Chicago indie record label Touch and Go will be closing its business after nearly 30 years. For those of you who don't know, this is pretty sad since they are responsible for bringing the world music by great bands like Girls Against Boys, Jesus Lizard, Big Black, Slint and Butthole Surfers from the good ol' days, and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (who jumped from Bay Area punk label Lookout! Records when they were about to fold in 2006 to the label) from today. They will cease releasing new albums and concentrate on managing the back catalog solely. You can read the official statement by Touch and Go label head Corey Rusk over at Time Out Chicago.
I was and still am a big fan of defunct Touch and Go band Girls Against Boys, or GVSB, in popular parlance. Here is audio and video from their Touch and Go records "Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby" (1993), "Cruise Yourself" (1994), and "House of GVSB" (1996), respectively. Enjoy!
I miss these guys. I danced with GVSB's lead singer Scott McCloud in a small club in NYC once. I know, hawt.
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