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Firs of Prey – Keep the Lions Asleep
Keep The Lions Asleep Keep the Lions Asleep, the second album from Firs of Prey (AKA Andrew Miller of Datura Blues) basks in the glow of a West Coast sunray—odd, given the dichotomy of sunshine-y folk-pop harmonies being augmented by a falsetto that Nick Drake might gush over. Represented by small local label BPBS Arts [...]
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Rye ‘n Clover
Pencils, Paper and Scissors This modest release does little justice to the power and heart of Ithaca New York’s Ryan Clover. A fixture of the Ithaca radical community, his masterful song writing and furious banjo playing are bared to the listener in these sparse arrangements. This is the kind of album you can listen to [...]
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Bicycle Records named Entrepreneur of the Month
“Olympia is an incubator and exporter of DIY music culture, a place where musicians do big things on small budgets, recording themselves, passing the hat, touring from living room to living room, up and down the coast, sometimes sleeping on the same floor they had performed on. They do it for the love, but thanks [...]
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June Madrona Summer ’09 Tour Dates
Hey folks,br /thanks for writing to us with your suggestions for places to play. they were super helpful! We have decided to visit the northern and middle part of the country on this tour since we haven’t been to many of these places before. (don’t worry west coast, we won’t forget you!) What follows is [...]
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Meeting with The Neighbors TOday
I had to step over a tree chipper to get to work today. They’re cutting down a big maple tree across the street from Bicycle. The weather is starting to warm up in olympia. Today we’re working on building a new database and a new web store. Also the nextdoor neighbors are stopping by to [...]
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Spring is coming
Bob and Maria and I are working today. I’ve been listening to the itunes on shuffle, some funny stuff in there like the christmas chipmunks album. I’m excited to be back home and to be working on the record label more. Right now that means lots of work on the website and on our data [...]
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getting signed to a label
hey paul,br /the way we usualy sign bands goes something like this, I meet them at a show and like their music, they live in olympia so we see each other around alot and over time we develop a relationship, I tell bob, hey this band is really cool you should check them out, bob [...]
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new stamp
the exciting news in the bicycle records office is the arrival of our new stamp. it has the little bicycle man our friend justin drew on it with our address. we will be using it on our orders. so no more tedious sharpie addressing! our helper gnomes are very excited about this new advancement. jenny’s [...]
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deer city @ the artisan’s cafe, bike and bike benefit
a href=”http://theartisanscafe.com”The Artisan’s cafe/a has become an all ages mainstay in downtown olympia. After the manium closed it assumed the role of the only legit place downtown to throw an all ages show. there are a couple of downsides, the shape of the space is not ideal for shows, and you can’t charge a cover [...]
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Eleanor Murray @ Arts Walk