UPDATE 7.22.10

Happy Summer! Yes, even here in Portland.

We're psyched that our new online store is up-and-running and you should be too! Circumvent the 'powers that be' and DOWNLOAD ANY OF OUR RELEASES DIRECTLY FROM US FOR JUST $6.99 (store.arenarock.com)! There you can download our FREE 17-track digital compilation 'Happily Schizophrenic Volume 1' (promo.11spot.com/arenarock/free) which features (as-of-yet) unreleased tracks from: Highway Robbery (Calla's Wayne Magruder), STIFFWIFF, and Frontier(s) (ex-Elliott) plus music from Kelly Blair Bauman, Wroom, Richmond Fontaine, Daniel Amos, Saudade, The House of Love, and more!

Look for a FREE full-length download from the ARRCO catalogue in each/every newsletter (good only ‘til the next one arrives!)! Heck, it’s the least we can do since you’ve made it…what…some four paragraphs into this thing?!

WHAT'S GOING AHN...

Bombay Bicycle Club issue their debut 'I Had The Blues But Shook Them Loose' stateside July 27th via ARRCO. The U.K.-based 4 piece were named 'Best Band of 2009' by the NME! A great start considering none of the boys are even 20 years of age! Pre-order the CD here for only $10.99 and get an IMMEDIATE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of the record! The first 100 orders will receive a limited edition 2 button pack shipped with their CD on or before release date. CD limited to 3,000 copies and features 3 bonus tracks not available on the U.K. edition.

Frontier(s) is a new project fronted by ex-Elliott frontman Chris Higdon. The Louisville-based band will issue their debut 'There Will Be No Miracles Here' via ARRCO on August 10th. Pre-order the CD here for only $10.99 and get an IMMEDIATE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of the record! The first 100 orders will receive a limited edition 2 button pack shipped with their CD on or before release date.

One of the '80s most-overlooked bands has finally been issued on CD! Check out Carnival Season's 'Misguided Promise: Complete '84-'89' and find out why Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard commented that it's a 'hit after fu*kin' hit’ in his book! You can download the full 21-song collection here for just $6.99 but we suggest you have just one less pint and save up to purchase the CD for only $9.99. That way you'll get the full bio, photos of the band in their heyday, and check out the flyers showing them opening for the likes of: Meat Puppets, The Replacements, Drivin' N Cryin', and Alex Chilton! Digital doesn't do this package justice!

A lost Americana classic is finally back in print! Check out the Winter Hours major label debut on CD w/ bonus tracks for just $9.99 (store.arenarock.com)! CD contains digital download coupon for a FREE BONUS LIVE SET recorded in 1989 at the Cabaret/Metro in Chicago. 'A must-have for fans of Pete Townshend, Phil Ochs, and Neil Young' according to the All Music Guide. We agree and add would like to add Wilco to that list.

Oh! Almost forgot! We made an extremely limited amount (less than two dozen) of ARRCO t-shirts. If you really want one you can email us at takinaride@me.com and if we get enough folks requesting them then we’ll make ‘em. Cost will most likely be $15 (postage included).

COMING SOON:

Digital-only releases from: Calla's Wayne Magruder and his ambient-based project Highway Robbery, The Twang's 'Jewellery Quarter', plus new music from STIFFWIFF!

Wroom still want to record their next one in an underground cave.

Pilot To Gunner have finished their third (and final?) release titled ‘Guilty Guilty’.

Steve Scott is an amazing poet/author/artist/musician. Thanks to help from our kind friend Gord Wilson, a 'retrospective' of Scott's work will finally appear in 2010. We hope (and pray?).

Monterrey, Mexico’s ALBUM will see a new release somehow/someway on ARRCO very soon!

ARRCO will also continue to be nostalgic for Birmingham, AL bands by issuing a Primitons anthology later in the year.

Hurry up please it’s time!

-ARRCO (along w/ a little help from our loyal and hard-working friends Joel Brandon & Kenny Schnurstein)