Shiny Toy Guns are back with a new album, “Season Of Poison”, releasing on Nov 4th via Universal Motown. Their last record, We Are Pilots, was Grammy nominated and sold around 250K records!
Below are the tour dates and the clip of their first single “Ricochet!”.
Ricochet! – From the upcoming album Season Of Poison in stores and online Nov 4th:
Tour Dates
09/19/2008 – Scottsdale, AZ : Martini Ranch
09/21/2008 – Albuquerque, NM : Launch Pad
09/22/2008 – Denver, CO : The Marquis Theater
09/24/2008 – Seattle, WA : Nectar
09/25/2008 – Portland, OR : Berbati’s Pan
09/26/2008 – Pocatello, ID : Icon
09/30/2008 – Reno, NV : Club Underground
10/01/2008 – Orangevale, CA : The Boardwalk
10/02/2008 – Fresno, CA : The Exit
10/03/2008 – San Diego, CA : Soma
10/07/2008 – Dallas, TX : The Loft
10/08/2008 – Houston, TX : Warehouse Live
10/09/2008 – Austin, TX : The Parish
10/11/2008 – Orlando, FL : Backbooth
10/12/2008 – Fort Lauderdale, FL : Culture Room
10/13/2008 – Jacksonville, FL : Jack Rabbits
10/14/2008 – Athens, GA : Tasty World
10/15/2008 – Atlanta, GA : The Loft
10/23/2008 – Chicago, IL : Angels & Kings
10/24/2008 – Minneapolis, MN : Varsity Theater
10/25/2008 – Milwaukee, WI : The Rave Bar
10/26/2008 – Detroit, MI : Magic Stick
10/27/2008 – Cleveland, OH : The Grog Shop
Emerging artist L.P., who was Clear Channel’s Artist to Watch on their NEW! Program for June, has a new music video “Good With You”/”Cling To Me” from her upcoming album on SoBe Entertainment.
“Good With You”/”Cling To Me” video streams:
http://www.sobeentertainment.com/video/LP_GoodWithYou.wmv
http://www.sobeentertainment.com/video/LP_GoodVideo.ram
New York City’s much buzzed about songstress L.P. has just released the first single “Good With You” off of her soon to be named and highly anticipated record set to hit in early 2009 via SoBe Entertainment. L.P. was featured as Clear Channel’s Artist to Watch for their NEW! program in June and the single is quickly gaining traction in the AAA format.
Armed with a voice that weaves seamlessly between being fierce and vulnerable, L.P. can captivate an audience with a single note, and turn a crowd of strangers into rabid fans with just one song. Nothing iterates this point better than the story of SXSW 2006 where her live performance inspired a label bidding war. This ultimately led to her being signed by LA Reid himself to Island Records. While L.P. says it’s “nice” that she inspired the competition, the singer ultimately walked away from the deal with her songs in hand, the material that will be included on her forthcoming album on SoBe Entertainment.
L.P. has invited comparisons to Janis Joplin, Joan Jett, Gwen Stefani and Chrissie Hynde and has worked with go-to rocker Linda Perry who is a self confessed fan. The Washington Post call’s L.P. “. . . a punky rocker with the pipes of a belter,” while Entertainment Weekly exclaims “NYC moptop songwriter L.P. has toured the country and back, but nothing much spins her wheels off their axles” and Cincinnati City Beat offers up this piece of advice, “Tell a friend: L.P. is going to be huge.”
“Good With You” single buy links:
Amazon MP3 link
http://www.amazon.com/Good-With-You/dp/B0013DDL8Q/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1214342632&sr=8-3
iTunes
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=266399375&s=143441&i=266399380
L.P. YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/lpsobe
L.P. Official Site:
http://www.lprock.com
and MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/lprock
Arriving in stores April 22nd is the debut album Are You Listening Now? from Sarah VonderHaar. Sarah VonderHaar is a 21 year old singer/songwriter who also appeared as a contestant on “America’s Next Top Model”. Please see below for the audio stream of the first single “I Got Sunshine”.
Streaming Sarah VonderHaar single “I Got Sunshine”:
http://sarahvonderhaar.com/song.html
Sarah VonderHaar is a young and blossoming singer/songwriter, who despite her age has already accomplished more than many of her peers. She has been a contestant on “America’s Next Top Model,” photographed her first Forbes magazine spread (as the shooter, not the subject) when she was 20, acted in a film and, at 21, has just completed her debut album, Are You Listening Now? She’s about to release its first single, “I Got Sunshine,” co-written by fellow Chicagoan Alice Peacock and VonderHaar’s producer, Marshall Altman. VonderHaar feels this song expresses her own sunny attitude. The song, she says, “describes how to deal with the troubled world we live in by staying optimistic and reminding yourself of all the wonderful things we have in our lives.”
Optimism is a trait that glimmers like a beacon from this go-getter. She started playing guitar at 12, but truly began to immerse herself in the craft of songwriting when she discovered the connection between her favorite poets, and the lyrics of many of her core musical influences. When Sarah’s father died after his long battle with drug addiction, she bounced back from her devastation by channeling it into her music and one of the results was the album’s incredibly inspired title song.
“It’s definitely the most personal song I’ve ever written,” she says. “It took me four years to build up the courage to write it, but it’s probably the song I am most proud of.”
forgive me for my anger/I forgave you for the pain, she sings. … Goodbye to you my father/see you again someday.
Alternating between emotional ballads and upbeat pop-rockers, Are You Listening Now reflects a multitude of experiences in her young life, from love lost and found to the simplicity of childhood to the wisdom and strength of her guiding light, her poetry-loving mother, an English teacher – the woman who built her confidence by singing to her a song with the lyric, “Who’s the most beautiful girl in the world?”
That sentiment surely helped her when she embarked on her modeling career. VonderHaar, who’s 5 feet, 9½ inches tall and weighs 110 pounds, didn’t even try to get on “America’s Next Top Model.” They found her – at a post-casting call party she attended by using a fake ID. She was there as a photographer, not a model, but when show reps noticed her, they said, “Are you here to audition?”
“I said, ‘No, I’m doing photography and I’m already a model.’ I didn’t think I could audition. And they’re like, ‘No! Yes, you can, blah, blah, blah.’” So she decided to try out, hoping to boost her musical profile.
She didn’t get cast on the first round, but they called her back for the next “cycle” – No. 8, which aired last year. She made it about halfway through before being eliminated.
People do recognize her from the show, and when it happens, she tells them, “I’m doing music now.”
“It really has helped get my name out there,” she says. “MySpace is so saturated with musicians that anything that sets you apart from everybody else is good.”
Lots of traits set VonderHaar apart – in addition to her physical beauty and vocal skills, there’s her energy and spirited, rockin’ attitude.
“I’m super energetic; I’ve always been,” she explains. “I was the child that never stopped talking and never stopped running around. I think that reflects onstage. I love getting onstage and just having a blast.”
Though she was a punk-rock lover early on – a favorite memory is crowd-surfing for the first time at a Pennywise concert – her first concert experience was the Spice Girls and her musical influences include Barbra Streisand, Elton John, Carly Simon, the Beatles, Sheryl Crow, Sara Barielles and Christina Aguilera, as well as Pink and Green Day.
Now she’s an upbeat indie pop-rocker, with a message, a plan and a purpose – a girl with a goal. She’d be happy to grab a stint on a TV show or a film, especially if she was able to play her own songs as a musician character.
“I’m along for the ride right now, wherever the wind takes me with my music,” says VonderHaar. One gets the impression that, with her determination and talent, she’s going to ride gusts from the Windy City right to the top – and stay there for quite some time.
Sarah VonderHaar official site:
http://sarahvonderhaar.com
and on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/sarahvonderhaar
Preorder retail link:
http://campuscustoms.com/sarahvonderhaar
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