So Many Dynamos get Best Indie Band nom

SO MANY DYNAMOS NOMINATED AS BEST INDIE BAND
FOR 2009 RIVERFRONT TIMES MUSIC AWARDS
Special St. Louis In-Store Performance Announced
Local and National Pre-Orders Begin Friday, May 22

“**** 1/2” “From the effervescent percussion that opens the record to the dance party that closes it, this album is both smart and fun.”  – Alternative Press

(May 21, 2009) – So Many Dynamos has been nominated as Best Indie Band in St. Louis’s 2009 Riverfront Times Music Awards. The St. Louis-area four-piece will be releasing their third full-length and Vagrant debut, The Loud Wars, on June 9, 2009. Check out The Riverfront Times music blog for more info on the awards.

On Thursday, June 25 at 9pm, Vintage Vinyl (6610 Delmar, St. Louis, MO 63130, 314-721-4096) will host a very special in-store performance by So Many Dynamos.  Starting Friday, May 22, all fans that pre-order or purchase The Loud Wars before 6/25 will receive a wristband to the in-store event. Fans can pre-order the album either in-store or online.

The first 50 people to pre-order or purchase the album will also receive a free ticket to the band’s record release show at The Firebird (2706 Olive St., St. Louis, MO) on Sunday, June 27.  So Many Dynamos will play a completely different set that night and the show begins at 8pm with Emperor X, Target Market and tickets are $6 (over 21) and $8 (under 21).

A national pre-order begins today through online indie retailer, Insound. Fans that pre-order (http://www.insound.com/So_Many_Dynamos_The_Loud_Wars__PRE-ORDER_CD/productmain/p/INS58439/ The Loud Wars will receive one of 500 very limited edition numbered copies of the single “New Bones” b/w “New Bones (RAC Remix)” on 7” colored vinyl.

On June 6, the band begins their support run with Maps and Atlases before returning to St. Louis for their hometown shows. The entire month of July will find So Many Dynamos out on their own headline tour (see current dates below) in support of The Loud Wars, which was produced by Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists).  The band recently began streaming the lead track, “Artifacts of Sound,” on their MySpace page.

Catch So Many Dynamos on tour this summer!
Dates with Maps and Atlases:
Jun 06 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Division Ave Arts Cooperative
Jun 07 – Toronto, ONT @ El Mocambo
Jun 08 – Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
Jun 10 – Hamden, CT @ The Space
Jun 11 – Albany, NY @ Valentine’s
Jun 12 – Philadelphia, PA @ M Room
Jun 13 – Vineland, NJ @ Hangar 84
Jun 14 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar: Club Stage
Jun 15 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
Jun 16 – Lexington, KY @ Al’s Bar
Jun 17 – Bloomington, IN @ Russian Recording

So Many Dynamos Headlining Dates:
Jun 25 – St. Louis, MO @ Vintage Vinyl (In Store)
Jun 27 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird (Record Release Show)
Jul 08 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Jul 09 – Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
Jul 10 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Jul 11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Jul 13 – Seattle, WA @ Holy Mountain
Jul 15 – San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
Jul 17 – Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
Jul 19 – Phoenix, AZ @ First Christian Church
Jul 21 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Jul 26 – Washington, DC @ DC9
Jul 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Danger! Danger! Gallery
Jul 28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
- more dates to come -

www.myspace.com/somanydynamos
www.somanydynamos.biz
www.dynamosrecording.blogspot.com
www.vagrant.com

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Will Protest The Hero guitarist be world beard champion?

PROTEST THE HERO MEMBER GOING TO ALASKA TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD BEARD & MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIP

Raising Money For Locks of Love

May 20, 2009 – Tim Millar’s big day has finally arrived. Millar, guitarist of Canadian metal powerhouse Protest The Hero, has been growing his beard for three years in hopes of competing in the 2009 World Beard and Moustache Championships. This Saturday, May 23, the Championships will be held in Anchorage, Alaska and Millar will be competing in the “Alaskan Whaler” category.

A film crew will be accompanying Tim as he and Beard Team Canada compete for the first time in this global event.   Fans can log on to http://www.beardteamcanada.bigcartel.com/ to support the team and more information about the competition can be found at http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

Although Tim recently ranked #19 in Metal Hammer Magazine’s “Best Beards in Metal” feature: http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/21-best-beards-in-metal/, he tentatively plans to shave the whole thing off when he returns home.

“I’d like to raise money for Locks of Love, a charity that makes wigs for cancer patients under 18. Even though they won’t accept a beard hair donation, I’m cutting off and donating my hair and if I can raise enough money through the Beard Team Canada site, I’ll also shave off my beard after the competition and start fresh for 2011,” says Millar. “It’s for a good cause and if we raise enough money, I’ll reveal my chin that has been hiding for the last 3 years. I’m sure you’re all curious to see if I really do have a chin.”

Fans can donate by clicking here http://www.beardteamcanada.org

Protest The Hero’s second full-length, Fortress, was released in January 2008 and debuted in the Billboard Top 200 and entered the same charts in Canada at #1. Fortress also received a Juno nomination in 2009 for Best Rock Record. The band just wrapped up their US headlining tour last week and will be announcing more North American dates shortly.

“Blood Meat,” the first single from Fortress, will be available as a Guitar Hero Download on Xbox Live on July 30.  Members of the band recently accepted an award for “Most Viral Video” at the Revolver Golden God Awards in Los Angeles, CA.  The video is currently on the band’s MySpace page.

Protest The Hero is vocalist Rody Walker, bassist /vocalist/lyricist Arif Mirabdolbaghi, vocalist/guitarist Tim Millar, guitarist Luke Hoskin, and drummer Moe Carlson.

“PTH are phenomenally talented, intense, and heady – this is a record that requires repeated listens.” – DECIBEL

“Post-prog, shred-tastic, metal and hardcore-influenced amazingness. One of the most important records of 2008 so far. “ – METALSUCKS.NET

“… like Metallica and Iron Maiden before them, they’re less interested in showing off than they are in squeezing their instrumental virtuosity and structural complexity into songs that move at the speed of pop. – REVOLVER

www.myspace.com/protestthehero
www.protestthehero.com
www.vagrant.com
www.undergroundoperations.com

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The Number 12 Looks Like You adds dates with Dillinger Escape Plan

THE NUMBER 12 LOOKS LIKE YOU Add US Dates With Dillinger Escape Plan Following Their “Makin’ Canadian Bacon” Tour

(May 14, 2009) – THE NUMBER 12 LOOKS LIKE YOU just announced an early June tour with fellow Jerseyite’s Dillinger Escape Plan that begins June 9 at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY.  The Number 12 finish their dates with Protest The Hero on the ‘Heads Will Roll’ tour this week, then headline two dates in Wisconsin on their way northward for their headlining ‘Makin’ Canadian Bacon’ tour on May 21. First stop? The Chubby Pickle.

The New Jersey-based experimental metal band will be bringing the Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza and Stray From The Path along for the Canadian tour before they return home in early June to make-up a NJ headlining hometown-area show in Vineland, NJ at Hangar 84 that was rescheduled from earlier this year.  US dates with Dillinger Escape Plan include stops in Philadelphia, DC, Raleigh and Pontiac, Michigan and currently wrap up June 18 in Columbus, OH.

The lean and mean four piece of Jesse Korman (vocals), Alexis Pareja (guitar), Chris Russell-Waker (bass), and Jon Karel (drums), is touring in support of their fourth full-length, Worse Than Alone, released 04/09 on Eyeball Records.

“Oh, it’s definitely Number twelve Time.” “(It’s this) delicate balance of cacophony and tunefulness that makes this TNTLLY’s best release to date.”  – 4/5 stars, ALTERNATIVE PRESS, 04/09

“Worse than Alone stitches together spazzy math-thrash riffs, airy dream-pop vocals, and trance inducing rhythmic grooves with the confidence of kids who know that these days, cohesion is in the ear of the listener.”

- REVOLVER, 04/09

THE NUMBER 12 LOOKS LIKE YOU on tour:
May 14 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s ^
May 15 – St. Paul, MN @ Station 4 ^
May 16 – Mosinee, WI @ Kronenwetter Municipal Center %
May 17 – Madison, WI @ The New Loft %
May 21 – Windsor, ON @ Chubby Pickle &
May 22 – St. Catharines, ON @ L3  &
May 23 – Toronto, ON @ Kathedral &
May 24 – Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks &
May 25 – Montreal, QC @ The Underground &
May 26 – Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti &
May 28 – Oshawa, ON @ EP Taylors &
May 30 – Guelph, ON @ Shadow &
May 31 – Hamilton, ON @ Casbah &
Jun 01 – London, ON @ London Music Hall &
Jun 06 – Vineland, NJ @ Hangar 84 %
Jun 09 – Farmingdale, NY @ The Crazy Donkey *
Jun 10 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
Jun 11 – Washington, DC @ The Rock and Roll Hotel *
Jun 12 – Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery *
Jun 16 – Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room at The Crofoot *
Jun 18 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement *

^  = with PTH, Misery Signals, Fall From Grace
%= headline
& = headline, with Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza, Stray From The Path
* = main support for Dillinger Escape Plan

http://www.myspace.com/tntllu
http://www.itsnumber12time.com/
http://www.eyeballrecords.com

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