Don Giovanni Newsfeed

Screaming Females in studio, touring with Ted Leo

2010-03-08T10:29:00.000-08:00

Screaming Females are back at Hunt Studio, where they recorded Power Move, working on a new album which will be out in the Fall. It's obviously going to be amazing.

They are also going on tour with Ted Leo and The Pharmacists at the end of the month:

Mar 27 Taylor Down Under @ James Madison Univ. Harrisonburg, VA
Mar 28 JJ's Bohemia Chattanooga, TN
Mar 29 Vino's Little Rock, AR
Mar 30 House of Blues Dallas, TX *
Mar 31 The Parish Austin, TX *
Apr 2 One Eyed Jack's New Orleans, LA *
Apr 3 Club Downunder Tallahassee, FL *
Apr 4 Masquerade Atlanta, GA *
Apr 5 Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC *
Apr 7 Gallery Five Richmond, VA
Apr 8 9:30 Club Washington, DC *
Apr 9 The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza New York, NY *
Apr 10 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA *

* = w/ Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Shellshag and The Measure (SA) on tour! (not together)

2010-03-02T07:47:00.000-08:00

Shellshag and The Measure (SA) are both leaving on tour this Friday and are kicking off together with a Brooklyn show with Stupid Party and Groucho Marxists. Below are dates:

Shellshag:

Mar 5 2010

7:00P

Cedar Mansion w/ The Measure/ Stupid Party/Groucho Marxists

Brooklyn, New York

Mar 6 2010

8:00P

Trinity House w/ Los ChiChis/It Good/Dry Feet

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mar 7 2010

6:00P

Kincaid House - Shellheads Birthday!

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mar 8 2010

7:00P

Carabar w/little lungs/street eaters/rag rage/delay

Columbus, Ohio

Mar 9 2010

8:00P

The Union w/ snarlas/street eaters/submarine spaceship

Athens, Ohio

Mar 10 2010

7:00P

Static Age Records w/ tent city rollers/street eaters/blood summer

Asheville, North Carolina

Mar 11 2010

8:00P

Caledonia w/ dead dog/hot new mexicans/street eaters

Athens, Georgia

Mar 12 2010

2:00P

Harvest of Hope Festival w/ This Bike is a Pipe Bomb and more!!

St. Augustine, Florida

Mar 13 2010

8:00P

Sluggos

Pensacola, Florida

Mar 14 2010

8:00P

Dragons Den w/happy talk band/street eaters

New Orleans, Louisiana

Mar 15 2010

8:00P

Super Happy Funland w/street eaters and more

Houston, Texas

Mar 16 2010

8:00P

Dave’s house w/street eaters

San Antoinio, Texas

Mar 17 2010

8:00P

Grady’s Party

San Marcos, Texas

Mar 18 2010

8:00P

I Love Video Ben Snakepit’s party

Austin, Texas

Mar 19 2010

12:00P

House of Commons

Austin, Texas

Mar 20 2010

3:00P

Spiderhouse Jonathan Toubins NY Night Train/Panache Party

Austin, Texas

Mar 20 2010

8:00P

SXSW at Jaime’s 8pm

Austin, Texas

Mar 21 2010

8:00P

TBA

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Mar 22 2010

8:00P

TBA

Kansas City, Kansas

Mar 23 2010

8:00P

ACAC all ages w/Sweet Eagle/ As Dogs

Little Rock, Arkansas

Mar 26 2010

8:00P

Hamilton House all ages

Nashville, Tennessee

Mar 27 2010

8:00P

Sluggos

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Mar 28 2010

8:00P

JJ’s Bohemia w/ Screaming Females + Dark Rides

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Measure (SA):

Mar 5 2010

8:00P

Cedar Mansion w/ Shellshag

Brooklyn, New York

Mar 6 2010

6:00P

Bosnia - ask a punk

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Mar 7 2010

8:00P

Charm City Art Space

Baltimore, Maryland

Mar 8 2010

7:00P

The Island Cafe w/ Slow Death and Spoonboy

Washington, Washington DC

Mar 9 2010

8:00P

The Pinhook

Durham, North Carolina

Mar 10 2010

8:00P

TBA - w/ Dead Dog!

Athens, Georgia

Mar 11 2010

8:00P

Common Grounds w/ Small Brown Bike

Gainesville, Florida

Mar 12 2010

8:00P

HARVEST OF HOPE

St. Augustine, Florida

Mar 13 2010

8:00P

HARVEST OF HOPE

St. Augustine, Florida

Mar 14 2010

9:00P

Coolifornia - afterparty Paul Baribeau show

Tallahassee, Florida

Mar 15 2010

8:00P

Magic City Wholesale

Birmingham, Alabama

Mar 16 2010

8:00P

Little Hamilton w/ Defiance, Ohio, Cheap Girls and the Riot Before!

Nashville, Tennessee

Mar 17 2010

8:00P

Static Age Records

Asheville, North Carolina

Mar 18 2010

8:00P

The Soapbox

Wilmington, North Carolina

Mar 19 2010

7:00P

Dull House

Richmond, Virginia

Mar 20 2010

8:00P

Terrordome w/ The Mezingers

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mar 24 2010

8:00P

Asbury Lanes w/ the Gateway District

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Mar 26 2010

8:00P

TBA

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Byrds of Paradise 7"

2010-03-01T10:45:00.000-08:00

We're really happy to announce that Brooklyn's Byrds of Paradise are going to be doing a 7" on Don Giovanni Records.

The single, titled "Omega Man," is being recorded as we speak for a release sometime in the early summer.

Byrds of Paradise are a relatively new band formed from members of Dustheads, The Mongoloids, but not really sounding anything like either. You can hear a recently posted song from their debut 7" on Wild World Records on their myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/byrdsofparadisenyc

Free Sampler at IMPOSE

2010-02-26T18:16:00.001-08:00

IMPOSE has posted a free sampler of songs from some of our favorite new records.

You can download it here:

http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/don-giovanni-records

Harvest Of Hope

2010-02-16T07:59:00.001-08:00

Shellshag and The Measure (SA) are both playing Harvest Of Hope Fest in March along with a bunch of other friends of ours like Lemuria as well as Billy Bragg, The Mountain Goats, Leatherface, Dr. Octagon.

The show is a benefit for the Harvest Of Hope Foundation (www.harvestofhope.net), a nonprofit charity organization that provides educational grants, scholarships, emergency financial assistance, and service oriented aid to migrant farmworkers and seasonal farmworkers all accross the United States.

Tickets: http://www.harvestofhopefest.com/tickets.php

Shellshag - Rumors In Disguise, Screaming Females - Singles = OUT NOW!

2010-02-09T07:50:00.000-08:00

New records from Shellshag and Screaming Females are out today!

Get them from the store, or from Screaming Females who are on tour with JEFF the Brotherhood right now, or Shellshag who go on tour in March.

THANK YOU

2010-02-08T14:59:00.001-08:00

Thank you to everyone (all 700!! of you) who came out to our showcase on Saturday. It was a huge success and it was amazing seeing all of our friends playing at the bowery ballroom to a sold out crowd without any sort of reunions, special guests, or other gimmicks. It was just as great seeing all of our friends in the crowd.

Here's some video:

More here: http://www.youtube.com/user/DonGiovanniRecords

Thanks again!

Shellshag - "Resilient Bastard" Music Video

2010-02-01T22:17:00.001-08:00

Full of Fancy on Don Giovanni

2010-01-26T07:53:00.000-08:00

We are very excited to announce that longtime friends, New Brunswick, NJ's Full Of Fancy, are going to be releasing their next LP on Don Giovanni Records.

They are recording the album, titled "Liquid Nature," next month for a Spring release date. If you don't know Full Of Fancy yet from their debut full length on Woah-Oh, or their split 7" with Screaming Females, now would be a great time to check them out.

http://www.myspace.com/fulloffancy

Shellshag & Screaming Females Pre-Orders

2010-01-25T05:34:00.000-08:00

With their release dates just two weeks away, we have posted pre-orders for the new Shellshag "Rumors In Disguise" CD/LP and Screaming Females "Singles" CDEP in the store. There are also a few new deals posted.

You can also pick the records up in person at the Don Giovanni Records Showcase which is also just two weeks away at this point. Starbeat did a really nice feature on the label and upcoming showcase you can check out here.

FREE SAMPLER

2010-01-11T09:41:00.001-08:00

Ahead of the showcase, we are posting a free 11 song sampler featuring songs from our current releases including songs from the to-be-released Screaming Females "Singles" CDEP, Shellshag "Rumors In Disguise" CD/LP, and recently released Black Wine LP.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Screaming Females Tour Diaries Comics

2010-01-07T19:51:00.001-08:00

Nerve.com has posted tour diary comics from Screaming Females most recent tour. They are pretty great.

Also, Black Wine orders have shipped out so be on the lookout. We apologize for the delay.

Finally, Star Beat named last years label showcase the top show of 2009. Thanks! Hopefully this years will be even bigger and better. Tickets are still on sale.

New Screaming Females Song: I Do

2010-01-04T12:32:00.000-08:00

Theres a new Screaming Females song up on their myspace from their upcoming singles collection EP (so I guess its not totally new): http://www.myspace.com/screamingfemales

The Singles EP is out February 9th, but will be available for the first time anywhere at the Don Giovanni Showcase on Feb. 6th.

Shellshag playing Resilient Bastard video

2009-12-29T08:10:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays! - Lots of news...

2009-12-24T18:30:00.000-08:00

Happy holidays everyone, we have lots of awesome news!

Screaming Females got a really cool full page picture in this months Spin. You can see it here. Power Move, is also making lots of year-end, best-of, lists including Impose, NPR's Sound Opinions, Flavorwire, Chicago Tribune, Boston Harold, cokemachineglow, and NJ.com. If you don't have it yet, get it, and if you want more, we're releasing a CDEP collecting their vinyl-only singles, aptly titled Singles, on Feburary 9th.

Shellshag are also releasing a monster of an album on February 9th titled Rumors In Disguise. You can hear a song off it, Resilient Bastard, on their myspace.

Black Wine's self titled debut LP is delayed by a week due to problems at the pressing plant and should be shipping very early in the new year. We apologize for anyone who ordered who may have to wait a little bit longer, I promise it'll be worth the wait.

Finally, if you don't have a ticket for our showcase at the Bowery Ballroom yet, get one now. Shellshag and Screaming Females will have their new records there for the first time anywhere, and Black Wine will have their freshly released LP. Joining our bands will be forgetters, and JEFF the Brotherhood. The complete bill is listed below.

Tickets for Don Giovanni Showcase 2010

2009-12-05T13:00:00.000-08:00

Tickets are on sale now for the 2010 Don Giovanni Records Showcase.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/Don-Giovanni-Records-WShellshag-Forgetters-Screaming-Females-tickets/artist/1389739

Screaming Females "Singles" CDEP

2009-12-02T11:29:00.000-08:00

Were excited to announce a Screaming Females Singles CD that will be out February 9th. It's going to be a low priced CDEP of their 6 songs previous only available on 7" singles and splits.

Tracklist:
1. Arm over Arm
2. Zoo of Death
3. Cortez the Killer
4. No Being Disgusting
5. Pretty Okay
6. I Do

Don Giovanni Records Showcase 2010

2009-12-02T11:24:00.000-08:00

Here is all the info for the Don Giovanni Records showcase / Shellshag / Screaming Females record release show:

Don Giovanni Records Showcase 2010

Shellshag ("Rumors In Disguise" CD/LP Record Release Show)
forgetters
Screaming Females ("Singles" CDEP Record Release Show)
JEFF the Brotherhood
The Measure (SA)
Black Wine
Groucho Marxists

$13 in advance, $15 at the door
16+ or under 16 with a parent

http://boweryballroom.com/event/3907

tickets on sale 12/4.

Black Wine Pre-orders

2009-11-30T13:56:00.001-08:00

Pre-orders for the Black Wine self titled record are up now. The record will be out on December 15th and includes a download card. Look for Black Wine on tour in December. Black Wine features Jeff Schroek from The Ergs!, and Miranda Taylor and J. Nixon from Hunchback. They recently played a few shows with the Meat Puppets. You can hear some songs at their myspace.

Order here.

Congratulations Jeff and Miranda

2009-10-26T08:01:00.000-07:00

Two of our label's dearest friends got married over the weekend. Congratulations to Jeff Schroek and Miranda Taylor!

The Measure (SA) Pink Couch Session

2009-10-24T06:59:00.000-07:00

The Measure (SA) just recorded a Pink Couch session for a new song called "Unwritten," check it out below:

Village Voice names Marissa P Best Guitar Shredder of 2009

2009-10-21T11:31:00.000-07:00

From the Village Voice:

Best Guitar-Shredder
Screaming Females

In the history of rock music, there have been exactly zero even tolerable covers of "Cortez the Killer," so please understand how improbable it is that New Brunswick, New Jersey's Screaming Females are now offering a stupendous version of the Neil Young weeper on their MySpace page, sped up and imbued with a menacing, bizarrely erotic swagger. The shred-punk trio's not-even-remotely-secret weapon? Singer/guitarist Marissa Pasternoster, a very tiny (onstage, she's barely visible over the heads of the folks in the front row), very mysterious (her eyes are all but obscured by her mop-top hairdo), and very loud (she shrieks like a demonic anime hellion) tornado of pure, uncut awesomeness who howls through songs called "I Believe in Evil" and "Buried in the Nude" before blasting off into dizzying, dazzling shredmaster guitar solos, terse and ludicrous and awe-inspiring. The Females recently toured with the Dead Weather; no idea how Jack White had the balls to even walk out onstage after Pasternoster was done with it, or how there was still a stage left at all. Call it Guitar Hero: Riot Grrrl. Bow down.

http://www.villagevoice.com/bestof/2009/award/best-guitar-shredder-1436333/

Double Dagger / Black Wine at Maxwells

2009-10-17T09:09:00.001-07:00

We're putting on an awesome show in a few weeks that I hope a lot of you will come out to:

November 7th, 2009
Maxwells in Hoboken, NJ

Don Giovanni Records presents...

Double Dagger
Black Wine
Dope Body
Night Birds
Modern Hut

$8

Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2787824

Screaming Females CMJ shows

2009-10-16T15:07:00.000-07:00

If you're going to CMJ this year, make sure not to miss the Screaming Females:

OCT 21 @ Mercury Lounge (21+) w/ The xx, Team Robespierre, Bear Hands, and others

OCT 24 ~ noon ~ @ New Knitting Factory (all ages) w/ Flexions (mems The Blood Brothers / Past Lives), Obits, and JEF.

OCT 24 ~ 9pm ~ @ Above the Auto Parts Store (all ages) w/ JEFF and Sisters. Todd P and myopenbar.com collide to present.

Screaming Females on WPRB

2009-10-06T12:46:00.000-07:00

Screaming Females are going to be playing live on WPRB 103.3FM Wednesday as part of their annual pledge drive. Tune in between 7:00pm ET and midnight to hear them along with Obits, Jennifer O'Connor, Danielson, and more. You should also consider becoming a member of WPRB, one of our favorite radio stations.

http://www.wprb.com