Audio Eagle Records

ABOUT US:
Audio Eagle Records is an Akron, Ohio-based record label owned and operated by Patrick Carney, the esteemed drummer and producer of the Black Keys. To date, Audio Eagle has released three exceptional albums: Houseguest's "High Strangeness", Beaten Awake's "Let's Get Simplified", and Gil Mantera's Party Dream's "Bloodsongs." They are currently available at finer record stores across the nation and on the Internet. Here is what adoring critics are saying about Audio Eagle's releases:
Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Bloodsongs
"Bloodsongs enticingly straddles decades, pairing arena-rock guitars and sounds straight out da' Casio, with sugary lyrics sung with wildly over-emotive vocals. Sample lyric: "I'm having fun on water slides / I'm feeling great and getting high" ("Bunz Therapy"). Like Electric Six before them, Gil Mantera's Party Dream rule out no sound or instrument as long as the resulting track gets the party started.
"So what is Gil Mantera's Party Dream? Spandex-clad bodies, rocking the dancefloor to Kraftwerk and shotgunning PBRs in the parking lot."
- Alyssa Rashbaum, SPIN.com
Houseguest, High Strangeness
“Houseguest is Akron, Ohio’s band du jour. Deservedly so. But what adds weight to the hope that they will get over that local hump is their journey so far. In their five years together they have already lost a close friend, busted up the band and reformed, and grabbed a Northeast Ohio super-group label of sorts for their roster’s pedigree.
“Now, they have overcome the novelty of their live show reputation (where the band and half the audience often seem to end up on stage and in various stages of undress) and released their first full-length release on the Audio Eagle label, founded by old friend and Black Key Patrick Carney. And while the abandon of their stage presence is something to behold, what they are capable of committing in the studio is staggeringly beautiful, skewed pop. 8 out of 10.”
- Adam Besenyodi, Pop Matters.com
Beaten Awake, Let's Get Simplified
“Having caught this Kent, Ohio foursome and picked up a copy of their demos last year, I’ve been anxious to hear this, their proper debut. The bands Silver Jews cum My Morning Jacket mix of earthen tones and shimmery atmospherics is seapartingly potent, glassy beauty and Midwest grit coming together in a glacial, Sinaic mudslide. Best among this dozen are “It’s a Bubble Bath Full of Sharks!!!” which mingles interwined guitar nodes and snare shuffling with homespun amorphisms, and “A&E”, on which the band charts ringing refrains over a windswept precipice. Which is to say, my expectations have been met more than satisfactorily.”
- Stephen Slaybaugh, the Big Takeover
Pleased you will no doubt be to visit our new, colorful website: Audio Eagle Pleased you will be as well to visit the websites of our famous bands: Houseguest Gil Mantera's Party Dream Beaten Awake Audio Eagle Records are distributed by Nail Distribution (beginning May, 2007): Nail Distribution Allegro MailorderAudio Eagle Records Staff:
Patrick Carney (Chief Executive/Founder/Tyrant) Theodore Mallison (Director of Operations/Union Busting) Roy Hunter (Publicity/Promo/Coffee) Anthony Myark (Booking/Bee Keeping) Lynn Canfora (Keeps the money safe/Nags)
We're a big, happy family! Kind of!
Demo Submission Guidelines:
Audio Eagle Records would love to hear your demo. We guarantee that we will listen to every submission, but due to time constraints, it may take us a little while. Please be patient. If we absolutely are totally in love with it and think it can put BIG DOLLAR BILLS into our pockets, we will get ahold of you. If not, do not be discouraged. We are a small label and don't have millions of dollars to throw at bands that, quite simply, aren't what we're looking for. Just because we pass on you doesn't mean you aren't good. Our taste is highly questionable. For instance, a lot of people really love Lenny Kravitz, but we probably wouldn't put out his record. OK, scratch that, of course we would. We'd make millions. But we're not that crazy about him. In other words, if we turn you down, just think of how awesome it will be when you get famous! You can totally rip us apart in the press for not signing you when we had the chance.
Anyway, if you want to send us something, please address it to:
Audio Eagle Records 87 East Tallmadge Ave Akron, OH 44310
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