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| Blackball RecordsRecent NewsJazzbreaker produces Jawbreaker jazz/big band tribute Jazzbreaker, a rather unusual project, has put together a series of Jawbreaker covers recorded in the style of big band or jazz. All the instruments were performed by Joey Coloroso and the songs covered include "Boxcar," "Kiss the Bottle," "Want," "Chesterfield King" and more. You can check out some of the songs here.…More details, video from the Thorns of Life (Blake Schwarzenbach, Aaron Cometbus) More details are now available on Black Schwarzenbach's new band. The Thorns of Life, features the influential Jawbreaker and Jets To Brazil frontman on guitar, Aaron Elliott of the Cometbus zine, Crimpshrine and Pinhead Gunpowder on drums and actress / musician Daniela Sea on bass. Sea performed in Berkeley punk rock acts the Gr'ups and Cypher In The Snow and most recently appeared on Showtime series…Photos confirm Blake Schwarzenbach and Aaron Cometbus collaboration Some new photos from Brooklyn D.I.Y. confirm rumours that Jawbreaker and Jets To Brazil mastermind Blake Schwarzenbach has indeed teamed up with Aaron Cometbus of Cometbus, Crimpshrine,…Blackball confirms wide release for Jawbreaker "Unfun" reissue Adam Pfahler of Jawbreaker and Blackball Records emailed us about one specific part of the upcoming Unfun remastered reissue. Though earlier reports indicated that the album was to be limited to Hot Topic retail at release, this is no longer the case: Unfun will be released to ALL retail stores at the same time, fair and square. Hot Topic will carry it—they have our other stuff, which is great if you don’t have a mom and pop around and still like to have something in your hand…Jawbreaker plans "Unfun" reissue, talks documentary The members of beloved punk act Jawbreaker have posted a lengthy bulletin discussing their current status and talking about some upcoming releases. The first chunk comes from Adam Pfahler who discussed the reissue of the band's 1990 album, Unfun: I am going back down to LA this weekend to [work on the remaster.] Unfun will be available online through the usual providers and in stores in early 2009 on Blackball Records. Extras will include the 7" mix of Busy and alternate mixes of Want and Fine Day. The CD and LP…Jawbreaker unveils more reissue information Adam Pfahler, former drummer of east bay punk band, Jawbreaker has sent another MySpace update on the upcoming reissue of their 1990 album Unfun. The album has been remastered and will be available on vinyl, CD and MP3 Hey, I just got back from LA, where I remastered Jawbreaker's first full length Unfun lp with the great John Golden. With a 24 bit transfer at a higher sampling rate, the new version sounds great and is closer to the original analog tapes than when we first went to cd way back in 1991.…Jawbreaker's 'Unfun' to see remastered reissue Jawbreaker drummer Adam Pfahler has unveiled plans for an eventual reissue of the band's first full-length, Unfun. The news came via a MySpace bulletin where Pfahler mentions that he will hit the studio in February with Jon Golden to remaster the album. No additional details were announced, though he did say "it'll be available on…Adam Pfahler talks about Jawbreaker documentary, newly unearthed track Adam Pfahler of Blackball Records and Jawbreaker has posted another update on the documentary about the influential and beloved band. He had this to say: The documentary shoot chugs along. Keith and Tim are still lining up interviews and shopping the film to distros (Rhino, Plexi, Vagrant, etc). So far none of them wanna pony up the finishing costs, but the boys are still shooting and hoping to finish by December. We'll see... Adam also mentions…Adam Pfahler details progress on Jawbreaker documentary Adam Pfahler of Blackball Records and Jawbreaker has posted a brief update on the documentary about the influential and beloved band. He had this to say: I just finished a few more days shooting with Keith and Tim for the Jawbreaker documentary. For those of you who don't know, these are the guys who did the minutemen movie. Blake is next in NYC later this month. This is a huge undertaking - shooting, gathering the archival footage, tracking people down for…Second part of Jawbreaker audio documentary Adam Metz solo musician, formerly of Bicycle Rider has produced a three part audio documentary about Jawbreaker. Metz has previously recorded with bands such as Neutral Milk Hotel and Toe. He had this to say about the second part: Today, the second segment airs, and it features never-before heard interview footage with drummer Adam Pfahler and an unreleased track, a live version of "Do You Still Hate Me," from a 1993 live show at CBGBs in New… |
