January Suburban Home Buddy of the Month – Kyle Betts

I am proud to bring you our first Suburban Home Buddy of the Month of 2010, Kyle Betts. Kyle lives in Ontario, Canada, and I can’t remember when we first started talking; I just know that Kyle has been a big Suburban Home supporter ordering many of our releases throughout the years. We hadn’t heard from him in a while until we got an email around the holidays. The email said that he had been unable to afford to keep up with buying records over the past year but that he now had a gift card and wanted to catch up on our releases. The email got me thinking about how much Kyle has supported our little label over the years and I figured he would make a suitable candidate for our Buddy of the Month.

Thanks Kyle for taking the time to answer our questions and thanks for having supported what we do over the years.

Please click the link to read on about Kyle’s favorite Suburban Home artists/releases, his favorite non-suburban home artists, suggestions for bands we should sign and things we should do.

SH: Your name and the city you live in. What do you do for a living?
Kyle Betts. Stratford, Ontario, Canada. I bartend and work at a tattoo shop (www.anthonysbodypiercing.com)

SH: How did you find out about Suburban Home, what was the first SH release you ever purchased?
I heard of the label by hearing the “4-Square” Compilation. The first releases I purchased were The Nobodys “I’ve Been Everywhere” and The Homeless Wonders “S/T”

SH: What is your favorite Suburban Home release?
So hard!!! Gotta go with Drag The River “It’s Crazy” or LaGrecia “On Parallels”

Favorite Suburban Home artists?
Drag The River, Tim Barry, Jr. Juggernaut

SH: What other labels do you follow?
Sabot Productions, Smallman Records, No Idea, the now-defunct G7-Welcoming Committee

SH: What are some of your favorite non-Suburban Home artists?
Nada Surf, None More Black, Leftover Crack, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Propagandhi, Hot Water Music-Chuck Ragan-The Draft, The Dwarves, The Falcon

SH: What is your musical format of choice? CD, Vinyl, Digital?
CD

SH: Where do you buy Suburban Home releases?
Direct from the label, or Encore Records, Kitchener, Ontario

SH: If you ran Suburban Home, what band would you sign?
None More Black, Rehasher, Mock Orange

SH: Which Suburban Home artists have you seen live, which artist(s) on Suburban Home that you haven’t seen are you looking forward to seeing?
NONE, because they NEVER come to Canada (that is, until Feb. 1st – Chuck Ragan + Tim Barry in Kitchener Ontario!!! Woot Woot)

SH: We at Suburban Home realize that we are a small label and are always interested in hearing suggestions on what we can do better, any suggestions?
Absolutely nothing. You guys are leaps and bounds ahead of any label out there. From your contests, to your pricing, fan interaction, website, deals and discounts, vital updates, etc…. other labels take note… Suburban Home is how a label should be ran

SH: Have you ever called the Drunk Dial Hotline? If no, why not?
I dunno, to be honest. I have no excuse. I’m a terrible person.

SH: Do you have any interesting Suburban Home related stories?
Not really, other than I feel like moving to Colorado to be right in the thick of it!!! And to get pissed at J.J.’s bar every night, and to have a chance of seeing Drag The River and Love Me Destroyer in my lifetime!!!