Thursday, September 30, 2010

Manhattan Raid - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 30, 2010

Manhattan Raid recorded their session on Kendra's last night in town. The schwag super group at this session consisted of Brookes of El Is The Sound Of Joy, Kendra and Jillian from Names Divine, Joe aka Meester Magpie and John of Bomb Banks and Coughs fame. You may of seen them open up Nitetrotter Fest on day 3 with power jams of fury.

This session was chaotic to record but came out great. GOOD NITE

Manhattan Raid - "Fun and Easy" "Being Now"

Recorded at Schwag City Studios Chicago

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Monday, September 27, 2010

Sunshine Viper - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Jorge Tapia / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 27, 2010

Sunshine Viper is a project between Dan Davis and Jorge Tapia. They have been active for a couple of years and their output has been interesting. Live they are extremely loud so this session is a nice contrast. Don't worry though, its still heavy with a dose of psychedelia laced pop.

We'll lick it up COMRADES AND GOOD NITE!

Sunshine Viper - "The Killing" "Arrow Dynamics"

Recorded at Nitetrotter Studios East Moline

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Christmas - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 26, 2010

Earlier this month Olympia's Christmas stopped by to play a hot and wild show we booked with Vaction Dad and Birthdays. Pat was going crazy on guitar, the vocals sounded great and the drumming was surf steady. After helping us dig through the venues garbage they followed us to crash at Schwag City along with the other bands and some stragglers. By this time SC was smelling strongly of boy and mexican food. They woke up early and all tried to disinfect Pat X-mas' ear. After that shenanigans they came upstairs to the magic attic to record some crucial jams.

This session came out great and is one of our favorites to date. We hope we can get them back sometime soon! GOOD NITE

Christmas - "Destroit" "Faster" "Castle" "Winter"

Recorded at Schwag City Studios Chicago

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Friday, September 24, 2010

Prince Rama debuts #3 on Billboard New Age charts


Within just a few months of headlining the last night of the prestigious NITETROTTER Fest, Prince Rama have released a full length album on Paw Tracks which debuted at #3 on the Billboard New Age music charts. They bumped Yanni and currently sit two spots down from Enya. We are speechless.

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Hot White - Free Download



Our sponsor Nail In The Coffin Records has decided to let us give away their latest release only on Nitetrotter. It is the critically acclaimed cassette by Hot White, the new Denver raging no wave punk sensation. Hope you enjoy.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Sam Martin - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 23, 2010

This young man from Omaha was kind enough to stop by Schwag City one hot September afternoon to record this session. You may know him from his band Capgun Coup who are on Conor Oberst's label Team Love.

This music has an eerie quality that is total creep folk, definitely perking our ears. Really digging the lyric "just cause every boy wants you to incubate his baby". I really hope we hear more from Sam Martin soon.

Well comrades, you better enjoy this session as much as us. GOOD NITE!!!

Sam Martin - "Morbid Masters" "Susie is a Booze Queen" "Interior Man" "Just Cause Everybody Wants You To Come Around Here"

Recorded at Schwag City Studios Chicago

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

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Wolfman America - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Rose Noble / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 22, 2010

I first met this guy like 3 years ago at some kind of Rainbow Family function which is always a psychic voyage into the world of noise. The second time I met him he was just coming out of an art gallery that was hosting a performance piece of some christ like character pissing in a gold chalice. One never forgets people that you meet under these circumstances.

The Wolfman took off a year or so ago for last I heard the woods in the pacific northwest. He came back with a mane and some new songs. Well we hope you enjoy our latest session from Wolfman America. GOOD NITE!

Wolfman America - "Song 1" "Song 2" "Song 3"

Recorded at Schwag City Studios Chicago

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Birthdays - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 20, 2010

While on tour with Vacation Dad our new friend Birthdays stopped by for fun times at Schwag City. He really impressed us with these tracks. We are excited to hear the news that he will be going on his first European tour early next year. Have fun hopping the pond man!

Look for this Massachusetts maniac to be touring through your part of Amerika or Europe. GOOD NITE

Birthdays - "Birthday Jam" "Mating Season"

Recorded at Schwag City Studios Chicago

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Renae-NITETROTTER Session



Illustration Jorge Tapia//Text Suburban Legend//Sound Engineering Ian Harris

Renae is a Post-punk band that resides in their touring van more than in their hometown of Hillsboro, Illinois. Heavily drawing inspiration from the ghosts of bands past like At The Drive-In, As Cities Burn, and Connecticut's First Aid Kit. The lost souls of these bands live on, and are carried through the dissonance and pain filled screams of this session. One of the Indie labels Hotfoot Records newest signings, Renae does the Post-punk genre proud with their latest release ... And Hell Follows, their powerful live shows are also definitely worth checking. I hope you enjoy this medley session as much as I do, thanks and Good Nite!

Renae - "Untitled" - NITETROTTER Session by NITETROTTERSEXPARTY
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Shocking!


HEllo everyone. Here is a CRAZY photo of Joey from Friends smooking a doober
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Owl Pillage - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 18, 2010

These guys were so fucking high when they recorded this song. What the fuck do you think this is? Well whatever, this session is awesome. Awesome space jam for those stoned out of their gord in a dmt induced alternate reality.

Mikey of Owl Pillage just joined Nude Sunrise and started doing shows in his warehouse. Very cool.

Well as always hope you enjoy. GOOD NITE!

Owl Pillage - "We Are High"

Recorded at Schwag City Studios Chicago

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Vacation Dad - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 16, 2010

Our friend Vacation Dad came to Chicago to play the last show at The Attic in Little Village with Christmas, Nude Sunrise and Birthdays. It was a rager to the say the least. All three touring bands slept on the floors at Schwag City and recorded sessions the next day.

This guy was the most charismatic of the bunch and we had some fun conversations. He even left some sonic bacteria that he had been fermenting on a 2 month tour for us. We love this guy and hope he keeps catching a buzz around the US for his cool vibes.

Hope you enjoy this session and GOOD NITE!

Vacation Dad - "Vacation Jam 1" "Vacation Jam 2" "Vacation Jam 3" "Vacation Jam 4"

Recorded at Schwag City Studios Chicago
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Friday, September 10, 2010

Fork Knife Spoon - "Shooting Down The Christ Myth"

Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 10, 2010

This was the second Fork Knife Spoon recording released. It was titled "Shooting Down The Christ Myth" and was released on Conquistador Records in 2001. Over one hundred of these were made, they were diy photo copy covers with hand spray painted and screen printed cdrs. These were what FKS sold at many of its shows with bands like the Locust or Wesley Willis. This was after the "Unabomber" demo and before the "Black Stork Attack" 7". This release was recorded over a few hot summer days at John Powells church in Watertown. The lineup was Nate Girard drums, Jake Sheley guitar, Brett Schneider bass, John Gamino guitar, Andy Weinert vocals and Billy Harris vocals. This was a sort of awkward phase of the band, but still interesting.

***If anyone has a copy of the missing song from this album "Fucked Up Vacuum In The Corner" please email us it!***

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Hideous Men - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Ian Harris / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 10, 2010

This is dark. This band has some great death vibes and an electric personality. Its unsettling in the good way. Another great band from Denver. Is it just me or can you hear hints of early Madonna?

Hopefully you enjoy this session and hopefully we can get Hideous Men to come back and do an encore. As always thank you comrades and GOOD NITE!

Hideous Men - "Dreamscene" "Fantasy Cloak" "Talons" "Stage Magick"

Recorded at Nitetrotter Studios East Moline

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Burger Kingdom - Live NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Ian Harris / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 10, 2010

Burger Kingdom has one of the best names ever. They are also a very heavy band. They played a few shows in Illinois earlier this year and were quite the royal treat. BK's top 100 music obsessions lost in popper fried nites with deep leanings in to the fuzzed out pop culture pool produce a unique sound.

Erik the lead singer and I had this crazy conversation at Mortville. We talked about how pop music is at its weirdest in our time. With the autotune craze setting the cultural landscape for the upcoming apocalypse and pop fascists like Lady Gaga pulling the trigger. Great nite. My brain still hurts.

After playing a couple Chicago shows in a basement and a cardboard city they stopped by Mixtapes to record this live session.

Please come back Burger Kingdom we miss you. GOOD NITE!

Burger Kingdom - "Live at Mixtapes"

Recorded live at Mixtapes East Moline

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Lord Green FREE EP

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Text Anonymous - September 10, 2010

Our favorite raging thrash barons Lord Green have released a new vinyl 7" EP that you can download for free with bonus tracks at the link below. They will be playing a show to celebrate this release at the Redstone Room in Davenport Iowa on October 1st.

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

PAS - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Lawrence Romani / Text Lawrence Romani - Sept 8, 2010

I was really excited to have PAS record at Apparition Sound. They are a 4 piece most of the time but they have a long list of collaborators working with them in a live set so that number can swell to 10 just as it did recently when Vultures Quartet joined them for Avante Garde Festival in Germany opening for Faust and Lydia Lunch. The core members are Robert Pepper, Amber Brien, Jon Worthly and Mike Durek. The PAS sound is very organic and ethereal; a composed dissonance that creates an atmosphere around the listener. By fusing eclectic instrumentation with electronics they have created a sound that’s as original as it is timeless and haunting. Give them a listen. Enjoy !

PAS - "Untitled"

Recorded at Apparition Sound Brooklyn

PAS - "Untitled" - NITETROTTER Session by NITETROTTERSEXPARTY

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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Fork Knife Spoon - All Empires Fall

Text Mr Nitetrotter - September 4, 2010

We are starting a new "Bambi can eat her fucking heart out" series here at NITETROTTER. We will be giving away our favorite out of print Quad Cities area releases for free. Many of these bands are affiliated with members of the Nitetrotter Party. Many people kept asking us to post the Fork Knife Spoon recordings that are very hard to find. So here we go.

This was the final release for Fork Knife Spoon. It was recorded in the same session as the HeWhoCorrupts split at Semaphore in Chicago Illinois. The lineup was Jake Sheley guitar, John Gamino guitar, Jamie Warren bass, Nathan Girard drums, and Billy Harris vocals. Members of this band have gone on to form Mondo Drag, Lord Green and Eyes. This was not a well received band and were often cited as being popular by people trying to glorify the "good old days" but they weren't. This was actually a weird breed of crossover hardcore that combined power violence like KungFu Rick and downtuned crust of bands like Tragedy with the guitar harmonies of Iron Maiden.

This release was released on the defunct labels The Dupage Collective and First Blood Family to somewhere between 1000 and 1500 copies on Compact Disc. It never came out on vinyl and the master tape sits on a shelf in Billy's parents house(Jake, Nate and Jamie at one time wanted to tape over it to save money with a later short lived project). Hopefully if he gets some money he will put it out on vinyl(tell Bambi to eat her heart out).

Fork Knife Spoon's ideology is a lot of the reason NITETROTTER exists today!
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Friday, September 3, 2010

Rrrainbow Family - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 4, 2010

You may have heard crazy rumors about this band and they may or may not be true.

The Rrainbow Family is like a weird disease plaguing the city of Chicago that will not go away and keeps getting stronger by the second. This band has a revolving door of a lineup that always changes and can be a small combo all the way to a 10+ piece ensemble. The main core of the family sets the tone and direction while the younger members react. The result is a beautiful mess of psychedelic vibrations pulsating through the air. I have seen some of the weirdest shit go down during their sets. They bring out the best and worst of the audience.

We are very excited to present to you our latest breakout artists the Rrrainbow Family right here on NITETROTTER. GOOD NITE

Rrrainbow Family - "Untitled Improvisation"

Recorded at Schwag City Studios Chicago
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The Milltown Wranglers - Live NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Ian Harris / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 3, 2010

Earlier this year we hosted an eclectic show featuring the Quad Cities' premier bluegrass band The Milltown Wranglers. These fingerpicking masters of hillbilly counterpoint laid down some great songs for the crowd. They were able to keep non bluegrass fans entertained and engaged. With the closing of the venue side of Mixtapes this session sounds like the soundtrack to your favorite ghost town party.

We are very happy to bring you this latest session of river music from the banks of the mighty Mississippi. GOOD NITE!

The Milltown Wranglers - "Live at Mixtapes"

Recorded live at Mixtapes East Moline Illinois

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

QUILT - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - September 2, 2010

QUILT met some of the NITETRTROTTERS while Nude Sunrise was on tour this summer. That link up has brought us one of our most refreshing sessions to date. This is space rock for the new aeon. Not the same old rehashed bullshit but actually something new and exciting with a high level of tonal sophistication. Their show last month in Chicago was well received and we look forward to QUILT playing NITETROTTER Fest in 2011.

Drop a quaalude and grab some salt peanuts to get ready for this grade A session! Keep trottin comrades and GOOD NITE!

QUILT - "Cowboys In The Void" "Milo" "Seven Commas/Commodity Spectre"

Recorded at Schwag City Studios Chicago

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