Artist: The State

It's not the same Aya that we've grown to love with her breezy beats and lounge aura, but it's a new jazzy Aya fro South Africa. She just released her debut album A State Of Aya and it's sounding good right about now. South Africa seems to have a great niche for jazzy wander. We'll keep an eye out for her. Posted in Beats, Clip, Mother Afrique Tagged: a, africa, aya, download, new, of, shame on you, south, state, video

The States ' razor-edged rock has the uncanny ability to evoke Radiohead-like dreamscapes, Zeppelin-inspired bombast, and an Orwellian political sensibility, often in the same song. Their new EP, We Are The Erasers , produced by Chris Grainger (Wilco, Switchfoot), is both intimate and grandiose, at home equally in an echoing arena and in your own headphones. The band's inventive songwriting has earned accolades from the John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Grand Prize Winners) and the International Songwriting Contest (Winners), and it has been featured on MTV's "The Hills" and "The Real World," and ESPN's "Baseball Tonight." [...]

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Amongst the many great shows this weekend, we've got a killer lineup tonight at TT's. I will describe it in video and audio: Australia's synthpop/altrocker/new wavers Youth Group The States (CD Release) The Honors Leo Blais - who hand crafted some awesome stuff for us that we'll show [...]

I've been meaning to post about The Bell House 's amazing upcoming schedule of events for a while now (and I still plan on doing so in the near future), but I think these two little gems merit a separate post of their own. THE STATE THU 10/1: 8pm / $15 Screening and hang session hosted by DAVID WAIN & MICHAEL IAN BLACK. Benefiting NEW YORK CARES. featuring *Previously never-before-seen footage & classic skits from the MTV show and The State's CBS Halloween [...]

Monday, September 21st Skull Alley The States w/ Music Video and Your My Density 1017 E Broadway Louisville, KY myspace.com/skull_alley $7 / All Ages NYC's The States will be releasing We Are The Erasers September 22nd on Genious Collective Records. We Are The Erasers is the follow up to Path Of Least Resistance released independently by The States in late 2007 concurrently sending them on a tornadic tour of the US in 2008. The States's razor-edged rock has the uncanny ability to evoke Radiohead-like dreamscapes, Zeppelin-inspired bombast, [...]

The States, one of two groups on Genious Collective Records, has a bright future. Claiming Brooklyn as home, The States' innovative attitude doesn't stay at home, rather it does just what a group with a ... No related posts.

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Posted in Politik Tagged: israel, isreal, palestine, solution, state, tow, war

Brooklyn's The States are playing a show tonight at Crash Mansion with Exit Clov (from DC), Hailey Wojcik (CD release party) and Black Taxi . The States are releasing their new EP "We Are Erasers" on Sept. 22nd and the band describes their music as " Radiohead-like dreamscapes, Zeppelin-inspired bombast, and an Orwellian political sensibility...often in the same song ". The States go on at 11PM but get to the club early -- every Friday night, Crash Mansion starts the evening with an open bar. [...]

"If you are a person who is successful or in power, you are there because god wants you there." That's some powerful stuff that makes the religious stand up and justify their violence and hatred. We see it the world over. This, to them, OK's Pol Pot and Hitler and all the dictators who are within breach of human rights. This also defies the core of what American should be. The merging of church and state and we all know how that goes. The religious czars really believe that they are devoid of law and ethics (or moral) no not [...]

Starting something new today. Every Friday, I'll be posting a few links of cool things from the week for you to check out over the weekend. Sometimes there'll be a lot of them, sometimes only 1 or 2. Let me know what you think: Great interview with Thomas Lennon, Ken Marino and Kerri Kenney-Silver of The State on The Sound of Young America . link iZotope has released a new iDrum "8-Bit Drum Machine" app [...]

Just a reminder that today is the last day to enter the contest to win The State Complete Series on DVD , plus a T-shirt and a poster. To be eligible to win, send your name and address to contests@bumpershine.com and tell me the name of your favorite cast member.

I'm one of the many crazy, rabid fans of MTV's cult comedy sketch series The State that have waited over a decade for the show to receive a proper DVD release. Our wait is finally over, as the DVD set of The State is now available with a plethora of extras. While I gleefully watched the original airings of The State on MTV in the early 1990s, my husband (like many of you readers) was most familiar with the actors from [...]

Wanna own the following goodies? -The State DVD (Complete Series) -The State Poster -The State Shirt If so, then e-mail us ASAP! A winner (US ONLY) will be randomly chosen on 7/30 @ NOON. MP3: M. Ward - Eyes On The Prize

So lately I've mentioned the Beastie Boys and their place in my young life a couple of times. Well, The State served the same purpose for me in comedy. It shaped my impressionable sense of humor in so many ways. So I'm super pumped that we're able to give away The State on DVD , along with some other nice swag. Two winners will win: The State complete series on DVD The State poster [...]

The day most of us in our late 20s (... and early 30s) have been waiting for has finally arrived!!! Hell has finally frozen over and after several false alarms The State complete series is now available on DVD! To celebrate we're giving away a few copies along with posters and t-shirts to our homeys on twitter! Follow these two quick and easy steps to become one of the winners!

Michael Showalter at Tearing The Veil of Maya at The Bell House (07/19/09) Michael Showalter was on hand last night (Jul 19) at the Bell House to celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of Tearing The Veil of Maya (a weekly comedy show Union Hall that he used to regularly co-host), he was also there last Wednesday to launch his new television show Michael and Michael Have Issues , which just happened to premiere the day after his very first sketch comedy show, [...]

This is gonna be a long, Lefsetzian rant that is only peripherally related to metal. Don't read it if that's gonna bother you. MTV's The State came out on DVD yesterday - the complete series. For those of you too young to remember, The State was a sketch comedy series that launched all the guys (and [...]

It's a magical Tuesday: One of the greatest sketch-comedy series has finally arrived on DVD! A few other titles are worth owning, but none will make you laugh as hard as the first. Release o' the week: The State: The...

Much to the delight of Gen Xers everywhere (well, mostly in the US, to be honest), MTV's cult comedy series, The State , will finally be released on DVD tomorrow, July 14, 2009 . Here's what you can expect to see on the new 5 Disc set : 5. WHAT'S UP WITH THE DVD? The DVD will be released July 14th 2009 . We (the eleven original members of The State) have worked closely with MTV to provide you with the best [...]

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Thank the comedy gods because Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter are back together doing a sketch show. Plus The State is on DVD, finally!