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 - ∞
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 - ∞
The Nobility have released a new Christmas EP, I've Got a Present for You!
You can download the new EP from Bandcamp and have some new tunes going into the holiday season!
And the guys are playing tonight in Nashville at Edgehill Studios at 7pm. It's FREE!!!
» posted December 10th, 2009 - ∞
Check out this video from Caitlin Rose performing Learnin To Ride in London!
» posted December 4th, 2009 - ∞
Nashville Cream has a great live review of the new De Novo Dahl show from Monday night:
"Speaking of world domination, the new De Novo Dahl lineup is just a couple of helicopters and a WMD away from achieving that end as well. The small army of musicians that have joined the re-emergent Joel J. Dahl and Serai Zaffiro--The De Novo Dahl Symphony Orchestra, as we like to call 'em--were full of the energy and melody that has made each of DND's previous incarnations so exciting, but this time they're not nearly as goofy. We'll miss making Muppet jokes, but we're glad the pajama costumes are gone. Now there's nothing interfering with our enjoyment of the Raspberries-meet-End-of-the-Century-era-Ramones pop goodness."
Do not forget you can get three FREE songs from Bandcamp now!
» posted December 3rd, 2009 - ∞
Caitlin Rose is featured on LaundroMatinee.com. This was filmed in Denver, CO, at the Red Rocks Amphitheater during the Monolith Festival. Check out the songs Shanghai Cigarettes and Sinful Wishing Well below.
Thanks to our friends at My Old Kentucky Blog and LaundroMatinee
Caitlin Rose - Sinful Wishing Well from LaundroMatinee on Vimeo.
Caitlin Rose - Shanghai Cigarettes from LaundroMatinee on Vimeo.
» posted November 30th, 2009 - ∞
Caitlin Rose has signed a UK record deal with Names Records, home of Alela Diane, She Keeps Bees and more. "We are so excited to be working with such a talented artist.. as soon as we heard Cailtin's voice we knew she had to be part of the Names family... we really feel the sky's the limit with what she can achieve", states Billy Campbell from Names.
Names will be releasing Dead Flowers on limited edition 10 inch vinyl in December.
In support of the release, Caitlin will be touring for a week in London.
Dates: Nov 30 - Social - 10pm Dec 1 - Betsey - 9:30pm Dec 2 - The Hope Brighton - 8:30pm Dec 3 - Windmill 8pm Dec 4 - Big Chill House 9.30 Dec 5 - Windmill 9pm
theory 8 will be working with Names to make the vinyl release available for purchase in the States. In the meantime, you can order a copy from Rough Trade's online store in the UK.
» posted November 23rd, 2009 - ∞
Help The Winter Sounds record their new album through Kickstarter.
Here is a video update explaining their current progress and some footage of them writing the new album:
» posted November 20th, 2009 - ∞
The following is a video of Caitlin Rose performing Sinful Wishing Well at the Music City Roots show at Loveless Cafe.
» posted November 18th, 2009 - ∞
Andrew Brassell, guitar player and vocalist for the newest member of the theory 8 family, And The Relatives released a solo project called Slowmotions yesterday on one of our favorite labels, yk records.
The album features 16 songs and is absolutely free if you download from Bandcamp. Or you can support yk's physical release with amazing packaging and order a CD from them today (uh, that's what we did).
Congrats to Andrew from everyone here at theory 8.
» posted November 17th, 2009 - ∞
This Monday morning, we're stretching our legs, shaking off the weekend rest and ready to jump in head first.
The best way to get the week started (in our humble opinion) is by checking out two great songs by And The Relatives from American Songwriter.
While listening to the new track Fourth Rate, we get excited about the upcoming LP in 2010. Are we the only ones singing "You were never my baby, just a fourth rate love affair!"?
And don't miss the Townes Van Zandt cover of Be Here To Love Me featuring the back ground vocals of our own Caitlin Rose. It's been rattling around in our brains for a few weeks now.
Tonight in Nashville at The Basement, And The Relatives will be opening for White Denim! 9pm
» posted November 16th, 2009 - ∞
It's Friday!!!
Here is a classic video of Forget Cassettes performing Quiero, Quieres at Mercy Lounge in Nashville from April of 2006.
» posted November 13th, 2009 - ∞
The Nobility are playing 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville this Friday at 9pm!
Also performing, Umbrella Tree and The Ocelots.
» posted November 10th, 2009 - ∞
Check out some photos of De Novo Dahl from their performance last week at Mercy Lounge courtesy of Amy Hobbs.
Visit Amy's blog for more!
» posted November 9th, 2009 - ∞
Our friends over at You Ain't No Picasso posted a link to Caitlin's cover of Still Feelin Blue by Gram Parsons.
They were also kind of enough to post about De Novo Dahl's three new songs released on Monday.
We heart YANP! You should too.
Have a great weekend!!!
» posted November 6th, 2009 - ∞