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Announcement / The Label is Closing
When Surkeus Records launched in 2019, we could not have imagined the impact this label and community would have on our lives. An energy...

(talking albums review) Pieces of Hearts Taped to Poems of the Occult | Man MadeLake and The B Sides | Volume One
I was told “you can’t get there from here”. How is that, I wondered, when I definitely got here from there?" Albums featuring unreleased...

Surkeus Magazine (Throwback)
Just cleaning up files on the laptop and reminiscing about that year we published a physical magazine. Although Surkeus Magazine was a...


NEW MUSIC // Marble Dynasty
Our good pals Nate Bailey (Sail Cassady) and Jon Flatman (Sail Cassady) have launched a new music project titled, "Marble Dynasty",...

New Digital List / Updated Feb 2025
Released: December 6, 2024 Artist: Sail Cassady Album: Pieces of Hearts Taped to Poems of the Occult - Man Made Lake and the B Sides...


Canada Post Strike Action
Delivery Delay Notice... Due to ongoing Canada Post strike action, please be advised that delivery times may be delayed. We are working...


A Conversation with Colin Craveiro (Sail Cassady/Man Made Lake)
Listen to the full conversation on YouTube: Sail Cassady | Pieces of Hearts Taped to Poems of the Occult | Man Made Lake and the B Sides...

Sail Cassady | Man Made Lake | BIG release coming Friday December 6th!
Sail Cassady | Pieces of Hearts Taped to Poems of the Occult | Man Made Lake and the B Sides Volume One | Out Friday, December 6th 2024...


"The Wolf Who Cried Boy" | A New album from Bruce Enloe | Available Now on Bandcamp
The new album by Bruce Enloe Music is available now on our Bandcamp Page. We think "The Wolf Who Cried Boy" is Bruce's finest work to...

Sail Cassady | Pieces of Hearts Taped to Poems of the Occult | Man Made Lake and The B Sides (Release Announcement)
Every once in a while, you get to take part in something truly special. A project that supercedes the conventions of music industry...


Sail Cassady - Finally, I - OUT NOW on all platforms
The newest single by Sail Cassady (Victoria, BC) is out now on all the apps. " We couldn’t be more excited to share with you the...


LISTENING NOW || Top 5 on YouTube (Cypress Hill, Six Feet Deep, Mobb Deep + More)
If you didn't notice, the website got a bit of a makeover after being sadly neglected for a long while. This is just a bit of what's been...

DJ Ashtron | ESCAPEMENT EP | Debut Release on Surkeus Records | OUT NOW!
We are super stoked to present DJ Ashtron's debut release on Surkeus Records. Driving, hypnotic, melodic. DJ Ashtron's Escapement EP is...


Area Resident | transmute | remix EP out now on Bandcamp
In a Howard Jones-like move, Ottawa’s Area Resident (Doug Hempstead) waited just over a month before following up his most recent album...


New Release from Joey Chaos and The Ghosts | GRACES | out now
Graces , the latest EP from Joey Chaos and The Ghosts, is the third and final in a cycle of releases beginning with Elegy (2019) and...


The Lobby | MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA - BIRDS OF FIRE (1973) | Bad Eyes Gallery Record Review
Gong. Hi, welcome to Birds of Fire (1973, Columbia), brought out to the world two years after one of rock and jazz history’s supreme...


The Lobby | JANIS JOPLIN - I GOT DEM 'OL KOZMIC BLUES AGAIN MAMA! (1969)
You know, I’m gonna have to start doing more recent stuff soon cause yapping about the bygones can get real tiring when you’re all spent...

Surkeus Records 2023 Label Sampler | OUT NOW!
The Surkeus Records 2023 Label Sampler is OUT NOW on Bandcamp. This artist selected compilation is full of goodies, and available only on...


The Lobby | MIKE OLDFIELD - OMMADAWN (1975) | Bad Eyes Gallery Record Review
I’m being very generous to myself in selecting an album of this length and, oddly enough, simplicity. The most fascinating part about...


The Lobby | PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. / LIVE IN TOKYO (1983) | Bad Eyes Gallery Record Review
I beared witness to this band’s Metal Box around two hours ago in order to brush up on their capabilities in the studio before...


The Lobby | THE MOODY BLUES - DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED (1967) | Bad Eyes Gallery Record Reviews
The hour of unchecked classics and moderately fettered experiences have begun. I’ve tempered an ear or two to that spooky shit for the...


The Lobby | STRANGE ADVANCE - WORLDS AWAY (1982) | Bad Eyes Gallery Record REVIEW
The woman on the cover is gazing up at the Hexahedron cities, the ultimate brainchild among Paolo Soleri’s fusions of architecture and...


The Lobby | WEEKLY REPORT, 8/15/2023
Already been four months? Time sure flies when you’re doing sweet F.A., so let’s buckle down for another pit stop before we inevitably...


The Lobby | YO LA TENGO - THIS STUPID WORLD (2023)
Now, I had an unfinished scribble of a text regarding this one really popular Low album from the 90s but I wasn’t moved enough to bother...


The Lobby | JOHN COLTRANE & ERIC DOLPHY - EVENINGS AT THE VILLAGE GATE (1961)
We have been propelled around 72 years back into a brief 80-minute modal respite with two jazz titans of totalitarian proportions:...


The Lobby | DICK SLESSIG COMBO - WICHITA LINEMAN (2004)
I’ve spent this last month in a sloven, tiresome haze with a potentially numerous sort of things to say, yet an infinitely limited...


Area Resident's "Phosphene" Physical Release Trifecta on Surkeus Records
Area Resident's latest album is now available on vinyl, cassette, and CD in our SHOP. The 12" LP, cassettes and CD's are available in...

Bad Eyes Gallery Presents - RITUAL : An Electronic Dance Music Affair (Kentville, NS)
The crew behind ARRIVAL, MASSIVE, and JUICY are back, and ready to bring you the dopest funky fresh bass in your face old school party...


"What's The Point?" A film by Rebecca Mason & John Flatman | Out Now on YouTube
The documentary film follows Victoria, B.C. band, r.mason through the process of recording their debut ep in the early days of the...


"Leather Shoe Lovers" by Sail Cassady | Out June 23rd
"June 23rd our final single off our Juniper record will be released titled ‘Leather Shoe Lovers’. A walk on a tight rope between what you...
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