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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...
Dead Heavens Adderall Highway 7″ Vinyl Pre-Sale is up
September 21, 2015We here at Velvet Elk Headquarters, International, are celebrating in the corporate offices today with homemade Dead Heavens mini-cupcakes featuring each band members favorite marsupial, as we’re excited about the upcoming release of “Adderall Highway” on Friday. We’ll have a limited edition of the 7″ Vinyl for sale, and you can pre-order that Adderall Highway… Read more...
Dead Heavens BBC 1 debut in the UK
August 17, 2015We’re all excited here at the Velvet Elk for the upcoming Dead Heavens single! Apparently they are already as well over in the UK, where Adderall just made it’s BBC 1 debut on Radio 1 Rock Show. More buzz brewing ahead of the Sept 25th release!
Catch Jesse Malin on Tour in UK
May 14, 2015ON TOUR NOW!! – Jesse will be kicking off the “Turn Up The Mains” tour in the UK…Catch the band all over the UK & Europe! Ticket info at jessemalin.com/tourdates Jesse Tour Dates May 2015
RollingStone gives a nod to New York Before the War
April 1, 2015Jesse Malin was, as he puts it, born and bred in Queens. But after a decade of solo albums recorded in New York, the former frontman for Nineties glam-punks D Generation wanted to try a change of scenery, holing up in a Virginia farmhouse to avoid the distractions of the city… Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/how-jesse-malin-fought-off-goats-channeled-the-ramones-for-gritty-new-lp-20150401#ixzz3W5HUHsWC Follow us: @rollingstone… Read more...
Jesse Malin New Album is out now!! – Mar 30
April 1, 2015Yes, Jesse’s new record, New York Before the War, is finally out and available for consumption. We couldn’t be more excited. And no, hell has not frozen over. That is, in fact, the Malin himself in the Wall Street Journal! It’s a great article on Jesse’s past and the making of the record. Read it… Read more...
Jesse Malin – New Single “Addicted”, New Album March 30th!!
February 19, 2015Jesse Malin returns with a taster from his forthcoming album in the shape of brand new single, ‘Addicted’, out today on iTunes! Also released today, is the official music video for Addicted, shot entirely in black and white and premiering exclusively on Clash Magazine. Read the article and watch the video premiere here. The new… Read more...
New Release from Beautiful Small Machines
July 31, 2014Velvet Elk is proud to announce the release of the latest from Beautiful Small Machines, “The DJ Stayed Home” (8 July) Album buy link: It’s a bit of a twist and turn from the “electro-twang” of their debut, “Robots in Love,” with more organic instrumentation this time around, including heating ducts and trash cans. They’ll… Read more...