February 6th, 2013

Backburner Bandcamp – Collect ‘em all!

If you’re a fan of Wordburglar, Swamp Thing, Toolshed, or many of the other artists Hand’Solo works with, you’re probably already aware of the Backburner crew. They released their first effort as a full-on 19-man group in 2011 with Heatwave and they’re currently working on the follow-up. However, they also have a bunch of releases as solo artists and different collaborative groups within and without the overall crew. Whether you’re looking for music from Burg, Ghettosocks, Jesse Dangerously, More Or Les, Ambition, The Extremities or anything else Backburner-related, you can stream and buy most of their releases at http://backburnercrew.bandcamp.com/.

Here’s a little example of what is available:


View the available discography here: http://backburnercrew.bandcamp.com/

February 6th, 2013

Wordburglar & Swamp Thing on CD Baby’s Best of 2012

CD Baby’s Email Marketing Coordinator Brad Bush has contributed a very fine list of his five choices for Best of 2012 from the CD Baby store. His list is one of many contributed by CD Baby employees for their sister site DIY Musician. Here is Brad’s list containing two Hand’Solo releases, Wordburglar’s 3rdburglar and Swamp Thing’s Creature Feature:

Read the full list of lists here: http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/2012/12/the-best-albums-of-2012-according-to-cd-baby-staff/

And why not support Brad by picking up a copy of Sticks Downey: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sticksdowney

January 28th, 2013

Backburner t-shirts coming soon!

January 28th, 2013

Fake For Real’s beloved but belated Backburner review

It’s taken almost a week to get this info up on this site, but it took Fake For Real a little over a year to write the review, so we’ll just call it even! But really, I’ll take any review no matter how long after the release date. So, Sylvain, thanks for what appear to be very kind words about the Backburner album, at least according to Google Translate.

If you read French, please visit Fake For Real to read the review unbutchered in the original language: http://www.fakeforreal.net/index.php/post/2013/BACKBURNER-Heatwave

For the rest of us, here’s Google Translate’s Burroughs-like English translation:

January 21st, 2013

Upgrade!

Hand’Solo Records. Now…

Ha! After a massive update to the site that seems to have happened an eternity ago, many of the plugins that were used for photos and downloads became obsolete and caused many dead links. It’s been a slow process, but after a busy last I believe all the dead links are fixed, the site has been revamped slightly with new content added, and we’ve entered the 21st Century with icon buttons to directly link to the Hand’Solo pages for Facebook (friend us!), Twitter (follow us!), YouTube (subscribe to us!), Bandcamp (buy us!) and easy email.

Download FREE MUSIC (including the Grandpa Funnybook mixtapes), watch official MUSIC VIDEOS and bonus features (did you ever see Wordburglar’s creepy turn in short film “Orange Crush”?), and find out all the LATEST HAPPENINGS at Hand’Solo Records…

Okay, so the new and improved HandSoloRecords.com may not be stronger and faster, but it’s certainly better!

January 14th, 2013

The Underground Vault video review of Swamp Thing

Alex Kuchma gives Swamp Thing a very fine video review for their album Creature Feature on his YouTube channel, The Underground Vault. He recently gave away copies of Creature Feature and The Grindhouse EP to celebrate reaching 300 subscribers to his channel. Watch what he has to say about the album in this video:

And if you like this kind of video review, subscribe to his page at: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheUndergroundVault

January 14th, 2013

Fandomania’s Top 15 Geek Music Releases for 2012

Both of the major releases from Hand’Solo Records for 2012 made Fandomania’s Top 15 Geek Music Releases for 2012 as compiled by our new favourite music writer, Chad Walker. Wordburglar comes in at #7 with 3rdburglar and Swamp Thing comes in at #1 with Creature Feature. The list also includes albums from MC Lars, Adam Warrock, Random and steampunk band Abney Park.

Read the full list with brief explanations here: http://fandomania.com/top-15-geek-music-releases-for-2012/

January 7th, 2013

3rdburglar is 8th most played on college radio in 2012

A big thank you to all the college DJs across Canada (and DJs everywhere, for that matter) for playing songs from Wordburglar’s 3rdburglar. Thanks to you, Burg’s third studio album was the 8th most played album on Canadian college radio in 2012 according to the Earshot charts. See?

Or check out the chart online here: http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/2012/hiphop.cfm

January 7th, 2013

3rdburglar is #2 on Former Fat Boys Absolute Best Albums of 2012

Wordburlar’s 3rdburglar takes the #2 spot on the Absolute Best Albums of 2012 list as compiled by nerdcore group Former Fat Boys. It’s a diverse list that also includes Carly Rae Jepsen’s Kiss, K’Naan’s Country, God Or The Girl and DMX’s Undisputed.

Here’s their write-up for 3rdburglar:

Read the rest of their top ten here: http://formerfatboys.tumblr.com/post/39465346134/the-absolute-best-albums-of-2012

As a bonus, here’s the Former Fat Boys song they mention, “Reading Rainbow” with Wordburglar as well as MC Lars, Hard Corey, Schooly Bus and Ben:

January 7th, 2013

3rdburglar at #9 on Geekscape Top 10 Albums of 2012

Appearing along with Green Day’s Uno/Dos/Tre trilogy, Gummy Soul’s Bizarre Tribe mashup and fun’s Some Nights album, Wordburglar’s 3rdburglar makes #9 on Geekscape‘s Top 10 albums of 2012 as compiled by Saint Mort.

Here is the very favourable write-up for 3rdburglar:

Read the rest of the list here: http://www.geekscape.net/saint-morts-top-10-albums-of-2012

And please check out Saint Mort’s podcast here: http://www.geekscape.net/!/shows/the-saint-mort-show

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