February 2012
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January 2012
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MIKE SNIPER: An Indie Label in 2012. →
This is something that’s been on my mind as well, very eloquently stated by Captured Tracks main man, Mike Sniper. Fostering artists is the primary job of a label and too few labels are doing that in this day in age. Click below to read the whole thing.
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I posted a recent Facebook comment regarding our policies with signing artists and found myself getting into a discussion of...
December 2011
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Groopease.com features Duchess Leo
Available for the next few days is GOLDEN GRAY: THE DELUXE EDITION on Groopease.com for the low price of $4. Groopease offers music by independent artists at deeply discounted rates for limited amounts of time. They offer a free track for download, (“Your Sweet Love” in Duchess Leo’s case) band videos, reviews, editorials and other great stuff as a fun and inexpensive way of...
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LITTLE HORN AT THE EARL
Little Horn is making a fuss at The Earl next Thursday, December 15th. The band have been tearing it up live showcasing new material and breathing new life and vision into the old. They’ll be there with fellow mythical creatures EVP and Takenobu. Props to Andrew Bellury for another winning poster.
November 2011
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Eye of the Crow presents Lille!
Our good pal Scott McKibben recently launched his new site Eye of the Crow where he shoots intimate stripped down performances of different artists. You may remember him from Little Horn’s “Bridges Break” video that we posted a while back. Well, now he’s back with two videos from our very own Lille shot last year in New Orleans. Check them out below!
Stay Very Far Away:
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THESE FOR THOSE: VOLUME 2 Available next week
Duchess Leo’s These For Those: Volume 2 will be available for free download this Tuesday, December 6th! It will feature five new songs including an in-studio version of Bloom from the band’s recently released record “Golden Gray”. The band had this to say about the project:
These For Those is a collection of songs recorded between the release of our first EP and...
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Wishing all a wonderful holiday season
We know, Thanksgiving was like a minute ago and December technically isn’t even here yet. Let’s be honest though, we’re all gonna blink and it will be 2012. Suddenly we’ll be discussing snow and new music in the year some have guessed to be mankind’s last. (We don’t subscribe to such doomy thinking) Before more time so swiftly gets away, we’re stopping...
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Warm up to Warm Ghost
Our very own Daniel Bellury (2nd from the right) has joined fellow Brooklynite synth-heads, Warm Ghost. They recently traveled to Asheville, NC to play a set at Moog Fest and returned to makeout with local haunt, Glasslands, shortly after. Their new record, Narrows was released by Partisan Records. These guys, they just look right together, don’t they?
October 2011
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WatchVideo of the aforementioned duet of Dan Ryan and Grace Bellury performing for me and the new Mrs. Bellury’s first dance.
XO / Head Dude
Let’s Dance
A Whale of a Wedding
Last weekend Mr. and Mrs Whale finally tied the knot. The blessed event took place at Fair Weather Farms in Social Circle, Georgia. Grace from Lille and Dan from Duchess Leo played the first dance; a slow, soft reading of Bowie’s classic, Let’s Dance. It sounded kind of like this. We wish the loving couple, Daniel Lee Bellury & Leslie Lorraine Meyer Bellury, a lifetime of joy and...
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Duchess Leo releases THESE FOR THOSE: VOLUME 1
Duchess Leo and Whale Heart proudly present These For Those: Volume 1, the first of a free two-EP set.
These For Those is a collection of songs recorded between the release of our first EP and Golden Gray. Presented here are the tunes we discovered our sound with, in many cases by discovering what our sound wasn’t. Each has a long history. Stylistically, these songs will likely not be...
September 2011
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PACIFIC THEATER'S WARM LIGHT NOW AVAILABLE
Pacific Theater and Whale Heart proudly present WARM LIGHT. Warm Light was recorded over the course of 2010 and 2011 at Marcata Studios in New Paltz, NY and at Whale Manor here in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Produced by the band’s own Daniel Bellury with additional production and mixing by Kevin McMahon, Warm Light stylistically pushes the band forward into synthier, new wave territory. Warm...
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NEW DUCHESS LEO TRACK →
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS
Duchess Leo and Whale Heart proudly present The Tracks of My Tears. Available for free download, Tracks of My Tears was recorded in 2009 in Todd’s apartment and is one of our earliest sounds. It was originally intended for inclusion on an EP, but that EP eventually became our full length…
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August 2011
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Lille in the studio
Just returned home from Mr. and Mrs. Whale’s house. We had thai food, a few laughs and a listen to the pre-mixes of Lille’s record. I’d tell you it’s awesome, but you know it is. Word around the water cooler says It’s 85% in the can, songs are all there though. There’s a part for a children’s choir that still needs to be laid down. Hardest part of...
July 2011
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WatchEye of the Crow presents Little Horn performing Bridges Break at the Georgia Guide Stones. Bridges Break is track two off of Little Horn’s brand new EP, Twelve. Twelve was released yesterday, July 26. You can read some early press about it here and here.
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THE GOINGS ON
Big day here at Whale Central. For starters, we’ve got the release of Little Horn’s Twelve EP. You can read early reviews of it here and here. Twelve is the first recording for this particular line up of Little Horn. Up til now it’s pretty much been Keith and whoever he’s hanging out with at the time. The new band (DJ Higgum, Steve Brown and Rob “Jimbob”...
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LITTLE HORN RELEASES "TWELVE"
Whale Heart Records proudly presents “Twelve”, an EP by LIttle Horn.
Twelve is the follow up to Little Horn’s first album “Such Pretty Houses” which was recorded and released in 2009. Since “Such Pretty Houses” Keith has put together a rhythm section comprised of Lille members, Rob Bellury and Steve Brown. DJ Higgum eventually rounded out the band and...
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PACIFIC THEATER IS BACK
Pacific Theater is back next Tuesday at Public Assembly in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with Andy & Zeus and Double Entendre! Details Below:
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July 26, 2011 at 9 PM.
Public Assemby is at 70 N 6th St. (between Wythe Ave & Kent Ave)
DJ sets by Friendship Bracelets and Zach Wilson.
June 2011
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May 2011
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Lille @ Kavarna
Lille played Kavarna in Georgia friday night. In Grace’s words “We all dressed up like we wuz at prom but I think we just looked like funeral goers instead.” Looks like munster prom to me. Oh and Rob, could you find a bigger white tie, please? Thanks. The gang is currently preparing to go into the studio to begin recording their next record. New tunes!!!
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April 2011
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“Anyone having any interest in music should make sure that they are doing their...”
– Daniel Higgs
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March 2011
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Duchess Leo:
Andy & Zeus asked if we would remix their tune, MCMLXXXI Choir. We said “Duh, of course we would” because it’s beautiful. Then we jacked it up and found a few moments you can tap your foot to. We’re playing a show together at Bruar Falls in April where we’ll be shagging for the spring time and honoring the good old days. Click below to discover Andy & Zeus!
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February 2011
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We proudly present Duchess Leo’s first performance video, Bloom. Bloom is the second track on Golden Gray and appears here in live and extended form. The video was directed by the head dude hisself, Daniel Bellury. Golden Gray is out now on Whale Heart Records. Read an interview with the band on the Village Voice blog about the making of the song.
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Bloom on Just Like Honey
Bloom is featured on Just Like Honey’s podcast this weekend along with Cut Copy and Bright Eyes. I had the pleasure of talking with Bertie a little bit about when he met Jeff Buckley. We hope to make it to London soon to meet him and play a show. Check out the podcast HERE!
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January 2011
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