myfirsttime2.jpgIn an age of on-demand everything, it’s hard to remember that not so long ago, you couldn’t buy a Ramones T-shirt at your local big box chain store. Read more

williamsfields_small.jpgWilliam Fields started having visions of alien spirits when he was seven years old and living in a house with his mother and grandparents in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Read more

foo2.jpgAfter selling a staggering 163,000 tickets in 24 hours for their June 6 & 7 stand at London’s Wembley Stadium, Foo Fighters have set their sights on America. The band has confirmed the bulk of their first American tour in support of their new album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Read more

stylewars3b1.jpgHouse of Diehl’s Style Wars fuse the intensity and spontaneity of a rap battle with the creativity and style of a fashion show. After hitting Los Angeles tonight at Cinespace, The Style Battle Tour will head to Chicago’s Subterranean on December 11. Read more

fuckedup_xmas21.jpgContinuing their tradition of putting out singles whenever they feel like it, Canadian punks Fucked Up are celebrating this holiday season by releasing a festive seven-inch record called David Christmas. According to the band, the B-side of the record features a “very special Christmas / Hanukkah / Kwanzaa song” in which the hardcore quintet collaborates with some unlikely characters. Read more

margot2.jpgFollowing the critical success of the semi-autobiographical The Squid and the Whale (2005), writer/director Noah Baumbach furthers his decade-long tour of upper-middle-class dysfunction in Margot at the Wedding. Read more

Sorry, this contest is now closed. Congratulations to the winner! 

ALARM & Trustkill Records are giving away a Trustkill Access Backstage Pass, which includes:
Trustkill Goods
# Advance shipments of ALL Trustkill CDs/DVDs released for one year. You get them as soon as Trustkill gets them.
# Access to the All-Access areas of Trustkill’s website for one year, with exclusive songs and videos!
# Trustkill “All Access” laminate with lanyard — chill with your favorite Trustkill band!
# Exclusive Trustkill tee shirt!
# Exclusive hand-numbered Trustkill poster!
# 5 free tee shirts from the Trustkill Webstore, your choice!
# 2 free hoodies from the Trustkill Webstore, your choice!
# Exclusive Trustkill camouflage watch!
# Exclusive Trustkill skateboard deck!
# One phone call from your favorite Trustkill artist within one year!
# 2 Tickets to any Trustkill artist show (non-festival) within one year!
# Access to your favorite Trustkill band’s video shoot within one year!

Hot damn. For your chance to win, just fill out the form below. We’ll choose one lucky e-mail by random. The contest ends soon!


The fine print:
# By entering this contest, you will be signed up for ALARM and Trustkill’s e-mail newsletters. You can opt out at any time.
# Your coupon for free tees and hoodies will be available to you when you log into the Trustkill All-Access website. You will be able to choose from all designs and sizes that are currently in stock.
# You will receive every Trustkill CD and DVD released for one year with street dates after the date you purchase your membership, and street dates before the date your membership expires.
# Advance shipment means we ship you the release when we get the release. Most of the time this is well before the pre-order ship date, but not guaranteed. All-access orders will always ship before any pre-order shipments.
# Advance shipments of releases are determined by street date. If your membership ends before the street date of a release, you will not receive that release. Please be aware that street dates may change at any time without notice.
# The Trustkill All-Access website is designed for your use only; logins may not be shared. If you share your login information, your access to the website may be denied.
# Your Trustkill “All Access” laminate with lanyard is in no way a pass that gives you backstage access, free entry to a show, or any preferential treatment at all. It it designed to let Trustkill bands know you are a Trustkill All-Access member, and to give you as much access to the band as the situation permits.
# Price listed is for US residents only, and includes USPS priority shipping for all shipments. International orders will have additional shipping costs added upon checkout that will cover USPS priority shipping for all shipments.
# Trustkill cannot guarantee a phonecall from a specific member of a band, however we will try to honor the band/member that you choose. Timing is based on the schedule of the proposed artist.
# You will get 2 free tickets to 1 show, chosen by you, throughout the membership year. We cannot guarantee a specific show, though we will do our best to honor the show you want to attend.
# Trustkill will not provide transportation/lodging for a video shoot; we can only guarantee admission to a video shoot of your choice.

venetiansnares.jpgMy Downfall (Original Soundtrack) has been billed as Venetian Snares’ spiritual and stylistic successor to his landmark album Rossz csillag alatt született, which married strings and jungle breakbeats to an effect stronger than anything this side of Aphex Twin’s Richard D. James Album. Read more

kakiking.jpgPercussive guitar slinger Kaki King is set to release her forth album, the follow-up to Until We Felt Red (2006), in March. The album, entitled Dreaming Of Revenge, will be released on March 4, 2008 through Velour Music Group. Read more

fireonfire2.jpgIndependent record label Young God Records has signed acoustic folk-bluegrass band Fire On Fire, some members of which were previously incarnated as noisy art-punk project Cerberus Shoal. The five-piece group makes its debut with a five-song EP only available online or on tour. Read more

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