NAME: Chris Elles, Jr MARKET AREA(S): New Jersey AGE: 32 PERSONAL FAVORITES Venue for a show: The 9:30 Club in Washington, DC Show you've seen recently (or ever): Best set by a band would probably be Spiritualized at The Black Cat in Washington, DC - 1995. Music store: Other Music in New York City [...]
NAME: James Thompson Young Jr. MARKET AREA(S): Jersey City, NJ via Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China via Boston, MA AGE: 27 PERSONAL FAVORITES Venue for a show: Bowery Ballroom (sorry, Middle East) Show you've seen recently (or ever): Gogol Bordello at The Roxy during the 2005 Gypsy Festival Music store: eMusic Current website: NOTCOT Book: All time fav is [...]
FROM IDOLATOR.COM : In a memo sent to us by a tipster, EMI Group Chairman Eric Nicoli had this to say: Today we are announcing the merger of EMI's Capitol and Virgin labels in the US to form the Capitol Music Group, a front line pop, rock and urban label group. The combined artist roster, talent and market share of this new label group establishes Capitol Music Group as one of the US music industry's leading labels. (more...)
NAME: Brian Jerome Pacris MARKET AREA(S): Central New Jersey (Jersey Reprazent) AGE: 27 PERSONAL FAVORITES Venue for a show: Favorite venue ever is the Trocadero in Philadelphia. Show you've seen recently (or ever): I'll go with recently - saw Thursday and Rise Against play at Roseland (NYC) on my birthday. Great way to celebrate. Music store: Vintage Vinyl Records in Fords, NJ. Awesome selection. Current website: www.cnn.com Radio station: [...]
NAME: Gray Blue MARKET AREA(S): Bloomington, IN & New York, NY AGE: 25 PERSONAL FAVORITES Venue for a show: Metro - Chicago (www.metrochicago.com) Show you've seen recently (or ever): DJ Shadow @ Webster Hall Music store: Landlocked Music - Bloomington, IN (www.landlockedmusic.com) Current website: www.highsnobiety.com Radio station: I don't believe in radio. Television show: Metalocalypse! (www.adultswim.com) (right now anyway) Cable network: HBO on-demand [...]
In celebration of our new campaigns with both Scissor Sisters and The Rapture, we're giving away a copy of each CD to one lucky reader. Hell, the winner might even find a few other surprises in there too. All you need to do to win is email me at Jim@thesyn.com with the author of this famous quote: " Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. "
British next/current big thing, The Kooks are keeping themselves in the spotlight and aim to do so through at least the first half of the year. Still riding the increasing success of their debut album, Inside In Inside Out , the band is set to release an iTunes only EP on Tuesday (January 30th) that will include acoustic songs from the aforementioned record, a couple new ones and even a cover of "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley. Thus bringing the number of artists to cover the song to something like 23,498. Give or take 3. On top of [...]
From the New York Times: By VICTORIA SHANNON Published: January 23, 2007 CANNES, France, Jan. 22 — As even digital music revenue growth falters because of rampant file-sharing by consumers, the major record labels are moving closer to releasing music on the Internet with no copying restrictions — a step they once vowed never to take. [...]
NAME: Michelle Rakshys MARKET AREA(S): NYC (Brooklyn represent) AGE: 25 PERSONAL FAVORITES Venue for a show: 358 Johnson Ave Show you've seen recently (or ever): Gorilla Biscuits reunion in 2005 at CBGB's/ Music store: Generation Records Current website: www.getxfresh.com Radio station: don't listen to the radio Television show: Antiques Roadshow Cable network: History Channel Movie from this past summer: American Hardcore [...]
Point your browsers over to Y-Rock on XPN 's to stream or download the band's interview on Philadelphia's Y-Rock 88.5 FM. It features a bunch of normal interview stuff and a couple of acoustic (well, let's say stripped down) performances of Scientist Girl and Bottom of this Town. Click here and enjoy .
The majority of this year's Coachella line-up has been announced and, as expected, it is staggering. Here's what we're looking at: Tiesto, The Arcade Fire, Interpol, Manu Chao, Willie Nelson, Air, Happy Mondays, Decemberists, Faithless, Gotan Project, The Good, The Bad and The Queen, Paul Van Dyk, Arctic Monkeys, Roots, Jarvis Cocker, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Placebo, Satellite Party, Stephen Marley feat Jr. Gong, Kings of Leon, DJ Shadow, Kaiser Chiefs, Kokono No. 1, LCD Soundsystem, Nickel Creek, Travis, Damien Rice, Black Keys, Blonde Redhead, Infected Mushroom, New Pornographers, Peeping Tom, [...]
The majority of you that read this blog belong to our tight-knit little Synner community. In all likelihood, you were drawn to the Synner system because of your interest in the music industry as a whole. Hell, that's why I became a Synner five and a half years ago and I was lucky enough to have it all lead me here. You're all here to make a few bucks and listen to some great music but you're probably also here to learn a thing or two. With that being the case, I want to start sharing articles that [...]
NAME: Jenna Schamber MARKET AREA(S): San Diego, CA AGE: 22 PERSONAL FAVORITES Venue for a show: The Casbah, hands down. Show you've seen recently (or ever): The Secret Machines (amazzzzzzing show!) Music store: M Theory Current website: myspace.com [hides my face] Radio station: 94.9 Television show: Nip/Tuck Cable network: Bravo Movie from this past [...]
No, not the kind that swims with ice and whiskey in my glass on pretty much a nightly basis but the kind that mixes with flour and sugar to create large, edible sheets that can then be formed into houses and such. For the holidays this year, a couple of our Synners made attempts at gingerbread houses. One, Skye Suite from Austin, TX, succeeded. The other, Joe Pepin from Boston, MA,......well, not so much. Can you tell which is which?
Wednesday night Murder By Death rolled into town and played Maxwell's before starting on the month long Sthress Tour with Thursday. Speaking of Thursday, their lead singer Geoff was at the show and made his way on stage to perform some guest vocals during "Killbot 20003 (See the very dark photo above). As always MBD did not disapoint. They played a nice mix of all of their records, including "Intergalactic Menopause" which I haven't heard them perform in quite a while. Soon the band will be releasing their second video from the album In Bocca [...]
Here's some video goodness for your eager little eyes. The first two are from MSTRKRFT to celebrate a) the fact that they are awesome videos and b) the start of our campaign with them. The second is from a band called Annuals. I saw them at CMJ and really dug them. Then, last night, I ended up having two seperate conversations about them only for this video to be one of the first things I saw this morning through one of my RSS feeds. Fate it was. MSTRKRFT - "Easy Love" [...]
I'm going to make this one easy. Email us here in the Syn offices (jim at thesyn.com) and tell me why you should win the CD. The best reason I get by the end of the week will get it!
Synner Nation
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Nas - Daughters
Bison - Quill
Monday Music – 28 May 2012
