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Aug 2nd, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
The Fletch movie marathon's
been a huge success, Boogie & Jesse are completely healthy,
we're dead in the middle of birthday season, The Holiday & The
Raleigh Symphony will both release their CD's next Friday at
Woodland Hills thanks to Eli Key, & I have my job back at
Snowden. For these and countless other reasons, life is
incredible.
July
23rd, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
Tonight's show went well,
Baby Tree in full effect, ready for 2 more shows this weekend
then Fletch is back in town Monday night, VISIT HIM.
July
16th, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
Updated all the shows next
week, lots, it rules, Chuck Taylor and Matt Hall are to blame
for the 27th happening at all, thanks good dudes. Life is
awesome.
July
12th, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
Shows coming up, no more
Skates for a long time, hoping The Holiday will be playing in
August, let them hear how much you want that. Heard last night
went well, Friday was cool too. Little bit of old merch
left, just ask. Check these dudes out, we're playing with
them in a couple weeks, all of their music is FREE right here:
www.quoteunquoterecords.com
BIG NEWS: smith7 records has
joined forces with Doomsday Cult. hug them
July
6th, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
Good time with Bobby and
the AIDS Free boys on the 3rd. CD Release show on Friday
for Five Dollar Refund. Hope to see you all there.
Wicker's been demoing new stuff, you'll get to hear it on the
23rd when we play with FRENCHIE! again. Probably don't
vacation at Harper's Island.
June
30th, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
All kinds of FREE SHOW
TONIGHT at the 7house 1914 Myron Cove South, Cordova, TN 38016.
FRENCHIE!, FIVEnine, Voltron, Five Dollar Refund (acoustic),
WISC at 6:30. Good to have Frenchie back around come hang
out and reminisce about 5 years ago. Show FIVEnine some
love, they're from Jacksonville, AL, and they hooked up Wicker a
month ago. Sam Prager is in Voltron, he added WISC at the
last minute. We did some gang vocals with Five Dollar
Refund yesterday just before they put the finishing touches on
their new album.
June
23rd, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
For the first time in a
long time, we have some new family, after the excitement of
Pants Tour '09 we joined forces with Five Dollar Refund, Voltron,
and Abe. We had so much fun with these dudes last week
that we had to join forces with them. Check them out.
June 21st, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian show
tonight at the 7house at 7
The Acorns
The Raleigh Symphony
Wicker-(all DUDE RANCH tonight)
the pool party got bumped to tomorrow.
this week has been phenomenal, better than we could have ever
asked or hoped for. all of it is because of the venues being so
generous, the bands always being cool, and all of you guys being
awesome. i was a little concerned with all the people who i
thought had really held the Pants Tour so close not showing this
year that it wouldn't be as great.
This has been the best Pants Tour ever.
Thank you to everyone.
June 15th, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
Survived the first day,
last night went better than expected, selfishly, Pants Tour is
the best week of the year. I get to play every night, see
awesome people having a great time, hang out with new people,
give away cds, let new bands play shows, and raise money for
charity. It's stupid how much this rules. Thanks to
everyone who came out and was so respectful of our
house/neighborhood/the bands. Tonight is at Memphis Music
at Poplar and White Station, my buddy Chuck is running things,
he'll hook you up. Should have shirts TONIGHT!
June 14th, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
The first day of Pants Tour
is finally here! Any words for the kids Skates? "Tell 'em
to come to the Pants Tour." There you go, Skates and i are
finishing the new album, in your hands tonight. The
game'll be on in the Sports Room so you can watch the Magic
begin their historic comeback and enjoy rock, punk and
otherwise. See you tonight.
June 12th, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
Hello to everyone else.
Glad you're back too. The past couple days have been
devoted to awesomeness. Right now, while we're being
tornadoed, The Summer League is playing the Icthus Festival in
the Commonwealth. Today Skates and i finetuned the
split we're putting out with Wicker, The Acorns, and The
Amblotics. We're making them right now, tomorrow is artwork,
Sunday is the first day you can get one, just the way the
founded fathers of Native Americans would have intended:
you come to a show and hang out, you get a cd for free, you live
out of town and want one, we'll send it. The You Can't Have Our
Kids split comes out Sunday on the first day of Pants Tour '09.
Yesterday was Chad working tirelessly on the Icthus sampler
while Dustin flodged on the show. Also yesterday, my dad
had helped put the shelf up in the Sports Room and Billy and i
worked on it while Jason Baker came back in town and we
discussed the Smith7 Records Basketball Team going 1-0.
Our softball team won and stays in first place in our division.
I can't sleep when it's dark outside.
June 10th, 2k9AD.
Posted by
Brian
Hello Matt Hall. Your
devotion is touching.
In 4 days we've got the 4th annual
World Pants Tour. Here's the idea, most of us are too
young or too jobbed up to go cross-country for a tour.
There's also the fact that with us being non-profit, there's not
a whole lot of wiggle room on gas money. So the Pants Tour
is a full week of shows in Memphis where the kids we care about
most get to hang out every night for cheap, see lots of
different bands, and have their money go towards a good cause.
This year all profits are getting shipped overseas to Recife,
Brazil where our old friends Craig, Mary, Gennifer, and Shelby
DeLille continue to work with the food bank they started, the
youth center they work at, the 3 new homes they are building.
If you want to contribute directly, there's more info at
www.southamericanmission.org or you can just come to the
Pants Tour and we'll toss it in. If you want to help but
got no cash and hate music, you can still support by sending
them emails. They left their air conditioned existence a
few years back to do some real good in the world, tell 'em how
awesome they are at
cmdelille@southamericamission.org . So yeah, Pants Tour,
bands don't get paid, wow, sounds like other local booking
fiascos, well here's what we do, bands that play Pants Tour get
in to all the shows for free all week long. That way bands
are having more fun and supporting each other without having to
pay for it. It's more like a barter system, America, feel
free to take note. Not in a band? still want to see
awesome shows all week long but $5 a night is too steep? Get
yourself one of those Pants Tour All Access Passes for $25 and
you'll get into every show, the Pool Party at the end of the
week, the real cool club at the other side of town, and we'll
all hi-five you a lot.
Things i'm not good with:
computers, capitalism, comma conservation. It falls
squarely on me that the site's been down for so long and that
even now is woefully in need of updating. Now that my
full-time job is missing my students out at Snowden, i'm gonna
try to keep this alive, let me know if you care or have some way
to help. Adam, Drew, and Mikey (and countless others) have
done so much to keep the site going and looking great. As
with everyone who has devoted years of their life to this
unpopular way of thinking, none of them ever made a dollar for
all of their efforts. Many thanks to them. We were
all raised to worship money. We must all fight to see that
our system is flawed and that we can aspire to be more than just
consumers. we're still here if you want to help or talk,
brian@smithseven.com 901-624-4797
Nov
22nd, 2k7. Posted
by Adam.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Shows have slowed down a bit. There are a
few listed on the shows page, so go check those out. Smith Seven hoodies
are being made right now. Stay posted, we'll let you know when they get
here. It's been a while since we've had a hoodie.
Also, it's been about a year since we've have a new design. The new S7
website is going to be incredible. I'm talking state of the art.
Straight up bangin! So keep an eye out for that.
Sept
28th, 2k7. Posted
by Adam.
BIG NEWS! MAN
ALIVE has sighed with DOGHOUSE/B&
Records (All-American Rejects, Say Anything, The Honorary Title)!!!
Their new album will be coming out in early '08, so be on the lookout
for that, because it will rule. The put out an EP with Smith Seven a few
months ago, so you might want to pick that up before it goes out of
print. Click
here to buy it.
Also, The First Act changed their name to Horseshoes
and Hand Grenades and they posted a new song on their myspace.
Sept
18th, 2k7. Posted
by Adam.
Have you heard the new Nights
Like These song yet? It's called "Heart of the Wound"
from their upcoming album "Sunlight at Secondhand" coming out October
16th. Get excited, because this is the best material they have ever
written. One of the best things Victory has going for them.
Aug
19th, 2k7. Posted by
Adam.
NEW MUSIC! Brooklyn
UK posted a new track, even though they are no more, but it's a
great song to remember them by! Also, go isten to the new Burn
Baby Burn song. It's called Bete
Noir and it's is insane! I cannot wait until this comes out! Keep in
mind, Godhand Records is putting out the Compact
Disc, Smith7 is putting out the Vinyl
Record. Killa!
Aug
1st, 2k7. Posted by
Brian.
The PANTS TOUR rolls on tonight into the Hi Tone with The
Soft Limit, Sound & Shape, &
The United. Yesterday's house recording
party with The Acorns went really well, thanks to everyone for coming
out, and Tuesday's kickoff show saw a record turnout at Faithbridge.
Tomorrow's at Singleton, then SPOM, Faithbridge again, the house show,
and Singleton again. Check the shows page for details.
July
31st, 2k7. Posted by
Brian.
The new Galleas CD is in my hands.
They'll be releasing it in a few days, but it's an extremely limited
edition, so you should get in touch with them and reserve one today.
July
16th, 2k7. Posted by
Brian.
It's time to volunteer for Deltafest. Head over to www.deltafest.com
and click on get involved and then volunteer to help. When you help out
there you'll get into the fair for free. These dudes are trying to help
Smith7 so please help them out.
June
13th, 2k7. Posted by Brian.
It's a great week for shows, tonight The Raleigh
Symphony, The Acorns, Upside of 4, and Runner Up (St. Louis) are out at
Singleton and on Saturday While I Breathe I Hope, The Raleigh Symphony,
Wicker, and A Penny Short are playing at Faithbridge in Germantown. We
also just got word of a huge benefit show happening at Gibson Lounge
next month for the Church Health Center. Holly Cole, Pezz, Snowglobe,
The Subteens, 3rd Man (formerly Augustine), Jacko & the TN
Tearjerkers, Paul "Snowflake" Taylor, Two Way Radio will all
be playing. WIBIH, TRS, Sound & Shape, Wicker, & The First Act
are all recording right now.
May
24th, 2k7.
Posted by Adam.
TOYS FEST is now BOYS FEST. There's a benefit show on June 2nd where all
the money goes to
Voices For Creative
Nonviolence,
which is the organization that Joel G works with (in case you know who
Joel G is). If you're interested in more information about the
organization,
click
here. It
used to be called Voices In The Wilderness. They are good people with a
great cause. Joel is currently in Palestine right now. You can check out
what he's doing on
the
forum.
April
22nd, 2k7.
Posted by brian.
Thanks to everyone who came out last night and saw ONLY CRIME with
us. I guess kids get to take the next few weekends off from
shows until TOYSFEST. Nothing exciting til then and we'll let
you know as soon as details become available. The new Scout's
Honor 7'/Comic Book/Digital EP should be here soon and Wicker
just got done demoing new stuff.
March 25th, 2k7.
Posted by Adam.
Aight! Here's the big show announcement!
ONLY
CRIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In case you don't know who this
is, it's a band composed of Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, ALL,
Descendents), Russ Rankin (Good Riddance),
Aaron Delbac (Bane, Converge), and Zack and Doni Blair (Gwar,
Hagfish) on Fat Wreck Chords. If you know anything about
punk/hardcore, then you will be at this show. So get amped and
spread the word!
March
5th, 2k7.
Posted by Adam.
There is a new
Smith7 Messageboard! A board for punk kids that want to have fun through
local shows and hang out.
http://smith7.proboards106.com
March
2nd, 2k7.
Posted by
Adam.
HUGE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON! GET AMPED!
We'll announce
once the details are in. If you like punk rock, any aspect of punk rock,
you'll be as excited as I am. I also just added a bunch of shows to the
shows page, so go check that out.
February
6th, 2k7.
Posted by Brian.
It is 1:45 in the AM and i just talked
to my best friend who asked me to stand atop Brian Mountain and clear up
some rumors, and so, here i stand, listen news junkies and rumor
participants. A couple months ago we donated your hard raised money to
the Alzheimer's Association
Memory Walk for Maureen Fitzgerald. She is the same girl who, last Wed.
accidentally drive through the barrier on top of the U of M parking
garage. Mo is a friend of ours. She means a lot to us, and yesterday she
completed a whole sentence. She would like you to know that on that
afternoon after she had lunch with a friend, brought leftovers with her
for later, and dropped off another application at the U of M she
suffered a seizure which she has been prone to. This is what led to her
horrific accident. Mo is a cool kid, her boyfriend moved down from
Chicago just to be with her a few months ago. She is about the loudest,
most joyful person i've met. Many people who heard or read the news
reports had a lot of questions about this bizarre accident. These are
the answers. i strongly encourage my good friends who go to U of M like
Mikey and Jason and many others to let people know what happened despite
the fact that it doesn't live up to a soap opera's plot. Please join
with me in clearing up the rumors and praying for her recovery. thanks.
January
30th, 2k7.
Posted by Brian.
The WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE guys spent
most of last night with Deep End Photography working on their next
release. The MAN ALIVE EP is available at Cat's Music in Cordova and
online at www.downtownrivals.com.
January
18th, 2k7.
Posted by Brian.
We've got some cool shows to announce and
WICKER's been writing like crazy since Skates was in town. So come check
us out at Murphy's on Sunday Jan. 28th with Pezz and on Feb 17th at the
Skatepark with WIBIH, BROOKLYN UK, and THAT WAS THEN. Paul and I are
also teaming up with THE FIRST ACT to create a supergroup which will be
performing covers at the Valentine's Day show at the Skatepark on Wed.
Feb 14th with THE FIRST ACT, CRASH ROMEO, MINUTES TOO FAR, and
NEXT YEAR'S RESOLUTION.
January
8th, 2k7.
Posted by Brian.
Well, the Smith7 Jihad were struck down
again, Scotty United even got his shoulder dislocated. We're still
waiting on an official release date on the new MAN ALIVE EP "Access
Denied." In other news, we've added bands, lots of bands, 5 to be
exact. Some you already knew about, some you didn't. Go check out the
bands, they are all working hard right now and will be putting out some
new music soon. Keep in touch.
January 3rd,
2k7. Posted by
Mikey.
Mikey's On The Road Update #1: Albers, IL
and NO SHOW
So I drove the van all day from Memphis to Albers (40 minutes east
of St. Louis). It took about 4 1/2 hours. On a stop I got hit on by a chick
in a random gas station, made me feel good, then once arriving at the
house we are currently staying at i find that the girls dad has a big
Nascar collection. It made me overly excited, Chris made fun of me for
this (like he does for just about anything that I believe in/enjoy). We
leave early in the morning to get to Chicago early to look around the
city, visit a friend in a hospital, and eat good pizza. then to play a
show later in the evening. Hopefully it will go well. Have a nice day
and keep rockin' in the free world. - ARMA SECRETA
January 2nd,
2k7. Posted by
Brian.
It's back to work for all of us, Drew's
double checking the proofs for the new MAN ALIVE comin out soon, i've
been on the phone with the plant, gotta get that paperwork done, Billy's
working on our merch connection, Mikey's getting older and leaving for
ARMA SECRETA's week long tour, Fletch is back even though Nashville
tried real hard to keep him, Adam's working on getting the new band
pictures up, and Daniel's just relaxing by the pool in his bedroom.
January 1st,
2k7. Posted by
Brian.
Here's your first good news for the new
year, Smith7 Records has just turned 7 years old, and following the
announcement of our biggest release ever with MAN ALIVE, we've signed 3
new bands. THE SOFT LIMIT, THE FIRST ACT, and A PENNY SHORT are the
latest additions to the Smith7 family. We're hooking up with a new merch
company, working on a couple new recordings, and finding new venues for
cheaper shows in this 07. it's hard to stay Underground for 7 years, but
being a non-profit record label is the farthest thing from mainstream
society that anyone could be. No one has ever made a dollar here,
everything has gone to charities, unfortunate families and the bands.
Thanks for supporting us as we try to change the selfishness of this
industry.
December
24th, 2k6.
Posted by Adam.
PRE-ORDER THE NEW MAN ALIVE! That bad boy is
coming out in February, so you can go ahead and get your copy reserved.
Keep in mind there is a limited pressing of the album, so make sure you
get yours reserved. You can only buy it online. So here's the link:
http://downtownrivals.com/store/manalive
December
15th, 2k6.
Posted by Adam.
The new site is up and hopefully you
noticed the big news announcement! MAN ALIVE! MERRY CHRISTMAS! It's
about to be sent off to the presses, so we're looking at February before
it's released. Get amped and tell everyone you know!
November
18th, 2k6. Posted
by Drew.
NEW SMITH7 WEBSITE COMING LATER THIS MONTH! STAY TUNED!
October
28th, 2k6. Posted
by Ryan Rhailey.
Hello everyone. I have decided
that it would be a good idea if I run a marathon. So that is what I'm
going to do. That's 26.2 miles of running. The marathon is on Jan. 14th
of next year in Houston, Texas. When I registered they told me I can
pick a charity and have people donate to it based on how much I run. I
think that's how it works at least. Anyways, I picked the charity RUN
FOR AUTISM. So if you would like, you can donate to my marathon/autism
cause. Send this to your friends and family if you would like to get
them to donate too. Thank you for reading this!
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Want to donate or help? Simply go to the link below:
http://www.active.com/donate/oarhouston07/RHailey
October
19th, 2k6. Posted
by Brian.
There’s a couple really cool people doing some very charitable walks.
The first you may not know, she is Maureen Fitzgerald, but we just call
her Mo. She’s been supporting the bands for a few years now and
she’s currently raising money for the annual Alzheimer's Association
Memory Walk. Please help her do her part to improve the lives of those
affected by Alzheimer's by supporting her with a donation, proceeds from
Memory Walk go directly to local services to improve the lives of those
affected by Alzheimer's and their caregivers. Thank you in advance for
your support.
Follow This Link to visit her personal web page and help Mo in her
efforts to support Alzheimer's Association Greater Illinois
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http://MemoryWalk2006.kintera.org/chicago/mofitz?faf=1&e=732505868
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The second do-gooder I think we all know, he is Fletch Joyner, formerly
of The Holiday, Pipe Down, Wicker, and Fletch Joyner and the Stay the
Course Orchestra. On October 21, GuluWalk Day, Fletch is walking to
provide a future for the abandoned children of northern Uganda. This is
a one-day international event that is aiming to raise $1-million to
provide education, rehabilitation and youth support programs for the children
of this war-torn region.
Northern Uganda has been described as the worst place in the world to be
a child, and your donation can help change that. Your donation will make
a difference.
Sponsor Fletch and make sure that he reaches his fundraising goal by
clicking on the following link:
https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/StartUp.aspx?SID=1144160
now, we at Smith7 Records have donated a tiny bit to help which means
money you’ve spent on our t-shirts and the like is going toward a good
cause, but please head on to these links and aid some people who
desperately need help.
September
20th, 2k6. Posted
by Jason.
Hey there kids.
Been a while since this was updated especially by me. Since I'm
not in Memphis anymore I'm not quite sure of news local to you guys.
Here's what's up with the things I have control over. WICKER's
new song is up on their myspace
page. Go check it out. It's only a demo version so we
apologize for the quality or lack there of. In Jason Amblotic and
the Bloody Fontanelles' news our album is 99% finished. I'm just
waiting for Denny Dinger to send me a couple things to round out the
mix. At that point the whole album will be available here for free
download. Exciting eh? Until then you can go to our myspace
page and hear crappy mp3 compressed versions of four songs from the
album. That's all for now.
July
23rd, 2k6. Posted
by Brian.
Well. last night was amazing.
thank you to all of the bands, the Skatepark and everyone who works
there, Shannon, and the 300 people (including guestlists and bands) who
came out to see 10 bands in 6 hours. i have absolutely no idea when the
last show we had was that was that fun. Bands were there to play punk
rock, not to complain about cash, time slots, or set lengths. That
doesn't happen at shows anymore, this show reminded me of the old days
and the fans reminded me of why we get excited for shows. Thank you for
real to everyone involved in last night. we'll try to do it again closer
to Christmas. until then, to to the Hi Tone on Monday night 7pm only $7
to see LOVEDRUG, THIS IS GOODBYE, and a rare live performance from THE
HOLIDAY (featuring Chad Turner of WHILE I
BREATHE, I HOPE, THE RALEIGH SYMPHONY, and filling in for
TOUCHDOWN!)
November
9th, 2k5.
posted by Jason.
Hold onto your
trousers kids. A
Day At The Movies is finally finished and ready for perusal.
A more permanent link will be forth coming. The page is still
being tweaked and added to. The idea is that there will be at
least two reviews added per week. We'll see if that actually
happens. As a slight warning there's a good chance the reviews
will contain a spoiler or two and we don't really watch our mouths so it
might be prudent to keep your grandmothers from reading it.
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