Independent Music from Olympia, WA

Song’s for a Cause, vol. 1

odw_songs_banner Partnering with numerous organizations worldwide, One Day’s Wages is a Seattle based grassroots movement seeking to end extreme global poverty. Song’s for a Cause is the first album they’ve released. The complication includes Polka Dot Dot Dot plus other amazing Olympia and Seattle bands! It’s available for download at ODW’s website, http://www.onedayswages.org/.

Here’s the track list:

1. All the Wine – Clare and the Reasons
2. Bless This Mess – David Bazan
3. Shoulder Full of You – Blitzen Trapper
4. Invisibrother – Polka Dot Dot Dot
5. Hi-Fi Goon – Throw Me the Statue
6. Skyscrapers – OK Go
7. Country of the Future – Mirah
8. Now! – Angelo Spencer
9. Bee of the Bird of the Moth – They Might Be Giants
10. Secrets – Headlights
11. Born in Spain – Sea Fever
12. Snowman in Tompkins Park – Mike Viola
13. The Jig is Up – The Tasteful Nudes
14. Crash Deconstructed – Eluvium
15. Woke Up This Morning – The Moondoggies
16. Don’t Give Up – LAKE
17. There There – Get Down Moses
18. Kingdom of Glass – Nick Drummond
19. Go From Here – Hiram Ring
20. Sunbeams and Some Beans – Kimya Dawson
21. Instrument (Live) – Rocky Votolato *

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The Solvents “Impressive Angels”


Be sure to catch them in olympia July 29th with The Pasties at the Loft. (theloftoncherry.com)

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Sandman Documentary

Roll Out Cowboy from Roll Out, Cowboy on Vimeo.

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The Nextdoor Neighbors, Artopia 2010

nextdoorneighbors1 On Saturday June 26th The Nextdoor Neighbors will be playing in Seattle as part of the Artopia festival, “Seattle Weekly’s annual celebration of all local innovative art and emerging talent. Artopia is a multi-disciplinary event that boasts an eclectic mix of art, ranging from the renowned to the obscure to the completely undiscovered…The program itself is unconventional, idiosyncratic, and welcoming, all like the neighborhood that hosts us. We take over the streets of Georgetown, the parking lots, alleyways, artist lofts, and warehouses and create an urban arts adventure you do not want to miss!

And the best part…it’s free!artopia

The Nextdoor Neighboors will be playing at 5:00 on the Levee Breaking Stage (5710 Airport Way South, Seattle WA 98136)

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Jordan O Jordan on Radio New Zealand

“American troubadour Jordan O Jordan (part Polka Dot Dot Dot) went on the road in Aotearoa for the month of May. Music 101 issued him microphone and asked him to report back from his travels.”
go jordan!!
Jordan on Radio New Zealand!!

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Bicycle Records, The Movie


Grace Ellis made this rad documentary about bicycle records while she was interning for us. Eleanor Murray was the interviewer.

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Polka Dot @ Picnic Show in New Zealand

This was the first show i have organized that was not for my own band LOL. When we were in Barrytown a half drunken conversation took pace about a picnic/show in the park.. Fionn and i put one dollar in to the computer in the bar and speed facebooked an event….. READ MORE

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Volcano interview with Ross

“This Friday, Feb. 12, Olympia’s Bicycle Records will present what should be an awe-inspiring show at The Loft on Cherry Street. Bringing Mason Lindahl, Eleanor Murray, Briana Mariela and Ellie Fortune to the stage, for lovers of great music and DIY ethics, it’s sure to be a show not to miss.

But what is Bicycle Records really all about? Sure, it’s an Oly based record label – but, these days, what does that really mean?

The Weekly Volcano caught up with Bicycle’s Ross Cowman to find out…

WEEKLY VOLCANO: First of all, talk about the creation of Bicycle Records and how it came to be. What was the original vision, and how closely have you come to it? Who’s involved, and who deserves credit?

ROSS COWMAN: Bob Schwenkler started the record label back in 2004 when he was a recording student at Evergreen. I came on board first as an artist, then as a co-owner in 2005. At the time the only thing we knew about record labels was that you put the name of the record labels somewhere on the album. We started off releasing CDRs in photocopied jackets in batches of 50 that we burned on Bob’s computer.

Originally the idea was to release music on the quieter side of things. Bob was a big fan of Portland’s HUSH records, and he wanted to do something like that.

I really admired the professionalism of Slim Moon and his label Kill Rock Stars, and also the simplicity and ethics of Plan-It-X records and Discord. For both of us it was a big priority to have close working relationships with our artists and to capture the regional sound where we lived.

VOLCANO: The job and (in general) idea of a record label seems to be ever changing these days. What exactly is it that you guys do? Is it similar to what most labels do, or is it different?… read more…

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Corpus Callosum to Score Puppet show!

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Drew Danburry – Mother

Mother


“Throughout Mother., Danburry takes risks by adding unique vocal arrangements or instruments to separate himself from the multitude of singer-songwriters out there. The songs on here, whether the poppy numbers or the folk ones, do not get stale, and are all satisfying tracks that should delight anyone looking for a nice break from the overwhelming number of traditional singer-songwriters out there.” – Punk News

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