Hello everyone. This is volume 8 of the Punk Rock Payroll myspace newsletter .(: feel free to re post this :)
Enjoy!
FEATURES:
** punk rock payroll news
** the extraordinaires news
** kill you in the face news
** lux perpetua news
news from punk rock payroll:
PRP IS READY TO BLOW YOUR MIND...
everything you’ve heard... it’s all true...
we’re in our new place, have hung our flag off the front of the house for all to see and salute, and are up to our eyeballs in preparation for a very very very very (did we say VERY?) busy summer.
our hearts are aflutter after listening to our two newest releases on heavy rotation. first up, kill you in the face has a new album ‘the mighty atlas’ due for release on may 20th. next in line is the new album, ‘electric and benevolent’ by the extraordinaires, due out june 19th. you asked for more music, and it’s comin’ straight atcha! both albums are available for presale, to be shipped out on the release dates.
everyone’s about to leave town on a variety of tours, but when we all come back together...look out!
we’re throwing the biggest, funnest, most outrageous show we’ve ever attempted with a prp extravaganza party-show at the first unitarian church in philadelphia on june 19th with our b.f.f.s buffalo stance and brown mushroom! it will be the official cd release party for the extraordinaires, and you’re guaranteed to have a great time. don’t wait til you get to the door to buy your tickets, though! this one’s gonna be packed, so solidify the deal and get ‘em online in advance at http://www.r5productions.com
after that shindig, the extraordinaires head out on their first u.s. tour in a good long while, kill you in the face will be going on their first u.s. tour as well, and lux perpetua hits the road for the first time in years in support of his upcoming punk rock payroll release. though we’ll be lonely without our boys here at prp hq, we know that you’re excited to see them where you live/work/play!
in other news, we’ve got some radical button specials for you to check out.
as we mentioned before, otto has joined the ranks as our premier button presser, and thanks to otto’s handy dandy automation, we dropped our button prices like they’re hot. be sure to check them out:
http://www.punkrockpayroll.com/orderbuttons.html
we also made some new movies of our new headquarters and posted them on our youtube page, along with movies and videos made by members of kill you in the face and the extraordinaires.
http://www.youtube.com/punkrockpayroll
we’ve got a twitter page, too! join us on twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/punkrockpayroll
aren’t we savvy?
news from the extraordinaires:
THE EXTRAORDINAIRES ANNOUNCE A NEW FULL LENGTH ALBUM, A FULL US TOUR, AND (as if that wasn’t enough) ANOTHER EUROPEAN TOUR!!
hi, friends!
matt here. oh boy, have we been busy! as you may or may not know, every member of the extraordinaires works for the philadelphia based moving company mambo movers. that means we are all very strong and can drive big trucks. every moment we are not lifting heavy furniture we are working on everything extraordinaires. this year is going to be great for us!
first of all, our new album "Electric and Benevolent" is going to drop on all your heads on June 19th! in one week, we are going to post two new songs off the new album on our myspace page! check em out!
we have a huge awesome book/cd release show at The First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia on June 19th! we will be playing with our philadelphia friends Brown Mushroom, label-mates Kill You in the Face, and Buffalo Stance!
we also have an album release show for our hometown homies in Charlottesville at IS with Invisible Hand and Sarah White on June 20th!
then begins our summer tour!!! the extraordinaires are long over due for a full national tour no more! from june 19th to july 28th we will be rockin across america! for the tour dates refer to our myspace page. myspace.com/theextraordinaires .
i am still in the process of booking this tour so most of our dates are tba. some of the dates posted we need help booking. if you live in any of the areas that say we need help, and can help, send us an email or myspace message.
extrabooking@extraordinairesmusic.com and myspace.com/theextraordinaires.
any help will be greatly appreciated!
on May 28th we will be playing the Primavera Sound Festival! we are fortunate once again to be invited back to barcelona to rock!
other than the tour and primavera, we have a couple of new york shows:
May 13th @ The Annex w/ Invisible Hand and Your Nature
June 13th @ Wonderland Collective in queens (this is an all day festival with a bunch of bands, music starts at around 4pm)
thanks to all of you for reading and listening and watching us! we love you!
pre-orders for the new album!
love,
matt
the extraordinaires
http://www.myspace.com/theextraordinaires
news from kill you in the face:
Hey Gang!
It's Spring! It's time for a new record! Time for a tour! time for a new t-shirt!
NEW RECORD!!
The Mighty Atlas is about to see it's release! Six BRAND NEW songs by us, Kill You in the Face.
Now, as you all know, this wouldn't be a Punk Rock Payroll release if we didn't do some zany packaging. So The Mighty Atlas will be released as a PLASTIC TOY RAY-GUN with a usb drive in the handle. Each toy is cast by hand and hand painted, so no two are the same! The drive has all sorts of goodies on it! There's the music, there's a making of video, and there are comic book illustrations for each of the songs. The illustrations help to tell the tale of our antagonist, Atlas Telemon, and how his decisions are not only jeopardizing his family, but the entire planet! Alien invasions! Betrayal! Love! War! That's The Mighty Atlas! Good thing you have a ray-gun!
Check out a teaser video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U9H-os174o&feature=player_embedded
Also available on cd with hand screened sleeves.
Tour!!
Come out and see us!! These dates are confirmed, but we will be adding as many as we can up until the day we leave! Check the MySpace or our website for the most current listing.
**THIS SATURDAY**
May 16- Princeton NJ- The D Bar w/ A Zero Complex
May 20- PRP HQ w/ The Extraordinaires and Lux Perpetua
May 23- Asheville NC- House Show @ 178 Bartlett St w/ Gol Brix, Lorca, Swamp Thing, Doc Benway, Olde Navy
May 24- Birmingham AL- Greecup Books
May 25- Athens GA- TBA w/ Sunset Soundtrack and True Widow
May 26- Hickory NC-Drip's Coffee and Brew House
May 27- Fayetteville NC- The Rock Shop
May 28- Harrisonburg VA- The Nile
May 30- NYC crazy double header!!
Harlem NY- Shrine ** WE PLAY AT 7**
Brookyln NY- The Glass Door
June 1- Rochester NY- Boulder Coffee Co. w/ So We Say With Confidence and Khaler
June 3- Allston MA- O'Brien's w/Pray For Polanski
June 5- Worcester MA- London Billiards w/ Superbug and Breaking Strings
June 6- Allenstown NH- Ground Zero w/ The Yellow Team and Red Light Radicals
June 19- PHILADELPHIA PA- FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH!! Can you say 'Homecoming'? w/ The Extraordinaires, Buffalo Stance, and Brown Mushroom
Get your tickets at www.r5productions.com
Whew! We can't think of a better way to kick off summer!
New shirt available!
It's brown! This one's a nod to all the thrift store youth league tees we've all worn over the years. Printed on American Apparel.
Also new to the PRP web store: posters, pins, totes, and more!!
Hop to see you all soon!
The Guys
http://www.myspace.com/killfacephilly
news from lux perpetua:
Hey Everybuddies,
Lux Perpetua is moving right along, very fast, right at your ears. A solo acoustic tour in August is coming up, complete with a brand new E.P., featuring songs from the upcoming full length "Hehbehbehdehbehbehdeh", coming out in October.
A national tour with my very good friends The Invisible Hand will be happening in support of the release which will, undoubtedly, absolutely rule.
So basically, all of this will end up rocking so hard you might accidentally cry tears of rock hard joy.
-Justin
http://www.myspace.com/luxperpetua
we now return to our regularly scheduled programming.
until next time, take care, dear friends, and thanks for reading to the end!!!
with much brotherly love,
the prp family