Cheap Shirts!

So, we're finishing up writing our LP and getting ready to record.  As such, we're playing very few shows, but have a bunch of shirts hanging around.  To raise funds for mastering the record and some hopeful out of town jaunts, I present to you the "Cheap T-Shirt 2012 Bonanzaganza," in which you can purchase a t-shirt and a button for a mere $6.50ppd (the 50 cents is to cover paypal fees).

You can get any of the shirts on the merch page.  There are pictures of them over there too.  Here are the size breakdowns of what we have:

Lemur Shirt: Large only

Trap shirt: Large only

Kids shirt: Large on American Apparel shirts, Medium, Large and Extra Large on SPX shirts

TO ORDER: Just paypal the dough to hip.kid.records@gmail.com .  Want other stuff with the shirt (7"s, patches, Hip Kid distro stuff)?  Have questions?  Just email that same address.  Thanks for the support.


In other news, we've almost played 100 shows.  We're hoping to do something cool for number 100.  We'll see

Skeletal Lightning Midwest Compilation

We have a song on a pretty boss online compilation that Skeletal Lightning put together.  It features such righteous Chicago brethren as Angry Gods, Wide Angles, Sick/Tired and a lot more. Scope it out here:

http://skeletallightning.net/2012/07/22/skeletal-lightning-underground-music-summer-compilation-now-online/

August will be spent largely finishing up the writing of our LP and hopefully starting to record the thing.  Hell yeah.

Upcoming Shows in July

Here are the shows we have left in July.  All of them are well worth your time.

First of we have a show July 11th in Calumet City with Peeple Watchin' and Derailer.  No flier for this one yet.  It's at 1025 Sibley Boulevard Calumet City, IL and starts at 8PM. 

Then, we've got this show at 4206 N Western in Chicago with Peeple Watchin', Boxsledder, Outlast, and Scoundrel.  Should be great.

Finally, we have this incredible beast on July 17th with Republic of Dreams (from GERMANY!), Stress x Relief, Cold Lovers, and the first show for Chicago band Strangers.  Here's the flier with the details.

After these we'll be hard at work finishing up and recording our LP.

Republic of Dreams Show

In addition to the phenomenal shows listed below, we're playing a show July 17th in Chicago.  Here's the deal:

7/17/12 @ Albion House (1719 W Albion) 

7PM  $8

- Boilerman

- Stress Relief (straight edge powerviolent West Coast hardcore)

- Republic of Drams (frantic hardcore chaos from GERMANY!!!)

- Cold Lovers (noisy Chicago hardcore)

- xCAVEx (first show!  Chicago straight edge fast hardcore featuring members of bands)

Flier soon.  Please come out and support US and international DIY touring bands.  

Summer Shows!

At the end of the month, Joey will be back from touring Europe and we'll be back to business.  Here are the two shows we've got set up for when he gets back (information in text form on the shows page).

Both should be a great time.  After the dust settles from those hootenannies, we'll be working on finishing up/recording an LP worth of material.  

Shows!

Our weekend with Haka was a solid time.  We've got one show left coming up before Joey leaves to tour Europe with Noose for a month.  Be sure to scope them out if you're over there.  Here's the show we're playing:

It should be a great time.  The next show we'll be playing won't be until June 25th with Rubrics and Burning Bridges.  

Upcoming Shows

So before we head to Smash It Dead Fest, we've got some really cool local shows coming up. Here's the deal:

2/25/12 @ Moving Castle w/ Sweet Talk, The Reptilian, Warren Franklin, Horrible Things - 6PM, $5

3/7/12 @ Quenchers w/ Boxsledder, Wide Angles, Business Papers - 9PM

3/9/12 @ Township (formerly Pancho's) w/ Strong City, Cousins, Like Bats

After that, we play Friday at Smash It Dead Fest. We're also planning a Midwest weekend in April with our friends Haka. It will look like this:

4/20 - Champaign, IL

4/21 - Bloomington, IN

4/22 - Grand Rapids, MI

See you in the pit.