Kimya Dawson, Jeffrey Lewis, Jack Lewis, Anders Griffen, and Karl Blau combine to make sweet tragi-comic folk-pop. A hidden jewel of a supergroup.
Selections from the long-running zine Tazewell’s Favorite Eccentric, collected into one smartly-designed paperback book.
Within: "growing up poor, queer and lonely in a conservative small town in Virginia, building and losing communities and friendships, loss, abusive relationships, survival, balloon artistry, and finding hope and love."
172 pages, tall trade paperback.
One large newsprint sheet of sheer madness. It's always a pleasure.
Alex Simon interviews Ellie from Good Throb, interview with Mark Winter (Coneheads, CCTV), a poem by Shannon of Hysterics, Mateo from Dawn of Humans writes about his favorite Europe tour records, and DX writes about that NYC feeling. Art by Cecilia Caldierra and Sam Ryser.
Rose Melberg (of The Softies and Tiger Trap fame) teams up with members of Love Cuts to make an album of twee-punk goodness.
Listen on Bandcamp.
Last pack! A bilingual (English and Spanish) set of beginning birder flashcards for Portland, Oregon. Illustrated by Esther Forbyn, gorgeously printed by Eberhardt Press.
Comes in a nice little box, full color throughout.
The ever-wild hoopoe bird. In notepad form. Part of Eberhardt Press' illustrious bird pad series.
Offset print, spiralbound, unlined book. On reused brown chipboard, recycled and reused paper inside. 3" x 4.5", 60 pages.
Glorious, brooding, and completely in a world of its own. The project of Molly Fischer (of Songs For Moms fame), Hot Tears nods to chamber-folk and a wide variety of punk and metal subgenres without fitting nicely into any box. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
With Erica Freas (Cosmit, RVIVR, SOMNIA) on cello, and a multitude of Olympia all-stars lending voices and studio talents.
Listen on Bandcamp.
The songs of Antiquated Future Records artist Tucker Theodore in full band form. Four epics of sludgy mastery.
On beautiful red cassettes. Comes with digital download card. Listen on Bandcamp.
Leave it to PonyBoy Press to write a concise history of everything you ever wanted to know about I Love Lucy. Early TV history, the many ways the show was ahead of its time, and all the dirt behind the first hugely successful American sitcom.
Profiles on Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, and (of course) Lucille Ball. Plus the best episodes, eras of the show, the bad parts, song lyrics, recommended viewing, and a reading list.
32 pages, half-letter size.
This issue of Somnambulist is a correspondence between Martha and TJ Acena. Epistolary stories/essays between Portland, Oregon and Xi'an, China. Discussions of loneliness, gentrification, development, heart break, Dunkin' Donuts, and so much more.
40 pages, half-letter size.