

Big Blood & Garm Saturday in Belfast, ME

SAT JUNE 23

Common Visions + Village OF Spaces + Big Blood + GARM + Planets Around the Sun + Paint the Face Painter Rose McBurney

Potluck 6 Music 7
12 Mill Lane Lane Belfast, Me 04915 Flier by Dan B and Amy Moon

SAT JULY 28

Big Blood, Village of Spaces

Dreamaway Lodge

http://www.thedreamawaylodge.com/page.php?PageID=595&PageName=The+Legend

1342 County Road
Becket, MA 01223
(413) 623-8725

Immune Records releases Big Blood/Micah Blue Smaldone Split 12"

New record  with our good friend Micah Blue Smaldone! 

This is a beautifully printed record made possible from Immune Reords!

This split LP features new sides of material from Micah Blue Smaldone and Big Blood with a total running time of nearly 30 minutes.  Mastered by Harris Newman at Greymarket and cut to vinyl by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering.  The LP is limited to 500 copies pressed on high-quality virgin vinyl at RTI with a free download coupon.

http://immunerecordings.net/catalog/split-lp/

Blood and Micah Blue Smaldone have previously worked together in the group Fire on Fire, who released a 5 song EP and  an album on Young God Records titled The Orchard (2008). At the request of Immune Recordings, Big Blood and Micah have combined their efforts again to share this LP. Side A features two of Micah’s new songs – “The Mule”, charged with the tension between one’s thoughts and feelings, and “Tell It To The Sun”, a calm reflection on the perils of cynicism. Side B features 3 new pieces by Big Blood centering around the idea of family past, present, and future.

Go see Micah Blue Smaldone on Tour with Coke Weed....

Fri 4.27 Bar Harbor, ME @ the Lompoc

Sun 4.29 Biddeford, ME @ Oak and Axe w/ the Black Swans

Mon 4.30 Portsmouth, NH @ Red Door w/ Food Will Win The War

Tues 5.1 Providence, RI @ AS220 w/ Tig and Bean

Wed 5.2 New York, NY @ Cakeshop w/ Steve Gunn

Thurs 5.3 Brooklyn, NY @ Cameo w/ J. Wise, Sun Watchers

Fri 5.4 Montague, MA @ the Bookmill

Sat 5.5 Hudson, NY @ the Spotty Dog

Sun 5.6 Allston, MA @ Gay Gardens w/ Hyena

www.micahbluesmaldone.net

Out Now!!! Big Blood - Old Time Primitives, Agrarians & Sunwalker

Big Blood - Old Time Primitives - dttr 033  (CD-R)

4 track sketches, Odes to the old ways and what we think is a scott walker-esque ballad.

For sale on our etsy page here.
11 tracks free for download through WFMU here

SunWalker – Yoncalla - dttr 030 (CD-R)
Eric LaPerna (tarpigh, CS) and Caleb Mulkerin (big blood, CS) Two members from the Mr. Boy Dog era Cerberus Shoal get together and make an album. All over the map sounds: from exotic percussion and strings to angular guitars and drums… repeating themes that weave through out… Handmade and screen printed. Artwork by Cry, Cry.

For sale on our etsy page here.
11 tracks free for download through WFMU here

The Agrarians – Love Songs from 2010 EP - dttr 032  (CD-R)
The Agrarians is the long-standing project of Baltimorean Matt Perzinski. We have been trading mail with Matt since the days of Cerberus shoal… Though when he sent us this one we just knew more people had to hear it. Bold vocals, bold lyrics and a generally commanding tone dominate this album. A genuine and compelling release (more of The Agrarians here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/ and another great project of Matt’s called “The New Mystical Troubadours” here http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_New_Mystikal_Troubadours/ ) Hand made and screen printed. 

For sale on our etsy page here.

7 tracks free for download through WFMU here


Dark UrrrU(Big blood & Cry Cry) play @ the Space Gallery Annex 5pm this Saturday!

NEW Big Blood CD-R ...Old time Primitives Out Next week

Hey Y'all!

we've got some new releases on CD-r...


Big Blood - Old Time Primitives


The Agrarians - Love Songs from Twenty Ten
(Baltimore solo tunes)


SunWalker - Yoncalla 
(Eric of Tarpigh and Caleb of Big Blood)

Sunday @ Strange Maine

 Flyer by Sheela of Soft Touch

+++++Winter Beat+++++

Dontrustheruin Records Updated Etsy store & News 

Garm - 78TH MORNINGTIDE LP

         featuring the artwork of Hilary Irons and Garm

(1st vinyl release by our label!)

REVIEWS

*** from www.volcanictongue.com

Latest epistle from the whole “Strange Maine” cultus comes from B.R. Garm, best known as a member of communal folk/drone project Visitations. This one is a whole other blat of boo, with a pained/fried atmosphere that sounds like Roky Erickson circa Bleib Alien power-crying through a set of songs that combine the dislocated/downer feel of Skip Spence and Bob Desper with War Sucks/Familiar Ugly style Krayola-isms in way that makes it feel like lysergic protest music made by backwoods Vietnam vets that have just emerged from the jungle and are convinced that the war is still on. There’s a kinda warped Higney/Vega sense of urgency to the vocal delivery while the settings of mile-high acoustic guitar, ginchy fuzz and howling choirs of cross-eyed backing singers come over like a wild Philspectrasound DIY hybrid. Throw in the kinda loose, celebratory style of the Rolling Thunder Revue and some of the most memorable songs ever written about blowing your own mind and you have one of the most beautiful – and beautifully confusing – backwoods psych releases of the year w/a nice cracked/personal edge. Locked grooves on both sides for maximal disruption. Highly recommended.****

***from http://honestbag.blogspot.com

First, the artwork alone on the 78th Morning Tide makes it worthy of your expenditure.  Prior to discovering any pertinent information, or even sampling the goods, I knew that the grooves would bear fruit.  This one has been spinning constantly for the past week.  The 78th Morning Tide, by B.R. Garm of Time-Lag favorite, Visitations, is released on Dontrustheruin, a label run by Big Blood.  If you enjoy any of the aforementioned, then it's likely you will dig this record. 

The smoked out grooves on offer consist of lo-fi psych nugs of various tempo, utilizing acoustic and electric guitar.  I really dig B.R.'s style - when he sings, you can feel it.  Despite only using guitar, nothing sounds alike and the vibe is strong throughout.  The record glows warmly into the night, as B.R. does it his way:  telling stories about the apocalypse, getting stoned; of coming together in time of need; watching a girl smoking on rainbows and losing her mind; leaving the devil alone in the rafters; and the pretty red pony turning the frown upside down.

 Tomentosa sold their stock quickly.  The record is still available throughDontrustheruin.

Big Blood - DEAD SONGS LP 

Art by Colleen Kinsella. Released through Time Lag Records font

Village of Spaces - ALCHEMY & TRUST LP

Art by Amy Moon. Released by Turned Word

Human Adult Band - MUGWORT & SAGE LP 

SAMANTHA 7" SPLIT w/ Jad Fair

***Big Blood -THE WICKED HEX LP is available through Pan 

http://www.phasejunk.com/index.html

Cerberus Shoal  CD'S    

   THE VIM & VIGOUR OF ALVARIUS B AND CERBERUS SHOAL   

       Featuring\\ Alan Bishop of the Sun City Girls and the 18 minute "Ding"

        CRASH MY MOON YACHT

       Released in 2000 by Pandemonium Records(Paris).

       GARDEN FLY DRIP Eye

       North East Indie Records

       MR. BOY DOG

       Temporary Residence

       ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURE & PERMANANCE

       Temporary Residence

       HOMB

       Temporary Residence

       BASTION OF ITCHY PREEVES

       North East Indie Records

       CHAIMING THE KNOBLESSONE

        North East Indie Records

Big Blood CDR'S In Stock!!!!

ALREADY GONE I                          

ALREADY GONE II

DARK COUNTRY MAGIC

SPACE GALLERY/SAHARA CLUB

STRANGE MAINE 11.04.06

OPERATORS AND THINGS

and more...

Coming out soon...BIG BLOOD/MICAH BLUE SMALDONE

SPLIT 12" on IMMUNE RECORDS

Our Very First Dttr Vinyl release! Plus two New Releases from NYC and Greece

Here they are...Hot off the Presses!

A brand spanking new Garm solo record!!!

B.R. Garm – The 78th Morning Tide – Vinyl LP - dttr 025

Here it is our first vinyl release. B.r. Garm is a member of Visitations and founder and owner of our local universe “Strange Maine”. The “78th morning tide” is truly a fantastical listen that is simultaneously foreboding and inviting. Side A opens with the title track and is a complete psychedelic journey unto itself, followed by a lady losing her mind and smokin’ on rainbows, a face off with Jesus and the devil, a tale of Windham Maine, a bombed out apocalyptic country song and a fuzzed out doomy cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald”. Side B begins with “Can You Feel It” which sounds like a loners take on Damo era Can. Followed rapidly by a duo of songs that cover the apocalypse and getting stoned, a song that sounds as if Black Sabbath never made it out of the bedroom, a sort of childs prayer called “So Many Men” (which we got to play on!), a deceivingly dark folk song called “Pretty Red Pony”, and finally a truly haunting and beautiful song called “At The End of The World”. Locked grooves end both sides! This whole record is a complete joy to listen too, infectious and hard to get off the record player. One of our all time favorites! This is Garm’s second release on dttr (other releases can be found on Mangedisc, and Time-Lag). Cover artwork by Hillary Irons, printed on thick old style jackets, accompanied by a pamphlet with lyrics and chords for those who want to play along. Limited to 500 copies.

Chuck Bettis  - Urgency Renewal – CD-R - dttr029

 A brand new release from longtime collaborater/tourmate and great friend Chuck Bettis . On “Urgency Renewal”  Chuck masters the art of spontaneous composition, pieces flow interrupt themselves and generally feel like a punch in the mouth, graceful yet  archaic. A brilliant album. Here’s how chuck described “Urgency Renewal” “solo electronic music recorded in various NY locations between 2010-2011, it's fucked up and raw!“ ABSOLUTELY NO OVERDUBS!!!(Chuck has collaborated with a slew of great folks and released many albums on various labels including Tzadik (brown wing overdrive), and dischord (meta-matics, all scars)))) Handmade and screen printed 

art work by Colleen Kinsella (20 songs - 53 minutes)

Dead Gum – Doubleganger –  CD-R - dttr 031

Dead Gum is the solo project of Panagiotis Spoulos (other projects of his include: Reverse mouth, Wham Jah, Postblue, and running Phase! Records), from Athens, Greece. This past summer we toured with Dead Gum in Greece and we were blown away every night. Doubleganger is quite a journey, the constant thread seems to be loner style electric guitar that feels like the end of it all … quite, desolate, brutal, noisy, and 100% sincere. Handmade screen printed Art work by Colleen Kinsella (10 songs – 38 minutes)

All are posted up on our Etsy!

Coming real soon...

We are slowly but surely getting our DTTr stock ready to post along with our very first Vinyl release B.R. Garm!!!
The records & jackets arrived last week. They look and sound amazing.
here's a teaser of a track from B.R. Garm's 78th MorningTide No. 25 in our catalogue:
here

CDR's & tapes coming out from Dead Gum from Athens, GR, Chuck Bettis from NYC, The Agrarians from Baltimore and 1 or 2 new Big Blood releases. Whew! that's alot, I'm tired already!!
++++Plus restocking of old favorites on our DTTR page- including books and 7"'s from Inspector 22.
Eternal otter Records and Space are realeasing Treble Treble Vol.3. It's a compilation of Maine bands including a track from us and two of our favorite Maine bands Village of Spaces and Kent.
Also it's pressed on BLUE vinyl w/ artwork by C. Kinsella.
Big Thanks to all of our friends families and psychic friends during this wacky holiday season. Occupy your minds!

BIg Blood, Prisma & Phantom Buffalo @ Maine College of Art, ICA Tomrrow night 8-9:30

In the front room of Maine College of ART's ICA Gallery there is a two week installation complete w/ couches, posters and a turntable for you to use and peruse the array of great records from Time lag Records founded and run by artist Nemo Bidstrip from Portland, Maine.

Time-Lag Records Listening Room

October 12 – 26, 2011

Opening reception for Time-Lag Records will take place on Thursday, October 13th from 6 - 8pm.

Live Music from 8-9:30pm with Prisma, Phantom Buffalo, & Big Blood

Time-Lag Records is an independent label that started in 2000, with a focus on vinyl releases that combine the highest possible quality production with an emphasis on the aesthetic of the object itself, and a deep love of interesting, unusual, and undiscovered music, both new and old. Come explore their full archive of vinyl artifacts and cds, as well as a 10+ year collection of poster art from concerts – all from the comfort of couches lining the gallery.

September 30th Big Blood and the Wicked Hex, Garm, and Inspector 22

The Oak & the Ax, a lovely venue in downtown Biddeford will be hosting
"Ruins"
A merging of Art & Performances by DTTR label mates Inspector 22 and Garm will begin the fun. Ending with Big Blood & the Wicked Hex.
New drawings and prints by Colleen Kinsella of Big Blood.
It all starts at 8pm for $8!

the Oak & the Ax
104 Main St. - Back Alley
Biddeford, Maine 04005

Wicked Hex download up on WFMU's Free Music Arcvies

IT's Up! go and git it