Aan is Bud Wilson (vocals, guitar), Reese Lawhon (bass), Jon Lewis (drums) and Jeff Bond (guitar).

After months of waiting and anticipating we can finally share the tracks from Aan’s Mystery Life 7″ with the world!  The 7″ features the upbeat, hyper-anthem, A side title track “Mystery Life” and the driving, slow burning B side “Spiritual Provisions”.  We’ve been very patient and guarded with these tracks, and are pleased to finally be able to give you a taste of this limited run, vinyl only release that will be available to the world on Feb, 5.  Please enjoy these tracks and if you like what you hear you can pre-order now, ensuring your record will ship by Feb, 5.

And if you’re in the North West you can catch Aan live at one of these shows…

Feb 1 – The Red Room Boise, ID w/ Incan Abraham

Feb 2 – Pendelton Center for the Arts Pendelton, OR w/Incan Abraham

Feb 4 – Red Light Bellingham, WA w/Incan Abraham + Cuckoo Chaos

Feb 5 – Barboza Seattle, WA w/Incan Abraham + Cuckoo Chaos

Feb 6 – Mississippi Studios PDX,OR w/Incan Abraham + Cuckoo Chaos (tix) Aan 7” release party!!!

Feb 8 – The Belltower Pullman, WA w/Built to Spill +    Finn Riggins (tix)

Feb 9 – Bing Crosby Theater Spokane, WA w/Built to Spill + Finn Riggins (tix)

Aan’s Mystery Life 7″ will be out February 5th, but you can ensure you get your copy by pre-ordering now.  This release is limited to 300 copies and will primarily be available at shows. These will go quick so we recommend pre-ordering now to guarantee a copy.

Pre-Order the 7″ here. Records will ship by 2/5.

And to tide you over, here’s an oldie but goodie, “Wet and Dripping” completely remastered for your listening pleasure…

Aan Announced Pacific Northwest Tour Dates

Portland’s Aan will be releasing their Mystery Life 7” on Cool Summer Records Feb 5th, and will be playing some shows around their neck of the woods around the release date.  The dates include some shows with Incan Abraham and Cuokoo Chaos, Built to Spill, and a record release party in their home town! More on the 7″ release soon…

2/1 Boise, ID – The Red Room *
2/2 Pendelton, OR – Pendelton Center for the Arts *
2/4 Bellingham, WA – Red Light *%
2/5 Seattle, WA – Barboza *%
2/6 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios *%
2/8 Pullman, WA – The Belltower #
2/9 Spokane, WA – Bing Crosby Theater #

* w/ Incan Abraham
% w/ Cuckoo Chaos
# w/ Built to Spill, FinnRiggins

 Cool Summer Records Featured In Independent Label Market LA’s Video

Cool Summer Records founder, Dave Mount, was featured in this video from the Independent Label Market LA event that was held back in November. Featuring Southern California’s best independent labels and the people that run them, this video highlighting the ILMLA gives some insight into why there’s still interest in music in the physical form and the importance of having places for people to listen to, shop, and discuss these physical releases.

Summerays Releases Digital Full Length

On New Years Day, Summerays released their first full length to the world.  Cool Summer Records proudly released Summerays’ Toyohashi 7”, the shimmering and nostalgia-steeped single from Cleveland surf popper Luke Teeters. On 1/1/13 Teeters unveiled the next chapter in the Summerays story: Summer Daze. The pay-what-you-want debut album is available via Bandcamp and is filled to the brim with the beach born pop gems we’ve come to expect from Teeters’ songbook.

Lead single “Sunshine” is true testament to the feel good vibe of Summer Daze. It’s an upbeat and catchy little love song that ambles along merrily by way of Teeters’ sun drenched and reverb soaked guitar tones. Check it out here, then head over to their bandcamp page to hear the rest!

That should get you up to speed with everything that’s been going on with Cool Summer Records and our bands over the holiday break. There’s so many things we’re beyond excited to share with you in 2013. It’s going to be an epic year!

We at Cool Summer Records know that some of you may have just been introduced to Portland OR’s, Aan, via the video for “I Don’t need Love”, the band’s newest single.  Well Aan have been at it since 2007, honing their sound and making great music along the way.  In 2011, Aan put out their first vinyl single, the Somewhere’s Sunshine 7″ on Infinite Front.  These two songs “Somewhere’s Sunshine”, and “Haunted, Million Ways” were our first taste of Aan’s brand of experimental, psychedelic, avant-pop,  piquing our interest, getting us hooked, and ultimately confirming we had to work with this incredibly talented band.  We feel that this release may have gone somewhat under the radar and didn’t necessarily get the attention it deserved, so we’d like to make it know that there are still copies of this limited release available.  In the era of Spotify, Pandora, and all sorts of other ways to sample new music for free, we encourage you to give this release a listen and if you hear the potential that we heard, spend a little money and effort to purchase a physical copy or at least the download of this classic release.  All of the money generated from the sale of this 7″ goes directly to the band to help fund future releases as well as hit the road and bring their incredible live show directly to you.  We are absolutely thrilled to announce we will be bringing you brand new music from Aan in the winter of 2013 and cant wait for you to hear how this band has evolved and perfected their sound.  We don’t believe in kickstarter, and we assure you Aan’s next 7″ will be released with no crowdfunded goal to reach.  We’re not asking you to buy into the idea of Aan’s future release that you haven heard yet, we’re asking you to support a band with a great release that you can hear and purchase right now if you like the band or enjoy the music.  Check out the jams below and if you like what you’re hearing you can purchase a physical copy or digital download of the 7″ here.

A home town block party for two Cool Summer Records bands, Gardens and Villa and Little Owl, this show should be truly amazing!  Not to mention there are tons of other bands playing, and it’s all part of the New Noise festival and conference!  Get your tickets here…

Cool Summer Records is proud to announce we will be participating in the Los Angeles Independent Label Market this Saturday, Nov 3rd. in Silverlake.  We will have all of our releases available for listening and for sale as well as merch from the bands on our roster, exclusive and signed items, and there may even be some members from some of our bands hanging out too!  This should be a very fun and special event and look forward to sharing our music with all of you.

More info about the event…

Since launching in London on May 2011, Independent Label Market has brought together the founders of some the World’s greatest Independent Record Labels on both sides of the Atlantic to sell their fresh vinyl produce directly to the public at that traditional goods exchange – a market stall.

Independent Label Market will be returning to the USA for a second time on Saturday 3rd November, 2012 to host their first West Coast event. IAMSOUND is partnering with ILM for the very first Independent Label Market: LA. The event will take place at the Micheltorena Elementary School in Silverlake, and in typical ILM fashion, will see a host of exclusive releases, artist appearances and much more.

As the music industry embraces mp3s and a more digital strategy, Independent Label Market is proving to be an valuable reminder of how music retail can be a social affair; people hanging out together as a community and buying records.

The other attending labels include:

100% Silk
Anti
Anticon
Burger Records
Dangerbird
Delicious Vinyl
Friends Of Friends
Hit City USA
IAMSOUND
Innovative Leisure
Mad Decent
Manimal Vinyl
Ninja Tune
Not Not Fun
Origami

Fresh off an amazing performance supporting anarcho legends The Mob, Crimson Scarlet have just announced an East Coast tour with SPECTRES, including a performance at the 6th annual A Varning From Montreal festival.  I honestly can’t think of a better way to get into the spirit of the holidays then with trudging through fallen leaves and crisp East Coast Fall air to see Crimson Scarlet.  Here’s the most up to date tour info for Crimson Scarlet, complete with full moon and Halloween shows! Goth your socks off!

SPECTRES and Crimson Scarlet EAST COAST TOUR

Oct 26th – NYC – The Acheron w/ SPECTRES

Oct 27th – Philadelphia – Red Barns w/ SPECTRES – http://www.facebook.com/events/107686006052135/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Oct 28th – Baltimore – Barclay House w/ SPECTRES

Oct 29th – Richmond – Strange Matter w/ SPECTRES - http://www.facebook.com/events/403829599677869/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Oct 30th – Pittsburgh – Jizzy Rose w/ SPECTRES – http://www.facebook.com/events/533444710003041/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Two great things from Little Owl today! First, a fantastic cover of the Pixies “Waves of Mutilation”.  The cover pays homage to the original while incorporating key elements of what makes Little Owl so great.  Check it out and download it for free below!

Also, Little Owl announced a tour today, consisting of a solid west coast run hitting most cities on the left half of the US!  Check it below and check them out when they roll through your town.

If you’re in the Portland area this weekend you can check out a great show on Saturday at Mississippi Studios with Nurses, Aan, Hookers, and a DJ set by JD Samson.  There’s definitely going to be lots of hometown pride for some of Portland’s best bands at this one!

And if you’re in the Southern California area this weekend you can check out Gardens and Villa at the KBZT Independence Jam in Oceanside, CA as part of a very impressive line up with with Fiona Apple, Best Coast, and Oberhofer.

Get tickets here!