Author Archives: 128 Records

Sleep-ins Crack CMJ Charts

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Indie rockers the Sleep-ins just wrapped up their US tour with the news that they had entered the CMJ Top 200 chart, a quite difficult task given that at any moment there are approximately 2 billion acts (give or take) that are gunning for the College Music Journal’s illustrious top 200. Seriously.

What’s next for the Australian-English-American confab? A new record, perhaps? Well, guitarist Mike Johnson will be back to work on his other projects, kingsizemidget and Titans of Ahm! — projects on which Sleep-ins guitarist/singer Chad Corley has been known to make an appearance. Chad will himself be working up new solo material as lonesomerobot and dredging up some raydons oldies but weirdies with drummer pal Heath Metzger [Mock Orange] and the multi-talented James Butler [Catnip for Clones, Jimmy the Wigwam]. Stefan Pope is back to old Blighty for some tea and biscuits, and Josh Schuberth remains in Sydney as the drummer for every good band in Australia.

Keep an eye on this page for more Sleep-ins news!

Claude Hay Featured on NPR, Hits Highs on Charts

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128 Records artist Claude Hay has been tearing it up lately, hitting the top ten on the Billboard Blues chart, top five on the MediaGuide radio airplay chart, and making top five in sales on both iTunes and Amazon MP3. He also did well on the Roots Music Report blues chart, shooting up to #21 worldwide and #1 in his native Australia.

A bit more fantastic was the feature on NPR’s Weekend Edition, where Claude talked about his album Deep Fried Satisfied, his music, and his love of fried food. Look for Claude to be coming to the USA and Europe in the Spring of 2011!