June 26th, 2008

Hello to all of those of the Lower Class Revolt.  Thanks to everybody for making this months show at The KnockOut in San Francisco our biggest yet. It was a great night for music which featured free limited edition CDs of Volume One of our compilation series and LCR badges being handed out. The hightlights? Tigers Can Bite You made the trip up from Los Angeles to make their San Francisco debut on our stage. Light FM rolled up from Los Angeles for their second San Francisco appearance as well. And of course enough can’t be said about Fresno’s Rademacher. The whole night just effin’ rocked. Thanks to John and dX for hosting us, West Coast Performer Magazine for co-sponsoring with us and a big thanks to Kimberly Chun over at the SF Bay Guardian for the show recommendation—every little bit helps.  Oh, and by the way Rykarda Parasol made it to the show last night and we’ll definitely be checking her out over in Oakland at The Uptown on July 12^th.

Our next show in San Francisco will be on July 30^th at The KnockOut.  Taking the stage will be San Francisco’s  The Aimless Never Miss, Sleepover Disaster will be making it up from Fresno and Pillows are coming over from the East Bay and making this a release party of sorts for their new set of songs. Should be another great night of music and this time around we’ll have the talent of visual artist Luke Judd lighting up the room.

A quick mention that Volume Two will be out on September 23^rd—8 bands this time around—more on the final line up as that day grows closer. Have you downloaded the free version of Volume One off our website yet?

A couple of quick notes: The Aimless Never Miss record is being manufactured as we speak. Evacuee are in the studio. And word is that Built For The Sea are headed to Europe in October. All good stuff.

Keep in touch and get a hold of us if you need anything.

mike&zoe 

 

 

 

 

 

Rocksteady

May 30^th, 2008

 

From the desk of the Lower Class Revolt HQ based in San Francisco, California: Hello and thanks for checking in! There’s always a lot going on so here’s a quick update.

 

First, thanks to Murder of Lilies, CUPIDS and Evacuee for playing our show on May 28^th at the KnockOut in San Francisco. Short power packed sets by all the bands made the night fly by all too quick! Thanks for everybody for your continued support! It was also great to see a lot of new faces checking out what we’ve got going. And as always, thanks to dX and John for hosting our monthly event!

 

In other news-Will would like to send a big thanks to everybody for making his visit down to Los Angeles a fun one. Will spent some time at Pehrspace and hung out with the likesTigers Can Bite You, Light FM, Happy Hollows, and Rademacher. Keep your eyes on these pages as we expand our reach into the Southern California region.

 

A Friends of LCR update: We bumped into Matt from Form and Fate the other night. Their new set of recordings is almost complete. As is the recordings from Evacuee! Got our hands on some new Harbours  recordings. Amazing. Welcome back to Rykarda Parasol! She’s just returned from a successful European tour! Check out everybody’s Myspace pages for updated itineraries–lots of amazing live shows coming up this summer—like we’re ever going to find time to sleep. Or work. Or both.  

 

Loud? Try The Pioneers “..best of  “longshot kick de bucket” on Trojan Records (Catalog#347).wow.

 

Our compilation, the Lower Class Revolt Volume One release show is coming up on June 25^th at the KnockOut in San Francisco and will be co-sponsored by our friends at West Coast Performer magazine. Rademacher, Tigers Can Bite You and Light FM will be appearing. Free CDs to the first 50 through the door. Should be an amazing night! Mark your calendars!

 

Summer inches closer–save your dough for the shows! And our releases of course.

 

mike&Zoe&Will

 

San Francisco, California 2008

 

 

Members of The Lower Class Revolt

Members of the Lower Class Revolt it’s so good to be with all of you again! We’ve been busy little workers over the last seven days as things are gearing up for a summer full of music and friends. And then some more music and friends. We’ve even purchased a hide-a-bed for the LCR office if that makes any difference!

 

First and foremost, a big thanks to Jonny at The Independent here in San Francisco for the first class set up for the Clinic and Shearwater show earlier this week. Clinic has been in heavy rotation in the LCR office for years now and we’re wonderful once again. And might we add that Shearwater nearly stole the show with their amazing performance. An incredible night and we have the merch and tour only CDs to prove it!

 

While we’re talking people and shows, we’ve re-connected with the one and only Barbara Mitchell. Our dear friend has been spending her time between Seattle, Portland and Australia and it’s great to see that she’s still heavily in the mix. Barbara ruled the Northwest with her company Deluxxe Media before heading out into the world of freelance. Hopefully you’ll be reading a lot more about Barbara on this blog!

 

Hot tip: Tim Scanlin returns to San Francisco with his band ActionSlacks. They’ll be at The Café Du Nord on Sunday May 25^th. They’re finishing up some recordings at Tiny Telephone—can’t wait to hear it!

 

We’d like to welcome Luke Judd on board as our official videographer. Lots of you have already seen Luke’s work as the visual maestro for the likes of our very own The Aimless Never Miss. Luke will be working with us on expanding our web exclusive video content and also expanding his role with a number of other bands in the Bay Area.

 

We’re putting the call out to bands for Volume Three of our Lower Class Revolt compilation due out in January. Interested? I know we are. Email us HERE. Hope to hear from you soon.

 

And finally, please don’t forget to mark your calendars for next Wednesday May 28^thfor our show at The KnockOut in San Francisco! Murder of Lilies, CUPIDS and Evacuee will be taking the stage for a night of amazing music. For those of you that are thinking about coming out, remember we’re working class around here. The shows start early (9:45pm) and ends early (midnight)—dawn comes soon enough right?  Hope to see you there.

 

-mike&Zoe&Will

 

May 22, 2008 San Francisco, California

Just a quick note to let all of the faithful know that the amazing Evacuee will be taking the opening slot on our May 28th show at the Knock Out due to the last minute cancellation of Hospital Kids. Here’s a great opportunity to see a super well rounded show–Murder of Lilies, CUPIDS, and Evacuee–all for only $4 at the Knockout in San Francisco.

Also, we bumped into an old friend of ours via the worldwide web –Nikki Colk–the voice and the front person of our beloved KaitO (RIP) has re-appeared! She’s living in London now, having moved down from Norwich and we’re happy to report that she’s in a new band and is active in music again. Here’s some of her solo stuff thanks to MySpace.

Counting, counting, counting down. Plus. See you soon.

-mike&Zoe&Will

May 15, 2008 San Francisco, California

A Big Thank You To Those of The Lower Class Revolt!!

We just want to send out a big thanks you for the massive response and readership of recently launched LCR site and blog. The support has really energized us to keep it rolling. Like we were going to stop! The whole idea of the Lower Class Revolt is to become a collective of sorts so by all means, please get in touch if you’d like to come on board in any capacity or just drop us a note to simply say “hello”.

We’d like to take this opportunity to welcome James Miaz and his booking agency Wicked Annabella Productions on board. He’s signed on to take over the booking responsibilities for two of our bands: The Aimless Never Miss and Tigers Can Bite You. Both bands have records coming out on in September (Aimless on Devil in the Woods, Tigers on New and Used). Look for both bands to be taking on a lot more West Coast dates in the coming months.

Also a quick thanks to Murder of Lilies for taking care of us at the Red Devil Lounge here in San Francisco on Friday May 9th.

Hot Tips: Built for the Sea at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on May 17th. And San Francisco’s Form and Fate are in the studio.

Got any hot tips? Let us know!

We’d like to send a quick hello to San Francisco’s Rykarda Parasol who is currently on tour in Europe!

In related news, Volume Two of the compilation series is set for a September release and looks to be at capacity (8 bands). The tie-in? Rykarda will be appearing with a track! We’re currently in the process of seeking out bands for Volume Three set for a January release.

The official Lower Class Revolt t-shirts will be available the website in about a week.

Hope to see or talk or hear from you soon!!

Mike&Zoe…and Will

May 11th, San Francisco, California

Hello to those of the Lower Class Revolt

Great news! The compilation is complete and nearly ready for release. June 23rd is the official release date, but for those in the know, (and you know who you are!) we’ll be releasing it early. We plan to make this a free download for as long as possible through all the usual channels—the band sites, our LCR site and at www.myspace.com/thelowerclassrevoltcomps at first and then to the rest of the world shortly thereafter. The first 50 through the door at our compilation release show on June 25th at the Knock Out in San Francisco California will get a free physical copy of the release as well. We’re very happy and thankful so many amazing bands have given us such great songs. The project was overseen by the LCR and mastered by studio whiz Daniel McKenzie.

The sequence is as follows:
Light FM “sleepy hollow”
Tigers Can Bite You “Rough Stuff”
The Aimless Never Miss “The Obvious”
Murder of Lilies “Beginning of the End”
Fauna Valetta “sleep by the ocean”

COMING UP:

April 30th at the Knock Out-The Human Echo, Fauna Valetta, Schande
May 28th at the Knock Out-Murder of Lilies, Hopital Kids, CUPIDS

Yes, we do records!
Upcoming Releases:

6/23/08
“The Lower Class Revolt Volume1″ compilation

9/10/08
The Aimless Never Miss “tba”
Tigers Can Bite You “tba”

9/17/08
“The Lower Class Revolt Volume2″ compilation

See you soon,
Mike&Zoe…and Will