You found us, even with that quirky little dash between the FLEA and MARKETING.
If you don't know why you're here, it´s because you were probably looking for a website about flea markets, or a way to market fleas. That´s your problem. This Flea-Marketing website lets you know we work and promote amazing records by amazing musicians on amazing record labels. We mean what we say, and we love what we do.
Come on inside and feel the Amazingness-ery that is Flea-Marketing.
NEW STORES CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR INFO08/17/10
Just when you thought we couldn't be any more advanced, here we are living in the future of 2006 with our own brand new Facebook and Twitter accounts! So add us, follow us, favorite us or any other appropriate gestures that you can think of and we'll see you on the interwebs.
06/08/10
New tour dates are up in our TOUR section. Check out our new current projects and featured tour. More updates to follow to our media section,
04/27/10
We've been CRAZY busy over here at Flea! Check out our Current Projects section to see why. New tour dates up as soon as we can.
02/09/10
Our eNewsletters are now up under our Media Section. Be sure to check out our past and most recent newsletters. Catch a spelling error and win a prize! (We made Chris go back and fix all of his mistakes the past year). New Featured Tour and Featured Artist to the right of this page. Tour dates are up in our Tour Section. You can click "HERE" to take a look-see. More updates soon.
01/21/10
New tour dates are up in our Tour Section. You can click "HERE" to take a look-see. More updates soon, plus a new page featuring our eNewletters.
12/04/09
We're winding down for the year and what a great year it was! We're sure that next year is going to be even better. Check out our tour section for shows during the holiday season. Expect many updates for the upcoming year. With lots of love from all of us from Flea <3
09/14/09
Lots of amazing projects are being added everyday here at Flea. Be sure to check out our featured project, Sea Wolf, and our featured tour, David Bazan and Say Hi. Just click on the pictures to the right ----> and follow the links to more goodness. Also, we're rearranging our media page to bring you tons of videos so check back soon!
07/08/09
New updates to our banner section under our Media Page including new Keegan Dewitt banners. Also, check out our Tour Section for new summer dates and an updated band list. More updates to our video section and our current project section will be up by the end of this week.
06/15/09
Here's a short list of what your store can look forward to in the coming weeks: Young Fresh Fellows, The Minus 5, Peggy Sue, Starlight Mints, Trevor Giuliani, Bad Veins, The Features, and Ramona Falls. Check back frequently as we are adding tour dates, videos, review, banners, and more! We told you this summer was going to be full of awesome release goodness. Additional goodness to come...
05/11/09
New updates to our banner section under our Media Page. Also, check out our Tour Section. We've added tons of summer tour dates so don't miss anyone that comes to your town.
04/07/09
Today is the day! The Eulogies release is here. Does your store want VALUE ADDS for Eulogies or Siversun Pickups?? Send us an email and we'll send you DOWNLOAD CARDS for Eulogies and Silversun BONUS TRACKS. Also, we've added a page to our Media Section. Head on over to get banners for your store's website/blog/myspace. Just copy the codes in the text box below the banner you want and paste it in your site's code. Current banners up are Other Lives and Amazing Baby. More to come soon.
04/01/09
WOW! Long time no update. Now we've got SXSW behind us and a ton of new projects and tours. Use the Nav bar above to search around what's new. A big shout out to our new friends at Yep Roc, we'll be working all of their indie retail. Stay tuned, lots of new things coming your way
02/20/09
Remember when we told you our friends in Barsuk hooked up with Say Hi and they're putting out a record? If not, it's right below this update... That record has been offically sent to stores to check out. It's avialable March, 3rd through Red Eye. We're sure you'll be as pleased as we were. More big projects on the way (can anyone say new Silversun Pickups, and a new Metric?) Also, we're going to start doing a lot of stuff for TBD records (Other Lives, White Rabbits, Hatcham Social, etc.) Keep an eye out, more to come shortly.
01/28/09
So we're almost through the first month of 2009. It's already been a busy year... so far we have a new president who's wasting no time in getting things done, we have great records coming out like Howlies new release 'Trippin' With' and Deer Tick on vinyl, and we have a great new partnership between our two very good friends Say Hi and Barsuk. Yup, that's a pretty good start to a pretty good year. For those of you who didn't get our newsletter (and you totally should by emailing us: chris@flea-marketing.com) you are probably already aware that vinyl is becoming the next Sparks Caffinated Malt Liquor (AJ's favorite). 1.88 Million vinyl records were sold last year, more than any other year in the history of SoundScan. Two out of every three vinyl records were sold at independent record stores. Crazy, right? The vinyl crowd is getting younger, so don't miss out.
01/12/09
The Pretenders are going on tour?!? Yeah, it's been a long time coming. Their last U.S. headlining tour was in 2003. Check out the TOUR page to find out where you can catch them live. Howlies will be releasing an album the beginning of February on Over Under Records. It will be available through Red Eye distribution. And we here at Flea would like to take a moment to announce SAY HI is releasing a new records March 3rd. Better yet, they signed on with our good friends at BARSUK RECORDS. Two long-term Flea friendships (and occasional drinking partners) have come together for the best of causes.
01/05/09
Back in the saddle and ready for another amazing year. We can't tell you too much, but we can say that there's a ton of really exciting things in the works for the new year. check back often for updates as new tours shape up and new records are completed
12/01/08
It's the Holday Season!!! We've moved our web hosting so we've lost a few of our recent updates : ( but you can head over to our current projects section to see what we're working on as we wrap up the year. Our tour section is updated so you can see who's coming to your town. Check it!
11/05/08
It's the day after elections, and we here at Flea are exhausted from a long night of crossing our fingers, recreational drinking, and generally having a hell of a time. (AJ is very sensitive to loud noises and lights today). We are excited to announce the upcoming release of the Nada Surf vinyl box set, due out November 25th from our friends at Barsuk. There's only 1,000 of these out there - worldwide. That leaves only about 300 for sale in the US! We know we'll be getting them while we can. These box sets are fully loaded with all 5 of their studio LPs, a repressing of the first 7" single, full 24 page lyric and photo book, download codes for the MP3's, and tons of other goodies.
Ever heard of Brother Von Doom? They're a metal band brought to you by our friends at Deathcote (Dovecote's meaner side). Their video just premiered HERE. It's full-on warfare, and definitely a must see.
Check out our TOUR PAGE for new updates. 'Tis the season for a lot of incredible shows.
10/16/08
My one question for you today... DO YOU LIKE FALL?!? Cause we sure as hell do. Up here in New Hampshire the leaves are changing and were starting to drink a lot of Vodka.. err Hot Apple Cider. Be sure to check out a lot of cool stuff that we have sent you lately including The Dears, Golden Animals, and The Pretenders. We have also brought the METAL to Flea-Marketing with two new releases on Deathcote Records. You may have heard of Don The Reader, they released a Free EP last year online and are back this year with a full length entitled "Humanesque". This CD is for fans of Dillinger Escape Plan and Coalesce. The second album "Relentless" is by the band Brother Von Doom. Be sure to bring in a copy or 2 as both bands are currently touring constantly. We'll check back later in the fall!
07/15/08
Enjoying the summer? I know we have been! Here at the Flea offices we may have no windows but we sure do enjoy the nice cool A/C. We have a lot of cool stuff coming out as of late including Darker My Love "2" on August 5th. We have some sweet looking puzzles for value ads so be sure to hit us up if you want a few! Have a great summer and enjoy the music.
05/28/08
We hope that you all are enjoying the packages that we are sending you lately. We have some great albums that we are working on by artists like Mates of State, Love Psychedelico, Band Marino, and The Jealous Girlfriends. We have plenty or promo material to go around so if you need ANYTHING please send one of us an email and we can get some stuff out to you ASAP!
03/12/08
We haven't updated you for a while and that certaintly isn't a good thing. We have been very busy working on a bunch of new records for artists such as Nada Surf, Eric Avery, Chris Walla, and Jim Noir. If your at SXSW be sure to email AJ or Grant to meet up and say HI!
08/06/07
OOOOH BOY! Viva Voce are going out on tour with Jimmy Eat World! Click here for dates!!!
08/16/07
About a Son, a film comprised of
beautiful, meditative images of Kurt Cobain's Washington State towns
and Cobain's own voice, has screenings listed below. The soundtrack, a
veritable mixed tape of the music that most influenced Cobain is
available on Barsuk (ADA) on 09/11/07.
The movie will be playing
for at least a week at all these locations, and because it's a
theatrical release, there will be multiple showtimes. Ticket giveaways
are happening on WFMU in NYC, WXPN in Philly, Live 105 in San
Francisco/ Berkeley, and KDHX in St. Louis.
10/03/07 NEW YORK, NY IFC
10/05/07 LOS ANGELES, CA Nuart
10/10/07 SEATTLE, WA Special Screening for The End Listeners
10/12/07 SEATTLE, WA Varsity
10/12/07 LOS ANGELES, CA Fairfax Cinemas
10/12/07 PASADENA, CA Academy Cinemas
10/19/07 PHILADELPHIA, PA Ritz
10/19/07 SALT LAKE CITY, UT Broadway Centre Cinemas
10/20/07 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Delancy Screening Room- Noisepop
10/26/07 AMHERST, MA Amherst Cinema Arts Center
10/26/07 WASHINGTON, DC E Street
10/27/07 BELLINGHAM, WA Pickford Cinema
11/02/07 NASHVILLE, TN Belcourt
11/02/07 ST. LOUIS, MO Tivoli
11/02/07 DENVER, CO Starz
11/02/07 CAMBRIDGE, MA Kendall Square Cinema
11/02/07 SPRINGFIELD, MO Moxie Cinema
11/09/07 OMAHA, NE Films Streams
11/09/07 COLUMBIA, SC Nickelodeon Theatre
11/09/07 BOSTON, MA Kendall Square Cinema
11/16/07 ATLANTA, GA Plaza Theatre
11/30/07 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Lumiere Theatre
11/30/07 BERKELEY, CA Shattuck Theatre
11/30/07 AUSTIN, TX Dobie Theatre
11/30/07 TUSCON, AZ Loft Cinema
08/06/07
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are appearing
tomorrow on Good
Morning America!! Little could bode better for this band than a
national TV appearance on the release date.Woohoo!
07/16/07
The Cribs released an LP a few weeks ago, exclusive
to indie
record stores. The CD release date is tomorrow, 7/17 and it's getting
some great attention from folks like Rolling Stone, who say "their
third album is a holler-along Brit-punk gem." Lee Ranaldo (Sonic
Youth) lends some vocals and Alex Kapranos (Franz
Ferdinand) produced the record.
07/02/07
We moved last week. The office has been moved to beautiful downtown
Portsmouth, where we can all-too-easily get a latte if we so wish.
Actually and coincidentally, we can peek out the window at the record
store here in town and make creepy phone calls to them about what
they're wearing while they're outside smoking cigarettes. We plan on
taking full advantage of our situation here. So that's 10 Vaughan Mall
Suite 1 in Portsmouth, NH. Mark that down.
We hope your 4th of July explodes with a heavy dose of "awesome."
03/21/07
Holy cannoli! Everyone's favorite doctor drama (next to Doogie Howser
M.D) GREY'S ANATOMY will be featuring not one but two songs from Let's Go Sailing
this Thursday, March 22nd at 9/8c.
¨Sideways¨ and ¨All I Want From You is Love¨ will appear in an episode
entitled ¨My Favorite Mistake¨ which airs THIS THURSDAY, March 22nd at
9/8c.
And, it gets better... ¨Sideways¨ will actually close out the episode
and run almost in its entirety over a montage. The Chaos In
Order is Let's Go Sailing's
resplendent full-length debut and the copy we sent you is probably
arriving to you as we speak. It's coming out next Tuesday, March 27th
on Yardley Pop/GR2 Records and you can get it through Fontana.
02/21/07
We saw the one am radio
this weekend, and they were just great. They played with a simple
setup- Hrishi with his computer and guitar and pretty voice, 2 tenor
saxophone players, and an upright bass. Sooooo beautiful. We hope you
brought in plenty of his records and that you see him when he comes
around.
02/14/07
Happy Valentine's Day. We got you something real special, too. Viva
Voce has extended their tour with The Shins.
Check out the tour dates, which are updated regularly here.
Want to be reminded of their greatness? Check out the Viva Voce e-card
and see why The Shins like to have them along for
the ride.
02/01/07
We're really proud here in little Portsmouth, New Hampshire of a wee
project called the RPM Challenge.
So far, over 2000 bands from all over the world have signed up to take
on the task- which is to write and record 10 songs or 35 minutes of
music in the 28 days of February. You've most likely received a poster
from us, and this is what it's all about.
01/18/07
One word. Menomena.
This morning we woke up
to see Menomena on the tippity top of the Pitchfork main page with an
8.5 rating. We're talking about real praise, here. Gung-ho statements
about how it "has possibly the most brilliantly executed cover art of
the decade," and that "Friend and Foe follows
through on the potential of their unique sound, proving their wildly
great debut was no fluke."
Go see the Menomena e-card. It's
amazing.
01/02/07
We sure do hope everyone had a great holiday season, and that your
stores were bustlin' with record buyers. Jo survived the temperate
landscapes of Jamaica. AJ survived the New Year's Eve party at his
house. Sparky survived... well, himself really. Anne survived the
654984 members of her gigantic Irish-Catholic family.
So
what's up with 2007? We've got new stuff flying at you from Menomena,
Million Billion, Softlightes, Eleni Mandell, The One AM Radio, Canon,
and Dr. Dog in the next couple of weeks alone. We're hoping for a great
year to come. Let us know if you need anything!
11/06/06
AJ made it back alive from CMJ in NYC. He sent Anne
a text message at a million o' clock on Saturday night, informing her
that the Dangerbird Showcase was outta control. Sweet.
Remember to check the tour dates on this website. You want to get into
one of these shows? Contact us! We can probably get you in there
sippin' Crystal like a VIP P.I.M.P.
The Slip's "Eisenhower" (Bar None) and the Shortbus Soundtrack (Team
Love) are out tomorrow. The Slip's tour dates will be updated on this
site as we get news.
OOOOOOH! And one more thing- The Fast Food Nation Sountrack comes out
next Tuesday, with lots of tasty tracks from folks like Spoon, Friends
of Dean Martinez, Dr. Dog, Nortec Collective, The Capitol Years, La
Sinfonia, Elvis Perkins, Robbers on High Street, Secretary Bird,
Monsieur Leroc, and The T-Bones. Check out their myspace page-
www.myspace.com/fastfoodnationsoundtrack and keep our eye out for a
copy from us in the mail.
10/24/06
So, Anne and Jo visited our good friends, Nada Surf
this weekend in Boston as they played at the Head of the Charles
Regatta's Row-a-palooza. Noteworthy moments- a mom and her small child
knew all the words to all the songs and sang together, people were
waiting in line to answer questions in exchange for free pants from
Nautica, there were more free samples of food than you could shake a
stick at, a rare French translation of "Fruit Fly" a la Daniel done
with pout, and a great fall day.
Sparta's "Threes" hits stores today!
10/19/06
We want to be on your email lists! If you're a retail store that sends
updates or email blasts, we'd love to get them. Add all the contacts in
the "Contact Us" section pretty please. We love to be on the up and up.
09/26/06
We're about to take on the new Sparta record, and are pleased as
peaches to do it. They're on Hollywood now, and there's already a bit
of buzz about "Threes," out on October 10.
07/28/06
Mates of State just added a BUNCH of tour dates, and Nada Surf are
headed out with Guster pretty soon. Don't forget to check the "Bands on
Tour" section... we update every couple of days.
07/17/06
Would you like 5 copies of one of our projects for a listening station?
We aim to please, and have clean copies we'd love to share. Give us a
call and we'll accomodate.
Also, don't forget that next Tuesday is a big day for releases- The Long Winters, Silversun Pickups, Gran Bel Fisher, and Say Hi to Your Mom hit the shelves!
06/26/06
So we're crusing the channels the other day and see
our crap all over TV's junk. Nada Surf doing a Chase commercial with a
cover of "All You Need is Love," Silversun Pickups' familiar dissonant
guitar sounds in a car commercial, and Jim Noir's pretty voice in an
Adidas commercial that was played a kagillion times. Anne would know.
She's got World Cup Fever.
06/22/06
Haven't been on this site in a while? There have
been oodles of updates, and now this can be a viable tool for you, dear
reader, to know just what the heck we're up to. Welcome. Look around.