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Slap Your Hands!!! asianmanrecords: JOYCE MANOR recently had a...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:54:42 -0400

Slap Your Hands!!!

JOYCE MANOR recently had a track by track guide written for their new album, “Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired” by David Liebe Hart (of Tim and Eric fame)!

Check it out at Alter The Press!

Salame!

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:50:00 -0400

GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THIS YEAR IF IT KILLS ME!

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:39:22 -0400

Holy smokes, what a tour! It started with a flight to Australia, ended with the Night Owls Print bosses getting married and had MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS! BROKEN BONES! TWO POSSIBLE LAWSUITS! DEBRIDING INFECTIONS! EVICTIONS! DYING PETS! WINDSHIELD MISHAPS! AN OIL CHANGE! RICK JOHNSON!!!

I want to thank everyone who was super kind to us on this tour, especially in places we had never been to before (Dallas + Beloit.) We don’t do this enough, here’s a handful of “photographs” from this very dangerous very fun tour.

Touring mates The Smith Street Band drinking some incredibly sweet neon drinks. One of them was called something like Lumiflavor or Electritaste or Voltvomit or something.

The money shot. During two days off in Australia, I decided to take a trip to Bali. After competently riding a motorbike along the south coast for a few hours, I incompetently bailed on a highway. Thankfully, I only broke my clavicle. This photo was taken moments after my buddy Nick cleaned a majority of the wounds out with hand sanitizer.

Oh, and a sunburn of course.

As a Jew, I’d really appreciate it if we were hate-crimed correctly, okay? Or is shit just wacky in the southern hemi?

I’m not entirely sure when and where this picture came from. Perhaps Witt’s house? Oh wait, it’s from Orlando. I can tell from the SUB-PAR Chinese food Matt is eating. That’s right, I said it.

Tom gears up for a sunny day at Hogwarts. Thanks Krystal for the free tickies!

If yr in Alabama, you gotta up the punx. There’s not even enough time to fully extend the anarchy A to the edge of the circle. There’s more electric boxes and more punx to be upped. Go up ‘em.

Who knew books could be funny?

Rick Johnson passes by your friendly neighborhood weapons store to consider a new direction for Mustard Plug.

Let it be known that the Staybridge Suites in Tallahassee literally has free unlimited beer, or at least did the day we stayed there. Free sandwiches too. Also I think Mike stole some macaroni and cheese. Anyway, keep that shit like a secret.

Mike Costa drinks TWO butterbeers, the delicious (but apparently non-alcoholic) beverage that tastes like a Werther’s Original covered in whipped cream. Goes down smooth!

Oh and how can I forget that we saw MOTHERFUCKING JOEY FATONE at Islands of Adventure. Also, isn’t it kind of odd that the dude from N*Sync, a guy who is by all rights a superstar (despite what time period they were popular, you know it’s true) and probably gets bugged all the time would wear a fucking shirt with his name on it to a crowded amusement park filled with kids?

So yeah… fun time! Here’s to hoping the next tour has less threats, pain, and terror! More Joey Fatone!!!

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Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:20:14 -0500

THRILLING

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:51:34 -0500

INTERVIEW

QUOTE UNQUOTE RECORDS IS BACK!

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:02:36 -0500

quoteunquoterecords:

You haven’t heard much from us in a while. It’s like we needed some supercharged force of positivity to bring back the free tunes. Thankfully, Adam Demijirian and his Brave Little Abacus buddies gave us their (sadly) final EP Okumay which is available for download RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!!! I can’t stop listening to it. Get into it. Also, here’s a pretty sweet video of their last show. Enjoy! More music to come very soon this time!!!

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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:51:00 -0500

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(at the request of a bunch of people, please click here to enjoy a pop-up free, non-corporately sponsored download of “snow charges”)

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:40:32 -0500

THE ARROGANT SONS OF BITCHES ARE PLAYING THEIR FIRST SHOW IN MANY MANY YEARS AT THE WARSAW IN BROOKLYN, MAY 27TH

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:10:00 -0500

So… the question is probably why are we playing reunion show? I think a weirder question is what the hell is in the air in 2012 that everyone is playing reunion shows? Does this shit seem weird to you? It’s all a conspiracy, man.

When ASOB broke up, it was pretty messy. Some of us didn’t talk to each other for years. When I came back home from Georgia, it seemed like it would be important for us to have one last show so we could at least put a period on the end of the sentence. We had every member we could get a hold of since the start of the band jump in, we played every song we had ever written, and we all went home and that was that.

Over the past few years though, the dust has really settled. I think when we did that “last show” we still weren’t friends who hung out with each other. We just wanted to have an ending. Obviously I’m still in a band with Mike, but now, I see Dave and JT all the time. I’ve released one of Sean’s records. I haven’t seen Bove in years, but I can’t wait to see him.

And I think that’s the thing for all of us. We like each other again, and thought it would be fun to play together again. This show is a one time thing. There are absolutely no plans to make another record, to go on a big tour anywhere or anything like that. We all like the places we’re at in our lives for the most part. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t get together and have one more beer with our friends.

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE. TICKET LINK. HOPE TO SEE YA THERE.

— Jeff

Feminist Playing Cards

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:32:39 -0500

Feminist Playing Cards:

What Dave said…

iymi:

This is great! I’m going to donate right now so I can get a pack. You can see Marissa’s artwork in the background of the Matt Pryor footage. Liz and Ramsey are all over IYMI and I’m excited to see what Cristy, Jacki and Lauren do too. Donate!

fuckyoulizprince:

Please visit the kickstarter page for the feminist playing card project I’m involved in; 14 artists were asked to draw 4 feminist musicians of their choosing to illustrate a deck of playing cards. The musicians I chose are:

Lauren Denitzio (the Measure(sa), Worriers)

Miranda Taylor (Hunchback, Full of Fancy, Black Wine)

Nicole Georges (Sour Grapes, Invincible Summer zine)

Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, the Julie Ruin)

Check out the video, get excited, and throw some $$$ at this project! Thanks!!!!!

How did "Can't Complain" end up being played on The Office?

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:40:13 -0500

To put it shortly: nepotism.

To put it quickly: nepotism.

BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY! / CLASSICS OF LOVE / MIKE PARK MINI-TOUR!!!!

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:26:00 -0500

HEY EVERYBODY! We are super excited to tell you that in March we’ll be playing the first three east coast shows Classics of Love have ever done! Then they’re going home. Who’s Classics of Love? It’s Jesse from Operation Ivy (!) making insanely good punk rock with Mike, Morgan and Max from Hard Girls/Shinobu/Pteradon (!!!). Here’s one of their songs:

Also on these shows is Mike Park who I don’t believe has been on the east coast playing music for almost a decade. You’re gonna fuck up BIG by not going to these shows. Here are the dates.

3/16 - Philadelphia @ First Unitarian Church TICKETS

3/17 - Brookyln @ Death By Audio TICKETS

3/18 - Washington DC @ Black Cat TICKETS

I’m adding ticket links because these shows should sell out. We are doing our own ticketing for the Brooklyn show, so play nice. See ya in the pit? That appropriate?

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:56:36 -0500

WHO THE HELL KNOWS THE NEXT TIME KUDROW MIGHT...

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:15:53 -0500

WHO THE HELL KNOWS THE NEXT TIME KUDROW MIGHT SYNTHESIZE…

iymi:

Kudrow is playing this Wednesday w/ Pheramones, American War and Three Man Cannon.

http://www.facebook.com/events/223003417780369/

Download some records at IYMI!

http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/album/kudrow/lando/
http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/album/american-war/rhetoric/
http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/album/pheramones/amelia-split/

http://threemancannon.bandcamp.com/

asianmanrecords: In case you missed it… Here is a stream of the...

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:14:32 -0500

asianmanrecords:

In case you missed it…

Here is a stream of the song “Dissolve” off of the new self-titled CLASSICS OF LOVE LP (out on February 14, 2012). Now available for preorder!

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Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:35:24 -0500

Bomb the Music Industry!: YOU'RE BEING WARNED...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:14:08 -0500

Bomb the Music Industry!: YOU'RE BEING WARNED...:

Have we played any non-all ages shows? I did forget to mention that if you’re under 16 at THIS particular show, you can have a “guardian” come there with ya. But other than that, I’m pretty sure that every show we’ve played since 2007 (in the states) has been all ages.

Fun fact: Did you know that we have been charged up to $500 extra in some venues simply for saying “make this show all ages.” What the fuck, right?!

shit-that-you-hate:

I would pay alot more than $10 to see them but what kills me is the non all ages shows

YOU'RE BEING WARNED...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:56:16 -0500

Although no one has called us out on this, we have been playing a handful of shows that a bit more expensive than $10, the most recent of which is a show with Das Racist on Long Island. We don’t plan on making a habit out of this, and we will ALWAYS fight tooth and nail to make our headlining shows $10 or less (I think in one case in Toronto last year, it had to be $13 or it couldn’t be all ages.)

In all honesty, we’re just making sure we’re still doing things that are interesting to us. Headlining shows all the time can get olllllllld and I think all the higher priced things we’ve been playing are all pretty unique circumstances, and things we’re excited to be a part of. We also always try to set up something cheap (or free) in those areas around the same time as the pricier jump-offs.

So fear not. We’re only continuing our trend of selling out in small increments. Can’t be perfect.

Love this guy.

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:45:53 -0500

Fun friends playing a Weakerthans song pretty poorly at a show...

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:29:00 -0500

Fun friends playing a Weakerthans song pretty poorly at a show with more people than we deserve. Matt Keegan on the lead voxies. Happy 2012 all. Eventually.

(recorded by andrew meltzer at europa like a week and a half ago. photo by joelle andres.)