In case you’re not on the email list, you may have missed our download for a free sampler, including 14 songs from our bands playing our Showcase!

1. If you’re not on the email list, go here to sign up: http://reactrecords.fanbridge.com

2. Before you forget, go buy your tickets for the showcase: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/188200

3. To get stoked on some new bands, go download the sampler: http://www.mediafire.com/?s7va4glw5687uzv

4. Don’t forget to share 1-3 above with your friends. You wouldn’t really be a good friend if you didn’t!

Get The Most (Showcase will be their last show!)

Bands featured on the sampler:

Get the Most (It’s their last show at the Showcase!)
Skin Like Iron
Remission
Praise
Give
Mindset
ON
Peace
Not Sorry
Noose
Fell To Low
Dead Weight

Sept 23-24
6pm
Gilman St.
Berkeley CA

Tickets are $26 for the whole weekend – please purchase your weekend pass here.
(If you can only make it to one day of the showcase, you can purchase single day tickets at the door for $15 each day.)

Day-by-day line up below. Click on a band name for more info!

FRIDAY
Get the Most (LAST SHOW!!!)
NAILS
ON
Give
Not Sorry
Growing Stronger

SATURDAY
Mindset
Remission
Skin Like Iron
Praise
Noose
Peace
Police & Thieves
Fell To Low
Dead Weight

We’ll see you there!

The line-up features many of the bands on the label, as well as friend’s bands who wanted to be part of the weekend!

Sadly, it’s also Get The Most’s last show, so make sure to grab tickets here so you don’t miss out!

You know it’s Summer when all the new music comes out! That’s because labels know you can’t listen to old music with your windows down driving to the beach!

I noticed a lot of good free samplers coming out recently and thought it would be good to compile them all in one place for you, make sure you don’t moss any:

React! Records Spring Sampler:
http://toxicbreedsfunhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/react-records-summer-2011-sampler.html

Revelation Records: http://mp3.revhq.com/summer/

Glory Kid: http://glorykid.bandcamp.com/album/summer-2011-sampler

Panic Records: http://www.panicrecords.net/sampler

Law and Order: http://www.swehc.com/sampler-2010/
(free to stream, not download. Also, has a song from Anchor, our newest band!)

Holy Roar: http://holyroarrecords.com/#http://holyroarrecords.com/#/album.php?id=965

This is Hardcore Fest Sampler: http://www.thisishardcorefest.com

See one I’m missing? Email me at press@itstimetoreact.com and I’ll add it in!

Of course, if you need to prepare for the sing-along, then you should pick up their newsest record “Two Songs” at our store !

One of our newest bands, Anchor is hitting the road today with No Omega.

If you’re in Europe, then you’ll be fortunate enough to be able to check them out at one of these dates:

22.06 SWEDEN Stockholm – Klubb 43 w/ TERROR, VICTIMS
23.06 NORWAY Oslo – Humla w/ PROBLEMS, EVOLVE
…24.06 GERMANY Hamburg – Rota flora
25.06 GERMANY Karlsruhe – New Noise Festival 6 w/ SHAI HULUD, AMEN RA, PUNCH +++
26.06 GERMANY Munster – Lorenz Süd w/ ENDBRINGER, CORNERED +++
27.06 GERMANY Solingen – Waldmeister
28.06 BELGIUM Ieper – Vort’n Vis
29.06 FRANCE Paris – Café de Paris w/ HOURVARI
30.06 FRANCE Lorient – Le Galion w/ BLACK PAGE, NO SOLUTION
01.07 SPAIN Bilbao
02.07 SPAIN Vigo
03.07 SPAIN WE NEED A SHOW
04.07 SPAIN Madrid
05.07 PORTUGAL WE NEED A SHOW
06.07 PORTUGAL Faro w/ RECONCILE
07.07 SPAIN Sevilla – Sala Kilombo w/ RECONCILE
08.07 SPAIN Barcelona – Casal Joves Roquetes w/ RECONCILE
09.07 FRANCE Toulouse – La dynamo w/ A BRIDGE TO MANY
10.07 ITALY Milano – Villa Vegan w/ PUNCH
11.07 ITALY Rome – Sinister Noise w/ RECONCILE
12.07 CROATIA Zagreb – Močvara w/ PARKWAY DRIVE
13.07 TBA
14.07 GERMANY Munchen – Sunny Red w/ UNRESTRAINED, DANGERS
15.07 AUSTRIA Höchst – JUZ Chilloutw/ UNVEIL, OUT OF HOPE, HIGH HOPES
16.07 GERMANY Trier – Summerblast Festival w/ FIRST BLOOD, NO TURNING BACK, THE GHOST INSIDE +++
17.07 AUSTRIA Graz, sUb
18.07 SLOVAKIA Bratislava – Obluda w/ YOUR FUCKING NIGHTMARE
19.07 HUNGARY Budapest w/ YOUR FUCKING NIGHTMARE
20.07 GERMANY Chemnitz – AJZ w/ PUNCH, RECONCILE, NO GUTS NO GLORY
21.07 CZECH REPUBLIC Praha – Café na půl cesty w/ STAY HUNGRY, NO GUTS NO GLORY, COL.LAPSE

For more info visit:

http://www.swehc.com/2011/06/21/anchorno-omega-euro-tour/

NEW SIGNINGS
You know our motto “Can’t sit back, it’s time to react”? We’re living up to it this summer! There is no time to sit back with all the great records already scheduled for this year, and the kickass showcase in September, and with 3 new signings:

TRANZMITORS: Together since 2005, with a crisp power pop punk sound and riffs as sharp and concise as the Jam (not to mention mod suits as fine as),  Vancouver BC group Tranzmitors are the perfect answer to anyone looking for songs with the astute hooks of Elvis Costello’s This Year’s Model and the punk virility of the Buzzcocks. And like the Cute Lepers or the sorely missed Exploding Hearts, Tranzmitors have the kind of timelessness that makes you want to forget about any punk records made after 1980. Er, except for this one…

PEACE: Peace is Mike, Daniel, Stephen, Andy 4 dudes with straight minds.

ANCHOR:   Anchor started out in 2007 with the intention to be a vegan straight edge touring machine, and while that is still the case, the band has come to mean so much more. Anchor is an outlet for frustration, personal struggle, firm convictions and deeply rooted DIY ethics. For the five individuals in the band, Anchor is the outcome of their collective creative mind and serves its purpose as an essential part of their individual lives, as well as hopefully influencing and inspiring others. Anchor’s work ethics are impeccable. The band has done countless European tours, two tours of North America and all in all about 300 shows in less than four years. With members who have previously spent time in bands with heavy tour schedules, one of Anchor’s main goals is to keep this pace, while spreading a message of compassion and awareness. Even though the band is spread out all over Sweden and Norway, Anchor keeps proving to be one of Europe’s most active bands. In a way, 2011 marks a fresh start for Anchor with a new line-up and the new full length “RECOVERY”, and there are no plans of slowing down anytime soon. For more info on all the bands, head to our site’s band pages.

REACT SHOWCASE LINE-UP ANNOUNCED

Below is the final line-up for the Showcase this year. This collection of bands is undeniable! Very excited to have bands coming in from other countries to play who don’t get to tour the States often, and to see such a diverse line-up all in one weekend!

Line-up in no particular order:

Get the Most (final show)
NAILS
ON
Not Sorry
Skin Like Iron
Rearranged
Circles
Peace
Living Eyes
Out Of Sight
Mindset
Betrayed
No Tolerence
Give
Remission
Praise
Damages
Noose
Fell To Low

The showcase is Sept 23-24 at Gilman St. In Berkeley CA. Like last year, we will be planning some fun special items too!  We’ll be announcing ticket pre-orders soon.

WEBSTORE UPDATES

After some long days and nights of folding the giant inserts in the Get the Most records and putting multiple stickers in every pre-order, the newest releases are now shipping. Sorry for the delay, but when you see how many things are included in each record, you’ll understand! Clearsight and Rearranged will be put together and shipped next, and new Noose and Damages merch is shipping too.
And don’t forget: pre-orders are up for Skin Like Iron and Rearranged, so if you didn’t order yet, hop on that now! Check out the store for all the updates.

NEW INTERVIEWS

In case you missed it, two new interviews are up on our blog :
Our friend Caitlin recently interviewed Rearranged, and discussed everything from Uniform Choice to hockey.

Today we just posted an interview by PMAkid, Julian, who spoke to Bucky from Noose about the philosophical references in his lyrics.
Please check both out and share them with your friends who also have good taste in music- or those who you wish had good taste in music!  ;)

Thanks for reading and we’ll see you at the showcase!

CAN’T SIT BACK IT’S TIME TO REACT!

- NEW PRE-ORDERS TOMORROW!!!
- NEW RELEASES SHIPPING
- THIS IS HARDCORE AND SOUND&FURY
- REACT! RECORDS SHOWCASE
- GET THE MOST IS BREAKING UP
- FREE SUMMER SAMPLER

NEW PRE-ORDERS TOMORROW

Pre-orders for the Skin Like Iron- Arrival LP and the Rearranged- s/t EP will begin on Monday May 23rd at 9am Pacific. We will have new merch for both bands as well as some great package deals available. Both releases will include a digital download card as well as all the great stuff that we always include in our releases.

Here’s some more information on these sweet releases:

Skin Like Iron- Arrival LP
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Skin Like Iron’s new LP, “Arrival” features 10 songs that are mournful, somber and eerily melodic. Fusing an eclectic mixture of influences from Wolfbrigade to Black Flag, Siege, and even The Pixies and The Cure, this album succeeds in accurately portraying Skin Like Iron’s unique take on hardcore music. Huge guitar riffs combine with powerful basslines and pounding rhythms to form dramatic compositions that are saturated with melody and atmosphere. The music is supported by lyrics that search for hope and reason, while questioning the damages human beings visit upon one another. Each song is an attempt to reconcile the way in which life’s fleeting moments of beauty are tempered by depression and failure. “Arrival” is a record about duality: Hope and hopelessness. Beauty and ugliness. Virtue versus the failings of human nature.

“Arrival” was recorded at The Atomic Garden with Jack Shirley, and is the band’s most ambitious production to date. The album artwork was produced by guitarist/vocalist, Alex Capasso, and continues the visual theme of the band’s two previous 12″ albums.
The pressing info for this record is 200 on red vinyl, 300 on yellow vinyl, and 500 on black vinyl. You can check out the two songs
“Consequences” and “Legions” from the new record at the band’s bandcamp page and also get the latest news from the band at their Facebook page.

Rearranged- s/t EP
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The debut EP on REACT! Records of Moscow’s powerhouse Rearranged picks up right where they left off on their previous release, always showcasing the band’s musical and lyrical growth. Drawing influences from classic DC and Orange County-based acts, the follow up of their full-length ‘New Forms’ delivers five brand new songs of speedy and intense hardcore punk that sometime resemble Minor Threat and Insted, yet managing to attain a character all its own.

Recorded and engineered by Mikhail Gabolaev at PravdaPro Studio in March and mixed by Gustav Brunn at Studio Bengt in Lund, this release proves to be the bands most mature and cohesive work to date. Art duties handled by Ulf Hammarkärr of The Effort fanzine fame.

The pressing info for this record is 200 on white vinyl, 300 on blue vinyl, and 500 on black vinyl. You can check out the two songs “Disengage Now” and “Drilling” from the new record at the band’s bandcamp page and also get the latest news from the band at their Facebook page.

NEW RELEASES SHIPPING

Noose, Get The Most and Clearsight vinyl is now in and we’ll begin shipping soon! We just need to get the covers on, add the essays, download codes, stickers and other extras that we put in each release. If you ordered Noose by itself, then we already shipped your order and it should be arriving any day now. If you ordered it with Get The Most and Clearsight, then give it a little more time and it will be in your mailbox. Sorry for the delay on these!

Speaking of delays, we had to reject the test press for the new Praise record, and get it repressed. Hopefully the next round will be better and we’ll be able to ship those soon too! To hold you until then – check out the FREE Praise record on our site now.

THIS IS HARDCORE AND SOUND&FURY

We were all counting down to see the This Is Hardcore line-up announcement this week, and got a good laugh out of the video! Looks like we’ll have a wait a little longer to see the full list of bands, and therefore you’ll need to wait a little longer to know what React! bands are playing… But yes, there will be some React! bands on the bill!

Also, it’s the first year there will be an official React! merch booth.We’re discussing some fun merch items so don’t forget to spin by the booth and see what’s new when you’re there.

Back on the west coast, we will have two bands playing Sound&Fury, and will let you know who they are as soon as we’re allowed to announce.

REACT RECORDS SHOWCASE

As you know, the React! showcase is coming up September 23/24- only 4 months away!  It’s at the famous Gilman St in Berkeley, CA, and in case you missed the announcement, it will be Get The Most’s last show.

This means:
Yes, you should book your flight now before prices go up.
Yes, we will have pre-order tickets.
Yes, we will have a special release like we did last year.
Yes, we’ll be announcing the rest of the line-up soon.

We’ll keep you posted!

GET THE MOST IS BREAKING UP

Oh, you did miss the announcement? Yes,  Get The Most’s last show is scheduled for the React! showcase..

Here is the news, straight from the band:

“From the first show in Today’s man’s living room where we dropped our demo to the upcoming final gig at Gilman Street, Get the Most has stayed true to our deal. We played less than 50 shows but every one of them was a great time. A GTM set usually involved us 5 dudes bouncing off the walls to the soundtrack of positive thinking hardcore. Face would most likely be wearing some obscure shirt from a record store that closed years ago, Ace would spend more time in the air then on the stage, Manager/guitarist Beej would be making “SOUL REBEL” squeal with tone, AO would be making it look too easy on his homemade custom drum kit, and Bubs might be wearing a pair of TFS sweat pants that make him look like he is wearing a diaper.

We made a lot of friends along the ride and managed to play the west coast, the east coast and even Europe. With our camp focusing their time on other bands and careers, we decided to go out on what we call a high note; The REACT! showcase. I want to thank Peter Hoeren and Aram Arslanian for putting out our records, and to anyone who helped us out.”

Want to know more? Check out a new interview with Kyle from Get the Most on our blog now.

Just in case you don’t have them yet, and you want to sing along at the showcase, you can grab their LP “Together” (RXR-010) now at our store, and we’ll be shipping out their self-titled LP (RXR-020) any day now! Their and our first release, “Core Values” (RXR-001) is out of print.

FREE SUMMER SAMPLER

Toxicbreed exclusively released our Summer 2011 Sampler this month, which, like everything on the site, Is a free download!

We know it can be hard to catch up on all our releases (there are a lot of them!) and since the roster is more diverse than ever, we hope to turn you on to something new. Not to mention, it is free, so give the link to some friends since nothing is better than the gift of good music!

And as always, thanks for your support!

CAN’T SIT BACK IT’S TIME TO REACT!

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