In exciting news for all of us here (and hopefully all of you), we’re currently preparing to launch the very first ever Family Records Newsletter!  It’s going to be a fun and informative monthly update on all the happenings here at the Family - basically news about all of your favorite artists rolled up into one easy email.Wait…you haven’t signed up yet?  Need some extra convincing?  We prepared a little something just in case.Why Should I Sign Up for the Family Records Newsletter?I’m so happy you asked!  Here are just a few reasons that signing up for the newsletter is in your best interest: 1. Be the first to know everything.  The newsletter will keep you up to date on Family Records artists, show dates, and album releases.2. Exclusive/free material!  We’ll be including MP3s and other fun stuff, plus early access to FR releases and tickets. 3. We want to hear from you.  With each newsletter you’ll have the chance to tell us what we did right, wrong, and what you’d like to see the next time around.4. Contests and giveaways.  Be the first to know about FR contests and giveaways, plus we’ll be having exclusive contests just for newsletter subscribers. 5. Your information is safe.  We hate spam as much as you do.Bonus #6!6. Win tickets to the Family Records Holiday Extravaganza!  If you sign up before December 12, 2011, you’ll get a chance to win tickets to the Family Records Holiday Extravaganza, December 15th at Bowery Ballroom in NYC.Now that we’ve got you on board, go ahead and sign up on our Facebook page (and feel free to like us, too!).  Let the fun begin!
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In exciting news for all of us here (and hopefully all of you), we’re currently preparing to launch the very first ever Family Records Newsletter!  It’s going to be a fun and informative monthly update on all the happenings here at the Family - basically news about all of your favorite artists rolled up into one easy email.

Wait…you haven’t signed up yet?  Need some extra convincing?  We prepared a little something just in case.

Why Should I Sign Up for the Family Records Newsletter?
I’m so happy you asked!  Here are just a few reasons that signing up for the newsletter is in your best interest:
1. Be the first to know everything.  The newsletter will keep you up to date on Family Records artists, show dates, and album releases.
2. Exclusive/free material!  We’ll be including MP3s and other fun stuff, plus early access to FR releases and tickets.
3. We want to hear from you.  With each newsletter you’ll have the chance to tell us what we did right, wrong, and what you’d like to see the next time around.
4. Contests and giveaways.  Be the first to know about FR contests and giveaways, plus we’ll be having exclusive contests just for newsletter subscribers.
5. Your information is safe.  We hate spam as much as you do.

Bonus #6!
6. Win tickets to the Family Records Holiday Extravaganza!  If you sign up before December 12, 2011, you’ll get a chance to win tickets to the Family Records Holiday Extravaganza, December 15th at Bowery Ballroom in NYC.

Now that we’ve got you on board, go ahead and sign up on our Facebook page (and feel free to like us, too!).  Let the fun begin!

Want to win a signed copy of Casey Shea’s brand new album, In Your Head, on CLEAR vinyl?!  We know you do…so please do us a favor, and write a review of the album on iTunes.  Just go to this site, click the “View in iTunes” button under Casey’s face, and scroll down to write a review! Once your review is written, take a screenshot and let us know! Twitter: Hey @familyrecords! I wrote a review for @CaseyShea’s #inyourhead [screenshot] Facebook: Post your screenshot on our Facebook page (you can Like us, too!) We’ll pick a winner by the end of the week!
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Want to win a signed copy of Casey Shea’s brand new album, In Your Head, on CLEAR vinyl?!  We know you do…so please do us a favor, and write a review of the album on iTunes.  Just go to this site, click the “View in iTunes” button under Casey’s face, and scroll down to write a review!

Once your review is written, take a screenshot and let us know!

Twitter: Hey @familyrecords! I wrote a review for @CaseyShea’s #inyourhead [screenshot]

Facebook: Post your screenshot on our Facebook page (you can Like us, too!)

We’ll pick a winner by the end of the week!

Announcing The Ultimate Exfmavaganza Giveaway!

exfm is having a giveaway to celebrate their new website, and brand spankin’ new vinyl from Wakey!Wakey! and Casey Shea are included in the prizes!  Details below.

From exfm:

“Say adios to audiophile fails, ear bud sharing and ugly T-shirt wearing! To celebrate exfm’s shiny new next-gen site we’ve teamed up with Audyssey, Urbanears and some of our favorite indie labels to bring you the ultimate Exfmavaganza giveaway!

Over the next two weeks we’ll give away Audessey’s South of The Market Audio Dock and Lower East Side Media Speakers, along with four sets of socially inspired Urbanears Plattan headphones.  Plus, tons of vinyl and CDs courtesy of Cantora Records, Ghostly International, Paper Garden Records, and Family Records.  Every winner also receives a highly sought after, but rarely acquired, exfm Tee.  Now that’s how you celebrate!

How do you get your hands on these goodies?  Simple: starting NOW until the end of day November 15th reach out to us on Facebook or Twitter.

For Facebook: Like our page then post on our wall “I want to win Exfmavaganza!”

Twitter: Tweet “Hey @exfm I want to win Exfmavaganza! http://tinyurl.com/3hbym63 #Audyssey #Urbanears

Winners will be chosen at random and announced Friday, November 18.  Good luck!”

Announcing the giveaway of the last 9 all black Wakey!Wakey! “Almost Everything…” T’s We’re down to our last nine of these babies (“babies” pictured above). They’re all sized Xtra Large, and we’d love to see what you guys can do with the extra fabric (REMIX). We’re announcing an open call to people who have a knack for design and fashion to make these shirts even cooler than they already are. We will send these 9 shirts to people who show the greatest desire to make them into something awesome. Bear in mind that these will probably be the last ever copies of this t shirt design ever made. If you’re interested in getting one of these shirts sent to you for awesome-ification, repost/tweet/tumbl this post and email COLIN at THEFAMILYRECORDS dot COM with your mailing info and we’ll pick the lucky 9. I’d like to give a special thank you to all the people who replied to our post about this on Facebook last week. You guys are awesome and really helped make this happen by showing your excitement for the project. If you have any questions about this giveaway/contest/activity, by all means email me (Colin) at the address above. LOVE -Colin at the Family
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Announcing the giveaway of the last 9 all black Wakey!Wakey! “Almost Everything…” T’s

We’re down to our last nine of these babies (“babies” pictured above). They’re all sized Xtra Large, and we’d love to see what you guys can do with the extra fabric (REMIX). We’re announcing an open call to people who have a knack for design and fashion to make these shirts even cooler than they already are. We will send these 9 shirts to people who show the greatest desire to make them into something awesome. Bear in mind that these will probably be the last ever copies of this t shirt design ever made.

If you’re interested in getting one of these shirts sent to you for awesome-ification, repost/tweet/tumbl this post and email COLIN at THEFAMILYRECORDS dot COM with your mailing info and we’ll pick the lucky 9. I’d like to give a special thank you to all the people who replied to our post about this on Facebook last week. You guys are awesome and really helped make this happen by showing your excitement for the project.

If you have any questions about this giveaway/contest/activity, by all means email me (Colin) at the address above.

LOVE

-Colin at the Family

Tweet #RosiBowery For…… If you have or are going to get tickets to see Rosi Golan at the Bowery Ballroom on September 6th, Tweet a picture of the tickets or you holding the tickets or the tickets and your cat…. Tweet a picture of the tickets with the hashtag #RosiBowery for a chance to win a signed Rosi Golan POSTER. The show is going to be amazing, and I guarantee you can’t find a good reason to miss it. You can win a lot of other cool stuff by joining her fan club which we’ll be telling you a lot more about later. LOVE -Colin at the Family
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Tweet #RosiBowery For……

If you have or are going to get tickets to see Rosi Golan at the Bowery Ballroom on September 6th, Tweet a picture of the tickets or you holding the tickets or the tickets and your cat…. Tweet a picture of the tickets with the hashtag #RosiBowery for a chance to win a signed Rosi Golan POSTER. The show is going to be amazing, and I guarantee you can’t find a good reason to miss it.

You can win a lot of other cool stuff by joining her fan club which we’ll be telling you a lot more about later.

LOVE

-Colin at the Family