suburban home records makes a please to save the company A Letter from Vigirl Dickerson, owner and founder of the local label: Dear Friends,I’m writing this letter today out of necessity. For all those that know me, I am not the type of person that enjoys discussing the day-to-day finances of my business, so please […]
Various Artists – Playing 4 Square – Suburban Home Records
As a marketing professional by day, I tend to overanalyze how labels promote their releases. With artists from Look Out, Negative Progression, Initial and Better Looking, “Playing 4 Square 3” is billed as “A compilation of four of the best independent record labels.” Descriptive enough, but also curious as it makes one wonder why four […]
Stereotyperider – Same Chords. Same Songs. Same Six Strings.
Fans of Hot Snakes, Hot Water Music and any incarnation of At The Drive In won’t have to travel far to find a special place in their hearts for Stereotyperider. Which is not to say the Arizona quartet fits neatly into any emo-laced, driven-by-distortion niche. In fact, like the aforementioned bands, what makes Stereotyperider a […]
Various Artists – Playing 4 Square 2 – Suburban Home, Polyvinyl, Fueled by Ramen, Drive-Thru Records
Much to the dismay of vinyl addicts worldwide, it appears the 7-inch is slowly but surely losing favor to the almighty $5 compilation. It should come as no surprise that even indie labels prefer to promote a product that showcases their entire portfolio of acts, rather than distributing a split single for the two bands […]
The Gamits
Chris Fogal – vocals / guitar (position open) – bass guitar Forrest Bartosh – drums These days many of us have experienced the dismay at hearing the washed down, corporate punk shlock on the radio when we are so blown away by bands in our own backyard who’ve been playing longer, harder, and have more […]