Brooklyn’s My Cousin, The Emperor won “Best Alt Country – Song” for “A Long Way From Home,” the title track from their debut album, in the 9th annual Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential awards program for independent bands and fans.
The Winners in more than 50 album, song, music video and design categories culled from thousands of submissions from around the globe, were determined by a panel of 80 influential artists and industry pros including Tom Waits, The Black Keys, Ricky Skaggs, Pete Wentz, Mark Hoppus, Aimee Mann, The Apples in Stereo, David Garrett, Suzanne Vega, Bettye LaVette, Judy Collins, Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward.
Congrats fellas. Keep an eye out for MC, TE shows at SXSW in Austin and their part in Manic Fest Destiny.
In Super Bowl numbers, ‘X’ means 10; sometimes it means “prohibited,” but on a pirate’s map, X is where the treasure is buried and that’s what will be found at “Freaks Ball X.” Over the past 10 years, a music newsgroup of fans, tastemakers and music lovers have gathered to celebrate the balance of a great party with great music.
The decade anniversary of this event will be celebrated on Sat, Jan 23rd with “FREAKS BALL X” at Sullivan Hall in NYC featuring New Orleans’ ANDERS OSBORNE and Jersey’s THE BLACK HOLLIES. In-demand NYC axe-man Scott Metzger has been added to open up the night with a guitar-fueled groove set. This will be Scott’s 8th Freaks Ball performance in a row!
Much love for the FREAKS from NY Examiner, Hidden Track, Village Voice, Time Out NY and many many others…
Australia’s KARNIVOOL embarked on the magnanimous tour of their homeland this past week as they began the already SOLD OUT BIG DAY OUT music festival along with sonic powerhouses Muse, The Mars Volta, The Horrors & Mastodon. This is the VOOL’s latest tour outing counting down to the U.S. release of their internationally lauded full-length Sound Awake on February 16, 2010 via SIN/SonyMusic Independent Network.
Early March will see the quintet tour Europe before heading to SXSW in Austin, where they will begin their first U.S. tour in three years with the Serjical Strike label’s Fair To Midland. Venues have finally been confirmed and the full itinerary can be found over at CMJ.
Saint Bernadette recently released their fourth studio offering Cover Thy Neighbor, a collection of covers, all written and originally performed by such acts as The Zambonis, Shangk, Jar-e, Unicorn Wild Ox, Diplodocus and Jargon Society.
Cover Thy Neighbor features performances by Fuzz, Carrie, and Ben of Caravan of Thieves, Jesse Elliott of These United States, Jim Oblon of Thin Veil and many more.
Jen at DOA interviewed the band about their album and recent “SUNDAY MASS” performances.
Brooklyn’s THE ART OF SHOOTING “juxtaposes dreamy shoegaze with crunchy, epic rock” (Time Out New York) and will release their debut full-length Traveling Show in April, 2010.
To support our show at The Rumble at Southpaw last week, WNYC Music Hub was kind enough to preview the show with a free download of “The Birdcage” from the upcoming release. Check out what they have to say here.
Keep up with more details about gigs and TAOS heading to SXSW at their myspace.
My Cousin, The Emperor recently released their debut album A Long Way From Home and the brooklyn boys with a southern twang continue to receive rave reviews.
Our friends at Under the Radar Magazine were kind enough to premiere and review the track “Montevideo” from A Long Way From Home. Check it out HERE!!
“With “Montevideo,” My Cousin, The Emperor stands up for all that’s still right with the genre of country.”
- Under the Radar Magazine
Singer-songwriter David Berkeley has been touring all year in support of his 3rd album Strange Light, recently released via Thirty Tigers. During a recent stop in his home town of Atlanta, David stopped by the Paste Magazine offices and taped a live performance in their studio.
Watch David Berkeley LIVE AT PASTE
Check out more from David Berkeley at his myspace page, including the haunting version of “Love’s The Only Thing That Shuts Me Up.” that he contributed to the acclaimed Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy along with indie-rock giants Thom Yorke, Michael Stipe, Frank Black and The National.
More at:
http://davidberkeley.com
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