jwelker:

Year Of The Rabbit | Strange Eyes (Live) 

danielphawkins:

upcoming Pswingset / Play Dead Season 7” 

two brand new songs coming july 2013…

just when you thought we were dead…

we’ll be touring japan in july with play dead season! we’ll also be releasing a split 7” (with two new songs!), for the tour, with play dead season via stiff slack/say hello to never recordings. 

time to start learning an eastern youth cover.

PLAY DEAD SEASON | “JUNKHEAD” LP Release Trailer 

7” recording - day one.

7” recording - day one.

cherrycolachampions:

Weapons of Mass Creation Showcase @ SXSW

RSVP on Eventbrite here: http://wmcshowcasesxsw.eventbrite.com/

We are excited to welcome our new guitarist, Matt Clark to the Pswingset family. Matt has previously played with Jordan in the Akron OH-based Adios, and is also currently in Papermoons and Ola Podrida. We would like to thank Joel for all the hard work and time put into this band over the last year and half; it was certainly a blast and some of the funnest times. We wish him the best of luck with his enduring efforts in Junius, who you can see on tour right now w/ Caspian and Silver Snakes! 

That’s it for now! See you at SXSW! (show info and even more news coming very soon…)

(Photo by Molly Clark)

Pswingset

All Our False Starts

In a scene of indie and emo revival bands, Pswingset makes an album that is a challenge to get into and is devoid of expectations. I applaud them  greatly for it. They could’ve taken the easy route  and recorded something that people would’ve loved  immediately, but instead they put out something  that requires the listener to be engaged and actively  listening to it while it plays. All Our False Starts is  not an album for people with short attention spans,  it;s an album for people who truly love music.   (Topshelf Records)

[from Manual Dexterity, December 2012]

We’re really honored to get such a great review…

and on top of that, Jordan and Danny both have interviews in this issue ; check it out here!

youalwaysknewmelastweek:

Starting to really dig Pswingset’s album “All Our False Starts” as well as many other topshelf bands the more I do this intern work :P ok yes I have developed a craving for good emo. yay being into more music ^.^

youdesperatecloud:

10. sirs - sirs
9. youth pictures of florence henderson - small changes we hardly notice
8. pswingset - all our false starts
7. dowsing - it’s still pretty terrible
6. joie de vivre - we’re all better than this
5. we were skeletons - blame and aging
4. coma regalia - en sperata
3. loma prieta - i.v.
2. the saddest landscape - after the lights
1. suis la lune - rialia

hey, we made someones end of year list! very honored anyone cares, so thanks!

topshelfrecords:

You can also still get 20% off everything in the store with the code ALLTHREEENERGYBALLS at checkout.

http://tsr-store.com

The store sale ends at 3:01am EST on Monday, November 27, 2012 (figured we’d give you last-minute West Coasters some love!). There’s new Have Mercy merch designs up, re-presses of The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die’s Formlessness & Josh Is Dead along with Prawn’s Ships are in (even some overages from the first press are available if you act fast) — and, lastly, we also have re-stocks of a bunch of winter stuff.

Check out Topshelf’s Cyber Monday deals! And don’t miss our 40% off deal on everything on our bandcamp using the “cyber2012” code.

Get 40% off anything on our bandcamp, today for Cyber Monday, using the code “cyber2012”.

Support bands and small businesses today!

To thank everyone for making 2012 such a great year for us, we’re giving 40% off ALL bandcamp-downloads on Black Friday! Just use the code “thankyou2012” and grab everything we have on our bandcamp page!

topshelfrecords:

20% off everything in the store with the code ALLTHREEENERGYBALLS at checkout.

http://tsr-store.com

The sale ends at 3:01am EST on Monday, November 27, 2012 (figured we’d give you last-minute West Coasters some love!). There’s new Have Mercy merch designs up, re-presses of The…

DO IT!

We’re very proud to be a part of Sound Supply’s #5 drop. Along with our album, you get albums from other bands & artists, all bundled together for a lower price. Here’s the #5 drop details:

• Circa Survive “Violent Waves” (Self-released)
• Saves The Day “Daybreak” (Razor & Tie)
• Jen Wood “Finds You In Love” (New Granada)
• Polar Bear Club “Clash Battle Guilt Pride” (Bridge 9 Records)
• Buried Beds “Tremble The Sails” (Distrophonix)
• Rodeo Ruby Love “This Is Why We Don’t Have Nice Things” (Crossroads)
• Pswingset “All Our False Starts” (Topshelf Records)
• Make Do And Mend “End Measured Mile” (Paper + Plastik)
• Laura Stevenson & The Cans “Sit Resist” (Don Giovanni)
• John Frusciante (from Red Hot Chili Peppers) “The Empyrean” (Record Collection)

Also, if 1,000 downloads are hit, a free EP will be announced and included! And we can vouch that it’s a good one.  

It will be going live at 12:01AM this Monday, October 15th - note your calendars and score some killer records for cheap!

Click here to visit Soundsupply.

leaving tomorrow for a 3 day weekend tour, playing shows with the new trust, hoofprints (mem. of football etc, little compass, panic in detroit), stegosaur (mem. of sohns, pillow talk), pillow talk, and more. 

we will have all merch with us (all colors of vinyl, import CDs, shirts, etc). please come hang out, say hi, buy us a drink, etc.

if anyone’s got the hookup for tattoos in denton, houston, or san antonio let us know!

ducklittlebrotherduck:

West Coast vs. East Coast. Lines have been drawn. 

If you see someone acting a fool let them know: Emo is not a gang…



Just a dated genre of music.

2012 Topshelf Records Sampler is out NOW!

Tons of friends, great songs, and one of our tracks from All Our False Starts. 

the sound guy at mohawk compared us to shiner and shudder to think.

we love him, now.