Duluth Album Releases in 2013
By Paul Lundgren on Jan 23, 2013 in Music
Breanne Marie
Six Strings of Peace & Sanity
(Jan. 1)
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Eric Swanson at Sacred Heart Studios
Duck Duck Punch
Human Chemistry
Truth No. (Jan. 15)
Liner note information not available yet; help out in the comments, please
Dave Mehling
Broke Heart Songs (EP)
(Jan. 19)
Produced by Dave Mehling and Michael Morris; recorded at the Barn in Northfield.
Retribution Gospel Choir
3
Chaperone Records (Jan. 22)
Two long songs, tracked live, playing together in the same room, one take each.
Charlie Parr
Barnswallow
(Jan. 25)
Recorded at Winona Arts Center; engineered and mastered by Tom Herbers at Third Ear Studios
Rachael Kilgour
Whistleblower’s Manifesto: Songs for a New Revolution EP
Bandcamp download (Feb. 19)
Recorded at Humans Win! with Lance Conrad
Cars & Trucks
Theatre Stardusk
March 9
Liner note information not available yet; help out in the comments, please
Southwire
Southwire
Chaperone Records (March 12)
Liner note information not available yet; help out in the comments, please
Low
The Invisible Way
Sub Pop Records (March 19)
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, engineered by Tom Schick, recorded at the Loft in Chicago
Two Beat Band
Two Beat Band EP
(March 25)
Liner note information not available yet; help out in the comments, please
Various Artists
Homegrown Rawk and/or Roll: Jerree Small’s Mix
(April 3)
Compilation released by Homegrown Music Fest
Poetry Motel
Don’t Know Shit
(April 10)
Recorded and edited by Bill Bailey; edited and mastered by Dana Bailey
Sexhawk
Nuts of a Warrior EP
(April 12)
Liner note information not available yet; help out in the comments, please
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank
Number One Contender
(April 19)
Recorded by Rich Mattson at Sparta Sound in Sparta, Minn.
Germaine Gemberling
Generator
Chaperone Records (April 23)
Liner note information not available yet; help out in the comments, please
Fever Dream
’83
Chaperone Records (May 14)
Liner note information not available yet; help out in the comments, please
Snöbarn
Hand by Hand
(June)
Produced by Alan Sparwark, recorded at Sacred Heart Studios
Moors and McCumber
Against The Grain
(June 1)
Co-produced and recorded by Jim Gilmour at Southview Arts in Middle Town Springs, Vt.
Ryan Van Slooten
Victory March
(unknown)
Liner note information not available yet; help out in the comments, please
We’re updating this as new albums are announced. There is also a post cataloging Duluth albums released in the 1900s, by the way. We might create posts to fill in the years in between, but only if we’re feeling super geeky … which you can probably count on.
Jeff Tweedy is over.
Sacred Heart continues to be busy.
4 on the floor tracked their new record here in October and it will probably be released around April.
Snobarn starts in the studio next month.
DSSO concertmaster Erin Aldridge is scheduled for a massive violin recording in September.
There is more in the works, updates when available
For my retro-nerd fanbase (yes, both of you) I hope to have Microphone Obscura available in time for Homegrown. Oh yeah I forgot- it’s on cassette.
Cool post, Paul! Let it be noted that the new RGC record is available on LP (w/CD) and CD (digipak) at the Electric Fetus, Double Dutch and chaperonerecords.com. Check out the Pitchfork review.
Southwire’s self-titled debut, is so close to completion, it’s ridiculous … with plenty of anticipatory buzz from down south.
Cloud Cult’s Love comes out March 5, if Cloud Cult still counts as Duluth.
The Cars & Trucks release show is scheduled for March 9th at RT Quinlan’s with Story Of The Sea (mpls.) and Bradical Boombox. The album should be available in stores the following Tuesday.
Also Duck Duck Punch, may be considered local, or not, depending on how strict the filtering is. Human Chemistry was released ~ the 16th
Yes, when these lists come up there are always things that are debatable as to whether they qualify as “Duluth” or not.
I would say the first Cloud Cult album (Who Killed Puck?, from 2000) obviously qualifies as a local album, since Craig Minowa lived in Duluth at the time. Subsequent releases don’t quite fit the local criteria in my mind, though.
Dave Mehling no longer lives in Duluth and didn’t record in Duluth, but he’s a Duluth homeboy and plays here all time, so I included his new album.
So the criteria is totally subjective.
I’m leaning toward calling the Duck Duck Punch album local even though the guys don’t live here anymore. It’s their first album, they started the band in Duluth, they are having a release party in Duluth, and I’ll bet they fully intend to play Homegrown. That should probably be enough Duluth cred.
Local acoustic act De Se (Ben of Wyatt Famous, Hootenannies, Punch the Driver, Sports!, Books on Tape, YCHYCWNA, Voyages, Ty Cobb, etc.) has been working on his self-titled debut album with Brian Ring (Lion or Gazelle, Chaperone Records), which should be out by Homegrown. You can hear some demos at on SoundCloud.
Paul basically outlined the loose criteria Homegrown uses to determine “local” bands.
I think I have like, three full lengths that I’ve been sittin’ on.
One of ’em is for rapper Nonfic.
Anyone wanna get in the booth before Homegrown?