Don Giovanni Records
Don Giovanni announces 20th anniversary Philly expo (Tenement, Laura Stevenson, Mikey Erg, more)
”I can’t believe we made it 20 years, and thinking about how the label started I’m still not completely sure how we did,” label owner Joe Steinhardt writes. ”To celebrate we’re going to hold an expo in Philadelphia, because it feels like there aren’t enough expos these days and it’s time we do something about it.”
Rodeo Boys announce new LP for Don Giovanni, share "Sugar"
Rodeo Boys’ goal as a band is ”to give a voice to young queer people in small towns,” and they do that over a fuzzed-out blend of punk, grunge, and indie rock, with just a hint of alt-country twang.
1970s indigenous hard rock band Winterhawk reissuing albums on Don Giovanni
”Winterhawk was more than a band. It had a message. It was Nik’s plan to use the tool of music to bring this message to the youth through his lyrics combined with the type of music to grab their attention,” drummer Alfonso Kolb says in the liner notes.
'90s feminist punks Spitboy reissuing discography on Don Giovanni w/ liner notes by Billie Joe Armstrong
Spitboy existed from 1990 to 1995 with releases on Lookout!, Ebullition, and Allied (including a split with Los Crudos), and they frequented the same Gilman St scene as Green Day, Operation Ivy, Neurosis, and more. Their music remains essential today…
Omololu releases 'laiii 222 rest ooo' & powerful new video on Don Giovanni
”while i was a student at the university of north carolina chapel hill I and fellow students organized around the legacies of white supremacy and anti blackness that founded the institution, were glorified in building names and confederate monuments on campus and reproduced through administrational violations against Blackness. this video shows me reclaiming my power, my image and my sanctity of peace.”
Don Giovanni founder joins Drexel music industry staff alongside former Passion Pit bassist
Don Giovanni founder Joe Steinhardt is joining the Music Industry Program faculty at Drexel University, which also currently includes former/longtime Passion Pit bassist Jeff Apruzzese…
Ex-Void (ex-Joanna Gruesome) share first song, releasing EP on Don Giovanni
If you miss when Alanna McArdle sang in Joanna Gruesome, you’re in luck. Her new band with former JG bandmate Owen Williams is cut from a very similar cloth.
L7 release first song in 18 years via Don Giovanni
The new song is called “Dispatch from Mar-a-Lago” and Donita Sparks says “the lyrical musicality of the word Mar-a-Lago just lent itself to an inspired song of these crazy assed times.”
'male feminist' Jamie Kilstein accused of abuse, dropped from label & podcast
Jamie has been removed from the ‘Citizen Radio’ podcast, and Don Giovanni Records are distancing themselves from the comedian/musician as well…
Don Giovanni's Asbury Park festival announces lineup (PS Eliot reunion, Ought, Mirah, Girlpool, Screaming Females & more)
The festival aims to be “held in direct opposition to the apolitical sludge that has come to pass as ‘indie’ and that has nothing to do with operating independently.” They add, “There will be no sponsors, no backdoor advertising via branded content, or other base money-making schemes.”