Beach House’s new album, Bloom, comes out next today, Tuesday, May 15th, and we are celebrating with events in record stores across these great United States of ours!

Pop into any of the below stores today, May 15th to get the record, and experience the magic of our extra-special, new-and-improved, release-day-only initiatives, including:
- A chance to win a copy of Bloom on glow-in-the-dark vinyl! No shit, it really glows in the dark. There are only 250 of these, and they are only available at release-day events and the band’s concert at New York, New York’s Bowery Ballroom on May 15th.
- More prizes, including a copy of Beach House’s now-rare Record Store Day 7", and assorted other Sub Pop treats.

- Posters featuring exclusive art by Victoria of Beach House, given away with purchase of the new record (while supplies last!).

Check with your local store for details. Participating retailers include:
1-2-3-4 Go! Records (Oakland, CA)
Amoeba (Los Angeles, CA)
Beacon Sound (Portland, OR)
Bull City Records (Durham, NC)
Bull Moose (Portland, ME)
Cactus Music (Houston, TX)
CD Cellar (Anniston, AL)
Central Square (Seaside, FL)
CFBG (Greensboro, NC)
Co-Op 87 (Brooklyn, NY)
Criminal Records (Atlanta, GA)
Darkside Records (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Dearborn Music (Dearborn, MI)
Disc Exchange (Knoxville, TN)
Electric Fetus (Minneapolis, MN)
End of An Ear (Austin, TX)
Euclid Records (St. Louis, MO)
Everybody’s Records (Cincinnati, OH)
Everyday Musc (Bellingham, WA)
Finders (Bowling Green, OH)
Fingerprints (Long Beach, CA)
Going Underground Records (Bakersfield, CA)
Good Records (Dallas, TX)
Green Light Music (Kalamazoo, MI)
Grimey’s (Nashville, TN)
Guestroom (Norman/Oklahoma City, OK)
Harvest Records (Asheville, NC)
Hear Again CD’s & DVD’s (Gainesville, FL)
Homers (Omaha, NE)
Horizon Records (Greenville, CA)
Independent (Denver, CO)
Jackpot Records – 9th (Portland, OR)
Jackpot Records (Portland, OR)
Ka-Chunk Records (Annapolis, MD)
Landlocked Music (Bloomington, IN)
Lou’s Records (Encinitas, CA)
Love Garden (Lawrence, KS)
Luna Music (Indianapolis, IN)
Lunchbox Records (Charlotte, NC)
Magnolia ThunderPussy (Columbus, OH)
Melody Supreme (Charlottesville, VA)
Monster (Charleston, SC)
Music Millennium (Portland, OR)
Music Saves (Cleveland, OH)
Neat Neat Neat (Fort Wayne, OH)
Needle Drop Records (Rochester, NY)
Olympic Records (Providence, RI)
Origami Music (Los Angeles, CA)
Other Music (New York, NY)
Oz Records (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Park Ave CDs (Orlando, FL)
Permanent Records (Chicago, IL)
Permanent Records (Los Angeles, CA)
Plan 9 Music (Charlottesville/Richmond, VA)
Radio-Active Records (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
Reckless Records (Chicago – all three locations)
Record Archive (Rochester, NY)
Record Exchange (Boise, ID)
Red Onion Records (Washington, DC)
Repo Records (Philadelphia, PA)
Rhino Records (Claremont, CA)
Salzer’s (Ventura, CA)
School Kids (Raleigh, NC)
Shangri-La (Memphis, TN)
Siren Records (Doylestown, PA)
Sonic Boom (Seattle, WA)
Sound Cat Records (Pittsburgh, PA)
Sound Fix (Brooklyn, NY)
Speaker Tree Records (Lynchburg, VA)
Square Records (Akron, OH)
Steady Sounds (Richmond, VA)
Stormy Records (Dearborn, MI)
Streetlight Records (San Jose, CA)
Sweat Records (Miami, FL)
T-Bones (Hattiesburg, MS)
The Business (Anacortes, WA)
The Culture Clash (Toledo, OH)
The Sound Garden (Baltimore, MD)
Twist and Shout (Denver, CO)
Uncle Sam’s (Miami Beach, FL)
Underground Sounds (Ann Arbor, MI)
Vacation Vinyl (Los Angeles, CA)
Vertigo Music (Grand Rapids, MI)
Village Green (Muncie, IN)
Vintage Vinyl (St. Louis, MO)
Waiting Room Records (Normal, IL)
Wall Of Sound (Seattle, WA)
Waterloo Records (Austin, TX)
Waterloo Records (Austin, TX)
Wax Trax (Denver, CO)
Wuxtry Records (Athens, GA)
Young Ones Records (Kutztown, PA)
ZZZ Records (Des Moines, IA)

Today, Tuesday, May 15th, marks the release of Obits’ latest 7" single, “Let Me Dream If I Want To,” which features the band’s interpretations of well-loved, near-standards by Mink DeVille and The Kids.

In further Obits news, the band will be heading overseas soon with a few stateside shows to follow. We’ve listed the most current confirmed dates for Obits below for you.

Obits on Tour
May 17 – Gothenborg, Sweden -Pustervik
May 18 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser
May 19 – Malmo, Sweden – Debaser Malmo
May 20 – Aalborg , Denmark – 1000FRYD
May 21 – Germany – Hafenklang, Hamburg
May 22 – Berlin, Germany – Magnet
May 23 – Prague, Czech Republic – Klub 007 Strahov
May 24 – München (Oberföhring), Germany – Kafe Kult
May 25 – Torino, Italy – Spazio 211
May 26 – Verona (VR), Italy – Interzona
May 27 – Schaffhausen, Switzerland – Tap Tab
May 28 – Avignon, France – Les Passagers Du Zinc
May 29 – Freiburg, Germany – Slow Club
May 30 – Lyon, France – Sonic
May 31 – Toulouse, France – Lieu Commun (Toulouse)
Jun 01 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival
Jun 02 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival
Aug 03 – Austin, TX – Red 7 Patio
Aug 04 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater

For more information on Obits, please look to Sub Pop’s artist page more information on Obits please visit:http://www.subpop.com/artists/obits for the band.

I’ve heard a lot of Soundgarden talk lately, and the band has a new song on The Avengers soundtrack. Chris Cornell is a helluva solo artist, too. His new solo album, Songbook, has gotten rave reviews.

And now Chris has teamed up with Amazon for a killer guitar giveaway. Enter to win a Fender Classic Player Baja Telecaster, signed by Chris himself. 20 second prize winners each will receive one copy of Songbook, signed by Chris.

Entry Deadline: May 31, 2012
Eligibility: US-only, 18+