The Slackers

So as we get down to the release date for rocksteady swindle, we are having some listening parties.
These are gonna be places where you can hear the entire slackers album played by top djs.
april 15 - New York City - Otto's Shrunken Head - 10 p.m.
april 15 - Cleveland, OH - Common Grounds - 10 p.m.
april 20 - Amsterdam - Cafe Belgique
april 21 - Austin, Tx - Flamingo Cantina
april 22 - Berlin, De - Jail
april 22 - San Diego - Kadan (fire corner night)
april 23 - Los Angeles - LA Cita (Punky Reggae Party - rescheduled from april 15) - 9 pm

only a few more days left.

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This april 20, 2010 we are proud to announce a new release, The Great Rocksteady Swindle. This marks our return to the epitaph/hellcat label after a 4 year absence.

There will cd & vinyl & downloadable versions available.

We are very excited about this album as it includes among its 15 tracks, songs written by all members of the band.

We should have preview tracks available thru my space & you tube in the next month or so.

To back up the album we are planning to be real busy from Mid-March to Early June. We are hitting in succession, Japan, the Pacific Northwest, California & Arizona, Europe, and the East Coast.

Thanks for all the support we got 'Lost & Found' and our most recent touring despite the snow!

See you out there when it gets warmer!

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The Slackers show in Philadelphia has been moved to Monday because of the snow. The Slackers @ The Theater of Living Arts is now Monday!

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Let me start out by saying...thanks for all the support we've received over the year. Its really been an incredible run of gigs for us. Starting out with new years in San Francisco through to our most recent european tour, we really appreciate how people have continued to be there for the band.

We have gotten love, so we want to get it back.

What else can I say? We are here.
We kept gigging. We kept putting out new music.

So as we get ready to finish out the year with a southern trip thru texas, louisiana, and florida followed by east coast dates in Brooklyn and Philly....I just want to say thank you again.

In terms of releases, we began the year with a live DVD, Live at Flamingo Cantina, our favorite watering hole in texas (www.interpunk.com)

We also began a series of downloads of live shows that we are gonna continue on whatevski (www.whatevski.org). So far we have up our boat show from 2009, and 2009 Slackfest at the bowery ballroom.

On the vinyl front, we have put out self medication & afternoon in dub on vinyl (www.interpunk.com) plus just in time for Purim we got out the much delayed 45 of 'dreidel, dreidel.'

On the album front, we put out "Lost & Found" on Special Potato. Lost & Found is a compilation album of lost tracks, rarities, and alternate versions of favorites that we lovingly restored, edited, and polished over the summer.

Its available for mail order on www.interpunk.com (USA/Canada), www.phonocaster.com (europe), and on DISK UNION in Japan. You can also download it at www.whatevski.org
We also have it at our merch table on tour of course. :)

We have also not just been dwelling on the past, but we have been making new music as well. Just a month ago, we spent 4 days in the studio in Berlin and we laid down the basics for 25 tracks that will be culled down to form a new slacker studio album that will be released on Hellcat in 2010. This will be our first Hellcat release in 4 years, so we are looking forward to it.

In terms of touring for the first half of 2010, we have plans for a dc-virginia-north carolina run for january, some east coast dates in febuary, japan in march, california/arizona in april, and europe in may.

So yeah. We got a lot to be thankful for and a lot to look forward to. Thank you all again. See you out there.

Dave

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Hi everyone,

thanks for the support on the recent east coast gigs.

As we get ready for the next round of touring in canada and europe, I wanted to write to everyone about our latest release to be, "Lost & Found."

Lost & Found is a cd that I culled from our archives going back as far 1998. It includes rarities from back in the day, alternative versions of slacker's classics, and "new" songs that we just finished from basic rhythms that were not completed (it took 5 years for us to finish one of these tracks...that's slackin!)

So yeah, its a fun cd, new and old at the same time. But its all tracks that havent seen the light of day until right now! if you want to hear a blow by blow description of the tunes and hear a new mp3 go to www.myspace.com/theslackers

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