Brown Interiour Music News

MIKROFEST XIV

2009-05-27T23:04:00.000-07:00

Mikrofest XIV is almost here!
here are the particulars:

Saturday, June 6th 02009, 1pm.
The Northern, at 321 4th Ave in Olympia WA.
$5, all ages

The Northern does not allow drinking or drugs, as it is an all-ages venue. We thank you in advance for following this one and only rule, as we in Olympia, no matter how old, need an all-ages space. We are grateful to the Northern and the Oly All-Ages Project for having us, and we don't wanna violate their code of operation. And besides, there are 4 bars within a 2-block radius of the venue. You can do your drinkin' there!

here's the lineup!

christmas
head bangz
margy pepper
rollie fingers
eleanor murray
june madrona
mona reels
sundance kidz
MOON RUNNERS
generifus
protototoxin
street without joy
violet flame meditation
rainbow bridge
copy cats
nature girls
cool scool
james scott
sunn dagger
the greta jane jazz quartet
it's all gotta go
#bear
S.A.S. (DJ Set)

p.s. thanks to brittany for the gorgeous poster. we owe you one.

C-23 RELEASE PARTY/INSTALLATION!

2009-05-01T19:11:00.000-07:00

hey kids.

we're having a release listening party/installation for the C-23 box set!
(there's a blagh about the release below this one, if you don't know what it is)

it'll be at sizizis (704 4th Ave)

on thursday may 14
midnight to 3am
free, all ages

we'll be DJing the six-tape box-set using, you guessed it, six boomboxes set up around the store. as we mentioned in our blagh about the release below, there are over 46,000 different ways to listen to the album, and that's not counting starting the tapes at different times, which pretty much makes the possibilities endless. come stay up late with us, and get yourself a copy while you're at it! it's a limited edition, you know.

sizizis is olympia's only 24-hour business worth mentioning, offering over 80 kinds of (really delicious) tea, the best coffee in town (stumptown!), pastries (vegan cupcakes!!!), low lighting, and a delightfully gothic ambiance. it's really the perfect place for our performance/installation/listening party, and we are grateful to Kaia (did i spell that right?) and sizizis for letting us do it there.

New and soon to come...

2009-04-29T21:59:00.001-07:00

hi all you snails!

we've got some new killer shit to share with you, put on tapes addressed to your mailboxx.
we've been hibernating for a while (you know how winter is), but we're glad to say we're back, and lookin good, if we don't say so ourselves.

we've changed some stuff, and this is what we changed:
we finally ran out of some of the old favorites that you never heard, BUT, we have decided to upload a bunch of them for free download, ya cheepies. so keep checkin on that for updates. just remember that we love you very much.

here is the latest release, if you know what me mean.

C-23
!!!!!!FINALLY!!!!!!
a long time ago, we asked 12 people to make music in the key of C for 23 minutes. they did, and two years later, it's available! the deal is, the music was made with the idea in mind that you can play the tapes simultaneously (in any of 46,656 combinations - for real, we asked a mathematician) to create your own version of the album for you and your family to enjoy. you surely won't live long enough to run out of new ways to listen to it, provided you have six boomboxes (try goodwill). what can we say? it's a real good listen. and it's only $23! check out our catalog for the lineup. there ain't very many copies, so eat 'em up.

WE ARE STARTING A TAPE RECYCLING PROGRAM (ta.r.p.)!
We are using a lot of recycled tapes, i.e. old cassettes people bought at retail value back in the day. cassingles, eagles tapes, audio books, you name it. we have some state-of-the-art tape erasing and recording equipment that helps us do this... it's all quite complicated.
BUT...
for you, the "consumers" as W would have said, we offer this option... on our catalog we will have a list of lengths of tape needed, and we will offer a 25 cent per cassette credit on any order. That means if you have a big box of tapes, you can trade them for a small box of tapes with cool stuff on them. Think about the times in your subaru wishing you had something fresh to jam in that rectangular hole... check out the catalog and see if you have what it takes!

MFXIV

2009-04-29T21:51:00.000-07:00

Yeah, that's right... Mikrofest number fourteen.

The first one to take place at a real venue?

The Northern, at 321 4th Ave in Olympia WA.
Saturday, June 6th 02009, 1pm.
The show will be $5 at the door, all ages encouraged to come!

Confirmed Acts:
MIKROFEST XIV
- head bangz
- margy pepper
- rollie fingers
- eleanor murray
- mona reels
- sundance kidz
- MOON RUNNERS
- generifus
- john farenelli
- street without joy
- violet flame meditation
- rainbow bridge
- copy cats
- nature girls
- cool scool
- james scott
- sunn dagger
- S.A.S. (DJ Set)

THE ON-THE-DOT MINIMIKROFEST!!!

2009-04-03T01:13:00.000-07:00

it's everything you've ever wanted, just smaller.

saturday april 11, 1pm

$5. all ages, all the time, baby. you know what i'm talkin about.

there will be food available at 2pm!

le bon chez puget:
1139 puget st NE

head bangz (tacoma)
fall of electricity
#bear
outdoor voices
blanket truth (seattle)
antarctica takes it!
kill the whale (formerly killywell)
james rabbit (santa cruz)
sunshine factory (LA)
brown and blue (CA)

and maybe even more! WHO KNOWS?!!!
don't miss this one kids. there may be no tomorrow!
love,
-a

www.myspace.com/headbangscoolyeah :: http://www.myspace.com/fallofelectricity :: http://www.myspace.com/numberbear :: http://www.myspace.com/blankettruth :: http://www.myspace.com/antarcticatakesit :: http://www.myspace.com/killywell :: http://www.myspace.com/jamesrabbitmusic :: www.myspace.com/sunshinefactory ::http://www.myspace.com/brownandbluemusic

MIKROFEST VIII!!!

2008-05-21T02:46:00.000-07:00

brown interiour music presents
MIKROFEST VIII
we got more bands than ever before! (yikes!)
saturday may 24 12:30 pm - ?

white boss
live active culturez
foque mopus
tiffany amber thiessen
cool scool
sewn leather
big fucking sleep giant gives birth to himself
problems
ruth allison
well beings
vibrarians
buffalo voice
nature girl(s)
desolation wilderness
sweetheart parade
#bear
fall of snow
penny & her lower case kindred
hobby hobby
calico
alas alak alaska
phonatic
infinity gauntlet

hall of the woods
(3712 sapp rd NE)
$3-5, all agez.

there'll be a gourmet secret cafe too!
there will not be any parking available,
so we have arranged for an hourly shuttle leaving from the top foods
parking lot on the westside (take bus #44 from the transit center).
there is also a biking map available on handouts around town.

best mikrofest ever!!!

2008-03-09T16:25:00.000-07:00

seriously, you guys.
this thing really came together.

thanks so much to hall of the woods (such an amazing place), and to all the bands, and to everyone who came. thanks to your contributions, we were able to send the touring bands off with a nice chunk of cash, which, if you've never been on tour, is like the best feeling ever.
oh - and thanks to evan for doing sound all day. it was really quite necessary

we'll be workin on the next one soon!
love,
b.i.m.

mikrofest vii!!!

2008-03-03T14:59:00.000-08:00

it's so real!
we're forging ahead into a new millenium* with our slightly legendary festival series!
*(b.i.m. runs on non-linear time, and our y2k happens on march 8.)

here's the skinny.
saturday, march 8
hall of the woods
3712 Sapp Rd. sw
oly, wa 98512
$3-5
all ages
bring a pillow and a friend

2:00 - google maps
2:30 - troglodytes
3:00 - polka dot dot
3:30 - blind physics
4:00 - clause of thunder
4:30 - leah cipolla
5:00 - gravity music for 5 violins, viola & cello
5:30 - miniature & presidential
6:00 - greenland
6:30 - anthony jr.
7:00 - jenny jenkins
7:30 - desolation wilderness
8:00 - generifus (kirkland)
8:30 - beat box fred
8:50 - an overlapping fear/appealing for heaven (chicago)
9:15 - #bear
9:30 - BIG FUCKING SLEEP GIANT
10:00 - civilized man (chicago)
10:30 - mike fekete
11:00 - fall of electricity
11:30 - mirror tricks 2 (chicago)
12:00 - in the house on the house
12:30 - gumar and his magical midi band
1:00 - DANCE PARTY!!!
yeah!
invertebrates in spandex!

anyways, it's gonna be the shit.
don't miss it.
if you don't come, 10,000 baby chinchillas will die in their sleep.
we don't want that, do we?
listen - i don't make the rules, ok?

see you there.
love,
-a

L.A.K.E. show this friday!

2007-11-05T16:15:00.001-08:00

friday, november 9th
brown interiour's own L.A.K.E. will be playing at home's cool (803 jefferson, at 8th) with the hepburns (wales) and anthony rochester (tasmania).
also, here's this really cool video from anthony's new album.
it should be a great show. you should come. you're already there. i can feel it. ooh. i like those pants you're wearing. say - is that egyptian musk?

8:30 pm (yea i know the poster says 9:30)
$5 suggested
all freekin ages.
dig it!
more info at www.radiokhartoum.com

Mikrofest 7 in Arcata, CA

2007-10-14T13:58:00.000-07:00

Well, here we go again! the seventh Mikrofest since the very first one back in November '06. This time it will be in Arcata, CA at the Green House. Bands included are the Amazing and Incredible Randy, Part Dog, Live Active Cultures, Gumar and his Magical Midi Band, Yes Please, Brother Mitya, David Jaberi, and Super K.

The tentative date for this event is Saturday, November 17th. That's the Saturday BEFORE thanksgiving. Thanks to everybody who's helping to bring this event together!

MIKROFEST VI

2007-10-02T10:40:00.000-07:00

mikrofest is real.
six happens.

our near-legendary house-fest series continues!
this one'll be hosted by the red house and homeschool,
both on the corner of 8th and jefferson.
$3-5, all ages, awesome.
the lineup (in no particular order):

gumar and his magical midi band
part dog
joey casio
the mona reels
sewn leather
hypnogogue
motion commotion
onyx of olympia & ms spindleheart
fear kittenz
next-door neighbors
ben kamen
live active cultures
beat box fred
john courage
ALWAYS
milkshake apocolypse
-a
ian picco's theatre experiment
robin bird
ian ackerman
bear
anthony jr.
jesus was a slave ship
gun outfit
esther

see you there!
-B.I.M.

lake review from puremusic!

2007-07-27T21:32:00.001-07:00

check it out! L.A.K.E., -a, and ashley eriksson have been reviewed by the nice folks at puremusic.com! here's a link.

FRESH Summer 2007 mixtape

2007-07-26T16:16:00.000-07:00

the first compilation tape we put out is out of print for the time being, but we have just released a new one, so get 'em while they're hot!

this 90 minute tape is full of instant hits and includes all of the following artists. These are exclusive tracks except *:
fisher J. price, disturbulenced*, L.A.K.E., Joseba Irazoki*, The Amazing and Incredible Randy, Horse Spirit Penetrates, Dylan Shearer*, Cains & Abels, R. Stevie Moore, WALK, Ashley & Eli, Hacksaw, White Haze, Number Bear, Louisana Fagot, Part Dog*, Peanut Butter Solution, Live Active Cultures*, Karl Blau, Lindsay Schief*, xox, Flying Arrangement, the Broooms, Grunt People*, Calvin Johnson, Ninjaface*, -a, and Hayseed Boys. it's just $2 when you buy 3 tapes, or $3 with shipping to continental US by itself.

welcome to the family!

2007-07-26T15:52:00.000-07:00

We are proud to announce some newcomers to the Brown Interiour Music roster. Our newest addition is none other than R. Stevie Moore, the godfather of lo-fi himself. He has been making terriffic recordings since the 1960s and we are excited to collaborate with him. As an introduction he is on our summer 2007 compilation tape with a classic original called "Colliding Circles." Without him, we wouldn't have Ariel Pink, Guided By Voices, Jad Fair or even David Bowie. Check out his website, send him some cash, and watch his videos on youtube. Keep an eye out for future releases from Stevie!
R. Stevie Moore a few weeks ago

You might have heard that Karl Blau from Anacortes, WA has become involved with us. Not only did he donate a bunch of tape decks to us to help speed our process, but he also has recorded a very special album for us to release at historic Dub Narcotic Studio. The album features the poetry of the late poet Robert Sund, with spontaneous accompaniment from Adam Oelsner (L.A.K.E./Kickball), Andrew Dorsett (L.A.K.E./Live Active Cultures/-a) and myself. It's in the can and in the editing process, and it will be available shortly.

Karl Blau making lunch

Also new to the family is Joseba Irazoki from the Basque Country. He is a sort of avant-garde blues guitarist with the occasional subtle electronic twist to his organic minimalist music. This is some serious PHD shit if you know what I mean. He has a couple albums released under the moniker "Do" on Spain's Lucky Kitchen label, and his newest release is a cassette on brown interiour called "dosi."

- Blues improbisatulues bezala defini dezakegu "Dosi" izeneko Irazokiren lan berria. Kanta baten batean, gitarra elektriko zikin samarrek hillbilly kutsua hartzen dute . Cassette formatu berezian argitaratzen du " Brown Interiour music" zigilu estatubatuarrak .

- Podemos definir el nuevo trabajo de Irazoki como Blues improvisado; guitarras eléctricas distorsionadas que llegan a coger un tono hillbilly. Lo publica en cassette el sello estadounidense "Brown interiour music".

- We can define the new work of Irazoki as improvised blues, we will find dirty electric guitars that sometimes sounds like hillbilly stuff. Released on cassette by the american label "Brown interiour music"

Joseba Irazoki having fun

2007-06-25T18:34:00.000-07:00

MICROFEST V!!!

This event is being curated by Boy Gorilla Records, and is happening in Portland. Don't miss it! Brown Interiour will have a distro set up, and we are being represented by the Free Range Stallions (with members of Simurgh), Ashley Eriksson & Eli Moore of LAKE will be playing with the Portland combo Swimming.

LAKE Survives Near-Miss

2007-06-25T18:26:00.000-07:00

Whilst on tour with the revered Laura Viers, our friends in LAKE were run off the road by an eighteen-wheeler truck-drivin' man in rural Illinois. Andrew was the driver. "He just didn't see us," he recalls. "Do you want any sake?" In order to avoid being crushed by this big rig, our hero used his thinking cap and pulled into the "lush, grassy median." Thankfully, no one was hurt. The driver of the truck was unavailable for comment.

New Skrill Meadow EP

2007-06-25T18:22:00.000-07:00

There is a new Still Meadow EP entitled "City By The Lake." Pop these jams in your hungry worn-out car cassette deck while the summer's still hot! Only a few are left.