Once upon a time there was an idea to do a short-run split 7″ vinyl series that featured cover songs of some of the artists we love and adore. The series will be known from here on out as Disarm The Settlers, and the time is now upon us to share our very first volume. In typical Five Three Dial Tone fashion, there will be shows to celebrate these little bundles of joy, and those shows will offer limited edition versions of said bundles of joy. That’s good news for you.

Volume I of Disarm The Settlers will feature Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms along with The Kickstand Band each tackeling a pair of tracks from Dayton, Ohio‘s Guided By Voices. Funny enough, we’re doing a little label showcase type thing this coming Friday, December 16th in Dayton, Ohio. That bill will feature Detroit’s Phantasmagoria and Illy Mack, along with our label newcomers from Dayton, Astro Fang. 937 sweethearts, Roley Yuma round out the bill and fun will be had by all at Blind Bob’s. Doors at 8pm. 21+. $5.00.

This show will serve as the Dayton release party for Disarm The Settlers Vol. I, while Detroit‘s release party will be on January 14th at UHF Records in Royal Oak, MI.  The vinyl itself will feature 50 special editions, with alternate artwork and hand collaged center labels, neatly numbered and sealed with a kiss. There will be 25 DAYTON versions with cover style 1, 25 DETROIT versions with cover style 2, and all 50 will have hand collaged center labels. The records themselves are a beautiful green that ranges from seafoam to army. Immediately following the January 14th release party, any leftover special edition records will be used the fill orders and the standard version will also become available for purchase.

We’ve done this before. The last time we separated special editions between The Gem City and The Motor City, a crazy thing happened…people in Dayton wanted the Detroit version, and people in Detroit wanted the Dayton version. Your complaints did not fall on deaf ears my friends. Let’s break it down!

WHAT? Disarm The Settlers Vol. I Release Party.
WHO? Astro Fang | Phantasmagoria | Roley Yuma | Illy Mack
WHEN? Friday, December 16th. 8pm.
WHERE? Blind Bob’s – 430 East 5th Street  Dayton, OH
WHICH? 20 Dayton Versions. 5 Detroit Versions.

WHAT? Disarm The Settlers Vol. I Release Party.
WHO? Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms | The Kickstand Band
WHEN? Saturday January 14th. 4pm.
WHERE? UHF Records. 512 S. Washington Ave. Royal Oak, MI
WHICH? 20 Detroit Versions. 5 Dayton Versions.

Your first chance to purchase a copy of Belle Ghoul‘s “The Neighborhood” will be from the man himself, Christopher Tait. Monsieur Tait will have a handfull of these beautiful lavender 7″s at the Electric Six merch table, while supplies last. Click here too see if the Electric Six merch booth will be stopping in your town.

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Our fellow Detroiters-Of-Interest, Electric Six, have released a new album entitled Heartbeats and Brainwaves. While this officially has nothing to do with Five Three Dial Tone Records, please continue reading and be amazed at how we will take any opportunity to associate ourselves with successful people.

The point of all this is we want to keep you updated on artists we’ve worked with. We hope you’ve enjoyed the music we’ve released from them and we hope that you follow them wherever they may be doing music and stuff. We also hope you make it to an Electric Six show soon because only 300 copies of this 7″ exist. Godspeed.

We’re pleased to announce that songs from THREE of our releases have been included in the latest Substream Likes compilation: Deastro‘s “Spritle”, Lettercamp‘s “I Know” and Illy Mack‘s “Squirrels”. Substream is an indie-electro pop label from Gothenburg, Sweden. Among other things, they are the label that will be releasing Lettercamp‘s next single and album in Europe, as well as the European Edition of Lettercamp‘s debut, Raccoon Panda.

Substream Likes Vol 2 is released September 23, but we invite you to preview all of the tracks right now:

Belle Ghoul:
Christopher Tait (Electric Six) of Hamtramck, MI and Jesse Paris Smith (daughter of Patti and Fred “Sonic” Smith) of Manhattan.



Listen to the debut of Belle Ghoul‘s “(Out Of) The Neighborhood” this Friday (September 2, 2011) on Modern Music with Jon Moshier (WDET 101.9FM). The show airs on Friday from 9-11pm and is repeated again on Sunday from 2-4pm.

“(Out Of) The Neighborhood” is the A-side to the upcoming Belle Ghoul 7″, slated for a September-October-ish release. Keep your eye on this space for official release, presale and companion Prelude To A Miss Volume VI: Belle Ghoul news updates.

This Saturday, Five Three Dial Tone Records will release a Phantasmagoria 7″ and cassette.

Prelude To A Miss Volume V (PTAM-014)
1. Heart of Gold
2. Empty Houses
3. Séance
4. Something Big (Live)
5. Indian Burial Ground (Early Instrumental Cut)
6. Bats! (Early Instrumental Cut)
7. Séance (JCM x Midnight Sneak Remix)
8. Jon Zott – Rise & Shine (Phantasmagoria Remix)
9. Caribou – Sun (Phantasmagoria’s Moon Remix)

Amalgamation 7″ (FTDT-015)
A: Amalgamation
B: Take It To The Moon

The release show for these will take place at The Belmont in Hamtramck on Saturday, May 21 with live performances by Phantasmagoria, Lightning Love, Coyote Clean Up and Nightlife.

No cover charge. 18+. Doors at 9pm.

The first 50 copies of the Amalgamation 7″ sold will be on glow-in-the-dark vinyl and have alternate artwork. Vinyl is $5 and cassettes are $3.

For anyone wondering what happened to the Dream Affair 7″ and cassette, the band has signed to AVANT! Records and will be using both “405″ and “Open The Door” as tracks on their upcoming full-length LP. Be sure to check that out when it’s released later this year.

Next up on Five Three Dial Tone Records, we have a 7″ and cassette from Phantasmagoria. If you’re unfamiliar with Chris and Lianna and the electronic psychedelic pop sound they’re responsible for, check out the Metro Times cover story and their Bandcamp page. We’re super excited about this and we’ll have more details about the release and the release show in the coming weeks. In preparation, just make sure you have some free space set aside in the Glow-In-The-Dark section of your vinyl collection.

Lettercamp and Chapstik have both uploaded their take on classic White Stripes songs to bandcamp. Do you want to hear them? Of course you do!