We have sorted out most of the details so we can now tell you that there will be a 5th way to pick up Gregor Samsa's new album REST from TKR. We are very proud to say we are putting our first release on vinyl! Rest is being pressed as a 140 gram Double LP. The vinyl version will be enclosed in a two piece heavy card stock double folio incorporating the rivet and string closure of the Ltd. Edition CD. The packaging is a new design produced for the first time by TKR and will be a limited edition of 500. This one is going to be a stunner and worth the wait.
The limited edition of Rest is now on sale for pre-order. Learn more about the various formats available for the new Gregor Samsa. Stop the letterpresses - there's more in "store"! The Fairline Parkway's A Memory of Open Spaces, #3 in our micro series with only 700 letterpressed copies made, is also in the store for pre-order. Click here and good luck!
In like a lion.14.March.08
Vs. the Snow is available now. To help celebrate, The LK kicked off their tour last weekend in Washington and are currently turning heads at SXSW. Their debut video for "Stop Being Perfect" - the kora bonus track - is also getting buzz by the likes of Pitchfork and Stereogum... and read P4K's tremendous (a 7.9!) album review here.
Here we go - Vs. the Snow is available now for pre-order. The LK tour is nearly complete, click here for dates/updates and see who else is on the road. We'll be debuting our first kora sampler at SXSW, so if you see us in Austin, make sure you get one. It features 6 tracks from upcoming releases including a beautiful song from Rest as well as some new kora artists we haven't even told you about yet. Gregor Samsa is previewing a track a week from Rest every Sunday on MySpace - if you haven't listened to any of it yet, get started, four tracks are already up.
Locked.Stocked.11.Dec.07 -
It's trifecta Tuesday with 3 new releases out today. Aidan Baker's Scalpel; after pre-sale there are only around 300 of these left, so get in on it soon. Meredith Bragg's Silver Sonya; has been featured on NBC's Chuck and is garnering a great buzz online and in print.
Donny Hue and the Colors' Mr. Red Blues; our first digital only release, gets us all in the holiday mood with their Christmas EP. Check out your favorite digital download store to get some festive tunes, it's online today.
Those in DC after Christmas - Dec 27th - Meredith Bragg's official CD Release show at the Black Cat with solo sets by Donny Hue and good pal Paul Michel.
Winter Blitz.5.Nov.07 -
We're ending the year with 3 new releases. Our first effort with Aidan Baker, Scalpel, is finally ready to put in your hands. There are only 500 of these to go around. Sparse guitars and sounds ebbing and flowing with ghostly vocals, it's an ambient gem... and what Aidan has called his folk record. Silver Sonya by Meredith is also now on pre-sale. There's more! We'll have our first digital only release on December 18th as Donny Hue and the Colors get in the holiday spirit with a Christmas EP! It's been a traditon of Ed Donohue's to write and record Christmas songs every winter for friends, and now we are letting a new batch come out for everyone to hear. Get to stuffing your musical stockings.
Silver Surfer.26.Oct.07 -
December 11th marks the return of Meredith Bragg, this time as a solo artist, with his masterful musical document named after the studio is was conceived in, Silver Sonya. Pre-orders begin November 6th. Aidan Baker fans Scalpel will have the same pre-order and release date as Meredith. What a day it's going to be!
More on Meredith in Stereogum. Listen to a track from Aidan's new release.
from far and near.17.Sep.07
Hej Hej! Please help us welcome from Malmö, Sweden, The LK, and from Washington, DC, The Fairline Parkway. We began a musical love affair with The LK after catching them in DC earlier this summer. Captivated by their infectious sound - a combination of indelible loops, resonating lyrics and shimmering vocals - we have no doubt their songs will be the indie anthems of many a house party next year. Their debut, VS. the Snow, with an extra bonus track for the USA, will be out in February.
We met Ben and Raj from Fairline for the first time in 2006 when their band Pagoda (now Roofwalkers), opened for Gregor Samsa. Both sides stayed in touch and when they sent us a copy of Lander's Peak we couldn't get it out of our stereo and kept thinking to ourselves, how did kora's karma get so good? Lander's Peak will be out in the new year as well. 2008, it's going to be one heck of a year. There's still more in store for '07 - Meredith and Aidan will be out in time for stuffing stockings.
thank you, come again.10.Sep.07
Friday night was one to remember at the Cat. We've never heard Olivia sound so good, Donny sound so trippy and Meredith and the Terms were as sharp as ever. Thanks to everyone that played and came out to watch. As Donny Hue and a dozen Colors demonstrate here - "oh how happy we are" and a song from the acoustic set at Olsson's.
In the meantime, we're trying to figure out how to clone Dan Swenson and prepping our big news on new bands to be delivered to you in a couple of weeks!
folkmotion.30.July.07
Donny Hue's Folkmote is here and looks gorgeous. Pre-orders are available now and the first 50 online orders include limited edition artwork by Donny Hue himself! Pre-orders ship August 20th - WashingtonPost.com approves with a "highly recommended." More press may be found here, and a long list of tourdates here.
mouth to mouth.21.May.07
On May 17th we took to the airwaves of DC with DJ KerO on Radio CPR. We featured songs from the kora cataloge, past and future. Speaking of the future - Donny Hue and The Colors, Folkmote, will be released on August 28th, we'll be taking pre-orders in July, including some limited editions copies!
Also on the horizon, as of mid July, there may not be internet radio. So check out how you can help save net radio and do your part! We loves our internets radio.
kora news.2.April.07
New kora band(s) alert!
Donny Hue and The Colors
We are happy to announce kora will release the debut full length album by Donny Hue and The Colors. The kora family tree is spreading its branches - Donny Hue is a member of The Terminals (The Colors also feature Terminal Dan Swenson), and, he's put together a fine record of his own. They'll be touring a'plenty when the album comes out in mid-summer. We'll have a release date for you real soon, for now go over to the sounds page and download real long time from the upcoming release.
Aidan Baker
We've gone north of the border up to Toronto and will be putting out the next record by the prolific Aidan Baker. Aidan has quite the resume of drone/ambient records, as well as being an accomplished writer. His band Nadja just got this lovely review from Pitchfork - "drone explorer Aidan Baker and bassist Leah Buckareff-- may be the best band in the world doing something exciting right now with Jesu/Godflesh/Napalm Death/etc. man Justin Broadrick's doom metal past."
New Kora Micro Series
These releases will mark the beginning of a new series of special limited release albums. They will all be packaged in newly designed letterpress envelopes, hand numbered mostly in editions of 500… though we have been known to break our own rules. We have a couple more of these gems already lined up for you, but why spoil the surprise now!
11.March.07
Hear some of Meredith's new solo work - he's posted a mix of the song Plinian on MySpace. Mr. Bragg has been busy in the studio the last few weeks, the new full length record will be coming your way in late summer.
No pouting because you can't wait a few months for all the new Meredith music, 3 shows with the Terminals are lined up for this month, with plenty of new songs to be heard. And... for a limited time you can get both of Meredith's kora releases as a low priced combo in the kora store. While you are there you can also grab The Out Crowd's debut on the cheap.
3.7.06 - Tour time We're happy to report that Meredith Bragg & The Terminals, Gregor Samsa, and, yours truly will be at the 10th annual MACRoCK festival next month in Harrisonburg, VA. Kora will be a part of the label expo on April 8th from noon to five, and both MB+TT and Gregor Samsa are playing on the same bill in Court Square Theater later that day. See you there! Make sure to check out the shows page for updated tour dates. Oh yeah, 55:12 is on sale now, Alternative Press just gave it 4 stars!
12.1.05 - Please welcome...
It was a daydream to put out an album by Gregor Samsa even before we started releasing albums just over a year ago. Needless to say it excites us to no end to announce that come early in the new year we will be bringing you their new album 55:12. We first fell in love with this band after seeing them play a show in NYC where we picked up all the recordings they had... something we suggest you do too...and when you can't imagine them topping those EP's check back this March to pick up their new full length and catch them on a US tour later that month. More information will be coming over the coming months, including song clips, artwork, pre-order info, and a possible limited edition to feature extra artwork and packaging.
In the mean time we have been assembling Meredith Bragg's follow up to Vol. 1, The Departures EP. It is available for pre-order in the Store, shipping in January. Meredith may also have some at his upcoming gigs, check out the Shows page for dates!
Both The Out Crowd (with special guests William and Achilles) and Meredith Bragg + The (expanded) Terminals floored us at the Kennedy Center this week... if you attended, you know what we mean... if you didn't, you can check out both shows online at the Kennedy Center site, here are the links, just click and scroll to the bottom of the page:The Out Crowd, MB+TT. You can also pick up one of a very limited number of left over posters printed for the occasion by Starshaped Press in the Store, supplies are limited. Thanks to everyone who came out to the first anniversary shows, especially The Out Crowd and Meredith Bragg + The Terminals.
11.1.05 - Posterized
We have some limited edition anniversary show posters for sale in the kora store. Get one before they're gone, only 25 will be sold thru the website. The Out Crowd will also have an amazing poster on their tour stops so make sure to bring some extra scratch when you see them. Check out a new interview with The Out Crowd's Matt Hollywood.
10.15.05 - Travellin Man
Want to follow Meredith Bragg on his cross country travels? Take a gander at his blog on Washington Post's website.
8.19.05 - Riot on the Radio
Meredith Bragg performs on Radio K in Minn. around 3p eastern time on September 1, tune in here to listen. Check out a story on Volume 1 by the great Mark Jenkins which aired on WAMU today, real audio or windows media.
7.05.05 - Meredith Mania
Thanks to everyone who made it out to the Black Cat Sunday night, it was an amazing evening. We are so excited for Volume 1, which climbed to #78 on CMJ this week. We'll have some photos from our first ever DC CD release show to share very soon, here's an excerpt from the review in the Washington Post - "Bragg and his band, the Terminals, played a show that justified the buzz, crafting a brief but sturdy set of low-key songs that emphasized their leader's fingerpicked acoustic guitar and sharply drawn lyrics."5.26.05 -Out Crowd on CMJ, Meredith Bragg CD Release show The Out Crowd have spent some time in CMJ's Top 200 chart and are on about 90 stations across this great land of ours. Some nice reviews have come over from another greal land, Australia. East Coast news: Meredith Bragg and The Terminals kick off a tour in support of Volume 1 on July 3rd at the Black Cat, your first chance to own the album before it hits stores on July 12.
4.7.05 -Spring Loaded The Out Crowd are officially in the van on the road. We're exicted, Vancouver is excited, you should be too! Also, we'll have some Meredith Bragg artwork to share in a couple of days, ooh it's nice, plus more summer treats in store! Washington's City Paper chimes in on Mr. Bragg's last show (and look he's back in the studio).
2.9.05 -New Reviews (updated 5.8), New MB tune Get caught up on press for The Out Crowd's Then I Saw the Holy City
Meredith Bragg has a song on the upcoming Deep Elm 'This is Indie Rock' compilation. Check out track 3.
1.29.05 - Audiovisuals Coming off of their big show with the Dandys, The Out Crowd perform live on Audioasis on KEXP tonight at 6p (Pacific), live on air and online. In print news, Meredith Bragg was featured in the Washington Post's daily, The Express, on Thursday, check it out.
12.21.04 -Meredith Bragg signs with the kora records
The Kora Records is proud to welcome Mr. Meredith Bragg to the family. Be on the lookout for his debut release in the early summer of 2005. We are honored to have him in the fold, as we've coveted his musicianship since the first time we saw him play, and, the debut album will not dissapoint fans of Elliott Smith, Death Cab for Cutie, and Neil Halstead.
2.8.04 -Diggin it Down Under (Updated) / New Shows Matt Hollywood is currently touring Australia, along with Brent from the Dandy Warhols, in conjunction with the movie DIG! The two are hosting premieres, playing shows and the like. Matt's been on national tv and the Aussies are taking quite a liking to Then I Saw the Holy City. December 10th Matt is on Australian MTV, on the 1th, Matt and Brent perform at the Sydney Opera House! The Out Crowd have added some shows in the NW, check the shows page for dates.
