http://www.edibleonion.com/ Edible Onion is a Philadelphia based record label / collective that releases small run, hand-packaged records. We silk-screen and sew record jackets together, hand paint labels, attach flower pedals to record jackets, and more... to make every record we release individually unique and special. We hope to put something beautiful back into the art of releasing music amidst the frenzy of the digital world. Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:37:00 GMT en-us http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/upcoming-shows-new-heaven-ep-release-and-still-sweet-dates/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/upcoming-shows-new-heaven-ep-release-and-still-sweet-dates/ Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles On August 26th, New Heaven will be releasing a CD version of their new EP at Kung Fu Necktie on 1250 N. Front St. in Philadelphia. The EP, entitled Ricorso, deals with cycles of loss and the passage of time, and continues to see the band augment its chamber pop sound with avant garde flourishes and arrangements. The EP is being co-released between the band and Cincinnati's Marburg Collective. Edible Onion will also be distributing the release. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/photos-of-still-sweet-and-eskimeaux-at-13-thames-on-june-28th/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/photos-of-still-sweet-and-eskimeaux-at-13-thames-on-june-28th/ Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Our friend Karthik Kakarala took these photos from one of the Still Sweet shows back in June. This one was at 13 Thames in Brooklyn, a small loft space run by Shaw Walters. It was a sweltering night of sad, stark music aside from the improv / noise group SK Orchestra. Karthik got photos of both the Still Sweet and Eskimeaux performances. http://www.edibleonion.com/music/eo06/ http://www.edibleonion.com/music/eo06/ Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Just letting everyone know we have copies of Br'er's Filled With Guilt & Diamonds 12" back in stock again! Big thank you to Liv Helgesen for printing more sleeves for us. http://www.edibleonion.com/distro/ad041/ http://www.edibleonion.com/distro/ad041/ Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Deviation is a collection of songs recorded by Br'er on the road in November 2011 while touring in support of City of Ice. The songs were recorded in two locations: Minneapolis MN and Murfreesboro TN. Only 50 pressed! Released by Already Dead Tapes http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/no-more-scallion-introducing-still-sweet/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/no-more-scallion-introducing-still-sweet/ Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Due to the presence of another band with the same name, Darian has decided to retire his project name of six years, Scallion, and start up a new one called Still Sweet. To break in the new name, he is releasing a new tape series called Impermanence. The idea behind the series is that a new volume of the series will be created whenever new music is recorded, replacing the existing volume. The old volumes will no longer be sold once they are replaced, so only the most current music will be available. The tapes at any given time may contain anything from demos and live recordings, to fully finished new songs. The artwork will also never be set in stone, creating a constant work in progress. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-and-forget-the-times-tour-journal/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-and-forget-the-times-tour-journal/ Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles The Br'er and Forget the Times tour is underway, but there are still some really good shows coming up so be sure to catch them if they're coming to your town! For anyone interested in how the tour is going, there is a tour journal being kept at Forget The Times' wordpress page you can check out. Also see the remaining dates below: http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/video-from-april-5th-ember-schrag-show/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/video-from-april-5th-ember-schrag-show/ Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles The good people from Fire Museum took this awesome video of the Ember Schrag performance at the Highwire in Philadelphia back in April and posted it on youtube. Ember's entire performance was documented and there's some good footage of the Susan Alcorn and Scallion sets as well. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/sea-of-doubt-music-video/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/sea-of-doubt-music-video/ Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles We are very excited to present to you the music video for Br'er's next single, "Sea of Doubt," off of their new album, City of Ice. The video is a animation directed and animated by Brett Marren (Untitled Parenthesis) out of St. Louis. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/the-sewing-room-book-art-and-preorder/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/the-sewing-room-book-art-and-preorder/ Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Later this year, we are co-releasing Ember Schrag's new record The Sewing Room with our friends, Single Girl Married Girl. We just finished up the artwork for a limited edition book version of the record and we have made it available for preorder at $3 off. We've decided to put the preorder up now since there will only be 100 copies of the book available and we want to give everyone a chance to get their copy while they last. We've posted a few photos of the artwork below. The book features artwork from UK artist, Ian Pyper, layout design by Bryan Day, and book design by Darian Scatton. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/new-heaven-at-the-station-april-20th/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/new-heaven-at-the-station-april-20th/ Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles New Heaven is playing at the Station on Friday, April 20th with the Circadian Rhythms and The Sea Around Us. They're also gearing up for a short tour to Chicago and back at the beginning of May. We'll be posting their full dates shortly, so look out for that. http://www.edibleonion.com/artists/ember-schrag/ http://www.edibleonion.com/artists/ember-schrag/ Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Ember Schrag has added a Columbus show to the end of her east coast tour. She will be playing at It Looks Like It's Open on April 10th with Mike Shiflet + Sven Kahns, Time & Temperature. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/ember-schrag-april-2012-tour/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/ember-schrag-april-2012-tour/ Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles In promotion for her forthcoming album, The Sewing Room, Ember Schrag is going on a week long east coast tour starting on April 3rd in Washington, DC and ending on April 8th in Providence, RI. Ember will be accompanied on this tour by Gary Foster on drums, Evan Lipson on bass and Susan Alcorn on pedal steel. A beautiful flyer for the tour has been designed by UK artist, Ian Pyper http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/edible-onion-fest-photographs/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/edible-onion-fest-photographs/ Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles These are a little slow in arriving, but we finally have some photographs back from our first festival, Edible Onion Fest, that happened back in July. Our friend, Lia Dagostino, who also helped out with some photography for Br'er's City of Ice shot the photos. Unfortunately she wasn't able to get all of the performers, but we are still very thankful for her help in documenting the night. Thanks Lia! The photographs appear below in order of performance. http://edibleonion.com/artists/tadzio/ http://edibleonion.com/artists/tadzio/ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Just posted a newly mastered mp3 from the forthcoming Tadzio album, Queen of the Invisible. The song is entitled "Lying in the Grass." http://edibleonion.com/artists/ember-schrag/ http://edibleonion.com/artists/ember-schrag/ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Ember Schrag was adopted by tongues-speaking militant Christians and brought up in Nebraska. She was influenced not by her parents' record collection (they didn't have one), but by the self-proclaimed modern prophets, cross-country cross carriers and sword-wielding former opera singers who spoke at her church and sometimes stayed in her home. Church music was not solemn hymns but a method for stirring up physical ecstasy, spiritual heat, "the anointing" and other spectacles. Edible Onion will be releasing Ember's new album The Sewing Room in May. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/the-new-heaven-and-the-new-earth-at-the-highwire-on-march-17th/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/the-new-heaven-and-the-new-earth-at-the-highwire-on-march-17th/ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Coming up on Friday, March 17th is a New Heaven performance in Philadelphia at the Highwire. Performances by Natalie Weyes Blood and Jordan Burgis. The show starts at 8PM. The Highwire is located at 2040 Frankford Avenue. Also, New Heaven will be touring in May and we will be announcing their tour dates as they are confirmed, so look out for that over the next few weeks. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-at-the-station-on-march-2nd/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-at-the-station-on-march-2nd/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Coming up on March 2nd, Br'er will be doing a two piece set at the Station in south Philadelphia. The lineup for the show will be just Benjamin on synths and other odd instruments and Darian on harp. This will be the first Br'er set performed with the harp in over three years so it should be an interesting night! Rounding out the show will be Exploding World, Charmaine's Names and You You Dark Forest. The Station is located at 1550 McKean St and the show starts at 9PM. Unfortunately it is 21+. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/black-friday-ep/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/black-friday-ep/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles During Br'er's City of Ice Tour in November of 2011, they recorded a short EP with Nick Naioti of House Pride Records in Murfreesboro, TN and released it as a free download the same day. House Pride's website has since gone down so we thought we'd make the download available here as an archive. The set was recorded "mostly live" by the current touring lineup of Br'er: Benjamin Schurr, Darian Scatton, Roger Martinez, and Shaina Kapeluck. It documents three songs from City of Ice in the more quiet, drumless form Br'er often takes on for live performances. Also included is a new song called "Empathy" that is not yet recorded or released. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/city-of-ice-downloads/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/city-of-ice-downloads/ Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles The new Br'er album, City of Ice comes out this week on November 22nd. In anticipation of the release, we are offering some mp3 downloads for your listening pleasure. Check them out: http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/city-of-ice/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/city-of-ice/ Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles We are very excited to announce that nn November 22nd, Edible Onion will be releasing City of Ice, the long awaited follow up to Br'er's debut album, Of Shemales and Kissaboos. In the four years that have passed since then, we have released a number of singles and eps from the band that have covered a wide spectrum of sounds and ideas. City of Ice is the culmination of those four years and marks an artistic high point for the band and principle songwriter, Benjamin Schurr. We are very proud to bring you this record packaged in gatefold sleeves made from recycled paper, each containing booklets with lyrics and photography and held in cases covered in gel transfers on top of acrylic and watercolor washes. Each case is unique and hand numbered. Click here for more information and to preorder it. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-city-of-ice-tour-fall-2011/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-city-of-ice-tour-fall-2011/ Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles This week, Br'er leaves on a month long tour in support of their new album, City of Ice, due out November 22nd. They will be hitting up New England, the Midwest, and East Coast. Check their website, or click the link below for an up to date tour schedule. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/archaic-fetishism-volume-3/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/archaic-fetishism-volume-3/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Archaic Fetishism Cassettes are back! This cassingle had its pre-release debut in July at Edible Onion Fest and now its finally available to purchase online. Four very different songs are collected here in custom made, hand-painted sleeves for your listening and hoarding pleasure.

The first side starts with the song "Sticky Bellows" from Healing Trapeze, the recording and songwriting project of Br'er drummer, Jordin Goff. "Sticky Bellows" begins the cassingle with a surreal, manic, nightmare march that gives way to a quiet, little start-stop folk song from Hermit Thrushes. Side B follows a similar approach, but to a lesser degree. A Stick and a Stone's "Helicopters" opens with a subdued, melancholic dirge that's filled with Elliott's signature ghost choir harmonies. The percussion leads perfectly into the last song, a poppy cover of Brian Reichert's "I Like People" performed by The Horror, The Horror and produced by Benjamin Schurr of Br'er. This cassette also debuts two new artists we have never worked with before, Healing Trapeze and A Stick and a Stone.

Only 100 copies will be made! Reuse. Recycle. Relisten. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/new-heaven-and-the-new-earth-2011-mini-tour-with-pando/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/new-heaven-and-the-new-earth-2011-mini-tour-with-pando/ Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Quick note: The New Heaven and the New Earth are doing a mini tour around Canada and the Midwest with the avant-classical string duo, Pando, of Montreal. Joining principal songwriter Roger Alejandro Martinez will be the members of Pando, Vincent Fournier-Boisvert and Mathieu Gaudreault, as well as Edible Onion stalwart Shaina Kapeluck.

The tour dates are as follows:

August 25th - Quebec City, QC @ Cafe Babylon
August 26th - Sherbrooke, QC @ Le Tremplin
August 30th - Grand Rapids, MI @ Hoi Poloi (136 S. Division SE Cherry Grand Rapids, MI)
August 31st - Chicago, IL @ Cafe Ballou w/ Health and Beauty and Matthew Shelton
September 1st - Cincinnati, OH TBA
September 2nd - Buffalo, NY @ The Vault
September 3rd - Toronto, ON @ TRANZAC
September 4th - Montreal, QC @ L'Absynthe

If you live in one of these cities, please come check out the show, and be sure to pick up a copy of the "All Saints' Day" vinyl.

Also, if you have never heard Pando, you can listen to them here. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-violitionist-session-plus-interview/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-violitionist-session-plus-interview/ Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Back in May, Br'er recorded a live session while they were in Texas for a website called Violitionist. Three songs are performed and three questions are asked. Br'er performed two old songs, "Emily the Bear" and "Centralia" along with a brand new song called "You Go, We'll Stay Here" from their forthcoming record, City of Ice, and a cover of the song "Marked" by Gowns. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/edible-onion-is-now-distributing-brers-first-lp-of-shemales-and-kissaboos/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/edible-onion-is-now-distributing-brers-first-lp-of-shemales-and-kissaboos/ Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Edible Onion will be distributing a self-released version of Br'er's debut album, Of Shemales and Kissaboos, which is due to come out on August 9th. This will be the first official release of the album in the United States as it originally only appeared in Europe on Austrian label Beat is Murder. The US version features an unreleased cover of His Name is Alive's song "Are We Still Married." http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-live-at-the-marburg-in-cincinatti-april-16th-2011-video/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-live-at-the-marburg-in-cincinatti-april-16th-2011-video/ Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Here is a video from the recent Br'er / Scallion tour shot in Cincinnati by Joe Thomas of Healing Trapeze. Two songs are played, the first is "Centralia" from Filled With Guilt & Diamonds and the second is a brand new song from Br'er's forthcoming album, City of Ice called "Oestrus." http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/edible-onion-fest-2011/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/edible-onion-fest-2011/ Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles On July 23rd, Edible Onion will be throwing the first annual Edible Onion Fest. The fest, which will be held at the Danger Danger Gallery in West Philadelphia, will feature ten Edible Onion related bands playing under one room for the first time ever, so clear your calendars and be sure to come out. We will be giving away signed copies of our compilation, A Cure for the Broken-Hearted, to anyone who donates more than $5 at the door. Performers will include: Br'er, The New Heaven & The New Earth, Scallion, Snow Caps, The Horror, The Horror, Hermit Thrushes, Power Animal, Healing Trapeze, Eskimeaux, & A Stick and a Stone. Doors will open at 6:00 PM. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-and-scallion-spring-2011-tour/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/brer-and-scallion-spring-2011-tour/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles This spring, Br'er and Scallion are embarking on a two month tour across the United States. This will be Br'er's first full US tour in a year and a half, and Scallion's first tour ever! They will be touring in support of a split cassette that will be released shortly. Details about that will be forthcoming. For now, see the confirmed dates below, and check back as they will be updated frequently. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/moonbreak-record-release-show/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/moonbreak-record-release-show/ Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Coming up on February 26th, The Green Line Cafe will be hosting our Snow Caps Record release show for the upcoming record Moonbreak. The show will include performances by Snow Caps, Lux Perpetua, and Honey Radar and will start at 7PM, so be sure to get there early for this very special show! We'll also be selling copies of the record for $5 off! http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/february-13th-2011-scallion-and-new-heaven-at-the-north-star-bar/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/february-13th-2011-scallion-and-new-heaven-at-the-north-star-bar/ Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles On Sunday, February 13th, 2011, Scallion and The New Heaven and the New Earth will be playing together at the North Star Bar with Damon Moon (Georgia) and Caboder (Philadelphia). The show starts at 8 and costs $8. http://www.edibleonion.com.com/updates/scallion-added-to-january-13th-new-heaven-show/ http://www.edibleonion.com.com/updates/scallion-added-to-january-13th-new-heaven-show/ Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Just a quick little update: Scallion has been added to the show this Thursday, January 13th, at the Green Line, so there's one more reason to go if you are in Philadelphia area on that day! Darian will be playing a solo set of new material, some of which is off of the split cassette with Br'er we will be releasing this year, as well as some material he's never played live yet. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/january-2011-new-heaven-performances-in-philadelphia/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/january-2011-new-heaven-performances-in-philadelphia/ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles The New Heaven and The New Heaven has a couple of shows coming up this month in Philadelphia. The first one is on January 13th at the Green Line Cafe, and the second is on the 22nd at Younglove's (50th & Baltimore) with Andrew Bernstein and Owen Gardner of Teeth Mountain and Philly's Your Children Is Beautiful. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/new-heaven-and-motorcycle-maus-photos-from-the-oxs-winter-solstice-2010/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/new-heaven-and-motorcycle-maus-photos-from-the-oxs-winter-solstice-2010/ Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:30:23 America/Los_Angeles

Last month, The Ox had their annual Winter Solstice show and some photos were taken of The New Heaven and the New Earth and Motorcycle Maus by Tuan Quoc Le, one of which is above. http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/moonbreak-downloads/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/moonbreak-downloads/ Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles To bring in the new year and three more months of glorious winter, we are posting two songs off of the new Snow Caps album, Moonbreak, that will hopefully warm your spirits. You can download them below. Enjoy! http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/new-full-length-from-snow-caps-up-for-pre-order/ http://www.edibleonion.com/updates/new-full-length-from-snow-caps-up-for-pre-order/ Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Coming in February is the latest full length from Philadelphia musician, Andrew Keller, aka Snow Caps. With artwork designed by local artist, Emily Royer, we've put together very special packaging for this beautiful record, and if you order before the release date, you get $5 off!