02/20/10: A new year with news coming soon. Keep checking back for some exciting new releases from Anthropic Records.
12/19/09: The benefit show for Dave was a huge success. A gigantic thank you to everyone who volunteered their time to help us with this event. I can't thank everyone enough for coming out and supporting Dave. Don't forget, please tell your friends, family, co-workers that they can still donate by using our donate-what-you-want site. The site is completely secure and you get the entire first Cloud Minder album, The Territory of this Contract is the Universe, for your donation. Thank you!! The link for the donation site is here:
11/11/09: ANTHROPIC RECORDS, ALONG WITH THE MEW GALLERY AND VILLAGE GREEN PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS:
A BENEFIT FOR DAVE SOMMER OF CLOUD MINDER!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 8PM, 21+,$10.00
THE MANHATTAN ROOM, PHILADELPHIA
FEATURING MUSIC BY:
ADAM AND DAVE'S BLOODLINE
RAREBIRDS
CONTROLLED STORMS
MONOLITH
GRAMMAR DEBATE!
INPERFECT SILENCE (featuring mems of Cloud Minder)
SILENT AUCTION FEATURING PIECES BY:
THE MEW GALLERY
GENE SMIRNOV
JON PARKTON
BOB STOKES
++MORE
BUY RAFFLE TICKETS AND YOU COULD WIN GIFT CERT FROM:
SIREN RECORDS (doylestown)
JOHNNY BRENDA'S
SOUTH PHILLY TAP ROOM
DO ONE LAST GOOD DEED BEFORE THE YEARS END!
09/21/09: Cloud Minder is still on hold due to Dave's treatments. Dave underwent another brain surgery a few weeks ago. We are hoping for a speedy and successful recovery. Please send him some love at his blog HERE.
Dave and his family have had to put out a lot of money to cover his treatments. That being said, Anthropic Records is happy to announce that we have made Cloud Minder's debut EP, The Territory of this Contract is the Universe, a donation based pay-what-you-want download. You get the full ep (drm free), all the artwork, and that warm and fuzzy feeling that you have helped someone recover so young from a horrible illness for whatever you can afford to pay. 100% of the proceeds go to dave and his family.
We are asking you to click the Communitas Link below to donate.
Thank you in advance for your support!
03/14/09: The Green Evening Requiem (Evan's band) has released their much anticipated new album, Bastards of Atlas, as a "pay-what-you-want" digital download. The download includes music, art and lyrics. Visit Green Evenings site to download.
03/10/09: Evan and I went to visit Dave on Saturday night. For those of you who are unaware, Dave (Cloud Minder) was diagnosed with a brain tumor and has been away since Christmas. Dave had surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and the results are looking good. We are super psyched! We visited Dave and we just couldn't believe how fantastic he looked! We will keep you updated on his status and we hope you keep him in your thoughts. If you would like to show Dave some love, visit his blog HERE. I am sure he would love to hear from you. in the mean time, cloud minder has been on hiatus until dave gets better. the music for their next release is in the works. we hope to see dave have a full recovery and get back to music soon. dave! get back to playing shows and writing more beautiful music already!
03/10/09: Thank you so much to Reade from Gtown Radio! It was great to hear Cloud Minder, Gentlemen Christ and Monolith featured on his show. And, some really nice things were said about us as well...awww...
Thanks to everyone who logged on and listened!
In other news, Cloud Minder has been featured on URB Magazine's top 1000 Artists of 2009 to Watch.
and...
in deli magazine!
gentlemen christ's album, pvc cross, is featured as cd of the month at deli magazine for march!
lots of love going around. and lots of things for you to read!
thank you to everyone for your support! keep it coming!
03/09/09: Listen to GTOWN Radio tonight! Reade will be spinning Cloud Minder, Gentlemen Christ and maybe a few tracks off Anthrosphere on his radio show, Fewsh. www.gtownradio.com
01/19/09: Happy New Year! Anthropic Records is busy busy. We are currently working on Anthrosphere Volume 2 and have a another full length release in the works. We want to thank everyone who has supported us this past year. We have seen so many great shows, met so many great people, done so many great things. We appreciate all the support. We are excited to do what we do and we hope to grow with this ever changing city. Be sure to get your copy of Anthrosphere Volume 1 before they are gone. Volume 2 will be here before we know it and I would hate for anyone to miss out on this great release. They are FREE! Whoa, how do we do it for free, you ask? We do it because we love supporting our friends, our musical family. We want everyone to get a chance because people have given us a chance. We are happy to put out releases with no financial return but with the satisfaction of promoting local music. That's what it's all about, right? We think so. We are on a mission to change your mind if you don't think so.
12/29/08:
Gentlemen Christ - PVC Cross full length CD is now available here:
This is one of the best rock albums of 2008 and we really want to help these guys get their music out to you! If you like indie rock, southern rock, 60's rock, Modest Mouse, Queens of the Stone Age, or anything with seering, dirty guitars, and some serious vocals, then you will definitely like this!!!12/06/08: Some time has past since the last news update. We lost some of our files during a computer upheaval. Anywho, we are back and have some exciting news! Anthropic Records would like to introduce gentlemen christ! we are working with them to promote their new album, pvc cross, available now! please come out to see them on saturday, december 13th for their cd release show.
we have special pricing this holiday season!
purchase cloud minder, gentlemen christ, anthrosphere v1 for $20!!!! wow! and...free shipping! we will throw in some extras too (stickers, buttons, love notes...).
thank you for your continued support and we hope you have a great holiday. 2009 is sooner than we think and anthropic records is gearing up for some great releases!
10/05/08: Check out our review at Metallian for Anthrosphere VI. We thank Ali at Metallian for taking the time to review! Check it.
09/20/08: E-MetalSpace was so kind to release their review of Anthrosphere Volume I early for us! We appreciate their support and we are so excited about the review. Check it out here! To see more by E-Metal Space, Click here.
09/16/08: Reviews of Anthrosphere will be arriving in early October! In the meantime, we are still debating over our next release. We are accepting submissions, as always. We prefer postal submissions.
In Cloud Minder news, they will be playing a very exciting show tomorrow at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia. Come check them out along with the other really great bands on the line-up. Interested in booking cloud minder? check out their epk.
Anthropic Records is currently seeking distro. If anyone stumbles upon this page and has any ideas or would like to carry our small, but growing roster, please contact us. We would greatly appreciate help. Wholesale prices are available for indie distro.
08/25/08: Anthrosphere Volume 1 is available and is making its way into the world. Pick up a copy at a show or when you order anything from Anthropic Records.
08/02/08: Anthrosphere Volume 1 ships this week! Get a free copy with every order, or if you only want the comp, send us $1 for shipping and handling.
Also, we now have a blog.
07/16/08: Anthrosphere Volume 1 is currently at the pressing plant and will be in our hands in a few weeks!
06/20/08: We are releasing a comp this summer in collaboration with 8th-Sphere Records, which will feature six of the heaviest bands from Philly...for free!
04/13/08: We are currently accepting demo submissions for our second release. ANTHRO-002 will be out this summer along with possible comps or splits.
03/20/08: Cloud Minder has just returned from a successful two week tour. thanks to everyone who helped along the way! There are local shows for the next few months. Cloud minder hopes to hit the road again at the end of the summer.
02/16/08: The Cloud Minder tour schedule is available here.
1/06/08: Cloud Minder is currently booking a tour for March. Newly added local shows are below:
1/18/08 @ Test Pattern, Scranton, Pa
1/24/08 @ Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, Pa
3/24/08 @ Siren Records, Doylestown, Pa
11/18/07: Cloud Minder has been included on Jon Solomon's Local Support!
10/20/07: The Territory of This Contract is The Universe is now available at the following retail locations:
Siren Records, Doylestown, Pa
Hideaway Music, Chestnut Hill, Pa
Repo Records, Philadelphia, Pa
AKA Music, Philadelphia, Pa
Embassy Vinyl, Scranton, Pa
More locations soon, Click Here to Order.
10/03/07: New Cloud Minder dates have been added: October mini-tour and Philadelphia shows! here
08/20/07: Cloud Minder has posted the first review of their new ep here. See them live September 5th at The Khyber in Philadelphia.
08/12/07: The new Cloud Minder EP is now available! Purchase The Territory of this Contract is the Universe, here: