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Nathan Salsburg tour dates posted 1/26/2012
In support of his critically acclaimed album Affirmed, Nathan Salsburg will head out for a week of shows in homes, record shops & studios. If your town is lucky enough to be on his route, we highly recommended not missing what's sure to be a memorable and intimate performance (even if one of these dates happens to conflict with a major, overhyped sporting event).
Popmatters recently said this about Salsburg: The guitarist and his compositions shine from the moment the proverbial needle drops on the lyrical jaunt 'Sought & Hidden' until it winds down with the jaw-dropping goodness of 'Affirmed'. Comparisons to legendary guitar figure John Fahey fit and come easily but Salsburg is never less than his own man, even a dash of the Reverend Gary Davis creeps in here and a dose of Ry Cooder shows up there... Perfection is hard to quantify but this record is one that others like it will soon be measured against. :
Feb 3rd - Harvest Records - Asheville, NC w/ Rayna Gellert
Feb 4th - Horizon Records - Greenville, SC
Feb 5th - House show - Durham, NC (write for details)
Feb 7th - Cfoot Studio - Charlottesville, VA w/ Ned Oldham & Alex Caton
Feb 20th - Used Kid Records - Columbus, OH
Endless Boogie / Union Pool Residency posted 12/30/2011
Happy New Year.
Bundle up and see Endless Boogie every Thursday night in January at Union Pool (484 Union Ave, Brooklyn). This will be your last chance to get their new 12" (20 Minute Jam Getting Out of the City, ltd to 400 copies) at a decent price. The Boogie plan to start work on studio album #3 shortly after these shows.
The dates:
January 5th
January 12th
January 19th
January 26th
Back in stock: Doug Paisley s/t LP posted 12/13/2011
In stock on vinyl for the first time in awhile: Doug Paisley's critically-acclaimed debut album. Back in January 2009 Mojo Magazine described it as such: 'along comes a young songwriter who's tapped into the red clay dirt of a new depression America. The biggest surprise is that he's done it gently with songs of poetry, harmony and sweetness and the honeyed, craggy voice of the classic American country singer...'
Hear: What About Us
It's been remastered and we added a download coupon. NOTE: We are turning around mail-order pretty quick these days but if you'd like to order this or any other title as a holiday gift just send a note to: mike@noquarter.net to assure it arrives on time.
The Psychic Paramount on NPRs best Outer Sounds of 2011 and The New Yorkers best music of the year list posted 12/1/2011
#2 on album NPR's list! View here and pick up II if you've slept on it like a fool.
They also made Sasha Frere-Jones best music of 2011 list in The New Yorker. View that here.
Nathan Salsburg - Affirmed posted 11/10/2011
We're thrilled to be releasing the debut solo album by Louisville-based guitar player Nathan Salsburg. This CD/LP will hit stores on November 15th and is available now in our webshop.
Salsburg is a skilled player, who has no doubt been inspired and informed by his years spent working for the Alan Lomax Archive, but surely in addition to that, experiences that go much deeper. The songs contain a level of emotion and originality which cannot replicated or reproduced. As the Raven Sings The Blues blog says: His playing bears much of the soul of Suni McGrath and the studied pacing of Leo Kottke. Any fan of the style would be well advised to pick it up.
Hear the title track below:
Affirmed
He'll play a few scattered live dates in November (check the tour page) with more comprehensive touring coming in 2012. You can hear him on local Louisville station WFPK November 15th and on the WNYC program Soundcheck November 21st.
The Psychic Paramount w/ Trans Am, Doug Paisley w/ Megafaun posted 9/7/2011
Check the tour section for updated US dates for both The Psychic Paramount & Doug Paisley. For Paisley, this will mark his first trip to the west coast since the release of last year's critically acclaimed Constant Companion. Don't miss him. The Psychic Paramount tread the east coast, but a west coast trip is in the works. Stay tuned...
Upcoming Radio Performances posted 8/1/2011
Tuesday August 9th
The Psychic Paramount live on Brian Turners WFMU show
3pm-6pm
91.1 fm (NYC/NJ), 90.1fm (Catskills/Hudson Valley) or stream/listen live at wfmu.org
Thursday August 11th
Doug Paisley live on WNRN
9am
91.9 (Charlottesville, VA) or listen live at wnrn.org
The Psychic Paramount on tour! posted 7/17/2011
The Psychic Paramount tour is happening now. All LP orders from the NQ webshop during the next 2 weeks get an 11x17 poster.
07.18.2011 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Shop w/ AE Paterra + Broughtons Rules
07.19.2011 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop w/ Terminal Lovers + Primitives
07.20.2011 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle w/ White/Light + Implodes + Andy Ortmann
07.21.2011 Detroit, MI @ Lager House w/ Disappears
07.22.2011 Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dee's w/ Disappears
07.23.2011 Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo w/ Disappears
07.24.2011 Boson, MA @ Brighton Music Hall w/ Disappears
07.25.2011 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall w/ Disappears
07.26.2011 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool w/ Disappears
07.27.2011 New York, NY @ Cake Shop w/ Disappears
07.28.2011 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's w/ Disappears
07.29.2011 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar w/ Disappears + Arbouretum
Laddio Bolocko / back in stock! posted 6/1/2011
Finally back in stock in our webstore. Laddio Bolocko were the band that preceded The Psychic Paramount. Drummer Blake Fleming also played with Dazzling Killmen, Zeni Geva and was a founding member of The Mars Volta. Here are some reviews from when the album was originally released:
Imagine Brian Eno wandering into a studio with Can and Don Caballero, the lot of them crafting drones and textures, sounds that swirl in circles, stop in one place and then flit the opposite way. Horns that arc like whale calls and guitar bleats like sirens, beats that are too complex to be human and too graceful to be a machine. Picture all these things knotted into a sonic tapestry that’s jarring and mesmerizing at the same time, beautiful and confusing, comforting but somehow unsettling. You’d be approaching what Laddio Bolocko created during their short lifespan, but not quite doing it justice. The New York quartet formed in the late 90’s and split in 2001, releasing three discs you’d likely have come across only if you saw the band live. Which, anyone who did will attest, was akin to walking in on the Aurora Borealis captured within the walls of a dive bar – beautiful, captivating and wonderfully overwhelming…. Altered states suit it best, but Laddio’s music essentially provides it’s own headtrip. - CMJ New Music Monthly
[Laddio Bolocko] effortlessly converged at the service of drive and trance, occasionally jutting out unpredictably into harsher realms. Live, they were a powerhouse, and though their recorded history is brief, it demonstrates a remarkable range of expression, precision and raw power. I've read comparisons to This Heat, Can and Albert Ayler, and while dropping names is usually a quick, cheap way to avoid describing music, in this case I think it really does pay tribute to the quality of their stuff. In short, Laddio Bolocko were fucking awesome. - Pitchfork
Old Calf - Borrow A Horse / shows with Doug Paisley posted 5/20/2011
A few weeks back we released the excellent debut album by Old Calf called Borrow A Horse. It's in our webshop at the affordable price of $11 and you can sample a track here: When I Was Taken
Uncut Magazine had this to say in their four star review: ""Ardent followers of Bonnie Prince Billy will already be familiar with Ned Oldham as regular guest on his younger brother's records, alongside those of various others. He started out with the rootsy combo Anomoanon in the early 90's, but his new quartet Old Calf are more countrified. There are strong traces of his sibling in Oldham's vocals and the languid gait of much of the music, though there's also a fair heap of English folk ("Henry Was A Worthy King"), psychedelia ("What Did I Dream") and yomping bluegrass ("Stoolball"). It's all mightily impressive and hugely enjoyable."
Sounds pretty nice, eh? The band put on a great (albeit rainy) show last weekend at the Nelsonville Music Festival and will soon head out for a short trip with label mate Doug Paisley, hitting New York City and Philadelphia for the first time. View those dates below and try to make it out to one of the shows!
Doug Paisley
June 5th - The Rivoli - Toronto, ON
June 6th - Suoni Per Il Popolo - Quebec, QC
June 7th - Club Passim - Boston, MA tix
Doug Paisley & Old Calf
June 8th - Rock Shop - Brooklyn, NY tix
June 9th - First Unitarian Chapel - Philadelphia, PA tix
June 10th - House show - Gordonsville, VA
June 11th - Mockingbird - Staunton, VA tix
Doug Paisley
June 12th - Pinhook - Durham, NC
June 15th - Loveless Cafe - Nashville, TN tix
June 16th - Rudyard Kipling - Louisville, KY
Critical praise all around for The Psychic Paramount II posted 3/18/2011
And just in case you've missed it. We've collected some here:
“It's been almost six years since the Psychic Paramount's last album, Gamelan Into the Mink Supernatural. Normally a hiatus that long indicates a need to reform, retool, or in some way restart. But apparently this New York trio just gestated, growing their music into something wider, thicker, and harder to define. In huge jams that soar, crash, and smolder-- often at the same time-- the band pumps extra blood and muscle into their sound, as if stretching a balloon into a blimp.” -Pitchfork
“Easily the best NYC release of this young year” -Village Voice
“A cannonball of a record shot off a cliff in high-def… its quick-cut twists and turns like a Bourne Supremacy for the senses.” -NPR
“These guys really are pretty much the only real successors to the legacy of This Heat, but they've boiled that sound into something more focused and singular, a blown out, heady psychedelia, a modern krautrock that manages to forge its own super unique, idiosyncratic path through a world of same sounds.”
–Aquarius Records
Pick up II in our web shop
Doug Paisley / Daytrotter session posted 2/22/2011
Doug Paisley - Daytrotter
This was posted a few weeks ago, but in case you missed it, Doug Paisley stopped by Daytrotter Studios and recorded a great solo session. 
The Psychic Paramount / II posted 2/2/2011
Just this afternoon, delayed only one day by inclement weather, vinyl copies of the new Psychic Paramount album were delivered to the NQ offices. For a while, it seemed like this day would never come, but man, is this record worth the wait. 6 years ago, The Psychic Paramount released their mind-melting debut and in the time since they've been recording, retooling, reworking, remixing, making a ferocious and precise 2nd album. Feb 22nd is the release date, but head on over to webshop and pre-order now to ensure your early copy, as they'll be shipping soon. Both the CD's and LP's look great.
For a limited time you can stream the album at NPR Music 
Endless Boogie / West Coast posted 2/2/2011
Check out the tour page for a long overdue west coast trip for Endless Boogie, touring with fellow heavy rockers Arbouretum (who have an excellent new album out 2/15). This double bill is something that has happened quite a few times here in NYC, and speaking from experience: it does not get much better. A vinyl repressing of Focus Level should hit right around these dates and the band will have copies on the road. Tell your friends!
Rolling Stone / Doug Paisley posted 11/30/2010
Uncut Magazine on Doug Paisley posted 11/2/2010
Another well-regarded British magazine had some great things to say about the new Doug Paisley album. This time it was Uncut giving 4 stars and naming it the Americana album of the month: "This is a musician, you instinctively feel, who's in deep... There's something sure-footed and ageless about Paisley's simple, acoustic-and-piano songs, lent further authenticity by an old-school voice that drifts easily between folk and country. At times he's like '70's JJ Cale, all husk and gentle intonation, at others with the earthy chill of Hoyt Axton and Will Oldham."
Hear - No One But You
One chance to see ENDLESS BOOGIE at CMJ posted 10/20/2010
Doug Paisley - Constant Companion posted 10/3/2010
On October 12th, Doug Paisley will release Constant Companion on CD, LP and digital formats. Head over to our webstore to order the album, and hear the opening track "No One But You". The New Yorker call the album "a quiet wonder". Mojo Magazine, in their 4 star review, say it's a beautiful 2nd LP "full of comfort, drawing sweet poetry from real lives, written and sung by a man who seems uninterested in projecting himself - not out of common shyness or a desire to be oh-so-terribly enigmatic, but as a deliberate decision to get out of the way of his songs, which, with a kind of rare purity, speak for themselves."
Doug will be performing a few east coast and midwest concerts, just the start of what will be a long touring campaign:
Oct 10th - Zebulon - Brooklyn, NY
Oct 11th - Living Room - New York, NY
Oct 12th - Rock Shop - Brooklyn, NY
Oct 13th - Highwire Gallery - Philadelphis, PA
Oct 14th - Windup Space - Baltimore, MD
Oct 16th - Christ Evangelical - Louisville, KY
Oct 18th - Schuba's - Chicago, IL
Burning Star Core live posted 9/8/2010
Papercuts Theater CD/2xLP available in our webstore. Burning Star Core will be a duo for these dates: Robert Beatty & C. Spencer Yeh
Sept 7th - Shea Stadium - Brooklyn, NY
Sept 8th - House show - Arlington, VA
Sept 9th - Hopscotch Festival at Kings - Raleigh, NC
Sept 10th - Art Damage Lodge - Cincinnati, OH w/ Wolf Eyes
Sept 11th - Boomslang Festival @ Blackbox Theater - Lexington, KY
Burning Star Core will be solo for these dates: C. Spencer Yeh
Sept 20th - Middle East - Boston, MA w/ Fennesz
Sept 30th - Santos Party House - New York, NY
Doug Paisley on tour posted 7/7/2010
Doug Paisley just put the finishing touches on a phenomenal second album, which we're lining up for a fall release - details forthcoming. In the meantime, he'll be hitting the road for a few shows with Phosphorescent. Hopefully these venues have air conditioning:
July 10 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON
July 12 - Soundlab - Buffalo, NY
July 13 - The Summit - Columbus, OH
July 14 - Southgate House - Newport, KY
July 15 - Exit/In - Nashville, TN
July 16 - Young Avenue Deli - Memphis, TN
July 17 - Bottletree Cafe - Birmingham, AL
Endless Boogie - east coasting... posted 6/23/2010
Upon dropping their massive second album, Endless Boogie will embark on a brief, but sure to be smokin' string of east coast shows. Just a fair warning - recent live action has been phenomenal. Recording this new album has unleashed a beast, we think:
Tuesday July 20th - Black Cat - Washington DC
Wednesday July 21st - Nitelite - Chapel Hill, NC
Thursday July 22nd - Golden West Cafe - Baltimore, MD
Friday July 23rd - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA
Saturday July 24th - Coco66 - Brooklyn NY
Endless Boogie - Full House Head posted 6/15/2010
So excited about the new Endless Boogie album, which comes out July 20th on CD & 2xLP and is available to pre-order now! The album runs eight songs: seven were recorded at the Rare Book Room in Brooklyn with engineer Nicolas Vernhas and Matt Sweeney overseeing the operation. One final, monster track was culled from the Endless Boogie rehearsal archives to complete this epic sophomore effort.
Upon hearing an advanced copy, John Mulvey, editor of Uncut Magazine, said: "[the album] stretches the bug-eyed motoring ethos of Endless Boogie even further, elevating the lost art of choogling to almost transcendental levels." Sounds pretty nice!!
Ready to pre-order? Here are some benefits:
-Pre-orders prices are $2 off the normal mailorder price. (So after July 20th, these prices will go up).
-All pre-orders for both the CD & LP will receive a free 11x17 Endless Boogie poster.
Also, the 2LP comes with a free mp3 download. Order away! And stay tuned for some east coast tour dates in July.
Listen - "Pack Your Bags"
The Psychic Paramount & Endless Boogie tour Europe... posted 5/3/2010
...Separately - though they will be meeting up in Barcelona for the Primavera festival. Dates below:
THE PSYCHIC PARAMOUNT
May 17 - Hau - Berlin
May 20 - Lades - Copenhagen
May 21 - Haffenklang - Hamburg
May 23 - Sixen Festival - Kortrijk
May 24 - Le Grillen - Colmar (w/ Trans Am)
May 25 - Exil - Zurich (w/ Trans Am)
May 26 - L'Usine - Geneva (w/ Trans Am)
May 27 - Magnolia - Milano (w/ Trans Am)
May 29 - Primavera Festival - Barcelona
May 30 - Sonic - Lyon
ENDLESS BOOGIE
May 12 - Upstairs @ The Relentless Garage - London (UNCUT night)
May 13 - Dingwalls - London (w/ Mission of Burma)
May 16 - ATP Festival
May 17 - MacBeth - London
May 18 - Loppen - Copenhagen (w/ Dead Meadow)
May 19 - SO36 - Berlin (w/ Dead Meadow)
May 20 - Eureka - Zwolle (w/ Dead Meadow)
May 21 - Perron 55 - Venlo (w/ Dead Meadow)
May 22 - Le Tunnel - Paris
May 24 - TBA - Riom
May 26 - Exil - Zurich
May 29 - Primavera Festival - Barcelona
Praise for Burning Star Core and Coconuts posted 2/18/2010
Julian Cope on Burning Star Core :
Those fiends from Cincinnati, Ohio known as Burning Star Core have just unleashed an outrageous motherlode overload, a live album entitled Papercuts Theater, released on the excellent No Quarter Records. Deploying that same low grade, slow burning intensity as Rallizes Blind Baby Has Its Mothers Eyes, but surfacing across four quarter-of-an-hour-plus musical actions, this epic was actually culled from over 60 concert performances of frightening intensity. Obviously fearing that this 'live' album would be overlooked, leader C. Spencer Yeh has publicly proclaimed his belief in the concert format as an opportunity for extra important experimentation. But from the dumbfounding sonic evidence thrown up throughout the length & breadth of this magnificent disc, Yeh's paranoias are more than unfounded. For the sixty performance tapes have been re-edited with all the dexterity of THE FAUST TAPES and Neil Young's ARC, presenting us with a true Outcast Broadside of colossal proportions.
Wire on Burning Star Core:
“[Yeh’s] Bubbling noises and textured drones hurtle along, rarely drifting into placid ambience or even stopping for breath”
Impose on Coconuts:
"Some of the darkest, most distant psych music we've heard, period.
Raven Sings the Blues on Coconuts:
"Funeral paced incantations that waft in on sinister vibes of grinding guitars and ceremonial drums. The heavy fist of fear grips around their cold, industrial wasteland rhythms and burns images of grey psychedelic furor into the back of the retinas."
Vice Magazine on Coconuts :
Coconuts, as a name for a band, may evoke tropical sweetness and Jimmy Buffet's ball sac. But that ain't this. What this is is three men playing slow, simple, and sinister grooves, but locking into them shits like Houdini in a water-torture tank, and then beating them into the ground. The whole deal is ornamented with guitars that sound like broken glass being swallowed by porpoisesin a really good, melodic way. And but wait there are vocals too, which add a Spacemen 3-ish vibe (I bet the guys in this band will hate that I said that, but sorry lads, it's true and it's a good thing). Want me to make a TV analogy? OK, fine. Coconuts is what would be playing in the Black Lodge in Twin Peaks if ATP curated it. This record is dark and beautiful. Get it.
Both albums are available to order