We’ll join our mates Patrick & Eugene in wishing everyone across the universe a Merry Xmas, Happy New Year, etc etc etc! See you in the big 1-0!

Violent Soho will be playing one of their last shows of the year at Glasslands in Brooklyn on December 30th! Can you think of a better way to spend the last few days of the decade than with great music and company? Neither can we. Check out your favorite rockers as they play amongst the talented bands She Keeps Bees, Rainbow Party, and Turbosleaze.

289 Kent Ave.
Doors 8:30
$7 cover / 21+

Caravan Palace, a French, gypsy-jazz group, have just released their debut, self-title album, and The Vinyl District is running a contest to giveaway their double-LP. All you have to do is comment about the joys of discovering new music.

Check out the post here.

Canadian shot-callers, i(heart)music, recently featured the Racoon Wedding's Gather Gather Bones Rattle Rattle Truth as their Featured Album of the Week. That means 2 things: 1) you're seriously missing out if you haven't heard the record, and 2) time to get your 'I love RW' shirts done up.  We have number 2 covered already, so should you.

Need more of a push? IHM calls Gather a “tremendously good album, and one that, if there's any justice, will win The Racoon Wedding at least a fraction of the followers they deserve.”  Read the whole thing here.

Uncensored Interview is hosting a contest to giveaway a pair of tickets to see Violent Soho at Southpaw on December 16th as well as some great winter gear from Shut Skates. Joining Violent Soho on the stage will be Marianne, She Keeps Bees, and The Bloodsugars.

Check out the details for the contest here.