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After our set at Trailer Space Records, Diana and I took a walk and lay down in the grass on the edge of a graveyard to soak up sun and decompress.

While talking, we saw the two beautiful girls of BirdCloud, from Nashville, walking by with  their instruments. (Wow I love that band!) I hollered to them and they said they were walking to their next gig, which I excitedly went to. They were amazing live! I felt so lucky to have seen them. Swirling whirling energies of Southby made it happen.

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Rolled up to Trailer Space Records to many friendly Burger Records faces. We caught a great Visions and Enjoy set before us. Super fun playing in the record store, continued to hang and meet more rad bands! Austin was all we expected and more! We soaked up some much needed sunshine and musical community love :)

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We arrived at the SoundPony in Tulsa which is the coolest! They had great hot dogs and tons of cycling ephemera lining the walls, and Ms. Pacman! The show was opened by Swimming who were awesome! They are our new band-friends and were a blast to meet and hang out with. One of the bartenders at the venue was kind enough to offer his home for us to stay at that which we nicknamed Tulsa Palace. Thanks Nick! We slept like babies and got cleaned up so we'd look presentable the next day for our ride to Texas :)

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While rain pattered softly on the ground outside the Coyote Ranch house show in Nashville, the night was agreeably warm and a group of us were huddled under the wooden porch between sets. Present was the lovely musician Kelly Anderson with T. Rust, swaying on a porch swing, the hospitable and awesome Mac J who booked the show, his Dirty Dreams bandmate Reed who felt like an old friend, and the four of us from Juniper Rising.

Ducking the rain under that porch while chatting and smoking with those good folks of Nashville... well, I've never felt so cool :)

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Drifting into a nap in back of the van while riding through Smoky Mountains. Late afternoon sun is low and intense, flashing between mountain shadows and warming my face. Hear the murmur of Andrew and Ben chatting in the front, Diana gazing out the window. How lovely a moment :)

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Yesterday we played Greensboro, North Carolina which was extra special for two reasons. Holly is from NC and the show was being thrown by her childhood friend whose band "R Father" also played! The other bands playing were "the Critters" ( heavy power pop), and the "Drag Sounds" ( garage vibes). The show was in the dining room of HellRaiser Haus, whose name is a little deceiving because it is a beautiful big house with fireplace, wonderful couches, and three adorable dogs. We felt like teenagers crashing a parents house. We are headed to Nashville now which we are super excited for and are playing another house show at "Coyote Ranch"! Driving into warmer and warmer weather. Woohoo!

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Hello there from Juniper Rising! We started out from New York last night and arrived in Philly. Had an amazing basement show put together by the lovely Megan of Bad Braids. Beautiful punk art school ladies  were moshing to our set and feeling super great vibes as we kick of our tour. Thanks! Holly, Diana, Ben, and Andrew

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Fri evening 3/8: Well, we are finally off! No snow storm can stop us now!!

1. Andrew McNey, our bass player, wins 'best packing' award with his Dutch military backpack.

2. Diana Potakh wins 'best purchase for tour' award with her new pearly blue Gretsch drum kit!

First stop: Philly. My very first time to this historic city. Playing a house show titled, Dream Castle set up by Megan Biscilica of Bad Braids...

Juniper Rising are live journaling as they tour across the U.S.!! Keep checking back for regular updates, and check out the dates below to see if they're playing in a town near you!!! Thanks so much to the band for doing this.

Forget all that cool cynicism, we here at Neotomic HQ just love the Holiday season, and wanted to find some way to both share it with you. We want to thank you, because you have all given us an amazing first year as a record label, whether you've bought a tape, or let us put you out on tape. Seriously, we can't thank you enough, and for that, we love you. So, thanks to some major help from some really cool bands, we have put together a free Holiday mix for you to download! Every cool band on A Christmas Gift For You From Neotomic Records! has either already been on the label, will be on the label, or is a band we just love dearly and we not so secretly wish to have on the label. What's even cooler is that this features a brand new, never before heard song from My Teenage Stride, the brilliant "King Of The Holidays" AND a song from the upcoming album In Color by Beachniks coming soon to tape on Neotomic! Thanks again everyone, and we hope you are finding some way to make the Holiday season special! See you in 2013!

A Christmas Gift For You From Neotomic Records! ~~Artwork by the super cool Joe Astle of Boa Constrictors! 

1. Baby & Guy - "Christmas Time Is Weird"

2. Beachniks - С Новым Годом (שנה טובה)

3. Monnone Alone - Everywhere At Once

4. Boa Constrictors - Christmas Is Upon Us

5. Raw Geronimo - (Oh No) It's Christmas Time Again

6. Crystal Stilts - Practically Immaculate

7. First Base - Merry Christmas, Baby

8. FIRED UP! - SANTA CLAUS 

9. My Teenage Stride - King of the Holidays

10. Sea Lions - Wake Up Baby, It's Christmas

DOWNLOAD HERE!!! 

                  HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY!!!

2012 has been a pretty kool year. We made the move from a blog to a cassette label, and have released three super special releases we are so proud of. Ali Koehler's Dateland may be sold out, but we still have some copies left of God Save The Kinks, and Sea Lions/Teen Runnings - Home Recordings split, both of which make for perfect politically correct secular, foot-shaped containment unit fillers. If you buy anything from our store in the next few weeks, we'll include a free button with every order! 

God Save The Kinks: http://neotomicrecords.bandcamp.com/album/god-save-the-kinks

Home Recordings: http://neotomicrecords.bandcamp.com/album/home-recordings

Chie Mori is easily today's coolest and best drummer. She plays in awesome bands like The Beets and What Next?, and plays with a kit smaller than even the Velvets could have imagined: A snare, a floor tom-tom, and a cymbal. But the sounds and emotive range she manages to get out of them would and does put Neil Peart or Roger Taylor to shame with them and their double basses. We totally recommend listening to everything she's a part of, but to truly get a sense of how awesome she is, you have to see her whenever she plays live. She was more than kind enough to send a guest mix to, with a Sandy theme! Thanks so much Chie!!!

We totally spaced on posting this here, but our newest release with Sea Lions and Teen Runnings is finally out! After some minor delays you can finally pick up your own copy of the split tape here:

http://neotomicrecords.bandcamp.com/album/home-recordings

Hey, check out this awesome new track "Dreamphone" from the amazing Peach Kelli Pop's new album coming out soon from our friends Burger Records! We luv this song, and can't wait for the album. Her debut is still one of our fav albums everrr, and Allie from PKP was on our God Save The Kinks comp via White Wires!