Hey Folks,

Got a few new full length release
- the GloryHoles CD/LP
- the Rotten Apples CD

http://www.emptyRecords.com

and a couple Tours about to start
- The Lost Sounds
- Dead Moon
- Midnight Thunder Express

http://www.emptyRecords.com/tours
Scroll down for details on these

Another cool bit of news is Sicko has reform and even played a show at the =
Sunset Tavern in lovely Ballard. The place was pack from the minute Mea Culp=
a opened the show! By the time Sicko went on there wasn't breathing room. Si=
cko did not disappoint! They kept the whole room bouncing. Hopefully the ban=
d will get some of the pictures they took up online soon. Their next show is=
September 20th, 2002 with Gas Huffer at the Old Firehouse in Redmond, Wa. =
(http://www.sicko.com)

-Blake

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New Release:
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Gloryholes
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Knock You Up CD/LP
(MTR395)

Doug White of Seattle's legendary The Sinister Six is fronting a new band c=
hock full of driving guitars, thundering rhythms, and wild careening vocals!=
As put so well in Vinyl A- go-go, "The Gloryholes are snottified, blasted o=
ut, amped up, garage-ripped rock and roll with a squelching, caterwauling le=
ad vocalist and ear bashing, lo-fi, screeching guitar attack." The LP was pr=
oduced by Tim Kerr (Lord High Fixers, Monkey Wrench, etc..) and Jack Endino =
(Nirvana, etc..) and brings their self destructive show to vinyl.

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Rotten Apples
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Real Tuff CD
(MTR396)

Real Tuff by the Rotten Apples is all that! A Rock & Roll mix of Wave and S=
oul. This all female band brings you 10 rockin' songs of heartache, frustrat=
ion about female stereotypes, road rage and the status quo. With ex- members=
of The Pin-ups and The Amazombies, This melodic punk four piece would surpa=
ss Dusty Springfield if the Muffs had been her backing band.


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Tours:
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Lost Sounds
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AUG
Wed August 14th (Chappel Hill) Cat's Cradle (w/ Hot Snakes)
Thu August 15th (DC) 9:30 Club (w/ Hot Snakes)
Fri August 16th (NYC) Bowery Ballroom (w/ Hot Snakes)
Sat August 17th (Philadelphia) Day at Theater for Living Arts, (w/ Hot Snak=
es)
and Nitetime(Kyber) shows 10 pm (w/ Hot Snakes)
Sun August 18 (Buffalo)
Mon August 19 Columbus, OH
Tue August 20 Athens, OH
Wed August 21st (Memphis) People's Temple (w/ Digital Leather)
Thu August 22rd (Shreveport, LA) (w/ Digital Leather)
Fri August 23rd (Dallas) with the Signals: Club Clearview (w/ Digital Leath=
er)
Sat August 24th (Austin) : Room 710 (w/ Digital Leather)
Sun August 25th (San Antonio) : Tacoland (w/ Digital Leather)
Mon August 26th (El Paso) : Cantina La Tuya (w/ Digital Leather)
Tue August 27th (Phoenix) (w/ Digital Leather)
Wed August 28th (San Diego) : Casbah
Thu August 29th (LA) : Spaceland
Fri August 30th (San Francisco) Café Du Nord
Sat August 31st (Portland) Dante's: w/ Fireballs of Freedom


SEPT
Sun Sept 1st (Seattle) Sunset with the Fireballs
Mon Sept 2nd (Missoula) Upstairs at Jay's: w/ Fireballs
Tue Sept 3rd (Salt Lake City)
Wed Sept. 4th (Denver) 15th St. Tavern
Fri Sept. 6th St. Louis or (Milwaukee)
Sat Sept. 7th (Chicago) Beat Kitchen


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Midnight Thunder Express
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SEPT
7th - Missoula (Jay's Upstairs)
10th - Minneapolis (ENTRY)
11th - Gabes' Oasis (held)
12th - Green Bay (tba)
13th - Chicago (Beat Kitchen)
14th - Cleveland OH (Beachland)
15th - Bowling Green OH(Howard's)
16th - Columbus OH (Bernie's)
17th - Buffalo NY (Mohawk)
18th - tba
19th - Boston (Abbey Lounge)
20th - Pittsburgh (tba)
21st - Athens OH (Union)
22nd - Philly (Khyber)
23rd - Virginia Beach (Chicho's)
24th - Richmond VA - Hole in The Wall (held)
25th - Chapel Hill NC (Local 506)
26th - Auburn AL (tba)
27th - Knoxville TN (Pilot Light)
28th - Oxford MISS (tba)
29th - St. Louis (Hi-Pointe)
30th - Kansas City (THe Bick)


OCT
1st - Lawrence KS (The Replay)
2nd - Oklahoma City OK (Green Door)
3rd - Dallas (Club Clearview)
4th - Austin TX (Beerland)
5th - San Antonio TX (Salute' Lounge)
6th - El Paso (La Tuya Cantina)
7th - Mexico (TBA)
8th - Tucson (tba)
9th - Phoenix (tba)
10th -(tba)
11th - Los Angeles Ca (DragonFLy)
12th - San Fran CA (tba)

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Dead Moon Tour
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Mon - 09/16 Denver, CO 15th Street Tavern conf.
Tue - 09/17 Lawrence, KS Replay Lounge conf.
Wed - 09/18 Nebraska
Thu - 09/19 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry conf.
Fri - 09/20 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle conf.
Sat - 09/21 Detroit, MI Magic Stick conf.
Sun - 09/22 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern conf.
Mon - 09/23 Toledo, OH Micky Finns conf.
Wed - 09/25 Columbus, OH Little Brothers conf.
Thu - 09/26 Pittsburgh, PA 31st Street Pub conf.
Fri - 09/27/ Hoboken, NJ Maxwells conf.
Sat - 09/28 New York, NY Mercury Lounge conf.
Mon - 09/30 Philadelphia, PA Northstar conf.
Tue - 10/01 Cambridge, MA Middle East Upstairs conf.
Wed - 10/02 Baltimore, MA Otto Bar hold
Thu - 10/03 Washington, DC Black Cat Backstage hold
Fri - 10/04 Chapel Hill, NC Cat's Cradle hold
Sat - 10/05 Atlanta, GA Echo Lounge conf.
Mon - 10/07 Memphis, TN Hitone conf.
Tue - 10/08 New Orleans, LA El Matador conf.
Thu - 10/10 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves conf.
Fri - 10/11 Houston, TX Rudyard's conf.
Sat - 10/12 Austin, TX Emo's hold
Tue - 10/15 Mesa, AZ Hollywood Alley conf.
Wed - 10/16 Tucson, AZ Club Congress conf.
Thu - 10/17 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland conf.
Fri - 10/18 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill conf.
Sat - 10/19 Reno, NV tba checking