Secret Photos' new single, "Red Lights," is available for free download on our Bandcamp page, along with an extra B-side track. "Red Lights" will be a track on the full length record, Layers, which will be released by i love to hate records later this summer.

Who are Secret Photos? Led by the honest tenor of Shaun Weeden (formerly of seminal New Jersey hardcore band, Purpose), Secret Photos perform electronic beats mixed with live drums/percussion, driving guitars, warm bass grooves, and electronic keyboards to produce live sets that are refreshing and unpredictable. Secret Photos cast also includes Mark Weinberg (Risk Relay, Trinitron) and Ernest Intorella (Rosario Focus).

mOck LP available, listening party

The mOck LP is now available for purchase in both physical and digital formats from our Bandcamp!

So far, the LP has been receiving some glowing reviews and coverage:
"mOck is an album of uncompromising creativity and rigorous artistic integrity, but it’s also a very listenable and appealing slab of contemporary rock music." - Oliver Aditi
"mOck is one of those good, old-fashioned awesomely impressive debut works. It balances math and post-rock superbly and has that sheen, fresh, new car smell. For a year that has been pretty barren as far as noteworthy music is involved, these guys have proved otherwise, which is why they have earned a nomination for album of the year." - 402 Productions
"This is a most accomplished debut album and very much worth checking out." - Collective Zine
Also, check out this interview with Conrad, mOck's drummer, recently featured in CMJ.

To celebrate the release of the record, we are hosting a vinyl celebration / LP listening party featuring DJ Gregorious and Borne, DJs hailing from northern New Jersey who will be spinning tracks from their personal record collections, as well as select cuts from the mOck LP.
The celebration will be taking place on Thursday, May 17 @ The Lamp Post in Jersey City. The event is free and will be starting at 10 PM. The Lamp Post is located at 382 2nd St., near the Grove Street PATH station.

I'd also like to take a moment to announce that the next release from i love to hate records, which will be coming up some time this summer, is a full-length CD titled "Layers" from the band, Secret Photos. Secret Photos features ex-members of New Jersey hardcore and indie bands such as Purpose, Risk Relay, and Rosario Focus. Check out a music video for a track called "Priveleged," featured on one of their previous releases.

That's all for now - enjoy your may flowers if they're not hesitating to bloom.

mOck LP - now taking pre-orders!

Along with Coraille (who will be taking orders in Europe), we are happy to be releasing the self-titled, debut LP from Berlin's mOck. If you’re unfamiliar with mOck, they play an innovative, clever, and pleasant brand of post-hardcore, math rock, indie rock, whatever you prefer to call it. They’ve toured with bands such as Future Islands, Joan of Arc, and Algernon Cadwallader, and released a few singles on 7" records and compilations to date.

The record has been pressed on 500 slabs of black vinyl and is dressed in glossy full color jackets boasting beautiful photographic cover art, all of which have arrived from the plant and are ready to get in mailers to be sent your way. Some professional cooks have been in the kitchen on this one, including John McEntire, who is known for his studio work on records for artists such as Broken Social Scene, Bright Eyes, and The Fiery Furnaces, and for his musicianship in bands such as Tortoise and The Sea and Cake.

You can now stream the record in its entirety and/or pre-order the LP from our Bandcamp. All pre-orders include a free digital download of the LP and a free copy of mOck’s 2010 split 7” with Rapid Cities, also released on this label. Pre-orders will ship before the official release date: Tuesday, April 17. Recommended for fans of bands like Q And Not U, Braid, or Pinback.

Starting this weekend, mOck will be touring Europe with Victor Villareal (Cap’n Jazz, Owls, Joan of Arc). They also have released a split 7” together, now available to order from Joyful Noise Recordings or directly from mOck.

For those who are a bit more local on the stateside, and want to pick up a copy in person, I will be throwing a listening party with DJs at the Lamp Post in Jersey City on May 17 [tentative date]. Will post details on that soon.

Okay folks, many apologies for making this confusing, but in the time since our tiny record label has established its presence on Facebook, Zuckerberg and the gang have rolled out some developments that we are just now adapting to. To keep up with the times, we have now created a I Love To Hate Records "Musician/Band" page which will allow us to do some more neat things with technology that we weren't able to do before. Please do yourselves (and us) a favor and click here and "Like" us! We have some sweet news about things we'll be rolling out for 2012 that we will be posting on that thing. Thanks again for all your support so far and have a great holiday weekend.

mOck debut LP to be released in 2012

Well, now it's official. I Love To Hate Records will be releasing the debut full-length LP by our friends, mOck, from Berlin, Germany. We are planning on releasing the vinyl early in 2012 and bringing the mOck boys over to our continent for a tour as well. Head to mOck's website to become acquainted with these super talented and creative gents, or to our Bandcamp to revisit prior tracks that we have released for them!

Return of the Rat

Being well aware that not the entire planet subscribes to the social network known as "Facebook," we want to be able to make news regarding our label known to other members of the internet community who might need another means of access. That beings said, we will be sure to communicate much of the news related to I Love To Hate Records on our blog again, here, as well.

That being said, it has been about one year since we released the "Friends With Benefits" compilation CD and still have a few copies lingering around. Featuring tracks by 18 artists from NJ to NYC, from Seattle to Berlin, this CD and other items in our back catalog (such as records by Rapid Cities and mOck) are now available at super cheap prices! Head to the I Love To Hate Records Big Cartel store to order online.

In other news, it looks like there may be some other new releases in the works for early 2012. There is some great stuff our friends are making that needs to be documented for future civilizations before the Mayan Armageddon claims us!

Online Store Moved to BigCartel

For anyone who might happen to stumble upon this page, we will now be making Love/Hate Records releases available for order online through our BigCartel store instead. The first item we are happy to bring your way is the Rapid Cities / mOck split 7", now up for pre-order! All advance orders receive a free copy of the Rapid Cities / mOck "Making Friends Overseas" tour poster and shipping on us.

We may be posting other bits of news and info here from time to time, but you might also want to check out the following destinations to keep up with what we're doing...

Love/Hate Records on Facebook.
Love/Hate Records on Myspace.
Love/Hate Records Online Store.