Wantage is a DIY label that puts out records by:
Squalora (Missoula/Portland), the Narrows (Olympia/Bellingham), the Pope (Eagle Rock/Rosemead), Big Business (Seattle/Los Angeles), Le Force (Salt Lake/Seattle), Volumen (Missoula), Mountain High (Philadelphia), Drunk Horse (Oakland), the Lights (Seattle), Japanther (Brooklyn), Federation X (Bellingham), No-Fi Soul Rebellion (Bellingham), Red Fang (Portland), Last of the Juanitas (Portland), Ass-End Offend (Missoula/Kalispell/Defunct)
Additionally, we have our hands in a couple of other things:
Total Fest (Missoula)
Central European tours (Germany, Poland, Czechia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland)
Pickling (mostly cucumbers)
Hunting (deer)
Reading (several books at once, and rarely finishing..)
Hiking (around Montana)
Influences
Wantage is influenced by a lot of people, and some things: Originally, having creative and supportive parents and growing up TV-less, then reading about the Dischord, K and other small labels and people who had a vision for releasing good records by exciting bands and working hard to keep independent music vibrant and robust. Then leaving the country for a couple of years (LATVIJA!), and more recently, meeting people like Armin and Ute from X-Mist. That's a real brief overview of our influences, but hopefully it's a start. Other influences: Matt and Justin McIntyre, Ian Vanek, Nicole Payton, Matt Vanek, Bryan Ramirez, Ben McOsker, Yellow Swans, Icky Ciccone.
Are you seeking a musical, artistic or.. community event to attend in the Garden City of Montana? My friend Colin Hickey (Playboyicus Internationalicus) is hard at work listing every damn thing under the sun. Same goes for Salt Lake, Boise and Albuquerque, and Boulder!
Welcome to Wäntage USA's space. While we have a dynamic website conveniently located at wantageusa.com, It's just one-way dynamic and you just don't get the sweet functionalities like being able to self-promote (yourself), date (others) and spread gossip (about others) and waste time (lots!) as you do on here. What an awesome technological wasteland! Anyhow, if interestd, you'll find updates and show information about Wantage bands, and more information.
Join the mailing list by sending a request with "join your incredible list" in the subject line. You'll get updates on new releases, tours and the occasional non-Wantage recommendation: email: wantageusa (AT) yahoo DOT com
How is Wäntage USA pronounced?
Like advantage but with a w replacing the adv.
What does it, like, you know, mean?
Never ask that.
How do I donate?
See catalog.
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The ROBOTS FROM MARS have a new song, “Spaceship Earth”
“Better plug your ears so that your brains don’t leak out…” Johnny Air Guitar.
Visit their My Space page to experience the #1 song from the Red Planet. The reviews have begun to come in:
“Spaceship Earth is destined to become the worst song of all time!” The Psychic News Network
“Spaceship Earth sounds like it was played by a bunch of drunken robots…” The Snob Blog & Party Hearty Militia
“Can’t wait to jam with the Robots From Mars!” Bill Clinton
“Yuck Yuck…The Robots From Mars sound like Devo on uppers…” George W.
“The Robots From Mars are incredibly boring in a heavy handed low brow sort of way.” Dick Cheney
“Spaceship Earth will take you to a place that you don’t want to go!” Barak Obama
“Just like some Democrats we know,” John McCain
“If you are really really BUZZED and you squint really really hard, the Robots From Mars don’t SOUND half bad,” Bender, “And it shouldn’t matter that they paid me to say that… I still get to keep the money, right?”
Please stay on your own planet! We are sorry to say that we watched the Phoenix’s successful landing on Mars. Why are you here? We would like to know if this Peeping Tom behavior will ever end? Do we spy on you? Well…that’s another story.
PS You’ll never locate your first Polar Lander. It was just yummy. It is hard to describe the succulent taste of rare Earth metals. Please send more wreckage!
PPS A kindly reminder from the Robots From Mars… The First Law of Robotics only applies to synthetic beings of Earthly origin.
INTERGALLACTIC PROTEST LAUNCHED BY THE ROBOTS FROM MARS!
The Robots From Mars have launched a protest with the Beetlejuice Gaming Commission. The major issue focuses on the disadvantage that metallic robots have when playing Pong since most robots tend to light up when struck by the game ball. “But that all depends on the size of the game ball verses the size of the robot,” the Great Butbot advised, “there’s a proper ratio with these things.” Johnny Air-Guitar, “Getting struck by a ball of light is a real and constant danger…if I light up I’ll give my position away.” Rob “Rainbow” Marley, “I light up if I’m within six feet of a Pong match. I think it is a radiation thing.” “You’d light up anyway,” Johnny Air-Guitar added. “You’re always smoking.” This reporter noted that most of the beings attending the protest in the office of the Beetlejuice Gaming Commission took some of these comments by the Robots From Mars as a joke. But I’m not convinced. I never met a synthetic that had a sense of humor.
ZZ Van Hendrix, “Bowling is even worse than Pong. What robotic ten pin wants to stand around with 9 of his buddies just to get knocked down so that he has to continually pick himself back up again? It’s a senseless stupid ritual! And who gains…some fat old hippie in a tie-dyed T-shirt? Bowling and Pong are both barbaric. They should be outlawed!”
Reported by Texas Rose & the Lone Stranger For the Martian Blog and Neitherworld News Service
