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June 20, 2007
Lots of Updates!

In celebration of Go Skateboarding Day tomorrow, Element Skateboards will be globally premiering their new full-length blockbuster video, This Is My Element. The video was ENTIRELY scored by our man Odd Nosdam. Be sure to make it out to make it to one of the over 350 worldwide locations! If you are in the Bay Area, come on out to Milk (1840 Haight St.) - Doors at 9PM.

Check www.elementskateboards.com for more info on the other premieres.

Odd Nosdam's Level Live Wires has been getting a great initial response from press, already having the lead track "Fat Hooks" being offered as featured downloads from both XLR8R and Paper Thin Walls. Pitchforkmedia also named "The Kill Tone Two" as one of the week's best in the Forkcast section earlier this month.

Anticon is proud to be releasing Level Live Wires into the world August 28.

Mansbestfriend's Poly.Sci.187 has also continued to receive great reviews. Check out these from The Wire and Grooves. The good folks at Audiversity also took a moment to speak with Sole about his new project. Read up here.

June 07, 2007
The long-awaited limited vinyl edition of Thee More Shallows' Book Of Bad Breaks is finally in sight. The 1000 unit pressing starts shipping from the anticon web store June 15, and will be in stores everywhere June 26. Reserve your copy now!

June 05, 2007
Sole's new Mansbestfriend record, Poly.Sci.187, received a solid review from Pitchforkmedia yesterday. Check it out here. "The Kill Tone 2" from Odd Nosdam's approaching Level Live Wires was also featured in their forkcast section. Read what they had to say and hear it here (streaming).

June 01, 2007
More press has been rolling onto the artists' pages. Check out this Alias feature in the new XLR8R.

May 30, 2007
Anticon's new iTunes exclusive spring 2007 digital sampler is now available! Go check it out here.

May 22, 2007
Introducing Level Live Wires, Odd Nosdam's new heavy hitter, featuring the assistance of TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, WHY?'s Yoni, Doug, and Josiah, Hood/Bracken's Chris Adams, Thee More Shallows' Dee Kesler, Jel, and Jessica Bailiff. Anticon is very proud to be releasing LLW August 28, 2007. More info is available here.

May 08, 2007
Sage Francis' new album, Human The Death Dance, which features production from our own Odd Nosdam and Alias, hits stores today. Don't miss Sage's tour with Buck 65, Alias, and Buddy Wakefield which starts later this month. Check the live dates section for more info on those dates.

T-Shirt Design Contest!

It's time for a new anticon T-Shirt design! We figured we'd make this one interesting by letting the fans submit their best designs. If we receive anything that we like enough to use, the winner will receive 10 of our releases on CD or vinyl and a free shirt with the new design once they are printed.

If interested, please submit screen graphics (2 colors max, in Adobe formats preferably) to mrhiphop@anticon.com with "anticon t-shirt" in the subject line. Please only send 72 dpi images first to avoid filling the inbox - final images will need to be at least 300 dpi and at 100% scaling. Please also include an additional mock up image of the graphics' placement on a t-shirt if possible. The deadline for the contest will be the end of Sunday, May 20. Please be familiar with the look of anticon - serious submissions only please.

Good luck and thanks!

May 07, 2007
Thee More Shallows are currently being featured on the front of the brand new, feature-filled networking site Virb.com. Go add them as your friend and listen to their new record, Book Of Bad Breaks, now streaming in its entirety in their Virb media player.

As press keeps rolling in, we keep posting it on their profile page here on anticon.com. Check out the new praise from Filter, Tiny Mix Tapes, SF Weekly, and more!

May 01, 2007
Thee More Shallows are currently featured artists on MySpace. Check them out on the front of the MySpace Music Section. Don't miss their upcoming US tour which kicks off with an album release party May 04 at Cafe DuNord in San Francisco.

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