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Vampire Weekend Presale

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Visit VampireWeekend.kungfunation.com to order the new Vampire Weekend album, Modern Vampires of the City.  Release date May 14.

Visit VampireWeekend.com to purchase tickets to their 2013 shows, including the just added September shows at the Hollywood Bowl and the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn.

Major Lazer Camo Reefer Tee

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This tee was designed by Evan @ The Bright Pursuit and we produced it in a waterbased ink all-over print.  The pattern is printed on both sides.  Major Lazer plays in North Carolina tomorrow night and people are psyched!

Tame Impala Spring 2013 Tour

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See Tame Impala if you have the chance.  Lonerism is a wonderful headtrip pop album and the live show does not disappoint.  After their February show at the 900-capacity Cat's Cradle, in Carrboro, a co-worker remarked: "I have a feeling that's the last time we'll see them in a venue that isn't an arena."  We'll hope that's the case for Tame Impala while being glad we had the chance to see one of the intimate shows.

Here are some photos of their tour T-shirts during the printing process.  

My Bloody Valentine World Tour

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My Bloody Valentine just released MBV, the long awaited (22 years) follow-up to Loveless.  And they just released their upcoming tour dates.   We'll hope for some North American action at some point in the year and we'll start exercising our ears to prepare for the insane volume.

02/03 – Seoul, KR @ Uniqlo Ax

02/05 – Osaka, JP @ The Hatch

02/06 – Osaka, JP @ The Hatch

02/07 – Tokyo, JP @ Studio Coast

02/07 – Tokyo, JP @ Studio Coast

02/10 – Tokyo, JP @ Studio Coast

02/13 – Taipei, TW @ Ntu Sports Center

02/16 – Melbourne, AU @ ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror Melbourne

02/18 – Sydney, AU @ Enmore Theatre

02/20 – Queensland, AU @ The Tivoli

02/22 – Melbourne, AU @ Palace Theatre

03/08 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy

03/09 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowlands

03/10 – Manchester, UK @ Apollo

03/12 – London, UK @ Hammersmith Apollo

03/13 – London, UK @ Hammersmith Apollo

05/11-12 – Tokyo, JP @ Tokyo Rocks Music Festival

05/23 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound

Yo La Tengo 5-dollar Fade.

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Yo La Tengo's new album is out and for a limited time Amazon is selling it as a $5 download.  Get it cheap if you get it now.  Click here.

A project: Custom hat for The Avett Brothers

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The Avett Brothers wanted to re-create a vintage trucker hat with stripe accents that wasn't made of cheap foam.  The hat features a sewn-on patch with imagery from their current album The Carpenter.  The manufacturer took too long but we like the results.

A project: Beck sunglasses for Oliver Peoples

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We were contacted by the company that manufactures Oliver Peoples sunglasses to facilitate a collaboration between Beck Hansen and Oliver Peoples, to design and produce a pair of sunglasses for Asian market.  These glasses are a marvel of modern manufacturing.  Oliver Peoples and Beck spent almost two years working on the frames. “Using a vintage pattern from Italy as a base, custom-made material was produced that appears as clear stripes from the front, while appearing pink or yellow from the sides.”  The case was designed by Beck and Porter Bag company, of Japan.

Two is a magic number

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Tenacious D will be launching the Old School Acoustic Tour at the end of February.  Double your pleasure, double your fun.  Tenacious D didn't get to be #1 by treating you like #2.

Tenacious D 2013 Acoustic Tour Dates:

02/28 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Showboat Hotel & Casino: House of Blues
03/02 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
03/03 – Providence, RI @ Lupos Heartbreak Hotel
03/05 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE – Indoor
03/06 – Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion
03/08 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz Theatre
03/09 – Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
03/11 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
03/12 – Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore at Jackie Gleason Theater