HI@25
a “microfest,” celebrating 25 years of Household Ink Records, SOhO, May 21
What: “HI@25,” a “microfest” with multiple acts on the Household Ink Records label
When: Tuesday, May 21, 7 p.m.
Where: SOhO, 1221 State St., Santa Barbara
Cost: $10
Info: (805) 962-7776, www.sohosb.com
Who: Headless Household, Natalie D-Napoleon, Julie Christensen, Lucinda Lane, Zen Horse Repair, and…?
Article on Household Ink Records, Down Beat magazine, September, 2012
http://www.householdink.com/db_hi_2012.htm
Santa Barbara-based label Household Ink Records was born, out of necessity and curiosity, in 1987, as an outlet and “in-house” label for the eclectic band Headless Household. By the early ‘90s, the roster and the sense of a future had grown, including acts such as flapping, Flapping, Dudley, Lean-To, Fringe Deities, Nate Birkey and more.
Cut to 2013, and the genre-diverse label is 25 years deep and with a catalogue of 36 titles (with eight by Headless Household) and counting. It’s a ripe time for another “microfest,” of the kind the label had five years ago at SOhO.
Welcome to “HI@25.” On Tuesday, May 21 at SOhO, for three hours-and-change, a handful of acts on the roster will kick up sonic dust, including the still description-defying Headless Household, respected “Americana” artists Julie Christensen and Natalie D-Napoleon (the label family’s newest addition), the wily coyote-esque Zen Horse Repair, and Lucinda Lane, a brand new band, presently hatching and going public.
This is a special gig for Headless Household in that Julie Christensen, its longstanding, outstanding and beloved vocalist, is moving on over to Nashville this summer, bringing a dozen-year Headless chapter to, not a close, but a quasi-hiatus. We hope. Also joining the Household same-olds – Dick Dunlap, Tom Lackner and Joe Woodard – at SOhO are Tom Buckner, Bill Flores, Sally Barr, Tom Ball, and possible surprised guests.
Headless Household has a discography of eight titles to date: Headless Household (1987), Inside/Outside USA (1993), ITEMS (1995), Free Associations (1999), mockhausen (2000), post-Polka (2003), Blur Joan (2005) and Basemento (2010). They are currently in kickstarter mode, with a campaign to raise greenbacks for their ninth album, and all-ballads affair (linkage here).
$10