Dromedary Records

12/13/2024

Thank you to Jim Testa and Off Shelf for recognizing the Cathedral Ceilings "La La La...Whatever" LP in their top releases of 2024. It is always an honor to have a record recognized in this way, especially when it comes from someone with a punk rock pedigree as great as Jim's. And if you haven't picked up a copy yet, don't worry, they haven't gone stale - visit our website and pick one up, it's still fresh!

11/28/2024

Today is sort of a weird day. On one hand it commemorates the beginnings of a genocide and celebrates gluttony. On the other hand, it is important to take a step back and examine life, and remember those things that are important, for which we're thankful, and that's what I'm choosing to do today. Dromedary has always been a tiny label that I do out of love, with no goal of doing anything other than making friends and turning some people on to new music. I am SO thankful for it - especially over the last few years, where it's brought so many people together and where it's been so much fun. And I've made so many new friends that I know will be friends for life! That's important, no matter how old you get. So I'm so super thankful to everyone who's been a part of Dromedary over the past few years - playing our shows, releasing records on the label, enjoying the shows and music we put out, or helping us facilitate this ridiculous thing we all do together. Anyway, here's a song we put out by the excellent Positive No a few years ago. Happy Thanksgiving!

from the album Teenage Waistline

11/20/2024

Some weekend events from Dromedary bands for our Hudson Valley and NYC friends, starting TONIGHT (we are officially declaring that the weekend starts on Wednesday this week). TONIGHT, Overheard will be performing at The Avalon Lounge in Catskill, supporting the excellent Hello Shark, with Spencer Radcliffe & Everything and Gary's Dream. FRIDAY, Matt Hunter & the Dusty Fates will be performing at Sleepwalk in Brooklyn, with Marvel Oaks and The Ridgetones. SATURDAY, Overheard will be celebrating the release of "Intertwined" at Umbra, also in Brooklyn, along with Pon Far (which, for those of you unaware, is the name for the Vulcan mating season, which absolutely dates me but IDGAF).

11/14/2024

Check out this week's edition of Rocker Dog Podcast, when Erin of .music talks about her dog Garbo - and give a listen to "Greta," from Overheard's debut LP "Intertwined," which is about Garbo! Thanks, ! Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

11/07/2024

Life goes on, so we wanted to thank Cherrylle Urbano at for the thoughtful review of Overheard's "Time on a Good Day." Cherrylle says "Time on a Good Day by Overheard reaches deep into my soul, drawing me into a mesmerizing state of mind, body, and spirit." And don't we need that?

Ever had one of those dreams where you’re running in place, trying to escape something you’re not entirely sure of, but know the inevitable will sink you down, so you’d rather not know and just try to run away? This beautifully haunting song, “Time On A Good Day,” by Overhead reaches deep ...

10/25/2024

Contratulations to OVERHEARD on the release of “Intertwined,” their debut album!

We’ve watched this album blossom from a very first discussion at Rough Draft Bar & Books about what releasing an album together would look like, to future meetups and planning chats at Camp Kingston and Tubby's Kingston, as things began to crystallize. We're so fortunate to have no shortage of welcoming spaces in Kingston for artists to collaborate and plan (and drink beer or coffee), and it felt like along the way, we took advantage of all of them. Now it’s finally time to share it. We couldn’t be more proud to have our logo tagged on the back of this beautiful piece of art.

We hope you’ll take a few minutes to give it a listen by visiting the Bandcamp link in our bio or the soulless streaming platform of your choice. The record is available on CD and vinyl (soon, at least) at finer indie record stores, and also at all the usual download sites.

Formal thanks to Dylan Nowik for excellent production, Amar Lal for mastering, Allie Young for performing on the record, Becky Cote for the photography, and Grace Moore for art. All wonderful, it's a pleasure to be in all your orbits.

10/24/2024

"These rock 'n' roll lifers have credits as long as your arm and a seemingly endless array of chunky riffs that they pile into terse, frantic, imaginative three minute miracles, every one on point and memorable." Thanks to , godfather of Jersey punk, for this great review of ' "La La La...Whatever" and thanks to for publishing it. This is a great fu**in' review. Jim is the first person who ever wrote anything about Dromedary Records, and we love him dearly.

10/23/2024

It's just two days before the long-awaited release of "Intertwined," the debut LP from OVERHEARD, and our friends at bring you the album's third single and visualizer, for the gorgeous song "Juno." We're so excited to bring this one to you. You can preorder the album on vinyl, CD, and the digital format of your choice. Stick around, the full album is out on Friday!

Overheard has its roots in New York’s Hudson Valley—specifically, a bar in Kingston, where Erin Barth-Dwyer and Will LaPorte bonded over multiple adult beverages. Adding Kenny Thomas on bass, the trio spent its early days riding out the pandemic. They held rehearsals outdoors, playing at least s...

10/04/2024

It's the first Friday of the month, which means it's Bandcamp Day. This is the day that Bandcamp waives its fees, so 100% of your purchase goes directly to the artist or label. Today, we'll be donating any profits we receive to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund, so if you've been considering picking up one or more of our titles, today's a day you can help your brothers and sisters AND rock. Scan the QR code or visit dromedaryrecords.bandcamp.com to buy.

09/27/2024

On the heels of the band's first mini-tour, Glide Magazine premieres the latest single and video from OVERHEARD, "Time on a Good Day." The second single from their debut LP "Intertwined," you can preorder it on vinyl, CD or the high-res digital format of your choice at our webstore (link in comments).

Overheard’s offbeat brand of indie rock is both tender and frenetic. Weaving together elements of folk with rock and grunge, their dynamic and melodic

09/18/2024

Congratulations to CATHEDRAL CEILINGS, whose new LP "La La La...Whatever" breaks into the NACC Top 200 chart at #151 this week! And a sincere THANK YOU to all the college and community radio stations playing "Bill Berry" and "Nevermind the Helicopters"!

09/17/2024

Portland and Burlington friends! Catch OVERHEARD this weekend in your amazing cities as they bring their gorgeous sounds to Prism Analog in Portland on Friday, and to Junktiques Collective in Burlington on Saturday. They'll be playing songs from their forthcoming debut LP "Intertwined" and they'll make you cry. Give them a warm welcome, it's their first tour!

09/13/2024

Hudson Valley friends, we'd love to introduce you to the newest Dromedary band, THE WHIMBRELS, who are playing at The Avalon Lounge tomorrow night. The Whimbrels are comprised of members of Glenn Branca's band, The Swans, Savak, New Radiant Storm King, and other New York noise rock luminaries. We'll have their debut LP early next year. Meanwhile you can catch their three-guitar onslaught tomorrow! They'll be joined by skronky NYC Punks OOF, and local postpunk friends TV Sleep. Be sure to swing by first for a quick beer!

09/13/2024

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09/13/2024

Midwest friends! CATHEDRAL CEILINGS hits the road next week, ripping through Paw Paw, MI (!), Milwaukee, Chicago and Cleveland in support of the new LP "La La La...Whatever." Don't miss.

09/08/2024

I've been an admirer of Brad Searles and for almost 30 years, and it's been a privilege to have him attend both DromFests. This year he created a YouTube page with a bunch of live videos - 48 in total - with a whole bunch of the bands represented. The link is below, check them all out. It was a weekend filled with special performances! Thanks, Brad!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqA4mB-9pTrxDGHIRnoqegk1ihQUZRGJn

09/08/2024

This week, published its annual football preview, and asked a bunch of bands for an assessment of their local teams. Matt Hunter & the Dusty Fates weighed in with their opinion on their local team, the New York Giants, and their prediction for how the team would do this coming season. Check out the whole thing, which also includes our pal and Dromedary alumnus Lenny Zenith of Tenterhooks, and our buds Aeon Station, at https://www.spin.com/2024/09/musicians-predict-2024-football-season/

I’ve been sort of on the fence about posting this, but I want to add a caveat here. I am a sports guy, and I used to love the NFL. I stopped watching in 2017 when the owners decided that Colin Kaepernick was too controversial for any team to sign. That was seven years ago, and I still do not watch (it’s really cool to have my Sundays back, actually). But I think it’s important to note that just because that was seven years ago and Kaepernick is probably too old to be effective at this point doesn’t mean that police brutality is not a thing, particularly in the Black community, and I’m not going to stop thinking about what they did to that man just because it’s football season.