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| News: 2003 |
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| News Archives - Current - 2004 - 2003 |
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| 11.10.03 - All New, All Different |
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Please check out these new record totes made by Polly Johnson (of 764-Hero) over at Suicide Squeeze! She's made two great designs, one each for Modest Mouse and for Pedro the Lion. Look for them over at the order page at Suicide Squeeze at this link. |
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All of us at Up Records are deeply saddened over the passing of musician Elliott Smith. Besides recently releasing a pair of songs with our friends at Suicide Squeeze records, he was involved in a few of Quasi's records on Up and the band also backed him on tour a few years ago. He and his talents will be missed by many, including us. |
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| 10.22.03 - 1969-2003 |
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Sonic Youth, Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, The Shins, The Black Heart Procession! How are they related? They're all playing Sat. November 8th at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Long Beach, California! The festival is curated by Simpsons creator, Matt Groening (he picked the artists who will be performing!) It all continues through the 9th. For tickets and information, click to the festival site
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| 10.21.03 - Party |
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| 10.15.03 - Genius |
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Quasi played with Brent Arnold and the Spheres last Friday (it was great!) and the Stranger printed a little article about the band, found here. Meanwhile, Susan Robb from Incredible Force of Junior was in the Stranger as well for receiving one of their first-annual Genius awards. That story is here. |
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| 10.14.03 - Happy Birthday |
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Happy Birthday to our new video section, collecting those that we've made ready over the past few weeks and all those that will be showing up in the near future, from Up past and present. We're also celebrating the birthdays of Pete, and my sister Samantha. Happy Birthday! |
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| 10.10.03 - Stuff |
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Lots of people keep buying home-made imitations of our shirts and posters on ebay for prices ridiculously higher than we charge. We'd like everyone to notice what we've got for sale here and note that they can get Modest Mouse and Built To Spill posters for $1 here, not $7 or $10 like on ebay, and the shirts going for $25 on ebay are $12 here. Everything is available in our store which is over at www.updirect.com. Also watch for more videos on the site soon. |
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Thanks to all of the people who have been writing in asking what's up with Duster, the Up Robot has made a music video for the song "Me And The Birds."
Duster are planning on recording a new album this winter, but in the meantime, sit back and enjoy.
special thanks to Natsuko, Frank, and Chris for their help.
Watch Movie (5 MB, .mov format) Use Quicktime or Windows Media Player to view the movie. |
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| 10.01.03 - Duster |
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Mike Johnson played a solo show at Seattle's Chop Suey on September 20th. Here's a video recording of the first song he played, which was "Names" off of his latest album What Would You Do. Check it out if you were unfortunate enough to have missed the show, or even if you didn't. Watch Movie (7 MB, .mov format) Use Quicktime or Windows Media Player to view the movie. |
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| 09.24.03 - MJ |
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| 08.14.03 - Polar Goldie Cats rule |
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Polar Goldie Cats have added a video for "Devastation" to their website. Just go over to www.polargoldiecats.com to check it out! Also not to be missed is a review of their recent show by the LA Times. You can see that by clicking here. |
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| 06.18.03 - Scotty |
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Sadly, Scotty Jernigan of Karp and The Whip died in a boating accident on Tuesday, June 10th. Well known for his kick ass drumming, as well as his carefree spirit, he was also one hell of a funny guy. He will be missed by many. |
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Check out some photos from the November 21, 2002 show with Mike Johnson and Doug Martsch. They played three nights at the Chop Suey in Seattle from the 21st to 23rd. Go here for the photos. |
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| 04.14.03 - Photos |
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| News Archives - Current - 2004 - 2003 |
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| New Release |
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Caustic Resin
keep on truckin' |
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Keep On Truckin' is Caustic Resin's sixth
full length album since their incarnation over a decade ago. The album was recorded at Audio-Lab in
Garden City, Idaho by Jon Mullin (Doug Martsch, The Suffocation Keep), with some additional recording
done at The Space in Ballard, WA, and tracking & mixing at Hall
of Justice in Seattle by Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Les Savy Fav, et al.) & Brett Netson. "Keep On Truckin'" was
produced by Caustic Resin & Jim Roth, with Jim engineering. The band consists now of Netson
(guitar and vocals), Mike Johnson (bass and guitar), and Pat Perkins (drums). Netson explains the
difference between Keep On Truckin, and previous releases: "The last two were sort of experiments.
This one is more grim, sort of outwardly vicious. Not as self-involved. Been living in LA off and on, there's
different kinds of things that are in your face on a daily basis. A lot less space. A variety of dangers.
The record kind of reflects that." Tom Romich and Jim Roth (Voodoo Gearshift, The Delusions) round out
the artists involved, with Tom performing vocals on "8th St." and bass on other tracks, and Jim playing steel guitar
on "Message to Shareholders" and "Viva La Causa!" with the former also featuring him
on moog. The album was released February, 2003 and is available online from updirect.com. |
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more information:
Caustic Resin artist page
UP098: Keep On Truckin'
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| New at Updirect |
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 Built To Spill
Alien Seal Shirt |
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