Category: Agent Ribbons
Jan.17.2012

Agent Ribbons return to Oakland for a show with Social Studies, Emily Jane White & More!

Agent Ribbons on the road!Agent Ribbons are headed back into the the studio to start recording a whole new set of songs as a follow up to 2010′s critically acclaimed Chateau Crone.  The band will spend the first week of February recording in their old hometown of Sacramento but are stopping in Oakland for a one-off gig on the way next Friday, January 27th.

But it’s not just any show. This gig will be a blowout as the Ribbons share the stage with fellow AF artists Social Studies, who are also about to head into the studio to record a follow up to their 2010 album Wind Up Wooden Heart. With engineer Eli Crews (who has recorded albums for the likes of Deerhoof and tUnE-yArDs) on the boards we’re looking forward to checking these tunes out!

Also on the bill will be a short solo set by Emily Jane White, a local singer songwriter who we’ve become quite enamored of over here at the AF HQ. More on her in a subsequent post.

Rounding out the bill are openers SunBears! a great indie pop duo out of Florida on their first west coast tour, the norcal retro poppers The Ian Fays, and DJ Zola. This bill is like a ginsu knife set, the hits keep coming!

So come on out, it’s only $5!

Friday, January 27th  (show starts early at 8pm!)

Agent Ribbons
Social Studies
The Ian Fays
Emily Jane White (solo)
Sunbears!

w/DJ Zola

The Uptown
1928 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA
(510) 451-8100
$5. 21+

For more info on this show and to RSVP, check out the Facebook Event Page, here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/248708531865871/ 

by on January 17, 2012
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Jan.10.2012

Agent Ribbons featured in new Quicksilver Women’s Webvid!

The wheels rolled on this one for a while but the video has just been released this week. A preview of the Quicksilver Women’s QSW 2012 collection with Agent Ribbons‘ I’m Alright as the soundtrack. The track is from the bands’ 2010 album Chateau Crone, available on CD, LP and MP3 at your favorite local retailer, or right here at the AF store. Check it out!

 

And of course, a quick reminder: Winfred E. Eye‘s new LP Today Was Another Day is out today! For more information see the previous post, and you can get your copy at the AF Store!

by on January 10, 2012
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Dec.13.2011

Antenna Farm Holiday Sale! 25% off ALL CDs & LPs through 2011!

AF Holiday Sale 2011!

Yes, it’s the holidays. This can be a stressful time, dealing with presents for your picky friends and relatives and crappy Christmas music! Well, last week we let you know about a great new holiday themed CD, Time Is Passed, by Foxtails Brigade, and that alone has made the season almost bearable for us. But we wanted to do something more.

So we’re having a sale! For the entire month of December, you can take 25% off of every item in the Antenna Farm Store, just use the promo code ‘foxtails25′ at checkout, and you’re on your way to incredible savings!

Yes, your threat to aunt Josephine that she’d understand you if she only listened to Agent Ribbons, or your suspicion that your cousins would probably be a lot cooler if they checked out Sugar & Gold, or thoughts about how your mom probably would totally dig Bart Davenport? All of these theories are on the verge of being reality, because it’s Christmas time! And we’re here to help!

Antenna Farm has released some great records over the past few years, and now is the time to take advantage of a great deal and get your hands on some modern classics! Whether it’s the bands mentioned above, or great titles from Social Studies, Papercuts, The Dry Spells, Still Flyin’, The Botticellis, The Donkeys, Winfred E. Eye and more, this is your one-stop shop. And just between you and me, the best gifts are the ones you save for yourself!

So yes, be sure to visit the Antenna Farm Store during your holiday shopping and our worker elves (who are we kidding! It’s us!) will be turning orders around in record time. And be sure to take advantage of our 25% across the board discount by entering the promo code ‘foxtails25′. Support the musicians who you love year around and save yourself some bucks while doing it! This is one purchase that comes with no buyer’s remorse, friend.

by on December 13, 2011
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Nov.29.2011

Bay Area shows this weekend with Foxtails Brigade, Yip Deceiver & Papercuts!

yip deceiver live!A series of great shows this weekend in the Bay Area, check it out!

First, on Friday 12/2, Yip Deceiver (see photo) rolls into Oakland for a FREE show at the Uptown, part of the First Friday Art Murmur. The band features members of Sugar & Gold as well as of Montreal, and their live show is always a rocks off dance party. For more info on the show, check the Event page, here.

The same night in San Francisco (Friday, 12/2), chanteuse extraordinaire Laura Weinbach and her band Foxtails Brigade open a very special show for the one and only Jane Birkin at the Regency Ballroom. For information and advance tickets, click here. The following night, Saturday December 3rd, Foxtails Brigade head over to the Mission for an intimate show at Viracocha. Both shows will be the debut of the brand new Foxtails Brigade Christmas CD, so be sure to head out to one or both shows to pick up a copy! For more info on both shows, check the event page here.

Are we done yet? Not a chance! Also on Saturday, December 3rd, Papercuts headline a great lineup at the Rickshaw Stop! Noise Pop Presents Papercuts, with Dominant Legs and Tim Cohen’s Magic Trick. This is a rare SF performance for Papercuts, and with these great acts opening, this is not a show to miss. Advance tickets are recommended as this show will likely sell out. Get them here.

Finally, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that the Agent Ribbons Brooklyn residency ALSO starts this Friday, with 5 shows in our fave NYC Borough, plus a quick run upstate for a show at Bard College. For the full itinerary, click here!

by on November 29, 2011
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Nov.22.2011

Agent Ribbons Head to Brooklyn for a week of shows!

Agent Ribbons in Long Beach, photo byTimothyTolleHello Brooklyn! Agent Ribbons are on their way to see you. The band is headed to New York for a whirlwind series of shows in the Boroughs, plus a quick run upstate to Bard College. They’re hard at work on a follow up album to 2010′s Chateau Crone, and if you’re in the Big Apple, this is a great chance to check out some of their new songs!

Agent Ribbons in New York 

Dec 2 – Brooklyn – Dead Herring w/ Free Blood, TEEN & Human Beat.

Dec 5 – Brooklyn – Pete’s Candy Store w/ Reading, Chris Farello & Cave Days

Dec 8 – Annandale on Hudson, NY – Smog @ Bard College w/ Parenthetical Girls

Dec 9 – Brooklyn – Party Xpo w/ Huff This

Dec 10 – Brooklyn – Public Assembly w/ Secret History & Built By Animals

Dec 11 – Brooklyn – Goodbye Blue Monday w/ Huggabroomstick

See you in NYC!!!

 

by on November 22, 2011
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Jun.15.2011

New Video for Grey Gardens!

We love fan-made videos! They are always a great surprise, especially when they are done as well as this video from the mysterious picturechris. Taking footage from Grey Gardens, the amazing Maysles documentary on the Beales, and combining it with the Agent Ribbons song inspired by the film? Perhaps a bit predictable…and a little shaky on copyright grounds….but when done this well it’s hard to deny! Kudos!

 

 

Grey Gardens appears on Agent Ribbons’ 2010 album, Chateau Crone, available on CD/LP/MP3 at the Antenna Farm Store.

by on June 15, 2011
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May.30.2011

Agent Ribbons release new video!

Happy Memorial Day! Agent Ribbons are on the verge of wrapping up their west coast tour, with just a couple of shows left on their way back to Austin…..a great time to turn back the clock from their new LP Chateau Crone and to release the video for 2009′s ‘That’s Not Edgar’s Heart’ (from the ‘Agent Ribbons and the Star-Crossed Doppleganger‘ courtesy of Seven Inch Project).

Beautifully shot and directed by Ryan McCoy for Blank Productions, it’s their first video for Agent Ribbons. We hope to see more!

 

 

Agent Ribbons – “That’s Not Edgar’s Heart” from Ryan McCoy on Vimeo.

 

 

by on May 30, 2011
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May.19.2011

We Are All Awesome!

We Are All AwesomeEvery once in a while, we at Antenna Farm are reminded of how lucky we are to be doing what we’re doing: working with some of the most talented musicians and creative artists we know, doing our small part to bring their work to the world at large. A little gushy, maybe, but what can I say, Agent Ribbons just rolled through town last night and it was, as usual, incredible. So forgive us if the language becomes a bit…florid. We’re in mid-transcendence here!

Over the years, it has been our pleasure to release debut releases from the likes of Papercuts, The Donkeys,The Botticellis, Still Flyin’ and Sugar & Gold, as well as albums from Bart Davenport, Social Studies, Agent Ribbons and many more. With a brand new album from Foxtails Brigade, we are going strong.

And with that, we are pleased to release a brand new compilation of some of our favorite tracks from the last few years. We Are All Awesome is a love letter back to these great musicians and a tribute to their craft. Featuring some of our favorite cuts from the last few years worth of AF releases, this is a great way to get yourself acquainted, or re-acquainted with the Antenna Farm catalog. And best of all, it can be yours for free!

Already charting on a bunch of great radio stations across the US, including (just to name a few!)  KFAI, KDVS, KVCU, KGNU, WRUW, KUCR, KALX, WNYU, KCSB, KTCV, KCPR (#1, baby!) & KXLU, this little collection is just the thing to help you kick off your summer jam.

And yeah, I said it, FREE. Just scroll over to the right side of this page and sign up for our mailing list (we send out updates about once a month, with tour info, free music offers, and more….and we will never share your email with anyone!) for a free, instant download of this great 15 song collection including the artists above and more! For more information about We Are All Awesome and info on getting a free CD version (just pay shipping!) click here.

 

by on May 19, 2011
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May.05.2011

Antenna Farm Tour Update!

It must be that time of year! It feels like everyone we know is on tour and sometimes it gets hard to keep up. New shows are announced, secret special guests pop out of the woodwork, and nobody gets any sleep! But hey, that’s how we like it. Here is a brief rundown on three bands out working hard to bring their music to the people, burning miles on $4/gallon gas. Make sure to check them out in your town!

Agent Ribbons have been on the road a couple weeks and just announced a free show in Oakland on Wednesday the 18th at the mighty Uptown, plus we just got word that Mike Watt is playing their Bootleg Theater show in LA next week. Nuts! Here’s an update:

Agent Ribbons West Coast Tour

May 5 Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur
May 6 Seattle, WA @ The Comet
May 7 Portland, OR @ Saratoga w/Orca Team & the Happening
May 8 Portland, OR @ Record Room instore
May 10 Sacramento, CA @Harlows
May 11 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater w/ Mike Watt & Le Butcherettes (CD release show!)
May 12 Bolinas, CA @ Smiley’s Saloon
May 13 Modesto, CA Off the Air @ Cafe Deva
May 16 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place w/ Garrett Pierce
May 17 Grass Valley, CA @ Tin House w/ The Horoscopes
May 18 Oakland, CA @ The Uptown (free show!)
May 20 Sacramento, CA @ Cesar Chavez Park
May 22 Los Angeles, CA @ Bardot w/ Dead Sara
May 25 Hermosa Beach, CA @ Sainte Rocke w/ Garrett Pierce
May 26 Echo Park, CA @ Origami Vinyl In-Store
May 27 Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture
May 29 Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space
May 30 Las Cruces, NM @ TBA
June 2 Austin, TX @ The Ghost Room

Meanwhile, San Francisco’s Social Studies are charting a similar route up the west coast with longtime friends The Donkeys. The boys from San Diego have a brand new album out and are bringing Social Studies along for a few west coast shows, from LA to Seattle.

Tonight it’s Monterey, before the Bottom of the Hill in SF on Friday, then on up to Portland and Seattle. Both of these bands put on a great show, so be sure to come on out. Bay Area friends, we’ll see you on Friday at the Bottom!


Social Studies west coast dates with The Donkeys

May 5th Monterey, CA @ Carbones
May 6th San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
May 9th Portland, OR @ Holocene
May 10th Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern





And finally, Bart Davenport is wrapping up his Spanish solo tour before taking a short break and heading right back out with his new psychedelic hang band, The Incarnations. An outgrowth of NYC’s Phenomenal Handclap Band, The Incarnations are a power trio featuring BD, alongside Daniel and Bing from the PHCB, mashing the best of their yacht rock tendencies with a psyche-garage hard edge. Tuff.

Bart Davenport on tour in Spain

May 5 Zaragoza @ La lata de bombillas
May 6 San Sebastian (Donostia) @ Sala Kontadores!
May 10 Valladolid @ Café teatro
May 11 León @ Gran Café
May 12 Madrid, Astoria Club @ Nasti
May 14 Albacete @ Velouria

With Incarnations EUROPE…

May 26 Madrid @ Ramdall
May 27 Barcelona @ PRIMAVERA SOUND FESTIVAL
May 28 Ibiza @ Las Dalias
May 29 Paris @ La Maroquinerie



Whew, that’s a handful! Again, as these great artists cross your path, be sure to check them out. You won’t regret it! Happy Spring!

by on May 5, 2011
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Apr.19.2011

Agent Ribbons Announce West Coast Tour!

Agent RibbonsIt’s springtime, and they’ve got a new vehicle, and that can mean only one thing: Agent Ribbons are hitting the road for a string of southwest and west coast dates covering the last week of April through the whole month of May!

Their last time out here was a frantic whirlwind around Christmas time, and it left a lot of ground uncovered. This time around, they are rectifying that. Several shows in Los Angeles , Sacramento and the Bay Area, plus their first visits to Portland and Seattle in over a year….and by popular demand, they’re even hitting the smaller central CA towns  like Modesto, Grass Valley and Fresno…. this tour will be epic.

Agent Ribbons – I’m Alright

The duo’s 2010 album, Chateau Crone, is one of the fastest sellers in Antenna Farm history, and if you haven’t seen this band play live yet, you don’t know what you’re missing. Get out your datebook and see what the fuss is all about, tour dates below! And keep up to date on new shows being added by checking out the tour page on Facebook!

Tour Dates Below the Jump!

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by on April 19, 2011
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