SHOREWAVE RECORDS

We first met TUFF SUNSHINE (Facebook / Twitter), a three-piece New York-based rock group, when they played the very first show at Shorewave Haus back in February 2013 (Feb. 22, to be exact). 

While it’s been nearly three years since then, we’re psyched to finally team up with the indie rock locals to release their debut full-length Fire in the Hero Building (SW006) on limited edition cassette!

The record has received acclaim from PopMatters and Magnet Magazine among others. Stereo Embers called the trio “James Tate Meets Paul Westerberg,” The Deli New York loved their video for “Dreaming’” (above) and they’re just wrapping up a week-long Eastern US tour.

Honey Wild began their winter tour on Friday, but there's still a week left. Come say hi! We'll be in DC and Philly on Friday and Saturday, too. — xx SW

HONEY WILD begin 2015 with a bang — 10 East Coast dates in 12 days (starting tomorrow night in NYC at Mercury Lounge!) — but first, a quick look back at their 2014.

They played lots of NYC shows (incl. three times at Shea Stadium, the Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Rough Trade and Baby's All Right), recorded a music video at Shorewave Haus and released their debut self-titled EP in October.

Aside from playing and recording, they listened to lots of music. Here's what Honey Wild (L-to-R: Steven Laing, Joe Stevens, Alex Rainer, Andy Payne) listened to last year.

Joe (lead singer/guitar): (2014 records)  Pom Pom, Ariel Pink; Salad Days, Mac DeMarco; Wild Onion, Twin Peaks; Atlas, Real Estate; St. Vincent, St. Vincent; (older records new to me) Before Today and Mature Themes by Ariel Pink; Disintegration, The Cure; Loveless, My Bloody Valentine; Meat is Murder and The Queen is Dead, by the Smiths; Idle Labor, Craft Spells; Beach Fossils, Beach Fossils; Oshin, DIIV; Nocturne and Empty Estate EP, Wild Nothing; Time EP, Alex Calder; Mikal Cronin, Mikal Cronin; Help, Thee Oh Sees; Still Living, The Ganglians; Soft Will, Smith Westerns; The Royal Scam, Steely Dan

Steve (bass): The Strokes, Mac DeMarco, Sonny and Sunsets, Smith Westerns

Andy (drums): Real Estate, St. Vincent, Timbre Timbre, Diiv, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Abby Payne, The War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, Tame Impala, Palma Violets, Arcade Fire, Mac DeMarco 

Our own HONEY WILD are on a run, and we're glad to stick around for the journey. Above is a live recording of "7 Train," a part of a private show last month at One Thousand Birds' Bushwick studio.

Ahead of a 6/20 EP release (more on that soon), the guys have a slew of local dates lined up in preparation for a summer tour. The guys are gunna be busy and we'd all love to see ya. 

4.9 SHEA STADIUM w/ YELLERKIN and LUDWIG PERSIK 4.14 BABY'S ALL RIGHT w/ VENSAIRE [album release] 5.14 SILENT BARN w/ LES JUPES 6.5 PIANO'S w/ MODERN RIVALS [June residency]

WHAT MODEL CITIZENS are still on the road post-SXSW with touring alongside fellow Brooklynites ADVAETA. Catch them in ATHENS, GA tonight at GO BAR and in RICHMOND, VA on Sunday at the Sailor Scout House. They play a homecoming show on March 29th at Cameo Gallery on a bill alongside fellow locals Old Monk, 2Frail and Maquina Supervium. (Above: Alex of What Model Citizens showing off a temporary tat they got in Austin alongside Advaeta girls.) 

In 2013, 36 different bands played at Shorewave Haus. We put on a CMJ haus show, an unofficial SXSW show in a backyard in East Austin, a show at Rockaway Beach on July 4 and a handful of shows elsewhere. Let's make 2014 even better. Happy New Year! (P.S.: Below is the list of every show that we had in 2013.)

Love, Shorewave

At the haus: 

12.12.13 Appomattox, Food Will Win the War, Honey Wild, Jesse Turits 10.18.13 Zula, The Veda Rays, Happy Lives, What Model Citizens, Sharkmuffin, Wet Paint, Duke Evers 9.14.13 Big Quiet, What Model Citizens, Gabe Schicchi, Liam Martin 9.7.13 Invisible Days, The Sun Lions  8.29.13 Carl Creighton (from Howth), Members of The Daydreamers, David Pollack 8.9.13 Dancinatra, The Sea Life, And the Traveler, Niko Darklee, Justin Ferraro 8.2.13 Slonk Donkerson, Throw Vision, The Sun Lions, The Top 7.26.13 Honduras, Let's Be Loveless, Honey Wild 6.28.13 The Mad Doctors, The Britanys, The Roads, Earl Boykins, Jacques Le Coque 6.15.13 Vundabar 5.24.13 Happy Lives, What Model Citizens, Secret Cove 4.19.13 The Feverbreakers, Big Quiet, The Roads, David Pollack, The Daydreamers 2.22.13 Tuff Sunshine, The Roads

Elsewhere: 

Last night, HONEY WILD released the 7'' "Garden / Magnifique Innocent" [SW003] at Mercury Lounge with a bang. 

Order the 7'' limited edition [100 copies] via Bandcamp. 

Available digitally via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and Soundcloud. 

We didn't work Brooklyn electropunk WHAT MODEL CITIZENS latest album, but that doesn't mean that they aren't on our radar.

The longtime Shorewave associates released their debut NYC album, "Ohn E Amas" last month to praise. Frontman Alex Musto revealed the album via a premiere (and interview) on The Vinyl District and AltSounds calls the album as full with "Sharp synth punctuations, frenzied beats, and an overbearing sense of paranoia."