Trouble In Mind

Mikal Cronin S/T LP and Liminanas Tour Single Bundle Now On Sale!

2011-09-13T11:04:00.001-07:00

Happy September everybody!
We've been looking forward to this day for quite a while. This fall batch may only be 2 records, but man, are they insanely great. You probably know the drill by now, for the next 24 hours (until 10am CST tomorrow) we are offering free domestic shipping and discounted international shipping. That being said, we have a limited number of Limiñanas singles (like 125 of them and they won't be going on the website) so first come first served. Round up 17.00 USA (30.00 International) and head over to Paypal. Our address is: troubleinmindrecs@gmail.com.

As usual, if you want to throw in a record that you may have missed you can do so with no added shipping. (FYI - we have exactly FIVE copies of The Paperhead "Focus In On... The Looking Glass" LPs left for sale - once it's gone, it's gone!). Without further ado, let's get to it!:

TIM031: MIKAL CRONIN S/T LP

Conceived and recorded as a sort of therapy to help cope with adjusting to life post-college, an insuing break-up and geographic isolation Mikal Cronin steps momentarily away from the rhythm section of Orange County surf-punk bashers The Moonhearts with his debut solo LP. Fans can take heart, this isn’t a “vanity project” or half-baked endeavor - Mikal’s solo debut is fully realized, cohesive and beautiful, with themes that are as personal as they are universal; questioning your future, accepting your past and living in the moment. Taking influences such as late sixties Del Shannon and The Everly Brothers and filtering them through his own mutant California fuzz, Mikal deftly explores his singer/songwriter side that at moments feels like a punk Harry Nilsson or Curt Boettcher that balances sweet melodies & chords with chunky, psychedelic guitar freak-outs. Don’t let the opening Beach Boys-ian harmonies of “Is It Alright?” fool you into thinking this record can be easily pinned down... with long-time friend & collaborator Ty Segall producing, Eric Bauer (Ty Segall, Royal Baths) running the tape machine and guests like John Dwyer of The Oh-Sees, you can be positive you’re in for something special. Once those guitars kick in, and you hit that first transcendent chorus, you’ll be hooked and anxiously awaiting what comes next. The LP includes a download code & the first 500 copies are pressed on randomly mixed vinyl.

TIM032: LIMIÑANAS 2011 USA TOUR SINGLE
Trouble In Mind - er, we mean TIM Records is proud to present this limited vinyl single released for Perpignan, France’s Limiñanas’ 2011 Fall U.S. Tour. The A-side might be an ode/homage to yours truly called "(I've Got) Trouble In Mind", & could be this charming French combo’s catchiest tune yet! Pulsing with rhythm & some seductive lyrics (sung in French of course) that when translated seem to imply that these guys have some heavy things swirling around 'dans leur tête'! The B-side, "Je m'en vais" is the real head-turner here & marks an interesting twist in the band's sound - a frantic, almost Suicide-esque stomper with a driving beat & organ line that still sounds like The Limiñanas, but also sounds like nothing they've done before! This “tour edition” is a one-time pressing of 500 copies on black vinyl, & is brought to you by TIM Records (a division of Trouble In Mind Records, LLC).
Also be sure to check out the blog for detail of our T-Shirt design contest and see how you can get FREE TIM Records releases for all of 2012! ~ WHAAAAAAT?!?!

http://troubleinmindrecs.blogspot.com/2011/09/trouble-in-mind-records-t-shirt-design.html

Trouble In Mind Records T-Shirt Design Contest!

2011-09-12T06:58:00.000-07:00

The title says it all. We're in the market for a new t-shirt design & are calling upon YOU GOOD PEOPLE of EARTH to help us out! The winner will get FREE copies of all Trouble In Mind / TIM Records releases from 2012 (and we've got some seriously exciting stuff planned, so look out!). The design can be one or two colors only, should say the full name of the label (Trouble In Mind Records) and be print ready. Please submit your designs to: troubleinmindrecs{AT}gmail(dot)com by Sunday, October 9th to be considered. Good luck and get drawing!

XO, Bill & Lisa

LIMIÑANAS / GAZ GAZ U.S. TOUR!!!

2011-07-29T09:21:00.000-07:00

The Limiñanas are headed to the U.S.A. - coming ALL THE WAY from Perpignan, France to play & they're bringing their good pals GAZ GAZ along for the trip! GAZ GAZ is a great new band formed by Nico from Sonic Chicken 4 (a.k.a. TIM005)! Here's the deets below - See ya there!

Thu. 8/11 Milwaukee - Cactus Club w/John Wesley Coleman/Rayon Beach/Head On Electric 9PM
Fri. 8/12 Chicago - Empty Bottle w/Tyler Jon Tyler 10PM
Sat. 8/13 Memphis - Hi-Tone w/ The Limes 10PM
Sun. 8/14 Nashville - The Basement w/The Paperhead & D.Watusi
Mon. 8/15 Washington DC - Judy’s
Tue. 8/16 Philadelphia - Kung Fu Necktie
Wed. 8/17 NYC - WFMU Evan Funk Davies show 9pm / Death By Audio 11pm
Thu. 8/18 NYC - Cake Shop w/ Wrong Words
Fri. 8/19 Columbus - The Summit w/ The Cheater Slicks
Sat. 8/20 Lafayette - Black Sparrow w/ Apache Dropout

Wax Museums and Bad Sports Hit the Road!

2011-07-26T14:16:00.000-07:00

Eye Times, the newest effort from North Texas' lovable misfits The Wax Museums, is out now. Be sure to catch them with The Bad Sports.

July 28 - Ajax - Oxford, MS * w/ Unwed Teenage Mothers
July 29 - 529 - Atlanta, GA * w/ Brain Flannel, Wymyns Prysyn, Whatever Brains
July 31 - Glen Danzig's House - Nashville, TN *
Aug 1 - Bloomington, IN *
Aug 2 - Carabar - Columbus, OH * w/ Frustrations, Outer Spacist
August 3 - Lager House - Detroit, MI *w/ Terrible Twos
Aug 4 - Permanent Records Instore - Chicago, IL
Aug 4 - Cal's - Chicago, IL * w/ Daylight Robbery, Bacon II
Aug 5 - Bayview Brew Haus - Milwaukee, WI *w/ Heavy Times
Aug 6 - Hill Valley - Minneapolis, MN * w/ Sleaze, Pleasure Leftists, Cozy
Aug 7 - Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS *
Aug 8 - Studded Bird - Kansas City, MO *w/ Mouthbreathers

w/ Bad Sports *

Praise for Wax Museums
Their idiot savant rock is wedged between Milo Aukerman's brilliant simplicity and The Spits savage brilliance. Their music celebrates all things simple, and 97% of the time, that turns out to be a good thing.
- Impose

The Wax Museums write fast, sloppy punk songs about any damned thing, chronicling summer's highs and lows with Ramones-esque bravado...the members of the Wax Museums are not anywhere near as stupid as they're pretending to be.
- Blurt

Full of bratty numbskull humor, Eye Times features an energetic band of fellas who run through the album’s 13 tracks as if they can’t wait to tackle the next song. That doesn’t mean attitude trumps form here, though, for Wax Museums’ impatient thrash ‘n bash rhythms hold together quite well, and they are supplemented by dramatic stops, the occasional heads-down mid-tempo groover, and some unexpected production touches
- Pop Matters

WRONG WORDS EAST COAST JAUNT!

2011-07-21T10:50:00.000-07:00

San Francisco's finest pop band The Wrong Words are headed to NYC for three dates & another date in Philly - don't miss 'em!

THURSDAY AUGUST 18th at THE CAKE SHOP
(152 Ludlow Street. New York, NY)
THE LIMIÑANAS
THE WRONG WORDS
GAZ GAZ

FRIDAY AUGUST 19th at GOLDEN WEST
(1105 W 36th Street Baltimore, MD)
THE WRONG WORDS
+ TBA

SATURDAY AUGUST 20th at BRUAR FALLS
(245 Grand Street, Williamsburg Brooklyn NY)
DAED PIZZA PARTY w/
THE WRONG WORDS
THE FOXX (I think?)
+ TBA

SUNDAY AUGUST 21st at LITTLE BAR
(736-8 South 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA)
THE WRONG WORDS
+ TBA

Their FANTASTIC LP is still available from yours truly at: www.troubleinmindrecs.com or directly from the band at their shows!!!

ESTROGEN HIGHS TOUR!!

2011-07-19T21:39:00.000-07:00

New Haven's favorite sons The Estrogen Highs are heading out on the road soon - be sure to pop on over & say "HI" if they're playing near you at all!

7/23 New Haven CT Cafe Nine with Paperhead
8/7 New Haven CT Popeye's Garage with The Frustrations, Ultrabunny (2 original Bunny Brains members), Gristmill

8/12 Allentown PA Sportmen's Cafe with Home Blitz and Motorcycles
8/13 Columbus OH Carabar with Guinea Worms and Day Creeper
8/14 Bloomington IN TBA
8/15 Iowa City IA Blue Moose with Nerv and Solid Attitude
8/16 St. Paul MN Midway House
8/17 Milwaukee WI Quarters with Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones
8/18 Chicago IL Crown Tap Room
8/19 Cleveland OH Now That's Class
8/20 Detroit MI Painted Lady
8/21 Ft. Wayne IN Brass Rail
8/22 Pittsburgh PA TBA
8/23 Philadelphia PA Kung Fu Necktie with The Tough Shits

8/28 Milford CT Daniel Street Benefit show for our ex-drummer who shattered both his heels and broke his back when a fire escape fell off a building
TBA NYC show with Kitchen's Floor somewhere in between these two
9/2 New Haven CT Popeye's Garage with Kitchen's Floor and Fat History Month

STAY TUNED for the Estrogen Highs' next LP/CD COMING in Spring 2012 on TROUBLE IN MIND!

NIGHT BEATS ANNOUNCE SUMMER TOUR DATES!!!

2011-06-28T21:44:00.001-07:00

The NIGHT BEATS are coming to GET YOU!!! Catch them live this summer:

JUL 24 2011 - REPLAY LOUNGE - LAWRENCE, KS
JUL 25 2011 - HI TONE - MEMPHIS, TN
JUL 26 2011 - JJ'S BOHEMIA - CHATTANOOGA, TN
JUL 27 2011 - NEIGHBORHOOD THEATER W/ BLACK LIPS - CHARLOTTE, NC
JUL 28 2011 - OTTOBAR W/ BLACK LIPS - BALTIMORE, MD
JUL 29 2011 - BOWERY BALLROOM W/ BLACK LIPS - NY, NY
JUL 30 2011 - MAXWELL'S W/ BLACK LIPS - HOBOKEN, NJ
JUL 31 2011 - SHEA STADIUM - BROOKLYN, NY
AUG 1 2011 - MR. SMALLS THEATER W/ BLACK LIPS - PITTSBURGH, PA
AUG 2 2011 - BUSTER'S BILLIARD W/ BLACK LIPS - LEXINGTON, KY
AUG 3 2011 - EXIT/IN W/ BLACK LIPS - NASHVILLE, TN
AUG 4 2011 - THE FIREBIRD W/ BLACK LIPS - ST. LOUIS, MO
AUG 5 2011 - LOLLAPALOOZA AFTERPARTY W/ BLACK LIPS @EMPTY BOTTLE - CHICAGO, IL
AUG 12 2011 - THE MOHAWK W/ UFO CLUB, DUM DUM GIRLS, MARK SULTAN - AUSTIN, TX
AUG 14 2011 - GOOD RECORDS INSTORE (4PM) - DALLAS, TX
AUG 17 2011 - FREE SHOW AT BURGER RECORDS
AUG 18 2011 - FREE SHOW W/ WOODEN SHJIPS AT BOTTOM OF THE HILL - S.F., CA
AUG 19 2011 - FREE SHOW W/ WOODEN SHJIPS AT THE ECHO - LOS ANGELES, CA
AUG 20 2011 - FREE SHOW W/ WOODEN SHJIPS AT THE CASBAH - SAN DIEGO, CA
AUG 26 2011 - FREE SHOW W/ WOODEN SHJIPS AT DOUG FIR - PORTLAND, OR
AUG 27 2011 - FREE SHOW W/ WOODEN SHJIPS AT THE CROCODILE - SEATTLE, WA
RSVP for free shows here: http://tour.sailorjerrypresents.com/

OF COURSE their debut s/t LP is OUT NOW (www.troubleinmindrecs.com) & it rules! The band will have the last of the colored vinyl first press, so GO SEE THEM & BUY IT!

PAPERHEAD SUMMER TOUR STARTS NEXT WEEK!

2011-06-11T07:12:00.000-07:00

The Paperhead are heading out on the road this summer in support of their s/t debut LP released this past March as well as the newly minted LIMITED vinyl-only repress of their debut cassette "Focus In On... The Looking Glass". They'll be bringing their pal & producer Jeffrey Novak along on keyboards too - be sure to check 'em out if you live nearby any of these dates!

6/15 - Nashville - The End w/Strange Boys
6/17 - Memphis - Poplar Lounge
6/18 - NOLA - Siberia
6/19 - Houston - The Mink
6/20 - Austin - The Mohawk w/ Rayon Beach
6/21 - Las Cruces - Trainyard w/ Far Corners
6/23 - San Diego - Til Two
6/24 - Los Angeles - Permanent Records INSTORE 5PM
6/24 - Los Angeles - HM157
6/25 - Oakland - FUZZPLEX
6/26 - SF - Thee Parkside w/ Wax Idols and Wrong Words
6/28 - Portland - Slabtown w/Night Beats
6/29 - Seattle - Chop Suey w/ Night Beats and Bare Wires
7/01 - Denver
7/02 - Lawrence - Replay Lounge

7/14 - Lafayette - Black Sparrow
7/15 - Madison - Mickey’s
7/16 - Milwaukee - Cactus Club
7/17 - Chicago - Empty Bottle - Pitchfork afterparty w/Fresh & Onlys
7/18 - Cleveland - Now That’s Class
7/19 - Columbus - w/ Andrew Graham & Lpps
7/20 - Pittsburgh - The Shop w/The Modulated Tones & Holy Daze
7/21 - NYC - DBA - with The Hairs
7/22 - NYC Bruar Falls (Paperhead recording at WFMU at 1PM)
7/23 - New Haven - Café Nine w/Estrogen Highs
7/24 - Philadelphia - The Bookspace
7/25 - Baltimore - Golden West
7/26 - DC - Comet Ping Pong
7/27 - Cincinnati (??? - help?)
7/28 - Bloomington - Magnetic South
7/29 - Nashville

WHEELS ON FIRE SPRING TOUR!

2011-05-03T20:57:00.000-07:00

WHEELS ON FIRE are HITTIN' THE ROAD! Don't miss 'em if you're near these areas!

Thursday 5/5: Chicago, IL @ Beauty Bar

Friday 5/6: Madison, WI @ Mickey’s

Saturday 5/7: Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club

Sunday 5/8: St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club

Monday 5/9: Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews

Tuesday 5/10: Dubuque, IA @ Monk’s Kaffee Pub

Wednesday 5/11: Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge

Thursday 5/12: Carbondale, IL @ PK’s

Saturday 5/14: Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Fest

TROUBLE IN MIND INVADES SXSW!!!

2011-03-03T21:59:00.000-08:00

*poster by Johnny Sampson

TROUBLE IN MIND & SAILOR JERRY PRESENT:
FRIDAY March 18th
12-6PM (ish)
Shangri-La
1016 East 6th St # B
Austin, TX 78702
(512) 524-4291
http://www.shangrilaaustin.com/
Here's the deets for the Trouble In Mind Showcase:

12:00 the Hex Dispensers
12:40 The Night Beats
1:20 Cheap Time
2:00 The Paperhead
2:40 Wounded Lion
3:20 The White Wires
3:55 The Wrong Words
4:30 Wax Museums
5:05 The Mean Jeans
5:40 Personal & the Pizzas

'dat's alotta bands!

www.troubleinmindrecs.com
www.sailorjerry.com
www.johnnysampson.com

BRAND NEW Limiñanas video!!!

2011-02-16T22:01:00.000-08:00

Check out the new Limiñanas video for "Down Underground" off their debut album on Trouble In Mind!

DownUnderground - The Limiñanas
Uploaded by jean-lucmoly. - See the latest featured music videos.

(also featured in the hit TV show 'Gossip Girl')

Directed by Jean-Luc Moly

SXSW 2011 & Upcoming stuff for 2011! HOLY MOLEY!

2011-02-11T08:57:00.000-08:00

GREETINGS & salutations! I know it's been a while, but damn we've been busy over here! Trouble In Mind Records is invading Austin again this year! here's the details for our 2011 SXSW Showcase:

FRIDAY March 18th
12-6PM (ish)
Shangri-La
1016 East 6th St # B
Austin, TX 78702
(512) 524-4291
http://www.shangrilaaustin.com/

12:00 the Hex Dispensers
12:40 The Night Beats
1:20 Cheap Time
2:00 The Paperhead
2:40 Wounded Lion
3:20 The White Wires
3:55 The Wrong Words
4:30 Wax Museums
5:05 The Mean Jeans
5:40 Personal & the Pizzas

WHOAH - 'dat's alotta bands!

We'll have our 2011 SXSW/Record Store Day 4-way covers split single out by the show featuring Mean Jeans (covering Sparks' 'Forever Young'), Eddy Current Suppression Ring (covering The Go-Go's 'We Got The Beat'), The Wrong Words (covering a PF Sloan song "Here's Where You Belong"), & also Jack Oblivian (covering Tommy James & the Shondells' "Moses & Me"). This 4-way split is ONLY available at this show & via your local record shop on Record Store Day (April 16th, 2011) - if you're unsure if your local store will carry it, & you'd like them to - have them get in touch with us at: troubleinmindrecs@gmail.com

We'll also have our other FOUR Spring releases (available worldwide on March 22nd) available at the show as well: The Wrong Words s/t debut LP/CD, The Paperhead s/t debut LP/CD, Alex Cuervo 4-song solo EP, & Jeffrey Novak 4-song solo EP...

WE ALSO have a few GREAT things cooking for later in the year... BE ON THE LOOKOUT for:

Wax Museums 'Eye Times' LP/CD/digital
Parting Gifts 7"
Tim Cohen 4-song solo EP
Estrogen Highs LP/CD/digital
Mikal Cronin solo LP/CD/digital

TY SEGALL ON TOUR IN EUROPE NOW!!!

2010-11-20T12:52:00.001-08:00

Ty & the gang are currently on tour FOREVER in Europe! Go see them now if you have the chance!

11/20 Zurich CH: Profitreff
11/21 Strasbourg FR: Bazel Molodoi
11/22 Koln DE: King Georges
11/23 Bruxelles BE: Mme Moustache
11/24 Nijmegen NL: Doorjnose
11/25 Utrecht NL: Guess Who Fest
11/26 Evreux FR: L'Abordage
11/27 Creil FR: La Grange à Music
11/29 Berlin DE: West Germany
11/30 Arrhus DK: Music Café
12/1 Copenhague DK: Loppen
12/2 Helsingor DK: Music Huset
12/3 Gothenburg SE: Show Down
12/4 Stockholm SE: Vieille Montagne
12/6 Helsinki FI: Bar Loose
12/7 Leeds UK: Brudenell Social Club
12/8 Glasgow UK: Captain Rest
12/9 Manchester UK: Deaf Institut
12/10 Bristol UK: Cooler
12/11 London UK: Camp Basement
12/12 Brighton UK: Jam
12/14 Mulhouse FR: Les copains d'abord
12/15 Limoges FR: La Fourmi
12/16 Dijon FR: La Vapeur
12/17 Kortrijk BE: 4AD
12/18 Besançon FR: Les Bains Douche

New LIMIÑANAS video!!!

2010-10-25T13:57:00.001-07:00

Limiñanas video for "Je ne suis pas trés drogue" from their s/t debut album on Trouble In Mind!

Je ne suis pas trés drogue, The Liminanas
Uploaded by liobitch. - Watch more music videos, in HD!

video by by Jean Luc Moly.

buy it at: www.troubleinmindrecs.com

New WOUNDED LION video for 'Pointed Sticks'!!!

2010-10-19T20:29:00.000-07:00

Hey there guys & gals! Check out Wounded Lion's video for the A-side of their new single on Trouble In Mind! Take that Union Jack!!!

arkside

2010-10-09T14:49:00.000-07:00

BRAND NEW Wrong Words video for their song "What Went Wrong?" - the A-side off their upcoming Trouble In Mind 7-inch due out OCT 19th!

Video by Lily & Canderson!

Wrong Words "What Went Wrong" music video from Chris Anderson on Vimeo.

Be sure to catch them at Budget Rock 9 in San Francisco on Friday October 22nd at Thee Parkside!!

Catch Vermillion Sands as they sweep across the US!

2010-09-11T13:29:00.000-07:00

With a new Trouble In Mind single due out on Oct. 19th our favorite Italians are going to be on a 3 week trip to the states. Heres what you can expect from the single as well as the dates!

"Treviso, Italy's Vermillion Sands sling a couple of tunes stateside to Trouble In Mind! Countrified but not country, unhinged but not sloppy, Vermillion Sands conjure up a manic, peyote-feuled trek across a dusty, spaghetti-westernized landscape. The two tracks on this single kick up dust in the faces of Ray Davies & Holly Golightly as singer Anna Barattin sneers her way around the band's driving drums & fuzzed-out guitars, leaving the listener thirsting for more as the vultures circle overhead! The single comes housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve, includes a download code, & the first press comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl!"

Tue 14-Sep Charleston, SC Tin Roof
Wed 15-Sep Asheville, NC Static Age Records
Thu 16-Sep Atlanta, GA 529 Club
Fri 17-Sep Tallahassee, FL Mockingbird Café
Sat 18-Sep Mobile, AL Alabama Music Hall
Sun 19-Sep New Orleans, LA Saturn Bar
Mon 20-Sep Huntsville, AL Voodoo Lounge
Tue 21-Sep TBA
Wed 22-Sep Memphis, TN Goner Fest
Thu 23-Sep Nashville, TN Springwater Supper Club
Fri 24-Sep Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
Sat 25-Sep Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
Su 26-Sep Cleveland, OH Now That's Class
Mon 27-Sep Rochester, NY Bug Jar
Tue 28-Sep TBA
Wed 29-Sep Hoboken,NJ Maxwell's
Thu 30-SepBrooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
Fri 1-OctNew York, NY Cake Shop
Sat 2-Oct TBA
Sun 3-OctBaltimore, MD Golden West

The Night Beats are Coming to a Town Near You!

2010-07-26T14:32:00.000-07:00

The new single has been blowing minds from coast to coast. Don't miss 'em when they come to your town!

July 23 - Seattle, Wa - CAPITOL HILL BLOCK PARTY
July 29 - Minneapolis, Mn - TURF CLUB
July 30 - Milwaukee, Wi - THE VAULT
...July 31 - Chicago, Il - THE EMPTY BOTTLE
Aug 1 - Chicago, Il - RECKLESS INSTORE
Aug 3 - Columbus, Oh - BOURBON ST
Aug 4 - Cleveland, Oh - HAPPY DOG
Aug 5 - Brooklyn, NY - UNION POOL
Aug 6 - New York City, NY - SEANCE HOUSE PARTY
Aug 7 - Boston, Ma - O' BRIENS
Aug 9 - New Haven, Ct - POPEYE'S GARAGE
Aug 10 - Philadelphia - Pa - SAILOR JERRY'S
Aug 12 - Baltimore, Ml - GOLDEN WEST
Aug 13 - Silver Spring, Md - QUARRY HOUSE
Aug 14 - Nashville, Tn - GLEN DANZIGS HOUSE
Aug 16 - Atlanta, Ga - THE EARL
Aug 17 - Memphis, Tn - (tim)
Aug 19 - New Orleans, La - THE CIRCLE BAR
Aug 21 - Houston, Tx - CONTINENTAL CLUB
Aug 22 - Austin, Tx - BEERLAND
Aug 23 - Austin, Tx - UFO sessions
Aug 24 - Dallas, Tx - THE PROPHET BAR
Aug 25 - Austin, Tx - UFO sessions
Aug 26 - Austin, Tx - UFO sessions
Aug 27 - Austin, Tx - 21ST ST COOP
Aug 39 - El Centro, Ca - BUJAH BAR PARTY
Sept 3 - Los Angeles, Ca - WAREHOUSE SHOW
Sept 4 - Hollywood, Ca - THE BODY OF CHRIST
Sept 5 - Los Angeles, Ca - ECHO CURIO
Sept 7 - Santa Cruz, CA - TBA
Sept 8 - San Francisco, Ca - THE HEMLOCK
Sept 9 - Oakland, Ca - DUNGEON SHOW

SUMMERTIME 7-INCH BATCH ON SALE NOW!!!

2010-07-13T08:01:00.000-07:00

PEOPLE OF EARTH!

Summertime jamz are ready to ship! For your listening pleasure we present:

TIM013 - HEX DISPENSERS "One Less Ghost" b/w "I'm a Ghost" Who else could fill the coveted release number 13 spot but the beloved Hex Dispensers? This ghoulish garage gang of musical maniacs switch it up this time around on this "ghost themed" single & offer up, of all things - a BALLAD?!?! "One Less Ghost" brings the soft & the loud in an exciting ode to one's fears & anxieties, and marks a great leap forward for the band's sound! For those of you screaming "They've gone soft!" - fear not - these bat-winged behemoths haven't lost their edge! The B-side "I'm A Ghost" rips & roars thru a cover of fellow Texans (and fellow gore-hounds) Occult Detective Club! As per usual, the first press of this single comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, includes a download code, & is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!

TIM014 - NIGHT BEATS "H-Bomb EP" Night Beats currently hail from Seattle but as two of the three members are originally from Texas, it's not hard to pick out the influence of golden age TX psych idols such as the 13th Floor Elevators, Lost and Found and Golden Dawn. This 4 song EP will melt your brain with it's mixture of druggy backbeats and blazing guitar work peppered with vocals that channel a screeching, howling Marc Bolan. They are fresh off of a slot at the 2010 Austin Psych Fest and we think you're going to be hearing a lot from these guys (as well as a rumored recording project with members of The Black Angels.) As per usual, the first press of this single comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, includes a download code, & is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!

TIM015 - STICKS N STONES "Is It You?" b/w "Telling The Truth"
This follow up to their debut single on Dusty Medical picks up where that hot slab o' wax leaves off - hitting you square in the gut with two stabs of sharp pop perfection! A veritable Milwaukee "super-group' of sorts featuring Paul Kalfahs and Jon Heibler from Catholic Boys, & Natalie Clark from the Tears (and all three from the Tuff Bananas!), Sticks N Stones keeps it lean & mean, slicing off riffs from 70's & 80's Power Pop (and a nick or two from classic 60's bubblegum) with rapid-fire intensity calling to mind such great Midwestern bands as Cheap Trick, Shoes, & the Kind. "Is It You" is a spastic spark of self-examination & "Telling The Truth" is a pounding plea for the listener's trust - it ain't no lie!
The single comes housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve, & first press comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, & includes a download code!

TIM016 - TROPICAL SLEEP "(Hadita) Girl With A Diamond Tooth" b/w "Bury My Body"
Don't know what you were doing in the summer of '08 but we were listening to The Pets LP 'Misdirection' on repeat, so it's very exciting for us to release the debut single from Dan Wood of The Pets' new band "Tropical Sleep." Tropical Sleep starts where the Pets left off - the same great vocal delivery and guitar work, but coaxes out a little more finesse & lotsa extra pop! "(Hadita) Girl With A Diamond Tooth" is a stomping serenade to an orally bejewelled siren, while "Bury My Body" is a more laid-back love letter to someone close! As per usual, the first press of this single comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, includes a download code, & is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!

HOW TO DO NOW:
- Paypal $20.00 (27.00 International) to: troubleinmindrecs@gmail.com
- If you don't have a Paypal account email directly to make other arrangements
- If you missed any of our previous releases, you can add them - from now all records will be available via our website plus shipping.
- We are exclusively distributed worldwide by Chicago Independent Distribution. Distros and retailers email: john@chicago-independent.com if you haven't made contact already for wholesale info.

COMING OCTOBER 19th!
PERSONAL AND THE PIZZAS 7"
WOUNDED LION 7"
WRONG WORDS 7"
VERMILLION SANDS 7"
LIMIÑANAS debut LP/CD

Kapow!

Hollows Summer Tour

2010-07-02T07:13:00.000-07:00

Jul 7 2010 Now That's Class Cleveland, OH
Jul 8 2010 Gooski's Pittsburgh, PA
Jul 9 2010 Pianos NYC New York, NY
Jul 10 2010 Bruar Falls Brooklyn, NY
Jul 11 2010 Friendship Cove montreal, Quebec
Jul 12 2010 Babylon Ottawa, ON
Jul 13 2010 Parts & Labour Toronto, Ontario
Jul 14 2010 Lager House Detroit, MI
Jul 15 2010 The Strutt Kalamazoo, MI
Jul 16 2010 The Cage Grand Rapids, MI

NEW 7-INCH BATCH OUT JULY 20th!!!

2010-06-29T10:29:00.000-07:00

Test presses have all been approved and these summer jamz will be on sale VERY VERY soon...

TIM013 - Hex Dispensers "One Less Ghost" b/w "I'm a Ghost"
Who else could fill the coveted release number 13 spot but the beloved Hex Dispensers? This ghoulish garage gang of musical maniacs switch it up this time around on this "ghost themed" single & offer up, of all things - a BALLAD?!?! "One Less Ghost" brings the soft & the loud in an exciting ode to one's fears & anxieties, and marks a great leap forward for the band's sound! For those of you screaming "They've gone soft!" - fear not - these bat-winged behemoths haven't lost their edge! The B-side "I'm A Ghost" rips & roars thru a cover of fellow Texans (and fellow gore-hounds) Occult Detective Club! As per usual, the first press of this single comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, includes a download code, & is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!

TIM014 - Night Beats "H-Bomb EP"
Night Beats currently hail from Seattle but as two of the three members are originally from Texas, it's not hard to pick out the influence of golden age TX psych idols such as the 13th Floor Elevators and Golden Dawn. This 4 song EP will melt your brain with it's mixture of druggy backbeats and blazing guitar work peppered with vocals that channel a screeching, howling Marc Bolan. They are fresh off of a slot at the Austin Psych Fest and we think you're going to be hearing a lot from these guys. As per usual, the first press of this single comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, includes a download code, & is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!

TIM015 - Sticks N Stones "Is It You?" b/w "Telling The Truth"
This follow up to their debut single on Dusty Medical picks up where that hot slab o' wax leaves off - hitting you square in the gut with two stabs of sharp pop perfection! A veritable Milwaukee "super-group' of sorts featuring Paul Kalfahs and Jon Heibler from Catholic Boys, & Natalie Clark from the Tears (and all three from the Tuff Bananas!), Sticks N Stones keeps it lean & mean, slicing off riffs from 70's & 80's Power Pop (and a nick or two from classic 60's bubblegum) with rapid-fire intensity calling to mind such great Midwestern bands as Cheap Trick, Shoes, & the Kind. "Is It You" is a spastic spark of self-examination & "Telling The Truth" is a pounding plea for the listener's trust - it ain't no lie!
The single comes housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve, & first press comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, & includes a download code!

TIM016 - Tropical Sleep "(Hadita) Girl With A Diamond Tooth" b/w "Bury My Body"
Don't know what you were doing in the summer of '08 but we were listening to The Pets LP 'Misdirection' on repeat, so it's very exciting for us to release the debut single from Dan Wood of The Pets' new band "Tropical Sleep." Tropical Sleep starts where the Pets left off - the same great vocal delivery and guitar work, but coaxes out a little more finesse & lotsa extra pop! "(Hadita) Girl With A Diamond Tooth" is a stomping serenade to an orally bejewelled siren, while "Bury My Body" is a more laid-back love letter to someone close! As per usual, the first press of this single comes on randomly mixed colored vinyl, includes a download code, & is housed in the Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!

When this batch officially goes on sale we will offer free shipping for the first 24 hours or 100 batches sold. If you aren't already on the mailing list email: troubleinmindrecs(at)gmail.com and you'll be the first to know when we put them on sale.

COMING IN OCTOBER!
WOUNDED LION 7"
PERSONAL AND THE PIZZAS 7"
WRONG WORDS 7"
VERMILLION SANDS 7"
AND THE LIMINANAS DEBUT LP!!

Go see WHEELS ON FIRE! They're ON TOUR NOW!!!

2010-06-07T12:45:00.001-07:00

Athens, OH's WHEELS ON FIRE (a.k.a TIM006) is ON TOUR NOW throughout the Continental United States! Check out the tour dates below & catch 'em in your town!!

Jun 7 High Noon Saloon w/ The Hussy!- Madison, WI
Jun 8 7th Street Entry w/ Chooglin'!! - Minneapolis, MN
Jun 9 Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, Iowa
Jun 10 The Replay Lounge - Lawrence, Kansas
Jun 11 The Hi-Dive (Hullabaloo Fest!)- Denver, Colorado
Jun 12 Burt’s Tiki Lounge - Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Jun 13 The Red Room - Boise, Idaho
Jun 14 The Comet - Seattle, WA
Jun 15 The East End - Portland, Oregon
Jun 16 Pissed Off Pete's - San Francisco, CA
Jun 17 The Redwood - Los Angeles, CA
Jun 18 The Redwood w/Gemma Ray - Los Angeles, CA
Jun 19 The Tin Can Ale House - San Diego, CA
Jun 20 O'Connells - San Diego, CA
Jun 22 The Prospector - Long Beach, CA
Jun 24 The Red Room - Tucson, AZ
Jun 26 Beerland - Austin, TX
Jun 28 Rubber Gloves - Denton, TX
Jul 1 TBA - Oxford, MS
Jul 15 Bruar Falls - Brooklyn, New York

All you Europeans watch out for a Euro Tour coming in the Fall!

New NIGHT BEATS music video!

2010-06-03T10:11:00.001-07:00

Seattle's Night Beats have just released a new video for "Shadows In The Night" off their upcoming Trouble In Mind 4-song EP! The band filmed it themselves with help from their friend Matthew Zavala while on tour this past Spring!

Check it out below & mark your calendars for the July 20th release date!!!

www.myspace.com/thenightbeatswilleatyou

HOLLOWS play in Millennium Park for FREE! Opening for She & Him!

2010-06-03T10:04:00.000-07:00

"Giggly with a post-band-practice high, the five members of Hollows roll into Ukrainian Village dive bar Stella’s late one Thursday evening. As they settle at the table with a round of icy PBRs, the group bursts into fits of laughter at the tail end of a story about underwear. “Going to practice is therapeutic,” laid-back bassist Emma Hospelhorn says. “This is corny, but I’ll turn up in a really shitty mood and come out totally happy.” Organist Maria Jenkins, a blond with a slash of shaved hair above her left ear, chips in: “We all genuinely like each other. I’ve never been in a band with this many girls, so it’s been interesting to see how the dynamic unfolds.”

Hollows formed in 2008 when Jenkins, 26, posted an ad on Craigslist. She had been gigging with local rockers Parsley Flakes but wound up with a bunch of songs that didn’t quite fit with that act’s synth-punk sound. When Hospelhorn, 29, a learning-sciences Ph.D. student and freelance flutist who also plays in New Millennium Orchestra, answered the online classified, the two hit it off. They brought on Chicago Symphony Orchestra employee and guitarist Megan Kasten, 29 (the group’s “most respectable” member, Hospelhorn says); quietly wry drummer Jason Davlantes, 22; and Hannah Harris, 26, a sprightly, curly-haired jazz vocalist and fine-art undergrad.

You might expect the sum of those parts to come out sounding something like Rush. But prog rock couldn’t be further from Hollows’ catchy, lo-fi 1960s sound. A darker version of bubbly girl groups, the quintet puts a modern spin on the beehives-and-switchblades vibe fashioned by the Shangri-Las, spiking the mix with stabs of organ and sinister lyrics about wayward loves and men whose postmortem body parts are packed in ice and shipped around the Midwest.

After gigging with Chicago garage pals like CoCoComa and the Alright Alreadies, the band hit up SXSW for the first time in March. “We ended up playing a house show immediately upon arrival at, like, 3am,” Davlantes says. Hospelhorn adds, “We didn’t even have time to stop at the place we were staying. We ended up changing our clothes and plugging in our flatirons at a Boston Market.”

Spontaneity is nothing new for the fivesome: “We’ve written lyrics in the car on the way to a show,” Hospelhorn says with a laugh. “I almost got in an accident because we were practicing them over and over.”

As Hollows gears up for its biggest gig yet—supporting actor Zooey Deschanel and indie icon M. Ward’s project, She & Him, at Pritzker Pavilion Monday 7—the gang is palpably anxious. “All of our parents are coming,” says Davlantes, who has a tattoo of a mystic pyramid on his right bicep. Jenkins, who recently graduated with an M.A. in women’s and gender studies from Roosevelt University, notes, “It’s more of a family environment. We’re not allowed to say any swear words onstage.” The band has a “no obscenity” clause in its contract and has been told it will be fined by the city if any cusses slip through the set.

“It shouldn’t be too much of an issue. We only have, like, two songs with swear words in them,” Harris says. “Jason says our songs sound like preschoolers should be dancing to them anyway.”

There are some big ideas being bandied about, something special to mark the occasion, but not all of them are practical: Hospelhorn says, “We were thinking of asking the Millennium Park Segway cops to roll back and forth while we play.” She sighs and drains the last of her beer. “But we might just have to settle on having a roller-derby sax player.”

Catch Hollows opening for She & Him at Millennium Park Monday 7. Hollows’ self-titled debut LP is out now on local imprint Addenda Records."

(We'd also like to add: and a smokin' 7-inch on Trouble In Mind too!)

HOLLOWS future is so bright, THEY GOTTA WEAR SHADES!

2010-04-19T10:13:00.000-07:00

HOLLOWS featured on Giant System's Practice Space series!

CANDID! BLACK & WHITE! GLAMOUR!

006 Hollows from Kyle Obriot on Vimeo.

Hollows 7-inch is still available via www.troubleinmindrecs.com

Charlie & the Moonhearts SXSW!! REAL HOT BREAKERS!

2010-04-05T16:33:00.000-07:00

Sadly not at our Showcase - but check out this video of Charlie & the Moonhearts the nite before at Beerland (video courtesy of Sailor Jerry)! "Real Hot Breakers" comes in at 2:28!

FYI - Look for their cover of Love's "Seven & Seven Is" on the Trouble In Mind Record Store Day single (also featuring Ty Segall, CoCoComa, & the White Wires)! Check your local independent record store on April 17th!

BEACH BITCHES

2010-03-28T13:30:00.000-07:00

Here's an awesome clip of The Beach Bitches from Perpignan, France circa 1996! Trouble In Mind fans take note of TiM alums Lio Liminana & Nico SC4 on dueling guitars!!

LET'S GET CRAZY!

TROUBLE IN MIND SXSW SUCCESS STORY!!

2010-03-25T09:46:00.000-07:00

A great big thanks to everyone who came out & made our first SXSW show a rousing success - every band that played absolutely KILLED! Below are a few of the video clips we could find so far:

Hex Dispensers!

Ty Segall!

White Wires! (link - not embedded)

www.upload-1.vip.dailymotion.com/video/xcn7hg

Live CoCoComa footage!!!

2010-03-12T08:36:00.000-08:00

Live CoCoComa video performing the song "The Right Side" from their recent album on Goner Records ('Things Are Not All Right') from their show (3/6/2010) at Frank's Power Plant in Milwaukee! The kick pedal goes out halfway through the song! Pro attitude - PRO GEAR.

CoCoComa - "Right Side" - Live at Frank's Power Plant from High Frequency Media on Vimeo.

Thanks to High Frequency Media for taping it!!!

MILWAUKEE!

TROUBLE In MIND SXSW Day Show! MARCH 19th!

2010-02-09T18:37:00.000-08:00

FRIDAY MARCH 19th!
12pm - 6pm
Longbranch Inn
1133 E. 11th Street

12:15 - CoCoComa
1:00 - Tyler Jon Tyler
1:45 - Hollows
2:30 - Fresh & Onlys
3:15 - Charlie & the Moonhearts
4:00 - Ty Segall
4:45 - White Wires
5:30 - Hex Dispensers

Google Maps link to Longbranch Inn

FYI - we will have all FOUR of our 2010 spring releases for sale at the show - These will not be available for mailorder until April 6th!!

TIM009: Hollows "Bobby Blueheart" b/w "Walkaway"
"First single from these Chicago girl-group garage-punkers! Hollows sound like no-one else right now; a swirling mix of girl-group harmonies & melodrama, post-punk throb, psychedelic garage snarl, & punk energy. "Bobby Blueheart" is their yearning ode to a fictional despondent crooner, while "Walkaway" is a plea to a lost love. After releasing an amazing debut LP straight out of the gate last year (available on Addenda Records!), these girls (and guy) are poised to take over the Chicago DIY punk & garage scene! As usual, the first edition of this single is pressed on randomly mixed colored-vinyl, comes with a download code & is housed in the snazzy Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!"

TIM010: The Liminanas "Je ne suis pas tres drogue" b/w "Berceuse pour Clive"
"Trouble in Mind is pleased as punch to be releasing the debut release from French-pop group The Liminanas! Hailing from Perpignan, France (hometown of Trouble In Mind alums Sonic Chicken 4!), The Liminanas serve up a modern-day update on classic French Ye-Ye sounds! "Je ne suis pas tres drogue" is a hypnotic dance number with spoken word passages that conjures up a sweat-soaked go-go dance floor circa 1967, while "Berceuse pour Clive" is a gentle reverb-drenched lullaby. We like to think if Serge Gainsbourg were alive today - he'd still be making music like THIS! The first edition of this single is pressed on randomly mixed-colored vinyl, comes with a download code & is housed in the snazzy Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!"

TIM011: The Mean Jeans "Tears In My Beers" b/w "Cool 2 Drive"
"New single from Portland tardo punks The Mean Jeans! We're talking CATCHY AS HELL punky pop numbers - "Tears In My Beers" is sure to have you crying into the sleeve of your leather jacket, while "Cool 2 Drive" is a rockin' ode to the (illegal) art of the DUI! These guys really breathe some new life into the tried & true punk formula invented by the Ramones with harmonies that would make The Marked Men stand at attention! The first edition of this single is pressed on randomly mixed-colored vinyl, comes with a download code & is housed in the snazzy Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!"

TIM012: Ty Segall "2+2=?", CoCoComa "Messenger", White Wires "That's The Way A Woman Is", Charlie & the Moonhearts "Seven & Seven Is"
4-way split seven inch featuring TIM artists covering some of their favorite songs!!!
"A first for Trouble In Mind! This 4-Way split contains exclusive cover songs from all four artists! San Francisco savant Ty Segall tackles the Bob Seger System's fiery political number "2+2=?", Chicago's CoCoComa rip thru the Wipers' "Messenger", Ottawa's finest the White Wires cover "That's The Way A Woman Is" (popularized by the Ohio Express), & Orange County surf-punx Charlie & the Moonhearts close it out with a banging version of Love's classic "Seven & Seven Is"! This is a one-time pressing of 1000 copies available ONLY at the Trouble In Mind Day Show at SXSW 2010 on March 19th & for Record Store Day this April! This single is pressed on WHITE vinyl, comes with a download code & is housed in a special-edition black & silver version of the classic Trouble In Mind factory sleeve!"
***PLEASE NOTE: THIS TITLE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR MAILORDER!!!***

Expect some other awesome surprises as well! SEE YOU THERE!

KAPOW!

SNEAK PREVIEW of the A-side of the upcoming Hollows 7-inch!

2010-01-27T14:32:00.000-08:00

Here's the girls (and guy - hey Jason!) performing live at the Empty Bottle in Chicago! Hi-quality video! Check it! Buy the single (TIM009: "Bobby Blueheart" b/w "Walkaway") on April 6th!!!

Hollows - "Bobby Blueheart" - Live at The Empty Bottle from High Frequency Media on Vimeo.

Stay TUNED for the next batch of releases!!!

2010-01-24T10:07:00.000-08:00

Greetings & salutations!

I realize it's been a while since we've spoken, but I have great news!

The next batch of Trouble In Mind releases go off to press NEXT WEEK & will include singles by hot new Chicago band Hollows, French pop group The Liminanas, & Portland tardo punks The Mean Jeans! Also in this batch is a super-secret surprise that will only be available at our SXSW Day show at the Scoot Inn on Friday March 19th & also exclusively for Record Store Day sometime in April (around the 18th or 19th probably - check back for updated details!)... What is this super-secret surprise single, you ask??? Here's a hint: 4-way split - all covers... chew on that for a while!

KAPOW!

-Bill & Lisa!

Charlie & the Moonhearts video for REAL HOT BREAKERS!

2010-01-24T10:02:00.000-08:00

Posted on YouTube by user: tab_ularasa

Trouble In Mind Week on Five Tunes Blog

2009-11-30T08:39:00.000-08:00

We are honored that the all around swell guys at The Five Tunes Blog have dedicated an intire week to Trouble In Mind's new batch of singles with list from all 4 bands. Check it out!

http://fivetunes.wordpress.com/

New Trouble In Mind Singles NOW ON SALE!

2009-11-13T08:22:00.000-08:00

We are super excited about our newest batch of singles and here is why:

TIM004: Charlie & The Moonhearts "Real Hot Breakers" b/w "My Love is Gone"Just love these Orange County kooks and with this single Mikal, Roland and Charlie have outdone themselves. "Real Hot Breakers" is one of our favorite songs this year... With the punk edge of their Wizard Mountain recordings this surf-inflected pop gem has 3-part harmonies & a chorus that'll melt your heart. This baby promises to stay in your head for days and will make you want to grab your surf board and hit the beach pronto!

TIM006: Wheels on Fire "Bad Lie" b/w "Come On Judy"Wheels on Fire are a great band that have records out on Big Legal Mess and have been covered by the likes of The River City Tanlines. We're psyched to get to put out this single that has TWO really fucking great tracks. Take a little Elvis Costello, pair it with some Reigning Sound and a dash of Stones and you may start to get the picture but, you won't understand the badass-ness 'til you take a listen... or 25.

TIM007: Tyler Jon Tyler "New England Street" b/w "Faster Than Light" We are proud to release the debut single by Chicago's own Tyler Jon Tyler. We can assure you that no other band going sounds like TJT. With a Pony that has traded his drums to play bass upside down, Tom from Daily Void's intricate drum patterns and "new comer" Rebecca's sparse guitar and thoughtful lyrics, their skeletal "less-is-more" sound brings to mind bands like The Clean, Young Marble Giants, & the Raincoats. These songs evoke a time and a place and demand your attention. (Not too mention Ian Adams' Stylophone wizardry on the B-Side)

TIM008: Ty Segall "My Sunshine" b/w "Fuzzy Cat"You may have heard Ty playing the excellent "My Sunshine" on his last tour and this track has the wunderkind getting in touch with his grunge-side (and we mean that in the most awesome way possible.) The B-Side "Fuzzy Cat" is a song with a secret (shh! we've said too much already) that indulges Segall's 'Anglo-philic' tendencies, channeling Roy Wood or Ray Davies' mad pop sensibilities thru his own hazy, reverb-drenched filter!

you can buy singles individually from out website plus shipping: http://www.troubleinmindrecs.com

Shannon & the Clams and The Half Rats Hit the Road!

2009-11-10T09:12:00.000-08:00

A match made in heaven, Shannon & the Clams and The Half Rats are taking an east coast jaunt together bringing their brands of classy-trashy rock'n roll to the masses. Don't miss 'em!

TROUBLE IN MIND DJ night TONIGHT!

2009-10-01T09:19:00.000-07:00

TONIGHT!

Thursday OCTOBER 1st! - 9PM!

Trouble In Mind DJ's Bill & Lisa Roe will be spinning records at:

Cole's Bar
2338 N.Milwaukee Ave.
(just NW of California Blue Line stop on Milwaukee Ave)

Expect drink specials & Trouble In Mind Records giveaways galore! This is the first of a monthly DJ nite at Cole's, so come on out & say hey & have a drink or three!

KAPOW!

-Bill/Lisa

White Wires, Sonic Chicken 4, Fresh & Onlys - ON SALE NOW

2009-09-11T09:11:00.001-07:00

We are just plain thrilled to be able to say that TIM002, TIM003 & TIM005 are NOW ON SALE!

TIM002 - White Wires "Pretty Girl" b/w "Goodbye Girl"
TIM003 - Fresh & Onlys "Laughter is Contagious" b/w "Horrible Door"
TIM005 - Sonic Chicken 4 "Surf on a Plane" b/w "Crushed"

All of these releases are for sale individually for 5.00 each plus shipping on our website.
www.troubleinmindrecs.com

Trouble In Mind in the Chicago Reader's Fall Arts Guide 2009

2009-08-28T14:28:00.000-07:00

We got a great article written about us in the Reader this week - Apparently we are "People To Watch"... so WATCH OUT!

www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/fall-arts-guide-2009-people-to-watch-bill-and-lisa-roe/Content?oid=1185231

"Everybody knows what happens when rock 'n' rollers get hitched and have kids: their bands split up, they quit going to shows, and their instruments gather dust in the basement. But Bill and Lisa Roe of CoCoComa, happily married for five years and the proud parents of five-month-old Veronica "Ronnie" Moon—named for Ronnie Spector and Keith Moon—haven't "moved to Berwyn," to borrow the Chicago scene's favorite euphemism for this process. Not only do they still live in the city, but CoCoComa has been playing out steadily since wrapping up a few months of family leave with a Memphis gig on June 20. What's more, the Roes have just launched a garage-pop label, Trouble in Mind, and plan to put out eight singles from eight bands by December. The first, CoCoComa's "Ask, Don't Tell" b/w "The Anchor," came out two weeks ago.

Both of the Roes work day jobs: Bill, 35, is production manager for Chicago Independent Distribution (formerly part of Southern), where he oversees the manufacture of CDs and LPs. Lisa, 33, is a librarian at the Chicago Public Library's Logan Square branch. But CoCoComa's second album, Things Are Not All Right, is due October 20 on Memphis label Goner Records, and they're going on a European tour in December and January—hoping their bassist's girlfriend will nanny for plane tickets. They plan to make weekend trips around the midwest as well. How will they manage all this on top of the full-time task of raising a baby?

"Precariously," says Bill, and they both laugh.

Lisa says starting a label just after Ronnie's birth was a way to make sure they didn't let music fall out of their lives. It's easy to neglect a band when you and your husband are the only two constant members. But when you're running a label, even if you don't do a thing, you'll still be hearing from artists, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.

"Our families are very supportive," Lisa adds. Her mother looks after Ronnie while the Roes are at work or playing a show—in fact, she moved to Chicago from Ohio to help. When CoCoComa plays Goner Fest in Memphis in late September, Ronnie will be coming along, and Bill's mother plans to drive the 300 miles from Chattanooga to babysit during the festival.

Music runs in both families. Bill's father turned him on to Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix at an early age, and Lisa's dad was a DJ at Kent State University who briefly managed Devo before they left Akron for Los Angeles. "Bill's biggest fear," says Lisa, "is that Ronnie won't be into music like we are."

Trouble in Mind has three singles on deck for September 22: Ottawa's White Wires, who play surfy doo-wop punk; San Francisco's Fresh & Onlys, who make psychedelic garage pop; and the Sonic Chicken 4 from Perpignan, France, who Bill describes as "the Archies on acid." In November the Roes will follow up with four more, by Albany's Cave Weddings, San Francisco's Ty Segall, Chicago's Tyler Jon Tyler, and Wheels on Fire from Athens, Ohio. Each will contain download codes, redeemable at the CID site.

"We like to start things out by going one hundred miles per hour," Lisa says. "It's a good way to show we're serious about this, and hopefully establish ourselves as a label where people will trust our taste." She describes Trouble in Mind's aesthetic as "every band's take on the two-and-a-half-minute pop song."

"We want this to be the way singles used to be," Bill says, "with one song only on each side."

Trouble in Mind singles won't have cover artwork, or rather they'll all have the same artwork: a radial blue-and-green design, "like a square record executive in the 1960s trying to do something psychedelic," says Bill. The only way to tell the releases apart is by the center labels, which change color from one to the next.

"We're trying to reduce the collectibility," Bill says. Each record comes out first in a pressing of 500 on "trash" vinyl—a swirled-together mix of colored scraps—and after that on plain black, with unlimited repressings. "We want to keep these records in print, something to enjoy instead of resell a month later."

The Roes do most of the label grunt work after Ronnie's asleep—during other people's TV time, as Bill puts it. Sometimes friends, paid in pizza and records, come over to help put records in sleeves or hand-stamp pressing numbers.

The Roes' life doesn't have a lot of wiggle room, but they're excited to be doing what they want to be doing. "It's not a chore to take care of Ronnie," says Bill, "or to put out records by bands we love."

Tyler Jon Tyler Review From Buddyhead

2009-08-18T14:52:00.000-07:00

Tyler Jon TylerS/T CassetteSelf-Released
So, I hate tapes, and I mean really hate them. It’s a stupid thing to put out in this day and age, but every now and then, someone puts out an all right tape. Nobunny did it earlier this year, and now Chicago’s Tyler Jon Tyler have done it. But we’re not going to talk about the tape; it’s really beside the point.
I’ve seen this band a few times, the first time at Spookie Dookie with the Yolks, then at the Empty Bottle with CoCoComa, and lastly at the Double Door with some bands I don’t remember as the Night Marchers showed up and we got drunk. Having seen them just about every chance I’ve had, I feel that you must know about them.
Like the aforementioned bands, Tyler Jon Tyler is part of the up-and-coming Chicago garage-pop explosion. When I saw them at Spookie Dookie, I was both drunk (1/3 a bottle of bulleit bourbon in my belly at the point, the rest of the bottle was gone by the time the Yolks finished), and totally enamored with their sound. Rebecca’s female-Lou-Reed vocals (I may or may not have yelled that at the show) are effective in the same way that Rick Froberg’s voice is effective; it also perfectly matches the sound of the band. Just listen to “Locked Out” on the band’s Myspace and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Their motto, “Pop Music for Floozies,” sums them up nicely. They might sing about Suicide Robots, but they keep things light with simple song structures and tunes that you can’t help but bob your head to.
With their current lineup, featuring all-around nice guy Tom from Daily Void, they’ve play only about 10 shows. Yet, with that handful of shows, they’ve managed to build quite a following, becoming something of a current favorite of the kids in the Chicago rock’n’roll world (making it onto the Pizza Fest lineup to boot).
There is a very simple sense of fun about the band. I feel much the same way about them as I did about the Smith Westerns last year, and look at how that turned out! Besides, Rebecca is from San Jose and was all about my old radio station, KSCU, so that’s some extra points. I’ll get around to interviewing the guys one of these days, but until then be sure to be on the lookout for them.
You can watch the first show here, and thanks to Acid Marshmallow for letting me post his video. Expect far more from this band in the next few months. They’ve signed to CoCoComa’s brand new label, Trouble In Mind, and should have something out soon.
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Help fill out Sonic Chicken 4's upcoming tour

2009-08-15T09:24:00.000-07:00

Our favorite French band is coming to the US in a couple months a need a little help filling out dates...if you live in/around any of these towns hit us up at troubleinmindrecs@gmail.com

Texas sept 29-oct 1

AZ and NM Octo 2-6

San Diego Oct 7

LA Oct 8-9

Las Vegas ?

Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Sacto Oct 12-14

Seattle Oct 15

For Sale Now! CoCoComa 7" "Ask, Don't Tell" b/w "The Anchor"

2009-07-27T18:36:00.000-07:00

Ex-tree Ex-tree! Hot off the press and ready to ship we present TIM001. CoCoComa's first recording with the new lineup (Anthony Cozzi of Radar Eyes on second guitar and TJ Brock of The Half Rats on bass.) Side A is a Rock'n Roll banger called "Ask, Don't Tell" which was dreamed up after Lisa watched a late night documentary about San Francisco street gangs in the early 60's. Side B "The Anchor" is a result of listening to too much Hollies and Tommy James.
First press stats: 500 numbered on trash vinyl housed in TIM factory sleeve.

Stay tuned for White Wires, Fresh & Onlys, Sonic Chicken 4 singles and be the first to know when our special "Heap of Trouble 3 Pack" goes on sale by signing up for our mailing list. troubleinmindrecs@gmail.com

Coming Soon to a Record Player Near You

2009-07-07T17:49:00.000-07:00

And we're off!

Trouble In Mind numero uno has officially hit the presses. TIM001 will be a 7" by the "Trouble In Mind" bigwigs' own band CoCoComa. Look for it to be available just in time for their show with Goner Records labelmates The Box Elders on Thursday, August 13th at the Empty Bottle (www.emptybottle.com)

And we mean business so look for TIM002 and TIM003 to be released very soon after. Here's a couple hinty-poo's as to what trouble awaits...