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NEWS.
The long-worked-upon debut from JILL & MICAH is being mastered as we speak. The album is entitled "Slowly But Surely" and features 10 songs of poetry that the couple have a knack for writing. Release date announcements will be coming soon.
After another long vow of solitude, The Greek God of Style is back. This time he tackles the issue of suspenders.
Poptek's Andy Ingram has been documenting the history of our label, the bands, our friends, and the shows we have hosted by continually silkscreening show posters. We are just now catching up with the new gallery added to poptek.com
Feel free to peruse many years of what is a painstaking and sloppy artform that is at the same time beautiful and simple.
As we have done a few times before, we are throwing a Poptek Pizza Party at the wonderful South Park Tavern in Dayton. Not only is it a friendly place to play, they serve Pizza Factory pizza that is so so tasty. Join us this Saturday February 27 for friendship, melody, and good food. It's free and all-ages.
Dustin Smith opens up the music at 9:30 PM. Jill + Micah (+ Andy + Gigi + Brenna + Alex) play their first show with a full-band and their first show in Dayton. You can hear a good preview of what their album is going to sound like when it releases in March. Finally The Florals cap off the night. If you haven't seen The Florals yet, then you will be amazed.
The first volume was such a success, with so many people falling in love, couples getting married, or multitudes figuring out this dating thing, that another volume of our Dating Dayton romance advice column has been posted. If you have any specific questions you need answered, email us at contact @poptek.com.
Yeah, so we at Poptek have started a Dating Advice column, entitled Dating Dayton. "Why?", you ask. "Why not?", we counter. Love is even more important than a beautiful pop hook. And really we just enjoy being ridiculous. So expect more nonsense in the vein of our "Ask the Greek God of Style" column. So we may not really help anyone navigate the mysteries of romance, but we'll make fun of ourselves while doing so. And really this is just Andy speaking in the pluralised person. The first volume is up now. And if you have any questions you need answered, email us at contact @poptek.com.
We added a new band to Poptek, kind of. L'ALBATROS has broken up. In its stead, SECOND BEST has emerged as the songwriting medium for Gigi Palassis. Keep an eye on their page for updates on their forthcoming debut.
Our lovable married duo JILL + MICAH gets to open for the quirky, synthetic songwriter, ADVANCE BASE. Owen Ashworth, the Chicago songwriter who goes by the moniker ADVANCE BASE, recently released "Nephew in the Wild" and is on tour supporting this second album. If you ever heard of CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE, well that's Owen. He's shared shows with The Postal Service, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Stephen Merrit (The Magnetic Fields), and Dave Bazan. He even had Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) cover one of his songs before Kozelek started alienting people. The show happens Thursday night October 15 at the Tree Bar in Columbus.
The weather in Springfield is wet and cold and windy and it's just going to get worse. So we are cancelling Communinvale tonight. The weather is usually really nice still on the first weekend of October. Not tonight. Sorry.
Congratulations to our "Ask the Greek God of Style" Fashion Watch column. We made it to ten editions without alientating our entire fanbase and friend group. We'll keep going as long as the Gigi has opinions to share and questions to answer. If you have a question burning, email us at contact@ poptek.com.
We have some nice shows coming up that we are excited to take part in. The biggest news is that THE FLORALS have been invited to play SonFest. The fest happens September 26 at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio and will probably be the biggest crowd the duo has played to before.
The second biggest news is that we are COMMUNIVALING again this year. Yes, I just turned our annual musical picnic into a verb. We are switching locations though, from the dreamy Palassi Farm in Yellow Springs, Ohio to the equally dreamy Scaglia Compound in Springfield, Ohio. So on October 3, consider yourself invited to our favorite show of the year.
Lastly, the great and independent radio station CD 102.5 FM in Columbus recently created a venue called The Big Room Bar. JILL + MICAH have been invited to play there on September 11 with The Salty Caramels.
So if you are in the area, we really hope you come out and take in the melodies we love to make and share.
The lovable THE FLORALS continue to get around as they have been invited to play with ADVANCE BASE for his Chicago release show. DANCE BULLIES are hosting the show. So come see the duo Tuesday August 11 at The Burlington Bar if you live in or near that great Widwestern metropolis.
Putting in a late night after the Canton show at Buzzbin, The Florals recorded a new, unreleased song with Across the Viaduct's Steven Turner at the board. Ian Baldwin went on tour with them and provided the beautiful cinematography. You can see and hear "Pep Talk" by clicking on the Source link below.
We are giddy for THE FLORALS to hit the road today for their first tour. It's short still but that just means we won't be grumpy at the end of it.
So please, please, please join us if you live around Kent (Friday the 22) or Canton (Saturday the 23) or Pittsburgh (Sunday the 24) or Brooklyn (Tuesday the 26) or in the Middle of Pennsylvania (Saturday the 30). We would love to see you and meet you and share some pop songs.
THE FLORALS self-titled debut is being released today worldwide through all of your favorite digital stores. So if you like iTunes or Amazon, or maybe you subscribe to eMusic or Rhapsody, or maybe you just want to listen before you buy with Spotify or Rdio, whatever your outlet you can now look up the debut from THE FLORALS.
Listen in on Tuesday May 12 as THE FLORALS play live in-studio on WYSO 91.3 FM with Niki Dakota. Niki's show "Excursions" starts at noon EST and THE FLORALS should play soon therafter. You can stream the show at wyso.org.
THE FLORALS self-titled debut is available in Dayton-area stores today. Omega Music in Dayton, Toxic Beauty in Yellow Springs, and Champion City Guide & Supply in Springfield all now carry the CD. Of course you can also buy the CD or digital album from us directly in the Poptek Shop. And you can listen to the album before you buy by just clicking on our Albums tab above.
Come out to 2nd & Charles to celebrate Record Store Day with THE FLORALS. They play a free show at 3 PM April 18 at the Kettering, OH store.
It's another opportunity to pick up their debut release if you didn't make the release show last night. See you there.
For #tbt we are putting up one of the releases we are most proud of for sale. RUETSCHLE PLAYS EXOTIC DESTINATIONS is just great. Dreamy, punchy, snotty, accented, and completely melodic. Get it in the Poptek Shop for only $5 (CD) or $3 (digital).
THE FLORALS debut is now available for pre-order. You can choose to buy it from us by clicking on the Poptek Shop link above. Or if you buy your music from Amazon, the pre-order is up there as well. Follow the source link below to get to Amazon.