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Bifocal Media

Walsby/Melvins. Book/CD Oct. 9 2007

About Me

Hello. We're an independent media publishing (Videos, Records, CDs, Books) company inspired by the artsy fartsy, underground punk scene that thrived in living rooms and VFW halls from the late 80's to mid 90's. We started out with the mid 90's video classic "The Actuality of Thought" in 1997 and we just finished putting together a book of comics from underground art/rock celebrity Brian Walsby (July 11, 2006).Along the way we've put out records/videos featuring artists such as The Ladderback, The Party of Helicopters, Des Ark, Braid, Utah!, Goner, The Cherry Valence, Superchunk, Dillinger Escape Plan, Serotonin, Convocation of, Kerbloki, Milemarker, Sleepytime Trio, Sweep the Leg Johnny, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Vaz, and tons of others.Bifocal Pictures is full service film/video/design firm founded in 2000 by Bifocal Media owners Brad Scott and Charles Cardello. We've done work for comapanies such as Merge Records, Jade Tree, No Idea, Revelation Records, Relapse, ESPN2, and loads of other great folks.Our "real" websites can be viewed at WWW.BIFOCALMEDIA.COM. Here you'll find a load of our work and releases for sensory consumption. Thanks.

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Member Since: 9/18/2004
Band Website: bifocalmedia.com
Band Members: The Cherry Valence, Continent, The Party of Helicopters, Utah!, Des Ark, Goner, The Kickass, Crash Smash Explode, Kerbloki, The Ladderback, Braid, The Firebird Band, Serotonin, The Secret Life of Machines, Legend of the Overfiend.
Influences: Dischord, Merge, Touch and Go, Troubleman Unlimited, Lovitt, Jade Tree, etc.
Sounds Like: Stop, Start, Bleep Bloop, Boom, Bap, What the...?, NO THEY DIDN'T!!!!
Record Label: Bifocal Media
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Brian Walsby's MANCHILD 3/Melvins "Making Love Demos" CD

BFM026 BRIAN WALSBY: MANCHILD 3 (BOOK)/THE MELVINS: MAKING LOVE DEMOS (CD) Elder punk/art statesman Brian Walsby is back with another stinging slab of satirical comic art. In this new collection, Bria...
Posted by Bifocal Media on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:07:00 PST

Still Kicking.

After four months of work, We're pleased to announce that we just finished an animated video for Valient Thorr. Volcom Entertainment should be releasing said video to the world in mid February so be o...
Posted by Bifocal Media on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:47:00 PST

BRIAN WALSBY BOOK IS DONE

We just finished putting together the new Brian Walsby book "MANCHILD 2 The Second Coming". We'll be sending everything off to the printers on Monday. We sold a few ads to offset printing costs. If yo...
Posted by Bifocal Media on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 01:56:00 PST

The Cherry Valence on Bifocal

We just signed The Cherry Valence for the release of their 3rd full length. This is fun news for us. We should be dropping that puppy in July. We'll post some sounds soon.
Posted by Bifocal Media on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Huge Bifocal party in Raleigh for our Japanese friends

Our friends from Japan, "Tiala", are flying over to play 3 shows in the US. They play spazzed out thrashy punk stuff. Sort of like the Locust. The singer of Tiala (Minoru) books our bands in Japan. I ...
Posted by Bifocal Media on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

CMJ. Thanks a Shit-ton!

Brad and I want to send out a big "Thank You" to everyone who came out to the Bifocal Media CMJ Showcase last Thursday at the Knitting Factory. The show was sold out. It was an amazing night. There we...
Posted by Bifocal Media on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Michigan Fest 2002 DVD


Posted by Bifocal Media on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Give it up Poontangs. Continent will crush you.

You people should check these dudes out http://www.myspace.com/continent they are hella mean.
Posted by Bifocal Media on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Continent and Goner added to Bifocal Media CMJ Showcase

Continent and Goner are on the show now. Here's the final lineup: Oct 15 Knitting Factory NYC Continent (Ex-Ladderback) Goner Des_Ark Kerbloki The Kickass The Firebird Band The Party of ...
Posted by Bifocal Media on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Firebird Band ON TOUR NOW!

Chicago's The Firebird Band are on tour now. See www.thefirebirdband.com for more info and tour dates. You can pre-order the new album "The City At Night" now at www.bifocalmedia.com and get some fre...
Posted by Bifocal Media on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST