We are an artist-run label formed in 2013. All the work, good or bad, is done by the people in the bands.
Sample song: LOOP 19
Four-song EP. Each track is constructed from a loud, distorted guitar that's been recorded to a track on a 1" 8-track loop. These loops have tracks switched on/off, faded in/out, and that builds a song. Read more about @title
Standard black hoodie that sends your message loud and clear: "I have listened to the Austerity Program and am okay enough with them to wear this hooded sweatshirt."
White printed onto black fabric. Hoodie is Independent Trading Company Unisex Zip Hooded Sweatshirt. 80/20 blend with a 100% cotton face. Comfortable and not super-heavy (kind of like that band Chavez).
Controlled Burn Records (Chicago, IL) and Phratry Records (Cincinnati, OH) team up for a Nonagon / Knife The Symphony split single. Limited to 300 copies. This record will never be re-pressed. When they're gone, they're gone!
The 7” comes with a download card that includes a bonus track from each band. Digital version available with physical copy only. Read more about @title
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Our first post included the vague idea that we'd post about stuff as we learned it - as far as running a record label goes.
We've been bad about keeping that promise but there's something that we did learn; it contains something like advice for someone thinking about starting a record label.
If you set up an actual company to do the label's business then you're going to have to pay taxes on the label's income, as well as sales tax for sales in the state you're based. Read more about @title
Printed on American Apparel Standard. Women's Medium pictured.
Japanese - Dark Gray on Asphalt.
We have checked with a few folks - it really does say "The Austerity Program" and not "I Am a Child Molester".
Nonagon is watching you. They see your every move.
Gray ink on a black, 4.3 oz, 'Fine Cotton Jersey' by American Apparel.
"Manufactured responsibly. Marketed by assholes."
Design by Nick Pyle
Beyond Calculation - is an eight song LP (2014) from the Austerity Program.
Their latest and favorite. Guitar, bass, vocals and drum machine all cranked through 3500 watts of power and lots of speakers. Songs about a despised albino, vengeful minor-deities and self-immolation. You would think we each grew up Catholic.
Full analog recording and fingernail-pulling attention to detail. Like always. Read more about @title
Festoon your torso with the recently-extinct!
Our thylacine (aka "Tasmanian Tiger") logo -designed by the amazing Diana Sudyka- is now available in textile form. Available in 2 colors and 6 sizes.
On American Apparel stock
"Responsibly Manufactured, Marketed by Assholes"
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Nonagon is playing the first ever West Cost PRF BBQ on Saturday, May 3 @ Leo's in San Francisco. Should be a preeeeetty amazing event, with Kowloon Walled City, Eugene S Robinson, the Gary, the Tunnel and others.
Tickets available here.
And the new Austerity Program record, Beyond Calculation, will be out 6/17. More news on that in a bit, but if you live in/near Boston (4/26), Providence (4/27) or Brooklyn (5/7), you can go see them in the days ahead. The Shows page has all the details.
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Look at what arrived at CBR's shipping department this week. If you guessed Time Life Books' 28 Volume Series: The Civil War you would only be partially correct. That's coming next week. What we have here is The Austerity Program's record entering the final stages before its upcoming release. Soon.