SOFT TARGETS
Don't Put Out
CD RC013

Having jumped the sophomore slump and gotten over on the hump, Soft Targets return with their third full-length for RoosterCow. Some short punk rock blasts co-exist with some stretched out grooves in typical Softie fashion. This may be their best effort to date. Recorded by Poulin @ Armitage Shanks in Logan Square, Chicago. Priced to move. $6.00 CD.

SOFT TARGETS
Soft Targets Must Be Destroyed!
CD RC012

Soft Targets Must Be Destroyed! is the sophomore effort from the prolific rock band Soft Targets. This new record from the Softies completes the Soft Target's trilogy of records bestowed with exclamatory sentences for titles (?!!). Ten songs of pop, punk, rock and shoe-gazing bedazzlement. $6.00 CD.

SOFT TARGETS
We Hate You Soft Targets!
CD RC011

The Soft Targets debut full-length features 12 tracks of indie rock and rocking pop. Recorded by Kris Poulin at O.G.D.M.U. in Logan Square this release looks and sounds great. Is that a trombone I hear? Why yes. Yes, it is a trombone. $6.00 CD.

SOFT TARGETS
Whatever Happened to
Soft Targets?
CD RC010

Chicago's Soft Targets deliver an "icy-cool postpunk sound halfway between the Only Ones and Joy Division" (Sharp Darts, Chicago Reader) on this five song CD EP. Recorded at Electrical Studios with engineer Kris Poulin. Order several copies today! $5.00 CD EP.

SOFT TARGETS
"(Let it) Ricochet" b/w "Straight Line"
7" RC008

The seven inch debut from Chicago rock sensation, Soft Targets. These two gems were recorded at Semaphore with Eric Block. Cover art by Chris Auman. Limited edition of 300 copies. Order yours today! $5.00 7".

KASPAR HAUSER
"4-time Winner" b/w "Western"
7" RC006

RoosterCow and Spacesuit Records have teamed up to bring you a tasty 7" platter from Chicago's own Kaspar Hauser (led by indie filmmaker Tom Comerford). Like all RoosterCow releases, these are part of a limited run--only 300 were pressed, so scoop one up today! $4.00 7".

Columbus may not have discovered America but you can be one of the first ones to discover Columbus, OH's The Means and their much anticipated four song seven inch EP. Recorded by Kris Poulin at Acme Studios in Chicago, this sounds and looks great! Includes 12-panel fold-out poster by Jason Fredrick. $4.00 7".

ROOSTERCOW NEWS

CLERICS GUITARIST GOES ROGUE

The Clerics, a well-known three-guitar rock music group, have recently been shaken to the core. Clerics #1 guitarist, Tim Davison, has forsaken the instrument. After receiving a banjo as a Christmas gift, the former guitarist has increasingly focused his attention on the twangy 5-string instrument. Without notice to his bandmates, Davison deleted all guitar tracks from their forthcoming, as-yet unnamed release. In their place he has promised to re-record banjo tracks. Though not yet a polished banjo player, his enthusiasm for the instrument is palpable.

CIRCUS LUPUS DEMOS ON CHUNKLET.COM

Hundreds of millions of years ago, Soft Targets guitarist, Reg Shrader, played bass in the original, Madison WI configuration of Circus Lupus. Check out the Chunklet website for some killer demos from that incarnation of the band before they moved to DC. These demo tapes were donated by Circus Lupus/Monorchid/Red Eyed Legends frontman, Chris Thomson. Read more about that donation here.

CLERICS SPOTTED IN MICHIGAN ATTIC

There are rumours that the elusive and reclusive Clerics (pictured above L-R: Paul Johnson, Chris Butler) came pretty damn close to finishing their sophomore album this past fall. Not only that, certain sources have confirmed that the Flab Four even spent a weekend drinking and recording music in a remote Michigan location. Should either of these rumours prove true, you will read about it here first. Until such a time as new Clerics music becomes available for the planet to enjoy, please consider purchasing one of their RoosterCow releases before they are gone forever.

SOFT TARGETS TO RECORD NEW ALBUM

Soft Targets (pictured above driving their van to a gig at the Bottom Lounge) are scheduled to return to the studio this month to start recording their fourth full-length CD for RoosterCow Records. Engineer Kris Poulin will once again be at the helm. Any release date would be impossible to predict at this time, but surely a late summer/early fall 2010 release would not be out of the question.

INDIAN BOUNDARY LINE
NEW FILM BY TOM COMERFORD OF KASPAR HAUSER

The premiere of Tom Comerford's (Kaspar Hauser) new film Indian Boundary Line will be February 4th, 2010, at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street @ 6pm. This particular screening is a part of Conversations at the Edge, presented by the Department of Film, Video, New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

SOFT TARGETS PHOTOS

Soft Targets got their picture taken—a whole bunch of pictures taken—this past summer. They were all spectacular as The Softies are smolderingly handsome, however, the above and below photos are a few of the better ones. Thanks to photographer Jenny Runde.

In case you missed the pleasing irony of the above photgraph, that is the Civic Opera House there in the background—but the Soft Targets play rock & roll which is the opposite of opera!

NEW CD BY SOFT TARGETS

Well, what the fuck do you know, Soft Targets have released their third full-length for RoosterCow Records. The ten tracks that compose Don’t Put Out were recorded by engineer Kris Poulin (Pinback, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Smog) at Armitage Shanks in Logan Square during the early winter months of 2009. This disc features all the Soft Targets trademarks; there’s the short bursts of punk rock energy on “When the Apocalypse Comes,” and “Idiot Clause” (a song sung by new drummer Chris Negrete). And there are longer sonic stretches too, as on the disc opener “Figure it Out” and the slightly eerie “Some Days.” Reg Shrader takes on vocals for a cover of “Frustration” by the psychedelic garage band, Mystic Tide, featuring some manic guitar work from Adam Scott (The Peelers, The Mediums). Don’t Put Out ends big with “Big Cats” getting a little help from former Soft Target bassist/vocalist, Tina Finch.

WHY SOFT TARGETS LOVE QUENCHERS

1) Quencher bucks
2) Breathtaking views of Fullerton & Western
3) Tater Tot Pizza
4) Millions of beer choices
5) They actually pay bands

WHY SOFT TARGETS LOVE THE MUTINY

1) Ed
2) Rhonda
3) The Super Mug aka The Growler (1 qt. of beer!)
4) There's never a cover
5) Home of the World's Largest Urinal

THE CLERICS
Magnae Quassationes
CD RC009

If you took all the great (and not so great) bands the member of the Clerics have been in over the years, and laid them end to end, they'd reach to Milwaukee! Magnae Quassationes (that's Latin for Great Shakes) was recorded by Scott Ramsayer at Two Rooms Studios in Chicago in June of 2005. After fermenting for over a year in the overdub & mixing process, this soon-to-be classic batch of guitar-laden rock is now available for public consumption. $6.00 CD.

THE CLERICS
The Clerics EP
7" EP RC004

Despite a recent spike in sales, The Clerics EP is still available. Don't miss out on this lo-fi gold. Features former members of New Rob Robbies and an ex-member of Cincinnati's Fairmount Girls. $4.00 7".

DECIBATORS/REAGAN NATIONAL
CRASH DIET
Split 7" RC003

Decibators and Reagan National Crash Diet fans will be excited to learn that there are a still a few copies available! Features one song apiece from two great Chicago bands. The RNCD side features cover art by Mike Dixon. $4.00 7".

REAGAN NATIONAL
CRASH DIET
Administration
CD RC001

The well-received debut EP from RNCD and the inaugural release for RoosterCow Records, Administration is ground zero for the evolving Reagan National Crash Diet sound. Recorded in late 2000/early 2001 this record shows where The Diet was after only little more than six months of playing together. Covers were hand silkscreened by Jason Fredrick. $5.00 CD.

REAGAN NATIONAL CRASH DIET
Sucktastic!
CD RC007

We'll let Punk Planet say it, 'cause they said it best:

"The much needed CD reissue of the already classic double 7" inch from this wacky, sloppy Chicago-area band with dual male/female vocals... totally wild. Includes three bonus tracks, two of which were recorded at the Fireside Bowl."

They're totally right! $5.00 CD.

REAGAN NATIONAL
CRASH DIET
Sucktastic!
DBL 7" RC005

Five raw and rockin' songs on a double platter of delicious WHITE VINYL, served in a silk-screened gatefold sleeve. For those of you who have long abandoned your turntables, you're gonna wanna dust 'em off for this gem. Recorded after hours at the now-defunct Acme Studios in Chicago by K.P. $6.00 x2 7".

PRESSURE COOKER
Compilation of the Chicago Underground Music Scene
FB001

Hard-to-find compilation of the Chicago Underground in the early 90s. A real who's who and what's what and—huh? Songs by Conduscent (featuring Bobby Conn), Scissor Girls (featuring Azita of Bride of No No), Trenchmouth (featuring Damon Locks and Wayne Montana of The Eternals and Fred Armisen of SNL fame), Flying Luttenbachers, Loud Lucy, Hog Lady, Wickerman and more! $5.00 CD.

TEAM SATAN
"Devil Made Us Do It" b/w "1996"
7" OW9701

Lo-fi basement rock from Chicago. This dynamite devil rock unit featured future members of Chicago's Decibators, and Reagan National Crash Diet, Virginia's Alabama Thunder Pussy, and Colorado's Harvey Knuckes. Hand-silkscreend cover. $4.00 7".

TEAM SATAN
Team Satan 1996-1998
CD-R

The best of the worst and the worst of the best, this 60+ minute CD-R captures the raw sound of Team Satan rocking out for each other in their basement lair. Also included are thirteen never released songs recorded by Kris Poulin at the Lab East on Memorial Day 1998. Also includes a live version of the hit single"John Peters". $4.00 CD-R.