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I was one of the 6 to receive the red vinyl copies in my regular box set. I know two of the other people from the pop punk message board that did as well. I assume we are the 3 Todd is counting. I am sure those guys will also be sending their red copies back. So at least 3 metal box order folk should rest a little easier if they read this. Stoked for the TBR box set!

No time for test presses, Dr. Jones! But I got you guys covered on color copies for sure.

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PRE-ORDER + SAME DAY DIGITAL DOWNLOAD UP NOW!! The Manix "Neighborhood Wildlife" CD/LP 01 - Fingers Crossed 02 - Where Do We Go? 03 - What's Myage Again? 04 - Quite Wry Anger 05 - Another Message 06 - Midwest In Jest 07 - Red Truck 08 - Hamms Across America 09 - Greatest Thieves 10 - Loose Brick 11 - She Believes In Jesus And Marketing 12 - This Old House Enough is enough. Minneapolis punk bands seriously need to take a year or two off and let the rest of the country catch up with their awesomeness. It really is getting ridiculous how many incredible bands call that city home. Being the land of a thousands lakes, I gotta believe it is something in the goddamn water. Sure, many of the bands coming out of MPLS have similar sounding styles, but why is that a bad thing if their styles of choice kick my ass every time? The Manix are the latest musical champions from this magical land to have graced It's Alive Records with the privilege to release a record of theirs. Their debut album Neighborhood Wildlife is packed with a dozen jams that absolutely kill it with every listen! The songs showcase a great mix of the shoutalong go-for-broke anthems super-prevalent in the basement scene of today's midwest and the ultra catchy head-bopping melodies that are the core of all pop punk past and present. The lyrics are smart, thoughtful and heartfelt without any hints of trying too hard to be anything they aren't. The album was mixed at mastered by Jacques Wait - the man behind the boards for many an album from other MPLS locals such as Off With Their Heads, The Soviettes, Dear Landlord, Banner Pilot and The Gateway District - so you know this shit sounds tight! Frontdude Corey Ayd spends his time away from The Manix as a member of the professional punk rock group Banner Pilot, so there's a whole wealth of incredible music to feed off of right there. He also sings like the hell-spawn lovechild fathered by Billy "D4" Morirsette after having had his way with dreamboat Zack "Landlord" Gontard. Drummer Mike Cranberry also plays in Nato Cole's latest rock group The Blue Diamond Band and is the sweetest dude on planet earth. I don't know too much about the other Manix men Steve and Tyler other than their names combined read like Steven Tyler (fuck that guy), they look like they are in Jr. High and they play guitar and bass like total champs. How these kids in their early 20's come off sounding like the new demigods of punk rock I have no idea, but they do... It's gotta be the fucking water! Buy CD/LP/T-shirt here: http://www.itsaliverecords.com/store.htm Steam the entire album of Purchase MP3's only here: http://itsaliverecords.bandcamp.com/album/neighborho od-wildlife ^ ^ PLEASE HELP SPREAD THIS LINK, THANKS!! ^ ^

Being a split release with Don Giovanni, neither lable had many copies to start off with. We are down to less than 40. So if you wanted to get one direct from us, don't wait too long.

IAR 51 - LP The Steinways "Promise It'll Never Happen Again" 12" LP + MP3 download code Release Date: February 15, 2011 Test Pressing: None! First Pressing: 500 black vinyl Cover Art: Jared Jones 01 - (My Girlfriend Is A) Crazy Fucking Cat Lady 02 - Big Head Mode 03 - Chopsticks McVilla 04 - Fucking February 05 - Dead Boyfriend 06 - Mondays 07 - Milk Was A Bad Choice 08 - Fred's Slacks 09 - Are You Fucking Kidding Me? 10 - I'm Ice T 11 - Fuck You Guys (You're Out Of The Band) 12 - Really Really 13 - Debra McPrommyProm 14 - I Shit (You Not) 15 - Voce Tem Labios De Uma Galinha 16 - Good Morning, Sunshine 17 - Twenty Year Old Virgin 18 - Sunnyside Up 19 - Main Street, Flushing, USA 20 - The Worst Song Ever 21 - Chemical Sugar 22 - Ice Cream 23 - That Sorta Hot Pseudo White Trash Girl Who Used To Work At The Pool Hall 24 - Always? Never! 25 - Superfuzzbigmac 26 - (Un)Fortunately Gone 27 - Sara 28 - Today Is The Day We Are Getting Married 29 - Black Lung 30 - Headache - Girlfriend = Zero 31 - It All Went Wrong I am not exactly sure what The Steinways are promising will never happen again, but if it has anything to do with making, playing, recording or releasing music, I hope they are proven to be liars someday! Listening to all of these songs collected from singles, splits, compilations and Grath's iPod made me remember why I loved them so much when they were still around - they made some of the most fun and fantastic pop punk music of the past decade! Promise It'll Never Happen Again collects remastered versions of every song ever released by The Steinways that didn't appear on either of their two full length ablums. Two tracks are being released for the first time, another was only available on a not-exactly-available-for-sale wedding gift 7" that only 150 copies of exist, and the first eleven are being made available in digital format (iTunes and the like, as well as download codes included with all copies of the LP) for the first time... officially anyway. If you missed the boat on The Steinways the first time around, this is the perfect place to start. For existing fans, it's a great way to remember how good you had it when they were still around. Available from It's Alive Records here: http://www.itsaliverecords.com/store.htm And Don Giovanni Records here: http://www.dongiovannirecords.com/store/ There will be copies available for purchase at the Don Giovanni Records showcase happening February 11th in Death By Audio in Brooklyn, NY http://www.dongiovannirecords.com/store/release.php?r=330 All orders will ship not long after the showcase! Listen to some of it and other spiffy Steinways records here: http://thesteinways.bandcamp.com

nice! yeah, the creeps keep getting better and better with each release. the "these walls" 7" is sooo good too!

nice! where'd you get it from, andrew? was recess selling them or maybe it was a contest prize?

doh! forgot to post about these two recent releases here. collector warning!! if you want the white vinyl fol lp (limited to 200) or the glow in the dark creeps 7" (limited to 100) there are less than 10 copies of each left! cut-n-pasted from www.itsaliverecords.com On July 14th we released the debut s/t full-length cd/lp from Fear Of Lipstick and our first 7" with The Creeps. Both records are killer and we're stoked to be releasing them! You can place a pre-order now to snag limited color vinyl version, be entered in a TEST PRESSING giveaway and help us catch up on the bills! Fear Of Lipstick's self-titled debut album is a slice of everyday life, love and social commentary set to the tune of straight-forward pop punk rock. They play it passionate; giving it all they got. The guitars are loud, bright and punchy as all hell, the bass is fast and frisky, the drums get it done, and the lead vocals go for the guts every time. This is a summertime album all the way. We've been in love with this band for a long time now and it's great to have the honor of releasing their first full-length album. We hope you all love it as much as we do! www.myspace.com/fearoflipstick1234 Fear Of Lipstick will be playing a two record release show this weekend June 11th and 12th at The Paramount Lounge and the Irishtown community center in Moncton, New Brunswick. They will have CD's and LP's at the merch table! The Creeps have been doing their thing for the better part of a decade now. They get better and better with each release. They've been ruling these past couple of years. Follow You Home is The Creeps' sound perfected! Incredible lead and backing vocals, bright and shiny guitar leads over driving rhythms, thick clean bass lines over precision drum beats... it's all there. It's hard to imagine them getting any better than this, but then again it has been and upward trend ever since their beginning. We're super excited to finally have a record out with these creeps! www.myspace.com/capitalcitycreeps The Creeps 7" and Fear Of Lipstick CD/LP will all be available for purchase direct from the bands at this year's Insubordination Fest in Baltimore, MD on June 25th! Fellow Canadian pop punkers The Varsity Weirdos will be there too, so check 'em all out if you can!

good call! i love the FOL s/t album so much. it really is a fantastic summer album!

www.itsaliverecords.com No Composure is an eclectic mix of the best pop punk, powerpop and rock 'n' roll the midwest has to offer from one of today's best bands going. Be My Doppelganger bring a party to the stage every time they play. They've managed to capture that energy and excitement and put it on wax - it's like your own porta-party! There's something on here for everyone, whether you're an all out rager, a romance junkie, or a hang-in-the-corner kid. No Composure was recorded by Matt Allison at Atlas Studios, co-produced by Adam Fletcher from The Copyrights, mixed by Matt "Drastic" Yonker formerly of the Teen Idols, and mastered by Cliffy Huntington - all that shit's gotta count for something! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Head over to www.itsaliverecords.com/store.htm to pre-order Be My Doppelganger's new album No Composure! We've put together four different Party Packs to get this party started. All pre-orders come with an "instant" digital download of the album, a button, a Beer My Doppelganger koozie, and a half blue half green color vinyl pressing of the album limited to 100 copies and only available as part of this pre-order! All pre-orders will have a download code emailed to the paypal provided email address anywhere from a minute to a few hours after the order has been placed. The official release date is August 31st. All pre-orders will ship on or before this date! Here's a breakdown of the what each Party Pack comes with: Party Pack #1 MP3 Download, 1" Button, Koozie, Compact Disc, Half Blue Half Green Color Vinyl 12" Party Pack #2 MP3 Download, 1" Button, Koozie, Compact Disc, Half Blue Half Green Color Vinyl 12", T-Shirt Party Pack #3 MP3 Download, 1" Button, Koozie, Compact Disc, Half Blue Half Green Color Vinyl 12", Black Vinyl 12", White Vinyl 12" Party Pack #4 MP3 Download, 1" Button, Koozie, Compact Disc, Half Blue Half Green Color Vinyl 12", Black Vinyl 12", White Vinyl 12", T-Shirt www.itsaliverecords.com

hey guys, i am shitty about keeping up with my own threads here. trying to be better about that... anyway, in case it wasn't cleared up, there wasn't a record release show version - they just had the regular black vinyl version and the blue/white fold-over jacket version. the blue/white has been gone for a while, but i did hold onto 3 copies in case anyone's desperate. i'd sell em for regular price - not looking to cash in... adam AT itsaliverecords DOT com

down to my last 3 copies if anyone's still interested...

shit's unfindable!! i am really surprised it's been this hard. actually, i had two friends who had friends of theirs find it for me, but then kept it for themselves cuz it's that awesome. that's some bullshit right there, but ya know, what can ya do. they found it in dollar bins both times, too!

The Be My Doppeldopagangermines s/t 7" = We took the A side of Be My Doppelganger's Sonic Annihilation 7" and Frankensteined it with The Dopamines' B side of the Songs About Fucking Up split 7" with The Copyrights. Two-hundred hand-numbered copies were pressed to be sold during the two bands' March 2010 tour together. Get here now! http://www.itsaliverecords.com/store.htm