Screaming Females and Shellshag Tour Update

BlankTV just posted an awesome video update from Screaming Females where the start of their tour met up with the end of Shellshags.

Noun - Holy Hell CD - out June 15th

We've been anxiously sitting on this news for a while now, but in June we are going to be releasing a full length from Noun, the solo project of Marissa Paternoster from Screaming Females. She's spent the last year or so recording it and the end result is nothing short of epic.

Listen to the title track of the new album, Holy Hell, on her myspace, and come see her play with a full band April 25th at Mercury Lounge with a bunch of other Don Giovanni bands.

http://www.myspace.com/noun

Screaming Females in studio, touring with Ted Leo

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

Free Sampler at IMPOSE

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

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

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

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 & Screaming Females Pre-Orders

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

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

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

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.

Happy Holidays! - Lots of news...

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.

Screaming Females "Singles" CDEP

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

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.

Village Voice names Marissa P Best Guitar Shredder of 2009

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/

Screaming Females CMJ shows

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

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

FREE Limewire CMJ Sampler feat. Screaming Females

For CMJ this year Limewire put together a free sampler featuring Screaming Females and bunch of other cool bands. You can download it [here].

Screaming Females/Shellshag/Black Wine Mercury Lounge Show

Three of our bands are going to be playing at the Mercury Lounge on September 1st.  You don't want to miss it.  Advanced tickets are available here: Tickets

September 1st, 2009

Mercury Lounge (Manhattan)

Screaming Females

Shellshag

Black Wine

You Without Teeth

$10 - 7:00pm

Screaming Females On Alexa Chung Video

Screaming Females on MTV

Screaming Females are going to be on MTV's "It's On With Alexa Chung" next Thursday (Aug. 20th).   They will be performing "Bell" and possibly doing an interview.  The show airs at Noon on MTV.  

Screaming Females @ Terminal 5 Video

Screaming Females playing "Skull" off of Power Move opening For Dead Weather at Terminal 5 July 18th. Additional video from this show and more at http://www.youtube.com/DonGiovanniRecords

Screaming Females & Shellshag Cali Tour Poster

Screaming Females - What If... Reissue

On July 14th we are reissuing Screaming Females second album "What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.?" Early pre-orders and copies bought from the band at any shows on their upcomming tours with The Dead Weather and Shellshag will include a live bonus disc.  Pre-orders are up now in the webstore.

Shellshag sign to Don Giovanni, tour with Screaming Females

We are very excited to announce the signing of Shellshag, who will be recording a brand new album towards the end of the year for a February 2010 release date. The album is a followup to their self-released(and sold out) Destroy Me, I'm Yours LP. In August they will be touring the west coast with Screaming Females(dates below). For those unfamiliar, Shellshag are a live show not to be missed that has garnered rave reviews ranging from Pitchfork, to MTV and everything in between. Check them out for yourself on their myspace and don't miss them when they come through your town.


SCREAMING FEMALES AND SHELLSHAG 2009 WEST COAST TOUR:

July 31 2009 - Oakland, California - SPAM Warehouse
Aug 1 2009 - San Jose, California - Nickel City
Aug 2 2009 - San Francisco, CA - 1234go Records
Aug 3 2009 - Santa Cruz, California - Cypress
Aug 4 2009 - Redding, California - The Downtown Eatery
Aug 5 2009 - Bellingham, Washington - Friendship City
Aug 6 2009 - Olympia, Washington - TBA
Aug 7 2009 - Seattle, Washington - Comet Tavern
Aug 8 2009 - Portland, Oregon - East End
Aug 9 2009 - Eureka, California - TBA
Aug 10 2009 - Berkeley, California - LIsa's
Aug 11 2009 - Isla Vista, California - Biko Garage
Aug 12 2009 - San Diego, California - TBA
Aug 13 2009 - San Pedro, California - Babe's Warehouse
Aug 14 2009 - Los Angeles, California - Spaceland
Aug 15 2009 - San Francisco, California - Thee Parkside - Starcleaner Thrillfest Showcase

New Screaming Females video on RollingStone.com!

The new Screaming Females video for Buried In The Nude premiered on rollingstone.com today!!

What are you waiting for...

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/01/breaking-screaming-females/

Screaming Females with Jay Reatard Thursday

Screaming Females have been added at the last minute to Jay Reatard this Thursday (July 2nd) at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Here are some reviews of their show there last week with Dinosaur Jr. :
Brooklyn Vegan
Limewire Blog
NY Press

They were also recently named "The Best New Band In NJ" by Boston Phoenix and we couldn't agree more:
http://thephoenix.com/Supplements/2009/50states/NewJersey/

We are also in the process of reissuing their second album "What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.?" on CD with a bonus disc for people who order from us or buy it from them at shows. More on that soon...

Screaming Females To Support Dead Weather In July

The Dead Weather, the new band featuring Jack White and Allison Mosshart(The Kills, Discount) announced that Screaming Females will be supporting them for their July dates. We couldn't be more proud of Screaming Females and are very excited for all of these shows.

Tickets for most dates are on sale now:

07.13 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
07.14 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
07.16 - Terminal 5, New York, NY
07.17 - Terminal 5, New York, NY
07.18 - House of Blues, Boston, MA
07.21 - Olympia De Montreal, Montreal, Canada
07.22 - Kool Haus, Toronto, Canada
07.24 - The Fillmore, Detroit, MI
07.25 - The LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH
07.27 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
07.28 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
07.29 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
07.30 - War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, TN

New York Magazine

There is an awesome feature in this weeks New York Magazine on Screaming Females and the New Brunswick music scene in general. You can read the full text here:
http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/56727/

Screaming Females - Power Move Out Now!

Power Move is out now! If you live in the New Brunswick, NJ area, you can catch one of two record release shows this weekend at The Court Tavern(Friday) and Meat Town(Saturday), both with a bunch of awesome other bands.

If you don't, make sure and catch them when they come through your town on their 30 day tour in support of the album, dates are listed below:

Monday – April 20 – Brooklyn, NY

@ Death By Audio

Tuesday – April 21 – Providence, RI

@ AS220

Wednesday – April 22 – Allston, MA

@ Gay Gardens

Thursday – April 23 – Rochester, NH

@ Ella Bella’s Cafe

Friday – April 24 – Portland, ME

@ Geno’s

Saturday – April 25 – Williamsburg, MA

@ DoorhAus

Sunday – April 26 – Syracuse, NY

@ Westcott Community Center

Monday – April 27 – Buffalo, NY

@ Sugar City

Tuesday – April 28 – Pittsburgh, PA

@ Modern Formations Gallery

Wednesday – April 29 – Columbus, OH

@ Used Kids Records

Thursday – April 30 – Detroit, MI

@ Trumbellplex

Friday – May 1 – Ann Arbor, MI

@ Beer Can Garden

Saturday – May 2 – Chicago, IL

@ Permanent Records

Sunday – May 3 – Indianapolis, IN

@ Moria

Monday – May 4 – Bloomington, IN

@ Cinemat

Tuesday – May 5 – Louisville, KY

@Skull Alley

Wednesday – May 6 – Carbondale, IL

@ Booby’s

Thursday – May 7 – Nashville, TN

@ The End

Friday – May 8 – Little Rock, AR

@ Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative

Saturday – May 9 – Austin, TX

@ Mohawk

Sunday – May 10 – Baton Rouge, LA/ Houston, TX

TBA

Monday – May 11 – New Orleans, LA

@ Big Top

Tuesday – May 12 – Pensacola, FL

@ Sluggo’s

Wednesday – May 13 – Gainesville, FL

@ The Kickstand

Thursday – May 14 – Athens, GA

@ The Hanger

Friday – May 15 – Chattanooga, TN

TBA

Saturday – May 16 – Asheville, NC

TBA

Sunday – May 17 – Chapel Hill, NC

@ The Nightlight

Monday – May 18 – Richmond, VA

TBA

Tuesday – May 19 – Chesapeake, VA

@ Winstons

Wednesday – May 20 – Washington, DC

@ Big Bear Café

Thursday – May 21 – Baltimore, MD

@ Charm City Art Space

Friday – May 22 – Philadelphia, PA

@ Danger Danger Gallery

Saturday – May 23 – Brooklyn, NY

@ Market Hotel

Saturday – May 30 – Hoboken, NJ

@ Maxwells

Screaming Females Contest

With the release of Power Move just a week away, The Tripwire is running a contest where you can win a copy along with a shirt, 7", and poster:

http://www.thetripwire.com/contests/2009/04/07/win-a-screaming-females-cd-7-poster-and-t-shirt/

If you aren't confident leaving your chances of getting a copy up to probability, you can order a copy from our store.

Puerto Rico, Shows, Etc.

Screaming Females head out for Puerto Rico today for a 3 day weekend of awesome shows:

Apr 2 Nuestro Son (all ages) San Juan (Rio Piedras), Puerto Rico
Apr 3 Central Sport Bar (18+) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Apr 4 El Local (all ages) San Juan (Santurce), Puerto Rico


Pregnant are going to be opening for the Queers this Sat.(4/4) at Maxwells in Hoboken, NJ.

Upcoming Shows

We are putting on a bunch of shows at Maxwell's starting April 11th with Stupid Party, Bad Blood, Nude Beach, and Red And Blue....

Sat. April 11th, 2009 - $7, 8:00
Stupid Party, Bad Blood, Nude Beach(ex. Dustheads), Red And Blue

Sat. May 30th, 2009 - $8, 8:00
Screaming Females(return from tour), Shellshag, Pregnant, Mimi And Christian

Sun. June 7th - $8, 7:00
Lemuria, The Measure (SA), Dead Mechanical, Modern Hut

Maxwells is located at :
1039 Washington Street
Hoboken, NJ

Screaming Females "Bell" video / Acoustic Measure (SA) Pictures

The Daily Swarm has posted a music video for Screaming Females "Bell," check it out here:



Our friend Chelsea also sent me some pictures she took of The Measure (SA) earlier this week when they played acoustic with Paul Baribeau:

Screaming Females - Power Move PRE-ORDERS

Screaming Females’ third album Power Move is now available for pre-order through our online store. The first 100 pre-orders will receive a free pin and poster with their order. The band’s first official label release, Power Move contains 10 tracks of shred-heavy, jaw dropping jams.

Not enough for you? We are also adding Screaming Females previous self-released LPs Baby Teeth and What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.? to our store. As a special treat, you can pre-order Power Move and What If Someone Is Watching Their T.V.? on green vinyl, or order the album on CD with a t-shirt, at a special combo price.

The official release date is set for April 14th, 2009, but why wait?

Screaming Females on the cover of The Tripwire

The Tripwire just did a pretty awesome "cover" story on Screaming Females, check it out here:

http://www.thetripwire.com/features/2009/03/03/on-the-cover-screaming-females/

Noun Pink Couch Session

Screaming Females guitar/vocalist Marissa Paternoster has a solo project called Noun and she just did an acoustic Pink Couch Session for the song "Holy Hell", you can check it out here:



If You Make It also has a Pink Couch session from Cheeky as well as an awesome video of The Ergs playing "Books About Miles Davis" in Trenton:

http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/video/cheeky/get-outta-here/

http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/video/the-ergs/books-about-miles-davis/

Screaming Females MP3

NPR affiliate The Needle Drop has posted an MP3 of "Bell" off the new Screaming Females record Power Move on their blog:

http://theneedledrop.blogspot.com/2009/02/mp3-screaming-females-bell.html

Power Move comes out April 14th

Screaming Females to open for Throwing Muses

Throwing Muses are going to be playing some reunion shows in the Northeast in March and they've asked Screaming Females to open up.

Throwing Muses
Philadelphia, PA - Mar 10, 2009
World Cafe Live
Buy Tickets

Throwing Muses
Brooklyn, NY - Mar 12, 2009
Music Hall of Williamsburg
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Throwing Muses
Cambridge, MA - Mar 14, 2009
The Middle East
Buy Tickets

Additionally, Spin has posted a digital copy of the February issue that named the Screaming Females song "Boyfriend"as a song you must here now. You can check it out
here.

Showcase Tonight - SOLD OUT

Our annual showcase is tonight, and we just got word that it's sold out. If you don't have a ticket, don't get discouraged. There are often tickets released at the door throughout the night as people leave early/don't show up.

Tonight's show will be a record release show for Pregnant's "Wanna See My Gun?" 7" as well as The Groucho Marxists "Manifesto!" LP. We will also have recently repressed versions of The Measure (SA) "Songs About People...And Fruit N' Shit" 12" EP and The Ergs "That's It...Bye" 12" Single. Not to mention everything still in print from our back catalog at wholesale prices for tonight only, and new shirts from most of the bands playing (See the last entry for pictures).

New Shirts!

We have a bunch of new T-shirts that are going to be available in the webstore next week, here is a preview:










If you are coming to our label showcase on Saturday, they will be available there for the first time.

Screaming Females in SPIN

Screaming Females' "Boyfriend" was named one of the Songs You Must Hear Now in the February '09 issue of SPIN:

"Songs You Must Hear Now"

Screaming Females "Boyfriend"
sure, the gender-blurred post-punk spew is bracing, but it's singer-guitarist Marissa P's strangled guitar that's got shit to say.



Screaming Females' Don Giovanni Records debut "Power Move" comes out April 14th.

Screaming Females and Cheeky in Brooklyn tomorrow night

Two of our bands are playing at Don Pedros in Brooklyn tomorrow night, Screaming Females and Cheeky, with ShellShag and Stupid Party. It should be an awesome show.

Here is full info:

Don Pedros
90 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York
Cost: $5 Shellshag, Screaming Females, Cheeky, Emergency Party, Bonezone (Worcester, MA)

Don Giovanni Showcase - 2/7 at Maxwells

February 7th at Maxwells we have our annual showcase and this year is going to be a great one. Although it will be the last For Science show, and one of the last Steinways shows (who recently announced their breakup but are still going to be playing this show), we are going to be having brand new records out from Pregnant and The Groucho Marxists. Were also going to have new shirts from all of our bands. Also, we will have everything we have in stock for sale at wholesale prices for this night only. I hope to see lots of you there, make sure you get an advance ticket if you want to make sure you get in. Here is the full info:

Feb. 7th, 2009
Maxwells
Hoboken, NJ

2nd Annual Don Giovanni Records Showcase with...

SCREAMING FEMALES
FOR SCIENCE (Last Show)
THE MEASURE (SA)
CHEEKY
GROUCHO MARXISTS (Mainfesto! LP Record Release)
PREGNANT (Wanna See My Gun 7" Record Release)
THE STEINWAYS

Advance Tickets:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=683494

On Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=38251642759

Screaming Females "Power Move" artwork

Here it is. The final cover art for Screaming Females "Power Move" CD/LP, coming April 14th 2009.