Vinyl Collective is giving you a chance to win an autographed copy of Cake’s new 7″ Boxset, “Showroom of Compassion”. To enter all you have to do is head over to our forum thread here and post! The release is limited to 5,000 copies with each 7″ a different color (Orange, Yellow, Blue, Red, White, and Clear) and can be purchased here.

Enter The Vinyl Collective Contest Here

Cake has also released a Movember Mustache Man Postcard contest! The band is releasing an online postcard that allows fans to insert a photo of themselves into a template and send a special greeting to a friend or loved one. Check it out here

Participants can submit photos of their mustaches in one of the following categories: “The Largest,” “The Most Nostalgic,” or “The Most Dangerous.” Submissions will be accepted through December 3, and the winners in each category will be chosen by the band and announced on December 6.

The Mylene Sheath is now pre ordering a limited edition Giants Self Titled 7″ on various colors. In honor of this release we have teamed up to give away some limited vinyl and a test pressing! Three lucky people will win one of these prizes:

GRAND PRIZE - test press with a hand screened jacket (limited to 10)
FIRST RUNNER UP – set of the 7″ on all three colors: olive green marble (limited to 100), opaque maroon (limited to 100), transparent gold (limited to 300)
SECOND RUNNER UP – copy of the 7″ on olive green marble (limited to 100)

All you have to do to enter is reply “enter me” in THIS Vinyl Collective Forum thread. Head over HERE to pre order the 7″

To coincide with the release, we have teamed up with Side One Dummy to run a test pressing contest that will be up now through June 15th. For your chance to win a test pressing here is what you have to do:

Step 1: Follow @Vinylcollective on Twitter
Step 2: Follow @BigDBoston on Twitter
Step 3: Follow @Side_one_dummy
Step 4: ReTweet: Win a test press of the new Big D LP. Follow and RT @Vinylcollective @BigDBoston & @Side_one_dummy to win! Details @ vinylcollective.com/

Clifton Motel Records will be releasing Mansions “Dig Up The Dead” on limited edition vinyl on May 24th. To coincide with the release, we’re teaming up with the label to run a test pressing contest that will be up now through the end of May. The contest is free to enter and we will be giving away one test pressing (out of 04), and one copy of the rarest color, solid pink (out of 50). Also, each record will come with a limited edition letter-pressed 8.5×11″ poster, each labeled “AP/100″. We will announce the two winners on June 1st!

Full details on how to enter the contest are below, along with the pressing information for the release.

Head over to the Clifton Motel Webstore to pre-order the album, along with the rest of the label’s releases.

How to enter:

Step 1: Follow @Vinylcollective on Twitter
Step 2: Follow @Mansions on Twitter
Step 3: Follow @Cliftonmotel
Step 4: ReTweet: Win a test pressing of the new @Mansions LP. Follow and RT @Vinylcollective @Mansions & @Cliftonmotel to win! Details @ vinylcollective.com/

Artist: Mansions
Title: Dig Up The Dead
Release Date: 5/24/11

Tracklist:
1. Dig Up The Dead
2. Blackest Sky
3. Not My Blood
4. City Don’t Care
5. Call Me When It’s Over
6. Wormhole
7. Close That Door
8. Seven Years
9. You Got Cool
10. Yer Voice

Bonus Track:
11. All Those Dreams (vinyl exclusive)

Pressing Info:
pink – 50
white – 120
red – 150
red/white swirl – 170

In conjunction with their upcoming tour, Hawthorne Heights are holding a Meet & Greet contest. Along with tickets to the show and the Meet & Greet, each winner will also receive a copy of the “Say Sorry” 7″ UK single on pink or blue, which is out of print. To find out more head here.