Our wonderful friends, Andrew and Amy Hobbs shot behind the scenes footage of De Novo Dahl.

Check it out...

De Novo Dahl: Home Movies (circa Tigerlion) from Andrew L. Hobbs on Vimeo.

» posted March 3rd, 2010 - ∞

Great mention of Caitlin Rose from The Independent in London today:

"But the line between alt.country and the mainstream is blurring by the day. The most exciting act in Nashville right now is a 21-year-old singer-songwriter called Caitlin Rose. A sort of Loretta/Dolly/Patsy for the Lily Allen generation, Rose is at the forefront of a vibrant country scene driven by young people with open ears and a musical knowledge that stretches from the Carter Family to Kurt Cobain.

Crucially, Rose's songs about white-trash romance ("Shotgun Wedding", "Docket") or noticing that packets of cigarettes can last longer than relationships ("Shanghai Cigarettes") are as likely to make you titter in your bitter as they are to put tears in your beers. Asked to name her own favourite new country acts, Rose reels off a list that includes Justin (son of Steve) Earle, Deer Tick, Phosphorescent, Glossary and Dawes. All, like Rose, make music that nods to the old ways while taking the genre in entirely new directions."

Check out the rest of the article.

» posted March 1st, 2010 - ∞

It's Friday and it's snowing...

Here is a video for Kat Brock's song City from her new release which you can download for free on Bandcamp.

» posted January 29th, 2010 - ∞

Art by Kat Brock

theory 8 is excited to announce the free release of Kat Brock's EP entitled C today.

The three song EP is available for a free download from Bandcamp. Kat is also selling a physical copy of the album at shows.

Speaking of shows, Nashville can see Kat perform at The Basement this Friday at 9:30 (Kat is playing first).

We've been a fan of Kat's since her days fronting the legendary Dixie Dirt in Knoxville, TN. We were excited to see her pair up with our old friend Simon Lynn (drummer from The Whole Fantastic World) on this EP. Keep an eye out for more releases from Kat in 2010.

» posted January 25th, 2010 - ∞

Available now!

Caitlin Rose's Dead Flowers on limited edition 10 inch vinyl from our friends in London at Names Records.

We have a very, very limited quantity to sell here in the United States so if you are interested in purchasing just click the link below.

Oh yeah, we also found a few copies of the Gorilla Man 7 inch in our office. If you order the Dead Flowers vinyl we'll throw a copy of the 7 inch for free.

Both releases contain download cards to obtain mp3 files for portable use.

Order now!

» posted January 5th, 2010 - ∞

Just a quick note saying Happy New Year from everyone here at theory 8.

We aren't going to lie, we have some really great things lined up this year, some of which are going to be total surprises while others have been in the works since 2009.

Most notably we're beefing up our release schedule with new albums from And The Relatives, De Novo Dahl and The Winter Sounds, all before the summer.

And we have a few other items up in the air from other artists that we will be announcing very shortly.

So stick around in 2010 as we prepare for our busiest year yet.

» posted January 4th, 2010 - ∞

We've posted it many times before and we really can't say enough how much we love Shanghai Cigarettes by Caitlin Rose, but today we have the opportunity to see the song's debut performance live with a full band and we couldn't be happier.

One of current obsessions in the theory 8 office...

» posted December 11th, 2009 - ∞