HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS TICKET WINNER!

Congratulations to Michael Perez, winner of today’s Hawthorne Heights Twitter ticket giveaway!

The Hawthorne camp has been holding Twitter scavenger hunts in each town on their tour, stashing a pair of tickets at a select location for the first fan to claim. Michael was the first cat to strut in the door and snatch the tickets.

As for the rest of you, tickets to tonight’s Hawthorne Heights show at The Venue (7 p.m.) are still available at The Record Exchange. Not for free, mind you — we can’t all be Michael Perez, can we?

NEW RECORD EXCHANGE TICKET GIVEAWAYS: DANZIG, AMBER PACIFIC, LOVEHATEHERO

The Record Exchange is giving away tickets like the Pope on payday. Here’s a list of our current giveaways and deadlines to enter:

DANZIG, JUNE 24, KNITTING FACTORY

Send an email with the subject “Danzig tickets” HERE by noon, Wednesday, June 23, for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Danzig’s June 24 concert at the Knitting Factory! The winner will be randomly drawn and notified on Wednesday afternoon.

AMBER PACIFIC, JUNE 26, THE VENUE

Send an email with the subject “Amber Pacific tickets” HERE by midnight Thursday, June 24, for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the band’s June 26 show at The Venue! The winner will be randomly drawn and notified on Friday, June 25.

LOVEHATEHERO, JULY 1, THE VENUE

Send an email with the subject “LoveHateHero” tickets HERE by midnight Tuesday, June 29, for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the band’s July 1 show at The Venue! The winner will be randomly drawn and notified on Wednesday, June 30.

THE ROOTS ‘HOW I GOT OVER’ AND OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS!

How I Got Over, which takes its name from Clara Ward’s gospel classic (made popular by Mahalia Jackson), is the Roots‘ first new release since joining Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for a full time gig as the show’s house band. Grammy Award winners the Roots characterize the songs on How I Got Over as “depicting the everyman’s search for hope in this dispiriting post-hope zeitgeist”. The lead single from the Roots new set is “Dear God 2.0.” The track re-imagines the Monsters of Folk song “Dear God” and features MOF members Yim Yames from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes and M. Ward.

BUY THE CD HERE

OTHER NEW CD RECOMMENDATIONS:

Chemical Brothers Further
Stars Five Ghosts
Sia We Are Born
Health Disco2
Robert Randolph & The Family Band We Walk This Road
Kele Boxer
Macy Gray Sell Out
Steve Mason Boys Outside
Cyndi Lauper Memphis Blues
Kode9 DJ Kicks
Fol Chen Part II: The New December
Herbie Hancock Imagine Project
Trash Talk Eyes & Nines
Paul Thorn Pimps & Preachers
Authority Zero Stories of Survival

FREE TICKETS TO GOOD OLD WAR AT THE VENUE 2NITE! JUST SEND US AN EMAIL!

The Record Exchange is giving away tickets to tonight’s Good Old War show at The Venue! No jumping through hoops or random drawings for this one — just send us an email and we’ll hook you up with a pair of tickets! (FYI, your name will be on the guest list at the door; you will not need to pick up tickets in advance.)

Good Old War (give ’em a listen HERE) just released a new self-titled album on June 1, and you can read a review from Absolute Punk HERE. They’re performing tonight at The Venue (7 p.m.) with Yukon Blonde, Audra Mae and Bank.

HAPPY TICKET WINNER ALERT!

Look at how happy Damien Jurado ticket winner Susanna Danner is! Last time we checked, you can’t buy that kind of happiness at Best Buy.