We were recently featured on a cool segment for nbcnewyork.com. Check it out above!

PS – We don’t have a hatred of authority. Not sure where that came from but thanks for the exposure!

Thank you everyone who signed up and competed in our first annual Snakes & Suits March Madness Tourney. There were many upsets and I for one was killed by Kansas losing so early! I can say that I’m very stoked that MY Duke Blue Devils prevailed as 2010 Champions!

A huge congratulations are in order for our 5 winners for doing an amazing job picking some great upsets and hanging tough. We will be doing many more contests and giveaways like this in the future. Thank you to all who had some fun!

1st place – Nowak (Henry)
2nd place – thisisthewinner (Anthony)
3rd place – Hannah’s (hann89)
4th place – we’re all mad here (heather)
5th place – bracket #4 (Nicholas)

A Rocket To The Moon and Sing It Loud are on tour with Motion City Soundtrack and Fun. It started last night in Minnesota. Make sure you get your tickets soon so you don’t miss out on this great lineup! We’ll see you in Chicago & Milwaukee!

04.07 Chicago, IL // House Of Blues: TICKETS
04.09 Milwaukee, WI // The Rave: TICKETS
04.10 Evansville, IL // USI Springfest: TICKETS
04.12 Nashville, TN // Rocketown: TICKETS
04.13 Columbus, OH // Newport Music Hall: TICKETS
04.14 Pontiac, MI // Crofoot Ballroom: TICKETS
04.15 Iowa City, IA // The Blue Moose Tap House: TICKETS
04.17 Winona, MN // McCown Fieldhouse: TICKETS
04.19 Ashville, NC // Orange Peel: TICKETS
04.20 Athens, GA // 40 Watt Club: TICKETS
04.21 Gainesville, FL // The Venue: TICKETS
04.22 Ft. Lauderdale, FL // Culture Room: TICKETS
04.24 St. Petersburg, FL // State Theatre: TICKETS
04.25 Orlando, FL // House Of Blues: TICKETS
04.27 Raleigh, NC // Lincoln Theatre: TICKETS
04.28 Washington, DC // 9:30 Club: TICKETS
04.30 Charlotte, NC // The Casbah: TICKETS
05.01 Columbia, SC // Clemson Road Extension Center: TICKETS

Come stop by the Snakes & Suits tent before doors open to hang out and hear tracks from Sing It Loud’s new record ‘Everything Collide’. In stores May 11th!

Our good friends This Providence’s first headlining tour starts today! The Audition, Anarbor, The Bigger Lights and Artist Vs. Poet will be joining them. Click here to pick up your tickets today!

03/25/2010 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
03/26/2010 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
03/27/2010 Saratoga, CA @ Recreation Center
03/29/2010 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
03/30/2010 San Diego, CA @ Soma
03/31/2010 Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
04/02/2010 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
04/03/2010 Houston, TX @ The Channel
04/05/2010 Orlando, FL @ The Backbooth
04/06/2010 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
04/07/2010 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
04/08/2010 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
04/09/2010 Charlotte, NC @ The Casbah
04/10/2010 Virginia Beach, VA @ Club Relevant
04/11/2010 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
04/12/2010 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
04/13/2010 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
04/15/2010 Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
04/16/2010 Hackensack, NJ @ School Of Rock
04/17/2010 Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
04/18/2010 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
04/20/2010 Akron, OH @ Musica
04/21/2010 Pontiac, MI @ iLounge
04/22/2010 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Mixtape Cafe
04/23/2010 West Dundee, IL @ Clearwater Theater
04/24/2010 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave Bar
04/25/2010 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
04/27/2010 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
04/28/2010 Salt Lake City, UT @ Murray Theatre
04/30/2010 Boise, ID @ The Venue
05/01/2010 Seattle, WA @ Showbox

Also, check out their daytrotter session that just went live. Click HERE to listen to four exclusive live recordings from the band and download them all for free. They played Letdown, Keeping On Without You, Waste Myself and My Beautiful Rescue.

Brighten has been a favorite of ours for a long time and they continue get better and better. Their new EP, BE HUMAN, is perfect. It will be available everywhere digitally on March 23rd.

To celebrate the release of BE HUMAN, we’ve decided to release a few limited collaboration T-Shirts. These shirts are limited to 100 each and you can pre-order yours now in our web store.

The first shirt is inspired by the artwork of BE HUMAN. The second shirt reads “I’ll Never Look For Love It Will Me” which is a lyric from their song “Without You” which you can hear on their myspace right now.

BE HUMAN will be available next Tuesday March 23rd on iTunes. Please support this band. Thank you.

Our friends over at I AM THE TREND started an awesome TEE MADNESS tournament where 64 clothing brands are competing. Head over to the site to check out some other awesome brands as well as vote for your favorite :cough: right side, halfway down :cough:. Click here to vote.

Snoop around their site for a ton of great features on everything clothing.

Welcome to the 1st annual Snakes & Suits March Madness Tourney! This is free to enter so click the image or right here to join and fill out your brackets!

Prizes include:
$100 shopping spree on snakesandsuits.com
$50 shopping spree on snakesandsuits.com
A used cymbal signed by The Maine
A used drum head signed by A Rocket To The Moon
A Snakes & Suits Tote Bag signed by This Providence

1st Place will get first pick at their prize, then 2nd, then 3rd, then 4th and then 5th. Please make sure your email address is valid so we can reach you. Reach out to info@snakesandsuits.com with any questions!

Selection Sunday is this Sunday March 14th. You will have until tip off of the first game on March 18th to have your brackets fully completed. There is a “play in” game on March 16th that will determine the 64th team into the tourney.

This tourney is open to any of your friends as well! Invite anyone you’d like! More the merrier! GOOD LUCK

Link: http://bit.ly/daVDya

As some of you know, we used to run a little record label in Chicago called LLR Recordings. The label is dead and gone but some branches of our family tree are still alive and well.

In 2002, we were obsessed with a band called Gatsbys American Dream from Seattle, Washington. The record we stumbled upon was “Ribbons & Sugar”. We were huge fans. To this day, I still refer to it as the best record you haven’t heard. Do yourself a huge favor and find it.

In our eyes, this was a huge band. We probably thought they were huge because we loved it so much and thought “how could people not love this?”. We were looking to book a few shows for The Academy (before the Is…) and struck up a conversation with Bobby Darling, guitar player of Gatsbys American Dream, on AOL instant messenger. I believe we talked for about 5-6 hours the first conversation because we had so much in common about music and thoughts on how record labels should treat bands, etc. Within a few days of talking, we decided that we should work together.

We put out their EP entitled “In The Land Of Lost Monsters” in July of the following year. Click here to download “In The Land Of Lost Monsters” for FREE! It was our final release as a label. I am so proud to say I have had anything to do with their legacy and that they had a big part of our legacy. The band disbanded after 2 more great records unfortunately. Maybe we can convince them to do another record at some point. Keep your fingers crossed tight.

Anyways, the whole back story is about how amazing the people in this band were. They gave us little guys a real shot to work with something because we were truly passionate about their band and music. Ever since, Bobby Darling has been an amazing friend of ours. He has a new project on deck and it’s called Places and Numbers. Click the album cover with his big head on it below to download his EP for free. Also, check out his myspace to check out his tour dates. Please go support his project and at the very least have a great conversation about music.

Awhile back, we were approached about becoming a part of a brand new store. The reason we’re so honored to be a part of it is the other brands that make up the stock. We’re huge fans of Crooks & Castles, Gold Coin, Society and Upper Playground to name a few! Make sure to head to the store (click the banner) and check them all out.