New Single by The Owls!

Finally after over three years the Minneapolis band The Owls lets everyone in on what they have been up to. The Owls have three songwriters (sometimes four) and have finally finished their debut album "Daughters and Suns". The song we have posted here is written and sung by Maria May and opens with the prettiest harmonies. It is a charming piano song that reminds us of the heart aching hit song from the EP "Air" but a bit more playful. The Owls are the best at what they do, amazing harmonies with beautiful pop production. Brian Tighe, Allison Labonne also have their equal share of songs on this 14 song album. It has taken three years to get here so don't rush let The Owls seep into you. The Owls album Daughters and Suns will be released Oct 23rd and the cd release show is scheduled for Nov 8th at the Cedar Cultural Center.

The Owls "Peppermint Patty"

New Tullycraft Single!

We are very excited to announce a brand new Tullycraft song for download. "The Punks Are Writing Love Songs" is off the new album "Every Scene Needs A Center" which is due out Oct 23rd. Tullycraft have a cd release show planned on Oct 18th at The Crocodile with The Math and Physics Club and Patience Please. "Punks" is the lead off track to the band's upcoming album. I love the new Tullycraft and one of the reasons is the variety of styles and sounds on the record. It is a lengthy 14 tracks long and will surely not disappoint all the fans who have been waiting since "Disenchanted Hearts Unite". "Punks" has a huge hook and lends to fist pumping "hey"s. Corianton Hale of Tullycraft designed the JPEG to go along with this free download. Stay tuned to for a free download from The Owls later this week.

Tullycraft "Punks Are Writing Love Songs"

Hola Mexico!

After I married Molly, we risked possible hurricanes to spend a week in paradise known to some of you as the state of Quintana Roo or more commonly as the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. It was an amazing experience as for one I have never really had a relaxing vacation before. We spent hours watching the tide come in and catching up on our novel reading. We encountered sea turtles, spider monkeys, and countless number of crabs. We didn't really experience much of a music scene other than the cover band that played fairly late outside of our hotel room on the Isla de Mujeres. We did however bring the ipod and speakers and played my favorite mexican indie pop band Hello Seahorse! On their website they have 4 acoustic versions of some songs from their album available for download. I will post a link to one of their songs sung in English "Lost Cause Heart". They have their cd available everywhere via CD Baby and Itunes. I can't think of another mexican indie pop band but lets hope they are starting a trend.

Happy Birthday!

This is a photo of Mark. He and I run Magic Marker Records. This photo of Mark is when he had a beard and before he started riding his bike everywhere. I have known Mark since my junior year in college at Indiana University. We both worked at WIUS , the college radio station. Mark once had Bunnygrunt play his house with his friend's ska band whose name I am forgetting right now. In even bigger news is Mark is moving back from California back to Oregon very soon! I am so happy to have Mark back. Either way today is Mark's birthday and I am making a post about it. Happy Birthday Mark! I will include the fantastic video from Altered Images of "Happy Birthday". All so fantastic. As Mark may point out it was my birthday yesterday as well. Happy Birthday Mark ! I hope you are having a fantastical day!

Magic Marker Curt gets married presses 7"

On September 1st, 2007 I Curtis Kentner married Molly Anderson. It was truly the happiest day of my life. All our friends and family came to Portland, Oregon and had a grand ol' time talking, dancing, eating, drinking, and laughing. So many people helped make this such a special day and we love them all. To commemerate the occasion Molly and I asked Ricky of The Galactic Heroes and Dave from BOAT to collaborate to cover the Trogg's song "With a Girl Like You" for our first dance. We also asked Katy Davidson if she would cover the Zombies song "This Will Be Our Year" for Molly to walk down the aisle to. Here are those two songs for your enjoyment. We also had them pressed onto a 7". Depending on demand we have some left over. I will send them out for the price of shipping. Oh yeah this photo is from the photo booth that Ricky built himself. Amazing.

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MANHATTAN LOVE SUICIDES - KEEP IT COMING

Here is an update. The 7" singles were found. It turns out the British government wanted to hang onto them long enough to keep us guessing. So they are available in the UK as well as in the US. Here we have an actually video for an upcoming single that is due out in October on Lost Music Recordings.