Backseat Sandbar

Noise Pollution will be releasing a split seven inch with The Glasspack and Trophy Wives on Saturday, August 21st at a show featuring both bands at Zanzabar (2100 South Preston). The record will be on orange vinyl and contains The Glasspack’s “If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say” (which features Peter Searcy on bass) and Trophy Wive’s “Firecracker”. Also included in the record will be a download card with both bands’ songs from the record plus bonus tracks including a remastered version of Trophy Wive’s debut EP, their cover of Crain’s UFO Song, live stuff from The Glasspack’s set from the 2008 Roadburn Festival in Holland and the ‘Pack’s cover of Bobby Rush’s “Mary Jane”. In all, fifteen tracks will be included on the download card. That’s a hell of a deal for a measly $5. The show will also celebrate The Glasspack’s 10 year anniversary, so the band will be performing an extended set with guest appearances by Adam Neal, Brett Holsclaw, Peter Searcy, Mark Abromavage and more. Cover will be $6, doors at 9pm.

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In partnership with ThinkIndie.com, this FREE digital download is a 17 song sampler of what we’ve been up to the past few years. Songs by Evergreen, Metroschifter, Straight A’s, Second Story Man, Lucky Pineapple, The Web, The Teeth, Minnow, Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue and more. Download it and pass it along to your friends. Go to www.louisvillenoise.com/blackbox

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Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue will be celebrating the release of their first album with a show at the Nachbar (969 Charles Street) on Friday, March 5th. Also on the bill for the release show will be Black Nasty out of Austin, TX and Thomas A. Minor & The Picket Line. Tickets are available now at the Nachbar for $8, but will be $10 day of the show.B

We’ve had the pleasure of working with Brett, albeit in a limited fashion, on the Bold Beginnings project a few years back and are thrilled to now be helping the Kentucky Chrome Revue album see the light of day. The album features a host of guest performers including such luminaries as Will Oldham, Catherine Irwin (Freakwater), Jason Loewenstein (Sebadoh), Jolie Holland, Wink O’Bannon and Peter Searcy. It was recorded with Paul Oldham at his farmhouse studio in Shelbyville and features ten songs including a honkytonk version of Iggy & the Stooges “Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell.” Brett’s debut book of poetry, Black Sabbatical, was also released this past year and can be ordered from Sarabande Books.

Listen to “Want Within the Need” and “Quietly” from Second Story Man’s upcoming album, Screaming Secrets, out on December 5, 2009 via Noise Pollution Records, on their myspace page HERE.  They have a CD release show at Skull Alley also on December 5th.  Hopefully these two tracks will tide you over.

Saturday, December 5th- Louisville, KY @ Skull Alley

Friday, December 12th- Lexington, KY @ TBA

Tuesday, December 22nd- Nashville, TN @ The Basement

Wednesday, December 23rd- St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway

Wednesday, December 30th- Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle

Metroschifter’s European tour commences next month and the dates can be found at www.louisvillenoise.com.  Their newest album Carbonistas is available now along with a new “greatest hits” style collection entitled Whatever’s Wrong With Me Is Here To Stay.  Go to our site for more info.