Wootie woo! Its time for another AvantTrash contest! This time we have teamed up with Filter Magazine to bring you into the world of The Republic Tigers! Hailing from Kansas City, the Tigers emerged from the ashes of Golden Republic and have been adding steam to their buzz train with a performance last Thursday on Letterman and an upcoming tour with Nada Surf! AliUptown herself of this very blog will be catching them June 8th at Ribfest in Chicago we suggest you do the same should they meander into your areas*.

Here is your chance to pick up their lovely new album Keep Color** as well as an awesome DAKINE Messenger Bag. This isn’t Target stuff, this is fancy bag you want to throw your iPods, Obama Buttons and Moleskine SketchBooks in and strap to your bagless vegan/indie/hipster butt.

There will be 2 winners for this contest:
- First Prize gets and autographed copy of the CD Keep Color along with a Republic Tigers T-Shirt.
- Grand Prize takes a copy of Keep Color as well as the DAKINE Medic Street Series over-the-shoulder travel bag, a favorite of The Republic Tigers. It retails for $60 if that makes you want to win it even more.

So get ready to roll up your right pant leg and ride your fixie down to the Pure Luck cause here comes the CONTEST!

The last contest was easy, this contest is an education! We want you to be smart enough to put some books into your brand new bag. The Republic Tigers hail from Kansas City, close to our old neck of the woods. And knowing what Midwest pride is all about I have decided to show you 4 pieces of Kansas City Paraphernalia (spellcheck, are you sure thats how thats supposed to look?) and all YOU have to do is NAME WHAT IS PICTURED (click to enlarge) and you’ll be entered to win! Send your answers to contest@avanttrash.com and 2 winners will be drawn and quartered at random after the contests’ end at 11:59pm PST on Sunday, June 1st. Here we go:

1. SUBJECT: ARTS & HUMANITIES

2. SUBJECT: SPORTS

3. SUBJECT: CURRENT EVENTS

4. SUBJECT: HISTORY

BONUS: THE FUTURE

Good Luck and stay tuned for reviews and photos from a long Memorial Day weekend!

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*Your geographic areas, not your other areas.
Republic Tigers Tour Dates:
MAY
28 Mt. Pleasant, SC - Village Tavern
29 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 w/The Helio Sequence
30 Athens, GA - Center Stage Theatre #
31 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits #
JUNE
1 Orlando, FL - The Social #
2 Miami, FL - Studio A #
3 St. Petersburg, FL - State Theatre #
5 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge #
6 Memphis, TN - TBA #
7 St. Louis, MO - Bluebird #
8 Chicago, IL - Ribfest Chicago #
9 Indianapolis, IN - The Music Mill #
10 Columbus, OH - The Basement #
11 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom & Tavern #
# w/ Nada Surf

**As heard on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip Girl and wherever modern alternative rock radio knows whats good for them.

OKAY FOLKS! After much ado here is AvantTrash’s FIRST GIVEAWAY! I mean sure, everyday we give away AMAZING links, reviews and commentary on all things entertainment, newsworthy pop culture. But now you get a chance to take home some free music, fresh gear and lightey disco’ey stuff compliments of Filter Magazine and SacramentOakland’s own party-pumpin’ dance rock-splosion, Wallpaper.

So here is the contest… Presented before you are 4 AMAZING T-Rexes (Rexi? Rexae?). Answer the Questions associated with each Terrible Thunder Lizard and you will win (1) Signed copy of Wallpaper.’s T-REX EP, (1) Wallpaper. T-Shirt, and (1) Fancy Disco Light to get your own party started! Sound Great?! Should multiple people answer correctly then I will select a winner at random (probably cointoss, maybe roll a die, or if all else fails, random number generator.

Ready? Here ya go:

T-Rex #1: Jim Henson made this wacky sitcom neighbor T-Rex. Who is he or who is he eating?	T-Rex #2: This T-Rex might have eaten someone’s prized Red Bicycle in a dream sequence.
T-Rex #3: Name the belated Flying V loving glam-rock dynamo frontman seen below:	T-Rex #4: Name the pint-sized human voice of this plastic T-Rex (Hint: “INCONCEIVABLE!”)

Think you got it? This contest ends May 12th @ 11:59pm. The winner will be announced (discreetly if preferred) by next Wednesday. Warm up your Googles and send your answers to contest@avanttrash.com