What a great month for Local 518!

Troy, NY - May 23rd, 2008: It's been over a year and a half since the Upstate NY indie label Collar City Records released its last recording. Stepping back into action, the label now plans to roll out a new release each Tuesday throughout the month of June 2008.

The following represents the lineup of artists and their respective release dates:

June 3 – Matthew Loiacono - "Kentucky"

June 10 – Ike Snopes - "Reshaping a Dream"

June 17 – Princess Mabel - "Listen Quick ('cause I don't know much)"

June 24 – Ben Karis-Nix - "We Are Giants Now" EP

Each album will be released digitally via iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3 and directly through the Collar City Records online store. Throughout the month of June, folks may purchase the bundle of four albums for $20.00 including shipping (a $15 savings!).

“The Collar City Bundle is about sharing like-minded music and presenting a curated picture of our area’s brilliant musicians and songwriters,” says Matthew Loiacono, co-founder of Collar City Records. “This batch of recordings continues Collar City's tradition of releasing albums whose creators are directly involved with producing and engineering their own work but avoid the 'lo-fi sound' tag that is often associated with self-recording.”

The month of new releases will culminate with a triple CD release show on Friday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m., at Amrose & Sable Gallery (306 Hudson Ave. Albany, NY) and will feature musicians Ike Snopes, Princess Mabel, and Ben Karis-Nix. Also, for those who missed Matthew Loiacono’s “Kentucky” CD release show in April, an expanded encore performance featuring Loiacono’s Upstate Kentucky Choir will take place on June 29 at 7:00 p.m. at Caffé Lena (47 Phila St. Saratoga Springs, NY).