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 The New Deal - Live: Toronto, 7.16.2009
Available online February 23, 2010
In Stores Nationwide April 27, 2010
With over 700 shows and 9 records under their belt, the NEW DEAL understands the concept of evolving both as a group and as musicians. Their new album, Live: Toronto, 7.16.2009 (SCI Fidelity Records), proves that the band’s improvisation-based show model continues to be a perfect platform for the development of their unique sound. The New Deal's ten-year career has spawned countless Live-Electro bands, garnered numerous award nods and continues to inspire an ever-growing audience that flocks to their sold-out concerts.
The release of Live: Toronto marks a time in the NEW DEAL’s career where their sound and showmanship have been taken to a totally new level. From North America to Asia, their concerts are drawing ever-increasing audiences filled with new faces, proving that grassroots popularity can be a truly satisfying progression upward.
www.thenewdeal.ca
iTunes • Rhapsody
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 The Contribution: Which Way World
Available March 30, 2010
Which Way World - the new release recorded by supergroup collective The Contribution - is the kind of debut album that only seasoned musicians can produce. Featuring the stellar contributions of Tim Carbone - violin, vocals (Railroad Earth), Jeff Miller - guitar, mandolin, vocals (New Monsoon), Phil Ferlino - keyboards (New Monsoon), Keith Moseley - bassist (The String Cheese Incident) and Jason Hann - percussion (The String Cheese Incident), the americana-tinged music on Which Way World is full and free-wheeling, offering exceptional chops that never overshadow the stand-out songwriting.
The Contribution releases Which Way World on March 30th, 2010 (SCI Fidelity Records); the album will be available digitally everywhere and on CD (the disc includes bonus video footage shot during the recording process) at www.thecontribution.net.
Media Player • Digital Pre-Order
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Trick Or Treat Available Nationwide October 27, 2009
 The String Cheese Incident unveils their new limited edition live release, Trick Or Treat, on October 27, 2009. The timing is fitting, considering the nine-disc box set album was culled from a variety of epic SCI “Hulaween” shows. From Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse (1998) Philadelphia’s Electric Factory (1999), Portland, Maine’s State Theatre (2000), NYC’s Theatre at Madison Square Garden (2001), Shrine Auditorium (2002) in Los Angeles, Sin City’s Cox Pavillion (2003) and the Exhibition Center @ Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin (2004) - Trick or Treat journeys through the years to re-visit some of the band’s most classic Incidents from Halloween’s past.
This exclusive box set offers seven of SCI’s famous Halloween cover sets in their entirety, including String Cheese performing songs by such artists as the Beatles, Beastie Boys, KC & The Sunshine Band, Nirvana and many others. The Trick Or Treat box set features brand new artwork from Michael Everett, special commemorative mini-posters from the Hulaween shows, personalized liner notes from the band, a photo booklet by famed rocked photographer C. Taylor Crothers, and plenty of special surprises! Also available this fall - a “Best of Trick Or Treat” 2-disc set to be released separately on CD, vinyl and digitally.
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Emmitt-Nershi Band: New Country Blues - September 29, 2009
 The idea for the Emmitt-Nershi Band has been in the works for a long time. As founders of popular touring bands, both Drew Emmitt (Leftover Salmon) and Bill Nershi (The String Cheese Incident) have traveled the world and played in front of hundreds of thousands of people. Over the years, as they would cross musical paths at various shows & festivals, a strong friendship was forged. But it wasn’t until recently that they could find the time to pick, have fun, and create bluegrass music together!
With New Country Blues (September 29th, SCI Fidelity Records), the Emmitt-Nershi Band has fully realized its potential. With Emmitt on mandolin & vocals, Nershi on acoustic guitar and vocals, Andy Thorn on banjo (Larry Keel, Drew Emmitt Band), and Tyler Grant on bass (Drew Emmitt Band), ENB delivers a dynamic blend of bluegrass, newgrass, country and Americana that is sure to excite fans of all those genres and more! Special guests on the album - recorded in Nershi’s home studio in Nederland, CO - include Jason Carter (Del McCoury Band) and Keith Moseley (String Cheese Incident).
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Rebel Alliance Jam Benefits Conscious Alliance
We've been raising food with Conscious Alliance since 2002, helping
them raise over A MILLION pounds of food for poor communities.
The Rebel Alliance Jams are always fun for us, and the one at
YarmonyGrass 2008 is also going to help Conscious Alliance raise funds
for their cause.
Even though YarmonyGrass was cold and rainy, the Rebel Alliance Jam
stage was packed with some of our favorite players. Kyle, Billy,
Travis and Michael were joined by - among others - Scott Law, Keller
Williams, Tye North and Tim Carbone, and covered tunes from Billy
Preston, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton and the Dead.
All proceeds from sales of the Rebel Alliance Jam download go to
Conscious Alliance. You may buy the download right here. Help us
spread the word by grabbing this widget for your website or HTML email
- and encourage your friends to do the same.
Thanks as always for helping us support the work of Conscious Alliance
over the years.
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Read the Mantis reviews from Entertainment Weekly
and Rolling Stone the New York Times
 Here’s what critics are saying:
“Umphrey's McGee stand revealed as consummate musical alchemists, deftly reconfiguring sounds from rock's vast panoply of styles, and evoking bands as diverse as Steely Dan, Metallica, XTC, Rush, and the Beach Boys without sounding like copycats.” – Entertainment Weekly
“…the sleekly constructed tunes (no noodling here) sparkle with a sweetness and soul that's more than the sum of their influences.” - Entertainment Weekly
“…meticulous…the cohesive strength of the band…rarely falters.” – New York Times
“If complexity is the standard by which it should be judged, Mantis warranted the buildup [of its release].” – New York Times
“[The Mantis pre-order campaign is] a likely template for emerging and established acts [looking to] kick-start interest in a new release.” – Billboard Magazine
“…razor sharp compositions… surgical precision, stop-start build-ups, hair metal riffs, and anthemic crescendos…not to mention some of the most technical and inspired guitar soloing you’ll hear on an album…”
– Relix Magazine
“Mantis emerges as a cohesive, flowing song-set, strong in structure, and dotted with stylistic and genre-bending excursions… the album [is] great.” - Honest Tune
“A beautiful music gumbo… The band pulls off the trans-genre trick without a hitch.” - Associated Press
"…some of their slickest and most ambitious tunes yet.” – Rolling Stone
iLike Mantis Exclusive!
Listen to Mantis in its entirety, starting at 12 midnight ET on January 20th.
Exclusively on iLike
 Mantis eCard
Check out the Mantis eCard for up-to-date news and information about the new Umphrey’s McGee release!
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Bloodkin - Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again
New Studio Album Available Online February 17, 2009
 Bloodkin’s new album, Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again, was produced by David Barbe (Bettye LaVette, Drive-By Truckers, Sugar). This collection of songs is a stripped down rock & roll record that harkens back to the days where songs were recorded in a single take and relied on the raw energy of 5 guys playing together in a room. Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again will be released digitally on February 17, 2009 on SCI Fidelity Records. A wider release is expected in late spring.
An excerpt from Patterson Hood’s (Drive-By Truckers) liner notes:
“Bloodkin has been through the fire and persevered and come out the other side better and stronger than I ever thought they’d be. They have landed on the best line up of players they’ve ever had and seem to have gained a control of their demons that two years ago would have seemed beyond impossible. Instead of packing it in and going home (or dying) they pulled themselves up and made their greatest album in a quarter of a century.
Life affirming Rock and Roll in the grandest tradition. This is music to LIVE with and it don’t get any better than that.”
AVAILABLE ONLINE FEBRUARY 17, 2009
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Umphrey’s McGee Mantis
New Studio Album
In Stores January 20, 2009
 Umphrey’s McGee’s new studio release, Mantis, is an exponential evolution in the band’s composition, arrangement and group interplay. In an Umphrey’s McGee first, the album offers 100% new material; this is a drastic change of pace for a band whose typical modus operandi is to work out the material live on-stage before recording studio versions. Loaded with innovative PUSH(TM) technology by Digital Insert to deliver exclusive bonus material throughout 2009, Mantis is already creating plenty of anticipation and chatter among fans and industry alike.
Much like an Umphrey's show, no one is exactly sure what will happen with Mantis, the upcoming release from Umphrey's McGee. The more fans that pre-order the release, the more bonus content we'll unlock for everyone. We are leaving the amount of additional content and the makeup of some of that content entirely up to you. There are 8 total levels of material that could be unlocked containing over 45 unique & unreleased audio tracks, including behind-the-scenes perspectives, videos, and plenty of quirky surprises. Bonus Material Part I available EXCLUSIVELY to those who pre-order.
Once release day arrives, Mantis is locked for good. Spread the word and unlock it all.
www.umphreys.com/mantis
IN STORES JANUARY 20, 2009
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L O T U S - HAMMERSTRIKE
 The latest studio album from Lotus – Hammerstrike – finds the band reaching back in order to move forward. Primarily recorded live in one room to analog tape by Bill Moriarty (Dr. Dog, Man Man), the band captures a sound that harkens back to the 70's but never slips into nostalgic retreads.
The compositions are focused and melodic, filled out with orchestration including swelling violins and cellos, banjo, wordless choirs, and electronic noises. Though the tracks range from dance floor ready rockers to soaring post-rock instrumentals the album is held together by a sanguine spirit that pervades each track. The big guitars, feedback, and distortion serve an optimistic purpose. It is a decidedly American feel that invokes big skies, open roads, and a zealous yet naïve pursuit of the idea that defeat will never be conceded.
IN STORES OCTOBER 14, 2008
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Keller Williams with Moseley, Droll & Sipe - LIVE
(Double Live Album with Live Concert DVD)
 Keller Williams has built a career on his uncanny ability to captivate a packed house—all by himself. So why now, after 15 years as a solo artist, is he releasing a live album — simply titled, Live — with three other names on the cover? It turns out that since he first picked up a guitar, this troubadour has wanted to front a band.
On Live, Keller taps into the world-class talent of Keith Moseley (bass – The String Cheese Incident), Gibb Droll (guitar – Marc Broussard, Brandi Carlile), and Jeff Sipe (drums – Aquarium Rescue Unit, Leftover Salmon). The musical horsepower of four friends playing together on stage proves stronger than even Keller had dreamed. Recorded at select live shows during a winter 2007-2008 tour, and featuring 17 tracks that span Keller's career, Live is a testament to how a band, with the right chemistry and chops, can take a song to places even the writer couldn't have imagined.
IN STORES SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
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 In support of the release of Amen Corner on June 10th, Railroad Earth will be hosting CD Release parties in St. Louis and Denver, and will be performing two rare, intimate and free in-store events at local independeant record shops. See below for details:
June 10, 2008
Blueberry Hill
St. Louis, MO
This day is also the official release day of RRE's new album, Amen Corner. To help celebrate, the band will be doing a FREE acoustic in-store performance at Vintage Vinyl at 6pm. Come join us and there and then directly over to Blueberry Hill!
June 13 & 14, 2008
Ogden Theatre
Denver, CO
This is the OFFICIAL CD RELEASE PARTY WEEKEND for RRE's new album "Amen Corner," which will be in stores nationwide on June 10th!
RRE will also be doing a secial IN-STORE PERFORMANCE at Twist and Shout Records on FRIDAY, JUNE 13th at 5pm! Visit the Twist and Shout Website for more details.
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 Railroad Earth and SCI Fidelity Records are pleased to announce the launch of the new website for the forthcoming Railroad Earth studio release, Amen Corner - in stores nationwide on June 10th, 2008!
The website will live at: www.railroadearth.com/amencorner and will feature streaming audio & video, photos of the band in the recording studio, news and other information.
The first single, "Hard Livin’,” will be available for free download, and we'll be updating the site regularly with new songs, as well as videos of the band recording them...plus information on how to purchase Amen Corner!
Stay tuned for news about online listening parties, webcasts, and special content only available through this site!
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Railroad Earth's new studio release, Amen Corner, was written and recorded at Lone Croft: an empty, 300 year-old house in New Jersey 's rural countryside. What happened inside the building was the experience of a lifetime for the band's members, resulting in an early creative pinnacle of a gifted young band, and an album that is an instant Americana classic. Amen Corner is a collection of crisp and crafted roots, bluegrass, and acoustic sides that resonates in all the right places. The tunes breathe both on and between the notes. They hit you immediately, but then linger like a good buzz.
Stay tuned for the Amen Corner website, featuring audio, video, news about the new release and more!
www.railroadearth.com
IN STORES JUNE 10th!! |
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 On February 8, 2006, Keller Williams hit the stage at Denver's Fillmore with a project he calls Grateful Grass. Grateful Grass - which featured Williams, Keith Moseley (The String Cheese Incident), and Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band) - performed not-so- traditional bluegrass versions of Grateful Dead favorites. The vibe in the packed house was thick and sweet; and the crowd was whisper quiet, when they weren't singing along.
On April 29, 2008, this very special evening of music will be available for digital download at iTunes and at other digital retailers. 100% of the proceeds of REX: Live at the Fillmore will go to benefit The Rex Foundation, an organization of the Grateful Dead family which gives grants to worthwhile causes. Since its inception in 1983, The Rex Foundation has provided $8.3 million in grants to over 1,000 grassroots programs across the U.S. and internationally. Check out www.rexfoundation.org.
IN DIGITAL STORES APRIL 29th!! |
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 SCI On The Road - 4-night Red Rocks run, Summer ‘07
In Stores October 30th !!
On October 30th, The String Cheese Incident will be releasing a 4-night run of live shows from their recent performances at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, as part of their On The Road series. These shows, recorded August 8-12, 2007, present the band in their home state, playing their hearts out to over 40,000 fans over four nights. Pick up your copy when it hits stores nationwide, or visit www.livecheese.com to download the shows today, and re-live these magical Incidents!
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 Jason Hann and Michael Travis (percussionist and drummer from The String Cheese Incident) compose this brand new 100% improvised live breakbeat, trip-hop, house, and drum n' bass project. Drawing from the ethos of some of the great DJ's and computer artists of the world, they use cutting edge technology to create truly original and melodic dance music in the moment, with the undeniable power of live drums.
EOTO's album, Elephants Only Talk Occasionally, is available at iTunes NOW.
You can find out more info about EOTO (including summer tour dates), sample songs, and check out some fun photos on the band's MySpace page:
www.myspace.com/eotomusic |
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 What Happened To Television?, The Greyboy Allstars' first studio release in ten years, reunites the band with producer/co-founder DJ Greyboy.
The Greyboy Allstars are comprised of five unique solo artists: guitarist Elgin Park (a/k/a Michael Andrews), has spent the last seven years in Hollywood scoring films and producing records. Among his film credits are "Donnie Darko", "Me and You & Everyone We Know", "Orange County" and the underground TV hit "Freaks and Geeks" (his stylized cover of Tears for Fears' “Mad World” from Donnie Darko went to #1 on the UK pop charts). His production work with Metric, Inara George, Brendan Benson and Gary Jules has made him a much sought after producer; horn player Karl Denson , former sideman for Lenny Kravitz and leader of Karl Denson's Tiny Universe has found success recording and touring worldwide; Hammond organist and all around keyboard genius Robert Walter , leads his own band and has recorded and toured with everyone from the Headhunters to downtown NYC avant rocker Bobby Previte; bassist Chris Stillwell , session guru; and lastly, the 'New Funky Drummer' - Zak Najor
The album's first single, "How Glad I Am" features vocal trio The Living Sisters fronted by indie starlet and daughter of Lowell, Inara George.
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 Check out the brand new dream eCard containing 2 full streaming tracks from dream, the incredible music video for play this, the dream podcast, track listing and additional information.
Help spread the word about dream! Forward this eCard to all of your friends, family, and every music lover you know! Just use the handy “Forward to a Friend” feature contained in the eCard, or post links to the website - on every message board and discussion group you can think of! |
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 On February 6th, 2007, SCI Fidelity Records released dream, the ninth studio album from singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Keller Williams.
A word from Keller:
welcome to my dream come true. the concept of this recording was to collaborate with my heroes and make a record that i would be proud to crank in my pimped out golf cart when i'm 80.
The resulting album features 16 tracks, with the usually one-man-band backed by a dream team of musicians including Béla Fleck, Bobby Read, Bob Weir, Charlie Hunter, Derrek Phillips, Fareed Haque, Fleming McWilliams, Jeff Sipe, John Molo, John Scofield, Martin Sexton, Michael Franti, Modereko, Samir Chatterjee, Sanjay Mishra, Steve Kimock, The String Cheese Incident, and Victor Wooten.
Stay tuned for more information, including details about a dream pre-order contest.
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Bill Nershi, guitarist/singer/songwriter from The String Cheese Incident, proudly presents Honkytonk Homeslice - a mostly-acoustic collaboration with his wife, singer/songwriter Jilian Nershi, and accomplished multi-instrumentalist / singer / songwriter Scott Law (of the Scott Law Band, Tough Mama, Hanuman & Melvin Seals‘ Melting Pot).
“This band takes the music back to its roots; back to the kind of shows String Cheese did when it began,” Bill explains.
“Honkytonk Homeslice invites listeners into our living room (not literally) for an intimate performance that everyone can participate in.” These songs were recorded the old time way. The trio sat in one room around open mics with no separation between their voices and instruments. All three members of Honkytonk Homeslice contribute original songs to the album.
The self titled debut from HTHS, to be released September 5, 2006, delivers 13 songs of down-home Americana music.
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 Colorado trio ZILLA (Michael Travis of SCI , Jamie Janover and Aaron Holstein) always keep the live musical experience in mind. Each ZILLA concert proves to be a completely unique occurrence, with even the band members having no idea where the music will take them night after night. Relying on their uncanny ability to listen and incorporate their individual talents into a group focused brand of live electronic dance music, ZILLA is sweeping the country with their rare breed of beats, bass and uncontrollable musical fury.
all iZ, the band’s first studio release, which is due to hit streets on September 5, 2006, offers two full discs of musical spontaneity, flow, grooves and a damn good dance party!
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 Featuring clips from all of our new releases, the new batch of ringtones from SCI Fidelity Records is hard to resist. Check out new tones from The Disco Biscuits, Brothers Past, Umphrey's McGee, The String Cheese Incident and Railroad Earth.
You can preview and purchase the tones at the SCI Fidelity Mobile site.
These truetones are compatible w/ Verizon, AT&T/Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint, Cellular One, Fido, & Bell Canada. You must have text messaging & mobile Internet service enabled to download tones. As always we also offer polyphonic ringtones for those of you who have earlier model cell phones.
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Concert.TV features Railroad Earth this month, by providing all seven videos from Amen Corner for viewers of both cable and satellite TV.
The iTunes Music Store will feature an exclusive version of Railroad Earth's Amen Corner, available June 10th world-wide. Included in this download release will be a bonus track from the Amen Corner sessions "Standing on the Corner". Also, the album will be available in iTunes Plus format, meaning higher-quality music files, as well as the ability to download iPhone ringtones for every song on Amen Corner.
Our friends at Paste Magazine are hosting an exclusive premier of the video for "Hard Livin" from Amen Corner. The video can only be found at Pastemagazine.com, and at the 
Now available on the 
The iTunes Music Store features an 
UMPHREY'S McGEE - LIVE AT THE MURAT 
The Disco Biscuits are proud to present the brand new music video for “World Is Spinning”, the second visual interpretation (the first being “Caterpillar”) of a track from their 2006 double-disc live release, The Wind at Four to Fly.
National Public Radio has uploaded a recent live session with The Disco Biscuits. The session, a set the band performed for WXPN's "Free At Noon" series in Philadelphia, features over 45 of music from the band.
A message from The String Cheese Incident: 
Blender Magazine attended the Tea Leaf Green show in New York City on October 14th at Irving Plaza. Like the rest of the capacity crowd in attendance, they came a way huge fans, and felt the need to tell the world about it. 
The 
Check out the brand new 
" With full throttle beats, pulsating bass lines and a captain-less ship; Zilla offers up mind-melting grooves that warp from one song to the next." 
The Disco Biscuits and Diamond Riggs Records newest live release, Rocket 3,
is the entire third set of the Biscuits' 2004 New Year's performance in
New York. Regarded as one of the best sets of music the band has
played in years, this limited-edition three song collection is as much a nod
to the past as it is a glimpse into the future. 
"completely saturated in goodness, with great harmonies, phenomenal picking, and a healthy dose of blue sky" - 
A message from The String Cheese Incident: "We are all looking forward to kicking off fall tour next weekend in Austin. As a special treat, we will be exclusively offering a new SCI DVD, "Live From Austin, Texas - Austin City Limits" at the Waterloo Records Tent throughout the ACL Festival. The DVD features the band's entire 
SCI Fidelity Records, in conjunction with Radz Records welcomes legendary New Orleans band 
"July begins a new era for the band and we are very excited about the future. On July 13, at The All Good Music Festival, Ilya Stemkovsky will make his debut as BROTHERS PAST's new drummer."
The May 2007 issue of Keyboard magazine weighs in on The Disco Biscuits' new album The Wind at Four to Fly:
"After a decade of touring, the Disco Biscuits have solidified their reputation as one of the kings of the jam band scene. For those who are uninitiated, this new live double album is a great place to start. Released as a farewell to departing drummer Sam Altman, The Wind at Four to Fly is one of the most cohesive representations of the Biscuits music., known to fans worldwide as "Bisco." The audience reactions to live cuts like "Kitchen Mitts" and the trippy "Morph Dusseldorph" add to the excitement, while killer keyboardist Aron Magner creates melodic soundscapes amongst the band's tight rhythms and intricate chord changes. Magner's piano work on the epic "Spy" is some of his best yet, showcasing his seasoned and tasteful chops. The band's influences range from classical to electronica and far beyond, but when the Biscuits are on, they sound like no other band on the planet."
