News.RttP{TDB Records NEWZ: Draw Blood, Tides, Fruit Salad, BostonDIY 'n more}

1.Literacy Fest
2.Up coming releases
3.BostonDIY.com

1.Literacy Fest: Everyone from Fruit Salad to Today is the Day. Just under 30 local and national bands in total playing at the library this weekend. Remember to bring your skateboards and some food to throw on one of the 3 bbq's (Vegan, Veg, Meat)!

www.tdbrecords.com/literacyfest for more info!

2.Upcoming Releases

I am excited to announce that Boston's Draw Blood have officially joined the Teenage Disco Bloodbath Records family. While originally scheduled to sign with Deathwish Inc., Draw Blood were dropped due to complications inside the band. Now that the band have a solid line-up, TDB is excited to welcome their refreshingly honest, melodic hardcore sound to the roster. The band joins the growing label's family with Tides, As Long As We're All Living, We're All Dying, The Hound, and Old Sarum. A 7" entitled "Rowdyism", containing four brand new songs will be released in October and the band are considering a US tour this winter and a tentative European tour next year. A new website is also in the works and will be up at www.DRAWBLOODLIVES.COM in the coming weeks.

You can hear a brand new track from the upcoming Draw Blood 7" here: http://www.tdbrecords.com/DrawBlood/mp3/DrawBlood-HeyNeighbor.mp3

Also joining TDB are Boston's anarchist thrash kings, Fruit Salad. The band are fresh off their “Punx on the loose” tour where they traveled the nation for a month and a half in a silver school bus powered by vegetable oil. Now that they're back home, Fruit Salad are pumped to get into the studio and record some new jams. The band is planning to head out to Dead Air Studio in Western MA to record 7 or 8 songs for a 7" to be released on Teenage Disco Bloodbath this fall.

The As long as we're all living, we're all dying/The Hound split 7” has finally been sent off to the plant. The process will begin this week and we're all crossing our fingers that the records will be finished in time for the release show with The Minor Times, Ed Gein, Achilles, and Disappearer, September 24th at the Mass College of Art.

Plattsburgh, New York's Tides are continuing to level the east coast with occasional and sporadic weekend shows while their TDB debut “Resurface” (CD) has been gaining more and more momentum. Amazing reviews have been coming in from places like The Boston Phoenix, Metalreview.com, Returntothepit.com, Stonerrock.com, Aversiononline.com, Hanging like a hex zine, Rock Sound Magazine, Maximum Rock n Roll, Scenepointblank.com and more.

That said, Tides have just finished recording 3 monstrous new songs for an upcoming EP. They have been talking to a number of record labels, and while its not certain who is releasing what, Teenage Disco Bloodbath will be involved somehow. Regardless, if you were impressed by “Resurface”, start holding your breath for the new songs, because they take the band to the next level in terms of song writing and sound.

3.Bostondiy.com
I started a new website recently that I hope all of you can get a chance to check out. www.Bostondiy.com is a place that will hopefully tie together all of Boston's DIY efforts, from basement shows, to punk rock kickball, to bbq's and horror movie nights. Check it out and send me an email if you have information you would like posted. Jonah at bostondiy.com

thanks so much for reading. I'm sure I'll see a lot of you at literacy fest this weekend!
-Jonah