Adopt A Highway #4!

In the spirit of hard work and cleanliness, we, the people of Trekky Records, continue our four year stewardship of the best highway in the middle of Carrboro, NC, North Greensboro St. We went for our 4th clean the day after Halloween expecting mountains of candy wrappers and beer bottles. We found very little actually, so we basically just had a nice 4 mile walk in Carrboro. We did find and old man in his car who yelled at us: "I don't know WHO you are...but thank you."

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The Physics of Meaning take over CMJ

The Physics of Meaning joined the hundreds of bands rolling through New York City this past weekend for the annual CMJ Music Marathon. The festival can be treacherous, but this year it treated the Physics Boys very, very well. Here's some videos, photos and kind words.

KEXP, the wonderful radio station based in Seatlle, WA, asked Daniel and Co. to play a set live on the air during CMJ. If you weren't lucky enough to tune in to hear it live, KEXP was nice enough to film a video and make it their Video of the Week. Here's The Physics of Meaning performing "We Were Made for This World" off of their new album, Snake Charmer and Destiny at the Stroke of Midnight:


KEXP also conducted a very saucy interview with the band:


-Stereogum posted a nice photo of Daniel in their CMJ '08: It's a Photo Wrap.
-Gothamist, whose CMJ showcase The Physics of Meaning played, posted an interview with the band, conducted by members of Wild Sweet Orange.
-Free Williamsburg posted a few pictures and words about Physics' performance at the Forcefield PR Showcase at Pianos.
-RCRD LBL posted a nice little feature on "Aeroplanes and Hurricanes", the lead single off of Snake Charmer.

Lost in the Trees in Uptown Magazine

Lost in the Trees were recently featured in Charlotte's Uptown Magazine in a piece titled Vinyl is Back by Bryan Reed, alongside The Rosebuds, Bellafea, The Avett Brothers, Waumiss and other North Carolina bands who have released beautiful vinyl records this year. The article starts on page 36 here. Lost in the Trees' new vinyl album, All Alone in an Empty House, is available now and waiting for you to order it from the Trekky Records Online Store.

Daniel Hart on Conan O'Brien

Daniel Hart of The Physics of Meaning lent his violin skillz to our dear friends Annuals for their performance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last night. Daniel played on many songs on Annuals' new album Such Fun so you should check it out! Here's the video of the performance:

Lost in the Trees Tour Photos

Lost in the Trees recently went on the road for a few weeks, and here's the photographic proof.



To see the pictures on Flickr, click here.

First Annual Project Symphony Concert

Project Symphony is a non-profit organization started by Ari Picker of Lost in the Trees which comissions modern classical composers to write symphonies for charity. The organization's first annual concert is being performed November 1, 2008 at Hill Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The performance will consist of Ari Picker's first symphony, titled Symphony No. 1 in C Minor as well as a performance by Lost in the Trees as well as Phil Cook of Megafaun.

Visit ProjectSymphony.org to purchase tickets before the show, as we expect it to sell out before the day of.

Check the TRK Mix Tape to hear "MVT II. Sketch", a Lost in the Trees song that is also a section of Symphony No. 1 in C Minor.

TRK Press Round-up

We've had a busy couple of months here in Trek-land, what with new releases from Embarrassing Fruits, Lost in the Trees and The Physics of Meaning, so I've gotten behind on sharing all of the wonderful press we've been getting from many publications. Thanks to all of these magazines and websites for covering independent music!

The Daily Tar Heel - "Local label revolution" featuring quotes from Will Hackney and Martin Anderson of Trekky Records
The Independent - The Physics of Meaning Snake Charmer Review
The Independent - Lost in the Trees All Alone in an Empty House Review
Diversions - Lost in the Trees Release Show Review + Photos
Spartanburg Herald - Lost in the Trees Interview
The Carrboro Citizen - "Trekky Highway"

The Physics of Meaning announce Fall Tour

The Physics of Meaning are circling the States in support of their new concept album, Snake Charmer and Destiny at the Stroke of Midnight, so make sure to check them out in a town near you!

09-28 Greensboro, NC - Square One
09-29 Athens, GA - Go Bar
09-30 Tuscaloosa, AL - The Mellow Mushroom
10-01 New Orleans, LA - The Circle Bar
10-02 Baton Rouge, LA - Red Star Bar
10-03 McAllen, TX - Music After Hours
10-04 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
10-05 Dallas, TX - The Cavern
10-06 Dallas, TX - Ariel's House
10-07 Lubbock, TX - Whiskey Dix
10-08 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
10-09 Lake Forest, CA - The Gypsy Lounge
10-10 Los Angeles, CA - Pehrspace
10-11 San Francisco, CA - Kimo's
10-12 Portland, OR - Towne Lounge
10-13 Seattle, WA - The Funhouse
10-14 Nampa, ID - Flying M Coffeehouse
10-15 Provo, UT - Velour
10-16 Denver, CO - Old Curtis St. Bar
10-17 Omaha, NE - Barley St. Tavern
10-18 Chicago, IL - AV-aerie
10-19 Bloomington, IN - Bear's Place
10-20 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
10-21 State College, PA - Chronic Town
10-24 Philadelphia, PA - Green Line Cafe
10-26 Alexandria, VA - The Lab All Ages

The Physics of Meaning album out today!

The Physics of Meaning's Snake Charmer and Destiny at the Stroke of Midnight is out today! You can get it at a variety of places:

Buy from Your Local Record Store.
Order from Trekky Records.
Order from Amazon.
Order from Best Buy.
Order from Borders.

Download from Trekky Records.
Download from iTunes.
Download from Amazon.
Download from Emusic.

Lost in the Trees album out today

Lost in the Trees' All Alone in an Empty House album is out today! You can get it at a variety of places:
Buy from Triangle Record Stores.
Order from Trekky Records.

Download from Trekky Records.
Download links for iTunes and Amazom MP3 Store coming soon!

The Daily Tar Heel covers Trekky and Embarrassing Fruits

Many thanks to Diversions, the Thursday arts & entertainment section of The Daily Tar Heel, for writing about Trekky Records and Embarrassing Fruits this week. Be sure to check out the section every week as they always do an excellent job of covering local music.

See the Trekky article
Read the Trekky article

See the Embarrassing Fruits review
Read the Embarrassing Fruits review

Video: Embarrassing Fruits Live at CD Alley

Above we have 2 lovely videos of Embarrassing Fruits playing at CD Alley, the finest record store on the East Coast in my humble opinion. This intimate in store performance was a celebration for the release of Fruits' new EP, The First Time and was augmented by pizza and beer (Fruits' favorites). The first song is an unreleased track called "Two Birds" and the second video is "Bicycle", a song from The First Time. Order the EP here.

Adopt A Highway #3!

Our dear darling "highway" North Greensboro St. got another sprucing up from the Trekky Mafia a couple weeks ago. We've adopted the street and are in charge of cleaning it for the next four years! That's quite a relationship.
We picked the hottest and brightest day ever to do clean up # 3. We also started at high noon just to make it interesting. There were considerably fewer treasures found this time around, but there was:

• a dead squirrel
• an egg shell (half found near Harris Teeter and the other half about a mile down the road!!!)
• condoms as usual
• Magic Cards! (although I think they were mana)

Stay tuned for #4 in a few months. And clean your street too!

Embarrassing Fruits' The First Time EP Out Today

Embarrassing Fruits' The First Time EP is out today! You can get it at a variety of places:

Buy from Local Record Stores.
Order from Trekky Records.

Download from Trekky Records.
Download from iTunes.
Download from Amazon MP3 Store.