A Record Label from Greenpoint, BrooklynShop{Secret Colors, Dead Gaze, Expensive Looks, The Twerps, High Wolf/Annpurna Illusion, Fungi Girls, Coasting, Fluffy Lumbers}Subscribe to our newsletterTumblr (3.0; @grouptightenerblog)http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37411649" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Stream the <strong><a href="http://batheticrecords.com/blog/cough_cool_run_slow/" title="basement" target="_blank">Basement EP here</a>.</strong></p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/18481837089http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/18481837089Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500cough coolrun slow<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34995778" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Video for “Vanishers” by <a href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/15986577314/expensivelooksdarkmatters" title="expensive looks lp" target="_blank">Expensive Looks</a>.</p> <p>Read the write-up at <a href="http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/03/video-expensive-looks-vanishers/" title="fader" target="_blank">the Fader</a>.</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/17160804179http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/17160804179Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:19:32 -0500expensive looksvanishersvideo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly29srptiW1qmj8eko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Expensive Looks LP, <strong><em><a href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/15986577314/expensivelooksdarkmatters" title="dark m" target="_blank">Dark Matters</a></em></strong>, is out now!</p> <p><em><span>“…It’s a dance record with the sort of scrappy, open heart that can only come from someone like Feld. Expensive Looks is all encompassing, it draws from all genres without border, pulling everything into one warped but pointed mass…”</span></em></p> <p><em><span><br/></span></em></p> <p><strong><a href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/15986577314/expensivelooksdarkmatters" title="exp looks" target="_blank">Buy it here</a></strong>!</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/16126581919http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/16126581919Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:50:00 -0500expensive looksdark matters<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F32347867&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Twerps “She Didn’t Know” and Expensive Looks “Vanishers” 7 inches <strong><a href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/4083303256/expensive-looks-twerps" title="twerps/looks" target="_blank">still available for purchase</a></strong>!</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/16126438309http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/16126438309Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:47:00 -0500twerpsshe didn't know<a href="http://rcrdlbl.com/2011/12/22/best_of_2011_kev_kharas_picks">Expensive Looks on RCRD LBL's picks of 2011</a>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/14795739928http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/14795739928Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:18:16 -0500expensive looksrcrd lbl<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F29819624&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Happy Holidays from<strong> <a href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/9337246578/deadgaze10" title="dg" target="_blank">Dead Gaze</a></strong>!</p> <p><strong><a href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/9337246578/deadgaze10" title="order" target="_blank">Order the 10” record</a>!</strong></p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/14170885414http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/14170885414Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:11:00 -0500dead gazesilver bells<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luegxciaH21qmj8eko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a title="lawson" target="_blank" href="http://cairocollection.blogspot.com/2011/11/matt-lawson-of-secret-colors.html">An interview</a></strong> with Matt Lawson of <strong><a title="Secret Colors" target="_blank" href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/7302090486/secret-colors-water-mirror-lp">Secret Colors</a></strong>.</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/12557835140http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/12557835140Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:41:00 -0500secret colorscairo<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25339254" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Video for “Rewinder,” a track off the new <strong><a title="Secret Colors" target="_blank" href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/7302090486/secret-colors-water-mirror-lp">Secret Colors LP</a></strong> - shipping now!</p> <p>Read <strong><a title="AZ post" target="_blank" href="http://alteredzones.com/posts/1613/secret-colors-rewinder/">Emilie Friedlander’s write-up</a></strong> of the vid from this summer.</p> <p>Listen to <strong><a title="Secret Colors" target="_blank" href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/7302090486/secret-colors-water-mirror-lp">another track here</a></strong> and order the full album!</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/11439544890http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/11439544890Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:50:06 -0400secret colorsrewinder<a href="http://pro.billboard.com/content/50-best-indie-labels-america-part-ii">Billboard: 50 Best Indie Labels in America</a>: <p><em><span>“This small imprint under the direction of <strong>FADER</strong> editor Sam Hockley-Smith and Jamie Granato puts out solid, catchy 7-inches usually of the fuzzy, gritty variety with punk sensibilities, but as the label grows it is moving subtly towards recordings with synthesizers and samplers. These New Yorkers-by-way-of Olympia foster a great environment for experimental or one-off projects.”</span></em></p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/10241790072http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/10241790072Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:15:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrbse0nZxC1qmj8eko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Press for the new Dead Gaze track, “It’s Not Real”</p> <p><strong><a title="Fader" target="_blank" href="http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/30/dead-gaze-its-not-real-mp3/">FADER</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a title="AZ" target="_blank" href="http://alteredzones.com/posts/1887/dead-gaze-i/">ALTERED ZONES</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a title="Pre-order" target="_blank" href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/9337246578/deadgaze10">PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM NOW</a></strong>!</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/10050940926http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/10050940926Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:15:00 -0400dead gazeit's not real<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_9955228143" src="http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/9955228143/audio_player_iframe/grouptightenerblog/tumblr_lr7feg7ib81qmj8ek?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fgrouptightenerblog%2F9955228143%2Ftumblr_lr7feg7ib81qmj8ek" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong><a title='expensive looks 7"' target="_blank" href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/4083303256/expensive-looks-twerps">Expensive Looks</a></strong> remix of Geoffrey O’Connor’s “Whatever Leads Me To You” (<strong><a title="altered zones" target="_blank" href="http://alteredzones.com/posts/1862/geoffrey-oconnor-whatever-leads-me-you-expensive-looks-remix/">via A.Z.</a></strong>)</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/9955228143http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/9955228143Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:44:40 -0400expensive lookswhatever leads me to you (remix)<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21749145&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>New <strong><a title="dg myspace" target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/deadgazetunes">Dead Gaze</a></strong> track from their upcoming GT release.</p> <p><strong><a title="DG" target="_blank" href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/9337246578/deadgaze10">Pre-order here</a></strong>!</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/9372984105http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/9372984105Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:41:00 -0400dead gazeit's not real<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lprvfvWEju1qmj8eko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A new monthly party presented by <strong><a title="Software" target="_blank" href="http://softwarelabel.net/">Software</a></strong>, <strong><a title="Acephale" target="_blank" href="http://acephalerecords.com/">Acephale</a></strong>, and Group Tightener.</p> <p>First one is Saturday, August 20th at 70 North 6th Street upstairs</p> <p>With DJs: Awesome Tapes From Africa, Ford + Lopatin (Software), Rezound (Group Tightener) and Very Special Guests.</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/8781895196http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/8781895196Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:35:00 -0400tradition<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lodina7Rtp1qmj8eko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a title="fungi" target="_blank" href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/1662386423/fungigirls-owsleyknows-glare-2">Fungi Girls</a></strong> at Ding Dong Lounge.</p> <p><strong><a title="fb album" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.219394071431739.46019.186551591382654">More photos</a></strong> from the Group Tightener Showcase.</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7648997253http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7648997253Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:59:33 -0400fungi girlsding dong loungephotos<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loarn7Gn5S1qmj8eko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Check out the label profile by Michael Pollock on <strong><a title="AZ profile" target="_blank" href="http://alteredzones.com/posts/1581/label-profile-group-tightener/">Altered Zones</a></strong>.</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7593016089http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7593016089Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:21:07 -0400label profilealtered zones<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F16098047&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p><span> </span></p> <p>Track by the band that’s joining us from Austin to headline the Group Tightener showcase (see flyer below).</p> <p>(Source:<strong> <a title="pure-x.info" target="_blank" href="http://pure-x.info/">pure-x.info</a></strong>)</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7592823432http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7592823432Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:15:00 -0400pure xtwisted mirror<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo90y0GUNC1qmj8eko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> </span></p> <p>Show at Ding Dong Lounge (929 Columbus Ave.) next Saturday!</p> <p>Headlined by Austin’s Pure X (<strong><a target="_blank" href="http://acephalerecords.com/">Acephale</a></strong>) with GT’s <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/fungigirls">Fungi Girls</a></strong>, <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://soundcloud.com/expensivelooks">Expensive Looks</a></strong>, <strong><a target="blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/coughcoolmusic">Cough Cool</a></strong>, and Jamie, Sam, & Patrik on the decks.</p> <p>Flyer designed by <strong><a href="http://www.johnbylander.com/">John Bylander</a></strong>. </p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7555985395http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7555985395Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:46:00 -0400ding dong loungepure xfungi girlsexpensive lookscough cool<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_7555845740" src="http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7555845740/audio_player_iframe/grouptightenerblog/tumblr_lo90s1JdfM1qmj8ek?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fgrouptightenerblog%2F7555845740%2Ftumblr_lo90s1JdfM1qmj8ek" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><span> </span></p> <p>The B-side off Fungi Girls’ <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/1662386423/fungigirls-owsleyknows-glare-2"><em>Owsley Knows</em> 7”</a></strong>.</p> <p>Check em out live at the Group Tightener showcase at Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday, July 9th.</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7555845740http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7555845740Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:43:00 -0400fungi girlsglare 2ding dong lounge<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo8zkyB17L1qmj8eko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> </span></p> <p>The dudes behind <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/fungigirls">Fungi Girls</a></strong> (who I think just graduated from high school? Congrats!) made <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ax2ehomu2hajgma">this mix</a></strong> for us in December, but it’s brimming with mostly-vintage pop gems that are perfect for summer or any time of year. <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ax2ehomu2hajgma">Download here</a></strong> & <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/2083592310/fungigirlsmix">click here</a></strong> to see all the track descriptions.</p> <p>Also be sure to grab the <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://grouptightener.tumblr.com/post/1662386423/fungigirls-owsleyknows-glare-2">Fungi Girls <em>Owsley Knows</em> 7”</a></strong> while supplies last.</p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7554846375http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7554846375Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:17:00 -0400fungi girlsowsley knowsmix<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17569289&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>New cut from <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://myspace.com/coughcoolmusic/">Cough Cool</a></strong><br/>Look out for a Group Tightener 12” this fall.</span></p>http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7554749045http://grouptightenerblog.tumblr.com/post/7554749045Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:14:00 -0400cough coololder