HHBTM Records

2010-5-12

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:00:17 +0000

Hey Folks,
Lots and lots of news…… I don’t even know where to start. I guess I should tell everyone that Leslie and I moved into a new cottage home back in late March only to be living in the house for a week to find out it has a rat problem. Yep rats……I know it’s gross. Long story short we were able to break the lease, and we are now packing and getting ready to move into a new place over the next week that’s a bit on the out skirts of Athens. So now instead of living only 2.1 miles from work I’ll live 5.2 miles away. There might not be many updates over the next 2 weeks, but i’ll be able to check email at work as far as questions and orders go. Anyway on with the news………..

NEW RELEASES
The SMITTENS “Coolest Thing About Love” LP
The Coolest Thing About Love LP pre-order copies shipped last week, so If you didn’t do the pre-order you missed all the bonus goodies that came along with the record. We do however have copies of the LP available to ship now though. It comes with a 3 color silkscreen sleeve and digital download.

The SWEATER GIRLS “Do the Sweater” 7″
Do the Sweater / Fingers Crossed / Haven’t Got a Clue three song debut EP by this smooth California 5 piece will be quick to be a hit on turntables all across the nation. Think the Softies, the Crystals, and the Marine Girls and you are getting close to the perfection that is this single. If the songs don’t charm you the 2 color silkscreen board stock sleeve w/ insert and digital download will. Get them while you can…..you might want to order a second copy for ebay.

COMING SOON
FLASH TO BANG TIME – “Lead Balloon” 7″ single is at the plant currently. For those in the know you know Flash to Bang Time as Lynda Stipe of Oh Ok’s current band. The special treat we get on this 3 song single is both Lynda Stipe and Linda Hopper (Magnapop) sing together for the first time on record since Oh Ok. This quirky Athens romper will be available in June or early July.

TUNABUNNY – “Tunabunny” LP is currently at the plant with a release date of late July. We are working on a mobile as a pre-order item. 15 songs in roughly 40 minutes by this Athens four piece that defies placement.

the SUPERIONS
Been loads of new Superions news and videos. please go to the www.happyhappybirthdaytome.blogspot.com BLOG to check out all the updates. The guys are currently working on a Christmas album, a Halloween 7″, and a full length record. There might even be a live performance at CMJ this fall.

SALE
I need to clear out some stock, and make some room for lots of the new releases that are coming up…so this works out great for you as it’s the annual HHBTM summer sale. These deals will run till the end of the month.
Singles Club Sale: $40.00 (that’s $25.00 off) this can be ordered direct from the site.
Buy One Get One FREE CD Sale: you will have to email me the CD’s you want then I will send you a paypal request. Go to the site and pick a free CD for each CD you purchase. (the lower priced CD is the free one: meaning you can’t buy an EP and get a free Full Length title). The buy one get one free CD also applies to distro titles.

ATHENS POPFEST line up will be announced next Friday May 21st at noon eastern time with early bird 4 day full festival tickets for $40 for one week only. After the first week the full passes will go up to $45. This year is our best line up yet, and the 4 day pass will be your best option as it will run over $70 to pay at the door for individual shows one by one. So 4 day passes will save you some money this time around.

POPFEST TIME
HHBTM is well represented at many of this year’s popfests both in the USA and abroad.
New York Popfest (May 20 – 23) w/ Bunnygrunt, the Smittens, and Sweater Girls
San Francisco Popfest (May 27-30) w/ Cars Can Be Blue and Eux Autres
Indietracks (July 23 – 25) w/ the Smittens
Athens PopFest (August 10 – 14) w/ Keith John Adams, Afternoon Naps, Bunnygrunt, Cars Can Be Blue, Casper & the Cookies, Elekibass, Eux Autres, Marshmallow Coast, Oh Ok, Sourpatch, Sweater Girls, Titans of Filth, and Tunabunny

2010-02-17

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:01:23 +0000

The Superions (Fred Schneider of the B-52’s new project) will have their debut EP out on CD and in stores Tuesday February 23rd. The 12″ version will be delayed by a week, but should be available at your local mom and pop record shop by March 2nd. The EP features 3 originals and 4 remixes (Casper & the Cookies, the Lolligags, Marshmallow Coast, and Ursula 1000). There is still a little time to get one of the PREMIUM Pre-Order versions that comes with the CD / 12″ / button / keychain / autographed LP sleeve / and answering machine message. Only available till next Monday at midnight. Fred is being a real good sport and helping us out by doing loads of press. He’ll be on the Howard Stern show next week, he’s guest editing Magnet this week, doing CMJ’s tv program, doing a radio show with the legendary Tothar in Cleveland on Luxuriamusic.com on Sunday night 10 PM eastern on February 21st, has interviews coming up in the New Gay, the Onion, and loads more. Oh yeah he’s also Dj’ing and hosting the “Spring Thang Bingo Dance Party” on March 5th at the Gold Room in Atlanta, GA to raise money for the Georgia Music Hall of Fame & Pets are Loving Support . We’ll also be uploading the music video for ‘Who Threw That Ham at Me” shortly. (12″ ARTWORK PICTURED BELOW)

2010-01-19

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:32:58 +0000

The Superions “The Superions” EP is now available for download at most digital services today. The EP features 3 new tracks Totally Nude Island, Those Sexy Saucer Gals, and Who Threw That Ham at Me along with 4 remixes by Ursula 1000, the Lolligags, Casper & the Cookies, and Marshmallow Coast. The physical copies on CD & 12″ will be available on February 22nd.

2009-12-22

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:36:05 +0000

I know this has taken forever to post, but we had some delays in the project, but now it’s time for the big news. HHBTM will be releasing “The Superions” EP by the Superions, the new project by Fred Schneider (of the B-52’s) , Noah Brodie, and Dan Marshall. The CD EP & 12” features 3 new originals “Totally Nude Island”, “Who Threw that Ham at Me”, and “Those Sexy Saucer Gals” along with 4 remixes by Ursula 1000, the Lolligags, Casper & the Cookies, and Marshmallow Coast. The tracks will be available digitally on January 19th, 2010, and the CD & 12” will be available on February 16th, 2010. HHBTM is currently taking pre-orders with many different package deals. You can order just the CD or 12”, or get them together, or together with a button and keychain, or the deluxe package that features, both the CD, the 12”, a button, a keychain, an autographed silkscreen sleeve, and a personal answering machine message by the Superions. You can check out the video for the Ursula 1000 remix of “Totally Nude Island” on the HHBTM blog, and there will be a video for “Who Threw That Ham at Me” shortly. All 12”s will come with a free digital download of the EP.

In other news, all the Sourpatch pre-orders on LP will ship on December 28th. Also all bonus pre-order stuff for the Sourpatch CD and LP is currently spoken for. They will be touring this spring and summer so hit them up via email or myspace and tell them to come to your town. Oh yeah, all the Sourpatch LP’s will come with a free digital download of the album. (Thanks Chris Mac for working out how to do that for us).

Cars Can Be Blue “All the Stuff We Do” is currently being repressed on LP with a mid February release date. The CD is nearly gone, so if you don’t have it, you better order it real soon.

The Smittens “The Coolest Thing About Love” is being pressed on vinyl this spring. A pre-order will be available at the end of January.

New in the distro:
v/a – Springsteen tribute – Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool. DBL CD featuring (airport girl, eux autres, mj hibbett, the school, manhattan love suicides, and tons more)
Eux Autres – You’re Alight 7”
Eux Autres – Another Christmas at Home 7”

2009-11-24

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:15:57 +0000

Hey Folks,
I know it’s just been a very short time since the last update, but there has been a few new things come in distro wise, a new item, and new signings.

The Sourpatch “Crushin” pre-order has been going great. There are only a few totes left, so if you want the pre-order goodies you better hurry. The CDs will be in roughly the 2nd week of December with shipments going out right after Christmas. The LPs will be in at the end of December with shipments going out the first week of January if all goes well.

I added a new item. The HHBTM 2009 Button Set. Basically 6 buttons from the bands with new releases in 2009 (Forever, Marshmallow Coast, Casper & the Cookies, the Lovely Eggs, Bunnygrunt, & the Afternoon Naps) on a backer card.

Titans of Filth have a video for “Our Impending Announcement” up at the site and on the label blog. The Titans are from Athens, GA, and look for their debut vinyl release on HHBTM in spring of 2010.

On Monday there will be a huge announcement on the HHBTM site and big pre-order, so be sure to check back.

NEW DISTRO ITEMS
I have a few new distro items. These are all limited to just a few copies at the site, so I wouldn’t wait around long. These releases are all from the Uk so I only get a few copies at a time.

the Smittens / Just Joans – split 7″ (wee pop) limited to 500 copies. Both bands cover a song from each other plus one new original each. on thick pink vinyl.

Stamp Out the Loneliness – Pacific Trash Vortex / Cellophane 7″ (wiaiwya) sounds a bit like Nico fronting a more poppy version of Stereolab. both songs from the single are at their myspace. on nice thick powder blue vinyl.

Eux Autres – “Strangled Days” 10″ (wiaiwya) 4 news tracks wrapped in a poster sleeve and on think black vinyl.

Shrag – “Shrag” CD (wiaiwya) boy / girl shouty pop ala bearsuit but more on the noisy end. if you like huggy bear you’ll love shrag.

Also if you guys are having trouble with what to get your girlfriends and you don’t want to buy them music please go check out my wife’s craft site www.pancakemeow.com (charms, tea towels, sachets, dolls, pin cushions, buttons, and more).

see ya on Monday,
Mike

2009.10.22

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:21:32 +0000

The Bunnygrunt pre-orders have all finally shipped along with all the Afternoon Naps pre-orders. Sorry again for the massive delay. I’m now out of Bunnygrunt doll sets. I still have one or two of the Afternoon Naps pillowcases though. If you know anyone who is wanting a HHBTM 2007-9 singles club set, then they need to hurry as I only have 9 sets left. I’m not repressing the club so once it’s gone it’s gone for good. Most of the over run singles from the club are almost gone as well. If you haven’t done so already go check out the Marshmallow Coast podcast. Andy plays some of his favorite records and answers a bunch of interview questions. It looks like I’ll be doing one of these podcasts in the near future. Already thinking about what records I want to bring. The Tunabunny / Hulaboy split 12″ is now available, HHBTM and 555 split the pressing of 200 copies so get them while you can. We skipped the digital download on the record, but it does come with a CD of the songs. Distro wise we got in the Mj Hibbett disc all the way from the UK. It’s rather good, funny without being dumb more along the lines of Tullycraft snark meets Wedding Present. The Boyracer “Happenstance” LP is now out of print. I can’t believe it took 10 months to sell 50 copies. Cars Can Be Blue “All the Stuff We Do” LP is also out of print. We are doing a repressing, so it will be back in stock later this winter. Speaking of Cars Can Be Blue their case on Judge Judy was thrown out, apparently you can’t say Suck It on national tv. I’m going to Nashville for the weekend, so more news when I get back.

2009-09-18

admin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:22:23 +0000

Not much happened this week outside of psuedomaria winning the bunnygrunt & afternoon naps preorders. Next Friday’s give away is going to be a copy of each CD release on HHBTM that has been released since Jan 2008 which includes Bearsuit, Keith John Adams, Cars Can Be Blue, the Smittens, Hotpants Romance, Lolligags, Forever, Marshmallow Coast, Casper & the Cookies, Bunnygrunt, Afternoon Naps, and the Lovely Eggs. All you have to do to be entered to win is join the HHBTM newsgroup (link at the bottom of the site). The Bunnygrunt LPs are in, I’m now hoping to have the dolls finished by the middle of next week and ready to ship hopefully by the end of the week. The Afternoon Naps LPs are still being finished, so I’m hoping to ship this out in a week to 10 days. If you haven’t pre-ordered the Afternoon Naps “Parade” CD or LP that comes with the pillow case you should do so real soon, and I’m down to the last copies. (pic of the LP sleeve, CD and pillowcase below). The Tunabunny / Hulaboy split is held up another 2 to 3 weeks due to a pop on the Tunabunny side. A new plate is being made now. I have also listed up a bunch of extra copies or over-run copies of some of the singles club singles. Some singles didn’t have any extras, so if you hurry you might get the one single you want or need. Also I have had a few clubs returned to me from bad addresses, and I haven’t been able to get in touch with their owners to get their new addresses. So please if your name is listed below, or you know one of the people listed below have them email me….Lace Durant, John Thomason, William Lyon, William Bromfield, Matthew Mannering. I’d love to get these last singles clubs shipments to their owners. Loads of news coming over the weekend and next week. mike

2009-09-11

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:15:28 +0000

The first giveaway was completed today. Swimguy550 (still waiting for a reply on their name) won a full singles club. I am doing another giveaway next Friday with the lucky winner receiving special pre-order versions of the Afternoon Naps “Parade” & Bunnygrunt’s “Matt Harnish & Other Delights” either CD or LP (winner can choose the format). How do you sign up for a chance to win these you ask? Well just go to the newsletter button below and sign up. I’ll pick a random number and then you’ll get an email, it’s that easy. For all the folks who already pre-ordered the Bunnygrunt and Afternoon Naps LPs the wait is a bit longer than I had planned. Bunnygrunt vinyl should be here in about 10 days, and Afternoon Naps in about 20 days after talking to the pressing plant. Sorry about that, but all pressing plants are super swamped now that vinyl is so back in fashion. Also new items from Horowitz will be added to the distro this weekend as well as some singles club singles which I have a slight overrun of. (note: both tullycraft/smittens & andy from denver/red pony clock were the singles which had an under-run, so no luck if you wanted those.) More news later.

2009-09-05

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:52:25 +0000

After nearly a year of planning and procrastinating the new HHBTM site is finally here. There is still a bit of filling in info wise that has to be done, but Chris Mac at indiepages has really out done himself and created a site that I can even update. HHBTM celebrated it’s 10th birthday last weekend, and I just wanted to say thanks to all those that came out to support us. We gave away party hats and buttons on all three nights. The High Water Marks never made it down which was a bummer, but then again out of the three times I’ve booked them they haven’t been able to make it to Athens so it wasn’t a huge surprise. I’m going to be doing a series of give aways and promotions over the next 12 weeks. I’m going to randomly pick a name from the HHBTM newsgroup and then email that person and get their address so I can send them that week’s give away. So go to the button at the bottom of the page and subscribe to the HHBTM newsletter. I post maybe once a month, but I plan to start doing lots of give aways, and newsgroup only releases, so if you like the label you’ll want to join. The first give away is going to be a full singles club subscription w/ all the bonus goodies. I’m going to pick a name on Friday, so sign up now.

The Lovely Eggs & Cars Can Be Blue are currently on tour through the Northeast so go look for tour dates on the Tour Calendar. I’ve posted all the dates I have for the HHBTM roster through December.

HHBTM has also signed a few new bands starting with the Superions, Tunabunny, Titans of Filth, and Sourpatch. We’ll be releasing a Superions 12″ in late fall. If you didn’t know the Superions features Fred Schneider of the B-52’s and the single will feature 3 Superions tracks and a few remixes. Titans of Filth are currently recording their debut long player which will be vinyl and download only with an early 2010 release date. Sourpatch are currently working on the artwork finishing touches for their debut long player due out in just a few months. Tunabunny have a split 12″ w/ Hulaboy coming out in the next month, and then a debut long player later in the year.

HHBTM is also sad to announce that the Lolligags have put a hold on their debut album and at this time are on an extended hiatus. Too bad as the record was really sounding great. Maybe I can get them to change their mind, we’ll just have to see.

For anyone who has not got in their Bunnygrunt or Afternoon Naps preorders please do so real soon, as I only have a few Afternoon Naps pillow cases, and I’ve stopped taking orders on Bunnygrunt doll sets, but you can still get a random Bunnygrunt doll with your preorder.

Also I have some singles club sets left, get them while you can and before they start popping up on ebay. I had held aside some clubs for distros to offer to mom and pop stores, but held aside a few too many, so I still have a few available.

Oh yeah, distro items….we’ve added new items by Fishboy, Dum Dum Girls, Hollywood Gossip, and both Smittens pre-HHBTM titles are back in stock.
So until next time, thanks for stopping by. Mike & HHBTM

2009-09-02

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:47:24 +0000

The website isn’t fully finished just yet, but should be close by the end of the weekend. News about new releases, the 10 year party,new signings, and contests coming your way shortly.