Lost in Ohio Adds Both Windy Lyre Albums to the Lost Archives

Posted on by

From Lost in Ohio: “Today Bandcamp will be donating 100% of their share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. We will match this donation on all sales on our page. Additionally, we will donate 20% from any sales made directly on our website (lostinohio.com) where an additional LP from The Julies (Lovelife) is available.

We have also added both releases from Windy Lyre to our sister Bandcamp site The Lost Archives! (thelostarchives.bandcamp.com) One of the albums had only a very limited release on Myspace nearly 15 years ago, and we’re glad to be making it more widely available!”

Fluffy’s Classics Remastered, Streaming Now, with Pink Vinyl!

Posted on by

From Lost is Ohio: “Fluffy released two amazing albums on Blonde Vinyl Records in the early 90’s, brimming with noisy post-punk energy. When the label folded in 1993, the music quickly became lost to time, but a devoted cult following has remained. Now, nearly 30 years later, we are excited to be bringing both albums back to the world!

Accomplished studio engineer (and Fluffy guitarist) Christopher Colbert has produced fresh remasters of both albums, and they sound better than ever. Fluffy Luvs You and Go, Fluffy, Go! are available now digitally at our online store, Bandcamp, and on all streaming platforms!

Limited-Edition Vinyl!

We are also pleased to announce a super limited-edition run of Go, Fluffy, Go! on transparent pink vinyl. Only 200 of these are being made. They are available for pre-order now and will ship by August 2020. (Test pressings are available too!)”

There is also a new video:

A Monster Named Hugo Releases “There’s a Ghost in the Voice” Michael Knott Tribute EP

Posted on by

You read that right – a six track ep of Knott covers, and they are all really good: “This is a personal tribute to Michael Knott from Hugo. Hugo constructed these renditions, recorded, mixed, and performed all the instrumentation, with the exception of Bill Skafish playing drums on Bubbles and Marie Thrasher singing on Hospital. It has Knott songs from Rocket and a Bomb, Aunt Bettys, Fluid, Life of David, and Brow Beats; unplugged alternative. They’re performed in different styles to give Knott fans a new take on their favorite songs. If you’re unfamiliar with Michael Knott, do yourself a favor and check these albums out. This is hopefully the first of a trilogy.”

https://amonsternamedhugo.bandcamp.com/album/theres-a-ghost-in-the-voice

Lost in Ohio Re-Releases Black & White World in The Lost Archives

Posted on by

Lost in Ohio has some exciting news: “Introducing The Lost Archives! So much amazing music has been lost to time, and we are hoping to bring some of it back to the digital world. We are starting humbly today by announcing the digital availability of Black & White World’s two fantastic albums on Bandcamp (and coming very soon to Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and all of your favorite streaming services).

Follow our sister Bandcamp site to be notified as we continue to add more lost music in the months to come!

https://thelostarchives.bandcamp.com“

Stretch Goal Announced for The Grape Prophet Vinyl Reissue

Posted on by

A little late on this one, but an exciting stretch goal being offered for The Grape Prophet vinyl re-issue:

“Thanks again to everyone who has contributed to this campaign! We are so excited that Grape Prophet on vinyl (and deluxe CD, and streaming) is going to be a reality!

We are announcing a STRETCH GOAL of $15,000. If we are able to hit this number, Michael & Rick will be doing acoustic recordings of FOUR tracks from Grape Prophet:

  • Ellis in the Orchard
  • The Fold
  • English Interpreter of English
  • She Said

For all four of these tracks, we are also contracting with a Nashville-based composer to have string quartet arrangements written and recorded, adding an amazing dimension to the new recordings.

If we hit our stretch goal, anyone who has selected a vinyl record will receive this as a bonus 12″ (in place of the bonus 7″ originally planned), and all four tracks will be included in the CD and digital versions as well!”

Help Lost in Ohio Re-Issue L.S.Underground’s “The Grape Prophet” on Vinyl

Posted on by

“In 1992, Michael Knott’s band L.S. Underground released their rock opera The Grape Prophet. It tells the story of Ellis, an orange picker who is sent by his boss Col. Peckesen to rescue his fellow pickers from the clutches of the Grape Prophet, who has lured them away. Both sonically and lyrically, the album was a revelation, and has remained a favorite of fans and critics ever since.

Originally released on CD and cassette by Knott’s own Blonde Vinyl Records, the album has been out of print for over 25 years. We plan to remedy that! We are working with Adam Boose to remaster the album for vinyl and digital (He’s worked with some of our favorite artists, including Guided By Voices, Joy Electric, CUSH and Brandston). Michael Knott and Rick McDonough are also going into the studio to record brand-new acoustic renditions of two of the tracks: “Ellis in the Orchard” and “She Said”!”

See the Kickstarter page for reward levels and details!

Strung Gurus’s “Chelsea’s Chasin’ Dragons” Ep has Been Released!

Posted on by

Squeaking in just at the end of 2019, and spearheaded by Joshua Lory, Knott has released an ep of some of the Strung Gurus tracks. This ep contains the 4 tracks that were previously released on various compilations back around 2000, plus two bonus live tracks recorded by the version of the Aunt Bettys that contained some of the members of Strung Gurus. One of the live songs is “Numb,” a re-working of “When She’s Gone” that has never been released in any form.

Check out the EP on BandCamp now. It even got featured on the front page of BandCamp.com!

(no word yet on the All Indie EP II that was said to release before the end of the year)

New Knott Music Coming Your Way Soon

Posted on by

For those that haven’t heard on Facebook yet, there is some good news about Michael Knott music:

  • First of all, the Wakin’ Up the Dead Kickstarter rewards have started shipping. The vinyl turned out very nice.
  • Second of all, Knott announced that the nine song All Indie EP II will be out by the end of the year.
  • Then Knott posted a video of himself and Rick McDonough recording a new song (possibly called “She’s a Winner”?) that they say will be on a new album they are working on called… Strip Cycle II. Wha?!?!?
  • The nearly mythical Bomb Bay Babies Volume 2 miraculously re-surfaced, and the word is that Volumes 1 and 2 have been sent to a label to be remastered and released as a double CD set.
  • Joshua Lory is hinting that he is trying to get the Strung Gurus songs that have been released all on to BandCamp, maybe as a complete EP (most songs are there except for one). We can pray that maybe this will encourage Knott to release the rest of the songs?

All this and more pops up as discussions in the Knottheads Facebook Group – of course, nothing is official until actual links to stuff for sale shows up, but if you want the inside scoop… you should join that group. You can even read the details of how the admin of this web site create the art layout for the Wakin’ Up the Dead vinyl. Its an instant cure for insomnia, for sure.