Julius C’s tour of NYC starts tomorrow! 30 shows in 30 days partners w/ Powerhouse & Silly Bandz.

Band starts Rockwood residency, Donates day of “Rock Star Camp” to Powerhouse, Gives away Silly Bandz!

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NYC masters of rock, Julius C will be performing 30 times in 30 days starting September 1^st at Rockwood Music Hall.

It’s no stunt, it’s just another 30 days in the life of this band that has lots of fun but also gives back. By way of that generosity, the band has added Powerhouse, the new and innovative supportive housing program for homeless pregnant/parenting teenage mothers located in Elmhurst, Queens to the list of partners supporting the month-long event. In addition to spreading the word about Powerhouse through September, the band will donate a day of its Rock Star Camp program to the organization.

Julius C leader Jay Stolar developed Rock Star Camp to bring more arts activities to summer camps in the Northeast and Julius C tours youth camps each summer, spending the day teaching songs to the kids and staging a concert each night where the campers performed backed by Julius C. The band played to nearly 20,000 campers and staff this year. Julius C plans to do the same for Powerhouse, bringing some much-needed stress relief to the young mothers in the program at a time full of challenging circumstances.

Silly Bandz are the sensation that is sweeping the nation. You’ve seen them everywhere… they look like rubber bands until you remove them and they snap back into fun animal shapes! Julius C loves them too and has partnered up with Silly Bandz to co-sponsor Julius C Tours NYC: 30 Days, 30 Shows. Anyone attending one of the performances during the month of September will receive free Silly Bandz. You can use ‘em to put your face back together after it gets rocked off, OK? Or trade them at the bar. Or just put your hair back. There are plenty of uses for Silly Bandz.

See below for a complete run down of where to find Julius C during the month of September and click the flyer to download a printable PDF.

Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion for details about private events, secret shows and for interview opportunities with Julius C!

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Rockwood Music Hall Presents:

JULIUS C TOURS NYC: 30 DAYS, 30 SHOWS

09/01 Rockwood Music Hall, Lower East Side
09/02 Private Party at Google, Meatpacking District
09/03 Prospect Park, Brooklyn
09/04 Outside Crescent and Vine, Queens
09/05 Ralphs Ices, Staten Island
09/06 Corner of Maine Ave and Neal Dow Ave, Staten Island
09/07 Secret Show, East Village
09/08 Top of Empire State Building, Midtown West
09/09 Outside of Bar 4, Brooklyn
09/10 Brooklyn Bridge, btw Manhattan and Brooklyn
09/11 Ditmar Stop N Train, Queens
09/12 Acoustic Show at Ace Hotel, Midtown West
09/13 Westerleigh Park, Staten Island
09/14 Secret Show, East Village
09/15 Rockwood Music Hall, Lower East Side
09/16 Edgies Teen Center, Lower East Side
09/17 McCarren Park, Brooklyn
09/18 Staten Island Ferry, Staten Island
09/19 Central Park
09/20 Secret Full Band Show, West Village
09/21 Secret Full Band Show, East Village
09/22 Private Party at Mel's House
09/23 Spike Hill, Brooklyn
09/24 Private Party at Ashley's House
09/25 Private Concert at Dojo Studios, Brooklyn
09/26 Acoustic Show at Ace Hotel, Midtown West
09/27 Secret Full Band Show - West Village
09/28 Secret Full Band Show - East Village
09/29 Rockwood Music Hall- Lower East Side
09/30 Jay Stolar Solo at Anchor Bar - Soho

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Julius C
OK, OK.
Release Date: 10/5/10

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“Don’t Want Anybody” is the first single and video from the Julius C album OK, OK.

[STREAM + WIDGET]: http://official.fm/track/123740

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/juliusc/mp3/juliusc-dontwantanybody.mp3

[VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LyNh4gXf9Y

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More about Julius C’s Don’t Want Anybody” video

A group of gorillas has run amok in Central Park and it’s no surprise considering they’re listening to the perfect soundtrack for the summer: Julius C’s debut single “Don’t Want Anybody.” Directed by New York-based filmmaker, Jay Lap, a friend of the band since his days at the prestigious Tisch school, the “Don’t Want Anybody” clip is about as fun and funny as you might expect from a band that is able to take a tune about love, loss, and self-discovery and render it as explosively raw pop.

“Don’t Want Anybody” was shot by Jon Chen, one of the hottest NYC-based directors of photography working today. Chen has previously lensed music videos for Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Q-Tip, The Roots, and many more. You might also recognize actress, Lauren Francesca (the unmistakably sexy blonde) as the star of the Lady Gaga video spoofs that have racked up millions of views on YouTube. Most of all, you’ll notice that bunch of simians, out of their minds with abandon. Beneath the suits, you’ll find the members of Julius C.

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Julius C Links

EPK : FACEBOOK : MYSPACE : YOUTUBE : TWITTER : ITUNES

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion, Inc.

WEBSITE : TWITTER : FACEBOOK : E-MAIL

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TV Buddhas from Tel Aviv via Berlin about to conquer USA on upcoming six-week tour.

Richard Hell, Modern Lovers and The Ramones done proud on band’s anti-social debut EP.

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TV Buddhas (L-R Uri Triest, Juval Haring, Mickey Triest)

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“Fun Girls” is the latest single and video from the self-titled EP by TV Buddhas

[STREAM + WIDGET]: http://official.fm/track/146691

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/tvbuddhas/mp3/tvbuddhas-fungirls.mp3

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About TV Buddhas

“TV Buddhas are a band that I liked the instant I heard them… This band is one lucky break away from breaking away.” - Ben Donnelly, Dusted Magazine

Originally based in Tel Aviv, but now located in Berlin, the three-piece rock band know as TV Buddhas will Americanize themselves over the course of a non-stop six-week tour of the US this Fall. The band will be supporting a new EP on the We Are Busy Bodies label. The band recently made the “Let Me Sleep” (MP3) single available and now present the “Fun Girls” (MP3 | VIDEO) for your pleasure.

TV Buddhas consists of brother and sister Uri and Mickey Triest, and Mickey’s husband Juval Haring. The band makes punk rock in the vein of Richard Hell, Modern Lovers and The Ramones. They bring back outsider rock and roll, straightforward lyrics and raw simple playing with heart. They started as a duo, leaving Israel around late 2007 to tour in Europe after just a month of rehearsing and three songs in their setlist.

The band grew and expanded, wrote songs and recorded on the road, on days off in between more than 400 shows to this day. As a trio, the TV Buddhas S/T EP is their first release. Recorded in their current home base of Berlin in about an hour and using just one mic and a field tape machine, the EP showcases the basic elements of TV Buddhas: minimalist drums, loose guitars and an anti social edge. Like a post modern take on Jonathan Richman mixed with The MC5.

See below for a complete list if US dates. Members of TV Buddhas are available for interviews and would love to speak with you!

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TV Buddhas
TV Buddhas
(We Are Busy Bodies, 8/31/10)

Track Listing:

1. Let Me Sleep (MP3)
2. Going Out On Saturday
3. Hip Street
4. Defies Definition
5. Fast Generation
6. Fun Girls (MP3 | VIDEO)

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TV Buddhas US Tour

09/01 Providence, RI @ Thee Homestead
09/02 Brooklyn, NY @ Don Pedros
09/03 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Street Pub
09/04 Baltimore, MD @ Golden West Cafe
09/05 Milford, CT @ Daniel St.
09/06 Philadelphia, PA @ Danger Danger Gallery
09/07 Cleveland, OH @ Now Thats Class
09/09 Chicago, IL @ Ronnys Bar
09/10 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagle's Nest
09/11 Toledo, OH @ Frankies
09/12 Indianapolis, IN @ Melody Inn
09/13 Nashville, TN @ Springwater
09/14 Oxford, MS @ Red Star
09/15 Birmingham, AL @ Magic City Wholesale
09/16 New Orleans, LA @ The Saint
09/17 Houston, TX @ Super Happy Fun Land
09/18 Austin, TX @ Beerland
09/20 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
09/21 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Hi-Lo
09/23 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
09/24 Phoenix, AZ @ The Rogue Bar
09/26 San Diego, CA @ Bar Pink
09/27 Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
09/28 San Francisco, CA @ TBA
09/30 Concord, CA @ The Red Hat
10/01 Chico, CA @ Monstros Pizza
10/02 Arcata, CA @ The Alibi
10/03 Portland, OR @ Backspace Cafe
10/04 Vancouver, BC @ The Astoria
10/05 Seattle, WA @ Comet Tavern
10/07 Denver, CO @ Unit B
10/08 Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
10/09 St. Louis, MO @ Lemp
10/10 Hot Springs, AR @ The Exchange
10/12 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
10/13 Wilmington, DE @ Mojo 13
10/14 Rochester, NY @ Bugjar
10/15 Toronto, ON @ Parts and Labor
10/16 Hamilton, ON @ Casbah Lounge
10/19 Brooklyn, NY @ Party Expo (CMJ)
10/19 New York, NY @ R-Bar (CMJ)

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TV Buddhas Links

EPK : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : MYSPACE : BLOG : TWITTER : YOUTUBE

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion, Inc.

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The Shimmies release third “Enemies” single; Cover The Delta Mirror; Garner great reviews.

“…Hardest is Actually The Easiest” single and riff on Mirror’s “And The Radio Played On” available now.

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L-R: Jimmy Galloway, Stephen Galloway, Sean Galloway, Jack Gingerich. Photo: Des James

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The Shimmies “The Thing That Seems The Hardest is Actually The Easiest” from To All Beloved Enemies

[STREAM + WIDGET]: http://official.fm/track/146356

[MP3] http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/theshimmies/mp3/theshimmies-thethingthatseemsthehardest.mp3

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The Shimmies cover The Delta Mirror’s “And The Radio Played On”

[STREAM + WIDGET]: http://official.fm/track/146353

[MP3] http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/theshimmies/mp3/theshimmies-andtheradioplayedon-deltamirrorcover.mp3

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The Shimmies
To All Beloved Enemies
(Self-Released, 7/27/10)

01. The Thing That Seems The Hardest Is Actually The Easiest (MP3)
02. Lies
03. Un Fantome
04. My Heroine
05. Charlotte
06. Love Holiday
07. I Am As Small As...
08. Judas (MP3)
09. Beloved Enemies (MP3)
10. The Mountains Are Steep The Mountains Are Cold
11. Marnie

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The Shimmies Press

“4.9/5. I have not heard such a powerful rock album since The Lips came out with The Soft Bulletin. Both are equally as impressive. That is where this band stands." – Zaptown Mag

"Filled with emotional, heart wrenching lyrics to match their soaring guitar lines this group has tested the waters of time and put together one of those albums you can’t stop listening to, front to back." – The Owl Mag

“Their new release, titled To All Beloved Enemies, is like a wonderful combination of Grizzly Bear meets Fleet Foxes meets a Jeff Buckley-fronted Band Of Horses.” – Ruined by MTV

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About The Shimmies

Still maturing from a childhood project that combined brothers Sean and Jimmy Galloway’s first names, The Shimmies have created a self-appointed genre for themselves, which they lovingly refer to as “home school rock.” Much the way a home schooled child’s take on a book may have less to do with the collective opinion of their peers, so does The Shimmies’ take on pop music stand apart from the collective pretense of our generation.

Sean and Jimmy started out in the late 90’s as an acoustic two piece, and before that as kids trying to perfect difficult harmonies by panning Simon and Garfunkel’s Wednesday Morning 3AM on their small cassette deck boom box. They’ve since plugged in and added younger brother Stephen on bass and long time friend Jack Gingerich on drums.

The Shimmies’ music has come a long way since inception, but its defining characteristic remains angelic harmonies from the bands two front men, giving them a magical quality similar to that of The Avett Brothers or Fleet Foxes, with an overall sound that garners comparisons to the likes of Band of Horses, Jeff Buckley, and Sigur Ros.

Presently, The Shimmies’ sights are set on sharing their music with a greater audience, with national release of To All Beloved Enemies along with an upcoming tour of the US in late 2010. While other bands look to the future or to a time before they were born for inspiration, The Shimmies continue to make their home school rock. Rather than steal from their parents music, they’ve updated the music they grew up with, adding a more contemporary anthemic quality to our favorite 90’s memories.

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The Shimmies Links

EPK : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : MYSPACE

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Contact Corey Gingerich | Fanatic Promotion

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Peelander-Z signs to Chicken Ranch Records, launches three-month tour this week.

MP3 and video for “E-I-E-I-O” – band’s ska cover of “Old MacDonald” – available now.

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“E-I-E-I-O” is Peelander Z’s version of “Old MacDonald” and is the first single and video from P-TV-Z

[STREAM + WIDGET]: http://official.fm/track/136177

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/peelander-z/mp3/peelander-z-eieio.mp3

[VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-CrtJXfiIk

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Peelander-Z in the Press

“ Peelander-Z is an out of this world punk band with an unbelievably interactive show to boot.” – Seth Fraser, Beyond Race

“There is no escape from the grind like the Peelander escape from the grind.” – Will Welch, The Fader

“Peelander-Z put sanity in a headlock...” – Luke O’Neil, Alternative Press

“Standing on the sidelines is not an option when Peelander-Z hits the stage.” – Daniel Derouchie, Time Out New York

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Peelander-Z, the Japanese Action Comic Punk Band based in New York City, has signed with Austin-based Chicken Ranch Records (The Clutters, We Were The States, Knife In The Water) for the release of its new album P-TV-Z, a record the band calls the “ultimate happy fun kid friendly punk rock record.” Previous records by the band have been self-released. Chicken Ranch Records honcho Mike Dickinson says, “I emailed the band about doing a kids record and they replied with a very enthusiastic yes! I played it for my young children and they flipped out. They love this band.” Notoriously known for its crazed live performances, Peelander-Z will embark on a US tour this week that will take the band around the country through November. The first single from P-TV-Z is the band’s take on the children’s standard “Old MacDonald Had A Farm”. The track, now a ska-flavored cut called “E-I-E-I-O” is trademark Peelander-Z insanity and the video is what that insanity looks like.

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Peelander-Z
P-TV-Z
(Chicken Ranch, 9/28/10)

01. P-TV-Z Theme
02. Go! Rio!
03. E-I-E-I-O (MP3 | VIDEO)
04. Ice Cream!
05. Red-Aka-Ika
06. Taco Taco Tacos
07. No More Cavities
08. Dial Ring Ring Phone Pho Pho
09. Peelander-Z Theme
10. Be My Friend Tonight
11. How Are USA
12. O! Sha! Re!
13. Happee Birthday
14. 2-4-6-8 Rock and Roll
15. Hey! Tokyo!
16. Wasabi Man (STREAM)

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P-TV-Z was recorded in Austin, Texas with producer Evil Elvis and engineers Bryan Nelson and Chico Jones at Ohms Studio. Peelander-Z brought out the cream of Austin’s indie and punk crop to guest on the album. Members of The Riverboat Gamblers, The Octopus Project, Foot Patrol, Atash, and Black Joe Lewis’ Honeybears horn section all make appearances. Peelander-Pink even takes a vocal turn on French pop influenced “Dial Ring Ring Phone Pho Phone”. P-TV-Z closes with the wistful “Wasabi Man”, which is Peelander Z’s answer to Motley Crue’s “Home Sweet Home”. P-TV-Z comes packaged with a DVD featuring videos for “E-I-E-I-O”, a performance clip of “Go! Rio!”, and videos for “So Many Mike” and “Ninja High School” off of the band’s previous album P-Pop High School, plus tons of extras!

Peelander-Z has appeared at major music festivals including Bonnaroo, CMJ and SXSW, in the pages of SPIN, The Fader, Alternative Press, Time Out New York and The Boston Herald, and played with artists such as Buckethead, The Vibrators, and Guitar Wolf. The band has also been featured on TV programs like VH1’s “Best Week Ever” and Comedy Central’s “Upright Citizens Brigade” among others. At their live show, Peelander-Z guarantees intense audience participation and a chance to exercise. You’ll see the band in colorful costumes reminiscent of Japanese animation, though they describe their outfits as their skin. You’ll also see The Red Squid, human bowling and all around insanity. A rare occasion for the entire family to rock out and have a great time.

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Peelander-Z Live

* = w/ Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re

08/26 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
08/28 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
08/29 Providence, RI @ AS220
08/31 Hamilton, ON @ The Casbah
09/01 Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
09/02 Toronto, ON @ The Silver Dollar Room
09/03 London, ON @ Call The Office
09/04 Montreal, PQ @ Il Motore
09/05 Kingston, ON @ The Mansion
09/23 New York, NY @ Santo’s Party House w/ Guitar Wolf
09/28 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
09/29 Richmond, VA @ The Camel
10/01 Nashville, TN @ Grimey’s In-Store
10/05 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
10/07 Austin, TX @ End of an Ear In-Store
10/07 San Marcos, TX @ Triple Crown
10/09 El Paso, TX @ Chalk The Block Festival
10/11 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
10/12 Oklahoma City, OK @ Conservatory
10/13 Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
10/14 Indianapolis, IN @ Melody Inn
10/15 Detroit, MI @ Lager House w/ Birthday Suits
10/17 Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club w/ Birthday Suits
10/18 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
10/19 Sioux Falls, SD @ Nutty’s North w/ Birthday Suits
10/20 Lincoln, NE @ Knickerbockers
10/21 Denver, CO @ Hi - Dive
10/22 Salt Lake City, UT @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
10/23 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
10/24 Seattle, WA @ Fun House
10/25 Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan
10/31 Las Vegas, NV @ Double Down Saloon *
11/02 Albuquerque, NM @ Atomic Cantina *
11/03 El Paso, TX @ Low Brow *
11/05 Dallas, TX @ Double Wide *
11/06 Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/07 Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/09 Pensacola, FL @ Sluggos *
11/10 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum *
11/11 Sarasota, FL @ Paddy Wagon *
11/12 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds *
11/13 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *
11/14 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 *
11/16 Charlotte, NC @ Milestone *
11/17 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
11/18 Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar *
11/19 Bordentown, NJ @ Record Collector In-Store
11/20 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East

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Peelander-Z Links

EPK : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : MYSPACE : TWITTER : CHICKEN RANCH

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion, Inc.

WEBSITE : TWITTER : FACEBOOK : E-MAIL

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