Nine Mile

01/04/2025

Happy New Year everyone!
While Nine Mile Records has been mostly quiet the past 2 years, I’ve turned my energy toward two new projects, both of which are up for Austin Music Awards this year!
RADIO EAST is a new music venue. We won Best New Venue last year in our first year open, and now we’re up for best overall music venue alongside legendary rooms like Mohawk, Continental Club, Antone’s, and Hotel Vegas!

Spaceflight Records is a non-profit record label that is changing the landscape of how artists release their music by leveraging donations and grants to offer more equitable contracts and a radically higher % of royalties to our artists while allowing them to retain full ownership of their music.

Both categories are in the Music Industry section of the Austin Chronicle ‘s poll. Take a couple minutes and give us a nod if you’re so inclined.

❤️❤️❤️

12/22/2024

Sunday moodz.

10/24/2024

A huge thank you to and all of the performers last night (esp ) for the gorgeous tribute to Don Heffington and our latest release “Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’”

It was so wonderful to hear all of the stories about Don, and to bask in renditions of his songs by all of these fabulous players.

You can stream the record on all platforms, and purchase it on CD or LP from our page.

10/09/2024

In anticipation of our next release - Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin: A Tribute To Don Heffington - Sara and Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) are graciously making their Oct 23 Watkins Family Hour show at Largo in LA a celebration of Don and his music.

Over the 20 years that Sean & Sara have hosted their variety-style show, Don was a frequent collaborator. Other guests, who also appear on the record, will be there to sing Don’s songs, including Jackson Browne, Willie Watson, and Inara George.

Tickets: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/watkins-family-hour-tribute-to-don-heffington/619131?afflky=LargoAtTheCoronet&source=ev

We hope to see you there!

09/27/2024

つしまみれ　tsushimamire on tour now in the USA. New Date Added - September 30th at Revolution Hall in Portland, OR with Jack White Boom. See you there.

09/19/2024

We’re thrilled to announce the 2nd single from the forthcoming record Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’, the upcoming tribute album to the late musician Don Heffington: “Fired Again” by Buddy Miller.

The single drops tomorrow, but you can check out a sneak preview at Magnet Magazine (link in bio).

Miller first met the late Don Heffington in the 1980s through Victoria Williams. “He became my favorite drummer and the coolest person I knew—those two things still remain,” says Miller, a multi-talented producer, guitarist and sideman known for his work with Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris and a host of others.

The 72-year-old Miller is of the same generation as Heffington, who lost his battle with leukemia in 2021 at age 70. Kicking off his illustrious career as the drummer for ’80s alt-country pioneers Lone Justice, Heffington went on to work with the likes of Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, the Jayhawks, Emmylou Harris, Vic Chesnutt, Elvis Costello and countless others. Miller learned about his friend’s talents away from the kit years after the two first met.

Calling from the hospital, Heffington asked Miller to take on “Fired Again” for Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’. Available October 18 via Nine Mile/Clover Music Group, the LP features a diverse slate of talent, from Jackson Browne, Dave Alvin and Eleni Mandell to Peter Case, John C. Reilly and Fiona Apple. Victoria Williams also makes an appearance—and proceeds from Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’ benefit her Sweet Relief organization, which supports musicians and industry workers in need.

Written by Heffington with Soul Coughing’s Sebastian Steinberg, “Fired Again” is a true-blue honky-tonk weeper. For his version, Miller rounded up longtime John Prine bassist Dave Jacques and veteran session drummer Bryan Owings. Grammy-winning producer Steve Fishell adds pedal steel.

“I got players who loved him,” Miller says. “That was easy. Everybody loved Don. I’m not sure I did him justice, but it was meaningful. And I sure miss him.”

09/12/2024

A lot of you know that I’m involved pretty deeply with a new venue in Austin -

As we quickly approach the venue’s one-year anniversary, we have some massive news:

We are adding a brand new, larger stage to increase our concert capacity to 2500 and just announced our first show on it.

& more will be bringing their NOLA sounds on November 2 for Being There 3: a full day celebration and fundraiser for The Other Ones Foundation!

is an organization that provides services for Austin’s horseless population, from lodging to meals, to employment services, they do incredible work!

GA tickets are only $10 (not a misprint) so please make plans to support this frantic organization and celebrate our new expansion ❤️❤️

09/06/2024

Bandcamp Friday is back!

We’re thrilled that one of our favorite online retailers has re-instituted these monthly events where they waive their fees and more money goes to musicians and indie labels.

To celebrate, we’re offering a FREE Nine Mile t shirt to anyone who orders more than $20 worth of music or merch today.

To redeem, simply click “add a message” when placing your order and specify the shirt color (charcoal blue or mint green) and the shirt size.

This offer is good for pre-orders of our next release “Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’: A Tribute To Don Heffington feat. Songs by Jackson Browne, Fiona Apple, Buddy Miller, Dave Alvin, and more!

Offer valid while shirt supplies last

Go to: https://ninemilerecords.bandcamp.com

08/28/2024

The best damn rock band on the planet つしまみれ　tsushimamire is coming back to tour the USA in September and October. Grab your tickets now !

9/20 - Ft. Collins, CO - Surfside
9/22 - Salt Lake City, UT - The DLC https://bit.ly/3XXUZwK
9/24 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club https://bit.ly/3zC8kRb
9/26 - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern https://bit.ly/3VPB1kY
9/27 - Vancouver, BC - LanaLou’s https://bit.ly/3xGPxnd
9/28 - Olympia, WA - Cryptatropa https://bit.ly/3LmJK9e
9/29 - Portland, OR - TBA
9/30 - Eugene, OR - Sam Bond’s Garage https://bit.ly/4bABygA
10/02 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill https://bit.ly/4cRHMJL
10/03 - Los Angeles, CA - Moroccan Lounge https://bit.ly/3xQb50y
10/05 - Long Beach, CA - Toxic Theater
10/06 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar https://bit.ly/4cyQFIG
10/07 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress https://bit.ly/3zBvg2U
10/09 - Houston, TX - Big Top https://bit.ly/4ePQgTL
10/10 - San Antonio, TX - Lonesome Rose https://bit.ly/3zw13SG
10/11 - Buda, TX - Meridian https://bit.ly/4cW4wsq
10/12 - Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas https://bit.ly/3LhRCZP

08/21/2024

This Fall, Nine Mile is teaming up with Clover Music Group to release our first record in over a year.

It's an incredibly special record that will benefit The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund in honor of session drummer and songwriter Don Heffington.

Don was a member of seminal alt-country pioneers Lone Justice in the 80s, and went on to a prolific session career in L.A. right up to his untimely death in 2021 from cancer. His credits include work with Bob Dylan, Dwight Yoakam, The Jayhawks, The Wallflowers, Dave Alvin, and hundreds more.

"Tonight I'll Go Down Swingin': A Tribute To Don Heffington" collects interpretations of Don's quirky, beautiful songs by artists such as Jackson Browne, Fiona Apple, Buddy Miller, Peter Case, and others.

It comes out October 18 on LP, CD and all digital platforms, but you can check out Browne's rendition of the previously unreleased track "Everywhere I Look," and read his thoughts on Don via Variety right now:

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/don-heffington-tribute-album-jackson-browne-fiona-apple-1236111199/

If you like what you hear, there's a pre-order link at the end of the article.

An album saluting L.A. musician Don Heffington will feature Jackson Browne, Fiona Apple, John C. Reilly and fellow former members of Lone Justice.

07/10/2024

つしまみれ　tsushimamire is coming back to melt faces in the USA this fall.
Do not sleep on this band. Best live rock band on tour !!

9/20 - Ft. Collins, CO - Surfside
9/22 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Quarters https://bit.ly/3XXUZwK
9/24 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club https://bit.ly/3zC8kRb
9/26 - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern https://bit.ly/3VPB1kY
9/27 - Vancouver, BC - LanaLou’s https://bit.ly/3xGPxnd
9/28 - Olympia, WA - Cryptatropa https://bit.ly/3LmJK9e
9/29 - Portland, OR - TBA
9/30 - Eugene, OR - Sam Bond’s Garage https://bit.ly/4bABygA
10/02 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill https://bit.ly/4cRHMJL
10/03 - Los Angeles, CA - Moroccan Lounge https://bit.ly/3xQb50y
10/05 - Long Beach, CA - Toxic Theater
10/06 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar https://bit.ly/4cyQFIG
10/07 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress https://bit.ly/3zBvg2U
10/09 - Houston, TX - Big Top https://bit.ly/4ePQgTL
10/10 - San Antonio, TX - Lonesome Rose https://bit.ly/3zw13SG
10/11 - Buda, TX - Meridian https://bit.ly/4cW4wsq
10/12 - Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas https://bit.ly/3LhRCZP

05/22/2024

Brand new music from Carson McHone !! Watch the new video and pre-order the 7 inch at http://carsonmchonemusic.com

04/17/2024

If you haven’t seen A Giant Dog and つしまみれ　tsushimamire together on stage (or even if you have), I highly recommend this show. It’ll supercharge your weekend. RADIO EAST

04/10/2024

Nice write up from the The Memphis Flyer about Snowglobe's new release (out Friday)! featuring our own Tim Regan. Give it a spin.

The band drops a double release of their first new material in eight years.

04/01/2024

Fine Art Prints on sale from the wonderful Barbara FG. Give it a spin.