We’re excited to announce that the World Cafe will broadcast our session on Tuesday, June 29th. Be sure to tune in then!

National Public Radio’s World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on over 200 stations nationwide. Click here to find your local station or connect to the WXPN Philadelphia stream from anywhere worldwide here.

Today is such a huge day for us; it marks the release of our new album!

We know it’s tough out there these days and money can be real tight, so we are really excited that we were able to pull together a pretty sweet deal to make the new record available for only $2.99 at Amazon. We hope you will be able to make use of that low price as it will only be for the first 24 hours today, June 1st. Everyone that buys it helps us so much and allows us to keep doing what we love. We appreciate you all more than you could ever know.

Download GOOD OLD WAR today for $2.99!

Grand Prize: A private 30 minute Skype acoustic set just for you, playing your requests! You’ll also win tickets to the next Good Old War show in your area, passes to go backstage before the show, and a selection of Good Old War merch (a T-shirt, signed poster, and a copy of Good Old War on vinyl).

Ten runners up will receive a copy of the new album on vinyl, as well as a signed poster.

To enter, just complete ten of the following items by June 7th, all of which will be a huge help and much appreciated by us:

• Have 5 friends download “My Own Sinking Ship” for free here. (Give us a list of their email addresses so we can check that they’ve downloaded it!)
• Tweet something nice about “@goodoldwar” and include the tag “#music”. Bonus points if it’s a “#musicmonday” post.
• Post GOW’s “Glassroom Session” on your Facebook.
• Use one of the AIM icons located on the GOW MySpace page.
• Record and upload a YouTube cover of “Coney Island” using your own instruments or sing karaoke-style over this instrumental version.
• Spend a few minutes listening to your favorite GOW songs on Last.fm, YouTube, Spotify, Yahoo, MySpace – anywhere online!
• Listen to and comment on “I Should Go” on PureVolume.
• Create a Facebook event for either an upcoming show or the album release (June 1st). Invite all of your friends.
• RSVP to a show in your area on the Good Old War iLike page.
• Check out GOW’s Facebook and Twitter comments. Give one either a thumbs up or a re-tweet.
• Create your own flyer for the album or a show and post it where you can (and get permission where it makes sense). Student Unions? Message boards? Clubs? Coffee shops? Your fridge?
• Add your favorite Good Old War song to your MySpace player.
• Add a customer review to any Good Old War release on iTunes.
• Add a customer review to any Good Old War release on Amazon.com.
• Tweet, Facebook or email some friends with the link to GOW’s iTunes pre-order that features two unreleased tracks.

When you’re finished, send an email to thegoodoldwar@gmail.com listing everything that you’ve done. If you can take a screen shot or photo of what you’ve done, that will be great. If you just want to tell us, we’ll trust you, too. Include any links that you can – we’d love to see whatever you’ve got.

All runners-up will be chosen at random. The Grand Prize will be handed out to the entry that seems the all-around-coolest, so get creative!

Deadline: June 7th, 2010

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