Safranin Sound

Vandelles At Philly Popped Festival This Weekend

2008-06-18T13:09:00.003-11:00

Yup yup. This weekend you can catch The Vandelles at the Philly Popped Festival. Check out the full line up of bands including folks like Vampire Weekend, Crystal Castles, Daniel Johnston, etc etc.

Safe As Home - Grid Available N O W

2008-06-10T10:45:00.003-11:00

Head on over to the purchase page and pick up the new single from Safe As Home. You will want this for the bad-ass DIY album art alone! (made by the band)
Listen Here:

Safe As Home - Grid Single This Week!

2008-06-09T07:54:00.009-11:00

Starting tomorrow you will be able to pick up the bad-ass new single from Safe As Home.

Driven by layers of abrasive synths and walls of guitars, the gritty pop and shoegaze undertones of Grid constitute the first excerpt from SafeAsHome's forthcoming debut album.

The 6-track CD-R single includes exclusive remixes by Screen Vinyl Image, Torsion Fields, Pink Playground, E_S_D and Xinlisupreme, each artist blasting the original track into an edgy parallel reality of their own. Dreamscapes of mellow guitar distortion neighbor washes of static, feedback and harsh electronics, to be consumed one at a time or in a single full-length, full-on session.

200 hand-made copies, which can be dusted for prints...

The Antiques & Twin Earth at Galaxy Hut, Sunday June 8

2008-06-04T10:18:00.004-11:00

The first Antiques show since December will be taking place this Sunday, June 8 at the Galaxy Hut. We'll be playing with the excellent Twin Earth.

Here are the details:
The Antiques & Twin Earth
Sunday, June 8 at 9pm
galaxy hut
2711 wilson blvd
arlington va 22201
$5, 21+
http://www.galaxyhut.com/
www.myspace.com/twinearthdc http://www.theantiques.org/
www.myspace.com/antiques

This set may or may not vaguely resemble any past or future sets.

We hope to see you there!

Ceremony/Screen Vinyl Image 10" Coming Soon

2008-05-23T04:12:00.003-11:00

We have a number of things in the works which will be announced shortly including upcoming Safe As Home single, an Antiques record, etc, etc... But for now. We are very excited to announce that Custom Made Music will be releasing a 10" split record with Ceremony and Screen Vinyl Image. Track listing and art is in the works but look for a summer release and you can check out two definite tracks on each bands myspace page... "Dream Only Of You" by Ceremony and "Deathdream" by SVI.

Safranin Sound & Loveless Music Group Presents:

2008-05-20T05:27:00.003-11:00

Wednesday June 25
Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
*Ulrich will not be appearing at this show

Thursday June 26
TT The Bears, Boston MA
w/The December Sound

Friday June 27
Velvet Lounge, Washington DC

Saturday June 28
Metro Gallery, Baltimore MD
Tickets for Metro Gallery Show Available here

Lots-O-May-Shows

2008-05-05T08:42:00.006-11:00

A whole slew of shows happening, but instead of talking about them, we'll just get to the pretty posters...

Update to SVI Saturday Show

2008-04-23T13:21:00.002-11:00

Unfortunately, Soundpool had to cancel the show due to reasons beyond their control.

but we have good news, Teething Veils (AKA Greg from The Antiques) is going to play the show with us, so you won't catch one, but TWO Safranin groups on Saturday right in our hometown area. Plus, it's the last Saturday show at the Galaxy Hut, AND if you haven't been there before, you will love their beer selection.

www.galaxyhut.com

see you there.

SVI/Soundpool Giveaway @ Room 429 DC!

2008-04-17T16:46:00.002-11:00

At Room 429, you can expect to hear a great collection of shoegaze, brit pop, punk, and dance music, and being their ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY tomorrow, stop on by the Rock and Roll Hotel and pick up a copy of Soundpool's "Dichotomies and Dreamland" CD or Screen Vinyl Image's "Midnight Sun EP" too.

And if you are still looking for more, head on over to the Galaxy Hut next Saturday (April 26) and catch the LAST SATURDAY SHOW EVER at the Hut w/ SVI & Soundpool!

Ceremony/Screen Vinyl Image/Soundpool

2008-04-13T04:02:00.003-11:00

Two upcoming April shows in VA.
Ceremony/Screen Vinyl Image @ The Taphouse in Norfolk, VA Friday April 18, 9pm.

Screen Vinyl Image/Soundpool (NYC) @ The Galaxy Hut in Arlington, VA Saturday April 26, 9pm.

Ceremony Myspace

Soundpool Myspace

Screen Vinyl Image Myspace

Vera Violets Shows & Vandelles Review!

2008-04-06T03:39:00.003-11:00

Dagger reviewed The Vandelles EP:

These cats (two guys and two gals) look like they hail from Los Angeles but they call NYC home. The Vandelles are the product of two previous bands that busted up, The Mercenary Gang and Del Black Aloha (don’t feel bad, I hadn’t heard of them either). Only 5 tunes here but this well-dressed bunch does one of the best Jesus and Mary Chain/Raveonettes dirty surf sound I’ve heard in a while.

Read the full review here!

And, The Vera Violets have two shows coming up, we'd write more but these awesome posters do all the work for us!

Ceremony and The Vera Violets on iTunes

2008-03-20T02:48:00.001-11:00

Ceremony's "Disappear" and The Vera Violets "Dirty Rainbow" were added to iTunes and we have the links. The albums are also available via our own online store through Klicktrack.

The Vera Violets "Dirty Rainbow"

Ceremony "Disappear"

Offering Interview!

2008-02-27T05:01:00.001-11:00

An interview with Charles from The Offering on Superstarcastic.com!

http://www.superstarcastic.com/music-interview/5-questions-with-the-offering/

Soundpool CD Release Show

2008-02-20T09:07:00.001-11:00

Screen Vinyl Image is heading up to NY for the Soundpool CD release. We got the details from Soundpool, including advance ticket sales for the show. $15 advance $20 door. What does this get you aside from a night of blistering beautiful music? Note the free beer and wine... Head over to Soundpool's Myspace page and check out tracks from the upcoming album, we can guarantee one listen won't be enough.

Aloft CD Release Party! Saturday, March 8. Free beer and wine. $15 Advance. $20 at the door.
Aloft: 307 west 38th street suite 1905 btw 8th & 9th aves, New York, New York 10018
(This Paypal link is from Soundpool, not Safranin Sound, just FYI)

The Offering Show Announcement!

2008-02-20T09:04:00.002-11:00

Killa show at one of our fav venues in B-more. Metro Gallery. Check it.

Vandelles Reviews & More!

2008-02-19T11:45:00.001-11:00

Here's a review for The Vandelles EP from Parasites & Sycophants. You can also check out a brief documentary and some very well-shot live footage of The Vandelles from MTV's Virtual Lower East Side site.

The Vandelles
By Scott

Falling somewhere in the vein of Raveonettes and Psychocandy era JAMC, The Vandelles released their self titled EP a little while back last fall. The record opens with the dark haze of "Fever of the Beat," into the space blues of standout "Swell To Heaven," which comes off sounding like a mix between "The Hardest Walk," and "You Trip Me Up," from the Mary Chain debut. "Die For It Cowboy," continues on with static background noises and guitar flourishes, which combine with the bass and tambo to splash colourful sound all over this slow burner. Set to a wall of high end sound, things then get a little more mysterious with the Peter Gunn/ Spyhunterish "Lovely Weather," which includes an extravagant guitar outro. I've said enough to give you the picture. Just think Psychocandy with a little less Beach Boys influence, and you'll be right on track. Don't forget the secret tune at the end either.

Virtual Lower East Side Page:

http://www.vles.com/node/7394

You can also find a live performance and interview on their Myspace page featuring them on Fair Game.

Vandelles & Screen Vinyl CD's Back In Stock + No Wave Book Party

2008-02-08T04:08:00.001-11:00

BACK IN STOCK!

The Vandelles EP & Screen Vinyl Image's The Midnight Sun EP are back in stock so pick up a copy or pick up 5 in the purchase section.

Also, our good friend Marc Masters is holding a release party at the Velvet Lounge tomorrow (Sat Feb 9) for his new book entitled NO WAVE. We have a press release about it below:

NO WAVE BOOK RELEASE PARTY

Featuring Vapour Theories (Bardo Pond side project), Kohoutek, and Dark Sea Dream.
Plus No Wave Music spun by by Mark C. of original No Wave legends Live Skull!

VELVET LOUNGE
915 U St NW WDC
202-462-3213
(Metro: Yellow and Green to U St)
$8

Screen Vinyl Image Mini-Tour

2008-02-05T19:16:00.000-11:00

A Whole Bunch of Reviews!

2008-02-05T18:34:00.000-11:00

Check out these recent reviews.

Ceremony "Disappear " Reviews:
Soundmag
C86
Zillo Magazine

The Offering/ Screen Vinyl Image/A Sunny Day In Glasgow/Twin Earth Show Review:
Brightest Young Things

The Vera Violets "Dirty Rainbow" Reviews:
Reax Magazine
Built On a Weak Spot

Dirty Rainbow is also now available at 21 Indie Record Stores in the US, check out the list here and support your local record shop.
http://theveraviolets.com

Upcoming Gazey/Psych Show

2008-01-23T11:22:00.001-11:00

Don't miss out! A killer 4-band line-up in DC. Screen Vinyl Image will be pulling out some brand new material from their up-coming full length, A Sunny Day In Glasgow are bringing their beautiful sound down from Philly, The Offering are going to pulvarize our senses with disorienting psychedelia, and Twin Earth plan to re-arrange the galaxy with their massive amps of psych-infection. Visuals will be projected by Straylight Sound + Vision.

Show starts at 9pm on Saturday Feb 2 at the Velvet Lounge.

Check out some music:

Screen Vinyl Image

A Sunny Day In Glasgow

The Offering

Twin Earth

Sunday Show

2008-01-04T03:44:00.001-11:00

The Vandelles West Coast Tour

2008-01-03T04:36:00.001-11:00

Vera Violets Dirty Rainbow Now Available!

2007-12-27T11:14:00.001-11:00

Head on over to our purchase page and pick yerself up a copy. You can also get a copy of Sunshine Dust, recently added to our catalog.

We should have Sunshine Dust, Dirty Rainbow, and Ceremony's Disappear available on Klicktrack as well.

Happy New Year!

Vandelles Reviewed in SEN (Baltimore)

2007-11-30T06:00:00.001-11:00

By. Barrett King
Picture shoegaze with bleached-blonde highlights, cowboy boots and a duffel bag full of peyote hitchhiking somewhere on the western highways and you've got a pretty good image of The Vandelles. I'm pretty sure there's a surfboard to be found somewhere in this sea of sound on the Vandelles' EP, but I'm so bugged out by the gonzo go-go '60s surf guitar and the drum blasts on "Swell To Heaven" and " Lovely Weather" that it's just a bit hard to make out through all the distortion.

At times the vocals on this EP are too covered in reverb for my taste, but the fuzzy riffs that come from the pages of some pulp comic and the drugged-out art drone of the bonus cut following "Dead Wave" ends The Vandelles' EP on a particularly high note, riding the crest of a wave that won't come down before they come back with a full-length release

www.senbaltimore.com

Klicktrack is Back

2007-11-28T10:25:00.001-11:00

A brief note on two things.

One, The Vera Violets page will be coming soon with updated information.

Two, Klicktrack is back for those of you who wish to purchase albums or songs digitally. Ceremony's "Disappear" and the Screen Vinyl Image "Chaser" single will be uploaded very soon. JUST GO HERE

An FYI, if you are in search of those out of print Safranin releases, chances are you can get them digitally through Klicktrack.