March 19, 2008 – 11:34 am
THE HEDRONS - One More Won’t Kill Us
Tracks (listen to MP3 audio clips)
01. Heatseeker
02. Couldn’t Leave Her Alone
03. I Need You
04. Be My Friend
05. Falling Star
06. Stop, Look & Listen
07. Once Upon A Time
08. Frame Of Mind
09. Sympathy
10. Place Like This
11. One More Won’t Kill Me
12. What Am I To Do
Equal parts Joan Jett, The Ramones, The Foo Fighters and Iggy Pop, these Scottish girl rockers have taken the UK by storm with a relentless slew of LIVE performances and a number of ferocious single releases. February saw the release of their debut album One More Won’t Kill Us in the UK, which met with critical and commercial success right out of the box (currently Top 40 Indie Charts in the UK). Now The Hedrons are getting ready to bring their brand of power punk to the USA and to fill the void left open ever since the demise of The Runaways.
“Self-assured and deliciously energizing… a pedal-to-the-metal affair of great promise.” - MOJO
“Think The Donnas and Crucified Barbara with a more pop-punk twist.” - Metal Hammer
“There’s not a testicle between them, but you can’t say they don’t have balls.” – Kerrang!
March 19, 2008 – 11:07 am
THE NAKED APES - Something In My Genes
Tracks (listen to MP3 audio clips)
01. Wasted
02. Little Nympho
03. Life’s A Beach, Then You Dive
04. If You See Kay
05. Fantasy Girl
06. Party Naked
07. Extreme
08. Grow Up
09. Me Me Me
10. Uncomfortable Trousers
11. When I Get Some Cash
12. Bumping Into Stuff
13. Teflon Man
It is doubtful that there has ever been a band that has better summed up what’s on the adolescent males’ minds than The Naked Apes. On their debut album, Something In My Genes, they tackle every conceivable fantasy in brilliantly literate, tongue in cheek, self-deprecating fashion and turn out one irreverent pop punk anthem after another. Obvious heirs to Smashmouth, Blink 182 and Bowling for Soup the crazy Brits prove themselves the ultimate frat party rockers and their album is sure to go down a storm when unleashed in the United States.
Described as the next soundtrack to American Pie, The Naked Apes are cunning linguists whose speed of wit and cheeky humor combine with infectious tunes and pulsating rhythms and heavy guitars grooves to expose a fantasy world of beaches, babes, beer and summer fun, but not necessarily in that order. Fittingly, The Naked Apes’ material has already seen exposure on 7 episodes of MTV’s Punked as well as several Extreme Sports shows. Having opened for the likes of Wheatus, REEF, Athlete, Fun Loving Criminals and Steriogram in the UK this summer, The Naked Apes will embark on an extended string of US LIVE Shows.
March 12, 2008 – 8:31 pm
THE HEYS - youngbored&broke
Tracks (listen to MP3 audio clips)
01. fridaynight
02. elbowculture
03. pressure
04. brightenupmyday
05. youngbored&broke
06. don’t
07. arms&legs
08. hey
09. getiton
10. scene
11. aintwotUsay
12. clanprimate
13. breakdown
14. takeiteasy
RELEASE DATE: APRIL 29, 2008
Hot UK up-and comers The Heys are quickly becoming one of the most talked-about new bands in the UK, having won the support of tastemakers like Steve Lamacq and Alan Mc Gee on BBC6 and Radio 1. The Heys have everything that a great guitar-pop band should have, three minutes of fuzzy major chords, rich bass, shouty, omni-present backing vocals and impossibly addictive hooks. Fans of the garagey, punk-infused power pop of bands like Arctic Monkeys, The Kooks and early Supergrass will find the band’s debut youngbored&broke easy to love. Songs like the title track and first single pressure have already made their way onto playlists of both sides of the pond.
Born from a love of Ray Davies and The Kinks, The Stones, The Who and The Jam this British 4-piece wear their influences on their sleeves: 60’s mod, Motown, northern soul , rhythm & blues, punk attitude. Tom Flynn, the lead singer/songwriter in The Heys feeds off the tradition and passion of British 60’s beat music and combines it with incisive comments and observations on modern life. The songs on their debut album scream the frustrations and simple joys of living day-to-day, hand to mouth, bad jobs-good friends, boozy nights at the local pub. The Heys are a blue-collar working class band through and through.
March 12, 2008 – 5:50 pm
SCHILLER - Prologue
Tracks (listen to MP3 audio clips)
01. part I
02. part II
03. part III
04. part IV
05. part V
06. part VI
07. part VII
Previously available only through on site sales at Schiller concerts in Germany, Prologue is the companion piece to Schiller’s Day And Night Live DVD. The tracks included on this album are played as the introduction or prologue (hence the name) to the Schiller concert experience. This exclusive USA release is an instant collector’s item for all Schiller fans here and abroad.
Germany’s top electronic/ambient music group Schiller has been scaling new heights of success year after year for almost a decade now. Having sold over 650,000 albums and topped the charts in their home territory with their four album releases, Schiller in 2006 topped themselves with their second sold-out full production LIVE tour. Schiller creator Christopher von Deylen presented a concert experience that matched Schiller music’s emotional intensity with a spectacular lightshow all in a superb surround sound production (for which Schiller won the Opus Award for best sound-design of a LIVE Show). Day and Night LIVE was the biggest selling concert DVD by a German artist in 2006 and was certified GOLD.
March 11, 2008 – 6:53 pm
SCHILLER - Day And Night
Tracks (listen to MP3 audio clips)
01. Welcome
02. Nightflight
03. Tired Of Being Alone (7" Edit) with Tarja Turunen
04. What’s Coming with Jette Von Roth
05. Sunrise
06. Miles And Miles (7" Edit) with Moya Brennan
07. Das Meer(Orchestra Version) with Jette Von Roth
08. I Knowwith Kim Sanders
09. Morning Dew with Mike Oldfield
10. Berlin Bombay
11. The Smile(7" Edit) with Sarah Brightman
12. Lightstorm
13. Falling with Moya Brennan
14. Rings Of Time
15. I Saved You with Kim Sanders
16. Misguiding Light
17. Fireworks
18. Sleepy Storm with Jette Von Roth
Welcome to the world of Schiller. One of Germany’s most distinct and popular musical artists of the last decade - Schiller (Christopher Von Deylen along with a variety of guest vocalists and musicians) - has made strong inroads in the USA in recent years.
After quickly establishing themselves in clubs with their hit Glockenspiel, Schiller accomplished a successful transition to a more mature musical style, reminiscent of groups like Enigma, Vangelis or even Pink Floyd. Their past three albums (Zeitgeist, Voyage and Life) were all certified Gold and Platinum in Germany and have sold more than 25,000 units in the USA. They have had two sold-out tours and the according LIVE DVDs have been major sellers as well and have won awards such as the DVD Champion Award and Opus Award as best music DVDs.
