Gift Shop Records

Yes you can.

The Daffodils (who don’t play out very often) are starting to ramp things up and have two shows coming up here in there near future.  The First show is at Rotture in Portland Oregon with Lake (their k records signing party) and Ohioan on Wednesday, September 3rd.  The next Daffodils show is on the 8th of September and will be held in Seattle WA at Rendezvous with Dameon Lee.  Gift Shop will be re-releasing “Renee and Eugene” by The Daffodils as well as releasing thier upcoming records “Gulls and Buoys”.  “Renee and Eugene” will be available for purchase at the live shows.  Hope to see you there.

Not many have heard of the GIS RV 1381, but it is quite an amazing machine, and it has it’s own Myspace.com page.  It is an informational switchboard that has taken advantage of the fact that it can call anyone at anytime, and control error telephone messages.  To truly enjoy it’s raw funny power and listen to some of it’s latest pranks, go to http://www.myspace.com/gisrv1381.  Good Day.

We here at GSR have been talking to the only know Reggae artist to sing about such subjects as Star Trek, Dungeons and Dragons, Threes Company, and Cheez-its. His name is Mister Saturday and his songs are epic.

He has just completed an Interview with the Spanish music Blog Musica de los 80 y 90, which you can read Here. It’s a good read and delves into the strangely imaginative mind of this music mastermind. His first CD will be available for download very shortly, keep checking back and we will keep you posted. In the meantime, check out his video for “Get Your Own Box”.

Mister Saturday - Get Your Own Box from gift shop records on Vimeo.

This weekend we worked on printing out the CD Cases for the upcoming self-titled release by Victory and Good Hunting. Big thanks to Ben of Dejekt for letting us use his printing equipment. Most of the prints came out looking a lot like this:

We printed on materials from Stumptown Printers and they came out pretty nice.

I am excited to announce that we will be releasing the new (as of yet unnamed) Mild Stallions Debut CD.  The recording is nearly complete.  Recording is going well (in Lelkoland) and the songs are nearly complete.  More news on the way as the band gets itself together.  In other news, The “Victory and Good Hunting” CD should be available early in the new year.

I just put up a new video of Night Mechanic playing at Mississippi Studios in Portland Oregon. The song is called “White Rash”. Enjoy. And keep a look out for the new Full Length coming out soon.

It is now possible to buy CD’s online here at giftshoprecords.com. So you should go ahead and feel free to buy The Caps “Plastic Rings”. Also, Night Mechanic has been recording their debut CD at Jackpot Recording Studio here in Portland Oregon. Their CD should be available this winter and for purchase here at giftshoprecords.com.

Night Mechanic has a show coming up this sunday (10-14-2007) at Slabtown in Portland Oregon.  The Wilamette Week had this to say about the show…

“Night Mechanic can jump from distortion-heavy, Pixies-esque quickies to progressive, moody and climactic anthems with the greatest of ease…”

You can read more on the calender section of the Wilamette Week’s Local Cut.  They will also be playing with The Foxx and The Drunk Ladies.

More like Victory and Great Hunting.  Victory and Good Hunting will be releasing their/his first album on Gift Shop Records.  The music may be like some music you have heard before, but you haven’t heard it like this.  With mixes of piano ballads and catchy banjo, Victory and Good Hunting is perfect ambiance.  Eric Bandel of Brooklyn, NY is the brains behind this project, and the talent.  We are extremely excited to release this indie meets classical (much more classical than indie) recording.  Check out the myspace page at  http://www.myspace.com/victoryandgoodhunting.