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12/6/2023

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IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!

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​Hey! before you get into the rest of the newsletter, please note, if you place an online order through the Related Records website, Discogs store, Depop or Bandcamp AFTER Tuesday December 12th, it will not be shipped out until December 27th and you probably will not get it until 2024. I won't have access to my office or inventory from December 13th-26th. This is important if you care about getting stuff in time for holiday bullshit. Get your orders in now!

NEW TO THE ONLINE STORE!

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​PITCHMAN "Self Titled" 7"

PITCHMAN was a short-lived, frenzied, and fiercely determined high school punk rock band whose life spanned one year in 1992-1993 around Washington DC.

The band played less than 20 shows with highlights including sharing bills with Circus Lupus, Born Against, Slant Six, God is My Co-Pilot, Cupid Car Club, and comrade kid bands Smooch and The Vaporizers.

​Limited edition of 200, Related Records has got 10 copies for sale.
BUY THIS!
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​VARIOUS ARTISTS "Burn It Down" MIX TAPE

This is a re-issue of the other "BURN IT DOWN" mixtape that I made 15 copies of to sell at the "NO THANKS: Art As A Form of Protest" art show that happened in November, 2023 at The Trunk Space. All the money from this mixtape goes to unshelteredphx.

This mixtape is made up of protest music by mostly femmes + queers and more than half of the music features black and indigenous people. When I started working on this mix I quickly realized how important this particular niche/genre was and decided to reach out to some friends, musicians, DJ's and artists who's political and musical taste I admire for help. You can read the full description and list of people who contributed here.
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Only 10 copies left!
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​ASLEEP IN THE SEA "Avenue" PRINT

This is a full color, professionally printed print measuring 8"x 8" of a collage by Ryan Avery. The original collage was made in 2020 for the album artwork for the digital re-issue of Asleep In The Sea's album "Avenue." The prints were made for and originally sold in the "DESERT STYLE" art show by THE BEST FRIENDS ™

It will come shipped between 2 pieces of cardboard in a 12" vinyl mailer to avoid being bent or damaged by the mail carrier.

Limited edition of 10. Only 3 left!
BUY THIS!
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​RYAN AVERY "Polar Bear Scare" PRINT

This is a full color, professionally printed print measuring 8"x8" of a collage by Ryan Avery. The original collage was made in 2015. The prints were made for and originally sold in the "DESERT STYLE" art show by THE BEST FRIENDS ™

It will come shipped between 2 pieces of cardboard in a 12" vinyl mailer to avoid being bent or damaged by the mail carrier.
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Limited edition of 10. Only 5 left!
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​FATHERS DAY "Life." PRINT

This is a black and white, professionally printed print measuring 20"x 30" of a collage by Ryan Avery. The original collage was made in 2013 for the album artwork for the FATHERS DAY album "Life." The prints were made for and originally sold in the "DESERT STYLE" art show by THE BEST FRIENDS ™

It will come shipped, rolled in a tube mailer to avoid being bent or damaged by the mail carrier.

Limited edition of 10. Only 5 left!
BUY THIS!

SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS

​I decided to make a whole page on the Related Records website about all the different playlists I have made and continue to make. You can check it out here.
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I also wanna make it clear that Related Records does not endorse or support Spotify. They are an awful company that makes billions of dollars on the backs of hardworking musicians, producers, fans, labels... basically anyone who contributes or works within the music industry - Spotify is making money off you whether you want them to or not. BUT I also recognize that they are affordable and easy to use, which is why so many music fans use it and why I have created these playlists for you to enjoy. If you are a Spotify user, no shame or hard feelings meant for you. But fuck Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon forever. 

NEW TABOR MOUNTAIN MUSIC VIDEO!

New TABOR MOUNTAIN music video is so sick! Please watch and enjoy! And if you haven't already, pick up a copy of the new album Twilight Apologies​. It rules and I hope it makes it's way onto everyone end of year lists.
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Related Records Presents - History Vol. 2: A Queer/Femme Tribute to 1960s Girl Groups

6/2/2023

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It’s June which means it’s #pridemonth which seemed like a perfect time to release an all femme+queer tribute compilation to 1960s girl groups.

This compilation features 18 tracks covering Lesley Gore, The Supremes, Evelyne Courtois, Wendy Rene, Nancy Sinatra, The Chiffons, Little Peggy March, The Marvelettes, June Valli, The Crystals, Norma Tracey, The Cookies, The Bitter Sweets, Little Eva and The Ronettes

As performed by Related Records artists - QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT // BARRY // DINOSAUR LOVE // MIA LOUCKS // THE BEST FRIENDS // TREASURE MAMMAL

As well as EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION // DOLLY CREAMER // LADYBABYMISS (featuring BIMBO YAGA) // MIGUEL LARESS // SASSYHIYA // KYLO GUN // SWAN REAL (*featuring MYA BYRNE) // CALVIN HALLIDAY (from U.S. HIGHBALL) // DORIAN WOOD // COLEY MIXAN // LANA DEL RABIES

You can pay whatever you want for it on the Related Related Bandcamp. Please follow and check out each of these artists individually because they are all so amazing!

Artwork by Calvin Halliday
Click Here to listen!
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RELATED RECORDS 2023!

1/18/2023

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In May of 2023 Related Records is going to be celebrating 10 years of being a record label! WOW! I know! incredible right?! I almost didn't make it! But this year I got a bunch of stuff planned and hopefully, all of these things happen! Anyway, here's this years tentative release schedule..
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FEBRUARY

New Sweatlodge // Shawnte Orion split 7" is being released on February 25th. Pre-Orders are going to start shipping on February 6th. All records come with a download code, Record will be available on bandcamp February 3rd for Bandcamp Friday!
Pre-Order

MARCH

New cassette tape from Hi My Name Is Ryan titled "Merry Go Round: A Live Tribute To Wild Man Fischer" This is a live recording I did for a punk rock Halloween show at the Yucca Tap Room in Tempe, AZ back in 2018. I closed out the night of local punk bands covering Black Flag, Cock Sparrer, Green Day...etc played to a mix crowd of 30-40 people who were either really into Wild Man Fischer or just wanted to drink after moshing all night. A couple moments the mood gets pretty tense because of this. Anyway, its an interesting document of this bizarre once in a lifetime type of performance, comes on Red+White tapes and includes liner notes from James Fella (from Soft Shoulder), Sonny DeCarlo (from Spirit Adrift) and Davin Abegg (from Secret Abilities) - because they are 3 of the people I know were in attendance.
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APRIL

TESTIMONY VOLUME 3 will be released sometime in April. This is the first issue that will not be entirely curated by me. If you would like to submit something about your experience growing up in a particular faith, email me at [email protected] for consideration. Black and White pages preferred measuring 5.5"x8.5"
Deadline for submission is March 25th
Click here to check out Volume 1
Click here to check out Volume 2

may

Since the first thing ever released was Drunk & Horny "A Drunk & Horny Pool Party with Ryan & Andrew" and so many people thought so many of their songs are originals when only like... a quarter of them are... I decided to release a compilation currently titled "Songs Drunk & Horny Taught Us" which will be a collection of all the covers the band did over their 6 years career.
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JUNE

HISTORY VOL. 2 - A Queer+Femme Tribute to 1960's U.S. Girl Groups is a project I have been working on for 4+ years but its finally coming together this year (fingers crossed!) featuring Crush Material, Sharing Is Caring, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Dorian Wood, Mia Loucks, Dinosaur Love, Kylo Gun, Miguel Lares, Sassyhiya and more! If you would like to contribute something to this compilation let me know which song and give me some info on your project first. Email Me. Deadline for contributions is April 15th.

july

I really really hope the "Commercial Jingles" 7" by Quintron is ready by July because that is when him and Miss Pussycat are going on tour to play this years Mosswood Meltdown Music Festival.But who really knows anymore!? I placed an order for these records back in August, 2021 so we'll see. The record includes 4 commercial jingles for Quintron's different inventions and comes with a lenticular print that changes from Drum Buddy to Bath Buddy
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WHAT ELSE???

Well at some point in the year there will be a Volume 2 of the Recherche compilation that will include unreleased tracks from Related Records (and Related Records adjacent) artists on CD, And a limited edition Lathe 7" for Fatty Cakes & The Puff Pastries featuring 2 brand new songs by them.And sometime in the fall I will be releasing a song-for-song tribute compilation to The House Martins "London 0 Hull 4" Record. If you would like to contribute something to that, let me know what song you would like to do, so I can make sure its not already claimed. Plus I plan on releasing a cassette tape featuring all the A-Sides and B-Sides from all of the Belle Stars singles. A new Zine from The Terri's!, at least 1 more season of The Best Friends Podcast, and 1-2 more issues of Testimony! AAANNNDDDD!!!! I should probably get back to releasing more cool/forgotten media on Heirloom Records

THAT'S NOT ALL!!

I listed a bunch of Test Presses for you obsessive vinyl collecting weirdos.

*TEST PRESS* QUINTRON "COMMERCIAL JINGLES" 7"

$49.99

*TEST PRESS* TREASURE MAMMAL "GRAMMY NOMINATED" 12" LP

$45.99

*TEST PRESS* THE SLUGS "DON'T TOUCH ME, I'M TOO SLIMY!" 7"

$16.99

*TEST PRESS* JAIME J. SOTO // THE DOYÉNNE "SPLIT" 7"

$16.99

*TEST PRESS* MOOEY MOOBAU "POWDER, AND ALL THAT STORE-BOUGHT HAIR" 12"

$24.99
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June 19th, 2022

6/19/2022

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HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

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Holidays and gender are bullshit! But I used to be in a hardcore/thrash/comedy/punk band that celebrated and mocked both of those things. I got a lot of mixed feelings about it but I still have a bunch of merch from when we were around. And for 1 DAY ONLY you can buy merchandse from the band at cost! No need for a coupon code or anything. Most things are only $2-$3! I literally make no money on this sale, just wanna get some of it out of my office. Please+thanks!
Click Here To Buy!

UNSHELTEREDPHX NEEDS YOUR HELP!

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Unshelteredphx is collecting donations this weekend to raise funds to get some more tents for our houseless black femmes in honor of Juneteenth. If you donate $20 or more via venmo or gofundme > screenshot the donation > DM unshelteredphx the screenshot along with your shirt size > then they will make you a shirt with this sick ass print by long time friend / Phoenix legend and the best DJ I know - Djentrification.
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**This is only available to people in Phoenix, because they arent mailing shirts out to people. But let this be a reminder that you can always purchase a "Heat Is Murder" shirt from me and all that money goes to unsleteredphx​ and I do mailorder at least once a week.

I NEED HELP!

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I just recently finished paying for 2 new upcoming releases  and literally have $5 in the Related Records account. Normally I just do a pre-order for upcoming releases and it works out financially BUT after all the obnoxious delays with the Barry 7" I have decided I am not doing that shit anymore. So I am just asking you to buy something from the online store, garage sale, bandcamp, discogs and/or depop store to help me not overdraft. I also accept donations​!
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ALSO this past week my AC went out + I had to take my favorite dog in the whole world (Pita) to the emergency vet because she kept throwing up and her temprature went down to an unsafe/nearly fatal degree. Shes okay now, but that shit is so expensive. Later Operator​ is doing a 30% off everything sale to help raise money to cover these costs and I would be doing the same with Related Records if it wasnt already so low on cash.

NEW BEST FRIENDS PODCAST EPISODE FEATURING JER!

New episode of The Best Friends Podcast featuring JER (aka Skatune Network​!) I am just really excited about it because it's one of the funnest episodes we've ever done. PLUS it's Pride month! PLUS it's JER's birthday month! PLUS it's Juneteenth weekend!

THIS MONTH IS ALMOST OVER!

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So there is only a few more weeks to order this sick ass mixtape of aggressive queer punk+hardcore music! I still have a handful of copies of the previous two mixtapes​ available too! All the money from the sales of these mixtapes goes directly to people who need this money that are not me.
Click Here To Get One!

IF YOU LIVE IN AZ...

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There is this really fun show I am booking at The Trunk Space​. It's the first show I have booked since February 2020 and will probably be the first show I attend since then too!

Eichlers makes this really interesting /fucked up ska music and the live shows seem very early 2000's solo party art project > which if you know me, you know I eat that shit up!

Dynastic is like minimal pop punk with keytars - seems very best fwends. They are on tour with Eichlers and seem fun

Spicy Mayo is one of, is not THE funnest live bands in Phoenix right now and I am so excited to see them live again. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for fans of ASOB, Skankin Pickle and/or Playboy Manbaby
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Presale tickets are only $10, otherwise you gotta pay $15 at the door!
Click Here To Get Tickets!
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May 05th, 2022

5/5/2022

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​This is the third release in a series of mixtapes I am making to help different people who are in need right now. Tapes will be available for only 1 month and at the end of that period of time, all the money made from those sales will go to the person in need. This time all the money is going to Nehei Sage

If you are involved in the queer/underground/rave/dance scene, you have probably met Nehei. She's a beautiful and incredibly supportive part of the community/scene in Phoenix. She is Hinono'eino (Northern Arapaho) / Trans / 2 Spirit and is about to be kicked out of her home at the end of the month, so she really needs funds to secure new housing before then.

If you want to donate directly to her, you can Venmo: m1qua or Cashapp: $miquahjamezart

This mixtape was organized/created with my best friend Emily. It features music from artists we have interviewed on the first 2 seasons of The Best Friends Podcast + artists we really want to interview on our podcast + artists/songs that just mean a lot to our friendship of over 20 years. The artwork/layout was designed and cut+pasted by me (Ryan Avery) and the liner notes were written by Emily.

22 Tracks in total in 62 minutes. This Benefit Mix Tape is going to be done a little differently though because I was only able to make a certain amount and half of those are spoken for already. So If we sell out before then, I can make more but they will not be the cool cut+past two color j-card version. We will see if we even need to go that far.

PS: All Mixtape will come with a giant "Best Friends Podcast" sticker and a thank you card/photo of us.
CLICK HERE TO GET ONE!
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April 01st, 2022

4/1/2022

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Polaroid photo of my friend Emily and I (aka The Best Friends​) at The Moonlight Market event
The Moonlight Market was wonderful, Related Records raised $110 for unsheltered phx from the sales of the Heat Is Murder T-Shirts. Even though it is barely April, we are already seeing some temperatures in the high 90's here in Phoenix.

Unsheltered Phx is an organization that is doing real work to help our houseless neighbors, providing them with coolers, tarps, storing their belongings when they get arrested for sleeping on the street, refilling their prescriptions, organizing protests, holding city council members accountable and providing information and updates on what the city of Phoenix is doing to either help or fuck over our community.

​So anyway, thanks for buying those shirts and supporting this cause, it means a lot.
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Here is some other stuff that sold...

JAIME J. SOTO // THE Doyénne "SPLIT" 7" VINYL

FATHERS DAY "life." TAPE

HI MY NAME IS RYAN "I FEEL LIKE CRYING" CD

THE SLUGS "don't touch me, i'm too slimy!" 7"

BARRY "Neolithic Homosex b​/​w No More Boys" 7"

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Holiday Gift Ideas

12/2/2021

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I'm gonna speak candidly for a bit in this newsletter (ha! as if I am ever not writing every newsletter like a personal letter to a friend or some shit... ANYWAY!)

I hate holidays... all of them, even my birthday most years. BUT some people who are close stressed to me recently that I should take holidays more seriously and as a "business" I could/should use this holiday season to try and boost sales or something. So this newsletter is going to be all about my Related Records holiday gift suggestions.

And the reason this email is going out when it is, is because if you want to ensure you get something before "the holiday" you need to place your order before I go to the post office next on December 5th. 
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THE FUNNY UNCLES "I've Been Drugged" T-SHIRT
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This shirt comes in gold or white and features a large screen printed illustration from John-Ross Boyce from the Funny Uncles album "Writin' Songs" it includes a sticker with the same image/message and a download code for all 180 songs+jingles on the "Writin Songs" album
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The other reason this is such a fantastic gift is because the sizing is inclusive of all adult bodies ranging from Small-6XL 
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BUY 1 GET 3 SALE!

I've done this before and people seem to enjoy it! So for the rest of the year 2021 I am offering these 3 different sales, which is a fantastic way to find out about new music or introduce someone else to some cool new music. OR maybe you have a loved one who just got a record, cassette and/or CD player and you want to give them a cool boost for their brand new collection!
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Or maybe you have that one super weird friend that has an 8-track player and you want to surprise them with a new (as in made in 2015) 8-track! Check out this hidden/under rated gem. VARIOUS ARTISTS "Dick" 8-TRACK

MOOEY MOOBAU "LIVE BLOODY LIVE" CD

JACOB SMIGEL "The Carol Tapes" Cassette

I feel like the distro​ page is overlooked a lot and there is a ton of great stuff in there.
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Maybe there is only 1-2 artists on Related Records that you like, when was the last time you checked out their artist page to see if maybe I have added something related to them for sale? The artists that have the most items to choose from are

Dinosaur Love

Fathers Day

Hi My Name Is Ryan

Human Behavior

Turqouiz Noiz / Sweat Lodge

Treasure Mammal / Taurus Daddies

Maybe you wanna get something for someone who is a loving/caring human being and they don't care so much about material things? Here are some items that Related Records has to offer that benefit other people/groups.
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The HEAT IS MURDER t-shirt is $15.99 and all of that goes towards mutual aid supplies for the people of phoenix.It's available in Small-3XL
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The "I Hope This Helps" mixtape is $20 and all $20 goes to unshelteredphx which is a mutual aid group that is working to decriminalize homelessness and provide supplies for our houseless neighbors in Phoenix, AZ.

The mix tape is compiled of punk music that has helped me throughout my life.

If you show me you have donated $20 or more to this group I will send this mix tape to you as well.

Only 5 left by the way.

This "Barnard Sanders is the 46th President of the United States of America"​ sticker is $5 and all the money gets venmoed to Black and Indigenous People.

The story behind this sticker is like an inside joke gone wild. From summer 2020-summer 2021 I had a website where I sold these stickers called 46thpresident.shop.
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Anyway, I still have a ton of these, so I include them in orders, but continue to send Black and Indigenous people money monthly on Venmo.
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Did you know that there is a "Send as a Gift" feature on bandcamp? Well there is, and it's great! i've used it a handful of times to send friends a single or an album that I think they would like and tomorrow (12/03/2021) is the last Bandcamp Friday of the year and possibly ever. on Bandcamp Friday, bandcamp waves all of their fees and gives 100% of the money to the artists. It rules, and it has really helped a lot of artists get through the last 2 years because so many governments all over the world have done such a shit job of taking care of their citizens during the pandemic (Which is still a thing by the way, what the fuck?!) Anyway, I pay out the artists on Related Records twice a year for digital sales and the next time I pay everyone is coming up later this month, so if you already own something digitally, this is a great way to support your favorite artists and get them some money this month. ​
Anyway, here is what people are listening to on the RR bandcamp
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October 25th, 2021

10/25/2021

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The Best Friends Podcast.

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My best friend Emily and I have been working on a secret project for the past few months and it’s finally a reality! @thebestfriends.podcast is here! Please go follow and listen. The first episode is up now and new episodes are coming out every 1st and 3rd Friday.

For those of you that do not know, Emily and I have been making art/performing together for almost 20 years now. She was a part of the foundation for many of the bands/projects I am known for like Fathers Day, Locking Your Car Doors, The Good Shows…etc since 2005 we have had this on again/off again performance art project called “The Best Friends” and this podcast is an extension of that. We are interviewing people we admire about everything but more specifically how their relationships effect the art they make and the lives they live.

Podcast is currently available on SoundCloud and Bandcamp but will soon be available everywhere else people listen to podcasts.
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