After inventing stainless steel and "Ass Kicking Rock and Roll" ™, here they go again reinventing the MP3! Spring is dawning and another handful of mind-blowing rat turds are flung at the “scene.” Your iPod never sounded as crispy. Ladies and Gentleman….I present to you the next SoCal, mall punk, stupor group; THE NIGHT MARCHERS!

Take Speedo (ex Rocket from the Crypt barker/broom swinger, Hot Snakes riff architect, Drive Like Jehu octavarian). Then add the black Irish of Gar Wood (ex Hot Snakes subsonic maestro, current Beehive and the Barracudas legal representative). Now reinforce these bad intentions with The Mount Olympus of all rhythm sections. Literally, an all-Greek powerhouse suspended by Ionic fortitude. J. Sinclair K. propels these files with the same vintage overload he brought on the drums while steering Hot Snakes, Delta 71, Bardo Pond and Mule. At the ripe young age of 56, newcomer Thomas Kitsos, aka Titus Gangbangus of CPC Gangbangs fame, lays a heavy pipe on the four string bass guitar.

See You In Magic is THE NIGHT MARCHERS’ debut record. The band entered the newly constructed City of Refuge studio in the fall of 2007 and emerged with these downloads. The studio’s black lava walls are located under the landing flight path of San Diego International Airport, so the sound of jet engines can be heard throughout the files. Recorded by Dave Gardner (Magneto Mastering, debonair, Midwest bass player and long time Swami collaborator), extra care and attention was spent getting the tastiest data possible. This record is a collage of Speedo’s favourite guitars, guitarists and guitar stories. Although this listener can whiff on the faint aroma of Flamin’ Groovies, The Nerves, Status Quo, Black Merda and similar black acid jams, it’s all filtered through a tight quartet who lacerate with the calculated attack of a small, Japanese whaling operation.

As well as tasty data-filled mp3's, the album 'See You In Magic' is also available on a limited run of vinyl now. This is in prelude to the albums release on CD on June 2nd 2008...

The Night Marchers hit the UK for a series of shows the same week, with 3 London shows announced and on sale now. More shows to be announced soon.

Purchase from iTunes: CLICK HERE
Purchase the LP: CLICK HERE

UK TOUR
June 5th: Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes / London: www.dirtybootslondon.com
June 6th: Dirty Water Club @ Boston Arms / London: Dirty Water Club | Dirty Water Club Beta
June 10th: 100 Club / London: GIGSANDTOURS.COM



Check out the freshly confirmed Murder By Death European tour dates:

July 2nd Vienna Szene Wien, Austria www.oeticket.com
July 4th Zurich Rote Fabrik, Switzerland
July 5th Fun For Free @ Muffathalle, Munich
July 7th Cologne Gebaude 9 www.kartenhaus.de - Tickets - Karten - Eintrittskarten - Foo Fighters - Jimmy Eat World - Vainstream Rockfest 2008 - Stray Cats -
July 8th Hamburg Molotow www.kartenhaus.de - Tickets - Karten - Eintrittskarten - Foo Fighters - Jimmy Eat World - Vainstream Rockfest 2008 - Stray Cats -
July 9th Berlin Magnet Konzertkasse KOKA36. Konzertkarten für Rock/Pop, Klassik, Comedy/Kabarett, Musicals u.v.m.
July 11th Oxford Zodiac Welcome to TicketWeb!
July 12th Bristol Thekla www.gigantic.com
July 13th Nottingham Bodega www.gigantic.com
July 14th Manchester Night & Day GIGSANDTOURS.COM
July 15th London Borderline GIGSANDTOURS.COM
July 16th Glasgow King Tuts Gigs in Scotland - music events festivals tickets
July 17th Birmingham Academy Welcome to TicketWeb!

The band's album 'Red Of Tooth & Claw' is out now. Be sure to check it out.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Tooth-Claw-Murder-Death/dp/B00127G7E8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1209053738&sr=8-4
iTunes: CLICK HERE

"a genuine slice of American bliss" (Kerrang)
"Outstanding" (Rocksound)
"anthemic, Murder By Death are a branding iron to the soul"> (Clash)



vagrantuk.muxtape.com

The internet and everything is obviously brilliant. Yet, just last week we were crying into our hip flasks and cardigan sleeves about how it has brought about the death of making mix tapes. (We release some emo-type bands, of course we loved making mix tapes). But, like everything, the internet has come up with the answer yet again....

Sites such as Muxtape allow you to make you own mix 'tape' and share your musical knowledge, love and feelings across the digital world. So head to vagrantuk.muxtape.com to check out our first mix tape featuring new music from the bands mentioned in this email (The Night Marchers & Murder By Death) as well as current favourites and classics from the Vagrant catalogue. We'll be updating this pretty regularly, because its brilliant, so keep your eyes and ears peeled.


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