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Last Chance to Pre-Order Crazy Baldhead Album

February 9, 2016 by Jacob Wake Up!

When we last touched base with Slackers guitarist Agent Jay, he was preparing to release their new album. He also hinted that he was finishing up a new release for his own project, Crazy Baldhead. In a very short amount of time, his new record, “The Stereo Prophecy & Electric Hymns” was funded on the boutique crowdfunder Big Tunes.

The Slackers Launch Crowdfunding Campaign for New Album with Big Tun.es

August 3, 2015 by Jacob Wake Up!

This weekend the band announced a crowd-funding campaign through Big Tun.es

The Snails Create Big Tunes Campaign To Raise Tour Funds After Van Stolen

May 9, 2014May 9, 2014 by Alex Chiasson

Our Philly friends The Snails need your help! They had their gear stolen and are raising money with BigTun.es in exchange for tuneage

Music Video: The Slackers – “My Bed Is a Boat”

February 4, 2014 by Jacob Wake Up!

The Slackers | My Bed Is a Boat | Cover Art

Perennial ska band The Slackers have released a music video for “My Bed Is a Boat,” the title track off their EP of the same name.

Review: Sammy Kay and the East Los 3 – “Love Letters”

April 6, 2014February 2, 2014 by Jacob Wake Up!

Sammy Kay and the East Los 3
“Love Letters”
2013, Big Tunes / Panic State Records / Whatevski Records
RIYL: Westbound Train, The Slackers, JR Thomas, Tom Waits

The title “Love Letters” conjures up images and ideas of a romantic time and space. When was the last time you put pen to paper to express your love, going through through six drafts before you got the words just right? Sure those moments being lovestruck were exhausting in their own right, but they were inherently fun. There’s a special kind of perseverant energy that goes into that kind of love. The kind we need because we’re all so jaded. That’s the aesthetic of this record, the first full length from solo artist Sammy Kay released October 29, 2013.

Pre-Order New Deal’s Gone Bad Record “Heartbreaks And Shadows”

February 5, 2014January 15, 2014 by Jacob Wake Up!

Chicago’s Deal’s Gone Bad has completed the recording of their latest record, “Heartbreaks And Shadows,” a follow up to their 2007 record “The Ramblers.” This will be the second of their records featuring the distinctive voice of Todd Hembrook. The band’s next step is pressing and distribution of the record and they’re looking to their fans, friends, and the good people at Big Tunes to fund the record.

For those not familiar, Big Tunes is a crowdfunding platform akin to Kickstarter, but it’s geared specifically to music projects which means both the artist and the fans come out ahead. It’s also run by the same good people that run Whatevski Records, so you know they really get ska, rocksteady, and reggae music.

Spend 420 with Sammy Kay & the Fast Four and Brunt of It in Jamaica Plain

November 10, 2013April 17, 2013 by Jacob Wake Up!

Imagine my surprise when I found out my old pal Sammy Kay was passing through Boston. I met Sammy Kay in New York City when he was playing with The Forthrights and I was playing with The Hard Times and we were playing gigs together every two minutes. Well around the time I was getting ready to move to Boston, he had put a new band together, called Sammy Kay and the Fast Four. They played a few gigs before Sammy took off for the west coast where he plays with the East Los 3.