LISTEN TO + ORDER LA CERCA'S NEW ALBUM

Well folks, we are about one month away from listening to La Cerca's new album Sunrise for Everyone on some good ol' fresh vinyl!  We are more than sure you are gonna love what they've put together for you on this record!
Take a listen to our favorite song, "Sorry XO," here:

Then, we strongly recommend you go ahead and PRE-ORDER their album here:

Thanks for the support!
Enjoy the music!
FLR

LIVE PHOTO: THE GOOD GRACES AT NXNE

NEW RELEASE + NXNE CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT

Happy Father's Day / Happy Sunday everyone, ...and Happy Birthday Week to Kim Ware from the Good Graces, who have a lot going on this week!  the Good Graces are on their way to NXNE in Toronto, ON Canada to play a few shows.  In addition, the Good Graces are releasing for a very limited time - June 17-21 - a FREE digital single for the song "Under the Weather" from their upcoming album Close to the Sun, which we, Fort Lowell Records, are co-releasing with our friends up the street in Durham, NC - Potluck - on September 30.

NXNE INFO
Thursday, June 19
Free Times Cafe - 320 College St, M5T 1S3
- David Bronson 11:00 PM
- the Good Graces 12:00 AM
- Ian Fitzgerald 1:00 AM

Friday, June 20
Handlebar - 159 Augusta Ave, M5T 2L4
- the Good Graces 8:00 PM
- Giant Hand 9:00 PM
- Culture Reject 10:00 PM
- My Darling Fury 11:00 PM
- Bad Channels 12:00 AM
- Idgy Dean 1:00 AM
- Ellie Herring 2:00 AM

EXCLUSIVE FREE DOWNLOAD for "Under the Weather" - Limited time only: June 17-21
via the Good Graces' Soundcloud or Bandcamp pages

VIDEO FLYER for NXNE, featuring "Under the Weather"



Enjoy the shows, and enjoy the music!
FLR

(ANOTHER) NEW ALBUM RELEASE FOR 2014

On the eve on my own birthday, I can't think of anything more exciting to do than share with you our latest scheduled record release for 2014, with not only one of our favorite artists from Tucson, AZ, and not to mention a brilliant guitarist, but truly a very close friend of mine...  Naïm Amor - Hear the Walls, to be released October, 28, 2014 on a beautiful opaque dark red vinyl!



Stay tuned for more information to come!
~ Patron de Fort Lowell Records

LA CERCA ALBUM PREMIERE + PRE-ORDER

Our friends over at Blurt Magazine just so happened to get a sneak peak at La Cerca's new album, Sunrise for Everyone, due out July 29.   Check out why they feel "Sunrise for Everyone is a remarkable musical achievement" by reading their post here.  In addition, the PRE-ORDER link for Sunrise for Everyone is up and ready to go for you to place your order now (to be shipped later in July) --->

WET & RECKLESS GO TO THE MOVIES

Before she played bass guitar in Wet & Reckless, Tucson's own Jessica Gelt was in another Los Angeles post-punk / new-wave band called The Movies.  Now part-time television producer, not to mention staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, Gelt has partnered with Maker.tv, fashion brand NYLON, and writers Brian Canning (Irving, Afternoons) and Christian Casucci, to put together a 10-episode web series called Oh, You Pretty Things!, loosely based on the travails of The Movies.

Kevin Bronson from Buzzbands.LA has a great story about the web series you can read here.

Maker Studios has release a soundtrack for the web series that you can purchase from iTunes here, which includes two brand new tracks from Wet & Reckless - "Confetti" and "Bad Blood."

Listen to "Confetti" here:



Watch the lyric video for "Confetti" here:


Watch the trailer for Oh, You Pretty Things! here:


Watch the making of Oh, You Pretty Things! here:


And finally...
Watch all 10 episodes of Oh, You Pretty Things! here.


If you enjoyed all that, don't forget you can still purchase Wet & Reckless' split 7inch with Tracy Shedd directly from our website!

written Brian Canning (Irving, Afternoons) and Christian Casucci - See more at: http://www.buzzbands.la/2014/05/18/oh-pretty-things/#sthash.Utwlk1Dl.dpuf

written Brian Canning (Irving, Afternoons) and Christian Casucci - See more at: http://www.buzzbands.la/2014/05/18/oh-pretty-things/#sthash.Utwlk1Dl.dpuf

written Brian Canning (Irving, Afternoons) and Christian Casucci - See more at: http://www.buzzbands.la/2014/05/18/oh-pretty-things/#sthash.Utwlk1Dl.dpuf

MOYAMOYA S/T DEBUT ALBUM COVER ART

Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the cover art for the debut album from Jacksonville, FL's instrumental trio, moyamoya; also set to be released September 30, 2014:

THE GOOD GRACES 'CLOSE TO THE SUN' COVER ART

We are really, really excited to be partnering with Potluck Records for the Good Graces' release of their latest full-length, Close to the Sun, set to be released September 30, 2014.  Here is the cover art, featuring the Good Graces' leading lady, Kim Ware:

LA CERCA ON WAX

La Cerca's test pressing has arrived from Rainbo Records!  That means pretty soon it is going to be spinning on your turntable, and you are going to be dancing along to songs like "Arizon" and "Sorry XO!"  Sunrise for Everyone... coming soon to a record store near you!

CARRBORO NC, WE'RE COMING FOR YOU

This coming Sunday, April 6th, Fort Lowell Records will be participating in the Spring Carrboro CD & Record Show in North Carolina, hosted by Musical Roots Productions. The official times of the show are 12:00-6:00pm, but we plan to be there at 10:00am to begin setting up, and you are more than welcomed to come by early and say "Hi!," especially since admission is FR-FR-FREE!!!  The record show will be held at The Century Center in the heart of Carrboro, NC (across from Weaver Street Market).

We will have our entire Fort Lowell Records catalog with us... Young Mothers (yes, we have a few left without covers), ...music video?, Wet & Reckless + Tracy Shedd, Dead Western Plains, Death Kit, Howe Gelb (got some of those as well without covers), Luz De Vida (yup, we save one box just for this event), Andrew Collberg, Saint Maybe, and fairweatherfriend! Our table will be set up in the front entrance room, and we will have a complete listening station so you can check out all of our records!  7inches will be priced at $5.00 and 12inches at $10.00!

See you on Sunday!
FLR

LA CERCA COVER ART DEBUT

Ladies and gentlemen...
We are very proud and excited to present to you the cover art for La Cerca's new album Sunrise for Everyone, scheduled to be released July 29, 2014 from your good ol' pals here at Fort Lowell Records!  Photograph by our friend, Steve Haley (Audio Explorations).

We can't wait to see this on a 12inch vinyl jacket, printed by Dorado Packaging, of course!
Stay tuned for more info about La Cerca's amazing new album, finely crafted in Tucson AZ!

FLR

TRACY SHEDD LIVE PHOTOS

Here are some amazing photographs of our very own Tracy Shedd, who recently performed at The Max Canada in Athens, GA for the New Granada Records Showcase at the Slingshot Music Festival, taken by Nicole Kibert:

HELLO NORTH CAROLINA

We are proud to announce that you are (finally) able to pick up releases from the Fort Lowell Records catalog at the following retail outlets in North Carolina... they are all fully stocked:

All Day Records
12A E Main St
Carrboro, NC 27510
(919) 537-8322
http://alldayrecords.com

CD Alley
405-C W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 960-9272
https://www.facebook.com/pages/CD-Alley-Chapel-Hill/194628129086

The Record Krate
508 St Marys St
Raleigh, NC 27605
(919) 601-3131
https://www.facebook.com/record.krate

Schoolkids Records
2237 Avent Ferry Rd #101
Raleigh, NC 27606
(919) 821-7766
http://www.schoolkidsrecords.com


Stop by today and ask to listen to any of our records!
FLR 

FLR VINYL ON SALE AT EBAY.COM

We simply love it when this happens...

Thanks eBay!
FLR

HOWE GELB LIVE VIDEO FEATURING TRACY SHEDD

Taken from Howe Gelb's final performance of his 2014 East Coast Tour promoting the new album 'The Coincidentalist' (New West Records), this version of "Erosions" features a duet with Tracy Shedd, as well as Gabriel Sullivan on guitar, Thøger Lund on bass, and Steve Shelley (of Sonic Youth) on drums.

Recorded live at The Pilot Light in Knoxville, TN on Saturday, January 18, 2014

HOWE GELB + TRACY SHEDD TOUR PHOTOS

STEVE SHELLEY JOINS HOWE GELB ON TOUR

Ladies and gentlemen... Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth is joining Howe Gelb and Tracy Shedd on their US Tour!

Tuesday, January 14 at Eddie's Attic in Decatur GA
Wednesday, January 15 at Cat's Cradle Back Room in Carrboro NC
Friday, January 17 at Normaltown Hall in Athens GA ***
Saturday, January 18 at The Pilot Light in Knoxville TN

*** Tracy Shedd not performing

TRACY SHEDD + HOWE GELB ON TOUR

Normally we would be pretty excited to share with you that one of our artists were heading out on the road to share with you their music.  But this time, we have the pleasure of sharing with you that TWO of our artists are heading out together...

Tracy Shedd and Howe Gelb are hitting up east coast cities this January!  Both Shedd and Gelb will be supporting their own new record releases: Shedd's Arizona (New Granada Records), and Gelb's The Coincidentalist (New West Records).  Howe Gelb recently collaborated with Tracy Shedd in the studio, recording their own rendition of Sonic Youth's classic "Teenage Riot," which was released on Shedd's album, Arizona.  Let's hope Gelb joins Shedd on stage at these shows!

Tracy Shedd + Howe Gelb East Coast Tour:

01.11.14 | Washington, DC | Black Cat

01.12.14 | Asheville, NC | The Grey Eagle

01.13.14 | Athens, GA | Flicker Bar | **Tracy Shedd, Wayfarer State, and Mothers

01.14.14 | Decatur, GA | Eddie’s Attic

01.15.14 | Carrboro, NC | Cat’s Cradle Back Room

01.18.14 | Knoxville, TN | Pilot Light

**Howe Gelb not performing

See y'all at the shows!

We will be there with our complete FLR catalog for sale!

FAIRWEATHERFRIEND LIVE VIDEO

fairweatherfriend perform their self-titled single "Fairweather Friend," and thankfully Mark Newhouse just happened to be on hand with a couple of video cameras to capture the moment; taken on May 17, 2013 at Solar Culture in Tucson, AZ from fairweatherfriends' live debut.  Enjoy the great memories, and pick up a copy of their 7inch single today (over there---> ).


fairweatherfriend from Mark Newhouse on Vimeo.

FAREWELL ...MUSIC VIDEO? :(

I will never forget the day we decided to launch Fort Lowell Records in Tucson, Arizona.  There was never a question as to who we would release for our first few records.  I personally did not know the boys with ...music video?, so I had to schedule an official meeting with them to discuss releasing a record for them.  I had heard their music over the airwaves on KXCI, as well as streamed on the World Wide Web, and was a huge fan simply from that exposure, but I had never even seen them play live before!

Paul, Wes, and Justin met me at the local night club, Plush, in their front lounge.  I felt like I had known the three of them for years; they were all simply the nicest guys.  Fort Lowell Records had not yet released a record, so I remember having to explain my vision for what the label would become.  They were very open and trusting of what I wanted to do for their release, and I truly appreciated their partnership and support with their project.

I am very proud to have had the opportunity to work with ...music video?, and I am extremely happy to look back at FLR002 and listen to those sweet tunes Paul, Wes, and Justin created!  Thank you gentlemen for an amazing record!

Below is the post that Paul Jenkins left on the ...music video? Facebook page, bidding a fond farewell to their fans and supporters throughout their career.  Yes, ...music video? Has officially called it quits.  We still have a handful of ...music video? 7inches, so if you still don't have a copy, now is the time to pick one up, before they are gone!

Thanks ...MV?

James