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The Southside Fort Worth community has recently lost a dear friend. Mark Armstrong died this week due to complications related to his respiratory problems. Mark was a fixture at 1919 Hemphill, always greeting show-goers with a friendly “How y’all doin’ tonight?” Mark went to more shows at 1919 Hemphill than anybody else and 1919 will not be the same without him and his Yorkie Sunshine. A memorial service will be held at 10 AM on Thursday January 13 at Hope Works Ministries, 2 blocks north of 1919 at 1701 Hemphill St. We encourage anybody who knew Mark to attend.

Life Exposed
Fighting Chance
Native Son

Truth
Modern Pain
Steel Bearing Hand
Band of Mercy (Houston)

Inky Skulls: Folk-pop from Bloomington, Indiana. Two people with an electric Ukulele and a Bass and electronic drums beats. Songs about magic, freedom, chaos and friendship. Members of Ghost Mice. This tour will feature additional instrumentation by Pascaloo and Geoffry-The-Door (IN)

Anti-Sociales: Fast and fun pop-punk from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Spanish lyrics and awesome sing alongs. (Puerto Rico)

Eric Ayotte: Singer songwriter from Bloomington, Indiana. On plan-it-x records. He also makes really funny short movies and does a film fest called The Gadabout Film Fest.(IN)

Un Final Fatal: Emo-punk/Hardcore from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Spanish lyrics and driving beats. (Puerto Rico)

TBA

Media Blitz-Socal thrash punx

No Master-Kansas City D-Beat

downpour.-Arlington fast hardcore

TBA

ALL LOCAL $5

Dead Line DFW HC punx

Occult Detective Club Denton power pop

Completely Fucked FW fast and nerdy

Special Guest FW poppy punx

Slimelight DFW Dbeat

CodeXRed (NV)

Definite Choice

TBA

It’s my birthday & I rage if I want to! And by rage I mean have a free show with some of my favorite bands! Oh yeah, there’s also gonna be a root beer keg, not a little Virgil’s keg either. We’re gonna have a legit keg filled with Abita Root Beer. $2 will get you all the root beer you can drink. No free cups, no sharing. Don’t be a jerk!

Innards-Texas’ best skramz

Raging Boner-Denton’s best pop-punk

Recide-Some of Austin’s best hardcore punk

Genius Party-Some of Fort Worth’s best pop-punk

Two Knights-DFW’s most emotional two piece

Make sure to bring some cash for root beer and to donate to Recide.
-ramon

Clarke and the Himselfs- Straight outta busking the streets of New Orleans comes the folky wierdness of Clarke and the Himselfs Clarke plays acoustic guitar with backing track and sometimes an assortment of other instruments. One person described it to me as a scary version of the Beach Boys. (New Orleans, LA)

Deanna Valone:  Plays jazz and classical guitar. Bloody fingers and all. (FW)

Giddy Up Nailbiter: Joseph playing solo songs pretty reminiscent to Beck’s older stuff.

Moved to Spiral Diner Fort Worth (1314 W. Magnolia) 9:30 PM. Bring donations for the touring band.

Innards – FW Dad-core
Father Figure – Denton flavor of the week
Spacebeach – Stoner jamz, but in a good way
Big Fiction – LOUD
God Townes (San Antonio) – Gloomy as fuck

Japanther (NY):  Noisy bass and drum duo with a cassette backing track. They play fast upbeat yet angry songs. They’ve been around for a time and should be seen at least thirteen times. (Brooklyn, NY)

Special Guest: Fort Worth bitter punx.

New Science Projects: Rock n’ roll music that would terrify your grandmother. (Denton)

Downpour: Powerviolence! (Arlington)

1919 recently had a little bit of bad luck that resulted in the front window being smashed out by a few neighborhood kids. There was a gun involved and Rick got punched in the face. We weren’t going to make a big deal about it, but the Dallas Observer wrote an article about it, so I felt I should acknowledge it. Rick is OK and the window is replaced. If you want to help out financially, buy a comp at a show or here or just come out to an event to show your support. Read Rick’s account of what happened here.

Heat Dust: Fuzzed out punk with a grungy side. (New Orleans, LA)

Servus: noisy chaotic hardcore, for fans of Majority Rule. (NE)

Swamp Walk: Rock n’ Roll for those who like to party. (NE)

Innards: Skramzzz? (DFW)

Moon Titan: Members of Power Trip playing stoner shoegaze style songs. (DFW)

-Parker/Rick

Breaking Ground (WA)
Black Ice (IA)
Overlooked (NC)
HumanError (FTW)
Truth (FTW)

Arms Aloft – DIY pop punk from WI.

Not Half Bad – DFW taco-core

Genius Party – FW grown-up-core

Half Truths – DFW pop punk

Occult Detective Club: Denton power pop punx

Bits of Kids: Arlington gruff country punk

Black Wine: Ex-Ergs/Hunchback grungy punk

Brick Mower: New Jersey garagey pop punk

Signals Midwest: Cleveland emo/punk

The Fort Worth Weekly’s cover story this month is an article about 1919 Hemphill. You can read it here.

Big thanks to Jimmy Fowler for putting the article together and Cri, Amy and Emily for contributing interviews to the story! We are really excited about this!

This article means we won’t have to worry about money anymore, right!?

1919′s second compilation CD How Y’all Doin’ Tonight? is now for sale at all 1919 shows. We will be selling them for $5 – $8 sliding scale. They have hand-screened, hand-glued DIY covers, a huge insert and 28 tracks featuring:

Onion Flavored Rings, Bleach Boys, ANS, The Shortest Distance, God Equals Genocide, Abiku, Trifle Tower, Can Kickers, Halo Fauna, Nouns Group, I Object!, Heartstring Stranglers, Brickfight, Japanther, Drug Mountain, Ghost Mice, Lemuria, The Pharmacy, Jubilee, The Extraordinaires, O’ Pioneers!, Orange Coax, Best Fwends, Teenage Cool Kids, Prizzy Prizzy Please, High Anxieties, Hulksmash and Boogdish

Pick one up at the next 1919 show or online by clicking below! The CD cost online is $9 including shipping.

Thanks for everybody who donates whenever we have rough months. We haven’t had to ask in a very long time and you guys constant support the last 7.5 years has kept us open. Our rent is very cheap and that’s how we manage to keep afloat.
On that note, our cool older brother 924 Gilman in Berkely California is not doing so hot. Their rent is going up $2,700 a month! 924 Gilman is the longest running DIY space in the world and we would all be very sad if it shut down. They are currently taking donations and are offering free shirts with a $25 donation.
Please feel free to throw some of that money you might give to 1919 Hemphill their way. http://www.924gilman.org/blog/

I made a new 1919 website! After years of trying to move to CMS, I finally took the plunge and started using WordPress. So far it’s super great! I am really stoked about the potential for this site. Let me know if you have any suggestions for the new site and I will constantly be updating it and adding the pictures and videos back on it.