2/14/08
Happy Valentine's Day! We send you love in the form of tour dates.
Food For Animals February Tour
FOOD FOR ANIMALS continue their support Belly by kicking off a tour off tonight at La Casa (3166 Mt. Pleasant St. NW) in DC. They're currently #2 on the CMJ Hip Hop Charts. Watch your back, Lupe.

These Are Powers Announce Spring Tour; Reveal Details On Upcoming Taro Tarot EP
Hot on the heels of the Terrific Season LP, These Are Powers unleash the Taro Tarot EP diving even further into their self-dubbed "ghost punk". While the influence of the future primitivism of early Sonic Youth, Mars, and Swans is undeniable, the band breathes new life into the post-punk sound in a delightfully scary fashion bringing it to the present. Taro Tarot will be released in April, but look for it earlier here and on the merch table.

11/30/07
heya folks. BIG, long-overdue update time here at HOSS. we're winding up the year with a buncha new releases for yall. Brooklyn ghost-punk trio THESE ARE POWERS' rad debut full-length "Terrific Seasons" is now available in CD (digipak) and 2xLP form...LPs are 180 gram, packaged in awesome silk-screened gatefold jackets, and feature an amazing screenprint on the D side (more expensive, but totally gorgeous and worth it!)...these guys just finished recording a new EP to follow in spring '08 (along with a US tour)... look for updates soon. in the meantime, check out pics from their recent US tour (some dates with WZT HEARTS)!... speaking of WZT HEARTS, their new LP "Threads Rope Spell Making Your Bones" is now available on 180 gram vinyl with amazing artwork by band member Mike Haleta...the second full-length of towering digital psych from Baltimore's finest improv unit. FOOD FOR ANIMALS have completed their long-awaited debut full-length "Belly" and it is a monster of noise, beats, rhymes, and (who woulda thunk?) actual hooks...its out December 11. FFA will be touring Europe in December, as well as doing some recording with a certain still-extant group of Krautrock demigods..US tourdates alongside MI AMI in February...check back soon for more. ok thats the latest, look out in '08 for new releases from TELEPATHE, HIGH PLACES, ZANO, and more...!

11/06/06
Thanks for coming out to HOSS PARTY O6 at the Syrup Room in Brooklyn this past Friday. The Slits and Erase Errata made a guest appearance, as their Todd P Not-CMJ venue got shut down, making it one big party. Despite technical difficulties, HOSSies R.Mexico, Leb-Laze w/Zano, Lexie Mountain, Wzt Hearts, and Food for Animals put on a show that blew the cranial circuitry of the over 300 attendees. Hey, if Lexie can incite like that without fully functional electronics, you should be ashamed.

9/20/06
It's been a busy summer for us HOSSies: The Jason Forrest/Ricky Rabbit split is now available - get it here and get it clear, Creative Loafing ran a feature on HOSS, WZT Heart's "Heat Chief" got voted Baltimore City Paper's Best Album of the Year, we got the ears of The Wire and Dusted, and the helping hands of Revolver and Thrill Jockey for distribution.
Thought it's sad to see summer go so early in DC, we're putting together the perfect soundtrack for Fall - the upcoming Robert Lowe (Lichens) / Lexie Mountain LP will be the latest addition to our split series. We hope to celebrate its debut at a possible off-CMJ show. Hope to see you there!

7/23/06
Wherefore art thou, colored vinyl? There's a colored vinyl shortage (think "Hooligans have taken over the Cap'n Crunch factory, and now all the crunchberries are blue!" kinda ordeal), and as a result the WZT HEARTS "Heat Chief" LP will now come in a limited edition of 100 white (not brown, as previously reported), 400 black.
JASON FORREST/RICKY RABBIT will ship with 100 on clear, 400 on black vinyl.
WZT Hearts will be available for order this week (7/23), with the J-Fo/RickRab split available sometime early August.

4/5/06
the EXCEPTER/LEB-LAZE split 12" is now available through revolver, or directly through us. You can also find it at Criminal Records or Wax n Facts in Atlanta, and Crooked Beat Records in DC. The JASON FORREST/RICKY RABBIT split will be out next month, followed shortly thereafter by the WZT HEARTS full-length LP "Heat Chief."