We've been pretty stoked on the response Richard Laviolette and the Oil Spills "All of Your Raw Materials" has been getting in the press, with praise coming from Now Magazine ("Richard LaViolette and the Oil Spills stand out from the faux-hillbilly-accented, banjo-plucking pack"), Chartattack.com ("immediately affecting"), Ottawa Xpress ("A gem."), Herohill ("honest song writing and fantastic voice") and many more. Richard and the band are on the road right now through Atlantic Canada. Check it out!

Richard Laviolette and the Oil Spills "All of Your Raw Materials" is available now on You've Changed Records LP/CD/and Digital Download Business. This is a good record, our favourite. Read a review and check out a song over at Herohill.

Super group gets more super: Daniel's been playing shows in the USA with Sarah Harmer, Julie's been performing Miracles, and word on the street is Fred has a new set of sweet wheels. And they are playing a few shows this summer, and big plans in the works for the fall. And a second pressing of the LP is on the way! We got a bum test pressing, but it's all getting sorted out and will be available soon.

This update's been a while coming (blame the day job or blame the song writing), but these are Huge Times at You've Changed Records. Huge Times:

Daniel Romano "Workin' For The Music Man" was released on June 1st. This is the first solo album by the Attack in Black/Daniel, Fred, and Julie member and You've Changed Records boss man. Daniel's playing a bunch of shows this summer, including a run with Sarah Harmer in the USA and a bunch of Canadian Festival Dates.

On July 6th we're releasing one of our favourite records: Richard Laviolette and the Oil Spills "All Of Your Raw Materials". Richard self released this on CD last fall, we got one at a house show in Guelph, and after listening to it all last winter we realized we wanted to hear it on vinyl and wanted other people to hear it too. Here's a digital/rustic/sing along preview - "Funeral Song".

Due to popular demand the Daniel, Fred, and Julie LP is being repressed and will be available real soon, and there's tour plans for the fall in the works if everyone can clear their plates. The CD remains in print and purchasable in the public domain and at your favourite record stores.

Shotgun Jimmie's recent tour of Europe was such a success that he's been invited back, including an appearance at Slovakia's Pohoda Festival (along with such peers as Sharon Jones, Autechre, Orchestra Baobab, the XX, and Max Romeo). Work on the new album is starting soon. In the meantime ask him to bring you back some brie.

Baby Eagle "Dog Weather" is at the pressing plant getting pressed.

Basically, we're just totally stoked all of the time and are barely keeping it together.

On Almost the longest day, we remain,

yours,

YCR

June 1st - Daniel Romano "Working for the Music Man"

July 6th – Richard Laviolette and the Oil Spills “All Your Raw Materials”

August or September – Baby Eagle “Dog Weather”

also,

Daniel, Fred, and Julie LP 2nd pressing.

Come back soon. Everybody is playing shows too.

xoxo

YCR

Tune into CBC Radio 1 on Tuesday to hear Daniel, Fred, and Julie live in Studio Q. Also appearing: Todd Bridges of Diff'rent Strokes!

Three more shows have been added to the Daniel, Fred, and Julie tour. The band is sounding real good. Hope you can make it:

Tuesday, April 27 - St. Catherines / Mansion

Wednesday, April 28 – London / Call The Office

Thursday, April 29 - Hamilton  / Casbah (Lounge)

You've Changed Records chart-topping, head-bopping, finger-popping folk trio Daniel, Fred, and Julie are hitting the road this April for a very special tour of Eastern Canada, Quebec, and Ontario. Everyone's cleared their busy schedules, they've tuned the guitars and put gas in the tank and are ready to go. Baby Eagle is stowed away in the luggage to lurk about the merch table and open the shows.  Check out the dates.

Very happy to say that Daniel, Fred, and Julie has topped the !EARSHOT national campus radio Folk/Roots/Blues charts, and is sitting at #9 overall. Thanks to everyone that's been playing the record from everyone (that's me) here at You've Changed Records.

Attack in Black are making their way across the Canadian prairies as we speak, playing a few shows with Julie Doiron on the way (maybe we'll get to hear some DFJ material?). Once home in Ontario they're playing a bunch of shows with YC favourites One Hundred Dollars.

Shotgun Jimmie is packing his bags for his historic cross Canada tour by train. Catch him in the dinning car and at the select and finest nightclubs and restaurants across the country. I'm stoked for the show with SPORTS in Victoria on Valentines Day. Lover's Rock! And then an epic Canadian Maritimes/European tour (more on this soon) with the Burning Hell and Construction and Destruction. Good Golly.

Baby Eagle is busy learning the root notes for two special Shotgun Jimmie full band shows on January 22nd in Halifax and January 23rd in Sackville. Joining BE in the rhythm section will be ex-Shotgun and Jaybirder, Sappy/Scrappy Paul Henderson - a drum roll please!

See the Tour page for more details.

Daniel, Fred, and Julie is:

Daniel Romano (Attack in Black)
Fred Squire (Calm Down It's Monday)
Julie Doiron (Julie Doiron, Eric's Trip)

Recorded in Sackville, NB in Fred's garage with one microphone.
Straight to tape. No overdubs.

Daniel, Fred, and Julie will be released by You've Changed Records and Outside Distribution on Dec 1st. CD(red cover), LP(blue cover), and Digital Download. All Formats are Mono.

Here's the news!

Shotgun Jimmie continues his world tour in celebration of his #1 in our hearts album STILL JIMMIE this summer in locales more local than distant with a bunch of maritime shows and Ontario festivals. Go on down and check it out! Still Jimmie (YC001) is available at all respectable music sellers on CD and LP formats.

Attack in Black are also playing a bunch of shows this summer at the best and most fun festivals in sweet locales in Canada, including Hillside, SappyFest, and the Wolfe Island. Stay tuned for new videos and knowing those boys probably a bunch of new songs and records. In the meantime the Attack in Black/Baby Eagle split LP is selling fast so get them quick before they are gone!

Top Secret word is the Luyas are in the studio making stange noises and wonderful tunes. Can't wait to hear it.

Adam and the Amethysts are playing with Calvin Johnson in Montreal, and we think it's going to be a real cool show.

Baby Eagle is happily taking advantage of the kindness of friends and strangers in New Brunswick and getting sand in his ukulele.

The "Attack in Black and Baby Eagle" LP (YCR 002) is available in stores right now! This release is limited to 500 copies, what are you waiting for? No excuses. The boys made a music video for "Half Moon on the City High" all summer romance and flaming car crashes and skateboard tricks. Effects like this don't come cheap.

You've Changed loves the sun.

Shotgun Jimmie and Attack in Black are tearing it up across the nation of Canada and posting daily weblogs which you can watch right here. The Attack in Black/Baby Eagle split is availble in stores on May 5th and right now at shows, and they look smoking, so thanks to Alex at Standard Form for getting them done on our stupid schedule and making them look so nice. Shotgun Jimmie 'Still Jimmie' CDs are available on merch tables NOW and in stores real soon!!!

A couple of very cool Adam and the Amethysts shows have been announced from Amethyst HQ and added to the tour page. Check it out!

Strangers are tramping through my house, i'm coughing up a lung, everybody is in montreal for once and briefly so let's just get to it, bulletin style. Silver bullets of news.

1. Lots of new tour dates for Shotgun Jimmie and Attack in Black, and a couple for Baby Eagle.

2. "Still Jimmie" tearing up the campus radio charts! Many thanks to everybody spinning the record.

3. POME records catalogue is now availble through You've Changed Records and Outside Distribution! Adam and the Amethysts "Amethyst Amulet" (The pop hit of the summer!-TORONTO STAR) and The Luyas "Faker Death" (The pop hit of the apocolypse! - Me).

4. The Attack in Black/Baby Eagle Split is primed and ready. Can't wait for you all to hear it. May 5th is the official date, but the dudes will have some on tour.

5. Tip top secret: "Still Jimmie" on CD - we'll keep you posted! but so so soon.

Shotgun Jimmie has made a totally great music video for the song "Mind Crumb" from the chartbusting LP "Still Jimmie" (YCR001). You can watch it here. No beards, tinfoil, lots of fun, guitar solos and big drumsticks.

Sad news of the day: Shotgun Jimmie and Attack in Black have had to pull out of their mega tour of the USA. Tears all around. Jimmie explains "circumstances beyond my control" before swearing "vengance"! NO! Wait! I read that wrong! He promises to be "back with a vengance" - a much more pleasing promise, and I can assure you dear reader that Shotgun Jimmie remains a man of his word.

The upcoming Canadian tour remains unaffected, and it's looking like a real doozy. Yep, you heard it here first: a doozy. You can see all the dates over on Jimmie's myspace page - I'll get them up here asap, probably once I'm snuggled into that crampy bunk on the tour bus rolling through the maritimes. That is to say, in a couple days.

In the meantime: "Still Jimmie" is available now at all your finest record emporiums through the fine work of Outside Music Distribution, and for digital purchase from Zunior, itunes, emusic and all those businesses. 

All right! Shotgun Jimmie's 'Still Jimmie' is out now! There was a bit of a delay on the vinyl, but they're in now, they're at the warehouse, they're shipping out to all the best stores. Yep, it's really happening! And it's getting some due love: album of the week on cbcradio3!

check it out:

radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/3/Wrath-of-Khannas-Album-of-the-Week-Shotgun-Jimmies-Still-Jimmie

Jimmie and Attack in Black are on tour now in the USA! They are probably playing your town. They would love to see you!

Alright, the dudes have crossed the border for their big tour of the USA, Shotgun Jimmie and Attack in Black, and you, dear music lover, in addition to experience some life changing tunes, could win a cake! No foolin', just ask Jimmie at the merch table when you're buying his new LP, "Still Jimmie". He'll gladly give you all the details. Check out all the tour dates on the touring page.

Here's the news:

"Still Jimmie" will be availble March 10th at your finest record selling outlets on long playing sweet looking vinyl, and through all the many and varied digital outlets for download. Our favourite is www.zunior.com

The Adam and the Amethysts "Amethyst Amulet" and The Luyas "Faker Death" CDs will be made re-availble at your local record store on April 7th. We're happy to make these records available for download, worldwide, for the first time.

Adam and the Amethysts are playing a bunch of shows in southern Ontario at the end of March, as listed on the touring page - check it out!

We're working on a webstore. Soon you'll be able to order direct from us. Soon soon soon.

Hey everyone. Whoever you are. If you are anyone at all.  Just kidding.

This is the brand new You've Changed Records website.  The idea is to make this place a site you can go to on a cold night alone at home and to read hopeful news about your favourite bands.  We're sitting in our cold apartments in Montreal, and gettin our guitars fixed in Welland, walkee-talkee-ing back and forth all day, trying to make our dreams come true.  Taking turns working shifts at the record store.

We've got a very exciting spring to think about, and wanted to share the reasons for excitement, with you, dear reader.  First of all, we are to be releasing two very special records.  On March 10th, Shotgun Jimmie's future classic "Still Jimmie" will be in stores across the nation.  People of Canada, rejoice for this one.  Jim will be going on tour with Attack in Black in the U.S. and Canada to follow up that release.

Then, on April 14th, we'll be releasing a split album of Attack in Black and Baby Eagle playing each others' songs.   It's great.  You guys have no idea!

Also, we'll be carrying the old Pome Records catalogue - which is made up of the great debut albums by Adam & the Amethysts, and The Luyas.

Hope you all are keepin' warm.
-YC