BANDS ON THE FORTHESAKEOFTHESONG LABEL (PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGES TO VISIT THEIR PAGES):
My Drug Hell
Ambrose Tompkins
The Legion
Lessons In Time
The Townes Van Zandt Project, feat: J. Tillman, Great Lake Swimmers, Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time, Jad Fair, Be Good Tanyas and many more!
ARTISTS NOT ON THIS LABEL, BUT STILL AMAZING!!
Townes Van Zandt, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Gourds, The Black & White Years, Smog, Mazzy Star, Rosalita, Catfish Haven (PLEASE NOTE: CATFISH HAVEN IS THE BEST BAND ALIVE!!), The 101ers, The Sonics, The Fabulous Wailers, Big Star, Talking Heads, Mark Mulcahy, Voxtrot, Avett Brothers, Lucinda Williams, The Rolling Stones...and so on...
About me:
These are all tracks by artists on the Forthesakeofthesong label, please stop profile track playing on the left, and have a listen here (if you want to!):
To purchase your Forthesakeofthesong releases, one option is to visit our shop, just click on the record shop here:
...or, you can either Google record titles, and purchase them from an outlet of your choice, visit a record shop (!!!!!) or follow the links below.
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Forthesakeofthesong is a record label born and developed in the aftermath of another SXSW experience (2007). There the importance, impact and rapture of music becomes more apparent then ever.
Infectious, honest, addictive music makes me feel indestructible. When music that is “just right” is made, magic happens. Some albums are full of that magic from beginning to end. These albums contain no filler to skip. You have listened to these albums countless times and you always know what happens next - when that guitar comes in that makes you shiver and when the vocals hurt so good your heart skips a beat, but still, every time you hear one of these albums you end up surprised and amazed by it. Forthesakeofthesong will solely concentrate on releasing albums like that - stunning, solid records capable of becoming classics.
The label was launched with the re-release of My Drug Hells debut album from 1996, ’This Is My Drug Hell’, regarded as one of the best albums of the nineties. The next release was ’Are You Well?’, the debut album by Ambrose Tompkins, an album which has received nothing but praise and stunning reviews. Also out on Forthesakeofthesong is ’All That Optimism’, the debut album by new Leicester band The Legion. Early in 2009 we released the long awaited second album by My Drug Hell, titled ’My Drug Hell 2’. Next up is 'Introducing Townes Van Zandt Via The Great Unknown', out October 26th 2009 - this album you need to check out here: www.myspace.com/thetownesvanzandtproject. We are also very excited about our new addition; Lessons In Time from Australia, who's debut album will be out on Forthesakeofthesong spring 2010.
You will find links to the bands pages and record outlets on this page. Please check back for coming releases.
As you may or may not be aware SoundARC hold a charity gig every year at Club 85 in Hitchin in aid of the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, and this year we are going to try something a little different from previous years.
This year we are going to take over the club and host 37 acts in one weekend putting full bands upstairs and acoustic acts downstairs in an event that we are calling ARCfest!
It all starts on Friday 4th December at 7pm and then continues on through Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th from 12pm-11pm
As well as raising money for the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, ARCfest will showcase all the different genres of bands that we at SoundARC have come across over the last 4 and a half years. Over this weekend a lot of the acts that you will see don’t get a chance to play a great local venue like Club 85, So as well as hearing new music you will see all manors of genres and styles from acoustic - Metal - Indie - Rock - Punk - Electro - Ska - Funk - Hip Hop/Rap - Alternative - Rhythm & Blues - Reggae - Grunge and loads more that I cant remember!
today i uploaded an old song i recently rerecorded with the band PeacePipe (the snakes from Brooklyn) - my first upload in a year, and first recording with a band for many years. hope you enjoy it and hope that all is well in the UK.
Hey! Thanks again for being our friend. Make sure you have a little listen to our album Songs For Abandoned Buildings and our EP Gravity. If you like it, please follow the link on the player to buy it from itunes so we can play a town near you! Don't forget to give us a review on itunes when you buy it :)
