Alert New London’s soaring record release yields a new single in “Pulse of Youth” available now.

Columbus, Ohio band’s dreamy debut was six studios, 15 months, 39 guitar pedals in the making,

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Alert New London (L-R): Jim Fowler, Cory Nicol, Gavin McKenzie,

David Woodrow, Stephen Lee. Photo Credit: Andy Spear.

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“Pulse of Youth” is the latest single from Youth, the debut Alert New London album

[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/alert-new-london-pulse-of-youth

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/alertnewlondon/mp3/alertnewlondon-pulseofyouth.mp3

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“Top 10 albums of 2011” – Blog Rocking Beat

“Youth is an instantly impressive album full of smart melodic modern pop.” – Babysue

“...the spirit and vitality of a group on the verge of making it on their own terms...” – This Is Book's Music

Columbus, Ohio band Alert New London recently released its debut album, the meticulously crafted Youth, on November 15^th.   The album’s first single “Silverdrive” caught the attention of the local press, landing the band features in several Columbus papers, and now cutting edge blogs are beginning to find the band’s impressive album as well. “Pulse of Youth,” a new single from the record, has just been made available.

Youth was completed over the course of 15 months in six different studios, reflecting a dedication to precision that can only come from people who truly love what they do. Using effected guitars (up to 39 pedals), vocal harmonies (voicing universal messages), and heavy drumbeats (to entice connoisseurs and average listeners alike) on Youth, this band of best friends has created a melodic wall of atmospheric ambient pop with the album’s 11 tracks.

Members of Alert New London are available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Alert New London Live

12/03 Toledo, OH @ Ottawa Tavern
12/09 Columbus, OH @ Ravari Room
12/30 Brooklyn, NY @ Trash Bar

1/29 Columbus, OH @ Carabar

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Alert New London

Youth

(S/T – Out Now)

 

Track Listing:

01. Alice

02. Choke

03. Silverdrive (STREAM | MP3)

04. Wooden Indian

05. Disintegrate

06. Pulse of Youth (STREAM | MP3)

07. Sunday Driver

08. Winners

09. Appletree

10. 11

11. Spoonfed

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Alert New London Links

EPK : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : MYSPACE

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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New Zealand’s Princess Chelsea nears quarter-million views of “Cigarette Duet” clip.

‘Lil Chief label mate Pikachunes debuts video for “Nervous” by Go! Team director.

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Top: Jonathan Bree and Chelsea Nikkel of Princess Chelsea. 

Bottom: Miles McDougall of Pikachunes.

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“The Cigarette Duet” is the first single and video from “Lil’ Golden Book” by Princess Chelsea.

 

[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/princess-chelsea-the-cigarette-duet

 

[VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TV_128Fz2g

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/princesschelsea/mp3/princesschelsea-thecigaretteduet.mp3

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“Nervous” is the first single and video from the debut album by Pikachunes.

[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/pikachunes-nervous

[VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TV_128Fz2g

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/pikachunes/mp3/pikachunes-nervous.mp3

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“Absolutely sublime.” – Rolling Stone on Princess Chelsea

“Pop perfection.” – Mix It Up (New Zealand) on Pikachunes

Following up an extended stay in the States, New Zealand-based artists (and ‘Lil Chief Records label mates) Princess Chelsea and Pikachunes have some video news on tap.  Jumping up in YouTubes views to nearly 250,000 plays since its American debut is Princess Chelsea’s video for “The Cigarette Duet,” the first single from Lil’ Golden Book, from primarily-solo artist Chelsea Nikkel’s debut album.

The clip was directed by and co-stars Jonathan Bree, a member of Sub Pop band The Brunettes and a proprietor of the ‘Lil Chief Records label.  Bree claims he shouldn’t even be credited at director, however, saying, “The Cigarette Duet music video was filmed on a shoestring budget of zero dollars, with no production crew, director or even a tripod. I filmed and edited it, and I'm not a filmmaker,” he joked.

Bree continues, “We were house sitting a swanky property in an Auckland suburb and the idea for the video came to me after looking out at the backyard area and its unusual amount of palm trees, exotic plants, and hot tub.  It was all done in one take that take took us six hours to get right. The close-up scene of Chelsea lighting up was filmed later that night.”

Another video with a lot of YouTube love (over a million views) is The Go! Team clip that has come to be known as “the Pac-Man” video.” The video was directed in 2007 by Doug Schachtel and features the famous video game characters running around the streets of New York. Now Schachtel re-visits this theme in his clip for “Nervous” by Miles McDougall aka Pikachunes.

Donning his namesake Pikachu pajamas, McDougall can be seen performing the song at various New York City landmarks to the delight and confusion of many Manhattanites.  Some Disney characters even make a surprise appearance and happily accept McDougall as one of their own. “Nervous” is the first single from the self-titled Pikachunes debut album, inspired by and created during some unexpected downtime from McDougall’s Jazz drumming study which was preceded by reconstructive surgery on his arm.

Chelsea Nikkel and Miles McDougall are available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Princess Chelsea

Lil’ Golden Book

(Lil’ Chief Records – Out Now)

Track Listing:

01. Machines of Loving Grace

02. Yulia

03. Ice Reign

04. Monkey Eats Bananas

05. Caution Repetitive

06. The Cigarette Duet (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)

07. Too Fast To Live (VIDEO)

08. Overseas

09. Frack

10. Goodnight Little Robot Child

11. Ice Reign (Reprise)

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Princess Chelsea Links

EPK : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : MYSPACE : LIL’ CHIEF RECORDS

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Pikachunes

S/T

(Lil’ Chief Records – Out Now)

Track Listing:

01. Holiday

02. Just A Boy (VIDEO)

03. Disco Baby

04. New Fiend

05. Nervous (STREAM | MP3 | REMIX | VIDEO)

06. Tonight

07. Metronome

08. You’re Alright

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Pikachunes Links

EPK : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : MYSPACE : LIL’ CHIEF RECORDS

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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Red Wanting Blue covers “Grinch” for the holidays; Announces tour in support of new album out Jan. 10th.

Album tracks net 100,000 streams in six weeks; World Café Live, House of Blues, Rock Boat dates on tap.

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L-R: Dean Anshutz, Eric Hall Jr., Greg Rahm, Mark McCullough, Scott Terry. Photo by: Jason Tanaka Blaney.

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Red Wanting Blue covers “You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” from the 1966 cartoon “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”

 

[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/red-wanting-blue-grinch

[YOUTUBE]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JmTNJcrqIE

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“Audition” is the first single from Red Wanting Blue’s upcoming album “From The Vanishing Point”

[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/red-wanting-blue-audition-album-version

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/redwantingblue/mp3/redwantingblue-audition.mp3

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“You feel liberated, exhilarated, free. What are you listening to? Red Wanting Blue.” – Performing Songwriter

Columbus, Ohio’s Red Wanting Blue has recorded a cover version of “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” for the holidays. Produced by Jamie Candiloro (REM, Ryan Adams) and recorded at the band’s El Rancho Relaxo studio on November 13^th and 14^th, the track is a Christmas song originally written and composed for the 1966 Dr. Seuss cartoon special “How The Grinch Stole Christmas!” The song was originally performed in the show by Thurl Ravenscroft, the lyrics were written by Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel and the music was composed by Albert Hague.

The “Grinch” cover is a holiday treat from the band to radio, press and its fans as Red Wanting Blue gears up for the release of a new album From The Vanishing Point.  The album – the first Red Wanting Blue has recorded for a label – will initially be supported by a two-month tour (see below for dates) bookended by an upcoming appearance this Saturday in Philadelphia at World Café Live with Carbon Leaf and several appearances on the 12^th annual voyage of The Rock Boat leaving New Orleans bound for Cozumel, Mexico on March 1^st.  Red Wanting Blue also returns to its stronghold of Cleveland, Ohio to headline the House of Blues on February 4^th.

From The Vanishing Point will be released by Fanatic Records (distributed by EMI/Caroline) on January 10^th, 2012.  To appease its fans, Red Wanting Blue posted a Soundcloud stream of the album on October 13^th which to date has netted over 100,000 track plays.  The album’s first single “Audition” (STREAM | MP3) is at radio now and will soon be followed by an official music video shot live by eight cameras at a hometown show in Columbus, Ohio in front of nearly 1000 fans.

Scott Terry of Red Wanting Blue is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Red Wanting Blue Live

12/03 Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live w/ Carbon Leaf
12/09 Arlington, VA @ Iota Club w/ Honor By August
12/10 Arlington, VA @ Iota Club w/ Honor By August
01/05 Charleston, WV @ Empty Glass
01/06 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
01/07 Akron, OH @ Musica
01/10 Lexington, KY @ Natasha's Bar
01/11 St. Louis, MO @ Plush
01/13 Indianapolis, IN @ The Rathskeller
01/15 Traverse City, MI @ Union Street Station
01/17 Newport, KY @ Jefferson Hall
01/20 Toledo, OH @ Frankie's
01/21 Bloomington, IL @ Windjammer Lounge
01/26 Youngstown, OH @ Youngstown State University
01/27 Wheeling, WV @ Wheeling Jesuit University
01/28 Youngstown, OH @ Cedars
01/31 Clarksburg, WV @ PJ Kelly's
02/02 Findlay, OH @ Nino's
02/03 Fishers, IN @ Britton Tavern
02/04 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
02/07 Chicago, IL @ Schuba's
02/08 Ames, IA @ Mother's Pub
02/09 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
02/10 Kearney, NE @ Cunningham's Journal
02/11 Kearney, NE @ Cunningham's Journal
02/22 New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall (tickets)
02/23 Vienna, VA @ Jammin' Java
02/24 Murphy, NC @ Murphy's Grill
02/27 Atlanta, GA @ Smith's Olde Bar
03/01 Cozumel, Mexico @ The Rock Boat
03/02 Cozumel, Mexico @ The Rock Boat
03/03 Cozumel, Mexico @ The Rock Boat
03/04 Cozumel, Mexico @ The Rock Boat
03/05 Cozumel, Mexico @ The Rock Boat

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Red Wanting Blue

From The Vanishing Point

(Fanatic Records – Jan. 10^th, 2012)

Track Listing:

01. Stay On The Bright Side

02. Audition (STREAM | MP3)

03. White Snow

04. Playlist

05. Love Remains

06. Cocaine

07. Walking Shoes

08. Dinosaur

09. Running of The Bulls

10 Ballad of Nobodies

11. Hope On A Rope

12. Pour It Out

13. My Name Is Death (Bonus Track)

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Red Wanting Blue Links

EPK : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : MYSPACE

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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Philadelphia-based Br’er releases single for “City of Ice” title track as tour continues.

Benjamin Schurr mixes industrial soundscapes, bittersweet lyrics on album out Tuesday.

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

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“City of Ice” is the title track and the latest single from the new Br’er album City of Ice.

 

[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/brer-city-of-ice

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/brer/mp3/brer-cityofice.mp3

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Philadelphia-based musician Benjamin Schurr (recording under the name Br’er) is currently on tour in support of his latest album City of Ice, scheduled for release via the Edible Onion label this Tuesday, November 22^nd. The title track from City of Ice is also the latest single from the album where bleak industrial soundscapes, bittersweet pop songwriting, and modern classical music are combined with the refined hand of a young, but experienced songwriter.

Sounding like a dark, electronic version of The Smiths or Bright Eyes produced by Trent Reznor, the songs on City of Ice focus on topics that tend to be marginalized in music such as abuse, displacement, and mental illness (although love and joy make appearances too).  Never-the-less, Br’er still manages to cover these topics 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. The album packaging contains a lyric and photography book held in cases covered in gel transfers on top of acrylic and watercolor washes. Each case is unique and hand numbered.  Benjamin Schurr is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Br’er On Tour

11/22 St. Louis, MO @ LEMP (3301 Lemp Ave.)
11/23 Nashville, TN @ Little Hamilton Collective (1318 Little Hamilton 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
11/30 Greenville, NC @ Tipsy (409 Evans St.)
12/01 Fredericksburg, VA @ Read All Over Books (307 William St.)
12/03 Washington, DC @ Red Palace (1212 H St. NE)

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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 (STREAM | MP3)

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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