Hello.

Well we hope everyone had a lovely holiday and safe New Year. We would like to thank all those involved in the show on December 30th it was a smashing success. The Southgate House especially Chris Schadler, 88.3 WAIF, all the bands who played Readymaid, East Arcadia, Ampline, and No Good Heroes. We will surely be playing with all of these bands again but in the meantime get out and see them when they are playing next. Lastly we would like to thank everyone who braved the treacherous weather conditions on Saturday to support all the bands, thank you so much. Just a few other things to update this time. Again if you have any questions about anything please drop us a line.

New Record- We have been working as dilligently as possible to finish up our new record. We have almost completed all of the recording/mixing so it shouldn't be too much longer until it will be done. As of right now it has a tentative release date sometime in March.

Merch- We have some new t-shirts, along with some new stickers that will be available very, very soon. Ideally no later than the end of this month.

Ordering- Just in case you don't know, you can now purchase anything from thistle via your credit card through the very secure paypal service. We have found (through our own use) that this is not only the cheapest way to shop on-line for both the consumer and the seller but it is the most secure.

Tour Dates- Right now we are planning lots of tour dates, so we can get out and support the new record. As of right now that will begin in late February, check the show dates page for the most confirmed dates.

We also wanted to put up a very brief list of our favorite records we are listening to lately. Here is our most recent top 5 in no paticular order.

1. The Weakerthans, Left And Leaving

2. The Jealous Sound, Jealous Sound EP

3. Don Caballero, American Don

4. Hey Mercedes, Hey Mercedes EP

5. Mock Orange, The Record Play

Thanks,

Mike, Toby, Rick