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0 Comedy Rockers Psychostick Post New Video Short ‘Alex is Dead, Stupid Drummer Dies’; Launch Indiegogo Fan Funding Campaign + Show Dates
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Comedy Rockers Psychostick Post New Video Short ‘Alex is Dead, Stupid Drummer Dies’; Launch Indiegogo Fan Funding Campaign
Campaign Donors Receive Free Download of ‘Obey The Beard’
L-R – Alex “Shmalex” Dontre – Drums | Josh “The J” Key – Guitar | Rob “Rawrb” Kersey – Vocals | Matty J “Moose” – Bass
Launching a fan funding campaign accompanied by a new music video ‘Obey The Beard’ earlier this November to raise money to record a new album and complete construction on their recording studio. Comedy rock band Psychostick have posted a follow up video ‘Alex is Dead, Stupid Drummer Dies’ in support of the campaign, which is taking place at Indiegogo.com and running till December 5th. (Go towww.indiegogo.com/projects/new-psychostick-album-and-recording-studio/x/4100572.)
‘Alex is Dead, Stupid Drummer Dies’ video can be viewed at the following link:
‘Obey The Beard’ video can be viewed at the following link:
Fans who contribute to the fund raising efforts will score a free MP3 of ‘Obey The Beard’ song and other cool stuff for helping the band finance their next album and the completion of their recording studio.
Says Psychostick guitarist Josh Key: “This fundraiser is not just for a new album, but so much more! We’re building a sweet studio; we want to put out new music and videos on a regular basis, so that fans don’t have to wait through long dry spells between albums to hear something new from us. This fundraiser will enable us to make that happen.” Vocalist Rob Kersey concurs, saying, “Having our own studio and the ability to record songs right away will be a huge dream come true for us. We literally have around a hundred or so song ideas that often get put on the back burner, but with this sweet setup we can finally become that recording machine we’ve always wanted to be. This fundraiser along with our amazing fans can help us fuel this machine for more brutal laughs in the years to come.”
Psychostick also plans to release several promotional videos during the course of the Indiegogo campaign, and contributors will also be privy to additional private videos once the album recording process gets underway. Like other fan funding efforts, Psychostick is planning a number of incentive tiers as part of the campaign. Among the items being offered are things such as: a signed CD, custom ringtone recorded by the band, exclusive t-shirt, custom kick drum head, guest list for life, cameo in a Psychostick video, and everything and the (literal) kitchen sink.
Usually touring ninja warriors, the band, just off of their “Blow Your Fingers Off” summer tour and their late summer dates with American Head Charge, will be sticking close to home as work on the new album kicks off. Tour stops over the summer also included Rockapalooza, A2 Fest, Breast Fest Biker Bash, and Dirtfest. In July, they released their latest music video for the song “Sadface Emoticon” (http://youtu.be/ZsqZl3VqoM4), and which followed their video for “Dogs Like Socks,” which was released earlier this year (http://youtu.be/swmuqGWgZCc).
Harnessing their crazy sense of humor and love of all things metal, vocalist Rob “Rawrb” Kersey and guitarist Josh “The J” Key joined forces with drummer Alex “Shmalex” Dontre and bassist Matty J “Moose” to create Pyschostick, a band they’ve coined as humorcore. With hilarious lyrics, heavy riffs, notorious stage antics and high-energy performances, the band has caused millions of laughs around the world and hundreds of mosh pits across the US, often simultaneously, since its birth in Phoenix, AZ in 2000.
Almost 100 percent do-it-yourself, Psychostick never strays from its signature sound, a combination of heavy music that Chimaira, Machine Head, and Hatebreed would be proud of, and wit and humor that would make Tenacious D and Weird Al Yankovic holler with laughter.
With three full-length albums behind them – “We Couldn’t Think of a Title,” “Sandwich,” and their holiday album, “The Flesh Eating Rollerskate Holiday Joyride” – the band released their latest record, “Space Vampires vs. Zombie Dinosaurs in 3D,” in 2011, following it up with a tour with Mushroomhead to add to their total count of 21 nationwide tours that have hit 47 states.
Upcoming Show Dates:
November 24 – Centerstage Bar & Grill – Kokomo, IN
November 30 – The Foundry – Jackson, MI
December 5 – Pop’s – St. Louis, MO
December 6 – The Fillmor – Wausau, WI
For more info, music and tour dates, please visit the following links:
http://www.facebook.com/psychostick
http://www.twitter.com/psychostick
Music Videos
Sadface – Music Video – http://youtu.be/ZsqZl3VqoM4
Dogs Like Socks – http://youtu.be/swmuqGWgZCc
Political Bum – http://youtu.be/DNZj2RrrkfI
Boobs – http://youtu.be/dcYlytyuKsc
Do You Want A Taco? – http://youtu.be/k3tcQI5EEiA
Beer – http://youtu.be/O-jOEAufDQ4 – over 4 million views
Girl Directions – http://youtu.be/U5_HhqcbF_0
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0 Blankfest Calgary III Raises Over $1500 And 100 Plus In Winter Clothing For City’s Homeless
Blankfest Calgary III Raises Over $1500 And 100 Plus In Winter Clothing For City’s Homeless
‘It’s About The Homeless, Nothing More, Nothing Less’
This year’s third annual Blankfest Calgary that was held on Saturday, Nov 16 at The Blind Beggar Pub (5211 Macleod Trail) and supported by bands Same Monkey, Wellington Folk, Mike Ferraro, King Dylan, Abbie Thurgood & The Hired Guns, Atacama Republic, Matt Blais, Leave The Living raised over $1500 in proceeds along with collecting 100 plus winter clothing items bringing their overall total during the last three years to over $3,000 and over 500 winter clothing items for the city’s shelter The Mustard Seed.
Leanne Harrison, event organizer and founder of artist management and booking SIN Agency comments:
“We are so proud of the city of Calgary, its bands and its fans for coming out on a blustery snowy night when it would have been so easy to stay home. We appreciate all the support for this year’s Blank-Fest Calgary III, the venue was full from start to finish and the overall feeling was wonderful! The bands kept it rocking all night long, and our supporters are amazing. We’d like to thank the bands and sponsors who gave so generously this year. Without them, we are nothing.”
The final counts for donations were as follows.
Blankets – 21
Winter coats – 19
Misc Clothing – approx. 63 items
Misc Winter items – 15
Cash donations at the door – $731.15
Silent auction for the Dallas Green signed guitar – $780.00
(Cash total raised $1511.15)
Axe Music Partner, Director of Operations Brian M. Cymbaluk also comments on behalf of their silent auction donation of a signed Dallas Green (City & Colour, Alexisonfire) guitar.
“AXE MUSIC and myself are proud to have been given the opportunity to partner in Blankfest CalgaryIII this year. This is such a great initiative and with the tremendous partners we are keeping company with on this event, we just knew it would be a major success!!! I just wish we could do more, and more, and more, and more!!! Next year… I want AXE to be the official drop off for WINTER CLOTHING ITEMS… for the months of OCTOBER, NOVEMBER and DECEMBER, so that we can really kick this wonderful program into high gear!!!”
AXE MUSIC is proud to be a driving force in the MUSIC CALGARY MAKES!
AXE MUSIC is proud to be a driving force in the CITY of CALGARY!!
AXE MUSIC is proud to have been a contributor to BLANKFEST III!!!
Merry AXEmas everyone!!!”
Same Monkey (Calgary) – Rock – https://www.facebook.com/samemonkeymusic
Wellington Folk (Calgary) – Folk/ Rock – https://www.facebook.com/thewellingtonfolk
Mike Ferraro (Calgary) – Acoustic – https://www.facebook.com/candeloramusic
King Dylan (Calgary) – Hip Hop/Rap – https://www.facebook.com/TheRealKingDyl
Abbie Thurgood & The Hired Guns (Calgary) – Country/ Rock – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Abbie-Thurgood/310544270227
Atacama Republic (Calgary) – Rock – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Atacama-Republic/103289433057261
Matt Blais (Calgary) – Blues Rock – https://www.facebook.com/mattblaismusic
The Heartwicks (Calgary) – Rock – https://www.facebook.com/theheartwicks
Leave the Living (Red Deer) – Metal – https://www.facebook.com/leavetheliving
For more info, please visit the following link:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankFest.Calgary
About Blankfest:
BlankFest Documentary I – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_nZr7wZhjc
Blankfest Documentary II – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtUy2Oms2Cw
BlankFest Documentary III – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QNKJIPP21Y
Blank-Fest is an annual benefit concert, usually held one-to-two weeks before Christmas, which raises blankets for the homeless. It was founded in 1997 in Nyack, NY (a suburb approximately 20 miles outside of New York City) by Kenn Rowell who is the frontman for the NYC-based band, The Baghdaddios.
Rowell, in previous interviews detailed how he had always wanted to do “something charitable” on Christmas Eve. Among the many things he considered were keeping the disabled father of an old neighborhood friend company, singing in the children’s ward of a hospital and collecting blankets from friends to dispense amongst New York City’s homeless on Christmas Eve. Doing just that, for the first time in 1996, he enjoyed the experience so much that he decided to do the same thing again, next year. It was at that time that his friends told him that they had no more blankets to donate saying that Rowell had “cleaned them out” from the previous year.
Since inception, over 15 years ago, Rowell estimates that Blank-Fest has collected over 10,000 total donations for the homeless. For the original flagship show out of Nyack, with the exception of one year (2001) donations in every year has increased. Much of this growth can be attributed to increased exposure through local radio, the internet and the press, including featured articles in the New York Daily Newsand mentions in the New York Post.[1] In addition there have been satellite shows that have been formed in other states, cities and countries. So numerous have donations been in recent years that volunteers have had to split the distribution/delivery of blankets to the less fortunate on multiple nights, starting on Christmas Eve. Often excess donations are distributed to homeless shelters as well.
MCed by Rowell’s long-time band, The Baghdaddios, the first Blank-Fest only featured a handful of local, Hudson Valley area-based groups including international touring act Joe D’Urso & Stone Caravan, The Wheel and future Bruxelles part-owner Debruyn who performed as a solo artist. While always priding itself on featuring local independent, or “homegrown” music acts, in addition the benefit has attracted likewise talented songwiters and bands which boast an impressive list of major recording label ties and a solid reputation for touring and recording including EMI artist Patti Rothberg, pedal steel guitar greatBuddy Cage, former Misfits guitarist and founder of The Undead, Bobby Steele, Soulfly lead guitarist Marc Rizzo, Sirius Radio personality Meg Griffin, international jazz oomposer Mike McGinnis and the founder of the Anti-folk school of music, Lach.
Efforts to duplicate the successes of the early Nyack shows proved elusive at best until New Jersey-based independent artist activist, Richard Kubicz read about Blank-Fest’s efforts in the Daily News and proposed a “sister show” at a local club in Garwood, NJ. The first Blank-Fest-NJ, promoted extensively through Kubicz’s D.I.Y. music website Let’s Rock America [1] was a resounding success, netting 200 blankets which were donated directly to a neighboring homeless shelter in Cranford and garnered notice in the Bergen County press in 2006. Last year’s second annual Jersey show produced similar results. Similarly, Blank-Fest UK [2] was founded in Nottingham, England after a local recording studio owner heard an interview with The Baghdaddios on the British Armed Forces Radio Network, BFBS Radio One during the group’s Summer 2007 tour of England. Upon hearing about both the American and UK efforts Ontario-based photographer Gaynor Fletcher approached Rowell regarding the formation of a Blank-Fest Canada show. Also, debuting in 2007, in Guelph, ON, the inaugural Canadian event featured popular Canadian folk artist James Gordon and was covered extensively by the Canadian media,[2] raising well over 100 blankets.
In addition to these shows former Baghdaddios bassist, John Sidoti joined forces with local internet radio personality Ron Purtee to develop the first-ever Blank-Fest Wisconsin,[3] also in 2007, in theMilwaukee-area suburb of Racine.
Currently, there are 8 Blank-Fest shows serving 7 major metropolitan areas in three countries. In addition to those mentioned previously, 2008 has seen the addition of three additional shows: Blank-Fest Florida, which is hosted in Northern Florida (Lake City, near Gainesville, FL) and Blank-Fest VA, which is hosted in Richmond, VA (see links below).
In addition, promoters in Bridgeport, CT as well as Calgary and Ottawa, Canada have begun work for premiere Blank-Fest shows in December 2009. The first Blank-Fest Quebec (which was also the first “post-Holiday Season” Blank-Fest show) which took place on Saturday evening, February 21, 2009, garnered approximately 503 total donations.[4]
Currently plans are in development to expand Blank-Fest even further. There has been talk of shows in Texas, Northeast Pennsylvania, Ohio and Atlanta, GA. Several additional popular artists have been approached regarding future such shows. Quoted in a newspaper interview in 2000, Rowell maintained that “as long as there is the issue of homelessness we will continue to have a Blank-Fest”, further adding that he wishes “we didn’t have to hold these shows” but that, until the situation dramatically improves, everyone involved understands that they really have no other choice.
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0 Montreal Rapper BIG BRICC (Underground Realroad) Releases Debut Mixtape ‘Journey Through The Lower City’
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Montreal Rapper BIG BRICC (Underground Realroad) Releases Debut Mixtape ‘Journey Through The Lower City’
Big Bricc (Photo Credit – Ren Rob)
What started out as a therapeutic venture, solely worked on during breaks from duo Underground Realroad, has turned into a full-out journey for Montreal rapper Big Bricc.
One which served as inspiration for and was documented on his first-ever solo effort, ‘The Journey Through the Lower City’mixtape.
“The music on this mixtape was conceived through my love for hip-hop and the desire to continue pushing the limits of my creativity,” says Bricc. “I speak of my own personal issues and focus less on the global state of hip-hop.”
Describing his first project without Underground Realroad’s second half, producer Drex, as “fun, lonely and inspiring”, Bricc explains, “The Lower City is a symbol of the Montreal culture and the areas of my upbringing, namely NDG, UPTOWN, the Plateau and the South Shore. The things I have done and the places I have lived have all been a direct influence on my life and music.”
All 16 Journey Through the Lower City tracks are best described with one word, though: Passionate.
The mixtape is now available for FREE DOWNLOAD at www.BigBricc.com.
Video: Trash Talking ft. David Lee. Directed by: Will Gignac [Youtube]
Track Listing: Journey Through The Lower City
1- Intro
2- Lime Light ft. Kirk Cage, Elonskee. Produced by SkinDeep,
3- Trash Talking ft. David Lee. Music Video Directed by: Will Gignac [Youtube]
4- Till Its Gone ft. Mr. Bits
5- Lower City
6- Basement ft. David Lee. Produced by Drex
7- The Mood ft. Darryl Good. Produced by Midflite (Australia)
8- Early In The Morning ft. L.E.S. Produced by Drex.
9- Pants Off Party – Produced by Mixwell
10- Refuge – Produced by Biz Rankin
11- Homie You Can’t See ft. Simone. Produced by SkinDeep [Youtube]
12- You Don’t Know – Written and Produced by Underground Realroad. Video Directed by: Jay Boivin
13- Lost The Keys: Featuring Dawnglez. Produced by FivePee
14- Unsigned Hype ft. David Lee, Dawglez. Produced by Jay D (Backpacker Music)
15- I Don’t Like HipHop ft. David Lee [Youtube]
16- Outro ft. David Lee
Credits:
Mixed and Mastered by: Ayo at Studio DRX
Creative Director: Brian Finn
Executive Producer: Big Bricc & Pop Headwear
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