We’ve been getting in a ton of reviews for both Go Rydell – The Golden Age and Banquets – This is Our Concern, Dude. Check out some of the links below to read them.
PJ Bond is pleased to announce a string of fall dates alongside Koji (Run For Cover Records). Traversing the entire east coast as well as some midwest dates, the run kicks off Sept 4th in Virginia Beach and concludes Sept 30th in Lock Haven PA. PJ continues to support his Black Numbers debut full length “You Didn’t Know I Was Alphabetical” on LP/CD/Digital.
Our buddies over at Chrome Bags are giving away 3 prize packs to celebrate the release of Banquets – “This is Our Concern, Dude.” First prize includes a Test Pressing of the 7” as well as a Chrome Citizen Messenger Bag. You can also win a pair of Chrome Kursk Shoes, and other colors of “This is Our Concern, Dude.” It’s super easy to enter. Just head over to the Contest Page and enter your info. The contest ends Friday, so don’t miss out!
This Tuesday marks the “official” release of Go Rydell’s “The Golden Age” on LP and CD. I say “official” because both the LPs and CDs are currently being pressed and so we will have to delay pre–orders until they get in which should be very shortly. Anyone who pays attention to limited colored vinyl pressings knows that the labels are at the mercy of the pressing plants, and this is no different for us. We'll have updates as we get them. The CDs that you see in our store were actually the first 100 that we got pressed, but the band amazingly blew through those on tour (kinda one of those good but bad situations) and we are playing the waiting game on reinforcements. That being said, what matters is the music, and anyone who preordered the record will be getting a digital download of the record sent to them today. All physical pre–orders will have a little something extra for the wait. If you’ve heard the record is good but wanna try before you inevitably buy, you can check out the two week long donation based download of the record at the Black Numbers Digital Store.
PJ asked us to post up this open letter to any/all PJ Bond fans with a knack for design/art/video production/etc:
hello all,
i want to call all people who are feeling creative and looking for something to make and/or contribute to this summer. my goal is to get as many people trying new ideas and hopefully being able to not only showcase it for them but also to have it play a part in what i do. the two main things i’m thinking of are videos and t-shirts/posters. if you’re interested, please get in touch. pjbondmusic@gmail.com
t-shirts/posters:
i need new designs for t–shirts/posters and have a few pretty sweet ones on hold, but would rather work with someone else and create something fun together. so, if you can draw, use visual computer programs, or have any other ways to create t–shirt/poster designs, i have ideas, would love to hear yours and have printing presses at my disposal. i’m currently working at a print shop that does awesome stuff and have been given full access to all of their shirt and poster print areas as well as to the materials, so it seems a shame to not utilize this awesome tool.
videos:
i really want to amass a great deal of video content and think it’d be really sweet to have a video for each song from my album. sonic youth (as well as i’m sure a load of other bands) have done this and i really like the idea. i’m currently working on live videos and video shorts, but i also think that me making videos for these songs isn’t the best idea because i’m too close to them. i know what all of the nuances of the songs are about, i know the full story and back story. but you don’t. and you could interpret the song in a way i never saw coming and that could be amazing. furthermore, it’s a way to get the creative juices flowing. if you’ve ever been interested in video, now is the time to try, because you have a preset soundtrack, time, basic idea, so many starting points with you fully deciding the ending point. if it’s awesome, that will rule for both of us and everyone who enjoys it. if it sucks, who cares? it was totally worth trying. if you want to do this and don’t have a specific song you want to try out, definitely let me know, and i can steer you towards one that isn’t being worked on.
so that’s that. i hope you’ll join me in my adventures. and if you have your own that you want me to join you in, well please don’t hesitate to ask. this street goes both ways, i’m just tossing out what i’m vibing. i hope this finds you all wonderful and look forward to hearing from you. write soon.
pj bond // pjbondmusic@gmail.com
Our good friends over at Chunksaah Records are putting out an awesome 10” from The Great Explainer. To celebrate, there’ a release party tomorrow night at the Asbury Lanes. Joining The Great Explainer will be Banquets, Frost Watson, and Timeshares. For more info, head over to the Facebook Event for the show.
Banquets’ new 7” just came out a couple weeks ago and is still available in our webstore. In other Banquets related news, the German label Coffeebreath and Heartache is putting out a special one-sided 12” record from the band. It features the 4 songs off of “This is Our Concern, Dude.” as well as two bonus tracks not available anywhere else. The record features art by Jamie Morrison, bassist of The Arteries, and will have a silk–screened B-side.
The Ripple Effect have just posted a really great interview with PJ Bond. PJ is currently in North Carolina taking some time off from touring to work on his book, the next step in his ongoing Year of a Thousand Roommates project.
We’ve spent a long time keeping this under our hats, and we’re super stoked to finally announce that Florida’s Go Rydell is joining the Black Numbers roster. Their debut offering, “The Golden Age,” will be out July 27th on Blue(100), White(150), and Green(250) vinyl. Pre–orders for vinyl start today in our webstore.
Go Rydell will be kicking off a month long tour with fellow Florida natives, Nightlights. They will have limited hand–screened CDs of “The Golden Age,” with them on this tour, so be sure to check those out. For more info on the tour, check out the band’s myspace profile.
For the next two weeks, you can get a free (or not if you feel like donating a few bucks) copy of “This is Our Concern, Dude.” from our digital store. You can also order the 7” in our webstore.
Love Grey Area? What about free stuff? If you answered ‘yes!!!’, we’ve got just the contest for you. Head over to Punknews.org and enter to win 2 free tickets to see Grey Area, Static Radio, and Lighten Up! at the Barbary in Philly. Not into the whole contest thing? You can buy tickets the old fashioned way. Also, check out the band’s first interview in years over at Phrequency.com.
Dying to hear the new Banquets 7” but can’t wait until your copy arrives? Our buddies over at Punknews.org have just what you’re looking for. They have an exclusive stream of “This is Our Concern, Dude.” up right now. Head over there and check it out. While you’re there, do us a favor and "like" that mother on facebook. Post a comment while you’re at it.
If you’re one of those people who have been waiting to order the record until you’ve heard it, now’s your chance. Pre–orders are up in our webstore right now.
The dudes over at Beard Party have put up the first volume of their Beard Party Compilation for free/donation. It features songs by Banquets, Trunks and Tales, The Waltz, and a ton more great bands.
In other Banquets related news, they have shirts and pins available in their Big Cartel store. Be sure to check that out and help them buy beers.
If you haven’t already, you can pre–order their 7” “This is Our Concern, Dude.“ in our webstore.
Hey guys, we’re trying to get rid of a few Static Radio Euro Tour leftovers and we’ve decided to have a sale to clear everything out. Click on the thumbnail to the left for a bigger view.
All shirts are $10 postage paid in the US and come with a free copy of “One For the Good Guys” CD. Most of these designs were exclusive to the Euro Tour and will not be sold in the US.
The sale is only for a week, so be sure to check it out!
Shirt Sizes: (Please do not email asking for other sizes. This is literally all we have.)
Wrestler: S, M, L, XL
STATIC: S, M, L, XL
Praying Hands: S, L, XL
Scream: M, L, XL
Octopus: M, L
To purchase, paypal $10 to: theblacknumbers@gmail.com
Be sure to indicate which shirt and which size you want.
Hailing from Jersey City, 1000 Beers Strong, Banquets joins the BN family. Pre–orders for their debut 7”, “This is Our Concern, Dude.” start today in our webstore. It’s available in 3 colors (100 Red, 150 White, and 250 Blue) and will be released June 22nd. Banquets features ex–members of Let Me Run, The Stand In, The Banner, and many more. “This is Our Concern, Dude.” was recorded with Will Putney at The Machine Shop (Four Year Strong, Chiodos, Static Radio).
In other news, we’ve added Over Stars and Gutters / Virgins split cassettes to the webstore as well. Released by our good friend Christer on Shouting Street Audio Cassettes. This cassette was originally done in a run of 100 tapes (25 Red, 75 Green). We have the last 15 available tapes for sale here, green only. Each order includes a free digital download, as well as a button from each band.
Itching for new PJ Bond material? Wait no longer. Just head over to Epitaph Demo–lition and check out “Darling, I’ve Been Drinking Nights” and be sure to vote for him in the contest. The winner gets to be on a split 7” with Frank Turner. If you’ve seen PJ play in the last few months, the song will definitely sound familiar.
PJ recently completed his Year of a Thousand Roommates and will be headed to North Carolina for a bit to being the writing process for the book he plans to write about his incredible year. We’ll be sure to keep you all posted on any developments there.
Despite all the cancelled flights, volcanoes, and almost every other problem imaginable, Static Radio have successfully landed in Brussels. As a matter of fact, Dave is posting this from the airport right now. Static Radio plays tonight in Belgium, Saturday at GROEZROCK festival, and then continues their 3 week tour of Europe. Those of you back in states who don’t have copy of “An Evening of Bad Decisions,” can head over to the webstore and digital store and grab a copy.
PJ Bond will be joining Big Mike at the Black Numbers table at Groezrock on Saturday for 2 acoustic sets at 16:00pm and 20:00pm. If you’re gonna be at GROEZROCK, you’d be a fool to miss that.
Our buds over at Punk Rock Theory have posted an awesome interview with PJ Bond. PJ is just about to complete his Year of a Thousand Roommates. Check out his blog and find out what’s next for PJ Bond.
New Jersey melodic punk band Static Radio NJ are pleased to announce their first tour of Europe in over a year. The run is highlighted by an appearance Saturday April 24 at Groezrock Festival (alongside Bad Religion, Sum 41, Pennywise, A Wilhelm Scream, and AFI) as well as two dates with H2O. The tour will see the band back in front of familiar faces in mainland Europe from their string of dates with Antillectual,while also getting the band to Sweden for four shows for the first time ever.
The band is supporting their debut full length, “An Evening of Bad Decisions” on Black Numbers.
Punk rock record of the year? Most definitely! – Mutiny Zine
This might be the closest thing to a perfect CD I’ve heard so far this year. – AMP Magazine
Great, dynamic, uber–melodic hardcore punk that borrows a bit from Lifetime. – Read Junk
A definite immediate contender for “year end” lists. – Sound As Language
In addition to Static Radio’s tour of Europe, we’re also incredibly honored to say our releases are being distributed by ILC. Check out their site to see all the other amazing labels (Chunksaah, Cavity, Asian Man, Red Scare, Traffic Street, Jumpstart, and a ton more).
ILC Distro
New Jersey native PJ Bond – who for the past year has spent the majority of his days living out of his car, playing shows, crashing on couches and generally making a lot of new roommates – will embark on a month–long tour of the U.K. and mainland Europe beginning on Tuesday, March 16th. Check out the dates below.
Head over to IfYouMakeIt.com to hear PJ Bond play his unreleased song, “Baby Bones,” on their Pink Couch Sessions. PJ Recorded this just before heading over to India for a little time off from touring. He’s still documenting his travels in his blog, Year of a Thousand Roommates. So be sure to check that out. PJ will be back on the road March 16th when he starts his tour of the UK in London.
We’d like to thank everybody who played and everyone who came out to last weekend’s Generic Insight Radio Fest. We had a blast. There’s some pictures here, and more are on the way.
Tonight’s show @ Buswick Music Studios has been moved to Sunday the 28th due to the weather. Set times will be announced as soon as we figure them out. Tickets for tonight’s show will be honored at the door on Sunday. Capacity will remain the same, and online ticketing will remain closed.
Please remember to bring a Photo ID to the show to claim any advance tickets.
If you’ve slacked on getting your tickets to Generic Insight Radio Fest, don’t fret. You’ve still got time. There are still passes available for both days, but they’re going fast. Check out the links below to grab your tickets.
Set times are as follows:
Feb 26th
@ Bushwick Music Studios
55 Waterbury Street
Brooklyn, NY
Feb 27th
@ Party Expo
929 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY
There will be vendors set up on Saturday, so make sure you check that out as well. There are 2 large floors/levels that will be used in this building. Vendors and merch will be on the second floor. Bands will be playing on the first floor.
Road warrior supreme, PJ Bond, returns home briefly to play a few shows, give a few hugs, and drink a few beers this weekend before heading over to Europe. He played New Brunswick yesterday. He plays Philadelphia tonight. And he’ll be playing a show in Warren, NJ on the 20th. The show features PJ Bond playing with BN’s own Static Radio, as well as a bunch of other great bands. Head over to Static Radio’s Myspace for more info.
PJ also was recently featured at Jersey Beat. Head over there to read the full length interview.
We’ve got lots more planned for 2010. To stay on top of all the latest news, we recommend following us on Twitter and joining our Mailing List. See you at GIR Fest.
Generic Insight Radio and Black Numbers are pleased to announce Generic Insight Radio Fest, Friday February 26 and Saturday February 27 in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. Headlining the event will be Algernon Cadwallader (Friday) and None More Black (Saturday). A full lineup for each day is posted below, as well as links to purchase advance tickets.
Happy New Year from everyone at Black Numbers! We’ve got lots planned for 2010. You’re gonna have to wait to hear about any of it, though. Sorry! To hold you over, here’s a bunch of recent press our artists have been getting:
Static Radio NJ was interviewed at PunkRockTheory.com as well as named one of the Top 20 Bands in New Jersey by NJ Underground.
PJ Bond was featured on DMCityview.com and his record got a glowing review from BabySue.com.
Over Stars and Gutters are on tour right now. Be sure to catch them if they’re in your area. If they aren’t coming to you this time, don’t worry. They’re planning much more touring for 2010.
A Huge portion of the BN roster is also featured in the media player over at Phrequency.com.
Our sweet bros over at Vinyl Collective are offering 50% off on the entire Black Numbers catalog from now until Christmas...Static Radio, PJ Bond, Higher Giant, Carry the Torch, all half off! We know you slacked off on buying gifts for your friends. This may be your last chance to TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!
Click Here to take advantage of the sale. We highly recommend picking up a Suburban Home shotgunnator while you’re over there. Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like drinking an ice cold brew in 2 seconds flat.
Check out the links below for some exclusive PJ Bond Content:
20 Watts Video: Exclusive Feature With PJ Bond
If you haven’t picked up a copy of “You Didn’t Know I Was Alphabetical,” you can order it in our webstore. If you’d prefer to go the digial route, you can find it on iTunes or in our digital store.
PJ is currently on tour with our buddies, Spanish Gamble. Check out PJ’s Myspace for dates.
Black Numbers is pleased to announce the release of Over Stars and Gutters’ "Consider This Your Curse" on LP and CD. Recorded by Stephen Egerton (who recorded the Static Radio EP but is better known for his time in Descendents and ALL), Over Stars and Gutters debut full length reissue for fans of gritty punk rock ala Hot Water Music comes on the heels of their limited split cassette release with Virgins. A physical release date has been set for January 12 2010, with preordered copies shipping ahead of time. 500 LPs pressed, 300 on orange and 200 on yellow, along with the CD version and some new shirt designs can be found in our webstore. The band will also have copies available for their upcoming southeast run with The Black Gold Band (dates TBD). For the uninitiated, the band is offering a free donation based download of the record for the next two weeks in our digital store.
We’re super stoked to say that Rock Sound gave “You Didn’t Know I Was Alphabetical” an 8 out of 10. Click the picture to the left to read the full review. (This is going to be a new permanent feature for BN. From now on, all news post photos will go full–size when you click them.)
If you pre–ordered a copy of PJ’s record, you should’ve already gotten it. They shipped on Monday. If you didn’t order one, you obviously forgot. Why don’t you take this opportunity and head over to our webstore and get your copy today?
The big day is finally here. While we’re still nursing our Fest 8 hangovers, PJ Bond’s “You Didn’t Know I Was Alphabetical” and The Arteries’ “Blood, Sweat, & Beers” records are in stores. If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, hit up your local record shop or head over to our webstore. All Arteries preorders have shipped, and we are told that PJ’s vinyl is being shipped to us now so PJ preorders will ship in the next few days. Sorry for the delay but we hope it will be worth the wait! PJ Bond, as always, is touring the US in support of the release, check out the dates and go make friends.
Both records are currently availabe digitally for suggested donation over at our digital store! We’ve also got a free digital sampler available. As always, our entire catalog is available digitally as well.
So we’ve got a fair amount of updates for ya’ll this week. Firstly, if you haven’t heard, Black Numbers will be repping at the FEST. We’ll have a booth set up so be sure to come say hi. So you don’t miss us, we bought a banner (classy dudes). If you do come by, we’ll give you free pins and stickers and enter you to win a copy of everything we’ve ever put out, including the new Arteries and PJ Bond records. To further entice your company at our table we’ve decided to cut all our prices like crazy on all the stuff we do:
So come say hi. And if you aren’t able to make it to the FEST, we’ve got you covered. All the prices above are good for the next week through the webstore with $5 flat shipping cost (within the US). Just paypal the correct amount to theblacknumbers@gmail.com and email us your wish list and we’ll make it happen.
As you well know, Static Radio and the Arteries will be kicking it at FEST, but our big new announcement is the addition of PJ Bond to the weekend (news to Tony)! I don’t know where or when, but PJ will weasel his way onto some show so be sure to be there when that goes down. If you want to be among the first to find out, We’d recommend following us on Twitter for up to the minute status updates.
Lastly, we’ve unveiled a digital sampler of some stuff we’ve done as well as a band we really like. It’s available HERE for free, so be sure to check it out and help spread the word.
We just got a few more reviews for Higher Giant – Al’s Moustache 7” sent in. Click the links below to check them out. If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, Click Here to order it now.
Higher Giant – Al’s Moustache review at Collective Zine
Higher Giant – Al’s Moustache review at The Punk Site
Higher Giant has also recently announced that they will playing two dates on the Teenage Bottlerocket/Cobra Skulls tour. Higher Giant will be playing 10/22 in Philadelphia and 10/23 in Brooklyn. More info on these shows can be found at Higher Giant’s Myspace.
Black Numbers is super excited to announce the US release of The Arteries “Blood Sweat and Beers” on LP. For fans of mid nineties pop punk ala Millencolin, the release will be available Nov 10 with pre–orders shipping early (pre–order here). Available previously as a set of 3 10”s, this the first time worldwide that the release will be available as a pink 12“ limited to 500. If you are a fan of sweet looking vinyl, this might take the cake for the coolest looking record we’ve ever put out. Listen to “Three Cats” here.
Click here to read Static Radio NJ’s recent interview on NJ.com. If you haven’t picked up “An Evening of Bad Decisions” on CD or LP yet, you can do that here.
We dropped PJ off at JFK International last night. He’ll be spending a few weeks in the UK playing a bunch of shows. Click here for a full list of dates (subject to change due to complications with transportation arrangements). Black Numbers will be releasing “You Didn’t Know I Was Alphabetical” on Nov. 10, 2009. You can pre–order that bad boy in our webstore. It will be available on 2 colors of limited Vinyl (200 White, 300 Blue), hand–screened digipak CD (only 200 copies), as well as a standard jewel case CD.
You can stream “Stop Being Bad” here.
You can stream “You,Too” here.
Black Numbers is please to announce the upcoming release of PJ Bond’s “You Didn’t Know I Was Alphabetical” on CD and LP. PJ, in our opinion, is as talented as they come. Having played his trade in one of our favorite bands ever, Outsmarting Simon. PJ has been busy in the years since as a member of Marigold, The Color Fred, and Charlotte Sometimes before deciding to go it alone. He’s currently on a year long tour, the next leg of which will take him to the United Kingdom. The record will be released Nov 10 and can be pre–ordered in all its glory here.
Also, in case you haven’t noticed, we’ve got a new website. Take a look around.
Jordan over at Pastepunk.com just posted a review of Al’s Moustache. Head over the their site to check it out.
If you haven’t picked up your copy of the 7”, visit our webstore.
Click on the "DIGITAL STORE" link above to check out our new digital store. Our entire digital catalog will be available for suggested donation for the next two weeks! Nows the time to pick up all the great Black Numbers releases on MP3, AAC, FlAC, or Apple Lossless!
Just wanted to remind everyone that Carry the Torch is out officially today. This thing has been a looooong time coming. Thanks to all the bands for making this possible and to Charles from Get Outta Town for doing an awesome CD version of the release. And congrats to Charles Hasting from Scottsboro Alabama for winning the test press pre–order contest.
In an effort to raise money for the Callum Robbins Fund, we are making available ten sets of every color of Carry the Torch: A Tribute to Kid Dynamite along with a copy of a test press (limited to 20 total). We figured this would be a fun way to get some cool limited vinyl into the hands of people who are willing to support a 3 year old with an amazing spirit. Callum Robbins is the son of Janet Morgan and J Robbins, who has recorded at least half the records you listen to. Callum recently got his first haircut, has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and listens to Clutch. You can follow his story at http://callumrobbins.blogspot.com/.
One hundred percent of the proceeds from the test press sale will be donated directly to Callum Robbins.
Black Numbers is super excited to announce the release of Higher Giant’s seven inch “Al’s Moustache”. Higher Giant features Dave Wagenshutz from Kid Dynamite, Lifetime, Good Riddance, None More Black and Paint it Black. Dave also wrote liner notes for the Carry the Torch tribute so be sure to check that out. Ernie Parada from Grey Area, Token Entry, and Black Train Jack sings and plays guitar….Ernie did guest vocals on the Kid Dynamite cover of Birthday many moons ago and more recently graced the tribute with his cover of Benchwarmer. The band also features Jason Lehrhoff from Warzone and Grey Area and Alex Volonino who is self confident enough to not give a shit what bands he wasn’t in. Anyway, the record is fucking great and as always, we are announcing the record through our email list before the general announcement in order to give you first crack at this stuff and as a way for saying thanks for checking out what we have going on. Most importantly, this record is coming out soon, Aug 11 to exact. I’m listening to a test press now (it sounds amazing!)…we should have records back in a month and will be shipping pre–orders ahead of the street date. 1000 pressed on 3 limited colors (with some really limited packages). These guys are available for purchase in our webstore.
If you pre–ordered the Static Radio NJ vinyl, keep an eye on your mailbox. It’s on the way. We know they were supposed to ship last week, but these things happen. Sorry guys.
In other news, Black Numbers went ahead and got ourselves a Twitter account. Check it out: BN on Twitter.com.
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