Topshelf Records

You Blew It! are hitting the road for a little over a month in support of their fantastic new record Grow Up, Dude. The Facebook event page for the tour can be found here.

• 6/23/2012 Atlanta GA @ Uner the Couch
• 6/24/2012 Greenville SC @ Earshot Records
• 6/25/2012 Greensville, NC, @ Pool house
• 6/26/2012 Christensburg, VA @ Lucie Monroe Specialty Coffee
• 6/27/2012 Richmond, VA @ House Address
• 6/28/2012 Philadelphia, PA @ TWOB HOUSE
• 6/29/2012 Brooklyn, NY @ Suburbia
• 6/30/2012 Robbinsville NJ @ 7 donna st r
• 7/1/2012 New Haven CT @ Taco Hut w/ Two Humans
• 7/2/2012 Providence RI @ Dusk
• 7/3/2012 Lowell, MA @ The Ant Cellar
• 7/5/2012 Burlington VT @ The Monkey House
• 7/6/2012 Montreal, QC, @ Casa Del Popolo
• 7/7/2012 Kitchener, ON @ White Lodge
• 7/8/2012 Toronto @ Parts & Labor
• 7/9/2012 Rochester NY @ A Park (TBA) w/ Slingshot Dakota
• 7/10/2012 Pittsburgh PA @ Mr. Roboto Project w/ Souvenirs
• 7/11/2012 Ashtabula OH @ West End Art Space w/ Souvenirs
• 7/12/2012 Louisville @ Chestnut House w/ Souvenirs
• 7/13/2012 Bloomington IN @ Indy Hostle w/ Souvenirs
• 7/14/2012 Grand Rapids MI @ DACC w/ Souvenirs
• 7/15/2012 Chicago IL @ 4206 N. Westen w/ Souvenirs, Spoon Boy
• 7/16/2012 Milwaukee, WI @ Scheme City w/ & This is Hell lo
• 7/17/2012 Minneapolis MN @ The Beat
• 7/18/2012 Cedar Falls, IA @ The Space
• 7/19/2012 Springfield IL @ Blacksheep Cafe
• 7/20/2012 St Louis MO @ The Foxhole
• 7/21/2012 Kansas City MO @ The Headquarters
• 7/22/2012 Oklahoma City @ Bad Granny’s Bazar 
• 7/23/2012 Denton TX @ TBA 
• 7/24/2012 Austin TX @ Trailer Space
• 7/25/2012 Lafayette, LA @ Jason’s House
• 7/26/2012 New Orleans @ TBA
• 7/27/2012 Tallahassee, FL @ TBA
• 7/28/2012 Gainesville, FL @ Turkey Town

Prawn’s new 12” EP will be released on July 3. The band also just started their European / UK run with Ape Up! from May 21 through June 29! The full list of dates is below.

• 21.05.12 – CZ – Prague – Chapeau Rouge 
• 22.05.12 – CZ – Brno – Fléda
• 23.05.12 – DE – Menden - Autonum Zentrum
• 24.05.12 – DE – Hamburg – Komet
• 25.05.12 – DK – Copenhagen – KB18
• 26.05.12 – NO – Oslo – Revolver 
• 27.05.12 – NO – Trondheim – Lobbyen 
• 28.05.12 – NO – Oslo – Secret show 
• 29.05.12 – SW – Stockholm – Kafe 44
• 30.05.12 – SW/DK - TBA
• 01.06.12 – DE – Berlin – Schokoladen 
• 02.06.12 – DE – Aachen – AZ 
• 03.06.12 – FR – Lille – L’Imposture 
• 05.06.12 – DE – Trier – Ex-Haus
• 06.06.12 – SW – Porrentruy – Gallerie du Sauvage 
• 07.06.12 – IT – Milan – Leo
• 08.06.12 – IT – Bolzano – Rock’n roll Club
• 09.06.12 – DE – Dresden – AZ Conni 
• 10.06.12 – AU – Vienna – Rhiz 
• 11.06.12 – PL – Lodz – Klub Dom
• 13.06.12 – DE – Mainz – Haus Mainusch
• 14.06.12 – UK – Southampton – Bargate Castle
• 15.06.12 – UK – Folkestone – The View 
• 16.06.12 – UK – Sheffield – Redhouse (all dayer)
• 17.06.12 – UK – York – Stereo (matinee show)
• 17.06.12 – UK – Manchester – Tiger Lounge
• 18.06.12 – UK – Cornwall – Live Bar 
• 19.06.12 – UK – Cardiff – Undertone 
• 20.06.12 – UK – Brighton – Green Door Store (matinee show)
• 21.06.12 – UK – London – The Black Heart
• 22.06.12 – UK – Kingston (London) – The Hippodrome
• 23.06.12 – UK – Milton Keynes – The Craufurd Arms 
• 23.06.12 – UK – Basingstoke – Bang Bar 
• 24.06.12 – BE – Antwerpen – Kavka 
• 25.06.12 – FR – Paris – La Miroiterie 
• 26.06.12 – FR – Bordeaux – Les lectures Aléatoires 
• 27.06.12 – FR – Toulouse – Connexion 
• 28.06.12 – SP – Barcelona – Jazz Cava 
• 29.06.12 – FR – Tarbes – Celtic Pub

The Facebook event page for the tour is here.

youblewitfl:

Dear Mom and Dad,

We’re going on tour again. Please don’t be mad. It seems there are troves and troves of screaming girls that want to throw their underwear at us while we play rock n’ roll music for them. It’s what we want though. We’re living the dream, I promise. Yes, we’ll probably drink heavily. That’s what you do when you’re in a rock n’ roll band. Well, Nick doesn’t; but he has other weird vices he uses to cope with living in a van. I’m sure those will surface on the internet about a week in. Anyways, here’s where will be for about a month:

6/23/2012 Atlanta GA @ Uner the Couch
6/24/2012 Greenville SC @ Earshot Records
6/25/2012 Greensville, NC, @ Pool house
6/26/2012 Christensburg, VA @ Lucie Monroe Specialty Coffee
6/27/2012 Richmond, VA @ House Address
6/28/2012 Philadelphia, PA @ TWOB HOUSE
6/29/2012 Brooklyn, NY @ Suburbia
6/30/2012 Robbinsville NJ @ 7 donna st r
7/1/2012 New Haven CT @ Taco Hut w/ Two Humans
7/2/2012 Providence RI @ Dusk
7/3/2012 Lowell, MA @ The Ant Cellar
7/5/2012 Burlington VT @ The Monkey House
7/6/2012 Montreal, QC, @ Casa Del Popolo
7/7/2012 Kitchener, ON @ White Lodge
7/8/2012 Toronto @ Parts & Labor
7/9/2012 Rochester NY @ A Park (TBA) w/ Slingshot Dakota
7/10/2012 Pittsburgh PA @ Mr. Roboto Project w/ Souvenirs
7/11/2012 Ashtabula OH @ West End Art Space w/ Souvenirs
7/12/2012 Louisville @ Chestnut House w/ Souvenirs
7/13/2012 Bloomington IN @ Indy Hostle w/ Souvenirs
7/14/2012 Grand Rapids MI @ DACC w/ Souvenirs
7/15/2012 Chicago IL @ 4206 N. Westen w/ Souvenirs, Spoon Boy
7/16/2012 Milwaukee, WI @ Scheme City w/ & This is Hell lo
7/17/2012 Minneapolis MI @ The Beat
7/18/2012 Cedar Falls, IA @ The Space
7/19/2012 Springfield IL @ Blacksheep Cafe
7/20/2012 St Louis MI @ The Foxhole
7/21/2012 Kansas City MO @ The Headquarters
7/22/2012 Oklahoma City @ Bad Granny’s Bazar
7/23/2012 Denton TX @ TBA
7/24/2012 Austin TX @ Trailer Space
7/25/2012 Lafayette, LA @ Jason’s House
7/26/2012 New Orleans @ TBA
7/27/2012 Tallahassee, FL @ TBA
7/28/2012 Gainesville, FL @ Turkey Town

It might seem like a whole lot; but don’t worry. We really look forward to seeing all of our friends. We’ll be home sooner than you think, though! And then it’s back to the pens, tests, and books for another ardent semester of diligent school work.

Love you! Miss you!

Sincerely,

Tim, Tanner, Andy, and Nick

PS: Did you know they still put music on vinyl records and we’ll have a bunch of them with us on the road? Pretty cool, huh?

PSS: Here are some links to flyers so you can put them in your cubicle at work and tell all your water cooler friends that your son is a famous rockstar!

300dpi 11x17 w/ dates: http://topshelfrecords.com/youblewit/flyerflierflyher/2012_summer_300dpi_11x17.jpg

72dpi 11x17 w/ dates: http://topshelfrecords.com/youblewit/flyerflierflyher/2012_summer_72dpi_11x17.jpg

300dpi 11x17 w/o dates: http://topshelfrecords.com/youblewit/flyerflierflyher/2012_summer_300dpi_11x17_nodates.jpg

72dpi 11x17 w/o dates: http://topshelfrecords.com/youblewit/flyerflierflyher/2012_summer_72dpi_11x17_nodates.jpg

300dpi 4x6 w/ dates: http://topshelfrecords.com/youblewit/flyerflierflyher/2012_summer_300dpi_4x6.jpg

Also, Mom, if there is a spelling or geographical mistake in this BLAME SHITTY GREG HORBAL.

https://www.facebook.com/events/440942012583196

propertyofzack:

Pianos Become The Teeth are out on a big tour this spring with Coheed And Cambria and Moving Mountains. The band will be doing a Road Blog for PropertyOfZack to keep fans updated from the Road, so check out the first update below and come back each week for more!

From Chad McDonald:

Hi, my name is Chad McDonald. I play guitar in a band from Baltimore, MD called Pianos Become the Teeth. We are currently on tour with Coheed and Cambria & Moving Mountains. Here’s a rambled tour journal. 

Day One. Today was hectic. wake up at 530 am. drive girlfriend to airport. picked up by mike at 730. at kyle’s by 8. mcdonald’s drive thru. iced coffee is shockingly sweet, undeniably gross. Caffeine mixed with little sleep puts me in a haze.  arrive at practice space. unpack the van, run the set, pack the van & drive to the show. 4 hours later - arrive, load in, wait, wait, wait & sound check. nervous energy for the first show. get on stage and play. no one throws food at us or boo’s. that’s a good sign. load out. Watch moving mountains play their set. eat free mexican food. Watch coheed. wait, wait wait. pack up merch. walk to the van. Dude across the street is blasting coheed from the back of his suv while fans stand in groups on the sidewalk waiting for them to exit. realize how surreal this situation is. back in the van. put on headphones and pass out. wake up two hours later at a super 8. 5 of us in one room. turn off the lights, lay down. someone has to pee, turn on the lights. see a cockroach scutter up the table. wake up, check out - complain about cock roach. no price break. They obviously get these complaints all the time and do not care. back in the van and onward we go.

Day 4. Sitting in the backseat of the van while Kyle drives us down to Mi-a-mi. Or actually, right outside of Miami - Pembroke Pines. Tour has been smooth so far. The two dates that we played with Coheed were surreal. Their fans are diehard. It’s a real pleasure to watch Coheed and Moving Mountains play each night. Three fans gave Kyle a huge birthday card that they had people sign at the show last night. Very sweet of them.

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Suis La Lune are headed to the UK for a brief stint with Goodtime Boys and Veils. Dates are below:

• 13.07.12 UK Brighton - The Hydrant
• 15.07.12 UK Manchester - The Star And Garter
• 16.07.12 UK London - The Old Blue Last
• 17.07.12 UK Bristol - The Croft

Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) will be hitting the road with Perfect Future in July, and another stint in Canada with Warren Franklin prior to that. Here are the dates:

Canada (w/ Warren Franklin):

• MAY 27: Kitchener, ON – Echo Base
• MAY 28: Montreal, QC – BFOS Fest (w/ Xerxes): http://www.facebook.com/events/178600228917701/
• MAY 29: Ottawa, ON – Cafe Dekcuf (w/ Xerxes): http://www.facebook.com/events/272747969485232/
• MAY 30: Kingston, ON -TBA
• MAY 31: St. Catharines, ON – Mansion House
• JUNE 1: Toronto, ON – the Garage: http://www.facebook.com/events/409010332451849/
• JUNE 2: Sarnia, ON – TBA

East Coast (w/ Perfect Future):

The bands need help booking all shows that have an asterisk (*) by the date. All of these places are reference points; if you can help with a show please email perfectfutureband [at] gmail [dot] com.

• 13 – Washington DC @ Wasted Dream – 431 Kenyan Street NW – w/ Carved Our Names In Snow and more tba
• 14 – Philly, PA*
• 15 – Robbinsville, NJ @ Jake’s House – 7 Donna Street
• 16 – Willimantic, CT @ The Handsome Woman – 271 Ash Street – 6PM – $5 – Vegan Potluck – w/ tba
• 17 – Providence, RI @ tba
• 18 – Boston, MA*
• 19 – Manchester, NH*
• 20 – Bangor, Maine *
• 21 – Burlington, VT @ tba
• 22 – Albany, NY *
• 23 – Wilkes-Barre, PA*
• 24 – Pittsburgh, PA *
• 25 – Akron, OH *
• 26 – Ann Arbor, MI*

Perfect Future will play these two dates alone:

• 27 – Huntington, WV – house show – w/ tba
• 28 – Frostburg, MD @ tba

caravels:

Hey everybody! We’re getting to that point where we’d like to start the preliminary tour planning for later this year. Planning to play anywhere and everywhere (USA and Canada), so if you’d like us to play your town, or with your band, or would to assist us with booking your town (yes please!), then please e-mail us at caravels.band@gmail.com. We’ll see you soon!

youblewitfl:

First off: HOLY SHIT. Friday was unbelievable. We should have paid everyone there $5, not charged them, for the amount of fun you all brought. Seriously though, thank you so fucking much. Sorry about cursing, mom. But I really mean it. Sometimes you just have to use a curse word. Like in a song that’s really true and emotional.

This post is mostly a reminder that we’re playing shows all around Florida this week. Come hang out with us. We’re playing American Airlines Arena in Miami, Germain Arena in Estero, the 1-800 ASK GARY Amphitheater in Tampa and rounding it all off at Tinker Field in Orlando.

Just kidding. But we really are playing shows around Florida. That part isn’t a joke.

But that little flyer I whipped up has some information on the upcoming shows. As always, you can find information on our Facebook or our little make-pretend website. Yeah, we have a dot-com. Cool.

Also! Our wonderful friend Nicole came and hung out with us last night. She is great. She also was kind enough to take pictures of the entire show. Except for Teen Agers set. But who cares about them, amiright? I’m not. Here!

• Dikembe
• Great Deceivers
• Go Rydell
• You Blew It!

But being completely real, we are so absolutely grateful for all the sweat, love and rock n’ roll that was experienced last night. Oh, and all the beers you guys bought us. THANKS DAD!

OH AND WE WILL PICK A WINNER FOR THE FREE SHIRT TOMORROW PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE

Full of Hell are kicking off their European tour today! Dates and Facebook event pages are below:

• 30.04 STOCKHOLM, SWE
• 02.05 JÖNKÖPING, SWE
• 03.05 BERLIN, DE
• 04.05 CHEMNITZ, DE
• 05.05 LANDSBERG AM LECH, DE
• 06.05 GRAZ, A
• 07.05 BUDAPEST, HU
• 08.05 LJUBLJANA, SI
• 09.05 ZAGREB, HR
• 10.05 VIENNA, A
• 11.05 ZWIESEL, DE
• 12.05 ANTWERP, BE
• 13.05 LONDON, UK
• 14.05 BRIGHTON, UK
• 15.05 LEEDS, UK
• 16.05 EDINBURGH, UK
• 17.05 HASSELT, BE
• 18.05 VENLO, NL
• 19.05 LÜDENSCHEID, DE
• 20.05 LUND, SWE

intoitoverit:

UK
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Prawn is headed over to Europe and the UK with Ape Up! from May 21 through June 29! The full list of dates is below.

• 21.05.12 – CZ – Prague – Chapeau Rouge 
• 22.05.12 – CZ – Brno – Fléda
• 23.05.12 – DE – Menden - Autonum Zentrum
• 24.05.12 – DE – Hamburg – Komet
• 25.05.12 – DK – Copenhagen – KB18
• 26.05.12 – NO – Oslo – Revolver 
• 27.05.12 – NO – Trondheim – Lobbyen 
• 28.05.12 – NO – Oslo – Secret show 
• 29.05.12 – SW – Stockholm – Kafe 44
• 30.05.12 – SW/DK - TBA
• 01.06.12 – DE – Berlin – Schokoladen 
• 02.06.12 – DE – Aachen – AZ 
• 03.06.12 – FR – Lille – L’Imposture 
• 05.06.12 – DE – Trier – Ex-Haus
• 06.06.12 – SW – Porrentruy – Gallerie du Sauvage 
• 07.06.12 – IT – Milan – Leo
• 08.06.12 – IT – Bolzano – Rock’n roll Club
• 09.06.12 – DE – Dresden – AZ Conni 
• 10.06.12 – AU – Vienna – Rhiz 
• 11.06.12 – PL – Lodz – Klub Dom
• 13.06.12 – DE – Mainz – Haus Mainusch
• 14.06.12 – UK – Southampton – Bargate Castle
• 15.06.12 – UK – Folkestone – The View 
• 16.06.12 – UK – Sheffield – Redhouse (all dayer)
• 17.06.12 – UK – York – Stereo (matinee show)
• 17.06.12 – UK – Manchester – Tiger Lounge
• 18.06.12 – UK – Cornwall – Live Bar 
• 19.06.12 – UK – Cardiff – Undertone 
• 20.06.12 – UK – Brighton – Green Door Store (matinee show)
• 21.06.12 – UK – Derby – The Old Bell
• 22.06.12 – UK – Kingston (London) – The Hippodrome
• 23.06.12 – UK – Milton Keynes – The Craufurd Arms 
• 23.06.12 – UK – Basingstoke – Bang Bar 
• 24.06.12 – BE – Antwerpen – Kavka 
• 25.06.12 – FR – Paris – La Miroiterie 
• 26.06.12 – FR – Bordeaux – Les lectures Aléatoires 
• 27.06.12 – FR – Toulouse – Connexion 
• 28.06.12 – SP – Barcelona – Jazz Cava 
• 29.06.12 – FR – Tarbes – Celtic Pub

The Facebook event page for the tour is here.

ducklittlebrotherduck:

Arizona(6/24), New Mexico(6/25), New Orleans, LA(6/28), Georgia(6/30), North Carolina(7/2), Washington D.C.(7/4), Vermont(7/11). 

Can you help us?!?!?

Here is a picture of Reid from last summer on tour. Doesn’t it look like he is having fun with us? Help this poor kid have fun again, while he drives us around the country, getting sketch in his van.

Do it for Reid.

Balance and Composure and Pianos Become The Teeth have confirmed a string of UK dates in August. The two band’s will co-headline, trading off the main slot each night.

Both acts are also set to perform at the Hevy Fest on August 4th in Kent.

Pianos Become The Teeth and Balance and Composure will be supporting their latest critically acclaimed releases, The Lack Long After (Topshelf Records) and Separation (No Sleep Records), respectively.

• August 04 - Hevy Fest  KENT www.hevy.co.uk/2012
• August 05 - BRISTOL Fleece www.ticketweb.co.uk
• August 06 - LEEDS Cockpit II www.thecockpit.co.uk
• August 07 - GLASGOW Stereo www.ticketweb.co.uk
• August 08 - MANCHESTER Moho Live www.seetickets.com
• August 09 - SHEFFIELD Corporation www.corporation.org.uk
• August 10 - LONDON Borderline www.kililive.com