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The title track of Rosie Flores' new album Working Girl's Guitar is streaming on MTV Hive.

As they say: "Few album-openers more effectively assert the artist’s identity than the title track to Rosie Flores’ new solo album, Working Girl’s Guitar. The song is an up-front, declarative statement of purpose, from its surf-inspired opening riff to Flores’ strong voice belting out the lines, “I’m a working girl’s guitar / playing towns / travel far” — a fair summation of the life of the 61-year-old guitar slinger who sings the words."

Have a listen HERE, and look for the album in stores and on online on October 16th

Shearwater, who used to record for our sister label Misra, just announced a fall tour with alt-rock godheads Dinosaur Jr.

That's one crazy good double bill.

Their recent release on Sub Pop Animal Joy, prompted the release of their classic Winged Life on LP for the first time this spring.

See the dates HERE

Yes, friends, you read that right!

After a quick little 30 year hiatus, GP and the Rumour are reuniting!

You thank Judd Apatow for it.  The new album Three Chords Good will be out in November.

Read all about it in Rolling Stone and see what Judd tweeted about it.

AND you can hear a track off the album HERE

On September 8th, renowned taco palace Big Star (1531 N. Damen) are launching a festival called the Dust Up.

Several bands, including our own Andre Williams & the Goldstars, will be playing, AND there will be a record fair and DJs with us and some other local labels providing the goods.

C'mon by.  The fun starts at noon with the DJs, then music at 4pm.

Get the latest HERE.

Rosie Flores is taking over Austin TX in August and September in preparation of her upcoming release Working Girl's Guitar.

She's greasing the skids, working out the kinks, stretching her pickin' muscles in clubs all over town.

There's ain't no excuse to not catch her at least once, so do it....

In late July, Bloodshot turned 18!!  In that hazy, crazy summer of '94, we put out a little compilation to alleviate our boredom (Angry Birds hadn't been invented yet...I know...it was like the Stone Age) and try and get into to shows for free.  It features the first widely available recordings of Bottle Rockets, Robbie Fulks, The Handsome Family, and provided Jon Langford with more opportunities to make music...

And now we're old enough to do things  like vote, buy pornography and Lotto tickets, get a Sam's Club membership,  get a home loan (and allow banks to screw us), sue somebody (like a bank), get sued, be convicted as adults, buy tobacco, buy Nicorette gum, enter the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes....ah the world is our oyster.....

To celebrate, we're throwing at Party!  5 Bands!  Beer Tastings!

Sounds like heaven to us.

HERE ARE THE DETAILS!

While you're in the festive mood, check out our August sale highlighting artists connected to that very first album.

This weekend, the grandaddy of summer music festivals, Lollapalooza, pulls into Chicago's Grant Park. Our very own JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound will be one of the dozens of bands to take the Lolla stage reppin' Chicago -- here, Red Eye catches up with Jayson to talk about their upcoming show, while NBC Chicago also features the up-and-comers, and Esquire pegs JCBUS as one to watch at Lolla 2012.

• We're pleased to announce that Lydia Loveless will be a featured guest and performer on the nationally-syndicated rock-n-roll talk show, Sound Opinions. The episode starts airing on Friday, July 27 -- but go to the Sound Opinions website to see when it will air on your local station that weekend. (UPDATE: Listen to it here!)

• Justin Townes Earle will curate two evenings of music entitled "In the Spirit of Woody Guthrie" on October 26th and 27th at Pace University / Pace Presents Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in New York, NY. Marking Guthrie's centennial celebration, the nights will also feature music from Joe Pug, The Low Anthem and John McCauley of Deer Tick. For ticket information, visit the Pace online box office.

• The final album from rockabilly legend Janis Martin will finally get its audience, thanks in part to our own rockabilly filly, Rosie Flores. Rosie is also currently writing to follow up to her Bloodshot debut, Girl of the Century.

• Whitey Morgan and the 78s are pounding the hot pavement this summer, and gathering some great press, including this solid review from the Washington Post and this feature from Creative Loafing.

Newest BS family member Murder By Death's new record comes out September 25th.  BUT you can pre-order the CD/LP/Deluxe LP now!

If you do, we'll send you the first single "I Came Around" right away digitally.

Have a listen to it streaming on RCRD LBL

Or you can purchase the single on iTunes starting today

OR you can go to the band's outlandish KICKSTARTER page for all kinds of pre-sale goodies.

OR (we've got more "ors" than a canoe factory....ba dump bump) you can secure your album when you see the band live on their summer tour.

Regardless, get yer Murder By Death...

Rockabilly icon and personal hero of ours Wanda Jackson (who we love so much, we did a tribute album of her music) is back in the studio with Justin Townes Earle producing.  The album will be out in October on Sugar Hill Records.

As JTE tells it, he encouraged her to return to her roots.

"From day one I really liked Justin's idea to take me back to my roots and make a record of country, blues, and rockabilly songs," Jackson tells Rolling Stone. "The band was extra tight and great to work with during the whole process. The record just sounds terrific and I'm hoping that my fans enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it."

Rolling Stone posted this video from the studio in Nashville with some snippets of the new songs.  Watch it HERE.