Shoes News

SHOES to play showcase at SXSW in March! 

For the first time in their career SHOES will be traveling to Austin, TX to play a showcase gig at the SXSW Music Convention in early March!  The music distribution company CD Baby asked the band to perform at their showcase stage and appear on one of their discussion panels.  The dates and venues may change, but the latest info we have is that the short set would be on March 13th at a club called Holy Mountain and the panel discussion is tentatively set for March 15th.  These are only preliminary dates, as…Read more

New T-Shirts Help Commemorate the Release of early SHOES LPs on VINYL! 

November 13th is a special day for SHOES fans with the official release by The Numero Group of the first 2 SHOES LPs that were originally recorded in 1975; "One In Versailles" and "Bazooka" on VINYL!  To help commemorate the occasion, Shoeswire is making available a Bazooka t-shirt of the newly created album cover art, along with other shirt designs including Ignition, Black Vinyl Shoes (featuring John's original cover art painting), Present Tense, Tongue Twister, Black Vinyl Records logo, a commemorative…Read more

The Numero Group begins accepting Pre-Orders for 4 vinyl SHOES LPs! 

The Numero Group, Chicago's preeminent boutique, re-issue label has begun accepting pre-orders for the upcoming vinyl releases of the 4 SHOES, "pre-Elektra" LPs; One In Versailles, Bazooka, Black Vinyl Shoes and Pre-Tense (the Present Tense demos)!  Known for their superior packaging and "attention to detail" quality (hey, they were nominated for a Grammy last year!), The Numero Group has gone to great lengths reproducing the original artwork and creating new art for the Bazooka and Pre-Tense Lps (which…Read more

35 Years-The Definitive Shoes Collection CD release on Oct. 2nd offers limited autographed copies! 

On Oct. 2nd Real Gone Music will release the NEW, CD compilation; "35 Years-The Definitive Shoes Collection 1977-2012".  They will be offering autographed copies to the first 50 orders!  This 21 song retrospective features newly re-mastered versions of tracks culled from every album released from 1977's "Black Vinyl Shoes" to 2012's "Ignition" and features extensive liner notes and an exclusive interview with the band.  You can read more or pre-order directly from their website; www.realgonemusic.com/news/2Read more

Ignition CD launches in Japan today! 

Air Mail Recordings releases the Ignition CD in Japan today!  We're told that the release has a limited-edition  "2 for 1" deal which includes the new Ignition CD along with a CD single of Too Late. 
                                                            

Now you can buy SHOES at your local record store! 

We just inked a deal with Super D for distribution of Shoes music in brick-n-mortar stores nationwide. So the next time you're in your favorite indie record store, look for us there.

Real Gone Music’s CD release, 35 Years—The Definitive Shoes Collection, due out October 2, 2012! 

Real Gone Music, a reissue label dedicated to serving both the collector community and the casual music fan, has partnered with Shoes to put together this new, career retrospective CD; "35 Years—The Definitive Shoes Collection" which includes 21 tracks chosen by Shoes and taken from all eight of their studio albums that saw an official release, from 1977's "Black Vinyl Shoes" through 2012's "Ignition"!  Due out on Oct. 2nd.

Read more here.