ButterBean Records

03/11/2024

Gentle tidings, dear readers - ButterBean is once again returning to our local polling place (that's Christ Church UCC Des Plaines) this Tuesday the 5th as part of Play For the Vote. We'll be performing some nice songs to keep folks in the queue entertained as they await their chance to let their voices be heard.

19/08/2024

Oh hey -- we have a busy fortnight coming up at ButterBean HQ! First up, this Friday, the 23rd of August, check out Liz + the Baguettes at Gallery Cabaret. The Liz + the Baguettes crew have been a going concern for over a decade at this point, and there are plenty of brand new songs in the set to show for it. No cover!

Mere hours later, on Saturday, August 24th, the ButterBean duo of Julie and Charlie will be headed to the Logan Square Library at 1 in the afternoon for a set (or two) of originals and favourites alike. No cover!

It's no secret that ButterBean exists in the context of all in which they live and what came before them. As such, they will be joining in the Dylan Fans For Harris livestream on Wednesday, August 28th. More information can be found at https://dylanfansforharris.com - no cover for this one either, although you're gently encouraged to donate to the Harris Victory Fund.

Finally, The Dyes are making their long-awaited return to FitzGerald’s, where they'll rock the Sidebar on Friday, August 30th. No cover - are you sensing a pattern here? RSVP over at TicketWeb: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/friday-night-in-the-sidebar-fitzgeralds-sidebar-tickets/13838873?REFERRAL_ID=twfb

01/06/2024

Summer’s here and the time is right for getting your ya-yas out in a dirty filthy basement, so let’s spend some time together with Mick Cawber & The Nellcôtes, coming to you LIVE (if you want it!).

02/04/2024

No foolin' -- Julie and Charlie of ButterBean have recorded some very silly parody songs for the April Fool's Day episode of Reckless Attack Podcast. Listen now on YouTube, or subscribe wherever podcasts are begotten.

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12/03/2024

RIP Karl Wallinger of World Party (Official). Goodbye Jumbo was an album that went deep into Charlie's ears as a youngster -- here's a cover of one of that album's great songs, recorded back in 2020 to test some new equipment (and also because it briefly looked like Americans were going to have to bail out the USPS).

RIP Karl Wallinger.

01/03/2024

The Unswept are celebrating Bandcamp Friday with a special half-off discount. Enter POWERPOP at checkout for 50% off the new live album In Concert or anything else from their back pages!

9 track album

01/03/2024

Happy Bandcamp Friday to all! Here's Julie&'s latest release: the original composition "Townes Played Baseball" (a finalist in the 2023 HeyNonnyAH Songwriting Contest) and covers of 3 classic Townes Van Zandt songs. (Townes would've turned 80 this week.)

5 track album

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