Calling all Creeps and Freakazoids, By Surprise is playing a Record Store Day post-party at Creep Records in the Piazza tonight.
Three bands, fire sale on our vinyl, and free to get in. Come hang!! Starts at 7:30
New York Dorks: This is happening in a couple of weeks!! Come out and watch me spin shit by The Promise Ring, Jawbox, Braid, Rainer Maria, Cap’n Jazz, Piebald, Engine Down, Lync, Vitreous Humor, Christie Front Drive, Jets To Brazil, Knapsack, Mock Orange, and maybe an Algernon song.
Hellooooo!!
There’s a couple rad shows happening in Philly tonight. If you’re not already hitting up the Catnaps/Nona/Sundials show, please come out. This will be our last show in Philadelphia for a while so we can start working on our next album.
TONIGHT - 7pm
$3 by 1st band
$5 anything after
NICKNAMES
http://www.facebook.com/NICKNAMESNJ
http://nicknames.bandcamp.com/album/we-still-dont-know
BY SURPRISE
Topshelf Records
http://www.facebook.com/bysurprise
http://bysurprise.bandcamp.com/
SPARROWS (CAN)
Paper + Plastick / Finish What You Started Records
http://www.facebook.com/sparrows613
http://sparrows613.bandcamp.com/
SECRET PLOT TO DESTROY THE UNIVERSE
Kat Kat Records
http://www.facebook.com/secretplottodestroytheentireuniverse
http://secretplottodestroytheentireuniverse.bandcamp.com/
POCKET
South Philly Emo/Punk
For those of you who don’t know, I once worked as an intern for WXPN in Philadelphia. I was a production assistant for NPR’s World Cafe for close to four years, and while I was there, I also got to DJ for their indie/alternative HD radio station.
I just found out that they’ll be spinning my band tonight in the 10pm hour - and for a guy who now works in radio promotion, I can tell you there is nothing more exciting than hearing your band on your hometown radio station.
Tune in at www.xpn.org if you’re not doing anything. They’re one of the best radio stations in the country.
Ladies and Dinguses, I present to you “Criteria”, a By Surprise music video.
Directed by Colin Miller & Joe Lamberti
+Watch at IYMI
+Stream the 7-inch
+Buy the damn thing
Here’s a great shot of Pat and I from today’s “Criteria” music video shoot for By Surprise. No more peeking until the premiere next month!!
HOORAY!! Today marks the release of my band’s new 7” EP on Topshelf Records!! We recorded these three songs over the summer and I’m stoked to finally be sharing them with y’all. You can check out the A-side “Criteria” here, snag the whole thing off of iTunes, or pick up a copy of it on colored wax over at the By Surprise webstore!!
This Saturday, Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start, one of the greatest indie rock bands to ever come out of Philadelphia, and the band that inspired By Surprise (literally), will be playing a one-off reunion show (original lineup) to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of their debut full-length And Nothing Is #1. The show will be taking place at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, and opening the show will be Hop Along and A Great Big Pile of Leaves. It’s going to rule so much.
Check out their song “Come Away” from the Perris, CA EP, and by all means, please reblog the fucking daylights out of this post.
And here’s me 69’ing on New Years Eve with Greg from The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die. Great job!
Photo: Allison Newbold
