With the wealth of metaphors that could be used to describe London/Paris based potty-mouthed rockers The Teenagers, we should be able to come up with a better subject line for this post but we thought we’d rather stick to the facts.

Fact #1 – The Teenagers are on tour right now.  They will be in New York in mere days and performing at the following shows.

                5/3 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY

             5/5 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY

Plus afterparties

Fact #2 – The Teenagers are playing an in-store @ AMERICAN APPAREL in Brooklyn this weekend.

Sunday, May 4th
3PM
 
Location:
American Apparel
314 Flatbush Ave.
Park Slope, Brooklyn
(Q or B Express to 7th Ave.)

Fact #3 – Hasselhoff just can’t get enough of that dirty stuff.

Fact #4 – These only cost 12 bucks, so why not really

The first song we’re unleashing off Chemical Chords is called "Three Women".   It’s a lively jam with an almost four-on-the-floor backbeat, slinky guitar work and those big signature organ (er-hummm) chords, so we can almost hear you all rejoicing, "The Groop Is Back!"  For those of you who take your music in our preferred "paid-for format", the digital single is up on iTunes.

MP3:   Three Women

Pre-order Chemical Chords already.

Hey San Francisco!  Be sure to see The Breeders play a free in-store performance this Thursday at Amoeba SF!

Thursday, May 1st at 6:00 PM!

Amoeba San Francisco – 1855 Haight St.

AND if you buy the new Album at the in-store you will get a some special extras!  A Limited Edition Breeders 7", an album poster, and a custom Breeders plastic bag!  You better be quick, supplies are limited!!!!

While most of North America polishes up their dancing shoes (tour dates below) and awaits for "Couples" to be released on May 6, mtvU is premiering the brand spanking new video from The Long Blondes for the super obvious #1 choice for a first single "Guilt". 

• 14 May 2008 Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia Pennsylvania US
• 15 May 2008 Studio B Brooklyn New York US
• 16 May 2008 Bowery BallroomN ew York New York US
• 17 May 2008 Rock And Roll Hotel Washington District Of Columbia US
• 19 May 2008 Great Scott Allston Massachusetts US
• 20 May 2008 Cabaret Du Musee Montreal Quebec US
• 22 May 2008 Lee’s Palace Toronto Ontario CA
• 23 May 2008 Magic Stick Detroit Michigan US
• 24 May 2008 Logan Square Auditorium Chicago Illinois US
• 25 May 2008 7th Street Entry Minneapolis Minnesota US
• 28 May 2008 Neumo’s Seattle Washington US
• 30 May 2008 Richards On Richards Vancouver British Columbia CA
• 31 May 2008 Doug Fir Portland Oregon US
• 02 June 2008 Great American Music Hall San Francisco California US
• 03 June 2008 Glasshouse Pomona California US
• 04 June 2008 Troubadour Los Angeles California US

As required by our University of Phoenix’s e-MBA In eMarketing program, Matt and I are doing a semi-regular round up on some of the brilliant marketing things we see every day.  Whether it’s a Vic Firth ad in XLR8R or a flyer on a traffic light post, we will provide in-depth analysis on what gets you to buy (or maybe just upload a video of yourself singing to a Rick Ross ringtone). 

So, without further adooo.

As anyone will tell you (and by anyone we mean Steve Knutson, current Rough Trade GM and former Tommy Boy 12" slinger), hip hop is full of brilliant marketing scheming.

So at first glance, I thought this flyer was a legit promo from a self-ingratiating label that specializes in sextape stars and American Idol cast-offs.  And this had potential for paradoxical juggernautery, especially considering Cam’ron once told Anderson Cooper that "snitching was hurting his business (see video)."  So, in fact, the allure is that CAM COULD BE MISSING makes you grab a tab.

But, once you get back to 304 Hudson, unpack your sushi-balls and dial in the itsthereal.com URL, this whole ploy becomes letdown city.  Seems like it’s unrelated to Cam’ron or Koch and is a "hip hop comedy" scetch troop full of pretty predictable vids about the biz of hip hop.

Why wouldn’t you just extend the joke?  I mean you got me with "MISSING"??!?!  Let me land on a video or something that takes the gag further.  I mean, it’s Cam’ron and he does shit in his Cam’Jams that almost begs you to make fun of him… 

All in all, we give this scheme middling 2 out of 5 on the PLUG-worthy meter. 

To celebrate the mighty presence of Beggars bands at this year’s Coachella we decided to put all of their albums in our catalogue on sale!  This includes albums from The Breeders, Vampire Weekend, The National, Holy Fuck , St. Vincent, The Teenagers our ENTIRE Love & Rockets catalogue in every format we offer (Digital, CD and LP)!!!!

Just add the album you want to your shopping cart and enter the code "coachella" in the Promotional Code section during checkout. Pretty simple and bam! next thing you know you’ve got 10% off.

Hey, they like us, they really do!! Pitchfork finally weighs in on Reality Check

The Teenagers tour has started and the band are killing it on the West Coast already and are on their way to Coachella this weekend.

Check out the band’s new Z100 approved ringtone

7"+12"=$7=NINETEEN INCHES OF HOLY FUCK! Horrifyingly generous or just profoundly awesome? Only time will tell!

Just in time for their Coachella appearance we are offering an extremely limited Lovely Allen vinyl bundle exlusively for webstore customers. The bundle includes the Lovely Allen 12" with an original version as well as remixes by No Age and Minotaur Shock. The 7" features a studio version of Super Inuit. Both singles are extremely rare and wont be available again. To top it all off, the set is only $7!

Order yours HERE

How it was origionally meant to be performed.