Fort Lean “I Don’t Mind”
Fort Lean premiere “I Don’t Mind”
from forthcoming album “Quiet Day”
out SPRING 2015.
Coverage from COS and Stereogum on first day:
Tag: Ooh La La Records
Fort Lean premiere “I Don’t Mind”
Longfellow + HIP VIDEO
Owen and James from Longfellow sat down with HIP VIDEO PROMO while in town for CMJ to discuss their video for “Kiss-Hug-Make Up”.
Check out the video below and snag the song on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/Prelude-iTunes
Tropic of Pisces PledgeMusic Vinyl Pre-Order
A pledge opens the door to a Tropical vinyl experience…
PledgeMusic has partnered with Ooh La La Records in releasing Tropic of Pisces debut EP on 10″ vinyl. By pledging, you will receive the EP download a week before release (Feb 25th). With all “Pledge Plus” options you will receive the EP download and a high fidelity limited edition color 10 inch vinyl record. You’ll also have access to unique exclusives. These include a limited-edition Pledger only poster, t-shirts, one on one guitar or vocal lessons with Matt, and more.
What they’re saying:
“this is breezy stuff and may just be an antidote to winter’s chill” – BrooklynVegan
“Channeling the coastal instrumentals of mainstays like Vampire Weekend…It’s a fresh twist on an old style” – All Things Go
“Elements of tropicalia, funk, and electro-pop pepper the slick texture, with some sneaky energy bursts along the way.” – IMPOSE Magazine
Visit PledgeMusic.com to learn more about the Tropic of Pisces “Symmetry” vinyl EP pre-order and all the amazing exclusives you can get with your vinyl purchase!
Tropic of Pisces sign to Ooh La La and Premiere “Symmetry” on Brooklyn Vegan
We’re incredibly excited to welcome Tropic of Pisces to the Ooh La La Records family and announce the premiere of the debut single “Symmetry” on Brooklyn Vegan.
PRE-ORDER GOES UP DECEMBER 12TH
VISIT WWW.SYMMETRY.FM TO ENTER YOUR E-MAIL AND BE NOTIFIED WHEN ITS LIVE
Ooh La La Video Artist Series #12
For the twelfth installment of our Artist Video Series, director Cassie La Russa recalls a beachy, sun-soaked, day, set to Ace Reporter’s “Arcadia”.
Here’s what Cassie had to say about the video:
My video is purely visual, based on my adaptation of the feeling of Ace Reporters song Arcadia. I wanted the viewer to have a common understanding of a feeling more than a concept. The video represents myself as an artist– my main goal is to make beautiful imagery, more like a moving photo than a story.
View more videos from our Artist Series here: http://www.youtube.com/oohlalarecordings
What We’re Listening To: Cut Copy
We here at Ooh La La not only love bringing you the newest and best that the music world has to offer, but we also love it when other great labels do the same. The fine people over at Loma Vista and Modular posted a new Cut Copy song yesterday, off their new album Free Your Mind, which comes out on November 5th, and we’re pretty excited. This song is great, the video for the first single is great, and the rest of the album is just awesome. Check both out for yourself:
I could try to describe the record, but maybe our friends at Flea Marketing said it best:
“You could call Cut Copy an electronica (even indietronica) band, and you’d be right. But you’d also be right if you called them Synth-pop (think Human League), new-wave (think Simple Minds) or even a neo-disco-downbeat-dance-explosion (think…well, nothing, because I just made that up). But you get the idea. It’s a blissfully catchy dance-making album full of enormous hooks and rabbit holes to fall down and get lost in. All-over-the-place can go horribly wrong. It didn’t here. It went fantastically right.”
We’ll be sure to keep you posted on all of the other great music that we stumbled upon too late to sign, but are happy to enjoy regardless!
Ooh La La Artist Video Series #11
For the eleventh installment of our Artist Video Series, director Maia Stern pulls from the archives of her childhood to give us this nostalgiac vignette, set to Ace Reporter’s “Untouched and Arrived”.
Here’s what Maia had to say about the video:
I grew up with two older brothers and a dad who documented almost everything we did. This is some of my favorite footage my dad filmed one summer in Malibu, California. My eldest brother was surfing with a friend while I was digging in the sand and finding seaweed with a friend. I never understood why this footage came out with such a green tone, so I wanted to experiment with color filters for this video, to see what it would look like in other shades. I wanted to see the moon as blue and me in black an white rather than green. You can’t really change your memories if you have them documented in film, but you can change their colors.
View more videos from our Artist Series here: http://www.youtube.com/oohlalarecordings
Ace Reporter Hits The Road
Attention Philly, New York, DC and Chicago!
What better way to ride out the dog days of summer than to throw back a cold one and dance to some Ace Reporter? Well, now’s your chance! Ace Reporter will be appearing live and in the flesh in your city this August!
Here’s what frontman Chris Snyder had to say about the upcoming shows in their monthly newsletter:
Hey there,
It’s that time again — everyone’s either on vacation or really wishing they were. (I’m kind of perennially in that second category, but whatever. Plenty of time to vacation when I’m too old to play rock shows.)
On that note, it’s time to play some shows! As I may have mentioned in a previous missive, Ace Reporter has shifted its residence to the shores of Lake Michigan, and this is going to be the first few shows featuring a brand-new Chicago-based lineup. So come out and help us get our sea legs underneath us…
Thursday, Aug 22 | Philadelphia, PA | The Grape Room | info & tickets
Friday, Aug 23 | Brooklyn, NY | Glasslands w/ Motive, NO | info & tickets
Saturday, Aug 24 | Washington, DC | Tree House Lounge | info & tickets
Tuesday, Aug 27 | Chicago, IL | Subt w/ Lamp | info & tickets
Wednesday, Aug 28 | Chicago, IL | solo acoustic show @ Wise Fools Pub | info & ticketsCan’t wait to see you guys out there!
Can’t make it to the show? Keep up on future Ace Reporter shows and information by subscribing to their newsletter here.
Ooh La La Summer Sale!
It’s summer and we’re in a good mood. Such a good mood, in fact, that we decided to throw a massive summer sale on all of our merch! From now until September 1st you can pick up swag, music, street cred and much more for 25% off from the Ooh La La store. Click here to start your bargain bonanza. Supplies limited!
White Arrows Premiere “Little Birds” Video on AV Club
White Arrows recently dropped their new video for ‘Little Birds’ via the AV Club. Directed by Evan Koga, the video features a stride down a pier, some dead fish, spiritual ascension….and a 75-foot pier jump by the band. We know you want to start watching right away – peep the video below:
For more info, check out the band’s website here.