Friday, April 29, 2011

Cactus Newsletter (April 27th-May 3rd)

My Little Easter/Snow Bunnies—

Missing: One spring. Green, warm personality, answered to “Ahhhhhhh…” – last seen under 6” of snow. If found, please send him home, we miss him!  


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CACTUS NEWS


            *New Tickets:

--Tickets are now in for the legendary Steve Earle on June 13th at the Emerson. Touring with Earle are his backing band The Dukes, including singer/songwriter (and Earle's wife) Allison Moorer.

--Tickets in for Grammy nominated rapper Afroman at the Zebra on May 5th!
           

            *Cactus Free All-ages In-store performances:

-- Thursday May 19th @ 4pm : a Midnight Drive, Little Giants, No Friend on the Ocean

- a Midnight Drive:  Formed in May of 2009 A Midnight Drive is a Montana band out of Boulder MT with something to prove. With a raw, aggressive, but still melodic style they are doing just that. With two tours under their belt AMD has played over 50 shows across the United States in promotion of their first self titled EP.                    
Reverbnation.com/amidnightdrive  
Myspace.com/amidnightdrive

- Little Giants are a female vocalist-led pop-punk band from Missoula: .Facebook.com/littlegiantsusa

- No Friend on the Ocean:  pop-punk from Billings: Myspace.com/nofriendontheocean

            *This Weeks Shows:

--On Thursday, Friday and Saturday The Best of Broad Comedy will be at the Emerson. A look back at the best of the Broads, hosted by Pulitzer-Prize winning syndicated newspaper columnist Ellen Goodman.

--On Friday the Ticket To Life-Off, Cure For the Common's CD release party featuring special guests Landlocked will be in the Emerson Ballroom.

--Also on Friday, the Bozeman premiere of the documentary Butte: The Original will be held at the Ellen Theater.  Ten years in the making, Butte: The Original has been called “...a personal look at [Butte's] rich history and its people,”   Check out the trailer --> "Butte: The Original"

--Saturday, Junip, featuring Swedish-Argentinian folk singer/songwriter JoseGonzales, will be at the Filling Station. This is show is selling quickly, and we most likely will sell out in advance.

--Also on Saturday indie hip-hop duo Dead Prez will be at the Zebra. Dead Prez are known for their socially conscious lyrics focusing on corporate control of the media, especially in the recording industry. 

--On Sunday the Bozeman Film Festival presents “An Unfinished Film” a German documentary re-examining the unfinished 1942 Nazi propaganda film on the Warsaw Ghetto. See the trailer here --> "An Unfinished Film"

For more details, and a complete list of upcoming shows on sale at Cactus

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-- --Flava-less chicken, A stream of Hotsauce, and a punk farewell all this and more here in “Rock News”

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--The Beatles dissolve, Mama gives birth, and POP flops, all that in more here in “This Week in Rock History”

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--New picks from your favorite music authorities, the Cactus Records staff --> here


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CACTUS TOP SELLERS

            1) Foo Fighters—Wasting Lights
            2) Paul Simon—So Beautiful, or So What
            3) Atmosphere--Family Sign 
            4) Alison Krauss &Union Station—Paper Airplane
            5) TV on The Radio—Nine Types of Light
            6) Gorillaz—Fall
            7) Radiohead—King of Limbs
            8) Steve Earle—I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
            9) Robbie Robertson—How to Become Clairvoyant
            10) Swollen Memebers--Dagger Mouth

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ISIS TITLES for APRIL
(All titles in the Isis listening station
Are $2 off all month long)

Aliexi Murdoch—Towards the Sun
Between the Buried and Me—Best of…
Alexander—Alexander
Ray Davies—See My Friends
Noah & the Whale—Last Night on Earth
Amos Lee—Mission Bell
Sucker Punch—Motion Picture Soundtrack
Beady Eye—Different Gear, Still Speeding
The Mountain Goats—All Eternals Deck
Joe Bonamassa—Dust Bowl
Yellowjackets—Timeline
The Dears—Degeneration

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Artists with NEW RELEASES for April 2011*
AVAI LABLE AT CACTUS RECORDS

Check out New Releases Now for samples of this week's new releases. This week features tracks
by Andy Snitzer, The Belle Brigade, Ben Waters, Blackfield, Bob Schneider, Broken By Fire, Del The Funkee Homosapien, Dengue Fever, Dub Sonata, Duff McKagen's Laoded, Former Thieves, Gabby Young & the Other Animals, Gorillaz, Kimberly Caldwell, My Goodness, Pearson Sound/Ramadanman, Plan B, The Steve Miller Band, Symfonia, Winds of Plague, Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers

For a complete list of new releases --> click here
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Cactus Newsletter (April 20th-April 25th)


My Little Platter Spinners—

Best. Record. Store. Day. Ever!

Special thanks to the bands (Little Jane, Meatskin Jubilee Jug Band, This Is Boring with Hats, Dub Sultan, Black Mask, Landlocked, and Hillstomp) and everyone who came out and made this years event something to remember. We couldn’t do it without you.

Just because Record Store Day is over doesn’t mean the fun has to stop! We’ve got new vinyl coming in all the time, regular in-stores (including 1 May 19th), special events, and all the good stuff! There’s never a bad time to come visit your favorite neighborhood record shop (except when we’re closed, then it becomes breaking and entering, and that looks terrible on a resume!)

Hope to see you soon!

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CACTUS NEWS
*New Tickets:

--Tickets now available for the film Butte: The Original “... a poignant, uplifting perspective on Butte’s history, spirit and the people who make Butte such a special place”

--On Friday morning tickets will go on sale for the legendary Steve Earle & the Dukes at the Emerson on June 13. This show will sell quickly! Tickets go on sale 10am, April 22nd! Don't delay!
*This Weeks Shows:

--Thursday the Bozeman Film Festival will be showing the film “When We Leave ( Die Fermde).” The German selection for Best Foreign Film in 2010, When We Leave tells the story of May, 25, who is “..torn between two cultures when she leaves her abusive husband and takes their young son, Cem, from Istanbul to her family home in Germany. Seeking refuge with her parents, Umay hopes to start anew, but her family disapproves. Turmoil erupts when Umay’s family decides to return Cem to his father.” See the trailer here

--On Friday downtempo/electronica/dance band Signal Path will hit the Zebra Cocktail Lounge for their 2nd Bozeman appearance.
* In-store Performance at Cactus

--On Thursday May 19th at 4pm, A Midnight Drive, Little Giants, and No Friend on the Ocean will perform a free, all ages, in-store showcase at Cactus Records. A Midnight Drive, who formed in May of 2009, is a Montana band out of Boulder MT with something to prove, and with a raw, aggressive, but still melodic style they are doing just that. With two tours under their belt AMD has played over 50 shows across the United States in promotion of their first self titled EP. (Reverbnation.com/amidnightdrive, Myspace.com/amidnightdrive)

Little Giants are a female vocalist-led pop-punk band from Missoula. (Facebook.com/littlegiantsusa)

No Friend on the Ocean: pop-punk from Billings (Myspace.com/nofriendontheocean)

*For more details, and a complete list of upcoming shows click here:

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-- Shins return, Spector tries again to be tried again, and Dave Grohl destroys the tapes, all this and more here --> “Rock News”

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THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY 

--Cass collapses, A Stone avoids jail by not being seen in concert, and the Thunders stop, all that in more here --> “This Week in Rock History”

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--New picks from your favorite music authorities, the Cactus Records staff here --> Employee Picks


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CACTUS TOP SELLERS

1) Foo Fighters—Wasting Lights
2) Kills—Blood Pressure
3) Paul Simon—So Beautiful, or So What
4) Alison Krauss &Union Station—Paper Airplane
5) Radiohead—King of Limbs
6) Robbie Robertson—How To Become Clairvoyant
7) Atmosphere—Family Sign
8) Gorillaz—Fall
9) G. Love—Fixin' to Die
10) TV on The Radio—Nine Types of Light
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ISIS TITLES for APRIL
(All titles in the Isis listening station
Are $2 off all month long)

Aliexi Murdoch—Towards the Sun
Between the Buried and Me—Best of…
Alexander—Alexander
Ray Davies—See My Friends
Noah & the Whale—Last Night on Earth
Amos Lee—Mission Bell
Sucker Punch—Motion Picture Soundtrack
Beady Eye—Different Gear, Still Speeding
The Mountain Goats—All Eternals Deck
Joe Bonamassa—Dust Bowl
Yellowjackets—Timeline
The Dears—Degeneration

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Artists with NEW RELEASES for April 2011*
AVAI LABLE AT CACTUS RECORDS

Check out New Releases Now for samples of this week's new releases. This week features tracks
by Andy Snitzer, The Belle Brigade, Ben Waters, Blackfield, Bob Schneider, Broken By Fire, Del The Funkee Homosapien, Dengue Fever, Dub Sonata, Duff McKagen's Laoded, Former Thieves, Gabby Young & the Other Animals, Gorillaz, Kimberly Caldwell, My Goodness, Pearson Sound/Ramadanman, Plan B, The Steve Miller Band, Symfonia, Winds of Plague, Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers

For a complete list click here


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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Cactus Newsletter (April 13th-April 19th)

My Little 45s—

It’s that time of year again, everyone’s favorite new holiday, Record Store Day! So decorate the record player, put out the milk-and-cookies out for Ozzy, and head down to Cactus Records for a day of free live music, special indie-only releases, prizes, give-aways (including a USB turntable!), good vibrations and warm fuzzies.

As Official Record Store Day Ambassador Ozzy Osbourne put it: “Record Store Day [mumble, mumble] an important part of [mumble, something, something, mumble] history. That is why [mumble, mumble] will always [some more mumbling, followed by a word that sounded like “flugelhorn” but could have just been Ozzy clearing his throat] corn-dog! Sharron, where are my [edited] shoes? Has anyone seen my [edited] shoes?”

I couldn’t have put it better myself!

For a complete line-up, starting time, list of special releases, some more coherent quotes about record stores and much more click here --> Record Store Day!

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CACTUS NEWS

            * Events:

--4th Annual Record Store Day is this Saturday, April 16th; and Cactus Records is celebrating in style! Music starts at noon with Little Jane and The Pistol Whips and continues all day, cumulating with very special headliners Hillstomp. There will also be prizes, give-aways, (including a USB turntable) special indie-only releases (these are limited and go on sale at 10am when we open) and so much more. Come down early and make a day of it. For more information, click here--> Record Store Day!


            *This Weeks Shows:

--On Thursday, Bozeman’s favorite “New-timey, old-timey” stringband, Pert Near Sandstone, from Minnesota, will be heading back to the Filling Station.

--Then on Friday country act, Aces Up, will be playing the Filling Station with special guests The Tom Cook Band.

--On Saturday, Record Store Day headliners Hillstomp will be following up their Cactus appearance with a full set of low-fi punk/blues at the ever popular Filling Station. Don’t miss out!

--On Tuesday the Bozeman Film Festival will be showing the award winning Japanese film Hula Girls at the Emerson. Proceeds from this show will help benefit victims of Japan’s recent tragedies.

--Finally, also on Tuesday, Mofro co-founder and guitarist Daryl Hance will be at the Filling Station for an evening of down-home blues. Special guest Till Wilis will open the show.


*For more details, and a complete list of upcoming shows on sale at Cactus
click here--> Ticket List

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-- Ozzy in trouble with the IRS, Gucci Mane arrested, Stones reunite and White Stripes set to release final concert, all this and more in Rock News, click here---> Rock News

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--Bob goes solo, Stills spills, Cher Gets an Oscar, and Sonny gets an office, all that in more here --> This Week In Rock History

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--New picks from your favorite music authorities, the Cactus Records staff  here--> Employee Picks


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CACTUS TOP SELLERS

            1) Radiohead—King of Limbs
            2) Kills—Blood Pressure
            3) Punch Brothers--Antifogmatic
            4) DJ Nu-Mark—Take Me With You
            5) G. Love—Fixin' To Die
            6) Adele—21
            7) REM—Collapse Into Now
            8) Justin Townes Earle—Harlem River Blues
            9) Treme—Music From the Television Series
            10) Barton Hollows—Civil Wars

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ISIS TITLES for APRIL
(All titles in the Isis listening station
Are $2 off all month long)

Aliexi Murdoch—Towards the Sun
Between the Buried and Me—Best of…
Alexander—Alexander
Ray Davies—See My Friends
Noah & the Whale—Last Night on Earth
Amos Lee—Mission Bell
Sucker Punch—Motion Picture Soundtrack
Beady Eye—Different Gear, Still Speeding
The Mountain Goats—All Eternals Deck
Joe Bonamassa—Dust Bowl
Yellowjackets—Timeline
The Dears—Degeneration

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Artists with NEW RELEASES for April 2011*
AVAI LABLE AT CACTUS RECORDS

Check out New Releases Now for samples of this week's new releases. This week features tracks by Agnes Obel, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Azam Ali, Ben Allison, Conflicted, Cypherseer, Del McCouty & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Garage a Trios, The Goldberg Sisters, Jamaica, James Leg, Joan as Police Woman, Meat Puppets, Monsta, Noel Gourdin, The One AM Radio, Paul Simon, Rebirth Brass Band, Red Fang, Sarah Jaffe, Too Late the Hero, The Threws 

This weeks new releases include: Paul Simon, Foo Fighters, Allison Krauss & Union Station, Atmosphere, Swollen Members, TV on the Radio, Bob Dylan (Live) and more, for a complete list of new releases here--> Cactus New Releases
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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Record Store Day

*4th annual National Record Store Day
The 4th annual National Record Store Day is Saturday April the 16th, 2011. Each year on Record Store Day, hundreds of independent record stores across the country celebrate the culture and unique place that they occupy in their local communities.
*Record Store Day Celebration at Bozeman’s “Cactus Records”
Locally-owned Cactus Records will be buzzing all day with the sale of exclusive limited edition CD & Vinyl releases created just for Record Store Day, free giveaways of music memorabilia & other shwag, door prizes, and free all-ages in-store live performances by local and nationally-known musicians.
*Cactus’ RSD Live In-store Performances
This year’s line-up of performers at Cactus will begin at 12 noon with new acts starting at the top of every hour.
 
  Cactus Records music line up:
 
*Exclusive Record Store Day Product
Exclusive Record Store Day product this year includes releases from artists such as The 13th Floor Elevators, AC/DC, Adele, Architecture in Helsinki, Bad Brains, Syd Barrett, Beady Eye, Bibio/Clark, Black Angels, Blitzen Trapper, Built to Spill, Budriver, Caribou, The Cars, Civil Wars, Eric Clapton, Dennis Coffee, Matt Costa, Country Joe & the Fish, Death Cab for Cutie, Decemberists, Deerhoof, Deftones, Dengue Fever, Derek & the Dominos, Dio, John Doe, The Doors, Duran Duran, Bob Dylan, Justin Townes Earle, Steve Earle, John Fahey, Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac, Flogging Molly, Flying Lotus, Foo Fighters, Mike Gordon, Gorillaz, Grateful Dead, Green Day/Husker Du, Grinderman, Guided by Voices, John Hammond, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Jimmy Eat World, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Joan of Arc, The Kills, Kings of Leon, Mastodon, Matt & Kim, John Mayall & Eric Clapton, Midlake, Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Nickel Creek, Nirvana, Of Montreal, Roy Orbison, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Phish, Pink Floyd, Queen, R.E.M. Rancid, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Rolling Stones, Rush, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Paul Simon, Sonic Youth, Regina Spektor, Bruce Springsteen, Superchunk, Peter Tosh, Velvet Underground, White Stripes, Hank Williams III, & the Yarbirds – just to name a few.
Most of these are pressed in very limited quantities, with participating stores (and thus their customers) unable to get everything on their lists. The limited nature of these items increases the demand to fans and collectors looking for something unique by their favorite artists, often resulting in customers forming lines outside of their local store hours before the doors open. Because of this, participating stores are required to sign a contract agreeing to not hold or hoard product, price-gauge, sell it online, or sell it before Record Store Day.
The majority of these releases are vinyl, some 7” singles, others the less common 10” pressing, and many 12” vinyl singles and full-length albums. These all have full-color jackets, and many are on colored vinyl – a holy grail for collectors.
To read information on and see cover art for some of this year's exclusive Record Store Day product, click here (being updated daily!): http://www.recordstoreday.com/Page/620
Sales, prizes, and giveaways are also a regular feature at Record Store Day, with grab-bags of promotional CDs, stickers, posters, and other shwag free to customers while supplies last.
Cactus will hold drawings for door prizes every hour, some of which are donated by musicians and record labels, and others donated by other small local businesses in the community, with the grand prize being an ION PT-01 digital turntable (record player).
*Why Buy at Indie Retail?
Record Store Day is a celebration of the culture of small independent record stores, their customers, and their communities. Large corporate chain music and box-stores are excluded.
Regular customers of independent record stores often find the chains to be stale and their inventories too homogenized, ignoring customers whose tastes tend to lie outside of the current pop charts. Independent stores offer more obscure artists, non-pop genres, collectibles and older catalog titles.
While many of these customers use the internet to explore and download music, they find something lacking in the purely digital format. Added pleasure is found in the look, feel, smell, and increased sound quality of CDs and vinyl, as well is in the simple act of the searching through inventory of a well-stocked record store, likening the experience to a quest or archaeological dig.
gThe idea of 'The journey is the destination' is put into action by browsing in an indie record store” notes professional comedian, actor, and music fan Patton Oswalt.
Record Stores provide a social outlet where fans can intermingle with like-minded individuals and learn about releases from the knowledgeable staff.
Click here http://www.recordstoreday.com/Quotes?type=Artist to read more praise about indie record stores
More information about Record Store Day, its history, and its mission statement, can be found at www.recordstoreday.com.
To see a video message from the Ambassador of Record Store Day 2011, Ambassador Ozzy Osbourne,click here: http://www.recordstoreday.com/NewsItem/2326
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

New Releases

New Releases for
April/May 2011


04/05/11
Avant, Blueprint, Ray Charles (live Re-issue), Ray Davies (of Kinks), Miles Davis (B.O.), DJ Tiesto, Easy Star All-Stars, Bill Emerson, FM Static, Grateful Dead (compltn), ha Ha Tonka, Hollywood Undead, Hot Tuna, Ill Bill, J-Rocc, The Kills, Kingdom Come, Albert King (B.O.), The Kinks (Dlx Re-issues x3), Kool Keith, Lucky Luciano, The Marshall Tucker Band (B.O.), Midlake (Late Night Tales), Mumford & Sons (Dlx Edtn), Nonpoint, Omar Santana, (VA) “Putumayo Presents Rumba Mambo & Cha Cha Cha,” Rasputina (rarities), The Raveonettes, Robbie Robertson, Leon Russell (B.O.), (VA) “Tron Legacy Sndtrk: Re-configured (Rmxs),” Rush (Dlx Re-issue w/ DVD), The Smithereens, Third World, more!

4/12/11
Atmosphere, Autechre (EPs re-issue on 1), Bass Drum of Death, Bell X1, The Church (Dlx re-issue), Nels Cline (of Wilco), Crystal Stilts, Bob Dylan (live 1963), The Feelies, Foo Fighters, Garage a Trois, Giant Sand (Re-issues), Glasvegas, Gypsyblood, Jimi Hendrix (re-issue),Alison Krauss, Femi Kuti, Jason Isbell (formerly of Drive-by Truckers), Jonny, Joan as Policewoman, K.D. Lang, Lake, Low, Del McCoury, Meat Puppets, Panda Bear (of Animal Collective), John Oates, Pentagram, Paul Simon, Phish (live 2010 x2), Pour Habit, Rebirth Brass Band, Sonny & the Sunsets, Superchunk, Swollen Members, Thursday, Too Late the Hero, TV on the Radio, Vivian Girls, more!

4/19/11
Blackfield, Cam’ron, Charlatans UK (live), Chevelle, Dan the Automator (Lovage re-issue), Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Dengue Fever, Gorillaz, Woodie Guthrie (live ’49), The Heavenly States, I’m from Barcelona, iiO, Johnny Ca$h (Thizz), Killing Joke (live), The Kinks (re-issues), Kool G Rap, KRS-One, Lenka, Les Nubians, Mac Dre, Duff McKagan, MF Doom (re-issue), Steve Miller, Montrose (re-issue), Plan B, Pete Seeger (live ’60), Brian Setzer, Ralph Stanley, Smoov-E, Superchunk, , Raffi, Too Slim & the Taildraggers, Allen Toussaint, more!

4/26/11
The Airborne Toxic Event, Boris (x2), Bowling for Soup, BT, Dennis Coffey, Bootsy Collins, Daedelus, Derek & the Dominos (Dlx Re-), Dirty Vegas, Dub is a Weapon, Steve Earle, Explosions in the Sky, Florence & the Machine (Dlx), Bill Frisell, Tom Glazer, Holly Go Lightly (re-issue), Emylou Harris, Eric Johnson, Karsh Kale, KMFDM, Mindless Self Indulgence, Of Montreal (ep), Roy Orbison (B.O.), Otep, Prefuse 73, (VA) “Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby Renditions of the Flaming Lips,” Silverstein, Swingin’ Utters, T. Rex (re-issues), Thao & Mirah, The Rolling Stones (Box Set), The Globes, Tindersticks, (B.O.), Times New Viking, Whiskey Myers, Robert Wyatt, Younger Brother, more!

05/03/11
Architecture in Helsinki, Beastie Boys, Brandi Carlile (live), Fleet Foxes, Galactic (live), Eliza Gilkyson, Gorilla Zoe, INXS, Wanda Jackson (B.O.), Dave Matthews (live), Morrissey (B.O.), Stevie Nicks, James Pants, Loudon Wainwright III (box set), Sixx: A.M., more!

05/10/11
(VA) “Nigeria 70: Sweet Times (Afro Funk, Highlife and JuJu from 1970s Lagos), The Antlers, ATB, Black Label Society, Greg Brown, The Cars, Booker T. Jones, Bill Laswell, The Felice Brothers, The Globes, Warren Haynes,  Jennifer Lopez, Jesu, Joan of Arc, Man Man, Randy Newman (B.O.), Manchester Orchestra, Messy Marv, Okkervil River, oOoOO, Raphael Saadiq, Sloan, Chris Thile, Tanya Tucker, The Sea and Cake, Sam Roberts Band, more!

05/17/11
(VA) “Marijuana Madness”, 13 & God, Alice Cooper (CD/DVD/7” Box Set), Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, Bela Fleck, Ben Harper, BMX Bandits (re-issue), Crass (re-issue), Damon & Naomi, DJ Paul Nice, Elvin Bishop (live), Face to Face, Glasvegas, Hank Williams III, Iggy Pop (live bootlegs ’77-’09), J. Rawls, Lofty, Let’s Wrestle, Mac Dre, MC Lars, Michael Grimm, Moby, Nick Cave (re-issues), Noam Chomsky (spoken), Nosferatu, Queen (re-issues), Queens of the Stone Age (re-issue of their OP 1st album!), Seether, Soulstice, Supersuckers (live), The Go-Go’s (re-issue), The Rentals, The Waterboys (piano demos), The Wiggles, Sarah Jarosz, Planningtorock, more!


05/24/11
(VA) “Soundtrack – The Hangover pt. 2", Aerosmith (B.O.), Boris (x2), Brad Paisley, Foster the People, Graham Nash (re-issue), Joseph Arthur, Lady Gaga, Rosanne Cash (B.O.), Stephen Marley, The Prodigy, Thurston Moore, Second Sky, more!


05/31/11
Black Stone Cherry, BT, Dave Matthews (live), Death Cab for Cutie, Flogging Molly, Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine, King Crimson (re-issue), Kool G Rap, Ozzy Ozbourne (re-issues), Paul McCartney (re-issues), The Vaccines, more!



* Release Dates are Subject to Change
* I f you can’t find it, ask!
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Employee Picks

Ryan:

* Various—Muppets: Green Album
* Primus--Green Naugahyde 
* Patton Oswalt--Finest Hour
* Fountains of Wayne--Sky Full of Holes
* They Might Be Giants—Join Us

Chelsea:

*Duke & the King--Duke & the King
* Primus--Green Naugahyde 


Doc:

* Imelda May--Mayhem
* Original Soundtrack—Treme 
* Jeff Bridges—Jeff Bridges
* Various--Flashback Volume #1: High & Low Drug Songs

Donnie:

* Eddie Cochrane—Best of...
* Wreckless Erik--Hits, Miss, Rags & Tatters
* Wu-Tang Clan--Enter the Wu-Tang

Tol:

* B.U.T.—I Love You But...
* Cedric Kreklow--Sol

* Freddy King--Just Pickin'
* Bo Diddly—Gunslinger

Bueno:

* Gabor Szabo—Jazz Raga
* Various—Jamacia to Toronto: Soul, Funk, & Reggae 1967-1974
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This Week In Rock History


1958—Buddy Holly receives his draft notice, but he would later be refused induction because of a stomach ulcer.

1965—Kinks guitarist Dave Davies falls on to drummer Mick Avory's cymbal during a concert in London, knocking him unconscious.

1968—Simon & Garfunkle's album “The Graduate” is knocked out of the number one position on the US charts, when their new album “Bookends” debuts in the top spot.

1969—Keyboardist Billy Preston becomes the only non-Beatle credited on a Beatles single when “Get Back” is released featuring Preston's keyboard solo.

1969—John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Give Peace A Chance” at a hotel in Montreal, Canada with a choir that includes Tommy Smothers and Pet Clark. Though written by John Lennon, the song is credited to Lennon/McCartney,

1973—Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" is released. The song is based on the true story of how someone had fired a flare gun into the ceiling of the Casino in Montreux, Switzerland, during a concert by Frank Zappa & the Mother's of Invention. The resulting fire destroyed the building where Deep Purple was set to record a live album the next day

1994—Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley, the 25-year-old daughter of Elvis. The marriage would last less than 2 years.

2008—Lou Pearlman, the mastermind behind both N'Sync and The Backstreet Boys, is sentenced to  25 years in prison for defrauding investors of millions. Most of the people involved in the scam were elderly bilked of their life savings.
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Rock News

--Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent (The Ankh Warrior), was arrested at his home in Tennessee on Saturday and charged with aggravated assault charges after his wife walked into a police station covered in blood, claiming Vincent had punched her, thrown her down and dragged her through broken glass. A search of Vincent's home also found the bodies of four dogs kept in sealed containers in the basement. Vincent was a member of KISS from 1982 to 1984, replacing original lead guitarist Ace Frehley. Vincent spent the night in jail before being released on $10,000 bail.  

--HBO has announced that it is making a film based on record producer Phil Spector's murder trial, with Al Pacino set to play Spector. Also announced in the cast are Bette Midler, who will play Spector's defense attorney Linda Baden, and Jeffery Tambor who will play Spector's other attorney Bruce Cutler.

--A play based on the life of AC/DC singer Bonn Scott, titled “Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be” is set to open in Australia in July.  Scott fronted the iconic hard rock band from their inception until his tragic death at the age of 33 in 1980.

--Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger has announced the formation of a new group called Super Heavy. The super-group, which is already in the studio, features Jagger, former Eurythmics songwriter/producer Dave Stewart, singer Joss Stone, reggae artist Damien Marley and film composer A.R. Rahman. Jagger even hinted a possible Super Heavy tour, saying, “If people like it we will [tour], if they don't, we won't” The album is slated for release in September.

--Actress Gwyneth Paltrow's deal with Atlantic Records to record a country album, has fallen apart. Paltrow was rumored to be close to signing a deal with Atlantic, following her turn as country singer in the film Country Strong, but is now no longer in talks with the label. While no official reason has been given for Atlantic's reported “cooling” on the deal, a source at the record company says that Paltrow's asking price of $1-million was more than the company felt comfortable in offering an untried singer. A spokesperson for Paltrow noted that  “Atlantic was not the only company perusing her.”

--In better movie-star-becoming-country-singer news: Jeff Bridges, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a down-and-out country singer in the film Crazy Heart, is set to release his self-titled album in August. The album is produced by Crazy Heart soundtrack T-Bone Burnett and features guitarist Marc Ribot and backing vocals from Rosanne Cash.

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Tickets

Tickets Currently on Sale at
Cactus Records
Updated: September 8th, 2011


   SEPTEMBER


9th--Montana Brewers' Festival--Haynes Pavilion (Fairgrounds)--$22--$, CK, cc 21+

9th & 10th--"The Guys"--Black Box Theatre--FREE

15th--"From Place to Place"--Wilson Auditorium--$5--$, CK, cc

16th--Keller Williams--Emerson--$24--$, CK, cc

16th--Hillstomp--Filling Station--$9--$, CK, cc 21+

21st--Cody Beebe--Filling Station--$7--$, CK, cc 21+

22nd & 24th--Montana Chamber Society (Muir String Quartet)--Reynolds Recital Hall--$22 student/senior, $29 general admission--$, CK, cc

24th--Greg Brown--Myrna Loy Center (Helena)--$33--$, CK, cc

24th--HusHush Festival (feat. Beat Antique, Eoto, Jason Root, K-Hole and more)--Kuntz Arena--$22--$, CK, cc

  OCTOBER

4th--The Supersuckers--Filling Station--$16--$, CK, cc 21+

  JANUARY

12th & 14th--Montana Chamber Society (Muir String Quartet)--Reynolds Recital Hall--$22 student/senior, $29 general admission--$, CK, cc

  APRIL

14th--Montana Chamber Society (Muir String Quartet)--Reynolds Recital Hall--$22 student/senior, $29 general admission--$, CK, cc



 
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Record Store Day Line-Up

The official line up* for Record Store Day at Cactus Records.

Music starts at noon with local Americana/Bluegrass act Little Jane and The Pistol Whips and concludes at 6pm with headliners blues/Americana band Hillstomp - with a little of everything, from jug music to electro-pop to Reggae and Hip-Hop in between. Come down early and stay all day!


4pm:  Black Mask
5pm:  Landlocked
6pm:  Hillstomp


                                            *Times are approximate.
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