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Empire! Empire! (I was a Lonely Estate), Joie De Vivre and Warren Franklin and the Founding Fathers  are touring to SXSW this year.  JUST Joie De Vivre and Warren Franklin March 8th- Chicago, IL TBA March 9th- Rockford, IL TBA JUST Empire! Empire! and Warren Franklin March 11th- St Louis ,MO* March 12th- Memphis ,TN* March 13th -Dallas ,TX * ALL 3 BANDS! March 14th- SXSW Showcase Austin ,TX March 15th- SXSW Showcase Austin, TX March 16th - OK city area* March 17th Kansas City ,MO @SATANSGAYACIDBATH http://www.facebook.com/ events/520353488015851   Get on to the bands if you can help them with booking any of the dates followed by a * 

CT indie rockers  The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die  have announced dates for their winter tour. The tour launches on New Years Eve in Philadelphia and runs through January 12 in Boston , MA . Playing select shows are Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Saintseneca, Adventures, You Blew It! and Dikembe . Dec 22 - Wallingford CT @ The Hungarian Hall w/ Paint It Black, Aye Nako, Swear Jar   Dec 31 - Philadelphia PA @ The Fire #  w/ Dikembe & You Blew It! Jan 1 - Bethlehem PA @ Secret Art Space #  w/ Tawny Peaks , Suns Jan 2 - Cleveland , OH @ Now thats Class #% Jan 3 - Grand Rapids @ DACC #% Jan 4 - Chicago IL @ Alderaan #% w/ Joie De Vive, Kittyhawk Jan 5 - Columbus , OH @ Kobo #% Jan 6 - Pittsburgh , PA @ 222 Ormbsy %& Jan 7 - Rochester NY @ The Bug Jar Jan 8 - Williamsport , PA @ Origin Art Space Jan 9 - Richmond VA @ Strange Matter & Jan 10 - Alexandria V...

I recently spoke to Keith Latinen of Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) about their current tour, juggling running a label with being in a band and Pluto.   Hi there, Empire! Empire! I Was A Lonely Estate!  For the record, who is Empire! Empire! and how did the band come about? Empire! Empire! is me and my wife, Cathy.  I’m Keith.  It started out as my solo project and when our old band called Anna Flyaway was on the verge of breaking up, I put all my eggs into this basket and finished our first EP.  We were working on both my solo project and Anna Flyaway EP at the same time and when the writing was on the wall that that was going to end, I shifted my entire focus to Empire!.  Naturally, when we decided to start playing live shows, Cathy joined and we went through a long string of members before we ended up with just the two of us again. How would you describe Empire! Empire! in a few words?       Pretty boring ;) W...

The rather awesome Empire! Empire! I Was A Lonely Estate have made the entirety of their back catalogue free on Bandcamp for one week only. Download ALL of it  here.  That was an order, not a suggestion.

You can stream the upcoming Empire! Empire! I Was A Lonely Estate and Arrows split 7"  here.

Yet another Count Your Lucky Stars sampler featuring the usual suspects. http://countyourluckystars.bandcamp.com/album/free-download-count-your-lucky-stars-sampler-2 RIYL: Into It. Over It., Football Etc, Emo, Post-hardcore