The Good Good-- The Wants And The Want Nots CDep (FCH28.75)

 
The Good Good-- The Wants And The Want Nots CDep (Harlan Records #28.75)

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6 songs.
Recorded summer 2005 by Peter Woods.
500 copies pressed, October 2005.

Credits:

Natalja Kent-- guitar, voice, megaphone, flute, windchimes
David Penn-- bass, voice, guitar, keyboard, melodica, drums
Amber Woods-- guitar, voice, megaphone, glowing
Peter Woods-- drums, voice, percussion, accordion, keyboard, violin, melodica, samples
Christophe (Glen Or Glenda)-- bass clarinet on "Flies" and "Paper, Metal, Marble"

Track Listing:

1. Silhouette
2. Clouds
3. All The Voices
4. Paper, Metal, Marble
5. Flies
6. 3 Voices

Notes:

* These songs were also released as The Good Good/ Chocolat Billy split LP (Potagers Natures #29), and as half of the Furrows CD (Menlo Park Records).

* Members also in Bloodhuff, Querent, Acht(en), Boomfancy, Cha Cha Cha, Cobra Kai, Seven Days Of Samsara, Gal & Lad, and Short Millie.

TGG @ FWYH house. Bloomington IN, February 2005. Photos by Nate Powell.

Callers-- s/t CDep (FCH028.5)

Callers-- s/t CDep (Harlan Records #28.5)

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5 songs.
Recorded summer 2005 by Ryan and Sara in a haunted-ass house in Providence RI.
500 copies pressed, September 2005.

Credits:

Sara Lucas-- voice, guitar
Ryan Seaton-- guitar, voice, saxophone
Lee Buford-- drums on "Julia"

Track Listing:

1. The Other Day
2. O Yer Cordial
3. Julia
4. Work
5. Khephra

Notes:

* Callers' own site can be found here.

* Members also in Flaws, Siren Cult, Denim Venim, Halo Perfecto, and Rainy Day Regatta.

Callers (Don Godwin, Sara Lucas, Ryan Seaton) in Bloomington IN, March 2009. Photo by Nate Powell.

Practice. Brooklyn NY, August 2008. Photo by Nate Powell.

Mt. Gigantic-- Old Smiler CD (FCH027)

Mt. Gigantic-- Old Smiler CD (Harlan Records #27)
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7 songs.
Recorded June 2003 by Mike Dixon in Bloomington IN.
First released on a tour CDR, December 2003 (100 copies made).
LP released by Friends And Relatives Records in May 2004 (600 copies made on grey trash vinyl).
CD is a split release with Friends And Relatives Records. 1000 copies, November 2004.

Credits:

Ben Bussell-- drums, keyboard
Mike Dixon-- bass, voice
Megan Downey-- keyboard, voice, tambourine
Justin Vollmar-- guitar, air organ, bells, voice
Jason Williams-- voice, guitar
Greg Dixon-- guest violin
John Ringhoffer-- guest slide trombone
Ryan Stearman-- guest sleigh bells
Erin Tobey and Torlando Hakes-- claps

Track Listing:

1. Bring Back The Healthy
2. Dip Into My Daddy
3. Grandpa Plays The Drums
4. Raechel And Her Children
5. Bells
6. Hey There Is No Birthday Party For Me In Here I Want To Punch You
7. Making Time For/ It Is Time For

Notes:

* Shortly after the recording of this album, Mt. Gigantic's lineup shifted to Jason Williams, Justin Vollmar, and Megan Downey, with Matt Tobey (drums, melodica), Erin Tobey (bass, voice), Dorey Fox (violin, voice), and Justin Clifford Rhody (inaudible tiny acoustic guitar, voice). This lineup existed in some form from fall 2003 to 2005, when Megan and Dorey each left.

* Members also in Lougow, Vollmar, Memory Map, Prayer Breakfast, Rep Seki, Ooga Booga Caveman Sabertooth Tiger Band, Homecomings, Rapider Than Horsepower, Sump Pumps, Good Luck, Matty Pop Chart, Kimya Dawson, Erin Tobey, Fat Shadow, Pink Razors, Abe Froman, Usurp Synapse, Candidate.

Mt. Gigantic @ SuperHappyFunLand. Houston TX, January 2004. Photo by Nate Powell.

Mt. Gigantic @ NBA Jam house. Bloomington IN, December 2003. Photo by Nate Powell.

Mt. Gigantic @ NBA Jam house. Bloomington IN, December 2003. Photo by Nate Powell.

Mt. Gigantic @ SuperHappyFunLand. Houston TX, January 2004. Photo by Nate Powell.

Slang-- s/t CD (FCH026)

Slang-- s/t CD (Harlan Records #26)

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9 songs.
Recorded May 2004 by Rob McGregor at Goldentone Studios in Gainesville FL.
1000 CD's pressed, June 2004.
LP released by Obscurist Press, 2005-- 500 copies pressed.

Credits:

Micah Daw-- drums
Samantha Jones-- bass, voice
Patrick Quinney-- guitar, voice

Track Listing:

1. Shaking Hands With Our Enemies
2. Royal Gardens
3. The Sea Stole My Brother
4. Oh, City Of Graves
5. Sports Sentimentalist
6. Within My Reach, Diving
7. Fatal Gestures
8. My Mountain Music
9. Familiar In The Morning

Notes:

* Members also in Cassette, Holopaw, The Deep And Holy Sea, Nervous Dogs, Fiya, The Beat Buttons, Bitchin', Rumbleseat, Vanbuilderass, The Crustaceans, and The Goddamn Deluge.

The only photo of Slang on the internet, circa 2004. Taken from the Dead Tank blog.

Patrick in Milwaukee WI on tour, June 2004. Photo by Nate Powell.

The Insides-- Endangered Young'uns CD (FCH023)

 
The Insides-- Endangered Young'uns CD (Harlan Records #23)

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11 songs.
Recorded September 2002 by Daren at Plan B Studios in Philadelphia PA.
500 copies pressed, May 2003.

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- guitar, voice
Hannah Lew-- moog, glockenspiel, voice
Pete-- drums, voice
Lawrence Wilson-- bass, voice

Track Listing:

1. Cobra Fangs
2. Do It In The Graveyard
3. You're Dead
4. Baltimore Ave. Parade
5. Violet T-Shirt
6. Kick The King
7. Creative Non-Fiction
8. Tarantulove
9. Cars Overboard (the south street bridge)
10. Superjam
11. Oh

Notes:

* The Insides went through a number of drummers over the years. Pete from Unpersons drummed from 2002-2003, followed by Sean (that burly, wacky, kind motorcycling wingnut guy in the Northeast) for a winter tour in early 2004, then Mark Lierly from Soophie Nun Squad/ Pallbearer/ Sugar & The Raw, and finally the drummer for Tulsa (was his name John Paul?) for 2006-2007, when The Insides fully reformed in the Bay Area.

* Members also in Sand City,  Grass Widow, Lazy Fair, Soophie Nun Squad, Shake Ray Turbine, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, Ghost Family, Shitstorm, and Unpersons.

The Stranger Steals-- The Goals Of Misbehavior CD (FCH020)

 
The Stranger Steals-- The Goals Of Misbehavior CD (Harlan Records #20)

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11 songs.
Recorded 2000-2001 by Joel Szymanowki in Little Rock, AR.
1060 copies pressed, September 2001.

Credits:

Lloyd Benjamin-- drums
Jeremy Brasher-- bass
Alan Disaster-- guitar
Louisa Rook-- guitar
Victor Wiley-- voice

Track Listing:

1. Insectivroid Inspector
2. Dripping Brush
3. Electromagnetic
4. Shields Up Motherfucker
5. Satellite
6. Ocular Doppler
7. From The Market Grows The Swinging Rope
8. Rou Senil
9. Haunted Home
10. The Unlovable Dollar
11. Living In A Small Mine

Notes:

* This is possibly the best single recording Harlan Records ever released, and I really wish I would've invested the time to make an LP out of it instead of a posthumous CD. TSS deserved to be spread far and wide.

* TSS's vocalist Victor Wiley was, in my opinion, the most original and inventive vocalist in Little Rock punk history, and perhaps its greatest performer. Sadly, Victor passed away on May 20th, 2007, and central Arkansas has felt his absence ever since. Rest in peace, sweet visionary!

*Members also in Smoke Up Johnny, R.I.O.T.S., All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, Clicking Beetle Bad Omen Band, Sex, Amor Es Revenge, FuYu, Uptown Prophets Of Armageddon, The Moving Front, The Looks, Rock City Symptom, Chaos LR, The Divine Hook-Up, Foxy Emma, and Bloodless Cooties.

TSS @ Park Street. Little Rock AR, December 2000. Photo by Eli Milholland.

The sweet visionary Victor Wiley. Photo by Eli Milholland.

TSS @ UALR. Little Rock AR, January 2000. Photo by Nate Powell.

Rainy Day Regatta-- The Music Is On CD (FCH015)

 
Rainy Day Regatta-- The Music Is On CD (Harlan Records #15)

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9 songs.
Recorded March 1999 by Greg Norman at Truckstop in Chicago IL.
952 copies pressed, January 2000.

Credits:

Ryan Seaton-- guitar, voice
Mikael Wood-- guitar, voice

Track Listing:

1. Opening
2. Spinning
3. (In F & E)
4. The Music Is On
5. The Beauty In That Time Was Forgetting The Details
6. Gazing Away
7. I'll Be Home From Wednesday
8. Stars
9. Nothing Left To Say

Notes:

* The bonus tracks on this download are from their "Living As We Do In The Midst Of So Much Ordered Light And Noise" 12", recorded in November 1999 and released by Landmark Records in September 2000. Mary Clarendon Mulkey joined the band at this point, and is featured on the 12".

* Members also in Callers, Flaws, Siren Cult, Denim Venim, Halo Perfecto, Soophie Nun Squad, and K.

RDR at Popfest. Riverfront Belvedere, Little Rock AR, August 1998. Photo by Nate Powell.

RDR parking lot practice before recording with Burt Taggart in Fayetteville AR. October 2000. Photo by Nate Powell.

Red Forty-- discography CD (FCH014)

 
Red Forty-- discography CD (Harlan Records #14)

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17 songs.
1-12 recorded 1994-1996 by Barry Poynter in Little Rock, AR.
13-17 recorded July 1994 by Ray Brooks at Crystal Studios in Bryant, AR.
First pressing: 1099 copies, August 1999.
Second pressing: 1100 copies, June 2005.

Credits:

Colin Brooks-- guitar
Steve Kooms-- drums
Ben Nichols-- bass, voice

Track Listing:

1. Cry At The Table
2. Will Be Mine
3. Wish I Was A Racecar Driver
4. Smile Back
5. Where Are You Loca Nadine?
6. Straight Past Me
7. Lucky
8. Seventeen
9. Date At The Payphone
10. Firebrand
11. Frisco
12. The Outsiders
13. Five Nine
14. Girl
15. Rocker
16. Same Road Again
17. Veronica

Notes:

* 13-17, along with 3 songs not on this CD, were on Red Forty's demo tape (self-released, 1994).
* 9-12 were on the "Date At The Payphone" 7" (Landmark Records, 1995).
* 6 was on the We've Lost Beauty: A Compilation For Christopher comp LP (File 13 Records, 1996).
* 3 was on the "Heartbreakers And Rumpshakers" comp 7" (Harlan Records, 1998).

* Members also in Lucero, Dan Zanes & Friends, Vegas Thunder, Pezz, The Stills, The Big Cats, Skeleton Key, The Results, Substance, Step By Step, The Numbskulz,  Ho Hum, 2 Minutes Hate, Lucky Old Sun, Victory Garden, G, Sint, and Shatner.

Red Forty @ Das Yutes A Go-Go. Little Rock AR, October 1995. Photo by Nate Powell.

William Martyr 17-- The Celebration Of Forever CD (FCH013)

William Martyr 17-- The Celebration Of Forever discography CD (Harlan Records #13)

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11 songs.
1-4 recorded November 1994 by Chris Atwood at Jonathan Thompson's house in Cammack Village, AR. 5-7 recorded January 1994 at Maness Studio in Little Rock, AR. 8-9 recorded spring 1994 at Clay Simmons' house. 10 recorded from Stewart Isbell's Little Rock Update VHS comp at 800 State Street, March 1995. 11 recorded fall 1995 at Second Story Studio.
1043 copies pressed, May 1999.

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- guitar (tracks 1-4, 10-11), voice (track 10)
Chris Horne-- drums (tracks 1-9)
Jonathan Lovett-- guitar
Clay Simmons-- bass (tracks 1-9, 11), drums (track 10)
Matthew Werth-- voice, bass (track 10), drums (track 11)

Track Listing:

William Martyr 17 songs--
1. Summer
2. Four Years Long
3. Kenya
4. Professional Beggar
5. Swallow This Pride
6. Jejune
7. Blame It Red
8. Nothing
9. Never Was Too Much Of A Man

Inherit The Sun songs--
10. Nameless But Not Faceless
11. Spilling Light

Notes:

* "Swallow This Pride" is from the William Martyr 17/ Crown Of Glory split 7" (File 13/Almut Records, 1994)
* "Four Years Long" is from the William Martyr 17/ Plunger split 7" (Spearfinger/ File 13 Records, 1995)
* "Professional Beggar" and "Kenya" are from "The Celebration Of Love" 7" (File 13/ Bloodlink Records, 1995)
* "Nameless But Not Faceless" is from The Little Rock Update comp VHS (Stewart Isbell, 1995)

* William Martyr 17 ended abruptly with the tragic death of drummer Chris Horne on December 3, 1994 after a late night drive back from a WM17 show in Fayetteville, AR. He was only 16.

* Inherit The Sun was a short-lived postscript to WM17, with surviving members jogging their instrument duties. They played two shows in March 1995. Afterwards, Clay and Matthew played together briefly in Basil, and Clay and Dustin played together in Shake Ray Turbine for several years. 

* Sadly, Jonathan Lovett passed away in early 2007 after a battle with cancer.

* Members also in Favourite Sons, Aspera, The Divine Hook-Up, No City No State, Revolver Red, Ricochet Rocket, Sand City, Soophie Nun Squad, The Insides, Shake Ray Turbine, Heads Are Heavy, Hundred Years War, Unfixers, Basil, Generation Of Vipers, and Crown Of Glory.

Chris Horne with William Martyr 17 @ The Belvedere. Little Rock AR, November 1994. Photo by Ben Mistak.

William Martyr 17 @ The Belvedere. Little Rock AR, November 1994. Photo by Ben Mistak.

Soophie Nun Squad-- Don't Let Them Take You Alive CD (FCH012)

 
Soophie Nun Squad-- Don't Let Them Take You Alive CD (Harlan Records #12)

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17 songs.
Recorded (mostly) December 1997 by Barry Poynter in Little Rock, AR.
1000 copies pressed, March 1998.

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- guitar
Mark Lierly-- drums
Mike Lierly-- voice
Eli Milholland-- bass
Nate Powell-- voice
Tim Scott-- voice, turntables
Mikael Wood-- voice
Maralie Armstrong-Rial-- backing voice
Emil Heiple-- backing voice
Ryan Seaton-- backing voice, kazoo solo in "Love Is A Frozen Fishstick"
Randie Young-- backing voice
Jenny Holt-- backing voice
Stewart Isbell-- beatbox assist on "Books"

Track Listing:

1. Tomorrow
2. Books! Check Em Out!
3. Swamp Thing
4. Jump
5. Crotchy Momma
6. Onward
7. Kids
8. Heart And Soul
9. Another Day
10. Hey Hey Margaret, Your Momma's Got A Cow
11. Push It
12. Point Of View
13. PJ Sod
14. Love Is A Frozen Fishstick
15. Feedback
16. Shoe Song
17. Dogtown

Notes:

* This album represents Soophie's third time in a proper studio, and we STILL hadn't really figured out we could overdub or do anything besides have a live party in the studio. These songs were basically recorded in 2 hours, and mixed down in another four. Our cheapskate brains simply couldn't fathom the benefits of spending more than one day in the studio.

* The banter at the end of "Shoe Song" is for real-- Mike hadn't grasped the concept of the studio fade-out, and is given an explanation on-record, but still doesn't quite trust the studio witchcraft.

* Dustin to engineer, while setting up equipment: "Uhh, Barry-- sooooo what happens if, let's say, somebody spilled a 64 oz. strawberry soda all over your floor?"

* En route to the studio for one of these sessions, Eli threw a bagel at a teenager mowing the lawn. A minute after arriving at Barry's, our car was boxed in by a Mustang driven by some adult with an undefined relationship to the kid. The dude started trying to intimidate us while we loaded our equipment in, but we quickly forgot about it. A few minutes later, Barry got reeeeaaaally nervous and pointed out that five cop cars were outside, questioning everyone about the "bagel-related hate crime". Barry hid in an underground bunker or tunnel until the police swarm had moved on. We were not in any way Barry's favorite band to record.

* Members also in Humanbeast, V Manuscript, Sand City, Universe, Pallbearer, R.I.O.T.S., The Evelyns, Divorce Chord, Wait, The Insides, Tem Eyos Ki, Sugar And The Raw, Rainy Day Regatta, Boomfancy, Gioteens, Shake Ray Turbine, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, and K.

SNS @ Vino's, Little Rock AR, December 1997. The night before recording this album. During this era, around 350 people would come to our Vino's shows, and we'd get paid around $150 and pizza. Split 10 ways.

SNS plays the last set of the final Rice Street house New Year's Eve party, moments before the entire kitchen floor caves in. Little Rock AR, December 1998. Photo by Ben Mistak.

Shake Ray Turbine-- The Sauce Of Solution CD (FCH010)

Shake Ray Turbine-- The Sauce Of Solution CD (Harlan Records #10/ File Thirteen #23)

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13 songs.
Recorded December 1996 by Barry Poynter in Little Rock, AR.
1000 copies pressed, November 1997.
(Harlan Records was a joint venture between Noah Young and I for this release, and this album was a split release with File 13 Records, which had recently returned to Matt Werth's hands shortly after moving to Philadelphia.)

Credits:

Dustin Clark-- bass
Ben Dickey-- guitar, voice
Clay Simmons-- guitar, voice
Chris Wilson-- drums
John Pugh & Jim Hunnicutt-- backing voices
Catherine McRae-- violin

Track Listing:

1. The Sauce Of Solution
2. The First Equation
3. Which Way To Georgia
4. Murder In An Aquarium
5. Sketch Of An Optical Factory
6. White Wine
7. The Gig Is Up
8. Rosetta
9. Surprise Surprise
10. To Kill Birds With Stones
11. This Machine Will Kill You
12. Our Last Days On Mars
13. Silver Suited

Notes:

* As I remember, this album was supposed to be called Our Last Days On Mars, but somewhere some wires got crossed while the cover was being designed, and now we're all stuck with the damn Sauce Of Solution.

* Members also in Blood Feathers, Unfixers, Amen Booze Rooster, Ted Leo & Pharmacists, Aspera, The Lapse, Sean Na Na, Soophie Nun Squad, Sand City, The Insides, Revolver Red, William Martyr 17, Heads Are Heavy, and Hundred Years War.

Shake Ray Turbine @ The Outpost. Little Rock AR, December 1995. Photo by Eli Milholland.

Shake Ray Turbine @ 800 State St., Little Rock AR, March 1996. Photo by Eli Milholland.