Oedipus Records

Oedipus Records is an independent record label founded in 2002.

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Violent Past/Sudden Death of Stars Split 7"

Hot off the presses!

So Violent Past is a band that is not necessarily on Oedipus, but everyone who works with Oedipus (including myself) plays in. We reached out to one of our favorite bands, France’s Sudden Death of Stars to ask if they wanted to do a split…and here it is!

It’s available for sale on our Bandcamp so go on over, check it out and pick it up if you’re into it!

It’s limited to 300 copies, and Sudden Death of Stars will have them also real soon to sell in Europe while on tour.

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2014 is gonna rule! 

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Emma's House

It's winter and it's too cold outside to do much. So I've been cooped up at Oedipus HQ in Bushwick watching the Lakers and listening to records. A couple of weeks ago I picked up my guitar and covered the Field Mice's "Emma's House" because it's a perfect winter song.

I added cheesy samples of seagulls at the beginning. So have a a good laugh and enjoy.

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It's Official: Merry Christmas is back in the studio.

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Updates

I know It's been a while, but Oedipus Records actually has some stuff in the works! I can't say too much, but here's the skinny on some of the happenings:

- Violent Past is currently working on a split 7" with an amazing band from France. Still waiting for all the details, but as soon as we have them, it'll be on the site.

- Merry Christmas is recording their album in November! more details soon to come.

- First ever Oedipus T-Shirt is designed! will go in to production very soon!

- the NBA season is back, and although our beloved Lakers seem somewhat doomed, Oedipus HQ still forked over the money to have league pass and spend a lot of cold, late nights suffering. 

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Advance Base covers Magnetic Fields

It's been a while, but we are still here, trudging away. While Oedipus is looking around for our next release our good friend Advance Base has released an complete cover of the Magnetic Fields "House of Tomorrow" EP.

It's pretty incredible to see an artist you love cover an artist your love, so I've been gushing over this one all week. It's really an amazing EP and Owen (Advance Base) puts his own particular spin on Stephen Merrit's funny, melancholy music. I don't know what else to say about it, just listen to it because it's really good.

http://advancebase.bandcamp.com/album/tomorrows-homes-today

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Hey kids, I’m OOOO (out of the Oedipus office) for a little while in Uruguay & Argentina. Here I am on the streets of Buenos Aires

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Burger Records Article in RCN

One of the main reasons Oedipus is even a label is because of a guy named Mike Enzor, who is the father of Pat (Oedipus Co-founder) and Jeff (Merry Christmas). Growing up He exposed us to insanely cool music when we were just teenagers listening to bad skate-punk. We wouldn't have become gigantic Guided By Voices, Minutemen, Sonic Youth fans without him.

Mike was in the 1970's South Bay punk band the Skabbs who recently had their whole discography re-issued by Jackpot Records in Portland. If you haven't heard this yet, please check it out!

So apparently when he's not spending his lunch breaks digging through used record at Amoeba, Mike is also writing! He wrote a great piece for Record Collector News about one of our favorite record labels, Burger Records.

Read the Article Here.

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An old friend of Oedipus, Owen Ashworth AKA Advance Base playing at the Silent Barn.

You can buy any of Owens records, including his former project Casiotone for the Painfully Alone through his label Ordinal Records

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"Matty and Mike Schmidt"

We drove down to Philly last yesterday afternoon to see our L.A. Dodger's play the Phillies. Of course, Oedipus board of trustee member, Matty, came along. He was born and raised in the city of brotherly love and he's a phuking phanatic. 

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So pumped for tomorrow, one of our favorite labels is having a party accross the street from my apartment!

What can I say? look at that lineup! it's insane! If you live in NY and don't go, it's your own damn fault.

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Last night Brooklyn was blessed by a Joyce Manor show at the House of Vans. They are old hometown friends from Torrance and always the sweetest dudes on the planet. Of course they put on an amazing show!

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So few exemplify greatness like Magic Johnson, a true and forever Laker. Happy 54th birthday, Magic!

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Anyone who has spent any time at Oedipus Recs HQ knows we LOVE the L.A. Lakers, and Magic Johnson is one of m favorite humans of all time.

I'll spare all the sappy stories that go into me growing up watching the Lakers 88 finals as a little boy, or the puppy my family had named after number 32, or how he's recently made me (kind of) a baseball fan...all I want to say is Happy Birthday Magic!

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The Rain Parade

I had to write a post about this, because frankly I'm pretty pumped. This week, after a couple of years of searching, I finally hold in my hands a copy of the grossly underrated "Emergency Third Rail Power Trip" by The Rain Parade.

The Rain Parade were an early 80's psychedelic band who were part of the Paisley Underground scene that happened in Los Angeles. Why they've gone under the radar for this long baffles me. The album is nearly perfect in it's balance of jangle-pop and flower-power psych rock. Members went on to form bands like Opal and Mazzy Star, but for some reason, the Rain Parade seems forgotten.

But after years of digging through used bins and seeing horrendously overpriced copies on discogs, I finally found a the perfect copy, and haven't stopped playing it since.

here's the first track on the album. 

As a special little detail, when I finally put the record on my turntable, I noticed that their original label, Enigma Records, was based out of Torrance, CA, which is the same town where I grew up and eventually founded Oedipus. Is it a sign that we should hit these guys up for a re-issue? you tell me.

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my band is playing on Monday night at Paper Box in Brooklyn 

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Sorry for the Lack of Updates!

I'm so sorry I've been slacking a little bit on updates to the blog. But to be completely honest, the last month the NBA was the only thing on my mind. From the crazy fun finals to that clown Dwight Howard leaving my beloved Lakers, it was a whirlwind of emotions.

But we've got some stuff in the works! including our first ever Oedipus Records T-Shirt, which we are in the process of designing. We should have updates on that soon enough!

Also, in case you missed our earlier post, this week Merry Christmas will be heading out on a west coast tour with Joyce Manor! here are the dates again

7/17- San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill

7/19- Portland, OR @ Backspace

7/20- Seattle, WA @ Vera Project

7/21- Bellingham, WA @ House Show

7/23- Sacramento, CA @ Luigi’s Fungarden

7/24- Fresno, CA @ Starline

I will also continue my ongoing project of trying to upload all the remaining Oedipus releases to bandcamp.

keep enjoying the summer!

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this is from last year but just stumbled on it while lost in a youtube black hole.  one of our current favorites covering one of our all time favorites.  awesome cover