Moonlight Towers follows-up Little Steven’s “Coolest Song In The World” with “The Easy Way Out” single.

Austin band to issue live EP with hit “Heat Lightning” streaming now. Video and tour (w/ CMJ show) on tap.

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Moonlight Towers: James Stevens, Richard Galloway, Jacob Schulze, Jason Daniels. Photo by Carol He.

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“The Easy Way Out” is the latest single from “Day Is The New Night” by Moonlight Towers

[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/moonlight-towers-the-easy-way-out

“Heat Lightning (Live)” is taken from the upcoming “Live At Antone’s” EP by Moonlight Towers

[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/moonlight-towers-heat-lightning-live

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Little Steven Van Zandt, famed guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and former co-star of The Sopranos, fell in love with the Moonlight Towers track “Heat Lightning” this summer. Naming the track his “Coolest Song In The World” for the week, Van Zandt went on to give the tune (and others from the album) lots of airplay over the following weeks on his long-running SiriusXM radio show, “Little Steven’s Underground Garage,” which is also syndicated to stations around the world and heard by 1.2 million listeners a week.

Now Moonlight Towers has followed-up “Heat Lightning” with another gem of a track from its latest Day Is The New Night album. The new single “The Easy Way Out” is streaming now.  The band is also wrapping production on the video for “The Easy Way Out” in addition to a live EP recorded at hometown venue Antone’s in Austin, Texas.  The “Live At Antone’s” EP features a high-energy version of “Heat Lightning” which can be heard here.

Proclaimed “amazing” by Performing Songwriter for creating what the Chicago Reader calls “perfectly molded power-pop,” the members of Moonlight Towers are “Austin’s favorite three-minute heroes” according to the Austin American-Statesman. The band will be playing a handful of dates on its way to this year’s CMJ conference where it will perform as part of a showcase presented by Chicken Ranch Records and Fanatic Promotion.  The show on Saturday October 22^nd at Bowery Poetry Club also features Nashville band The Clutters and New York’s own Peelander-Z.

Moonlight Towers is available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Moonlight Towers Live

10/14 Little Rock, AR @ Stickyz Rock 'N' Roll Chicken Shack w/ Se7en Sharp, 9PM

10/15 Memphis, TN @ Buccaneer Lounge w/ Sin City Scoundrels, On & Ohn, DJ Budreaux, 10PM

10/19 Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint

10/20 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fire 9PM, $7

10/22 New York, NY @ Bowery Poetry Club Chicken Ranch and Fanatic Present @ CMJ 2011 w/ The Clutters, Peelander-Z, 11PM

11/04 Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall w/The Lennings, Colin Gilmore

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Moonlight Towers

Day Is The New Night

(Chicken Ranch, Out Now)

Track Listing:

1. Heat Lightning (STREAM | MP3)

2. Can’t Shake This Feelin’

3. Distant Wheels

4. The Easy Way Out (STREAM)

5. Comes A Time

6. What Else Can I Say

7. Baby Don’t Slow Me Down

8. Not A Kid Anymore

9. Black River

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Moonlight Towers Links

EPK : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : CHICKEN RANCH RECORDS

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion

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Philadelphia-based musician Benjamin Schurr to release new album of dark sentimental songs as Br’er.

In his hands, industrial soundscapes, bittersweet songwriting, modern classical music still sound pop.

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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.

 

[SOUNDCLOUD]: http://www.soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/brer-you-go-well-stay-here

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

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Philadelphia-based songwriter Benjamin Schurr (recording under the name Br’er) will release City of Ice, the follow-up to Br’er’s 2007 album Of Shemales and Kissaboos 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.

Schurr’s influences range from the dark songwriting of Leonard Cohen and Michael Gira of Swans to 60’s pop and even the sounds of Philadelphia itself, with Schurr explaining that “The sounds and rhythms of the trains are what influenced the album’s percussion.” On City of Ice these bleak industrial soundscapes, bittersweet pop songwriting, and modern classical music are combined with the refined hand of a young, but experienced songwriter.

Schurr’s sensitivity to his surroundings is what makes City of Ice such compelling 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. While extreme, this method served his mandate to honor the vulnerable subject matter on the album.

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.

City of Ice comes packaged in a double gatefold CD sleeve built out of recycled paper, with an attached booklet containing lyrics and photography. The sleeve is housed in handmade cases covered in gel transfers of photography used in the album artwork on top of acrylic and watercolor washes. Each one is unique and hand numbered.

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
10/30 Lowell, MA @ The Sock Hop Daytime Acoustic Halloween Brunch
11/01 Easthampton, MA @ The Flywheel (43 Main St.) w/ Jordan Knecht
11/02 Burlington, VT @ The Monkey House (30 Main St.)
11/04 Buffalo, NY @ The Vault (702 Main St.)
11/05 Jamestown, NY @ Labyrinth Press Company (12 E. 4th St.) w/ Jerry Fels & The Jerry Fels
11/08 Peoria, IL @ Copper River Coffee & Tea (2535 W. War Memorial Dr.)
11/10 Beloit, WI @ Music House (716 Emerson St.)
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 For Info: darian@edibleonion.com
11/28 Charleston, SC @ Communications Museum (58 George St.)

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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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Alert New London calls from Columbus. Atmospheric sounds abound on meticulously crafted debut.

Six studios, 15 months and 39 guitar pedals in the making, “Youth” album sounds young and fresh.

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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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“Silverdrive” is the first single from the upcoming Alert New London debut album Youth.

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

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Columbus, Ohio band Alert New London is set to release its meticulously crafted debut album Youth on November 15^th.   The album’s first single “Silverdrive” is available for streaming and download now.  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.

Live, the walls come down, as Alert New London reflects the soul of its audience, a diverse crowd that wants to move with jubilation instead of standing at the back of the club. Alert New London is creating a community with its show and is charting a path for this kind of expression in its Midwestern home town (and soon to towns beyond!)

Youth will be released on November 15^th, 2011. 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

10/21 Dayton, OH @ Blind Bob's

10/29 Columbus, OH @ Kobo Live

11/11 Columbus, OH @ Kobo Live

11/18 Indianapolis, IN @ The Volrath

11/19 St. Louis, MO @ The Heavu Anchor

12/02 Cincinnati, OH @ The Mad Frog

12/03 Toledo, OH @ Ottawa Tavern

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Alert New London

Youth

(S/R – Nov. 15^th, 2011)

Track Listing:

01. Alice

02. Choke

03. Silverdrive (STREAM | MP3)

04. Wooden Indian

05. Disintegrate

06. Pulse of Youth

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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