Balloons
Our brothers from Japan.  Great, skillful band w/ alot of heart in their music.  

Dropsonic
Rocking is their business, and business is good.  Sick!

Furnace MFG
This is where Ascetic gets all of it's CD duplication done.  Great people that will get the job done well and fast.  Very friendly people.  Be sure to email Mike if you want to get some CDs made.  Contact him at mharbin@furnacecd.com

Gravity Propulsion System
Bryan, Mark and Lance - Assault and battery with a multi colour, rough-hewn oak beam, givin' you ear splinters that you love just too much to remove.  Hurts so good.  

Headcases
Indie rock from France, not like the coneheads.  If we didn't know any better, we'd think these dudes were from K.C.!  Great stuff.  

Iwick
Mad genius who designed this website.  His work speaks for itself.  

Jakze.com
The talented, Sara Becan, has designed several Ascetic releases and t-shirts.  Check out her website.  

NAIL Distribution
The fine people that put our CDs in stores nationwide.  If your local store doesn't have Ascetic stuff... tell them to get it from NAIL.  

Retisonic
Ex member of Bluetip, Garden Variety, J-Majesty, rock a lean mean melody like you only wish you could.  So fucking cool.

Riddle of Steel
Andrew, Jimmy and Rob - Fearless He-sirens wielding great swords of complexity, tasteful dramatics and calculated rock fury.  Should you dance?  Should you cry?  Probably both.  Hide your women.  

Rock 'N' RollShoes
Cool website that that shows off shoes from the likes of Riddle of Steel, Houston, & Ring, Cicada. Check out their new intro, it rocks.  Yes, they are serious, no they are not twelve.  Yes, we love them.
 

RocketBar
The best place to hang out and see shows in St. Louis.  Where are now without the RocketBar?  RIP

Roma 79
Jeremy, Andrew and Aaron - They ride from the west, navigating
gargantuan waves of glistening melody, finding strength in their war
hammer drums.  You will feel famous.  

Selena Salfen
Chicago's photographer of the stars!  Wanna look hot?  Look into it, sugar.

Stella Link
Chris, Wade, Dave and Justin - Midwestern men travelling the beautiful far reaches of the galaxy in the starship "Eno."  Dispatching
predators with fiery laser cannon and Bruce Lee gut punch.

Traindodge
Jason, Chris, Rob and Jon - Hercules battling the hydra!  A flawless composite of olympian brute force, aural kaleidoscopics and high minded, graceful precision.  A knife fight ballet.  

Deconstructing Jim
Our good friends, Jeff Julian and Matt Yeager. This acoustic duo of evil has now become a full blown band of evil.

Ring, Cicada
Fractals of gritty guitar hooks, spiral staircases of rhythm & melody, and ear-searing rock.  Legends!

Roman Numerals
Ex members of all your favorite K.C. bands (Season To Risk, Dirt Nap, Shiner), united to form this K.C. voltron!  Ultra fresh.  

School of Language
Amazing tunes from David Brewis of Field Music fame.  An Ascetic brother whether he knows it or not!  

Shame Club
If only rock radio were this good.  Thin Lizzy what?  Who who?  Aerosmith where?  Stooges when?  Gods!

Story Of The Sea
Adam Prince and his brother Ian join forces with John McEwen and Damon Kalar. "Whether onstage or on the tracks of their debut album Enjoying Fire, the band's seasoned, larger-than-life sound boldly contrasts the trend toward lo-fi recordings and rough-around-the-edges instrumentation currently dominating indie rock."  Dudes, you had us at "larger than life."!  

The Esoteric
ex members of Coalesce, Today Is The Day, Reggie & The Full Effect,... jaw dropping, paint peeling, kings of midwest metal/math/core/rock.  Unbelievable.  

The Forms
Gorgeous, chimey melodius indie rock w/ vocal harmonies from the east coast.  Makes you wanna fall in love.  

The Life and Times
You've been living under a rock if you don't know these guys.  Do yourself a favor... check out their website and buy something special.  

54 40' or Fight!
Record label that features fine bands like Ring, Cicada, the Life and Times, Houston, Dropsonic and 31 knots.
 

Anodyne Records
Record label based in Kansas City, MO that releaed DirtNap - "Long Songs for Short Term Friends" and feature other great bands like Overstep.

Anomer Records
A fine label based in Belleville, IL featuring bands like Asia Minor and Step Softly, Ghost.

Collective Records
Indie label based in St. Louis.  Check them out... give them some love.

DeSoto Records
The label that inspires us all.  You know their bands:  Shiner, Burning Airlines, Jawbox, Juno, Dismemberment Plan.

Divot Records
Chicago based label. Great poeple supporting great bands like Haymarket Riot, Mt. St. Helens, Tekulvi and so much more.

Emergency Umbrella Records
New label based in Columbia, MO check out there stuff and say hey to Billy.

Low Desert Punk
A personal fave of some of Ascetic family members.  Brant Bjork & co. release their stuff here.  

No Karma Recordings
A happening record label in Milwaukee, WI.  They released Traindodge "Torch" and split released Traindodge "On a Lake of Dead Trees" w/ us.  They now have a huge online store.  

Robotic Empire
Andy Low is a badass mofo.  Riddle of Steel's vinyl release of "Got This Feelin' " was put out by none other than Robotic.  Home to some of rock's newest, realest and roughest, next to Ascetic itself!  Brothers in arms.  

Silver Three Sound Recordings
The home of Retisonic and other cool bands like Kimone and Panic in Detroit.

Stiff Slack Records
Record label based in Japan that has released Shiner - the Egg + 2. This fine label distibutes our CDs in Japan.  They also have exclusively released Traindodge - Under Black Sails

"Ascetic"
Can't figure out how to say "ascetic"?  Here's your chance.  Take a few moments out of your busy schedule and learn something new.

A Badge of Friendship
The dynamic duo of Claire and Paul, based in London, UK.  A Badge of Friendship is  a site dedicated to finding the good shit, as well as promoting shows in and around London.  Check their schedule if yer in the UK as they also have regular record spins.  Wonder twin powers, activate!  

Amber Isbell
Amber designed asceticrecords.com 3.0.  She does great work.  Your band should contact her so she can work for you.  She will make your life easier.  

Jakprints
Friendly people that do alot of Ascetic printed stuff like posters, postcards, cd inserts, sticker and t-shirts.  Great prices.

Lollipop Magazine

Ludlow Guitars
Crazy good guitar shop in Manhattan.  Stop in and ask from Jim, or maybe even run into David Lee Roth.  

Planetary Group
Excellent radio promotion comany.  They've worked on Traindodge "The Truth" for us.  Be sure to get a hold of Ben and he'll take care of you.

Props Visual
BMX bike video site. Riddle of Steel, Traindodge & Gravity Propulsion System appear on various issues.

Real Fresh TV
This is Real Fresh TV. We are a live music video podcast showcasing some of Manchester, UK's finest bands. We will be bringing you the freshest independent music from the city that gave you The Smiths, The Hollies, Joy Division, Buzzcocks, New Order, Oasis, The Longcut, Nine Black Alps, Oceansize and so many more. And we will be doing it all live.  Tell Chi Chi that Ascetic Records sent you!

St. Louis Punk Page
A website dedicated to cataloguing and promoting bands from St. Louis
 

St. Louis Scene
This is a website that focuses on the St. Louis music scene.  Slick site w/ lots of info and contacts.

The Tube Store
Where everyone should buy their amp tubes from.  Ridiculous selection, stupid low prices and ultra fast delivery.  Tell them Ascetic Records sent you.  

Transform Online
Great online zine site for all your music needs.

Twin Town
Another fine fine guitar shop, located in Minneapolis.  Badass vintage gear, badass techs, and Jeff Halland's recording studio in the basement.  Superb!