Happy Birthday to Travis Taylor of Hey Mandible!

HEY MANDIBLE GOES DEAF IN 2015

The Quaker Goes Deaf rate Hey Mandible's album The Arse #42 for their Top-50 Best of 2015 List! w00t!w00t!

#42:  Hey Mandible—The Arse   (Fort Lowell/Infintesmal)  New album from band out of Jacksonville, Florida—heavy guitar indie rock with psychedelic outer space noise blasts that mediate the volatile rock ‘n’ roll middle ground between power pop hooks and angry feedback/distorto riffs.  “The Arse” integrates noise and melody in a fluid, punch-you-out hug of addictively dark and challenging song structure, where distortion never overpowers, but always provides a muscular compliment.  These are songs that hit you hard with a punk-edged face-slap that has just the right amount of warmth & sting to call your back again.  500 copies on green marble vinyl, and the cover art by Laura Bearl is a trip. (The 50s housewife taking the smiling little broasted baby out of the oven has horns and furry, hooved legs.)   Similarities to bands like Dumb Numbers, Turn Me On Dead Man, Dinosaur Jr., Mission Of Burma, Black Level Embassy, Sonic Youth, Polvo, the Intelligence.  Hey Mandible play brilliantly angry, darkly accessible rock with an instinctual, gut-level roar of power that hangs on to the melodic groove for dear life.  Recommended.    
 

HEY MANDIBLE 'THE ARSE' BEST OF 2015

Here Comes The Flood announces their "Best of 2015" list, and Hey Mandible's album The Arse comes in at #15!

THE QUAKER GOES DEAF ALBUM REVIEW: HEY MANDIBLE

Hey Mandible—The Arse

New album from band out of Jacksonville, Florida—heavy guitar indie rock with psychedelic outer space noise blasts that mediate the volatile rock ‘n’ roll middle ground between power pop hooks and angry feedback/distorto riffs. “The Arse” integrates noise and melody in a fluid, punch-you-out hug of addictively dark and challenging song structure, where distortion never overpowers, but always provides a muscular compliment. These are songs that hit you hard with a punk-edged face-slap that has just the right amount of warmth & sting to call your back again. 500 copies on green marble vinyl, and the cover art by Laura Bearl is a trip. (The 50s housewife taking the smiling little broasted baby out of the oven has horns and furry, hoofed legs.) Similarities to bands like Dumb Numbers, Turn Me On Dead Man, Dinosaur Jr., Mission Of Burma, Black Level Embassy, Sonic Youth, Polvo, the Intelligence. Hey Mandible play brilliantly angry, darkly accessible rock with an instinctual, gut-level roar of power that hangs on to the melodic groove for dear life. Recommended.

Charlie Edwards
The Quaker Goes Deaf

HEY JACKSONVILLE (FLORIDA)

Hey Mandible and our co-release partners, Infintesmal Records, take on Jacksonville, Florida tonight - Saturday, April 11th - for the official vinyl record release party celebrating Hey Mandible's debut album The Arse.   The party will be held at Rain Dog's (1045 Park Street) in 5 Points / Riverside, and music will begin at 8:00pm.  The concert line up consists of Infintesmal acts Lake Disney, Dagger Beach, and Smile 4, as well as special guests Motel.  Don't miss Hey Mandible tonight!  Click here for Facebook Event Page.

Click here to order Hey Mandible's The Arse on 12inch Green Vinyl!

DAS MANDIBLE

German blog - Das Klienicum - talks about the new music that is Hey Mandible.
Read more here!

ORDER HEY MANDIBLE THE ARSE TODAY!

PS

Happy Birthday to Travis Taylor from Hey Mandible!

HEY MANDIBLE ROKS THE LINE

Here is a great new feature on Hey Mandible's debut album The Arse from our friends at Rokline.com.

Check it out here, then ORDER HEY MANDIBLE THE ARSE TODAY!

HEY MANDIBLE CHART AT #27 ON 3WK.COM IN FIRST WEEK!

We here at Fort Lowell Records have always been big, big, big fans of Wanda & Jim Atkinson over at 3WK Radio.  So it is especially exciting to see that our very own Hey Mandible's album The Arse has debuted at #27 on their charts!  In addition, moyamoya's self-titled album has also been added this week for airplay!  Not a bad day for our friends down in Jacksonville FL.  Head over to 3WK to listen now!

HEY MAYHEM, HEY MANDIBLE

J. Neas in Greensboro NC at WQFS 90.9FM featured Hey Mandible's track "Calypso Twist" on his latest J's Indie/Rock Mayhem radio show.  In case you missed the show, J has the radio show saved as a podcast for your enjoyment.  Take a listen here!

HERE COMES HEY MANDIBLE

Our friends over at Here Comes The Flood gave a nice little review of Hey Mandible's new album The Arse!
Read it here: http://werksman.blogspot.com/2015/03/hey-mandible-arse.html  (Lemmy seams to love it!)

LISTEN TO HEY MANDIBLE 'THE ARSE' NOW

Thanks to our friends at 3hive.com, you can now stream Hey Mandible's debut album, The Arse, via their website!  3hive.com also has an exclusive download for the track "Supernovatone" on their post, so enjoy the MP3!  Hey Mandible's beautiful green vinyl record is in, so pre-order now to reserve one for yourself (or a friend).  The Arse will be available in record stores on March 31!

HEY MANDIBLE 'THE ARSE' HAS ARRIVED - PRE-ORDER NOW

Hey, hey, hey everyone!  Look what just came in the mail today, on this snowy day in Raleigh, NC... Hey Mandible The Arse!  We are so excited about this split release with Infintesmal Records! The release date is set for March 31, but you can order your copy of Hey Mandible's debut record now, direct from us:

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER HEY MANDIBLE 'THE ARSE'

NEW RELEASE FOR 2015: HEY MANDIBLE 'THE ARSE'

Hey folks! For 2015, we are partnering with our friends down in Jacksonville, Florida - Infintesmal Records - to bring the awesome debut album from Hey Mandible, called The Arse!  Below is the cover art (heck, we'd release this album just for the artwork alone; love this painting by Laura Bearl).  Stay tuned for more information, plus an exclusive album premier to listen to The Arse before it's release date of March 31st!

COMMON THREAD, THE GREATEST BAND EVER

One of the most influential bands of my life has been Common Thread.  Fort Lowell Records would simply not exist if it weren't for them.  Not only were they close friends of mine growing up in Orange Park, FL, but they were simply amazing musicians that pushed boundaries like no other band.

In the late 80's and early 90's, a big part of the skateboarding scene in Orange Park, FL, existed at "The Sandtrap."  This was the name for Joe & Tiger Parker's backyard half-pipe skate ramp.  Tiger was one of my best friends at the time (shout-out to the Rice Posse) and Joe was his older brother.  Joe's friends Travis Taylor and Joey Zimmerman would often come over as well to skate with us, but before we knew it, Joe, Travis, and Joey were plugging in guitars in the living room.  It wasn't too long after that Common Thread was born and shows at The Civic League and Pizza Blue became the most mind blowing experiences for us growing up.  Craig Parlet, a friend of mine literally since the age of one (we were both born in Portsmouth, VA, due to our fathers both being in the Navy) became Common Thread's drummer just after the release of their first cassette.

Fortunately for all of us, our friend Aaron O'Laughlin has posted up two great video's of Common Thread.  The first is a video he made for their classic hit "Lydia Elle," a song that appeared on what most will agree was their greatest release ever, Fountain.  The second video is a live recording from a show at The Bad Boy Club, playing John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane," a song they would often end their shows with, featuring their original drummer, Donald Kilpatrick.





In addition, here are a few other classic songs by Common Thread for you to listen to, taken from their MySpace page:

Sesame "Sesame"
Destroying Red Lights "Destroying Red Lights"
Drippings "Drippings"
My Feet as Prunes "My Feet as Prunes"

We hope you have enjoyed listening to Common Thread as much of we have! By the way, you may have noticed the Teisco Japanese Guitar that Joe Parker was playing in the live video. This guitar was a big inspiration for him to begin building his own guitars, Joe Parker Guitars, photographed below as seen at Austin Vintage Guitars in Texas.

Happy Shoegazing!
~ FLR