FILTER Magazine and Full Sail University want you to Enter the Essential Vinyl Collection Giveaway and indulge in the music junkie's healthiest habit - vinyl! One lucky winner will recieve a Crosley Archive Portable USB Turntable and the following must-have titles for any record collection, hand-picked by FILTER's editors:

Featured Albums:

Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion
A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory
Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation...
Dirty Three, Horse Stories
Beach House, Devotion
The Soft Pack, The Soft Pack
Department of Eagles, In Ear Park
Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Bonnie "Prince" Billy, I See a Darkness
Bad Brains, Black Dots

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Athens band Twin Tigers are bursting wholeheartedly onto the scene. With their latest album Gray Waves released recently via Old Flame Records, the band will take their upbeat sound to SXSW, hitting a few showcases while they're there. To celebrate the release of their new album, the band is treating one lucky fan to a prize pack, complete with a limited edition blue vinyl pressing of Gray Waves, an extremely rare 7" (Only 300 were pressed!) and a t-shirt- presumably to wear while you listen to your new vinyl.

If you happen to be making it down to Austin, be sure to check out the band. Regardless, enter below, and good luck!

Twin Tigers at SXSW
3/16 Tuesday
7:30pm Twin Tigers at SXSW Kickoff Party @ The Parish w/Sarah Jaffe, The Kissaway Trail, Turbo Fruits, Classixx, Auto Body, The Black and White Years, The Bright Light Social Hour

3/17 Wednesday
10am Twin Tigers WOXY.Com Radio Session

3/18 Thursday
2:15pm Twin Tigers at Rumble Day Party @ Shangri La w/Megaphonic Thrift, The Ettes, Apes of Wrath, more
5pm Twin Tigers at Sonic Itch Music Day Party @ the Independent w/Ty Segall, Ringo Deathstarr, Golden Ages, Sisters, Futurebirds
 
3/19 Friday
12:30pm Twin Tigers at Sneak Attack Day Party @ Clive Bar w/Jukebox the Ghost, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Speak, The Spring Standards, Danny Ross
9pm Twin Tigers Official SXSW Showcase @ Emos Annex WOXY.Com Showcase w/Bear in Heaven, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Crystal Antlers, French Miami, TV Torso

3/20 Saturday
1:30pm Twin Tigers at Old Flame/Obscure Magpie Day Party @ Encore w/Ume, Black and White Years, Dead Confederate, Shipla Ray, Ha Ha Tonka, Transfer, more
4:45pm Twin Tigers at 40 Watt Party @ Side Bar w/Futurebirds, Dead Confederate, James Husband, The Whigs, Camper Van Beethoven
6:30pm Twin Tigers at Yelp Party @ Iron Gate Lounge w/Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Olaf Arnalds, Rafter, Fyfe Dangerfield, More

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There's nothing like a good cover song. It can liven up the crowd on any given day and if done correctly, can become a staple to jolt any hint of staleness in a bands arsenal. LA duo the bird and the bee, have taken it a step further and are gearing up to release their new record, a sincere and awesome love letter to the incomparable Hall & Oates. Before Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates drops later this month, your buddies here at FILTER want to hook you up with this rad the bird and the bee prizepack!

One lucky winner will receive a copy of the entire bird and the bee CD discography (Interpreting The Masters Volume 1, 2009's Ray Guns Aren't Just The Future and their self-titled 2007 debut), a band t-shirt and a copy of Interpreting The Masters on vinyl.

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Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates hits stores March 23rd courtesy of Blue Note.
 

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Shout Out Louds' latest album, Work, was released last month via Merge Records, and the band spared no creative expense when drafting the new material.

Lead singer Adam Olenius wrote many songs while living in Melbourne, Australia, in a tiny room with a little synthesizer, an acoustic guitar, and GarageBand on his laptop. He passed them on to the rest of the band who listened closely from their corners of the world, questioning and challenging him—like a good band should—until the songs that make up Work had all passed the test, made the cut, and lived to tell the story.

FILTER is here to celebrate their creative process behind the release of Work, and reward one lucky winner with a Shout out Louds gift bundle! One lucky winner will get One copy of Our Ill Wills on vinyl, One copy of Work on vinyl, one Shout Out Louds Work button, and one poster each for Our Ill Wills & Work. The band will head on tour this spring, so be sure to check them out if they hit up a city near you. Enter below, and good luck!

Shout Out Louds Tour Dates
March
1-Brooklyn, NY- Music Hall of Williamsburg
May
2- Washington, DC- 9:30 Club
3- Philadelphia, PA- First Unitarian Church
5- New York, NY- Webster Hall
6- Boston, MA- Paradise Rock Club
10- Chicago, IL- Lincoln Hall
11- Minneapolis, MN- The Varsity Theater
15- Seattle, WA- Neumo's
16- Portland, OR- Doug Fir
18- San Francisco, CA- Great American Music Hall
20- San Diego, CA- House of Blues
21- Los Angeles, CA- El Rey Theatre

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Midlake's orchestral new record, The Courage of Others is out now, via Bella Union. In addition to the release, an upcoming tour and SXSW spot, the band was featured in a short film helmed by former pro-skater and Kevin Smith favorite Jason Lee. Here at FILTER, we're super stoked about the new release, and we're celebrating it with a very special Midlake prize pack.

For a band so inspired by the musicians of the 1970's, what better to include in a prize pack than vinyl? One lucky winner will recieve a full-length vinyl copy of The Courage of Others, a limited-edition 12" single for "Acts of Man," and a Midlake T-shirt. Enter below, vinyl lovers, and good luck! Listen to The Courage of Others in full below.

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