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NEWS 03-29-08 - Quick update as the Modern Life Is War Final U.S. Tour starts. Online sales for tickets for the last Modern Life Is War show in Marshalltown have stopped, as we are sold out of our allotment. The show is NOT SOLD OUT, as tickets are still available at Sub City in Marshalltown and Mohair Pear in Cedar Falls, Iowa. There will be an update one week before the show to let people know if there will be tickets available at the door. I am heading out with Modern Life Is War for this tour from Chicago (3/30) to Baltimore (4/8), so if you are planning on being at any of these shows, be sure to say hello. Keep checking back for more updates on the new Deathcycle LP/CD and announcements regarding upcoming releases scheduled for this spring/summer!
03-05-08 - Deathcycle has just finished mixing the 11 new songs that will comprise their new full-length, "Prelude To Tryanny". This record is definitely heavier and harder than their "self-titled" release, and is sure to make your jaw drop. The record has been sent off for mastering and the artwork is still in progress. Check back here soon for the final cover artwork and a new song to be posted in the 'Downloads' page. When Deathcycle artwork is concerned, you know the cover art will not be for the conservative-minded. Modern Life Is War is playing their final show on April 26th, 2008 in Marshalltown, Iowa. Tickets are available online only through LifeLine Records. If you live in Marshalltown or Cedar Falls area in Iowa, you can purchase tickets at the two locations listed below. The final Modern Life Is War tour is shaping up nicely and most of the dates have been confirmed. Check out their myspace for the most recent updates on the tour. www.myspace.com/modernlifeiswar This is the current information on the tour: FINAL SHOW: For the residents in Marshalltown and Cedar Falls you can purchase physical tickets from these locations as well:
02-20-08 - Sad to news to report… the boys from Marshalltown are calling it quits. Modern Life Is War is has been together for 6 years and has been one of the most hard working hardcore bands around. Literally from the corn fields of Iowa, they have toured the United States and Europe extensively and even toured Japan. This band will be greatly missed, but before they are gone for good, they are doing one last tour through the United States. LifeLine Records has been with Modern Life Is War early on in their existence and have become great friends over the years. For me, Modern Life Is War will always have a place in my heart… as well as on my hand. I have over a one inch scar on the top of my right hand from singing along with Modern Life Is War in a basement over 4 years ago. Modern Life Is War will truly be missed. Here is the statement from the band, in regards to breaking up: Modern Life Is War will be doing one final tour from March 29th to April 26th. Our last show ever will be April 26th in Marshalltown, Iowa. There is no disaster or dramatic situation behind the break-up. All past and current members of the band are still good friends and there is no bad blood. We just feel like it's the right time and would rather end things on our own terms than let our band become a ghost of what it was in the beginning or to be ripped apart by outside forces. Our first show was on April 20th, 2002 in Tyler's parents’ basement. This makes our run as a band almost exactly six years. We want to send a huge thank you out to everyone who supported this band through thick and thin because you care about us as individuals, our music, our message or what we stand for as a band. We also want to thank all the people in the DIY/underground hardcore and punk scenes all over the country and world who work really hard and sacrifice a lot for little to no recognition or money because they love the music and message. I am really proud of all that we have accomplished but know that without the support of that community we would have never had a chance to tour and put out records for so many years. I don't want to get sentimental and there is no short way of wrapping up all my feelings about this band and these last six years. Above all...I hope we have made some people feel less alone and motivated them to think for themselves, be themselves and take action. Punk rock changed our lives. I hope we contributed something to keep the whole thing going. We are leaving soon...but The future is unwritten...so start writing it. Tour dates will be posted soon. Come sweat and scream and say goodbye to Modern life Is War. Sincerely,
12-21-07 - It has been 2 months since the last update, but we’ve been busy planning our releases for the upcoming year. With that being said, we have a number of announcements! First off we are very proud to announce that we will be releasing the CD/LP for Deathcycle's second full length record, titled "Prelude to Tyranny". The band is just wrapping up the recording in the studio with General George at General Studios in Douglaston, New York. The record will have 11 songs in all, and the 5 songs that we heard so far are incredible! No release date has been set, but look for it to be released early 2008. For other news about the recording process and Deathcycle show schedule, you can check out their MySpace page, which is updated regularly. Second, LifeLine Records is also happy to announce that we are now part of the Revelation Records Exclusive catalog. Revelation Records is now the exclusive worldwide distributor for all of our releases! We have been working with them since the release of Modern Life Is War’s "Midnight In America" and they are truly doing a great job! Speaking of Modern Life Is War, the "Midnight In America" LP has just been repressed and is now available in our webstore, as well as from Revelation Records. The second is press is 1,000 copies on transparent blue vinyl. Right now I'd like to take a quick moment to point out a fanzine titled Listen Up. Mickey Nolan, who is a great friend of ours, has just released issue #2 of this is a very unique fanzine. The interviews are conducted by Mickey sitting down with one person and while playing 5 songs at random from his iPod. The zine is reprints the conversations that ensue from the songs that are randomly played, leading to discussions how certain songs and types of music have influenced the subject’s life and lead them to the path they are on. Both issues are available in the webstore or go to www.myspace.com/listenuphc. One final note: Thanks to everyone that was able to attend Jim Grimes 35th birthday show in Chicago this past Saturday. The Suicide File was able to raise a good amount of money for one of their dear co-workers going through a very difficult struggle in their life. As always, thank you for your continued support and have a safe and happy holidays! Check back in the new year for more updates on Deathcycle's "Prelude to Tyranny".
10-08-07 - Some time has gone by since the last update, and we apologize for the long delay. Thank you very much to everyone that ordered the new MODERN LIFE IS WAR LP, the response has been tremendous! All copies of the MODERN LIFE IS WAR "Midnight In America" LP's are in the mail, so if you have not received your copy yet it should be arriving shortly. We apologize for the delay in shipping the records. The vinyl showed up two weeks later than expected and then I severely sprained my ankle, which slowed down the mail order process as well. The good news...we do have a few more copies of Midnight In America on red vinyl, however the whole first pressing is close to being sold out, so get in your orders before they are gone. Also, as we slowly get organized over here, keep checking the webstore as we will be adding a lot more releases from a ton of great bands and labels. There are already a number of new releases in stock already on the webstore and with a lot more on the way! As many of you may have noticed, we’ve fallen a bit behind with keeping the Discography page updated, but our web guy is reportedly working on getting it up to speed (when he isn’t bidding on rare records and Japanese toys on ebay…). Check back in the next week or so for the complete pressing information on all of our releases. Last, but certainly not least, look for another news update soon, when we will be revealing two very big announcements which we are very excited about! Until then, we wanted to thank you for all of your patience and for your continued support!
08-26-07 - A quick update... The vinyl release of Modern Life Is War’s newest LP, 'Midnight in America', has hit a slight delay but will arrive later this week. We will begin shipping out pre-orders by the end of the week, so expect them in your mailboxes soon. Thank you for the tremendous response to the pre-orders. The red vinyl is completely sold out, and we have only a handful of the gray vinyl left. With the depleted amounts of color vinyl, the package deals are no longer available for this release. In other MLIW news, they will be playing with the Explosion on August 31st and September 1st. These two dates will the Explosion’s final shows ever, so be sure to make it out if you are in the area. MLIW's full US tour in support of 'Midnight in America' will begin in September, so check back here for full listing of tour dates once they have been confirmed. More updates and news on upcoming releases will be posted when we recieve and ship out the LP's later this week. Thank you for all of your patience and support!
07-30-07 - "Midnight In America" LP pre-orders are up now! Marshalltown's Modern Life Is War third full length LP, "Midnight In America", is now available for pre-order in the store!. This band has always been able to produce hardcore records in their own unique style and this album is no different. 11 new songs produced by J. Robbins (Against Me, The Promise Ring, Texas Is The Reason, None More Black). Midnight in America is filled to the brim with contagiously head-nodding, fist-pumping tracks that are bound to force even the most cynical to pay attention. Modern Life Is War "Midnight In America" LP will include a gatefold cover with metallic ink printing on the cover. Three colors will be available for this release (300 on Red vinyl, 300 on Gray vinyl and 1100 on Black/White swirl vinyl). The records are scheduled to begin shipping on August 16th. NOTE: For anyone that wanted all three colors of the vinyl, we are offering a 3 LP package deal (all three colors) at a discounted price. Be sure to select the "Package Deal" in the webstore to get the discount. The CD version will be released by Equal Vision Records, and our good friends at Reflections Records will once again be handling the vinyl for Europe. Pre-orders for these versions are also available on their respective websites. If you are attending This Is Hardcore 2007 in Philadelphia, please stop by and say "Hello". LifeLine Records will have a table set up next to our good friends at Organized Crime Records. We might even have some limited records available at this fest! Last but not least, we wanted to extend a huge thank you to Darius Qojak for all of his hard work on doing an incredible job with the artwork and layout for the "Midnight In America". If you have a moment you should check out his website at http://www.qojak.com.
06-04-07 - Quick update: The Modern Life Is War "My Love. My Way" LP pre-orders are finally being packed up to ship at this very moment. We apologize for the delays, but there were production problems with this release that we discovered after we recieved them and packed many of them up. The sleeves for the records were not glued properly and many of them were seperating. Every single order had to be double checked... We didn't want to send out any defective records so we had to go back check every record that was packed up, as well as all of the records that we are currently packing. Luckily not all the covers are defective so we are not stuck waiting for the printer to send us a new batch of covers! We thank you all for your patience and hope that everything will be shipped out to you in the next few days. For all you collectors out there, the color vinyl counts came out as 300 on white/yellow swirl and 1200 on black/gold swirl. The discography will be updated very soon and will include information on the ultra rare limited Modern Life Is War 7" that was raffled off to some lucky winners! The Kill Your Idols "Something Started Here" CD pre-orders will be sent out in the next few days as well. There is still plenty copies of the live bonus CD that includes a live radio set on "Crucial Chaos" WNYU and an alternate version of "Salmon Swim Upstream" that is different from the version on the "Salmon Swim Upstream" 7" just recently put out on Viscious Circle Records. Now, for a bit of good news...Modern Life Is War just recorded their next full length record during the month of April. As a little sneak preview LifeLine Records will be pressing a limited one time run of 2 new songs from the forth coming LP. This will be a 2-song 7" limited to only 500 copies! The next update will include pre-orders for this limited 7". If you are curious to hear what Modern Life Is War has written this time around, this will be your chance! The new record sounds amazing, once again they have written a new and original sounding hardcore album.
05-06-07 - We recieved confirmation that the KILL YOUR IDOLS 'Something Started Here' CD's and the MODERN LIFE IS WAR 'My Love. My Way' LP's are both being shipped from the pressing plants to us here at LifeLine Records as we speak. With the recieving, sorting, and packing of the orders (as well as our weekend trip to the East Coast for the final KYI shows), we expect to get all of these pre-orders shipped out within the next two weeks. Since we are in the final production stages before these two releases are finally available, we are now ending the sale of raffle tickets for the ultra-limited MODERN LIFE IS WAR 's/t' 7". Thank you to everyone that particpated in the raffle and the prizes will be shipped with the 'My Love. My Way' LP pre-orders. Good Luck!
04-13-07 - We’re excited to announce that we are now taking pre-orders on ANOTHER new release! Just in time for before they call it quits, LifeLine Records is releasing the KILL YOUR IDOLS ‘Something Started Here’ CD, which will be out in time for their last shows in May. This CD, featuring a hefty 38 tracks, will be a compilation of their rare and out of print songs they have recorded over the years, taken from various split 7” ’s and comps. As an extra bonus, the first 150 pre-orders purchased through our webstore will include a bonus limited edition ‘Live’ CD, which has 13 live tracks and an alternate studio version for the song ‘Salmon Swim Upstream’. Also, just for fun, we will include copies of all the different flyers that KILL YOUR IDOLS made for their final shows in New York. Get your orders in now by clicking here! The vinyl version of this release is available for pre-order as a limited five 7" box set from Get Outta Town Records. Words cannot express how happy we are to be releasing another record for KILL YOUR IDOLS before their demise. Just a reminder, we are still taking pre-orders for MODERN LIFE IS WAR's ‘My Love. My Way’ LP. The limited color vinyl version is just about sold out, but you can still pre-order the regular vinyl version and be eligible to enter the raffle for a copy of the MODERN LIFE IS WAR ‘s/t’ 7" on white/black swirl vinyl, limited to only 50 copies. Again, this limited 7" will not be offered for sale, so the only way to get this version is by winning it through the raffle. Both the KILL YOUR IDOLS ‘Something Started Here’ CD and the MODERN LIFE IS WAR ‘My Love. My Way’ LP will be shipping the 2nd week of May. In other release news, we are now completely sold out of the MODERN LIFE IS WAR's ‘Witness’ LP on purple vinyl. If you are looking to get a copy of this version, the band may still have copies available on their US tour with Death Before Dishonor, which run from April 28th thru May 19th. Deathwish Inc. will also have copies of ‘Witness’ on purple vinyl on their webstore very soon as well. Theses are your last 2 chances to get it on purple vinyl with the gatefold cover.
03-23-07 - We are now taking pre-orders for the re-issue of Modern Life Is War’s “My Love, My Way” LP! Head on over to our webstore and get your copy of this amazing release! Originally released by Martyr Records, this has been out of print on vinyl for years. Now, Modern Life Is War’s first full length LP will be back in print on vinyl, this time with an embossed cover and printed inner sleeve! For the pre-orders there will be two colors available: 300 on gold/black swirl for pre-orders, and a solid yellow/white swirl. The limited gold and black swirl vinyl will all be available on a first come, first served basis. As an extra bonus, if you pre-order the “My Love, My Way” LP through our webstore, you will be eligible to purchase some raffle tickets. The raffle tickets are $1.00 each, and it is your choice as to how many raffle tickets you would like to buy. To be entered into the raffle, go to our webstore and select the option to pre-order the “My Love, My Way” LP with however many raffle tickets you’d like to buy. The more you buy, the greater your chances are. THE PRIZE: We will be raffling off 40 copies of a special version of the Modern Life Is War 7”, pressed on white/black swirl vinyl with a limited sleeve. This version of the 7” is limited to only 50 copies total (the rarest version of this release), and will not be offered for sale, so the only way to get this version is through the raffle. [Note: This offer will end at the discretion of LifeLine Records. Winners will be selected and prizes sent out when the Modern Life Is War “My Love, My Way” LP pre-orders are ready to be shipped out. Odds of winning will be based on total number of raffle tickets sold. There is no cash value for the prizes, and no substitutions will be given.] Also, we will also be announcing an amazing new project from one of our favorite bands next week that we are currently putting the finishing touches on! Check back here next week for more information on this unannounced release, as well as ordering information. As always, we would to thank you for your continued support!
02-09-07 - Modern Life Is War has just signed to Equal Vision Records for the release of their next album, which they are currently working on. The album is set to be recorded in April at the Magpie Cage in Baltimore with J. Robbins. LifeLine Records is proud to announce that we will again be doing the vinyl for the new album. Also we want to wish our friend Chris Honeck, the former bass player of Modern Life Is War, the best of luck to his future endeavors. Tim Churchman of Spanish Bombs has now joined up with Modern Life Is War taking over the bass guitar. The re-issue of Modern Life Is War's "My Love, My Way" vinyl LP is being sent off to the pressing plan next week. Keep an eye on out for that, we will be taking pre-orders very soon! Modern Life Is War is about to hit the road once again in the Midwest for a short tour with The Geeks and Ambitions. Here are the tour dates: 2/18 - Kansas City, MO @ The Anchor In other Lifeline news, the Spanish Bombs 12" will be released after Modern Life Is War "My Love, My Way" is out. We are trying to get both of these releases out as soon as possible! The Deathcycle "s/t" LP on the limited red/black splattered vinyl is now sold out as well as The Suicide File "Live on WERS" 7". The Suicide File 7" will not be repressed, that was a one time run of 1,000 copies. As always thank you for checking in and your continued support! Be sure to check out our webstore, as new items are being added all the time, especially vinyl.
11-02-06 - Hey everyone, thanks for checking in! We are sorry for taking so long with updating the site. It's been a long time since the last update, but we have a lot of stuff in the works, so here we go with the latest news... First off, we're happy to announce the launching of the LifeLine Records Webstore. In celebration of this I have added a few LifeLine releases that haven't been available in some time, like the MLIW / KYI split 7" on PINK vinyl, The Suicide File 7" on RED vinyl, Japanese versions of both Modern Life Is War CD's that include bonus tracks, Modern Life Is War silk screened posters and a lot more, so take a look around. Some of these releases have a very limited quantity so move quick! Currently the Modern Life Is War "Witness" LP is being repressed, so we are now taking preorders for this release. The 3rd pressing of "Witness" will be on transparent Purple vinyl. Also, the LifeLine Records pressing of the Modern Life Is War "My Love, My Way" LP is almost finalized and will be sent off to the pressing plant very soon. No pre-orders on "My Love, My Way" LP just yet. The next update we will start taking pre-orders for "My Love, My Way". The Spanish Bombs have just released their debut 6-song CD EP on Chunksaah Records. We highly recommend you check out this great release! We will have some available soon in the webstore, but for now you can buy it at www.chunksah.com. Later this year. LifeLine Records will be releasing these songs as a one-sided 12" with plans for some amazing packaging! Please keep an eye out for that. Also, if you don't own a copy of the Spanish Bombs "brown bag" demo we have some in the webstore if you won't be able to see them on their upcoming tour. In regards to the Cardiac Arrest CD, we are doing all that we can to get all the planned releases out as soon as possible. First it will be Modern Life Is War "My Love, My Way" LP, then the Spanish Bombs one-sided 12", and then the Cardiac Arrest CD that will contain everything has been recorded. Here are the Tour dates for Modern Life Is War and for Spanish Bombs: Modern Life Is War: That's all for now, and as always we thank you for your continued support.
08-25-06 - Just a quick update: All pre-orders for the Suicide File 'Live On WERS' 7" have been sent out. If you haven't received it yet, you should be getting them shortly. We will also be able to give you more news about some of the upcoming releases with our next update. News that many of you are gonna love! We are also in the process of finishing up our new "on-line" store, which will not only have our LifeLine Records releases, but a ton of great records and CD's from various other labels. Check back here soon! In other news, I will be out of town for the next two weeks, traveling to Europe and the East Coast. Any orders sent submitted during that time will be processed as soon as I get back home. We thank you in advance for your patience and continued support.
06-28-06 - All the pre-orders for the Deathcycle LP and
final pressing of Modern Life Is War/Kill Your Idols 'Live on WLUW' 7” on orange vinyl have been shipped,
so you should be receiving yours copies soon! The Deathcycle LP has already received some great reviews.
Here is a review from Vice Magazine:
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