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First GBA 2 Review In

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Guilt By Association Vol. 2 Release Show Next Week

GBA 2 Release Parties Announced!

Engine Room Recordings — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:11:00 +0000

We’re lucky to be celebrating this record twice at two of the best venues in the City!

The first one is at Music Hall of Williamsburg (see the beautiful flyer below that was hand painted by Engine Room’s own Joyce Chan) on Saturday January 31st. The night features Robbers On High Street, Jukebox The Ghost, Takka Takka and Lowry. Plus we have some prizes to hand out and free chocolates courtesy of Brooklyn’s own The Mast Brothers (while supplies last)

Then on Thursday February 5th we are at Bowery Ballroom with Francis and the Lights, Savoir Adore and The Bloodsugars!

For complete details on these shows and to buy tickets head over to Bowery Presents

Guilt By Association Vol. 2 Is Here!

Engine Room Recordings — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:56:00 +0000

Folks, it’s time! Guilt By Association Vol. 2 is here. Pitchfork just announced its release and hits the nail on the head! For round two, the comp seems to have evolved from a collection of covers of guilty pleasures to an unabashed celebration of pop, probably since nobody should ever feel ashamed for liking something (unless that something is Ted Nugent in 2008). (Full article here.) Stream the whole record below and hit the iTunes button on the player to make it yours!

Bringing the Guilt to Parkside Lounge

Engine Room Recordings — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:44:00 +0000

We kicked off our first Guilt By Association show last night at Parkside Lounge in Manhattan’s lower east side. It was freezing out but the room still filled up and we were treated to sets by Lara Ewen, Bryan Dunn and ERR’s own Goat. It was great fun and how can you not enjoy yourself when Def Leopard gets busted out. Congrats to Dan Berns from Chicago for getting the most answers right in our guilty pop culture trivia contest….I guess it pays to know all about the Spice Girls after all.

So that’s the First Thursday of every month at Parkside Lounge. The next show is February 6th where we’ll have comedian Nick Cobb, singer/songwriter Derek James and ERR’s Porter Block. Hope to see you there!

-Chris

GbA’s Devendra Banhart Video Featured

Engine Room Recordings — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:40:00 +0000

Ithentic has just announced they will be featuring our Guilt By Association video for Devendra Banhart‘ cover of ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’. The video was directed by Andy Cahill and can be found here!

Amazon Hearts GbA

Engine Room Recordings — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:59:00 +0000

Our little Guilt By Association record came out this week and is currently #2 in the Indie Music/Rock category and #9 in Rock Compilations.

Woohoo!

– Wes

Listen to GbA on AOL Music/Spinner

Engine Room Recordings — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:56:00 +0000

The nice folks over at AOL Music’s Spinner have selected Guilt By Association as one of this week’s releases they preview in its entirety! Go here to listen!

Some Guilt By Association Comments

Engine Room Recordings — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:53:00 +0000

A few early comments on Guilt By Association from some awesome publications below.

“Despite the suggestive title, GUILT BY ASSOCIATION is more elegy than irony and offers a primer on how to cover songs successfully…These covers strip the studio sheen from the originals and expose the song underneath, then cast them in radical new forms.” -Harp Magazine

“Luna’s take on Paula Abdul’s ‘Straight Up’ is a woozy, soul-jazz seduction song; Mike Watt turns Blue Oyster Cults ‘Burnin’ For You’ into a smoky, blues-punk dirge; and Superchunk transform the Destiny’s Child number ‘Say My Name’ into a fuzzy, noisy rock nugget.” -Alternative Press

“Irony is not dead, as evidenced by this hot compilation…Amazingly satisfying.”
-Preen Magazine

“[A] beguiling collection of guilty-pleasure covers…We defy you to listen to Devendra Banhart warble ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ without smiling.” -Radar Magazine

Guilt By Association is now available from Insound, Amazon and our good friends over at Bullmoose

Guilt By Association Video Contest Winner!

Engine Room Recordings — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:58:00 +0000

We are very proud to announce the winning video in our Guilt By Association contest! Watch below Andy Cahill’s video for Devendra Banhart’s cover of the Oasis song Don’t Look Back In Anger.

Andy is 21 years old, a student at the Rhode Island School of Design. He created the video over three tightly packed weeks in his parents’ basement.

We’ll be posting more videos here in the next coming days, but if you want to see the other entries and category winners already check them all out on our youtube page.

– Wes