A great night was had by all this past weekend at the Don Giovanni label showcase--a sold-out Bowery Ballroom was also full of press peeps who are still freaking out about the night!

Check out Prefix's great photos, including this one by Jonathan Lyman!

From the NY PRESS:

"This is rock with all the fat shaved off, just a diminutive woman in a purple dress and her cohorts showing how effective this kind of music can still be when it’s pared down to its raw, bloody essence. Like Jake Orrall, Paternoster feels like a star in the making. The members of Screaming Females are a brutally efficient machine at this stage in the game, and it still feels like their best is yet to come."

about Shellshag, they said:
"The two set up facing each other, with Johnny hidden behind a mop of hair and throwing himself all over the stage, while Jen bashed away at her basic kit and beamed and exchanged high-fives with the crowd. The band’s infectious take on fuzzed-up primal pop harks back to K Records artists like Mecca Normal and Beat Happening, while also recalling long-forgotten New York duo Guv’ner. A cover of Liz Phair’s “Fuck and Run” even sparked the bedraggled crowd into life, pulling off that rare feat of enlivening an audience who were coming to the end of a long, hard but deeply enjoyable night."

"This is a big fucking deal. "--The End of Irony

DON GIOVANNI RECORDS IS FUCKING SELLING OUT THE BOWERY, DUDES. And with a packed guest list filled with amazing writers and late night TV bookers, things are just going to get radder. TODAY, SPIN.COM JUST NAMED SCREAMING FEMALES "THIS WEEK'S BEST BAND IN THE WORLD". People's minds are going to be blown by the Females, ShellShag and the whole rest of the bill. Much love, much props.

"New Brunswick, New Jersey's Screaming Females have a terrible band name. I feel vaguely embarrassed whenever I say it out loud, as if I'm talking about a raunchy exploitation flick or something. But a band's name never matters if the music is good enough, and on every track of the rambunctious trio's Singles (Don Giovanni), due February 9, guitarist-singer Marissa Paternoster, drummer Jarrett Dougherty, and bassist King Mike whip up a giddy punk rock frenzy.

Paternoster's guitar playing is the first thing you'll notice. On tracks like the choogling "Arm Over Arm" and head-bobbingly insolent "I Do" she churns out thick chord riffs that nod at classic punk but add a bouncy rhythmic flair. Then she'll stop and pick out a chiming single note passage or spiraling solo. She plays like she's listened to all the best garage rock singles, half-forgotten what she heard, and came up with better stuff when she tried to play the songs back from memory.

Her singing is good too: Strident, with a smartly deployed vibrato and a healthy dash of sneering attitude that makes a line like "I dig on calculus," from "I Do" sound like a warning. And if Dougherty and King Mike don't quite match their frontwoman, they complement her just about perfectly--check out the almost tribal groove they cook up on an almost unrecognizable version of Neil Young's "Cortez the Killer." It's just a fun, fun record. Now about that name."--DAVID MARCHESE, SPIN.

The brand new single from Shellshag "1984" is available to celebrate their new album, Rumors In Disguise, out next tuesday. Also from Don Giovanni Records is the singles collection from Screaming Females aptly titled Singles! Get in touch for either release and please jam "1984" on your site, blog or podcast...

PORTLAND, OR., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010: On Tuesday, February 2nd, artists Felicity Fenton and Michael T. Hensley will appear on KBOO (www.kboo.org)from 11:30 AM to 12 PM to discuss their current project, Soul Recovery Systems, and upcoming opening at the P:EAR Gallery—-their appearance will be available afterwards as an archived stream as well.

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 4th, 6-9pm

On Display: February 4th – February 28th, 2010

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 10-1pm: or by appointment

Gallery Location: 338 NW 6th St. Portland, OR 97229 Corner of 6th & Flanders

Soul Recovery Systems is an interactive, creative and free emotional garbage disposal service providing people with an opportunity to rid themselves of objects that hinder their lives. SRS accepts objects in any form as long as there are sincere emotional connections attached to them. That said, all objects given to SRS must include an Object Release Form, (available on the SRS website, www.soulrecoverysystems.com) where the releaser must enter their reason for desired disposal. Once objects and reasons for disposal have been received, they are put under intense observation for SRS to determine the best possible method of release. In the end, a photograph of each object, reasons for release, and videos of each object release are uploaded to the SRS digital landfill where the less burdened can view their once hindering objects in digital form.

Along with the vibrant works of Evelove Glimorous (Fenton and Hensley's painting collaborative), Soul Recovery Systems will be installing their first depository in the P:EAR gallery from Thursday, February 4th through February 28th. Visitors are encouraged to bring objects and written reasons for disposal for the depository. SRS representatives Fenton and Hensley will be on-site opening night to encourage discourse and participation surrounding the emotional associations and release of objects.

ABOUT P:EAR: p:ear youth are 15-24 year old homeless or transitional young people that attend the educational, artistic and recreational programs at p:ear. They work independently and with guest artists, working with available materials, to create work that is expressive, vibrant and healing. p:ear is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO INTERVIEW FELICITY FENTON AND MICHAEL T. HENSLEY, CONTACT JOAN HILLER DEPPER AT RIOT ACT MEDIA (JOAN@RIOTACTMEDIA.COM)