This is what MTV US, thinks of Jesper Isaksens video for "The Storm".
WE can't remember when we had our last Number one charting, it's happende this week on KRCC Radio, we have moved from a 545 place to a 145 place on the overall colleage RIYL list
What? It's getting even crazier: These are the airplay charts which we are roaming at the moment:
3WK St. Louis MO #28
Bagel Radio San Francisco CA #3
CHMR St. Johns NL-Canada #24
CILU Thunder Bay ONT #18
KBUT Crested Butte CO (A) #12
KCUR (A) Kansas City MO ( C) (A) #24
KMNR Rolla MO #28
KMXT Kodiak AK (A) 27
KSLU-2 Hammond LA #28
KWLC Decorah IA #20
URH Hilo HI #27
Radio XY Cambell CA #28
WARY Valhalla NY #13
WIIT Chicago IL (A) #24
WIUX Bloomington IN #26
WLFM Appleton WI m #21
WMCO New Concord OH #18
WMHC South Hadley MA #26
WPMD Norwalk CA #28
WRCU Hamilton NY #16
WRIR Richmond VA #15
WSYC Shippensburg PA (A) #25
WUPJ Johnstown PA #29
100% indie.
It is an honour to be the featured artist on Palo Alto Daily News.
It is an honour to be the featured artist on Milk Milk Lemonade.
It is an honour to be the featured artist on Cuddlefish.
This was, by far, our best week yet. With 12 station top 30 ranking this week, we are
extremely close to making the CMJ Top 200 this week. Charts this week from...
Bagel Radio San Francisco CA #6
CHMR St. Johns NL-Canada #26
KBUT
Crested Butte CO (A) #12
KCUR (A) Kansas City MO ( C) (A) # 15
Radio XY
Cambell CA #28
WARY Valhalla NY #13
WMCO New Concord OH #30
WMHC
South Hadley MA #26
WPMD Norwalk CA #28
WRCU Hamilton NY #16
WUPJ
Johnstown PA #29
Radio Montreal #20
So what happened in the states?
Listen to an interview with Racetrack Babies on faction6 or download the podcast from iTunes
We are continuing get more and more airplay from several station including several larger core stations such as: WMBR (Boston, MA), WPRK (Orlando, FL), WDOM (Providence, RI) and KXCI (Tucson, AZ). New stations on board are: 3WK St. Louis MO, Bagel Radio San Francisco CA, KBUT Crested Butte CO (A),KCUR (A) Kansas City MO WIIT Chicago IL (A), WMCO New Concord OH
Nexus Christus took some shots of us at the Scene bar Glendale US, have a look in the album.
We are getting more and more airplay and moving into more and more charts. 7 top 30 charts this week. Listen to the podcast of our 3'rd degree interview by DJ Narcolept http://www.myspace.com/djnarcolept. We were also played on the famous 94.9FM in San Diego.
After our first week of airplay, the good news is starting to roll in. We grabbed 5 Top 30 charts, a late add & some big California spins this week. New stations playing songs from Summer Salt Santiago this week include KCRW (Santa Monica, CA), KPFK (Los Angeles, CA), KRXQ (Sacramento, CA), KSCU (San Jose, CA), KWVA (Eugene, OR), (WRFL (Lexington, KY) & WSFX (Nanticoke, PA).
The album has been released Tuesday Nov 7. in the states. Don't forget to get yourself a copy of Summer Salt Santiago, buy it at these fine locations: www.amazon.com www.interpunk.com www.cdbaby.com iTunes
Hope you are able to attend one or more of Racetrack Babies' concerts, here's
the tour schedule:
Nov 10: Village Lounge, Palm Desert
Nov 12: The Scene
Bar, Glendale
Nov 13: Chain Reaction, Anaheim
Nov 14: The Cooler Lounge,
Las Vegas
Nov 15: The Wire, Upland
Nov 16: Silverlake Lounge (The Fold),
Los Angeles
Nov 17: Velvet Jones, Santa Barbara
Nov 18: Vinny's Bar,
Bakersfield
Nov 20: Trilogy, Victorville
Nov 21: Showcase Theatre,
Corona
WOW! We are very happy about the latest review of Racetrack Babies' new album
Summer Salt Santiago. Indie-music writes:
"Leave it to another country
to truly understand the spirit of raw, punk-era rock and roll the way it used to
be in the States."
Read more here:
Indie-music.com
review
This week our album went out to about 400 radio stations in the states. Some of the stations already playing Racetrack Babies newest release this week include KRVS (Lafayette, LA), KSYM (San Antonio, TX), WCBE (Columbus, OH), WFUV (New York, NY), WNCW (Asheville, NC), WPRK (Orlando, FL) & WRUR (Rochester, NY). Stay tuned for more updates on this.
Andreas Omvik followed us in the woods the first day while shooting the video to The Storm, have a look in the album.
Lars Dyrendom followed us behind the scenes at Voxhall and Vega, have a look in the album.
We have a lot of friends on Myspace we want you as friend too.....
Win Summer Salt Santiago & tickets to our upcoming shows in Denmark read more about it {danish} here.
Jesper from 9MM Film is looking for someone to star in our music video for our next single The Storm read more about it {danish} here.
Summer Salt Santiago US release date has been set to the 7'th of November 2006. The US version of Summer Salt Santiago has a new song on it called Daffodils replacing the song Ultimate Bimbo from the Danish Release. Preorder the album here. The release will be followed by a tour in California.We'de love to see you there. Come back for dates.
Summer Salt Santiago is out now in Denmark get it here: Vibrashop.com it will be released later this year in the states. Read about Racetrack Babies stuff here{danish} Gaffa. Signup for a free single.
We are somehow back with our internet site after beeing hacked by Tyrkish wandals. Read about it here: B.T.. We are going to Hannover to play our first GIG in Germany!!! And dam we are looking forward to it.
Listen to Racetrack Babies songs from "The End." on American College radio for instance at: WCDB 90.9 FM and WRCU 90.1.
Kunta Kinte music video here, made by Kasper Hansen, who also made the cover art for "The End." and "Love Sick".
New website!! It will be updated and new stuff will be added from time to time. Leave a greeting in the guest book, finally it's up and running again.
Gigs are starting to pile up, we will let you know when the dates for the whole tour in Denmark are in place. In the mean time please visit: Musikministeriet and look at the tour pages to find the current confirmed dates. Read an interview with Hans Christian Wayne from "The Babies" in Gaffa {Danish} here. We hope that you are enjoying your summer.
No Prisoners is being tested on Tjeklisten. Visit the homepage and vote for the 5 songs, which you prefer to hear again next week, by sending an email to the program. You can reach the whole broadcast on the same page.
No Prisoners has hit the Radio Stations, and Radio Diablo has made it hit of the week. Check it out here, in the menu, select: Musikken, nye hits, and watch it glow. P3 has play listed it in a higher rotation than The Racetrack Barbarians have ever had a song play listed before, and records are rolling out to the stores in haste. Download and listen to No Prisoners here: m4a. From us to all of you. Go listen to "The End." in a shop near you, or get some sneak listens at CD-skiven.
News::8-4-2005::Happening?
We are preparing for the forthcoming release of: "The End.". Besides that we
are recording demos for what could become our next record. The new songs sound
really really great, and we are experimenting with Production methods and
techniques as well as song structures and instrumentation. Christian is also
writing music to an upcoming Danish movie, which will be released next spring.
Cecilie is taking her Finish studies at the University quite seriously.
We
will be playing a tour in the fall next year in Denmark. Dates are coming
up.
News::3-04-2005::release date 30.May 2005 + free cd
Our new album: "The end." will be released on May 30'th.
The first guests
at stengade 30 on Saturday 2.April, will get a free cd with Kunta Kinte + The
End..
News::20-3-2005::Website
Record, videos, info, screen saver, new website etc. etc. coming up
soon.
A gig where we will play songs from our forthcoming record: "The
end." coming up:
Copenhagen, 2 April 2005, Stengade 30, support:
Yellowish.
News::1-3-2005::Kunta Kinte
Danish Radio P3 has taken a chance and opened the gates slightly for the
song: Kunta Kinte from the forthcoming album. If P3 gets very positive reactions
when the song is played, they have promised to open the gates wider and set
Kunta Kinte free.