One of the best things about living in Los Angeles besides the weather and the crippling self-doubt is watching comics grow as comics, constantly out-producing their previous impressive efforts, and rightly reaping the accompanying accolades. It has been a real pleasure to watch Paige Weldon over the last few years, since I first saw her […]
Continue ReadingSpinal Tap’s career continues to climb past 11. In 2018, Harry Shearer’s Derek Smalls character is releasing a solo album! Smalls Change, Meditations on Ageing will drop globally on April 13, 2018, via Twanky Records/BMG on Digital, CD and Vinyl. Smalls Change is a poignant and oftentimes furious contemplation on aging that explores the passing of time […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Harry Shearer revealed in an interview that he was working on a Derek Smalls solo album, and now the album – titled Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing) – has a release date. In a music video for the title track released this week, Smalls revealed that the album was “made possible by a […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles-based comedian Blake Wexler is releasing an album next week that’s a little different than your usual comedy album. Titled 12 Years of Voicemails from Todd Glass to Blake Wexler, the album consists of nearly 50 tracks chronicling Wexler’s 10+ year friendship with Glass as well as Wexler’s own evolution from 16-year-old aspiring standup to […]
Continue ReadingStandup comedians, show creators/stars, and married couple Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher have a new album out next week. Titled Back to Back, the album was recorded live in Brooklyn during their recent tour and will be released through A Special Thing Records next Friday, December 8th. The 12-track album is split up between six […]
Continue ReadingMy first exposure to what would become branded as Blue Collar Comedy was when I was a little kid attending a church talent show in Moundsville, West Virginia. There was a guy who donned a tucked-in flannel and just went up and read a bunch of Jeff Foxworthy’s “You might be a redneck” jokes off […]
Continue ReadingBig Jay Oakerson is one of the best comedians working today. The NYC-based comic’s career has taken off a lot… MORE
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Tim Heidecker has compiled all of his Trump songs into one handy digital album you can own next week. Titled Too Dumb for Suicide: Tim Heidecker’s Trump Songs, the album will be available through Jagjaguwar/Rado Records on Election Day 2016’s one-year anniversary next Wednesday, November 8th, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated […]
Continue ReadingIn every great comic’s career comes a time where you have to do press for a thing you made. Sometimes it’s a new special, a big movie role, or a chart-topping podcast. And then sometimes a label decides to re-release your album from a year ago on limited edition blue vinyl. Such is the case […]
Continue ReadingToday Dana Gould returns with a new comedy album on a new record label as it marks the release of… MORE
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