say it ain't so! tgrecccccccccccc

UPDATE: According to AVClub, the press release looks like they will just stop the distribution-of-other-labels side of things. read this article:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/touch-go-records-goes-kaboom,23984/
so hopefully pitchfork is just a bunch of liars that don't even like the DEFINITIVE ALBUM OF 2009, NASA

so here i am today on the internet. i've been updating my dish network plan, changing some stuff, and downloading some stuff, researching, getting lots of stuff done in a little time.

anyway, i went to the pitchfork website to see their review of NASA (holy crap they hate it! but i loooooooooooove it!) and other things and then i decided to go to the touch & go website because i heard something about a man or astroman reissue that i can't find in stores. i didn't find anything about it. i did find that the mi ami album is out and i should get it. that's the new band with some dudes from black eyes in it. that came out yesterday! pick it up! i haven't yet. anyway, i was looking and reading about that and decided to go back to pitchfork to see if they had a review of that album. then i saw this:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/149244-touch-and-go-records-to-stop-releasing-new-music-shut-down-distribution

i had to double check and make sure it wasn't april fools day! i mean wtf!!! i mean touch & go is what i consider the best label putting out music! touch & go is basically the bomb. was the bomb? i made a trip out to chicago a couple years ago to go to their 25th anniversary festival! and it was the best thing ever. i am not one for record labels, but besides asian man, touch & go is the only label i ever actually cared about. because they put out SO MANY amazing albums from so many amazing bands...arrrrrrrgh. who has been on touch & go? top of my head:
man or astroman
brainiac
enon
shellac
rapeman
big black
!!!
tv on the radio
blonde redhead
scratch acid
the jesus lizard
cocorosie
calexico
don caballero
nina nastasia
mekons
the ex
just about every band worth a damn. i'm sure i've left out tons.

guys, this is the worst news in music since john lennon died (hyperbole yes, but almost true!)

just like, 4 days ago i decided to listen to nothing but touch & go music on shuffle all day. now i will do so again. even though that NASA album is awesome and i just got that m ward album. i need to pick up that mi ami album asap too. i wonder if quarterstick will still be around...i'm kinda doubtful.

i implore you, go buy up all you can! just in case they stop production of their back catalog. i recommend...just about anything on that list up there. and much more. that touch & go logo on the sealing of the cd has always been a sign of quality to me.

sad day indeed.