Discography | Posters | Videos Welcome to the Last Stop Records web site. Phil Void - DECLASSIFIED - LSR-776 Track List:
Artist Web Link: http://www.laststoprecords.com/PhilVoid
Alex James Muscat - Thornton Beach Vista - LSR-106 Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.muscatsound.com
Phil Void - Sonic Parkway - LSR-775 seven layers of deconstructed genres are peeled back to expose a lush and ambient sonic paradigm Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.laststoprecords.com/PhilVoid
Alex James Muscat - Desire Paths - LSR-105 A collection of songs that wander the pathways of love and loss. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.muscatsound.com
Andy Mason - Drive - LSR-144 Five songs portraying the wide variety of every day struggles, redemption on a grand scale, and brevity in a mixed up world beyond the measurable outcomes and expectations. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.andy-masontown.com/
Shaun David & the Lost - Ugly Men - LSR-445 San Francisco based singer/songwriter Shaun David leads an eclectic group of musicians on his new album Ugly Men. Four new recordings available now at the usual digital outlets. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://shaundavidthelost.com/
Phil Void - East of Somewhere - LSR-774 Phil Void’s direct and essentialist approach to sound combines witty lyricism with iconoclastic antics, bridging the gaps between galvanizing poetry and gritty garage rock aesthetics Blurring the lines between alternative rock and avant-garde. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.laststoprecords.com/PhilVoid
Shaun David & the Lost - Songs by Mistake - LSR-444 “A happy guy playing serious songs” is how one might describe Shaun David. The live shows are surprisingly upbeat for an acoustic songwriter, incorporating short stories and entertaining banter. If by himself, it may be easy to say the genre is Alt Folk/Rock, but the addition of The Lost sends the group into a genre buffet, incorporating elements of Reggae, Funk, and Country. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.facebook.com/shaundavidmusic
Jeff Cotton's Gin Joint - Never Touching Ground - LSR-621 At last, the long anticipated debut from Jeff Cotton's Gin Joint is here. Never Touching Ground has a bright "roots rock" sound. This collection of songs will take you on a journey down the California coast, while echoing an east coast sentiment. The band here is top notch. Clever arrangement's and simple production really punctuate Jeff''s crafty songwriting and ernest vocal delivery. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.facebook.com/jeffcottonsginjoint
Shaun David - Bare as Bone - Volume 2 - LSR-443 A fresh collection of songs written & performed by Shaun David Track List:
Artist Web Link: http://www.facebook.com/shaundavidmusic
Phil Void - Book of Noise - LSR-773 Exploration is an intergral part of Phil Void's process. In this case, tinkering with circuits and repurposing the ordinary into something absurd. Book of Noise was made during the 'circuit bending' years. It's an abstract, whimsical & twisted tale riddled with fantastical fiction. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.laststoprecords.com/PhilVoid FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Phil Void - Scoliosis - LSR-772 Modern technology has brought us a lot of interesting tools we can use to create music. Spawning a generation of home recordists who exploit them. Claiming no particular genere or format, the songs and recordings of PHIL VOID are mostly derived by improvisation and stream of conciousnessness. The results are varied and many. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.laststoprecords.com/PhilVoid FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Shaun David & the Lost - Super Baby - LSR-442 Debut album from Shaun David & the Lost, Super baby has it's roots based in well crafted songs, dynamics, and unique lyrical melodies. Elements of rock, country, reggae, folk, and jazz flow throughout the album. Timely solos by saxophone, electric guitar, or piano accompany catchy choruses and bridges, all while the album rises and returns. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.facebook.com/shaundavidmusic
Jack Da Hat & the Jacketts - LSR-332 The essence of cool! Jack refines classy. His lyrics roll off his tongue like a smooth Cuban cigar soaked in brandy." Jack Da Hat" Luna along with the "Jackettes" Go from high energy boogie woogie to soulful New Orleans style greasy jazz....if you like the sounds of Tom Waits, Leon Redbone, Fats Domino mixed with a little boogie woogie your going to like this sound.
Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.jackdahat.com Black-Tape - When The Sun Goes Out - LSR-502 Some have described Black-Tape as a psychedelic rock experience, with churning riffs and a powerful rhythm section. When The Sun Goes Out is a new batch of songs developed in the jam space and fleshed out in the studio. Vocally it's an angry record. The furious drumming and pounding bass support a monsterous guitar sound. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.black-tape.com
Shaun David - Bare as Bone - Volume 1 - LSR-441 A collection of songs written & performed by Shaun David Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.facebook.com/shaundavidmusic
Elektrik Sunset - Fish Dinner Party - LSR-323 An assiduous trio with a potent sound transported by Musicians fervent for music! ELEKTRIK SUNSET's reverb induced sound fetches influences from Rock, Surf, Punk, Pop, Psychedelia & Eastern Europe to bring together an original organism. Music with fish hooks, driving rhythm, retro harmonies & melodic vocals described best by JJ Schultz as a hybrid of The Kinks & Dick Dale. Reward your character & psyche w/ the electic sounds of Elektrik Sunset! New CD, "Fish Dinner Party" is EKKSE's 3rd kick ass release! Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.elektriksunset.com/ Toy House - EP - LSR-182 New release in 2012 from San Francisco band Toy House. Their melodic, thoughtful tunes show insight into the modern world; their slow songs touch your heart deeply and their fast songs rock you hard. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.reverbnation.com/toyhouse
Fleeting Trance - 4 - LSR-114 Fleeting
Trance is the creation of Manasseh (Ma' NASA) Bernal, a Bay Area-based songwriter,
producer and multi-instrumentalist. A musical collage of styles, influences and
instrumentation depending on the song, Fleeting Trance refuses definition, category and
genre. I like to think we have multiple styles without blending them all into one
song, says Bernal. I don't think we are a one trick pony and I think the
longer people listen the more they understand what connects us to the various musical
forms/styles we are putting out there. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.fleetingtrance.com/
Alex James Muscat - Soundtracks - LSR-104 Sixteen instrumental compositions featuring lush orchestration pieces, bleak desert soundscapes and just a touch of circuit bending. Many hours were labored to put together this special album of emotional melodies and modern composition. A big departure from the American songwriting of the last three efforts. A milestone in AJM's musical evolution.
Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.muscatsound.com
Scott Robertson - Transom - LSR-213 One of San Francisco's finest guitar players Scott Robertson delivers an incredible album of organic songwriting and a bit of new wave production.
Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/scottyrnr Andy Mason - Rural Sun - LSR-143 California native Andy Mason is a little bit rock n' roll. Imagine sweeping pedal and lap steel guitars, standup bass with a bow, crisp acoustic guitars, brushes on a snare drum, muted trumpets, soothing and punchy female backing vocals.....and stories lots and lots of stories delivered with bold lyrical explosions surrounding California lawsuits, wrecked cars, scavenging birds, love on the blink, high maintenance nicknames of the tallest order, struggling against all odds in a system coming loose at the seams, beauty and utter contentment revealed at a first glance.
Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.andy-masontown.com/
Alex James Muscat - the ghost of electricity - LSR-103 Most of these songs were written in the final years of the 20th century and saw a few attempts at recording them over the last decade. A post-90's classic rock record, the ghost of electricity, was written, produced and performed by Alex James Muscat. Scott Robertson composed & performed additional guitars & vocals. Daren Wilkerson played drums & percussion. Manny Bernal played trumpet on 'Somehow complicated' & sang on 'Please don't'. Tom Hargarten played drums on 'Sold your soul'. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.muscatsound.com/
Fleeting Trance - Charm - LSR-113 Fleeting Trance's third CD explores elements of americana, folk, punk, rock, reggae and experimental soundscapes. No two performances are alike. A musical collage of styles, influences and instrumentation depending on the song, FT refuses definition, category and genre. I like to think we have multiple styles without blending them all into one song, says Bernal. I don't think we are a one trick pony and I think the longer people listen the more they understand what connects us to the various musical forms/styles we are putting out there.Track List: Read Record Review at Performer Mag! Artist Web Link: http://www.fleetingtrance.com
Hoptown - (self-titled) - LSR-611 Hoptown are from San Francisco Bay Area. It is the brain child of bassist/songwriter Roy Elder. The band began in 2006 as a musical collective of musicians who share a common interest in roots music. Through the course of a year the musicians collaborated with Roy in the studio to forge a sound using both electric and acoustic instrumentation. The result is a 10 song disc that digs deep into Americana and classic rock. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.hoptownhighway.com
Jon Bennett - Submarine - LSR-751 Jon Bennett paints a bleak landscape of the American experiences using a combination of classical finger picking and urban metaphors. Artist notes on Aquarium: the late great Los Angeles poet Steven Jessie Bernstein wrote a poem about a waterless aquarium in his apartment. It was full of dust, candy wrappers, melted army men, dead flies, etc., and he wrote the line "everything dies in there". The closeness of that small, bleak world in miniature inspired me to write the song Aquarium. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/jonathanbennett
Fleeting Trance - (self-titled) - LSR-112 Fleeting Trance is the songwriting & recording project of Oakland based, Manasseh Bernal. The group has been performing in the in Bay Area nightclub scene for more than 10 years. Organic and American, this collection of songs capture some of Manny's best songwriting and is treated well with some great preformances from a long list of musicians who were part of the line-up through the years. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.fleetingtrance.com/
Jesse Grant - Pigeonholed - LSR-001 Jesse Grant's studio debut, Pigeon holed is an examination in limitations, how they bend really for the good, the bad and the funny. The slippery slopes and frayed labels of our modern world may be simultaneously beloved and derided. "Like a New York bar band gene-spliced with the Pogues, Jesse Grant is boozy, slightly obnoxious but in an endearing way, old-school bluesy rock. In an age of pre-fab emo/scremo bands and self conscious hipsterism, Pigeonholed is a welcome little reminder that things weren't always this way" -Kirsty Evans:East Bay Express Track List: Artist Web Link: http://jessegrantmusic.blogspot.com/ OUT OF PRINT Moonbunnies - eleven - LSR-721 It is not often that we get the chance to hear a CD filled with as much energy and tenderness as Patrick Drayus' Moonbunnies. Drayus' lyrical innovation begins with such universal themes as love, anxiety, politics and longing and shifts gears with the playfulness of his magical wandering , aliens, rainbow eyes and the beautiful sublimity of love. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.electricballoon.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: BLACK-TAPE - TRASH - LSR-501 Some have described Black-Tape as a psychedelic rock experience, with churning riffs and a powerful rhythm section. The debut album TRASH features 11 tracks from the San Francisco based quartet, literally years in the making. With personnel changes, only playing live and enough ups/downs to already have a Behind The Music program. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.black-tape.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: John Predny - Pretty On The Outside - LSR-312 Predny's second album, Pretty On The Outside features John playing all the instruments. The album blends indie-rock stylings with keen musicianship and even a touch of circuit bending. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/jmpredny FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Jacopo De Nicola - Mai Come Ora - LSR-371 "Inspired by European cafe rock, Tropicalia and global rhythms, Jacopo manages on his debut cd to show a wide variety of styles and directions but keep it encapsulated as a satisfying whole. Treading a path between the baroque pop of Lucio Battisti and the frenetic rhythms of Manu Chao, Jacopo manages to charm with infectious songs sung in both Italian and English and unique instrumentation including mandolins, hand percussion, and some rather masterful kazoo playing! Nice! " (Aquarius Records review). Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.jacopodenicola.com/
John Predny - Dude in Distress - LSR-311 John Predny played trombone in the Marian Catholic marching and symphonic band, and sang in chorus and musical productions from 1991-1995. Attended the University of Florida under trombone scholarship and performed in the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Renaissance Ensemble, Marching Band, and Trombone Quartet as well as sang with the University Choir and Vocal Studio program. In 2000, moved to Chicago and sang with Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus (Parsifal, Aida, and Gotterdammerung), Grant Park Symphony Chorus, L'Opera Piccola, Sarasota Opera Apprentice Program, and La Musica Lirica in Urbania, Italy. Moved to San Francisco in 2008, began recording with Last Stop Records in August and formed a band in November 2008 Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.reverbnation.com/johnpredny OUT OF PRINT Fleeting Trance - 17 - LSR-111 Fleeting Trance are an oakland based band fronted by Manasseh Bernal. This album contains 17 original songs written and recorded over the last 10 years. When buying this record you save the lives of millions of oppressed people, puppy dogs, birds, and whales. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.fleetingtrance.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Andy Mason - Stories Told - LSR-142 This album "Andy Mason Stories Told" is collection of recently written folk songs from Andy Mason, who is a San Francisco Bay Area Native. Andy is a singer/songwriter/activist who crafts songs about politics, polution, human rights, and daily slice-of-life stories. The style of this album is a gritty folk, americana, alt-country vibe. Look for the sounds of guest bay area local musicians playing lilting Pianos, warm pedal steel guitars, bright telecasters, and thundering acoustic bass. Andy plays acoustic guitar and sings on all the tracks. Harp is played throughout the album but used on roughly half the tracks. Every song is done differently with a common human theme. Every "Story Told" is done in a unique style...Take your time pull up an easy chair and a glass of beer and listen to "Andy Mason Stories Told" Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.andy-masontown.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Andy Mason - Songs From Town - LSR-141 Andy Mason, is a local folk singer/songwriter/musician. A Bay Area native, his songs are crafted around local happenings, social movements, political issues, hometown pride and raw human experiences. Expect to here songs about the iraq war, pollution, frustrations with modern life, cops, women, booze, and being thirsty. His songs are reminiscent of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.andy-masontown.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Phil Void - Delusions of the pampered - LSR-771 Phil Void is a somewhat avant-rock collective....in the traditions of Pink Floyd, NIN or The Mars Volta. The groups sound on this current disc is eclectic, wide-ranging & ambitious... welding together elements of punk, free jazz, noise, electronica & metal. Equal measures challengeing, listenable and entirely facinating. An elaborate piece of conceptual music that portrays as much as it explores, with all the cosmic tendencies of grandoise art rock, off-set by sonically enhanced garage-beats and jarring electric outbursts. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.laststoprecords.com/PhilVoid FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Bernie Reilly - No Place to Hide- LSR-903 Reilly has just completed his fourth album, "No Place to Hide". On this latest collection he has reached new heights of songwriting by leaving the electric band sound behind and delving into the lyrical world of truth and self examination. With all of his flaws and worries unapologetically exposed, the level of honesty has given the album an intimate feel that will transport the listener to a musical world all its own. "So much of todays music is all flash and bravado", says Reilly. "With this album I really wanted to get back to the sounds and feelings that made me love music in the first place. Making music that you like for its own sake always seems to resonate better with the listener, as opposed to trying to second guess an audience's expectations. A melody or lyric that comes straight out of my unconscious musical hum will in the end be more catchy and classic than a premeditated construction." Reactions to early versions of No Place to Hide have confirmed that it represents a new degree of depth in Reilly's work. While still playing in various ensembles from rock to jazz to bluegrass, Reilly has begun to focus more and more on his solo shows. "I like the freedom of playing solo. It affords me the opportunity to change dynamics and repertoire without warning and really put a piece of myself out there, like it or not, for all to see." Tune in! Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/berniereilly FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Jack "Da Hat" Luna - that Night - LSR-331 Jack Luna is well known around San Franciscos North Beach clubs, his collection of hats and stylish vintage attire has earned him the name Jack Da Hat given to him by North Beachs own icon Carol Doda while performing at one of her shows. His singing style is like no other. Some say a cross between Louie Armstrong, Leon Redbone and Louis Jordan. Weather it be a classical standard or original jazz tune, Jack makes it his own with his distinctive sound. Influence by Peter (Pop) Walsh and the Stompy Jones band, Boz Scaggs, Louis Jordan and Fats Domino's New Orleans style boogie woogie, Jack delivers an unforgettable sound that will keep you wanting more. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.jackdahat.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Danny Scherr - Richmond Special - LSR-281 Danny Scherr's solo debut cd, Richmond Special, has received commercial and non-commercial airplay in the US and Europe, and his song "Fade Me In" recently appeared on KFOG's Local Scene Vol. 5. Danny has been writing and performing since high school, originally for NYC area punk band Chappaquiddick +5 which played CBGB's and opened for Channel 3, Kraut, the Cromags and HR of Bad Brains. While attending the University of Michigan, Danny began playing solo shows, gigging around Ann Arbor and opening for Soul Asylum in Detroit. Back in NYC after college, Danny started power pop band the Sky Violets, became part of Lach's East Village anti-folk scene, and played guitar and sang backup for Zane Campbell of the Ola Belle Reed/Guy Campbell bluegrass family. Since moving to San Francisco in the 90's, Danny has been playing full band and solo acoustic shows and wrote songs and recorded with Jon Wilkins, now of The Postmarks. In 2004 Danny's song "Maybe You're Gone" played over the end credits of movie "The Girl Next Door," starring Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert. The song appeared in the movie as covered by Cash Money artist Kevin Rudolf, then recording as Binocular. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.dannyscherr.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Ten To Six - Clockwork - LSR-471 In the early 90's the groups bombastic sound and crafty songwriting, fit right in to the hard rock/grunge scene made famous by such groups as Alice In Chains and Soundgarden. Tracks 1-3 recorded at squid hell, produced by eric micheal cohen. Tracks 4-6 recorded at Berklee College of Music, produced by brad mccarthy and Bob Nash. Tracks 7-13 recorded at 32 Desmond Street, produced by Alex Muscat, Tony Valli, Charlie Phillips & Andy Harris. compiled and remastered by Alex James Muscat for Last Stop Records. Track List: Artist Web Link: N/A Rocco B - Days Away - LSR-692 The first LP commercial release from Rocco Bovo. Features some of the best joints with a bunch of dope up and coming, hip hop beatmakers and rappers. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/roccob1 FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: JJ Schultz - Traveling Songs - LSR-193 Hailing from the Wisconsin Northwoods, JJ Schultz captures the lonesome middle-America landscape with the wry clarity of Nebraska era Springsteen. Schultzs wavering vibrato captures the snap shots of everyday people surviving the life of rural America. The dusty barrooms, the front porch steps and farmer's fields are images delivered with a subtle passion that's balanced between sparse guitar picking and a poignant vocal delivery that is as distinctive as Jay Farrar and Townes Van Zandt. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.jjschultz.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Rich Hubbard - Making the Grass Green - LSR-401 Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/richhubbardmusic OUT OF PRINT Elektrik Sunset - Weirdo Island - LSR-321 Recording of this record took place at Last Stop Records, San Francisco. Alex James Muscat was the engineer. Musicians are Joe Gusich on Guitar.Mandolin.Vox.Drums, Accordion & AJM on Bass Guitar. EKKSE's reverb induced sound fetches influences from Rock, Surf, Psychedelia, Pop & Eastern Europe to bring together an original orgasm. Quirky alternative rock which is at times very dark and catchy with lots of little extra ear candy sounds and ideas.' Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.elektriksunset.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Bryan Harrison - Raw Tracks - LSR-391 A Bay Area native, guitarist, singer and songwriter Bryan Harrison has built a strong reputation within the San Francisco music community. Established as a diverse song writer, drawing from his own life experience as well as from issues of the day, Bryan shapes his poignant material with musical colors that draw his fans in. An adept guitar player, he more often than not chooses song structure and chord progressions that go beyond the typical singer/songwriter. His warm vocals add a richness that makes his songs even more meaningful. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.bryanharrison.net/ The JJ Schultz Band - Somthing to me - LSR-192 "Something To Me" (Last Stop Records) has a full, roving and rattling sound in the footsteps of Crazy Horse, without it sounding too heavy. Meaning it sounds exactly right. The endless row of telephone poles on the album cover already indicates that endless travelling is the overall theme of this great CD. And yes, the great leaving; the unwanted goodbye. Over the course of ten songs Schultz uncovers the white underbelly of today's America. The narrative, syrupy songs have titles like Ol' Billy The Cab Driver, He Drives and The Lonesome Truck driver, and from a musical standpoint the JJ Schultz Band swings like the proverbial train with its destination somewhere close to Sixteen Horsepower or even The Gun Club. Ballads are also safe in JJ's hands because slide, electrical guitar and Schultz' melancholy touch to the core. The cover of Ol' '55 is slightly superfluous, but you get full compensation by the tearing gallop of Drinkin' You Off My Mind: 'George Jones where are you now? I need you in my desperate hour.' Something To Me places JJ Schultz among unknown but very much loved country-rocking troubadours such as Steve Wedemeyer, Nels Andrews, Thomas Denver Jonsson, David Wolfenberger or Ramsey Midwood. What's great about Something To Me is that Schultz proves his capacity of not only creating wonderful country folk songs but also superior grating and enticing country rock songs Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.jjschultz.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Scott Robertson
- Folklore - LSR-212 Recorded and produced by Clayton Bigham, except "fairy Tale" and "Let Us Kiss This Goodbye", which were recorded on a four track in Scott's bedroom in November 1997. ©2000-2001 martian-mind Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/scottyrnr FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Scott Robertson
- Soul Lover - LSR-211 Also Known as Scotty Rocknroll is a solo artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He works with many local musicians FLEETING TRANCE ... BLAIR HANSEN ... THE WILDLIFE ... JAMES COLLEY ... JJ SCHULTZ ... TALL SHADOWS ...LVEO. Soul Lover ©2005 martian-mind Scott Robertson - vocals, guitar James Colley - bass Robert Johnson - drums Recording Engineer - Trevor Contreras Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/scottyrnr FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: James Colley - California Skin - LSR-151 James Colley is a singer/songwriter who brings together southern roots and a California upbringing to create a sound that is part rock and part classic country. Raised in Bakersfield, James found his musical inspiration in the works of Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, The Stones and Lou Reed. James' vocal style is rebellious, reminiscent of many of country music's greats, but his true musical talent rests squarely in his songwriting abilities. The debut album, California Skin, brings superb lyrical arrangements that flaunt a youthful enthusiasm along with true Americana grit. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.jamescolley.com FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Andy Padlo - Love's Dark Satellite - LSR-171 "Padlo's guitar playing sounds like the part-time work of half a lifetime fretting the five string. It always provides a solid foundation for the rest of the music on the album, and occasionally it claims the spotlight in solo work ("You Don't Have to Tell Me" and "Fire in My Belly" are notable examples.). Another nice surprise on this album is a good waltz ("She's Already Made up Your Mind"). Between the slower songs filled with yearning and the git-up-an-go tunes ("Fire in My Belly"), this well-done waltz makes me want to grab my wife and make small circles in the living room. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/AndyPadlo FOLLOW MERCHANT LINKS TO PREVIEW & PURCHASE: Toy House - Desert Road - LSR-181 Toy House got 2 letters after released previous cd. One was from Jannet Billig (famous as a manager of Nirvana) said "I listened your CD and I think your talented." And another one was from Pete "Luv" Farmer, Sr.VP; A&R of Arista Records said "After listened to the material (we've received), there's no question that serious talent is definitely demonstrated." Now, "Desert Road" is Toy House's debout CD from Last Stop Records. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.reverbnation.com/toyhouse
Joey Sunset - Sunburn - LSR-322 Originally of San Pedro, a surf suburb of Los Angeles, Joe Gusich began his trailmix of music as an accomplished accordionist. As a drummer he has kept Beats with Rock and Surf bands in L.A. & San Francisco. Bands to his credit include: Prophet, Street Urchins, BonJoeVic, The Shoulder Hoppers, Mongoloid, and The Walk-Ups & The New Black Trio. A claim to fame was with the Surfabilly Sound of Elvis Cant Surf and the release of their CD, Nice Trunks while opening for Surf Guitar Legend Dick Dale at the Roxy, Hollywood. Later in SF, Joe & JJ Schultz formed the acoustic duo BullJive! playing local venues in SF & the Bay area as well as a cross-country tour in 03. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.elektriksunset.com
JJ Schultz - Bustin' outa town - LSR-191 JJ Schultz's new album Bustin' Outa Town is a great mix of american musical traditions. His song are written with the smoothness and clarity that reminds a listener of the great Townes Van Zant and his sad cowboy tunes of the sixties and seventies. And JJ sings with grit and tenacity that would make Willie Nelson proud, all the while playing and picking his nylon string Talyor in such a style that would make the country legend shed a smile I'm sure. But while JJ may invoke memories of the great cowboy singer-songwriters, he certainly is his own man and his own voice. His songs tread through Americana, and the experiences of growing up in the midwest. They are mix of experiences on the personal, family, and K9 level. Whether were ridin' with them across the Dakota Plains in the title track "Bustin' outa town," or sitting in a old hotel room with'm in the Great North Woods in "Need a pen," at everystep along the way we feel more and more connected to the characters of these ballads, and JJ is the one who puts us there. His music is sad at times and hilarious at others, often forcing up deep memories in our own lives. I picked up this album a couple of days before driving from San Francisco to Austin, and their could not have been a better choice of music to coast me through the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico and on into the Texas Hill Country. JJ Schultz is a force that will be heard, and his is a voice that certainly needs to be heard. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.jjschultz.com
Bernie Reilly - Amatuer Tools - LSR-902 Reilly's compositions are both unique and classic, reflecting the influences of his heroes as well as a creativity stemming from the love of all styles of music from classical and jazz, to blues, folk, and funk. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/berniereilly
Bernie Reilly - Local Hero - LSR-901 Reilly's compositions are both unique and classic, reflecting the influences of his heroes as well as a creativity stemming from the love of all styles of music from classical and jazz, to blues, folk, and funk. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/berniereilly
Neil Howard - Sides - LSR-702 "...Singer/songwriter Neil Howard has been described as a combination of Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and David Bowie, but if Richard Butler had ever performed acoustic torch songs such complicated comparisons would not be necessary. Like Butler, Howard possesses a voice that is, at once, rough around the edges and perfectly melodic, and while Howard eschews politics and social commentary in favor of matters of the heart, in his world, love is equally sad, mad, and corrupt...Howard's songs are not a vague sonic conveyance for his voice or his words. They are fully realized -- dare I say -- pop songs, slowed down and drawn out with melancholic sophistication, tense arrangements, and wistful restraint. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.neilhowardmusic.com/
The New Black Trio - EP - LSR-701 "...Singer/songwriter Neil Howard has been described as a combination of Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and David Bowie, but if Richard Butler had ever performed acoustic torch songs such complicated comparisons would not be necessary. Like Butler, Howard possesses a voice that is, at once, rough around the edges and perfectly melodic, and while Howard eschews politics and social commentary in favor of matters of the heart, in his world, love is equally sad, mad, and corrupt...Howard's songs are not a vague sonic conveyance for his voice or his words. They are fully realized -- dare I say -- pop songs, slowed down and drawn out with melancholic sophistication, tense arrangements, and wistful restraint. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.neilhowardmusic.com/
Lullaby Crush - Why On Earth - LSR-801 "With huge anthemic acoustic guitars, twin female vocals, it can only be some sort of power pop version of the Dixie Chicks,a soccer mom [and] Thelma & Louise hell bent on feeling good about themselves. 'Sunday Sadness' is a welcome change of pace, a weekend afternoon drift of a song...often the songs have an irresistible urgency to them." - David Cowling Americana UK Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.laststoprecords.com/LullabyCrush/
Alex James Muscat - Sad Songs & Dedications - LSR-102 ...this particular set of songs deliver angsty, post-grunge in a classic rock format before falling off the edge of the world... Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.muscatsound.com
Bob O' Magic - LVEO - LSR-121 14 talented underground San Francisco artists join a man with tremendous presence, supporting his soaring melodies and rich baritone voice with a melange of dark rock n' roll that you can't avoid. Track List: Artist Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/bobomagic
LSR - 131 - Various Artists - San Francisco Challenge 2002 LSR - 101 - Alex James Muscat - BLUEPRINT
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