Video: LIVE! from Trekky House: Barghest

Here we are with the second episode of our new video series, LIVE! from Trekky House. As you might have guessed, the series involves the artists of Trekky Records playing live at the home of Trekky Records. Last week we heard from Lost in the Trees and the response was wonderful. Now we present to you: Barghest. The band is fronted/led/masterminded by one Jesse Ainslie, who is also a member of Castanets. The song he plays in the video is called "There Is No Hiding" and it is an acoustic version of the song that will be appearing on Barghest's upcoming LP. Enjoy!

Video: LIVE! from Trekky House: Lost in the Trees

As the first installment in our new LIVE! from Trekky House online video series, we present Lost in the Trees, a folk orchestra led by Ari Picker. Here we see Lost in the Trees in full force with guitar, bass, drums, tuba, euphonium, cello, viola, violin, mandolin and accordion, playing in the meadow behind Trekky House in Chapel Hill, NC. Enjoy, and look for a new edition of LIVE! from Trekky House every monday!

Trekky Records presents: LIVE! from Trekky House

We are proud to announce a new online video series filmed by our dear friend Jon Mackey. It is called LIVE! from Trekky House, and as you might have guessed it involves the artists of Trekky Records playing live at our house. You'll see all sorts of terrain and environs, and lovely acoustic and alternate versions of songs from Barghest, Butterflies, Embarrassing Fruits, Lost in the Trees, The Never, Vibrant Green, Wil Donegan and more. The first video will be released next Monday! Scope the teaser trailer:

Video: Jesse Ainslie (Barghest) in Castanets' Tendrils Film

We told you a few weeks back about the upcoming release of the Castanets Film, titled Tendrils. Well, its out now so go pick up a copy. The DVD features friends of Castanets re-interpreting the songs of Castanets. Our very own Jesse Ainslie of Barghest is a frequent member of the band so its no surprise that he is featured in the film. Pitchfork.tv, a wonderful new internet music video channel, is streaming the film this week, so check out our boy Jesse singing "Three Months Paid" and telling a dirty joke.

Trekky Records announces TRKfest

We're getting into that special time of year: Outdoor Festival Season. We here at Trekky Records are not ones to sit out on anything, so we're throwing our own!
We've named our extra-special one day outdoor festival "TRKfest" which we are pronouncing "trek-fest" but really you can call it whatever you like as long as you come. We've asked the excellent bands in our collective as well as some of our friends bands from the Triangle to join us for 10 hours of glorious music on May 31. Here's the bands:

The Never
Bowerbirds
Endless Mic
Megafaun
Embarrassing Fruits
Hammer No More the Fingers
Butterflies
The Future Kings of Nowhere
Barghest
Wil Donegan and the Americans
Vibrant Green
Sweet By & By

We'll kick things off at 2PM and roll right on thru Midnight. There will also be food, snacks, games, giant chess, crafts, art and all sorts of other things. The event will be held at a wonderful little biofuel plant in Pittsboro, NC, called Piedmont Biofuels. Click here for directions. Can't wait to see you there!