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Internet censorship and the State of the Skrow address
OPPOSE INTERNET CENSORSHIP
As I’m sure most anyone actually reading this is aware, there are a pair of bills running through the American legislation process right now that will virtually destroy the internet. If you happen to be comparatively uninformed or just enjoy clicking links in posts, you can learn a bit more about these terrible acts and how you can oppose them by clicking here, here, and/or here, just to give a few.
As a netlabel devoutly devoted to the dissemination of free art via an unfuckedwith internet, Skrow! openly and voraciously opposes SOPA, PIPA, and any other kind of censorship.
The State of the Skrow Address:
Four score and– er… strike that… a little over five years ago, Skrow!Media came into being with humble beginnings, and has, by the gracious participation of its listeners and submitters, continued to expand and thrive since then, albeit not without the occasional hiatus, extreme delay, or general inconsistency in quantity/frequency of posted releases.
We are here to say that we resolve, for 2012 and beyond (should there prove to be such a thing), to rectify this situation. Let it be decreed that henceforth, we will strive to post one new release every single week. Idealistically, I’d love to see this keep up through the entire year, but realistically, I know how things get. Regardless, the absolute minimum will be one album every month. Lots of good things on the horizon for us this year, so do hold us to it.
In fact, we’re due for another any time now…
Shawn Phase of TSS interviewed on Megabeep
The progressive chiptune blog/site Megabeep has posted an excellent interview with our good friend and Skrow! alumnus Shawn Phase (Temp Sound Solutions, Guitar Bastard). So, uh, go check it out and stuff.
OhioProg 2012 announced!
OhioProg 2012 announced!
We are proud to present OhioProg 2012. Ohio’s premiere progressive rock festival is set to take place over 3-days, September 7, 8 & 9 of 2012. We are taking a unique approach to our festival in hopes to create an experience for the fans, funded by the fans and enjoyed by the fans of progressive rock. An exceptional line-up has been assembled which includes a Friday pre-show “A Tribute to the Classics” and a Saturday & Sunday, full-day main event. Bands announced include headliners Script for a Jester’s Tour (UK), FM (CA) and Nightingale (SE). Arena (UK), After the Fall (US), Orphan Project (US), Persephone’s Dream (US), RC2 (ES), Cryptic Vision (US) and Going for the One (US) round out the bill with one more act to be announced. We are now live online and ready to prepare you for a very special weekend. Get festival news, information on the bands, learn about our “Pledge Your Ticket” program and get involved in the OhioProg community.
Click here to visit the official OhioProg site and learn about the bands, hear samples, and more!
The Sun Will Rise: An Inter-Netlabel Compilation for Japan Relief
The Sun Will Rise: An Inter-Netlabel Compilation For Japan Relief -
The Sun Will Rise: An Inter-Netlabel Compilation For Japan Relief =
The Sun Will Rise: An Inter-Netlabel Compilation For Japan Relief has been released! We at Skrow! are honoured to take part in this noble effort to both contribute humanitarian aid to those in need, and to spread awareness and appreciation for the free distribution of music and other art forms.
Click the images above to download the compilation from Bandcamp, or get it at the Internet Archive. Please donate to Japan here if you like what you hear… or even if you don’t.
Be excellent to each other.
~ Skrow!Media
Inter-Netlabel Compilation for Japan Relief
Inter-Netlabel Compilation for Japan Relief
Skrow! alumnus and close friend and all around proper good chap, Saffron Slumber, is organizing a mighty music project for a wonderful cause. We hope to reach out to as many labels, musicians, listeners, and human beings as possible to make this thing a big success. Anyone interested in contributing in any way, whether you be an artist with a song submission, a label looking to join the list of those releasing it, or a lover of sound interested in the final product and in helping out our brother man, please click the image above and read the blog to find out more!
Exciting things on the horizon.
Skrow!Media is pleased to announce Most of Me, the forthcoming debut from creator of melodic progressive electronica and occasional chiptune, Nario (see video above). The album proper will likely drop sometime in November. You should check it out and stuff. Also coming around the bend, we have new material from Cigarettes & Clip-Art, entitled Motivational Poster, slated for the end of the year, and all kinds of good shit sometime next year, including new stuff from Beardslicer, Ellipse, Saffron Slumber, Grimbeard, the debut concept album from Soudou and its accompanying surrealist novel, and a very exciting collaboration between Saffron Slumber and Ellipse which will be known as earthbreather.
Skrow! explodes. Soon. Keep an eye out for the audio shrapnel that results.
Introducing Skrow!Media 2.0!
Skrow!Media 2.0
Skrow! has finally returned victorious, with a new look (that doesn’t suck) and a few new features for you to mess around with. So come on back and check it out! All two of you! I know you’re there somewhere!
Also, in honour of the re-launch of Skrow!, we have an appropriately destructive new release from Bukkake Earlobe. 31 minutes of screeching noise which oddly is more listenable than the source material from which it was (de)constructed. Scroll on down and give it a whirl.
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