Holy Crap. Its actually been a year since I sent out an update. So I
figure a few folks receiving this are going to forget they signed up
and think its spam. I got a bit to content using the website and
myspace. Sorry Folks. I'm only going to mention the latest releases
instead of trying to catch up for the whole year...

-Blake

P.S. Not an Empty band, but family none the less, word has come down
that the Knockout Pills are calling it a day :)


Here are our newest release and well worth the trouble to check out.
Scroll on down to get more details on each.

Bamboo Kids - Feel Like Hell LP/CD
Destruction Unit - Death to the Old Flesh  LP/CD
Digital Leather - Monologue CD
Snitches Get Stitches - Even A Butched Carcass... CD
Blank Its - Happy Accidents CD/LP

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Bamboo Kids - Feel Like Hell
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/
record_detail.asp?intRecordId=235

In a culture growing tired of itself, it's rare that you hear a band
that might actually still give a shit. Pounding out rock and roll
devoid of irony or trends, New York City's Bamboo Kids seem to be one
of only a few bands that have no wall dividing their hearts from
their music. No wall dividing gutter fun from social conscience.
Cheap booze and sex share the same space in their world as Iraq and
civil rights. The Bamboo Kids have taken the celebrated garage
rawness of their self-titled first album and injected it into a much
fuller and more powerful sound. There is no filler on this album,
only rock and roll at its finest. Thirteen rabid songs that make
America's idea of heaven feel like hell and hell like a place you
just might want to go on a Saturday night.


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Destruction Unit - Death To The New Flesh
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/
record_detail.asp?intRecordId=236

Back for a final conflict is Destruction Unit. This last
collaboration between the trio of Jay and Alicja of Lost Sounds and
Ryan Wong will shatter your world. . Developed by Ryan Wong in the
Arizona desert sometime in the past, the Unit unleashed the "My
Disease" recording on Discos Cagados and debut "Self-Destruction of a
Man" in 2004. The out-of-control beat met with electronic keys, a
deafening guitar and damaged vocals that wanted you dead. Fueled by
an unknown disease that mutates in the sun. So, stay in the shadows.
Go out at night. Destruction Unit is here. And it wants you dead.


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Digital Leather - Monoloue
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/
record_detail.asp?intRecordId=232

Taking cues from late 70's/early 80's synthpunk pioneers as the
Screamers, Nervous Gender, and The Units, this Arizona based one man
band rely on just keyboards, drum machines and vocals to set the
scene of gloomy electronic desert landscapes and gay night club
discotheques.This is the life of Sean Foree, who created this
masterpiece in his one bedroom apartment in Tempe, Arizona. Live he
borrows members from the Wongs, Reatards, Lost Sounds, and
Destruction Unit. Ten tracks that are sure to appeal to fans of the
current rebirth of keyboards in punk... but this record surely pushes
the boundries of that.



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Snitches Get Stitches - Even A Butched Carcass Can Shine
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/
record_detail.asp?intRecordId=233

Like a blood-engorged death tick buried neck-deep in Seattle's
blubbered underbelly, Snitches Get Stitches are a fearsome reminder
that the neutering needle of domesticating commodification has not
pricked every band. Stripped down to the power of three, SGS are a
battle-hardened trio of gutter veterans who've led corpses into war
on the scenes of LA, NYC, Miami, and St. Louis before running ram
shod over Seattle's precious taint. Their first release, "I Liked You
Better When You Were a Corpse" sent a spiral of confused critics into
the unanimous decision that: a) SGS's rock is fucked and b) SGS
fucking rocks. Their second release, "Even a Butchered Carcass Can
Shine" takes their first release, hangs it from a hook, slits its
throat, and carves it for sport. Faster. Meaner. Rottener.


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Blank Its - Happy Accidents (MTR413)
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/
record_detail.asp?intRecordId=231

Plopping out of Seattle with the likes of the SPITS come BLANK ITS.
Likened to the Buzzcocks these guys (Justin:guitar, Betsy:bass and
Jon-Paul: drums) have a sound that's gonna make you wanna! As
Smashing Transistors put it "... Mangled two finger chords...and a
high-strung backbeat... Think of them as if the Urinals at their most
agitated writing songs they'd like to hear the Monkees cover..."
Still rooted in the Northwest, these guys have played throughout the
Midwest including Horizontal Action's Chicago Blackout with the
Pagans, and in Hamtramck by themselves, and just recently at SF's
Budget Rock. This debut full length, Happy Accidents, recorded by
Kurt Bloch (of the Fastbacks) at Egg Studios, has all the record
hounds chomping at the bit just like they did for their singles. 100
on color vinyl.

Yes, Crackerbash is playing a on time reunion show for the Music Fest
NW in Portland on Sept. 10th at the Crystal Ballroom. Don't miss this
if you can.

See http://www.musicfestnw.com/index.php for deatail

========================

New Reatards release "Not Fucked Enough" coming out this month. There
will be 100 copies on pink vinyl. We are taking preorders for those
now.

Reatards - Not Fucked Enough LP/CD
With the fall of the Lost Sounds, Jay is back in business with the
Reatards. Started at the tender age of 16, the Reatards left a path of
broken disco balls and pissed off promoters across the US and Europe.
Here we have more tasty vintage Reatards recordings to complement last
years "Bedroom Disasters". This was the record the Reatards started
recording as thier second full length release. Recorded on a broken 4
track this was scrapped when a new lineup was realized with Rich
joining on drums and Sean (of The Feelers) on bass. Now the "lost
second record" is finally seeing the light of day. You might recognize
a few of these songs in different form from "Grown Up" or some of Jays
other projects but something about these recordings sounds as frantic
and urgent 6 years later as the day they were recorded. Frankly some
of the best stuff the Reatards have done. Hold on tight and watch for
a new record out early next year.

========================

The Reatards will be doing a short US and longer European tour.
Joining them will be Tokyo Electron (Watch for upcoming release from
them). Look for updates European Updates at http://www.kissnrun.com/
ontour.html

Sep 24 2005 2:00P Buccaneer Memphis, TN
Oct 3 2005 10:00P Buccaneer Memphis, TN
Oct 27 2005 8:00P The Clubhouse Phoenix, AR
Oct 28 2005 8:00P Thee Parkside San Francisco, CA
Oct 29 2005 8:00P Hemlock Tavern San Francisco, CA
Oct 30 2005 8:00P The Scene Bar Glendale/LA, CA
Oct 31 2005 8:00P TBA / ?Knitting Factory? Los Angeles, CA
Nov 4 2005 9:00P Fedtebrod Aalborg
Nov 5 2005 9:00P TBA Aarhus
Nov 6 2005 9:00P Stampgatan 21 Gothenburg
Nov 8 2005 9:00P Sonic Ballroom Koln
Nov 10 2005 9:00P TBA Stockholm
Nov 11 2005 9:00P TBC Strasburg
Nov 12 2005 9:00P TBA Luzern
Nov 13 2005 9:00P Red Fox Ostiglia
Nov 14 2005 9:00P Contrast Konstanz
Nov 15 2005 9:00P Monofaktur Munchen
Nov 16 2005 9:00P TBA Karlsruhe
Nov 17 2005 9:00P Gleis 22 Munster
Nov 18 2005 9:00P Waterfront Rotterdam

I know what you're thinking.  "Say, I wonder when Snitches Get
Stitches is going to smash me over the face with the unique brand of
sonic abuse this summer?"  Well friends, the wait is over!  They're
kicking it into high gear with festivals and tour galore.  Come
see 'em at these fine establishments:

sun 6/12 OAKLAND - golden bull with love songs.
tue 6/14 Reno/NV - zephyr lounge with others tbd.
wed 6/15 SAN FRANCISCO - elbo room with western addiction
thu 6/16 Arcata/CA - the alibi
...
http://www.snitchesgetstitches.com/shows.htm


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The Red Rose Girls CD is finally out.

Red Rose Girls
Self Titled
(MTR407)

Following in the old-time legacy of Portlands Old-Time stalwarts The
Dickel Brothers comes The Red Rose Girls. These three women are
already making a name for themselves on the scene belting out sweet
and dirty harmonies around town. These simple and fun traditional
recordings will please fans of the Carter Family, Doc Watson, etc. In
the custom of rural musical history of the 20s and 30s, they give you
no reverb, no mandolin, and no fake hillbilly accents just raw
acoustic guitars and intimate harmonies. They lay down strong rhythms
underneath the old songs that range from fierce and primal to trance-
like. As one fan put it, "The Red Rose Girls make people rock who
never knew they wanted to rock in the first place."
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?
intRecordId=224

Snitches Get Stitches
I liked you better when you were a corpse(MTR406)

Colliding into the Pacific Northwest, SNITCHES GET STITCHES hail from
the other three corners of the country: heavy LA math meets NYC art
rock meets Miami Cuban punk. SGS are a nightmare meeting of
progressive hardcore and outsider politics, an abrasive mind meld of
full-on rock blowout and self-destructing punk rock. A
forward-thinking trio of lads with a vendetta against brain-dead pop
culture, this is a band willing to put themselves at risk with the
sonic chaos they create. What a mess this is! Dangerous, uneasy-a
blast. Tomorrow's world may not be better because of SGS, but tonight
will definitely be a lot more fun.

http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?
intRecordId=223

Finally The Reatards - Bedroom Disasters LP/CD is out.

   100 copies of the LP are on red wax!
   They are only available through mail order.

See below for more details on the release.
Order here
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?
intRecordId=222


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Lost Sounds Tour Dates *
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October 2004
Wed, 27 - Chicago, IL  (Subterranean) with Functional Blackouts
Thurs, 28 - Green Bay, WI (Mainstage) with Catholic Boys
Fri, 29 - Minneapolis, MN (Triple Rock Social Club)
Sat,  30 - Fargo, ND (Ralph's Corner Bar)

November 2004
Tues, 2 - Seattle, WA (Crocodile) Blank Its
Wed, 3 - Portland (Berbatti's) Warcry(?)
Thurs, 4 - San Francisco (Bottom of the Hill)
Fri, 5 - Reno, NV (Fort Ryland)
Sat, 6 - Glendale, CA (Scene Bar)
Sun, 7 - Phoenix,  AZ (the Rogue) Destruction Unit, Digital Leather
Tues,  9--Tuscon, AZ (VENUE TBA - VAUDEVILLE CABARET OR SURLY WENCH)
Wed, 10- El Paso, TX (T. Lounge)
Thurs, 11- Austin, TX (Beerland)
Fri, 12--Houston, TX (Rudyard's) (will someone please attend this
time?)
Sat, 13- Shreveport, LA (Joe's)

* watch for updates at http://www.lostsounds.net/shows.html

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Reatards -Bedroom Disasters (mtr405)

Before the Lost Sounds there was the Reatards. For those too young to
remember, Jay was one pissed off 16 year old kid in 1996. Banned from
nearly every club they played, the Reatards were overdriven, loud,
and destructive. With crackling guitars underlaying Jay's southern
crooning howl, they produced some of the most amazing hate-filled
anthems ever. These songs are hand pick from the vast archives of
unreleased Reatards material. We refer to this as "the Goner Years"
as these encompass the time period 1996-99 while on Goner records.
These songs were recorded in Jay & Ryans (The Wongs, Digital Leather)
bedrooms, while stealing beers out of Ryan's dad's fridge between
songs. "These were recorded straight to cassette tape and mixed down
to a 70's stereo system". INCLUDES the long out of print "Get Real
Stupid", "Get Out Of Our Way", & "Solid Sex Lovedoll" singles.

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Song List:
========================
1 You aint no fun no mo
2 Chuck taylors all-stars blues
3 Fashion victim
4 Teenage hate
5 Bummer bitch
6 Puke on you
7 I gotta rock n roll
8 Looking for danger
9 I do what I want
10 No soul no more
11 There aint No turning back
12 Tell a lie on me
13 I'll be smart
14 Come on over
15 Loretta
16 I stay alone
17 Lick on my leather
18 down on the ground
19 dildo darlin
20 no fun no mo
21 stupid asshole
22 no brains
23 I need nothing from you

- Destruction Unit go on a mini West Coast tour this week
- St Bushmills Choirs CD out now.

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Saint Bushmills Choir
Self Titled CD
-----------------------------------
St Bushmill's Choir is a 7 piece Irish influenced punk band comparable
to Flogging Molly or Firewater, but with some distinct differences...
"The Choir" emerged from the Seattle peace-punk underground and claims
former members of The Gits, Subvert and The Pinkos. This self-titled
disc is the 14 song follow-up to the 2001 EP, "Give Em Enough Booze".
on Broken Records, The album was produced by Jack Endino of Nirvana
fame and captures the insane live energy of a Choir show. Unrelenting
punked-out Irish jigs and expert musicianship recalls The Pogues,
Stiff Little Fingers, or dare I say it, The Clash.

http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?
intRecordId=220

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Destruction Unit Dates
-----------------------------------
Sat. Sept 18th - Los Angeles @ the smell
Tue Sept 21 - San Francisco @ bottom of the hill
Wed Sept 22 - Portland @ the twilight
Thur Sept 23 - Seattle @ the funhouse ( Digital Leather show with
member of Destruction Unit)
Fri Sept 24 - Seattle @ the hideaway w/the spits

Out Now - MouseRocket CD/LP

Mouse Rocket, the newest project from Memphis art-core luminary,
Alicja Trout (Lost Sounds, Fitts, Destruction Unit)combines the native
intensity of the Lost Sounds with delicate and haunting pop
sensibilities reminiscent of Yo La Tengo's best work. Mouse Rocket's
debut is a record driven by a proto-punk engine but enslaved to a sad
and beautiful melody. Evocative and more accessible than past
projects, it paints with a loose hand the face of a culture eroding.
Poised between sterility and wildness, mouserocket spins, like an
unreliable oracle, pointing out visions more than directions and
revelling in the tension between the sweet and the stark.

http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?
intRecordId=219

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VARIOUS MOUSE ROCKET REVIEWS
------------------------------

Memphis Flyer
Local Record Roundup
by Chris Herrington
... far more accessible is Water Recordings (self-released; Grade: B+)
, from Trout's other band, Mouse Rocket. With local notables such as
Ron Franklin and Big Ass Truck's Robby Grant and Robert Barnett
helping out, Mouse Rocket seems to be an outlet for material not
really suitable for the Lost Sounds, resulting in a sunnier, poppier
sound --more indie-rock and garage-rock --than anything you'll hear on
Rat's Brains.

Much of Water Recordings sounds pre-punk or proto-punk where Rat's
Brains is definitively post-punk, a quality made most explicit by its
two fabulous covers, one of Love's "Alone Again Or" from the band's
summer-of-love psychedelic classic Forever Changes, the other an
infectious reading of the Nuggets' nugget, "Little Black Egg," where
the head-bobbing guitar-and-drum interplay and Trout's sweetly
affectless vocals combine for one of the most enjoyable moments of
local music I've heard all year.

If there's a flaw here, it might be that the record peaks prematurely
with the swooningly catchy indie-rock opener "Missing Teeth" and the
seductive, keyboard-driven new wave of "Darkest Hour." Other than the
choice covers, nothing else on the record touches those two tracks,
though the instrumentally swaggering (and well-titled) "Flash and
Burn" and the straight-up rock-and-roll love song "Set On You" come
mighty close.

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Mouserocket -7 song demo houseofsmut

You'd think being in just one of the greatest bands the world has to
offer would be enough for most folks. Not so for Alicja Trout. Besides
being a member of the Lost Sounds, she's also doing time in this
phenomenal outfit, Mouserocket. Sure to appeal to Lost Sounds fans,
this material only bears a glancing similarity to that band. It's
definitely just as great, though.

From a sonic standpoint, Mouserocket could be considered vaguely
similar to the Lost Sounds--only in that both play a well-written,
sophisticated sounding kind of music which is often synth-driven.
However, while the Lost Sounds could be described as bleak,
Mouserocket illicits adjectives such as dreamy, spacey, and angular.
What's going on with Mouserocket would probably be considered more
indie sounding in its approach. Alicja's voice rarely slips into the
black metal style screamed vocals prominent on many Lost Sounds
tracks. Instead, her voice tends to stay in its natural range with
this material, slipping from time to time into an angelic sounding
falsetto. It all helps make the Mouserocket vibe a little more upbeat.

Now, this is not to say there aren't Mouserocket tracks which will
appeal to Lost Sounds fans--in fact, it all should be easy to embrace.
This is especially true of the songs "Over-Analytic" and "Walking
Lizard," both of which see Alicja slipping into the aforementioned
screamed vocal style. That's only a small part of what this material
is all about, though. There are songs like "Little Black Egg" which
are almost vintage sounding in nature, from a songwriting
standpoint--this particular song being strangely reminiscent of the
One Way Streets track "We All Love Peanut Butter" off the first Back
From The Grave compilation. However, tunes like "Song of Glass" really
capture the essence of Mouerocket--warm and hypnotic beyond words.

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Mouserocket - Water Recordings (demos)
houseofsmut

It's quite a feat to improve on greatness. Listening to the newest
Mouserocket demo, Water Recordings, you'd never know it, though--they
do so with such seeming ease. Over the course of fifteen tracks,
Mouserocket further assert that they must be considered one of the
most exciting and original bands known to mankind.


With Water Recordings, Mouserocket's style remains the same as on
their previous demo. For the most part, this is synth-ified pop with
an indie edge and is without equal. This music is at once fluid and
fractured--reminiscent of past sounds, yet totally fresh. On paper, it
looks contradictory but, to the ear, it's sonic prefection which makes
perfect sense. The key difference in this demo from the last is an
enhanced sound quality. Basically, what this means is that everything
which was great before is even better now--subtle synth parts and
other auxilliary instrumentation are now audible in mix, making
already superbly textured songs jump out of the speakers with a
lushness and sophistication that leaves you breathless.

This being said, a slew of new songs included with the reworked tracks
ensure more to look forward to than just nicer production values when
it comes to Water Recordings. There are several short instrumentals
throughout this collection which are extremely nice, the highlight of
which being the Thinking Fellers Union-esque "Night Stretcher." As far
as vocal material, the best of the new songs has to be the lead-off
track, "Missing Teeth." Absolutely perfect in every conceivable way,
this song will burrow its way into your consiousness and refuse to let
go--extra class points given here thanks to the inclusion of some
flawlessly understated cello work. Water Recordings also benefits from
the inclusion of "Darkest Hour"--one of Mouserocket's best songs, left
sorely missing from the last demo. It's a synth-driven beauty of a
song featuring Alicja's voice in its more subdued, dreamy sounding
range.

It's hard to believe things could get much better than the previous
Mouserocket demo (review here), but they have with Water Recordings.
This is music of rare excellence. Someone really needs to get on the
ball and properly release these recordings because people deserve a
chance to hear this band. In fact, as special as Mouserocket are, it's
a matter of utmost importance.

OUT NOW!

REALLY RED - Teaching You The Fear CD/LP

The explosive and turbulent Texas of the late 70s produced a wealth of
great hardcore with the likes of the Dicks and the Big Boys. Right up
there was Houston's Really Red spitting out their own brand of
political hardcore. This is their debut release and a long out of
print gem. We are super proud to be able to bring this classic Texas
punk record back to light for a new generation of punks raised in the
anti-political scene of 90's easily digestible mass-market punk.
Politically relevant as it was in 1980, this is truly one of America's
greatest hardcore bands.

http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?intRecordId=218


  * TESTIMONAILS * TESTIMONAILS * TESTIMONAILS *


Gary Floyd (The Dicks & Sister Double Happiness):
"Really Red were from Houston. The Dicks were from Austin...so when I
heard  they were playing, I knew I was going to be a harsh critic...
my turf, you know... all that went out the window about two songs into
the set... this was the real shit... i loved them, and I still do!"
______________________________________

Tim Kerr (Big Boys, Lord High Fixers, etc..):
Really Red were not only an amazing Texas band. They were an amazing
band ... period. Great people that did what they could to keep the
community they had going, together, and inspired. I remember being in
Ronny's store and hearing him ask a kid who was buying records when he
was going to start a band. (smile) It always stuck with me.
______________________________________

Mark Arm (Mudhoney & MonkeyWrench):
"I love Really Red.  Teaching You The Fear was a mind-bending
eye-opening album for lil' Mark Arm.  It was punk rock.  It was
hardcore.  It was so much more.  It didn't easily fit into this new,
increasingly inflexible, form.  Teaching You The Fear was a litmus
test for punks.  If you dug Really Red, chances are you were smart and
cool.  If you didn't, you were a sheep, a chump or a chump sheep.

Really Red was one of the very few bands that dealt with politics in a
meaningful way.  They didn't just yell a bunch of cheap slogans.  They
never talked down to their audience. Most importantly, they knew what
the hell they were talking about.  This was a huge contrast to the
generic "political" hardcore bands highly touted by the likes of
Maximum Rock 'n' Roll.  The band's righteous anger was infectious.  At
least it infected me.

I'll never understand why Really Red wasn't huge in the same way Black
Flag and the Dead Kennedys were (or at least better known than
schmucks like MDC or Suicidal Tendencies).  They were worshipped by my
small circle of friends.  My first band, Mr Epp, got to open for them
once when they came to Seattle.  We felt like we'd made it.  It was a
great show.  We finally got to see Really Red and they were on fire!
I love Really Red."
______________________________________

Steven Blush (American Hardcore):
"A small scene did evolve out of the powerful shows and records of
Houston's premiere HC-era band, Really Red -started in '79 by fiery
front man Ronnie Bond; a.k.a. U-Ron Bondage. On their own CIA imprint
they issued some amazing vinyl, like '81's LP Teaching You The Fear
and '82's EP New Strings for Old Puppets,. Really Reds Spot on Let
them eat jellybeans led many to compare Bond to Jello Biafra - though
Ronnie could caustically question authority without whining." (from
American Hardcore
______________________________________

King Koffee (Butthole Surfers):
  "Talk about overlooked bands - Really Red left behind some great
records, but the memory of their live show is still vivid. Had they
only toured more they'd be considered legendary. They took a strong
political stance yet were able to pull it off. Unlike MDC who were
overly preachy, Really Red had amazing anthems - Ronnie Bond'd just
scream for all he was worth. It wasn't typical Left Wing propaganda.
Seeing Really Red in Houston, where they were really popular, was very
moving, powerful stuff. They were great -they made sense to me."
(from American Hardcore)
______________________________________

Yet another underappreciated Tex-ass band, Really Red's first LP is
utterly mind blowing from start to finish. Their songs follow no
convention, boiling in the same musical melting pot where the
Minutemen and early Wire swam. The vocals often call to mind D. Boon,
who also could convey fierce emotion whether he was singing or
shouting, joking or railing. The music, jerky and disjointed but also
almost infectiously danceable, also follows the Minutemen formula of
jangly guitar, heavy-bottomed bass, and expressive drumming. Almost
every song is a highlight here, with anthems like "Too Political?" and
"Run 'Em Out" providing ample shout-along lines. The title track, with
its menacingly anxious bass line and shakily spoken lyrics "Take one
chicano with his hands cuffed behind his back..." is one of the most
haunting political punk songs ever written. When it explodes into the
chorus and Ronnie spits out "Teaching you the feeee-aaaar!" it really
is a revelation. Likewise, the song "Starvation Dance" drives its
point home not through the grotesque, graphic descriptions of third
world misery in each verse, but during the maddening, idiotic chant of
"Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to starvation" sung
over the catchy, upbeat chorus. My favorite tune is the more ambiguous
"Aim Tastes Good," which calls to mind the fragmentary poetry of the
first Gang of Four and Proletariat records. Another link between all
the bands I've mentioned is that Really Red are goddamned smart.
Intelligence is what holds this record together through political
rants, strange episodic hardcore tunes, and an ode to Nico that seems
to be dead serious. This is what pop music will sound like after the
revolution. -JT (Kill From The Heart
homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/mainpage.html)
______________________________________


Gary Floyd (Dicks & Sister Double Happiness):
"Really Red were really overlooked - I don't know how people don't
seem to know about them. Their Albums were great, they were produced
well. All in all, they were fucking incredible."  (from American Hardcore)

--

Mea Culpa West Coast Tour
http://www.meaculpamusic.homestead.com/

"Revolution Rawk that'll make your inner Joe Strummer stand up and
salute. Zooms in for the kill like classic DKs...Memorable melodic
twang worthy of latter day Social D."
- Magnet

"It truly surprised me how well realized this new band is. Catchy as
heck and not merely socially conscious but hyper alert and literate.
Fantastic!"
- Razorcake


Wednesday, April 7th - Portland, OR: Twilight Cafe w/ The Minds
Thursday, April 8th - Roseville, CA: Shady Brady's w/ Milk The Sun
Friday, April 9th - San Francisco, CA: Thee Parkside w/ The Tarmints,
The Salem Lights, Willowz
Saturday, April 10th - Los Angeles, CA: Thunderbird Saloon w/ Smut
Peddlers
Sunday April 11th - San Diego, CA: The Che Cafe w/ Vitamin X
Monday, April 12th - OFF
Tuesday, April 13th - Hermosa Beach, CA: The Lighthouse Cafe w/ Smut
Peddlers
Wednesday, April 14th - Downey, CA: The Anarchy Library w/ Jesse
Deluxe, Dollyrots, Bang Sugar Bang
Thursday, April 15th - Las Vegas, NV: The Double Down Saloon w/ Bang
Sugar Bang
Friday, April 16th - Oakland, CA: The Stork Club w/ The Advantage
Saturday, April 17th - Reno, NV: Alvarez House (410 Vassar, Reno, NV,
89502)
Sunday, April 18th - Chico, CA: RADIO APPEARANCE on KCSC
Monday, April 19th - Chico, CA: The Riff Raff
Tuesday, April 20th - Eugene, OR: The Samurai Duck
Wednesday, April 21st - Portland, OR: International Club Mummy w/ The
Fliptops
Thursday, April 22nd - Olympia, WA: The Phoenix House w/ Biography Of
Ferns
Friday, April 23rd - Mea Culpa Tour Homecoming Show BLOODHAG, Mea
Culpa, The Hollowpoints, Blackbelt @ Graceland. ALL-AGES, Bar w/ ID.
$8. Doors @ 5PM

Hey, we have a mini update here mainly to alert folks to the small
west coast Dead Moon tour. They are also heading out for European tour
soon. But more importantly they have a new LP out on Tombstone  "Dead
Ahead" (2004).
http://www.deadmoonusa.com/dm_mmcd067.htm

Dead Moon Tour
  Bottom Of The Hill 03/04/04
  Spaceland 03/05/04
  The Casbah 03/06/04
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Intern???
Also we are looking for an intern. If you live in Portland and are
interested in helping out a couple days a week drop us a line. This is
a no pay position, only free merch and a pat on the back. The job
encompassed everything to stuffing promos and clipping magazines to
calling radio stations.
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/about/email.asp

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Out in a few weeks is a awesome reissue of the long out of print
Really Red LP, "Teaching You the Fear". We are doing CD and LP. LP
will be limited to 500 with 100 on Red
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?
intRecordId=218

Really Red
Teaching You The Fear
(MTR402)

The explosive and turbulent Texas of the late 70s produced a wealth of
great hardcore with the likes of the Dicks and the Big Boys, Right up
there was Houston's Really Red spitting out their own brand of
political hardcore. This, their debut release and long out of print,
inspired "Kill from the Heart" to write:

"Really Red's first LP is utterly mind blowing from start to finish.
Their songs follow no convention, boiling in the same musical melting
pot where the Minutemen and early Wire swam. The vocals often call to
mind D. Boon, who also could convey fierce emotion whether he was
singing or shouting, joking or railing... The title track, with its
menacingly anxious bass line and shakily spoken lyrics "Take one
Chicano with his hands cuffed behind his back" is one of the most
haunting political punk songs ever written. When it explodes into the
chorus and Ronnie spits out "Teaching you the feeee-aaaar! It really
is a revelation... This is what pop music will sound like after the
revolution."


1. TOO POLITICAL?
2. BORED WITH APATHY
3. THE FEE
4. TEACHING YOU THE FEAR
5. DECAY
6. RUN 'EM OUT
7. NO ART IN HOUSTON
8. BAR B QUE
9. WHITE LIES
10. NICO
11. STARVATION DANCE
12. PROSTITUTION
13. AIM TASTES GOOD
14. ENTERTAINMENT
15. PIG-BOY
16. AIN'T NO TIME
17. LOCKJAW
18. A REMINDER

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Just a quick update:

1) The Destruction Unit, Jay & Alicja (Lost Sounds) and Ryan (The
Wongs), LP in finally out. Details below

2) Tales from the Birdbath, Ean (Sicko) and Reba (the Cripples) Start
a mini Westcoast tour. Dates below


==========================================================
	 Destuction Unit
==========================================================
Self-Destruction of a Man LP/CD (MTR401)

All it takes is one. One man/woman/human can shatter your world.
Destruction Unit is that one. Developed by Ryan Wong in the Arizona
desert sometime in the past, the Unit unleashed the "My Disease"
recording on Discos Cagados. The out-of-control beat met with
electronic keys, a deafening guitar and damaged vocals that wanted
you
dead. A series of live performances were also carried out. Then,
Phoenix met Memphis. Jay of Lost Sounds had shared wounds and scars
with Ryan during the rise of the Reatards. Naturally, Jay and Alicja
of Lost Sounds latched on to the thud that was breeding in Arizona.
Lost Sounds released tastes of things to come with "Do You Wanna Kill
Me" and "Let's Lie" sometime in the present. Fueled by an unknown
disease that mutates in the sun, Destruction Unit prepares for more.
Ryan, Jay and Alicja will deliver new damage sometime in the future
(Jan 2004) on Empty Records. So, stay in the shadows. Go out at
night.
Destruction Unit is coming. And it wants you dead.

http://www.empty-records.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?
intRecordId=214



==========================================================
	 Tales from the Birdbath Mini Tour
==========================================================
The current incarnation of Tales from the Birdbath will go on its
first rock and roll tour starting this Friday. Also, our the CD is
out. Our website is www.neatshows.
com/birdbath/releases/releaseEggsCDEP.asp

Friday 1/16
Portland, OR
Billy Ray's Neighborhood Dive (21+)
2216 NE MLK Street
with Sean Croghan (of Crackerbash fame)
10-ish FREE


Tuesday 1/20
San Francisco, CA
The Hemlock Tavern (21+) http://www.hemlocktavern.com
1131 Polk Street
with the Pickup
10pm $5

Thursday 1/22
Aptos, CA
The Mediterranean (21+) http://www.themedfly.net/
265 Center Street
with 300 Pounds http://www.300poundmusic.com/index.html
8:30pm

Friday 1/23
Reno, NV
Walden's Coffeehouse (all ages) http://www.waldenscoffeehouse.com/
3940 Mayberry Drive
with Mister Vague, Sean Spurling http://www.seanspurling.com/, and
Kent Miura
7:00pm FREE

The Curses (Our newest band and release) will be playing tonight
(11/11/03) on WMBR's local show, Pipeline. Don't miss it! It runs from
8 to 10pm EST, they should be playing around 9:00. If you live out of
the area and have broadband, you can listen in on their website: www.
wmbr.org  WMBR 88.1 Cambridge

Here's the blurb on the Pipeline page.  Obviously whomever wrote this
has never met them, just look at the nice things they said about the
Curses:

"The Curses (Nov 11) The legend of punk rock bands in Boston usually
really begins when they spread their wings beyond the bounds of New
England, and this quartet has got a hot piece of wax that's being
released by Portland, Oregon's eMpTy Records... prepare the scribes."
http://wmbr.mit.edu/shows/pipeline.html

Get the Curses new release here...
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?
intRecordId=213

-Blake

Watch www.kalium.nl for Updates!

* tue 18 nov Belgium - tba
* wed 19 nov France - Paris - Nouveau Casino - w/ Speedball Baby
* thu 20 nov France - tba
* fri 21 nov Spain - Gijon - Bola 8
* sat 22 nov Portugal - Barreiro - Barreiro Rocks festival
* sun 23 nov off
* mon 24 nov tba
* tue 25 nov tba
* wed 26 nov Spain - tbc
* thu 27 nov Spain - San Sebastian - Gazteszena - w/ Speedball Baby
* fri 28 nov Spain - Madrid - Gruta 77
* sat 29 nov Spain - Pradejon/Larioja - La Imagen Club - w/ Panics
* sun 30 nov Spain - tba
* mon 01 dec tba
* tue 02 dec Italy - Pavia - Il Tempio
* wed 03 dec Italy - Roma - INIT
* thu 04 dec Italy - Migliarina di Carpi (Modena) - Sala Astra
* fri 05 dec Switzerland - Biel - La Coupoule - w/ Los Looches
* sat 06 dec Germany - Karsruhe - venue tba
* sun 07 dec Switzerland - Lucerne - BOA
* mon 08 dec Germany - tba
* tue 09 dec Germany - Hamburg - Hafenklang
* wed 10 dec Sweden/Denmark - tba
* thu 11 dec Sweden - Stockholm - Vieille Montagne
* fri 12 dec Sweden/Denmark - tba
* sat 13 dec Sweden - Goteborg - Restaurang Kreta
* sun 14 dec Denmark - Alborg - 1000 Fryd
* mon 15 dec Germany - Bremen - Tower
* tue 16 dec Germany - Hannover - UJZ Korn
* wed 17 dec Germany - Dresden - Groove Station
* thu 18 dec The Netherlands - Groningen - VERA
* fri 19 dec The Netherlands - tba
* sat 20 dec Belgium - Kortrijk - The Pit's
* sun 21 dec The Netherlands - Haarlem - Patronaat !afternoon show!
* sun 21 dec The Netherlands - Amsterdam - De Diepte

The Solger CD is finally finished. You can get it now from us or it
should be in stores in about two weeks. There also a few copies of the
LP left (pressing of 100)

www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?intRecordId=211

Solger Bio:
Seattle and the Pacific Northwest had a rich punk rock heritage prior
to 1980, with the likes of nationally known early punk bands such the
Lewd, the Dils, the Mentors, the Tupperwares (later the Screamers),
and the Telepaths (pre-Blackouts/Ministry). There was also a handful
of local unknown bands, mostly from the University District that
played a more upbeat garage-style punk. That was until the band Solger
was formed in June of 1980.

Unlike most other bands, none of the members knew each other before
came together in 1980. Kyle Nixon sang "Nervous Breakdown" with Black
Flag in February during their first tour of Seattle, and was looking
to start a hardcore punk band of his own. Paul Dana, who had just
turned 15, place an ad in a local paper looking for a punk singer.
They met and started with two songs Paul wrote "American Youth" and
Dead Soldier" before finding bassist Doug Rockness through a
girlfriend. Tor Midtskog joined Solger because he liked the "Dead
Soldier needs a drummer" flyer they had posted inside the Showbox
Theatre. Within a month they played their first gig with only five
songs, marking Seattle's birth as a hardcore punk rock town. A short
lived six months and six shows later the band called it quits before
the years end. And they would have been forgotten had they not
recorded a rather raw and powerful record in their wake. This
collection presents and documents Solger's place in Seattle's hardcore
punk rock past. This is the complete recorded works digitally
remastered by legendary producer Jack Endino including their last show
in November of 1980.  Un-remastered single aslo included. (LP version
limited to 99 copies)

Paul Solger went on to play in the Fartz, DTz, Fags, & Ten Minute
Warning and worked with Mark Lanegan and Jane County. He also co-wrote
Green River's Rehab Doll.

Song List:
1. AMERICAN YOUTH
2. RAPING DEAD NUNS
3. AMAN
4. I HATE IT
5. DEAD SOLGER (Soldier)
6. DO ME A FAVOR (Live)
7. REPETITIONS (Live)
8. WHAT WE DO IS SECRET (Live)
9. STAB YOR BACK (Live)
10. THE LAST PUNK (Live)
11. SCHEME & FRAUD (Live)
12. I HATE IT
13. RAPING DEAD NUNS
14. AMAN
15. AMERICAN YOUTH
16. DEAD SOLGER

The Lost Sounds and the Knockout Pills (ex-WierdloveMakers) are both
on the road. Check them out if they are through your area!


Lost Sounds Tour
JULY
24th - New Orleans - El Matador
25th - Houston TX - Rudyard's
26th - San Antonio
27th -tba
28th - Phoenix
29th - LA Spaceland
30th -San Diego
31st--SF- Bottom of the Hill w/ Last Dance, Bottles & Skulls, Point
Line Plane

AUGUST
1st - Portland--Blackbird
2nd - Olympia
3rd - Seattle - Sunset
4th - Missoula - Jay's
5th - OFF
6th - Denver - Larimer
7th - kansas/iowa - tba
8th - St. Paul MN - Christiansen's Big V
9th - Chicago IL - Subterranean

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The Knockout Pills Tour
http://www.knockoutpills.com/

Sat July 26 Seattle, WA
w/ The Mexican Blackbirds
The Comet Tavern
922 E. Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 323-9853

Sun July 27 Portland, OR
w/ TBA
Mickey and Mario's Pizza Pub
Se 65th Ave & Se Foster Rd
Portland, OR

Tue July 29 Redding, CA
w/ The Pine Grove Faithfulls
Red White & Brew
2181 Hilltop Drive
Redding, CA 96002
916-222-5891

Wed July 30 San Francisco, CA
w/ The Yellow Press
The Vice
Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street at Wisconsin Street
San Francisco, CA
415.503.0393

Thur July 31 Oakland, CA
w/ FM Knives
Killer's Kiss
The Stork Club
2330 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA
510-444-6174

Fri Aug 1 San Francisco, CA
w/ The Sermon
The Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk Street @ Post
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 923-0923

Sat Aug 2 Los Angeles, CA
w/ The Smut Peddlers
The Radio Reelers
The Garage
4519 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 662-6802

Sun Aug 3 San Pedro, CA
AFTERNOON BAR-B-Q SHOW
w/ TBA
Pedro House

Sun Aug 3 San Diego, CA
w/ TBA
Chaser's
3615 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA
(619) 280-9379

Sun Aug 10 Tucson, AZ
21+
w/ TAXI
Cocaine Piñata
Vaudeville
110 E. Congress St.
Tucson, AZ
(520) 622-3535

The Rotten Apples are heading down the coast in a couple weeks. Be sure to catch
them. If you haven't heard them check out the clips on
http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/bands/band_detail.asp?intbandid=115.

"..by the fourth titan- like song, "Heart Candy", it all hits me! The Rotten
Apples are what The Donnas want to be.." - Blank Generation

http://www.therottenapples.com/

TH 3/27- Olympia, WA @ McCoy's Tavern w/the Vexers, Exploding Hearts
FR 3/28- Seattle, WA @ Sunset w/the Vexers, Exploding Hearts, the Ones
SA 3/29- Portland, OR @ Blackbird w/the Hunches, the Deadly Weapons
SU 3/30- Seattle, WA @ Vera Project (Ladyfest) w/ Helles Belles, Stuck Ups
* MO 3/31 Eugene, OR @ John Henry's (unconfirmed)
TU 4/1- Chico, CA @ the Riff Raff
WE 4/2- San Francisco, CA @ the Bottom of the Hill w/the Paybacks & Modey Lemon
TH 4/3- Sacramento, CA @ Distillery w/ the Knock Offs, Riff Randells
*FR 4/4 Las Vegas, San Diego or Pomona (unconfirmed)
SA 4/5- Huntington Beach, CA @ the Liquid Den w/ Evil Beaver and the Shocker
SU 4/6- Los ANgeles, CA @ the Garage w/999 Mad Parade and Ch3

Gloryholes
Thu, Mar 6th, Portland @ the Twilight w/ The Triggers, Flip Tops
Fri, Mar 7th, San Francisco @ Kimos w/ The Triggers, F. M. Knives
Sat, Mar 8th, Long Beach @ The Prospector w/ The Triggers and The Distraction
Sun, Mar 9th, LA @ The Garage w/ The Triggers
Wed, Mar 12th, Albuquerque @ Burt's Tiki Lounge w/ Kevlar (from Sweden)
Thur, Mar 13th, Austin @ Beerland South x So What
Fri, Mar 14th, Houston @ Rudyards w/ Sugar Shack and The Jewws
Sat, Mar 15th, Dallas @ Spiderbabies w/ Alabama Thunder Pussy, Regal Time
Sun, Mar 16th, Kansas City @ El Torreon w/ The Throttlers and Dragstrip Courage
Mon, Mar 17th, Denver @ 15th Street TavernMarch 19th Missoula . @ TBA

Lost Sounds
Mid-West, East Coast, & South Tour

Wed, Jan 22: Columbia, MO AT THE EASTSIDE TAVERN
W/ ONE INCH PUNCH & I HAD APSYCHOTIC REACTION TO LSD
Thu, Jan 23: Green Bay, WI at Student Center (all ages)
Fri, Jan 24: Madison, WI at the Anchor
Sat, Jan 25: Chicago, IL at the Beat Kitchen with the Ponys
Sun, Jan 26: Detroit, MI at the Lager House with Piranhas
Mon, Jan 27: Columbus, OH at 2490 N. 4th St. with Radar Secret Service
Tue, Jan 28: Athens, OH at the Union
Wed, Jan 29: Buffalo, NY at the Mohawk
Thu, Jan 30: NYC at the Luxx
Fri, Jan 31: Providence, RI at the Met Cafe with Crimson Sweet
Sat, Feb 1: NYC (Brooklyn) at the HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIDEOUT
W/ TAMION,BLACK EYES, CRIMSON SWEET, LOST SOUNDS
Sun, Feb 2: Philadelphia, PA at the Kyhber
Mon, Feb 3: Washington, DC  at the Velvet Lounge
Tue, Feb 4: Raleigh, NC at Kings
Wed, Feb 5: Knoxville, TN at the Pilot Light
Thu, Feb 6: Mt. Pleasant, SC  at the Village Tavern
Fri, Feb 7: Orlando, FL AT BODHISATVA SOCIAL CLUB WITH STUDDOGS
Sat, Feb 8: Miami, FL
Sun, Feb 9: Tallahassee, FL at the Cowhaus
Mon, Feb 10: New Orleans at El Matador
Tue, Feb 11: New Orleans at Dixie Tavern with Dear Diary I Seem to be Dead
Wed, Feb 12: Houston, TX at Rudyards
Thu, Feb 13: San Antonio, TX at Taco Land WITHSUZY BRAVO
Fri, Feb 14: Austin, TX  at Emo's with the Deadly Snakes(all ages)
Sat, Feb 15: Dallas, TX at Spider Babies (all ages)
Sun, Feb 16: Shreveport, LA : at the Zebra Room (8pm) with Dirtfoot(all ages)


Book Lost Sounds at: winland@...

We have the new Lost Sounds CD/LP in. The actual ship date to stores
isn't till October 2oth but ya'll can get it early on the site.

http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_
detail.asp?intRecordId=209

Lost Sounds
Rats Brains & Microchips
(MTR397)

With their third full length, Memphis' LOST SOUNDS have added
"Malevolent Metalese" to an already crowded linguistic repertoire
that included "Sick Sike" and "Dystopian Darkwave." The opening
track, "Remote Control", bursts forth like a Boris barbarian drawing
come to life - its axe nothing more than a blur of silver and red
carving your brain into an unimaginably obscene topiary. And there is
no loss of momentum as the LOST SOUNDS continuously fire sonic
salvos: tales of post- apocalyptic morbidity and the urban enervation
of our current grim age.

With feet planted firmly in the synth-heavy, rooster do'd pop of
yesterwave, they strain with sinewy arms toward a dark tomorrow. They
sing of a future in which one's humanity is an expendable luxury and
where the reserves of government- issued Paxil are running
dangerously low. With these metal- laced prophecies of Orwellian
technocracies, the altered cerebella of rodents, and the necropolises
of forgotten automatons, the question is not "Who will prevail in
this joyless scenario?" but "Which side are the LOST SOUNDS on?"

Song List:
Rat's Brains & Microchips
You dont know Remote Control
Tronic Graveyard
Energy Drink & the Long Walk Home
Black Coats/ White Fear
I think I'm Dead
Dreaming or Bleeding

Total Destruction
Read Requiem Mass for Me
Breathing Machine
Radon Flows
Peek-a-boo UR Doomed
Frozen in Time

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:
----------------------------------------------------------
Gloryholes
-------------------
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.

-------------------------
Rotten Apples
------------------------
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:
----------------------------------------------------------
  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


--------------------------------------------
     Midnight Thunder Express
---------------------------------------------
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)

--------------------------------------------
     Dead Moon Tour
---------------------------------------------
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

The Midnight Thunder Express have exploded like a runaway freight train leaping
off the tracks. This hard working five piece came out of the gates running,
forming mere months ago from the ashes of Seattle stalwarts the Valentine
Killers and other less notables. Twin guitar madness courtesy of Stu Miller's
Chuck Berry rhythm style mixing perfectly with Brian's scorching leads, a one
two punch indeed. This while Willie sings about dirty women, good times had, and
those unshakeable blues. The solid bottom end is the glue that holds the Express
together, Scott's masterful bass lines falling right in place with Jimmy Flame's
heavy hitting drum style.

http://www.emptyrecords.com/empty/releases/record_detail.asp?intRecordId=204

Their debut self titled debut full-length (with the legendary Jack Endino at the
helm) is 10 songs of pure rock 'n roll power. Imagine the swagger of the New
York Dolls, T Rex, and '70s Stones poured on top of heavy rock a la AC/DC or the
MC5.

June 8th - Seattle, WA,Graceland
June 10th - Missoula, MT, Jay's Upstairs
June 12th - Denver, CO 15th Street Tavern
June 13th - Lawerence, KS, House Party
June 14th - Des Moines, IA, Hairy Mary's
June 15th - Kansas City, KS, Davey's Uptown
June 16th - St. Louis, MO, The Hi Pointe
June 18th - Charleston, IL, Dungeon
June 19th - Lawrence, KS, 8th Street Taproom
June 20th - Chicago, IL, The Beat Kitchen
June 27th - Seattle, WA, Re-Bar/Pho Bang
June 28th - Richland, WA, Atomic Records
June 29th - Missoula, MT, Jay's Upstairs
July 2nd - Colorado Springs, CO, Industrial Nation
July 3rd - Lawrence, KS, TBA
July 5th - Austin, TX, Emo's
July 6th - Dallas, TX, Club Clearview
July 7th - Austin, TX, TBA
July 10th - Phoenix, AZ, Rogue
July 11th-12th - Los Angeles - TBA
July 13th - San Francisco, Covered Wagon

Coming Soon: Glory Holes, Rotten Apples, Lost Sounds...