Count Your Lucky Stars

Ape Up! is headed over to Europe and the UK with Prawn from May 21 through June 29! The full list of dates is below:

• 21.05.12 – CZ – Brno – Fléda
• 22.05.12 – CZ – Prague – Chapeau Rouge
• 23.05.12 – DE – Menden – Autonum Zentrum
• 24.05.12 – DE – Hamburg – TBA
• 25.05.12 – DK – Copenhagen – KB18
• 26.05.12 – NO – Oslo – Revolver
• 27.05.12 – NO – Trondheim – Lobbyen
• 28.05.12 – NO – Oslo – Secret show
• 29.05.12 – SW – Stockholm – Kafe 44
• 30.05.12 – SW/DK – TBA
• 01.06.12 – DE – Berlin – Schokoladen
• 02.06.12 – DE – Aachen – AZ
• 03.06.12 – FR – Lille – L’Imposture
• 05.06.12 – DE – Trier – Ex-Haus
• 06.06.12 – SW – Porrentruy – Gallerie du Sauvage
• 07.06.12 – IT – Milan – Leo
• 08.06.12 – IT – Bolzano – Rock’n roll Club
• 09.06.12 – DE – Dresden – AZ Conni
• 10.06.12 – AU – Vienna – Rhiz
• 11.06.12 – PL – Lodz – Klub Dom
• 13.06.12 – DE – Mainz – Haus Mainusch
• 14.06.12 – UK – Southampton – Bargate Castle
• 15.06.12 – UK – Folkestone – The View
• 16.06.12 – UK – Sheffield – Redhouse (all dayer)
• 17.06.12 – UK – York – Stereo (matinee show)
• 17.06.12 – UK – Manchester – Tiger Lounge
• 18.06.12 – UK – Cornwall – Live Bar
• 19.06.12 – UK – Cardiff – Undertone
• 20.06.12 – UK – Brighton – Green Door Store (matinee show)
• 21.06.12 – UK – Derby – The Old Bell
• 22.06.12 – UK – Kingston (London) – The Fighting Cocks (TBC)
• 23.06.12 – UK – Basingstoke – Bang Bar
• 24.06.12 – BE – Antwerpen – Kavka
• 25.06.12 – FR – Paris – La Miroiterie
• 26.06.12 – FR – Bordeaux – Les lectures Aléatoires
• 27.06.12 – FR – Toulouse – Connexion
• 28.06.12 – SP – Barcelona – Jazz Cava
• 29.06.12 – FR – Tarbes – Celtic Pub

The Facebook event page for the tour is here.  In other Ape Up! news, in the near future we will be announcing a stream and preorder for Kemosabe!  Hold tight!

Stay Sweet Fest II begins today and runs through the weekend!  Here is the flyer:

See the Reptilian today and Dowsing, Joie De Vivre, and Empire! Empire! tomorrow.  Here is the FB event with details: http://www.facebook.com/events/365930203432953/

It’s quite a list of bands!

Have fun in the sun out in Richmond, Virginia!

Today we are loaded to the brim with Warren Franklin news!  For your viewing pleasure, we have a video sessions by the amazing Punks in Vegas series of a new song, which features members of Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) and Dowsing.  Watch it here:

We also have an interview conducted by Bad Publicity, which can be read here.

Ok, we have been meaning to do this for a very long time, and we finally got around to it.  If you look on the menu on the right, you will see a brand new lil’ guy that gives you the option of signing up for our mailing list!  Do it!  You will get updates regarding new releases, news, anything news worthy, but not toooo many letters.  Or you can go to this page to sign up: http://tinyletter.com/countyourluckystars.  IF YOU EVER ENTERED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS VIA OUR BANDCAMP, YOU ARE PROBABLY ALREADY ON THIS LIST.  Try and sign up though, and it will tell you if you are already a member.

Just for being a member on this list, you have a chance to win free stuff.  Every month we will select one lucky person to win a free release or prize!  To kick things off, the first month’s prize is a doozy- it’s a CYLS SXSW hand-screened poster SIGNED BY EVERY BAND MEMBER WHO PLAYED THE SHOW!  From Bob Nanna to Chris Simpson to all the dudes in Parker, they are all there!  So get crackin’ and sign up!

In the meantime, watch these two very cool videos that Erik from Dowsing recorded with Wild Method Workshop:

At this point, all of the pre-orders for the Dowsing/Parker split 7″ have now been shipped out, and most if not all of you should have it by now!  Spin that wax!  The official release show for this is going to be in Chicago at the Underground Lounge with It’s Just Vanity and The Island of Misfit Toys.  Here are the details/RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/329695700416632/

Speaking of Parker, they got themselves a Twitter account, so follow them here: https://twitter.com/#!/ThebandParker.  Tell them the boss sent you

We also are back from SXSW, and we made sure to keep a handful of the limited edition hand-screened posters designed for the event. They are just 4 dollars in the store, so pick them up now!  Here is what they look like, if you haven’t seen them:

They are totally sweet, designed by the amazing Edgar McHerly.  Just 4 bucks!

We also received a bunch of items back from a store that have been out of print for a long time, and they are now up in our store.  The include the Into It. Over It./Pswingset split 7″ (3 Yellow, 1 Black, 1 Rootbeer), 4 Black Hightide Hotel LPs, 2 Black Joie De Vivre‘s “The North End” LPs, 6 Joie De Vivre “Summer Months” on CD, and two Boris Smile CD’s “Chapter I” and “Beartooth EP” (3 and 6 copies, respectively).  One of the Joie LPs and all of the Hightide LPs have a little damage on the cover, fyi.  ALL OF THESE ARE OUT OF PRINT, SO DON’T SIT ON THESE.  

We also added the Emo Side Project CD and Lester Freamon 7″s to our distro section, so grab those while you are on a spending spree!