We've got some great new music from our recent releases that we would like to share with you in our free digital music sampler.  You can download or stream it but we hope you'll go to the artist pages and buy the albums once you discover how good this is.

Take a listen below:

GravelRoad - Come and Gone (from the album "Capitol Hill Country Blues)

Crazy Eyes - Cotton Candy Club (from the cassingle "Cotton Candy Club b/w "Octopuss")

Sindri Eldon - Do You Feel It? (from the "Wheelhouse" EP)

Teleferik - Mystic Machine (from the album "Lune Electric")

Ray Cashman - The Highway Kind (from the album "Desolation")

Aaron Semer - Pasts Like Circles (from the album "Love Amidst Collapse")

Sweet Jesus - Hung Up (from the album "Shortwave Oracle")

The Foghorns - If You Can't Get Lucky Please Get Up (from the album "The Sun's Gotta Shine...")

Low Hums - Bongs & Gongs (from the EP "Adventuring In The Near and Far")

"So I'm stuck in the city where geeks are all kings / they got all the morals of Louis the 14 / they don't pay no taxes send their kids overseas / so they don't have to see the poor sleepin' on the street / makes it hard to be a man / but ain't I a man."

full article here

We've got some great new music from our recent releases that we would like to share with you in our free digital music sampler.  You can download or stream it but we hope you'll go to the artist pages and buy the albums once you discover how good this is.

Take a listen below:

GravelRoad - Flesh and Bone

Teleferik - Behlam Fik

Low Hums - Breakdown

Crazy Eyes - Call of The Weirdos

The Foghorns - 400 Dollars

Ray Cashman - Whiskey, Weed and Women

Sweet Jesus - Young Blood

Aaron Semer - Bored Is The King of Israel

Download it here:  http://knickknackrecords.com/products/knick-knack-records-winter-2016-sampler 

The Foghorns have released new single and video for "400 Dollars" from their album "The Sun's Gotta Shine..." filmed by Jason Neuerburg. Yes, this is a 10 minute single and we don't have a problem with that because it's worth every second. Check it out below and you'll probably see a few familiar faces from the Seattle music scene. Many thanks to the friends and musicians that turned out to help create this brilliant piece of work.

While the Foghorns are finishing up their next full length album, Bart Cameron is busy writing more songs and working on some acoustic demos. Here's a little preview called "Sean's Gone" a song written for the Hugo House Literary Series in 2015. Recorded at Charles Bork's studio. Video by Jason Neuerburg.

Free digital download of Knick Knack Records artists

Click here to download: http://knickknackrecords.com/collections/digital-downloads/products/knick-knack-records-spring-2015-sampler

Close To Death  (Crazy Eyes) from the album "Ring Ring Jiingalong and Dark Heart Singalong"

WWIII Songs in Hiii-Fiii  (Crazy Eyes) from the album "Ring Ring Jiingalong and Dark Heart Singalong"

Ain't I A Man  (The Foghorns) from the album "The Sun's Gotta Shine..."

Sons and Daughters of The Molly Maguires  (The Foghorns) from the album "The Sun's Gotta Shine..."

Desolation  (Ray Cashman) from the album "Desolation"

You Don't know My Mind  (Ray Cashman) from the album "Desolation"

Broken Again  (Half Light) from the "Lost Album"

Wasting Time  (Half Light) from the "Lost Album"

Lord Have Mercy  (GravelRoad) from the album "El Scuerpo"

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean  (GravelRoad) from the album "El Scuerpo"

The Foghorns celebrated their album release show on May 7 at the Tractor Tavern in style with many good friends and fans that were treated to a fantastic evening of the best music that Seattle has to offer.  They even flew in their former keyboard/accordion player Peter Colclasure for the event.  They performed the new album in it's entirety along with a few favorites from their back catalog.

Below are some photos from the show:

The first new album in four years from The Foghorns.

• After 60,000 miles touring in five countries, the band STAYED HOME for this record.
• Our first time not recording live to tape in a decade.
• Songwriter Bart Cameron had two children while this album was made.
• The Foghorns were Knick Knack Records first release. Now the label is established.
• This is part one of a two-part concept.

The Foghorns are: Bart Cameron: vocals, guitars, harmonica; Jason Kopec: drums, pots and pans; Ken Nottingham: bass; Lauren Trew: bass clarinet, vocals; Colin Nelson: choir-leader, percussion; Matthew Ploszaj: choir; Casey Ruff: choir; David Rossman: choir on Ain’t I a Man; Peter Colclasure: piano, accordion.

This CD was recorded by Colin J Nelson at Her Car Studios in Fremont, Seattle, WA.

Personnel on this album:

Bart Cameron: vocals, guitars, harmonica

Jason Kopec: drums, pots and pans

Ken Nottingham: bass

Lauren Trew: bass clarinet, vocals

Colin Nelson: choir-leader, percussion

Matthew Ploszaj: choir

Casey Ruff: choir

David Rossman: choir on Ain’t I a Man

Peter Colclasure: piano, accordion.

About this music:
Alana at the Conor Byrne, JJ at Blue Moon, and Mamma Casserole at Comet Tavern, along with Levi Fuller at Ball of Wax and Greg Vandy from KEXP’s show The Roadhouse all encouraged us and gave us forums for live performances over the four years that it took to develop this sound. We are extremely grateful for their support. And we are extremely grateful that fans have paid money and devoted the energy to head out into the very late night and catch our shows.

 More about this music:

 This is our first experience with track recording in the last decade. We prided ourselves on being a live band and on touring long and hard. The amazing Charles Bork has recorded us using mono quarter inch technology, and we love those records. But this CD, (and the second part of it, which will be released later this year), is a digital recording.

Colin J. Nelson recorded everything. Colin and Bart produced the record. Bart got guidance from Jon Rooney of Virgin of the Birds. Through digital recording, we were able to overdub vocals, and Peter Colclasure flew out from his new home in California to contribute his accordion and piano playing.

 As for long hard touring, there are towns we owe a lot to: Edinburgh, Reykjavik, London, Copenhagen, Cleveland, New York City, San Diego. Touring in the past was fantastic. But the experience of living our lives in Seattle, experiencing the day to day, being there for each other and for family and friends… this music is a product of that. Of living in one place and putting down roots.

http://www.thefoghorns.com/the-suns-gotta-shine

The Foghorns and guests including Casey Ruff and the Mayors of Ballard will playing all night to celebrate Minnesota, especially the Good Thunder Reading Series.  Come out to the Blue Moon and show your support this Friday night!