Pitch-A-Tent
Pitch-A-Tent records was started by the members of Camper Van Beethoven in 1985. The label was closed when CVB disbanded in 1990. In 1994 Velena Vego and David Lowery decided to resurrect the label. For the next few (frustrating) years the label existed as an "imprint" of Virgin Records and Caroline Records, releasing records by Sticky, The Seymores, and Lauren Hoffman. In 1999, Pitch-A-Tent wound up its contract with Virgin, and the label is once again completely independent.
Koester
Former Punchdrunk frontman Steve Koester offers husky, stripped-down songs about the
hollowness you feel inside as a relationship comes to an end. The music has a rural feel to it -- think heavily rutted dirt roads and the smell of honeysuckle -- that is somehow the perfect complement to its lyrical desolation.
Oh! Turpentine
The Wee Turtles
Super catchy, sunshiny guitar pop out of Athens, Georgia full of Beach Boys bounce, "everything's fine" carelessness, and adolescent cheekiness. This is the sound of your second beer on a cloudless May afternoon. The sky is blue, the grass smells good, so why worry about anything else?
This Land Is Your Land
