SPINNER PREMIERES NEW ALIVE RECORDS LIVE ALBUM "ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST" ALL THIS WEEK!

   

ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM "ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST" TOMORROW ON CD, DIGITAL & BBQ SAUCE RED COLORED VINYL!

 

AOL'S SPINNER FEATURES THE EXCLUSIVE "LISTENING PARTY" ALBUM PREMIERE OF "ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST" ALL THIS WEEK. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!

 

ALBUM INCLUDES LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM ALIVE RECORDING ARTISTS BUFFALO KILLERS, LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES, RADIO MOSCOW, LEFT LANE CRUISER & MORE!

FREE DOWNLOAD OF LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES' LIVE TRACK "THE RED, RED DIRT OF HOME" FROM ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST

Earlier this summer Chris Johnson (owner of Bayport BBQ in the Twin Cities' suburb of Bayport, MN) resurrected his popular Deep Blues Festival for three glorious (sold-out) days of great music, Southern-style BBQ and camaraderie between musicians, fans and friends alike. Far from the corporate sterility of many larger modern music fests, Johnson's Deep Blues Fest instead successfully revived the communal spirit of late '60s and early '70s music gatherings, evoking the vibe of a large summer picnic with family, friends, good food and great music.

The 2012 Deep Blues Fest featured 26 bands from four countries & 16 states. Out of these acts there were seven phenomenal performances from the current Alive roster. Alive At The Deep Blues Fest is the document of these incendiary and unforgettable performances. All 13 tracks were mixed by famed Detroit producer/musician Jim Diamond, who managed to capture the loose and spontaneous feel of live albums produced in the Golden Age of rock'n'roll. Buffalo Killers and Radio Moscow turned in super heavy sets soaked in psychedelia and reverb, while Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires fiercely ripped through their show with a blistering set of songs steeped in Southern rock, R&B, soul, gospel and punk from their critically acclaimed debut LP There Is A Bomb In Gilead - an album that has been helping to define the sounds of The New South. Brian Olive and his backing band melded soulful R&B with technicolor garage-pop for their early daytime set, while the Welsh duo Henry's Funeral Shoe, Left Lane Cruiser and newcomers John The Conqueror perhaps kept closest to the Deep Blues curriculum with their respectively raunchy and heavily amplified modern interpretations of rural gutbucket Delta Blues.

To get a sense of this intimate yet electrifying festival, grab a copy of Alive At The Deep Blues Fest, invite a bunch of good friends over for some food & drink, and PLAY IT LOUD.

Alive at the Deep Blues Fest will be released November 27th through Alive Naturalsound Records in the following formats: CD, Digital and Black Vinyl with mp3 download card & poster, as well as Limited Edition "BBQ SAUCE RED" Colored Vinyl exclusive to the Bomp mail-order.

Chris Johnson and Alive Naturalsound Records will be throwing a special Alive At The Deep Blues Fest Record Release Show featuring Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires on Sat. Dec. 1st at 8:00pm at Bayport BBQ, 328 5th Ave. N., Bayport, MN

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD & SHARE LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES' LIVE TRACK "THE RED, RED DIRT OF HOME" FROM ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST

ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST TRACK LISTING

01 River Water - Buffalo Killers  
02 It's a Shame - Buffalo Killers  
03 There is a Bomb in Gilead - Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
04 The Red, Red Dirt of Home - Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
05 Traveling - Brian Olive  
06 Bonelle - Brian Olive  
07 Hold On Me - Radio Moscow  
08 Little Eyes - Radio Moscow  
09 24 Hour Blues - Left Lane Cruiser  
10 Rambling on My Mind - Left Lane Cruiser  
11 Three More - John The Conqueror  
12 Be your own Invention/Stranger Dig - Henry's Funeral Shoe
13 Henry's Funeral Shoe - Henry's Funeral Shoe

 

 

LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES TOUR DATES
Nov. 28 The Green Lantern - Lexington, KY

Nov. 29 Firehouse Pizza - Normal. IL

Nov. 30 The Lift - Dubuque, IA
Dec. 1 Bayport BBQ, Bayport, MN (Alive At The Deep Blues Fest Record Release Show)

LEFT LANE CRUISER TOUR DATES
Nov 29  Founders – Grand Rapids, MI
Nov 30  Cricket’s Pub – Muskegon, MI

Dec 15 O'Sillivans - Fort Wayne, IN

Jan 4 North Star - Fort Wayne, IN

JOHN THE CONQUEROR TOUR DATES
Dec 6  Gunners Run – Philadelphia, PA
Dec 27  MilkBoy Philly – Philadelphia, PA

BRIAN OLIVE TOUR DATES

Dec 28 MOTR Pub - Cincinnati, OH

HENRY'S FUNERAL SHOE TOUR DATES 

Nov. 30 Elliot's Bar - Aberdare, Wales

Dec 8 Chapter Arts Centre - Cardiff, Wales
Dec 21 Odin's Rock Club - Ebbw Vale, Wales

10% off the entire Alive catalogue

Total Destruction To Your Mind

new digital single Total Destruction To Your Mind out Nov. 30th

DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW on CD Digipak, Vinyl & Download

(Cover photo taken at Imagination Station in Detroit by Jerry Paffendorf)

Following the critical success of their debut album, There Is A Bomb In Gilead, and lighting up music venues across the nation for the better part of the year with their incendiary live shows, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires will be releasing their brand new digital single Total Destruction To Your Mind later this month. Total Destruction To Your Mind is a cover of '70s psych-soul legend Swamp Dogg, and as a bonus, the Birmingham, AL foursome revisites the title track from There Is A Bomb In Gilead for a new studio version with even more impassioned fervor than the original. Both songs were produced by The Glory Fires and producer/musician Jim Diamond at Ghetto Recorders in Detroit.

Tour dates Oct. 23 Stubb's BBQ, Austin, TX Oct. 25 Old No. 2, Laredo, TX Oct. 26 Voodoo Music Experience, New Orleans, LA Nov. 2 The Earl, Atlanta, GA w/ Paul Collins, King Louie’s Missing Monuments Nov. 9 Green Bar, Tuscaloosa, AL w/ Blaine Duncan & The New Lookers Nov. 16 AlleyBar, Montgomery, AL Dec. 1 Bayport BBQ, Bayport, MN ("Alive at the Deep Blues Fest" Record Release Show)

It won’t be easy finding a recent set transmitting more passion or generating more soul-burnin’ BTU’s than the debut disc of this Birmingham-based four-piece. Bains’ so aptly-named band serves up a combustible blend of Southern rock and soul, the bandleader’s writing tapping deep roots as he throws down vocally with an authority well beyond his years. There’s not one slouch among the tracks on Gilead but the ballads “Reba” and “Righteous, Ragged Songs” and the raver “The Red, Red Dirt Of Home” jump out. This one ought to make more than a few “Best Of” lists this year. – Duane Verh / Roots Music Report Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, from Birmingham, Alabama, are technical masters of their art. Their art: out and out barnstorming Southern rock ‘n’ roll. Sharing qualities and characteristics of every critic’s favourite new band, Alabama Shakes, whom they have also toured with, The Glory Fires are more powerful, more faithful to the southern sound of the USA and carry an unrivalled authenticity. – Redbrick This is rock ‘n’ roll from the South, dirty and distinguished, polished (but not too much) to a Motor City shine. Fresh, soulful, assured, There is a Bomb in Gilead is damn fine debut from Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires. – Steve Wilson / Reverberations

Waves Of Fury debut album available now from our mail-order

debut album "Thirst" available now from the mailorder

Sounds like a forgotten gem from the Ace Records catalogue, but it's brand new. – Artrocker An unholy alliance of scowling, snarling vocals, sleazy guitar licks, Motown horns, and high octane percussion. – The Mad Mackerel They have found a way to reconcile their twin passions: Stooges and Stax, garage and soul, rock'n'roll's trash aesthetic and the exuberance and jubilation of old-style R&B. – The Guardian A damn fine piece of contemporary rock & soul with a burning flame of Spiritualized and The Mary Chain at its core. – Female First Waves Of Fury's 'Thirst' delivers a unique and fresh sonic experience. – Rustzine Never before would I have thought that The Sex Pistols should have collaborated with Marvin Gaye! – Altsounds Soul music often seemed to reach for the divine, but paradoxically, Thirst through its raw execution, seems to sink its arms deep down down into the Earth. – Punknews Kind of The Fall meets The Commitments. – Q The Music

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John The Conqueror available now from our mail-order

S/T debut album available now from the mailorder

John The Conqueror’s self-titled debut album is an amalgamation of the many sounds and styles (old and new) mined from both the North and the South. Cousins Pierre Moore (vocals & guitar) and Michael Gardner (drums) are natives of Jackson, MS, while bassist Ryan Lynn hails from Philly – where the trio now call home. Together they mix a bedrock of raw deep blues with funk, soul, punk and scuzzed-up rock-n-roll into one helluva potent musical Molotov cocktail. Moore and Gardner have been playing together in bands since their college days in Oxford, MS, and Moore learned to play guitar in his early teens from a homeless man called John Doe who slept in the back room of an auto repair shop. "The trio from Mississippi, now based in Philly, have the smoothness of classic 50’s soul mixed with a southern twang." – Knuckle Rumbler "It’s all smokestacks, greasy ball bearings, mudslides, and corn liquor swilled from mason jars; raggedly scorching guitar riffs, a thunderous rhythm section, and howled vocals. ‘Say What You Want’ rockets me off my rear every time." – Brian Greene / Happening Magazine "Leader Pierre Moore has a matter-of-fact singing voice, tasteful six-string skills and a tuneful writing style that balances licks and melody and avoids classic rock overload." – Michael Toland / The Big Takeover. "They will bring you from the church to the juke joint in four quick minutes." – Mad Chicago "John The Conqueror's new LP is downright street smart funky." – Jeffrey Morgan's Media Blackout. "Pierre Moore is a charismatic frontman, strutting the stage, ripping away at guitar licks and belting out dynamic vocals. Joining Moore are his cousin Michael Gardner, a force of nature on drums, and local guy Ryan Lynn, who brings a rumbling low end to the mix." – The Key WXPN

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NEW ALIVE RECORDS LIVE ALBUM "ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST" OUT NOV. 27TH!

   

ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM "ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST" NOV. 27TH ON CD, DIGITAL & BBQ SAUCE RED COLORED VINYL!

 

ALBUM INCLUDES LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM ALIVE RECORDING ARTISTS BUFFALO KILLERS, LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES, RADIO MOSCOW, LEFT LANE CRUISER & MORE!

 

ALIVE RECORDS OFFERS FANS A FREE MP3 OF BUFFALO KILLERS' "IT'S A SHAME" FROM "ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST"

Earlier this summer Chris Johnson (owner of Bayport BBQ in the Twin Cities' suburb of Bayport, MN) resurrected his popular Deep Blues Festival for three glorious (sold-out) days of great music, Southern-style BBQ and camaraderie between musicians, fans and friends alike. Far from the corporate sterility of many larger modern music fests, Johnson's Deep Blues Fest instead successfully revived the communal spirit of late '60s and early '70s music gatherings, evoking the vibe of a large summer picnic with family, friends, good food and great music.

The 2012 Deep Blues Fest featured 26 bands from four countries & 16 states. Out of these acts there were seven phenomenal performances from the current Alive roster. Alive At The Deep Blues Fest is the document of these incendiary and unforgettable performances. All 13 tracks were mixed by famed Detroit producer/musician Jim Diamond, who managed to capture the loose and spontaneous feel of live albums produced in the Golden Age of rock'n'roll. Buffalo Killers and Radio Moscow turned in super heavy sets soaked in psychedelia and reverb, while Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires fiercely ripped through their show with a blistering set of songs steeped in Southern rock, R&B, soul, gospel and punk from their critically acclaimed debut LP There Is A Bomb In Gilead - an album that has been helping to define the sounds of The New South. Brian Olive and his backing band melded soulful R&B with technicolor garage-pop for their early daytime set, while the Welsh duo Henry's Funeral Shoe, Left Lane Cruiser and newcomers John The Conqueror perhaps kept closest to the Deep Blues curriculum with their respectively raunchy and heavily amplified modern interpretations of rural gutbucket Delta Blues.

To get a sense of this intimate yet electrifying festival, grab a copy of Alive At The Deep Blues Fest, invite a bunch of good friends over for some food & drink, and PLAY IT LOUD.

Alive at the Deep Blues Fest will be released November 27th through Alive Naturalsound Records in the following formats: CD, Digital and Black Vinyl with mp3 download card & poster, as well as Limited Edition "BBQ SAUCE RED" Colored Vinyl exclusive to the Bomp mail-order.

Chris Johnson and Alive Naturalsound Records will be throwing a special Alive At The Deep Blues Fest Record Release Show featuring Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires on Sat. Dec. 1st at 8:00pm at Bayport BBQ, 328 5th Ave. N., Bayport, MN

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD & SHARE BUFFALO KILLERS' LIVE TRACK "IT'S A SHAME" FROM ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST

ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST TRACK LISTING

01 River Water - Buffalo Killers  
02 It's a Shame - Buffalo Killers  
03 There is a Bomb in Gilead - Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
04 The Red, Red Dirt of Home - Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
05 Traveling - Brian Olive  
06 Bonelle - Brian Olive  
07 Hold On Me - Radio Moscow  
08 Little Eyes - Radio Moscow  
09 24 Hour Blues - Left Lane Cruiser  
10 Rambling on My Mind - Left Lane Cruiser  
11 Three More - John The Conqueror  
12 Be your own Invention/Stranger Dig - Henry's Funeral Shoe
13 Henry's Funeral Shoe - Henry's Funeral Shoe

 

 

BUFFALO KILLERS TOUR DATES
Oct. 04 Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH w/ The Sheepdogs
  Oct.05 The Shelter - Detroit, MI w/ The Sheepdogs

Oct. 06 Double Door - Chicago, IL w/ The Sheepdogs

Oct. 07 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN w/ The Sheepdogs

Nov. 02 Mercury Lounge - NY w/ Hollis Brown
Nov. 03 Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge - Annapolis, MD w/ Hollis Brown

Nov. 04 Milkboy - Philadelphia, PA w/ Hollis Brown

Nov. 08 Musica - Akron, OH w/ Hollis Brown
Nov. 15 Radio Radio - Indianapolis, IN  w/ Hollis Brown

Nov. 17 Zanzabar, Louisville, KY w/ Hollis Brown

LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES TOUR DATES
Oct. 4 The Bottletree Cafe, Birmingham, AL (w/ Pujol)
Oct. 19 White Water Tavern. Little Rock, AR
Oct. 20 Bryan Street, Dallas, TX
Oct. 22 Texas Rose, Beaumont, TX
Oct. 23 Stubb's BBQ, Austin, TX
Oct. 25 Old No. 2, Laredo, TX
Oct. 26 Voodoo Music Experience, New Orleans, LA
Nov. 2 The Earl, Atlanta, GA
Nov. 16 AlleyBar, Montgomery, AL
Dec. 1 Bayport BBQ, Bayport, MN (Alive At The Deep Blues Fest Record Release Show)

LEFT LANE CRUISER TOUR DATES
European dates
Oct 4  Le Tremplin – Beaumont, France
Oct 5  La Citrouille – St Brieuc, France
Oct 6  4AD – Diskmuid, Belgium
Oct 7  DB’s – Utrecht, Netherlands
Oct 8  Mac Daid’s – Le Havre, France
Oct 9  L’Usine – Geneve, Switzerland
Oct 10  Peniche Sonic – Lyon, France
Back in the USA

Nov 8  Broadway’s – Asheville, NC w/ John The Conqueror

Nov 9  The Bohemian Cafe – Greenville, SC
Nov 10  The North River Tavern – Atlanta, GA
Nov 11  JJ’s Bohemia – Chattanooga, TN
Nov 29  Founders – Grand Rapids, MI
Nov 30  Cricket’s Pub – Muskegon, MI

JOHN THE CONQUEROR TOUR DATES
Oct 5  MilkBoy Philly – Philadelphia, PA w/ Willis Earl Beal
Nov 3  The Legendary Dobbs – Philadelphia, PA (Record Release Show)
Nov 7  Clementine Cafe – Harrisonburg, VA
Nov 8  Broadway’s – Asheville, NC w/ Left Lane Cruiser
Nov 9  Jack of Hearts – Weaverville, NC
Nov 16  Joe Squared Station North – Baltimore, MD
Nov 19  Slim’s Downtown – Raleigh, NC

 

Andre Williams new album 'Life' out today

LIFE out today on CD Digipack, Vinyl & Download

Andre Williams’ new album, Life is absolutely stunning. – Brett Calwood / Detroit Metro Times Life is packed with funky, old school blues. – Mary Leary / MOKB Life is a triumph from start to finish, and one of the year’s best records. – The Record Changer If Williams is sounding a little more grounded than he did on Silky or The Black Godfather, he’s still a tough, funky, jive talker who can draw some potent, guitar-based funk from the band of Detroit indie stalwarts who back him up. Matthew Smith produced Life, co-wrote most of the songs with Williams, and anchors the backing band (along with Jim Diamond on bass and David Shettler on drums), and the results are lean, greasy, early-’70s-style tunes with a subtle but potent psychedelic undercurrent, and they give Williams an effective backdrop as he declaims on his troubles with women, cash, and animal-haters, as well as singing the praises of high heels. – Mark Deming / All Music Guide

Buffalo Killers new album and tour dates

BUFFALO KILLERS new album "DIG. SOW. LOVE. GROW." out on CD, VINYL & Download

UPCOMING TOUR DATES Oct. 2 @ 20th Century Theatre – Cincinnati, OH w/The Sheepdogs Oct. 4 @ Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH w/The Sheepdogs Oct. 5 @ The Shelter – Detroit, M w/The Sheepdogs Oct. 6 @ Double Door – Chicago, IL w/The Sheepdogs Oct. 7 @ 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN w/The Sheepdogs Nov 2 @ Mercury Lounge – New York, NY w/Hollis Brown Nov 3 @ Metro Kitchen – Annapolis MD w/Hollis Brown Nov 4 @ Milkboy – Philadelphia, PA w/Hollis Brown Nov 15 @ Radio Radio – Indianapolis, IN w/Hollis Brown

Buffalo Killers sound just as American as their name. Brothers Zachary and Andrew Gabbard, plus Joseph Sebaali, bring the full-force blues rock. “Get It,” off "Dig. Sow. Love. Grow"., is gritty, loud and will no doubt beg the comparison to a handful of contemporary blues-rock bands like former tourmates the Black Keys and the North Mississippi Allstars. – Magnet "Dig. Sow. Love. Grow." isn’t just another retro-sounding album that mimics bands of yesteryear. It’s a raw, real and commanding sound forged from grit that is as wide and expansive as the western plains, and is as mighty as it’s namesake. – Marquee Magazine An organic summer stoner sound that's at once familiar and fresh.– Shindig! They may not hail from the depths of Dixie, but Ohio-based beardy trio Buffalo Killers' roots stretch down to Kentucky, and they embody the sun-soaked south – not only in the hazy twangs of their 70s-style grooves, but also in their laid-back livin' and organic approach to music.– Classic Rock

Andre Williams new album and video

ANDRE WILLIAMS new album 'Life' out October 2nd on CD Digipak, Vinyl & Download

Single "Blame It On Obama" available now for download "A tongue-in-cheek commentary on the tendency of voters (particularly those of a right-wing persuasion) to blame pretty much anything and everything on the president. It’s really rather great." – Flavorwire "The legendary Andre Williams has put out a video for the song 'Blame it on Obama', which apparently caused a heap of controversy due to people getting all het up before actually listening to the song, which happens to be pro the President. It’s a slinky little number too. Williams’ tongue is firmly in his cheek when he blames his wife’s aging appearance on Obama. His wit is still as sharp as ever." – Detroit Metro Times "A fascinating new Andre Williams tune. It's called 'Blame It on Obama,' and it's a peach. A rotten, sticky peach, perhaps—but peachy nonetheless." – Portland Mercury

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Alive Natural sound label New Release :Where Is Parker Griggs - Compilation Showcase - Review

I have had the opportunity to review the new cd from thee Alive Naturalsound label entitled " Where Is Parker Griggs". This is a compilation of recordings by Alive Naturalsound recording artist, most of which are available only on this set. Included in the lineup is Radio Moscow,
Hacienda, Buffalo Killers, Henrys Funeral Shoe, Black Diamond Heavies, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Brian Olive, Gardens, White Noise Sound, Left Land Cruiser and The Bloody Hollies. Now you can imagine in any compilation of songs by diverse artists that there will be songs that you like more than others just due to the song types/styles and your own personal taste. This entire compilation is very well composed and flows very nicely. Radio Moscow who has two songs on this compilation come on strong with mind expanding overtones and eerie swamp sounds, Hacienda who also have two songs, both which are exclusive to this release are more directed to the general listening audience and airplay. Buffalo Killers, also featured 2 exclusive to this release tracks which I found enjoyable and in the nature of early Joe Walsh. Henrys Funeral Shoe has one song which is exclusive to this release and has a soul side laid down over a nice slide groove and harmonica. Lee Bains III a debut song that is exclusive to this release and Brian Olive seem well suited to airplay. Gardens drum up a sound that was primitive and endearing like the Ramones or the Donnas... only their sound. White Noise Sound was actually one of my favorite tracks on the release with a song called There Is No Tomorrow. It shows originality and interest to go where few others venture...but then I like different stuff! Left Lane Cruiser with one track was pretty straight forward rock music with a lot of slide. The Bloody Hollies delivered the bluesiest tune on the recording with Dirty S'x. Overall a very interesting listen!

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