Lujo Records has been busy sending me updates! I’m excited for the new Out_Circuit album! Once I receive my copy, I’ll be featuring them on the show in January.

NEW OUT_CIRCUIT RECORD AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ODER NOW!

You can own a copy of The Out_Circuit’s new record, Pierce The Empire With A Sound MONTHS ahead of time. It doesn’t hit streets until February, but it’s available now in the store section of the Lujo website! You can buy it by itself for $10, or as part of an Out_Circuit/Nate Burke 9 cd package deal for $30 which includes both OC records, Night Is Invisible, Brahm, and 5 comps that feature OC songs! Read on for more info on the new record and don’t miss the collaborations!

“The Out_Circuit makes music in reference to a state of mind. On their debut record, Burn Your Scripts, Boys, the state of mind was mellow, moody and atmospheric. For the bands’ sophomore effort, Pierce the Empire With A Sound, mastermind Nathan Burke holds to the bracing-yet-beautiful instrumental melodies that Burn Your Scripts was noted for, but builds on those, positioning them opposite a heavier sound actualized by occasionally screamy vocals and a driving rhythm section. Collaborations with Dustin Kensrue of Thrice, Sean Ingram of Coalesce, and Rachel Burke of Beauty Pill are only appropriate here. Pierce The Empire With A Sound offers you that rare space where darkness and beauty collide.” Check out tracks from the new record HERE and get your copy today!!

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Lujo Records’ Mouse Fire has been busy! Check out all the info below!

*Look for the fellas in the February issue of AP Magazine! On stands in January!

*Check the stream of Wooden Teeth on Amplifier.com. The record is Album of the Week!! Just go to Amplifiermagazine.com, Click on “Launch AMP3 Radio” button, and Click on Album of the Week - Mouse Fire Playlist!

*The record is available via Lujorecords.com and !

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LOOK MEXICO on Tour = No Duh
* shows with One Small Step For Landmines / Chase Pagan
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Instead of putting all this work into countless (well, seven) press releases informing you of yet another Look Mexico tour, from now on you should simply assume that more than likely, the band will be rocking some sweaty basement / dive bar in your town within the next week or two. Cause it will probably happen.

For those who absolutely refuse to camp out at their local venue in blind anticipation of Look Mexico showing up, here’s a handy schedule outlining the band’s upcoming tour with Chase Pagan. The boys are also booking a short tour with gal pals and fellow Tallahasseeans One Small Step For Landmines at the end of December.

TOUR
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NOV 29 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits w/ Chase Pagan
NOV 30 - Gainesville, FL @ 1982 w/ Chase Pagan, Mayday Parade
DEC 01 - Tallahassee, FL @ The Beta Bar w/ Chase Pagan, Go Radio, Say it Twice
DEC 02 - Pensacola, FL @ Sluggo’s w/ Chase Pagan
DEC 03 - Houston, TX @ The Mink w/ Papermoons, Chase Pagan
DEC 04 - San Antonio, TX @ Atomix w/ Chase Pagan
DEC 05 - Austin, TX @ Emo’s w/ Chase Pagan
DEC 06 - Claremore, OK @ King of Clubs w/ Chase Pagan
DEC 08 - Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s w/ Chase Pagan
DEC 09 - Birmingham, AL @ Cave 9 w/ Chase Pagan
DEC 18 - Gainesville, FL @ The Atlantic w/ The Grabass Charlestons, One Small Step For Landmines
DEC 20 - Tampa, FL @ Transitions Art Gallery w/ One Small Step For Landmines
DEC 21 - Sarasota, FL @ Very Heavy Music w/ One Small Step For Landmines
DEC 22 - Brandon, FL @ The Porch w/ One Small Step For Landmines

Speaking of One Small Step For Landmines, the three piece will be touring heavily in 2008, including a Jan / Feb tour with Driver Side Impact and Ivoryline. The band’s self-titled debut was released in September by Civil Defense League. Check out some free mp3s here: Take Me Seriously / I Don’t Think

Look Mexico’s debut full-length, This Is Animal Music, was released earlier this summer on Lujo Records and recently received the vinyl treatment from Good Friends Records and another label which I don’t particularly care to mention right now. The band will have copies of this ridiculously awesome-looking 12″ at shows. Check out some free mp3s here: You Come Into My House / Done and Done.

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RED LEADER RECORDS CMJ Showcase
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* Oct 20 @ Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
* featuring Polar Bear Club, Dear Tonight, The New Dress, Nakatomi Plaza, Scream Hello and Fire When Ready

Red Leader Records Showcase
October 20 @ Bowery Poetry Club - 5:30pm

A ridiculously amazing showcase for Red Leader featuring some of the label’s most amazing bands.

Polar Bear Club - 9:20pm
Nakatomi Plaza - 8:40pm
Dear Tonight - 8:00pm
Scream Hello - 7:30pm
The New Dress - 6:40pm
Fire When Ready - 6:00pm

$10 or Free with CMJ badge

LOOK MEXICO Show
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* Oct 18 @ Puck Building - Day Stage, 295 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012, 12pm
* with Wild Light, Eagle*Seagull

The Look Mexico kids will also be playing tomorrow, October 18th on the Day Stage at the Puck Building. High Noon. Be there.

Look Mexico are at the beginning of yet another tour (it never stops, really) in support of This Is Animal Music which finds the band traveling up and down the East Coast. They’ll eventually end up at FEST 6 in Gainesville and you can expect more Nov / Dec dates with Chase Pagan!

Look Mexico TOUR
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OCT 18 - New York @ CMJ / Day Stage - Puck Building
OCT 19 - Greenwood, DE @ The Wood Stage
OCT 21 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Blend w/ Mowgli
OCT 22 - Roanoke, VA @ Martin’s w/ The Wading Girl
OCT 23 - Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn w/ Georgie James, Le Loup
OCT 24 - Tallahassee, FL @ The Beta Bar w/ Summerbirds in the Cellar
OCT 26 - Orlando, FL @ The Back Booth w/ Summerbirds in the Cellar
OCT 27 - Gainesville, FL @ FEST 6 / Market Street Pub w/ Bridge and Tunnel, Fake Problems, Gaslight Anthem, Lumuria
NOV 02 - Merritt Island, FL @ Pizza Di Rock w/ One Small Step For Landmines

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[press release from Lujo Records]

Somewhere between Interpol’s Turn On the Bright Lights and Minus The Bear’s Menos El Oso, is where you will find Mouse Fire’s Wooden Teeth. This is a debut album from the band, but make no mistake, musicianship is markedly mature. Wooden Teeth is a piece de resistance, boasting a calliber of artistry found few other places in independent music today. The band has fused the best of their somber-chic forefathers (Modest Mouse, Cursive) with modern rock ideas. The result is a striking soundscape ripe with danceable rythyms that will leave you in a delightful state of shock. Put on your dancing shoes, kids. You can’t possibly stand still to music like this.

“Wooden Teeth“, is now available for your pre-purchase exclusively through Lujorecords.com! Available everywhere November 6th!

You are just one click away from one of the most dynamic and rollicking records of 2007!!

[CLICK TO BUY ME!]

Listen LOUD!!
This Is How I Throw My Slider
To Celebrate A Suicide

Here is what people are saying:
Mouse Fire takes the modern touches of indie-pop and applies them to traditional pop song structure. You can hear influences of middle-of-the-road ’70s pop with dancey rhythms…the Beatles mixed with contemporary bands as disparate as No Knife and the Dismemberment Plan.”
-TAMPA BAY TIMES

“The new album features such songs as the haunting “To Celebrate a Suicide,” which is rich with quick, drum beats and fast-paced guitar strumming backed by Shuch’s breathy vocals and lyrics…new-age Beatles that everyone can listen to and enjoy.”
-THE LAKELAND LEDGER

“…these musicians create moody dance-rock while waving their fret boards and kicking their feet to a synchronized science.”
-REAX

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Be there!! Woot!

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RIP RAY!

LOOK MEXICO’s van Ray, bit the dust. From the band’s MySpace blog:

“We get a show at the legendary CBGB, a dream come true, and Ray’s death rattle is louder than ever. Within forty miles of New York, we are stopping every fifteen minutes to pour water in his radiator, twisting off the cap and running as it spews boiling water behind us. Finally with an embarrassed cough, Ray stops running completely. We had three hours until the show, and so we call AAA to tow us all the way to the Manhattan club. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but we had been huffing radiator fumes for two hours.”

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The Indie Review
By Sean Duregger
September 20, 2007

Artist: Look Mexico
Album: This is Animal Music
Label: Lujo Records
Rating:

Look Mexico is a breath of fresh air in a sea of mediocrity in today’s music scene. Their full length This is Animal Music invokes elements of “vintage emo” and reminds me of all the bands I fell in love with and still love today (Sunny Day Real Estate, The Appleseed Cast, Mineral.) Too many bands today are trying to fit into the mold of what I call “trendy emo goth” and Look Mexico have pushed aside all the trendy bull-shit and have released a masterpiece that will stand the test of time and become one of the great albums of 2007.

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