Here’s your chance to win one of three autographed copies of Nickel Eye‘s “Brandy of the Damned” b/w “Back from Exile” 7-inch single. Each record is autographed by Nickel Eye front man, Nikolai Fraiture (aka- bassist from The Strokes).

Just correctly send the answer to the following Nikolai trivia question by 11:59PM on January 19th to contest @ themodernage.org and you could be a winner! Winners will be chosen at random.

QUESTION: What was the name of the short film that Nikolai released in 2008?

As I’ve mentioned before, Nickel Eye’s debut album, The Time of the Assassins, will be released on January 27, 2009 on Rykodisc.

Nickel Eye is currently on tour, and local NYC-ers will have the opporutnity to check the band (backed by members of the British group South) this Friday at Webster Hall.

Tour dates below:

Date Venue City

January 14 Green Room Montreal, QUE

**January 15 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA

**January 16 Webster Hall New York, NY
**January 17 Black Cat Washington, DC

*January 18 Khyber Philadelphia, PA

*January 20 El Mocambo Toronto, ONT

*January 21 Magic Stick Detroit, MI

*January 22 The Beat Kitchen Chicago, IL
*January 23 Majestic Theatre Madison, WI

*January 24 Fine Line Minneapolis, MN
*January 26 Marquis Denver, CO

*January 29 Troubadour Los Angeles, CA

*January 30 The Loft / UCSD San Diego, CA

*January 31 Detroit Bar Costa Mesa, CA

*February 2 Independent San Francisco, CA

* – Co-headlining tour with Low vs Diamond

** – Support for The Raveonettes