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| Barsuk Records Official Website: http://www.barsuk.com About:
Members of This Busy Monster founded the label in 1994 to put out their own records. Barsuk (from the Russian word for "badger") is "named after a very friendly black lab/pit-bull mix who is loved by all who meet him." From it's inception the label has become a major supporter of indie pop, releasing records from a roster that includes Death Cab For Cutie, Nada Surf, Rilo Kiley, John Vanderslice and others.
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Death Cab For Cutie, John Vanderslice, Nada Surf, Rocky Votolato, Travis Morrison Hellfighters, Chris Walla, Menomena Recent ReviewsRecent NewsMenomena Menomena will be hitting the road this month in continued support of their acclaimed Barsuk full length, Friend and…Rocky Votolato Rocky Votolato is kicking off his summer tour today. The Seattle-based singer-songwriter is touring in support of his second Barsuk release, The Brag and…Mates of State: "Re-arrange Us" Mates Of State have launched a full album stream of their new record for Barsuk. The record is titled Re-Arrange Us and is due out May 20, 2008. It is the follow up to Bring It Back. You can check out the album…Mates of State set to release new album East Haven, Connecticut based husband and wife tag-team wrestling champions and/or popular musical ensemble Mates Of State have announced a May 20th release date for their fifth studio album, Re-Arrange Us. The record will be released via Barsuk Records and will feature a baby…Nada Surf: "Lucky" Brooklyn, NY's Nada Surf has made their new album, Lucky, available for streaming in its entirety on their MySpace page. The record is due for release on Feburary 5th via Barsuk Records. The band previously released The Weight Is A Gift on Barsuk in 2005.…Chris Walla: "St.Modesto" Though the album experienced some unusual hiccups, Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie has unveiled the first song from his upcoming solo record. It is titled Field Manual and is due out January 29, 2008. You can find "St.Modesto" on this page.…Nada Surf Nada Surf have announced March and April tour dates in support of their second album for Barsuk. The record is titled Lucky and is due out February 05, 2008. It is the follow-up to The Weight Is A Gift which was released in…Rocky Votolato (Europe) Rocky Votolato has posted the dates for his European tour in…Death Cab for Cutie guitarist's solo album confiscated by Homeland Security Chris Walla, the guitarist and producer of Death Cab for Cutie recently found himself on the strange end of the law when a hard drive containing his solo album was seized by Homeland Security. Walla had been working on the album in Canada and was shipping it to his label, Barsuk, when it was seized and given to Homeland Security's computer forensics departments, probably in a search for Osama bin Laden who may be hiding on the hard drive. He added: [The courier] got to the border and he had all his paperwork and it was all…Nada Surf: "See These Bones" Nada Surf has posted the first song from their upcoming sophomore release for Barsuk. The record is titled Lucky and is due out February 05, 2008. It is the follow-up to The Weight Is A Gift which was released in 2005. The band recently discussed the album with Billboard saying: There is some hard rock, almost early '80s British metal for a couple of minutes. I don't even know if the record is going in a positive direction or a vitriolic direction. I think it's… |
