13 new songs of winter. cold cold winter that wrestles any bit of decency and hope that remains deep in the depths of february. these come in a hand-made screenprinted sleeve, drawn by Luke Morris.

(tinyfolk)
01. Valley Forge
02. On Fire
03. My Past Was an Evil River
04. Golden Fur
05. Baudelaire Went

(manipulator alligator)
06. safer in the summer
07. SO
08. slowing down
09. go in the water
10. icy death
11. You Make Loving Fun (fleetwood mac cover)
12. Stupidity
13. Til I Die (beach boys cover)

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This is Sometimes a Riverbed is a loose concept album exploring themes of mental health and the cycle of emotions-- how sometimes one can be full up with drunk wonder and productivity, brimming with hope and beauty, and how that river can run dry. It's about friends, and how we help each other. It's about coming home from the war and marrying your first true love, about the kindness of strangers and never-ending trust in other human-beings.
The songs are like dreams, shimmering moments so lucid they're almost painful. There is so much beauty and meaning lying right here at our feet, in riverbeds and in our bones.

this is the first thing we've had done in large quantities by a factory worker. they'll be here soon. they'll be in hand-screenprinted cardboard sleeves. by far my favorite recording this year.

1. This is sometimes a riverbed
2. Yes, still
3. A song for J.M.
4. Beard of bees
5. Other lives
6. Winter blues no. 1 (Spring is found!)
7. Since life got easy
8. On our way
9. Flood plains
10. Riverbeds
11. What this world is for

Super Famicom - Weather Patterns Alligator - Valley Forge

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I'm Doing Okay Today - cassette compilation

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fire island AK - Songs in Night

Quiet Bears - We Are All Legend
It has been a year since Quiet Bears released a cassingle as part of our first Cassingle Series. This time they went deeper. 7 new songs from our favorite Iowa songbears. hand screenprinted foldover sleeve designed by Johnnie of Quiet Bears. I hope that you fall in love with this.

Milly Geronimo & the Blanket Truth - Winter Songs
Global Warming or no, it is a bizarre fact that a january ice storm can inundate and erase so much leftover summer joy in the middle of america while, simultaneously, coastal north carolina and sunny california feel the warmest sunny rays of the season. a split cd-r of opposing approaches given opposing locations. 6 new songs of winter focus. milly geronimo of illinois faces the mystery and danger of winter with 3 story songs about long underwear and feeling cold. The Blanket Truth of california offers a guitar/synthesizer/drum machine sense of optimism in the face of cold weather and strange feelings. comes in hand-silk screened and crafted paper envelope with a sturdy insert and ample snowflakes.

cassingle - octagon island & psbcc
This is the final cassingle. it is two songs from two chicago pop makers. After a full-length cassette on Carpet the Sun and a Full-Length cd-r on Sanitary, The ERE evolved into Octagon Island, adding a computer and more singing. Paul's Sad Bastard Chicken Coop is Paul Quarry, and has created a deep and textured pop anthem that nicely closes the cassingle series. Orange cassettes in a screenprinted box. chickens and kittens.

cassingle - partisan
a collection of two long-winded 5-minute dirges from one of my favorite Milwaukee bands in forever. Partisan was kind enough to take part in a growing and almost over-with series, and I'm so excited that these are ready. sleeved in a hand-printed scroll crafted by Partisan, and tied with twine, these are clear brown tapes with brown words on them.

Grumpy Bear & Sleepynaut - Blande on Blande
These 12 new jams from two excellent bands have been swirling in my house every afternoon this month. following closely on the heels of their insanely genius split with Boo Hiss on tract records, Grumpy Bear crafts 6 more songs of loathing and longing. Sleepynaut is new to me, but long overdue in my cd player. dancing like 1983, shivering with flu-like symptoms, weird times at ridgemont high. 12 new jams from the weird open spaces of arizona and elsewhere. packaged in low-fidelity hand-made & screenprinted digipaks. our most ambitious packaging project yet.

cassingle - half-handed cloud & king of red lions
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gr. glacer - tired claws
An amazing ep that arrived at my house via postal service delivery one afternoon last year. only one year later were we able to give it the attention it deserved. this is some of my favorite music, most awesome songs and sounds. this cd-r comes in a hand screened arigato pak.

Homebreaker - lo-fi tribute to skeeter davis
this is a cassette with 6 bands covering songs from Skeeter Davis. this tape is the reason we started a record label. side a: emily jane powers - "the end of the world" colin clary - "let me get close to you" the faintest ideas "my last date with you" side b: lys guillorn - "I can't help you (I'm falling too)" regal beagle sessions "optimistic" thee moths "my happiness" they come packaged in nice brown screenprinted boxes

cassingle - emily jane powers
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Manipulator Alligator - warm at home this morning
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you can download it here

cassingle - boo hiss and real live tigers
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cassingle - nedelle and the curtains
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paul protocol - analog digital

9 songs of mashed up video game squeaks and bouncing beats.

cassingle - quiet bears

Johnnie and Bambi live in Iowa and record in a spare room, combining understated guitar and texture with ethereal lyrics. Both songs are slow and deliberate. red cassettes with blue block printing. sleeves are hand-drawn by quiet bears.

cassingle - saturday looks good to me
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cassingle - wolf tracks

two beautiful bedroom hymns, yellow block-printed cassettes. the first 50 were packaged in hand-sewn felt sleeves. the last 50 are packaged in red printed cloth bags.

cassingle - colin clary
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COLOR - a sanitary compilation

A compilation of songs about color, delivered to you in a hand-printed box with folding lid, a coloring book, and crayons. with songs from: The Kallikak Family (tell-all records), The Ants (sick room records), Nat Baldwin (broken sparrow records), Bird By Snow, Aid (sanitary records), Erin Day, Manipulator Alligator (sanitary records), Belly Boat (stop drop records), Colin Clary (asaurus records), Quiet Bears (asaurus records), and Boo Hiss (tract records).

the solvents - i hear the desert is a lonely hot place to die
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manipulator alligator - summer is a bad excuse
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