12.28.06
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM LUCKY MADISON!!!! The new year is approaching soon!

12.05.06
A HORSE FEATHERS reminder, make sure you vote for them in the AMERICANA ALBUM OF THE YEAR category for the Plug Awards. TALKDEMONIC have announced their January 07 tour dates! They'll also be playing a couple shows with the Decemberists next week in Vancouver, Canada. We will be releasing the sophomore MODERNSTATE album in the wee spring months of 2007! More soon...

11.14.06
We are ecstatic to announce that HORSE FEATHERS have been nominated for "AMERICANA ALBUM OF THE YEAR" by the PLUG INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS!!!! This is a massive honor for a record that continues to rack up praise left and right. Wow is all we can say, wow! You can vote for HORSE FEATHERS on the Plug site by clicking on VOTE.


11.02.06
HORSE FEATHERS are heading out for a short inland northwest jaunt starting today. Justin will be playing solo on these dates. All you lucky inlanders get out and support! TALKDEMONIC are in the studio working on another record. Word has it this one will be recorded entirely at Talknumeric and will likely be released summer/fall 2007.... LUCKY MADISON LOVES DEMO CD'S! We are looking to sign some new bands so we encourage you to send us your music. Our address can be found on the contacts link.

10.23.06
POINT JUNCTURE WA are kicking off a month long tour this Wednesday! It will be their first large jaunt out towards the nether regions of the United States. Best of luck to them and make sure you get out and see their magic.. The dates are to the right!.... Expect a sleepy, mellow solo ALAN SINGLEY album and a totally jammin' PANTS MACHINE album for Spring/Summer 2007 says Alan. He is settling in as a guitar teacher for Portland Public Schools in the mean time, Alan considers this an artistic side project and research for the ultimate cute lifestyle. HORSE FEATHERS are continuing to reverberate through the national press and college radio worlds. Their new album, WORDS ARE DEAD is racking up praise left and right. Their release show on Thursday at Holocene was a huge night for them. Thanks for coming out! More soon...

10.16.06
HORSE FEATHERS are hosting their cd release party for WORDS ARE DEAD this THURS OCTOBER 19th! Head out to see what PITCHFORK calls " a relic in sepia tones and rough grains, Horse Feathers tools along on a dreamy twang, prayerful and serene, ultimately sweeping upwards in a gust of strings and singing saw." ...PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE are playing tonite at Berbati's with the SHAKEY HANDS... POINT JUNCTURE WA are going on a big tour!!! The dates are to the left. QUIET COUNTRIES are back playing shows again.

10.02.06
ALAN SINGLEY and PANTS MACHINE are back from a successful tour around the western part of our country. Having survived a fire on the rv and serious altitude sickness, the boys are in good spirits... Our two new releases from HORSE FEATHERS and PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE are available in stores across the country now. Go pick them up. Congrats to HORSE FEATHERS for fastly becoming the second best selling LM record of all time in one week!!! The HORSE FEATHERS record release show is coming up on OCT 19th at HOLOCENE...Lisa from TALKDEMONIC is performing with the DECEMBERISTS tonite (Tues Oct 2nd) on LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN! More news soon...

09.22.06
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26th is the most important day in LUCKY MADISON HISTORY, since we are releasing two highly applauded and acomplished debut full-lengths from two of Portland, Oregon's best, HORSE FEATHERS' "WORDS ARE DEAD", and PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE's "SLEEPING RIGHT AND THE BEST IN HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC". You can pre-order them via the Lucky Madison store, or via NAIL DISTRIBUTION. Both bands will be hosting cd release parties very soon.

09.05.06
HORSE FEATHERS have fastly become a blog phenomenon, ranking in the TOP 10 blogged about bands in the nation. They were also featured on npr.org last week. NPR calls Words are Dead "one of the year's most accomplished and stirring debuts." HORSE FEATHERS are also being flown down to Los Angeles to play a show curated by MUSIC FOR ROBOTS, read their glowing review of the band by clicking HERE. There will be more information on that show on the site soon. Again, their album will be coming out on September 26th through our distributor NAIL. You can see both PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE and HORSE FEATHERS this Thursday, September 7th at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland as part of MUSICFEST NW. TALKDEMONIC will also be playing their only show of the fall that night.

08.17.06
ALAN SINGLEY & PANTS MACHINE are hitting the road!! For the first time, many of you out there will witness why Magnet Magazine calls them a BAND TO WATCH. Their new record, Lovingkindness, should be on your iPod now, so go to the Slow January site and purchase it. Or prime yourself with the genius of Audio bicyclette! Here are the pants, I mean dates:

THU SEP 14th UNION,OR@Cycle Oregon OPB Livewire (All ages)
FRI SEP 15th KENNEWICK,WA @ 321 Gallery (All ages)
SAT SEP 16th MOSCOW,ID @ NUART THEATER (All Ages)
SUN SEP 17th SPOKANE,WA @ EMPYREAN (All Ages)
MON SEP 18th MISSOULA,MT @ RAVEN CAFE (All Ages)
TUE SEP 19th SALT LAKE CITY,UT @ BROKEN RECORD
WED SEP 20th DENVER,CO @ 3 KINGS TAVERN
THU SEP 21st OURAY,CO @ BACKSTREET BAGEL
FRI SEP 22nd ALBUQUERQUE,NM @ ATOMIC CANTINA
SUN SEP 24th LOS ANGELES,CA @ LITTLE PEDRO'S
MON SEP 25th SAN DIEGO,CA @ SCOLARI'S OFFICE
WED SEP 27th ALBANY,CA @ THE IVY ROOM
THU SEP 28th EUGENE,OR COSMIC PIZZA (All Ages)

08.01.06
HORSE FEATHERS, PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, and DYKERITZ are fresh off amazing performances at this years PDX POP NOW FESTIVAL! Apparently it was another smashing success and a great time for all involved. ALAN SINGLEY + PANTS MACHINE are featured as a "band to watch" in the new MAGNET MAGAZINE. We are super fucking proud of them! TALKDEMONIC are home from their month long national tour. QUIET COUNTRIES plays at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle tomorrow night. Make sure you Seattleites head out and see him. HORSE FEATHERS west coast tour with Ritchie Young went off without a hitch. The new MODERNSTATE record is finished. No word on a release date just yet, but it sounds amazing. More soon!!

06.13.06
TALKDEMONIC kick off their NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOUR tomorrow night in San Francisco. They will be doing a bunch of shows with THE WALKMEN! Make sure you pick up a copy of their new album, Beat Romantic, if you haven't already. The dates are to the right.

06.12.06
The NEW LUCKY MADISON SITE IS UP

05.16.06
Our congrats goes out to PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE and ALAN SINGLEY + PANTS MACHINE for making the WILLAMETTE WEEK'S TOP TEN BEST NEW BAND POLL! What can we say but that we knew it all along. Alan's new album, Loving Kindess will be releasing next month on Slow January. Check out the review in next month's MAGNET MAGAZINE. As for PSOOTV, their album will be out this fall. A big LUCKY MADISON congratulations also goes out to COPY aka MARIUS LIBMAN for being picked as this year's BEST NEW BAND. We believe that noone deserved it more than Marius, a certified member of the LMad extended family.

04.18.06
Two new LUCKY MADISON records have just been finished this week, making it a very good week indeed. HORSE FEATHERS Words Are Dead, and PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE Sleeping Right and the Best in Homeopathic Magic are both headed to the mastering suite, and due out in late summer 2006 via LM. In other LM news, TALKDEMONIC have been hand-picked by QUASI to head out on a tour of California, call it the tale of two Portland duos. The dates are below:

FRI APR 21st
LIVE IN-STUDIO PEFORMANCE on KPSU at 5pm
SAT APR 22nd
SACRAMENTO,CA @ THE BLUE LAMP w/ QUASI
MON APR 24th
SAN DIEGO,CA @ THE CASBAH w/ QUASI
WED APR 26th
LOS ANGELES,CA @ SPACELAND w/ QUASI
THU APR 27th
SAN FRANCISCO,CA @ CAFE DU NORD w/ QUASI
FRI APR 28th
SAN FRANCISCO,CA @ CAFE DU NORD w/ QUASI

04.05.06
TALKDEMONIC are back from their US Tour and are receiving rave reviews for their new album Beat Romantic. Check out the glittering review of Beat Romantic on PITCHFORK! In other LM news, HORSE FEATHERS are very close to finishing up their debut record. They have been working astutely with star producer Skyler Norwood of Miracle Lake Studios...We are proud to announce the signing of PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, who have also been recording with Skyler and Gus Elg of Sky Onion and Wilding. Expect to hear a lot more about this band very soon!!

03.06.06
TALKDEMONIC are embarking on their US tour starting tomorrow including shows at SXSW in Austin, Texas and SF's NOISE POP FESTIVAL. We at LUCKY MADISON are very proud of them, and are also excited for their new album, "BEAT ROMANTIC", to be released by ARRCO on March 21st. Also, check out new LM signee HORSE FEATHERS,opening their record release party on april fools day. Here are the dates!!!

TUE MARCH 7th
PORTLAND,OR @ DOUGFIR LOUNGE ^
WED MARCH 8th
EUGENE,OR @ WOW HALL^
THU MARCH 9th
SAN FRANCISCO,CA @ CAFE DU NORD^
FRI MARCH 10th
SAN DIEGO,CA @ CHE CAFE^
SAT MARCH 11th
LOS ANGELES,CA @ ECHO^
MON MARCH 13th
TUCSON,AZ @ SOLAR CULTURE ^
WED MARCH 15th
AUSTIN,TX @ LATITUDE 30 (SXSW)
SUN MARCH 19th
WASHINGTON,DC @ BLACK CAT #
MON MARCH 20th
NEW YORK,NY @ THE MERCURY LOUNGE
WED MARCH 22nd
CLEVELAND,OH @ BEACHLAND BALLROOM !
THU MARCH 23rd
GRAND RAPIDS,MI @ THE INTERSECTION !
FRI MARCH 24th
CHICAGO,IL @ THE DOUBLE DOOR !
SUN MARCH 26th
DENVER,CO @ HIGH DIVE
MON MARCH 27th
SALT LAKE CITY,UT @ KILBY COURT w/ the double
WED MARCH 29th
LOS ANGELES,CA @ THE TROUBADOUR !
THU MARCH 30th
SAN FRANCISCO,CA @ THE INDEPENDENT(NOISE POP)!
SAT APRIL 1st
PORTLAND,OR @ HOLOCENE (BEAT ROMANTIC RELEASE PARTY)

! with the national
^ with scout niblett
# with the go team

02.19.06
The new QUIET COUNTRIES "No one Makes a Sound" album is now available at fine record stores around the country. Thanks to PJWA for accompanying LEB at his cd release show last night at the DOUGFIR. The album will also be available shortly through the LUCKY MADISON store.....TALKDEMONIC will be playing SXSW on March 15th in Austin, Texas and touring the US. Check out their March tour dates in the shows section. Their second album, "BEAT ROMANTIC" will be released by ARRCO on March 21st....MODERNSTATE, where are you?.......BRETT from the SNUGGLE UPS has not moved to Philadelphia contrary to popular belief. He is currently working with LIAM on the second SNUGS album and rocking the netherworlds in FLESHTONE....ALAN SINGLEY has finished up his third album "LOVINGKINDNESS" with his band PANTS MACHINE. The album will be released by SLOW JANUARY this spring.....DYKERITZ has a new album called "SNOWING WINDY PEACHES" released by the Uzoma label, an instrumental departure from "Purple Switzerland" and definitely worth checking out....HORSE FEATHERS are still in the studio finishing up their first record with SKYLER NORWOOD of PJWA. We can't wait...


01.20.06
Welcome to the New Year where Lucky Madison marches into everyones front living room!! We would like to welcome our newest signing to the fold, an amazing outfit that is called HORSE FEATHERS, which is the music of Justin Ringle and Peter Broderick. Word has it that they are holed up at MIRACLE LAKE with SKYLER NORWOOD hammering out their first record. We are shooting for a June release...A new LM website is on the way as well.