• BRAND NEW BEAT! Artwork, Track Listing, Release Date!

KB Band LIVE on Serious Business • Brand New Beat Vinyl

Back in August the band did a super fun in studio performance and interview for Serious Business on BreakThru Radio! We played some new songs too! It came out really great! Have a look here:

Kurt Baker - Serious Business on BTR [ep96]
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VINYL of “Brand New Beat” has arrived!

You can grab the wax at these fine locations:

Jolly Ronnie Records

Collector’s Club Records

Interpunk.com

“BRAND NEW BEAT” RELEASE PARTY IS THIS WEEKEND!

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9TH @ The Plough and the Stars, Cambridge, MA
w/ ZIPGUN BOMBER. 10PM $5

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10th @ Empire Dine & Dance, Portland, ME
w/ THE PONTIFFS, THE DEE CRACKS, SPRUCE BRINGSTEEN
+++ **Special appearance by The New Technicians (feat. Local Punk/Rock N’ Roll Legends Kip Brown, Steve McGrath, Pete Webber)**
9PM $5

Hope to see everybody at the shows!

“Brand New Beat” REVIEWED!

“Brand New Beat” will be out in a few weeks, and an advance copy got on the desk of the writers of Critical Mass Music Blog, and they wrote a rave review! Check it out below and don’t forget to PRE-ORDER the vinyl via Jolly Ronnie Records here:

Pre-Order “Brand New Beat” on Interpunk!

and don’t forget to get a t-shirt!

Jolly Ronnie Records HQ

REVIEW : “Brand New Beat” on Critical Mass Blog. Oct. 2012

“Kurt Baker pumps out records like old people pump coins into the slot machines at the casino. The only difference is that, unlike the slots, you can almost bet your last nickel that Kurt’s record is gonna be a winner! And he’s made the record of his career with his soon to be released full length, “Brand New Beat”.

“Hit The Ground” kicks things off in high gear. Catchy guitar riffs aplenty, lots of background harmonies and another amazing sing along chorus shows that this guy KNOWS how to write hit after hit. There are your typical power pop gems that Kurt’s known for, like “Everybody Knows”, “Weekend Girls” and “Qualified”. But what may come as a surprise is that there is a nice pair of slow, heart string tugging ballads.

The acoustic ballad “She’s Not Sorry” is one of the best ballads I’ve heard in quite some time. It’s a Dear John letter style song that shows off Kurt’s ability to slow things down and get serious for a little while. Hey, even the biggest party animals have a soft spot. And Kurt’s no different. The way the acoustic guitars and organ play off each other, it’s pure heaven. The other ballad being “How Many Times”, which is piano based and features a 70′s soft rock beat and feel. Again, not something you would expect from a Kurt Baker record. But it’s a pleasant surprise none the less.

This is the album Kurt Baker was born to make. It’s nothing you were expecting and everything you’ve wanted all wrapped up in a tight little package. With his masterpiece upon us, I have to ask…where will Kurt Baker go from here? If the world is listening and there’s room for one more rock star out there, then superstardom isn’t far from reach for this young man.

5 / 5 stars”

“Don’t Go Falling In Love” Single!

Here’s the very first single off “Brand New Beat” called “Don’t Go Falling In Love”

Kurt Baker "Don't Go Falling In Love" (Brand New Beat 2012)
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You can now PRE-ORDER the vinyl form Interpunk.com here: “Brand New Beat” pre-order via Interpunk
Jolly Ronnie Records, who will be releasing the vinyl stateside is also including awesome postcard style download codes with every release, which you can download and then send in the mail to a friend who can also download the new record! Also, randomly packaged are 27 signed and numbered inserts.. so maybe grab two?? ;)

Our friends over at Torrezenetes Entertainment in Spain will be handeling the vinyl release in Spain for “Brand New Beat”, but also we’d like to announce that our friends in France, Dirty Witch Records will be releasing “Brand New Beat” on CD in France.. which also comes with BONUS TRACKS! You can grab the CD here:
Dirty Witch Records – French “Brand New Beat” Edition

Also, check out this 4/5 review of “Want You Around” on the Critical Mass Blog!
REVIEW : “Want You Around” on Critical Mass Blog. Sept. 2012

More news soon!

Rockin’ For A Living – OUT NOW!


HELLO FRIENDS! It’s an exciting day! Today “Rockin’ For A Living” is released! I’m really happy with how this record turned out, and I hope you dig it! Put it on at a party, or when your jogging to work.. even playing in your canoe. I don’t really give and F, just listen to it and enjoy! :-)

But first before you do ANYTHING else.. my friends over at Tasty Dudes Films put together a fun clip for the first single off the record.. it’s SNAZZY!
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “DON’T STEAL MY HEART AWAY : http://vimeo.com/30998236

You can now buy “Rockin’ For A Living” from :

Bandcamp: http://kurtbaker.bandcamp.com/album/rockin-for-a-living

Itunes/Amazon : http://oglio.com/kurt-baker-rockin

Interpunk : http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=197161&

Vinyl @ Stardumb : http://www.stardumbrecords.com/store.html

Here’s what the Shake Some Action Blog had to say about the new record:

Listen up, friends: Portland, Maine’s Kurt Baker is the man. Imagine for a moment that Elvis Costello wasn’t an aging millionaire but a young up-and-coming songwriter with big hair and even bigger tunes, channeling the Ramones and Cheap Trick along with a healthy helping of Stiff-era British guitar pop. Kurt’s powerful pipes are eerily reminiscent of the early Costello at his poppiest, and today is the day that his record Rockin’ For A Living is finally unleashed on the world.

I’ve featured Mr. Baker here on the blog before, and it’s obvious he worships at the same altar this very blog was created to evangelise. Next week Kurt and his band (featuring another favourite of the blog, Mr. Geoff Useless on guitar) are heading out on a massive European tour. (If they were coming to the UK, you can bet your bottom dollar that I’d be there front and centre.) Not only is he a great singer and songwriter, he’s a stand-up fellow and he deserves all the acclaim and success that’s due to come his way. Check his site for all the tour dates and info on the record, which needs to be in your collection.

Cheers!

-Kurt

It’s Party Time!

Wooowee!

What a fun time in NYC. For our first ever CMJ showcase, it was quite the time! Thank you to all our friends and fans for coming out and dancing! After the show we stayed up realllll late and partied at Lady Gaga’s Boyfriends bar. It was super smokey. Yikes! Ultra cool Thin Lizzy light hanging above the bar though! Check out this video from our show:

Kurt Baker Band Live at CMJ – Sullivan Hall, NYC 10/20/11

“Rockin’ For A Living” is out THIS Tuesday, Oct. 25th! You’ll be able to get the record at all MP3 retailers and our bandcamp.. as well as Interpunk.com and mail order for Vinyl through Stardumb Records and Torezenetes Entertainment! Our hometown Album release party will be Nov. 25th @ Geno’s Rock Club in Portland, ME.

We’re giving away a free track to! Head back to www.kurtbakermusic.com and look at the left hand top corner to receive a free download of “Can’t Have Her Back”!

Lastly…

The folks over at Oglio records have figured out a way to combine the retro coolness of the Cassette tape, with the slick new age technology of the MP3 and Wav file to bring you… KB USB Drive Cassettes! We’ll have a few of these for sale in Europe.. They include both my solo releases, “Got It Covered” and “Rockin’ For A Living” in MP3 and Wav, plus tons of art, video and more! Rad!

Ciao!
-Kurt