Friday, August 1, 2008

"Id Engager" mp3

Pitchfork's got the goods


Imagine how good it will sound on vinyl - order from Polyvinyl, see post below

"Id Engager" 7"

The first Skeletal Lamping single is available now for preorder from Polyvinyl! "Id Engager" is available on colored 7" vinyl and includes a non-album B-side. It's five bucks, or for ten you can get three 7"s in each of the available colors:


Order the "Id Engager" 7" (in blue, gold, or purple vinyl) from Polyvinyl for $5


Order all three colors for $10



And like most decent vinyl purveyors, they provide a code for mp3 downloads of the songs with purchase.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

More Chances To Hear Skeletal Lamping

Another Skeletal Lamping listening party is coming up, this one in Madison, Wisconsin - this Thursday, July 31, at Strictly Discs - entry is free and prizes include tickets to the upcoming of Montreal concert in Milwaukee. See Muzzle of Bees for more info.

And there's also one coming up for Athens, GA. In this thread, Dottie and tour manager Mike talk about it, Dottie says it will most likely be it the 40 Watt on September 30, Mike says the location may not be confirmed, but that they may also have some footage from

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Skeletal Lamping listening party in NYC

there will be a small listening party for Skeletal Lamping
at a bar in Manhattan tomorrow night, July 23rd.

the bar is called HI-FI. its 21+.
the address is 169 Avenue A.

i don't know that exact time the album will be played.
somewhere between 10pm and 12:30am most likely.
$3 beer special.

-bp helium

Monday, July 14, 2008

YANP Interview With Kevin

Matt from You Ain't No Picasso has a new interview with Kevin up, and it looks like some really good, relevant, in-depth info:

-what was the main motivation to make such a different record (that damn commercial)
-how the negative reception of Cherry Peel kept Kevin writing about fictional characters not about his feelings for almost a decade
-why "Feminine Effects" didn't make the record and what'll eventually happen to it
-the origin of "Arlene"
-which of their covers was done because it's Alabee's favorite song