Vanity Theft Releases New Single, Announces Remix Contest

Fresh off the road from a nationwide tour with Hunter Valentine and a few performances at SXSW, you'd think the Ohio rock quartet would take a breather. But instead the band is plowing forward, first with a month-long residency at Los Angeles' famed Club Moscow--the first band to have a residency there in four years--and releasing their new single "Rattle, Rattle" on April 26th.

The single will include remixes by HOUSE, Jesse Christenson and Tiny Bill. But the band's remix album, set for a summer release, could also include a remix from you. If you're one of the winners of Vanity Theft and music site Laptoprockers.com's mashup/remix contest that is.

“Laptoprockers are very happy to have Vanity Theft aboard for this remix contest. With five sexy songs to remix, this is our biggest contest to date! Thanks to Ableton and D16 Group Audio Software there are great prizes to win, while the best remixes are eligible for inclusion on Vanity Theft's remix album due out this summer," the site wrote.

 The contest runs from March 30th to May 20th. To enter click HERE.

Rattle Rattle by Vanity Theft

Vanity Theft Release Remix EP, Announce Club Moscow Performances

Vanity Theft's new album Get What You Came For, released back at the beginning of February, isn't the only new music the quartet is giving to theirs. The ladies are also dropping the remix EP Forget What You Came For, featuring remixes by Houses, Chris Murderbot and Jesse Christenson.

The EP is taste of remixes to come, as the band will release a full-length remix album this summer. Vanity Theft also will appear at Hollywood's Club Moscow every Wednesday night from March 23rd to April 13th, the club's first residency in years.The group will also perform at bMUSED's SXSW Showcase with Hunter Valentine on March 17th.

Download Forget What You Came For here. Look at the band's upcoming tour dates below.

2/17 - Scottsdale, AZ - The Rogue Bar
2/18 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
2/19 – Hollywood, CA – The Roxy
2/20 - San Francisco, CA - Milk Bar
2/23 – Portland, OR – Ash Street Station
2/24 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
2/25 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
2/26 - Salt Lake City, UT - Burts Tiki
2/27 – Denver, CO – The Lion’s Lair
3/1 - Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room
3/2 - St. Louis, MO – Ciceros
3/10 – Indianapolis, IN – Lizzard’s
3/11 – Columbus, OH – Kobo
3/12 – Dayton, OH – Blind Bob’s
3/17 – Austin, TX – Oil Can Harry’s (bMUSED SXSW Showcase)
3/23 – Hollywood, CA – Club Moscow
3/30 – Hollywood, CA – Club Moscow
4/6 – Hollywood, CA – Club Moscow
4/13 – Hollywood, CA – Club Moscow

Vanity Theft Premiere Music Video, Release Album Digitally

Vanity Theft, the all-girl quartet from Ohio, seem hellbent on reviving the rough and tough riot-grrl ethos typified by female artists like Sleater-Kitty, Joan Jett and Bikini Kill, while also offering punky dance tunes similar to The Ting Tings. Or as bassist Lalaine Paras succinctly put it: “We may have vaginas, but we’re not pussies.”

That defiant-but-playful attitude is on full display in the band's video for their first single, the catchy and lyrically blunt "Anatomy" (draw your own conclusions about what the girls are singing about) from their new album Get What You Came For. The album is currently available digitally on Vigilante/Adamant Records, and will be released physically on March 1st.

The band also begins a North American tour with Hunter Valentine February 2nd. Touring is nothing new to the band though, who steadily built a following with successful stints on the 2009 Warped Tour and national road shows with acts like Sick of Sara.

The girls can put on their boogie shoes when required, as the drum n' bass-style remix of "Limb From Limb" by Chicago's Chrissy Murderbot proves. Check out the video for "Anatomy," as well the remix for "Limb From Limb" and a list of tour dates below:

Vanity Theft-"Limb From Limb (Chrissy Murderbot Remix)"



2/2 - New York, NY - The Knitting Factory
2/3 - Philadelphia, PA - The M Room
2/4 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
2/5 - Charlotte, NC - The Milestone
2/7 - Atlanta, GA - Purgatory
2/9 - Webster, TX - Club Eden
2/10 - Austin, TX - Emo's
2/11 - San Antonio, TX - Korova
2/12 - Dallas, TX - Sue Ellen's
2/13 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory
2/15 – El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace
2/17 - Scottsdale, AZ - The Rogue Bar
2/18 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
2/19 – Hollywood, CA – The Roxy
2/20 - San Francisco, CA - Milk Bar
2/23 – Portland, OR – Ash Street Station
2/24 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
2/25 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
2/26 - Salt Lake City, UT - Burts Tiki
2/27 – Denver, CO – The Lion’s Lair
3/1 - Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room
3/2 - St. Louis, MO - Ciceros
3/4 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
3/5 - Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
3/10 - Indianapolis, IN - Lizard's (free show)
3/11 - Columbus, OH - Kobo
3/12 - Dayton, OH - Blind Bob's