Exit Stencil is happy to announce our Free February month, where nearly our entire catalog will be available for free digital download!

This includes most full-length, 7", EP, and split releases, totaling around 20 records! No gimmicks, no asking for donations, no limit to the number of releases available to each person --- just a free chance to check out a bunch of bands that we've been happy to have had the chance to work with over the past couple of years.  Click on the banner above or here and get to downloading !

Please feel free to post, forward, tweet, or whatever, this to as many people as you'd like!

It's a new year,  it's a new decade, it's covered in snow . . . well at least it is here in Northeast Ohio.   Hopefully all the newness and in some cases the frozen wetness, have found you well.  ESR is prepping for a busy year with Like Bells about to jump in the studio, HotChaCha busy writing new material  for their next record, Mystery of Two in the middle of a couple video projects along with some other exciting things bubbling under the ice . . . er surface.            

Speaking of ice Mystery of Two is doing a residency at Arts Collinwood just down the street from the studio,  every Saturday in February with friends Filmstrip , Buried Wires, Freedom, and Founding Fathers.    There will also be a visual art display from Ryan, Nick, and Jeff in the Cafe part of Arts Collinwood.  All the events are free and really the only thing that should stop you from being there is, well, geography !?!

Things are clipping along as we zero in on the end of the year.  If you're in the Cleveland area Mystery of Two is playing a Holiday Show at the Beachland on Dec 23rd and HotChaCha is playing a New Years Party at Now That's Class Dec 31st.   We have some exciting things planned for 2010. More on that soon !

HotChaChaChaCha -  have you heard the new record?  Check it out.

Mystery of Two is playing in Chicago this weekend @ Ottoman Empire . It's a micro music fest and post " World Hello Day " party . . .  go and say hello.   M2 is also working on a new video,  more on that soon.

The New HotChaCha is out!   Go get it on LP / CD here.

The New HotChaCha disc is adding at Radio today !!! 

ESR heading to Brooklyn for the CMJ fest this year.   The Exit Stencil showcase is Saturday Oct 24th @ The Charleston 
174 Bedford Ave. between north 7th & 8th. Free Pizza with every drink!

Home and Garden - 9 pm
Like Bells - 10 pm
Mystery of Two   - 11 pm
HotChaCha - Midnight

HotChaCha and Mystery of Two made it back from tour!  Make sure and check out the HotChaCha release show in Clevo if you're around on Oct 16th at the Grog Shop.    The ladies new disc comes out nationally on Oct 27th! 

The Hot Mystery Tour is going down right now !  Join HotChaCha and Mystery of Two as they get all Cleveland on the East Coat and South.   Check the dates below and see you there !?!

All below are both HotChaCha and Mystery of Two
Oct 1 - Brooklyn, Ny @ Death By Audio ( HotCha) Charleston(M2)
Oct 2 - Asbury Park, Nj @ Asbury Lanes
Oct 3 - New York, New York @ Pianos
Oct 4 - Baltimore, Md @ Ruintown
Oct 5 - Harrisburg, Pa @ HMAC
Oct 6 - Washington DC @ The Velvet Lounge
Oct 7 - Norfolk, Va @ The Boot
Oct 8 - Charleston, Sc @ The Tin Roof
Oct 9 - Athens, Ga @ The Caledonia
Oct 10 - Atlanta, Ga @ Wonder Root

Check out this feature on Exit Stencil in the Cleveland Plain Dealer! 

The new Mystery of Two record is out!   M2 is hitting the  road next week in the Mid West then heading east  with labelmates HotChaCha.   Go say hello if you can . . . M2 also has a new website!  Check it out here.

Sep 22 - Chicago @ Ronny's
Sep 23 - St. Paul @ Big V's
Sep 24 - Lawrence @ The Replay Lounge
Sep 25 - St. Louis @ Lemmon's
Sep 26 - Cleveland @ The Bridge Project
Oct 1 - Brooklyn @ The Charleston w/ HotChaCha
Oct 2 - Asbury Park @ Asbury Lanes w/ HotChaCha
Oct 3 - New York @ Piano’s w/ HotChaCha
Oct 4 - Baltimore @ Ruintown w/ HotChaCha
Oct 6 - Washington DC @ The Velvet Lounge w/ HotChaCha
Oct 7 - Norfolk, Va @ The Boot w/ HotChaCha
Oct 8 - Charleston, Sc @ The Tin Roof w/ HotChaCha
Oct 9 - Athens, Ga @ The Caledonia w/ HotChaCha
Oct 24 - Brooklyn @ CMJ Showcase @ The Charleston

HotChaCha is  out on the road! ! !   Go see them,  dance with them, sing with them,  cry with them,  drink and have fun with them, get all real life with them.  What does it all mean?  No idea,  but go anyway!

Sep 10 THE MELODY INN Indianapolis, Indiana
Sep 11 THE FACTORY ROCHESTER, Michigan
Sep 13 BEAR’S PLACE BLOOMINGTON, Indiana

The New Mystery of Two Album comes out Sep. 15th !  

The New Mystery of Two Record comes out Sep 15th!!  Preorder it today on LP or Cd.   The Radio add date is Sep 1.  M2 will be heading to the midwest in late September,  check that below.

Sep 22 - Chicago @ Ronny's
Sep 23 - St. Paul @ Big V's
Sep 24 - Lawrence @ The Replay Lounge
Sep 25 - St. Louis @ Lemmon's
Sep 26 - tba  

M2 is also heading out with HotChaCha for a two week stretch in October,  more details on 'The Hot Mystery' tour soon!

HotChaCha is about to hit up the Midwest,  check those dates here.   The test presses came back sounding great ! So the LP is at press right now.   The Worlds Hardest Working Telescope & The Violent Birth of Stars  is coming out Oct 27th.  Get ready!

Exit Stencil is doing a CMJ Showcase Oct 24th @ the Charleston  in Williamsburgh.,. more info on that one soon.

Check out Mystery of Two performing live on Break Through Radio.

The HotChaCha discs are back from press!

Mystery of Two is back from tour and having a release party at the Beachland on Friday July 31st with HotChaCha and Dj's CK1 & Tony Merritt.    The show is at the Beachland Tavern it's $5 and starts at 9 pm.   Buy Tickets here!

Mystery of Two is on tour !

Jul 14   South Park Tavern                 Dayton, Oh
Jul 15   The Buccaneer                      Memphis, Tn
Jul 16   The Spring Water                  Nashville, Tn
Jul 17   The Caledonia Lounge          Athens, Ga
Jul 18   House Party                           Charlotte, Nc
Jul 19   House Party                           Charleston, Sc
Jul 21   The Triple                              Richmond, Va
Jul 22   The Velvet Lounge                Washington DC
Jul 23   The Red Planet                      Philadelphia, Pa
Jul 24   Comfort Dome                      Baltimore, Maryland
Jul 25   Death By Audio                    Brooklyn, New York - 10:15p
Jul 31  Beachland Tavern                  Cleveland, Ohio

Mystery of Two is playing with Man Man at the Rock Hall Wed. July 8th,  it's free, outside, and starts at 7 pm !    

HotChaCha and Mystery of Two are playing this Friday for  Ingenuity fest at Play House Square in downtown Cleveland.   M2 is on at 7:30 pm and HotCha at 9 pm    Hope to see you there.

Exit Stencil will have a booth set up at the Waterloo Arts Fest this Saturday in North Collinwood.   Home and Garden is also playing in the Beachland tavern for the event.   Stop out and say hello !

Mystery of Two, Hot Cha Cha, Blake Miller, and The Dreadful Yawns are all playing for the Made in the 216 event this weekend in Detroit Shoreway.     Check out this blurb on the Exit Stencil Messanger Bag which will be at the event too.

Check out a live set from Like Bells on Break Though Radio here. 

Like Bells are on tour right now and only have a few dates left this time around.
June, 15 - 8p - Gibson Hall@ Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
June, 17 - 8p - Langdon Street Cafe , Montpelier, VT
June, 19 - 9p - The Empire , Portland, ME
July, 11 - 8p- Sound Fix presents at Rooftop Films , NYC - $9

HotChaCha is back from tour!  Their new disc  The Worlds Hardest Working Telescope and the Violent Birth of Stars  is on the way back from mastering right now,  tons more on the way from HotCha.

Mystery of Two is playing with Man Man @ the Rock Hall July 8th,   outdoors if the weather permits!   The test press landed today,  M2 is gearing up for a July tour,  more on that soon.

The ESR Studio just finished installing a Neo Tek Series One Console !

Like Bells are gearing up for tour.   If you're in Cleveland swing through the Matinee on W. 25th Saturday May 23rd for the release party.  Otherwise check out all the tour dates here.

Hot Cha Cha is filming a video Saturday May 23rd @ Now That's Class. Shooting starts at 2 pm  followed by a live show at 5pm.   Swing out early and get down for the girls new video.

Mystery of Two's new record is at press right now and should be back in a couple weeks.   M2 is playing with the Meat Puppets in Cleveland on June 6th @ The Grog Shop.