The Elegant Bachelors just released a new EP called "Five New Songs." What's more, the packaging is a very special combination of felt, paint, and love. For $3 it can be yours in all of its glory. However, there is a very big catch. Only 50 copies of this specially packaged edition will ever be made. Ever. Get yours now before they disappear.
The track listing is:
1. Andrea Doria
2. Sleeping Arrangements
3. Mild Mannered
4. Fade to Grey
5. If I Stand
The first four are originals while the last song is a Rich Mullins cover.
Furthermore, on December 1, if all goes according to plan, The Elegant Bachelors will release their first ever full length album. Stay tuned for more updates.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
New Elegant Bachelors Release
Monday, July 13, 2009
WEAKNESS now available at so many record stores!
Don't care to download their new album for free? Don't wish to order it directly from us? Live near Cincinnati or Bloomington? YOU'RE IN LUCK! 'WEAKNESS' by weakness is now available at Shake It Records and Everybody's Records in Cincinnati and Landlocked Music and TD's CD's & LP's in Bloomington! FOR ONLY $6!
ABSURD!
If you haven't yet, check out the album HERE! You'll also have the option of donating an amount of your choosing with a download of the full album. And as always, you can order the thing directly from us for $7. Just send us an e-mail here: itfrecords@gmail.com .
In the words of supreme musical genius Kim Deal: "Glorious."
Love,
ITF
ABSURD!
If you haven't yet, check out the album HERE! You'll also have the option of donating an amount of your choosing with a download of the full album. And as always, you can order the thing directly from us for $7. Just send us an e-mail here: itfrecords@gmail.com .
In the words of supreme musical genius Kim Deal: "Glorious."
Love,
ITF
Monday, June 15, 2009
WEAKNESS For Sale!!
In The Fridge is absurdly proud to announce the official release of our very first full-length album courtesy of Weakness!!
You can buy their self-titled album in so many ways!!
- $NAME YO PRICE to download the whole thing HERE in every audio format you can imagine! (ya'll'll need a PayPal account frst).
- $5 at a show or from a band member.
- $6 at various Bloomington and Indiana record stores! (details coming soon!)
- $7 through the mail! (PLZ E-Mail us - itfrecords@gmail.com - if you're interested!)
CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!
Plus! All physical copies are packaged in our super-special-limited-edition ITF-style digipaks, which mean they close by VELCRO. AWESOME.
Stream all sorts of their songs here!
ALSO THEY'RE TOURING IN LIKE 2 WHOLE STATES:
June 11: Cincinnati, OH (@ Bunk http://www.myspace.com/bunkwarehouse )
June 12: Akron, OH (@ Annabell's http://www.myspace.com/annabellsbarlounge )
June 13: Madison, IN (@ Punkhouse http://www.myspace.com/punkhouseproductions )
June 17: Cincinnati, OH (@ Bikehaus http://www.last.fm/venue/8980899 )
June 12: Akron, OH (@ Annabell's http://www.myspace.com/annabellsbarlounge )
June 13: Madison, IN (@ Punkhouse http://www.myspace.com/punkhouseproductions )
June 17: Cincinnati, OH (@ Bikehaus http://www.last.fm/venue/8980899 )
June 20: Dayton, OH (@ Dayton Dirt Collective http://daytondirtcollective.org/ )
June 24: Dayton, OH (@ Dayton Dirt Collective http://daytondirtcollective.org/ )
June 27: Fort Wayne, IN (@ Berlin http://www.myspace.com/berlinmusicpub )
June 24: Dayton, OH (@ Dayton Dirt Collective http://daytondirtcollective.org/ )
June 27: Fort Wayne, IN (@ Berlin http://www.myspace.com/berlinmusicpub )
LOVE!
-ITF
Sunday, June 14, 2009
WEAKNESS Akron Review!! We're Practically Famous or Something!!
The following review was going to be posted by altohio.com, but due to the unfortunate circumstance that no pictures were taken to accompany the review, it sadly won't go up. BUT, after getting permission from this young fellow, In The Fridge is posting the whole thing for you to read right here. Enjoy!
ALSO: CLICK HERE FOR WEAKNESS PURCHASING AND TOUR INFORMATION
Weakness: Good band, in need of dancing people.
Aaron George.-Akron.
This weekend has seen Akron invaded by alcoholics on motorcycles. They come from all over the world, to celebrate their triumph over alcoholism and their membership in A.A. For those of us who live here and do still drink, it is a neat event, and worthy of respect, but nothing to make you say “Just water for me.” to the bartender.
On Friday Akron was also visited by bands from Columbus and Cincinnati. The group from Columbus was The Phantods, the folks from Cinci, Weakness. I am going to go ahead and disappoint all of you Phantods fans out there now and let you know that, sadly, I had to miss the bands performance. I am intrigued by the Phantods, and was looking forward to being able to write about them, but unfortunately they played later than I had planned and my day job demanded my presence early in the morning. So I had to leave before being able to see them, hopefully they will return sometime and I can make it up to them. I did however get to see Weakness play, and it was a show that was good enough for me to risk writing this only half accurate review.
To say the least, Weakness was a surprise. At my first sight of the tight jeans, black and thick rimmed glasses, and even the in-between beards, I had visions of something screamo, something mellow dramatic and not to fun to see regardless of the music. Even the name “Weakness” was sort of off putting to me, nothing good is normally associated with weakness, and the word conjures up bad thoughts. I am only guessing, but I think the band knew this when they chose the name though, and the irony of their performance and the definition of the word works well for them.
The best way I can think to describe the bands sound, and I have been chewing over it for two days now, would be to take the song “Paperface” by Weezer, clean it up a bit, organize it, make it a little louder, and stretch it over the length of eight or nine songs. That same yelling anger, but in a sometimes lighthearted way, it is powerful while not being overbearing, and when done right it is very enjoyable to hear and witness. Weakness seems to enjoy playing their music as well, and puts on a very good show.
I imagine that if the band had had a more enthusiastic audience in the basement of Annabelle’s that night; the show would have been much more memorable. Normally I would never pin the blame for a somewhat boring show on the audience, but in this case I was really surprised. Aside from two local guys who seemed to enjoy the music and were willing to show this by dancing, and myself after seeing the band play and knowing what it is like to play to an empty (or dead) house, everyone watching remained a good 15 feet from the group. If you looked at the people, they bobbed their heads, and seemed to be having fun, but the interaction just wasn’t there.
From what I heard, and what I confirmed from the bands myspace page (www.myspace.com/weakness) the guys have some pretty clever lyrics up their sleeves to go along with their gritty, chugging music. Like in the song “Foreign Place” where the words “Woke up in a foreign place…Lights explode on a marquee, got lipstick stains like shark teeth.” There is something you have to admire about a group semi-nerdy looking guys that don’t sing trite, depressing love songs and are bold enough to yell through half of their music without reducing it all to garbled growling.
In fact it was only when the band did slow things down that the performance lagged a bit. The song “No Anima” which does seem like it would be a good piece of music when recorded, lacked the same vigor that was present in the rest of the music, and didn’t work well in the middle of the set list, it was almost like being shocked, but in reverse, so that while you are expecting a jolt you end up with nothing out of the ordinary. Also the word anima, when sung live, slightly sounds like the word enema, and there is a huge difference between the two meanings and the similarity can lead to misconceptions among a beer drinking group of listeners.
The band is on tour now, though from what I was led to believe many dates have been cancelled. However it is clear that this group is all about getting out their and playing their songs. This is a new band (very new) but when you see them play they don’t have any hint of green to them. Honestly, any new band that will get up and go on a tour, even a mini-tour of surrounding areas, it shows either a real dedication to the music, or is an indicator of the sort of recklessness that fuels so may great rock shows. Most local bands end up stuck in their given city for years, and while this develops a strong home base, it is nice to see a different approach.
It would be a lie to say that this is a band that is out making completely new noise, and sadly I think this will be their biggest difficulty (everyone I spoke to compared them to Weezer…hell, I did it a few paragraphs up). But it would be an even bigger lie to say that this band isn’t worth going out to see and dance to…be sure and dance folks, this is music after all.
Aaron George.-Akron.
This weekend has seen Akron invaded by alcoholics on motorcycles. They come from all over the world, to celebrate their triumph over alcoholism and their membership in A.A. For those of us who live here and do still drink, it is a neat event, and worthy of respect, but nothing to make you say “Just water for me.” to the bartender.
On Friday Akron was also visited by bands from Columbus and Cincinnati. The group from Columbus was The Phantods, the folks from Cinci, Weakness. I am going to go ahead and disappoint all of you Phantods fans out there now and let you know that, sadly, I had to miss the bands performance. I am intrigued by the Phantods, and was looking forward to being able to write about them, but unfortunately they played later than I had planned and my day job demanded my presence early in the morning. So I had to leave before being able to see them, hopefully they will return sometime and I can make it up to them. I did however get to see Weakness play, and it was a show that was good enough for me to risk writing this only half accurate review.
To say the least, Weakness was a surprise. At my first sight of the tight jeans, black and thick rimmed glasses, and even the in-between beards, I had visions of something screamo, something mellow dramatic and not to fun to see regardless of the music. Even the name “Weakness” was sort of off putting to me, nothing good is normally associated with weakness, and the word conjures up bad thoughts. I am only guessing, but I think the band knew this when they chose the name though, and the irony of their performance and the definition of the word works well for them.
The best way I can think to describe the bands sound, and I have been chewing over it for two days now, would be to take the song “Paperface” by Weezer, clean it up a bit, organize it, make it a little louder, and stretch it over the length of eight or nine songs. That same yelling anger, but in a sometimes lighthearted way, it is powerful while not being overbearing, and when done right it is very enjoyable to hear and witness. Weakness seems to enjoy playing their music as well, and puts on a very good show.
I imagine that if the band had had a more enthusiastic audience in the basement of Annabelle’s that night; the show would have been much more memorable. Normally I would never pin the blame for a somewhat boring show on the audience, but in this case I was really surprised. Aside from two local guys who seemed to enjoy the music and were willing to show this by dancing, and myself after seeing the band play and knowing what it is like to play to an empty (or dead) house, everyone watching remained a good 15 feet from the group. If you looked at the people, they bobbed their heads, and seemed to be having fun, but the interaction just wasn’t there.
From what I heard, and what I confirmed from the bands myspace page (www.myspace.com/weakness) the guys have some pretty clever lyrics up their sleeves to go along with their gritty, chugging music. Like in the song “Foreign Place” where the words “Woke up in a foreign place…Lights explode on a marquee, got lipstick stains like shark teeth.” There is something you have to admire about a group semi-nerdy looking guys that don’t sing trite, depressing love songs and are bold enough to yell through half of their music without reducing it all to garbled growling.
In fact it was only when the band did slow things down that the performance lagged a bit. The song “No Anima” which does seem like it would be a good piece of music when recorded, lacked the same vigor that was present in the rest of the music, and didn’t work well in the middle of the set list, it was almost like being shocked, but in reverse, so that while you are expecting a jolt you end up with nothing out of the ordinary. Also the word anima, when sung live, slightly sounds like the word enema, and there is a huge difference between the two meanings and the similarity can lead to misconceptions among a beer drinking group of listeners.
The band is on tour now, though from what I was led to believe many dates have been cancelled. However it is clear that this group is all about getting out their and playing their songs. This is a new band (very new) but when you see them play they don’t have any hint of green to them. Honestly, any new band that will get up and go on a tour, even a mini-tour of surrounding areas, it shows either a real dedication to the music, or is an indicator of the sort of recklessness that fuels so may great rock shows. Most local bands end up stuck in their given city for years, and while this develops a strong home base, it is nice to see a different approach.
It would be a lie to say that this is a band that is out making completely new noise, and sadly I think this will be their biggest difficulty (everyone I spoke to compared them to Weezer…hell, I did it a few paragraphs up). But it would be an even bigger lie to say that this band isn’t worth going out to see and dance to…be sure and dance folks, this is music after all.
-Aaron George, iusedtobecool2@gmail.com
Love,
ITF
Monday, June 8, 2009
Another Monday, Another Seven Inch also News
This month's digital seven inch comes to us from a mysterious artist named Classic Condition. It has two songs on it, they will be henceforth known as:
1. Third Time's A Charm
2. Kissing is Forbidden on the Sun
You can get your very own copy here.
In other news, the Weakness tour starts this week, on Thursday to be precise. If you aren't excited you aren't paying attention (to paraphrase an Anti-Flag lyric). Also, starting on Thursday you can get yourself a copy of the Weakness debut album either at the show or through this website. Just send us an email.
Here are the tour dates so you can see if you can make it out:
June 11: Cincinnati, OH (@ Bunk http://www.myspace.com/bunkwarehouse ) <-- release show goddamn June 12: Akron, OH (@ Annabell's http://www.myspace.com/annabellsbarlounge )
June 13: Madison, IN (@ Punkhouse http://www.myspace.com/punkhouseproductions )
June 17: Cincinnati, OH (@ Bikehaus http://www.last.fm/venue/8980899 )
June 18: Lexington, KY (@ Cultural Preservation Resource Center http://www.last.fm/venue/8986700 )
June 24: Dayton, OH (@ Dayton Dirt Collective http://daytondirtcollective.org/ )
June 25: Lexington, KY (again. kiss off.) (@ Cultural Preservation Resource Center http://www.last.fm/venue/8986700 )
June 27: Fort Wayne, IN (@ Berlin http://www.myspace.com/berlinmusicpub )
Monday, May 11, 2009
So Many C-Spans, So Little Time
It's the second Monday of the month again, so it's time for the digital seven inch. But (shock! awe!) this month indicates a bit of an aberration that may or may not continue in the future. You see, this month we have not two, not three, not even five songs for you but six!!!! A veritable digital 10 inch. OH LORD.
6 songs from In The Fridge Artist The Margins.
1. The Sun
2. Miracle Man (Costello)
3. Feels Cold
4. If It's Good For You, It's Good For Me
5. Self Fulfilling Prophecies
6. And the Crowd Goes Wild
In other news, the Weakness album is coming in June, just in time for their tour. More specific updates to follow presently.
If In The Fridge records were a pot, it would be almost boiling, egad.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Prog-Ress
Let me tell you something about the new Weakness album. It will be coming out damn soon.
Love,
ITF
Monday, April 13, 2009
April Showers Brings New Cosmetics Digital 7"
Love,
Your friends from the In The Fridge Records Leftovers Club
Sunday, March 8, 2009
So much news! So much press! So much new The Weakness digital 7"!
Firstly! Today is new digital 7" day, and this month's installment in the In The Fridge Leftovers Club comes courtesy of Cincinnati band The Weakness. Two exclusive songs! For free to take from the internets! HERE! JESUS TELL EVERYONE!
This imaginary 7" marks the beginning of all sorts of Weakness activity. Their full-length self-titled debut album will be available in early April, and three of its tracks will be available to preview in the coming weeks. To make things even more supremely awesome, The Weakness will be embarking on a brief tour of the Midwest in June. Dates will come soon! AH!
Good Christ, there's more. Those great folks from the Indiana Daily Student went and put an article about us in that paper of theirs. Read it here, or something! Unfortunately, the picture of our beautiful faces only appears in the printed version. Special thanks to Josh Kraus for being so patient with us during the interview.
Also, local Bloomington blog IndianaIndieIntern up 'n wrote a bit about us too. Special thanks to David for being totally awesome without us even asking.
There's more!! The Elegant Bachelors will be playing a solo-y acoustic-type set at Buffa Louie's (on Indiana next to Starbucks) this Friday! If you haven't already left campus to get drunk/kidnapped in Mexico, totally check it out. No cover er anything!
Also, Eric Radoux's "Credit" single is now available at Landlocked Music and TD's CDs and LPs for an absurdly small amount of pesos.
Other than that, check out our Leftovers Club Archive for previous digital 7"s. February is Eric Radoux, January is The Elegant Bachelors, and December is just ridiculous.
Love,
ITF
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
A New Digital 7" is Lurking...
If you haven't yet downloaded last month's digital 7" featuring the uber-awesome Eric Radoux, do so now.
You can also purchase a tangible Eric Radoux single featuring "Credit" and "Broken Skin" for no more than $2. Deal!
Until Monday!
Love,
ITF
Monday, February 16, 2009
Do Not Eat Chicken Quesadillas made by Hansen's and other advice...
Pieces of Advice from In The Fridge Records
1. Go see Eric Radoux, Golden Birthday, and Mahjongg at the Cinemat this Friday at 8 if you are in or around Bloomington.
2. Buy Eric Radoux's new single which will available to the public for the first time at that the aforementioned show (only 2$, a steal!)
3. Do not talk to strangers
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Coming Soon
What news we have for you, what news indeed. You may have heard this month's digital seven inch by Eric Radoux by now, if not- download it now, it's great. Well, if you have been enjoying the seven inch as much as we have you will be thoroughly excited about what we have to tell you. In The Fridge will be putting out two releases from Eric Radoux in the coming months. The first of which will be a single with two songs- "Credit" and "The Broken Skin." After that work will commence on an as of yet untitled EP.
Check him out on Reverb Nation for a wider array of his songs.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Things Eric Radoux Does Know About: New Digital 7"
It is the second Monday of the month. Hopefully you know what this means by now... it's digital seven inch time! This month's addition to the Leftovers Club comes from the sensational Bloomington artist Eric Radoux and it's called Doesn't Know About: People. It features previously unreleased songs "Undeserving" and "Long Autumn" that are only available right here. Be sure to tell your family, because the family that listens to Eric Radoux together stays together.
Download it here.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Look what we found, buried in the snow...
There is more than a foot of snow on the ground in Bloomington. When there is that much snow afoot and underfoot one must make proverbial lemonade out of lemons (or in this case, suggestive snowmen out of snow). We here at In The Fridge Records are strong believers in both lemonade and suggestive snow men, so you could say that snow days are sort of our finest hour. In the past we have done such amazing things as scale entire mountains and eat eighteen waffles in one sitting.
Today was no different. You see, while traipsing through the frozen tundra that is our neighborhood we discovered this long lost Elegant Bachelors recording of a classic pop song. We were quite delighted, not only because this song has the ability to warm even the most snow embattled heart, but also because finding it was a nice change of pace from what we normally find which tends to be animal feces.
So, from our snow piles to yours, we offer you this musical gift, a snow day surprise if you will- stay warm, stay safe, and most of all stay out of the way of snowplows.
SNOW DAY SURPRISE!!!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Pow, To the Moon!
In The Fridge releases are now available at both Luna Records locations in Indianapolis! Last year's EP's by The Elegant Bachelors and Cosmetics go for a meager $4.99 each. Couch change, son!
Also, if you haven't already done so, download this month's Leftovers Club digital 7" featuring The Elegant Bachelors here.
ACK!
Friday, January 16, 2009
In The Fridge Records- Coming To A Store Near You
My, my, it has been cold lately hasn't it?
In other news, In The Fridge Records releases will henceforth be available at Bloomington record stores Td's Cds and Lps and Landlocked Music. The Elegant Bachelors Room EP AND Cosmetics Lawsuit EP are both available at these locations for a meager sum of $4! Buy up that product, the economy needs all the stimulatin' it can get. And as we all know, local stimulation is the best kind of stimulation.
Also, don't forget to download this month's Digital 7 Inch by The Elegant Bachelors.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
January is cold! Pancakes are warm! New 7 Inch!
Do you know what time it is? It's time for this month's digital seven inch, son! This month's installment of the In The Fridge Leftovers Club features two new songs by the Elegant Bachelors. Download it. Download it without discretion and of course, tell all of your friends to download it.
Have a great January and watch out for black ice, most of the time it is hard to see.
Special thanks to Eric Radoux for playing trumpet on Third Street.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Welcome Welcome Etc!
Hello, hello. If you are new to In The Fridge allow us to introduce ourselves- we are a small independent record label from Bloomington, IN. Currently our roster of artists includes:
The Weakness from Cincinnati, Ohio
The Elegant Bachelors from Bloomington, IN
and Cosmetics from Bloomington, IN
Check them out on Myspace if you dare.
Both the Elegant Bachelors and Cosmetics have released EPs (The Elegant Bachelors- Room EP; Cosmetics- Lawsuit EP) which are available through mail order for 3 dollars each or 5 dollars for both- shoot us an email if you would like to purchase copies.
Also on the horizon is the release of The Weakness' self titled debut full length- look for it in early April. In addition to that, The Weakness are organizing a small tour through the midwest for this upcoming summer- look for dates in the coming weeks.
Finally, for those of you who like free music, we release a "digital 7 inch" on the second Monday of each month. Last month's release, It's Elementary, featured three punk and pop punk groups and is available for download here.
The next release will be available on the 12th of this month and will feature two songs by The Elegant Bachelors.
Thanks for your attention and have a marvelous January.
Of Jet Planes and Station Wagons
Ladies and gentlemen we are moving the blog!
In the interest of a simpler URL, effective today our blog can be found at www.itfrecords.blogspot.com
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