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New Chris McFarland Video

Filmed right here in Brooklyn by Jeremy Mack (MackAttackFilms), featuring fellow End Up artist Kyle Fischer.

Balthrop, Alabama on NPR’s Song of the Day!

NPR’s Song of the Day features Subway Horns by Balthrop, Alabama.

Check it out!

Balthrop, Alabama songs featured in upcoming film

The Myth of the American Sleepover is an upcoming film from Roman Spring Pictures, directed by David Robert Mitchell. A few songs by Balthrop, Alabama are featured in the film, and in the trailer below:

The Myth of the American Sleepover will be making its premiere at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival this coming March. You can read more about the film at http://www.americansleepover.com.

Balthrop, Alabama will also be at SXSW this year. It’ll be our first time there — come say hi!

MMIX by Kyle Fischer & Seb Leon

Kyle Fischer & Seb Leon recently collaborated with the Association for Cultural Equity, fashion label Sportmax, and various End Up musician to create MMIX (2009). MMIX is a multi-speaker sound piece mixing Alan Lomax’s field recordings with End Up’s music. See below, as interpreted by choreographers Andrea Miller an Jodi  Melnick.

Check it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUUZDmXuiNI
Check it 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e50OOlhFfQ

Here are two of my favorite speakers from the show.

We will be releasing the “MMIX ­ – Opus 1″ record shortly. Stay tuned!

Spatial (yes spatial) thanks to Andrew Vladeck, Caithlin De Marrais, Josh Kaufman and Konrad Meissner.

New Drawing Video for Valentine’s Day!

In honor of the oncoming day of sweet manufactured love, Balthrop, Alabama’s Toxey Goodwater has made a little video Valentine. Check it out on YouTube (and pass it around to your Valentines!):

I Look at You by Balthrop, Alabama, drawn by Toxey

And come see A Very Balthrop Valentine’s Day at Joe’s Pub, Sunday, Feb 14 at 7:00.

The End Up Brain Trust

Here’s a photo from the recent End Up Meeting — big plans for 2010!

What a fresh-faced crop of artists!

Ear to Ear Project — Caithlin De Marrais

Ear to Ear Project interview with Caithlin! Shout outs to Van Halen, The Smiths and the Cadbury Crunchie bar.

Check it out!

http://eartoearproject.com/2010/01/caithlin_de_marrais/

Subway Songs & Cowboy Songs: Now Available!

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The two new compananion records from Balthrop, Alabama
are now available– get yours now!

New Fred & Daily video: My Special Someone!!!

Fred & Daily’s 3rd video from their whacked out album “The Hypocrite Ballet” on End Up Records

Someone special is making her debut at Bottletree karaoke nite … Those watching will never be the same!

Starring:

Dama Nichols, Keith Goodwin, Chris Lawson, Brianna Payne, Tina Pilgrim, Brian Teasley, Tom Bagby, Peter Wilm and Paul Wilm

filmed at Bottletree, Birmingham AL



A Very Balthrop Christmas now for sale!

A collection of twelve brand new holiday classics from the bubbling folk-rock collective Balthrop, Alabama. All proceeds benefit End Up Records in its efforts to make music easier and more fun to make. It’s some kinda feel good doo wah diddy all the way around.

Get in on it!

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