100m Records

About

Describing themselves as ’Tarantino surf-pop’ Lizzie and the Yes Men combine Lizzie’s Twiggy-esque style with a contemporary cinematic sound that fuses surf-pop with punk and draws inspiration from bands such as The Ramones, The Ronettes and The Beach Boys.

Press

"What one gets is a strangely morish mix of surf rock complete with catchy swing and harmonies a la The Beach Boys in a headlong collision with the angular pomp of ESG and Gang Of Four"

DAZED DIGITAL

"The debut single from Lizzie and the Yes Men is a fabulously upbeat summer tune that channels Debbie Harry, The Ramones and even the whistling genius of Roger Whittaker. It manages to stay on the right side of ’jaunty’ with its Spectoresque melodies."

MUSIC WEEK

"Built around cute, surf-pop guitar licks, a foot-stomping back-beat and lush vocals..."

INDIE LONDON

"Unstoppable glides effortlessly into the eardrums... 8/10 "

NEVER ENOUGH NOTES

"...lashings of gorgeous dark melodrama and deliciously weaving melody."

ROCK SUCKER

"Unstoppable is passionate and flirty. Sexy and soulful. Sultry and sweet. But above everything it’s incredibly confident. This is the sound of a band that knows what it’s doing and where it’s heading and, with hooks this catchy and riffs this energetic, you can’t help but want to go with them."

FAR OUT MAGAZINE

"Channelling a distinct American sound through a vibrant dashing of surf rock."

SCIENTISTS OF SOUND

"Their riffs and twangs have a darker and edgy feel to them. We can imagine if Tarantino ever heard Lizzie and the Yes Men, he’d get them on his next film soundtrack sharpish."

BREAKING MORE WAVES

Relations

About

Relations, the musical brain trust that is Michael Sanders, Terence Murren and Matthew Chokshi, has roots in a Modern Lovers cover band that Michael and Terence formed in high school in the 90's. Though the two remained close, each went their separate ways writing and performing music in various incarnations around New York and Boston (Officer May - Ace Fu Records, Abigail Warchild). After reuniting, they released their first EP, Relations, in 2012. It was described by the Deli as "Only steps away from the explosive 1980s wave of up-tempo self-loathing... tinted with nostalgia and that effervescent angst of young love." After the release of their debut, Matthew Chokshi, who collaborated on the Relations music video "A Savage Way to Live", began to attend rehearsals and eventually joined the group as they began preparations for their debut full-length, "Songbirds."

Press

"A variety of postpunk influences, the band make dark-hued but catchy, danceable pop."

BROOKLYN VEGAN

"Relations create a friendship triad to translate human connections and parallels into the threads of an electric inflected sound."

IMPOSE MAGAZINE

"Scorching, tight guitar lines sprinkled with synths over a fast-paced head-bouncing drum beat."

MY OLD KENTUCKY BLOG

"With tightly-wound synths and edgy guitars racing throughout, Take No Sides manages to keep things fun while pulsing with nervous energy."

FAKE PLASTIC TUNES

"Can we please hear these kind of upbeat dream jams in nightclubs? "

ION MAGAZINE

"Goodbyes is a bright electronic pop ditty... the accompanying video is a summery, vintage-looking affair."

EXCLAIM! MAGAZINE

"Reminiscent of the early, dark and tense post punk days, when bands like Joy Division and Wire ruled the rock world."

THE DELI MAGAZINE

"There’s a coolness that runs deep, all the way back to the revolt against messy, apathetic, no-future punk, and borrows from the bleak factory landscape. It’s a nostalgic vision of the possibilities of technology and the warning shot."

QRO MAG

"Completely diving into great synth sounds, making them the focus of any given piece, but still heavily guitar based."

7INCHES

"The guitars on this are fiercely savage in the way Wire or Wedding Present drive you with subtle use of feedback. They got good tone."

REVIEW STALKER

"Relations get that precarious balance of pop hooks, odd electronic sounds, and dissonant outbursts right to create memorable songs."

BRAINWASHED

"Hits you like a punch from the opening, beginning with a screen door like squeak of noise before becoming a noise guitar duel of Daydream Nations vein...with one of the best songs I've heard all year."

THE CREATIVE INTERSECTION

"New millennial rhythms of shoegaze intricately woven inside the vibrant electro sound."

SOUTHSIDE ON THE TOWN

"Embedded with the subtle twisted tones of a reverb feedback, this masterful EP is annoyingly short, but enables you to hunger for what's to come next."

EXCLUSIVEMAGAZINE.COM

"Regularly made our Top 30 charts."

CFRC 101.9 FM

Soccer Mom

About

After serving in a range of Boston acts, including E.R., Get Help and The Spanish Armada (all on The Beatings' Midriff Records imprint), Soccer Mom founder Dan Parlin cemented the foundations of the band when bassist Danielle Deveau joined full-time. In due course fellow E.R. sideman and Spanish Armada principal William Scales enlisted as second guitarist, along with another E.R. cohort, drummer Justin Kehoe. Through melody and dischord, clean tones and chaotic feedback, they find a balance between the referential and the staggeringly new.

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Press

"Too-loud-to-be-dreaming rock quartet Soccer Mom unleash their own noisy, driven, pop gems of streamlined distortion."

THE BOSTON PHOENIX

"The sound takes me right back to the first two Ride releases and maybe a little Catherine Wheel."

JAMIE MYERSON, WDBK 91.5

"With liberal doses of sludge, screeching feedback, dischord and strong melodies, Soccer Mom issued one of the years most arresting and addictive listens."

THE ASH GRAY PROCLAMATION

"Soccer Mom have a jangle that weighs heavy, at times sneaking into the realm of post-rock, while their dream-pop tendencies are too immersed in noise and impatience to float without direction. "

EXPLODING IN SOUND

"This, their debut, is a stunning, guitar-driving, neo-shoegaze set, but their blistering live show is usually even better."

BRADLEY'S ALMANAC

"Warm, loud, and fuzzy in all the right ways, Soccer Mom make music to submerge one's brain into, just perfect guitar music to disappear into and never look back."

THE CREATIVE INTERSECTION

"Sonically superb. Long sustaining notes paint out the walls, while a buzzy bass marches down the middle, jaunting out its own fuzzy, buzzy melodies."

CD ON SONGS, BOSTONBANDCRUSH.ORG

"There's no denying the band's strong '90s influences — with a distinct New England color — but a listen to the new EP proves Soccer Mom owns it."

NERVE.COM

"This is a really great EP that delivers on the bands promise of contrasting sounds and styles. There's melody and feedback, rapid drum fills and dreamy vocals."

THE 405

"Soccer Mom are not afraid to embrace their shoegaze influences whilst experimenting with something new."

THE ART OF STUFFING

"These guys take crashing, rapid drumbeats and pile on ultra-gritty guitar and stringy bass, always keeping melodic innovation at the front of their songs."

BOSTON HASSLE

"Clouds of melody, both of the real and phantom variety, wrap around thick basslines and all-business drums like crawling ivy to produce a sum greater than the individual parts."

MICHAEL FOURNIER, YOURBAND.INFO

"Just the right amount of ugly noise with a catchy framework."

BRAINWASHED

"The perfect balance between harmony and distortion, melody and debilitating feedback."

BRENDAN T, SONIC MASALA

"Soccermom sets off new parts and bridges with a patient efficacy; powershrugs into exuberant crescendoes with nonchalance. Everything about Soccermom's music seems informed not only by the best music of two decades past, but also a measured, casual attitude toward crafting good music."

JAY BREITLING, CLICKY CLICKY MUSIC

"A couple parts shoegaze, one part jangle electric, one part alienated loner dirty fuckup sound... The drums are massive, the vocals are buried in that layered way, the guitar sustained forever... Utterly perfect timing."

JASON DEAN - 7INCHES

"A great melding of jangly indie-rock/pop and subtle jabs of harsher/woozy feedback."

BUILT ON A WEAK SPOT

Glass Rifle

About

Glass Rifle are Americans Dan Colby, Ryan Francini, and British-born PJ Norman. The roots of the group lie in the Boston DIY punk scene where Colby and Francini first met. After serving in Hydrahead stalwarts The Huguenots and The Never Never, and Jade Tree Record’s The Explosion, Colby formed The Cignal with Francini. In the mid ‘00s, after a well-received 7”, The Cignal disbanded and both Francini and Colby moved to New York City. It was here, several years later, that they met PJ Norman.

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Press

"Impossible to ignore."

JOE MARVILLI - CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

"A degree of genuine punch and something feels fiercely independent about it."

DANIEL DYLAN WRAY - GLASSWERK

"Glass Rifle are a sonic battering of dischordant power pop, with killer guitar licks offsetting fierce beats that literally pummel you into submission."

ZOLTON - LOST AT E MINOR

"It's tight, incredibly crafted and stands alongside any classic American underground sound… Both of these tracks are pushing that complex hardcore formula to it's limits, it's just an impressive contemporary take on a genre that remains relevant thanks to Glass Rifle."

JASON DEAN - 7INCHES

"A decided post-punk undercurrent here... it's all very interesting."

SONIC MASALA

"Moving, unconventional and provocative. Blazing a new trail in contemporary music."

TONY MASTRIANNI - NATIONAL MUSIC WRITER

"Urgent Post-Punk attack, kicking the living shit out of your ears…in a good way!"

ROUTE FOR THE UNDERDOG

"A singular sound that gets you tight to your chair... Awesome."

RJ FROMETA, VENTS MAGAZINE

"Like a Hold Steady raised on London punk and based in Brooklyn, Glass Rifle's delivery stays true to the varied roots of all its members by distorting the relentless energy of British rock with a Williamsburg flair."

JOE PUGLISI - BAEBLE MUSIC

"Early Mission of Burma filtered through the earliest releases on Invisible Records. Somehow it feels very familiar, yet completely new at the same time… For anyone who longs for the heyday when Amphetamine Reptile and Touch and Go weren't just labels, but institutions, this is as inviting as it gets."

CREAIG DUNTON - BRAINWASHED

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Fates

About

Fates are American composer Django Voris and British-born artist PJ Norman. They met in New York City in early 2009. Their shared passion for electronic experimentation led to a set of improvisation sessions with Swiss electronic artist Moritz Wettstein. The sessions were recorded at Harvestworks, the foundation co- founded by Bob Moog to support experimental music. The recordings led to "Murky Circuits", an LP release on 100m Records in 2010 which met enthusiastic reviews from the electronic music press, describing it a "post-glitch triumph" (Cyclic Defrost) and "one of the most original electronic records of the year" (The Milk Factory).

Press

"Nebulous post-industrial soundscapes constantly tweaked and realigned to create one of the most original electronic records of the year to date. 4.5/5"

THE MILK FACTORY

"A post-glitch triumph that goes by quickly but not without making one’s head spin."

CYCLIC DEFROST

"Murky Circuits sounds like a highly caffeinated robot took over a decrepit Radio Shack and had its way with anything it could grab."

CHUBBY JONES

"Literally one in a million; tweaking and meshing uncommon sounds to create one of the most original electronic pieces I have heard all year. Abstract art for the ears most certainly."

AW MUSIC

"Dizzying and compelling."

BRAINWASHED

"The 15 minute title track (Serious German Polka) is only available if you downoad the entire album (and it‘s well worth it!)."

NEUFUTUR

"When you listen to this material with headphones it really takes on a life of its own as all of the various textures come together to create lush soundscapes."

COSMOS GAMING

"Experimental, rampant and very energetic."

RADIO ONDE FURLANE

"This is fantastic!"

DANDELION RADIO

"Really good."

SEATTLE STRANGER

"Very interesting stuff!"

BLUEFAT

Django Voris

Medes

Death By Sadie

The Montauk Projekt