{"id":5338,"date":"2012-09-28T10:40:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T16:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=5338"},"modified":"2012-09-28T10:40:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T16:40:27","slug":"label-profile-eat-em-up-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2012\/09\/28\/label-profile-eat-em-up-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Label Profile: Eat Em Up Records"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nby Sheldon Birnie<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a bunk summer for venues and shows, this summer,\u201d said Brandon Ackerman over a couple beers and smokes in Wolseley recently. \u201cBut this fall is looking promising.\u201d
\nAckerman makes up half of Eat Em Up Records, and we are discussing upcoming projects the label has coming down the pipe. \u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of Eat Em Up Records since it\u2019s inception in the early 2000s,\u201d Ackerman told Stylus.<\/em>
\nRounded out by Jan Quakenbush, founder of Eat Em Up Records, the two have some big plans for the little label. \u201cWe\u2019re stepping it up, putting things out faster. Really pushing to put out vinyl,\u201d Ackerman said.
\nFounded by Quakenbush in 2004 to release the Squareheads<\/a> first album, Persona Non Grata<\/em>, Eat Em Up was initially just a label to slap on his various projects\u2019 releases.
\n\u201cWe tried to shop it around to some labels, and we didn\u2019t really get any response,\u201d explained Quakenbush. \u201cSo we figured we\u2019d put it out ourselves. Anthony Bueno\u2019s uncle snuck into one of our shows one time under the pretext of being from \u2018Eat Em Up Records,\u2019 so we just picked it up from there.\u201d
\nApart from the Squareheads releases, Quakenbush explains that Eat Em Up released a couple \u201cnovelty rap\u201d albums in the early years, and more recently released the self-titled Nervous Lugers and Rock Lake albums.
\n\u201cI\u2019m working on the Lazy Horse album right now,\u201d says Quakenbush. \u201cAnother Rock Lake one coming down the pipe. I\u2019m starting to produce now, so it\u2019s getting easier to crank these things out\u2026\u201d
\n\u201cQuagmire release is coming up in the next couple months,\u201d adds Ackerman. \u201cThat\u2019ll be on Eat Em Up.\u201d
\n\u201cKyle Dubois, who\u2019s the singer and guitarist for Lazy Horse, he\u2019s got an album he recorded of country songs that he recorded with his family,\u201d says Quakenbush of another upcoming release. \u201cIt\u2019s a great album, we\u2019ve always wanted to put that out.\u201d
\nThe Lazy Horse album will be released on Halloween at the Windsor, with the High Thunderers and the Accosters opening the night, while Quagmire\u2019s release will be later in the year. Memorial Fund\u2019s EP will also be released by Eat Em Up, which was Anthony Bueno (founding member of Squareheads)\u2019s final project before he passed away earlier this year.\u00a0A partnership with the Windsor is also something Eat Em Up has been working on.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re working with Wayne Townes who owns the Windsor now, formerly of the Royal Albert Arms for 17 years,\u201d says Ackerman. \u201c[Our] favourite guy to run a dive bar. He does it right, really takes care of the people who live there and stay there as well as treating bands fairly. He knows what he likes and he knows what works. He\u2019s the easiest person to work with by far of any venue in the city. He\u2019s given us the opportunity to book a rock n roll draft night every Thursday. There\u2019ll be two bands and rock n roll DJs every Thursday.\u201d
\nA weekly rock n roll night is certainly something beer drinkers and rock n rollers in Winnipeg can look forward to. Apart from showcasing the label\u2019s own bands, Eat Em Up is also working to bring quality rock acts into the city again.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re bringing in Mark Sultan<\/a> [aka BBQ, ex-Spaceshits, Les Sexareenos, Mind Controls] on his world tour,\u201d says Ackerman, \u201cmaking a stop in Winnipeg at the Windsor with Rock Lake and the Electrics.\u201d
\nWith a regular night to curate and a number of projects on the horizon, Quakenbush and Ackerman certainly have their work cut out for them as they expand Eat Em Up Records. Luckily, they\u2019ve got a little help from their pals.
\n\u201cEat Em Up itself is really a collective of a lot of us,\u201d Ackerman explained. \u201cJan and I are spearheading everything right now, but we incorporate the work of a lot of our friends. There\u2019s kind of a place for all of us in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out Eat Em Up Records\u2019 Lazy Horse CD Release at the Windsor Wednesday, October 31, Mark Sultan (aka BBQ) on Thursday, November 22nd, and regular rock n roll draft nights every Thursday.<\/em><\/p>\n

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