February 9th, 2009

Hello to the members of The Lower Class Revolt!

We’ve got a lot going on so lets get right to it!

Coming up on Friday February 13th, 2009 is the best four band bill of the weekend: Raised by Robots, Evacuee, Buildings Breeding and Landmine Lullaby will be taking over the Retox Lounge in San Francisco for a night of outstanding guitar driven rock. Four bands, five bucks—can you beat it? Yes, we’re keeping your budget in mind in these less than stellar economic times!

The fun keeps rolling! We’re hosting our first ever Noise Pop Happy Hour on February 25th at Bender’s in San Francisco. This is a FREE event taking place between 5pm-8pm. The Aimless Never Miss, The Sleepover Disaster and Evacuee will be supplying the entertainment and it’s up to you to supply the chatter and non industry related talk! This event is always a great way to meet up early and kick off the night’s events.

Later that evening… We’re taking it to the next level at The Knockout with yet another dose of sensibly made guitar driven rock courtesy of My First Earthquake, Raised by Robots and Bears! Bears! Bears! This is our first show with My First Earthquake and we’re super stoked to have them as a new LCR friend! Show starts at 9:30 pm and we’re charging the usual extravagant of $5 fee to get in!

We’ve got ONE spot left on Volume #4 of The Lower Class Revolt compilation due out in May. Get that music in!

Congrats to compilation Volume #3 participant Andy Fosberry, better known as Brighton UK’s Ironlight River, on the completion of his new album. We’ll keep you posted as he gets closer to release.

RIP: Lux Interior. In 1982 my life was changed in a venue called the Oasis Ballroom in Sacramento, affectionately known back then as Excremento. My good friend Pete Beck and I took his mid 60’s station wagon down from Chico where we were attending college and working at KCSC (R.I.P.) to see the Cramps on some tickets we scammed through the radio station. Nice one! On this particular night they were in top form—right down to having Kid Congo from the Gun Club on guitar and Lux being reeled back in after one of his crowd surfing episodes by the mic that was in his mouth. Probably one of the biggest “alternative” acts in the world at the time–and here they were in this shithole playing to a bunch of punks and some stupid-ass jarheads who didn’t know any better. My lasting memory? Drummer Nick Knox. I vowed to buy a drum kit after that show because I was impressed (convinced?) that simplicity could carry the weight of an entire band. What can be said about a good gig played in front of some impressionable kids? A year later Pete and I were onstage with the first version of 28th Day—which given our financial status at the time, was no small wonder. Even though I tired of the later incarnations of The Cramps, I was still very saddened by the news of the passing of Lux. To his credit he stuck it out to the end, through the best and the worst of times instead of copping out like that drug addled loser Cobain. Required listening: “Psychedelic Jungle” (IRS Records).
Take care and say hello when you get the chance,
Mike and Zoe
San Francisco, California

February 2nd, 2009

Hello to the members of The Lower Class Revolt!
Thanks to everybody who came out last Wednesday night here in San Francisco at The Knockout in support of our bash we threw for The Sleepover Disaster’s release party. The packed out house enjoyed an amazing opening set by Saything, followed by a blistering set from Sleepover, featuring much of the new record “Hover”. The night ended with a super solid guitar heavy set by the San Francisco via New Zealand trio VIR. WOW, what a night! We’re still buzzing….

Volume #3 of The Lower Class Revolt series is available for download. Enjoy! We’re taking submissions for Volume #4 which is due out in March. We have two slots left so send in that music!

February is going to be booming. Our next Lower Class Revolt night is at the Retox Lounge in San Francisco. Mark your calendars for Friday February 13th, 2009: Raised by Robots, Evacuee, Buildings Breeding and Landmine Lullaby will be taking over the stage. Four bands, five bucks and drink specials. Yet another killer value courtesy of your friends at The LCR. This will also be the S.F. debut for new Devil in the Woods signees Buildings Breeding.

We are beyond 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. This is a FREE event taking place between 5p-8p. Playing the show will be The Aimless Never Miss, The Sleepover Disaster and Evacuee! This event is always a great way to meet up early and kick off the night’s events. There are a load of great shows going on Wednesday night during Noise Pop, as there are every night this year. Just like the one we’re hosting later that night at The Knockout –yet another bombastic dose of sensibly made guitar driven rock courtesy of My First Earthquake, Raised by Robots, and Bears! Bears! Bears! As is our time-honored tradition, this is a $5 show.

A bit of some bummer news; Born/Dead, the third part of your February 25th trilogy of rock, has pushed their date back due to personnel changes. No worries, we’ll have them play for us soon and we’ll keep you posted!

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

A quick hello to our new friends in London, Carrie and Destiny Agency—make sure to keep your eyes and ears peeled for two amazing new acts they represent, The Storm of ’83 and the remix outfit Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. You heard it here first!
Take care and say hello when you get the chance,
Mike and Zoe
San Francisco, California

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 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

December 7th, 2008

Hello to those of the Lower Class Revolt—it’s been a few weeks!!!

A quick note of thanks to all the folks who attended our show in San Francisco on November 22nd featuring Spinto Band,The Aimless Never Miss and Silian Rail. A couple of highlights? Silian Rail…”nuff said. The boys of Evacuee. Seeing Lia from Built for the Sea. New songs from The Aimless Never Miss. And our first show in San Francisco at The Retox Lounge. Lots of stuff coming up…

Some dates to remember:
Thursday January 22nd 2009: The Lower Class Revolt and West Coast Performer Magazine 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

A notes of interest: A quick word of hello to Andy Fosberry (Ironlight River) who is currently finishing his new record with a new line up over in England. Congrats to Cameron and the gang who make up Raised By Robots for successfully finishing their new EP. (They play live for us live on February 13th by the way).

We received a nice write up. You can check it out at:
http://www.synthesis.net/music/interview/item-7155/2008-12-01-lower_class_revolt

There’s lots of new social networking icons on our main page. Remember to make us part of your Twitter network!
Take care,
Mike and Zoe

November 17th, 2008

Hello to the friends of The Lower Class Revolt!
We’re gearing up for our next show here in San Francisco at the Retox Lounge featuring the Spinto Band, The Aimless Never Miss and Silian Rail! The Spinto Band will be here playing a concert for YouTube at Fort Mason the following day in what has to be one of the craziest line ups with the likes of Will.I.Am and Joe Satriani and this will be a warm up gig of sorts for the band. It’s only $5 bucks to get in we’re starting this thing at 9pm. We’d suggest an early arrival!

There are a lot of new social networking icons on our main page. Remember to make us part of your Twitter network!

Some dates to remember:
Thursday January 22nd 2009: The Lower Class Revolt and West Coast Performer Magazine 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.

The Lower Class Revolt is super happy to announce that beginning on Friday February 13th, 2009 we will be launching a new monthly series at The Retox Lounge! The LCR will be making a stand there every second Friday for the remainder of time so get ready for lots of great shows coming from that stage. Our debut show will feature Raised by Robots, Evacuee and Buildings Breeding.

And speaking of Buildings Breeding, Devil in the Woods Records is ecstatic to announce that they have signed the band. This Sacramento band has been winning over the critics and public alike with their intelligent and dreamy west coast pop sound. There will be lots of news in the coming months both here and on the Devil in the Woods site. Until then, you can check the band out here: www.myspace.com/buildingsbreeding

Thanks for the continued support and we’ll see you out in the crowd soon!
-mike and Zoe

November 3rd, 2008

Hello to the loyal fans of The Lower Class Revolt! Lots to mention so lets get right to it. First and foremost, thanks to all of those who attended our show last Wednesday at The Knockout in San Francisco! A good time was had by all, and of course a big thanks to the bands who played: Raised by Robots, Rademacher and Light FM who were celebrating the release of their CD on our label Devil in the Woods. And of course to our good friends West Coast Performer Magazine for sponsoring the event—here’s some photos WCP editor-in-chief Katherine Hoffert snapped of Light FM:

BIG NEWS: We’ve got the SPINTO BAND playing a “secret” show for us on Friday November 21st at the Retox Lounge here in San Francisco!!! The band will be here playing a live concert for YouTube at Fort Mason with a cast of others and this will be a warm up gig of sorts. Opening the show will be our own The Aimless Never Miss and the amazing Silian Rail. We’re only going to charge $5 bucks to get in we’re starting this thing at 9pm. I suggest an early arrival if you’d like to get in.

Volume Three of the compilation is sequenced and getting ready to be mastered. Silian Rail, Built For The Sea, Rademacher, The Happy Hollows, Metabear, Lynus, James and Evander, Shiloe and Ironlight River round out the compilation lineup.

Mark your calendars for the following:

Thursday January 22nd 2009: The Lower Class Revolt and West Coast Performer Magazine presents: Built For The Sea, The Aimless Never Miss, Silian Rail and Shuteye Unison at the Café Du Nord in San Francisco. Tickets are on sale now for just $10 and available via Ticketweb! Our friends over at Devil in the Woods Records will be helping out with festivities in order to put the final touches on a special something due out in the Spring.

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. Also appearing on the bill will be the amazing Silian Rail and San Jose’s Metabear.

Our friends Light FM are going to be broadcast to the entire United Kingdom on Steve Lamacq’s “Best 60 bands of 2008” show on Weds November 5th at 1pm P.S.T. and an edited version will also be available for podcast. Listen at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1

We’re super happy for Light FM and a big congratulations goes out to them!
We got our hands on the new Silian Rail release. Amazing!
Out in the West, it looks like rain. Thanks for the continued support
-mike and Zoe

October 27th, 2008

Hello to all those of the Lower Class Revolt who are getting ready to see some music this week –and getting ready to get out the vote! A quick reminder!!! Light FM will be celebrating their debut release “Black Magic Marker” out on Devil in the Woods records as part of our live music night at The Knockout this coming Wednesday, October 29th. We’ll have Light FM CDs on sale along with limited edition badge sets. Appearing with Light FM will be Rademacher and Raised by Robots. We’re putting this show on with our good friends at West Coast Performer Magazine and Bandloop.com. Everything will start at 9:30pm—hope to see you there!

AND, here’s your chance to win a CD and a pair of free tickets via our friends at MyCrazyMusicblog.com! Click here for more info!

We’ve got a last minute show to tell you about. We’re doing our first show at the Retox Lounge in San Francisco on Friday November 21st with The Aimless Never Miss and Silian Rail. We’ve got a super secret guest lined up too. Trust us, stay tuned, we will not disappoint.

Picked up those new 2009 calendars yet? If so please make your first entries the following dates:

Thursday January 22nd The Lower Class Revolt and West Coast Performer Magazine presents: Built For The Sea, The Aimless Never Miss, Silian Rail and Shuteye Unison. Tickets are on sale now for just $10! Our friends over at Devil in the Woods Records will be helping out with festivities in order to put the final touches on a special something due out in the Spring.

Wednesday January 28th 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. Also appearing on the bill will be the amazing Silian Rail and San Jose’s Metabear.

And speaking of the compilation–the line-up is set! Silian Rail, Built For The Sea, Rademacher, My First Earthquake,The Happy Hollows, Metabear, James and Evander, Shiloe, and Ironlight River. We’re super pleased, as always with the line-up this time around, can’t wait to have it blasting out of your portable music devices soon!

We’ve been digging through crates of used vinyl again. The two best finds so far? Canada’s best band of the 80s, 54:40 and their first self titled release featuring “baby ran” (WEA, 1986), —made back in the day when major labels had money to give to bands to record. We also found a mint condition copy of Marshall Crenshaw’s self titled first release (WEA, 1982). “Some Day, Some Way”—covered by a million artists but never as good as this original version.

Say hello the next chance you get!
-mike&Zoe
San Francisco, California

October 20th, 2008

Hello to all the increasing numbers of the Lower Class Revolt! A quick reminder! Please remember to mark your calendar for October 29th! Light FM will be celebrating their debut release “Black Magic Marker” out on Devil in the Woods as part of our live music night at the Knockout. We’ll have Light FM CD’s on sale along with limited edition badge sets. Appearing with Light FM will be Rademacher and Raised by Robots and we’re putting this show on with our good friends at West Coast Performer Magazine and Bandloop.com. Everything will start at 9:30pm—hope to see you there!

And speaking of our label Devil in the Woods, we’ve launched a newly designed website. You can check it out at www.devilinthewoodsrecords.com

Volume#3 of our compilation series set for January 29th and the line-up is set! This time around: Silian Rail, Rademacher, My First Earthquake, Happy Hollows, Metabear, Lynus, James and Evander, Shiloe and Ironlight River. We’re super pleased,as always with the line-up this time around, can’t wait to get it onto your hard drives at home.

January 28th at the Knockout is going to be a mind-blower! It’ll be the San Francisco release party for The Sleepover Disaster and the release party for the compilation. Also appearing on the bill will be the amazing Silian Rail and San Jose’s Metabear!

Say hello the next chance you get!

-mike&Zoe
San Francisco, California