Count Your Lucky Stars

Over at CYLS HQ, we have been very busy!  2012 is set to be our busiest year thus far, and on top of all the new albums from our current artists set to come out this year, we couldn’t be more excited to announce 5 new bands we are adding to our roster.  We decided to make something of a spectacle out of it, seeing as though we have enough new bands to get us through an entire work week.  At the end of the week, we will also be giving our newest CD sampler (#4, for those of you keeping count) away for free download.  There is also a brand new webpage in the works, and it will blow this lil’ guy out of the water.

So without further adieu, ladies and gentlemen, I give you our first signing: Parker.

This may be an entirely new band, but it features members from the Count your Lucky Stars family that you already know and love- Brandon Lutmer from Joie De Vivre and Warren Franklin from Warren Franklin, both splitting vocal duties.  Rounding out the line-up is guitar whiz, Brain Jaworowski and the loudest live drummer of all time, Stewart Oakes.  Their first release is a split 7″, where they will be sharing wax with labelmates Dowsing.  You can download a free Parker song at our bandcamp here: countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com.  Expect the release in mid-March.  They are also touring with Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) on the first leg of the tour in March on the way down to CYLS SXSW Showcase.  You can view the tour dates here.

Speaking of Joie De Vivre, they are very close to wrapping up their second full length titled We’re All Better Than This before they wing off to Europe for an extensive tour.  Warren Franklin is staying busy as well, currently in the midst of recording his first full band endeavor, tentatively named Every Letter And Souvenir.  The EP will feature full version songs from his catalog, with the full band take painting each song in an impressive new light.

Go download the new song, and we will see you tomorrow for the second signing!  Like Parker on Facebook, and while you are at it, also like us!

We have a lot of big news!  The first of which is we will be announcing some new signings next week, as well as debuting some new songs from said bands.  How exciting is that?!  That will be happening next Monday!

In the meantime, we’ve restocked some rare items, as well as added some new items to our distro.  Empire! Empire!‘s Home After Three Months Away is available in very, very limited stock, and I’m guessing within 10 minutes, it will be gone again.  Get on it!  There are also 4 copies left of the Annabel/Empire! Empire!/Joie De Vivre/The Reptilian first pressing, and it will be a bit before the second pressing comes.

We have also added the new repress of the Snowing LP, available in Green!  Grab their 4-Way split with Algernon Cadwallader, 1994, and boysandsex while you are at it.  We also restocked both Algernon records.  Finally, we added a limited number of The Sidekicks/Tigers Jaw split 7″.

Finally, check out two new Empire! Empire! acoustic videos, featured on the Village Basement Sessions and Oh No I’m Late for School, respectively:

Happy new year!  Celebrate your new year with and fulfill all your resolutions by picking up the following new releases:

Football, etc. “First Down” Cassette tape

Football, etc. “The Draft” Second pressing! Now available in Baby Pink and Coke Bottle Green with updated art! 

Snowing ”I Could Do Whatever I Want If I Wanted” LIMITED EDITION LP made exclusively for their last show.  

and, as many of you have already discovered, Algernon Cadwallader‘s “Parrot Files” and “Some Kind of Cadwallader” on LP.

We have also updated the new Football, etc. combo deal to include the “First Down” Cassette tape, so you now get The Draft, First Down, the S/T 7″, and the split with Empire! Empire! for just $20!

The Annabel/Empire! Empire!/Joie De Vivre/The Reptilian 4-way split 7″ are getting in very short supply, so be sure to get one of those before they are gone!

Happy new year!  Spend all your hard earned monies here! <3

Something we’ve been meaning to tell you.  We moved a lot of our albums over to a new digital distributor recently, as well as adding our new releases there, and there was a gap in time for some albums where you couldn’t get them on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc.  The following albums have been added/reactivated, and can now be found again:

Annabel/Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)/Joie De Vivre/The Reptilian 4-Way split 7″

Boris Smile- Beathtooh EP

Boyfriends- S/T 7″

Dowsing- All I Could Find Was You

Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)- When the Sea Became a Giant

Into It. Over It./Pswingset- split 7″

Football, etc.- S/T 7″

Merchant Ships- For Cameron

Perfect Future- S/T

Sirdidymous- Mount Your Noble Steed

The Reptilian- Full Health

Now go find those puppies!

Huge news! Dowsing has made a music video for Amateur Cartography, and it is one rockin’ vid.  Check it out here, then order the record here!

Also, totally awesome shirt Erik!  Get excited for the full length next year!

They are also going on tour with Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) in January:

1/2 Chicago, IL @ Panchos
http://www.facebook.com/events/153205624779017/

1/3 Belleville, IL @ Illegal Tone Recordings
http://www.facebook.com/events/228084460597352/

1/4 Louisville, KY @ Chestnut

1/5 Bowling Green, KY @ 1537 Chestnut St
http://www.facebook.com/events/124927530955118/

1/6 Greenville, SC @ Mills Avenue Liquid Highway

1/7 Atlanta, GA @ TBA

1/8 Birmingham, AL @ Spring Street Firehouse
http://www.facebook.com/events/166444086782509/

1/9 Hattiesburg, MS @ The Crowbar
http://www.facebook.com/events/278537042192933/

1/10 Houston, TX @ Vinyl Junkie
http://www.facebook.com/events/183580825067898/

1/11 Austin, TX @ The Annex at 1808

1/12 Fort Worth, TX @ 1919 Hemphill

1/13 Kansas City, MO @ Shane’s House
http://www.facebook.com/events/232216270178632/

1/14 Rock Island, IL @ Rozz-Tox
http://www.facebook.com/events/247553058629318/

1/15 Milwaukee, WI @ The Paper Trail
http://www.facebook.com/events/149538938481512/