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"Well here comes trouble," or so the lyrics repeat on the opening song of Ill Ease's sixth album, Turn it Loose! And that warning should heeded by Alice as that pie-eyed lush peered down the

rabbit hole in the second song, "It's a Downward Spiral" another formidable raunchy homage to go-go boot and retro circles. Elizabeth Sharp is the brain, brawn, and balls behind Ill Ease, and this swaggering, yet quirky collection of hip, snarling songs lie somewhere near the lifeless body of Daman Albarn after Elastica's Justine Frischmann kicked him repeatedly in the tenders. With snide, groovy guitar flanking, confident, rhythmic chugging and an attitude that could put the lead back in Liz Phair's exiling pencil, Ill Ease could be put on high rotation in any student union building. "Two

Lanes Left" takes the party spending on the highway and is the XX chromosome version of Tom Waits ripping out his chest hair before Goin' Out West with his Bone Machine. And that, my friends, is most welcome reprieve for those men and women who are tired of waxing their beavers to Feist" - WonkaVision Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 7th 2008 RELEASE

ILL EASE AND THE RACKET

Turn it Loose!

CD / IONIK031-01

 

01 Here comes trouble

02 Its a downward spiral!

03 Two Lanes Left

04 When suddenly, the evil twin arrives!

05 Le jeux son fait

06 My last tango in Paris

07 Hate the game

08 I think I might be in love again

09 Dear Krazy (Download for free HERE)

 

 

 

 

ILL EASE AND THE RACKET - Brooklyn, NY

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Let's brush our teeth cause we'll have a brighter smile” sings the Wolverton's apathetic voice of doom, Tim Schwallie on the track, A Better Place. And yes, a better place it is. Years ago,

my initiation to The Wolverton Brothers came when I spotted an odd looking album on the wall of the local record store. It was a little countryesque looking and sounded kinda likewise. A

type of alt country from way before Americana had became a genre and had a sound like they had bought all of the original Pere Ubu and The Fall singles on their original release dates. But this

time, they've gone all German on us. That's German as in Krautrock. Think about the best parts of Faust, Can, or even Second Edition era Public Image Limited. The tracks all have loud guitars, driving bass lines, and seem to rely on repetition to drive home the musical themes. And over top of all this are a wide bevy of eclectic instruments and noises. Mr. Armageddon, A Better Place, and Cheese are among the best tracks that these guys have ever laid down. Even the lengthy instrumentals cause your ears sit up and smile in pure enjoyment. And I'm happy to see that the

Wolvertons have now taken the studio recording responsibilities upon themselves. This is definitely their best sounding and most rocking release of their decades long career. The guys are true motherfucking artists! On the new great new Ionik Recordings label. Check Ionik's other shit out too! Andy Breighton - The Neus Subjex

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 2008 RELEASE

THE WOLVERTON BROTHERS

Old, Ugly, and Loud

CD / IONIK036-01

 

01 Mr. Armageddon

02 Cheese (FREE Download HERE)

03 Dead Horse

04 Iceman's curse

05 A Better Place

06 Chaos and Order

07 Lover Her More

08 Daktari Motherfucker

09 That's Rights!

10 Informer

 

 

THE WOLVERTON BROTHERS - Cincinnati, OH

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"The MW Ensemble, haling from Kentucky, play thoughtful Lounge music with a classical lilt."- Mondo Blue

 

 

 

 

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FALL 2008 RELEASE

MW ENSEMBLE

Apartment or Nepal

IONIK 035-01

 

01 -

02 Apartment (FREE DOWNLOAD)

03 or (jump)

04 Nepal

 

 

MW ENSEMBLE - Covington,KY                    

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FALL 2008 RELEASE

MW ENSEMBLE

Apartment or Nepal

75OL-047

 

01 -

02 Apartment (FREE DOWNLOAD)

03 or (jump)

04 Nepal

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"We start with a hard and steady pop-rock buzzsaw, going from a nice early Elvis Costello attack into a Gang of Four wire-cutting guitar riff, then a smooth garage-pop breakdown. "Caligula's sister"

sneaks into my veins with a perfect guitar drum opening and a style that makes me think of Unrest-more like this people! I'm not sure about the raging guitar solo thing in the third

song, but I'll let it go this time, because song four is like some strange hair-metal-Rush-Journey-prog-rock groove that for some reason works for me. This band could be one those

guilty pleasures." - The Big Takeover Magazine. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 2008 RELEASE

GUNS OF DETROIT

Monsterakkake's

CD / IONIK 034-01

Graphic Design by GD Mills

 

01 Apocolypse later

02 Caligula's Sister (FREE DOWNLOAD HERE)

03 Quick Hands

04 Animals Out Killing

05  Syeh Dna Solleh

06 Heys and Hellos

07 Rabbit Holes

08 Flew Fly

 

 

 

THE GUNS OF DETROIT-College Station, TX

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BIOGRAPHY

The Guns of Detroit are Randall Mckay bass/guitar/vocals and Jessica Kempen drums/keys/sarcasm. After a few line-up changes, finally in early '08 they ended up as just two people making ultra-cool sounds. Offering up buzzsaw bass and drum pop dishes at your favourite retro-bar and grill, from the likes of David Bowie to Death From Above 1979, The Guns of Detroit delivered...even on Sundays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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JANUARY 2008 RELEASE

THE SPECTACULAR FANTASTIC -Consume

CD / IONIK / 75ORLESS

 

01 Limitless and free

02 Top of the stairs

03 I don't want to live

04 Tiny little heart (FREE Download)

05 Sympathy

 

THE SPECTACULAR FANTASTIC - Lawrenceburg, IN

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DECEMBER 2007 RELEASE

THE MOST POWERFUL TELESCOPE IN THE UNIVERSE

IONIK033-1 / DWL046

 

01 Posted [ mp3 ]
02 This Unit Has a Bad Motivator [ mp3 ]
03 One Big Setup [ mp3 ]
04 It's Too Hard Not to Care On a Night Like This [ mp3 ]
05 Of Course I Know Him, He's Me [ mp3 ]

 

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" They keep the pop gems coming, and this superb album never falters through nearly 40 sighing, swooning minutes." - The Big Takeover Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FALL 2007 RELEASE

THE FAIRER SEX

Two Can Win

CD / IONIK032-1

 

01 At last At Least

02 Penny

03 Be Long FREE DOWNLOAD

04 Nadine

05 (The Conception of) Isabelle Flowers

06 The Days

07 The Fine Art of Fashion

08 This Town

09 A Tattoo

10 Set on You

11 Shit for Brains

12 I Have a Friend Who Can Sail

 

THE FAIRER SEX - Lawrence, KS

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"Sometimes it’s acoustic pop, sometimes quiet indie pop or electronica, but always interesting and refreshing. A nice breath of fresh air for a musician usually hidden behind the curtains. Now Iacobacci comes to the front where he truly belongs." - Amplifier Magazine

 

 

 

 

MARCH 2007 RELEASE

POLA

Self-titled

CD / IONIK030-1

Graphic Design by GD Mills

 

01 Twenty Years Ago

02 Lyrics? No Thanks

03 Isn't Easy

04 Non Grata

05 Black

06 November 17th -FREE DOWNLOAD

07 A New End

 

 

 

POLA - Cantania, Italy

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"Sounding like a Carter Family reunion that finds the young 'uns peppered with peyote, Michael Nace and the Nace Family resurrect the back-porch sing-along tradition as if filtered though an Appalachian dream."- Amplifier Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FALL 2006 RELEASE

MICHAEL NACE & THE NACE FAMILY

The Good Work of the Dead

VINYL LP / IONIK028-1

Graphic Design by GD Mills

 

Side One

01 A Warning

02 Matilda's wake

03 On the way to Rosemary Hill

04 Hanging On By A Thread

05 Sugar Baby

06 Jonathan Lee

Side Two

01 Good Lord, Maketh Me Poor

02 Wild Bill Jones

03 Ashley Dismal

04 Virtue Rewarded-FREE DOWNLOAD

05 Last Will & Testament of J. Lee

06 The Fictitious Ballad of Nimrod Workman & His Gal

 

BIOGRAPHY

"Present is the emergence of traditional American folk music, which seems to be on the horizon for Michael Nace and his family member’s future works and is captured in their most recent release, The Good Work of the Dead. Recorded by the Nace Family and mastered by Carl Saff, The Good Work of the Dead is eloquently constructed harboring a template of traditional roots country laced with psychedelia and Asian undertones." 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE SLOW BREAK - Louisville, KY

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THE SLOW BREAK - Inside the Dark Mountain (2006 Ionik) - "sounds like Kristin Hersh, Stiffed and Dolly Parton got thrown into a blender with a pack of cigarettes. All bands should put this much passion and fire into their albums." - 75 or Less Reviews

 

 

THE SLOW BREAK

Inside the Dark Mountain

CD / IONIK029-1

Graphic Design by GD Mills

 

01 Thanks Jasmine

02 Interstate Woman-FREE DOWNLOAD
03 Cowboy Crucifixion
04 Sunburn
05
Salonum

06 The mistaken identity of man

07 It’ll be alright
08
Sleepyhead

09 Kick down the door

10 Fortunes of few

11 Sky is falling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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" A tinge of wistful melancholy hangs over the album, not least in Enright's often mournful vocal style; this keeps "playful" from being exactly the right word to describe the loose, experimental vibe of the varied arrangements, but the ramshackle, homemade feel of Side One/One Side

lightens what might otherwise have been a considerably darker album." - ALL MUSIC GUIDE 

 

 

 

 

THE HAYWARDS

Side One / One Side

CD / IONIK027-2

Graphic Design by GD Mills

 

01 A lot people fall in love in the key of C

02 Fool Frame-FREE DOWNLOAD

03 Blindspot

04 Drool Cup

05 I meant well

06 When you wrung yourself out

07 Laundromat

08 Y2K5 Bug

09 A nice pair

10 God vs.

11 Watch

12 The Midwest Coast

 

 

 

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"Chicago’s North Shore is home to Fahri a hot little indie rock band fronted by a girl singer with pizzazz. The recording at times miffs me since sometimes things just get lost in the mix. But if you toss out that complaint, you have yourself a pretty fine album of indie post-punk rock that will get your knees rockin’ in no time flat." - Smother Online Music Magazine

FAHRI

EP

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE EP / IONIK027-1

Graphic Design by GD Mills

 

01 A Story Of

02 Drunkard's Lament-FREE DOWNLOAD

03 Warmer Places

 

 

 

 

FAHRI - MILWAUKEE, WI

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IONIK RECORDINGS 2006

The Ionik-Digi Sampler

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE EP / IONIK001D-2

Graphic Design by GD Mills

 

01 Fahri – Drunkard's Lament      

02 GD Mills & the Negative Space – Small Fish Tiny Pond    

03 The Haywards – Fool Frame

04 Michael Nace & the Nace Family – Virtue Rewarded

05 The Slow Break - Wedding Ring

06 Spectacular Fantastic - Everything

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"By now it should be clear that one doesn't need to be from California to play pop that sounds like it's being transmitted from a beach in the sunshine. The

Thrills channeled the influential Beach Boys from as far away as Ireland and now the Spectacular Fantastic — led by the already prolific Mike Detmer — follows

the trend via Cincinnati, OH. That's not to say that the Spectacular Fantastic is rich in harmonies or even blatantly rips off the Beach Boys. What demands a comparison is Mike Detmer's uncanny resemblance to Brian Wilson's upper-octave vocals. " - ALL MUSIC GUIDE

 

THE SPECTACULAR FANTASTIC

 Goes Underground

CD / IONIK025-4

 

01 Darkest Hour

02 Harmony

03 You've Got It

04 Don't Hurt Me

05 Did It For Me

06 Once upon a time

07 Underground

08 Living In A Dream

09 I Will Come Around

10 All In My Head

11 Sunny Day

12 Overboard

13 Yesterday

 

 

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The Deeds of Swedes - (Ionik 2005) "On a record lasting fifty minutes, there are times when the music seems to be going nowhere in particular but more often than not the imagination of Beall proves to be his trump card." Leonard's Lairs Reviews

 

BEALLA'S BOBBY PINS

 The Deeds of Swedes

CD / IONIK024-3

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GD Mills

 

01 For My Shelves

02 Le Dedans Deviente Le Dehors

03 Patati Patata

04 Sleeping In Dirty Spaces With Dirty You

05 Espion

06 Ce Que Les Suedoises Disent (I)

07 Du Feu, Mais Pas De L'Eau

08 Thirst Mcgurst & The Bloc

09 Ce Que Les Suedoises Disent (II)

10 Suspend High

11 Cheers Mate

12 All Rolled Out

13 Si Content (featuring Adam Cooper)

 

BIOGRAPHY

Bealla's Bobby Pins is the recording project of Matt Beall who currently resides in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe France. Matt takes physical & electronic sounds, and mixes them together seamlessly. Bealla's Bobby Pins new album The Deeds of Swedes is available now in the Ionik store!

 

 

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Ronald: Very cool indie-techno-folk-pop. Like Beck performing Euro-synth pop on happy pills accompanied by Air. Jimmy: British influenced rock, very diversified, which is refreshing. Generally simplistic pop. Gerald: Britpop type of sound - heavy on the synth. Hard to pin down. - Hybrid Magazine Basement Reviews

 

 

 

WOODY WHATEVER

 The Great Pop

CD / IONIK023-2

Graphic Design by GD Mills

 

01 Drive An Uncle Through The Mountains

02 Jesus Kill These Bombs

03 Just Enough For You

04 When You Get Home

05 Cherry Fountains

06 In Perfect Order

07 I've Been Afraid

08 Nevermind Nevermind

09 I Booked A Flight

10 Careers (Just Choose One)

11 Stephani

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE HAYWARDS - Chicago, IL

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"Enlightening rock-n-roll for the attention-lacking generation is the stew that The Haywards stir.

If you’d look up DIY in the thesaurus you’d see one of the synonyms would be “Scene Missing”. What we have to figure out is what scene is missing from this album? All I can tell

is the mainstream scene, though this album is by far too dynamic to simply rubber stamp “indie”. - Smother.net

 

 

THE HAYWARDS

 Scene Missing

CD / IONIK022.5-1

 

01 Paper Snowflakes

02 Warmline

03 They Said You Were Nice

04 Tears Me Down

05 Deaf Ears

06 I Didn't Want To Owe You

07 Kitten

08 Mirror

09 Border

10 God Is A Bully

11 United We're Falling

12 The Truth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"The 10 songs are created by Frank Longano, who plays all the instruments and sings all the songs (with the exception of one that relies on the drifting and folk tinged beauty of Sara Laskey). The movements and the structures ofthe songs sometimes feel very indie rock, Steve Malkmus touched acoustic, though the lyricism is much more heartfelt and touching. The music (guitars,keyboards, percussion), however, is much more soft and romantic, but sometimes driving ahead as well. Soft played Britpop tunes ­ like the Smithsdoing Pavement songs. Fragile and strong; you know there is meaning behind every note, every word. It¹s soft happy sad smiles put to music." - The Big Takeover Magazine

 

 

 

2.2 KID LIFE

 Villains

CD / IONIK022-2

Graphic Design by GD Mills

 

01 Radipaque

02 The Widower

03 Our Bones And Soft Spots

04 A Shadow Falls

05 The Lonliest Kind Of Engineering

06 How I Saved Western Culture

07 When The World Is At Your Feet Part Two

08 Foreign Objects

09 Sleep Studies

10 Was I A Reckless Driver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE SPECTACULAR FANTASTIC

Vortex of Vacancy

CD / IONIK021-3

 

01 Eskimo

02 Lullaby

03 Orbit

04 You're The Reason

05 Tragic Novelty

06 Adore

07 Just My Luck

08 Heartache-Heartbreak

09 Obsession

10 Alcohol

11 Every Day Sunshine

12 Keeper of the Gate

13 Freedom

 

 

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"No pretension, no ‘trends’, no hackneyed attempts to sound like a million other bands that are making money and grabbing Rolling Stone/Spin headlines - this here is just straight-up, plug-in and rip stuff, and man oh man, Post-Haste does it well. Recommended for fans of the true spirit of being in a rock band." -

Delusions of Adequacy

 

 

 

 

POST-HASTE

Untitled

CD / IONIK020-3

Graphic Design by GD Mills

 

01 Frozen Thin

02 Kilometers

03 Academy of 3

04 Chemical Favours

05 Narrow Peaks

06 Green Alumni

07 i

08 New Brighton The Mighty

09 Insides Out

10 Sound Steelers

11 Practice Prude

12 Symmetry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Indiana-based Mike Detmer, operating under the nom de rock the SpectacularFantastic, serves up an impressive assortment of tunes on his second solo album,

New Equations for the Simple Mind. Recorded in his living room, Detmer is an instrumental everyman, handling all of the instrumental chores with the proficiency of a veteran band. "All Alone" launches the set with organ flourishes that evolve into a Beatles-derived lo-fi stomp, and as the disc progresses Detmer wears his influences like a favorite shirt. "Dream Song" is a lilting, acoustic ballad reminiscent of Spring Hill Fair-era Go-Betweens, while "Baby" rocks along like Pavement circa Brighten the Corners. Detmer's regular Joe vocals on tracks like "Depression" are far outstripped by his songwriting pen, but the guy's moniker is dead on much of the time, with "Greentree" — a delightful but brief love song — serving as further evidence. All told, New Equations for the Simple Mind is a welcome collection

of adept indie rock. - AMG (All Music Guide)

 

THE SPECTACULAR FANTASTIC

 New Equations for the Simple Mind

CD / IONIK018-2

 

01 All Alone

02 Depression

03 Dream Song

04 Green Tree

05 Why Did You Cry

06 Baby

07 Who I Am

08 Wake Me Up

09 It's Alright

10 Spaceship

11 Mind Blow

12 Wings of Time

 

 

 

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