New Records and release shows

From Noise Pollution:

Noise Pollution will be releasing a split seven inch with The Glasspack and Trophy Wives on Saturday, August 21st at a show featuring both bands at Zanzabar (2100 South Preston). The record will be on orange vinyl and contains The Glasspack’s “If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say” (which features Peter Searcy on bass) and Trophy Wives’ “Firecracker”. Also included in the record will be a download card with both bands’ songs from the record plus bonus tracks including a remastered version of Trophy Wives’ debut EP, their cover of Crain’s “UFO Song”, live stuff from The Glasspack’s set from the 2008 Roadburn Festival in Holland and the ‘Pack’s cover of Bobby Rush’s “Mary Jane”. In all, fifteen tracks will be included on the download card. That’s a hell of a deal for a measly $5. Read the rest of this entry »

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There Will Be No Miracles Here

Frontiers - There Will Be No Miracles Here

Frontier(s) - There Will Be No Miracles Here

Frontier(s) debut full-length entitled ‘There Will be No Miracles Here’ is now available! It is available on CD and via digital download from
http://store.arenarock.com/ , ITunes and local record stores (presumably both Ear X-Tacy and Underground Sounds). For you vinyl collectors, that version will be out on August 17th.

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Coliseum- August 2010 news and tour info

Greetings everyone, we’re flying out to the Power Of The Riff festival in Los Angeles this weekend and wanted to drop a line with our upcoming tour dates and a new video for “Lost In Groningen”.

Western North American Tour with Burning Love:
Thanks to everyone who came out for the first half of the Coliseum / Burning Love North American tour. We’ll be kicking off the second leg starting August 27th in Chicago, all the dates are below. It’s been a while since we’ve been to most of these spots and we’re really looking forward to the tour.

House With A Curse LP/CD Out Now:
Our third album, House With A Curse, was released June 22nd on Temporary Residence Limited and seems to be our most well-received record yet. Folks at SPIN, Decibel, The Onion AV Club, Alternative Press, and many others had very nice and humbling words to say about the record. We’re incredibly happy with the record and it’s great to get it out there and share it with everyone. All of the colored vinyl from the first pressing is sold out, but the nice embossed / spot gloss LP jackets are still available from Temporary Residence and Shirt Killers.

New video for “Lost In Groningen”:
Our collaborators on the “Blind In One Eye” video, Matt Whitson and Justin Gaar, are part of the Emmy-winning Alabama Public Television program We Have Signal. They filmed us at the first show of our tour in June at the fabulous Bottletree in Birmingham and have given us an exclusive multi-camera / multi-track audio clip of “Lost In Groningen” to share prior to the airing of the show in coming months. The video is on our Facebook and Vimeo sites, so swing over and check it out!

European / UK Tour:
We’ll be returning to Europe and the UK for the first time since our 2008 tour with Converge and Integrity, this time with an awesome bill featuring Vancouver’s Bison BC and Norway’s Kvelertak as support. Spanning most of November and a bit of early December, we’re covering as much ground as we can manage and are so looking forward to returning to some of our favorite locations in the world. It’s going to be a great bill and a great time. Check out the dates below.

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Skull Alley shirts on Etsy

Hey guys, get your girl something nice – a Jamie Prott original from Skull Alley’s new Etsy store! These aren’t the kind of goods that will end up on Regretsy. Help out Jamie and Skull Alley by picking up one of these or a One Small Step shirt from the site. More shirts will likely be available in the near future, so check back often.

“This design was hand drawn (or rather, hand-doodled) and then screenprinted onto ultra soft Alternative Apparel girls shirts with professional grade soft-hand inks. These shirts are super super soft and comfortable, lightweight, and fashion cut.”

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Ear X-tacy anniversary with Wax Fang

Wax FangPlease join us as we kick-off our 25h Anniversary at ear X-tacy Records at our brand spankin’ new location, complete with our NEW STAGE and all!

Fresh off the heels of being personally invited to play at All Tomorrow’s Parties in Europe (curated by none other than Pavement) and also just on the cusp of opening for My Morning Jacket at The Bucket here in a few months, we are VERY excited and honored to announce that WAX FANG will be playing the celebratory anniversary kick-off and christening the stage!
http://www.myspace.com/waxfang

This will be their first time playing at ear X-tacy, and it promises to be one of those show that will go down in history as one to remember. The show is scheduled to begin at 6pm on Sunday, August 1st! As always the show is FREE and ALL-AGES! Plenty of parking in our huge new parking lot, too… The new address is 2226 Bardstown Rd. (in the Douglas Loop).

What: WAX FANG
Where: ear X-tacy’s new location (2226 Bardstown Rd. — same building as FedEx/Kinkos in the Douglas Loop)
Date: Sunday August 1st, 2010
Time: 6pm sharp
Cost: FREE
Facebook Invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129745857066700&ref=mf

(text written by Sean Bailey).

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