FERAL CHILDREN ROCKED BUMBERSHOOT!
Feral Children got home from a short West Coast tour (see below) just in time to rock the EMP Sky Church last Labor Day weekend.
They played Mon Sept 1 at 6 pm as a part of Seattle’s annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. Their highly successful performance for 700 fans left 400 poor souls outside due to capacity limitations. Glowing post-show reviews include one from the Stranger, "On to the EMP Sky Church to catch a glimpse of Seattle quintet Feral Children. They packed the place and their surging, sinewy rock, with its memorable hooks and vocal quirks, triggered thoughts of Mission of Burma and Pixies. Feral Children—keep an ear on them."– Dave Segel, the Stranger
Us sentimental Sarathaners grabbed a pic of them loading the van and leaving two weeks ago.
Thu 9/11 Seattle, WA (Neumos); Thu 10/9 Seattle, WA (The Comet); Sat 10/11 Missoula, MT (The Badlander); Tue 10/14 Minneapolis, MN (The Uptown); Fri 10/17 Detroit, MI (Painted Lady Lounge).
WAR TAPES PERFORMED AT THE F-YEAH FEST SAT AUG 30
War Tapes prepared for their forthcoming release with a show during the F Yeah Fest last Sat Aug 30th at the Annex. The F Yeah Fest included No Age, Matt & Kim, Two Gallants, and more awesome bands! The LA Weekly previewed the show and Prefix Magazine has two photos up.
*Fri 9/12, Tempe, AZ (Marquee Theater); Sat 9/13, San Diego, CA (Beauty Bar) Sun 9/21, San Francisco, CA (The Fillmore); Wed 9/24, Hollywood, CA (Club Moscow) CD Release!; Thu 10/23, Anaheim, CA (OCtoberflame Festival)
PETER BRADLEY ADAMS, LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO Charlottesville’s The Hook posted a show preview which includes a live video of Peter performing “Los Angeles” off his new release leavetaking.
Thu 9/4, Chicago, IL (Schubas); Thur 9/11, Nashville, TN (Next Big Nashville); Thu 9/18, Columbus, MS (Rosenzweig Arts Center);
Fri 9/19, Nashville, TN (Showcasing Americana Music Convention); Sat 11/1, Dickson, TN (American Folk Festival)
FERAL CHILDREN INTERVIEWED BY JOHN RICHARDS ON "THE LOCAL MUSIC SHOW" (Seattle)
KEXP's John Richards interviews Feral Children on his cable / online tv-show "The Local Music Show"
8/28/2008: The Local Music Show at on location at Liberty on Capitol Hill. John Richards interviews members of Feral Children and features videos from Heavy Hearts, Helio Sequence and Fleet Foxes.
FERAL CHILDREN PERFORM AT BUMBERSHOOT MON SEPT 1
Feral Children are home from a short West Coast tour and are ready to rock the EMP Sky Church this Labor Day weekend. They're playing Mon Sept 1 at 6 pm as a part of Seattle's annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival.
WAR TAPES PERFORM AT THE F-YEAH FEST SAT AUG 30
War Tapes prepare for their forthcoming release with a show during the F Yeah Fest this Sat Aug 30th at the Annex. The F Yeah Fest includes No Age, Matt & Kim, Two Gallants, and more awesome bands!
PETER BRADLEY ADAMS ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW We are all celebrating the August 5th release of Peter Bradley Adams leavetaking. Joining the celebration are numerous reviewers including the snippets below:
Ink19.com says - Singer/songwriters in Nashville are ten a penny, but Leavetaking deserves to elevate Peter Bradley Adams to a level above the majority of his contemporaries in Music City. A captivating blend of folk, Americana and pop, it's undoubtedly one of the best albums of 2008.....Recorded with co-producer Lex Price in Nashville, Leavetaking is an unbelievably high quality album with a surprise around every corner.
HybridMagazine.com says - The songs on Adams' newest album Leavetaking....are reverential and honest, thick with emotion and stories of life, creating an almost alternative gospel music. After the grace of Gather Up, I had high expectations from Adams' next release; but he has gone far beyond what I had hoped for, and I simply can't say enough about the greatness of this record.
PETER BRADLEY ADAMS LIVE ON THE MUSIC ROW SHOW: Peter Bradley Adams performs live on The Music Row Show Jul 20 @ 6pm - Nashville, TN
listen online at:TheMusicRowShow.com
FERAL CHILDREN GIVES AWAY DIGITAL FOUR-TRACK EP IN ADVANCE OF DEBUT FULL-LENGTH; BAND ADDED TO SEATTLE’S BLOCK PARTY FEST LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2008 — Feral Children’s debut full-length is still five weeks away from seeing the light of day, but the Seattleites are chomping at the bit to give a glimpse into their dark, frenetic indie rock. They will offer a free digital four-track EP, beginning today via Sarathan Records: sarathan.com/free/feralchildren_ep
The eponymous, abbreviated collection contains the songs – "Spy/Glass House," "Jaundice Giraffe," "Saint" and "Zyghost" – culled from the band’s forthcoming album, Second to the Last Frontier, produced by Arcade Fire and Animal Collective audio wizard Scott Colburn, due July 8 on Sarathan.
Revered throughout the Pacific Northwest for their wild and sometimes reckless live shows, which typically end with something broken and someone bloodied, Feral Children is an appropriate name for this group of backwoods musicians who relocated to Seattle from the small Washington town of Maple Valley. It’s this caustically wild performance that earned them an invite to perform at the Capitol Hill Block Party, July 26 in Seattle, joining Vampire Weekend, Darker My Love and Les Savy Fav. Prior to that, the fivesome will perform at the Noise for the Needy Benefit alongside Matt and Kim and YACHT at Seattle’s Neumos on June 14.
Feral Children caught the attention of influential Seattle-based radio station KEXP who has championed the band with major airplay and a high-profile slot on their holiday show alongside Yeasayer and Dead Confederate. Over the past several months EP track "Jaundice Giraffe" has become a staple on the station and has been singled out as their "Song of the Day." "
The vocal ranting will bring to mind early Modest Mouse, but the jangly guitars and go-for-the-throat attitude will make you forget anything but Feral Children," they exclaimed.
There’s been no shortage of local love with The Stranger describing their music as "convulsive, percussive, skuzzed-out rock, as primal as a caveman fertility ritual" and Seattle Weekly gushing: "a gleaming, dark, and angsty effort that combines rock and roll with pop elements, stringing them out into complex, sometimes linear, song structures with yelps, screams, buzzing guitars, intense keys, and an underlying tone of conflict and rage."
SARATHAN RECORDS SIGNS WAR TAPES Sarathan Records is proud to welcome War Tapes to our roster. This Los Angeles 4-piece successfully creates epic anthems of angst, blending the attitude and edge of today's post-hard-core scene with an appealing nod to 80's new-wave and post-punk.
All the while, War Tapes demonstrates a knack for creating huge hooks and sing-a-long choruses.
Front-man Neil Popkin engages audiences with youthful charisma and a passionate delivery. His dark, powerful stage presence is unpredictable, yet completely refined. Conversely, bassist Becca Popkin is stoic and graceful, playing thoughtful bass lines filled with melodic, driving force while simultaneously adding lush and haunting harmonies that counter-balance her brother's deeply commanding vocals. Drawing on his punk-rock roots, the fervent Matt Bennett seamlessly combines his live energy with a wall-of-sound guitar style that adds an intense level of richness and precision that rivals the heroes he grew up worshipping, but is completely his own. The unique drumming approach of William Mohler brings a striking and stylistic dynamic to the band. His powerful rhythmic cadence is the breath and pulse of the band and the foundation for War Tapes' signature heart-quaking 'doom-pop'.
maintaining or establishing positioning for our artists on iTunes, MySpace, Pandora, LastFM, Facebook, Purevolume, Hi5, iMeem, etc.
working with Podcasters, Internet Radio stations and bloggers
tour promotion in US and Europe
event support at venues like Bumbershoot, The Showbox, Neumo's etc.
working with LA-based publicists & marketers on PR campaigns
working with Film/TV/commercial music supervisors
developing innovative fan-recruitment, retention and rewards programs
optimizing Google Adwords & Adsense campaigns
Email resume, cover letter, and writing samples to Sarathan Intern Manager at intern08[at]sarathan.com with subject line "Internet Internships".
"MONKEY" Video WINNERS Announced!
Sarathan Records & Two Loons for Tea are excited to announce the winners of the "Monkey" music video contest -- Autumn Andel and Susan Coulson -- who each received a $2500 Amazon.com gift certificate as a prize for their winning videos for Two Loons for Tea's best-selling song. Please join us in congratulating Susan and Autumn, and enjoy their work below.
SARATHAN PROUDLY SIGNS FERAL CHILDREN Sarathan Records is proud to announce the signing of Feral Children. This high-energy Seattle-based indie-rock band brings a new dimension and aesthetic to Sarathan's already eclectic roster, with their wild range of experimental explorations and explosive live show. Their debut album, Second to the Last Frontier, was self-released locally to overwhelming praise and will receive its proper US retail release summer 2008 through Fontana/Universal and international digital release through IODA.
Produced by Scott Colburn (Animal Collective, Arcade Fire), the album draws upon and expands from their diverse set of influences. Comparisons to Animal Collective and early-era Modest Mouse are good starting points, but don't fully recognize Feral Children's complete range. Local press has been nothing short of enthusiastic leading to great optimism for 2008.
"The future is now for the Feral Children"
- John Richards, KEXP (Top 15 Northwest release)
"Second to the Last Frontier is one of the more memorable Northwest albums of 2007."
- Don Yates, Music Director at KEXP
Feral Children may have joined Sarathan's 'nest', but they will never be tamed or domesticated. Catch Feral Children in Austin this March where they will be playing multiple SXSW parties!
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