Jon Snodgrass, one half of the almighty Drag the River, is preparing to release his debut solo effort. The album, Visitor's Band, which is slated for release on Tuesday, February 4, on Suburban Home Records, features a slew of guests, including Two Cow Garage, Chad Rex, Joey Erg, Chris Pierce and Eric Powers, among others. According to label owner Virgil Dickerson, the tracks meld the "hard-edged rock you expect from Armchair Martian," Snodgrass's previous band, with "the more rootsy sounds you
Virgil Dickerson's Suburban Home Records is the latest in a line of indie labels giving away music, in hopes of generating interest in tours, merchandise and other artists on the label. This time, it's not simply a teaser EP, designed to grab your email address to promote the full-length when it's finally ready. Mike Hale -- late of In the Red and Gunmoll, and a recent addition to the Suburban Home roster -- is offering his album, Lives Like Mine, as a free download via Suburban Home. Of course,
In a unique arrangement, Suburban Home Records has come to an agreement to do distribution and, through the Vinyl Collective sublabel, a vinyl release of Gregory Alan Isakov's self-released record This Empty Northern Hemisphere. Under terms of the deal, Suburban Home will handle distribution of the record and help make the vinyl a reality, while Isakov retains the right to sell it himself through his own channels, such as shows -- and he retains rights to the record itself, including the right
​Drag the River has always been about giving fans the biggest bang for their hard-earned buck. If you ever stumbled into a bar that has a Drag record in the jukebox, for instance, you've probably noticed that if you select the last track on the album, you're treated to the entire album. Genius, right? So it's not hard to believe Suburban Home Records honcho Virgil Dickerson when he says that Jon Snodgrass probably isn't going to be too stoked about Primer, a new limited edition Drag the River
