Paper + Plastick has a free We Are The Union sampler available here.
Regarding this particular release P+P head honcho Vinnie Fiorello said
“If you don’t know WE ARE THE UNION then here’s 3 songs for you to get to know them. A little Less Than Jake, add Wonder Years, and a bit of Lifetime all rolled together. We have always loved WATU and now you have a short musical history lesson to know why”.
Rare Breed Recording Company, the ska/reggae/soul-label run by Obi Fernandez and Vinnie Fiorello of Less Than Jake/Paper+Plastick/formerly of Fuelled By Ramen) are offering a free label sampler.
01: Obi Fernandez – It Happens to Me
02: The Pomps – A Shaky Truce
03: Jukebox 101 – I Believe
04: Passafire – Out of Sight (Appear courtesy of Easy Star Records)
05: Western Standard Time – I Want Justice featuring Vic Ruggiero
06: Westbound Train – Stranded
07: The Skints – Friends & Business (Appear courtesy of Easy Star Records)
08: The Toasters – House of Soul (Rarebreed Version)
09: The Movement – Rescue
10: The Slackers – Like a Virgin (Rarebreed Version)
11: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Mr. Cop (Appear courtesy of Easy Star Records)
12: The Rarebreed Allstars featuring The Attack – The KKK Took My Baby Away
13: Penny Reel – To Be Hungry
14: The Brooklyn Attractors – Jamaica Bay
15: King Django – I Promised
Less Than Jake will be turning their latest studio album See The Light into four live sets. On February 16 2015, to celebrate their upcoming tour across the US, UK and Europe, they will be releasing each recording via high quality digital mp3 in four separate volumes.
The recordings are taken from Glasgow, Scotland (full setlist/order page here and stream here) Houston, TX (full setlist/order page here), Italy (full setlist/order page here) and Antwerp, Belgium (full setlist/order page here).
Commenting upon the recordings Roger Lima said “some of the recordings are directly recorded off the mixing board, others taken using small microphones”.
Vinnie Fiorello added “None of these recordings are doctored in any way. We wanted to be archivists of a moment in time; not surgically reconstruct the recording after the fact”.
Feb 10: The Pageant – St Louis, MO
Feb 12: Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO
Feb 13: Murray Theater – Murray, UT
Feb 14: Hard Rock Live – Las Vegas, NV
Feb 15: Knitting Factory – Reno, NV
Feb 16: The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA
Feb 17: Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
Feb 18: The Grove – Anaheim, CA
Feb 19: House Of Blues – San Diego, CA
Feb 20: House Of Blues – West Hollywood, CA
Mar 04: O2 Academy – Glasgow, UK
Mar 05: O2 Academy – Birmingham, UK
Mar 06: O2 Academy – Newcastle, UK
Mar 07: Nottingham Rock City – Nottingham, UK
Mar 09: KOKO – London, UK
Mar 10: KOKO – London, UK
Mar 12: Academy – Manchester, UK
Mar 13: O2 Academy – Bristol, UK
Mar 14: O2 Academy – Leeds, UK
Mar 16: La Cigale – Paris, FR
Mar 17: Batschkapp – Frankfurt, DE
Mar 18: Backstage Werk – Munich, DE
Mar 20: C- Club – Berlin, DE
Mar 21: Marktalle – Hamburg, DE
Mar 22: Live Music Hall – Koln, DE
Mar 24: Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, DK
Mar 25: Klubben – Stockholm, SE
Mar 27: Nosturi – Helsinki,FI