Count Your Lucky Stars Records are doing some awesome things to celebrate their 50th release, including free downloads, rare item auctions and giveaways. Head to replies for full details.

Count Your Lucky Stars Records is having a contest all week where they are give away a shirt a day, from Monday to Friday. All you have to do is Photoshop your favorite CYLS band or band members into famous or fun scenes (Mona Lisa, Home Alone, etc). See details here.

Austrian emo/ indie rockers Rika have joined the Count Your Lucky Stars Records roster and have announced a February 15 release for their new LP How to Draw a River, Step by Step, which will be co-released by Count Your Lucky Stars in the US and Goddamn Records in Austria. You can download "Port Dover" taken from the upcoming album for free here.

Count Your Lucky Stars is at it again with another great 4-way split. Today I'm excited to bring you the full stream with tracks from Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), Mountains For Clouds, Two Knights and Driving on City Sidewalks. Head to the replies to stream the entire split. If you like what you're hearing, you can order it here.

Count Your Lucky Stars Records has signed emo/indie trio Brave Bird. The label will release the band’s debut full-length this fall. The band's first EP Ready or Not is available for free download here.

Pre-orders from Count Your Lucky Stars for Ape Up!'s Kemosabe 10" and Perfect Future's Old Wounds: Warmth in the Winter of 1914-1915 can be found here. You can stream Kemosabe here and head to the replies to watch Perfect Future's video for "...Must Come to an End."

Dowsing and Parker are releasing a split together via Count Your Lucky Stars. It can be pre-ordered here.

Count Your Lucky Stars signed Innards and Certain People I Know (featuring members of Braid and Lauren LoPiccolo). The label will also be releasing Lindsay Minton's (football, etc.) solo record.

Today I'm excited to bring you a full stream of the new four-way split on Count Your Lucky Stars featuring Annabel, Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), Joie De Vivre and The Reptilian. You can stream the entire record here. If you like what you hear, you can order the limited 7" here.

Pre-orders for the Count Your Lucky Stars split between Annabel, Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), Joie De Vivre and The Reptilian can be found here. You can stream The Reptilian track here.

Warren Franklin has signed to Count Your Lucky Stars. Your Heart Belongs to the Midwest will be released in June and a tour with Two Knights will follow.

Merchant Ships have signed to Count Your Lucky Stars Records. They have also posted three new songs on their myspace.

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