Carolyn Mark
A Night Of Words
with Kris Demeanor, Hearse and David P. Smith.
Carolyn Mark
Home For The Holidays Variety Show
with: Kris Demeanor, Hearse, Melanie Walter, Wes Borg, David P Smith, Tower of Dudes and many more.
Carolyn Mark
Rainshadow Al's Xmas Food Bank Benefit
Carolyn Mark
with The Brunettes, Hearse and Ford Pier
Coming Soon: A New Album From Carolyn Mark
Carolyn Mark is preparing to release her 8th full-length record (9th if you count her album with Neko Case as The Corn Sisters, 10th if you include her compilation soundtrack for Robert Altman's film, "Nashville"). Her new album will be called The Queen of Vancouver Island and released on September 18th, 2012 on her longtime label, Mint Records. Carolyn's last release, Let's Just Stay Here, that she co-wrote with NQ Arbuckle, was nominated for a Juno award and this will be the official follow-up.
MINT AT SLED ISLAND. OH YES.
Road trip season is here. That means it is almost time for Calgary's finest music festival, Sled Island! We're loading up the van and arriving with fresh trucker's tans, hand-held fans and a handful of our favourite bands.
This year, the Mint Records day party will take place at The Ship and Anchor. It's on Friday, so you should take the afternoon off, order an icy beverage and enjoy the cool summer sounds of:
The Ramblin' Ambassadors
Nardwuar and The Evaporators with special guest ANDREW WK
Coming Soon: Hot Panda's Go Outside
Continuing their legacy of eclectic lo-fi indie pop albums for Mint, Hot Panda's Go Outside will be out on July 17th. Once again recorded by the famed JC/DC team of David Carswell and John Collins (The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara), the album is just as vibrant as their first two albums, yet significantly more developed.
MINT RECORDS AT SXSW 2012
Once again, we're packing our sunglasses, dusting off the sunscreen and heading to Austin for SXSW. We're planning a party too. And you should probably be there. This is the plan:
Mint Records, Olio Festival and Light Organ Records present:
A FREE SXSW DAY PARTY!!!
Thursday, March 15th at Headhunters (720 Red River St)
FEATURING:
The Ramblin' Ambassadors prepare for Ramble On - out March 6th.
Longtime Mint recording artists, The Ramblin' Ambassadors are ready to unleash their third full length album, Ramble On. Only 500 copies will be pressed on shiny 180g vinyl and available on March 6th, 2012. If your turntable is still broken, not to worry, it will also be available digitally.
fun fact: Guitar wizard, Brent Cooper, of The Ramblin' Ambassadors made his first Mint Records appearance back in 1995 on a Huevos Rancheros 7" called Dig In. That means he's been putting out records on Mint for over 15 years!