Fuck Yeah Empires

SVV DJ-ing at Rockit May 19th!

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Join us May 19th right after the White Sox vs. Cubs game in the upstairs room of Rockit Burger Bar…

Downwrite presents: “Frame & Canvas,” performed by Bob Nanna & Chris Broach w/ Special Guests! Followed by special DJ sets from Chicago musicians…

Eric Hehr (Gold Motel)
Sean Van Vleet (Empires)
Phil Kosch (Treaty of Paris / Super Happy Fun Club)

Ticket price includes drink specials $3 PBR/Old Style tallboys & $2 PBR/Old Style 12oz cans all night long!

Doors open at 9pm.

ONLY 100 TICKETS AVAILABLE!
Tickets: $15 in advance / $20 at the door (if available).

GET YOURS HERE: http://bit.ly/DownwriteRockit

Night is Young - 4/19/12 - HOB

Empires - Bang - Live at HOB 4/19/12

(poster’s note: I know it’s not the best quality and I know you have to turn your head sideways. But what I liked about this video was how you can really see the crowd, how many people there are, and get a sense for what it would look like to someone sitting with a different view of the stage. Or from an outsider’s point of view, seeing Empires for the first time - which a lot of people had been because they’d come for Kaiser Chiefs).

(New [Garage Hymns] version of) Shame - 3/23/12 at Lincoln Hall.

photo from the 4/19 show at HOB

Homewrecked - acoustic at Record Breaker’s 4/21/12

Some of the band’s most vulnerable ballads (“Gift of Asylum,” “Hold On,” “Stunned”) have been left off albums in the past, but Steger says the second single off Garage Hymns will be a slowed-down version of the song “Shame,” which has been floating around in various forms since 2007 and remains a fan favourite at live shows.

“The vibe [of ‘Shame’] is very haunting and beautiful at the same time,” says Steger. “It took us a while to finally find the right way to present it as a full band.”

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—	Full Spinner.com Interview Here!

We definitely wanted to capture the intensity of the band playing live,” Steger says.

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—	Full Spinner.com Interview Here!

To throw somebody else in the mix via [the Rolling Stone] contest, it just completely wasn’t us,” singer Sean Van Vleet tells Spinner. “We learned that we need to just keep doing this ourselves. Freedom is the most important thing when you’re playing music these days. It’s anyone’s world right now.

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—	Full Spinner.com Interview Here!