News
March 21, 2007 - Today is Wednesday, yesterday was Tuesday and a very happy day for us here at Gypsy Eyes World Headquarters. It was the day of our third album release, Vandaveer, "Grace and Speed" We have been getting good response from all the press folks and radio folks. In fact, you can request XM to play a song. The more requests we get he better!! Go on and request it, then tell your friends to request it, and then have them tell their friends to request it!!
SXSW
Some of the Gypsy Eyes Family made it down to SXSW and joined in the lunacy that is the festival. Shortstack played a wicked set at the Red Eye party and Vandaveer and Revival played to the masses at Touche"s. All in all, it was a good time full of cheap beer and tasty meat products cooked to perfection over open flame.
Vandaveer
March 29th at IOTA in Arlington will be Vandaveer"s official release party. Please come out and support him. Vandaveer will be joined by Kitty Hawk and Neva Geoffery, the side project of Justin from Scourge of the Sea. I haven"t seen them yet, but it promises to be an evening of excellent music. Vandaveer will also be playing many shows in the coming days, check the tour section for the most up to date info.
Shortstack
It would be in this part of the newsletter that I would be telling you all about Shortstack"s rocking US Tour. However, we have been hit with some very sad news. Due to a family emergency, Shortstack was forced to cancel their tour. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time and we hope for the best. Shortstack will be back on the road as soon as possible to make up the dates and play for you. They will also be entering the studio sometime soon to start recording tracks for their upcoming EP. They will be recording cover versions of some of their favorite songs. Expect to see covers of The Kinks, Captain Beefheart and many others!!! You can check out photos of Shortstack"s SXSW experience here.
Revival
'Horses of War' has been getting some great press and solid radio support. If
you want to hear them on the radio in your town, call your local station and
request
them.
Currently,
Josh is finishing up his duties as producer on the John Bustine record. We
are all very excited about this record and expect to have a release date in
the early fall.
Brandon Butler
Brandon"s record, 'Lucky Thumbs' will be out
April 17, our
4th release in 6 months. It has
been
busy
around here! Brandon recently had some photos taken of him with a very pretty
rock.
Brandon will be selling the rock on ebay someday, so you should keep your eyes
peeled for his famous rock. This is the first record that our PR Wundergal Natalia
has done the press on. She has done a bang up job! Look for features on Brandon
in upcoming issues of Harp and Goldmine. Buy the magazines and write them telling
them how great it is that they are covering Gypsy Eyes bands!!!
Mikal Evans
Mikal is slated to enter the Whalesong studios at the end of April with her band, featuring Jerry Busher, of Fugazi fame, on drums and Ashish Vyas, of Go Go Go Airheart and Thievery Corporation fame on the bass. From the sounds of it, this record just might become a classic!
John Bustine
He has been celebrating the completion of his record. In fact, he has been so happy that there is a rumor going around that he wrote a love song in which nobody died. We are worried…
For our European friends, the time has now come, or at least it has almost come… Revival and Shortstack records will be available all over your fair lands. Revival will be released on April 5th and Shortstack on May 4th. If anybody knows anything about numerology, let me know. I am sure there is some significance to these dates.
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