Help Fund a Festival! Clean Air Clear Stars seeks Kickstarter Support for its Fifth Annual Music Festival

Over the past 5 years Clean Air Clear Stars has hosted over 100 of todays best bands such as the Dandy Warhols, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Angels, Robby Krieger from The Doors, Dead Meadow, Gram Rabbit, Spindrift, Sky Parade, Hopewell, He's My Brother She's My Sister and many many more. The festival features 3 stages and is held in the enchanting desert community of Pioneertown - a former old west movie set built in 1940s.  Our goal at Kick Starter is to raise the money needed to put on this years event which is being held on September 23 & 24th, 2011. Clean Air Clear Stars is a volunteer based community driven festival. Core costs are always a challenge to keep the event going. Your contribution will pay for essential operating expenses like sound, lights, crew, stage rentals, equipment costs and other necessities. Please note that the money we raise here at Kick Starter will go to funding the infrastructure costs of putting on the actual event and will not go toward the charity side of the festival. Each year, Clean Air Clear Stars donates proceeds from ticket sales to the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 1000s of trees around the USA. If you have attended Clean Air Clear Stars in the past and had the experience of spending 3 days out in the desert with some of the best bands around then you know how special this event is! Please do your part to keep the festival going! Thank you for your support!

Donate here:  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/873093506/clean-air-clear-stars-5th-annual-music-festival

Hot on the Heels of Their Critically-praised Ripple Music Debut, Grand Atlantic Light Up the Soundtrack of Gossip Girl

Following hot on the heels of the success of their Ripple Music debut split 7" single, Grand Atlantic keep the pedal to the metal, building momentum and converting the uninitiated to the Grand Atlantic ranks.

Taken from Grand Atlantic's massively praised second album "How We Survive," the hot single "Used to Be the Sensitive Type" was remixed and remastered for inclusion on the Ripple Music split single which also featured the KEXP Top 20 hit by Sky Parade, "I Should Be Coming Up (But I Keep Coming Down."  Since then, things have only gotten busier for the Australian band.

Locked in the studio working on songs for their 2011 third album hasn't kept Grand Atlantic from touring Japan and readying another US tour in 2011.  With dates already set from coast to coast, including a four-day stay at SXSW, fans will have plenty of opportunity to catch Grand Atlantic's heady, trance-inducing psychedelic pop single.  And the US audience is definitely catching the Grand Atlantic wave. The first episode of season 4 of the hit TV show, Gossip Girl featured Grand Atlantic's Until it's Gone," bringing in tons of new fans.  The video for "Until It's Gone," featuring footage from the recent Japanese Tour garnered thousands of hits after the band's Gossip Girl debut.


Check out the video and hear the song that captured the hearts of Gossip Girl fans everywhere.





Pressed in extremely limited quanties, the Ripple Music s 7" split single (pressed on glowing orange vinyl) is still available through www.ripple-music.com and can be found everywhere on Grand Atlantic's tour. 

For Fans of: Oasis, Dolly Rocker Movement, Stone Roses, Big Star, Baby Woodrose, Dandy Warhols

“Gives Oasis a run for their money.” (Courier Mail, AUS)

"Grand Atlantic molds the psychedelic post-punk ethereal moods of their countrymen, The Church, with the shoegazing swirling madbeat of The Stone Roses, and toss in a touch of garage crunch a la Ripple favorites The Thieves just for kicks. The results of this combination of psychedelic distillery are intoxicating…”(The Ripple Effect, USA)

“…This is the excellent album Oasis should have done after What’s the Story Morning Glory but didn’t…”(Lucid Culture, USA)

“Grand Atlantic sure know how to write songs choc full of guitar driven rock/pop dynamics…” (thedwarf.com.au. AUS)

"Grand Atlantic has a sound masterfully blending driving modern rock riffs with smart pop hooks and spot on harmonies…”(Bill’s Music Forum, USA)

“Grand Atlantic’s second full-length album is chock-full of pop rock, with big sounds, singalong hooks and catchy melodies… How We Survive is a masterfully crafted record.” (Time Off Magazine, AUS)


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Ripple Music Crashes the Charts with First Hit Song! - Sky Parade Breaks into the Indy Top 20

KEXP Top 20 song, “I Should be Coming Up (But I Keep Coming Down) by Sky Parade featured with Grand Atlantic on this split 7” of psychedelic pop perfection.
                                      
Just in time for their World tour in support of their Top 20 KEXP song, the heady, trance-inducing psychedelic pop of Sky Parade is on full display with their highly infectious tune, “I Should Be Coming Up (But I Keep Coming Down)”.  Produced by the Dandy Warhol’s Courtney Taylor and released in hot anticipation of their upcoming World Tour, "I Should Be Coming Up (But I Keep Coming Down)" has been lighting up the switchboard where the single has already climbed to number 20 on the KEXP Radio Chart and the Top 10 on KKBB.  

Check out the video and hear the song that’s tearing up the LA clubs right now.




The split single will be available world-wide from the bands on tour and through www.ripple-music.com



"A joyride of dense, churning guitars that sounds like Primal Scream getting Spiritualized!" – L.A. Times

"Sky Parade have found Psych-rock's sweet spot" -- Buzz Bands LA

"Hook-laden genius" -- 90.3 FM

"KKBB Top 10 single!" -- KKBB

"Quite simply, this is a prime slice of psychedelic pop that you can dance to." Terrascope UK

Ripple News - Ex-Brian Jonetown Massacre's new band, Sky Parade, Soars Up the KEXP Charts

KEXP Top 20 song, “I Should be Coming Up (But I Keep Coming Down) by Sky Parade featured with Grand Atlantic on this split 7” of psychedelic pop perfection.
                                      
Just in time for their World tour in support of their Top 20 KEXP song, the heady, trance-inducing psychedelic pop of Sky Parade is on full display with their highly infectious tune, “I Should Be Coming Up (But I Keep Coming Down)”.  Produced by the Dandy Warhol’s Courtney Taylor and released in hot anticipation of their upcoming World Tour, "I Should Be Coming Up (But I Keep Coming Down)" has been lighting up the switchboard where the single has already climbed to number 20 on the KEXP Radio Chart and the Top 10 on KKBB.  

Check out the video and hear the song that’s tearing up the LA clubs right now.




The split single will be available world-wide from the bands on tour and through www.ripple-music.com



"A joyride of dense, churning guitars that sounds like Primal Scream getting Spiritualized!" – L.A. Times

"Sky Parade have found Psych-rock's sweet spot" -- Buzz Bands LA

"Hook-laden genius" -- 90.3 FM

"KKBB Top 10 single!" -- KKBB

"Quite simply, this is a prime slice of psychedelic pop that you can dance to." Terrascope UK

Ripple News - Exploding in Sound's latest Compilation "In Case of Evacuation" ready for free download!

IN CASE OF EVACUATION, remain calm and allow Exploding In Sound to be your guide.  It is amazing what can be accomplished in the span of two and a half years.  Since the inception of Exploding In Sound, their aim has been to bring great new music to an ever growing audience.  A simplistic mission statement from one music obsessed fan with a desire to help the artists that deserve to be heard.  Now comes the newest release in the beloved compilation series… IN CASE OF EVACUATION, with a  line-up that can't be missed!! 

A compilation of epic magnitude, there is so much great new music contained within that we had to make it a double album.   The FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD contains two discs worth of music from some of the greatest bands of our time, brought to you exclusively by EIS.  IN CASE OF EVACUATION features over 30 bands from around the globe including: We Were Promised Jetpacks, Caspian, Maps & Atlases, Wintersleep, Open Hand, Red Fang, Slang Chickens, Helms Alee, Imaad Wasif, LaFaro, Crippled Black Phoenix, The Twilight Sad, Old Canes, Black Helicopter, and many more incredible bands.  The music contained within your emergency evacuation supply transcends through all subgenres of rock, not concerned with what is cool or trendy, but rather with what is artistic, pure, and well… rocks.  IN CASE OF EVACUATION captures the true essence of the site, combining the music of critically acclaimed and well established acts with the up-and-coming bands that are virtually unknown to the masses.  Exploding In Sound remains dedicated to both, helping to spread the word of great rock to all with an open ear.

Sharing of the download link is HIGHLY recommended and encouraged to anyone and everyone you think might be interested. As this is a FREE compilation, the goal is to gain the maximum audience achievable, and word of mouth is always appreciated.  Enjoy.

DOWNLOAD HERE: http://www.explodinginsound.com/2010/06/exploding-in-sound-presents-in-case-of.html



IN CASE OF EVACUATION TRACKLIST:

DISC 1:

1.       Open Hand – Herrons

2.       Black Helicopter – Invasion of Prussia

3.       We Were Promised Jetpacks – A Far Cry

4.       Crippled Black Phoenix – Troublemaker

5.       Geronimo! – Thunderbattles

6.       Maps & Atlases – Solid Ground

7.       Slang Chickens – Tropics

8.       Old Canes – Little Bird Courage

9.       Me You Us Them – Pretty Nettles

10.   Wintersleep – New Inheritors

11.   Anakin – Abort.Retry.Fail

12.   Doomstar! – Sharon Mitchel

13.   LaFaro – Tupenny Nudger

14.   Left Lane Cruiser – Hillgrass Bluebilly

15.   Weird Owl – Mirror in the Mud

16.   Red Bellows – L.S. Blues

17.   Awesome Color – Slaughterhouse

18.   Gods are Ghosts – Bloodstream

DISC 2:

1.       The Twilight Sad – Reflections in the Television

2.       Caspian – Of Foam and Wave

3.       Disappearer – A Skull Full of Bats

4.       Imaad Wasif – Razorlike

5.       Jacob Turnbloom – Your Soul Can Be Sold

6.       Grass is Green – Greenville

7.       Hold Your Horse Is – Christopher Walken

8.       Red Fang – Good to Die

9.       Gozu – Meat Charger

10.   Helms Alee – A New Roll

11.   Actors & Actresses – Dig to China

12.   Solare – Winners

13.   The World Concave – Jehovah’s Witness Protection Program

14.   Sky Parade – I Should Be Coming Up (But I Keep Coming Down)

15.   Digital Homicide – Transmission

16.   The Black Shades – Don’t Put Salt On My Grave

17.   Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea – Any Port In A Storm

Ripple News - Vinyl Sales Continue to Rise!

 News that just warms our Ripple hearts.  From the Telegraph, the British Newspaper.  Vinyl sales continue to rise as music fans appreciate the portability of the download, but love the feel, look, and sound of vinyl.

At the Ripple, we're firmly committed to this point of view.  With new double LP, gatefold vinyl releases of JPT Scare Band's Acid Blues is the White Man's Burden, and the grand re-release of Poobah's classic 1972, protometal masterpiece, Let Me In.  Both albums coming this summer, not to mention some nifty split 7" coming from Stone Axe and Mighty High and another from Ripple favorites Grand Atlantic and Sky Parade.

Long live the vinyl resurrection!

From the Telegraph:   Sales of old-fashioned albums rose by more than five per cent last year, figures from the Official UK Charts Company showed.

CD sales have fallen by a fifth over the same period, leading to some manufacturers threatening to halt their production.

Despite accounting for less than one per cent of music purchases, American sales of vinyl topped almost three million, an increase of a million records.  Music website Amazon.co.uk said it had more than 250,000 vinyl albums in stock to meet the growing demand.  Internet search engine Yahoo meanwhile, has reported a 210 per cent increase in searches of the phrase "blank cassette tapes" and a 110 per cent rise in users seeking “music cassette tapes”.

The new trend is believed to have originated from New York teenagers, leading to a boom in record player and turntable sales. Most vinyl records bought over the past 10 years were by DJs and dance music fans, but recently more rock and country music albums have been sold.

Some of the most popular records include music from Florence and the Machine and The Courteeners and re-released Jimi Hendrix and The Red Hot Chili Pepper albums.

Music experts said that vinyl sales figures could be even higher because official British statistics do not include sales from smaller record shops and albums sold at concerts. British sales of seven-inch records peaked in 1979, with 89 million copies sold, but as CDs became more popular they slumped to less than 180,000 in 2001. Last year sales rose to 223,000.

Some vintage blank tapes are reportedly selling for more than £20 on auction websites.

"Downloads are quick and easy but nothing beats the joy of holding a heavy piece of vinyl,” Steve Clancey, a Brixton rare records and vinyl dealer told The Sun.  "Vinyl sounds richer and there's something special about the cover art and sleeve notes which you cannot get with digital tunes."

Latest figures show that digital music sales accounted for more than a quarter of the music industry's global income in 2009 for the first time.  Almost 30 per cent of global music revenues were generated via digital downloads last year, generating a total of £2.6billion.