ButterBean Records

01/09/2023

12 track album

29/08/2023

Here's Mr. Townes Van Zandt, as he appeared in the classic documentary Heartworn Highways: an amiable rapscallion wandering through a trailer park shooting a BB and drinking whiskey, who is also capable of writing a song that can tear your heart clean out of your chest. But before finding notoriety with his music, he was a typical teenager in Barrington, IL, playing on his high school baseball team but harboring a dream of making a name for himself as a rock and roller. Julie& has written a song about Townes' early days as part of the 2023 Hey Nonny Songwriting Contest and will be performing it next Tuesday, September 5th as part of the contest's first round. Grab your tickets now: https://www.heynonny.com/shows/hey-nonny-songwriting-contest-round-1/

01/01/2023

Happy 2023 from all of us here at ButterBean Records! 2022 saw the release of new albums from Julie& and The Unswept. (We also wholeheartedly recommend the new LPs by Brad Bru & The Crowd Goes Wild and Carey Anne Farrell, which feature guest appearances by Charlie and Julie, respectively.) The coming new year will see plenty more music from ButterBean artistes -- as always, we are grateful and appreciative of your ears and attention. Onward!

13/12/2022

Out now -- a free EP by Hi, Miss Julie made especially for young children and their families! Featuring two songs that have become storytime favorites, presented in standalone versions as well as takes featuring verbal instructions and encouragement.

4 track album

02/12/2022

Happy Bandcamp Friday for the final time in 2022! May we direct your attention to Brad Bru & The Crowd Goes Wild, whose full discography currently appears to be available on a pay-what-you-can basis. We recommend starting at Dive Bar Devotional, a song cycle about faith and doubt released last month, which features the mighty John Szymanski on bass, and ButterBean's own Charlie Crane on drums, mandolin, lap steel and banjo.

9 track album

07/10/2022

TGIBF (Thank Gosh It's Bandcamp Friday)! If you're not current on releases by ButterBean Records artists, now's a good day for you to complete those Julie& or Liz + the Baguettes or The Unswept collections. But if you're in the market for a brand new album from a friend of the label, might we suggest Carey Anne Farrell's new LP "Someone Else's Wings"? 10 lovely compositions on which Carey is backed by an international assortment of talented musicians, including our very own Julie Jurgens on trumpet and background vox on the album's title track. Very highly recommended!

10 track album

07/08/2022

If you can’t join us at The Gallery Cabaret, join us virtually!

17/06/2022

Today Julie& released "The Body Electric," a cover of a song by Hurray for the Riff Raff as part of the Bandcamp Friday Juneteenth event. 100% of Bandcamp's share will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and any money Julie earns will be donated to Black women in need of mutual aid.

1 track album

22/04/2022

The Unswept’s fourth album Fast Casual is out today! Pick up a copy today on Bandcamp or see them play tomorrow (Saturday, April 23) at the Montrose Saloon as part of the International Pop Overthrow Music Festival.

12 track album

11/04/2022

The Unswept's fourth LP, "Fast Casual" is available now for pre-order on Bandcamp. Stream the first single "Got Lucky" today, and be sure to come out to their record release show on April 23rd at Montrose Saloon!

12 track album

10/04/2022

Thanks to Midwest R***e on KMCN-FM for playing songs from Julie&’s album “Appointed Tasks” on February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 (that qualifies as heavy rotation, we think!). They also play quite a bit of excellent music from throughout the Midwest - tune in on Sundays 4-6pm Central to check it out!

04/03/2022

Happy Bandcamp Friday to all who celebrate. It's a great day to purchase music from ButterBean artists because all proceeds go directly to the music creators (which helps us get even more new music out to you). Direct your browsers thusly:

https://juliejurgens.bandcamp.com/
https://theunswept.bandcamp.com/
https://elizabethbagby.bandcamp.com/

Indie rock + alt-country + post-punk = post-country. At least that's what we tell ourselves.

01/03/2022

Today sees the release of a new Julie& single, a cover of Dolly Parton's "To Daddy." Listen and download now at Bandcamp (https://juliejurgens.bandcamp.com/track/to-daddy), and read Julie's personal essay at bit.ly/3vKLzqj.

I don’t remember exactly when, but my mother once suggested to me that I learn the song “To Daddy” by Dolly Parton. I went so far as to find the lyrics, but I never got around to learning it.

14/02/2022

Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovebirds out there. Here's some video of Julie and Charlie working on recording the lovely final track on Appointed Tasks, "No Constellation" (not pictured: Eric Heidbreder's wonderful woodwind arrangement).

From Julie Jurgens' 2022 album Appointed Tasks:https://juliejurgens.bandcamp.com/album/appointed-tasks

04/02/2022

Happy Bandcamp Friday! Today's a great day to buy music from ButterBean artists, including the brand new Julie& single, a cover of Warren Zevon's "I Was in the House When the House Burned Down," featuring stellar saxophone by Bob Bucko Jr. (The single is also out today on some streaming platforms owned by corrupt billionaires - if you still use any of those, give it a listen there...we won't judge!)

https://juliejurgens.bandcamp.com/album/i-was-in-the-house-when-the-house-burned-down

1 track album

14/01/2022

Julie&'s new album Appointed Tasks is out now on any digital music platform you can imagine. Listen now!

Julie Jurgens · Album · 2022 · 12 songs.

09/01/2022

Appointed Tasks, the new album by Julie&, is out on Bandcamp now! (It'll be out on other digital platforms shortly.)

12 track album

31/12/2021

“Once Was Mine,” the first single from Appointed Tasks is out today on Spotify, Apple Music and all the other digital music places. Hoping to get in under the wire on people’s “best of 2021” charts.

25/12/2021

Season’s greetings from ButterBean - here’s “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” with the original, vastly superior, bummer lyrics!