'Upstream Music Fest' Freakout Showcase Lineup Announced

Join us at the Freakout Records Showcase during Upstream Music Fest + Summit on Friday, May 12 featuring:
- Smokey Brights
- Acid Tongue
- Maiah Manser
- FKL
- Neu Yeuth

More Info & Tickets

Smokey Brights to headline Bread & Butter Release Show

Smokey Brights will headline the Tractor Tavern (Seattle) on April 15 for the Bread & Butter album release show (Killroom Records) with Great Spiders. #KEXPpresents

Tickets: http://m.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=7191045&pl=tractor

Photo by Boone Sommerfeld

Maiah Manser performs KEXP In-Studio

Watch the full performance by Maiah Manser live on KEXP:

Acid Tongue annouce SXSW Showcase

Acid Tongue will be performing for an official SXSW 2017 showcase in March. More information TBD. Have fun with the Tongue, Austin!

Freakout Records + Upstream Music Festival

Freakout Records is honored to be curating a stage at Upstream Music Fest + Summit, May 2017! More information coming soon.

Thank you for a successful Freakout Festival 2016!

To everyone who attended Freakout Festival, the artists who performed, & everyone who has supported Freakout Records this year... THANK YOU! We couldn't have done this without you.

Photo by Jake Hanson

Freakout Festival 2016 Announced

Freakout Records is proud to present the 4th annual Freakout Festival, Dec 8 & 9 in Seattle, WA. featuring Spencer Moody (of The Murder City Devils), Smokey Brights, Erik Blood (Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction, The Maldives), MASZER, Maiah Manser, Acid Tongue, Cumulus, Wyatt Blair (of Lolipop Records) & more! For the full lineup, visit the Freakout Festival page.

FREAKOUT FESTIVAL
Dec 8 & 9
Chop Suey / Pony / Bar Sue / Lovecitylove
E Madison St & 14th Ave, Seattle, WA

2-Day Pass ($28) - http://bit.ly/freakoutfest
Day 1 Only ($15) - http://bit.ly/freakoutday1
Day 2 Only ($15) - http://bit.ly/freakoutday2

Facebook Event
#FreakoutFestival

Thank you to Audioasis on KEXP, City Arts Magazine, Pabst Blue Ribbon & Jameson Irish Whiskey for their support.

Taste Responsibly.

Poster design by Meggyn Pomerleau & Ian Cunningham

Mike McCready Represents Freakout in New York Times Feature on Temple of the Dog

Mike McCready showed more love for Freakout Records with a t-shirt in the photo for The New York Times feature on Temple of the Dog's reunion tour!

Read the full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/arts/music/temple-of-the-dog-soundgarden-pearl-jam.html?_r=0

Maiah Manser - Second Skin (WASSILY Remix) Premiere

A remix of Maiah Manser's "Second Skin", by Swedish artist, WASSILY, premiered on Soundspace.

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Maiah Manser's Second Skin EP comes out in 2017 on Freakout Records.

Read more: http://bit.ly/wassilysskin

Maiah Manser to perform at KEXP's Community Partnership Benefit

Maiah Manser will be performing on Thursday, November 17 at the KEXP Gathering Space (472 1st Ave N Seattle) with IG88 and JusMoni for KEXP's Community Partnership Benefit. Net proceeds benefit The Washington Bus and Washington Low Income Housing Alliance.

This event is all-ages and doors open at 6:00pm.

More info at: http://blog.kexp.org/kexp-events/community-partnership-benefit-concerts/

Smokey Brights - 'Hot Candy' Out Now!

Seattle band Smokey Brights have released their sophomore full-length "Hot Candy" on 12" vinyl!

ORDER HERE: http://www.freakoutrec.com/store/smokey-brights-hot-candy

HOT CANDY + T-SHIRT COMBO: http://www.freakoutrec.com/store/combo-smokey-brights-hot-candy-lp-t-shirt

Read more about the album from CityArts' Jonathan Zwickel:

Hot damn, Hot Candy! Modern rock n roll never sounds this fresh. The second album from Smokey Brights is both a rebirth and a milestone, a head trip and a body high, meticulously crafted but natural as daylight. The music taps into history and stretches out a kind of visionary rock that rolls relentlessly forward while recombining iconic sounds—prog, funk, Bowie, Styx, Wilco, Flaming Lips—into something urgent and fun and utterly surprising.

Seriously: If you're not already listening to Hot Candy, you're losing precious seconds.

What else do you need to know? Two singers (married), a guitar hero some call Keanu J. Fox, and a crack rhythm section with veteran status. Since their 2014 debut Taste for Blood, Smokey Brights have amassed a rabid base of fans across the West Coast, gaining momentum with every show. They are a self-started, self-sustaining rock n roll machine that generates maximum joy through musical communion.

The members of Smokey Brights have been singing and playing together in various incarnations across Seattle for more than 15 years. Ryan Devlin and Kim West—the married singers—write the bones for most of the songs in their North Seattle living room. The mind-meld between drummer Nick Krivchenia and bassist Jim Vermillion leads to unpredictable, shape-shifting groove. Mike Kalnoky—the guitar hero—tops it all off with counterpoint melodies and soaring solos. Coming together at Wizard House, their hand-me-down rehearsal space, the band bursts with life and love and an offbeat energy that's infectious. Hot Candy is an album made by a company of pros finding their finest voice in collective effort.

Listening yet?

Start the album from the beginning and dig it all the way through. Every song is a discreet, complex world unto itself that rewards patient listening. Right from the start Hot Candy evokes a rock n roll fantasy, born from a whoosh of noise to coalesce into the hard-driving opener—and lead single—"In Demand." Is this a fist-pumping rock anthem or a brazen indictment of Internet-driven overconsumption? Yes and yes.

Kim steps to the mic for song two, the sinuous, sultry "Desiree," outro-ing with full flange and four-four stomp. "Not Enough Time" is simultaneously beautiful, foreboding, complex and catchy—a swirl of emotions that might be Smokey Brights' signature cocktail. As Kalnoky unleashes one of the album's most luscious guitar hooks, Ryan sings, "You’ve got to stand some in the rain to get lightening struck/And that’s just how it is."

Four songs in, "Malibu Musk" slows down and slithers into a sinister, twilit foreboding that foreshadows the album's latter half. The band describes the next track, "Baby Bigshot," as a lullaby for the Baby Boom generation, Ryan singing, "We're waiting for the trickle down!"  No, that isn't a Theremin’s weird coo on "Start Wearing Black"—that's Kim's natural singing voice, which goes on to boost a stunning finale and one of the album's finest, freakiest moments. "Ugly Evergreen" features achingly lovely vocal interplay between Ryan and Kim as the band builds to another monumental climax. Closer "Stickman" is a sweet, sad coda, acoustic-strummed and fingersnapped like a tender farewell.

To make Hot Candy, Smokey Brights decamped for a week at the end of 2015 to the Rock n Roll BnB, a live-in recording studio on Sauvie Island, a verdant refuge surrounded by the Columbia River a few miles from Portland, Oregon.  The digs were throwback, but the gear was impeccable, as was the ear of host/producer/engineer Sean Flora. The result is simply one of the most refreshing records you'll hear all year. Trust.

Now get yourself to the nearest sound system and do the damn thing!

Smokey Brights featured in The Seattle Times

Smokey Brights are featured in the Seattle Times to discuss the release of 'Hot Candy' this Friday at Neumos.

Read: http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/smokey-brights-has-hot-candy-for-you-at-neumos/

Join us at KEXP's first annual Record Fair 2016

Need plans this Saturday? Stop by KEXP's first Record Fair from 10am-8pm.

We'll have a booth alongside Sub Pop, Light In The Attic, Hardly Art, Numero Group and a bunch of local stores. FREE // All-Ages

More info at: http://blog.kexp.org/first-annual-kexp-record-fair-2016/

Acid Tongue announces US & UK Fall tour

JUST ANNOUNCED: Acid TongueFall US & UK tour dates!

10.27 - Portland OR - The Spare Room

10.28 - Bainbridge Island WA - Space Craft (Solo)

10.29 - Seattle WA - Central Saloon (w/ Constant Lovers)

11.12 - Seattle WA - Nectar Lounge (w/ Night Beats & The Mystery Lights)

11.15 - Brooklyn NY - Shea Stadium

11.17 - Brooklyn NY - Pine Box Rock Shop

11.28 - Guildford UK - Boileroom

11.30 - Hull UK - TBA

12.01 - Cambridge UK - Blue Moon

12.02 - London UK - The Waiting Room

12.03 - Brighton UK - The Hope & Ruin

12.04 - London UK - Old Blue Last (Freakout Fest UK)

12.05 - London UK - The Lock Tavern

12.08 - Seattle WA - Chop Suey* (Freakout Festival US)

12.11 - Portland OR - The Liquor Store*

12.12 - Reno NV - TBA*

12.13 - Oakland CA - Night Light*

12.14 - Los Angeles CA - Dynasty Center*

*w/ Wyatt Blair (Lolipop Records) & MELTED

Smokey Brights Live In-Studio on KEXP

Smokey Brights will be performing songs off their upcoming record 'Hot Candy', tomorrow morning at 9:30am on KEXP with John Richards.

Stream it on Facebook Live on the KEXP Facebook page

Acid Tongue's Anti-Trump T-Shirts featured in The Stranger

Read Article: http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/10/10/24610792/a-seattle-band-is-selling-these-anti-trump-t-shirt-to-benefit-planned-parenthood

Proceeds from the limited-edition t-shirt benefits Planned Parenthood.

Order now from the Freakout Records store

Maiah Manser Releases "Second Skin" Single

Today, Maiah Manser premiered the debut, title-track single from her upcoming Second Skin EP.

Working with producer Buddy Ross (Frank Ocean), string arranger Phillip Peterson (Maroon 5, Jessie Ware), and mastering engineer Tom Coyne (Adele, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Sam Smith), the single 'Second Skin' premiered on British outlet, The 405.

LISTEN NOW: https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/maiah-manser-shares-slow-burning-new-single-second-skin-405-premiere-147

'Second Skin' will be available on Spotify, iTunes, and all other digital retailers on Friday, Oct 21.

Acid Tongue to open for Night Beats & The Mystery Lights

Shortly after moving to New York City, Acid Tongue has announced a return performance in Seattle with psych rock Night Beats on Saturday, November 12th at the Nectar Lounge.

11.12 Saturday (Psychedelic Rock)
Nectar & Solid Sound present:
Night Beats
The Mystery Lights
Acid Tongue
Special Guests
Visuals by Mad Alchemy
$12adv
8pm, 21+

Tickets available here: http://bit.ly/TheNightBeatsTix

Smokey Brights featured on KEXP 'Music That Matters'

Smokey Brights are featured in KEXP DJ John Richard's newest 'Music That Matters' podcast!

1. Tom Brosseau - You Can’t Stop
2. Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam - A 1000 Times
3. Geowulf - Saltwater
4. Smokey Brights - In Demand
5. Luxury Death - Radiator Face
6. Decker - The Holy Ghost
7. Pixies - Um Chagga Lagga
8. Naked Giants - Ya Ya
9. Kestrels - No Alternative
10. Purling Hiss - Fever
11. Restorations - Sea

 
Check out the KEXP Blog for a post on this Music That Matters mix:
http://blog.kexp.org/2016/09/09/music-that-matters-2016-aint-so-bad/

You can also link directly to the podcast in MP3 form here: 
http://media.kexp.org/podcasts/mtm/media/2016-09-08_mtm529.mp3

Freakout Drive-In: Eddie & the Cruisers (SEA)

Freakout Records & Fred Wildlife Refuge are hosting the first FREAKOUT DRIVE-IN and showing the 1983 film "Eddie and the Cruisers." FREE and 21+

We are partnering with Jameson Irish Whiskey and Diggity Dog Hot Dog to provide the best drive-in experience. There will also be popcorn and adult slushies.

DJ Self Administered Beat Down will be spinning the best of Eddie-inspired tunes.

PLEASE BRING PILLOWS & BLANKETS FOR THE MOST COMFORTABLE VIEWING EXPERIENCE.