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The Swingline Records

About Me

..This profile was edited with MySpace Help - Profile Creator and Editor MySpace Profile Help!What do you do when you love music and can't play an instrument to save your life?Start a record label, WE DID! ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ***********************THE HEAVY HEARTS - NEW EP - NOW AVAILABLE!! Mixing equal parts My Bloody Valentine, McLusky, and Pixies, the Heavy Hearts are dark, chaotic, and intense - just what you'd expect from members of such seminal Northwest bands as Engine Kid and the Bali Girls. Live, the Hearts pull you into their punishing world, leaving you pleasantly dazed and confused when it's all over. - Brent Cole the Stranger ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************THE LIGHTS - "Diamonds and Dirt" vinyl release The magnum opus from the band that gave the world the album of 2004, Beautiful Bird. The Lights take syncopation and rhythm and Ionescu-style complexity and somehow ram it into the rock music format in a way that few are able to do successfully. Diamonds and Dirt. Compare with the Fall, and with Love maybe, but also understand that in some form or another, these three have played music together for the past 10 years, and have that band extra sensory deal that makes for riveting live shows and incredibly memorable songs. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************ THE VALLEY - THE VALLEY CD Hearing this blast of early grunge inspired hook laden melodic and fuzzed out mayhem makes my heart grow big. Think like Mudhoney and the Fluid meets Dinosaur Jr and the Stooges, throw in a little Sonic Youth, and they all go and write some infectious pop songs together. - Big Takeover ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ***********************MAGNETO - SOUNDS LIKE SPACE CD A solid wall of sound from front to back, Magneto's "ISA" reflects what would most likely happen if Built To Spill had a one night stand with Death Cab For Cutie. "ISA", the opening track to their debut album Sounds Like Space, is chock full of layered vocals, squalling guitars, and tasty drum fills. Awesome song. - Airwavesback.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/02/2005
Band Website: http://www.theswingline.com
Band Members: TRENT, BEN AND DAVE RUN SHIT.
Influences: Factory Records, Sub Pop, Merge, Matador, Dischord, Touch & Go, Minty Fresh, Up, CZ, Suicide Squeeze.... lots and lots of great bands.
Record Label: we are a record label.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We’re Still ALIVE!

So yeah, you may or may not have noticed that the Swingline has been on a brief hiatus... some minor cash flow issues and Trent had a baby (she's cute as a button).   I'm writing to assure a...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:45:00 GMT

Trents year-end list

Alrighty then.....here's my list of year-end faves...no particular order. I listen to a lot of NW music, so my faves are skewed in that direction. The Valley - Purple Octopuss ep - what can say about...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:56:00 GMT

BEN’S OBLIGATORY YEAR END LIST

So here they are...in no particular order.... my favorite records of 2007.  Good year. A Place To Bury Strangers - S/T (Killer Pimp) Equal parts spacey pretty and ear bleeding noise.  Brilli...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:14:00 GMT

Check out this video: Spit when you say my name

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Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:19:00 GMT

THE HEAVY HEARTS VIDEO, PRESS AND MORE!

THE HEAVY HEARTS VIDEO, PRESS, ETC! The Heavy Hearts video is done and kicks ton off ass...thanks and much love to Scott for delivering the goods!  Check it out in our video section, or...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:27:00 GMT

Don't forget to vote for the Heavy Hearts & the Lights

It's that time of year again to vote for your favorite releases of 2006. Don't forget to vote for the Heavy Hearts and the Lights. KEXP and Three Imaginary GIrls are both taking s...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:57:00 GMT

ONLINE STORE UP AND RUNNING!!!!!

HEY KIDS ... TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE TO FIND AND PURCHASE OUR FINE PRODUCTS WE HAVE JUST LAUNCHED AN ONLINE STORE... CHECK IT OUT! http://www.theswingline.com/SWNGSTORE.html http://...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:08:00 GMT

THE HEAVY HEARTS JOIN TEAM SWINGLINE!

The Swingline is proud to welcome Seattle band The Heavy Hearts to the family.  Look for a EP some time in the early fall, (more details to come).  In the interim.... go check them out live....
Posted by on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:16:00 GMT

Copper Press and MAGNETO

Look for a Magneto interview in the new issue of Copper Press. Everyone is loving "Sounds Like Space", so get out there and buy the cd...you won't regret it.
Posted by on Fri, 12 May 2006 12:17:00 GMT

The Lights - Diamonds and Dirt - Vinyl Release

The Swingline boys have just agreed to release the Lights new release, "Diamonds and Dirt" on vinyl.  Our good friends at Wantage Records (Missoula, MT) will be releasing the "Diamonds ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 May 2006 12:12:00 GMT