http://okgoodrecords.com Independent Record Label Thu, 17 May 2012 16:47:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/17/listen-to-the-tallest-man-on-earths-new-song-1904/ http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/17/listen-to-the-tallest-man-on-earths-new-song-1904/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:47:54 +0000 nicole http://okgoodrecords.com/?p=3006 #gpo_leftcontainer { float:left; top: 0px; left: opx; } #gpo_leftcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; padding-bottom:2px; float:left; clear:both; } #gpo_bottomcontainer { width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #gpo_bottomcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; float:left; } Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man On Earth, released the first single from his upcoming album, There’s No Leaving Now, yesterday! In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, he mentions that this album deals with darker subject matter than his previous releases. I’m definitely excited to hear it! Get your first taste of [...]]]> http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/17/listen-to-the-tallest-man-on-earths-new-song-1904/feed/ 0 http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/16/watch-regina-spektors-video-for-call-them-brothers/ http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/16/watch-regina-spektors-video-for-call-them-brothers/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:24 +0000 nicole http://okgoodrecords.com/?p=2992 #gpo_leftcontainer { float:left; top: 0px; left: opx; } #gpo_leftcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; padding-bottom:2px; float:left; clear:both; } #gpo_bottomcontainer { width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #gpo_bottomcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; float:left; } Singer-songwriter and pianist Regina Spektor recently premiered a video for the new recording of “Call Them Brothers,” a bonus track on her new album that was originally written by Jack Dishel of Only Son and Regina for Only Son’s second album, “Searchlight.” The video was directed and photographed by James Holland using Super 8mm film, [...]]]> http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/16/watch-regina-spektors-video-for-call-them-brothers/feed/ 0 http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/16/new-album-from-tenacious-d-the-rize-of-the-fenix-and-hilarious-videos/ http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/16/new-album-from-tenacious-d-the-rize-of-the-fenix-and-hilarious-videos/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:42:14 +0000 dave http://okgoodrecords.com/?p=2979 #gpo_leftcontainer { float:left; top: 0px; left: opx; } #gpo_leftcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; padding-bottom:2px; float:left; clear:both; } #gpo_bottomcontainer { width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #gpo_bottomcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; float:left; } Tenacious D is back and better than ever! The new album, “Rize of The Fenix,” is a triumphant resurrection out of the ashes left behind from the flaming turd that was the movie, “The Pick Of Destiny” (I actually liked that movie; I just couldn’t resist the imagery). Jack Black opens the title track on [...]]]> http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/16/new-album-from-tenacious-d-the-rize-of-the-fenix-and-hilarious-videos/feed/ 0 http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/15/watch-bono-sing-with-glen-hansard-in-nyc/ http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/15/watch-bono-sing-with-glen-hansard-in-nyc/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 21:34:53 +0000 nicole http://okgoodrecords.com/?p=2988 #gpo_leftcontainer { float:left; top: 0px; left: opx; } #gpo_leftcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; padding-bottom:2px; float:left; clear:both; } #gpo_bottomcontainer { width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #gpo_bottomcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; float:left; } Glen Hansard recently did a taping for Sirius XM’s “The Loft” at The Living Room in NYC and a very special guest showed up to sing with him – U2 frontman Bono! The two Irishmen sang “The Auld Triangle,” an Irish anthem written by Dominic Behan in the ’60s for the play The Quare Fellow. [...]]]> http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/15/watch-bono-sing-with-glen-hansard-in-nyc/feed/ 0 http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/15/donots-wake-the-dogs/ http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/15/donots-wake-the-dogs/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:44:19 +0000 dave http://okgoodrecords.com/?p=2931 #gpo_leftcontainer { float:left; top: 0px; left: opx; } #gpo_leftcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; padding-bottom:2px; float:left; clear:both; } #gpo_bottomcontainer { width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #gpo_bottomcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; float:left; } Donots are Ingo Donot, Guido Donot, J.D. Donot, Eike Donot and Alex Donot. Founded in 1993, the band has made a name for themselves as one of the top punk bands not only in Germany, but throughout Europe. Well respected in the international punk community, Donots were invited by Green Day to play with them [...]]]> http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/15/donots-wake-the-dogs/feed/ 0 http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/15/new-animal-collective-album/ http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/15/new-animal-collective-album/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:32 +0000 nicole http://okgoodrecords.com/?p=2968 #gpo_leftcontainer { float:left; top: 0px; left: opx; } #gpo_leftcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; padding-bottom:2px; float:left; clear:both; } #gpo_bottomcontainer { width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #gpo_bottomcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; float:left; } Remember how we posted two new Animal Collective songs last week with the hopes of a full length announcement in the near future? Well, it turns out, we only have to wait a few more months for a new album! The band announced yesterday (via a YouTube video) that their 9th studio album, Centipede Hz, [...]]]> http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/15/new-animal-collective-album/feed/ 0 http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/14/new-florence-the-machine-song-and-video/ http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/14/new-florence-the-machine-song-and-video/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 20:00:35 +0000 nicole http://okgoodrecords.com/?p=2965 #gpo_leftcontainer { float:left; top: 0px; left: opx; } #gpo_leftcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; padding-bottom:2px; float:left; clear:both; } #gpo_bottomcontainer { width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #gpo_bottomcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; float:left; } Florence + The Machine debuted a new video today for “Breath of Life,” her single off the soundtrack for Snow White and the Huntsman. The video toggles between footage of Florence and a 60-person choir recording the song at London’s Abbey Road Studios and clips from the summer blockbuster. The result can only be described [...]]]> http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/14/new-florence-the-machine-song-and-video/feed/ 0 http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/14/luther-colleges-kwlc-reviews-the-great-impression/ http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/14/luther-colleges-kwlc-reviews-the-great-impression/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:44:17 +0000 nicole http://okgoodrecords.com/?p=2945 #gpo_leftcontainer { float:left; top: 0px; left: opx; } #gpo_leftcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; padding-bottom:2px; float:left; clear:both; } #gpo_bottomcontainer { width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #gpo_bottomcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; float:left; } KWLC, the student-run radio station of Luther College in Decorah, IA, posted a great review of Sparkadia’s The Great Impression in the college’s student newspaper, Chips. Check out what they had to say about Sparkadia’s US release: “Released a year ago in the U.K., Sparkadia’s lastest release, ‘The Great Impression,’ has now hit American shores. [...]]]> http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/14/luther-colleges-kwlc-reviews-the-great-impression/feed/ 0 http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/11/watch-bon-iver-perform-at-new-orleans-jazz-fest-2012/ http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/11/watch-bon-iver-perform-at-new-orleans-jazz-fest-2012/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 16:04:58 +0000 nicole http://okgoodrecords.com/?p=2880 #gpo_leftcontainer { float:left; top: 0px; left: opx; } #gpo_leftcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; padding-bottom:2px; float:left; clear:both; } #gpo_bottomcontainer { width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #gpo_bottomcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; float:left; } Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver played a few weeks ago at the New Orleans Jazz Fest and the festival’s organizers posted some great videos of a couple of songs from his set. Swoon over Vernon’s sweet, sweet falsetto in the videos for “Michicant” and “Towers” below. Bon Iver’s self-titled sophomore release is out now on [...]]]> http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/11/watch-bon-iver-perform-at-new-orleans-jazz-fest-2012/feed/ 0 http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/10/espn-interviews-the-trip/ http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/10/espn-interviews-the-trip/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 22:04:52 +0000 nicole http://okgoodrecords.com/?p=2926 #gpo_leftcontainer { float:left; top: 0px; left: opx; } #gpo_leftcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; padding-bottom:2px; float:left; clear:both; } #gpo_bottomcontainer { width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #gpo_bottomcontainer .gpo_buttons { margin:4px; float:left; } Our very own Australian frisbee enthusiasts, The Trip, were recently interviewed by ESPN.com for their music blog, Sounds! Read what the guys had to say about their love of all things frisbee, the making of their video for “On The First Time,” and plans for a second video (that might involve some daring table tennis [...]]]> http://okgoodrecords.com/blog/2012/05/10/espn-interviews-the-trip/feed/ 0