You can stream and share the sampler online via the SoundCloud player below, and if you like what you hear, click on the BUY button next to each track to purchase the album it came from!

Or, visit the SCI Fidelity ONLINE STORE to download the entire 2011 sampler for FREE! (Clicking the BUY THE WHOLE SET button in the Soundcloud player will also bring you here, to “buy” the sampler for $0.00)

2011 SCI Fidelity Records Sampler by SCI Fidelity Records

Thanks for supporting independent music, and Happy Holidays from all of us at SCI Fidelity Records!

“Lotus is so grab-your-nuts funky it’ll have your grandparents poppin’ and lockin’ at a flash mob. Drop it at an impromptu gathering and go from zero to hero the same night.” – DRUM! 

Lotus’ fourth full-length studio album, out now on SCI Fidelity Records,  spans 11 tracks ranging from gentle, ambient grooves to pulsating beats accented with hip-hop style vocals. It is a slight departure from previous efforts, but Lotus successfully melds the organic with the electronic into a sound that grabs the attention of a variety of listeners.

“I predict this forthcoming self-titled album by Lotus to be the soundtrack for the end of my summer and all of Fall. A kiss to you post-rock electronic creations, you make me dance, smile, and meditate through the hours.”- Filter

Lotus’ live shows have become a staple among concert enthusiasts with the high-energy vibe and intense light show working audiences into a blissful frenzy. Today, the group releases footage from its July 2, 2011 show at the famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO (view). Shot by NoCoast.TV in front of approximately 8,000 fans, the video features the tracks “Behind Midwest Storefronts” (off of Hammerstrike) and “Blacklight Sunflare.”

Lotus “Live At Red Rocks” from LotusVibes on Vimeo.

Following several summer dates including performances at North Coast Festival and Outside Lands, Lotus kicks off a fall tour September 22nd in Boston. See the full tour dates HERE.

Purchase the new Lotus album now in MP3, CD, and double vinyl formats:

Texas Roadhouse Live presents the Emmitt-Nershi Band recorded live last April from the historic Last Concert Cafe in Houston Texas.  The 30-minute show airs in several TV markets in Texas and Louisiana the weekend of July 28-31.

Tune in to see the band perform cuts from the album New Country Blues, including the title track (video preview below).  We hear there’s a special introduction by Texas legend Kinky Friedman!   For more information about the series, check out the website at www.texasroadhouselive.com.

 If you live in Texas or Louisiana, check your local listings to see when this special Emmitt-Nershi Band concert footage will be airing in your market.  

Lotus
Lotus
In Stores & Online September 13, 2011

Check out “Blacklight Sunflare”, from Lotus’ new self-titled album, which drops September 13th via SCI Fidelity Records.

And be sure to head to the SoundCloud player to see the full track list from Lotus as well.

Blacklight Sunflare by lotusvibes

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Lotus’s new self-titled album (September 13, 2011/SCI Fidelity Records) moves in a decidedly more electronic direction than their previous two releases – Hammerstrike (2008) and Oil on Glass/Feather on Wood (2009).  Analog synthesizers, manipulated sounds, dub effects and heavy bass are complemented by horn and string arrangements in addition to Lotus’s standard guitar/bass/drums instrumentation.  Grooves move from slinky funk and gritty half-time on the first half of the album to the beautiful and expansive closing track “Orchids”.  While short pieces of vocals are used throughout, the only song to feature singing is “The Surf”.  The track may be the closest thing to an indie-pop song the band has released, but the melodic guitar hooks and ecstatic synth parts are pure Lotus.

Similar to their music, the recording process for the album looked in multiple directions in order to achieve a distinct style.  Using traditional recording methods to track live to analog tape and then editing and mixing using modern techniques created an expanded musical space filled with uniquely crafted sounds.  The band road tested and tweaked these tracks for the better part of two years.  The result is an album worthy of the self-titled status – the band’s singular sound and spirit runs through every track.

www.lotusvibes.com

The String Cheese Incident announces the digital release of Winter Carnival 2011, a live, 21-track compilation of songs culled from the band’s recent Winter Carnival run at Colorado’s brand new 1STBANK Center.  Available exclusively at iTunes beginning May 24, 2011, Winter Carnival 2011 catches all of the energy and excitement from this epic run of hometown shows.

WINTER CARNIVAL 2011 ON ITUNES

For this year’s edition of Winter Carnival, the band welcomed OTT, JD Crowe and the New South, and Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk to join them on stage at the celebration’s new home, the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado.  A brand new venue just outside of the band’s hometown of Boulder, The String Cheese Incident had played there only once before – hosting the now-legendary “Fourmile Canyon Revival” benefit concert. Now, it was time for SCI to lay down roots at this venue that would run deep. And indeed the 1STBANK Center proved to be a natural fit for this epic run of “Incidents.”

BUY WINTER CARNIVAL 2011 NOW

The String Cheese Incident’s Winter Carnival 2011 Track List is as follows:

DISC 1
1. Betray The Dark
2. Cottonmouth
3. Pygmy Pony
4. Rosie
5. Will It Go ‘Round In Circles
6. Rocky Road Blues
7. Let’s Go Outside
8. Sand Dollar
9. Colorado Bluebird Sky

DISC 2
1. Rivertrance
2. Give Me The Love
3. Blue Bossa
4. Sweet Melinda
5. Big Shoes
6. Ramble On

DISC 3
1. Rhythm Of The Road
2. Dirk
3. Way Back Home
4. Black Clouds
5. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
6. Black Clouds (Reprise)

New Studio Album – North American Release
Available In Stores &  Online NOW

Younger Brother is: Simon Posford | Benji Vaughan | Ruu Campbell

Younger Brother’s third album, recorded with its U.S. band lineup (Marc Brownstein/Disco Biscuits, Joe Russo/Furthur, Tom Hamilton/Brothers Past), is the boldest chapter in their story to date: Vaccine sounds like no other record ever made, marrying top-quality, stadium-size songcraft to pulsing beats and a sound palette of full-tilt electronic music.

“Their most fully-realized and ambitious record to date…Vaccine finds the trio reclaiming electronica, while launching an offensive that takes ground dangerously close to stadium-sized pop.” - MyOldKentuckyBlog.com

“Vaccine is a bold jump into a new direction…Younger Brother has opened their sound for radical growth and a whole new set of listeners.” – TheUntz.com

“… gorgeous and delicate but headstrong and purposeful … [Vaccine] that breathes new life into the electronic-dance genre.” – StreetDate.Radio.com

BUY VACCINE ON CD & DIGITALLY NOW

GO HERE TO BUY VACCINE ON ITUNES

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Check out ‘Shine” – the first single and lead track from Vaccine!:

Younger Brother – Shine by charmfactory

“Night Lead Me Astray”:

Night Lead Me Astray by SCI Fidelity Records

PLUS, enjoy the video for “Night Lead Me Astray”:

The greatest songs, the greatest artists, fanatically handpicked to let you discover a legacy, explore a genre, or set a mood.  iTunes Essentials – the best place to find your next favorite song.

As usual, Essentials’ tracks are broken up into three separate playlists – The Basics, Next Steps and Deep Cuts – which can be purchased separately or as a Complete Set. You can also buy the individual songs if you’re just looking for a few key tracks to complete your collection. This description from the iTunes store gives a pretty good idea of what you can expect when you dig into the SCI Artist Essentials:

Boulder, CO jam gods the String Cheese Incident started out playing in return for ski passes, but evolved into a band capable of transmitting their vibe a long way beyond Colorado’s snow-dusted slopes. Sometimes they sound like a bunch of backwoods firebrands riffing on musical roots with boundless skill and a healthy respect for bluegrass tradition; other times they boldly explore uncharted sonic territory, weaving in disparate elements (including calypso, reggae and jass) as if possessed by an unpredictably mischievous spirit: hence the dark atmospherics of “Sirens” (with its almost surreal punctuation of sun-kissed reggae), side-by-side with the mountain harmonies of “Restless Wind.”

Check out the SCI Artist Essentials on iTunes today!

To celebrate the upcoming Winter Carnival shows at First Bank Center in Broomfield, we’ve put together an exciting new compilation, “Frozen Cheese”, which contains about 90 minutes of completely unreleased material from our archives. Included in this collection, the historic, first-ever-SCI, “Birdland” featuring Jerry Douglas on dobro, a spectacular version of “The Chicken” with George Porter Jr and Art Neville from the Meters, as well as a spectacular first-set ending combo “Emma’s Dream/Orion’s Belt/Under African Skies/Restless Wind” from the “Blizzard of the Century Incident” in Vail, Colorado in 2003.

“Cheese On The Rocks” and “Cheese In The Trees” were prepared last year to celebrate the band’s return to Red Rocks and Hornings Hideout. Each collection runs about two hours, half of which is previously unreleased material.  These collections were given to ticket-buyers through SCI Ticketing, and they’re available now, for the first time, as FLAC and CD purchases in addition to MP3 downloads.

Buy “Frozen Cheese” Now
Buy “Cheese In The Trees” Now
Buy “Cheese On The Rocks” Now

All three of these specially-priced collections are available as MP3, FLAC, and CD through LiveCheese.com
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