We're gearing up for another crazy year... the new decade brings with it a new outlook for Main Man Records... and big plans. Before we reveal those super-secret shenanigans, we're starting off our second decade with 3 releases scheduled for January 26th. The fourth (and Main Man debut) from NYC's True Love. ¡Pas Net! is quite possibly their best yet (and that's saying something, as their previous 3 albums were big hits around the Main Man offices). We've also got a second collection of covers from Frankenstein 3000. They'll Be Waking Up Soon tops America's Hit Remakers in every way: it's longer, it's louder and all four members sing on it. Finally our long-rumored Queen tribute, Horse Feathers & Animal Crackers, is another 2-disc compilation (like our David Bowie and Winter Hours tributes before it) and once again, we gotta say, not a clunker in the bunch. The material certainly helps, but trust us when we say that every band and artist gave their all to this CD.

The rest of the year could possibly see the release of tributes to Devo, The Cars and Duran Duran... but we're not makin' any promises.

We slowed down a bit in 2009 after a crazy '08. We did manage to get you the latest Frankenstein 3000 CD, Where Do We Go From Here?. It's A Bird, It's A Plane... It's A Main Man Records Tribute To AC/DC Powerage (including a couple bonus tracks) also found it's way into your hands. We were also proud to offer the debut from New Jersey's The Easy Outs.

As 2008 drew to a close, we proudly presented our most ambitious release yet... A Few Uneven Rhymes - A Tribute To Winter Hours. Jeff Raspe (DJ from legendary Jersey Shore alt-station WHTG and now heard on 90.5 The Night) approached us, originally just to pick our brains about compilations and tributes, but the more we got to talking, the more we felt we'd be the right label to help bring Winter Hours' music (and brand new versions of it) to the fans.

Winter Hours formed in northern New Jersey in 1983 and had released a bunch of EPs and a full length album, Wait 'Til The Morning, before signing to Chrysalis in 1989. Their self-titled major-label debut and extensive touring exposed them to the rest of the country (and the world). Songs like "Hyacinth Girl" and "Roadside Flowers" found their way onto college radio before the band called it a day in 1991. 25 years later (and 5 years after the untimely death of lead singer Joe Marques) Main Man Records is honored to be behind this labor of love. Many of Winter Hours' peers, as well as artists that were influenced by their music, contributed their time and talents to this compilation. Members of Nada Surf, Violent Femmes, The Feelies, The Cucumbers, Dumptruck, Melting Hopefuls and Luna and many more offer their heartfelt tributes to a band that touched more people than anyone really imagined... enough to make this our second 2-disc tribute.

Proceeds from the sale of A Few Uneven Rhymes will benefit Road Recovery. More information can be found at their website.

More information about Winter Hours can be found at this tribute site (maintained by Winter Hours guitarist Michael Carlucci) and their MySpace page.

The end of the year also meant the holidays were coming, and for the first time in our 10 year history we decided to reach out to our friends and ask for some holiday music. Original compositions mix with covers of seasonal classics on Santa's Soundtrack For The Happenin' Holidaze. We gathered some of our usual roster like Frankenstein 3000, Shawn Mars, FourYearBeard and "Derwood" Andrews (Generation X) as well as Guns 'N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, Richie Ranno (Starz), Kenny Aaronson (Dust, HSAH), The Alarm (as Children Of The Revolution) and Steve Conte (New York Dolls).

If you'd be interested in appearing on any future Main Man Records collection, contact us here and we'll be happy to send you all the necessary information.