The Paparazzi is the musical pseudonym of songwriter/rock auteur Erik Paparazzi (Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues). Expect a lush and dreamy ride that channels the best moves of several purveyors of lost classics and lost weekends: Brian Wilson, Harry Nillsson, Todd Rundgren.

Boshra from Looker jumps out on her own with this rhythm-centric foray into catchy and likable futuresounds.

That The Two Man Gentlemen Band is amongst the nation's most learned, sophisticated, and musically able two-man bands is commonly understood. That they throw one heck of a party has been a rather well-kept secret until now!

12" vinyl (free 320 kps MP3 download included) Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever contains the truest of rock and roll musics: raw, fun, cathartic, poetic, not whiny or confessional, yet unguarded, not ironic, 100% real. Also file under: very catchy!

Download this ZIP now! It's the third annual year end free compilation of outstanding imaginary hits from Serious Business.

With this second Jack and the Pulpits EP, we continue to excavate lost gems from the boxes of tapes beneath the beds of our best pals. Sweet and angelic but slightly unhinged, this batch of early Kaufman/Nero songs will stay with you like your favorites do. Digital only.

This FREE 5 song jammy is the precursor to next year's Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever LP. The band recorded it themselves on 4track cassette. The songs are life-scale, sad, poetic, hummable chunks of raw rock and roll classicism.

Higgins shares a 45 RPM 7" single with Elephant 6 alumnus Andy From Denver. Andy From Denver = Marshmallow Coast. Side H brings you Higgins at their catchiest, manliest, classiest best. Side A brings you Andy singing RickJames style disco shit about getting mugged. A match made in heaven. ONLY 300 pieces.

The Gentlemen maintain their brisk album-a-year pace with this, their fourth and finest platter, stocked with original compositions such as "Fancy Beer," "Sloppy Drunk," and "Drip Dryin.'" Do "the Drip Dry." It is the dance sensation that is sweeping the nation.

Free compilation from Serious Business celebrating 2008, our fifth and finest year. Download this compilation record here for free.
THE YEAR IN BUSINESS 2008 (ZIP file - 190kps mp3s [77.47MB]) It has 15 tracks. You'll find the biggest hits of 2008 here---hits from the likes of The Homosexuals! Rocketship Park! Looker! Benji Cossa! Higgins! Secret Dakota Ring! Plus, you'll find exclusive unreleased sneak preview business from the likes of The Two Man Gentlemen Band, Jack and the Pulpits, The Unsacred Hearts and a special treat from Boshra al Saadi of Looker. ALL FREE. All delicious. We can send you a CD version as well for a small donation.

With his second album Cantarell, Secret Dakota Ring mastermind Andy Ross steers his project towards beautifully realized stylistic extremes of pop.

Looker unveils the irresistible fruits of a year's hard labor. They released 3 infectious two-song singles throughout the past twelve months and collect them all here, along with five more tunes, all produced by Erik Paparazzi and all guaranteed to give you what you need.

Trust In Higgins Vol. 1 collects eight gems spanning the Higgins vaults. This is an essential document of a band at the heights of their powers. Vol. 2 will follow in '09. Digital only for now.

You need to hear this ... Benji Cossa is a gentle bearded man and the Tightens, an assembly of SBR all stars, high rollers and in-demand musical killers, are his 70s-styled rock and country backing band.
12" vinyl LP only. We're not selling CDs on their own but if you buy the vinyl, we'll send a very handsome looking CD-R. And of course, digital=yes.
Tightens.

This long lost 1999 single-sided 3-song 7" gets the reissue treatment from SBR. Well Benji found a box of them and we are selling them here now. We're also offering it digitally. Get the vinyl now.

Higgins mine the fertile wells of the classic rock with the monument to musical excellence that is Zs, their colossal, awe-inspiring, earth-shattering new album.

Delve further into Benji's treasure chest of magnificent jewels and gems. Ingest nineteen marvels of 4-track magic, formed and cut in the years 2000-2003. Observe these beauties' many facets. Behold their rich colors. Value their clarity.

Three concise, beautiful and poetic pop tunes comprise this sublime EP made by Josh Kaufman and Annie Nero in the comfort of their home.
This is no longer a digital-only release! Own a handmade CD copy of the JatP EP for just $5!

Single numero 3 from Looker who this time unleash the big guns.
Digital only release out April 15th.

Off and Away collects ten lush, ultra-melodic, cinema-scope pop numbers, each infused with tinges of country, Dylan rhymes, and unforgettable hooks.

Here's the second Serious Business single from NYC lady-fronted power-pop hook factory Looker. This one, like its predecessor "After My Divorce", delivers maximum melody, lyrical sophistication and bittersweet ear-candy, leaving your finger stuck on that repeat button. Produced by Erik Paparazzi (Cat Power and The Dirty Delta Blues).

Higgins is a 60's styled guitar pop man-force. The guitar heavy A-side "Yes I Know" Close your eyes and you might hear some Ray Davies, some Beach Boys, some of Zeppelin's rhythm section, some Mike Bloomfield guitar, some McCartney, some Zombies; and all kinds of good good stuff. The B-side "Slap Or Pinch" is a delightful must-have home recording from head Hig Kevin Fish.

The Gentlemen's signature brand of sophisticated silliness makes its marked return with this 12 song live-in-the-studio romp. This third album is full of hot jazz rhythms and banjo fire. Featuring "William Howard Taft," "When Your Lips Are Playing My Kazoo," "On the Badminton Court," and "Dipping Sauce" amongst others.

In celebration of a banner year for Serious Business, a year when we continued making dreams coming true, a year when we exclaimed "it's music time" repeatedly, a year when we doubled our catalog and grew our family, we offer you the greatest Serious Business hits of 2007 all in one tidy FREE 11 SONG DIGITAL COMPILATION RECORD. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE ENTIRE RECORD.

In keeping with the true spirit of Christmas, Benji Cossa gives a you gift from his heart, a gift he made. Merry Christmas to Friends and Family is Benji's nine-song holiday record featuring seasonal standards, lesser-known hymns and one heart warming original.

The first in a series of digital only singles from DZUSA: the bi-coastal party-time super-partnership. "Right Makes Might" is dance-floor candy with a heart. "Long Shot" is classic DZUSA information overload. Two jams stuffed with sound and only available as digital downloads.
Digital release date: November 6th, 2007.

Two old-school style big hits delivered on spinning vinyl or through the interweb. Produced by Erik Paparazzi. AVAILBLE NOW everywhere digitally and/or on limited edition 7 inch vinyl.

The Octagon's second full length offers seventeen pared-down indie-rock bomb-tracks. It was recorded and mixed by Jerry Kee (Polvo, Superchunk) in North Carolina in an ultra-inspired three-day burst Nothing But Change is an old-school classic.

Cult lo-fi pop hero Benji Cossa drops Between the Blue and Green, a treasure trove of grainy AM gold.
The first pressing will feature handsome, hand-letter-pressed deluxe packaging, each piece home-made with love.

Slugging it out in the trenches of NYC since 2003, Man In Gray finally unveils their debut full length album and it is a doozy. Furious, un-ironic, totally rocking indie-punk.

Kickstart offers up 11 scuffed gems of rock and roll proclamation. Their mark is strength of heart. Each song is an anthem.

Five Believers collects five recordings from the Unsacred Hearts' vault circa '04-'05. Included are two Man In Gray covers and three In Defense of Fort Useless outtakes.

DON'T DRAG THIS INTO YOUR SHOPPING CART! I mean, do buy it, but don't try to buy it on this website. This is a digital only release. No CDs, records or tapes exist for SBR09. That means you have to get it from eMusic or iTunes or Rhapsody or Napster or whatever. You can also try this fine website called Music Gremlin. Go on, now.
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New York City's best dressed two man band returns with Great Calamities, their second long playing record album. The Gents deliver original circus-country and dixieland-swing with banjo, string bass, kazoos, & a triangle. Enjoy the tight harmonies, the matching suspenders, the good old Vaudevillian charm! Enjoy the expanded band arrangements! Enjoy the unforgettable songcraft! Enjoy 13 damn fine numbers including "Prime Numbers" and the "The War of Northern Aggression."this cd is temporarily sold out

Seven inches with a big hole. Two sides. Two hits. This single, the band's first platter for Serious Business, is meant to be consumed repeatedly.

With this debut album, the mighty Hearts retain the punk blast spearheads of their '04 EP but venture into more complex and expansive territory, marked by strange folk, breathless monologues, raucous blues and blue-eyed, bloodshot soul. Frontman Joe Willie spins tales of the city, airline bottles and whiskey in the fridge.

The Gents play original, old-time, music at a reasonable volume and a lively pace. The 14 selections on this debut long-player will make you laugh, cry, drink and think. Perhaps one day you'll meet them, peddling their musical wares in your local park or tavern. Perhaps you'll enjoy yourself and will drop a dollar in their basket. Perhaps they'll spend that dollar on spirits.

Sadly, the CD of this release is completely sold out. Perhaps one day it'll be re-pressed. For now you'll have to buy it digitally. grab it on iTunes, emusic or something like that. And sit tight for the 10th anniversary deluxe vinyl reissue coming 2015.

This is the first fruit of a nation-spanning, party-time electro-hardcore super partnership. These psychedelic party jams feature overlapping razor-edged drum-beats, fuzz bass, future-world synths and fanciful, fetching lyrics. Delusions of Adequacy writes that DZUSA is cheerleader music like The Go! Team, except they "are the rebellious biker cheerleaders, snorting lines of coke under the bleachers after the game and having unprotected sex."

Listen with a beer as "both bands wreak considerable rock and roll havoc" and find out why the vinyl fetishists pour their paychecks into this lascivious split. You too can witness the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Check out MiG's exciting video for "Thirty Six" in the Music section.

Here's the record that started it all. This seven-song blast of ultra-distilled American-styled rock and roll features a riff-happy experimental bar-band fronted by one shoutin' drunkard. You'll hear weird chords and dirty, bouncy, driving beats. The songs are about Dylanology, giving up on rock and roll and other fascinating topics. "FOUR STARS," says All Music Guide.

Here's the debut LP from Serious Business co-founder, Unsacred Hearts/DZUSA alum and current OK Go guitarist A-Ross' irresistible solo project. It's a candy factory, stuffed with symmetrical washes of electric guitars, sweet-sweet harmonies and tom-tom rolls. Enjoy songs about true heartbreak and living in restless times, each bestowed with Hitsville chorii aplenty.

"Incommunicado" from this debut EP was elected by the Village Voice's Chuck Eddy as one of the top ten singles of 2003. This essential debut EP is one cathartic post-post-punk sweat-bath from NYC's most persistently awesome noise-pop thrill brokers.