Manual Dexterity Music Zine

cameronharrison:

Hey my band Betterment had a show get cancelled last minute in Philadelphia tomorrow and we really need a show tomorrow or the day after between Richmond, VA and Hartford, CT. Please help us out and spread the word around. It would be very much appreciated

Count Your Lucky Stars: DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS DISCOGRAPHY FOR A WEEK!

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YOU CAN NOW DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS DISCOGRAPHY FOR FREE/PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK! Head to our Bandcamp page here and go nuts! Tell all your friends! Thanks for all the support you’ve given us over the years, you are the best fans and we couldn’t have done it…

We had a soccer game near the MSP airport and I took some photos and video with my iphone of planes ascending and descending overhead. I paired it up with the intro to “Year of the Rabbit” by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate).

A new Nervous Energies (Ryan Russell) with Their / They’re / There. Watch all 3 videos here.

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HEY! Do you want to get the entire Count Your Lucky Stars Records discography for FREE DOWNLOAD/pay-what-you-want?! Heck yes you do! All you have to do is follow us on Tumblr and reblog this status. For every 100 shares, we will unlock 10 albums for FREE download. If this status gets to 500…

Via @intoitoverit’s instagram, Pet Symmetry (Into It. Over It., Dowsing) and Dikembe (Tiny Engines) have announced a new split 7” via Evan Weiss’s Storm Chasers label. Ordering info will be coming Monday. 

Mike Park also confirms that a Pet Symmetry full-length will be released later this year via Asian Man Records. 

(Source: instagram.com)

Topshelf Records: Into It. Over It. / Hilary J. Corts // Life Is Suffering

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If my memory serves me correctly, my first ever interaction with Evan Weiss was over a Twitter DM in 2010. Super professional. Since then, we’ve become really good friends (you eventually get used to the smell). So, it was with equal parts necessity, obligation and friendship when I decided to…

Interview with Evan Weiss

The last time I interviewed you a couple years a go, we had a discussion on why you thought pie was better than cake. In the time since then, do you still think pie is the reigning dessert? Also since then, you’ve toured around the world, have you come across any other desserts that have blown your taste buds away?
Pie still reigns supreme on all levels. However, found an incredible Italian bakery near my house. The cannoli’s are out of this world. Cannoli’s and ice cream are a close second.

You’ve been a very busy guy the last few years with the non-stop touring and different musical projects you’ve been involved in, what has been the  driving factor for you to continually do these long tours and be involved in other bands?
It’s a combination of two things… I know that hard work pays off. I also can’t sit still. If I’m still waking up, then I need to be accomplishing something. Wether it’s playing a show, writing a song or even picking up the apartment. I’m always moving. It’s been set in place by years of playing / working with unmotivated projects and always wanting to do more. I also don’t know how long I can still do all of the things I’d like to do. Gotta set goals and get them done before time runs out.

In addition to what you do in Into It. Over it., you also play in Pet Symmetry and Their / They’re / There. Does playing in multiple bands help your songwriting for IIOI because you are exploring other avenues of sound with those bands?
I don’t know if it improves my songwriting, but it definitely is an outlet for other ideas that I have. It’s also just fun to play music with your friends. I don’t write IIOI songs the same way Erik or Matt write music for PS or TTT. It’s really just about creating something new with my buddies. That’s fun for me. Writing music is my favorite part of the process.

You met Mike when he had asked you to play his Ghost Town record releases show a couple years ago, and you two kept in touch, and when Matt Frank approached you about starting TTT, you thought to ask Mike to drum for the group. Was Mike your first choice for drummer and were you surprised that he was willing to do it?
He was the first choice. I wasn’t surprised. But I think the band altogether has clicked way better than we all expected.

Back when you were doing the 52 Weeks project, had someone told you then that in a few years you’d be playing in a band with Mike Kinsella and releasing an EP on Polyvinyl, would you have believed them?
Five years ago, maybe? But if you told me in 2001, I would have slapped you in the mouth.

The name of the band is a joke on how people use the words in the wrong instances and how tired you are about bad grammar. Was there any discussion on how the “There’s” should appear in order in print or is the name something that can be switched around since it sounds the same spoken no matter which way it’s written? 
I don’t even know if I looked that far into it. I wanted to pick a name that was based on wordplay. That one was the best. We wrote it out a couple different ways. Randomly we picked it to be the way it was. A lot of people don’t like the name for some reason. I don’t get it. Maybe it’s over THEIR heads.

What do you have to say to people that want to call Their / They’re / There a supergroup?
I don’t agree. I feel like supergroups are always assembled. The three of us were already friends and had the same goals in mind. It’s just a band. It’s certainly a compliment though. We’ll take it.

The thing that I think makes this band works is every member is playing their strongest instrument. You’re playing the first instrument you learned, bass, Matt is a phenomenal guitarist, and through Owls and Cap’n Jazz, Mike ‘s drumming skills are untouchable. What do you think makes this band work as well as it does?
Our communication as musicians. We are all proficient so everyone is pulling their weight. There is no weak link in the chain. It’s nice to be working with that kind of confidence.

Starting with 52 Weeks, most of your releases have had a loose theme to them, whether it be the towns on Twelve Towns or cars on the Pet Symmetry 7”, or even IIOI’s first LP being your first “proper” release. Is there an underlying theme to the collection of songs on the Their / They’re / There EP? 
Nah. No theme this time.

Does it make it easier to write a collection of songs when there is an underlying theme to the whole collection as opposed to a group of songs that don’t relate to each other? 
There really is no difference. For me, it’s all about just figuring out what the content will be ahead of time. Theme’s just help decide on that content.

You’re currently in the process of recording the second IIOI LP, are there any themes to this album and how has the process with writing and recording this LP been going so far? 
It’s a loose theme. I kinda just fell into it by accident. I’m not totally ready to go into it yet, but I’ll let you know when I am. The process was a little easier this time at first. Have gotten way more inside my own head about it though since the start. We’ll be finishing in June.

Their / They’re / There played their first show this past weekend on Record Store Day in Chicago and I caught a video of the performance and it looks like you guys are so natural playing music with each other. Since this band is just casual outlet for the three of you, does it take a lot of the pressure off of you when writing and performing since it’s not your number one priority?
NO WAY. We were so nervous. Haha. Been a long time since I’ve felt that way.

With as busy as you all are with family, school, and your own personal music, is Their / They’re / There a one-off kind of deal or do you see this band becoming something that will eventually release more music in the future?
There will be more. We really enjoy writing with each other.

Did you get a chance to hit up some records stores on RSD and what were some of your scores you picked up? How did you feel about the Their / They’re / There RSD EPs showing up on ebay before the day was over?
I DID! I got the Botch, Cave In, Giant Henry, Elliott Smith and a bunch of other things. I’d been saving my money for months. Haha. As far as TTT on Ebay, that’s why we wanted to post the preorder for the real release ASAP, to keep stuff like that from happening.

You recently launched the Storm Chasers record label to release Kittyhawk’s debut EP on vinyl. What made you want to start a label and is its purpose to release your own music or music of others?
A little bit of both. It’s a label, yeah, but super casual. I just wanted to do some fun vinyl releases for friends and bands I like. I’ll be a part of a couple of my own releases, but that’s definitely not the label’s intention. So far, so good.

You’re in the midst of recording Into It. Over It.’s second album; do you have an expected release date and label already lined up? What are some other things you are looking forward to doing the rest of this year? 
Haha, gotta finish it first. A whole lot coming up. Just wait daowg.

Listen to  ”Their/They’re/Therapy” and “Concession Speech Writer” from the Their / They’re / There EP:

Their / They’re / There Facebook

Polyvinyl Records

Finally printed some of these and just in time for Record Store Day!

Two great new Nervous Energies sessions filmed by Ryan Russell with Pet Symmetry (feat. members of Into It. Over It. and Dowsing).

More info coming later today. - Happy April 1st.  

Been listening to this new EP by Bad Bad Hats a ton lately, it’s pretty great. Check out the track “Secrets Are No Fun” http://badbadhats.bandcamp.com/ #mxms

Since SXSW is starting today and I’m not attending, I’m announcing the very first MExMyself (MxMS) event. Schedule of events TBA.

cylsrecords:

In honor of Annabel being nominated by the most employees on the Alternative Press ”100 Bands You Need To Know”, we have decided to make Annabel’s discography available for FREE download/pay what you want from now until the end of March! Get those here:http://countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com/

We have also marked off 20% on all their releases in our webstore, so come get ‘em while they are hot! 

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“Youth In Youth” was one of our favorite releases from last year and we’re stoked about the recognition Annabel is getting!