We'd like to give a warm welcome to our newest artist here at Sixty Years War, Chris Darby!

Chris is a good friend of ours from Chicago who we've been bigs fans of for quite some time.

He's going to be doing a lot of interesting projects here at the label and we're honored to have him working with us! In fact, Chris' first endeavor with us will be the Thirty One project which will have him writing and recording a new song everyday for the entire month of December.

We've started a new blog site where he will be posting each song every day next month right here. You the listener will also be able to interact with (and perhaps inspire) Chris during the course of the month by leaving feedback on each song in the comments!




Also next month, we will hopefully be releasing a beautiful record by the name of Noise, that Chris has had in his pocket for a little while now. It will be a free digital EP that will be available for download right here.

We're exited about all of the future projects Chris will be undertaking, definitely keep an eye on what he'll be doing in the future! To hear more music from him you can check out his MySpace or his band, Them Damn Kids over at Chestnut Tree Records our good friends based in Bloomington, IN.

Milwaukee! Mark your Calendars!

If you weren't aware, you should take the opportunity to check out Emily Hunt's print shop on Etsy.com. You can purchase original Polaroid photos as well as reprints from professionally scanned negatives. Some of the photos for sale are ones that are featured on this website. To those interested, this is a great opportunity to start collecting pieces from an artist whose work will certainly fetch much higher prices in the near future!

Don't waste any more time! Go take a look!

After way, way, way too long... Ben Laatsch's 2007 masterpiece, The Magical Suitcase is FINALLY available as a free download right here on Sixty Years War! Bask in the glory!



Ben Laatsch & The Magical Suitcase
1. All Alive
2. Untied
3. When You're Near
4. Peer Away
5. Michigan Alone









DOWNLOAD FULL EP - 23.5MB (160kbps MP3)



Listen Live:

All Alive - & The Magical Suitcase


Untied - & The Magical Suitcase

Longsleeves Remixed Pezzettino and then Pezzettino made a video out of that!

Artistic collaboration at it's finest! This is what we do here at Sixty Years War! Enjoy!

Also, make sure you head over to Play B-Sides and check out the write-up they did on Covers!

To coincide with Pezzettino joining Sixty Years War and to revel in our shared love of free music, we're proud to release a free homemade covers record by our girl from Milwaukee! Enjoy! Tell your friends!

UPDATE! Read a review of the album on Milwaukee Express!



Covers
1. Brooklyn Zoo (ODB)
2. Wicked Blood (Sea Wolf)
3. Forever (As I Lay Dying)
4. Believe It Or Not (Joey Scarbury)
5. Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
6. It's All I Can Do (The Cars)
7. Pie Holden Suite (Wilco)
8. California Stars (Wilco)
9. Goodbye Stranger (Supertramp)
10. Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre)






DOWNLOAD FULL ALBUM - 91.5 (192kbps MP3)



Listen Now:
Pieholden Suite (Wilco) - Covers


Brooklyn Zoo (ODB) - Covers


Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre) - Covers

Pezzettino is currently making her way down the East Coast with photographer/videographer, Darren Cole. You can keep up with her travels by visiting her Tour Blog, YouTube channel and also her Twitter!

This past Saturday, The 509 in Huntington, IN hosted a benefit show to raise money for an organic vegetable garden to grow produce for the local community and to donate to food banks in the area.

Longsleeves and Pezzettino were part of the event and Drew Allegre was on hand to take some photos.

We're very, very proud and very pleased to announce that we have a new artist on the collective!

Our dear friend from Milwaukee, Pezzettino has joined our little group and we couldn't be happier!

Pezzettino is currently on tour through the end of the year promoting her new record, Lion. She'll hopefully be coming to a town near you very soon, check some of the dates below:

Nov 1 2009 8:00P
House Show - Dayton, Ohio

Nov 2 2009 8:00P
House Show - Youngstown, Ohio

Nov 3 2009 8:00P
Calliope Folk Society @ Bloomfield Bridge Tavern - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nov 4 2009 8:00P
Labyrinth Press - Jamestown, New York

Nov 6 2009 8:00P
House Concert - Boston, Massachusetts

Nov 7 2009 8:00P
House Show - Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Nov 11 2009 8:30P
Googie’s Lounge - New York City, New York

Nov 12 2009 9:30P
An Beal Bocht - Bronx, New York

Nov 13 2009 7:00P
House Concert - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nov 14 2009 8:00P
Barcamp Philly - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nov 15 2009 7:30P
Barking Spider - Cleveland, Ohio

Nov 17 2009 8:00P
House Concert - Akron, Ohio

Nov 20 2009 8:00P
Lemonjello's - Holland, Michigan

Dec 4 2009 8:00P
Cole's - Chicago, Illinois

Dec 5 2009 8:00P
Bentley's - Urbana, Illinois

Dec 8 2009 8:00P
Private - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Dec 9 2009 9:00P
Phyllis' Musical Inn - Chicago, Illinois

Dec 31 2009 8:00P
House Show - Indianapolis, Indiana

Lots of media from Longsleeves in-store performance at Fort Wayne's Wooden Nickel Music is available online. You can see photos here and videos right here.

You can also check out Drew Allegre's photo's of the event at Fahrenheit128.com.

Thanks to Bob Roets and everyone else at Wooden Nickel for all the love and support! We love local record stores!