We're proud to bring you our first exclusive interview with the Chicago band Empires, comprising Tom Conrad (guitar), Ryan Luciani (drums), Alfred Smith (bass), Sean Van Vleet (vocals/guitar/piano) and Max Steger (guitar). The interview has been posted on our site, so be sure to check it and leave your feedback! MTGH crew MoreThanGoodHooks.com

...popping up on itunes are pretty cool. It kind of sucks that they delayed the release, but there are other things to worry about. Like the Academy Is... on Saturday. I'd still love to go and see Empires with Steel Train, but I'm still not sure if that's going to happen. Does anyone know Steel Train? Are they good? I'll have to find out. Looks like Empires are working on album #2 (is this old news...

one hundred and two , tom/sean, G, for this prompt at we_are_cities , ~370 words and tom would jump and cringe when sean finds him sitting at his computer at three am. his eyes would lower...kissing away his tears and changing the subject when tom's thoughts even vaguely turn to the day he picked up his last 35mm film camera and his features carefully and beautifully spun out of control.

...fic and of course, gametoken because she loves these two as much as i do and we never get to flail about them as much as we used to. enjoy. ♥ it's almost halloween (4,507) // (pg-15) // empires // tom conrad/sean van vleet Halloween is not Tom's favorite holiday, but it's not necessarily a bad one. He doesn't really get why the craft store beside Peer Foods decides to put their scarecrows...

Anyone going?

The Ugly Dog Prince Tom was walking through an adorable meadow, laughing at the butterflies flitting around his head when he spied a scruffy little ugly dog lying under a tree. Tom skipped over to see...close and they lived together happily ever after on all the prince treasure Sean had stashed away. And if Sean didn't know about Tom's visits to the ugly dog sanctuary, well, it wouldn't hurt him

Author: thelawofkarma Pairings/Characters: (established) Tom/Sean Rating and Word Count: PG-13 | 1369 Author's note: For quarterturn 's birthday! ♥ She wanted fic of Tom and Sean...argue about which of the two of them is more idiotic – Tom for locking himself out constantly or Sean for forgetting to lock the door constantly – while Al enjoys an entire apartment all to himself.)

disenchanted , tom/nick sciemeca, R, 460 words **CHARACTER DEATH, DISTURBING SCENES** “Sean called.” Tom doesn't look up from his palms, upturned on the faded denim of his favorite jeans. He knows... in time with the knife he thrusts in and out of his stomach. He walks out of the room, leaving Nick there, leaving everything there, shaking the blood off his hands onto the pale white linoleum.

no answers , empires, sean/tom, 425 words, PG Sean walks in on him playing the bridge to Unexpected Places one day. His eyes search Tom's as he drops his guitar, hearing the wood clack against the dull floor of their apartment and he doesn't care, because Sean's eyes are fucking painful to look at. “What are you playing, Tom?” Sean asks, his tone calm and Tom knows that he knows, knows that...

ok pix. not TOO many because the lighting was shitty and I was enjoying myself too much to take them all the time.