BIG STIR RECORDS SINGLES SERIES is proud to announce single no. 113, “Now I Am A Man” by Dolph Chaney, for January 22nd release via the Big Stir Records Bandcamp --

https://bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com/album/now-i-am-a-man-2021-big-stir-single-no-113

This was the first song tackled in recording sessions for the upcoming album “This Is Dolph Chaney” (out February 20th on Big Stir Records) - and wears a smirkingly self-deprecating statement of uncertain purpose, liberated from its rudimentary original version…

The first half of March saw a great deal of pre-release radio play for tracks from REBUILDING PERMIT and its attendant singles!  Here's a rundown -- please do yourself a favor and avail yourself of these excellent shows regularly!

• Jim Prell, The Music Authority (fastcast4u.com / transistor.fm), Mondays 7-10am Eastern

  • 3/2/20 - "If I Write It Down" / "The Handling" / "Automatic Caution Door" (all world premieres)

• Mike…

Big Stir Records press release:

Time to start rebuilding! BIG STIR RECORDS is proud to announce the April 3 release of REBUILDING PERMIT, the new album from DOLPH CHANEY, up for pre-order now at https://www.bigstirrecords.com/store and everywhere music is sold. Seven years since the Chicagoland singer-songwriter's last album - and two solid years in the making - the wait is over. Rebuilding Permit is in hand for spring 2020, and Dolph is here to break new ground with his full-length debut on Big Stir. 

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Big Stir Records press release:

This Friday, March 6, 2020, “The Handling” by Dolph Chaney becomes the 63rd BIG STIR DIGITAL SINGLE OF THE WEEK!! It’s 3 ½ minutes of jangly, pure pop ear candy. As always,  it's available to order at www.bigstirrecords.com/big-stir-digital-singles www.bigstirrecords.com/big-stir-digital-singles now. 

This is the second BIG STIR DIGITAL SINGLE from Illinois-based, low-fi champion Dolph Chaney’s upcoming “Rebuilding Permit” album which will be released on Big Stir Records this…

Have you heard?  Exclusive tracks from REBUILDING PERMIT are spreading around online and FM radio stations in advance of the April 2020 album release!  Here are the shows who have played tracks thus far (and where you can hear each show on-demand -- these are all terrific playlists with expert musical hosts!):

• Fran Fried, FRANORAMA 2.0 on Cygnus Radio (Connecticut / cygnusradio.com), Thursdays 1-4pm Eastern

  • Franorama 2.0 2/6/20 - "The President Of The United States Is…

From the Big Stir Records Facebook page:

It is time for Big Stir Records to begin rolling out our Cast of Characters for our 2020 album release slate! And what a cast it is, having started with Anton Barbeau and soon to cross oceans from the UK to the California coast and back to Germany with points Midwestern looming large in between. So let us first introduce you to: DOLPH CHANEY, whose Artist page can be found at www.bigstirrecords.com/dolph-chaney ... so let's meet the man, shall we? 

In June of…

I'm thrilled to announce that a slight return of my song "Christmas" (written in 2000, re-recorded for LOUDNESS 2 11), which has now been rigged up with a new rhythm section and guitars, is included on the BIG STIR HOLIDAY MAXI-SINGLE for 2019! 

Order NOW!

What else is there, you ask? Well, for your $4, you get 8 songs total, on which I'm honored to be joined by Anton Barbeau, the Bobbleheads, Kai Danzberg & Scott McPherson, the Decibels, the Forty Nineteens, Alison Faith Levy + Karla Kane, and the…

For Giving Tuesday 2019, "It's OK" and "I Am The B-Side" will make their physical debut on BIG STIR SINGLES: THE FOURTH WAVE -- the newest in the ongoing series of quarterly roundups from Big Stir Records. The Ed Asner Family Center gets $5 for every copy (CD or download) of THE FOURTH WAVE.  This incredible organization provides support to families of those with special needs, and I have never been prouder to be associated in some small way (alongside my Big Stir buddies, particularly acknowledging Joe…

Both tracks of the single ("It's OK" b/w "I Am The B-Side") are now available to preview and pre-order for Friday e-delivery.

www.bigstirrecords.com/big-stir-digital-singles

Here's what Big Stir has to say about it:

Big Stir Records’ 40th Digital single release (out Friday, August 23 and available for pre-order now at www.bigstirrecords.com/big-stir-digital-singles) comes from Illinois-based lo-fi mastermind DOLPH CHANEY. Dolph’s roots in the Big Stir massive trace back to the ’90s when Chaney and BSR…

On August 23rd 2019, Dolph is proud to present the IT'S OK single, as a summertime pre-taste of the REBUILDING PERMIT album to follow in the fall.  Making this extra special, the release is part of the Big Stir Digital Singles series from venerable Burbank melodic-rock / power-pop institution Big Stir Records (helmed by Rex Broome and Christina Bulbenko, a.k.a. the core of The Armoires).

The single includes two of Dolph's best and brightest…