Monday April 15th/ Loma Prieta/ Night Nurses/Agatha/ King Elephant

It is getting close to summer here in Missoula and you can tell as the bands start to make their drives from coast to coast. We here at MBR are getting really excited.

For instance on MONDAY APRIL 15th the bay area's LOMA PRIETA are trekking through. Loma Prieta have been through Missoula before and are not new to the road. They are on their fourth album and are definitely going to kick us all in the teeth when they flip the switch on their amps.

We have combined efforts with WANTAGE USA who were working on a show for NIGHT NURSES out of Denver. Night Nurses played a show in Denver this last November with UZI Rash. If the stars had aligned and a drummer came forth our own Bird's Mile Home would be playing this show in support of this band.

Then we get the info our friends at Rumbletowne's Agatha are looking for a show on the same day. Well folk's we have thrown it all together with the help of the Ole Beck VFW and KBGA college radio to bring you a solid night of rock n' roll.

Missoula and Minor Bird artist King Elephant will be taking the floor this night so come out, have fun and support DIY music in Montana. None of this is possible without all of your continued support.

Here is a link to the Facebook event if you like.....KBGA presents.

Also, Thanks to An Anneke creation for another sweat poster!

Make sure to check out the links above and the video's below. SEE YOU AT THE SHOW!

TONIGHT:Missoula's Needlecraft throws down some wax

The lovely ladies, oh wait, who is this guitarist....rather.... Our friends in Needlecaraft are releasing a LP through our pals at Wantage USA.  Needlecraft are one of our favorite bands in Missoula. They are personable, approachable, friendly, supportive, DIY as all hell and if it wasn't for Wantage this site would probably not exist.

We can't wait to see how DIY this record is..... they will be touring this summer in support of this release so come out and help a Missoula band and our friends move some records and save up to head east in a few months.

See you at the show!

Stonefly and Minor Bird got one

Missoula may be Montana's mecca for music currently. There are a bunch of good folks putting on shows around town and we are glad to have our first co promotion with Stonefly productions.

Saturday November 17th at the VFW 

YARDS 

Burn Burn Burn! 

Winter's Forest 

Buddy Jackson

Portland Oregon's Yards featuring Krist Krueger of the band Southerly brings to Missoula a composition in rock. Driving ambiance Yards will sooth the soul if I did not expect them to be so loud that words cannot be heard. Burke Jam, formerly of Church Mouse and A Process of a Still Life, is longtime friends of Krist and will deafen the carets of ears when he takes the stage under the new moniker Winters Forest. Winter's Forest is a dark and ambient assault on the senses with beauty blaring forth in waves of loud guitar layers. Key word here is LOUD!

mike watt + the missingmen 2nd heapin’ helpin’ u.s. tour 2012

Wantage Usa and Minor Bird Records team up to bring you:

Mike Watt + the missing men

MONDAY OCTOBER 1ST @ ZOO CITY APPAREL

139 E MAIN ST MISSOULA, MT

ALL AGES

$10 in adv/ $13 at the door

tix available at Ear Candy Music and Zoo City Apparel

with locals: Bird's Mile Home

Mike Watt's a name up there with folks like D. Boon, Keith Morris, and Kira Roessler, Robo and... uh, you know, people one gets a ticket to see regardless when they're coming to town. Watt was an original member of the Minutemen, legendary 80s funk-punk group whose "econo"/DIY/friends-before-careerism approach to music and shows helped re-define and invigorate underground music for generations. He: used to dress like Fidel Castro at shows, and wrote music on a crop of records that sits high atop the Western punk canon with other stuff like Black Flag, the Meat Puppets, Dead Kennedys, Germs and Red Kross. And the stuff continues to stand the test of time, with songs like the Minutemen's Corona offering the soundtrack to Johnny Knoxville's Jackass show, and everybody and their brother having a well-worn copy of Double Nickels on the Dime.

A few years ago, well, maybe 7 or 8, We Jam Econo, the Story Of the Minutemen was released. It's on Youtube for free here: http://youtu.be/HmKGusadv08

Watt's touring these days with the Missing Men, who're San Pedro punks and who rage full on. We expect greatness.

We are teaming up with Wantage USA to bring you this one Econo. 

KUOI Moscow interviews GDBH

Joey, Allan and Booster took a weekend and went to the coast a couple weeks ago and this came out of it.......

Hey there.

We are probably as surprised as you are that you are reading this right now. This will be the third step that we have taken in joining the internet generation. We're on our way, slowly but it's coming along.

Our good friend Al Gaither is hard at work right now on the website and it should be up by this weeks end or next. Thanks Al! Anyone who knows Al you should give him a great big hug when you see him.

We are currently working on 2 records, a new DIY series, a tape release or two and will keep you posted.

Here are the links to other MBR sites:
MBR store
MBR Facebook
MBR twitter

Later-MBR