Bad Astronaut is headed out on their first ever tour this July, playing four acoustic dates in California alongside Mike Hale. Frontman Joey Cape will perform solo at the shows as well. To celebrate this rare occasion Punknews is giving away four pairs of tickets to the tour, one for each date.
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Early next month, Cleveland, OH's The Sidekicks will embark on a lengthy tour with Tigers Jaw, which will include the band's first ever trip to the west coast. And in commemoration of this otherworldly achievement, we're teaming up with them and Red Scare to give away the band's two full-lengths, 2007's So Long, Soggy Dog and 2009's Weight of Air, as well as four other label releases. All you have to do to win is guess the band's combined weight (get it?). Whoever comes closest will win; travelling carnival workers are more than welcome to enter.
Cincinnati, OH pop-punks The Dopamines will unleash their new album Expect the Worst on June 29, 2010 and in the name of taking things too far, we've teamed up with the band and Paper and Plastick to give one unlucky winner a prize pack that includes a skipping Expect the Worst test press, a broken iPod and Mikey Erg's broken guitar.
None of it works, but it can all be yours!
Melodic hardcore underdogs Grey Area will be playing a reunion show in Philadelphia at The Barbary this Saturday, June 19th, and our good friends at Black Numbers are so excited about it they want to give away a pair of tickets to one lucky winner. The band is playing alongside Static Radio NJ and Lighten Up, so if you're free this Saturday, get stoked.
Note to act fast, as the contest wraps up in a few days.
Richmond, VA's The Riot Before will be hitting the road this week in support of their new LP for Paper and Plastick, Rebellion. Joining them on select dates of the tour will be Nothington, Heartsounds and Blacklist Royals. And as if that weren't awesome enough, we're teaming up with the band to give away a prize pack that includes their new album, a t-shirt, stickers, buttons and two tickets to a show on the tour of the winner's choice.
Riot Style Records is in the process of reissuing all three albums from Canadian skate/metal outfit, S.T.R.E.E.T.S. (Skateboarding Totally Rules Everything Else Totally Sucks!). Each album from the east Vancouver band has been remixed from the original source tapes by producer/engineer Jesse Gander at Rec-Age studios and repackaged with rare bonus tracks. The label has already made Invaders From Gnars available, with Bobognargnar and Worms set to arrive later this year.
To celebrate Riot Style is giving away an awesome new S.T.R.E.E.T.S. skate deck to a lucky Punknews reader. Click below to enter!
Terror will soon embark on a extensive North American tour alongside Gravemaker, Foundation and Naysayer in support of their upcoming full-length, Keepers of the Faith. Today, we're teaming up with the band to give two winners tickets to a show on the tour of their choice, with the grand prize winner also snagging a copy of the band's previous full-length, The Damned, The Shamed.
Philadelphia's Bantic Media recently released a limited edition 7" by Dave Hause of The Loved Ones. The three song set includes the tracks "Melanin," "Play Practice," and "God Bless The SOS" on wax that is limited to 200 in black and 300 random colors with artwork by House Industries. The vinyl is available for sale now at BigCartel but you can win a copy of your own by clicking below.
The Windy City Sound Clash will be here sooner rather than later! From May 28th to the 30th the fest will take over The Subterranean in Chicago, IL. Bands performing include Toys That Kill, Lil Dave Merriman of The Arrivals, Mikey Erg of The Ergs, Vacation Bible School, Dude Jams, Stoned At Heart, Like Bats, Bust!, The Ataris, Banner Pilot, The Menzingers, Noise By Numbers, Cheap Girls, Nato Coles and the Blue Diamond Band, The Mushuganas, Winepress, Lynyrds Innards, The Slow Death, Reaganomics, Kepi Ghoulie, Teen Idols, The Dopamines, Be My Doppelganger, No Enemy, Jetty Boys, The God Damn Doo Wop Band, The Repellents, Red Phone Dispatch, and The Transgressions.
We've got a pair of tickets and a bunch of posters from the event to give away to some lucky members of the Punknews community.
Brooklyn, NY duo The Naked Heroes recently released their new full length 99 Diamond. The band, which features guitarist / vocalist George Michael Jackson and drummer Merica Lee was just named a Band To Watch by MTV Canada, who compared their Powerload / Drug Front Records released debut to acts like The Cramps, John Lee Hooker, Black Sabbath and James Brown. To celebrate the release of the new record the band is giving away five prize packs to Punknews.org readers featuring some signed vinyl and more.
On May 11, 2010, Piebald will be releasing their upcoming farewell DVD set, Nobody's Robots. The DVD spans more than three hours, with an hour long documentary feature that highlights the bands career and offers a behind the scenes look into the their lives, music, friends, and fans. The film then flows into the bands final Boston show in its entirely; filmed April 19th, 2008 at the Middle East Rock Club in Cambridge, MA.
We've got prizes for three winners
To celebrate the Sailor's Grave Records "No Piece For The Wicked Tour" we've teamed up with two of the participating bands - The Hollowpoints and The Business and Draven Shoes to put together a big prize package with music, merch and more.
The inaugural Rad Fest is a little less than a month away (May 14-15, to be exact), giving folks who enjoy budget beer, flannel and bad facial hair another city upon which to converge (in this case, Wilmington, NC) and party to the sounds of bands such as Leatherface, None More Black, The Sainte Catherines, New Mexican Disaster Squad, The Riot Before, Lemuria and a slew of others.
Today, we're stoked to team up with the organizers of the festival to give away two pairs of weekend passes as well as two pairs of Rad Fest t-shirts, designed by Sharkguts.
To celebrate the release of The Flatliners' new album, Cavalcade, on April 13, 2010, we've got some nice prize packages to give away.
Moneybrother's new album, Real Control, hits stores today courtesy of Bladen County, and we're celebrating with some prizes. You can win the new album on compact disc, a shirt, and a copy of their previous EP, They're Building Walls Around Us, and albums from some of the band's labelmates, the Love Language and the Builders and the Butchers.
The band is heading out on the road in a few days with Against Me! and Dead to Me.
On this year's Record Store Day, No Idea Records will be releasing a new live 7" from Hot Water Music. The record is titled Live in Chicago and features live editions of "Alachua," "Remedy," "Trusty Chords" and "It's Hard to Know."
To celebrate, we've got a rare test press of the 7-inch, a shirt and mug to giveaway.
The retail 7-inch is limited to 1000 copies, this release will be available at participating record stores on Saturday, April 17. More information on Record Store Day is available here.
This contest was originally announced last week, but due to a glitch no one was able to enter. This is a re-announcement now that the contest is fixed. If you've already entered, you won't need to enter again. -ed.