We are giving away three (3) pairs of tickets to see the drug-fueled double feature of Cisco Pike and Dusty And Sweets McGee this Friday, August 27th at the Silent Movie Theatre. Cisco Pike is the 1971 film starring Kris Kristofferson as a musician who has fallen on hard luck and turns to dealing marijuana when he’s blackmailed by crooked cop Gene Hackman. It also features Karen Black, Harry Dean Stanton, Antonio Fargas and Texas musician Doug Sahm. Dusty and Sweets McGee, also from 1971, features a “straight” couple who dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts. The screenings are part of the Cinefamily’s month long L.A. Burnouts series. To win tix, e-mail whenyouawakela @ gmail.com (subject: Cisco Pike) and tell us what your favorite tune about drugs is. Include your first and last name in the email. Three winners will be picked and contacted.

Kris Kristofferson and Doug Sahm in Cisco Pike

We are giving away two (2) pairs of tickets to see Bobby Bare, Jr. on Tuesday, August 31 at The Echo. The show is 18 + with Blue Giant and Stephen Brower and the Silent Majority supporting. To win tix, e-mail whenyouawakela @ gmail.com (subject: Bobby Bare Jr) and tell us what your favorite late summer jam is. Include your first and last name in the email. Two winners will be chosen and contacted.

Bobby Bare Jr.- Gun Show

We are giving away two pairs of tickets to attend FYF Fest on Saturday, September 4th at the Los Angeles State Historic Park. When You Awake favorties AA Bondy, Vetiver and Local Natives are playing amongst a host of others. To win tix, you must tell me in haiku form why you’d like to attend. That’s 17 syllables broken up into three lines (5-7-5.)

If you want to win
A Haiku that will delight
For me you must write

Email your haiku, full name, email address and phone number to whenyouawakela at gmail dot com (subject: FYF Fest). Two winners will be picked and contacted.

We are giving away one copy of These United States‘ brand new record, What Lasts. To win, email whenyouawakela @ gmail.com (subject: States) and tell us what your favorite state is and a song about that state. Include your full name and mailing address. One winner will be picked and contacted. The band is currently on tour and will be stopping in Los Angeles on Friday, August 13th. They will be performing at Spaceland alongside San Francisco’s Or, The Whale and North Carolina’s Electric Owls. Check out their complete tour dates, which includes shows with Trampled By Turtles, Those Darlins and The Deep Dark Woods, plus an MP3 for their single, “The Great Rivers”, after the jump.

These United States- City & Streets

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We are giving away a pair of tickets to attend Pickathon 2010 on August 6-August 8th. The Indie Roots Music Festival features 44 bands on 5 different stages, and all in the natural setting of an 80 acre farm just 20 minutes outside of Portland, Oregon. When You Awake favorites Bonnie Prince Billy, Dr Dog, Breathe Owl Breathe, Langhorne Slim, Fruit Bats, Chatham County Line, Sam Quinn, Jill Andrews, Woody Pines and so many more are performing. Basically, it’s our dream festival. To win a pair of tix, you must tell me in haiku form why you’d like to attend the festival. That’s 17 syllables broken up into three lines (5-7-5.) Email your haiku and full name to whenyouawakela at gmail dot com (subject: Pickathon). One winner will be picked and contacted. A sample haiku and the full lineup is after the jump.

Breathe Owl Breathe leads the wave at Pickathon 2009

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The new Leslie and The Badgers 7″ for their single “Los Angeles” is out today via Trailer Fire Records. “Los Angeles” originally appeared on their 2009 record, Roomful of Smoke, which is set to be re-released by Nashville label Thirty Tigers on August 17. We are very pleased to have two copies of the 7 ” to give away to our lovely readers. To win a copy, email whenyouawakela @ gmail.com (subject: Leslie) and tell us what your favorite song about Los Angeles is. Include your full name and mailing address. Three winners will be picked and contacted.

MP3: Leslie and the Badgers- Los Angeles

We are giving away four (4) pairs of tickets to attend The Echo and Grand Ole Echo Presents Roots Roadhouse on Saturday, July 31st. The show is an all ages, two room festival at The Echo and Echoplex and features performances by Dave Alvin, Red Simpson, Leslie and the Badgers, The Chapin Sisters, The Whispering Pines, Frontier Ruckus, Olin and the Moon and many, many more (I do believe there are about 18 bands total!). To win tix, e-mail whenyouawakela @ gmail.com (subject: Roots Roadhouse) and tell us who your favorite classic country singer is (in honor of our own musical “roots”). Include your first and last name in the email. Four winners will be picked and contacted. The lineup is after the jump and we’ve included a link for discounted tickets if you’d prefer to secure your tix that way.

MP3: Chatham County Line- She (buy)
MP3: Whispering Pines- Crazy Mama (JJ Cale cover) (buy)
MP3: Chapin Sisters- Digging A Hole
MP3: Leslie and the Badgers- Silly (Deniece Williams cover) (buy)

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Our Graham Nash record giveaway is now closed! To win a copy of Be Yourself,  the brand new tribute album featuring Nash covers by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Vetiver, Port O’Brien, Robin Pecknold of the Fleet Foxes and more, folks were asked to send in their favorite Graham Nash pictures. Check out the winning entries above (all winners have been contacted). Congrats!

We are giving away three cd copies of the new Graham Nash tribute record, Be Yourself (out now via Grass Roots Record Co). The album features covers of tunes from Nash’s 1971 LP Songs for Beginners by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Vetiver, Port O’Brien, Robin Pecknold of the Fleet Foxes and many more (complete tracklisting is after the jump). To win a copy, email whenyouawakela @ gmail.com (subject: Graham) and send us your favorite Graham Nash photo. Include your name and mailing address. Three winners will be picked and contacted. 

Graham Nash (with David Crosby)- Simple Man

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We are giving away three (3) pairs of tickets to see Josh Ritter and the Carolina Chocolate Drops on Wednesday, June 23rd at the Henry Fonda Theater. The ticket winners will also score a signed copy of Ritter’s new record, So Runs The World Away (out now via Pytheas Records), to be picked up at the show.

If you want to win
A Haiku that will delight
For me you must write

Yes, that’s right. To win, you must tell me in haiku form why you would like to win. The proper format is 17 syllables broken up into three lines (5-7-5.) Email your haiku, full name and mailing address to whenyouawakela at gmail dot com (subject: Josh Ritter).  Three winners will be picked and contacted.

Josh Ritter- The Curse