http://varsityrecords.com/ Be in the know! en-us http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=8 It's your lucky day, people! It's Friday the 13th, and the debut full-length album "Starting Lineup" from Argus is available as of today! We're only shipping old-fashioned CDs for the time being, but we hope to be selling MP3s via iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and more in the very near future. To order a CD, Click Here . The new web site will allow quicker updates for stuff like News, Demo Songs and merchandise, so stay tuned for clips from all 14 tracks on the new Argus album. To preview 5 of them today, check out Argus on Myspace . Other features worthy of an honorable mention: News RSS... you can subscribe to our news updates via RSS starting today. Don't know what RSS is? You can still sign up for our email list by Clicking Here ... 2009-11-13 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=8 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=9 Saturday, November 21st, Argus will join Tacoma's $2000 Puma on stage for a CD release show. Hosting this event is Ellensburg, Washington's newest venue RAW Space . Event Details: Time: 8pm Cost: $5 Location: RAW Space (119 East Fourth Ave in Ellensburg, WA) Details: ALL AGES ... 2009-11-13 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=9 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=1 Argus is playing Friday, October 2nd at Ellensburg's 5th Annual Film Festival. Music starts at 9pm before the opening night award ceremony at Gallery One in Ellensburg, followed by a performance from Star Anna. We would love to see you there ... 2009-09-28 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=1 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=4 Bassist (and sometimes guitarist) Jared Mcsharry moved mountains to get out of Washington's Palm Springs earlier this year, and Argus was temporarily on vacation while searching for a new member of the band. [Check out Jared's new band] Argus is now back in the mix with new bassist Jon Merrell, and as the process of mixing the album winds down, live performances are sure to follow ... 2009-03-30 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=4 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=2 All tracks are now recorded and ready for mixing! Our first full length album is now in the first phase of mixing, and should be done very soon. I don't see the point of giving you an updated release date since we all know we won't be done on time ;) - Chris ... 2009-01-01 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=2 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=3 Saturday, November 1st, Argus will return to the stage for the first time in several years for a live performance at the Yakima Sports Center in Yakima, Washington. Joining them will be Seattle Indie-rock band Friday Mile. The show starts at 9pm, and has a $5 cover. Sorry kids, this show is 21+. Come down and have a beer and a good time ... 2008-10-29 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=3 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=5 If you have been keeping track, you no doubt noticed that recording has been slow-going. The good news is that most of the songs are nearing the final mixing stage, but we are still adding bass tracks as well as some other instrumental and vocal arrangements to fill in the indie-folk pop-rock sound that is Argus. Chris ... 2008-10-29 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=5 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=6 All of my guitar and vocals are now complete, along with Adam's drum tracks. Jared is working on additional guitar while I try to force myself to write bass tracks for the rest. It's getting close(r)! In other news, we regret to inform you that Adam has been sucked back into the wanton lure of Portland... so if we do play a show, it will probably be sometime late this fall ... 2008-09-06 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=6 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=7 16 or so of the 22 tracks we're working now have full drums and one solid guitar track completed. The rest of the main guitar tracks should be done next week, so we are getting closer! Vocals and secondary guitar, and bass, and miscellaneous goodness are all yet to come, but progress is being made. Stay tuned ... 2008-05-01 http://varsityrecords.com/detail.html?newsid=7