"Love To The Third Power" Great Plains - HMS 004 - from the LP 'Born in a Barn,' Colombus OH band 4. "Tupelo" Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - HMS 026 - Fresh from the ashes of the band The Birthday Party 3. "Gimmie Indie Rock" Sebadoh - HMS 165 - from the 7" of the same name, song became an anthem of sorts 2. Tags: music, sebadoh, indie rock, homestead records, barry tenenbaum, gerard cosloy, sonic youth, daniel johnston, steve albini, dinosaur jr, new radiant storm kings Albums)įighting off the pricks (New Radiant Storm King The Steady Hand, and story) The Blueprint (reissues of first 3 Dinosaur Jr. Gerard Cosloy's excellent blog Can't Stop the BleedingĪ moment of inept grace brought to you by. So the next time someone sings the praises of SST or Sub Pop, don't forget to chime in with the oft-forgotten Homestead. Separating Tenenbaum from the picture for a moment, it should be said that Homestead was a great label that put out a lot of important records that no one else would put out at the time. Peyton Pinkerton, New Radiant Storm King ( Magnet #72)That's saying a lot from Pinkerton, who also had to deal with Alan Meltzer and Grass/Wind-Up Records ( NRSK's history is littered w/ bad labels.) He's the one person I'd disparage in an interview without caveat or disclaimer. Actually, that's giving him too much power. I've had my ups and downs in the music business and I try not to be a grudge holder, but I would have to say Barry Tenenbaum is the one person I would say is unconscionably evil. Repeated requests for accounting and inventory to Tenenbaum over the years have been unanswered but obviously he's been talking to someone, with the reissues coming out left and right (most notably, Dinosaur Jr's self-titled debut and Sebadoh's III in the past year.) Also, record collectors have found a plethora of Homestead releases for sale on ebay over the past eight years, from one lunapark010 (original ebay id was Of course, selling the inventory via eBay makes it nearly impossible for the artists to be compensated, which is a new take on the changing-the-numbers-on-the-checks game Tenenbaum was running early on. Instead of declaring bankrupcy, Tenenbaum allegedly absconded with all the Homesteaded inventory and disappeared. Ware, Ivo Perelman) and ended w/o fanfare in 1996. Towards the end of their days, found a jazz nich (David S. They continued to release some great albums most notably Sebadoh III, New Radiant Storm Kings Rival Time and Sleepyhead Communist Love Songs. The label was never the same after that, and while indie rock officialy broke through in '91, thanks to Tenenbaum's tight purse strings and mass exodus of artists and employees, Homestead wasn't able to compete - a huge missed opportunity. He went on to form Matador Records with another former Homestead employee Chris Lombardi. (1987) jumped ship to SST, Green River to Sub Pop, and finally even Cosloy left in early 1990. During his tenur there, Homestead signed Sonic Youth, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Swans, Dinosaur, Sebadoh, Green River, Beat Happening, Squirrel Bait (future members of Slint and Gastr Del Sol,) Chills, Verlaines, Giant Sand, and controversial acts GG Allin and The Frogs.īy the late 80s, Tenenbaum had created such a terrible environment for artists and employess, everyone was leaving. Steve Albini, Big Black ( Magnet #72) Gerard Cosloy came on board in 1984 and Homestead's stable of artists became legendary as a result. It was like dealing with a small child who's trying to hide cookies under his pillow. My favorite retarded trick is (Tenenbaum) would make the numeral and literal amounts of the check different, so our bank couldn't cash it. and Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartment members) and Chicago noise rockers Big Black, featuring a young Steve Albini. Early releases included LPs from Columbus, OH's Great Plains (featuring future Gibson Bros. Homestead Records began in 1983 as the vinyl-releasing arm of Barry Tenenbaum's Dutch East India Trading Co., a distribution network built-up from re-selling imported albums for profit. Magnet Magazine recently ran a great profile / historical investigation of the label in their July/August (#72) issue. The label was instrumental in help launching the noise rock genre, and at the same time was infamous for mismanagement and malfeasance. But enough of their catalogue has made it into reissues ( Dinosaur, Sebadoh, Sonic Youth, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) and greatest hits/compilations ( Daniel Johnston, Great Plains, New Radiant Storm King) that a playlist/look-back is now deserving. No, Homestead Records hasn't miraculously reappeared and digitally released it's catalogue, that will probably never happen.
Download: "Freed Pig" / "Gimme Indie Rock" ( Domino)
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