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Warts and all, the first record that started diehipsterdie.com was Lunaire's: B-Sides with no A-Side. On it are songs of lost love punctuated with noisy weirdness and daring arrangements. B-Sides is now available as a free download!

All of the songs heard on this ep were recorded on a crappy computer and computer program, also with one microphone and one effects processor. If nothing else, this album is a fantastic use of sparse arrangement to acheive maximum sound, and perhaps proof positive that creativity can happen even with the least enlightened tools. Click on the album image below to check out a song or two.

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Show Change: Dave Wirth's show at legendary Austin venue The Hole in the Wall has been moved to Thursday September 23rd. Details for this show can be found on the shows page.

In other news, Song Monday just released the third song off of Song of the Gun's record My Friends. It's about two people, Daren and Kadie, and how cute of a couple they were. It's a fun song, so check it out!

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Available immediately: The Sidekick's first debut album entitled, "SAGA! ...the story of a boy and his computer" as a free download. Click here to get it, or if you are the lazy type and want your own RSS feed of album happenings, click here. The Sidekick will be wrapping up his first Song Monday experience tomorrow. Don't worry, he'll be back and he will be crazier than before.

In additional news, The Sidekick has started up his blog yet again, and much to the chagrin of evildoers everywhere. Fighting crime by blogging? Going to Junior High dances with a cape? Dancing dumbly like a little brat with a huge vocabulary? You bet. Also, Mr Sidekick is on Twitter. Watch yourselves. He's a vigilante after all.

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Starting July 26th, Song of the Gun will begin the weekly release of free mp3s on Song Monday of their only album entitled: My Friends. They now have a band page on diehipsterdie.com, so check them out if you'd like before you listen. Bonus: Photographs of the live band as well as very creative Song of the Gun Typography, photographed by Eric Archer are posted on their band page. Check it out!

The Sidekick will unfortunately be wrapping up the release of his first album SAGA! ...the story of a boy and his computer on July 19th, 2010. The good news however is that SAGA! will be available, one week today, as a complete collection of songs and freely downloadable. Want to stay abreast of any and all of these releases without having to visit diehipsterdie.com? Easy! Subscribe to the Albums RSS Feed. Google Reader is your friend, perhaps even in this case! Everyone's favorite dork, The Sidekick, will definitely be making more appearances on Song Monday in the future, so stay tuned.

Finally, stay tuned for future shows for Dave Wirth. There are shows in the works for central Texas, so keep a close watch on the shows page, or simply sign up for the performances newsletter. It's really easy to do, you can specify your city to make sure you only receive performance info from there, and you can unsubscribe if you end up hating diehipsterdie.com. But spam is not an option, so you'll end up loving it.

The debate that "music should be free" will be raging for years. Let's not make a big deal about it here. Do you want a free download of the music on this page? Take it. It's a gift from me/us. No more hoops to jump through, no logins, no passwords, no nothing.

Simply click on the free download link for each album, and enjoy.

The best things in life are free. We sincerely hope to see you on the road.

Ever wonder how the name "Diehipsterdie" came about? The answer may surprise you. Visit the about diehipsterdie.com page. Also, want to point out an obvious flaw, compliment the design (that's a bottomless pit, beware), or just say Hi? Visit the contact page.

Stay tuned for updates for shows as well as the online store. The store is currently being tested for rigerous application, and shows are in negotiations. The best reason to stay posted: Temporary tattoos.

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Dave Wirth will be appearing on Marfa Public Radio on Friday July 9th at 3:30 pm, CT, as a guest of Amanda Mayo. If you are in Marfa, check it out by tuning into 93.5 FM. If you are elsewhere in the world, you can listen over the internet by clicking here. Highly suggested to listen to them right now!

Also, if you are in Marfa on July 9th, come to Dave's solo show at the Marfa Book Company. Geocoordinates are available if you'd like to get your geek fully on.

Any Album is Downloadable for Free as a Collection!

Each song released at songmonday.diehipsterdie.com is available as a single download. Now, you can download the album as a complete collection. Pretty sweet eh? Just navigate to the albums page (nicely placed on the top menu bar, if you are lazy) find the album you want, then click on the "Download Mp3's of Free Quality."

Please note that you must be a logged in user of Diehipsterdie.com in order to get any download. (Update, 6-25-10: You no longer need to have an account on www.diehipsterdie.com to get free album downloads, nor do you need to navigate here. Free album downloads are located on the right of the page at songmonday.diehipsterdie.com). However, to download a single song, navigate to song monday, and click on the download link:

All albums that are released on Diehipsterdie.com are part of the Albums RSS feed. To get up to the minute information on new albums that are released, click the button below:

The Sidekick Returns!

The Sidekick is back! He will be contributing to song monday, and he will be releasing his entire first album, "SAGA! …the story of a boy and his computer" for the next six weeks. The Sidekick also personally promised even more crazy music for release in the future, so stay tuned for that.

For those of you who are not in the know about The Sidekick, you are missing out. Crazy dancer, weird person, masked vigilate, awesome strange music. Here is The Sidekick during a performance in Houston:

Also, there are a number of interesting photo galleries of The Sidekick in action:

Amoda Showcase #34
Flickr Page of Sidekick Photos

Shows! Shows! Shows!

Check out the Shows, as there is a new Dave Wirth show in Marfa TX.

Holy Crap There's Even More Stuff!

Diehipsterdie.com's store is close to full operation. Stay Tuned. We're talking t-shirts, buttons, music... the works. Possibly even belt buckles. If you'd like, subscribing to the newsletter will give you updates on interesting merch, good deals and price breaks, and other interesting paraphernalia (of the legal sort, sorry to dissapoint).

Also, shows are currently being negotiated, so stay tuned. Best way to do that? The newsletter...