J-Roddy Walston and the Business signs to Vagrant Records
Baltimore rockers J-Roddy Walston and the Business have signed to Farifax/Vagrant Records, drummer Steve Colmus confirmed today.
"[It's] pretty [expletive] rad!," Colmus wrote in an e-mail. "It's all come together really quickly."
Vagrant/Fairfax is a partnership between Fairfax Recordings and Vagrant Records, which signed the hit indie group Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes.
Vagrant is home to some of the biggest names in indie rock, including the Hold Steady and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ...
The four-piece is in Los Angeles at the moment, working on a new album at Sound City Studios. They hope to finish the album, which is still untitled, by the end of the year. It could hit shelves as early as March or April 2010, according to Colmus.
"So our reign as "Baltimore's Best Unsigned Band" was mercifully short!," Colmus wrote. "Thanks for that mention by the way."
J-Roddy Walston and the Business will be back in Baltimore for a New Year's Eve show at The Ottobar. For more information (and tickets), go here.(Photo by Ryan Thomas)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
this is great news for Steve and the boys and my ears
Posted by: VeraBlue | December 3, 2009 8:30 PM
That's such awesome news!!! I remember Zach way back in the day before his hair was nearly as long and when they first got started. I'm so proud of them!! Congrats!!
Posted by: Amber | December 4, 2009 9:57 AM
They totally deserve it... awesome news.
Posted by: Adam M | December 4, 2009 11:04 AM
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! congrats!!
Posted by: Jody | December 4, 2009 4:19 PM
Steve and the gang, you guys rock. Guess you can say this is an early Christmas present. Congratulations and well deserved!
Posted by: Chris W | December 4, 2009 8:16 PM
I've been impressed with everything I've heard from these guys. Congratulations!
Posted by: Ryan Graham | December 7, 2009 10:00 AM
i've had my tickets for that show, since early October.
Posted by: Allan | December 7, 2009 10:01 AM
Thanks for the post.
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Thanks for the post.
Posted by: Essay writers | February 24, 2011 6:28 AM