Its almost surreal when you think about it, its like we are a real label or something. new dates can be found here...www.hydrahead.com

also, please make note of the secret photo of Dupey's newest life partner.

Bergraven piece from Brandon Stosuy at Pitchfork.
Drawing Voices is reviewed at Pitchfork and Tiny Mix Tapes.
Big Business is reviewed at Pop Matters.
Oxbow on Pitchfork
Pelican at Stereogum, and Download.

Each dude from that band called Pelican pick a track to review for paperthinwalls today. Although the one guy who works for us and also plays in Pelican was wise enough to avoid reviewing his own band, he does get the "Shamelessly Sorta Self-Promoting" award of the day by reviewing another of our bands, Bergraven...we'll have to pull the other 3 guys a side and have a talk about how they need to think of family first next time.

Everlovely Lightningheart will be in an art show as a sound installation this coming weekend, Saturday June 30th, the gallery will be open every weekend in July. Also individual members from Everlovely Lightningheart will have their work in the show currated by Simon Watson done at the behest of Marc Selwyn of Marc Selwyn Fine Art.

Called Fast Forward, the show will open Saturday June 30th at the Brentwood Country Mart(#33) located at 26th Street at San Vicente. The opening of the show is scheduled from 8:30-10pm which is directly after the Marc Selwyn Fine Art opening of �Some Kind of
Portrait� curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala of Scenic.

So the day has finally come, the boy we met so long ago with the splotchy red skin and ferocious knowledge of all things Hydra, dubbed DUPEY has found his nitch and been permanently promoted. Now the once intern turned office beast master is looking for a little help. That’s right kids; it’s your chance yet again to become one of the elite (and constantly criticized by Hydra Head CEO Mark Thompson) interns at this great empire we’ve built in the sun. But before you go telling mypsace it’s going to be you, ask yourself these simple but important questions.

Please take the Hydra Head Intern Quiz! (No cheating!)

Do you have a car?

Do you slam the door and stomp your feet?

Do you live near the 90029 area code?

Do you leave without saying good-bye?

Do you know the Hydra Head back catalog as well as current releases?

Do you have a problem cleaning up after a tsunami disguised as a dog?

Do you argue with everything that anyone says, to the point that your superior paid staff is uncomfortable asking you to do anything?

Do you have a passion for working in the music industry, and more importantly, with an independent record label?

Can you give one quote from the cinematic genius that is Caddyshack?

What is your message board user name, and what message boards are you obsessed with?

Do you know how to use a phone?

Do you have a familiarity with Word, Excel, Outlook?

Do you like Eddie Murphy circa Delirious and Chevy Chase circa Fletch?

Can you show up on time and commit to working hard at least 2 days a week?

Can you prove that you are friends with us on myspace?

Would you like to get your lunch paid for by Hydra Head?

Do you have a beard (male or female)?

When you farted as a child did your parents refer to them as toots or fluffs?

Do you consider scanning to be a design related task?

Do you have a crush (male or female) on Aaron Turner?

Are you ok with running errands outside of the office such as making photo copies or going to the post office?

These are not trick questions, so you better answer honestly. Please copy and paste this quiz and email it to Bryce@hydrahead.com and Dupey@hydrahead.com, please also include your interests in this company as well as a little information about your work history

Intern duties can consist of pretty much just about anything. Expect to participate in some of the following actions: preparing various mailings (press, tour, retail), calling stores, running errands, laughing at our bad jokes, straightening up the office, folding t-shirts, arranging tour ticket buys, web related tasks, etc. Please understand that this is not all fun and games, the work that the interns do is not glamorous and is to help lighten the day-to-day work load of the very busy superiors, if you commit to helping out then we expect you to actually be of help.

Things that increase your chances of being involved:
-we prefer college students that can obtain credit through the internship though anyone is welcome.
-familiarity with Word, Excel, Outlook, telephones and the internet is preferable.
-your hours of availability may be flexible as long as you are consistent and someone we can count on. We are generally here from 11am to 7pm M-F (occasionally on weekends too).

Good luck!

Click HERE to pre-order

American Nervoso is getting the deluxe reissue treatment and here's the pre-order. In addition to the CD, loaded with the original album plus bonus tracks (see below), we've resurrected a classic Botch shirt for this one. You can order the tee/hoodie/long sleeve/girl shirt above, printed exclusively on black with red and clear ink, for the next two weeks. After that they are GONE, unless we decide to reissue the shirt with bonus sleeves, which will never happen.

Track Listing:

1. Hutton'sGreat Heat Engine
2. John Woo
3. Dali's Praying Mantis
4. Dead for a Minute
5. Oma
6. Thank God For Worker Bees
7. Rejection Spoken Softly
8. Spitting Black
9. Hives
   * Bonus Tracks*
10. Stupid Me
11. Spitting Black (extended version)
12. Hutton's Great Heat Engine (demo)
13. Rejection Spoken Softly (demo)
14. John Woo (demo)

Click HERE to preorder.

This is what happens when an inside joke goes too far. Long story short, but amongst the emails between the members of Pelican and BCD the subject of the Golden Girls came up. Someone found a picture of Betty White and someone else took it too far, way too far. Our wonderful intern Anthony was designing new Pelican shirts and made this. We've decided to do one, and only one, pressing of these. It's going to take a couple weeks to get it on the print schedule anyway so we're opening it up as a pre-order.

These will be printed on white American Apparel guys and girls shirts. The front design will be done with gold foil, the back is standard black ink and says "Thank you for being a friend!". These should be ready to ship in the first week of July, and again it's a one time thing, maybe the worst idea we've ever had so grab one now if you can't live without it.