It’s time for another giveaway here at You Ain’t No Picasso and this is a pretty massive one. This time we are giving away an assortment of vinyl records from Karate Body in Louisville to one lucky fan. LPs we’re giving away California Guitar Trio, Andromeda LP / Metallic Letterpress Cover, the only record in the band’s [...]

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I’m presenting this Thursday’s Cheyenne Marie Mize show at Cosmic Charlies. It’s a bill with CMM and the Matt Duncan Band, can you get two local groups with brighter futures? I doubt it. To enter to win tickets, leave a comment with your name and email address. I’ll pick a winner at random on Wednesday. [...]

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As I’ve said before, the way I decide what to use for giveaways is simple: would I be very excited to win a copy of this? And in the case of Gig Posters vol 2: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century I would be very excited. To enter to win, Like YANP’s Facebook page [...]

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As always, I’m super excited to be giving away tickets to a great show in our neighborhood. This time around it’s Real Estate at Cosmic Charlie’s. But since it’s a show that pretty much everyone I know is looking forward to attending, I thought I’d make it a little harder this time… To enter to [...]

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While I was watching Beirut at the Kentucky Theater I hit a little milestone. After running this site for juuust under seven years, I hit 10 million hits. While I know that’s about a month of hits for Pitchfork, it’s still a nice, round number that makes me feel good. So to celebrate that (and [...]

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MP3: Mister Heavenly – Pineapple Girl I’m thrilled to be co-presenting the Mister Heavenly show at Cosmic Charlies on Friday. I might be even more thrilled, however, that I get to offer two YANP readers the chance to see the show for free. To enter to win tickets to Mister Heavenly at Cosmic Charlies, leave [...]

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PRBHTN Opening reception featuring a DJ set by Passion Pit Friday, 11/11/11 9 p.m. – 3 a.m. BUSTER’S – 899 Manchester St (new location!) $20; 18+ In case you haven’t heard, due to permit restrictions, the newest party in town that was poised to compete with Beaux Arts Ball for the “craziest warehouse party in [...]

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Lexington artist Andy Heath entered this design in Rupp Arena’s contest to design a poster for this Thursday’s Avett Brothers show at Rupp Arena. He didn’t win, but decided to give away three prints of his awesome design anyway. I’m not 100%, but I think five or fewer of these were ever made. I’m giving [...]

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MP3: Dolfish – Digitized Love Letters I love doing giveaways. I love ‘em even more when it’s something rare or special. Today’s giveaway is just that. Here’s a test pressing of the new Dolfish EP on Afternoon Records. It’s great pop that reminds me of Fishboy, another YANP favorite. To enter to win a test [...]

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