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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

NYC’s Demander will make you love “Math” – one of the catchiest singles of the year.

Video for track features the trio in exuberant performance mode. “Dizzyingly addictive.” - CMJ

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“Math” is the first single and video from the “Future Brite” LP by Demander.

[STREAM + WIDGET]: http://fairtilizer.com/track/demander-math

[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/demander/mp3/demander-math.mp3

[VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Quv19joI1k

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Demander In The Press:

“Future Brite could easily be popular on alternative radio, should the fickle winds of youth-culture popularity blow its way.” - Wired

“Like The Breeders if they’d owned more metal records or Sleater-Kinney if they weren’t granolas from Portland, New York band Demander have been steadily building buzz in Gotham with a gnarled brew of rock, metal, and punk and a touring hot streak.” - RCRD LBL

“The three members of Demander [are] perhaps New York City’s most boisterous, witty and good-natured group… [They’re] a band devoid of an obvious scene affiliation. This is due primarily to their dizzyingly addictive sound.” - CMJ New Music Monthly

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Demander
“Future Brite”
(Self-Released)
Release Date: 04/20/10

MP3: “Math” | VIDEO: “Math”

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More About Demander:

Demander’s second album, Future Brite, is set for release on April 20th and the lead off single and video for “Math” is about as irresistible as can be. Recorded in NYC, the album was produced by Jim Keller and features a mix by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Hold Steady). Guest musicians include Franz Nicolay of The Hold Steady, Native American Music Award winner Martha Redbone, and members of World/Inferno Friendship Society and Anti-Social Music. There was some singing done in a vocal booth that smelled like sheep perfume and a whole lot of clapping.

Demander’s Karen Kanan Corrêa and Sivan Harlap met as members of The Hissyfits in 2001. Sivan actually spent the first few months of their acquaintance trying to get Karen kicked out of the group - not everyone likes viola in a rock band - but Karen eventually switched to bass and the two became fast friends and musical allies over the next two years performing with The Killers, Gary Go, Holly Golightly and many others.

The two formed Demander in 2005 and have since recorded an EP, album and a few singles, toured with The Hold Steady, Art Brut and New Model Army and played shows with the likes of Mindless Self Indulgence, Frank Black, Kevin Devine, Nicole Atkins, Constantines, and Heartless Bastards. Press has been kind with features and reviews at RCRD LBL, CMJ New Music Monthly, The Deli Magazine, and a stint as SPIN.com’s Band of the Day. Now Demander is in yer pants, too – Levi’s just picked Future Brite as the soundtrack to the company’s latest European ad campaign.

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Monday, April 5, 2010

True Womanhood emerges out of post-Dischord DC with the haunting pop gems of “Basement Membranes.”

“Memo to bands: locking yourself in a confined space can result in wonderful things like this.” - Sam Duke, RCRD LBL

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PLAY and POST

“The Monk” is the first single from Basement Membranes by True Womanhood.

[STREAM + WIDGET]: http://fairtilizer.com/track/truewomanhood-themonk

[MP3] http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/truewomanhood/mp3/truewomanhood-themonk.mp3

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LIVE

04/06 Washington, DC @ Black Cat 9pm EP Release Show

04/07 Baltimore, MD @ Golden West Cafe 10pm

04/08 Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight 8pm

04/09 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn 8pm

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True Womanhood

Basement Membranes

(Environmental Aesthetics)

Release Date: 4/6/2010

MP3: “The Monk”

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ABOUT

In the short time they’ve been together, True Womanhood has had the opportunity to perform both in and outside of their home city with national acts such as HEALTH; A Place to Bury Strangers; Times New Viking; Crystal Antlers; The Babies; Titus Andronicus; Beach Fossils; Indian Jewelry; The Mae Shi; AIDS Wolf; etc.

The trio has emerged out of the doldrums of post-Dischord Washington, D.C. with a collection of haunting pop gems that are surprisingly mature given the band’s youthful exuberance and predisposition towards experimental music. Their debut EP, Basement Membranes, on the Baltimore label Environmental Aesthetics, was recorded mainly at the DIY venue and effects pedal factory Death By Audio in Brooklyn, before the finishing touches were applied with the help of J. Robbins (Jawbox) at his studio in Baltimore.

Four-foot industrial blades hanging like chimes. A disassembled church organ rigged with wires running into a computer. As much art installation as rock concert, the most conventional things on True Womanhood’s stage are the timpani drums. And these homemade instruments are not mere sonic curiosities but integral parts of the band’s tightly crafted, inventive songwriting. Grounded on friendships going back to middle school, band members Thomas Redmond, Melissa Beattie and Noam Elsner play in an instinctual style that is sonically and emotionally loud.

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TRUE WOMANHOOD LINKS

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CONTACT JOSH BLOOM | FANATIC PROMOTION

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Canada’s cutest musical couple, Hexes & Ohs, bring their “Bedroom Madness” to the States.

Trio of irresistible videos and accompanying MP3s available for viewing and posting now.

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ABOUT HEXES & OHS

“… Lam and Donnelly delight throughout by introducing bittersweet boy/girl harmonies into the slippery mix of post-punk thud, newfangled dancefloor electronics and unapologetic pop savvy pioneered years ago by ancestors such as New Order and Depeche Mode.” - Toronto Star

Meet Hexes & Ohs. The story of this electro-pop duo begins with a pair of high school sweethearts and spans years of couple-hood and musical projects. the duo’s debut release “Goodbye Friend, Welcome Lover” reached the #2 position on the Canadian campus radio charts, remaining in the top 10 for several months and CBC Radio 3 named the album’s “Whadaya Know?” one of their top 50 singles of the year.

Since the release of “Goodbye Friend, Welcome Lover,” the album has taken Hexes & Ohs to places they never expected. Hexes & Ohs has played CMJ, Pop Montreal, CMW, NXNE, Halifax Pop Explosion, and Osheaga and has opened for Mates of State, Sloan, Kid Koala, Au Revoir Simone, Tokyo Police Club, and Most Serene Republic. “Bedroom Madness,” the second album by Hexes & Ohs was produced by Byron Wong (The Crystal Method, David Usher), and is sure to bring the duo new levels of success.