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Three Ring and Noise Pop 2008

Three Ring and Noise Pop 2008 - a perfect combination!

That's right folks, Three Ring Records has partnered up with Noise Pop Industries, host of the popular Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco - going 16 years strong! The dates for the festival this year are Feb. 26 - Mar. 2

What does this mean for you? Well, it means a couple of things.

- Three Ring has compiled some of the best up and coming bands into one spectacular sampler - titled Noise Pop 2008 - and it's free! There will be cds available at all Noise Pop Festival shows. For those of you who are unable to attend a show this year, you can download a digital copy of the sampler at eMusic - but hurry, it will only be available until March 15! The sampler includes tracks by Earlimart, Elephone, Aim Low Kid, Cursive, Audio Out Send, Dengue Fever, D.W. Holiday, Georgie James, Music For Animals, The Botticellis, The Lonelyhearts, and The Union Trade!

- Three Ring will be hosting Happy Hour at Thee Parkside on Wednesday, February 27! Stop in any time between 5pm and 8pm to hear some live music, say hello, grab a drink (drink specials!), and party with Three Ring Records! There will be special performances by Music For Animals, Solar Powered People, and Jub - and this will be a FREE event!

Also, be sure to check out other performances by Three Ring bands during the festival:

- Audio Out Send on Saturday, 3/1, at Thee Parkside - Happy Hour 5pm - 8pm - FREE
- D.W. Holiday on Sunday, 3/2, at Bottom of the Hill - with Mountain Goats - doors at NOON! SOLD OUT show, but there are a few tickets available at the door!

Come party with Three Ring Records!

The Bay Area Takeover

Three Ring Records is proud to annouce our partnership with Tricycle Records and The Bay Bridged to bring you The Bay Area Takeover - Austin 2008!

After witnessing years of depleted spirit at industry conference music festivals, the Bay Area Takeover has decided: it's time to bring that independent spirit back! The Bay Area Takeover is an entity committed to reinvigorating the music festival as a place to discover great new music from some of the San Francisco Bay Area's best record labels.

The first Takeover will be an independent showcase held during the 2008 South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas on March 13th at the Beauty Bar. The event will feature fifteen Bay Area bands, known in the indie world as some of the hottest up-and-coming and under the radar groups, including Film School, Scissors For Lefty, Two Gallants, Von Iva, Scrabbel, and more!

To learn more about this year's free event, and to RSVP, please visit http://www.thebayareatakeover.com/

Lots of updates coming your way!

This site should be receiving a major overhaul in the coming months. With updated artists, design and all kinds of other tricks in store. Be on the lookout!

Jub in San Francisco!

Be sure to check out Jub this Satuday at Cafe du Nord! New set, new visuals, should be amazing! Tell your friends, electronic music at it's absolute best!

MFA and the stolen bass...

So our friends Music For Animals had their van violated. Here is an email that I received from the guys:

hey there, so some sort of bad Karma finally struck MFA and our van was broken into last night, luckily we didnt have a lot of gear in it but our bass players bass guitar was stolen and its is very precious to him. If any of you musicians out there see a gibson SB 350 short scale bass for sale, wood colored (it was shaved) 1972 or 73 with a body like an SG- pleaseeeeeeee let us know, he would love to get it back! Thanks so much! Cheers, MFA

So if you see this unique bass at your local pawn shop, music store or perhaps stage, be sure to report to the proper authorities and lets get this instrument back into its owner's hands.

Thanks!

Holy cow! Loads of new Christmas releases!

For those of you that are not aware of eMusic, go and sign up! They have great programs at reasonable prices.

We have 4 new releases that just went up at eMusic. In time these will be available everywhere else. We will be sure to bring you the news once we see them pop up elsewhere!

Gamma Gamma brings us "I Want Your Baud." For those of you that like the classic sounds of the Commodore 64 and Atari this one is for you.

The Lonelyhearts have given us "The Four-Wheel Drive EP," which includes 3 new songs and a remix by our own Chris Cline. Stay tuned for a new full length the first quarter of next year!!!

The Bother is finally back after a 4 year break with "Smoke in an Umbrella." We certainly hope to hear more soon. 4 years was far to long William.

And last but not least is the new EP from Form and Fate. "Recirc" is sure to generate more buzz as this band will only do bigger and better things in 2008.

And for those of you that missed the sampler go and grab it at eMusic. Good stuff here friends and it costs you squat! No excuse to miss this one!