Sad Christmas song, but really cute video by my friends’ Oakland-based band Foxtails Brigade. I just want to put her in my pocket!

AJAPOPFILMS is not only an up-and-coming video outlet for really great music videos and photos for The Hundred Days, Fans of Jimmy Century, and The Glowing Stars, but founder Angelo Ibanez is also my best friend.

He’s spent a year on this music video for our friends Seeking Empire and it premiered today. Please take a few minutes to check it out and rate it. It takes a lot to create something you believe in and put it out there for the world. Not everyone can do it.

Proud of you, Angelo! <3

theglowingstars:

FREE mp3 available for download today only!

Just like we promised, here’s our cover of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” available for download for FREE! But hurry, because this will only be available for free today only! Just head on over to our Bandcamp page at the link below:

http://theglowingstars.bandcamp.com

And if you’re in San Francisco, be sure to check out our free show at Japantown Peace Plaza for Convergence Festival! We’re on at 12:45 p.m. Aren’t free things awesome?

theglowingstars:

A huge news day for us!

In late August, we were interviewed by our two local publications, San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Bay Guardian. Today, they’re both published and in print! But don’t worry, they’re also online. Check them out at the links below! If you’re in the area, be sure to grab a copy!

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Reprogramming the hardware

San Francisco Chronicle | The Glowing Stars taps Game Boy for its chiptune

A week or so ago, Matt Payne and I did an interview with San Francisco Bay Guardian about The Glowing Stars. Here’s the feature online! You can also find it in print locally in San Francisco. Very happy with this. :)

“Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen is one of my favorite songs of all time, and it was such a blast covering it with Matt Payne for The Glowing Stars. We played this song since our first show with Anamanaguchi and Peelander-Z at the DNA Lounge on April 7, 2011, and we’re playing it one last time at our next show at the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on September 4.

Not sure what song we’ll cover next, but I’ll sure miss playing this one! Look out for a free mp3 download of our cover around September 4!

theglowingstars:

It takes a lot of effort for us to put together a good cover, and we enjoyed sharing our cover of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” on our Quest Coast tour (and recording it for our special edition release of Anything Past That).

We’re planning on retiring this particular cover after we play it at the Convergence Festival in Japantown on September 4, so for a very limited time (ONE DAY!) we’ll be making the recording a FREE DOWNLOAD on our Bandcamp page! Be sure to join our mailing list (on the right sidebar) and follow us onTwitter and Facebook to get the link! We’ll release it closer to Convergence.

theglowingstars:

Earlier this week, Lizzie was interviewed by The Joystiq Show about The Glowing Stars for their music episode. It went live today, so check it out!

The Joystiq Show - 006: Musical Players 

Meanwhile, Matt’s wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy! 

While we’ve been on a break from shows this month, we’re still cooking up a lot of things behind the scenes. Lizzie is getting ready to do a few shows withcrashfaster in the next few weeks. Catch their sets on Saturday, August 27 at PAX Prime 2011 in Seattle, and Thursday, September 8 at The Stork Club in Oakland. 

The next The Glowing Stars show is in just two weeks! We’ll be playing at Convergence Fest at the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco. Here are our upcoming show dates:

9/4/11 @ Convergence MMXI Festival, Japantown Peace Plaza, San Francisco, CA
With Teenage Sweater, SpaceKraft, Planet Booty, and The Bran Flakes
12 pm | FREE | Facebook | Flyer

9/28/11 @ Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco, CA - Jonathan Mann’s 1000th Song-A-Day / Album Release Show!
With Jonathan Mann & The Rock Cookie Bottoms, The Backorders | 7pm | $8 | Facebook

10/28/11 @ The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA
With The Phenomenauts and The Bloodtypes | 8pm | $12 | Facebook

We have some more upcoming shows in October that we can’t quite announce yet, but when the time comes, you’ll know! Be sure to subscribe to our mailing list on the right sidebar. Also, Facebook and Twitter.

Yay! My first issue of @GAMER Magazine as their new Associate Editor is in print! It’ll be on Best Buy shelves on August 25. This is so cool. :)

Totes going to this. Tickets acquired.

hitrecordjoe:

I’m heading to San Francisco to ‘hitRECord at the movies’ on August 24!

Wanna know what the show’s like?  Check out this video recap of our show in London!

Tickets are on-sale NOW!

(Source: hitrecord)