TURTLES EP is AVAILABLE NOW!
Happy Holidays!!!
Our new EP entitled War Tapes ”Turtles” is available now!
Click here to download it now and donate want you want!
http://WarTapes.BandCamp.Com
100% of the net proceeds from the EP sales (between Dec. 1 & Dec. 31) will be donated to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to help the fight against animal cruelty!
To learn more about PETA and PETA 2 please visit www.Peta2.com
We are very excited to share this with you and we hope you will enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it!
Thank you so much!!!
xoxo,
War Tapes
We Love San Francisco
I can’t tell you enough how much love we have for the city of San Francisco. Every time we go up there to play, I wonder why I torture myself living in the toxic wasteland of Los Angeles. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those LA haters, but it is inevitable. As soon as you leave LA for SF, you notice some seemingly basic improvements. Air is cleaner, air smells sweeter, and it’s easier to breathe. Can’t argue with that. Not to mention, the abundance of hippies makes the city very friendly to the vegetarians. Good food is around every corner.
This time we did the touristy stuff. We went to the suicide capital of the west coast, the Golden Gate Bridge. Fortunately, no one met their untimely end on this day. It was cool and windy and totally awesome. We didn’t exceed our crab allotment as apparently you are only allowed 35 crabs per person. Seems like a lot of crabs, but 35 is the magic number so get in there ya crabby bastards! We also witnessed some nerds on Segues. Can’t wait till our next SF visit. Alcatraz here we come!!!
Check it out on youtube.
War Tapes spot a herd of Nerds in the wild
Xo,
Matt
D.I.Y. RESIDENCY ‘09
Downtown LA
Hey Kids,
We’ve been thinking about doing a residency for awhile now but never could find the right venue for the job. We wanted a place that was intimate, all ages and would let us charge nothing at the door. We came to the conclusion that the only place that we could think of would be our REHEARSAL ROOM! We are going to be playing a show to the first 25 kids who show up to our rehearsal building and meet us in the parking lot at 8:30PM every Friday for the month of September. From there, we will go up to our space and we will play you a different set each week. Bring your video camera, camera phones, audio recording devices whatever you want to document new unreleased material each week! Bring friends, relatives or even parents! We don’t give a F who you bring but we are going to rock the F out for you!
Let the fun begin,
xoxo War Tapes
War Tapes Visit the Fender Headquarters today!!
We got to check out the Fender Headquarters today in Scottsdale, AZ! It was amazing!
We got to see where all the magic happens and check out some incredible gear! Thank you to Michael Schulz and everyone at FENDER! We had a blast!
Thank you so much for helping us in our dire straits when Becca’s basses were stolen in Montreal! We couldn’t have finished our tour without your help!
xoxo,
War Tapes
Fear of Elevators
Following the Laker’s triumphant victory Sunday night, Neil and I mustered enough energy to unload the van at our rehearsal studio so that it could be serviced the following day. We lazily stacked and rolled all the equipment into the freight elevator, closed the gate, and hit the button for the 2nd floor. Upon liftoff, the elevator made a creepy creaky sound, raised about 5 feet off the ground, and stopped. “NOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAYYYY!!!” We hit the alarm button, but no one was in the building as it was already about 11pm. Trying to stay calm, we hit the button for emergency assistance. The voice on the other end was clearly a woman, but sounded like she was talking on a megaphone through a two-can-and-a-string phone. It took a good 10 minutes for Neil to communicate the 10 digits of his cell phone # and while that was going on we discovered that the gate was not locked. Terrified by the thought of waiting in the elevator for the repairman to show, we slid under the gate Indiana Jones style and continued the asinine conversation with our so-called helpline. Neil made the mistake of telling them that we escaped the elevator so they refused to send out a tech to help us even though ALL of our gear was still in the elevator. They wanted us to wait till the morning and proceeded to blame us for leaving the elevator and not being willing to fix it, like we know anything about elevator repair. Fuckers! Eventually, our building manager (bless his heart, on a Sunday night) got involved and sent out a grumpy handyman to fix the elevator. It took him 5 minutes to locate the problem and we were back in business. Needless to say, we’ve been taking the stairs lately.
-Matt
War Tapes ‘GREEK’ online viewing party! Plus our photos from the ‘GREEK’ shoot!
We had the amazing experience of being on ABC Family’s TV show ‘GREEK!’
We performed “Dreaming of You” and “Always Falling” for the season finale episode “At World’s End!” The episode airs Monday June 15th at 8pm on ABC Family!
If you miss seeing it on TV you can watch the full episode online anytime at ABCFamily.com!
We are hosting an online ‘GREEK’ viewing party
Friday, June 19 at 5:00 pm PT/8:00 pm ET on www.ABCFamily.com
Watch this video for more details!
War Tapes on ABC’s GREEK
Here are some photos we took while on the set of ‘GREEK!’
xoxo, Becca
THE MAKING OF “THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE”
Hey kids!
Check out this video William made from footage of the last year of our lives! This was all taken during the making of “The Continental Divide” and our tour with Tiger Army last year..
I hope enjoy watching it!
xo Neil (War Tapes)
“The Night Unfolds”
Unofficial Home Video
By: William Mohler
War Tapes + PETA2.COM!
During this year’s SXSW Matt and I had a chance to talk with Peta2!
xoxo,
Becca
We are beyond excited to announce that ‘THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE’ is out NOW!
Thank you to all our family and friends for their loving encouragement! Thank you so much to Sarathan Records for putting our music out into the world! And thank YOU for all the continued support! We love you!
xoxo,
Becca, Neil, William, and Matt
You can purchase “The Continental Divide” now at: iTunes, Amazon, Newbury Comics, and more locations too!
On the Coma Coast…
…the kids dance with the ghost…
“For Eternity” is up on our MySpace player now!
MySpace.com/WarTapes
xoxo
Collection of photos from the recording of The Continental Divide!
We would love to share some photos taken during the recording of The Continental Divide!
xoxo
*all photos by Carlton Beener except the last photo by Ed Monsef
Newbury Comics Limited Time Pre-Order Special Offer
Click here to pre-order War Tapes - “The Continential Divide” from Newbury Comics and get a limited autographed CD booklet for only $9.99 (+ shipping).
More details at Newburycomics.com
MIND IS UGLY is UP!!!
MIND IS UGLY is back on the player at MySpace!
But…it’s been remixed and remastered for our upcoming release!!!
Check it out!
xoxo,
War Tapes
NEW VIDEO - “She Lied” Live @ The Smell
NEW VIDEO - Read this blog entry to watch “She Lied” by War Tapes - recorded live @ The Smell:
“All the World’s a Stage” is up NOW on the player!
We just posted a brand new song called “All the World’s a Stage”
on our MySpace! player!
This song is from our upcoming full length called
‘The Continental Divide’ and we are very excited to share it
with you for the first time!
Every Sunday we will be putting up a new track so be sure to check back to hear more new songs!
Thanks so much!
xoxo,
War Tapes