The recently disbanded Ergs and Teenage Bottlerocket will be featured on the fourth installment of Suburban Home’s “Under The Influence” 7-inch series. On the split, Teenage Bottlerocket cover Green Day’s “Having a Blast” while The Ergs cover Devo’s “Blockhead.” Only 2,000 copies of the will be pressed, with 300 on translucent red, 700 on translucent green with black splatter and 1,000 on partly cloudy sky blue vinyl. The record also features amazing artwork from Mitch Clem and Nation of Amanda, as you can see above. Get all the info over here.

Singer-songwriter Austin Lucas has signed on with Surburban Home Records. You can expect a new album from the man in 2009. He recently worked with Chuck Ragan on the Bristle Ridge album. Read the press release after the jump.

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Well, well, it must be an online sampler kind of day! Suburban Home has released a downloadable sampler, presenting the label’s diverse roster of bands. The 14-song mix features two unreleashed songs from Drag The River, Tim Barry, and a song from LaGrecia, the new project from Jason Svechek of Kid Dynamite/None More Black fame, and a whole lot more.

Label guru Virgil Dickerson had some interesting things to say about the move. You can check out his thoughts, along with the tracklist, after the jump.

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