LAGUNA BEACH AND WINDFALL
If you were watching NBC's "Windfall" on August 9th, you probably heard our song "Automatic", pretty sweet. Dreams really can come true folks, as payment for having our song on the show they gave us the 13th cut of the $100 million dollars, we donated it almost all to charity, except for the tuba, aqua socks and clip on earrings. We also have a song featured on the season 2 DVD of MTV's "Laguna Beach", the song is "Nervous Wreck", pretty sweet also. I've heard the show is awesome but never seen it, so I have no witty banter.
Thank you everyone who came out to our Triple Rock show last saturday, august 26th. We had a blast.
Looking forward to our next mini tour, check our calender for details!!!!!!
WE BECOME INTERNATIONAL.....
Hello all, wow we here at the melismatics headquarters really need to update this sucka more often. Our apologies. The melismatics couldn’t be more excited to be heading to Toronto today, their first show out of the country at NXNE. (www.nxne.com). The mels are staying around town in July to play a bunch of shows in mpls and st. paul. Keep checking our schedule as we will add them when you least expect it. The matics will also being doing a lot of writing and will be in the studio late summer. The way the budget is looking right now, this may be a cassette tape only release. Check out “windfall” on nbc, and you might just hear “automatic” from our “turn it on” ep. And you might also see Luke Perry, with his shirt off, and that is why Ryan is going to be watching it. We’ll leave you with a little lesson we learned the hard way…..If you’re ever driving a 2006 red dodge van, and the taillights and blinkers aren’t working on the trailer, don’t pay $200 to get it fixed at a shop, just replace the $1 fuse yourself.
ENGLAND SWINGS
Hope you all are enjoying the new site.
Thanks to everyone who made fridays show at the Uptown a complete blast! Things are in the works for an all ages show, details coming soon, as well as an ID show in St. Paul in march. We'll keep you posted.
Don't miss England Swings this year at First Avenue, on Wednesday February 8. It is an annual show featuring some of the coolest bands in the Twin Cities covering songs of bands from the UK. We'll be performing 4 songs this year, and it is always a party down there, so don't miss it!
THE NEW WEBSITE!!!!
Electric Pulp, based out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota have been bustin their asses to put this new website together. We'd like to thank everyone at Electric Pulp who made this possible, especially Stefan Hartwig the designer and mastermind of the project. Check out Electric Pulp's website:
www.electricpulp.com
In other news, we are bustin our asses in the studio, touring a lot (see calender, then promptly tell your friends in other towns) and generally trying to have a good time, all the time.
INTRODUCING PONY
We are proud to announce a new member in the Melismatics, Kat "Pony" Hixon-Smith has joined us on guitar/synth duties and we couldn't be happier. For a current photo of the Melismatics visit our MySpace site.
NEW EP HITS CMJ CHARTS
The latest EP, "Turn It On" recently went to national college radio, and debuted at number 10 in the top 20 adds nationally. It is currently rising the Top 200 charts rapidly, and is being played on over 125 stations nationwide already. Be sure to request your friends The Melismatics on the college radio station in your city!
BUY THE NEW ALBUM
Get your very own copy today!! Buy "Turn It On".
NEW EP
We've just completed our new EP, "Turn It On" for Susstones Records, and it's going to rip your face off! I mean literally!
Produced by Ed Ackerson (Polara, Golden Smog, Limbeck), this EP will provide hours of listening enjoyment for freaks of all ages. Keep checking the site for show updates, as we will be promoting the new EP all over the place. We will be playing all over the country, so keep checking our show listings to see when we will be in your town.
THE ITUNES MUSIC STORE AND A NEW SONG ! ! !
You can now purchase "New Infection" on itunes. AND you can go to our myspace page and hear a brand new song called "Group Think"!
SPLENDID REVIEW
A REVIEW FROM LONDON
This person was at our show in Duluth. Read it here...
WE WON AN MMA
We won a "Minnesota Music Award" for "Best Rock Recording" of 2004. Keep you eyes peeled for the award as it will be auctioned off on ebay. Thanks for voting for us.
CHECK OUT A REVIEW OF OUR CD RELEASE PARTY
this guy was there, he'll tell you everything you need to know if you missed it
VENUES PLAYED BY THE MELISMATICS.
First Avenue Mainroom in Minneapolis, MN
Mercury Lounge in New York City, NY
400 Bar in Minneapolis, MN
Melagio Club in Austin, TX (SXSW)
Globe East in Milwaukee, WI
House Of Bricks in Des Moines, IA
The Uptown Bar in Minneapolis, MN
The Sutler in Nashville, TN
Elbo Room in Chicago, IL
North Star Bar in Philadelphia, PA
Turf Club in St. Paul, MN
Hurricane Lounge in Kansas City, MO
Sursumcorda in Minneapolis, MN
Hi Fi Club in Cleveland, OH
Reed St. Station in Milwaukee, WI
The Reverb in Cedar Falls, IA
7th Street Entry in Minneapolis, MN
Mermaid Lounge in New Orleans, LA
Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL
The Quest in Minneapolis, MN
Duffy's Tavern in Lincoln, NE
Norshor Theater in Duluth, MN
Gabes Oasis in Iowa City, IA
Whats Up Lounge in Mankato, MN
Varsity Blue in Lexington, KY
Cactus Club in Milwaukee, WI
LoveUgly Cabaret in Rochester, MN
Java Joint in St. Cloud, MN
Ranch Bowl in Omaha, NE
The Mad Planet in Milwaukee, WI
The Triple Rock in Minneapolis, MN
Mojo's in Columbia, MO
Stones Throw in Eau Claire, WI
DuKum Inn in Kirksville, MO
Tacoland in San Antonio, TX
Beerland in Austin, TX
The Bone in St. Joseph, MO
The Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL
Onopa Brewing Company in Milwaukee, WI
Pizza Luce in Duluth, MN
Mike's Tavern in Kansas City, MO
Alligator Joe's in Shreveport, LA
Points East Pub in Milwaukee, WI
The Samauri in Oklahoma City, OK
Ascot Room in Minneapolis, MN
Vaudville Mews in Des Moines, IA
The Note in Chicago, IL
READ OUR PULSE ARTICLE