January 26th, 2009

Hello to the members of the Lower Class Revolt!
Thanks to everybody who came out last Thursday night to the Café Du Nord here in San Francisco to check out the amazing performances by Built For The Sea, The Aimless Never Miss, and Silian Rail. For those who unfortunately could not attend, the packed house was treated to a “family” night of music with each band sharing roles in each other’s songs–all tied together by drummer Eric Kuhn who drums for ALL three bands. We were totally blown away and we’re already talking about doing another show next year!

LOTS coming up on the horizon! First, we are ecstatic to be able to announce that we’ll be hosting a Noise Pop Happy Hour on February 25th at Bender’s here in San Francisco. Good news, the event will be FREE taking place between 5p-8p. This event is always a great way to meet up early and kick off the night’s festivities. There are a ton of great shows going on Wednesday night during Noise Pop, as there are every night this year. The line-up for this event will be announced shortly.

ALSO: Later that night The Lower Class Revolt will be hosting two other massive events. The first will be at The Knockout where we’re going to shift the party over for another dose of sensibly made guitar driven rock. We’re still putting together the line up for this event, but trust us, it’s going to be a, uh, knock out. The show will start at 9pm and will cost only $5 to get in. PART TWO of the night will be over at the Retox Lounge and will be happening at the same time. Yes, you’ll have to choose! The LCR will be hosting the amazing and over the top band Born/Dead. These East Bay stalwarts are one of the best in their genre on the West Coast if not the entire U.S. The ability to see them in such an intimate environment will be a real treat to the folks who can get there before it sells out. This is a $5 show and there will of course be a full line up of bands. We are fully aware of the shitty economy so we’re keeping these shows inexpensive!

Another must see:
Wednesday January 28th 2009:The San Francisco release party for The Sleepover Disaster’s new release “Hover” coming out on Devil in the Woods. AND it’s also the release party for Volume #3 of The Lower Class Revolt compilation series featuring: Silian Rail, Built For The Sea, Rademacher, My First Earthquake, The Happy Hollows, Metabear, Lynus, James and Evander, Shiloe and Ironlight River—a sturdy compilation to say the least! This all goes down at The Knockout. We’ll be giving away a limited number of physical copies of this digital only release. A double whammy! Hope to see you there!

PLEASE NOTE: We’re taking submissions for Volume #4 which is due out in March. So send in that music!

Friday February 13th, 2009 @ The Retox Lounge: Raised by Robots, Evacuee, Buildings Breeding
This will be the S.F. debut for new Devil in the Woods signees Buildings Breeding. More on this show as it gets closer.

Don’t forget to pick up a Lower Class Revolt t-shirt. Just a few left of the new design.

Take care and say hello when you get the chance,
Mike and Zoe
San Francisco, California

January 20th, 2009

Hello to the members of the Lower Class Revolt!
Got your calendar out? Iron a shirt or two. Make a few phones. It’s crazy live music time around here!
Thursday January 22nd 2009: The Lower Class Revolt presents: Built For The Sea, The Aimless Never Miss, and Silian Rail at the Café Du Nord in San Francisco. Tickets are on sale now for just $10 and available via Ticketweb!

Wednesday January 28th 2009: It’ll be the San Francisco release party for The Sleepover Disaster’s new release “Hover” coming out on Devil in the Woods. AND it’s also the release party for Volume#3 of the Lower Class Revolt compilation series. This all goes down at the Knockout.

Friday, February 13th 2009: We got three very amazing bands assembling at the Retox Lounge in San Francisco. Raised by Robots, Evacuee and the latest DIW signees Buildings Breeding. More on this as it gets closer but we can’t think of better way to celebrate a Friday the 13th.

Wednesday February 25th 2009: We are pleased as punch to announce that we’ll be hosting a Happy Hour during Noise Pop at this year’s new venue, Bender!!! And then later in the evening we’ll be moving the festivities over to The Knock Out for yet more sensibly made guitar driven rock. The line-up for both shows has yet to be determined. BUT one line up we’re sure of is the show we’re hosting the same night at the Retox Lounge! The LCR is super stoked to be presenting the best hardcore band, in our humble opinion, on the West Coast—Born/Dead. We’ll have lots more news on this show as well. So we’ve done it, three shows in one day. Call it our warm up to SXSW09!

January 28th 2009– Volume Three of our compilation series: Silian Rail, Built For The Sea, Rademacher, My First Earthquake, The Happy Hollows, Metabear, Lynus, James and Evander, Shiloe and Ironlight River—‘nuff said. We’ll be giving away a limited number of physical copies of this digital only release at the Knock Out on January 28th .
PLEASE NOTE: We’re taking submissions for Volume#4 which is due out in March. So send in that music!
Andy Fosberry of Ironlight River who happens to be appearing on Volume#3 of our compilation series has made an accompanying video for the track “Skeleton Tugs At The Underside”. Check it out here, it’s amazing: http://www.vimeo.com/2852160

Just a couple of quick mentions: Bears! Bears! Bears! blew us away last week at the Retox. We’ve got our hands on the new recordings from Raised By Robots and we’re voting YES! And here’s a quick shout out to our long time friends Conrad and Jason and a tip of our collective hats to their new blog: www.yournewfavoritesong.com Check it out, it’s amazing. Oh, and lets make this the year of service, we all know we need it.
Thanks for everybody who’s ordered a shirt this week!
Take care and say hello when you get the chance,
Mike and Zoe
San Francisco, California

January 12th, 2009

Hello to the members of The Lower Class Revolt!

It’s all about the live shows for the next couple of weeks so get out your calendar and mark these dates down:

Thursday January 22nd 2009: The Lower Class Revolt presents: Built For The Sea, The Aimless Never Miss, and Silian Rail at the Café Du Nord in San Francisco. Tickets are on sale now for just $10 and available via Ticketweb!

Wednesday January 28th 2009:The San Francisco release party for The Sleepover Disaster’s new release “Hover” coming out on Devil in the Woods. AND it’s also the release party for Volume #3 of The Lower Class Revolt compilation series. This all goes down at the Knockout.

January 28th 2009 will also see the release of Volume #3 of our compilation series: Silian Rail, Built For The Sea, Rademacher, My First Earthquake, The Happy Hollows, Metabear, Lynus, James and Evander, Shiloe and Ironlight River—a sturdy compilation to say the least!. We’ll be giving away a limited number of physical copies of this digital only release at the Knockout on January 28th as well. A double whammy at the Knockout! Hope to see you there!

PLEASE NOTE: We’re taking submissions for Volume #4 which is due out in March. So send in that music!

Friday February 13th, 2009: Raised by Robots, Evacuee, Buildings Breeding. More on this show as it gets closer. This will be the S.F. debut for new Devil in the Woods signees Buildings Breeding.

Mike has taken over the talent buying duties at the Retox Lounge in San Francisco. So for those of you who are looking for San Francisco dates outside of our monthly LCR show schedule feel free to email him at: retoxbooking@hotmail.com

A quick hello to Andy Fosberry of Ironlight River who’s putting the finishing touches on his debut release. Look for a debut single and accompanying video in the days ahead—all of which we’ll bring to you here. In the meantime you can check him out at www.myspace.com/ironlightriver

And finally, our Lower Class Revolt t-shirts are back in stock. We did burnt yellow on brown shirts this time around. They turned out great thanks to Wade at Into the Sun screen printers! Go to the BUY section and get yours before they sell out again.

Take care and say hello when you get the chance,
Mike and Zoe
San Francisco, California

January 5th, 2009

Hello to the members of the Lower Class Revolt!

Welcome back. We’re so ready for an amazing 2009 that any memory of 2008 is long gone. So lets get started shall we?
The Lower Class Revolt compilation Volume#3 is ready for release on January 29th. The line-up is sturdy and brilliant–featuring some of the best bands we’re bumped into over the last few months: Silian Rail, Built For The Sea, Rademacher, My First Earthquake, The Happy Hollows, Metabear, Lynus, James and Evander, Shiloe and Ironlight River. We’ll probably end up releasing it early just because the sheer anticipation might be too much! Also, we’ll be giving away a limited number of physical copies of this digital release at the Knockout on January 28th! Hope to see you there!
PLEASE NOTE: We’re taking submissions for Volume #4 which is due out in March. So send in that music to info@thelowerclassrevolt.com!

Mike has taken over the talent buying duties at the Retox Lounge in San Francisco. So for those of you who are looking for San Francisco dates outside of our monthly LCR show schedule feel free to email him at: retoxbooking@hotmail.com

Some dates to remember:

Thursday January 22nd 2009: The Lower Class Revolt presents: Built For The Sea, The Aimless Never Miss, and Silian Rail at the Café Du Nord in San Francisco. Tickets are on sale now for just $10 and available via Ticketweb!

Wednesday January 28th 2009: The San Francisco release party for The Sleepover Disaster’s new release “Hover” coming out on Devil in the Woods. AND it’s also the release party for Volume#3 of the Lower Class Revolt compilation series. This all goes down at the Knockout

Friday February 13th, 2009: Raised by Robots, Evacuee, Buildings Breeding. More on this show as it gets closer. This will be the S.F. debut for new Devil in the Woods signees Buildings Breeding.

We’re pretty happy the holidays are over. This year in particular was a very trying time with the economy the way it is, the depressed nature of the majority of the people, all of it just blew. We’re just so very thankful that we were able to bury ourselves in the music that motivates our daily existence and alleviate some of the misery. We’re very encouraged by the scene that swims around us and we’re thankful that it is here! We look forward to bumping into everybody far and near in the coming months.
Take care,
Mike and Zoe
San Francisco, California