Captured Tracks
Brooklyn Flea Record Fair DJ lineup revealed; Smorgasburg open now in Prospect Park, coming to Sunset Park this winter
As previously mentioned, the 2015 fall Brooklyn Flea Record Fair happens Saturday, September 26 at Smorgasburg in Williamsburg. The vendors were already announced (4AD, Warp, XL, Other Music and more) and now the DJ lineup i…
Luna releasing 'Long Players (92-99)' vinyl box set on Captured Tracks
Luna‘s five albums from the ’90s will be collected in one vinyl box set titled Luna: Long Players (92-99). There is also a sixth disc of rarities as well a 12×12 book that includes an interview with director Noah Baumbach…
Ben Stiller's high school band Capital Punishment getting album reissued by Captured Tracks (listen)
When in high school in New York, Ben Stiller and a couple of his friends formed a “ridiculously weird band” called Capital Punishment. Ben played drums and said on Howard Stern, “We were listening to a lot of Bowie and Eno…
EZTV sign to Captured Tracks, share first single, playing NYC shows with Mourn, Happyness, Connections & more
Brooklyn trio EZTV making very hooky, jangly, powerpop, very much in the tradition of ’80s artists like the dB’s, Tommy Keene or Let’s Active who were, in turn, inspired by The Rasberries and Big Star…
Barcelona's Mourn re-releasing debut LP on Captured Tracks, going on first US tour (dates, album stream)
Who was the first artist that made you identify with punk rock?
Jazz Rodríguez Bueno and Carla Pérez Vas: PJ Harvey.
JRB: When I was 14, my father was listening to her and he said, “You’d like this…
Mike Simonetti (Italians Do it Better) forms new musical project Pale Blue and new label, 2MR
Mike Simonetti, who founded both Troubleman Unlimited and Italians Do it Better, has started a new musical project, Pale Blue, which is a collaboration with Elizabeth Wight of Silver Hand…
Dustin from Beach Fossils starts label, signs Frankie Cosmos, Warehouse, Jerry Paper and more
Beach Fossils frontman Dustin Payseur and his wife (and former Captured Tracks label manager) Katie Garcia have just launched a new label, Bayonet Records…
Widowspeak, Mega Bog, Homeshake, Girl Tears, Dinner & more played Captured Tracks' day party at Baby's (pics)
Captured Tracks threw a CMJ week day party at Baby’s All Right on Thursday (10/23) with some of their newer signings, plus the only show this week from Widowspeak…
Beach Fossils touring with Heavenly Beat and Axxa/Abraxas, playing two nights at Baby's All Right (dates)
Three bands from Captured Tracks’ roster — Beach Fossils, Heavenly Beat and Axxa/Abraxas — will be hitting the road together this fall. The tour kicks off with two nights at NYC’s Baby’s All Right on September 26 & 27…
Milk 'n' Cookies getting reissues on Captured Tracks, playing NYC before Burger Boogaloo (dates, streams)
The multifarious Ian North (singer, guitarist, synthesist, producer and songwriter) was the leader of Long Island’s finest contribution to wimp rock, Milk ‘n’ Cookies, who were playing dingy New York bars in their cute baseball uniforms when a visiting tycoon took them to England in hopes of making them a hit machine in the Anglo-pop sweepstakes…
