RiYL Releases
Dream Bitches - Coke-and-Spiriters
REC009
Coke-and-Spiriters, Dream Bitches' sophomore album, is packed with snarling pop anthems and hyper-literate acoustic ballads, a concise collection that captures the Bitches at their most vibrant and volatile. OUT NOW!
[$12.00 PPD - USA || $15.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
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Various - This Song / That Song EP
REC002
This limited edition, 4-song EP features two songs by Yoko Kikuchi (Dream Bitches) and two songs by Casey Holford (Urban Barnyard, Dream Bitches) pressed onto 7-inch vinyl and compact disc. Every copy gets BOTH formats packaged in a beautiful, hand-numbered sleeve. The EP also features Daoud Tyler-Ameen of Art Sorority for Girls. Limited to 500 copies.
[$7.00 PPD - USA || $10.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
The Fugue - Mysterious Animals EP
REC010
The loved and hated 4-song EP from Die Fugue USA! Features artwork by Seripop. "This is dirty, gritty, and raw, everything that punk should be, only elevated and played with intent to blow out every speaker, subwoofer, and amplifier around in the process." - punknews.org
[SALE $5.00 PPD - USA || SALE $8.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
The Pathways - Boat of Confidence
REC008
The debut full length from The Pathways! 13 brilliant songs from Brooklyn's most lovable band. "This really is the sound of a new Pop renaissance... Ignore this record and this band at your peril." - Tangents
[SALE $8.00 PPD - USA || SALE $11.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
The WoWz - Long Grain Rights
REC006
The debut record from The WoWz! Features 12 classic WoWz songs, including "Happy Today", "When I Die", "646" and "Sometimes I Feel Life". "Either good music is timeless, or these guys have figured out how to create Beatles-esque and Dylan-ish music without sounding like a tired nostalgia trip.” - Punk Planet
[$12.00 PPD - USA || $15.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
The Fugue - Four Corner Races 7"
REC004
The first release from NYC's The Fugue! Three songs exclusive to this record, pressed on clear "piss yellow" vinyl! LIMITED EDITION of 500. "Totally ace! The Fugue sound like... an amalgam of The Seconds, Les Savy Fav and the noisier moments [of] Shellac... It makes you want to dance, fight and fuck in equal measures." - Tasty Fanzine
[SALE $3.00 PPD - USA || SALE $6.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
The Pathways - Productivity 7"
REC003
The Pathways' first 7-inch! Features 3 recordings unavailable anywhere else! Pressed on beautiful "coke bottle clear" vinyl! LIMITED EDITION of 500. “As scratchy, janglesome & ethereal as their influences suggest, ‘Productivity’ is ... the best example of its genre since Pavement's ‘Summer Babe’.‘ - trakMARX.com
[SALE $3.00 PPD - USA || SALE $6.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
The Morningsides - Debut 7"
REC001
RiYL's inaugural release! Two irreverent songs from NYC's The Morningsides - a collaboration between The WoWz's Sam James and Johnny Dydo and songwriter Chris Maher - pressed on swirled color vinyl. A limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies! Get one while you still can...
[$4.00 PPD - USA || $7.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
1" Chris Maher Button (Blue Pic)
MERCH010
One 1" Chris Maher button. Features a classy photo by Lippe! For the subtle CFM supporter... Available to international customers in conjunction with purchase of CD or 7-inch only, sorry!
[$1.00 PPD]
1" Chris Maher Button (Black Logo)
MERCH008
One 1" Chris Maher button. White logo on black background. Classy! Available to international customers in conjunction with purchase of CD or 7-inch only, sorry!
[$1.00 PPD]
Chris Maher / 'What Was Magnetic'
BOOK-001
Chris Maher’s first chapbook of poems and drawings! Features 12 poems and almost as many drawings. Hand-numbered first printing of 100 copies! The first “release” from RiYL Books! Get it now! LESS THAN 10 COPIES LEFT!
[$3.00 PPD - USA || $6.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
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Distro Items
Chris Maher - Some Songs! (Tour EP)
DST014
Hey: If its good enough for Europe, its good enough for the USA! This limited edition, 6-song CDR was intended as a 'Tour Only' EP to be sold during Chris' Fall 2006 European Tour. Unfortunately, due to shipping delays, Chris didn't receive these until his tour was almost over. As a result, he's returned home with copies remaining and we've decided to make 'em available here at RiYL on a first-come, first-served basis. Once they're gone, they're gone for good!!
[$5.00 PPD - USA || $8.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
Black Bear - The Cinnamon Phase (BH002)
DST013
The second release from Baskerville Hill Records! This beautifully recorded and beautifully designed record is the first album from Seattle, WA's Black Bear. "With brash edged beats and an able bodies lyrical delivery, Black Bear's debut album is a synth pop tour de force. 'The Cinnamon Phase' contorts and bounces and stings, navigating a poetic and personal map of lost and found love, the city of Seattle, and..." - Baskerville Hill
[$12.00 PPD - USA || $15.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
U.E.S. Journal, Issue #1 (Fall 2005)
DST011
This is the first issue of Rebecca Schiffman's wonderful U.E.S. Journal (Issue #1, Fall 2005, 2nd Edition). This issue features an interview with a doorman, an essay by Momus called The Fakeways Philosophy, part one of a three part comic strip by Jeffrey Lewis, an investigation into why Republicans are Republican and much, much more! 50 pages of pure awesomeness.
[$3.00 PPD - USA || $6.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
The WoWz - Cool Dump (LV40)
DIG001
The "difficult" second record from The WoWz! An epic 16-track lo-fi masterpiece, recorded in early 2005 at by Dashan Coram at Care-a-Lot Studios and mastered at Olive Juice Studios by Major Matt Mason. Originally available only as a hard-to-find CDR from Luv-A-Lot Records, now available as a free 192 kbps MP3 download from RiYL Records!
Dr. Rhinocerous Compilation (BH001)
DST010
The first release from Seattle's Baskerville Hill record label features RiYL artists The WoWz ("Sometimes I Feel Life" from Long Grain Rights) and Chris Maher (the previously unreleased "Ungrown Flowers")! Dr. Rhinocerous also features songs from all of the Baskerville Hill artists, including Throw Me the Statue, Black Bear, The Ponytails and The Altamont. Cool!
[$12.00 PPD - USA || $15.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
Fugue / AIDS Wolf split 7" (BLOOD-004)
DST009
AIDS Wolf and The Fugue love each other very much. They have just released a 7-inch record together on Blood of the Drash. RiYL had about 15 copies, five pressed in red, ten pressed in black. [$5.00 PPD - USA || $8.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
David Knowles - Home [cass] (STR001)
DST007
The debut cassette EP from Portland, OR's David Knowles and first release from the brand new Poughkeepsie, NY label, Stovetop Records! Four dreamy bedroom folk songs in beautiful, handmade packaging!
[$4.00 PPD - USA || $7.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
Dibs - More Unsent Letters (LV24)
DST008
Dibs' first record! Twelve tracks and sort-of-as-many songs out on Luv-a-Lot Records! Limited edition second pressing of 100 copies (the first "official" pressing). We've got 3 to start...
[$9.00 PPD - USA || $12.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
Dream Bitches - "sanfransisters" (OJ-0040)
DST004
The debut from Dream Bitches on Olive Juice!! "The songs on Sanfransisters are touching, clever and likely to induce bedroom dancing... a perfect punk rock campfire singalong." - girlpunk.net
[$12.00 PPD - USA || $15.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
Sonya Cotton - Baltimore Trees (s/r)
DST006
Eight beautifully crafted songs (recorded in Poughkeepsie, NY and Baltimore, MD) from this Princeton, NJ via Berkeley, CA songstress on her first self-released album!
[COPIES AVAILABLE DIRECTLY FROM SONYACOTTON.COM.]
Thomas P. Maguire - Pissing Streams (LV14)
DST003
21 lo-fi nuggets from the ever-prolific Thomas Patrick Maguire. "Another excellent collection from this low-profile but promising songwriter." - NY Newsday
[$8.00 PPD - USA || $11.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
Dufus - Theis Freedumb 7" (LV02)
DST001
Two exclusive songs from NYC's Dufus (RIOR) and the second-ever release from Luv-A-Lot Records! Totally limited quantities! Cool!
[$4.00 PPD - USA || $7.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
Huggaboomstik/Wooden Ghost 7" (LV31)
DST002
Four song split 7-inch from Tuolumne Records and Luv-A-Lot Records. Huggabroomstik tracks feature Dashan Coram from Secret Salamander and Chris Maher! Dig it, dudes!
[$4.00 PPD - USA || $7.00 PPD - INTERNATIONAL]
