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July 19, 2008
	Turn 4 comp now available; jukebox updated The response to Turn 4 at last Saturday's record release party was described by one attendee as "like skydiving with Jesus." So, head over to the Almost There store or straight to our Turn 4 page to get the only album clinically proven to fight the effects of scurvy, halitosis, and lumber lung. Also ... check out our jukebox, which is updated with tracks from Turn 4 and the Rockland Eagles' Osaka Cocka Rocka, which we're happy to report has just gone Promethium in Japan. That's at least twice as good as Platinum. In your face, lesser metals!!!

June 24, 2008
	Almost There's 4th all original compilation will be available July 8th!!! The cd includes Grand Champeen, Dexateens, Rockland Eagles, Ripe, The Ugly Beats and more! There will be a 12 band cd release show at Emo's inside on July 12th too!

June 4, 2008
	Rockland Eagles first record in 6 years will be landing soon! Osaka Cocka Rocka will come a Knocka June 17th!!! Visit our store to order now! Visit the Rockland Eagles website Buy the Rockland Eagles CD Visit the Rockland Eagles on MySpace

March 6, 2008
	The Wailing Walls' Long Live The Infidel now available San Marcos art-rockers deliver melodious rock operetta that straddles a tenuous line between artsy and fartsy. Austin record release extravaganza coming in April. Details forthcoming. Visit The Wailing Walls website & review liner notes Buy The Wailing Walls CD Visit The Wailing Walls on MySpace

February 19, 2008
	Lineup for Big Star/Cheap Trick/Mott The Hoople hoot night finalized When Saturday, February 23, beginning at 9:00 Where The Continental Club Cost $8 Lineup (roughly in order from first-to-last) 1. Honeypot 2. The Archibalds 3. Ron Flynt 4. The Wailing Walls 5. Beaty Wilson 6. The Service Industry 7. The Midgetmen 8. Ripe 9. Matt Devine 10. Gleeson (featuring members of Grand Champeen and Those Peabodys)

February 14, 2008
	Coming Soon! Big Star tribute album and hoot night This Tuesday, February 19, Almost There will officially release its homage to the godfathers of power-pop and indie-rock, Thank You Friends: An Almost There Records Salute To Big Star. Thirteen tracks of Memphis power meets Beatles pop that probes the underrated depth of the band's limited catalog. For a taste of the album, we've added 4 tracks to our jukebox and will rotate out songs until the night of our release party (see below). The album's release will be followed by a record release party/hoot night on Saturday, February 23, at the Continental Club featuring 12 of our favorite local bands. (Check back soon for the confirmed list of artists who will be appearing). This year's hoot night is unique in that we're not only paying our respects to Big Star, but Cheap Trick and Mott The Hoople as well. Make your plans now because the Continental Club fills up quick and the fire marshall is working the door for us. Check out artists and tracklisting

September 13, 2007
	Watch One Mississippi tear the roof off the sucker As part of News 8 Austin's ACL Fest preview, One Mississippi was filmed on the News 8 rooftop performing "Not Stick Together," the song which first appeared on our Turn 1 comp and is now available on their rocktastic Fe Fi Fo EP. If you'd like to catch One Mississippi at ACL, get there early. The band hits the AT&T Stage on Friday, Sept. 14, at 11:45 a.m. Visit One Mississippi on MySpace Visit Turn 1 page

September 7, 2007
	Almost There Records named Label Of The Month by Austin Sound Read Doug Freeman's interview with Almost There where we discuss hoot nights, hipster kryptonite, and life on the music industry plantation.

September 1, 2007
	Almost There Records interviewed for Tasty Logic podcast Many thanks to Mark Ramsay for making our initial venture into the podworld relatively painless. Listen to Tasty Logic - Episode 27.

August 28, 2007
	Turn 3 release party this Saturday! When Saturday, September 1, beginning at 9:30 Where Inside at Stubb's BBQ Cost $8 Lineup (roughly in this order) Militant Babies Ramsay Midwood Kill Devil Hill Youngmond Grand Mike Nicolai One Mississippi Mandible The Missing Tapes Fivehead Grand Champeen Rockland Eagles

August 26, 2007
	Almost There Records featured in Austin Chronicle's Off The Record Many thanks to Austin Powell for profiling ATR in this week's Off The Record. Check out "Going the Distance" to read about the Turn 3 album (now available), the release party at Stubb's on September 1, and our future plans for a musical, loosely based on the life and career of Don Knotts.

August 21, 2007
	Turn 3 now available! Almost There Records is proud to present our third compilation of (mostly) Austin indie rock and left-of-center pop. Turn 3 won't be officially released until Tuesday, August 28 ... and should be on iTunes by mid-September ... but because of a clerical error in the city's payola department, you can pre-order a CD from us right now. How many labels will exploit loopholes in the tax code to provide this kind of customer service? None, that's how many. More information, including the tracklisting, is available on the Turn 3 page. To give y'all a flavor of Turn 3, we've added the 5 songs below to our jukebox ... which also contains samples from our other releases. More music is available on our MySpace page. One Mississippi - 16 Ships The Missing Tapes - Smell Of Something New Li'l Cap'n Travis - Down The Hall From The Mountain King Ramsay Midwood - Maybelline Grease Mike Nicolai - Eye Roller Buy Turn 3 CD

August 12, 2007
	The Remainders album, Be True, now available Be True was recorded by Michael Crow in December 2006. For more information about The Remainders, visit their website. Buy The Remainders CD Visit The Remainders on MySpace

July 30, 2007
	Mandible @ Emo's inside stage, Friday, August 3rd Mandible The Midgetmen You Were Always (ex-Just Guns) Sloppy Kisses Doors Open: 8pm Show Starts: 10pm Stage: inside Buy Mandible CD Visit Mandible website Listen to Mandible sound clips (CD Baby) Visit Mandible on MySpace Visit Mandible on Last.fm

June 12, 2007
	Austin Chronicle salutes Mandible's rueful meditation on time-space formlessness ... just not in those words. "A significant sphere in the Grand Champeen/Gourds/Prescott Curlywolf social orbit, Phillip McEachern's Mandible seesaws between simple (but not simplistic) melodies and spirited (but not spiteful) pound-it-out rock. Plus bong-friendly studio goofs that titles like 'Stupid Happy Clown' and 'Beelzebub Telephone' suggest. Opener 'Gone Out' pairs Springsteen with Tears for Fears, while 'Rubber Pants' goes AM radio sunny to tasty Tenacious D jam. 'Splinters' punks up Orange Mothers with Rob Bernard's breakneck guitar, and Tim Kinard's trumpet lends a Calexico flavor to 'Emerald City Hall.' As fed through McEachern's synthesizer, trumpet returns to prog "Walk Through Hell' out on an ELP limb. In other words, and especially at 14 songs in 38 minutes, (Here Come the) Mandible is all over the place. That's most assuredly one of its leading virtues, right with the winsomely oddball songwriting and overall intraband bonhomie." --Christopher Gray

May 15, 2007
	Mayor of Austin* loves new ATR website and declares Friday, May 18 "Official Mandible Day" Almost There Records welcomes you to our new, surgically-enhanced website. Feel free to check out the digs and please note that our latest release, (Here Come The) Mandible, is now officially available on CD and in flavorful mp3 format. Mandible's record release show is Friday, May 18, at Austin's own Hole In The Wall. The Tinys and Fivehead open. * Person quoted may not actually be mayor.

February 26, 2007
	CDs available Our two compilations, Turn 1 and Turn 2, and our tribute to The Who, Who And Who, are all available at our online store.