In & Out Festival Begins Tonight!

Tonight! Mikal Cronin (and Ty Segall) w/ Bare Wires, K Holes, Tiger High, & Manatees!  Huge gigantic rock show!  Doors at 8pm!  Dont miss it!

Also:  Yesterday’s solitary winner of all Day 3 prizes is Chris Ross!

Carcass of evil
The shadow of corpse lies here
Death shall come later

Good vibes! Chris, email us at admin@betterthanjail.com!

IN & OUT FEST GIVEAWAY SPECTACULAR: Day 3!

Ah the final giveaway for the final day of In & Out Fest.  Can you believe it?  The festival begins tomorrow night.  BUT FIRST, yesterday’s winners.

1st Place goes to George:

picking and grinning
out behind the green dumpster
hobo not banjo

2nd Place goes to Raven Ham:

I’d jump a slow train
With Circle K Panhandlers
To hear “All Hail” live.

3rd Place goes to Sarah Rose and her nod to beardsman extraordinaire Dan Garber:

Dan hates the hobos
Drinks whiskey for back alley
banjo bum beating

Woo!  If you won a prize, email us at admin@betterthanjail.com and we’ll get it to you!

And now for our final haiku contest… for tickets to Day 3 with Corrosion of Conformity (Large and In Charge in the graphic above)… today’s theme is “Skull & Carcass.”  Let ‘er rip!

GIVEAWAY SPECTACULAR: Day 2!

First off let us announce the winners of yesterday’s contest:

1st Place winner is Justin Kerr:

Pat looks really pissed
Need a PBR badly
Can’t miss Hans Condor

2nd Place goes to “spook”:

who’s that on the floor/

what the fuck is that odor/

my house is destroyed

and in 3rd place, “SidewayzHaV”:

I met King Louie/

Why they call you King Louie?/

Cuz I’m no *bleeeep* Saint!

Honorable mention goes to Marianne Spengler, who turned lemons into lemonade:

I tried to post one/site said there was an error/I am totes confused.

If you won someting, send an email to admin@betterthanjail.com, and we’ll make sure you get those prizes!

Now on to Day 2 prizes!  All rules and winnings are the same!  However, today’s haiku contest had a different theme:  Hobos & Banjos.   Post in the comments to win.

IN & OUT FEST GIVEAWAY SPECTACULAR: Day 1

Giveaway Spectacular has begun!  Today’s giveaway is for Day 1 of In & Out Fest.

Here’s how it works… After you finish daydreaming about riding sweet waves with Mikal Cronin & Tiny Ty Segall, write us a haiku about your favorite Gonerfest experience.  The better the haiku, the better the prize.  Yes, I said haiku. For example

Got so drunk I puked,

Guitar Wolf is going on,

Must keep partying…

1st Place: 2 Free tickets to Day 1 of In & Out Fest!

2nd Place: In & Out Festival t-shirt!  They look tough as hell.

3rd Place: In & Out Festival Day 1 poster.  So pretty.

Leave your haiku in the comments, and we’ll announce the winner tomorrow!

Free EP from Retribution Gospel Choir

As announced on Pitchfork, Retribution Gospel Choir have released a new EP and they’re giving it away for free.  These 4 songs form a companion piece to the band’s upcoming LP 2 (out March 27 on Sub Pop).  Download below:

Retribution Gospel Choir are performing at the Hi-Tone on May 1st with openers Good Luck Dark Star.  Get tickets here.