photos by Joe McCabe Recently reunited emo heroes The Promise Ring played NYC at Irving Plaza on May 20th with Waivers , the day after the band took to the stages at Bamboozle for their first of two area dates. The NYC/NJ stops are their only shows in the area so far, though the band recently announced a handful of US dates slated for this summer on the [...]
This September, Chicago's Riot Fest returns for its seventh installment with a few adjustments and another formidable lineup headed by punk's most sacred veterans and elite. Shifting ahead a month earlier, this year's edition kicks off at Chicago's Congress Theatre on Friday, September 14th and continues at Humboldt Park for the remainder of the weekend. This year's edition will be headlined by Elvis Costello, Iggy and the Stooges, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Rise Against, Descendents, and The Offspring. Other notable acts include GWAR, Coheed and Cambria, Built to Spill, The Gaslight Anthem, The Promise Ring, Alkaline Trio, [...]
This new album titled The New Deal by a duo from Chicago called The Promise was just brought to my attention. The duo consists of producer Mulatto Patriot and MC Squair Blaq and together they've
10 dates scheduled over the next five months.
New video from The Promise "GO-DAP" (Get on Down and Party) featuring Kiara Shackelford, off The New Deal . Download/Buy: The Promise - The New Deal
The Promise "The New Deal" by The Promise (Squair Blaq & Mulatto Patriot) The long awaited, highly anticipated "New Deal" album is Here! Inspired by the current recession MC Squair Blaq (of Animate Objects & the Chicago Afro-beat Project) tells a story of a man who looses his employment to outsourcing, then while heading to the unemployment office his car breaks down and to top it all off after he finally makes it home he discovers that his personal belongings were thrown in the dumpster by a former girlfriend. The album produced and mixed [...]
Dearest bands, I love you. I've been saying to myself and now I'm saying this out loud (again). Where the hell are all the good guitar bands !? Bands I beg you please don't use a drum machine unless it's a demo and you're desperate. So for now say hello to Dot Dash and Cursive (saddle creek) who have actual musicians. These are Bands who know how to craft a song and play said instruments. Spark> Flame > Embers > Ash by [...]
Check out "Don't" - the newest video from Toronto's very own Promise. "Don't" is featured on the MC's latest album entitled "Awakening," available now. Song produced by @realblazemusic Video directed by Andre Rehal iTunes: Awakening - Promise
New music from The Promise (Squair Blaq & Mulatto Patriot) "Lakefront Playground" featuring Primeridian and produced by Mulatto Patriot. New Deal LP drops April 17th, 2012.
Just saw that Louder Than Bombs posted this cover of The Promise Ring's classic anthem "Emergency! Emergency!" on their bandcamp along with news that they'll be heading to studio to record their debut full-length this May. Emergency! Emergency! by Louder Than Bombs
This past winter, the Promise Ring played a pair of reunion gigs, its first since breaking up in 2002. Now, the band has announced the summer release of a retrospective rarities album via Dangerbird … This Record Store Day (April 21), Billy Bragg & Wilco is releasing Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (Nonesuch) in honor of [...]
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I'm pissed that I didnt make plans for this year's SXSW... Here's another Duck Down / Black Smith 'versus' edition show that will be going down.. but this time it's for SXSW , a week+ long festival that will be going down in Austin , Texas , which features a lot of music, film, and other fun-filled adventures! This is going to be an off the hook event! Make sure you get there early to the venue early, as it is expected to be packed! You [...]
Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • The Chicago Tribune is reporting that, in order to deal with declining enrollment, a Columbia College report has recommended the closure of Chicago Jazz Ensemble , Center for Black Music Research and the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in Arts and Media. A final decision will be made in June. • Congrats to [...]
The Promise Ring - Why Did We Ever Meet? Promise Ring set list from Feb. 25 at the Metro Size of Your Life Happiness Is All the Rage Emergency! Emergency! Jersey Shore [...]
This is what you do in sixth grade with your friends at the mall on a Friday night in the suburbs of Philadelphia. You go to Spencer's Gifts and look but never buy and wonder if you're allowed to be there, among the grotesque and fantastic. You buy a ticket for the PG movie, Ice Age , and sneak into the theater for The Panic Room since you're still twelve and wholesome and even-keeled at heart, but starting to nurse a healthy budding discontent. You take your sweater off in the murky fluorescent light of [...]
Just in case you've forgotten, reunions are still very much an "in" thing. Bands and fans alike take the opportunity to live in the past, if even for a night. Just like getting a few beers with your college bros or finding some old family videos, live reunions can be a very rewarding experience for everyone involved. The Promise Ring reunion is a happy surprise. The Milwaukee pop punk/emo foursome is known for their quick rise and an even quicker break-up, bringing international recognition into a once unknown subset of punk. Reigning supreme from 1995 to 2002, The [...]
Friday night, The Promise Ring performed a sold-out reunion gig (first in seven years) in Milwaukee. Whether or not a full-scale reunion tour will take place remains to be seen but there are a small (very small) handful of 2012 dates already planned - NJ and NYC (May 19, May 20), San Francisco (September Check out the show reviews at RollingStone.com and ThirdCoast Digest . Related: The AV Club presents [...]
The Promise Ring performed three songs for Milwaukee radio station FM 102.1 's Neighborhood Watch program. The three songs - Make Me A Mixtape," "Nothing Feels Good," and "Become One Anything One Time." - were a bit of a warm up for the band as it prepares for two reunion performances in Milwaukee and Chicago this coming weekend . Additional performances including a New York City date have since been announced.
Mitch Ryder's The Promise is both a return and a new introduction to a soulful singer/songwriter.
CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO Mulato patriot (dopest name by the way), reached out with the above track "SoundCatcher" featuring familiar names like Neak and Pugs Atomz . This track is extracted from The Promise upcoming album "The New Deal" "SoundCatcher" is the debut video by The Promise (Squair Blaq (vocals) Mulatto Patriot (beats)) for The "New Deal" LP now slated to be released Spring 2012. Mulato Patriot: Twitter • Facebook [...]
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