Watt! Ward! Fair!

Samuel Locke Ward joined our pal Mike Watt on the Watt from Pedro show this weekend to chat about his collaboration w/ Jad Fair on the Pure Candy record as well as his work w/ Watt on their incredible Purple Pie Plow record. High voltage, a place to stay, justice? It is all in their …

Jad Fair and Samuel Locke Ward unleash Pure Candy LP

If there is an antidote for these times that serves as a lift, a reminder that all politics are personal and in the personal there is hope, this record is the one for me in 2025. The real estate of our souls has no room for ill working agents. The hearts that don’t beat to …

Jad Fair and Samuel Locke Ward “The Good Stuff”

I confess, I fall in love with every record that I issue. So imagine how it feels to be loved back by that record. I mean the actual sleeve and insert and electric yellow marbled vinyl, and the labels on side one and two. Hell, the LP labels themselves do more for me than that …

Refrigerator “Get Lost” LP is out now, second video premieres

Limited edition first pressing of the new Refrigerator LP “Get Lost” is out now on vinyl. Second pressing and CD available in the new year. Jad Fair’s art houses the vinyl with as little script as possible on the sleeve to keep from obfuscating the beauty of his work. Check out the second song/video from …

Refrigerator “Fire on 12th Street” Video Premiere’s on Austin Town Hall

Refrigerator’s new record, Get Lost, is out August 23rd on Shrimper/Grapefruit Records. The album opener, Fire on 12th Street is the first music and video released by the band from the record. The song, recorded live in one take by Steve Folta, is a jumble of stabbing guitars, loping drums, broken glass and a hymnal …