Happy New Year's Eve everybody! Smother gave Target Market a great review, check it out here.
xoxo, Ian

Haley Bonar was listed as one of City Pages' "Artists of the Year" this week. Super cool! Check it out here.
xoxo, Ian

The Pulse Blogger published their Top 10 for the year today and placed Mouthful of Bees #2, Haley Bonar #4 and One for the Team #9. Check out the article here.

xoxo, Ian

The Pulse published a Mix for 2006 today, which included Haley Bonar's "Us," Mouthful of Bees' "I Saw the Golden Light," and One for Team's "Good Boys Don't Make Noise." Check out the full article here.

Also, the Pioneer Press voted One for the Team's Good Boys Don't Make Noise the #5 Best Local Release of 2006, check that article out here.
xoxo, Ian

Haley Bonar is on the cover of this month's issue of Metro Magazine!

Also, Haley clocked in at #11 for The Onion's Top 20 of 2006 and made the City Pages Top 10 of 2006 (along with the God Damn Doo Wop Band) - read it here.
xoxo, Ian

Check out our Store! We are now selling Seasons of Afternoon Records in Box Sets. It's pretty cool.

Haley Bonar's Lure the Fox charted #73 and One for the Team's Good Boys Don't Make Noise charted #91 on the CMJ Top 200 this week!

The Battle Royale's Sparkledust Fantasy charted #4 on the CMJ Top 20 ADDs and #5 the RPM Top 20 ADDs and Aneuretical's Million Dollar Man charted #7 on the CMJ Top 20 ADDs.
xoxo, Ian

One for the Team's Good Boys Don't Make Noise charted #92 and Haley Bonar's Lure the Fox charted #101 on the CMJ Top 200 this week!

In other news, Target Market will be up from St. Louis this weekend celebrating the release of No Thrills at the Triple Rock on Saturday, December 9 (this Saturday). Come meet these crazy kids and their equally crazy music.
xoxo, Ian

Haley Bonar is the "Artist of the Day" on Spin.com! Check it out here.

The Pulse reviewed the new soon-to-be-release Mouthful of Bees record here.
xoxo, Ian

One for the Team's Good Boys Don't Make Noise charted #112 and Haley Bonar's Lure the Fox charted #145 on the CMJ Top 200 this week. This is the first time Afternoon Records has ever had two bands on the Top 200 at the same time. Pretty cool!

The City Pages are also running a feature on Haley tomorrow, read it here. xoxo, Ian

Thanks to all of you who came out to Haley's CD Release Party last night, it was a great show (check out the Press page for some clippings on it).

I am also happy to announce that we will be releasing Mouthful of Bees' The End before the Holidays.

xoxo, Ian

Hot news all over the place this week. Haley Bonar's Lure the Fox charted #6 on the CMJ Top 20 ADDs chart and #2 on CMJ AAA ADDs chart, and is now available at indie-retailers and Best Buys across the country. Be sure to come to her CD Release Party this Saturday at the Varsity Theater at 8 p.m.

One for the Team's Good Boys Don't Make Noise charted #153 on the CMJ Top 200 charts Tuesday and the new re-mastered version of Good Boys will be in stores Dec. 12.
xoxo, Ian

Murphy's Law is a documentary on Look Down's summer tour, filmed and directed by Todd Pitman. Check out the trailer above and the MySpace Page.
xoxo, Ian

One for the Team's Good Boys Don't Make Noise charted #6 on the CMJ Top 200 Adds Chart yesterday.

Next week, Haley Bonar's Lure the Fox will be going to radio and will be in Best Buys almost everywhere, so tune in and check it out!
xoxo, Ian

Tune in to 105.7FM (Drive 105/Homegrown) to hear Haley Bonar tonight at 10 p.m. Tres cool.

Smother gave The Battle Royale's Sparkledust Fantasy a killer review and an editor's pick, read it here.

Also, MPR ran a great feature on Afternoon Records this passed Friday, and they posted the text version here.
xoxo, Ian

Tune in to "All Things Considered" from 4:30-6:30 p.m., MPR (91.1FM) will running a segment on Afternoon Records (if it doesn't run on the 10th, it will run the 17th).
xoxo, Ian

Thanks to all of you who came out to the Plagiarists' CD Release party, it was tons of fun. Target Market was in Minneapolis on Saturday night and Chicago last night, and got along with the AR crew famously. For those of you who couldn't make it to Target Market's Minnesota debut, mark Dec. 9 on your calendars (it's their CD Release party at the Triple Rock).

If you happen to stop by a hip coffee shop or a cool record store, pick up a copy of Metro, the God Damn Doo Wop Band has a very nice (and very large) feature inside. In further Doo Wop news, their tour dates have been confirmed, check out the SHOWS page for details.

The new Ela record is almost done. Sir Jacy Macintosh of End Transmission fame just finished the artwork, which is completely stnnng. Stay tuned for its posting within the week.

Lastly, the talented Todd Pitmann sent me this video of Aneuretical's most recent performance. Check it out here. xoxo, Ian

The Plagiarists' Minneapolis CD Release Party is this Friday (Nov. 3) at the Triple Rock. It'll be quite the party, so I hope to see you there.

A few reviews came in this week for Haley Bonar and the God Damn Doo Wop Band, so check out the PRESS page to see how cool they are. St. Louis homies Target Market will be in town this weekend playing in Northfield at the Art House. So, if you're up for the drive, come see the guys show off some of their stuff from their upcoming record (they won't be back until Dec. 9).

Haley Bonar's Lure The Fox will be in stores and going to radio on Nov. 21, be sure to stop by your local record store (and now some Best Buys) and pick up her beautiful record. Also, the God Damn Doo Wop Band will be going to radio on Nov. 7 and One for the Team will be doing the same on Nov. 14. Feel free to bother your local college radio station and request all the AR bands floating around radio land.
xoxo, Ian

The Plagiarists charted #18 on the Top 20 CMJ 200 ADDs. We hope they will chart next week. Aneuretical's Million Dollar Man was reviewed in this month's Amplifier Magazine, check out our PRESS page for the review. Haley Bonar is currently on tour, so check out the SHOWS page to see if she's coming to a club near you.
xoxo, Ian

Haley Bonar won two MMA's this year: "Best American Roots Artist" and "Best American Roots Recording Lure The Fox." Seriously, way cool. Also, The God Damn Doo Wop Band was totally robbed, that's all we're saying. Robbed.
xoxo, Ian

I am excited to announce that Haley Bonar has signed to Afternoon Records. She is a very talented songwriter and artist, check out her website here. Her amazing album Lure the Fox will be re-released on AR in late November and she will then tour for the subsequent weeks. We will also be throwing a CD Release Party at the end of November at the Varsity Theater, so keep an eye out.
xoxo, Ian

The God Damn Doo Wop Band and One for the Team have both been "Picked to Click" by the City Pages this year (Doo Wop #3, Team #10). Click here to read the articles.

xoxo, Ian

The Star Tribune ran a big article on the label today, pick it up or read it online here. And the Pulse ran a hot ticket on Battle Royale's CD Release Party, check it out here.

xoxo, Ian

Ela's 2003 release Stapled To Air is now available on our Releases Store. It is a fantastic album that is worth picking up immediately - definitely give it a listen.

The God Damn Doo Wop Band was nominated for "Best New Band" for the 2006 MMA's, so if you're an MMA member, be sure to vote for the GDDWB.

The Battle Royale's CD Release party is fast approaching (Sept 24), so be sure to mark your calendars and if you haven't already, reserve you pre-order copy at our Store.

Lastly, we will be releasing our first 7" release in mid-October. Who it is will be a surprise for now, so stay tuned.

xoxo, Ian

I am very excited to announce that Ela has signed with us. Their new record (which has yet to be titled) will be out in January and we will also be carrying their last release "Stapled to Air," which will be on sale on our store within the week. These guys are great. If you happen to be unfamiliar with them, check out their site at myspace.com/ela.

xoxo, Ian

Thanks to everyone who came out to the God Damn Doo Wop Band CD Release party. It was a complete blast and I hope everyone is enjoying the shiny new record. The Star Tribune ran a feature on the Doo Wop the same week, check out our press page for a link.

Thanks also to those who came to the Squareshooters CD Release Party, and congrats to the Shoe Shiners for dressing up as bandits and shooting the whole band.

Just as everyone has returned home from tour (Look Down, Superdanger, Squareshooters, One for the Team, the God Damn Doo Wop Band), the Plagiarists are heading out on tour tomorrow, so check out their dates to see if they are coming over.

The hottest news lies in the Press page as all of our latest releases are getting great reviews as time goes by (Doo Wop in the Onion, One for the Team in the Village Voice and Time Out New York and there was also a nice feature on the label in Rift Magazine). We are also in the works of adding three bands to our ever growing family.

And lastly, thank you Andrea Myers for the kind words in the Pulse this week that are making us all blush:

"Local label Afternoon Records['s] increasingly diverse roster of hot young bands ought to earn them the title of Best Local Buzzmakers for 2006."

More frequent updates to come. xoxo, Ian

We would like to announce that we have signed The God Damn Doo Wop Band (who are will be on tour for the next two weeks, check out the shows page), and their debut full-length will be coming out on August 8 -- just like the Squareshooters. Both bands have release parties coming up, so mark your calendars.

Also, new tour dates are being posted and updated daily, so keep a watchful eye readily available.

And lastly, the Press page was just updated and is now full of really cool articles for your reading pleasure. More soon!

xoxo, Ian

First of all, many, many tour dates have been posted for almost everybody, check out our shows page.

Squareshooters and Battle Royale will both be finishing their albums this week. The Squareshooters have a CD Release Party planned for August 5 at the Triple Rock and the guys will also be performing on Drive 105FM on July 31.

Aneuretical has cancelled their summer tour, but will be throwing a double-header CD Release Party at the Triple Rock on July 21.

One for the Team's Good Boys Don't Make Noise was dubbed one of the Top Ten Best Albums of the Year So Far by the Star Tribune last week and has been reviewed by a slew of blogs, including Music for Robots Ð check it out.

The Plagiarists have a handful of upcoming shows and we are currently planning a Minneapolis CD Release Party slotted for Fall. Stay tuned for that.

Congrats to ZibraZibra for winning the RadioK Battle of the Underage Underground at First-Avenue last week, more news about those crazy guys to come.

We are also currently looking at a few bands, local and non-local, to add to our roster, which we will announce as talks progress.

xoxo, Ian

Hey Everybody,

The Plagiarists we featured last Thursday in Star Tribune's South edition, check out our press page for the link.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the One for the Team CD Release parties, they were a ton of fun. Check out the Press page for the Team also because we were just featured in the Star Tribune yesterday as one for the best local records of the year so far.

Aneuretical's new album Million Dollar Man is finished and we will have it on tour with us in July, but it will not be released in stores until July 25. (CD release parties on July 21 at the Triple Rock yo).

The Squareshooters and the Battle Royale are nearing the end of each of their respective recording processes. Both records sound great and we're excited to get them out. The Squareshooters disc will be released at a double-header CD release party event at the Triple Rock on August 4. And the Battle Royale will be release theirs later in August.

We are slowly but surely updating our shows page with tour dates, so keep an eye on those.

This Friday (June 24), Superdanger, the Battle Royale and Viceburgh will be playing a double-header at the Triple Rock with touring bands Malone (AA) and Russian Circles (ID). It should be a good night.

And lastly, I will be judging RadioK's Battle of the Underage Underground tomorrow at First-Avenue. Come out if you feel like catching all of the coolest young bands from the Twin Cities.

xoxo, Ian

A lot has happened since our last news update. Viceburgh's Intense Excitement came out and it is fantastic. Thank you to all of you who came to the release party at the Triple Rock, a DVD is in the making of the performance.

The Plagiarists came out with their first album, Veto! and that is in stores this week, so be sure to check it out. Thank you also to all who came to the release party at The Pause at St. Olaf College. The turn out was great and the support was wonderful.

One for the Team's new album Good Boys Don't Make Noise will be in stores on June 6, and will be celebrated with two CD release shows at the Triple Rock (June 3 and 4), check out our shows page for details. They will be on Drive 105FM this Sunday night at 10 p.m., so tune in if you are able. Also, "Take Cover," the Team's first single, will be on Magnet Magazine's CD Sampler in the magazine's July/August issue.

The Battle Royale is diligently working on their first album, which was original intended for release on June 24, but it has been pushed back to the end of the summer. We'll keep you posted.

Aneuretical is also in the studio working on their seventh release, which will be released at their CD release parties on July 21 at the Triple Rock. Also, When You Were A Kid was recently given a great review in Punk Plant, we will post it once we can get our hands on a copy.

The Squareshooters will be going into the studio on June 5, to begin work on their triumphantly epic full-length that will be coming out July 28.

Ampersand, Matt Sandstedt of Aneuretical's side-project, will be coming out with an album in August. It's great.

We will also be giving away a recording contract at the RadioK Battle of the Underage Underground at First-Avenue again this year, and I will also be a judge. Check out radiok.org for more details.

Almost every band on the label will be hitting the road this summer, so stay tuned for posted tour dates fast approaching.

xoxo, Ian

Howwastheshow.com gave the Afternoon Records Party Weekend a great review, read it here.
And Hello Blue received a cool blogger review here.
xoxo, Ian

City Pages A-Listed this weekend's parties, read it here. Superdanger's Fight Fight Fight received a great review from Skratch Magazine, read it here.

xoxo, Ian

Lots of news! First off, the three-year party is this weekend. It will be tons of fun, so come out and enjoy a weekend of craziness. Second, Kweevak Online reviewed Hello Blue's What It Takes To Wake Up, check it out here.

Superdanger's Fight Fight Fight was also reviewed on Kweevak Online (here), but Superdanger is also a featured artist and will be in the March/April print edition of this cool UK magazine.

Also, Viceburgh's Intense Excitement will be in stores April 18, and we will be throwing a CD Release party at the Triple Rock on April 16th - details to come.

And lastly, if you happen to be up at 8 a.m. tomorrow, tune in to RadioK 770AM to hear an interview with me on the RadioK Morning Show.

xoxo, Ian

Harder Beat Magazine gave Hello Blue's What It Takes To Wake Up five-out-of-five stars and called it "the perfect soundtrack to a rainy day road trip." Check the review out here.

Superdanger climbed the CMJ Top 200 yet again this week and is now sitting pretty at #95.
xoxo, Ian

Check out this great picture of Jacob.

Ah ha. That's all the news I have for you today, tomorrow I will have more.
xoxo, Ian

Smother gave Superdanger's Fight Fight Fight an editor's pick and a great review. Check it out here.
xoxo, Ian

Superdanger continues to climb the charts: #96 on the CMJ Top 200 as of today. Also, a review of the record will be coming out in next month's issue of Amplifier Magazine.
xoxo, Ian

Superdanger's hot new record debuted today at #110 on the CMJ Top 200 charts. Which is awesome. Seriously, buy this record.
xoxo, Ian

Superdanger is now out in stores and clocked in at #10 on the Radio 200 Adds chart (59 stations added them Top 5 internationally). If you haven't had a chance, check out our store for details.
xoxo, Ian

Superdanger's new record comes out nation-wide tomorrow and the guys will be performing on Drive 105 at 10 p.m. on Sunday, and I will be speaking on the same show at 10:30 p.m.

Otherwise, here is the killer three-year anniversary party line-up:

All shows are at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, MN

Day One - March 18th:
All Ages - 5PM - $7
Superdanger
Look Down
Aneuretical
Hello Blue

ID Show - 10PM - $7
Superdanger
Look Down
Aneuretical
Hello Blue

Day Two - March 19th:
All Ages - 5PM - $7
The Squareshooters
The Battle Royale
One for the Team
Viceburgh
The Plagiarists

xoxo, Ian

Howwastheshow.com posted a review of Superdanger's CD Release party, check it out here.
xoxo, Ian

Thanks to everyone who came out to Superdanger's CD release parties for Fight! Fight! Fight! It was tons of fun. For those of you who couldn't make it and couldn't pick up an early copy, their new disc is now available on our store for purchase. Otherwise, the hot new 11-tracker will be in stores on February 7th. Also on February 7th, the new record will be going to radio nation-wide through our new friends at Vitriol. Also, Superdanger will be performing on Drive 105 (105.7 FM) on February 12th at 10 p.m. Tune in!

The City Pages and the Pulse also both published reviews of Fight! Fight! Fight!, check them out here: City Pages Review, Pulse Review.

In other news, Afternoon Records and Squareshooter Records will be teaming up again to release a record, this time, it will be Viceburgh's first full-length. This piece of awesome has been well worth the wait, and will be out in April/May.

Also on that end, the Squareshooters will be going into the studio next week to begin working on their new full-length. Expect great things.
xoxo, Ian