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Audio Pulleys CDNQB Davenola Distribution dredge Mollys Habit Pickap.art Releases Streaming Tips TIRED Universe 25
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TIRED are tired
TIRED is depressed Dad Rock from the home of bin strikes and heavy metal, Birmingham, UK. They are TIRED because everyone is tired. Their debut album, Tales of Middle Age,…
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Universe 25 – making waves in the modern world
The solo project of Universe 25 channels decades of underground experience into a cutting-edge fusion of post-punk, industrial, and dark electronics—with sharp political commentary at its core. The debut self-titled album…
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Two-piece. Too Loud.
Armed with nothing more than drums, a Bass VI and two angry voices, Birmingham based dredge are equal parts chaos, humour and heaviness. They aren’t here to polish the edges,…
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Fake streams – a guide to staying safe
Introduction If you’re releasing music at any level, you’re probably aware that Spotify and other streaming services and distributors regularly remove music (and don’t pay artists) due to ‘fake streaming’.…
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CDNQB – pax humana
New album from CDNQB, pax humana is a collection of songs of uncompromising intensity. Built in the basement, with a laptop, a bass guitar and a big mouth. This music…
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Mollys Habit – new album!
Smoke ’Em If You Got ’Em, the new album from Swedish alt-rockers Mollys Habit, was written over the course of 5 years, because the band really wanted to get it…
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New Eco-friendly Merch
We’ve now partnered with Teemill to offer a range of organic, eco-friendly clothing, branded with lyrics and images from bands on our label.
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Why you shouldn’t just focus on Spotify promo
Spotify is the biggest streaming service. We all know this, and almost all musicians (and labels for that matter) focus all of their promotion energy and funds on Spotify. But…
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Did we just invent the ‘Micro Album’?
Frantic! is a project like most music from Pickap.art, born out of frustration with the world and what’s going on in it. A quickly put together release of raw punk…
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Recommended Home Studio Setup
So, you want to record music? What do you need? This article details what we consider to be the minimum requirements, the things you really need, to record professional standard…
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Introducing Davenola
Davenola is an anagram of Avondale – it’s essentially our ‘house band’. Whenever our team collectively work on a release, Davenola is the artist name that will be credited on…
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Publishing with DistroKid
Even for artists signed to our label, we distribute their music through DistroKid. Why? Because it’s super easy, and super cheap. The less money we spend on distribution (or anything…
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Basic, Beater, Beast
Audio Pulleys were the first act signed to Avondale Records when we founded. We can’t tell you much about them… but we love their music! Check our their latest EP,…