Zechs Marquise's video for "Everlasting Beacon of Light" can be seen in the replies. It features Matt Embree (RX Bandits), who appears on the track, as well as a cameo from Teri of Le Butcherettes.
This week's Five and Alive is quite special. 2011 has been a great year for music, and has really reminded me why I fell in love with music and live and breathe through my headphones. Unfortunately, I lost three great bands this year: RX Bandits, Thursday and Thrice. Those bands are greatly part of my musical roots. Head here to see what I learned about music over the last decade of having them be a part of my life.
This week marked the end of the RX Bandits' farewell run. I was more than fortunate enough to see the guys play one last time at the end of June at the very beginning of the tour, and I've been working on the way to express what the band has meant to me since picking up Progress for the first time so many years ago. As some of you may or may not know, my original username for the site was duffmanrxbandit. Head here to read my...[read more]
We've got a quick giveaway for a pair of tickets to the RX Bandits show in NYC tomorrow night (July 13th), at Irving Plaza. To enter, just reply to this post; we will be picking one winner at random at 4 PM EST.
ME & LP (Matt Embree and Lisa Papineau) will release Chez Raymond via Sargent House on August 9. You can grab an MP3 of "La Belle Tocade" here. Head to the replies to catch a video of the song.
In Honor of the Rx Bandits Farewell tour, Enjoy The Ride Records will have a sale on the band breakthrough album, Progress until the end of the tour in August. If you join their facebook group there is an additional 10% off promo code in the "Store Section."
Rx Bandits' Progress is available for pre-order on limited vinyl from Enjoy the Ride Records. The label will also be issuing The Staring Line's With Hopes of Starting Over and Make Yourself at Home EPs on separate 10"s in the near future. Details are expected soon.
Enjoy The Ride Records has announced that they will be re-issuing 6 albums from the Drive Thru Records catalog on vinyl for the very first time. The first release will be Rx Bandits' Progress , Pre-Order’s will be going up this Friday (Nov 12th) at 2pm EST(They expect to ship Mid December). The pressing will be limited to 500 total copies split over 3 colors. They will all be pressed on 180 gram vinyl in a gatefold sleeve and at 45rpm speed for optimal sound quality. They will be available on 200 white, 200 black...[read more]
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will feature 11 first-timers to the series, including Anberlin and RX Bandits. Head to the replies to see the full newbie list and which songs will be appearing.
RX Bandits and New Found Glory will be featured with The Mars Volta, The Smashing Pumpkins and The xx on JBTV Wednesday at 11 p.m. CST on WJYS in Chicago. You can stream the episode online after it airs here.
The Rx Bandits are going to play The Resignation, And The Battle Begun... and Mandalaintheirentirety over three nights. Dates can be seen in the replies.
Matt Embree is going to be creating 2 different guitar lesson videos of songs taken from the RX Bandits and/or TSOAF catalog but he wants your input. In the replies is a list he made up to choose from with songs from both bands and a few different albums. Email your top 3 choices that you would like to see him teach and...[read more]
