Photo by Roy Dean Miller.

As you may know, we’ve recently begun working closely with Madison’s newest venue, the Dragonfly Lounge.  Located below the beautiful Bellini Italian Restaurant (401 E. Washington), Dragonfly has been a small space for private events since Bellini was converted from a church (built in 1897) into one of Madison’s finest Italian restaurants.  Now, the space serves as an intimate venue, and Mine All Mine has partnered with Dragonfly to fill the space.  So far, our winter series has shown that Madison is more than ready to support a new venue with friendly faces.

Read on below for videos and photos from our launch party (Pioneer, Pushmi-Pullyu, Ugly Brothers and Lovely Socialite), as well as live audio featured on WORT 89.9FM (Cap Alan, Golden Donna and Lovely Socialite).  At the end, grab some info on booking with Mine All Mine at the Dragonfly Lounge, as well as our upcoming shows (see the sidebar to the right).

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The following videos were filmed by Kieran Conor Furey-King at our winter series launch party.  We were delighted by both the turnout and Kieran’s eagerness to film some of our acts.  Check out the full set of live videos here, or check out selected videos below.

You can also view a whole slew of photos from the night by Heidi E. Johnson (of bell monks) by visiting her flickr here.

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After our successful launch party, Jim Goronson of WORT 89.9FM Madison was nice enough to come record audio for his program at the next show, featuring Cap Alan (their 2nd performance ever), Lovely Socialite and Golden Donna.  Clips from the show, as well as info about the winter series, appeared on his show the following week.  Below, you can stream or download the full, un-cut sets on our soundcloud.  Alternately, download the live tracks here on archive.org.

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All in all, we’ve seen an incredibly successful start to our relationship with the great folks at Dragonfly Lounge (the Isthmus Daily Page even wrote about us!).  Lots of hard work (particularly from Corey) and great support from our artist-friends has paid off, but we’re not done yet!  In the coming months, expect a ton more Wisconsin artists – including Butt Funnel, Fambly Fun!, Cribshitter, Chants, Dirty Jive, Another Exoneration, Temple, Myles Coyne & the Rusty Nickel Band, Pushmi-Pullyu – as well as traveling bands – including Young Jesus (& others to be confirmed).

Interested in booking with Mine All Mine?  Email John or Corey with “Booking” somewhere in the subject line.  We’re also interested in having people come document our shows in any way.  Come film, take photos, record – whatever! – but send us your documentation, and we’ll work something out.

See you soon at the Dragonfly Lounge!

To celebrate, we are setting free five releases from 2011 that were previously not available for free download.  For the next week, you can download the following five albums and EPs absolutely free!  You can still visit the download page to send some money to the artist(s), but for now, this is our gift to you.  Continue below for descriptions and download links.

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Originally given away as a mini-CDr accompanying physical copies of John Praw’s self-titled album, “John Praw: Bonus Dronus” features two droning ambient pieces that were cut from the original album.

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Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps made their recorded debut with the Debutante EP.  Over the past year, Lovely Socialite has quickly become a staple of both Madison’s experimental and jazz scenes.  Sales of this EP helped fund their upcoming full-length album.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Originally devised as the soundtrack to a hypothetical sequel to Space Jam, The Machine became an obsession for Fambly Fun! for nearly a year.  This album is the Fambly’s take on a hip-hopra, narrated by Art Paul Schlosser.

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Tom Teslik has been writing songs in Molene, IL and Madison, WI for years.  Previously of Meteorade and currently of Pushmi-Pullyu, Tom Teslik released his “It’s On The Sleeve EP” at a massively successful show at the DragonFly Lounge in the later part of 2011.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Madison/Milwaukee band Six-Gun Rhythm, featuring the Shah brothers (of Ugly Brothers) and Shane Timm, released their debut EP, full of folk-influenced rock that ranges from rocket fuel to sing-a-long.  This was one of our latest releases this year (just before Christmas), and it serves as a semi-preview of the Ugly Brothers’ music coming in 2012.

On the last day of each month this year, bell monks is releasing a new package, with music, photography and video content. This is the twelfth and final package.

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Sadsic creates glitched-out collage-style electronic hip-hop, and we’re happy to see his return to Mine All Mine Records with his best outing yet. [b. forever] comes with six tracks of body-shaking tunes featuring a plethora of guest artists (including just about everyone Sadsic knows on the track “My Friends”). This EP serves as an excellent entry point into Sadsic’s back catalog of releases. Download for free below, or purchase on Bandcamp to throw some cash his way.

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It’s no secret that Fambly Fun! celebrates Christmas over 360 days of the year, but this year, Madison’s premier goof-hop band is sending you this greeting card in the form of the Best Xmas Ever! EP. You need no further proof than this collection of fire-side carols to see that no one loves Christmas (and it’s associated holiday celebrations) more than the Fambly!

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Little Diamonds is a pop song at heart with an uplifting message. This makes it a surprisingly inviting first step into the realm of Fourteen Twentysix. The single includes an official stop motion music video by UK director Ruth Barrett, underscoring the song’s hopeful overtones.

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Madison/Milwaukee band Six-Gun Rhythm releases their debut EP, full of folk-influenced rock that ranges from rocket fuel to sing-a-long.

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In his debut release on Mine All Mine Records, amai makes fuzzy ambiance-inspired hip-hop sounds. “sweet” is decidedly rough and unforgiving, which makes the journey that much more satisfying.

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It’s sort of like a music video, but it’s more like a parkour instructional video.  Either way, check it out above to see some truly inspiring moves by C. D. Sandwich, as well as some unconventional “skillz” from Thanksgiving Boy.

Download Fambly Fun!’s album, The Machine, here.

Laska creates dark, scratchy ambient pieces that bring your focus inward. This is Laska’s first release on Mine All Mine Records.  Click below to comment and download the album, or purchase a physical copy!

COMMENT & DOWNLOAD FREE HERE.