Maria and her minions have finished tracking and mixing a new collection of songs. A new Organos record is forthcoming! Nick Peterson is mastering it at this very moment. Details to come!

Maria Laying Down Bottom

This weekend–October 8 and 9–will mark the opening of Minus Sound Research 5 (local musicians making visual art) with a bang. This is the fifth anniversary of a fantastic art show that Maria Albani (of Organos) and John Harrison (of North Elementary) have assembled. Eight bands, featuring members who contributed to this year’s Minus Sound Research installation, will play at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro.

Friday, October 8
The Moaners
The Kingsbury Manx
Free Electric State
Birds & Arrows

Saturday, October 9
Americans In France
Shark Quest
North Elementary
Organos

Tickets are $10 ($12 day of) for each of the 8 p.m. shows, though an all-weekend pass can be purchased for $13 ($15 day of). All proceeds benefit The ArtsCenter. Visit www.artscenterlive.org for more information. There is a fantastic write-up of MSR5 over at the Independent Weekly online.

Viva Cohen of Jett Rink

Enjoy!

Link: http://vimeo.com/15435487

Music by Anna Bullard. Directed by Colin Rich, who heads the Pacific Star photography series and has worked with Charlyne Yi (Paper Heart) and Keith Apicary (Upright Citizens Brigade), among others.

Grab your copy of Anna Bullard’s Split Heart early! The official release date is 19 October 2010.

Anna Bullard
Split Heart
POXCD29
$10

A la Billy Sugarfix.

Mark your calendars! Saturday September 18, 2010 there will be a PWE showcase at Pinhook!

Bands include:

The Flute Flies
Billy Sugarfix
Anna Bullard (CD Release!)
Organos
Felix Obelix
Nathan Oliver (solo)

The show doubles as a CD release show for Anna Bullard’s debut LP Split Heart. Her forthcoming CD is free with admission.

Stay tuned for more info!

Billy Sugarfix will perform songs at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens from 2009′s Summer Tempests in this fantastic and quirky quintet. The show starts at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, July 28, 2010.

Buy tickets here.

Hey friends! Pox World Empire has been in the press recently. Check out the links below.

• Anna Bullard – Charlotte’s Bullard Makes Honest Folk (The Daily Tarheel)
• Billy Sugarfix – Gimme Five! Billy Sugarfix (The Carrboro Citizen)
• Felix Obelix – Aging Is Hard (The Independent Weekly)
• Felix Obelix – Snapshots of Sound (The Daily Tarheel)
• Organos – Gimme Five! Maria Albani of Organos (The Carrboro Citizen)

Enjoy!

Also I found this image online.

(Prices include shipping!)

Felix Obelix
The Tick of the Clock…
POXCD28
$10

Organos
The Limbs EP
POXCD27
$8

Seedhill Bruiser
Seedhill Folk Songs
POXCD26
$10

Felix Obelix will celebrate the release of The Tick of the Clock, the Beat in the Chest on Saturday February 27 at Nightlight with the Strugglers. Come out! The CD will be available by pre-sale in the Pox Store. Keep checking in for updates.