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Watch Giants Chair's New Music Video For "Kids Running"

Giants Chair's first new album in over 23 years Prefabylon is out everywhere on December 6th and we're proud to show off the band's new music video for the song "Kids Running." The video is a literal deep dive into their video archives and includes footage of their first west coast tour with Boys Life in 1995. Pre-order the album on limited edition vinyl / digital now! Drummer Paul Ackerman says: "I think Scott's story in “Kids Running" is one of a young Midwestern kid yearning for escape, experience, and maybe a bit of adventure. It's a road trip story...

Listen to Giants Chair's New Single "Kids Running" at Talkhouse

Giant Chair's new song "Kids Running" is premiering today at Talkhouse. Guitarist-lyricist-singer Scott Hobart also waxes philosophical about post-punk, emo, honky-tonk music, and keeping it real. It’s an amazing read about authenticity, listening to your heart, and the stories that can be told through music. Pre-order the band's upcoming album Prefabylon on limited edition LP / digital here to get an instant download of two songs now.

Welcome Giants Chair to the Spartan Family! New Album "Prefabylon" Out December 6th

  Please join us in welcoming Kansas City’s Giants Chair to the Spartan Family. The band returns with Prefabylon, their first new album in over 23 years on December 6th. Listen to the premiere of the new single “Dirty Winter” exclusively at BrooklynVegan and pre-order the album on limited edition vinyl to get an instant download of the song now! In the midwest in the early nineties, three musicians serendipitously found one another and began to power a sound. This sonic synergy charged not only the band’s own individually-heralded releases, but would also influence decades of artists-to-come who would cut...

Mae's "Singularity" Available for Pre-order Now on Limited Edition 2xLP

The long wait is finally over! Mae's Singularity is available for pre-order now on vinyl for the first time ever. The limited edition, double vinyl set features three bonus tracks and is available on two stunning variants. Get your copy while supplies last exclusively at spartanrecords.com. All orders ship in December! Originally released on August 14, 2007, via Capitol Records, the album was produced by Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Simple Plan) and was praised by All Music, which wrote that the LP "sets them apart as pop perfectionists who are able to synthesize bright melodic hooks and rock muscle...

Watch Subways on the Sun "Capsize" Music Video at Northwest Music Scene

Subways on the Sun are celebrating the one year anniversary of their sophomore album Capsize by premiering the new music video for the LP's title track at Northwest Music Scene. Watch it below and pick up a copy of the album everywhere here. Frontman Erick Newbill says, "We chose “Capsize” as the title track because it brings together quite a few themes we find running through the album. In the face of adversity will we sink, or are life’s setbacks just temporary things we’ll find a way to overcome?" He adds, "The experience of filming the video alongside my son...

Advance Listen: Listen to Reader's Debut Album "Engrams" at Kerrang

Reader's debut album Engrams doesn’t come out until tomorrow, but you can listen to the entire album a day early exclusively at Kerrang!. Kerrang! calls the record "a collision of heavy, intense and urgent feeling, masterful musicianship, and lyrics and vocals that have an otherworldly (yet vulnerable) edge to them, Engrams is a triumphant success of a debut record."