Ümloud! donations are back up!

Let’s do it… One! More! Time! In December 2009, you helped us rock out for Child’s Play at the first annual Ümloud! The show was a smashing success: With your help, we raised $7000 for children’s hospitals and had an amazing time doing it. Your bands took the stage and rocked the house. Time to

Hey wow! It’s a video that recaps all the highlights of Ümloud! Didn’t make it to the show? Want to relive your favorite moments? Now you can, thanks to the tireless work of Tracy Peterson at One Two Many Productions. Yes, it was this awesome. And Ümloud! 2010 will be bigger, better, and more bad-ass.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to each and every one of you who donated, sponsored, played, or otherwise just showed up to make Ümloud! 2009 an incredible success. We hit the DNA Lounge hard and rocked it all night. Our on-site partners at DNA, Tekamaki, Heatwave, Tyler Winegarner Photography, One Two Many, Reverb and

Hey, remember that awesome somewhat controversial tentacley sexy cover art that the Muramasa: The Demon Blade team made for Play magazine? Remember how they put it on a T-shirt? Oh, you already guessed, you’re so smart: We have one of these tees, courtesy I Am 8-Bit, in the Ümloud! raffle. It’s in men’s size S.

Ümloud! is all about rocking like a true superstar. And that doesn’t have to stop when the event is over. Thanks to some very generous donations from Numark and Mad Catz, some of the best Rock Band equipment on the market today will be in the Ümloud! Raffle. The Ion Drum Rocker looks and feels

What would a videogame raffle be without videogames? Yes, we have tons of swag and T-shirts and stuff in the Ümloud! raffle, silent auction and swag tables. But we’ve also got games. The real thing. The folks at Valve have kicked in a couple of copies of everyone’s favorite zombie shooter Left 4 Dead 2.

Of course, you’ll be able to win some prizes from our generous sponsors at Astro Studios. In the raffle will be two sets of the company’s fantastic A40 Audio System headphone and MixAmp package, with an optical cable (approximate retail value $250 each). And then there’s the Scout Backpack (ARV $80), which you can use

Remember back a couple days ago when we mentioned that something for Mega Man fans might be coming up in the Ümloud! silent auction? That day has arrived. Bring your checkbook, bring a pile of cash, bring shiny stones to barter because you do not want to go home without this bundle of blue joy.

You thought you had seen all that Ümloud! had to offer. You were mistaken. Not only are we going to have a table full of choice limited-edition game swag for anyone who makes a donation and a raffle of even awesomer prizes, Ümloud! will also be home to a silent auction of prizes that are

These days, any good product needs a viral video. And since we don’t have a dog that can ride a skateboard, we needed to go with our second choice: a ROCKUMENTARY. Watch our band, Baby Dog Time, struggle to get back together. In the end, we managed to put aside all of our differences and

Today’s amazing Ümloud! prize that you yes you can win in our raffle is this. Thanks to the generosity of AWR Music, the good people in charge of the Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy concert series, we are in possession of one signed soundtrack CD. It bears the insignias of both conductor Arnie Roth

Plants, zombies: Everyone loves PopCap’s Plants vs. Zombies. And when I saw this box full of awesome arrive on my doorstep, I knew that I couldn’t keep it for myself. It had to go to one of you. Show up at Ümloud! and you can win this Plants vs. Zombies prize package, which includes: Plants

That’s it, kids! Ultimate Band Packages for our 2009 show have been sold out. The good news is, that’s 15 dedicated bands who are going to give it their all and rock you so hard on December 9 at DNA Lounge. The bad news is, unless you bought one, it won’t be you doing the

Now you can donate to Ümloud! using Google Checkout's Donation button.

Fresh from Capcom’s recent press-only Monster Hunter 3 shindig comes this bag stuffed full of love. First, you get the bag: a geniuine school backpack perfect for carrying those 50 pound math textbooks. Second, you get the sweatshirt, so you can cuddle up with a Lagiacrus on your chest on those cold winter nights. Third,

The Tekken 6 limited edition for Xbox 360 contains the fighting game, yes, and an art book of the fighting game, but it also contains a wireless fight stick by Hori. Is your fight stick wired? Perish the thought. Upgrade to the freedom of no wires. Come to Ümloud! and win this thing. Share on

Ümloud! tells you how to type an umlauted U.

Thanks to our wonderful, tireless PR partners at Reverb Communications, the official press release announcing Ümloud! to the world went out today. Feels all official and stuff! Check it in PDF or right here: Harmonix Teams With Gaming Industry Vets for ÜMLOUD!, a Rock Band Night for Child’s Play Charity Gamers Give Back with Charity

Ever wanted your own Centaur tank, from Gears of War? We can’t help you get a real one, but we do have three (3) toy-sized ones for our raffle. They’re radio-controlled. Don’t you want one? You can have one if only you come to Ümloud! You could also have a copy of Lips Number One

The Ümloud! poster is released! Download the poster to print out and share with others.

You’ll never need to purchase clothing again. T-shirts are the most common form of swag. And some of them are way better than just slapping a logo onto the front of a shirt. Here are some stylish shirts from Nintendo, Rockstar, and ThinkGeek among others. Maybe you will win one! Share on Facebook

Scribblenauts is great and all, but wouldn’t it be great if you could magically make things appear in real life? Like, if you wanted a Scribblenauts hat. OMG. We can do that for you. You can own this Scribblenauts hat, as if by magic. All you need to do is come to Ümloud! and get

It’s time for one of the big prizes, I think. We’ve been posting some cool stuff, but this is the real deal. These Marvel vs. Capcom vinyl LP records, featuring remixed soundtrack tunes, are selling for a lot of money on eBay. Wouldn’t you like to say that you got yours for something more reasonable,

As we left the Street Fighter IV event earlier this year, we were handed bags of stuff. It went right in the Ümloud! pile. Just for you. Inside this (now slightly tattered, sorry) paper bag are a SFIV shirt in Journalist Size (XL), a poster, a limited-edition Udon comic, and best of all, a bar

Here’s just some of the prizes we already have for Ümloud! 2009. That Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story backpack, complete with Mario and Bowser beanbag dolls, will make you the envy of all your friends. If your tastes run more to plastic, there’s a Comic-Con limited edition Dead Space figure, or a Wizard World

What is Ümloud? It’s like an umlaut, only louder. No, really, what is it?  I’m getting too excited and you need to tell me. Ümloud! is an event providing gamers and music lovers alike the chance to live out their rock n’ roll fantasies while playing Rock Band 2™ on stage at one of San