Subterranean 12/21

Video of Sunday's show is finally all uploaded here. (Sorry you can only see Sean, Max and Ryan, but I was on the balcony.)

Local 101 mp3

Download the Q101 interview in mp3 here or here! Or listen on the Local 101 MySpace - 12/14, part 2.

ANL & Howl on iTunes

Howl and the "All Night Long" single are now available for purchase on iTunes. Even if you've got the album, consider buying it on iTunes as a holiday gift for someone, or at least rate and review!

Q101

An interview with Sean, Max and Tom will be airing on Local 101, on Q101 (Chicago radio) this Sunday night at 10pm CST. You can listen live, or I'll post a rip here if/when I find one after the show.

Metromix: Great in '08

Congrats, guys, on making Mextromix's Great in '08 list!

(PS, it's cold out, Max, why are you wearing flip-flops?)

cancellation!

Tonight's show at Mojoe's in Orland Park has been canceled due to venue issues. Sorry for the inconvenience!

"Darko" in Elgin - full quality

Full file at Megaupload (444mb!). Much better than the YouTube version.

"Darko" in Elgin

From last night's show. Sorry it's blurry, I'm attempting to upload the actual avi file to a download service so that people can download it in actual good quality.

new interview

WCHS Overflow Radio has a streaming interview with Tom, you can listen here. There is also a link to download the interview.

Dear and the Headlights, "Saintly Rows" in Milwaukee 11/18

Definitely watch through 2:50. You should recognize some of those people who run on stage. ;-)

Gummy Awards

Steregum's 2008 Gummy Awards are now open. Let's vote for Howl - even if Empires only gets a tiny percentage of a percentage, maybe the folks at Stereogum will go, "Hey, who is this?". Here's our chance to get their name out there a little!

VOTE HERE.

SubT show

Subterranean is now listing the show on the 21st, here. Doors 6pm, show 6:30.

Openers include 1997 and Company of Thieves.

Tickets are not for sale yet, but they'll be $8 advance and $10 at the doors.

"HOWL" at Amazon; ANL single news

Howl is currently available as an mp3 download purchase at Amazon.com (USA) for $8.99. Here's the link.

The "All Night Long" single jumped from #982 to #149 overnight, and is currently #1 on Amazon's Movers & Shakers list, which tracks the biggest gainers in MP3 downloads sales rank over the last 24 hours.

"All Night Long" single

Unofficially (since the band hasn't linked to it yet) the "All Night Long" single, which includes the album and original versions of "All Night Long" and the previously unreleased "Shame" is up for purchase as an mp3 download at Amazon.com - Here's the link.

$2.97! USA customers only, sorry. The iTunes release will be available for UK, Japan, Canada and Australia in the coming weeks!

Chicago Tribune

"Empires came out of the gate strong and have showed no signs of letting up," says Benetti. "[They play] solid, well-written pop music that is exciting enough for younger folks and sophisticated enough for the most jaded of adults. That's not so common these days."

Empires perform at Subterranean on Dec. 21 at 6:30pm; $8 advance, $10 day of show.

(Benetti is the talent booker for House Call Entertainment, which does Subterranean and Beat Kitchen.)

Chicago Tribune

If you can, check out the "On the Town" section of today's print edition of the Chicago Tribune. I'll post details later.

Tom's interview with More Than Good Hooks

...can be read here. (Empires were their band of the month in July... and August, too.)

"Warning Mark" in DeKalb

And because there's not many of this one...



Thanks to Amy for taping nearly the entire set. You can view the rest of them here.

"Under the Bright Lights" in DeKalb

From last weekend at the House Cafe. Happy Halloween!

"Valmont" in DeKalb

From this past weekend at the House Cafe in DeKalb, IL.

Rock Star Stories Interview

LoonaticTV press conference

"Modern Love" in Urbana

Here's Empires at their most recent. Not quite the best video quality (the lighting was goofy), but the audio's pretty good.



Thanks to Amy for recording!

SubT show update

The SubT show is still in the process of confirmation, so it's up in the air. Don't make any plans just yet! But keep an eye on their site... http://www.subt.net/

12/21 @ SubT

The Subterranean website is now listing an all ages show on December 21st. Doors 6pm, show 6:30pm. Tickets will be on sale October 18th @ 10am. $8 adv./$10 doors.

Check SubT.net for details!

LoonaticTV: Spit the Dark

Alternative Press 2008 Reader's Choice

Dan from the Street Team already summed up, so I'll just go with what he says:

...i have a new mission for ALL of you! Alternative Press Magazine is running their the 2008 AP Readers Poll -- your chance to weigh in on the past year's best and worst in music! i think we have a chance to get Empires in there! If we submit them a couple time's we're sure to get them in the top 3!

The AP rules say: Remember to vote for your "Hometown Hero," the unsigned band from your town/scene that you think are poised to blow up in 2009. We'll be devoting a special section to these bands in AP 247, which goes on sale everywhere Jan. 6, 2009.

This could be great publicity for Empires. Vote here!