All Photos by Shintaro Suzuki.  August 2009.  LANTVRN/MOAB PACIFIC RADIO FIRE TOUR.

For more info email info@trademarkrecordings.com

Hello bay area friends and fuzz lovers.  The Phantasm Sentinel is lose on the West Coast and our first stop is Big Sur on August 8th.

Last friday went off at RBAR in KTOWN. Lantvrn, Moab and Panthere.

The show is free. Password: Superstition.

Thanks to our buddy Danozone at TheSkateBoardMag.com, MOAB is featured in Gareth Stehr’ Mag Minute.  Skater dudes in LA have really been showing lots of support for the metal scene and it’s much appreciated.  Gareth your clip goes off dude.  Thanks.

There’s a killer show tomorrow, Saturday, March 7th, 2009 w/
EARTHLESS/BLACK COBRA/ETERNAL ELYSIUM/MOAB

With DJ sets from Sara T and Satan’s Might…

It’s totally free and open to the public. Come down and support some great bands, and Ovrcast Collective.

FREE
2316 Porter St
Los Angeles, CA 90021
One block north of Olympic Blvd between Mateo and Santa Fe
9PM

Metal Monday
Monday, March 9th, 2009
Sea of Air DJ Metal Monday @ Footsies

Konesky and JReed of Sea of Air will be taking the helm this coming Monday w/ sets from hosts Mark V and Purple!

Footsies
2640 N Figeroa Ave
LA.
CA - Highland Park
Free Addmission | Free Pool | Cheap Drinks
21+ Only

Last, but not least, VACATION is a new predominately vinyl store in Hollywood, specializing in all sorts of heavy music (and some awesome non heavy music, too. Basically, specializing in good music.
) Go check it out!!!
Vacation
4679 Hollywood Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90027

Support the LA’s underground heavy music scene!!!

Design for the Los Angeles band MOAB.

Here is a short list of thoughts, statements, facts, and questions in early morning of 2009, March 1st.

1.  I am not a DJ.  I do DJ from time to time at bars to make some extra cash, and I am a control freak so I like picking songs that I want to hear.  In no way on the other hand do I know how a Serrado works, beat matching or anything of the sort.  I like good music that sounds good to be.  It’s subjective and I hope someone liked it, that’s all.

2.  Our night was fun, but no one really showed up.  What do you know?  At the same time, everyone I wanted to be there was there(not true ufo), and everyone else who couldn’t make it won’t see my face for a while.  I always go out of my way to check out what my friends are up to.  You guys who came to night, returned the favor and I love you for it.

3.  MOAB is the best metal band in Los Angeles and I hope Martin knows this.  Everyone loves them and they aren’t signed yet.  It’s fucking retarded, and if someone doesn’t do it soon, Trademark is going to have to take out a loan and do something about this.

4.  “Nights” in general are lame. Really?  Go fuck yerself!  Stay home and listen to Ariel Pink and jack off on garage band in a leotard.  Get fucking cool, put makeup on, adorn a cape and get crazy.  Why is everyone so lame? Post Modernism, blah blah blah.  Fuck yerselves.  Crash a car fast.  Do something people will remember.

5.  I am making rice, and I am so broke that I threw all my last food into the pot.  3 cloves garlic, hot sauce, chili powder, herbs, and goulosh paste.  Anyone want to make me lunch tomorrow?

6.  Toronto was amazing.  Best time I can remember having.  This is going to be a beautiful year if god allows it.  God.

God makes me hungry for nachos.  G’night!

After 2 1/2 years of existence, we’re pleased to announce a gift to you, our loyal cult members. On 24 February 2009 (next THIS Tuesday), we’ll be releasing Trademark XV, a compilation featuring every artist in the family (and a few friends).

With a track off of nearly every release we have done, including some that have yet to be released, Trademark XV is both an introduction to new fans and a reminder to those who’ve been with us since September 2006. We will release this digitally on Tuesday for a period of two weeks absolutely free*. We took our time compiling this, even convincing our great friends Lesbian and Moab to chime in with a few epic tracks. And we’ve included a couple of tracks that while available through us may have slipped through your fingers due to their super-limited nature (Science Friction, Samurai Dreams).

As always, we bow down to you, our fanatic cult members, because in the end, we’re in this together.

Always. Forever. Now. TRDMRK.

TrademarkRecordings.com

(*Free is an interesting word these days. To access the CULT section of our site and get the free album, you need the current password. And the current password can only be given to you if you sign up for our mailing list on this site. Don’t worry - we ain’t Nigerian scammers or spambots. Sign up, and you shall receive…)

Tracklist:
1. Lesbian “Bad Man” (Repo Man cover from the ltd. tour EP)
2. Moab “The Loon” (previously unreleased)
3. La Fin du Monde “Nascar Santa Claus”
4. The Motherless Children “Wicked River”
5. Lantern Black Lodge “Shine On You”
6. The Instant Messengers “iHuman”
7. Science Friction “II” (featuring some secret humans; email us for the details)
8. Akasa “Yomi”
9. Z F . Lantern Black Lodge “Zambique”
10. Samurai Dreams “Shadow Memory (888)”
11. Dynamite Walls “Spin In Circles”
12. The Jan-Michael Vincent Car Crash “North London Book Of The Dead”
13. Whitechapel “Living Splendor”
14. Castle Bravo “Acceptable Losses”
15. Swarming Hordes “Not A Mock Arsenal”
16. Conifer “Turning Sand Into Glass”

Trademark Recordings is a few people releasing archival and current shit that you should know about. Trademark is Tom Mahoney. Trademark is Camerin Kelly. Trademark is everything. Within the next few months we will be releasing some of the best albums you will ever hear from gutter ass basement Daniel Johnston insanity to the heaviest of riff hard bands that could nuke Jesu in a second.

Things are changing fast. Things will never be the same, and you will definitely be the first to know about. Everything will be cataloged, and we will all be a part of history.

Wishlist:
LA FIN DU MONDE
MOAB
SUBTILE
LABWASTE
BLEEGO
LESBIAN

This is what we really want. A X-Mas special, James not seizing, and LA FIN amd LESBIAN split album for the masses.