THANKS FOR AN AMAZING TIME///SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
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We’re super excited to present our second annual music festival!
The Family Reunion is our chance to bring together many of the artists on the label plus some friends and distant relatives.
This year’s event will take place on September 20-22 in Kalamazoo, MI. We’re going to have 28 bands, several new AD releases, discounted AD merch and free giveaways!
Super cheap advance tickets are available here: http://alreadydeadtapes.bigcartel.com/category/tickets
Here’s the lineup:
THURSDAY 9/20 @ NO FUN HOUSE
6/6:45 – Alex Quinlan
6:45/7:30 – Peter Damien Cook
7:30/8:15 – Tim Tapper
8:15/9 – Eskimeaux (Philadelphia, PA)
9/9:45 – Lovestranger MD (Minneapolis, MN)
9:45/10:30 – About A Million (Honey Brook, PA)
10:30/11:15 – Fiona Dickinson
11:15/12 – Spectral Being
FRIDAY 9/21 @ LOUIE’S TROPHY HOUSE GRILL
6/6:45 - Morseville Bridge (Flint, MI)
6:45/7:30 – Ou Ou (St. Louis, MO)
7:30/8:15 – The Binary Marketing Show (AR)
8:15/9 – Brown Company
9/9:45 – Problems (Chicago, IL)
9:45/10:30 – Hermit Thrushes (Philadelphia, PA)
10:30/11:15 – Daniel Francis Doyle (Houston, TX)
11:15/12 – Saturday Looks Good To Me (Ann Arbor, MI)
SATURDAY 9/22 @ LOUIE’S TROPHY HOUSE GRILL
6/6:45 – Jeremy Ruggles & The Echo Chamber Family Band
6:45/7:30 – The Reptilian
7:30/8:15 – The New Diet (Chicago, IL)
8:15/9 – Br’er (Philadelphia, PA)
9/9:45 – Spelling Bee (St. Louis, MO)
9:45/10:30 – Hypocrite In A Hippy Crypt (Bloomington, IN)
10:30/11:15 – Emperor X (FL)
11:15/12 – Forget The Times Infinite Family Arkestra
AFTER PARTY @ WAYNE MANOR
1/1:30 – WearWolf
1:30/2 – Braining (St. Louis, MO)
2/2:30 – Anybody But The Cops
2:30/3 – The Grow Fangs (Minneapolis, MN)
SCHEDULED NEW RELEASES:
AD Tape Comp 2
Trauma Harness / Dusty Fingers
WearWolf
Jackie Farrow
Spelling Bee
Spectral Being
Cruise on over to the facebook event and help spread the word. Let’s pack the place!
For anyone interested, here’s a free comp featuring bands playing this year’s festival:
http://www.mediafire.com/?re3e4j3m9b56654
ARTISTS INFO:
ABOUT A MILLION
From:
Honey Brook, PA
Releases:
AD016 V/A ‘Hello, We’re Already Dead’
AD018 ‘Things We Don’t Think About’
AD028 ‘Since Now Till Then’
Bio:
Anthony Leitch has been making music under the name About A Million for over 10 years now. He is one of our all time favorite song writers. He has recorded some of the most honest music anyone could ever hope to hear. We are honored that he calls this label home. Recordings cover a wide range of musical territory but his set this year will feature mostly solo acoustic styling.
Playing:
Thursday, 9:45pm @ No Fun House
Links:
http://www.facebook.com/aboutamillion
http://aboutamillion.bandcamp.com/
ALEX QUINLAN
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Bio:
Former Almanac Shouters frontman. Alex has been honing his craft for years now. Brilliant acoustic finger picking folk without any cheesy gimmicks. Taking it back to the roots.
Full length coming soon!
Playing:
Thursday, 6pm @ No Fun House
ANYBODY BUT THE COPS
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Bio:
Fresh spazzy funk punk project from members of Forget The Times, The Almanac Shouters and Rise Into Ruin. Equal parts Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower and James Brown. Bring on the after party!
Playing:
Saturday/Sunday, 2am @ Wayne Manor
THE BINARY MARKETING SHOW
From:
U.S.A.
Releases:
AD013 ‘Beating An Electric Heart’
AD045 Split 7″ w/ The New Diet (coming soon!)
Bio:
Nomadic DIY duo. Travelling the country sharing their sounds with anyone willing to embrace them. Soundtrack-like songs creating a narrative out of bursts of static, brooding melodies, and throbbing beats.
Playing:
Friday, 7:30pm @ Louie’s
Link:
http://www.binarymarketingshow.com/
BRAINING
From:
St. Louis, MO
Bio:
Soul vomit from polar ice cream. STL Noise rock super group featuring members of Spelling Bee, Egg Chef, Trauma Harness and more.
Playing:
Saturday/Sunday, 1:30am @ Wayne Manor
Link:
http://braining.bandcamp.com/
BR’ER
From:
Philadelphia, PA
Releases:
AD041 ‘Deviation’
Br’er / Eskimeaux split 7″ (coming later this year)
Bio:
Ever changing project of Benjamin Schurr that has been touring heavily and releasing incredible albums since 2007. Experimental pop tunes with a heavy dose of SWANS. Irony is dead.
Playing:
Saturday, 8:15pm @ Louie’s
Links:
http://fullgrownman.com/
http://edibleonion.com/
BROWN COMPANY
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Releases:
Cassette coming soon!
Bio:
Former members of Unitard and guests offer a dual guitar breakdown with a halo of bent electronics and field recordings. Delicately balanced structure and chaos.
Playing:
Friday, 8:15pm @ Louie’s
DANIEL FRANCIS DOYLE
From:
Austin, TX
Releases:
Vinyl split w/ Hermit Thrushes (coming soon!)
Bio:
Sometimes solo, sometimes with a full band. Always mind blowing. Punk fusion jams covered in passion and creativity. One of the best live shows we’ve ever seen and an all around great guy.
Vinyl split with Hermit Thrushes will be released at The Reunion.
Playing:
Friday, 10:30pm @ Louie’s (solo set)
Link:
http://www.danielfrancisdoyle.com/index.html
EMPEROR X
From:
Jacksonville, FL
Bio:
Noise pop. Folk punk. Whatever you want to call him, Emperor X is a true gem in modern songwriting. This is the kind of music that will get stuck in your head for days without ever getting tired of it.
New track will be included in the Reunion cassette comp.
Playing:
Saturday, 10:30pm @ Louie’s
Link:
http://emperorx.tumblr.com/
ESKIMEAUX
From:
Brooklyn, NY
Releases:
upcoming split 7″ with Br’er
Bio:
“Eskimeaux creates music resembling the symphony orchestra as well as the double helix effect-the shiver of renewal that surrounds your body with stunning home recordings of experimental folk accented by beautiful vocals.” - Salad Fork
Playing:
Thursday, 8:15pm @ No Fun House
Links:
http://eskimeaux.bandcamp.com/
http://eskimeaux.tumblr.com/
FIONA DICKINSON
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Bio:
Kalamazoo’s favorite dark folk sensation. Music for cold nights and warm hearts.
Plans for an AD release are in the works.
Playing:
Thursday, 10:30pm @ No Fun House
Link:
http://fionadickinson.bandcamp.com/
FORGET THE TIMES INFINITE FAMILY ARKESTRA
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Releases:
AD004 ‘Escape From The Planet Of Llamas’
AD011 ‘Ver Dis Pond’
AD029 ‘Soul Music LP’
Bio:
Free improv / heavy psych collective. Doing a special one off performance as a 12 piece. Guitar, didgeridoo, saxophone, trumpet, tuba, synthesizer, glockenspiel, harmonica, vocals, tape manipulation and more. Prepare to get weird.
Playing:
Saturday, 11:15pm @ Louie’s
Link:
http://forgetthetimes.wordpress.com/
THE GROW FANGS
From:
Minneapolis, MN & Ann Arbor, MI via Kalamazoo
Releases:
Cassette coming soon!
Bio:
Pull the plug. Drain the pool. Skate All Day! NO MORE SCHOOL!!
Fully reunited original lineup. Get hyped!
Playing:
Saturday/Sunday, 2:30am @ Wayne Manor (final performance of the weekend)
Link:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Grow-Fangs/328853210504907
HERMIT THRUSHES
From:
Philadelphia, PA
Releases:
Vinyl split with Daniel Francis Doyle (coming soon!)
Bio:
A cup of coffee filtered through a rainbow beard. Myriads of influences boiled down into calculated art punk madness.
Playing:
Friday, 9:45pm @ Louie’s
Links:
http://www.sgmgrecords.com/hermit_thrushes.html
HYPOCRITE IN A HIPPY CRYPT
From:
Bloomington, IN
Releases:
AD038 ‘All I Ask Ya, Alaska’
Bio:
Hypocrite in a Hippy Crypt is a musical project spawned from late nights, pick-me-ups, and craziness. Created by a 19 year old Bloomington resident, most of the songs were written in his basement and bedroom in the late hours of the night. Having started playing the guitar at 12, artists like Elliot Smith, Weezer, and the Beach boys influenced and helped create a distinct style and sound to the songs. The style has been described as a Lo-fi pop indie sound with a dash of folk, being compared to a cross between John Lennon and Syd Barrett.
Playing:
Saturday, 9:45pm @ Louie’s (first ever live performance!)
Link:
http://hypocriteinahippycrypt.bandcamp.com/
JEREMY RUGGLES & THE ECHO CHAMBER FAMILY BAND
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Bio:
Longtime Kalamazoo friends coming together to explore sound and the furthest reaches of pop music. Adventurous and passionate. This is what ‘indie rock’ is supposed to sound like.
Playing:
Saturday, 6pm @ Louie’s
Link:
http://www.jeremyrugglesmusic.com/
LOVESTRANGER MD
From:
Minneapolis, MN via Kalamazoo, MI
Releases:
Cassette coming soon!
Bio:
A cardiologist who plays simple music on keyboard. Songs for the midwest.
Playing:
Thursday, 9pm @ No Fun House
Link:
http://lovestrangermd.com/
MORSEVILLE BRIDGE
From:
Flint, MI
Bio:
One of our favorite Michigan artists. This is solo project of multi instrumentalist/inventor Ryan Gregory. One man band style heavy folk rock. Songs of beauty and longing.
Playing;
Friday, 6pm @ Louie’s
Link:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Morseville-Bridge/322959151515
http://morsevillebridge.bandcamp.com/
THE NEW DIET
From:
Chicago, IL
Releases:
split 7″ with The Binary Marketing Show (coming soon!)
Bio:
Showing all the silly ‘indie’ rock bands how it’s really done. Power, grace and passion.
Playing:
Saturday, 7:30pm @ Louie’s
Link:
http://thenewdiet.bandcamp.com/
OU OU
From:
St. Louis
Releases:
AD030 ‘Builded’
Bio:
Ambient, electronic & drone duo from Saint Louis. Focuses on studies of shifting and repeating patterns to create tension and texture. Sounds like Cronenbergian body-horror-core. A drum machine made of flesh. Tune in and zone out.
Playing:
Friday, 6:45pm @ Louie’s
Link:
http://ouou.bandcamp.com/
PETER DAMIEN COOK
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Releases:
AD008 The Philly Crawlers ‘Ethnic Pants’
Bio:
Frontman for the now defunct Philly Crawlers. Tortured pop tunes wandering into ecstasy.
Playing:
Thursday, 6:45 @ No Fun House
PROBLEMS THAT FIX THEMSELVES
From:
Chicago, IL
Releases:
AD001 ‘Sans’
AD003 ‘Seconds’
AD017 ‘Split w/ micromelancolie’
Bio:
The sound of robots falling in love. Noise for people who still like music.
Playing:
Friday, 9pm @ Louie’s
Link:
http://problemsthatfixthemselves.com/
THE REPTILIAN
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Releases:
AD025 ‘Live’
Bio:
Keeping Kalamazoo famous. Creative basement punk in it’s truest form. Don’t believe the hype. Gig nasty.
Playing:
Saturday, 6:45 @ Louie’s
Links:
http://thetilian.tumblr.com/
http://thereptilianband.bandcamp.com/
SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME
From:
Ann Arbor, MI
Bio:
Saturday Looks Good To Me is the songs and experiments of Michigan-born songwriter and producer Fred Thomas. Since their almost accidental genesis the band has taken on many different forms and variations, channeling widely varied influences from the history of pop music and the world all around us to sculpt a very personal, intensely honest wall of sound.
Playing:
Friday, 11:15pm @ Louie’s
Links:
http://www.slgtm.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Looks_Good_to_Me
SPECTRAL BEING
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Releases:
Cassette coming soon!
Bio:
Latest project from experimental synthesist Kyle Landstra. Three friends set out to discover and explore sonic realms with a collective consciousness of heightened awareness.
Playing:
Thursday, 11:15pm @ No Fun House
Link:
http://www.facebook.com/spectralbeing
SPELLING BEE
From:
St. Louis, MO
Releases:
Vinyl full length coming soon!
Bio:
Psychedelic post punk superstars ready to take the world by storm. Staggeringly beautiful songs powerful enough to shake any listener to their core.
Playing:
Saturday, 9pm @ Louie’s
Link:
http://www.reverbnation.com/spellingbee
TIM TAPPER
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Bio:
Inspired songwriter making introspective music about love and the importance of being alive. Longtime friend of the label.
Playing:
Thursday, 7:30pm @ No Fun House
Link:
http://timtapper.bandcamp.com/
WEARWOLF
From:
Kalamazoo, MI
Bio:
Original member of Forget The Times. Benji will be giving birth to his infectious electro horror creations. Dance till yr dead.
Playing:
Saturday/Sunday, 1am @ Wayne Manor