at the top of our lungs

Here's "Damn Thing's Over" (I think? The setlist has no apostrophe...):

The show at Schubas last night was amazing. I wish you all could have been there to hear the new songs. Hopefully I'll track down some video soon.

This "Blue Crush" video is from May's Bottom Lounge show, but it's the best one I've found where you can actually hear the words.



Nightlily also has some other videos from that show.

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And if Empires gets to 2k followers on Twitter, they are promising to respond to any questions you guys might have... yup...

a good cause

Tom has contributed a mix CD to the 7th Annual Music Mixer, which will be held August 21st (next Friday) at the Metro Smart Bar in Chicago. To bid online for the CD, click here. Bidding starts at $20! Tom's mix is artists covering other artists - Flaming Lips covering Queen, Cat Power covering Velvet Underground, Nirvana covering The Vaselines... to name a few.

Be sure to check out the rest of the contributors! Rock for Kids is a non-profit organization that provides free year-round music education for children in need. To read more about their mission and what they do, click here.

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