News for the Week of 4/20/2008
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Tour Dates 04/26/08 Lime Light SanAntonio, TX
05/08/08 Louisiana 05/09/08 Popmayhem Fest! Gainesville, FL 05/10/08 Orlando, Florida 05/11/08 Georgia 05/12/08 Athens, GA 05/13/08 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA 05/14/08 Virginia 05/15/08 Danger Danger Gallery, Philly,PA 05/16/08 Philladelphia, Pennsylvania 05/17/08 New York, New York 05/18/08 Brooklyn, New York 05/19/08 WNYU radio New York City 05/20/08 Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT 05/21/08 Boston,, Massachusetts 05/22/08 New York, New York 05/23/08 Cleveland, Ohio 05/24/08 Michigan, Michigan 05/25/08 Michigan, Indiana 05/26/08 CBGB St. Louis, Missouri 05/27/08 Chicago, Illinois 05/28/08 Chicago, Illinois |
We got an exciting week of news lined up for this week.
First off, I wanted to mention that Austin’s A Faulty Chromosome (myspace.com/afaultychromosome) is going to set on tour, and judging from their myspace tour information listing, they are in need of help booking venues in various cities. They are definitely playing CBGB in St Louis, but if you’re in New York, Chicago, and Massachusetts, and have or know public venues, please help them out.
I’ve also noticed that they are selling their music as donationware, their album, As An Ex-Anorexic’s Six Sicks Exit has a suggested price is $6.66 – but you are free to donate any price you can afford. This is a really cool concept.
Although they lists Belle & Sebastian as “sounds like”, I don’t believe this is the case upon listening to some songs, but you can be the judge of that. I do like that they have a very DIY sound and often it sounds like they’re making things up as they go along, with a general guideline.
By the way, I do have someone working on a review of this album, so hopefully that will be up sooner than later.
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Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada (ocotesoul.com) have teamed up to produce one of the most interesting and exciting mostly-instrumental album coming out in June called The Alchemist Manifesto. They are members of Antibalas and Grupo Fantasma[W♥M].
My initial reaction to this album is that it’s a very strange soundtrack to a French movie, that is set in Spain. It’s very refreshing and I look forward to putting up the review in June.
In the meantime, Quesada is playing with his Grupo Fantasma at the Norman Music Festival in Oklahoma and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in Louisiana.
You can find more information on our press release page.
Speaking of press release, check out Series Two Records 4 CD compilation to be released April 22nd. This is a rather impressive collection of bands (a total of 90 songs from 90 different bands).
If you’re a fan of Sarah Records[W♥M] and Swedish pop music[W♥M], it’s worth checking out.
It’s also very limited, 100 handmade albums and all the money goes to promoting and releasing of future music on Series Two Records. Support your indie label and tell them you♥music too.
Finally, just a quick mention, but I was sent the finalized album artwork for The Day is Brave, the debut album from Brendan James (myspace.com/brendanjames).
Please refer to my earlier article on Brendan James for more information, but from the comments and personal feedback, I can tell you that this guy will be someone to look out for!
That’s all I’ve got for this week. Keep me updated on music! Contact me!
04/20/2008 13:36:26 vu my♥posts 
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