September 2009
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September Sale: Ends 10/1
Every month we offer super cheap deals on certain records both in our mail order and on iTunes. This month in honor of the brand new records and awesome pre-order specials from The Shaky Hands and Panther you can also get their previous releases for only $7.99!! PANTHER 14kt God CD + LP $7.99 http://www.buyolympia.com/krsnew/Item=KRS407 THE SHAKY HANDS Lunglight CD + LP $7.99...
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New Release: Panther Entropy
PANTHER Entropy limited edition LP w/ download $10 or download only for only $3.99 (16 songs, limited time offer): http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS513
You can listen to the whole album on Spinner.com/AOL this week before you buy:
http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/3
Happy Record Release Shaky Hands and Panther!
Dear Mail Order Freaks, Yesterday was the street date for the new The Shaky Hands and Panther records. Check out both bands’ tour dates here: http://www.killrockstars.com/dates/ And if you’re in Portland don’t miss their dual record release at Berbati’s Pan this Thursday night!! Also, Thursday, the Raincoats and Thao records are out in Mail Order. Check it out:...
New Release: The Shaky Hands Let It Die
THE SHAKY HANDS Let It Die LP w/ digital download $12 or CD $13 http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS501
WatchOn October 1st we will be releasing the latest album from Thao with The Get Down Stay Down entitled Know Better Learn Faster. (Oct 13th is the street date) A few weeks ago we gave you a chance to listen to and download the title track. Now you can check out the band in the studio and hear a few more songs. Directed by Clyde Petersen
Pre-Order Thao, Special Offer Ends 10/1
Don’t forget about our pre-order special! Until October 1st with the purchase of an LP or CD you can buy a ticket to one of their upcoming shows for super cheap: KRS500 Thao - Know Better Learn Faster **PRE-ORDER** CD/LP + Download http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS500* Follow Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Thaogetstaydown Sign up for their...
Pre-Order The Raincoats, Out 10/1
KRS515 The Raincoats The Raincoats **PRE-ORDER** LP + Download http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS515 Raincoats Pre-Orders come with a Free Button designed by Ana Da Silva (while supplies last)* Tour Dates: October 2009 9 - San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine - Part Time Punks mini-fest Tickets 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex - Part Time Punks mini-fest Tickets 13 - Portland, OR...
Tour Dates
The Decemberists September 2009 29 - Augustine, FL @ St Augustine Amphitheater 30 - Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live October 2009 2 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston 3 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival 4 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom 6 - Lexington, KY @ University of Kentucky 7 - Columbia, MO @ Ninth Street Fallfest 18 - San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Festival ...
Back To School Sale Ends at Midnight Tonight, 9/22
Dear Mail Order Freaks, Just a quick note to say there is a few hours left of our Back To School Sale: http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/sale All Kill Rock Stars & 5RC CD’s are just $9.99. Compilations are just $7.99! You save $3-5 per CD on our ENTIRE CATALOG. $9.99 is just .99 cheaper than $9. Oh yeah. I finished the last 999 order 9 days after 999* Coincidence? You tell...
Pre-Order The Raincoats & Thao, Shipping Now!
KRS500 Thao - Know Better Learn Faster **PRE-ORDER** CD/LP + Download http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS500 KRS515 The Raincoats The Raincoats **PRE-ORDER** LP + Download http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS515 Thao Pre-Orders available without or without a chance to buy a ticket to one of her upcoming shows. Offer ends 10/1. Raincoats Pre-Orders come with a Free...
PANTHER WEST COAST TOUR ANNOUNCED
Panther will be headed down the coast in November to support their upcoming LP Entropy. You can get your own copy of the limited edition vinyl in our mail order right now: http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS513 November 2009 5 - Oakland, CA @ House of Nostromos 6 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell - w/ Hawnay Troof, David Scott Stone, The Urxed 7 - San Diego, CA @ Bar Pink - FREE! 8 -...
whoops: update
I just screwed up and posted OLD NEWS in this weeks newsletter because I am so delirious from filling all these orders.
those festivals happened last week…which, if you are paying attention you would have figured out for yourself!
This part is still current:
Stay tuned for next weekend when Erase Errata, Panther, The Shaky Hands, Explode Into Colors, Team Dresc…h, Portland Cello...
Demo of the Week: Baby J
I recently saw Stoned at Heart open for Underground Railroad to Candyland at a basement show here in Olympia. Japanther was playing down the street, which meant there weren’t that many people there, but it was still a really fun show. I met Jessica from Stoned at Heart after they played and she gave me a CDR demo that she had made of her songs—including Can of Beans who are really...
Baby J-New Friends
9/9/09 $9 Sale Starts at Midnight Tonight!
Dear Mail Order Freaks, Here’s the news you’ve been waiting for! Everything is $9 all day on 9/9/09: http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/ This starts tonight at Midnight (or maybe a little earlier) West Coast Time. This includes all Pre-Orders: KRS515 The Raincoats - The Raincoats LP **PRE-ORDER** http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS515 Thao - Know Better Learn...
Salutations: The Raincoats Pre-Orders are Here
Dear Mail Order Freaks, No time for small talk cuz there is a lot happening so I’ll get to it right from the start. The big news is that it’s time to Pre-Order the Raincoats LP! We also have a bunch of stuff on sale, a lot of artist news as well as a new release this week by Explode Into Colors. The Thao Pre-Order went up Monday and both The Shaky Hands and Panther Pre-Orders are up...
Pre-Order The Raincoats S/T LP, Street Date 10/13
Pre-order your very own copy of one of the best lps of all time and get a free button/badge designed by Ana de Silva!!!!
KRS515 The Raincoats LP w/ digital download* http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=krs515
We all love our secret bands. Kurt Cobain came across a Raincoats album, and found there a bunch of soul mates whose honest emotions affected him so much that he tracked down...
Help the Portland Cello Project Buy A Van
FROM PCP:
A few days ago, we practiced packing for the trip and we ran into a problem, which is here re-enacted for you using the best professional volunteer actors we could find to demonstrate the experience. The Portland Cello Project earns every penny we have from ticket sales and sales of our CD’s and Tee-Shirts. We’ve been pinching our pennies and barely paying ourselves to...
The Thermals on U.S. Tour Now
Bully for you but sad for us as we will miss hanging out with them at the Clubhouse. The Thermals are headed back out on the road AGAIN! This time they are headed down the left coast to play the FYF Fest before heading SW to see coyotes in bandanas and then up through Colorado for their triumphant appearance at Monolith. If you live in the following cities consider yourself lucky: September 2009 ...
New Panther Video, Pre-Order Up Now
A new Panther video came out this week for Birds That Move
Pre-Order the new Panther record:
KRS513 Panther - Entropy **PRE-ORDER** LP w/ digital download* http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS513 Street Date: 9/29 Out In Mail Order: 9/15 Pre-Orders Ship: 9/9 or 9/10
*You will receive your Digital Download code when your order ships.
Back to School Sale: CD's, Shirts, Comps
All Kill Rock Stars CD’s are $9.99. CD Comps are just $7.99, CD Samplers are $5. Check it out: http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/sale T Shirts on Sale This Week:
KRS1100T5 Kill Rock Stars - Sarah Utter Headphone T-Black on Stripes http://www.buyolympia.com/krsnew/Item=KRS1100T5
KRS1100T3 Kill Rock Stars - Sarah Utter Headphone T-Black on White...
Tour Dates
go here for updates
The Decemberists September 2009 20 - Burlington, VT @ Flynn Theater 21 - Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theater 23 - Norfolk, VA @ Norva 24 - Charlottesville, VA @ Charlottesville Pavilion 25 - Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 27 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium 29 - Augustine, FL @ St Augustine Amphitheater 30 - Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live October 2009 2 -...
Demo of the Week: Western Hymn
FREE MP3 here Western Hymn are: Craig Extine— Guitar, Vocals (formerly of Old Haunts and Serum Greys. Northwest-reverb style.) Sarah Utter— Bass, Vocals (ex-guitarist of Bangs and architect of the Reading is Sexy empire.) Kris Cunningham— Drums (also plays in I’m A Gun and tattoos the masses.) official bio: Western Hymn are a punk band/power trio from Olympia,...
Western Hymn-Leave It Alone
September Sale: Selected Releases for $7.99
In addition to the Back to School Sale (ends 9/22)
these records are $7.99
for the month of September:
KRS490LP Panther - 14 kt God LP
KRS490 Panther - 14 kt God CD
KRS498 The Shaky Hands - Lunglight CD/ LP w/ MP3 Download
KRS407 Shoplifting - Body Stories CD/LP
KRS345 Unwound - A Single History CD/ LP w/ digital download
KRS346 Comet Gain - Tigertown Pictures CD/ LP +...
Salutations: Happy Record Release Day Explode Into...
Dear Mail Order Freaks, The Explode Into Colors- Eyes Hand Mouth 7” is officially out today:
Listen to Eyes Hand Mouth for FREE
We have about 150 left in Mail Order and it’s Limited Edition to 1000. On Friday September 4, Explode into Colors will team up with fellow Portland locals, experimental dancer/musician Janet Pants and the all-boy video wizard Chris Hackett (Los...
Thao Announces Fall Tour w/ Portland Cello Project
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down will be touring North America this fall in support of their second full-length album, Know Better Learn Faster. Thao Nguyen and the ever-versatile Get Down Stay Down (Adam Thompson on bass, keys and additional guitar, and Willis Thompson on drums and percussion), with super-producer and friend Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Bill Frisell, Jim James) again at the...
Pre-Order Thao Now, Get $4 Off Ticket Price
Kill Rock Stars is currently offering the option to purchase a CD or LP and a ticket to one of the upcoming Thao and the Get Down Stay Down’s shows in a town near you. If you purchase these together it will be cheaper than if you had bought them separately plus it ensures that you will get into the show. One ticket per CD or LP. KRS500 Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn...
New Thao and The Get Down Stay Down T
NEW T SHIRTS: HORSE FEATHERS AND THAO KRS500ThT Thao - with the Get Down Stay Down T $15 Lavender on Heather Gray T Shirt
Check out all our Thao merch
Back to School Sale: Thao & Portland Cello Project...
All Kill Rock Stars CD’s are $9.99
Check it out:
http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/sale
Tour Dates: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down
10.15 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Club Mercy 10.16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex 10.17 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place 10.18 - San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Music Festival 10.21 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge 10.22 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey 10.23 - Vancouver BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret 10.24 - Spokane, WA @ Empyrean Coffee 10.27 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center 10.28 - Milwaukee, WI @...
Official Thao Links
Thao’s Artist Page: http://killrockstars.com/artists/viewartist.php?id=1262 Thao’s Official Site: http://www.thaomusic.com/ Thao’s Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thaomusic
