Monday, September 30, 2013

Peelander-Z tours in support of just-released hair metal-era tribute album “Metalander-Z.”

See the premiere of band’s music video for “Ride On The Shooting Star” via MTV Hive now.

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Peelander-Z (L-R): Peelander-Purple, Peelander-Pink, Peelander-Yellow, Peelander-Green. Photo by: Daisuke Yoshida.

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“Ride On The Shooting Star” is the first single and video from the new Peelander-Z album “Metalander-Z”!



[STREAM]: https://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/peelander-z-ride-on-the

[DOWNLOAD]: https://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/peelander-z-ride-on-the/download

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/peelander-z/mp3/peelander-z-ride-on-the.mp3

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See the premiere of the “Ride On The Shooting Star” music video by Peelander-Z courtesy of MTV Hive!

Check out the premiere of “Ride On The Shooting Star” by Peelander-Z courtesy of USA Today!


Referencing the glory days of hair metal’s reign, the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Japan-by-way-of-planet-Peelander foursome, Peelander-Z, poured over hundreds of gear reviews and blogs, and started collecting era-appropriate gear to construct the new album Metalander-Z, a recording that is both completely of its time and completely timeless.

Metalander-Z’s lead single is “Ride On The Shooting Star,” which recently premiered via USA Today and now has an accompanying video, streaming now via MTV Hive. Directed by Rand Borden from monster battle federation Kaiju Big Battel, the clip depicts the story of Peelander-Purple’s journey to Earth from Planet Peelander.  “He was super bad boy before, but he is our friend right now!!!,” says band leader Peelander-Yellow.

Some of the albums that inspired Metalander-Z include AC/DC’s High Voltage, Cinderella’s Night Songs, Def Leppard’s Pyromania, Iron Maiden’s Number of The Beast, Motley Crue’s Too Fast For Love, Van Halen’s 1984, and ZZ Top’s Eliminator.

Peelander–Z has appeared at major music festivals including Bonnaroo and the Vans Warped Tour and has also been featured on TV programs such as VH1’s “Best Week Ever” and Comedy Central’s “Upright Citizens Brigade.” The band has also been covered by Rolling Stone, SPIN, the Village Voice, NPR and The Onion among many others.  Peelander-Z is currently in the midst of a 35-date nationwide tour in support of Metalander-Z.  See below for the remaining itinerary.

Peelander-Yellow of Peelander-Z is available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information, guest list needs, etc.

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Peelander-Z On Tour

10/01 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks w/ Mudhoney
10/02 Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
10/03 Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
10/04 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
10/05 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
10/11 Boston, MA @ Church of Boston
10/12 Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar
10/15 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
10/16 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
10/17 Knoxville, TN @ The Bowery
10/18 Nashville, TN @ The Mercy Lounge
10/19 Chattanooga, TN @ JJ's Bohemia
10/20 Orlando, FL @ Orange County Convention Center Nerdapalooza
10/22 Lake Worth, FL @ Propaganda
10/23 Gainesville, FL @ High Dive
10/24 Ybor City, FL @ The Orpheum w/ Casulties, Negative Approach
10/25 Jefferson, LA @ House of Shock Haunted House
10/28 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Cafe
10/31 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands

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Peelander-Z
Metalander-Z
(Chicken Ranch, Sept. 10th, 2013)


01. Heavy Snake
02. High Five Boy
03. Ride On The Shooting Star (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3 | VIDEO)
04. Killer Thunder
05. Alphabet
06. I Got Fired
07. Metal Man
08. Two Bass
09. Dye Your Hair
10. My Shake

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Peelander-Z Links

INFO : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : CHICKEN RANCH

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Kim Lenz premieres Joseph Cultice-directed “Pay Dearly” video via BLURT. New album from rockabilly-roots maven out now.

Los Angeles-based songwriter challenges herself on “Follow Me” full-length, chronicling break-up with life she once knew.

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Kim Lenz as photographed by Joseph Cultice

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“Pay Dearly” is the latest single and video from the new album “Follow Me” by Kim Lenz and The Jaguars

 




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

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See the premiere of the “Pay Dearly” video by Kim Lenz and The Jaguars via BLURT

Check out the premiere of “Pay Dearly” by Kim Lenz and The Jaguars via Black Book

Check out the premiere of “Follow Me” by Kim Lenz and The Jaguars via CMT Edge

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“Lenz sings her rockabilly odes with the sort of randy sass that would have been considered unladylike in the King’s court.” – People

“Like most of the songs I write, this one came to me in the night,” Los Angeles-based musician Kim Lenz says of “Pay Dearly,” the opening number from her latest album Follow Me.  The track recently premiered via Black Book Magazine, and now the Joseph Cultice-directed music video for the song makes its debut via BLURT.  “I woke up with the first verse fully formed, and after waking up four more times that night, I had ‘Pay Dearly,’ Lenz explains. “It’s a song about what you will do, what you will give up, what you will ultimately pay for something taken away from you that you dearly want back.”

Lenz has been cultivating her take on rockabilly since 1998, releasing three albums, and playing hundreds of dates around the world.  Director Cultice is already a famed celebrity photographer who has shot Lenz previously, but is helming a music video for her for the first time. “We worked together on her last two albums,” he explains.  “I was very touched that she wanted me to do her new video. The song is strong and heartfelt – an instant classic.”  The shoot was completed at Quixote Studios in Hollywood where Cultice has previously produced iconic images of everyone from Marilyn Manson to “Dexter” star Michael C. Hall. 

Follow Me was produced by roots music icon Carl Sonny Leyland, and recorded by Los Straitjackets bassist Pete Curry in a manner that honors the recordings that have come before – on vintage tube gear to two-inch tape in mono.  The record is a bit of a departure for Lenz in that its lyrics deal with matters that she has yet to touch on in her songs, and that are atypical of the genre in general.  Following the release of 2009’s It’s All True, and that album’s subsequent tour, Lenz suffered a series of personal setbacks.  Discovering that she was adopted, and that her family had kept it secret all of her life opened up a flood of terrible memories for Lenz to sort through and come to terms with. At the same time, she also lost her friend and bandmate, Nick Curran to cancer.

“Some people have asked me if this is a break-up record,” she says of the life events that informed Follow Me.  “I guess it is. It’s about the breakup of the life I had known. I’d always been a fiercely independent woman, but I was really just trying to protect myself. What I’ve gone through has ultimately made me stronger, though – real strength.”  Follow Me by Kim Lenz and The Jaguars is out now via Riley Records.  Kim Lenz is available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Kim Lenz and The Jaguars
Follow Me
(Riley Records – Out Now)


Track Listing:

01. Pay Dearly (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3 | VIDEO)
02. Follow Me (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3)
03. Deejay
04. Tumble and Fall
05. Whiplash
06. Ghost of You
07. Cry Wolf
08. Number One Reason
09. Three-Cornered Heart
10. Shadows on the Old Bayou
11. Right Here With Me
12. Trust No One

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Kim Lenz Links

INFO : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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Monday, September 16, 2013

Oakland-based duo Steel Cranes announces US tour in support of upcoming debut "Ouroboros" out Sept. 24th.

 Ultra-loud band’s “Moving On” video, shot on location at some favorite East Bay landmarks, streaming now.

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Steel Cranes (L-R): Amanda Schukle, Tracy Shapiro | Photo: Miakoda Collins

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“The slo-mo heaviness of a 2,000-pound pendulum, as much grit as an abandoned highway, and a fearless sense of rock ‘n’ roll.” - MTV Buzzworthy

Oakland-based duo Steel Cranes will be blowing up eardrums nationwide starting later this month when band members Amanda Schukle (drums) and Tracy Shapiro (vocals, guitar) take their intense live show across the country.  See below for a complete itinerary for the tour that kicks off with a hometown record release show at The Night Light in Oakland.  The band’s debut album Ouroboros will be released on September 24th.   The album’s latest single “Moving On” recently spawned a music video shot in various locations around Berkeley and Oakland,

“We love the East Bay,” says Shapiro. “So, we purposely chose recognizable locations.” Those familiar with the area will notice an industrial stretch of 2nd St., a piece of the San Francisco Bay Trail that crosses over Highway 80, and a scene set in front of downtown Oakland’s Paramount Theater.  The video kicks off at the Albany Bulb, an odd place on the edge of the Bay where lots of people live in tents among graffiti-covered sculptures, structures, and huts.  This appropriately strange place is where clip’s main character first wakes up and we see her covered in paper scraps.

“They represent the various beliefs she has accumulated that are no longer relevant in helping her move forward,” Shapiro explains.  “She begins a journey toward shedding them, but holds on to the one that’s actually important.”  Shapiro’s bandmate Amanda Schukle (drums) comments about the tune saying, “‘Moving On’ was the Steel Cranes song where I knew that we had found our sound. That nasty bending-note guitar riff intro just kicks it off.”  Shapiro wholeheartedly agrees: “That nasty bendy note makes me happy.  Very happy.”

Ouroboros, produced by the band and engineered by Eli Crews (tUnE-yArDs, Deerhoof), captures the raw energy of Shapiro and Schukle in a way that is rarely heard on records these days.  As Shapiro explains, “It was essential to us that the tension that comes with our live performance be present on the album.”

Ouroboros by Steel Cranes is scheduled for release on September 24th, 2013.  The members of Steel Cranes are available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Steel Cranes Fall Tour 2013

09/20 Oakland, CA @ The Night Light Record Release Show
09/25 Sacramento, CA @ The Press Club w/ Musical Charis, Fudi
09/26 Eugene, OR @ Luckey’s w/ Small Joys, Paper Foxes, and Radion
09/27 Portland, OR @ Slabtown w/ The Greencarts
09/28 Seattle, WA @ Comet Tavern w/ Redwood Plan, Panama Gold
09/29 Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur w/ The Redwood Plan, Full Moon Radio
10/01 Spokane, WA @ Baby Bar
10/02 Bozeman, MT @ Haufbrau w/ The Electric Sundays
10/04 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge w/ DCTV, C’est Tra La
10/06 Manhattan, KS @ Auntie Mae’s w/ Couches
10/07 Kansas City, MO @ Czar Bar w/ Fake Fancy
10/08 Des Moines, IA @ The Gas Lamp w/ Rumble Seat Riot, Satellite State
10/10 Chicago, IL @ The Burlington w/ Eiffel Tower
10/11 Milwaukee, WI @ Frank’s Power Plant w/ Playdate, Forgotten Species
10/12 Madison, WI @ Mickey’s Tavern w/ Cribshitter
10/16 Detroit, MI @ PJ’s Lager House w/ All the Wild Children, The Walking Beat
10/18 Akron, OH @ Buzzbin Art & Music Shop
10/20 Providence, RI @ Dusk
10/23 Allston, MA @ O’Brians w/ Today Junior, Ghosts of Sailors at Sea, Idiot Genes
10/24 Brooklyn, NY @ Spike Hill w/ Highway, Son Boom, Caitling Mahoney
10/26 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung-Fu Necktie w/ John Wesley Coleman, Traumahelikopter
10/27 Washington, DC @ The Black Squirrel w/ Company Calls
11/05 Dallas, TX @ Bryan Street Tavern
11/06 Austin, TX @ The Parish Underground w/ The Dead Space, The Harms, Rescue Mission
11/08 Albuquerque, NM @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge w/ The Klondykes, St. Wolf, Port Alice
11/09 Santa Fe, NM @ Molly’s Kitchen
11/13 Phoenix, AZ @ The Trunk Space
11/15 San Diego, CA @ Merrowin w/ East of Sweden
11/17 Los Angeles, CA @ Origami Vinyl In-Store, 7PM
11/18 Los Angeles, CA @ The Redwood Bar w/ EZ Tiger

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Steel Cranes
Ouroboros
(S/R – September 24th, 2013)


Track Listing:

1. Anthem
2. Moving On (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3 | VIDEO)
3. Have You Thought of Me
4. Before Dawn
5. One After Another
6. Drowning in the Bathtub
7. Boat Song (STREAM | DOWNLOAD | MP3)
8. The One
9. I’ve Let Go
10. Farewell

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Steel Cranes Links

INFO : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : BANDCAMP

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : TUMBLR : SOUNDCLOUD : SPOTIFY : LAST.FM : BLOG : E-MAIL
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