Endtables coming this Spring on Drag City

Louisville punk pioneers The Endtables will finally be getting the full reissue treatment this April by Chicago's Drag City label. The reissue will be available on CD, LP and digital download and will contain their original 4 song EP, their 2 song posthumous seven inch and some live stuff recorded way back when at the Louisville School of Art. Three of these tracks along with songs by contemporaries such as Babylon Dance Band, No Fun, Blinders and Malignant Growth can also be found on our own Bold Beginnings: An Incomplete Collection of Louisville Punk 1978-83.

SSM perform "Clocks" on Live Lunch

You can listen to the entire audio of Second Story Man's appearance on WFPK's Live Lunch here.

Second Story Man on Live Lunch

Second Story Man is playing live lunch tomorrow (Friday) on WFPK!!! If you're free around 11:30, come on down to the Louisville Public Media building at 619 S. Fourth Street to watch the performance. If you can't be there but are near a radio, please listen to them live at 12 noon on 91.9. More information available here: http://wfpk. org/live- lunch

More for Jason

Buy a $33.00 ticket to this Calexico & Louisville Orchestra Concert and get a FREE ticket to PHANTASMAGORICAL! @ Headliners on Jan. 31stfeaturing Wax Fang, Lucky Pineapple, Second Story Man, Ultrapulverizeand D.W.Box.... TEN DOLLARS FROM EACH TICKET SOLD GOES DIRECTLY TO JASON NOBLE!

Screaming Secrets review from last month's Velocity

In 11 years, a band develops certain characteristics that are difficult to break. In the case of Second Story Man, this has too often meant being deliberate and restrained. The band's previous records, 2002's "Pins and Needles" and the 2006 EP "Red Glows Brighter," offered moments of brilliance — harmonies that made sense, a hooky intro that held you captive. But Second Story Man never went wild, never became excessive. Even when singer/guitarists Carrie Neumayer and Jeremy Irvin raised their voices, it seemed too premeditated. "Screaming Secrets" is a coming out party, then. The guitars go off on tangents, the screams are in earnest and the rhythms are more intense. After a decade of toiling in Louisville, this quartet has found a new gear.

Trophy Wives & "Dirty" Dave Johnson performing at Mag Bar reopening

Trophy Wives will be playing a mostly acoustic set this Saturday for the Mag Bar's (2nd and Magnolia) re-opening. Also playing will be "Dirty" Dave Johnson of The Glasspack doing the solo thing.

The Teeth featured on Stumblemix Vol. 3

And speaking of Joe.... The Teeth's "The Generator" from their brand spanking new Clatter & Jive seven inch is featured on Stumblemix Vol. 3 courtesy of the St. Louis based music blog Last Days of Man on Earth. There's a ton of other cool stuff on there as well including fellow Louisvillians Hal Dolls.

Straight A's and Evergreen on Village Voice Top 10 List

Well, actually they both landed on Joe's Stumble's Top 10 Albums of 2009 list for the annual Pazz n Jop Village Voice poll. Thanks, Joe!

Antietam's awesome new website

Antietam have just launched their new website which is chock full of good stuff. In the history section in particular, there is a ton of information on the different eras of the band which also stretch as far back as the days of No Fun and Babylon Dance Band. Check it out.

SSM on Off the Record

Second Story Man's appearance on WFPK's "Off the Record" aired this week. You can check it out online here. No f-f-f-foolin'.

Pics from Metroschifter / SSM / Frontier(s)

Photos from last weekend's Metroschifter / Second Story Man / Frontier(s) show are now online. All the bands killed it in front of a packed house. Sorry to those who were turned away.

Endpoint Reunion

Word just came out that Louisville hardcore legends Endpoint will be reuniting this May for a benefit show for Jason Noble. That's all we know at this time, but more information will be coming along shortly.

Metroschifter - Second Story Man - Frontier(s)

Metroschifter returns from their European tour with their first Louisville show in a year this Saturday (January 9th). Performing with their classic Ritcher-McClimans-Reinstatler lineup, the band will be playing songs from their recently released album Carbonistas along with all the hits from their 15 year history. Second Story Man will be playing in the middle (after killing it at the Empty Bottle in Chicago last week) and Frontier(s) opens. @Zanzabar 2100 South Preston. Doors at 9pm, music at 10pm. $5. 21+.

Crapshoot

Louisville Music News has a (mostly accurate) cover story on Louisville record labels and the challenges and opportunities they face in the "digital age." You can pick LMN up at Ear Xtacy and other spots around town.