Anyway Records Archive:

pleased as punch to have Connections and WV White taking part in the Flyover Fest as well as being asked by Two Dollar Radio. info here: https://www.theflyoverfest.com/

St. Lenox plays this Friday with The Speaking Suns, who hail from Yellow Springs, Ohio. Speaking Suns have released one LP that is sold out and their Anyway debut comes out this summer. 

Tomorrow WV White will release their follow-up to their self-titled debut, with NPR already jumping on the bandwagon and the U.K. magazine Bearded comparing the new record to The Replacements and Guided by Voices, we are very thrilled with this record. Available at finer independent record shops and Amazon, I-Tunes etc, or order from: https://midheaven.com/item/house-of-spiritual-athletes-by-wv-white.

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/11/523394175/songs-we-love-wvwhite-drag-down

WV White will release their sophomore LP, “House of Spiritual Athletes” on April 21 through Revolver USA. Two years in the making, the record continues the band’s excellent noisy-scrubby sound that won them praise from Impose, StillSingle, Fuckin Record Reviews and ended up on many best of 2014 lists.  Vinyl is limited to 300 copies. 

pre-order here:

https://midheaven.com/item/house-of-spiritual-athletes-by-wv-white

CATCH ST. LENOX AT SXSW, WED. 3/14 @ UNCLE DOUG’S & AUNT MARLA’S UTTERLY DISAPPOINTING HARDCORE MATINEE @ THE SIDEBAR (1:30PM-SOLO), THE ASIAN-AMERICAN SXSW SHOWCASE @ LAMBERT’S DOWNTOWN BARBECUE on THUR. 3/15 (11pm-with band). Meanwhile read this great interview with Chicago divorce lawyer in Bloomberg Law. https://bol.bna.com/lawyerrocker-to-play-sxsw-showcase/

Very happy to see Earwig premiere another long-form video from “Pause for the Jets” on the excellent BrooklynVegan site. Filmed in Athens, Ohio and the most excellent ACE OF CUPS nightclub in Columbus, this dream-like video features Drag-Queen/GLBT activist Nina West and company along with members of Earwig. You can purchase the record/CD at finer independent record stores, https://midheaven.com/item/pause-for-the-jets-by-earwig or digital outlets such as ITUNES or AMAZON.

Mary Lynn’s “My Animal” has been getting a great deal of play in the U.K. with some nice plugging from Spotify, she recently inked a licensing agreement with our old friends at Bank Robber Music (who also work with Merge, Numero and Thrill Jockey). This is her first video from her Mug & Brush Sessions.

http://bankrobbermusic.com/blog/2017/01/a-bank-robber-music-world-premiere-featuring-mary-lynn

2016 has been a very exciting year for Anyway with well received records from Connections, St. Lenox, Mary Lynn, Earwig and Closet Mix. St. Lenox, Connections, Mary Lynn and Earwig have already appeared on several best-of-the-year lists including Popmatters, All Music, Blurt, WFDU and more. All these titles can be ordered on LP through midheaven.com or by messaging us. For a limited time, you can purchase all four titles (St. Lenox “Ten Hymns”, Connections “Midnight Run”, Mary Lynn “My Animal” and Earwig “Pause for the Jets feat. Lydia Loveless on one track”) for $40 postage included. If you are interested in a limited Anyway tee-shirt designed by Nicholas Nocera (Alison Rose) or a silkscreen Anyway 25th Anniversary poster please message: [email protected] (paypal is the same address)

St. Lenox releases his follow-up today after his well received debut “Ten Songs of Memory and Hope”, early praise for “Ten Hymns”

Stereogum:  “Choi’s voice is one of the most striking instruments in music today, a harsh and commanding howl that reminds me of John Darnielle, Michael Stipe, and Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart but is something entirely its own.  His subject matter is equally transfixing and unique, a mix of queer love songs, protest music, and savvy observations about the modern American experience.”

Consequence of Sound:  Top 10 Songs of the Week

Vulture:  This Week’s Best New Music

John Darnielle: “St. Lenox is so good and should be massively famous and revered.”

Bloomberg Big Law Business:  “This Thurgood Marshall ode is unexpectedly catchy.”

Noisey/VICE:  “St. Lenox, he of the nasal baritone and piercingly observant quotidian lyrics, is back … ‘People From Other Cultures’ is not an easy song, but like all of Choi’s music, it’s casually beautiful.”

http://flyt.it/stlenoxpreorder

Earwig’s duet with Lydia Loveless “wasted on you” makes Stereogum’s top five songs of the week, listen and enjoy (and pre-order the record from midheaven.com)

The 5 Best Songs Of The Week