THE SHOW: Sept. 15th @ City Tavern (Dallas, TX)

Exit 380 returns to Downtown Dallas' City Tavern with a fantastic bill featuring Swindle Boys and MY Wooden LEG!

We've gotten a chance to preview some new material by these bands from Hand Drawn Record upcoming second compilation album, and it is super-duper; so definitely pick that up when it "drops". In the meantime, get the live treatment, and come see us kick it at downtown's best venue!

Flyer by Dustin Blocker, Fite Lite Productions 2012

WATCH THIS: "A Song About Us" by Exit 380

So, we've been talking and talking about our new track "A Song About Us" penned by Borden and recorded w/ Salim Nourallah for the upcoming Hand Drawn Records Compilation, but it's time to put that money where the mouth is, and show you with a little proof in the pudding.

Ahem...I mean here's the video debut of the new song recorded and directed by our pal James Villa @ El Villa Films.  And hope to see you at the compilation release show APRIL 14th @ LOLA'S SALOON in Fort Worth, where they'll be giving away the album for free!

Enjoy,
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Exit 380 Meets Saint Patrick and Dick Dale

Exit 380 Meets Saint Patrick and Dick Dale + HDR Comp & New Video Coming Soon!

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MARCH 16TH - POAG MAHONES Saint Patricks Day Madness | Presented by The Fort Worth Weekly

APRIL 12TH - TREES DALLAS w/ "The King of Surf Guitar" DICK DALE

APRIL 14TH - LOLA'S SALOON | Hand Drawn Records Compilation CD Release

APRIL 21ST - VZD'S OKC w/ Two Tons of Steel

MAY 18TH - DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART "After Hours at the Museum" | Presented by 91.7 KXT

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Ready to celebrate Spring? The Fort Worth Weekly has you covered with this year's Saint Patrick's Day MADNESS.  A FREE Two-Day Party featuring 11 local acts on a killer outdoor stage erected in the Poag Mahone's parking lot, smack in the heart of the 7th Street Arts District!

CLICK FLYER TO ENLARGE

Flyer by Blocker. Photo by James Villa.

FRIDAY MARCH 16TH:
Poag Mahone's (700 Carroll St., Ft. Worth, TX 76107)

Exit 380 - 8:30pm
Skeleton Coast - 7:30pm
One Red Martian - 6:30pm
Fish Fry Bingo - 5:30pm

Doors at 4pm. 21 & up. Free.

SATURDAY MARCH 17TH:
Poag Mahone's (700 Carroll St., Ft. Worth, TX 76107)

Poo Live Crew - 8pm
Dazey Chain w/ Josh Weathers - 7pm
Pablo and the Hemphill 7 - 6pm
Dirty Pool - 5pm
Big Casino - 4pm
B. Love and the Moneymakers - 3pm
Needfire - 2pm

Doors at Noon. 21 & up. $5.

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Dick Dale invented surf music in the 1950's. Not the '60's as is commonly believed. He was given the title "King of the Surf Guitar" by his fellow surfers with whom he surfed with from sun-up to sun-down.

When Dale met the guitar and amplifier guru Leo Fender, he asked Dale to play his new creation, the Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar. The minute Dale picked up the guitar, Leo broke into uncontrolled laughter with disbelief; he was watching Dale play a right-handed guitar upside down and backwards, Dale was playing a right-handed guitar left-handed and changing the chords in his head, then transposing the chords to his hands creating a never before heard sound.

THURSDAY APRIL 12TH:
Trees Dallas (2709 Elm St., Dallas, TX 75226)

 DICK DALE - 10pm
Mancho Pancho - 9pm
Exit 380 - 8pm

BUY TICKETS HERE

Doors at 7pm. All Ages.

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Hand Drawn Records will be releasing its first-ever compilation album featuring 11 local artists, including a new e3 track "A Song About Us" recorded with Salim Nourallah!  Read more about the comp bands HERE, and see you at the show Saturday April 14th @ Lola's Saloon!

SATURDAY APRIL 14TH:
Lola's Saloon (2736 W. 6th St., Fort Worth, TX 76106)

  Exit 380- 11pm
Secret Ghost Champion - 10pm
Desidera - 9pm

Abby NormL - 8pm

BUY TICKETS HERE

Doors at 8pm. All Ages. $8 over 21.

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Hand Drawn Records LLC © 2012. Fite Lite Productions ® 2012

Q&A: Saint Patrick's Day MADNESS in Fort Worth!

If you're like us, then you're ready for the grey Winter clouds and sniffled weather to blow out, so you can get Spring started up.

In preparation for those sun-soaked days, we asked ourselves a few questions...then we answered them.  Perhaps you have the same answers?

When is the First Day of Spring?
Saint Patrick's Day.

Where would you celebrate Saint Patrick's Day?
In the parking lot of an Irish Pub, surrounded by green revelers and food trucks.

How would you celebrate it?
With live music...and with high-fives.

Do you like free parties?
Yep.

What we're saying is; the Fort Worth Weekly has you covered with this year's Saint Patrick's Day MADNESS.  A FREE Two-Day Party featuring 11 local acts on a killer outdoor stage erected in the Poag Mahone's parking lot, smack in the heart of the 7th Street Arts District!

CLICK FLYER TO ENLARGE

Flyer by Blocker. Photo by James Villa.

FRIDAY MARCH 16TH:
Poag Mahone's (700 Carroll St., Ft. Worth, TX 76107)

Exit 380 - 8:30pm
Skeleton Coast - 7:30pm
One Red Martian - 6:30pm
Fish Fry Bingo - 5:30pm

Doors at 4pm. 21 & up. Free.

SATURDAY MARCH 17TH:
Poag Mahone's (700 Carroll St., Ft. Worth, TX 76107)

Poo Live Crew - 8pm
Dazey Chain w/ Josh Weathers - 7pm
Pablo and the Hemphill 7 - 6pm
Dirty Pool - 5pm
Big Casino - 4pm
B. Love and the Moneymakers - 3pm
Needfire - 2pm

Doors at Noon. 21 & up. $5.

TRACKING: Exit 380 at Pleasantry Lane Studios

Not sure if you've seen the curious post by Hand Drawn Records touting their upcoming compilation project, but the criteria lined out for getting onto the comp basically said, "New material. Cool material. Only."

Since we just released a record in December, the new material bucket initially seemed daunting.

I say initially because right around the submission deadline Aaron Borden hit the band with a demo titled "A Song About Us"; and it was righteous. Aaron and I did some multi-tracking on the tune, and as the HDR deadline continued to creep up we decided to give it a run for the disc.

Besides a quick two song Cities excursion with Alex Gerst in late-2009, the band has been tracking everything by our lonesome, and my, oh my, it was getting lonely. So, in a feat of email-ery we asked producer extraordinaire Salim Nourallah (Producer of the Year 2004-2010; Old 97's, Deathray Davies) to let us come hang our hats on him, and wouldn't you know it, he had a rack for us at his aptly named Pleasantry Lane Studios in Dallas.

Yesterday we rolled into the studio and I was able to catch a couple of quick iPhone pics in-between takes; which you can see below. They're grainy, but don't worry; our great friends and photo contributors James Villa and Jen Winters were on-hand to shoot stills, as well as, a video to accompany the comp release!

The release date for the Hand Drawn Records - Compilation Volume 1 has been set for April 14th @ Lola's Saloon in Fort Worth. We'll have more hoopla for you on that as we get it!

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Salim Nourallah at the console.

Jody a One-Take Wonder.

Jerm-andolin.

Borden Micro-Managing The Hutch.

Blocker...blurry.

Borden...boots.

CD Release Show:

Hand Drawn Records Presents: a compilation. volume 1.

“Bedrooms and Backdoors. Friends and Neighbours.”

FREE CD w/ Admission: Featuring 12 amazing artists!

Where:
Lola’s Saloon (2736 W. 6th St., Fort Worth, TX)
Doors at 8pm. Show at 9pm. All Ages.
http://lolasfortworth.com/

When:
Saturday, April 14th

Performing:
Exit 380
Secret Ghost Champion
Desidera
Abby NormL

THE WEEKEND: Kessler Theater's Inaugural "Triple Play"

This Friday night The Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff will play host to it's first ever "Triple Play" series, taking three artists; one from each corner of DFW, and rolling it into a one glorious showcase. Exit 380 will be opening the night’s festivities at 8pm sharp, followed by Denton’s pop act Spooky Folk and Dallas’ 18 year old guitar phenom Hunter Hendrickson.

KXT Radio 91.7 and The Dallas Observer are sponsoring the event, so if you haven’t already gotten their take on the show, then get to clicking!

KXT Radio: http://kxt.org/triple-play
Dallas Observer: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2012/01/triple_play_this_friday.php

Pre-Sale HERE $8. Day of show $10. ALL AGES.
Theater doors @ 7pm. Showtime @ 7:30pm.




Poster by Dustin Blocker

FRIDAY, January 13th: Hunter Hendrickson – 10pm, Spooky Folk – 9pm, Exit 380 – 8pm

The Kessler Theater
1230 W. Davis St.
Dallas, TX 75208
http://thekessler.org

"Raggedy Woods" Pencils by Blocker

When creating the Townies album art I did A LOT of concept sketches, but none of them would stick until this one hit me like a...thunderbolt, light bulb?

The original piece was a large close-up of the Raggedy Ann and Andy characters, but the guys (ahem, Borden...Kelly) said it was "too creepy".  My thought is that if you get weirded out by a drawing of Raggedy Ann and Andy, then you might need to revisit your creepy threshold.

Well, I gave in a bit, because I made them smaller and threw them into the forest, which lends more to the backwoods theme anyways.

This image has been pressed onto all 1000 copies of Townies, so if they "creep" you out, perhaps just leave it in the player with the repeat-button pushed?   Problem solved!

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"Raggedy Woods" Pencils by Dustin Blocker.