Dead Confederate's WRECKING BLAHG

What we're up to for the next few months...

Well, for starters, we have about 20 new songs we are going to learn. We're preparing for going in the studio. We play at Backbooth in Orlando on Jan. 19 on our way down to Tampa where we will depart on the Simple Man Cruise for a few days of R&R (rock and roll, rest and relaxation, however you want to look at it). We're excited about it. Athens' own Drivin' N Cryin' and Bloodkin will be on the boat with us as well. These will be our last performances before going into the studio in February. We're looking to record in Hoboken, NJ with John Agnello through that month. In March, we're looking at a festival appearance and possibly SXSW. After that, you can count on some heavy touring. So there it is. That's what's up with DC for the beginning of 2010. Keep up with us on Twitter. Take care!

Dirty Ammo now online. Download for free, donate, or get the vinyl!

We are pleased to bring you Dirty Ammo. We've launched a website where you can download the entire live album for free. You can also choose to donate $1 to help rebuild the Georgia Theatre or get the vinyl. We have included an excellent T-shirt/Vinyl package as well.  www.dirtyammo.com 



Dirty Ammo
Recorded live at The Earl in May 2009

Side A: 
Get Out
Start Me Laughing
Shadow The Walls
Roman Candle (Elliott Smith)

Side B:
Smoke A Minor (Officer May)
Guns
Tortured Artist Saint   

www.dirtyammo.com  

  

The Rat Ltd edition 7" vinyl & new Euro T-Shirt

   
Dead Confederate's European tour draws to an end today. We're at the airport now getting ready to head home. First thing I'm gonna do (aside from sleep) is eat some damn BBQ. Now here's an announcement from our UK label, Kartel:

Dead Confederate will be returning this side of the Atlantic in 2010, stay tuned for more on that. In the meantime The Rat has been released on very limited press 7" vinyl this week. The lead track, Dead Confederate's first UK single, has picked up support from Radio 1's Zane Lowe, while the B side - is an acoustic version of Memorial Day Night, both songs are also available to download now on all good digital music stores. Also fresh from the tour is a brand new T-Shirt that's available in the UK/European store now.

www.gigantic.com/deadconfederate

Dirty Ammo (live LP)... coming soon!

 
That right there is the album cover to Dirty Ammo. You see, back in May we had a free show at The Earl in Atlanta, GA. The evening was recorded and now selected songs from that night will be available to our fans... for free! Or not free, depending on what you choose. We are going to sell 200 limited edition vinyl records of Dirty Ammo in the US and 100 more in the UK (some online, some in select indie stores, some on tour). For the rest of the folks, we will be giving away Dirty Ammo for FREE online as high-quality MP3's! We are also working on including a charity in the mix for this, more news on that to come. I don't have an actual release date yet but I can promise it will be soon. Oh yeah, and if you live in Athens, GA, head on down to Wuxtry. We put 15 copies in the store last night. Wink. Tracklist below.

Dead Confederate - Dirty Ammo

Side A
Get Out
Start Me Laughing
Shadow The Walls
Roman Candle*

Side B
Smoke A Minor**
Guns
Tortured Artist Saint

* Elliott Smith cover
** Officer May cover

UK Album Release & Tour Dates

Wrecking Ball is being released in the UK by our new label partners Kartel. The UK edition will include 3 bonus tracks and is available now from our UK webstore: http://www.gigantic.com/deadconfederate and is available now in all good record stores - see recommendations below. New London date has been announced 1 December at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, more UK and possible European dates to be added very soon.... Tickets for London can also be purchased through the UK store now.

Wrecking Ball is available form the following independent UK stores:
Dead Confederate UK store - http://www.gigantic.com/deadconfederate
Piccadilly Records (Manchester) - http://www.piccadillyrecords.com
Rough Trade (London) - http://www.roughtrade.com
Play.com (online) - http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/11924432/Wrecking-Ball/Product.html

The Whigs and Dead Confed at Melting Point THIS Tuesday (6/23)

Us and The Whigs will play sets this Tuesday (6/23) at Melting Point in Athens.  This will be a benefit show for the Georgia Theatre which was heavily damaged in a fire on Friday morning.

DC at 9pm....The Whigs at 10:45pm

!!!!!!!!!!!!!Come support the cause!!!!!!!!!!!!

Follow us on Twitter and get an exclusive track

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Update/ Vote for DC/ "Diamond Sea"

We're staying busy writing and recording demos over the summer. Festival season is perfect for that (since we're not on the road 24/7). I'm enjoying seeing our next album come together. So, that's pretty much what's up with us right now.

Dead Confederate was nominated for Best Rock Band, Album of the Year, and both of our videos were nominated for Best Video over at Athens' Flagpole Music Awards. Click here to vote. You can write us in for other categories if you want, wink wink.

Thanks to truckerspeed.com for the link to this video of us covering Sonic Youth's "Diamond Sea" at SXSW. It's definitely edited down (considering the song usually goes on for about 12-20 minutes) but you get the idea.

"The Rat" Remix Contest

Our friends across the pond, Laptoprockers.eu, are hosting a remix contest of "The Rat." Go to their site for further explanation, rules, and to download the stems for FREE!

Special Show in ATL

On May 27 we will be performing a FREE show at The Earl in Atlanta, GA. This is going to be a VERY special show. That is all I'm going to say. The ONLY way to get tickets is through Stomp And Stammer. Submit your information and the tickets are FREE. Hurry up, first come, first serve! Plenty of surprises in the works...