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Undertow welcomes artist manager Christine Sanley and Saint Louis-based band Theodore! Christine is a recent graduate of Saint Louis University. She was Music Director of the university radio station and booking manager for The Billiken Club on SLU's campus. Christine moved on to NYC where she works as a college radio promoter with Pirate! Promotions and will also be working closely with us on various projects including bringing new artists to the Undertow roster. The first band coming on board under Christine's care is Theodore, a four piece band from Saint Louis, Missouri. The band formed in August of 2006 and in that short time have self-released two albums, "Songs for the Weary" and most recently "Defeated, TN" - a song cycle based upon a small packet of letters the band found in an abandoned house in Tennessee. Always liking to stay busy, they are currently in the process of recording a split 7" with Bad Folk as well as a new full length to be released next year. We are excited to have Christine and Theodore join our family.
Centro-matic on Daytrotter! Centro-matic stopped by the Daytrotter Studios recently and recorded a few songs that are now available for download. I, The Kite, Counting The Scars, Gas Blowin' Out of Our Eyes, Quality Strange, Nothing I Ever Seen, and one of my all-time favorite songs Good As Gold. FREE DOWNLOADS AT DAYTROTTER
Undertow Welcomes Via Audio! Everyone here at Undertow is proud to announce the addition of Brooklyn, New York's, Via Audio to our management roster. Via Audio released their first full-length, Say Something, in the US via Sidecho, and Japan via Kurofune Records last September, and have toured nationwide with Headlights, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, and more. The band is currently working on news songs for a follow-up album to be recorded this winter. Stay tuned more news about Via Audio. Contact Caleb Palma for more info. Labels: via audio
SSLYBY Live at Asbury Lanes!This summer Baeble Music filmed the entire SSLYBY show at Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park, NJ. Watch the clip for the new song "We Can Win Missouri" below and click the link to watch the entire set.Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com
Centro-matic tour dates start August 31!
Ohtis On Tour!Catch Ohtis at a mid-western city near you starting tonight in Pontiac, MI. They're embarking on a 9-day tour with excellent Detroit band Prussia in support of their new record If This Country Had A Heart, That's Where I Was Born which goes on sale August 26th. Check out ohtis.com for more details.8.15.08 in Pontiac, MI @ Phonotropic, w/ Pop Songs For People 8.16.08 in Pontiac, MI @ Arthur C. Rich Building, 19 North Saginaw St w/ The Silent Years, Oscillating Fan Club 8.18.08 in Rock Island, IL @ Daytrotter Session 8.19.08 in Bloomington, IL @ Mack Glass Factory, 317 S Center St 8.20.08 in Nashville, TN @ The End, 2219 Elliston Pl, w/ Lylas 8.21.08 in Bowling Green, KY @ Bread + Bagel, 871 Broadway Ave 8.22.08 in Toldeo, OH @ Mickey Finn's Pub, 602 Lagrange St. 8.23.08 in Detroit, MI @ Da Caid (Summer Smash Fest) 9.6.08 in Bloomington, IL @ CD release show 1 at the Barnett Family Household in the afternoon 9.13.08 in St. Louis, MO @ Billiken Club, Busch Student Center, 20 N. Grand Blvd., w/ Centro-matic 9.20.08 in Bloomington, IL @ CD release show 2 the Coffeehouse in the evening
New Jesse Harris Video"How Could It Take So Long?"This is one my favorite songs from Jesse's most recent album "Feel." It was not until I heard Jesse talking about the song during an interview that I realized it was about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. We asked him to tell us about the video and here's what he had to say: I met Naama at Palacinka Cafe in Soho, where she was a waitress. It used to be my neighborhood cafe before closing just this past January. One day she told me that she was a film student at the New School and wanted to make a video of my song "How Could It Take So Long?" Why not? When we met to discuss her idea, she said she had been seeking old Super 8 films online that she would use to cut back and forth between them and me, in the present. My father had recently passed away and it so happened that I had just re-discovered a trove of a Super 8's which he made and labeled meticulously from 1969-1980. When I told this to Naama, her eyes nearly popped out and she said, "I have to have them!" She transferred all of the films to digital, taking up 6 DVDs worth of space, and picked out the footage. In the end, the video may not have much to do with my original idea of the lyrics, which I wrote from the point of view of someone stuck inside the Super Dome in New Orleans after Katrina, but somehow it captures the feeling of the song and suggests a meaning that perhaps I did not even intend; besides, what inspires a song is often not what it ends up being about. It's an understatement, I'm sure, to say that my father would be pleased to know that these films are being used and that, in some way, however small, he has made his mark as a filmmaker. - Jesse Harris
Undertow at SXSW 2008Please stop by and say hello if you are in Austin this week.Aaron Robinson Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [8:00 pm] Anders Parker SXSW Showcase 3/15 - St David's Episcopal Church [11:00 pm] Caleb Engstrom Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [8:45 pm] Centro-Matic Misra Records Showcase 3/12 - Friends [1:00 am] Christian Kiefer Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [12:15 am] David Bazan Twangfest / KDHX Party 3/13 - Jovita's [2:00 pm] Hotfreaks Party 3/15 - The Mohawk (inside) [3:30 pm] Barsuk Showcase 3/15 - Maggie Mae's Patio [8:00 pm] The Drams Beerland 3/11 Mother Egan's / Guitartown Party 3/12 Club DeVille / New West Party 3/13 18th floor Hilton / SXSW showcase 3/13 Glossary Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [10:15 pm] J. Tillman Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [1:15 am] Jesse Harris Velour Records Showcase 3/13 - Hilton, 18th Floor [8:00 pm] Magnolia Summer Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [9:30 pm] Monahans Undertow Showcase 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [9:30 pm] Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin A Fine Tooth Showcase 3/12 - Beso Cantina DAG & Tangled Snark Party 3/13 - Hole in the Wall [6:00 pm] Paste & Stereogum Party 3/14 - Volume [3:00 pm] Polyvinyl Showcase 3/14 - Habana Calle 6 [12:45 am] Porchlight Pop Fest 3/15 - Salvage Vanguard Theater [6:00 pm] Will Johnson On guitar with Monahans 3/13 - Habana Calle Patio 6 [9:30 pm] On drums with Jandek 3/15 - Central Presbyterian Church [7:30 pm] # # # Labels: News
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