3.23.11
The Please & Thank Yous Mind Yr P's & Q's cassettes are back in stock and looking better than ever! They're also cheaper than before. Sorry to everyone who got the first press, but this press looks 100 times better than the original. I'm still working on the TWIABPAIANLATD tape, but it shouldn't be too much longer until that's ready. Head over to the mailorder section to pick up a TPATY tape!!

2.25.11
I'm super psyched to announce that HeWhoCorrupts Inc. has digitally released Cloud Mouth's The Ghost Is Always With Me! It's available for $5 on HWC Inc.'s bandcamp page, and 50% of each download go to benefit Chicago Hopes charity. From HWC Inc.: "HWC Inc has released the digital version of “That Ghost is Always With Me” with half of each sale going to CHICAGO HOPES - the cause Cloud Mouth has selected to benefit from this release. Chicago Hopes is an initiative within Chicago Public Schools which empowers students to succeed academically despite the challenges of homelessness. The release is currently available through BANDCAMP for $5. The release will soon be available on ITUNES, NAPSTER, and AMAZON." This whole project has been awesome, and I'm super stoked to be fortunate enough to work with HeWhoCorrupts Inc. who have been contributing to the Chicago DIY community since before I knew one existed. Check them out and support everything they do.

2.18.11
I updated the mailorder section to make ordering a little bit easier. I'll be releasing a new cassette from Connecticut's The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die in March. Topshelf Records is holding preorders for the 7" version of the tape, Josh is Dead. I'll have more information about the tape including putting it up for download as soon as I get organized. A repress of The Please & Thank You's Mind Yr P's & Q's is on its way, too. Native tapes and Cloud Mouth/Cougar Den 7"s are all gone. RIP.

11.27.10
OKAY! The Cloud Mouth 12"s are FINALLY HERE!!! They are fucking beautiful, and I am so happy to have this record finished (FINALLY). Unfortunately, since they just arrived and I will be leaving in a handful of hours for tour with Cloud Mouth, I won't be able to send out the preorders unil the second week of December. Sorry! Additionally, Cloud Mouth and I would like to extend a "Thank You" to Keith and Count Your Lucky Stars records for helping out with this 12". Be sure to check out their catalo. They've released some great records by some great bands (most recently the Reptilian's "Full Health" 10" and Joie De Vivre's "The North End" 2xLP!).
More news...Boilerman's "Bright Young Things" EP has been released on CD by Traffic Street Records! Another awesome label putting out awesome music.
Anyway, mailorder will be put on hold until the second week of December, so if you send me an e-mail I won't respond. Sorry! Be sure to come out and see Cloud Mouth on their Fall Tour and pick up their 12". Dnd check out the Kid/Age Distro!

08.11.10
Tupac. I had been feeling like a new layout was in order for a while and it's finally here. I think everything is very much improved now.
Boilerman's "Bright Young Things" 7" is available now. 100 on Seafoam Green vinyl and 400 on White. Record is fucking great. Check it out here.
Cloud Mouth's 12", "That Ghost Is Always With Me," is still at the plant. We're working on finishing this thing off as soon as we can, but it's looking like an October release now. Sorry to everyone who preordered it, but rest assured it will come and it will be worth the wait.
Additionally, all of our releases are available for stream and most are available for download on our brand new bandcamp page. Shit's off the hook. All downloadable releases are available for free, but you're welcome to donate if you'd like. Additionally, all downloads come with hi-res scans of all physical attributes that would accompany owning the actual release. Check it, spread it.
Native tapes & Cloud Mouth/Cougar Den 7"s are running low, and The Please & Thank Yous and Torrential Downpour/Parrhesia tapes are all gone. Expect a repress of the Please & Thank Yous' tape in the future, but nothing else. Contigo tapes are still coming, don't fear (the reaper).

05.23.10
The new 12" Cloud Mouth EP, That Ghost Is Always With Me, is now available for preorder. This record is so insanely great. Seriously, if you liked Cloud Mouth before you are going to die when you hear these tracks. The band has grown so much and these songs really show it. There are 50 preorder packages that give you a 12" EP and a copy of Cloud Mouth's self-released Live 7", which you can preorder here. The EP will drop in July, and Cloud Mouth will be hitting the road wicked hard, so keep an eye or two out.

03.28.10
Alright, well, I'm not getting any better at this. Sweet Talk & Contigo tapes should have been out by now, but neither of them are. I ran into a plethora of issues with the Contigo tapes, but everything is figured out now. Those are gonna be coming out in May, hopefully. I'm really bad with time management. Sweet Talk tapes are on their way, though. They'll be available April 9; the first day of their tour with Boilerman. More info on that at Sweet Talk's tumblr page. Also, you can download the Bed cassette & two tracks that will be released later in the year on their bandcamp,
There's lots of shit going down. Expect more news in the coming months.

02.09.10
One: New website! I hope this makes everything easier for everybody.
Two: Mike C is now a part of Ice Age. Direct all Hatebreed inquiries to him (sick of that joke yet? Me neither).
Three: The Please & Thank Yous' Mind Your P's & Q's Cassette is coming February 14! It's finally fucking here! Shit is so good. Hop over to the mailorder page and pick that shit up.
Four: Sweet Talk's Bed Cassette will be coming in March or April. We'll see. It all depends on when we can get our shit together to record those stupid songs.
Five: CLOUD MOUTH! FUCKING CLOUD MOUTH! Zach just left for Turkey (YEAH FUCKING TURKEY!), and will be gone until June. But! Before Zach left he laid down tracks for a new EP that will be released when they get back. ON VINYL! Gasp! It's going to be fucking awesome, and we are both super excited to get that out. It's obviously a long ways away, but I figured I'd let everyone know about it. Seriously, so awesome. These tracks are so good.
Six: Castevet tapes are all out, and Parrhesia Demo tapes are temporarily out of stock. I'm all out of White and Clear Cloud Mouth/Cougar Den Split 7"s. Torrential Downpour/Parrhesia Split tapes are running low, though I'm sure you don't care. The Contio tapes will be coming in March...hopefully. I feel like such a jackass pushing those back all the time. And Native tapes are still here & still HOT! Check Wrestling Moves out if you haven't. The record is so good.

So, yeah. It's been a long time away, but everything's back and better than ever. Right?

11.22.09
Alrighty, Cloud Mouth/Cougar Den 7"s are out and available for everyone! Yay! Coming in December will be Native's debut full-length Wrestling Moves and the tape version of Castevet's Big Scary Monster debut, The Echo And The Light. Awesome!!!

11.14.09
So today marks 365 days after my first release. I can't believe how far this shitty "label" has come, so thanks to everyone who has supported it. Thanks to all the bands who have wanted anything to do with me, whether or not their releases are out yet. The Cloud Mouth release show went spectacular. Thanks to everyone who came out to that, and thanks to Matt and John for working their asses off to make that spot as awesome as it is. Anywho, mailorder will be down til the 25th 'cause I'm going to be out of town til then. So...if you order anything, please be patient. Thanks.

10.26.09
Some more unfortunate news...the Native tapes are going to have to be pushed back to December because of some more money issues. But! The Cloud Mouth/Cougar Den Splits are coming out in two weeks! The layout is looking awesome, we just have to get it all printed up and put together. The release show is going to be unreal. November 13 at the HBHQ in Chicago, IL with Castevet, Harps of Tartarus, Proles, and 1 more TBA. Message Cloud Mouth for more info on that.

10.2.09
Cloud Mouth/Cougar Den Split 7" Preorders are up now! Buy one color for $7 (postage-paid), or all three for $16 (postage-paid)! GET ON IT! Release show in Chicago on Friday the 13th (of November). SICK.

9.28.09
Okay, so my computer's broken right now so I'm a little bit behind on a lot of things. Cloud Mouth/Cougar Den test presses came in and they sound SWEET. That should be out by November 13th, and preorders will be up soon. The Contigo Street Magic, Street Justice tapes are going to have to be pushed back a little bit because of money issues and another release that is demanding my immediate attention. That release is going to be Native's full length, Wrestling Moves. That will be out October 30th, along with the CD version, which will be available from Sargent House. Harrison Hickock of Kid Sister Everything will be doing the artwork for the tape release, and it's gonna be NASTY. Native will be hitting the road a ton over the next couple months, so be sure to check them out. Not much other than that, I suppose. I'll update the releases page soon...hopefully...

9.9.09
All red vinyl copies of Parrhesia's For Everything to Be Consummated, For Me to Feel Less Alone, I Had Only to Wish That There Be a Large Crowd of Spectators the Day of My Execution and That They Greet Me With Cries of Hate are gone from Ice Age & only available through the band at live shows. Cloud Mouth/Cougar Den 7"s are off to the plant! FINALLY! Fuck me, right? Shit should be out around the first week of November. Preorders will be up once I get the tests back. Preorders, right? ROCK STARS.

9.05.09
Torrential Downpour/Parrhesia Split tapes are available for purchase. They'll also be available from Utarid sometime soon. Peep dat shit. Also, come to Summer Camp in Chicago for the release show.

9.01.09
Cloud Mouth & Cougar Den are back from the road, and I no longer have any Splits left! Rumor has it that those two clowns have a handful of copies left, but no promises! E-mail them yourselves! 7"s are still TBA because I am a scattered mess right now and can't seem to get organized and get anything done.
The Torrential Downpour/Parrhesia Splits are finally here, too! They will be available for purchase starting September 5th. In Chicago? Come to Summer Camp for the release show with Xerxes and Mountain Asleep!
Coming in November will be a very special release that I am very excited about: British Colombia's Montreal's Contigo's Street Magic, Street Justice Cassette. It fucking rages.
The Please & Thank Yous are finally done recording Mind Your P's and Q's, so we just need to get it mixed, mastered, and figure out the artwork situation and that will off to da press.
Some other cool stuff coming up, but it's mostly being worked out still. The New Yorker just released their 6-song 7", Home Is Where The Trees Grow. It fucking slays. Check them out.

8.02.09
Cloud Mouth/Cougar Den Split cassettes are available now! The boys (and girl) leave tonight for a month-long tour. I only have a handful of tapes here, the rest of them are going on the road! Be the first to get these sweet tapes complete with siq hand-assembled (w)o(w)-cards! But seriously, these tapes look & sound fantastic. Fucking buy one. $2+shipping. 7" coming in, like, 2 months or something. YEAH. Also, go see Cloud Mouth and Cougar Den on the fucking road! YEAH!!!

7.14.09
Up next: Cougar Den/Cloud Mouth split Tape/7"! Tapes will be available August 2nd for their Midwest/East Coast tour! 7"s will be available in the coming months. Info on the releases page! GET STOKED!

7.01.09
Parrhesia's "...Cries of Hate" 7" is out now! Thanks to all the preorderers. Hope you guys enjoy your posters! Records are now available for $7 ppd, because the cost to mail the poster has been subtracted. The release show last night with Witch Hunt was sick, and thanks to everyone who came out to that, as well as John and Mark for putting on the show and letting Parrhesia into their home. Some new stuff should be on its way soon, so look out!

5.18.09
The test presses arrived today and the plant is getting started on the rest of the records for Parrhesia's 7". Preorders are up now! PREORDERS ARE UP NOW!!! All preorders get limited seethru-red vinyl & a handscreened 11"x17" poster! GO! GO! GO! (The records will be out June 30, 2009. Record release show at Simple Days in Bloomington, IL with WITCH HUNT).

4.27.09
Finally! The order forms for Parrhesia's 7" have been sent out! I'm hoping for a June release date, but because it took me so long to get the order forms finished, it may come in early July/just in time for the Parrhesia/Socially Retarded tour. Also, I added paypal links to the releases so you can order them without emailing me first. Also, Eating Glass is almost finished with their half of the Blackbirds/Eating Glass split, so that will be out this summer, too! Big stuff for Summer '09...get stokified!

4.06.09
Alright! Parrhesia just got out of the studio & finished recording their 7" along with two compilation tracks. The songs are up now on their myspace! The 7", For Everything to Be Consummated, For Me to Feel Less Alone, I Had Only to Wish That There Be a Large Crowd of Spectators the Day of My Execution and That They Greet Me With Cries of Hate, will be out in mid-late June with the help of Ultra Nuclear Records. That's really all for now.

2.24.09
It's been a slow couple of months. A couple of cool tentative plans in the works, though...Utarid Tapes out of Malaysia is going to be split-releasing the Torrential Downpour/Parrhesia Split Cassettes, which I am supremely stoked about. Also, coming out within the next couple months (theoretically, it's all still being worked out) is the Blackbirds/Eating Glass Split Cassette, with a vinyl version coming out on Mayfly Records. Both bands are fucking heavy as fuck and evil as hell. Get stoked. The Please & Thank Yous are finally going back into the studio on March 7th to get back to work on Mind Your P's & Q's, so that will hopefully be finished soon. Everything here is starting to sound like wishful thinking, eh? It'll come together soon enough. Oh, and the stickers came. They turned out really well.
On an un-label-related note, I started a messageboard with the help of some of my friends as a resource for people and bands throughout the midwest. It has turned into a wonderfully fun and hysterical shit-talking fest, while also serving its initial purpose at times. For this I am very grateful to everyone involved in it, and want to finally share it with anyone visiting the website. Come join the Midwest Punk Collective!

1.05.09
I've got some good news, and I've got some bad news. First, the good news: Jeremy just left my house, so the Torrential Downpour/Parrhesia Split cassette is going pretty much on schedule. His tracks sound fucking great. I am super stoked on this release. The bad news, however, is that the Please & Thank Yous recording has been postponed about a month or so. Weak shit. We were supposed to be in the studio the last three days finishing up Mind Your P's and Q's, but hopefully we'll be able to get into the studio in early February. I have Volume II of "Remain Unadapted" in my possession, but I haven't gotten around to scanning it in. I'll do that asap. Also, I ordered some stickers a couple weeks ago, so in a couple weeks I'll have them. Then you can stick them on other people's things and make them angrrry. Then they'll buy shit from me. Yeah!

12.9.08
I put up Volume I of Vince's "Remain Unadapted" zine on the info page. There's an interview he did with me on the first page, and a review of the Failure's LP on the second page. Shit's rad. He'll have Volume II out this weekend, I think. You'll be able to get it at either of the two Parrhesia shows this weekend.

12.9.08
Exciting news!!! The Please & Thank You's finally got their stupid shit together and booked more studio time so they can finally finish the songs for their full length. It's gonna be awesome. We're heading into the studio with C-French in Rockford for a few days in early January, and it's gonna be fucking awesome. Expect a February release for Mind Your P's and Q's, hopefully. Also, I finally got in touch with Jeremy of Torrential Downpour, and he's gonna be back in Illinois from school, so he'll be able to record his tracks for the Torrential Downpour/Parrhesia Split, which will then be out in January (hopefully). 2009 is gonna be a good year for Ice Age!
I got a mailing list set up so you can receive obnoxious emails about unimportant updates from me! Yeah! Link on the info page.

12.8.08
I thought the old layout was a bit too cluttered, so here's a new one. I think it's nice. My friend Vince interviewed me for the first issue of his zine, "Remain Unadapted" last month. I'm trying to get my scanner working so I can put that up here for your viewing pleasure. I've also got a different ordering system for tapes now. No progress made on any of the other releases yet, but i may have some potentially rad news in the near future.

11.17.08
Parrhesia tapes are done! Buy one! Wooo! Also, perhaps more importantly, Joey from Ear Disposal/Throes repressed the New Yorker/Throes splits. They're rad as fuck. Buy one. Get stoked on the Torrential Downpour/Parrhesia splits, they should be out in the next coming months.

10.29.08
All the tapes & other assorted items for the Parrhesia Demo came in the mail today, it's time to get crackin! These puppies will hit the streets on Friday November 14th. On the same day Parrhesia is gonna be thrashing in a DePaul University classroom with Chicagoans Cloud Mouth and Lautrec, along with out of towners His Hideous Heart and The New Yorker. Shit is going to be off the chain. I'll figure out some sort of system for ordering online by the 14th, also. Uh, I suppose that's really all. I'm stoked, and I hope everyone else is stoked, too. OH! Mike C approves of my label and website. Just sayin'.

10.13.08
So it's been over a month since I got this website up, and I still haven't gotten anything done. Not a good sign, I know, but I assure you things will get done! Just getting my cash/time situation(s) figured out. Stay fresh.

09.07.08
What's up everybody? Not much info is available yet, but the re-release of Parrhesia's demo tape will be availble in the next couple months. I'm doing a one-time repress of 100 tapes, some with the original artwork and some with new artwork. More info will come when available. Stay tuned.