News It or Lose It: November '13 Updates

Hello!

We don't update this page often enough, but I wanted to drop in and let the interested parties know that we've had a hell of a year so far. So far, we've gone on two tours, played SXSW, went to Northside Festival, played Variety Playhouse, and booked a third tour to happen in December of this year.

And, we've got this new 30 minute cassette tape that we just released. It's got our most recent singles on side one and some unreleased demos/cool surprises on side two. We made a video for one of the demos on side two. The song's called "Clawfeet" and it's probably something that will appear on our second LP (in a different, more complete form, of course). Watch/listen below if you're so inclined: 

 

We've got some new shirts as well that would look splendid in your clothing collection. Here's a picture of that if you're so inclined: 

 

If you're so inclined, you can get both the shirt and the tape from a show or from our Bandcamp site at http://smallreactions.bandcamp.com/merch 

More info on our debut LP and our last tour of the year soon!

-Sean

 

Video Premiere of "Michael J. Foxworthy"

Cinematography: Derek King, Michael Wiley, and friends. (Rock & Egg Productions)

Editing: Derek King & Mitchell Hardage (Southpaw Bros. Productions)

Song: Small Reactions, recorded by Luciano Giarrano at the Cottage, East Atlanta.

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Housecleansing

Hey Y'all -

I just wanted to throw out a few quick updates on the Reacs (can you start your own nickname? Did the Replacements?):

- We've got music video for "Michael J. Foxworthy" in the works.

- We just finished playing a terrific string of dates in early June, and before that did our first Sofar Sounds secret show in Grant Park. Pictures of that here. Last week included a show at the 529 with the lovely Bleeding Rainbow, FAT CREEPS, and Shockwave Riderz.

- We'll be playing a handful of Atlanta shows in July & August.

- We're sitting sitting on a complete debut LP.

- "                                                                 ."

We're also currently on the lookout for a button press and a silk screener - y'know, one of those. Give us a shout at smallreactions@gmail.com if you have any leads.

Curt and Mark at Magic Marker Records still have a few copies left of the "Nerve POP b/w Sudden Walks" 7" if you haven't yet got your hands on one. You can find it here and also at our shows.

And lastly, referencing bullet points 4 and 5, we're ecstatic about the new record and cannot wait to divulge more information (secrets) about it!

Thanks for reading or scanning all the way down,

SH

SHADOW MORTON

A Mix for December…

It was promised and here it is, y'all. Demos, among other things, soon, too.

01 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love

02 Dot Dash - Wire

03 Walkabout - Throbbing Gristle

04 Life on the Line - The Raincoats

05 Angie La La - Nora Dean

06 Pure Unevil - Liars

07 My Alberta - Link Wray

08 Fou de Toi - Les Napoleons

09 Nuclear Weapons (Part 4) - Casino Versus Japan

10 Carbona Not Glue - The Ramones

11 In Shape - Red Sea

12 Creeping Jean - Dave Davies

13 Moonshake - CAN

14 Astronaut - Beach House

15 I Just Can't Take It - The Zephyrs

16 What Goes On (Boston Tea Party) - Velvet Underground

17 Le Chant D'ibadan - Francis Bebey

THIS IS THE LINK

CYCLE! A SHOW! DEMOS! SOON! M!X!ING!

I'm trying to break the cycle of posting for a few weeks and then taking 8 months off.

Small Reactions is playing our last show of the year (probably) on the 27th of November at the 529 along with Red Sea, Hear Hums, Freak Heat Waves, and Perfect High Fives Everytime. You should come see it. It's recommended, I'm sure.

Finished tracking last weekend with Luci for our as yet untitled LP just in time for a long, lonely winter of mixing. M!XING!

I'm also going to be posting some more of those mixtapes along with some SH demos if that's to yr liking.

In any case, talk soon. scottyollyollyollie.

IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE…ON YOUR TUBE

New Song from Scotty Hoffman feat. Abel Hoffman

This is a song recorded one afternoon while I watched Abel Hoffman, age 2. We both played drums and sang, and he also set the delay on the guitar and played the hell out of a tambourine.

This is what the inside of our house frequently sounds like.

By the way, Abel is obsessed with the Ramones. And not even in a cute way, but in a super cool one. He already has that uncontrollable Stereolab swivel-headshake whenever he hears them.

Take it Deedee:

Scotty & Abel Hoffman - Guitar Band

The last thing on the tape.

December 8th-13th: Shark Week Tour!

Hello!

First, thanks to all of you who we've seen recently. Remember that time when we played in our basement and the power cut out and that huge spark left Scotty's microphone? You mean your head was turned? Oh, well! That happens all the time at our house. You'll catch it next time.

It was a pleasure playing with Washed Out at Emory and the Save Criminal Records benefit couldn't have been better. No sparks were present in our basement for the Criminal records benefit, so maybe it doesn't happen every time? Oh, well.

But, I started this blog to let you know that, next week, we're going on tour. We loved New York over our 4th of July tour, so we thought we'd like to see it in the winter, too. It's going to be cold. But, hey! We've got some new tunes to share.

For the Atlantans or "ATLiens", this kick-off show will most likely be our last local show until at least March/April of next year. We're taking a short break because 1) we played out in abundance this year and 2) we are going to finish writing and recording our first LP. So don't miss this!

For the tour, this is what we've got planned:

December 8: Atlanta, 529 w/ The Romans, Mediocre Machine, Easter Island
December 9: Athens, Go Bar w/ Thick Paint (Graham from Reptar), Fuzzbucket
December 10: D.C. , Velvet Lounge w/ Ra Ra Rasputin, Height With Friends
December 11th: Brooklyn, Shea Stadium w/ Caged Animals, Phone Tag, and SoftSpot
December 12th: NYC, Cake Shop w/ The Hairs, Pale Lights, We Can't Enjoy Ourselves
December 13th: Philly, Little Bar w/ Alien Father

We love all of you and look forward to seeing every last one of you at these shows.

Good evening!

-Sean

tomtom noise

VOLUME TWO / in time for halloween

Hello All –

COMPILED FOREVER THIS IS THE SECOND VOLUME

1. Nobukazu Takemura – Mattino Davanti Alla Torre Dell'orologio

2. Sic Alps – Zeppo Epp

3. Broadcast – Still Feels Like Tears

4. Vince Guaraldi – Peppermint Patty

5. Arthur Russell – Lucky Cloud

6. My Bloody Valentine – Don't Ask Why

7. The Chills – Satin Doll

8. Suicide – Keep Your Dreams

9. Brigitte Fontaine – Le Noir C'est Mieux Choisi

10. Velvet Underground – The Black Angel's Death Song

Happy

Halloween

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Show at The Cottage (East Atlanta) on November 4th

Hello, hello –

We're having a show at The Cottage with The North Trolls, Yoke, and Rattler Snake to raise some funds for tour. The event is free and all ages. Everything starts at 9 o'clock PM.


Apologies for the lack of posts. I've really sick with some sort of something for about a week now.

Scotty

PREMIERE MIXTAPE

hey everyone - 

This is the first in a series of mixtapes that we'll be doing. They'll showcase influences and artists that we adore, and hopefully promote a few lesser known acts. 

This first one is subtitled "Perfect Sound Forever."

Enjoy enjoy.

-Scotty

1. Television - Untitled Instrumental

2. The Clean - Big Cat

3. The Shirelles - Doomsday

4. Jeffrey Bützer - Theme For A Tailor 

5. Jesus & Mary Chain - On The Wall (Demo)

6. Juana Molina - Yo No

7. David Bowie - A New Career In A New Town

8. Augie March - O Mi So Li Lon

9. Deerhunter - Moon Witch Cartridge

10. The Kinks - When I See That Girl Of Mine (Demo)

11. Swell Maps - Blenheim Shots / A Raincoat's Room

12. Thunderbolts - Lost Planet

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Sunday Morning Coming Down

This is "Heroin/Sister Ray" taken from "The Legendary Guitar Amp Tapes" that my friend Wendell showed to me. The build before the clipper-ship verse on "Heroin" gave me goosebumps.

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This is a Small Reactions Demo

Here is a demo for the song "Keepah." It's currently undergoing a renovation. There is an absent bass line in this song that sounds like it's off a Stax single.

Keepah

Enjoy!

May 13th at 529!!

Hello,

How are you? Good? Good. Us too!

We've been hard at work writing some new tunes and we're about to work even harder recording them. It will be more vinyl this time. We've got some coffee mugs, stickers, and pins to accompany it, too. Cool!

What are you doing in say, 1 month from now? On Friday the 13th? Great! We've just made plans for you then. We're opening for Gold-Bears at 529. It's their LP release show for Slumberland records. It's our release show for those aforementioned new tunes. It's a party.

So, well see you in a couple weeks? Awesome!

It'll be the best Friday the 13th you've ever spent.

Performance

I cannot stop listening to this song.