The GRIDS 7"s are almost here. We have the covers ready to go, and we got our first test press last week which had a little issue that will hopefully get fixed next week. But anyway we are planning an awesome release show at The Milestone on June 12th with Grids, Yardwork, Moenda, and Tenspeed. Oh yeah, the first 30 copies will come with special screened covers, and all copies will come with download coupons.

After that we should have the SLED LPs out pretty soon as well. Everything has been mastered and is ready. I just have to recoup all the money I spent on RSD first. If you don't know, SLED is from Columbia, SC and is 2 of the folks from Assfactor 4 and rocks accordingly.

One more special surprise after that - another LP! This will prove to be our busiest year as a label since 1995. Ha ha.

From now until 4/17/09 all used dvds are on sale - buy 2 get 1 free. A lot of people have been selling their collections and it's starting to pile up. So now we need to make room. We just marked down a bunch more in our budget section as well. Most of our used dvds are $6 or less too.

Sonic Youth's "The Eternal" will be released on June 9, 2009 and is the latest Matador release to get the BUY EARLY GET NOW treatment.

This is our 7th overall BEGN and we've worked closely with the band to come up with a list of goodies and bundled them into an incredible offer.� The album can be pre-ordered from us starting on March 24 or directly from Matador starting April 28.

WHAT YOU GET:
Along with your pre-order of �The Eternal� on 2xLP or CD, you�ll get...
- pre-release stream of album on April 28
- bonus limited exclusive vinyl live LP on street date
- bonus limited-edition poster on street date
- bonus exclusive MP3 outtakes and live tracks

come in and pre-order now!

RECORD STORE DAY - APRIL 18, 2009

I realize I haven't updated this in a while, mostly just from being busy doing a million things. We are still getting tons of new releases in all of the time which I can hopefully have some typed up next week. In fact we have remodeled (sort of), changing our cd racks to ones that are easier to browse which also gave us room to add a few more LP bins. So now you can flip through the records easier and we have more room to add even more vinyl! Thanks to Steven and Rob for helping out.

Record Store Day is coming up soon and there are way more things this year. Last year was awesome and I guess people felt left out because there are tons of releases coming out that day that are limited. As soon as I have some kind of grasp on them all I will post them, but with so many we're probably going to miss something and piss someone off, but we're trying our best. We'll be having some bands play this year too, although at night so as not to get in the way of your record buying.

Among the releases that day are a ton of 7"s. There were a few last year, but way more this year. However, we would just to point out that unlike a lot of other stores we stock hundreds of new 7" singles every day. Why? Because we love vinyl and 7"s.

Thanks to everyone for a really great weekend. It was tons of fun. The sale went really well and lots of records were sold to many smiling people. The Graf Orlock/Lewd Acts show was awesome with an amazing turnout. The Fucked Up in-store went amazingly well too considering it was in the middle of the day. The band was super friendly and we talked about records, Antiseen, and Cheerwine (the best soft-drink ever). They even played a Pennywise cover and some KBD song. I think it was by the Child Molesters but I'm not positive on that. The show at the Milestone sold out which is as much as we could ask for too.

Anyway, you can read some more about things on Rob's blog. You can also view pictures of the Graf Orlock and Lewd Acts show here, the F.U. show and in-store here, some photos Neal Mims took of the Saturday shows here, some that Steven Pilker took here, and finally some more of the F.U. in-store that Bryan Reed took here. Thanks to everyone for all of the support.

-Scott

It's been a while since an update on here, but we have lots of news. This coming weekend we are having our 3rd Anniversary Show and Sale.

Friday we have Graf Orlock, Lewd Acts, and Lowbrow. It should be fun.

Saturday we have the double whammy. First we have Fucked Up playing an early all-ages in-store show. Free and just them.

Then Saturday night we continue the celebration with a show at the Milestone with Fucked Up, Double Negative, Grids, and Planet Piss. Unfortunately this show is 18+ though. We are selling tickets fro $10 at the store. Buy them now as they are going quick and it's $12 if you wait until the day of. You can also buy them on Etix.com if you want.

There will also be silk screened poster for the show lovingly designed by Ben Gelnett on sale that night like this:



Then we have our big 3rd Anniversary Sale all weekend long. Everything is 20% off. Simple enough. Thanks for the support!!!



We are going to be closing a little early on Saturday the 24th so that we can make it over to the Milestone to watch/play the show.

We also now have tickets to some more awesome upcoming Milestone shows including MDC, The Meatmen, A.C., and Goblin Cock (guitarist/singer of Pinback's metal band). Go here for a complete list of tickets we are selling for them and the Neighborhood Theatre.

Lastly, our friend Sergey has started a little mix-tape exchange here for folks. He made some actual tapes to start it off, but I assume cd-rs are OK as long as they are mixes that you put actual love into and make them look nice I guess. Anyway, if you want to participate it's simple: you bring in a mix you made, you take one from the box other people made. You and they find new music they love. Everyone wins.

Mastodon, Neurosis, High On Fire, Pig Destroyer, Boris, Torche, Baroness, Harvey Milk, Septic Flesh, Cryptopsy, Skeletonwitch, Toxic Holocaust, Warbringer, Trash Talk, Evil Army, 1349, Nachtmystium, Wolves in the Throne Room, Krallice, Withered, Salome, Apocalyptic Visions, Zoroaster, Kylesa, Rwake, A Storm of Light, Alestorm, Tyr, Suidakra, US Christmas

Here is the deal:

- You need to go to�http://www.scion.com/rock�for info on how to get tickets.�
- When you go to the site you will be asked to enter your email address and zip code.
- You will be emailed a confirmation number to get a pair of tix and a list of locations nearby where they can pick up them up, including Lunchbox Records.
- You must bring the confirmation to the store and show us the confirmation in order to claim tickets.

Basically, tickets can only be given out to people who bring in the email confirmation.
The show is free, but your are not guaranteed entry by having a ticket, so schedule accordingly and get their early. We will also have silk screened posters to give away with purchase of items from the bands playing the show, but those won't be here for a couple of weeks.

UPDATE:
So I guess today (1/27) they finally started sending out confirmation emails. Yay! However, these tickets are on a first come, first served basis and the confirmation email does not come to us and does not guarantee you get tickets.

WE CANNOT HOLD TICKETS FOR YOU. PLEASE DO NOT CALL US ASKING TO DO SO!