New Butterflies Song On Blue Indian Complilation

The Blue Indian, a Georgia Music Blog that periodically releases exclusive online compilations, recently asked Butterflies to contribute an unreleased song for their next comp, and the boys obliged. The compilations have featured artists like Karl Blau and LAKE and are completely free to download. "Bleak Was The Breeze" is Butterflies' retelling of the myth of Deadalus and Icarus and it was recorded in The Owl Room, Trekky Records' in-house recording studio. You can stream and download the song right now for free. Enjoy!

Trekky Records welcomes Phil Cook & His Feat!

We are thrilled to officially welcome Phil Cook & His Feat to the Trekky Records family! Phil's new record Hungry Mother Blues will be released on May 10, 2011 in our signature 3-part package, featuring a vinyl record, CD and MP3 download.

We met Phil Cook five years ago, when our house band Auxiliary House played a show with Phil's band Megafaun. We became fast friends from the very beginning, sharing an ecstatic love for the experience of music. Over the years, we've collaborated in many ways, but since Megafaun already has an amazing home at Hometapes, we never were able to work together directly. When Phil started recording and performing as Phil Cook & His Feat, both parties saw the opportunity to collaborate. Phil asked us to release his new record, Hungry Mother Blues and we replied with a breathless "yes".

Hungry Mother Blues was recorded in a single day, during a rare North Carolina ice storm, in the back room of Phil's house. Its a beautiful, completly intrumental album that showcases what Phil does best: playing unbelievably complex songs with so much soul that they sound effortless. The vinyl record will be pressed at 45RPM for maximum sound quality, and the record jacket features original art from Catherine Edgerton of Midtown Dickens. We're offering a free download of "Ballad Of A Hungry Mother" to tide you over until the May 10 release date. Album cover and tracklisting below!



1. Frazee, Minnesota
2. Waiting 'Round The Oven Buns
3. Juniper
4. Lament and Lullaby (For The Sloane Sisters)
5. Sparrowander
6. Ballad Of A Hungry Mother
7. The Last Steam Engine Train
8. The Jensens

MP3: Phil Cook & His Feat - Ballad Of A Hungry Mother [from the Hungry Mother Blues LP]

Carolina Jubilee returns for SXSW 2011!

Trekky Records is headed to Austin! That's right, its the annual South By Southwest Music Festival, an overstimulating Summer Camp fever-dream that we music types look forward to all year. This year we'll be reprising our very special SXSW day party, a celebration of the music of North Carolina called Carolina Jubilee. The party is also presented by The Independent's Hopscotch Music Festival, which many are already affectionately calling "South By Southeast". Hopscotch will return this September to Raleigh, NC to showcase more great music from The Old North State.

The lineup for this year's Carolina Jubilee is a mix of some of the most exciting bands from NC, as well as some of our comrades who have strong roots to the area. The event will be free to everyone, no SXSW cred needed. And for those who can't make the journey to Austin, we've partnered with the good folks at Lapcast TV to broadcast the event live on the internet, as well as most smartphones, so you can join us from anywhere in the world!

Also, just to sweeten the deal, we'll have some free beer for folks to wet their whistles while they watch. The party is co-sponsored by an amazing alliance of NC record labels, including Holidays For Quince, 307 Knox and Churchkey. Details below:

Trekky Records and Hopscotch present
CAROLINA JUBILEE
Friday, March 18. 1PM-6PM.
Gallery Black Lagoon. 4301 Guadalupe St. Austin, TX.
Free to all!

Lost in the Trees
Phil Cook and His Feat
Midtown Dickens
Daniel Hart
Hi Ho Silver Oh

Stay tuned for SXSW schedules for all Trekky Records artists, and see you in Austin!