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The Cribs - Finger-Nailed For You - Comet Gain cover

The Cribs - Finger-Nailed For You - Comet Gain cover

The 30th anniversary cover series continues-  The Cribs cover Comet Gain - "Finger-Nailed For You". The British band made a demo tape in 2001 to send to KRS for consideration,...
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Jen Cloher & Hachiku cover the Raincoats + The Raincoats pink vinyl edition

Jen Cloher & Hachiku cover the Raincoats + The Raincoats pink vinyl edition

A double announcement! Jen Cloher and Hachiku cover The Raincoats "Fairytale in the Supermarket" Listen anywhere. Jen Cloher says, "The Raincoats ‘Fairytale in the Supermarket’ is like jumping aboard a moving...
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Eyelids covers Stereo Total & more!

Eyelids covers Stereo Total & more!

Eyelids covers Stereo Total - "Holiday Innn" - in continuation of Kill Rock Stars 30th anniversary covers series.  Listen here! Chris Slusarenko of Eyelids says, “Obviously the best & weirdest Euro Garage Wave...
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Hallelujah The Hills - Year of the Glad - Marnie Stern cover

Hallelujah The Hills - Year of the Glad - Marnie Stern cover

Hallelujah The Hills covers Marnie Stern “Year Of The Glad”   “Underneath all of the whiplash guitar work and chaotic-neutral drumming lies Stern's secret weapon: solid-as steel melodies and song...
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Logan Lynn & Bitch - Standing In the Way of Control - Gossip cover

Logan Lynn & Bitch - Standing In the Way of Control - Gossip cover

Logan Lynn & Bitch cover Gossip - "Standing In the Way of Control" >>> ffm.to/wayofcontrol <<< Part Pride Month celebration, part signing announcement, part continuation of our 30th anniversary covers series. It's...
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Chateau Chateau - Wonderful Offer - Essential Logic cover

Chateau Chateau - Wonderful Offer - Essential Logic cover

In continuation of our 30th anniversary covers series, Chateau Chateau covers Essential Logic's "Wonderful Offer". Essential Logic are an English post-punk band formed in 1978 by saxophonist Lora Logic after leaving...
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Tele Novella KRS Pink edition + new lyric video

Tele Novella KRS Pink edition + new lyric video

New video + new KRS Pink just dropped.91 limited edition pink vinyl for Tele Novella's KRS debut album, Merlynn Belle. 91 copies for our founding year of 1991.This is the...
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.gay (DotGay) & Pride Month

.gay (DotGay) & Pride Month

Pride Month is our favorite month. We’re teaming up with .gay and highlighting songs and artists all month long - Music Monday, Flashback Friday, + artist interviews each Wednesday!    Follow along at KRS.gay....
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Deerhoof Sandwich EP

Deerhoof Sandwich EP

A 6 song special release featuring:Deerhoof, Nels Cline (of Wilco), Shutups, Dave Depper (of Death Cab for Cutie), and Shaylee.  Part of: Kill Rock Stars 30th anniversary covers seriesStars Rock Kill...
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Tamar Aphek - Speed Trials - Elliott Smith cover

Tamar Aphek - Speed Trials - Elliott Smith cover

Tamar Aphek covers Elliott Smith's "Speed Trials" Listen wherever you listen to music. "Speed Trials" is the track that led Tamar to Elliott Smith's music and Kill Rock Stars -...
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MAITA covers Nirvana - "Dumb"

MAITA covers Nirvana - "Dumb"

Listen where you listen to music. This is the second cover released this year from Portland, Oregon based MAITA. Their cover of “Bag of Hammers” by Thao & the Get Down...
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Announcing: KRS pink exclusive vinyl series

Announcing: KRS pink exclusive vinyl series

KRS Pink! Pink has always been the label’s color, no matter who did or didn’t know it. In honor of the founding year of 1991, we will be releasing 91 hand-numbered pink...
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Xiu Xiu Dear God, I Hate Myself reissue / remaster

Xiu Xiu Dear God, I Hate Myself reissue / remaster

Dear God, I Hate Myself came out in 2010 and was the final Xiu Xiu album Kill Rock Stars released before the band joined Polyvinyl and Bella Union. This record's main...
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Xiu Xiu - Killing Distance - Long Hind Legs cover

Xiu Xiu - Killing Distance - Long Hind Legs cover

In continuation of our 30th anniversary covers series, KRS alum Xiu Xiu covers Long Hind Legs - "Killing Distance" Long Hind Legs were a duo consisting of Vern Rumsey (of...
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TEKE::TEKE - Shirushi - Debut Album Out Now

TEKE::TEKE - Shirushi - Debut Album Out Now

"Spitfire songs...frenzied mishmash of guitars, trombone, assorted Japanese instruments, and Kuroki’s singing — guttural, physical shrieks in her native tongue — bears a manic energy that bleeds into even the ballads"- The...
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Ryan Sollee - Fire/Sign - Gossip cover

Ryan Sollee - Fire/Sign - Gossip cover

Ryan Sollee of The Builders And The Butchers is a singer/songwriter from Anchorage, Alaska now residing in Portland, Oregon. The Builders And The Butchers are a folk-rock band and on...
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Shaylee - Look A Ghost - Unwound cover

Shaylee - Look A Ghost - Unwound cover

Out now: Shaylee covers Unwound - "Look A Ghost" Shaylee is the songwriting project and avatar of Elle Archer, a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. Music for Elle...
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MAITA - Bag of Hammers - Thao & the Get Down Stay Down cover

MAITA - Bag of Hammers - Thao & the Get Down Stay Down cover

MAITA covers Thao & the Get Down Stay Down's "Bag of Hammers" - the ninth track from Kill Rock Stars 30th anniversary covers series. Listen on any platform. “Bag of Hammers”...
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