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Diane & The Gentle Men on Little Steven’s Underground Garage
April 10, 2016We are so stoked to announce that the new single from Diane & The Gentle Men will be featured on Little Steve’s Underground Garage on XM/Sirius starting TODAY. “Motorcycle” will be the “Coolest Song in the World” this week, and will continue a run of airplay on stations across the country (and beyond) for a month. You… Read more...
Don DiLego – New Lyric Video – “Drive Like Pirates”
March 28, 2016Pirates and zombies and ninjas and more. Drive Like Pirates Lyric Video.
Pre-Order Don DiLego’s “Drive Like Pirates” Single EP / Vinyl
March 6, 2016Don DiLego‘s new single, “Drive Like Pirates” from the upcoming “Magnificent Ram A” is available for pre-order now from One Little Indian / Velvet Elk Records. The single will be released March 25th. Limited edition 10″ vinyl EP’s are available from the Velvet Elk Records store. Vinyl: https://dondilego.bandcamp.com/album/drive-like-pirates-single-ep Digital: oli.lnk.to/drivelikepirates
One Little Indian debuts Don DiLego’s new single in UK
February 15, 2016“Drive Like Pirates“, the first single from Don DiLego‘s upcoming Magnificent Ram A album, makes it’s UK debut today officially. BBC 6 has already said that it “could well be your new favourtire song of the week.” We’ll take that! Officially out on Velvet Elk and One Little Indian on March 25. US dates to come… Read more...
Jesse Malin / Don DiLego Europe Tour Feb/Mar 2016
January 29, 2016Off the heels of the recent Jesse Malin album “Outsiders“, Jesse will be heading out on a month long headlining tour of Europe starting Feb 17 and going though March 13th. Don DiLego, whose album “Magnificent Ram A” will be coming out this spring on Velvet Elk/OneLittle Indian, will be on support with his band,… Read more...
Happy Holidays – A Velvet Elk Flashback…
December 25, 2015A Velvet Elk Holiday Message: On this decidedly snowless Christmas, we’d like to share this throwback poster from our 1985 Christmas Variety Hour Special on NBC. Apparently, unbeknownst to the Velvet Elk Brass, NBC had not actually aired the special live as we had thought. In hindsight, this was probably a good thing, as our… Read more...
New video from Dead Heavens – “Adderall Highway”
October 27, 2015Dangerous Minds debuts the fantastic video for “Adderall Highway” from Dead Heavens. And please note, this is an actual live performance! A nod to the trippiness of those old 70’s psychedelic videos with the power of the live performance of a great band. “Walter Schreifels has one of the most enviable resumes in underground rock.” –… Read more...
Velvet Elk Records Holiday Extravaganza @ Bowery Ballroom NYC, Dec 29th
October 20, 2015It’s a family affair. Jesse Malin, Don DiLego, and Hollis Brown all spent 2015 swapping musicians, studios, tour dates, record labels, producers, and songs…so what better way to end the year than all sharing the same stage for a final 2015 blowout? Get your ticket now for the 12.29.15 show at The Bowery Ballroom.
Jesse Malin “Outsiders” is out TODAY! 10.09.15
October 9, 2015Jesse Malin’s brand new album ‘Outsiders’ is out today! The video for the first single, “You Know it’s Dark When Atheists Start to Pray”, is available now on the Velvet Elk YouTube Channel. Fresh off the heels of New York Before The War, Jesse Malin returns with his latest album, Outsiders. Born out of late night… Read more...
Release Day! Dead Heavens “Adderall Highway” out today.
September 25, 2015Velvet Elk City is aflutter today with the official release of the Dead Heavens single, “Adderall Highway”, b/w “Hyacinth. The staff is trying hard to stay out of each other’s way, with the possible exception of senior management, Tom Baker. Apparently caught napping under his desk with a copy of the 1974 May edition of… Read more...