Philadelphia’s Br’er kicks off month-long tour in support of upcoming “City of Ice” album.

Schurr mixes industrial soundscapes, modern classical, and bittersweet lyrics on new record.

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Benjamin Schurr of Br’er as photographed by Darian Scatton.

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“You Go, We’ll Stay Here” is the first single from the upcoming Br’er album City of Ice.

 

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Philadelphia-based songwriter Benjamin Schurr (recording under the name Br’er) kicks off a month-long tour today in support of City of Ice, the follow-up to Br’er’s 2007 album Of Shemales and Kissaboos. The album will be released via the Edible Onion label on November 22^nd. The first single from the album “You Go, We’ll Stay Here” is now available for free download. On City of Ice, bleak industrial soundscapes, bittersweet pop songwriting, and modern classical music are combined with the refined hand of a young, but experienced songwriter.

Like a dark, electronic version of The Smiths or Bright Eyes produced by Trent Reznor, the songs on City of Ice are also similar to those artists by satisfying the listener’s need for intensely personal songs containing universal truths and accessible melodies. Focusing on topics that tend to be marginalized such as abuse, displacement, and mental illness (love and joy make appearances too), Br’er manages to still wrap it in a way that commands repeat listening.

“Since Br’er is a personal coping mechanism for me, I really want the music to reflect the lyrics appropriately and to get the right sounds by any means necessary,” says Schurr. This meant either learning an instrument simply to satisfy the need for a specific part or as Schurr states, to arrange for “musical one night stands” by recruiting players he’d meet at parties. Schurr would record them and typically never see them again. City of Ice will be released on November 22^nd, 2011 by Edible Onion Records. Benjamin Schurr is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Br’er On Tour

10/26 Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA (531 North 12th St.) w/ David Liebe Hart

10/27 Brooklyn, NY @ 10 Forward (13 Thames [#3])

10/28 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY @ Bard College w/ Eskimeaux & Bellows

10/29 Saugerties, NY @ Inquiring Minds (65 Partition Street)

10/30 Lowell, MA @ The Dirty Douglas (Broadway St.)

11/01 Easthampton, MA @ The Flywheel (43 Main St.) w/ Jordan Knecht

11/02 Burlington, VT @ The Monkey House (30 Main St.)

11/03 Montreal, PQ @ Touski (2361 Ontario E.)

11/05 Jamestown, NY @ Labyrinth Press Company (12 E. 4th St.) w/ Jerry Fels & The Jerry Fels

11/07 Cincinnati, OH @ Northside Zen (1569 Chase Ave.)

11/08 Peoria, IL @ Copper River Coffee & Tea (2535 W. War Memorial Dr.)

11/10 Beloit, WI @ Music House (716 Emerson St.)

11/12 Minneapolis, MN @ The Hexagon (2600 27th Ave. So.)

11/14 Lincoln, NE @ The Powerhouse (1122 D St.)

11/15 Omaha, NE @ Side Door Lounge (3530 Leavenworth)

11/18 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves (411 E. Sycamore) w/ Baruch The Scribe

11/19 Little Rock, AR @ House Show For Info: darian@edibleonion.com

11/20 Memphis, TN @ The Lamplighter (702 Madison Ave.)

11/22 St. Louis, MO @ LEMP (3301 Lemp Ave.)

11/25 Murfreesboro, TN @ House Show (914 Ewing Blvd.) For Info: darian@edibleonion.com

11/26 Athens, GA @ The Plush Palace (260 N. Chase St.)

11/27 Macon, GA @ No Space (481 MLK)

11/28 Charleston, SC @ Communications Museum (58 George St.)

11/29 Greensboro, NC @ The Science House

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Br’er

City of Ice

(Edible Onion – Nov. 22^nd, 2011)

Track Listing:

01. I’ve Forgotten Nothing

02. Milk of Kindness

03. You Go, We Stay Here (STREAM | MP3)

04. Hope

05. Sea of Doubt

06. The Butcher

07. City of Ice

08. The Kissing Glove

09. Coersion

10. Safe Word

11. Oestrus

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Br’er Links

EPK : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : VIDEOS : EDIBLE ONION

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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Seattle’s Robert Deeble returns from six-year hiatus with “Heart Like Feathers” due Feb. 7th.

Victoria Williams and host of indie-folk scene talents make guest appearances on new album.

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Robert Deeble as photographed by Xea Wescott.

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“Undertow” is taken from the first Robert Deeble album in six years, “Heart Like Feathers.”

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Having performed with like-minded artists such as Sam Phillips, Low, and Pedro The Lion over the years, Seattle-based folk singer Robert Deeble is now scheduled to release Heart Like Feathers, his first album since 2006 and the latest addition to a deep discography dating back to 1994. Previously proclaimed “an arresting talent, able to gain entry to places rarely imagined by most songwriters” by Paste Magazine, Deeble’s new work is deeply informed by his time off, in which he earned a master's degree in psychology and, along with his wife, became a foster parent to a baby girl.

“I felt my personal life starting to slip,” says Deeble regarding his reasons for the time off. “I wanted to re-build who I am at home and not on the road.” On the Heart Like Feathers album, the details of the reconstruction are heard clearly on songs about life change and personal struggle such as “Undertow,” which grapples with the struggle of fidelity in a relationship. “Or infidelity depending how you view it,” elaborates Deeble. “It’s basically the movie ‘Once,’ only in gender reverse. It’s the most painfully honest I've ever had to be as a songwriter.”

Adding to Deeble’s vocals and guitar on the album is Victoria Williams (folk heroine and one of Paste Magazine’s “Top 100 Living Songwriters”) with vocals on the track “Sunflower,” Stephen Hodges (drummer with Tom Waits and Mavis Staples) on percussion, Ric Hordinski (co-founder of noted Americana band Over The Rhine) with guitar on “Eucharist” and “The Colors of Dying” and Anna Lynne Williams of ethereal dream-pop band Trespassers William with vocals on “Undertow.”

Heart Like Feathers was produced by Dylan Magierek, founder of Badman Recording Co. (My Morning Jacket, Mark Kozelek, The Innocence Mission) and will be released on February 7th, 2012 via Deeble’s Mind Bomb Publishing label in association with Dead Letter Records. Robert Deeble is available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Robert Deeble

Heart Like Feathers

(Mind Bomb / Dead Letter)

Out 2/7/2012

 

Track Listing:

01. Heart Like Feathers

02. Suzanne

03. Undertow (STREAM | MP3)

04. Eucharist

05. Weeds

06. Exhale

07. Hearing Voices Seeing Ghosts

08. The Colors of Dying

09. Scarecrow

10. Sunflower

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Robert Deeble Links

EPK : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : BANDCAMP : WIKI

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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Peelander-Z to headline Chicken Ranch / Fanatic Promotion CMJ showcase this Saturday!

Austin’s Moonlight Towers, Nashville’s The Clutters also on bill at Bowery Poetry Club.

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Peelander-Z (L-R): Peelander-Pink, Peelander-Red, Peelander-Yellow,

Peelander-Green, Peelander-Black. Photo by: Whitney Lee.

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Karaoke at work!  “Mad Tiger DX” is taken from the Peelander-Z greatest hits album Super DX Hitz!

[VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP40Mxbk6zs 

[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/peelander-z-mad-tiger-dx

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Click to download the Chicken Ranch / Fanatic Promotion CMJ Flyer

Peelander-Z has been on tour for most of 2011 with a stint on the Vans Warped Tour and recent runs with Those Darlins and The Aggrolites.

Now the band is returning to its home base of NYC with a performance during CMJ at the Chicken Ranch / Fanatic Promotion showcase at Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery btw Houston and Bleecker). Peelander-Z will perform at 1230AM. Other bands from the Chicken Ranch and Fanatic Promotion rosters on the bill include Moonlight Towers from Austin at 11PM and The Clutters from Nashville at 1145PM.

Click here to download a flyer for the event.  For more information or to schedule an interview with any of the artists on the bill, contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic.  Peelander-Z’s Super DX Hitz CD/DVD, Moonlight Towers’ Day Is The New Night and The Clutters’ Breaking Bones are all in stores now via Chicken Ranch Records.

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Peelander-Z On Tour

10/22 New York, NY @ Bowery Poetry Club Chicken Ranch and Fanatic Present @ CMJ 2011, 1230AM

10/26 Chattanooga, TN @ JJ's Bohemia

10/27 Mobile, AL @ The Music Box w/ Shonen Knife, Shannon & The Clams

10/28 New Orleans, LA @ Voodoo Music Experience w/ Fitz and The Tantrums

10/31 Nashville, TN @ Exit / In w/ Protomen, MC Frontalot

11/04 Boston, MA @ Church of Boston w/ Black Helicopter

12/17 Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes

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Peelander-Z

Super DX Hits

(Chicken Ranch, Out Now)

01.  S.T.E.A.K DX (STREAM | VIDEO)

02.  Mad Tiger DX (STREAM | VIDEO)

03.  Detroit Rock City DX

04.  So Many Mike

05.  Let's Go! Karaoke Party

06.  Handsome

07.  Ninja-High School

08.  Super Health

09.  Blue-3

10.  Panda Punk

11.  Rocket Gold Star

12.  MSD

13.  Jaico My Love

14.  Terry Punk!

15.  Champion

16.  Dragon

17.  Zulars

18.  Bad-Chili Burger

19.  Manga Man

20.  Nuts

21.  Do The Laundry

22.  King Kong Gong

23.  Mi Gusta Lucha Libre

24.  YYY

25.  So Many Joe

26.  P-Zombie Reborn

27.  Pink Punk

28.  Happee Pee

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Peelander-Z Links

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

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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Starlings, TN releases “Bastrop (These Dark Times)” to aid victims of Texas fires.

Songwriter Steven Subblefield to donate all proceeds to American Red Cross.

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Starlings, TN is Steven Subblefield. Photo by Carol He.

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“Bastrop (These Dark Times)” represents a fundraising effort to aid victims of the Bastrop, Texas fires.

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Austin’s Steven Stubblefield has released a new two-song digital single under his Starlings, TN moniker to aid the victims of the tragic fire in Bastrop, Texas.  The song “Bastrop (These Dark Times)” is being sold by donation via Bandcamp with all proceeds scheduled to go to the American Red Cross to help with relief efforts.

The song is coupled with the track “Can’t Do Nothin’” from the most recent Starlings, TN album How Dark It Is Before The Dawn.  The song was written in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on the eve of Hurricane Katrina as Stubblefield awaited the fate of his home, which ultimately suffered $12,000 in damage. After the storm, Stubblefield found personal recovery in the reconstruction, spending three years helping others through his work with the humanitarian organizations Samaritan’s Purse and the American Red Cross Hurricane Recovery program.

Once Stubblefield’s instruments were replaced and his hard drives restored, he started writing and recording again, eventually relocating to Austin, Texas to revitalize his music career.  When the Bastrop fire broke out, Stubblefield took inspiration from his own experiences with Katrina to again help victims of a natural disaster.

The result is “Bastrop (These Dark Times),” a beautiful song that is sure to evoke emotion and hopefully donations to this worthy cause, as well. All proceeds from sales of the song will be donated to the American Red Cross. Steve Stubblefield is available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Starlings, TN

“Bastrop (These Dark Times”

(Chicken Ranch, Out Now)

Track Listing:

01. Bastrop (These Dark Times) (STREAM + DONATE)

02. Can’t Do Nothin’ (STREAM + DONATE)

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Starlings, TN Links

WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : BANDCAMP : CHICKEN RANCH RECORDS

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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